Two Months to Live
Chapter Twenty-five: Overcome
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:
*A hand breaks the surface of the earth under a tombstone. The stone
reads: 'Here lies Corisu Li (and Kunoichi). Schoolwork was the death of
her. She didn't own Inuyasha.' After a second, the person pulls free from
the ground.*
Corisu Li: I LIIIIIIIIIIIIIIVE!!!!
Kunoichi: *pops out of the dirt beside her* Ewww.... *starts brushing
herself off*
Corisu Li: Erm, yeah. I guess I have some explaining to do... so read
the notice at the top of my bio! Now, it's chappie time!
Kunoichi: *hopefully* And time for a shower?
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 25: Overcome
Kunoichi felt out with her power when she reached to door to her room.
It appeared that Ninsei was right; there was nothing there. With a grunt,
she half-carried Chiaki into the room and placed her gently on the bed.
After checking that Shippou was safely behind her, she notched an arrow
and let fly at the spot directly over the door.
When the purified arrow lodged in the wood, it flared even brighter.
Waves of pinkish energy seemed to waft down, forming a curtain-like blockade
of power. This done, Kunoichi sank to her knees and dropped her face into
her hands.
Shippou put a tiny hand on her shoulder. "He'll be okay! He is a demon,
after all!"
Kunoichi didn't look up, but a sob tore from her body before she could
surpress it.
Shippou eyed her for a second, then realized, in a very mature manner,
that there was nothing that he could say that would comfort her now.
He settled for curling up beside her, sighing. He whispered, in a tone
that was too quiet for Kunoichi to pick up, "Kagome... Inuyasha... Come
back soon..."
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Ninsei held his staff aloft as he leapt into the room, prepared for
anything.
Well, almost anything.
As soon as he entered, the rug that had been beneath him was violently
jerked from under his feet. He stumbled before quickly regaining his bearings
and quickly surveyed the room.
At first, it appeared to be completely empty. There was no furniture,
no decorations... There weren't even any sources of light to help his vision.
Not that he needed it, being a youkai, but still...
As he looked around, he caught sight of many footprints on the ground.
Though they were everywhere, constantly overlapping each other and making
it impossible for him to tell one Sai's tracks from the other. They seemed,
however, to be concentrated in the very middle.
With a sick feeling of dread in his stomach, he raised his eyes and
gasped.
Kohaku was suspended from the ceiling. His chain sickle had been looped
around his torso and through a thick metal hoop. Although his eyes were
closed, Ninsei could smell no blood, and he could hear the boy's deep breathing.
Ninsei swallowed in an attempt to moisten his throat. It seemed to be
entirely too easy. The boy was unharmed, aside from the fact that he was
out cold, and the room seemed to be completely empty. There was no sign
of footprints forming from nowhere on the ground.
With one movement of his staff, the ground swelled under him like a
rapidly forming mountain. The mound of sand pushed him upward until he
was level with Kohaku. He wrapped an arm around the boy's torso and carefully
unhooked the sickle, being careful not to cut himself or the kid. When
Kohaku was safely in his arms, he allowed the sand to lower them both to
the ground.
As soon as they landed, Kohaku's eyelids began to flutter. With a low
groan, he opened his eyes and placed a palm to his head. "Wha..."
Ninsei spared him a fleeting grin before saying, "Come on, Kohaku. We
have to get out of here. Now!" He grabbed the boy by the wrist but he refused
to move.
As Ninsei turned impatient eyes on the boy once more, he noticed that
the boy's gaze was wandering all over the room. It seemed an eternity before
the boy snapped, "Why did you take me down?"
Ninsei dropped his arm and stared. "You were in danger! I came here
to rescue you!"
"I was safe! They can't lose contact with the castle or they die! My
father... he taught me about them... All I had to do was get off of the
ground!" He suddenly seemed to notice that the ground that he was standing
on was made completely of sand. "Oh..."
"What now?" Ninsei had dropped his original exasperated attitude. "What's
wrong?"
"This is bad... Now all they have to do is put a handful of sand in
their pocket or something and they can do whatever they want... You have
to turn it back!"
"If I turn it back, we'll have no idea where they are!"
"We have no idea where they are now..." Kohaku stated, glancing warily
around the room.
Ninsei sighed, defeated. "Fine..." Moments later, the original flooring
was returned. "Now let's get out of here!" He took hold of Kohaku's wrist
once more, and this time, the boy didn't struggle. The two ran like mad,
until they reached the wall that Ninsei had created....
Actually, they didn't reach the wall. Halfway down the hall, both slammed
into something leathery. Something...
Alive...
"Sai..." Kohaku whispered fearfully.
Ninsei returned the boy's chain sickle. "Get ready to f-" His statement
was halted as he felt something part the air, approaching his chest. He
brought his staff up quickly, blocking whatever it was with a 'clang'.
Kohaku let out a yell as he released his chain sickle at the space where
the attack had seemed to come from.
The weapon clattered to the ground, having sliced through only empty
space.
'This will not be good...' Ninsei thought to himself, as he shoved Kohaku
behind him and took up a ready stance once more.
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Suikai stopped her attack suddenly and allowed the orbs to sink from
sight, re-entering her palms and causing them to glow with a faint pink
light. Her violet eyes traveled to Inuyasha, and she let out a taunting
chuckle.
'Her memories of you are amusing, hanyou...'
Inuyasha's claws twitched and he snarled, "Get out of her mind!"
Suikai chuckled again.
Then she opened her mouth and uttered one word in Kagome's voice.
"Osuwari."
Inuyasha felt the tug of the rosary, but it was nothing like when Kagome
subdued him. When Kagome did it, she knew, deep down, that she didn't want
to hurt him. Suikai felt no such sentiments.
Which is why he thudded to the ground with a 'crunch' and lay temporarily
motionless.
"Inuyasha!" Miroku exclaimed. "How dare you!" He turned his eyes back
to Suikai, who had taken Kagome's form and was doubled over in laughter.
Inuyasha forced himself up on his elbows and rolled onto his back. "That...
wasn't... too bad..." His eyes were shut tightly and the rosary still pulsed.
The laughter abruptly stopped. Suikai had resumed her own form once
more. She looked at Inuyasha with contempt. 'You allow her to have such
power over you? Well. Don't worry. It would be far too easy to defeat you
if I were to continue to use that little power...' She held a hand out
to her side. Sango's brown shone briefly in her eyes before a large boomerang
appeared in the extended hand. 'Interesting...'
Inuyasha had managed to climb to his feet and was staring at Suikai
with extreme malice. "You're gonna fucking DIE, bitch!"
Suikai sighed, then raised the weapon. "HIRAIKOTSU!" she cried in Sango's
voice, and the boomerang went hurtling toward the two males. Both dodged
it effortlessly.
When it returned to Suikai's hand, she dropped it to the ground. It
vanished, and she sighed again. 'Such a useless weapon, this. Very powerful,
indeed, but not nearly fast enough to bring down the agile enemy. That
wasn't a compliment...' she added.
Miroku glared at the woman. "Inuyasha, she's toying with us! She's seeing
if she can break us down! Don't let her!"
Inuyasha scoffed. "Take your own damn advice, Miroku! I'm fine!"
Suikai looked thoughtful for a second. A bow and a quiver of arrows
appeared on her back. She readied the weapon with a sinister grin and prepared
to release an arrow. 'Anything they can do, I can do better...' She fired,
aiming directly for Inuyasha.
He jumped straight upward, skilled with dodging pretty much anything...
But he wasn't prepared for the arrow to break its course after he jumped
and come hurtling back toward him. It was a poor shot, being nothing but
an afterthought of Suikai's, so it only grazed his side. The hanyou came
back to earth and sneered.
"Is that the best you've got?"
"Inuyasha, don't...' Miroku hissed, but Inuyasha was already too deep
in his taunting to care.
"So, you're too scared to fight us with your real powers, huh? You have
to steal them from Kagome and Sango? Pathetic!"
Suikai's smirk evaporated and she narrowed her eyes at him. 'What was
that?'
"You heard me! You're a pathetic excuse for a youkai! You probably don't
even have any active powers of your own besides this mind thing!"
Suikai stamped her foot, a very Kagome-like motion. 'If it's enough
to destroy you, I need nothing else!'
Miroku watched the exchange with awe. It looked as if Suikai hadn't
been expecting this... not only did she get the powers of the girls, but
also their sentiments. Despite the situation, he found himself wondering
if she slapped as hard as Sango...
"I bet you wouldn't survive for one second in a real fight!"
"What do you mean, a real fight?"
Inuyasha's eyes widened. She had spoken aloud... This meant that Kagome
had to be close to the surface! Now if only he could get her angry enough
to falter, just for a second. "Ha! I mean what you think I mean! This is
just some fancy illusion thing! It's no more powerful than having a dream!"
"SHUT UP! You don't know what you're talking about!"
"I know exactly what I'm talking about!"
Suikai's expression seemed to freeze for a split second, and she gaped
wordlessly for a moment, before her form changed into that of Kagome. "Inuyasha!"
The girl gasped, temporarily free from Suikai's power. "How did you know?"
Inuyasha scratched his head. "Know what?"
"That anger weakened her hold over us, baka!"
"Oh, that. I just figured that either she'd lose her concentration on
you or sit me into oblivion..."
"It not time for jokes, Inuyasha! I feel her coming back! You have to
kill her!"
Inuyasha gaped at her. "I can't! She said she'd take you with her!"
"We... Sango and I... we've agreed that it's for the best... We love
you guys too much to want to you stay here forever! Get it over with, already!"
A lone tear seeped from the corner of her eye - and she lost control.
Suikai glared at the males. 'Well. That surely won't happen again.'
Inuyasha and Miroku were still disbelievingly debating what Kagome had
said. Was it true? Were the girls really willing to sacrifice themselves
just so they could escape unharmed?
Yes...
It was true...
Because either of the guys would do the same for them.
Suikai started forward, to inevitably launch into another attack. Miroku
saw it coming, however, and slashed his staff upward. Suikai was trapped
in a wind vortex, the same that Miroku had used when Inuyasha had been
full demon.
Suikai just regarded him with her purple eyes. She didn't even flinch
as she reached one hand toward the barrier and the sharp edges of the seemingly
solid wind nicked her fingers.
'Well? Will you kill me?'
Inuyasha opened his mouth to cry out an affirmative, but the words died
on his tongue. He switched his gaze to Miroku, and the monk seemed equally
lost. Finally, the hanyou brought himself to speak.
"No."
Suikai's eyes momentarily widened. 'You.. you said...'
"No." Miroku affirmed, giving Inuyasha an enlightened smile. "If killing
you means killing the girls, we won't. I'd rather die than live with something
like that on my conscience." He released her, and she just stared.
'You love them so much... that you would relinquish your lives?'
Both nodded.
Suikai laughed harshly and reformed the balls of energy on her palms.
'Have it YOUR way!' She launched herself forward, grinning maliciously.
'Die!'
Inuyasha tensed for a second, then he allowed his muscles to relax.
Miroku did the same. With their arms at their sides, they watched as Suikai
came closer, closer...
They didn't move, not even when the echoing protests of Kagome and Sango
began to echo through the room. "Inuyasha, MOVE!" "Miroku!"
She came within striking distance, her arms outstretched and elated
laughter bubbling through her lips.
Then...
Darkness.
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Corisu Li and Kunoichi: *do the 'I did a cliffie' dance*
Corisu Li: Yeeeah. Again, sorry for the wait, everyone. I PROMISE that
I'll update on Sunday... Unless my essay kicks my butt... WAAAH! No fruit!
AAAAHHHH!!! *runs*
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