Chapter 24 : A Long Await
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Inuyasha braced himself for the new impact of the fight Kouga was about to bring on.
Kouga bared his fangs and rushed Inuyasha with all his might and will to finally get the one woman he longed for, Kagome. He clawed Inuyasha strait in the chest his claws ripping through Inuyasha's haori. He grinned as he saw Inuyasha jerk back by the impact.
Inuyasha felt his flesh burn by the sensation of Kouga's claws ripping through his haori and skin. He couldn't let Kagome be taken away from him. His mate.
Inuyasha looked down at his chest and saw blood slowly drip down his torso. His Haori was ripped apart. Shredded on the ground.
He turned his head and looked at Kagome from the corner of his golden eye. She stared at him longingly.
He looked back at Kouga and grinned sheepishly. "If it's a fight that you want. Then I'll give you a fight."
Kouga flexed his claws tenaciously at Inuyasha. "Don't mind if I do."
Inuyasha held his Tetsusaiga swiftly in his hands and rushed towards his foe. His energy lifted from him and seeped into his Tetsusaiga. He wouldn't let anyone touch Kagome. Especially not someone as low as Kouga.
The Tetsusaiga started pulsing swiftly as it fed off Inuyasha's energy. It started to glow a bright blue. An immense power flew off Tetsusaiga and hit Kouga strait in his chest.
Kagome cringed at she heard bones cracking and breaking. She heard Kouga's painful scream as the power ripped through him and broke the bones that were standing in the powers way. She looked up and saw Kouga on the ground heaving and blood covering his chest.
Kouga never felt anything as painful as this. He had felt his bones splinter away beneath his flesh and his ligaments ripping through from the powerful blow. He clenched his chest and felt the air around him hard to breath. He took shallow deep breaths but his lungs wouldn't allow it.
"Kouga! Kouga!" Two very similar voices yelled.
Kouga turned his head, even though the pain was excruciating, to his side. Kagome and Inuyasha followed suite.
Ginta and Hakkaku ran up to their master who was gushing red blood on the ground. "Master Kouga!"
They both crouched down and looked at their master. Ginta examined the hole in Kouga's chest. "We've got to bring him back to the cave before its too late Hakkaku."
Hakkaku looked at Ginta and stood up to look at Inuyasha who was standing there with Tetsusaiga clutched in his hand. "How could you do this to our master?"
He didn't say any thing. There were no words for what happened. He didn't even know him self. All he knew was that Kagome was rightfully his no matter what the cause.
Without waiting for a reply Hakkaku bent down and picked up Kouga's legs while Ginta picked up his chest. "Kouga will get his revenge if it's the last thing he does."
With those words they both fled into the dark cover of night.
Kanna stared at her sister Kagura, who was staring at Matsuho who was working on a body transformation.
"When will it be ready Matsuho?" Kagura asked the Dark Priestess.
Matsuho was a young woman in her late 20's. Her dark black hair covered her shoulders and fell forward. Her eyes were the darkest blue Kagura had ever seen on a woman. Her skin seem flawless and soft to the touch. Her lips were a bright pink and full. She was a slim woman who looked as if she didn't weigh anything.
A bright dark light flew out of Matsuho's hand. The light was like glue; it stuck an arm to a socket. "It shall be ready soon Kagura. Stop being impatient and let me do my work or I shall stop right here."
Kagura stood up and faced the priestess. "As you wish." She slowly walked out of the room.
Kagura stood at the edge of the glistening water. The moon reflected off the water making the waves seem as if they were alive and vibrant. She inhaled the salt water to cleanse off all the stress she was going through. She needed time to be free, until the moment of truth arrived yet again.
Free.
She won't be free any more. She will be captured and restrained again. She will be locked down like an animal that wasn't allowed to go outside. She will not be able to fly away like the birds in the sky that flew out before winter arrives. She won't be free anymore.
No more.
"Inuyasha!" Kagome yelled running towards him.
Inuyasha put the Tetsusaiga back into its sheath and turned towards his running mate. He opened his arms to catch his mate. He caught her and twirled her around, safe in his arms. He put her down and kissed her deeply. Her scent filled his senses; his mind became hazy and dizzy from her wonderful scent. Who wasn't able to be happy around her? She was happiness altogether.
She broke the kiss and gave a hearty laugh. "Oh Inuyasha." She hugged him hard and close to her heart. "I'm so glad that this is over and that your safe."
She suddenly stopped laughing and looked down. She saw his skin ripped and crimson blood dripping out of his wound. "Oh my gosh Inuyasha!"
He looked down and back up at Kagome. "Its nothing."
She looked back at him her eyes wide in shock. "Nothing! Inuyasha your cut open! You can't say that it's nothing!"
He let go of her and grabbed her hands. "I'll be fine. I just want to celebrate our staying together."
Kagome shook her head at his thought. "We can celebrate that later. Right now we got to get back to camp so that Kaede can stitch you up."
Inuyasha shivered at the thought of being stitched up. "I hate those needle things."
Kagome laughed, last time Inuyasha got stitched up he had a spaz attack and ran around until Miroku and Sango tied him up to a tree and stitched his arm. "Well you have no choice unless you want to bleed to death, then we won't be able to celebrate." She pouted cutely.
Now it was Inuyasha's turn to laugh. "Someone's in the mood for celebration am I right?"
Kagome stopped laughing and looked at him. "Nah uh. I'm just um… I dunno..."
He shook his head and grabbed her hand. "Alright then. Let's go back to camp." He draped an arm around her shoulder and they both walked away.
"OUCH!" Inuyasha cried out.
"Oh stop it Inuyasha. Ye are crying like a young bairn. Ye have suffered much more than this." Kaede told him while she inserted the needle into his flesh.
Kagome, Miroku and Sango all stood behind Kaede and stared at Inuyasha who was in fact acting like a baby.
Kagome couldn't help but glimpse at Sango who was acting all shy. When Kagome and Inuyasha had returned to the camp Sango and Miroku were talking like humans. She was glad that they had made up but something was still out of place. They were talking all right but it seemed like they were hiding a secret. A big secret.
"There ye go now." Kaede finally told Inuyasha.
Kagome looked back at Inuyasha and saw his relieved face. She crawled towards him and gave him a sheepish smile. "See it wasn't THAT bad."
He turned and glared at her. " 'See it wasn't THAT bad'." He mimicked her. "I still don't have my haori and I am freezing!"
Sango smiled and looked at Miroku. "Miroku…" She whispered.
He turned his head towards her, his purple eyes heating her body up. "Yes."
"Can you get something to warm up Inuyasha for the night?" She asked him silently.
Kagome and Inuyasha both looked at the couple, eyes wide. Inuyasha leaned towards Kagome and whispered in her ear. "Since when are they talking?"
She looked at Inuyasha and smiled gracefully. "I'm not sure, but I'm glad that they're both not sulking any more."
"Ya, your right. It was getting on my nerves."
Kagome shook her head. "Your unbelievable."
Inuyasha took Kagome and put her into his lap. "I know."
Kagome smiled and kissed him on the lips. She leaned her head on his shoulder, trying not to touch the stitched up wound. She started playing with his hair. "Hmm…Inuyasha?"
He looked down at her. "Yes."
"I have to go back home tomorrow." She told him dreamily.
He raked his fingers in her black curtained hair. "Why?"
"Because I have to go shopping for my prom-" Kagome suddenly straitened up.
Inuyasha gripped her tighter. "What is it!"
Kagome looked at Inuyasha with a wide smile. "Inuyasha…"
"What!"
She jumped off Inuyasha and squealed. "You can come to my prom!"
"What's that?" He asked her, looking up.
She crouched down in front and took his hands into hers. "Its when my grade dress up and go somewhere and we dance and have fun."
He looked confused, very confused. "I don't get it."
"Oh just agree! Please!" She begged. She really wanted to go to the prom with Inuyasha.
He sighed and nodded his head. "Alright. If it makes you happy."
"Eek!" Kagome squealed in delight. "Trust me you won't regret this!"
Inuyasha stood up and gave a deep sigh. "I have a feeling that I won't" he grumbled.
Kagome laughed and hugged him tightly. "You won't!" She let go of him and skipped towards Sango and Miroku who were talking to Kaede. "Sango, Miroku!"
They both turned towards Kagome. "Yes Kagome." Sango replied.
"Do you want to go to the prom with me? You and Miroku?" She asked them in joy. She couldn't help the feeling that was going through her. She was so happy that she was going to the prom with Inuyasha and hopefully with her two best friends.
Sango and Miroku both looked at each other trying to find out what a prom was.
Kagome giggled at them. She knew they didn't know what the prom was so she explained. "The prom is when people dress up pretty and go somewhere fancy and dance and have fun!"
Sango and Miroku both looked at Inuyasha who was behind Kagome. He was nodding at them. They both looked at Kagome. "Sure!" They said in union.
"EEK!" Kagome squealed. "This is going to be soo fun! But we have to leave tomorrow so that you and me can go buy our prom dresses alright Sango?"
Sango nodded briefly. "Ok."
Kagome looked at Inuyasha. "You and Miroku are going to come also because we have to get your tux's."
Miroku and Inuyasha looked at each other. "What's a tux?"
Kagome giggled. This is going to be fun! "Its something that you wear."
Morning
"So are you ready to go!" Kagome shouted at Inuyasha who was still inside the hut.
They had made it back to the village by mid-afternoon. Kagome was excited as ever to go back home and get her prom dress.
Inuyasha came out of the hut with Kagome's big yellow bag. "Yes."
Kagome jumped up in the air with a delighted squeal. She ran towards Inuyasha and grabbed his hand. "Come on slow poke!"
Inuyasha mumbled unnecessary words under his breath. He wanted to go to the "prom" whatever that was but he didn't want to wear a tux, whatever that was. He felt the need to make Kagome happy and now he knew how much the prom meant to her. Since he had told her that he was going to go with her she had been very happy.
Kagome climbed on his back and Sango and Miroku went on Kilala. They arrived at the well in a flash.
Kagome was so excited. She had never been this happy, well she has when Inuyasha and her admitted their love and when she became his mate, but she was still very happy that he was going to come to her prom. She had dreamed of her prom since she was 7 and she had never expected to go with a Dog Demon that was her mate at the age of 16.
She loved him very much, and it was like she was married. She was young and everyone always said that it was impossible to love at a young age. But Kagome was able to prove them wrong. She loved Inuyasha with all her heart and soul; nothing would be able to separate them.
Kagome got off Inuyasha's back and skipped to the well. She turned to her friends excitedly. "Come on!" She giddied.
Sango and Miroku got off Kilala. Sango whispered words to her demon and Kilala flew away. "Alright then." Sango said walking towards them. "Let's go."
Kagome held Sango's hand while Inuyasha took a hold of Miroku's staff, which Miroku was holding. They all jumped in and the bright white light engulfed them.
"So…they are gone for now…" A voice laughed evilly. "I Naraku shall destroy the village and all they loved ones shall die! Inuyasha will finally pay…finally."
Naraku is now back! I will tell you what happened with Naraku and why he came back. The story is going to be making a big turn and hopefully it will satisfy you. I'm sorry that I haven't updated my story in 48 days. Someone had sent me a review and she told me how many days since I had updated. Well I hope that this long chapter made you all happy. Anyways R&R
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