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Author's Notes: Okay, yes, umm... I was told that I spelled 'hallow' wrong the entire time, that it's supposed to be 'hollow'. And I apologize for my IMMENSE grammatical error. Hmmm... My brain cells must be dying on me or something, who knows? Well, here is your new chapter. Do enjoy it, ne?
Angel in the Abyss
Chapter 5- Fracture
Inuyasha looked down from his awkward position of lying on his stomach across a tree branch. His eyes searched to Kagome, who sat directly underneath him, slowly devouring a type of fruit that Inuyasha had brought back on his recent trip to her era. Kagome's mother had hugged him quickly before she bombarded him with more items of comfort for her daughter and her friends. His back still ached from all the bags he had been forced to carry back between the two eras; of course, being the stubborn hanyou he was, he never complained about the weight. He had to keep up the appearance of being overly strong; if he didn't, then his reputation would crumble.
Kagome seemed to throughly be enjoying what she was munching on; in the few weeks she had returned, not much else had changed concerning her condition that was tied to Naraku. She was still incapable of hearing, but it didn't seem to bother her much at all. Inuyasha envied her; sometimes he wished he wasn't cursed with the sensitive hearing of a demon. It served its purposes, but other times he just wished he could be deaf for a few minutes.
It was because of his hightened strength, hearing, and sense of smell that Inuyasha had been proclaimed Kagome's 'babysitter'. He grinned; it not only gave him an excuse to fight with whoever managed to stumble across them, but he also got to have as much alone time with her as he pleased. With her lack of hearing, he could say whatever he wanted and never have to worry about the word 'sit'. That in itself made life easier and a lot more enjoyable. But he did miss holding conversations with Kagome.
Suddenly, Inuyasha's eyebrow began to twitch. He knew the reason behind the discomfort on his neck, and with trained pricision, he smacked away the pain. The only problem wasn't balanced well enough on his tree branched bed, and he found himself falling down next to Kagome. Sensing the distrubance, she glanced over toward Inuyasha as he righted himself and then pulled the infamous flea vassal of his from his neck.
"What do you want Myouga? Can't you at least say hello before you decide to suck my blood?" Inuyasha growled, glaring down at the flea in his palm before crossing his legs beneath him.
Myouga popped out of his two demonsial body. "Why Inuyasha-sama, I never realized it bothered you that much."
"Feh. You must have some sort of information for me if you're here. What is it?" he demanded.
Bounding off of his lords hand, Myouga landed neatly upon Kagome's shoulder before turning back toward Inuyasha. "Would it hurt you if I just came around to visit?"
"Yes, it would, and it would really hurt you." Inuyasha complained. "I put up with enough since you seem to disappear whenever there is danger."
Myouga decided it wasn't smart to feed into Inuyasha's complaints. "Inuyasha-sama, I came today because I have somemore information. It seems there are some Shinkon-no-tama shards two villages from here. A large demon with the power to control others is claimed to be in possession of these shards."
"How many?"
"More than one, that is for sure." Came the response. "I've heard rumors that this demon also sports a spider scar upon it's back."
Eyes growing wide, Inuyasha shot his face close to Myouga as he sat on his perch upon Kagome's shoulder. "Naraku is still capable of creating incarnation of himself, even though he's still using Kagome's abilities to live?"
"I fear as much. Which reminds me, how is Kagome-sama?"
"She still can't hear." Inuyasha stated.
"That is too bad." Myouga stated. "I was hoping that by now she would have healed partially."
"How are we supposed to battle with Kagome as useless as she is? We can leave her behind and we can't just take her with us!"
"I am afraid that is something you will need to figure out on your own, Inuyasha-sama. I do not hold the answers to everything."
A growl parted from Inuyasha's lips; it was a small warning, and obviously not something Myouga picked up on fast enough. Before he realized it, Inuyasha had sent him hurdling far off into the distance, with no regrets for his actions.
'Oh... the life of a flea...'
Miroku. He always had answers to everything; perhaps this situation would be no different. Inuyasha had dropped Kagome off with Kaeda, Shippo and Sango before rushing off to find the lechorous monk, and now found himself hurdling throughout the thickly forested area surrouding the village. The monk was, obviously, either up to no good or 'mediating', if you could really call it that. Catching onto Miroku's familiar scent, Inuyasha shot down from a tree and found himself landing gracefully before the aforementioned monk.
"Inuyasha... I was simply here..."
"Save the small talk. There is something important that we need to discuss." came the angered reply.
Miroku's eyes grew wide. "I swear, I only groped Kagome-sama once this morning!"
"We need to... what?" Inuyasha was pulled off subject.
"Nothing..." Miroku stated, hoping inwardly that Inuyasha would forget that he had said anything in the first place. "What is it that you need to speak to me about?"
"Kagome, actually. Myouga said he has some leads on some jewel shards two villages away. How are we supposed to battle with Kagome in her condition?" the concern had leaked into his voice, but Inuyasha paid that no heed.
Placing his chin upon his palm, Mirkou appeared to be in deep thought. The expresssion crossing his face was a familiar one when he was devising one of his insenstive and immature plans, but right now Inuyasha didn't bother to interrupt him. There were other, much more important things. Miroku knew when to be smart and when he could get away with things, and right now was no time for his adulterous actions.
"Perhaps taking Kagome-sama to battle would help her to regain some of things Naraku still has control over." Miroku suggested. "She can still use her bow, she just will not be able to hear a warning. If we had someone close by her at all times to signal danger to her, I'm sure we would be fine. We can't keep her cooped up here in the village, for surely Naraku is looking for her..."
"So your telling me that the only way to keep Kagome safe is to put her in more danger?" Inuyasha inquired.
"I fear as much."
"I don't like it."
Miroku shook his head. "No one said you had to like it, it's just how it has to be."
Inuyasha scoffed and stomped off, his hands finding their familiar place within his haori sleeves as he travelled away from the monk. Put Kagome in more danger? Could he really bring himself to do that? For all the times he had protected her, placing her in more danger had never appeared as an option. Sure, sometimes she got on his nerves, and sometimes he wanted to hurt her himself, but Inuyasha knew that he never could bring himself to. Time and time again he had proven to be her protector, always thinking of her well being.
He could leave her with Kouga... but everyone knew what would happen then. Inuyasha growled at the thought. He was desperate, but defiantly not that desperate as to leave her with the mangy wolf. In his mind, Kouga already had an over extended ego, and he didn't need to add to it by making the wolf demon think that he couldn't protect Kagome well enough. He got enough of Kouga's nitpicking already of the same exact subject; why in the world would he want to proven the damn wolf right?
No, there were not many more options other than what Miroku had suggested. He was stuck to making a decision and he knew it. If he left Kagome behind, unprotected, then Naraku would most likely take advantage of the moment and take her, and in a worse case scenerio, kill her. Another death-like scowl overfell Inuyasha's face; if Naraku came within sniffing range of Kagome, he would kill him. That was his aim already, but he wouldn't even think this time; he'd just react, and he knew that. That's how it always was when it came to her; he just reacted, and in the end, hoped his insticts weren't going to prove him wrong.
But what if she got hurt more while they were off battling? Was it possible to keep her out of harms way, or would she be eternally in danger? Of course she was always in danger; everyone was as long as Naraku was the highest power. Inuyasha growled again, frustrating himself.
Thenew moon was in three nights. How was he going to protect her then?
Too many decisions to make too quickly.
Author's Notes: Yes. Short. I"m sorry. I know it took forever to update, but I've been having computer problems, which is also why I am behind on my Rurouni Kenshin fan fics. I would write individual review responses, but it's late and I have a lot of other stories to try and update. Please Review.
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Crystal Renee