Chapter 1
Raising Wind
The hunt for the Shikon Shards was still on. There were fewer and fewer to look for and Kagome could fell the pressure to find them before it was too late and they all end up in Naraku's grasp. She looked up from staring at the ground passing beneath her feet at Inuyasha. He was in the led with his arms across his chest in concentration. She wondered what he was thinking about.
"Inuyasha what's on your mind?" she said as she pulled her bike up along Inuyasha.
He looked away from Kagome. "Nothing." he mumbled. Kagome wasn't going to give up that easy.
"Come on Inuyasha you know you can open up to me." Kagome tried to look him in the eye but he kept avoiding any eye contact what so ever.
"It's none of your business. So get off my back. Can't a man ever think!" he snapped and walked away from Kagome.
She stopped in her tracks 'Sheesh what's eating him.' she thought to herself. To Inuyasha she yelled "Well you don't need to be such a jerk about it Inuyasha!"
"Whatever." said Inuyasha under his breath.
She heard the jingle of Miroku's staff as he approached behind her along with Sango holding Kirara and the small fox demon.
"Don't be so hard on him Kagome. He's just worried." Miroku stated.
Kagome seemed to think of this. "But what was it that could be bothering him so?" she said more to herself than to Miroku.
"I don't know Kagome but we shall see." murmured Miroku while watching the reseeding back of Inuyasha.
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Inuyasha didn't mean to be so hard on Kagome but he didn't want to worry her. He raised his head to the sky and sniffed the passing breeze. 'Dammit' he thought to himself. A deep rumbling growl escaped from his throat. 'There's something in the air that I can't place. What could it be!'
He looked over his shoulder and saw that Kagome and the rest were far back down the path. Inuyasha stopped.
"Get your lazy bums moving!" he yelled at them. He waited for them to catch up while tapping his foot impatiently. "Why the hell are you guys so slow? Can't you smell it?" he asked them.
"Inuyasha you know we don't have your kind of smell." mentioned Sango. Kirara sniffed the air, letting out a little yowl she leaped out of Sango's arms and transformed.
"Kirara smells it too." said Kagome. She glanced at Inuyasha.
He crouched down and put his hand on the hilt of his tetsusaiga. Inuyasha stood still only his eyes scanned the scenery around him. They were completely vulnerable, trees surrounded them on both sides. It was the perfect hiding place for an unsuspecting foe.
"I smell it too Inuyasha." said Shippo from Sango's arms. "It smells bad."
The wind picked up.
"Kagome stay close." whispered Inuyasha threw clenched teeth. Something was going to happen and it was going to be soon.
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Kagome nodded her head and stood closer to Inuyasha. She couldn't smell it but every time the wind blew she got the feeling of foreboding.
Moments past with agonizing slowness. Adrenaline pumped through her veins and her heart pounded in her ears.
There! She could feel it! Kagome jerked her head to the left so she was peering down the road ahead of them.
"Inuyasha! Ahead of us!" Kagome yelled. Inuyasha swung around, his sword out in front of him in a defensive position.
"I don't see-" he begun but at the same time laughter erupted around them. The laughter itself seemed to have no source, even the trees seemed to sway with it.
About fifteen feet away from where Inuyasha stood the dirt started come up. Then the wind picked up in two different directions which created a dirt devil. More and more dirt was lifted off the ground. With the added fuel the dirt devil spun faster and faster.
Kagome brought her arm up to deflect the flying debris from striking her face. Her bare legs though had no such luck. She could feel the trickle of warm blood as a sharp pebbled collided with her knee.
"Kagome I'm scared! What's happening!" yelled Shippo, his voice full of fright.
Kagome turned around and tried to smile at the scared little fox demon that was cuddled in Sango's arms. "Everything is going to be alright. Just hold on, okay!"
She was about to turn back around when Sango's eyes widened and she pointed behind Kagome. The wind had stopped suddenly, dirt pelted the ground revealing a gnarled old woman inside.
Her head was bowed and her long white hair covered her face. Thin spidery skin clung to her body. She was hunched over holding onto some kind of wooden staff. The cackling stopped and she raised her head. Hair fell back to reveal eyes glazed over in blindness.
Eyes locked onto Kagome, too direct for someone who had no vision. A shiver went through her body.
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Inuyasha felt Kagome shiver. "What the hell do you want you old hag!" he yelled mincingly.
The 'old hag' met Inuyasha's eyes and she smiled. A cold smile but one no less. Then she spoked.
"One of the future
and one of the past
shall be switched
when the full moon is cast."
and with that she turned away from Inuyasha and winked at Kagome. She raised her wooden staff. When it came down she was gone and so was any trace of her.
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'What could that possibly mean?" Kagome wondered. Then all of a sudden a dizzy spell hit her and she blacked out.
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Inuyasha heard a thud behind him and Miroku, Shippo and Sango yelling "Kagome!"
He swung around ready to fight but instead saw an unconscious Kagome sprawled out on the ground.
(A/N) Sorry the chapter was so short but they will get longer I promise you. Please, please, please review. It's not that hard. I have faith in you! Hehehe