InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Dear Life, I Quit ❯ Sustaining Life, Kagome's Shard ( Chapter 9 )

Kaori: My home computer crashed along with what was supposed to be this chapter...so I'm back in school and waiting for my new comp. so I'm FINALLY going to get back to this story after ALL GOD DAMN SUMMER! ….heh….enjoy. Also, all Japanese words and phrases will have a star by them to show that there is a translation at the bottom…just to be helpful! {Except -chan -sama -san -kun hanyou, kitsune, neko, and youkai…you should all know what those are!}

 

ALSO! Spoilers for the 3rd Inuyasha movie at the end for those of you who hadn't seen it! It's the best one of the three! REAL GREAT!

 

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Dear Life, I Quit

 

Chapter 9 {SustainingLife -Kagome's Shard}

 

 

Inuyasha groaned as he slowly came back to his senses, his ears twitched to the sounds of the villagers that had crowded around. He slowly opened his eyes and saw that Tusaka was staring down at him; there was a show of great concern in the neko's eyes.

 

“Inuyasha…where's Kagome-sama?” Tusaka asked as soon as he saw that the hanyou had revived. “What happened?!”

 

Inuaysha shook his head then shot up. “Kagome!” he looked around, pieces of the rock wall was scattered all over the area in large mounds of rock and sand. “*Iie…” his heart beat heavily in his chest as he watched a group of men push over one of the large boulders.

 

“It was another attack, one of the youkai that burrow inunder ground must have burst up through the rock wall.” Ishikibo said calmly. “Kagome-san said before she left the hut that she sensed a sacred jewel shard coming from his direction. The youkai must have possessed the fragment she sensed.”

 

“But where is she!?” Tusaka roared. He grabbed Inuyasha by the collar and made him rise to his feet. “Did you see where she landed!? Did you, hanyou!?”

 

Inuyasha shoved Tusaka away from him and ran to a pile of rubble, arguing with the neko was a waste of time…precious time that could be used to look for Kagome.

 

“AH!” Sango groaned as she and Miroku flipped over a boulder so they could get Kirara to help dig in the mess in under it.

 

Tusaka snarled at Inuyasha before starting to dig in another pile of rubble. `That *baka hanyou couldn't even spot where Kagome-sama was thrown…we might never find her in under all of this…'

 

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Kagome's eyes slowly slid open; she coughed violently as she breathed in the dust that was still floating around in the air. “Oh…where am I?” she glanced around at the small cavern she was lying in. there was a pile of rubble blocking off what was probably the sky entrance and the cavern itself was hollowed out with smooth rocks that emitted a soft purple/pink glow.

 

“The jewel shard…” the injured miko groaned as she slowly rose to her feet. The wound on her shoulder blade delivered by Tusaka's dagger had reopened and the bandages that were wrapped around it were starting to soak off with blood.

 

Kagome started to feel a little dizzy and nearly fell over; she had to find the shard that was down in the rocks. `…one of the rocks got a shard in it…it wasn't a youkai at all…the shard is making the rocks explode…' she thought as she walked along the walls of the cavern.

 

By this time her entire back, arm, and part of her chest were covered in blood, and she was feeling lighter headed every time she moved. “Is this my fate? To die in this cavern?” she took a shaky breath and lightly punched the wall. “I won't let it happen…I can't let it happen.”

 

She looked up at the area of the cavern that rested above her; the dim light of the shard could be seen easily. “How the hell am I going to get up there?” the miko groaned, in her condition she was in no way fit to climb up the side of the cavern to retrieve the jewel. “I'll have to throw something at it to knock it loose.” She said as she weakly picked up a rock.

 

Kagome bit her lip and put all her energy into throwing the rock, it hit the shard and made it move…but it never came completely loose. Kagome hurt, she was losing way too much blood. Her vision was now off and she could barely stand straight. “One…more…shot…” she whimpered as she picked up another rock. She threw it into the air, and then fell on her stomach into a pile of blood she had made.

 

The miko watched as the shard landed on the floor near her. `…finally…' she reached out weakly and grasped the shard, bringing it back closer to her. `I feel so weak…' she thought bitterly to herself. `How am I going to survive this?' the shard glimmered, making Kagome get an idea.

 

“I can use the shard…” she said aloud as she forced herself to sit up. “It can help me to survive…” with that she frowned. `I can't use the jewel for my own selfish needs…I never did before…and it will only be the jewel that will be keeping me healthy…inside I will be sick…and dying.'

 

“I can't do it…” she slowly added the jewel to her bottle and fell back down, she was practically swimming in her own blood, her hair and face was full of it now.

 

`I will die…alone…' the miko thought as tears streamed down her face. “Inu…yasha…”

 

`I could use the jewel until I get out of here…up there I will be able to be taken care of…' Kagome thought to herself quickly, not wanting to give up on all hope. `But what if I cannot remove the jewel? What if I wish not to lose it? Many people have been poisoned by the shards…wanting to gain more power…will I end up like that?'

 

Kagome took the jewel back out and stared at it; she could feel her life slipping away with every shaky breath she took. `Just for now…' with that thought in mind the miko drove the shard inside the wound that passed through her shoulder. She let out a painful cry as she felt the skin around the wound stretch and expand to cover over the two gaping holes.

 

The pain soon stopped, and Kagome just lay there and watched as all the blood she had spilt dried up and crumbled away into nothing. Her wound had disappeared, and her energy had returned. With a small sigh she stood up and looked down at her now clean uniform. “When they find out they'll hate me for this…” she sighed.

 

“Inuyasha…there's a cave in over here…it looks like the ground just gave away!”

 

Sango's voice echoed from above the cavern, making Kagome's heart flutter. “They're going to find me…” she ran over to the pile of rubble that had brought her into the cavern. “Sango-chan! Sango-chan!” she started to shove away rocks in a pitiful attempt to dig her way out.

 

“I'll use my Wind Scar…”

 

Hearing the words come from Inuyasha's mouth made her heart jump up into her throat, her nerves went straight into action as she raced away from the rubble as it disappeared into a violent yellow beam, followed by the dim silver glow from the moon that was now pouring into the caven.

 

“It's some kind of a cavern!” Tusaka said from above. “I'll go check it out.”

 

“Not without me your not!” Inuyasha barked after him.

 

Kagome watched as the two landed on the inside on the cavern, just a few feet from her. “Tusaka…Inu…Inuyasha…” Kagome's eyes trembled.

 

 

“Kagome-sama!” Tusaka ran to her before giving Inuyasha a chance to move. “Are you alright?” he wrapped his arms around the miko tightly.

 

“Tusaka…” Kagome whimpered. “I'm alright...I'm alright…I knew you guys would find me.”

 

“Great so we found her now let's get out of here.” Inuyasha snapped as he jumped back up out of the cavern.

 

“Oh…Inuyasha…” Kagome sighed as she slowly backed away from Tusaka.

 

“Kagome-sama…” Tusaka sighed. “Come on…we can't stay down here all day…”

 

“Hai*, I know that…” Kagome sighed again and followed Tusaka out of the cave to be greeted by her worried friends and the people from the village.

 

Inuyasha stayed away from the crowd, he just sat alone on the river bank in the darkness of the night. `She's alright…' he thought with a sigh. `As long as she is alright…that's all that really matters right now…'

 

Kagome sighed and put her hand up to her shoulder, she felt so great and she never had this much energy before; the shard was doing wonders. `This isn't right…I feel so guilty. Am I no better than all those who misuse the jewel?'

 

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Iie- No

Baka- Stupid/Idiot

Hai- Yes

 

Kaori: Okey, in movie 3 Miroku states to Sango that what good is his cursed hand if he cannot use it to protect the woman he loves ^-^ how sweet is that? Also…Sesshoumaru-kun makes the realization of a lifetime…thought of course, he STILL `he protects no one', though he realizes otherwise he still thinks that way. Also...the prayer beads get broken..dum dum dum…..lol ^-^ I just had to get that off my chest =^-^= well I'll be back with another chapter soon I hope..i should be getting my laptop today!