Two Months to Live by Corisu Li, chapter 24, inu yasha fanfic

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: Ok, I'm posting kinda early because I'm banned from the computer tomorrow. *twitch* Darn Grandma...

Corisu Li: We don't own them. Bishie torture time! During the week, Kuno- chan has collected plenty of random bishies to plug into the story! Yayz!

Kunoichi: ^____^ Now for the fangirl pellets! *wiggles nose and forms a hole down to the pit. Shrugging, she empties the entire jar in.* There!

Kunoichi: Riiight. *dumps a bucket down, then wiggles her nose, making a TV appear* Let's watch the action!

*A blur suddenly streaks by, knocking Domon and Kurama to the the ground and pinning them there*

Blur: Hmmph! I am NOT just a FANGIRL! My name is Kyoko Kasshu Minamino, and you'd do well to remember it!

Chapter 24: In the Recesses of the Mind

With a slight groan, he pushed himself into a sitting position and looked around him. For some reason, it was night, and the crescent moon was high in the sky.

'Kagome!' he thought suddenly. 'She's with pup... and it's her human night! Where is she?' He immediately jumped up and began to sniff the air for any trace of her scent.

The first thing he noticed, to his relief, was that there was no blood on the air. The second thing that he detected was a hint of lavender...

He took off, his feet flying over the ground, but he could never seem to be able to move fast enough to catch up with the retreating trail that was Kagome's distinctive scent. He had been running for quite a while when something unexpected hit his ears.

Cursing under his breath, he doubled his speed, determined to kill whatever was scaring those people before it could hurt Kagome.

As he ran, he pondered what had happened. The last thing he remembered was Sesshoumaru and Shirokin arguing... How he had wound up in a forest was anyone's guess..

Finally, he broke into a clearing that housed a small village, the origin of the cries. Now that he was much closer, she sharp tang of human blood hit the back of his throat and made him gag. 'Kagome!' he called, not wanting to cry out loud in case the attacker was to hear him.

There was no response from the other side of the link, but Inuyasha could feel her there. It was as if she was intentionally ignoring him.

While he stood there, a man made himself known, crawling between two huts in an effort to escape the yet-unseen menace. "Help... us..." he croaked. His back was stained almost solid red and blood trickled from a wound on his forehead.

Inuyasha stepped to where the man lay and leaned over him. "What's going on in there?"

"She... she's killing them all... Children, women, she doesn't care. Ruthless..."

There was no response. The man's eyes had glazed and he collapsed a second later.

Inuyasha straightened from his crouch and turned his head once more toward the village. A hut was now alight, casting an eerie glow over the huts. Shadows of fleeing people flickered across the ground.

Without further thought, Inuyasha bounded directly into the heart of the village. The damage was unbelievable. Children lay dead in dying mothers' arms, while the bodies of the men were scattered like so much cheap junk.

'What could have done this?' The smell of the blood sent his head reeling. Once he saw the state of the village, he felt an even more urgent need to find his mate.

'Kagome!' When there was no answer, he called aloud, "KAGOME!" Finally, there was a rustle of movement. Inuyasha whirled and looked behind him.

Miroku shook his head violently and became suddenly aware that he was standing beside a riverbed, the waters reflecting the noonday sun. Then, he became aware that he was standing there with Sango.

"What do you mean, what happened? We were walking, and you suddenly looked as if you were daydreaming."

Sango giggled and put a hand to his forehead. "When were we ever at Sesshoumaru's castle? You're imagining things..."

With every word that Sango spoke, Miroku felt more and more inclined to agree. It *was* silly; since when were they friends with Sesshoumaru?

Miroku nodded. The two sat on the riverbank, side by side. As if on impulse, Sango removed her shoes and trailed her feet in the water, creating ripples that fanned out over the river, eventually disappearing from sight. She sighed. "Do you ever think about... where we're going to live when this is all over?"

Miroku gasped. The purple glove was right back where it belonged, adorned with the light blue rosary. "Wha... but... we've defeated Naraku! We-" he stopped. Sango's eyebrow was quirked. Then she did something highly interesting... and strangely provocative.

She leaned forward to place a hand on his forehead once more, as if checking for a fever, but that wasn't the interesting part. What was interesting was the fact that she pressed her bosom rather close to him while she did it...

She dropped back to her seated position and put her hands palm-down on the ground. "What does it look like I'm doing?" She gave him a suggestive smile.

A part of Miroku's brain was screaming at him. 'This isn't right, baka! You know this isn't right!' The hentai part, however wasn't speaking. It was just emitting a long, low whistle.

With barely a second thought, Miroku leaned forward and captured Sango's lips with his.

Sesshoumaru turned to him, his emotionless face somehow managing to portray a look of deep disgust toward the other Taiyoukai. From his right hand, the torpid mind-shell of Jaken hung. The one who called herself Purity had left a while ago, claiming that she wanted to 'watch the festivities'. Sesshoumaru didn't care to know what 'the festivities' were.

"So, you have finally awakened. I, of course, never lost conciousness in the first place."

Shirokin frowned as he stood, his fists clenched. "We'll see if you're still gloating after..." His hand groped at his side and his eyes widened. "Where's my damn sword?!?!"

"Ah. You've noticed. It would seem that we were disarmed in our transport here, though it doesn't surprise me. Have you ever heard the saying, 'You can't take it with you'?"

Sesshoumaru set the Jaken-puppet on the ground and scoffed. "No. We have merely been separated from our bodies."

"Inuyasha's wench was right about you. You truly are pompous... arrogant... egotistical..."

With a snarl, Shirokin leapt forward, his claws outstretched, but he never even reached his target. Intead, he was simply frozen in midair.

'He is truly a conceited person...' She was now circling the navy-haired youkai, her eyes searching.

Sesshoumaru either realized that he wasn't going to get an answer or tired of repeating himself. "How would you know?"

'Here, we see people as they truly are. When the child and the Sage awaken, they will be unchanged, for they show their emotions clearly. You are unchanged because your facade has become nature to you after all these years. Shirokin is an even greater fool. Jaken was disgusting, so I destroyed him.'

She poked at Jaken with a toe, then gave Sesshoumaru another odd smile. 'You are here so that you will not interfere.'

It took a second for Sesshoumaru to place the answer with the question, but when he did, he just asked another. "Interfere with what, exactly?"

Purity ignored him, her eyes fixed on Shirokin. Seconds later, he crashed to the ground, face-first. Sesshoumaru snorted with laughter, then his eyes widened. Purity turned amused eyes on him.

Shirokin pushed himself up and rubbed his nose in irritation. "What the hell happened? Who is that?"

Sesshoumaru could have averted a lot of trouble by just telling him the girl's name... But for some reason, he preferred to make Shirokin go through all of the paradoxes. He'd figure it out eventually.

A soft groan made itself known from a corner. Yuya sat up and yawned, blinking around in disconcern. "Hm."

"What do you mean, 'hm'? Did you know that this was going to happen?" Sesshoumaru didn't move, instead posing his question from across the room.

Yuya grinned, then locked eyes with the lavender-haired child. "We just wait for the others to complete their testing... right, Purity?"

Purity's eyes widened and she slowly turned to look into the corner. 'Stop it, Sage. I will have none of your meddling here.'

"What test?" Sesshoumaru asked. He realized that Yuya was slowly but surely hacking into the small girl's mind. Obviously, Purity's powers were much weaker than her older counterpart's.

"They are being examined for their competency to rule. The humans are being tested because they are close friends and allies of your half-brother and his mate. We are here because, right now, Suikai is in a trance, and if we were to go to her castle, we could kill her while she is unprotected, ne?"

A low growl burst from Purity's throat. As she glared at the Sage, the whites of her eyes turned blood-red, leaving them an odd mix of crimson and purple. 'SHUT UP!'

At once, a wind filled the room. The toys that had been there vanished, and the floor was replaced by grayish grit. The atmosphere darkened; it was obviously a reflection of Purity's emotions.

Yuya blinked and raised a hand to her throat. She tried to speak, but no sound passed her lips. She turned alarmed eyes to Purity, then relaxed and gave a knowing smile. Glancing at Sesshoumaru, she mouthed 'I must have been right...' before the gritty soil below her burst up in a hill and swallowed her, whipping her from sight.

As if it had never changed, the atmosphere returned to that of the brightly lit children's playroom. The ground returned to normal. There were two huge differences, however...

"Oh, no... no, no, no, no...." Kunoichi clapped her hands to her mouth and froze in the doorway, her eyes wide.

Why hadn't she thought of it before? The house was filled to the brim with Sai, but never once had she thought about it being previously filled with servants... As of yet, the only person that they had been actively searching for was Kohaku, but they had found so much more...

They had searched the entire castle, from top to bottom, and there was still no sign of the young slayer boy. They hadn't come across any more Sai, either; thanks to the sand, they seemed aware that they would be detected, no matter what they tried.

After that part of their search had been completed, with nothing to show for it, Kunoichi had suddenly remembered a secret dungeon-like chamber that had once been used when the castle had belonged to more strict owners.

It was there that they stood. The ceiling of the huge room was moldy, a sick greenish-white. The floor was still sand, under the force of Ninsei's spell, but it wriggled now and then, betraying the prescence of rats and other creatures beneath the surface.

That reaction was caused when she looked in the cells that lined the walls of the huge room.

Splashes of blood adorned the walls and floor. The drag-marks and footprints in the sand clearly outlined where the Sai had spent the last hour.

Shippou took one look at the carnage and covered his eyes, burying his face in Kunoichi's leg and whimpering.

Kunoichi's head jerked up from its bowed position. A hand was reaching around a corner that was half-obscured by the near darkness.

"Chiaki-chan!" Kunoichi cried, throwing herself forward with a sob and falling to her knees beside the woman.

"The boy..." It looked as if it were an immense effort for Chiaki to speak. Kunoichi realized that she was kneeling in a pool of the servant's blood, pouring from a wound in her side. She rocked back onto her toes.

"Th... there..." The now-trembling woman pointed to the corridor that she had just crawled out of. Now that she concentrated, she could vaguely hear the clang of metal echoing down the hallway.

Ninsei immediately strode forward. He gave Kunoichi a grave look. "Get this woman upstairs. If I'm correct, the Sai are now rallied here. There are no more than a dozen, I can discern that much from scent. I want you to find an empty room. Make sure that it's empty; use your powers if you must. Fire an arrow at the door and form a seal. Do not let it down unless I come for you... or if another of our friends does."

Kunoichi stood and stared at him. "You aren't planning to go alone! I'll go with you!"

Ninsei had already begun to walk down the hall toward the sound of fighting. "You will not. You will do as I have asked. Take Shippou and Chiaki and go."

"Iie! Are you crazy! You against a dozen Sai! You'll-" Her eyes widened. "I won't let you!"

As soon as those words left his mouth, a wall of sand erupted behind him. Kunoichi's cries of "NINSEI!!!!" were lost to the roar of the small particles colliding with the ceiling. When the noise finally quieted and the storm abated, a stone wall was sitting where Ninsei had once been.

Kunoichi let out a cry of dismay and ran to the partition, as if she was planning to topple it with her bare hands. "NINSEIII!!!" she cried again, tears running down her face. "DAMN YOU! COME BACK!!!" After a while, her fists ceased their pounding and she stared disbelievingly at the wall.

Shippou spoke then. "Kunoichi? Maybe we should do what he said. She doesn't look too great..."

Kunoichi shook the tears from her eyes and turned to face the kitsune and Chiaki. It was true, the woman was no longer holding herself upright by her elbows. She was still concious, but she didn't look as if she could move on her own.

Kunoichi used the tip of an arrow to slice into the bottom hem of her kimono. She pulled a few strips loose and began to crudely bind Chiaki's wound. That done, she took one of the servant's arms behind her own neck and helped her slowly to her feet. Soon, they were out of the dungeon, and far from the stench of death.

It was then that he fully took in her appearance. Instead of being human, as she should have been, she was instead full youkai. Her hair was once more a shimmering silver, and her blood-red eyes were narrowed with malice. Blood stained her claws and the front of her clothing.

"What is it, Inuyasha? Don't you like me anymore?" She feigned a pout, devilish intent and sarcasm seeming to drip from her body.

"What happened to you?" he asked, turning his face briefly upward to confirm that it was, indeed, a crescent moon. "Why aren't you human?"

Her eyes narrowed even more, until they were slits in her infuriated face. "Ignorance is sometimes bliss, Inuyasha..." She fingered the hilt of her sword.

Kagome stared around at the carnage in disinterest. "Because they couldn't defend themselves."

Inuyasha's eyes widened a little, and he took a dubious step back. "What are you getting from all this, Kagome?"

Her eyes flashed dangerously, and she raised a blood-stained hand in front of her face. "I lured you here..." she replied finally. "And now that you're here... you die."

With a blur of motion, she ripped the Sora-Ki from its sheath and dashed forward.

Sango leaned further into the kiss, finally exerting so much pressure that Miroku fell to the ground with her lying on top of him. He tried to pull away, but she seemed almost ravenous in her passion.

When Miroku finally freed his lips, he whispered her name softly. She didn't respond. She was, instead, tugging at his robes. Again, something struck the back of his mind, as if trying to persuade him to back off...

Once more, he ignored it, catching a glimpse of Sango's lavender hair floating in the breeze before closing his eyes.

Miroku's eyes shot open once more and he rolled, pinning the girl over him to the ground. She appeared to be just Sango, and now, she looked a little apprehensive. "Houshi-sama, what's wrong?"

Miroku reached out to the side and grabbed his staff, positioning it at the girl's neck. "You're not Sango!" he declared, a disgusted look on his face.

She looked up at him in shock. "What in the world could make you think THAT, Houshi-sama?"

The monk gave her a superior smile. "Sango calls me *Miroku*." He then drew back his right hand, prepared to drive it into her throat.

All at once, the world turned black. The girl beneath him slithered from his grasp, and her form changed. Her hair turned lavender and retracted to shoulder length. Her eyes took on a dark purple color. 'You have done well...' she murmured to him, and vanished.

Miroku realized that he was standing on a patch of grass just outside of a village. He glanced at his right hand. The glove was gone, telling him that all was back to normal. Well, as normal as could be expected, anyway.

He turned toward the cluster of small buildings. A hut was on fire, tossing burning embers into the night sky. Miroku scratched his head. 'It's night now?' Before he could contemplate his situation any more, he heard the clang of metal and a shout from the center of the village.

When he finally found the hanyou, he was met with a disgusting sight. Dead bodies were strewn over the ground, making it difficult to find an unoccupied place to step. Inuyasha was currently holding up the Tetsusaiga against a youkai female.

"I have to save Kagome!" the hanyou cried back, lessening the amount of force that he was putting on the sword and allowing the youkai's blade to sink into the ground. He leapt back, toward Miroku.

Miroku looked confused for a split second before he focused on the youkai female in front of them both. She looked incensed, but that wasn't what caught his attention. His eyes were instead fixed on her blade. 'The Sora- Ki... It couldn't be...'

With a roar, she threw herself at the pair. Inuyasha met her in the air, locking blades with her once again.

Miroku watched with dawning comprehension. 'If this is anything like MY predicament...' "Inuyasha!!!!" he called out. "Is she any different?"

Inuyasha grunted and pushed Kagome from his body. She gracefully flipped, landing on one foot and smirking. "Whaddaya mean, monk!" the hanyou shouted back.

"Just think! Is there anything different about her? She may not be who she seems!"

Kagome smirked. "Don't bother listening to your little friend, Inuyasha... False hope is for fools!"

Inuyasha heard her words, but didn't pay much attention to them. He was considering what Miroku had proposed. 'Is she different?'

His thoughts were cut short as Kagome leapt yet again. Having no time to raise his sword, he tucked and rolled, coming to a stop while lying on his stomach. The air rippled with the force of her attack.

Inuyasha scowled at the useless monk and rolled again as Kagome swung the Sora-Ki his way. 'Well...last time she was youkai... she-'

His eyes suddenly widened, and he knew exactly what to do... and what to search for. He pulled himself to his feet and grinned at the girl. "You're finished now."

"And that's your first mistake... When Kagome was full demon, she had no damn idea who I was!"

When he blinked, it returned to silver, but he had already seen what he needed to. "Second of all..." he darted forward suddenly, confident that she wouldn't be able to dodge. Using the first two fingers of his right hand, he sliced through the clothing that was over her left shoulder. She growled and spun, but it was too late. The fabric parted to show smooth, blemish-free skin.

Kagome's shape changed as Sango's had done, becoming that of a young woman with short, lavender hair and dark purple eyes. 'Much better than what I expected. But can you face...'

The scenery changed once again. The floor dropped out of the male's world and they began to fall gently, landing on their feet on a stone floor in a huge chamber. The woman landed softly, turning her cold purple eyes on them. She completed her sentence: '...all three of us?'

When the youkai claimed her face again, she glared at them with contempt. 'I am Suikai, mistress of the mind. Your mates' souls are within me...'

Suikai gave a heartless smile. 'I don't think so. You see, they will act as my insurance... If I am killed... I'm taking them with me.'

'Indeed, it is. But how will you have fun without sullying your hands?' She stretched said hands out to her sides, and pinkish orbs appeared in them. 'Oops. I guess this is another of Kagome's abilities that she didn't tell you about.'

Miroku and Inuyasha fell into defensive stances. Suikai grinned. 'Now... how will you defeat me... without killing your own?'

Kunoichi: *sweatdrop* Yeeeeah. She just wanted to make up for the supreme extra-mega shortness of the last one. 12 pages, not counting the disclaimers... I think we did pretty good, ne? ^___^

*A rumbling is heard from the distance. A groups of stampeding fangirls, led by Kenshin, Sanosuke, Aoshi, Hiei, and Yusuke, appear on the horizon.*

Elyndewen Startree: *blinks, then hides all sharp objects and potential weapons* You shall not harm Fluffy-sama... I still don't understand how you're not a Fluffy fan... *gets starry-eyed and sighs* Eh. Hey... wait... Kagome, don't take those!!!!!!

GinHasa: *throws various objects at you* How dare you mention the Inu movie to meeeee!! Do you mock my plight!! *tosses a German shepherd* AAAARGH!!!! And yes, the Jaken thing WAS creepy... but strangely satisfying...

Isabel: Hee. Mystellia @ aol.com, that's me! No spaces, though... you know the drill. Heh, I'd read your fic... sure... just tell me where it is.

Vamps: Feh. Me no celebrate Halloween... so me no get candy... *pouts* Oh, well... life goes on... *points at flattened Inu and laughs like the kid from the Simpsons* HA-ha!

Kitsune Bi 123: Yeesh! Sorry, sorry! I was getting my stuff mixed up and I could have sworn that you asked it again. *cringes* Don't kill me... I'm just a helpless little authoress...

Letitia or Teesha: Well you can see that there was no Sano-snuggling this time... but next time, I've got you all set! I just wanted to see what would happen when the other owners of those names of yours popped up... ^__________^

Vampire-Elf: Floating pocky? I'm not even going to ask how that happened... I'll just read the fic! ^_^ And no, sadly, I have not seen that series... I am anime-deprived!

Aamalie: There! She got him back! Happy? Well, I should be asking HER that... And out of the two you named, I've only seen CCS... *teardrop* WHYYYY do people keep naming things that I haven't seen?!?!?!

Heather: ACK! Not the WHIIIIP!!! Oh, and the new fic is on fanfiction.net. I think you told me that you're reading this on InuyashaKarma? Well, if my memory serves me, that site links you right to ff.net. So all you would have to do would be to click on 'Corisu Li' near the top of the page. My bio will show up, and the stories will be at the bottom.

Inusapphrine: Yesh. Very short. Which is why this one is mega long. I am soooooo sorry!! *begins to plead for forgiveness, then stops* WAAAAIT... what am I doing? Inu-chan, c'mere! Inu: WHAT? Me: Beg for me! Inu: WHAAAAT?!?! Me: *beckons to Kagome* Inu: Gah! Nevermind! *bows* Please forgive her for being a baka ningen wench! *runs before I figure out what he said*

firefeline: Eek! Don't do THAT! Ya wouldn't look good bald! And yesh, Purity's a strange one. I'm glad you liked, though! I am the Mistress of the Evil Cliffies of DOOM!!!

Alianna: ACK! I'm sorry!!!!!!! I know that it was short, but I made up for it, right? Right? Inu-chan will apologize to you in Inusapphrine's response... *reads it again* Heyyy... INUYASHA!!!!!!!

flameflyingfeline: Whyyyyy? With the candy and the spreading joy...yeesh. Candy is the LAST thing that I need right now. Anyway, sorry if I confused you! Hopefully, this cleared some stuff up! ^____^ Ja!

Two Months to Live by Corisu Li
This is a sequel to One Month of Romance. It is complete in 27 chapters. It has a few plot twists that will shock you.

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