Wound #27 Battle Fatigue
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lynx212Title: All Mine
Theme: #27 Battle fatigue
Pairing: Inuyasha/Miroku
Wordcount: 1,839
Rating: PG-13 / Teen
Notes: Enjoy ^_^
Summary: As night fell, I was beginning to wonder if I was just going to have to bring the gorge down on top of us all just to end this madness.
Did I ever mention how much I hate snakes? Really I do, there is not much around that gets to me like those slimy, legless, reptiles. Can you imagine a dog demon cringing at the mere thought of the wretched things? Well that would be me. The great Inuyasha, son of much revered Inu No Tashio, loathes snakes; and it was just our luck to run into a large colony of them and the head three all had jewel shards.
Of course, we are only after the shards. Aren’t we always after jewel shards? Sometimes I get so sick of all the damn problems they cause I just want to puke. If not for the fact that Miroku’s like hangs in the balance and the pure indisputable fact Naraku just needs to be killed regardless I would say fuck it all.
Simply put, aside from the fact they have jewel shards we have no beef with the snakes or their colony. However once Sango attacked–what she thought was one snake demon–the rest of them came crawling out of the woodwork, water and trees like a swarm of insects. Miroku and I were sitting in a tree around the temporary campsite we’d made for lunch within a mountain gorge when we heard the girls screaming for help. Kagome screaming could mean there’s a bug…Sango screaming means there’s a shit-load of trouble.
As Miroku and I raced toward their screams, I note two things: one) It would seem that anytime I have more than five minutes to spend alone with Miroku disaster strikes and two) that for once, I actually miss Kouga’s presence. At least he was good at keeping the girls safe when I wasn’t around. But he had to go check on his pack and speak to his counsel of elders about some kind of treaty and new laws. Sango had no desire to go with him because she found such things boring and I don’t blame her. All that leadership and politics crap is for the birds.
…anyway back to my current situation.
We are all knee deep in snake demons and they show no signs of backing off or dying. In fact, the three with the jewel shards keep healing the ones we injure. Kagome and Shippou where the first ones down. Her arrows were not much help on targets that moved this quickly and neither was his fox magic. When they fell unconscious, we tightened our circle to protect them. Kilala swooped in to pick them up and carry them off to safety but promptly became victim number three when the slithery bastards figured out what her plan was.
We’ve been in bad situations before but with our best three warriors still standing I wasn’t too worried…worry came when I saw Sango flung into a tree hard enough to knock her out. With her down the lopsided pyramid of protection we had going over our fallen comrades dissolved and a smaller snake swiftly moved in to try and make off with the first thing it could get it’s fangs on.
That happened to be Shippou.
In one swift movement, I mercilessly whacked its head off, snatched up the unconscious fox cub and placed him closer to Kagome. We were in a trouble and I was out of ideas. If we weren’t in a damn ravine, I would unleash the Windscar in a few directions and be done with them but as it stands that would probably bring the entire chasm down around our ears.
I hear a muffled grunt and when I look to my left, I see Miroku grab his arm and the sharp scent of my intended mate’s blood filled the air. With my fangs bared, I leap toward him only to watch as he is taken down as well. It was obvious now that these blasted reptiles are playing with us.
In an act of pure desperation, I go over to Kagome’s fallen form and snatch the vial of jewel shards from around her neck. I figure if that bastard Naraku can make a barrier using these troublesome things so could I. I had no idea how to go about making one and the only lesson I had to go by was what little Miroku has told me about how he puts his up.
It was all I had so I put that shaky ass plan into action and hoped for the best.
Once the jewel shards were out of Kagome’s spiritual aura the snakes honed in on me like flies to honey. A good-sized group of them dove at me only to smack against an invisible wall.
I didn’t have to see my face to know there was a toothy grin there. As much as I would like to sit inside this barrier and gloat, I know better. I had no idea how strong this thing was or how long it’s going to hold. I use my time inside the bubble to give the group the once over. Everyone was breathing ok and from the looks of things, none of their injuries appeared to be life threatening. Kagome and Shippou appeared to have a few scrapes, their major problem being their unconsciousness. The side of Sango’s face was a bit swollen where she hit that tree and she had a long cut on her leg where a fang had grazed her but it was shallow. Miroku seemed to have the worst injury and that was to his arm.
I pulled his robe sleeve up and it looked like his upper arm had been completely pierced by all four fangs of one of the snakes. Cursing I ripped a piece of my haori off and wrapped his arm as best I could to prevent further blood loss.
As I’m doing this, the snakes are going mad on the barrier. When they start combining, their attacks for the first time since I got the thing up I can feel the strain and the connection of it to me. I now know it will not hold up to continued attacks and if I want my friends and intended mate to be, safe I’m going to have to go out there and fend off those damn reptiles.
Just as I was, about to walk out of the safety of the barrier I heard a low groan and when I looked over Shippou was sitting up looking dazed. He shook head a few times and he opened his eyes just as one of the snakes dove toward the barrier. He clenched his eyes shut and flinched, clearly expecting to be pummeled, only to slowly crack his eyes back open once the blow never came.
I picked him up and quickly gave him a run down of the situation and told him to inform the others as they regained consciousness. He nodded but pleaded with me to stay inside the barrier with them. I told him I couldn’t because I had to keep them away from the barrier. His expression grew sad and worried but I could tell he understood. I placed back down on the ground beside Kagome and assured him I would fine.
When I stepped out of that protective shell, the battle was on. Those snakes were pissed but so was I.
I had hoped my group would all come back to consciousness a lot sooner than they did but that was not the case. As night fell, I was beginning to wonder if I was just going to have to bring the gorge down on top of us all just to end this madness. Luckily, for me I had the aid of the jewel shards and once I really figured out how to draw power from them those damn snakes started going down.
Every hour or so I would put myself into a position to where I could look into the barrier; and it was well into the night before the first person woke and that was Sango. When I looked again, she and Shippou were sitting side by side watching the battle take place.
I was pleased to see she was following the orders I told Shippou to give them all as they woke and that was to stay inside the barrier. The last thing any of us needed was a repeat of earlier. Shortly before sunrise, the number of snakes had dwindled down considerably and inside the barrier Kagome was now awake and sitting with Sango and Shippou. It wasn’t until after dawn that I noticed Miroku and Kilala up and about as well.
A couple of hours later the snakes were no more.
When I finally sheathed my sword, my limbs were beyond exhausted. When I turned to face them all, they wore a variety of expressions ranging from awe to disbelief. Happy to have my pack, my family, and my loved one’s safe again I turned to talk to them only to fall to my knees.
They all rushed to my side each one of them fussing over me in their own way. I brushed away their concern and told them with a few hours rest I would be fine; but before I did that, we all needed to get the hell out of this ravine. They all agreed and between Shippou’s floating ball form and Kilala we left.
Hopefully never to return.
* * *
Once we made camp in the safety of the nearby woods, Kagome bombarded me with questions about how I made the barrier and how I resisted the power of wielding so many jewel shards at once. I told her I would answer most of her questions tomorrow but as for the shards, I never took them out of the bottle I didn’t want to risk imbedding them in my flesh the way most demons do.
Her expression was priceless.
Once everyone was settled and all wounds tended to Miroku and I settled on a high tree branch and I allowed the weariness to wash over me. I collapse into Miroku’s waiting arms and as he strokes my back, he tells how amazed he is by me and how proud he is of me.
As I drift toward a hard-earned sleep, I hear him say, “Most of the time you speak of yourself like you are nothing when that couldn’t be further from the truth. You said you would be honored if I agreed to be your mate…I think the honor is going to be all mine.”
Everything about him makes my soul sing. He has no idea how much of an affect he has on me. I can feel the smile on my lips even as I lose the fight to stay awake and enjoy his touch and words a bit longer. It’s been a long time since I’ve been this exhausted. I don’t think I’ve ever been this tired and happy at the same time.
My last thought as I drift off to sleep is…no Miroku, the honor is still mine.
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Date: 2008-05-07 03:08 am (UTC)They are so cute and I love
so perfect.
Great job.
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Date: 2008-05-08 10:25 pm (UTC)Thanks chic a dee
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Date: 2008-05-21 02:54 am (UTC)I like the concept that Inuyasha is able to make the barrier because he didn't embed the shards within himself. It is an interesting one to work on further and it fits in with what Naraku is able to do in Canon. Thanks for leaving me with some fun fluff as well as something to think about.
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Date: 2008-05-21 06:36 pm (UTC)Thanks for taking the time to leave me a comment ~Lynx~
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Date: 2008-05-21 08:35 pm (UTC)