Two Months to Live
Chapter Seventeen: An Unexpected Turn of Events
Fanfiction by: Corisu Li, Mystellia@aol.com
, home page http://www.freewebs.com/chasms/
This is a sequel to One Month for Romance. It is complete in 27 chapters.
It has a few plot twists that will shock you.I'm posting it here with the
permission of the author. I found it at http://www.geocities.com/inuyashakarma
. Enjoy. Tim Seltzer
Disclaimer: Corisu Li: Whoo-hoo! *celebrates* I got over
100 reviews! Thanks to everyone who dropped me a few words...I really appreciate
it!
Kunoichi: And to further make reviewers feel special...*grin* Individual
replies! At the end of the chapter, look for your name if you reviewed
the last chapter...
Corisu Li: Ah, and pocky to the following people who correctly guessed
what disclaimer we will be revisiting...Heather, flameflyingfeline, and
Aamalie! *frowns* If I missed anyone, just yell at me and I'll give you
what's yours...ok, let the crazy begin!
********In a dimly lit room********
Inuyasha: *shivers* Oh, shit...oh, damn...oh, FUCK...AAAAARGH! *chibi
plushie Sesshoumaru drops from the ceiling* Heh...that's not that bad...
Chibi Sesshie: Hiiiiii! ^________^
Inuyasha: *anime fall* What the hell? *more chibi plushies rain from
the ceiling*
Chibi Kagome: WAAAAH!!! I fell too hard!!!!
Chibi Miroku: *gropes Chibi Sango*
Chibi Sango: *whacks him upside the head with Chibi Hiraikotsu*
Inuyasha: Whoa whoa whoa...too much hyperness...
Chibi Kikyou: *jumps on Inu's head* Kiss meeee! I WUV YOUUUU!!
Inuyasha: Kyaaaa! Get the fuck OFF! *tosses her across the room*
Chibi Kikyou: WAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!! My heart is bwoken!!!
Chibi Kirara: Mew.
Chibi Sesshie: All will bow to my extreme cuteness!
Chibi Kagome and Chibi Sango: *start drooling and chase him around the
room*
Inuyasha: O.O What...is...going...on...here?
Chibi Naraku: Evil is going on here...Evillllll...kukukukukuku *coughing
fit* Agh, damn.
Chibi Kagome: *stops chasing Chibi Sesshie* Oooooohh....you said a bad
word...
Chibi Sango: DIE! *clubs Naraku with Chibi Hiraikotsu*
Chibi Miroku: DIE! *whacks him with his chibi staff*
Chibi Kikyou and Chibi Kagome: DIEEE! *shoot him with arrows*
Chibi Sesshie: Hmmph. I refuse to participate. *folds arms and looks
very kawaii*
Chibi Naraku: Noooo...*dies in puff of sparkly smoke*
Chibi Kagome: Yayyyyy!
Inuyasha: o.0 Uh...oh, well...at least they're not bothering me...
Chibi Kikyou: Inuyasha! My daaaaaaaaaarling!! *glomps him*
Inuyasha: ACK!!!! Get off me, wench! *falls over*
Chibi Kagome: MINE! *pulls Kikyou off and throws her into the air, where
she disappears in a white sparkle* (a/n: Chibi Kikyou, blasting off agaaaaaaain....*ding*)
All Chibis: I'M HUNGRY!!!!
Inuyasha: Keh. Bug off. You annoy me.
Chibis: WHAT?!?! *cry loudly*
Inuyasha: *covers ears* Stop that!
Chibi Kikyou: *falls back to earth and disappears into a crater*
*****Back in the normal disclaimer********
Corisu Li: Kuno-chan...
Kunoichi: Hai? ^___^
Corisu Li: CHIBIS?!?!
Kunoichi: Well, it seemed like a good idea at the time... *pushes index
fingers together sheepishly*
Corisu Li: Ah, well. We'll check in on how Inu 'n the Chibis are doing
later.... Until then, I own nothing! Not the Inu gang, and not blasting
off like Team Rocket. I do, however, like to say that I own the Chibis
and my two remaining OC's... Enjoy the chapter!
Summary: Sequel to One Month for Romance. Miroku
finds that he has two months before the kazaana sucks him in. Will his
friends be able to save his life and stake claim over the Northern Lands?
And what does Kikyou want?!?!
Chapter 17: An Unexpected Turn of Events
Sesshoumaru scoffed over the inert body of his half-brother. 'Weakling,'
he thought. 'Too weak to control himself and too weak to own up to his
own problems...' Here, something strange happened. Tenseiga gave a pulse
at his side...
And so did Tokijin.
It seemed that both of the swords felt that they needed to be used,
and they were going out of their way to make Sesshoumaru decide between
them.
"I could kill him now," Sesshoumaru thought aloud, "But there is no
honor in slaying a completely defenseless opponent. Yet, I refuse to heal
him, as he is my sworn enemy...And yet..." The smell of Inuyasha's blood
was stirring something within him. Even though he loathed his brother,
he was quickly becoming agitated by the thought of leaving him there, defenseless
and dying...
"Milord? Lord Sesshoumaru?" Jaken emerged from the trees and waddled
to his side. "What is that awful scent of- blech!" Jaken spotted Inuyasha
lying on the ground and took a step back. "Why... that is your half-brother,
is it not, Lord Sesshoumaru? Will you slay him now?"
Sesshoumaru didn't look up at his retainer. He posed a question to the
wind. "Is it dignified to slay one who is without protection?"
Jaken looked up, puzzled. "Are you asking me, Milord? Well, I don't
think that it matters, as long as you get the job done..."
Sesshoumaru continued to voice his thoughts aloud. "Would it be an adequate
display of my superiority if I were to kill him after he was nearly slain
by another?"
Jaken stared at the Taiyoukai for a moment, confused beyond all belief.
'Why is Lord Sesshoumaru acting this way?' he wondered. 'What could be
going on inside that head of his?'
Something was beginning to change inside of Sesshoumaru...something
that was sparked by the small girl named Rin. He no longer felt the overbearing
urge to kill his brother...as a matter of fact, he had forgotten his motives
for doing so in the first place. He no longer needed Tetsusaiga...he had
Tokijin. He no longer desired the Northern Lands...they were not as magnificent
as his own at present. He no longer wished for Inuyasha's mate...their
bond was far too strong to be broken and it would jeopardize his current
situation...
Sesshoumaru looked up and glanced into a pack of trees. "Ah, Un," he
called. From the trees emerged the two-headed youkai that was Rin's transportation.
He pointed to his brother's form and began to give instruction.
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Kirara landed softly in the clearing and Ninsei slid from her back,
holding himself up with his staff. Kunoichi was nowhere in sight...
The others slid from Kirara as well. "I could have sworn that that was
a purified arrow..." Sango mused, stepping forward. Shippou nodded from
her shoulder. Ninsei was about to suggest that they look around when his
ears picked up a rustling noise from the trees to his left.
Whirling as quickly as he could with his injured leg, he faced the sound
with apprehensive eyes. He tensed, ready if a threat should emerge, but
relaxed and almost collapsed when the young girl came into view, Kagome's
backpack over her shoulders and a bow clasped tightly in her hand.
"Kunoichi..." Ninsei whispered, not daring to believe his eyes. There
was no way that such a thing could have occurred.... How?
Kunoichi looked up at the sound of her name, and her bow clattered to
the ground as her eyes welled with tears. "Ninsei!" She ran forward hugged
him fiercely, knocking him back into Kirara's side. With the support of
the neko-youkai behind him, Ninsei folded the girl into an embrace.
Sango smiled faintly, happy for the couple, but her smile faded as she
considered the situation. Kunoichi had been revived...and the only person
they knew that was capable of that was...
"Kunoichi-san, how is it that you were restored?" Sango asked, stepping
forward.
Kunoichi pulled away from Ninsei with a slight flush and answered, "I'm
not quite sure how. There was a youkai there with me when I awoke, however."
"What did he look like?" 'Please don't be him, please...' Sango silently
entreated.
"He looked kind of like Inuyasha...only older and he had marks on his
face."
"Sesshoumaru!" Sango hissed to herself. Shippou quavered on her shoulder
and spoke her fears aloud.
"What if he went after Inuyasha, Sango? Then, he'll be defenseless...and
he's hurt!"
"I know, Shippou-chan, I know."
Ninsei cleared his throat politely. "Who is this Sesshoumaru? An enemy
of yours?"
"Hai," Sango answered. "Or rather an enemy of Inuyasha's. He's his half
brother. There has always been enmity between the two, but it has worsened
due to Kagome's transformation among other things... We have to go after
him!"
Ninsei, Shippou and Kunoichi climbed on to Kirara while Sango opted
to run. "Go quickly! Tell Kagome what's going on, she needs to know!" In
a few seconds, the fire-cat was out of sight, leaving Sango to make her
own slower way back to Kagome.
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Kagome had finally managed to halt her tears for a while. She was staring
determinedly at a rock to her left, trying to force her body not to allow
tears to fall. She was doing quite a good job of it, too, only looking
up when she heard a faint voice call her name.
"Miroku-sama?" she queried, standing and going to his side.
The monk winced and pulled himself to a sitting position. "I am quite
sick of unconciousness..."
Kagome laughed before she could stop herself. "I'm glad you're all right.
We all are."
Miroku suddenly seemed to realize that he wasn't dead, for he glanced
at his right hand and frowned. "Does this mean that-"
"Hai. Inu...Inuyasha defeated him..."
'Ah, bad subject," Miroku thought, reading the saddened look on her
face. To distract her from her thoughts, he reached down and slowly unwrapped
the purple covering from his right hand. Once he was finished, he let it
fall, gazing raptly at the gradually disappearing bruise in the center
of his hand. The bruise stretched to the very edges of his palm, reminding
him of how close to death he'd been.
Flexing his fingers, Miroku smiled and was about to say something when
Kirara burst onto the scene and Kunoichi leapt from her back.
Despite her heavy heart, Kagome was overjoyed at seeing her apprentice
alive again. "Kunoichi-san!" she cried, hugging the girl.
"Lady Kagome!" Ninsei called from Kirara's back. "Sango told us to tell
you that Inuyasha's brother, Sesshoumaru, may be after his life!"
"Nani?" Kagome's briefly cheerful mood dissolved into her downcast mask
once more. "Sesshoumaru?"
"Hai." It was Kunoichi who spoke this time. "Sango said that he revived
me, but I don't know how such a thing is possible."
"It was the Tenseiga." Kagome explained. "It was made from his father's
fang, just like the Tetsusaiga, but it has the power to heal and bring
the dead back to life."
Kunoichi nodded slowly. Just then, Sango burst into the clearing, winded.
"I
tried to see if I could track him, but no luck. Can you smell either him
or Inuyasha, Kaogme?"
This was when Kagome knew something was amiss. "I can't smell much of
anything...I can't even smell the blood on you, Sango-chan! Inuyasha must
have done something so that I wouldn't be able to find him..."
"It is plausible," Ninsei said. "However, Shippou and I can track both
of them, if need be."
Sango thought, then shook her head slowly. "The majority of us are in
no shape to fight. Ninsei's leg is broken, Miroku is completely drained,
and I, myself, am injured, though I would fight nonetheless. We would be
slaughtered easily, if Sesshoumaru wanted it so."
"You're right," Kagome sighed.
Ninsei looked around at them defiantly. "So what is our course of action,
then? We can't just give up!"
Miroku pushed himself to his feet and stood shakily. "We're not giving
up. Just call it...pooling our resources. The best thing to do would be
to go back to Senpai, for now. The ones who are well enough will take up
the search for Inuyasha while the others will recover and follow soon after."
Everyone voiced their approval on the plan. It would be a long trip
back to Senpai, seeing as how Ninsei, Miroku, and Kunoichi were the only
ones who could fit on Kirara, and Kagome was the only one who could run
for a long distance. But they would get there... eventually...
'Just don't let it be too late,' Kagome thought desperately. 'Inuyasha...where
are you?'
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Inuyasha cracked his eyes open and immediately wished he hadn't. Lantern
light flooded his eyeballs and seemed to burn them. With a groan, he tried
to roll onto his stomach, but was unable to make any of his limbs comply.
He released another groan, this one of frustration. Then came a voice from
the other side of the room.
"Stop your squirming. You will injure yourself further."
A mental spark went off in Inuyaha's mind. "Sesshou...maru..." he said,
unable to push his voice above a hoarse whisper. He tried once more to
move and was halted by a deep growl from Sesshoumaru.
"Idiot. I said don't move. Do you wish to bleed to death?"
Inuyasha's muscles relaxed and he began turning the situation over in
his mind. 'Okay... I'm in Sesshoumaru's castle... I'm human... I can't
fucking MOVE.... SHIT!'
"I smell your fear, Inuyasha. Do you fear me...or death?"
Even Inuyasha's human ears picked up the change in the way those words
were spoken. They hid no subliminal messages of malice or bad intent. They
were just plainly spoken, emotionless as usual. "Wha...what d'you want?"
Sesshoumaru snorted and Inuyasha could hear him rising to his feet.
"Rest yourself. Your mate will arrive soon."
Inuyasha's eyes popped open and he watched Sesshoumaru's retreating
back despite the agony that was flooding his head due to the sudden light
exposure. 'Did he just...what the... What the HELL is going on here?!?!?!'
Before he had a lot of time to consider his situation and any possible
escape, he detected a body's entrance into the room. "Here, drink this,"
came a woman's gentle voice.
Inuyasha scowled. "I would if I could MOVE..."
A chuckle came from the woman. "That is to be expected. I bandaged you
up the best I could, but you're still only human..." Her voice was mildly
teasing, and Inuyasha would have snarled if he'd had the energy. "Come
on, sit up and drink!" she demanded. Inuyasha, his eyes tightly shut again,
heard the clink as she placed something on a low table beside the down
bed that he lay in. Then, he felt a hand slipping under his back, slowly
easing him into a sitting position.
'She's pretty strong...' he thought. 'She must be youkai...' To the
woman, he asked, rather rudely, "Who the hell are you?"
The woman giggled. "If you would open your eyes, you would be able to
tell."
Inuyasha did, squinting against the light. The woman looked to be in
her early thirties... she had an elegant, well-bred look about her. 'I...I
recognize her!'
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Corisu Li: *sigh* That's all you get. I know, dreadfully short... gomen,
but it's been a really busy week. Oh, oh, oh...review replies!
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And - hey! *wiggles nose and makes horns and tail disappear* I'm not evil!
I'm just sadistically inclined...
Aamalie: You're crazy if you think I'd let him DIE!!! *snatches Inu
and starts huggling, too* Ugh..I won't kill you over a spelling error,
Aamalie no baka! *rolls eyes, hides Tetsusaiga behind back* Kukukukukuku....eheheheeheheheheehhh....
Mwahahahahahahahaha!!!! *clears throat* Uh...yeah...*gives sword back*
Queeney: Thanks! And don't worry, I will!
Kirara: o.0 *backs away slowly* Uh...Thanks? I think...eep! Don't roast
me! *throws Chibi Kikyou at you*
Nekoyasha: Yayyyyy....the flattery! ^_____^ Gotta love it!
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Corisu Li: Ick. I just realized that the beginning and end notes are
longer than the actual chapter...so I'll stop here.... I'll try to write
lots more for the next chapter...and Inu and the Chibis continue next time
on....
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