Amber Eyes 6/7

[Little Green Miko]

Amber Eyes

A.N. Well I is coming near the end of this run-out. Probably only one more chapter to go. : ) Same disclaimer applies, unfortunately. Damn what I?d do if I owned them all?

Chapter 6: The Last Trap

Kagura was on the up rise when the hanyou was pushed down into the darkness below. She caught him with her feather as she wafted up-blinking just a little as the Sesshoumaru-look-a-like growled and seemed to vanish off down the hall. A slight frown passed over her face and she flicked her face to the hanyou. ?Keh...lucky I was here ne?? She mumbled at him sarcasm dripping in her tone. ?Well, I?ve got you now-best deliver you to where you were headed any how.? She grumbled a bit and took off down the hall-coming to a short stop just before the carved double doors that lead into Naraku's darkened office. ?First and last stop. Get off.?

?Lucky?? Inuyasha mused as he sat his soaking wet form up on the feather and just shook off mid flight. Furry ears popping up as he combed his clawed fingers through that wild tangled mane. His wounds weren?t pretty now that he had a chance to peer at them. Burns and slashes, blood clung between his tattered black fine mesh shirt and the pale skin beneath but none were debilitating. He flashed the Wind witch a last nasty smile as he hopped off the feather. ?Not like I prefer riding shotgun on one of your hairpieces compared to my blades.? He chuckled softly as he heaved the fang up to rest on a shoulder while he strode up to the door and gave it three polite knocks...before booting them wide crashing open, and stalking along in.

?That's nice. But it was faster this way anyway.? She muttered hopping off and catching the feather in her thin hands before stepping into the darkened room after him.

The eerie low chuckle that could only belong to the kami-hanyou reverberated through the room when the noise from the busted door calmed down. A dim glow pulsed up from the center of the room then bathing everything in a whitish light that just outlined everything. Slowly enough, he turned from his window vantage point and took the Cuban cigar from his mouth, blowing a big gust of smoke into the room. ?At last, the great Inuyasha decides to grace me with his presence. Welcome.?

?Spare me the hospitality Naraku?? The hanyou crooned as he strode further into the room, his gaze wandering around briefly before focusing on the kami hanyou himself. ?Its about as fresh and inspiring as a crust of month old bread.? He flashed him a casual smile as he decided to deliver his little surprise first, hoping to add a good deal of pressure to the Kami hanyou?s plan...whatever it was. He knew enough that it concerned the girl whose scent hung in the air, but the boy was determined?enough for his most risky of plots.

?Your clever hiding out in public monkey-butt, and your influence reaches far but your ability to remain hidden has deteriorated over the centuries. Especially if I can easily find out that the property holders names this buildings under are all false. So are the permits for the "manufacturing " functions within...I thought it was amusing, so much so I passed it along to a friend, who in turn told a few of his 'friends'. I bet the tajiya were able to find out more a lot faster than me on some little computer...not to mention the Media.? Inuyasha canted his head and peered towards the window, where indeed there was a lot more curious traffic than normal buzzing around, including several news vans already raising their antennas. ?Were probably surrounded, our escape cut off...So?? He purred softly to the kami hanyou as he eased that blade off his shoulder and pointed its wickedly gleaming tip at the fool. ?Death?or capture. Those are our choices.?

?Kukukuku...My dear fool. You just found me because I wanted you to find me. And you think that Tajiya, especially in this day in age are enough to capture me? Please. I highly doubt any of them would believe I was a youkai.? Naraku smirked at the boy's blade tip as it was directed at him and took another drag on his cigar before snubbing it out in the glass ash tray on the desk. ?All the same, before you attempt to kill me-Aren't you curious as to what I did with the girl, Kagome-and how it links to you? I'm sure you are. Whatever she told you as for why I kept her was only a tale I told her. The real reason I kept her was because of you. Now, would you like to see before I-mm- I don't know-possibly kill her too?? His smirk lifted up a bit more as he gestured to the door on the side of the room.

A dark brow arched a moment as he flashed the kami hanyou a look that spelled out "Are you an idiot?" Before shaking his head and flashing the fool a smile. ?You haven?t grown tired of this game yet have you? Grab someone your enemie?s care for and hide behind them, or use them to even the odds for you. I hate to say this Naraku but if the girl lives or dies its not of my concern.? Whether he meant that or not was simply due to being numb from all the toiled years he?d spent with a broken heart was hard to tell, but this much was obvious...if Naraku wanted an edge here the girl wasn?t the means, and the hanyou looked determined about that point as he sunk into a crouch and waved the fang behind him. ?...If your done wasting my time, lets begin.? He lunged at that moment, swinging the blade in a wide predictable arc to merely distract. Where the fool would be watching to see if his desk would be reduced to kindle or nor was a good enough ruse for the hanyou to release his real payload. The flash of those claws didn?t gleam alone, a barrage of crimson flickers barely marked the incoming broad attack of his blood claws that cut the fools only simple.

But as he leapt for Naraku two pairs of arms came out and grabbed him around the waist and shoulder-blades and dragged him back, holding him against the floor, a familiar giggle coming from the one up near his shoulders. ?Oh-don't be such a bad boy Inuyasha-chan.?? Jakotsu and Bankotsu had made it up the staircase long before the hanyou and kaze yasha had and had gained permission to be in the room in case something like this happened.

?I better get paid really good for this?? Bankotsu muttered holding the hanyou's waist down.

Naraku just continued to smirk and snorted just a little. He snapped his fingers once and the door on the side of the room slid open. ?I'm sure you'll change your tune.?

As the door slid open Kanna stepped out and into the dim glow of the room, her chin-length hair bouncing a little as she did. She gave the hanyou a silent look and stepped aside. As she did the soft scent of Bellflowers entered the room and circulated it. Kanna moved her hand from her mirror and beckoned at the doorway with her finger.

Out from the door stepped a lady dressed in a formal miko outfit, with long straight black hair pulled back into an all to familiar pony tail, her bangs stopped just above her eyes and were straight as well, accentuating the brown pools that hung under them. No make-up adorned her face and she stopped just short of crossing the thresh-hold and looked around the room with a sad face-eyes falling on the boy being held back on the floor-barely a whisper of his name crossing her lips.

It was an impressive display , if only the hanyou were a couple hundred years younger. Then he'd not be so hardened of mind and heart and the whole could have worked, as it was the hanyou only gave her a glance before flashing a triumphant gaze to the kami hanyou. He'd not fall for his tricks, he'd make himself not care of the female standing there whispering his name, he'd not care if his freedom ended at the hands of the tajiya who could only be beginning to infiltrate the building now. He'd be happy when the kami hanyou was dead, and at this point any means would be considered. ?Your still wasting my time maggot, You should learn to believe my words.? He flashed Bankotsu first an annoyed little look before A bare foot planted on the floor, granting him the leverage to swing the other up to slam his knee hard into the side of the fools face.

?Oops!? Bankotsu was forced to attempt to dodge that-though it didn't get to far as the knee hit him in the eye. ?Ow! Prick!? He growled, gripping his eye but retaliating right off by slamming the hanyou right smack in the jaw with a facilitated punch-and by facilitated that meant he had on brass knuckles-so at least he broke skin and caused blood even if he didn't break the old hanyou's jaw.

The girl watched this, her sad look becoming one of something unreadable-and she looked down at her clothes and then over at Naraku, gripping the white kasode in her fist, the other hand going right to her hair again. It's amazing what one can do with a lot of straightener and a really good brush! ?What was this supposed to accomplish anyway?! I was expecting drugs or something-but instead I get stuffed in ancient clothes? You're cracked.?

Naraku's smirk deflated just a little as he watched the hanyou. He shot the girl a side look, and then pointed at her.

Kanna instantly went up to her and did something that caused her mouth to shut, and stood aside again.

As the miko-girl stood struggling with her new mouth covering his smirk returned somewhat. ?...Hn...Despite her mouth that gave me a new idea...Kagura-get the Angel's Breath...We'll test it out on Hard-Heart here. To big a dose could kill even him I believe.?

The boy was rather busy at the moment as it was, the punch to the jaw did snap his head to the side but more importantly it got Bankotsu?s hands off of him. This next move took a little practice for him, after all its a stunt he watched in a movie once but was still inspired. Flattening his palms to the floor he kicked up both legs and curled up into what was about to be a backwards roll. But the anchor that was Jakotsu had to be dealt with also, how? By claming his knees on top the fools head and pulling him into the rolling ball that was how. A turn or two and the hanyou landed on his back, with the bottoms of hit feet propping Jakotsu up off the floor by his stomach....the boy just gave himself enough time to wave bye-bye to the fool before he sent him airborne with a kick that took a direct flight path to a Naraku landing pad.

Naraku just took one side step and let the gay-bourei hit the bullet proof window with a cracking *smack* that probably left a couple of his jaw bones broken. He gazed at the hanyou with a rather bored look plastered on his face-and just barely suppressed a yawn. ?I do hope you don't plan on lunging at me next, or better yet- using that Kaze no Kizu thing. And here I thought you would assimilate nicely with the 21st century.?

Kagura stepped up beside him then, handing him something and barely suppressing a glower of pure hatred and disdain as she passed it over and fell back to the back of the room for the time being-though after giving the vile over she let her eyes lock on the girl who now precisely mimicked the very reason the hanyou was after Naraku in the first place. Wheels and cogs were turning in her pretty head suddenly.

The boy had rolled up back to his feet, one hand brushing off his black torn garb while his foot kicked the sword back up into his hand. Flashing the kami hanyou a little smirk as he spun the blade around once and leveled its tip. ?Well Naraku, as of yet your pansy ass wont fight me toe to toe...what choice do you leave me? but if you want to spice things up?? He'd barely stepped back a few feet when a wall cabinet filled with stuff came flying violently for the Kami hanyou first, then he came lunging at the fool, to cut off his escape and hopefully a little more as he thrust the fang out for him.

Well after his last comment what gave the hanyou the idea that he wasn't ready for that? From his sleeve a tentacle shot old and grabbed the hanyou's arm dragging him in close to the kami-hanyou's body. Naraku's blood red orbs stared right down into the boy's face-ignoring the fact that the blade had caught him in the arm and he was spewing drops of miasma and purple poisoned goop. His other hand held the vile and he smirked down at the boy. ?Well, you know what they say??Can't beat 'em, Join 'em!?? And he made to stab the needle end of the vile into the hanyou's neck while at the same time having other tentacles break loose and grip the boy's body dragging him into his.

This was always down right gross to watch-but quick thinking and the overwhelming desire to maybe finally be free of this ass hole took over the Kaze Yasha's senses and she moved fast as the wind into the side room quickly plowing around and coming up with a suitable weapon. With a quick look and grin she took it back out and shoved it into Kagome's hands-glaring at Inuyasha and Naraku who had failed to notice this act and mentally screaming at him to hold the bastard off a little longer. Then she turned her head to the girl. ?Take this and shoot him!?

Things just turned ugly here and would probably grow worse before it got better, the boy was struggling from the get go. His fangs bared and his growling low and menacing as he lose grip of the fang in order to sink his claws wherever he could find purchase, one hand digging into the wall while the other gouged deep claw marks into the floor. What was once an attack dissolved into a tug of war, the hanyou knowing he had to at least wait till the fool made a mistake before he could attack. A risk made the more deeper with the fact that drug was quickly spreading through his veins.

The girl took the weapon looking completely and totally nonplussed...a huge sweat drop formed on her forehead and she looked at Kagura shaking her head quickly in her muteness to infer that she didn't know the first thing about shooting a bow and arrow! She had never taken archery in school-hell- she'd barely been to school.

Kagura glowered at her and bared her fangs. ?Damnit girl! You can fucking do it! It's in your blood! Do what Kikyou failed to do five-hundred years ago and this will all end! You are her! I see that now-But stronger! DAMNIT SHOOT HIM!?

She may have said that last part too loud, because now Naraku noticed her. Making a grunt he kept his attention on the hanyou but the noise was all Kanna needed to move

The girl sweat dropped again...Kikyou...? Who the hell was Kikyou? And how was she her reincarnate? It was too chaotic right now for her to think straight- but when she looked up at the boy-something did surge through her and without a second thought she lifted the yumi aimed and fired at Naraku.

All the hanyou felt was heat at this point, as the drugs grip tightened on him his heart began to race faster with every passing moment. And a ball of pain was beginning to form in the pit of his bowels as muscle began to clench Somehow through the violent struggle and squirming he managed to pick up the twang of the girls bow and instinct took over albeit briefly as he allowed his legs to buckle beneath him and send him to the floor on his rump.

Before Kanna was able to wrench the yumi from the girl's hands-before she was able to restrain Kagura with her mirror-there was a sudden blast of bright pink light in the room and a blood-curdling deep scream from over near the window. Pieces of different youkai began to fly out all over the room and litter the floor-oozing and bleeding all over the fine carpets...When the light died down all that was left of Naraku where he had been standing was a bust with half a face. ?...You....bitch?? He wheezed.

The girl suddenly gasped realizing what she'd done and dropped the bow to the floor-not realizing that the mute spell was off her as she lifted a hand to her mouth and took a step back completely astonished that that had been her.

Kagura snorted with a frown, leaving the girl in her confusion and stepping up to the decapitated head and the drugged hanyou and snuffed at it. ?...Naraku...It's over.-? She looked at the boy::...You wanted to kill him for so long for killing your love-who has been reincarnated obviously and has helped to destroy him-I'll leave you to take the final step and destroy this piece for good.

Well, this was something he wasn?t expecting...it took him a moment to grasp the situation as he gazed at the scattered bits that showered the floor. Unaware of his own open mouth gasping, sucking in in breath rapidly as he felt intensify but that didn?t slow him down much as he rolled onto his hands and knees and pried the fang from the floor. Managing to suck in and hold a breath before the fang came chopping down right for the remaining deranged shred of talking skull.

Kagura stood back and watched this with a blas? look on her face as the light from the attack illuminated her and the entire room and the last pain filled moaning cry of her "father" was drawn from his half lips. She discerned his last words in that warbling cry were: "This is far from over..." but he disappeared after that. She snorted again as Bankotsu and Jakotsu faded into dusty skeletons and Kanna stood stalk still-dumbfounded maybe? Who knew with that girl. She turned to leave.

Was now that the miko found her voice and cried out. ?No-Wait! You're not just going to leave Inuyasha are you?! He's got a poisonous drug in him! He might die!?

The kaze yasha looked at her with an up-lifted lip, more like a sneer than a smirk and shot right back. ?That, my dear Green Miko, is your priority now is it not? Now that you've found out what you truly are. You heal him. I'm free and want nothing more then to never lay eyes on him again!?

Heal him....even if it came to her by the time it ever sparked it would be too late, he dragged the blade from its gouge in the floor as he slid himself back against the wall and drew a hand up over his burning chest. Slowly shaking his head and wheezing. ?...Just...get out of here....its useless.? He gazed at her through it all though, reincarnation....he'd dismissed it before but after the display of the arrow, there wasn?t any room left for doubts.

She looked from one youkai to the other-suddenly finding her lip trembling...Before she knew what she was doing she was at the boy's side-pressing her hand to his forehead-checking how fast his temperature was rising. She shot another look at Kagura. ?....Kagura...Please...You say I'm a miko-and I'm not sure I can beg to differ after what I just did...but drug over dose is not something one can *heal!* There has to be an antidote!?

Kagura stood immobile for the moment her back to them. Her shoulders hunched and she growled quietly to herself, running her index finger and thumb along the bridge of her nose. ?...Fine, fine. Yes...there is...You're little brother, Souta...believe it or not some of his blood will cure the Angel Breath overdose...He's down there?? She pointed to the other side of the room where Naraku had originally kept Hitorii.

The girl blinked. ?Sou-ta...?? But she didn't have time to question. ?Thank you Kagura.?? She murmured and turned to the boy. ?C'mon-up! We gotta get you down there!?

The boy was normally too hot to handle by figurative means, now he was just literally too hot, his forehead felt like he had an intense fever. Only a fever would be preferable to the twisting pain in his gut and the intense throb his chest. Getting him up was possible, but not going to be easy, yet as he began to tremble he slid the fang back into its scabbard and immediately propped the but of the weapon to the floor, bracing him as he pulled his feet under him and tried to get himself up.

The kaze yasha just snuffed again and waved off behind her grabbing Kanna and stalking from the office.

The miko chewed her lip, dragging her fingers through her straightened bangs and whether he anted to let her or not-shoved his arm around her shoulders. ?Use my shoulder instead of the blade.? She instructed quietly. ?It'll work better and quicker, and the quicker we get that shit out of you the better off you'll be. Move with me??

He couldn?t really protest her actions, nor there course though he did wonder a bit why he bothered. Perhaps there were questions to answer now, questions he could answer in life or ponder with the long existence in the afterlife. but he allowed her to hold him up though he didn?t dare grab hold, a spasm like the one that sent him half buckling over with a sharp gasp could sink claw into flesh. But he fallowed step for step.

She didn't have questions right now. None had formulated as of yet in the chaos of the night-and none would for a while. Right now her priority was him. Call it instinct or driven determination but she got him to that other side door and down into the murky room below, taking in stride his spasms and near collapses. Seeing the Angel's Breath at work first hand and overdosed was not pretty at all. Seemed to be a nerve drug.

No nerve drug overdose was ever pretty and at some point down there little walk the hanyou?s ability to control his legs was lost to him. He sunk to the floor with a pain filled wheeze of breath, forcing lungs to work when they were instead filling with blood from the monumental blood pressure coming from an accelerated pounding heart. Splotches of color were dancing through his line of vision and the back of his skull was beginning to ache sharply.

?Don't you dare give up on me now damn you!? She cried at him as his legs gave out. ?We're almost there!? She stooped down. ?I'm not going to let this thing kill you!? She hissed and as she stooped reinforced her words by hoisting him up into her arms and carrying him the rest of the way-blowing her hair from her face as it came undone from her pony-tail. Quickly looking around she spotted a glass tank in which a small boy seemed to be crouched. She grit her teeth. "There-my little brother..." She thought...But now was no time to be conflicted by feelings-she brought the boy to the tank-where to her surprise a vile of red liquid hung in suspension in a testing machine and it was labeled with Souta's name. She bit back a gulped gasp and un-hitched it, giving it to Inuyasha. ?...Here...Quick??

Carried of all things, he was glad no one else witnessed this! Not that he cared at the moment feeling himself baking from the inside out...he stared at the glass a moment, not stopping to think before he took the vial and did the only thing that came to mind, drink it though not with out a choke or two. Yet it was then that he wondered, if this worked...he was looking at a while of recovery in a place that would be crawling with snoopy investigators. Not a promising prospect.

As he gulped it down, and Kagome watched with a worried brow hoping against hope that Kagura wasn?t screwing them over one final time-the little boy in the glass container moved. She whirled her head around briefly to look into the panes of the glass-but she didn?t move from where she sat holding the hanyou up with her arms. Even though her hands itched to touch the glass, and her eyes itched to see if Souta was alright. ?Souta-? Souta, is that you? Are you all right baby?!? She called out instead.

The boy in the glass box lifted a scraggily head at the sound of the voice, he turned his face towards where it came from, and his eyes widened. ?Onee-chan? Onee-chan-is that you?! Did you finally come to save me?!?

The blood was working-slowly, but it was still taking from Inuyasha?s strength trying to keep up with it. His eyes were foggy and he couldn?t really see straight. ??Kagome?? He murmured. ?Who is that-??

Kagome glanced at Inuyasha with another worried look to her face. ?He?s my little brother-Souta. The one I?ve told you about?? She told him, trying to keep her voice from cracking as she looked back at Souta. ?Yes Souta-kun! It?s me!-? But she didn?t have a chance to finish her statement, as several some-things all through out the building started to explode and cause the roof, walls and floor to begin to cave in. This must have been Naraku?s final trap for them all.

~End chap. 6~

[Winged~Trinity]

great job i luved all of them..this is my second time through!! ur a great writer can't wait to see more of ur work.