Ch.6 “Now, This Won’t Hurt a Bit…”

Day 5

In the early morning, Kagura flew over the place where Sesshomaru was, then over the forest where Inuyasha was. She grabbed the golom and threw down into the woods. Then flew higher to wait for the boys to get distracted.

Inuyasha perked up his ears and sniffed the air. He smelled Naraku. He was close. He leapt away towards the scent.

Sesshomaru, too, smelled Naraku in the forest where Inuyasha was. He ran towards it.

“What is Lord Sesshomaru?” Jaken asked.

“Naraku.” Sesshomaru said quietly.

Jaken ran to catch up with his master. “I’m going with you, Master. Rin, take Ah and Un and go hide.”

Rin did what she was told and hid in a cluster of trees. Stitch stayed put. He didn’t know who Naraku was, but he wasn’t afraid.

In the forest, Inuyasha battled the Naraku puppet. Sesshomaru arrived shortly after the puppet took shape.

“Oh, great. What do you want?” Inuyasha sassed, trying to hold the beasts’ tentacles at bay with his claws.

Sesshomaru didn’t answer. He tore out Tokijin and struck. The puppet dodged and lashed out with one of its mighty appendages.

“Oh, that was graceful.” Inuyasha said sarcastically. “It’s too fast, stupid! Don’t you think I tried Tetsusaiga already?”

Sesshomaru glared angrily at his brother and yanked out his whip.

“I’ll slice your face clean off when I’m through with this demon, Inuyasha. I assure you.” Sesshomaru said calmly.

“What’d you say to me?” Inuyasha threatened before being smashed into a tree by the puppet.

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While the brothers fought, Kagura made her move. Stitch shivered when an ominous wind brushed his antenna. It grew quickly into a cyclone that carried the unsuspecting alien high into the sky. Kagura greeted him.

“Yo.” She said coolie.

Stitch growled. He didn’t like this woman at all. Kagura smiled.

“It’s a shame you’re so adorable. I almost feel sorry that Naraku is going to kill you.”

Stitch growled again and snapped. Kagura didn’t pay much attention to Stitch’s aggression. She removed a vile from her kimono. The vile had a needle attached to it.

“Now hold still.” She said, trying to get the needle into Stitch’s neck. He wasn’t going to have any of it. He bit down hard on her arm. Kagura shrieked painfully and yanked her arm away. It dripped black blood. She looked up at Stitch and grunted.

“You nasty little savage! I’ll show you!” She cocked back her fan. “DANCE OF BLADES!”

The blades didn’t cut Stitch, but one of them collided hard with his head. He dropped his head down and moaned painfully. Kagura took this chance and plunged the needle into Stitch’s tough-as-leather neck. The vile shook as it filled with pink blood. She removed it when it was full.

“There. Now, you are of no use.”

Stitch growled and snorted. His mouth filled with clumps of green mucus. He spat it into Kagura’s face. She yelled and wiped the chunks from her face.

“You little bastard!” She hissed.

She flung her fan in the air, summoning the cyclone to crash into a jagged rock. The cyclone dispersed at contact, throwing Stitch into the peaks. He bounced off the rocks and landed hard on his face. He groaned and fell unconscious. Satisfied, Kagura took her leave.

Sesshomaru continued chopping the puppet’s tentacles off with his whip, while Inuyasha attacked with his claws. Jaken tried his best by burning the many arms off with his staff. Just as suddenly as it appeared, the puppet vanished.

“It’s gone.” Inuyasha said.

Sesshomaru turned away. “That puppet was just a diversion.” Sesshomaru pointed out.

“A diversion? From what?” Inuyasha asked.

Sesshomaru didn’t answer. He quickly made his way back to Stitch. Inuyasha figured it out moments later, and followed.

When they arrived, Stitch was still unconscious. Rin sat over him, nudging him. Sesshomaru knelt down.

“What happened, Rin?”

“That evil lady that works for Naraku did this.” The girl whimpered.

“Kagura.” Inuyasha said.

Sesshomaru examined Stitch carefully. His neck wound had close up and was healed, but a tiny drop of dried blood was visible. Sesshomaru got up.

“She extracted some of his blood.” He said.

“His blood? What does Naraku want with Stitch’s blood?” Inuyasha asked.

Stitch twitched and got up slowly, rubbing his head and moaning. He looked up at Inuyasha and smiled.

“Aka taba!” He said happily, hugging Inuyasha’s leg.

Inuyasha smirked slightly and blushed. “Alright. It’s nice to see you, too.”

Inuyasha noticed Sesshomaru staring at him. He grunted and turned away.

“I gotta go, Stitch. See ya later.”

Stitch stayed latched on. “Naga!” He pointed to Sesshomaru. “Ohana!”

Inuyasha and Sesshomaru stared at each other for a moment. Inuyasha looked away stubbornly.

“I don’t think so.”

Sesshomaru, too, turned away. “Feelings’ mutual.”

Inuyasha walked back to the forest when Stitch released his grip. Stitch sighed as he watched the brothers turn their backs on each other.

Kagura walked into Naraku’s castle and tossed the vile into his lap.

“There! Happy now?” She hissed.

Naraku smiled and fondled the vile. “Excellent.” He closed his eyes and absorbed the blood, vile and all, into his body. He heaved a heavy sigh. “Delicious.”

Kagura looked at the bite mark Stitch gave her. She turned to Naraku. “Naraku?”

“What is it now?”

She thrust her arm into his face. “Does this look infected to you?”