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Chapter 2: Enter Kikyou

"INUYASHA!", Sesshoumaru screamed.

He did not know what to do. He was very shocked. He didn't expect his half brother would jump in front of him and take the hit. Not after how he treated him everyday. Sesshoumaru held Inuyasha in his arm. "What should I do? He didn't move at all. I need to get him to the hospital quickly". Sesshoumaru tried to stand up. He knew he needed to get Inuyasha to hospital. However, he cannot move. His legs were injured badly. He can't stand up at all. "Think, think, Sesshoumaru! There must be something you can do. You need to get out from here!" Sesshoumaru screamed to himself in his head.

Unknown to Sesshoumaru, he was not the only one who was surprised and shocked with what has happened. Tsubaki was shocked too. She cannot understand what has happened. She just used one of her strongest purification arrow. It can purify and turn a huge, strong youkai into dust in a blink of eyes. Yet, something different happened in front of her eyes. The little youkai brat in front of her should have been purified by her arrow even though it missed the real target. However, it did not happen. The little brat was still there, in his elder brother's arm.

"Did I not put enough spiritual power? No, I have put more spiritual power in this one compare to the other two previous arrows. So, what has happened? The arrow has more than enough power to take down adult youkai even if they know how to deal with a miko's power".

Tsubaki was very confused. It can be seen on her never happened before. There was no youkai that she cannot purify or turn into dust. For a moment, she just stared the two brothers confusedly. Sesshoumaru did not aware of Tsubaki's facial expression. He did not notice Tsubaki's shock and confusion. He only focused his attention to his little brother. Inuyasha was still breathing. However, he still did not move, open his eyes or give any signs that he was okay. Sesshoumaru tried to wake Inuyasha up by yelling his name. However, his efforts were fruitless.

Sesshoumaru's yell and scream bring Tsubaki back to the reality. She tried to regain her composure as quick as possible. If people knew she get panicked over something like this, they will definitely laugh at him.

"Come on, Tsubaki. Get a grip. You are a dark miko. Don't get shaken over something like this. They are just only a brat. The little brother will definitely die even if you cannot purify him. He will die because of blood loss for sure", Tsubaki told herself in her heart.

With that, she took a new arrow and aimed at the two brothers. "This time, I will use more spiritual power. Surely, they cannot escape from me now". She knew Sesshoumaru will not be able to dodge her with his injured legs. Much less to carry his little brother. Sesshoumaru who was too busy with his little brother did not realized what Tsubaki intended to do.

"DIED!", Tsubaki yelled. Sesshoumaru was startled at Tsubaki's yell. "This is the end", he closed his eyes and waited for the arrow to hit him. However, it never came. He only heard Tsubaki screaming in pain and cursing someone. He opened his eyes slowly. A young lady in a miko outfit was standing in front of him with arrow and bow in her hand.

"Damn you, Kikyou! What are you doing here?" Tsubaki screamed in anger. Her beautiful appearance has slowly changed into ugly and old.

"To stop you, of course", Kikyou answered.

Sesshoumaru did not know what to do. It appeared to him that both of them knew each other. However, from their conversation, it looked like they did not get along with each other. Possibly, both of them are enemy. The young lady with long black hair turned to Sesshoumaru. However, she still did not look away from Tsubaki. She looked older than Sesshoumaru. It is possible that she was in high school. From her family seal on her miko outfit, Sesshoumaru knew that she was from Higurashi family.

Higurashi family was the protector of the city. They kept peace and harmony in the city. They ensured that youkai and human can live together peacefully. It was said that every member in Higurashi family has strong spiritual power than other people. Under their protection, no chaos has happened. That until Soul Stealer showed up. Nobody knew where they came from. Nobody knew whether they were youkai or human. Nobody knew anything about them except that they have created a great havoc in the city. The Higurashi family tried as best as they can to fight and catch them but there was no luck.

"Are you okay?" Kikyou asked.

"Yeah. But, my little brother is not okay. That witch shoots a purification arrow to him. I can't get it off from him. Please save him", Sesshoumaru begged desperately.

Kikyou wanted to look at Inuyasha's wound. But, before she could do that, Tsubaki summoned a huge snake shikigami to attack her. Kikyou barely dodged the snake's attack. She quickly cast a protection barrier around her and the two brothers. She did not want them to get hurt any more. The snake did not stop its attack. It tried to break the barrier with its tail. It hit the barrier hard several times until a crack appeared on the barrier. The snake continued to hit the barrier. More and more crack can be seen on the barrier.

"Ha, Ha, Ha …. Your barrier will be destroyed at any time now! This is your end!" Tsubaki laughed.

Kikyou knew what Tsubaki said was true. The barrier will be tear down at any time. She needed to do something before that happen. If not, they will not walk away from hear alive. With that, she gathered and focused her spiritual power on her arrow and aimed accurately at the large snake. Before the snake gave a final strike that destroyed the barrier, she shoot the arrow. It hit the snake's head and caused it to explode.

"Damn it!" Tsubaki yelled.

"I won't loss. I won't loss to her again", Tsubaki said to herself.

She really did not want to loss to Kikyou. She wanted to destroy her. That pretty face of Kikyou who took away men from her. She really did not understand why many men fall in love with her. She was far more better than Kikyou.

It was obvious that Tsubaki was very jealous at Kikyou. Kikyou was beautiful, graceful, kind and has more spiritual power than her. More importantly, she was younger than her. Tsubaki always blamed Kikyou for her inability to attract men. She was envied with Kikyou's talent and beauty. Therefore, she decided to walk on dark path. She chose to become a dark miko. A dark miko used youkai and miko power for evil deeds. Even so, she still cannot defeat Kikyou. Even after involving deeper into forbidden arts.

She almost started to loss her hope to beat Kikyou until that man showed up. That's right. Until the man with baboon cloth showed up. His name was Naraku. He showed up of nowhere with his underlinings and offered her a chance in a life time. A chance to become beautiful and young forever. A chance to beat Kikyou. For this very reason, she joined the Soul Stealer.

"That's right. We will complete our plan. We shall make our dream to rule world come true".

With this though, she smiled at herself. But first, she must get rid Kikyou. Then, she will kill those brats who called her an old hag. She quickly bring out her shikigami paper. She wanted to create a larger and stronger snake shikigami. She wanted to end this affair as quickly as possible. She did not like to use much of her power because using too much power will drain away her youth and beauty. She did not want that to happen.

Unfortunately, before she can create and summon the snake shikigami, Kikyou noticed what she intended to do. Kikyou knew if she let Tsubaki summoned another shikigami, they will be in a great danger. She has used a lot of her power to set up the barrier and destroy the large snake shikigami. Kikyou quickly shot another arrow to Tsubaki. It pierced through her arm. The arm that holding the shikigami paper. Tsubaki screamed in pain.

Tsubaki wanted to fight back. However, Kikyou's arrow gave her a great damage. She cannot use her right hand which means she cannot summon another snake shikigami. Not only that, her beautiful face has completely turned into an ugly, hideous face. She knew she was not in a state to fight. She has to retreat. She reluctantly wanted to admit it. But, there was no choice.

"Don't be so happy about this. I shall come back. And when that happen, you all will doom", Tsubaki warned before she disappeared into thin air.

Kikyou let out a relief sigh. "That was closed", she though.

Then, she immediately turned her attention to the two brothers. She needed to examine their injuries. Even though they were youkai and not human like herself, she cannot allow herself to be prejudiced.

"What's your name?"

"Sesshoumaru"

"And your little brother's?"

"It's Inuyasha"

Kikyou quickly examined their injuries.

"Hmm… The elder brother does not have any life threatening injuries. He only hurts his legs and has cuts and bruises only. On the other hand, the little brother has …..",

Kikyou could not believe her own eyes and was very shocked as much as Tsubaki. The boy has been shot with a very strong purification arrow. It was amazing that he has not been purified and turned into a dust right now. She quickly removed the arrow from Inuyasha's chest and threw it away on the ground. Before the arrow reached the ground, it disappeared with black smoke. More blood coming from Inuyasha's chest. Kikyou tore her sleeve and pressed it on Inuyasha's chest. She needed to make the blood stop flowing out.

"Can you hold it for me? I want to call some help. We needed to get him to hospital as soon as possible", Kikyou asked Sesshoumaru.

Sesshoumaru just nodded. He will do anything if it can save Inuyasha. He could almost imagine the worst case scenario. What should he tell to his father and stepmother? What would be their reaction? He could imagine how her stepmother will break down and cry when she knew what happened to Inuyasha.

A few minutes later, an ambulance came. The paramedics tried as best as they can to give first aid treatment to Inuyasha and Sesshoumaru before they reached the hospital. Both of them were carried on the same ambulance. Kikyou came along too. She wanted to make sure both of them save especially the little brother. She did not really know the real reason why she wanted to tag along. Probably because she was curious on why the little youkai boy could survive such strong purification arrow or probably because she was worried since she has a younger sister at the same age as that boy. The same thing could happen to her sister. Kikyou was horrified at that thought.

As the paramedics carried Inuyasha into the ambulance, something strange happened. Inuyasha's body started to glow. His silvered hair suddenly became black. His claws and fangs disappeared. His triangular puppy ears have turned into human ears. That's right. Inuyasha has turned into a human. Sesshoumaru was shocked and horrified at the same time. He could not hide it. Inuyasha has started to bleed again.

"Inuyasha! Inuyasha! Are you okay?" Sesshoumaru screamed.

Everyone was shocked too including Kikyou. They have never seen anything like this in front of them. If it was not because of Sesshoumaru's scream, they probably will stay there and do nothing except gazing that boy. The paramedics quickly checked Inuyasha's condition. They can still detect his pulse. That was a relief but he will die soon if they cannot get him to the hospital. Without any delay, they quickly head to the hospital. On all the way to hospital, Sesshoumaru held Inuyasha's hand.

Kikyou could see that Sesshoumaru really worried about his little brother. She put her hand on Sesshoumaru's shoulder and said "Don't worry. He will definitely be okay". Sesshoumaru just nodded. He really hoped so.

Unknown to them, they were watched by a man who wore a baboon clothes from a far place. It was Naraku. He smiled evilly, "Finally. I finally found the most important thing in my plan." He then disappeared as the ambulance leave the park.

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