And her Unfortunately is a short chapter for chapter three...

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Chapter 3

"You're a long way from Tomeda." Souta commented as quietly as Tomoyo quietly snacked on some ramen the next morning.

"We were on the way to deliver something to a friend of Erriol's.." Tomoyo said with a slight smile. "So how much do you know about the history of your shrine?"

"Well…" Souta smiled and began to tell her the Legend of the Shikon No Tama. He omitted certain things that both his sister and grandfather had told him. He held both hers and Uo's attention for most of the morning with the stories his sister had told him. Eventually he finally took a break…

"But what ever happened to the priestess?" Tomoyo frowned.

"I would suppose that she either got married or died after she established this shrine…" Souta said flatly.

"Oh…" Tomoyo said quietly as she wondered why Souta had killed the subject.

"I… I'm going to look for an axe… I'd like to move the torri.." Souta excused himself.

"Y'know perhaps you oughta take a rest kid before you hurt yourself." Uo said as she came over to check on him a few hours later. "I think that we can pull this off of her now if you'd like."

Souta buried the hatchet into wood of the torri. "You don't have to help me. I'd rather be left alone.."

"Gah." Both of them looked down the steps to see a man struggling to climb the stairs. Uo frowned and stepped down the steps towards the man. "Are you alright?"

"Miss Uotani don't!" Souta yelled as he noticed the man's eyes flash red. He swiped at Uotani, ripping her blouse with his claws. Uo fell back on the steps starring up at the man as he chuckled and grabbed her by the remains of her shirt. "Where is it?"

"Let her go!" Souta yelled swinging the ax, making contact with the demon's arm. A white light flashed and the demon released Uo as he began screaming. Uo hit the steps and pulled out her tazer as the demon regained it's posture. She tazed the bastard, the electricity sending the thing down to the bottom of the steps.

"What the hell Is that thing?" she yelled as Souta helped her to her feet.

"A demon."

"A what?" the yankee looked at him incredulously. "Are you crazy? There's no such thing as demons!"

"Oh yeah? Tell him that." Souta pointed at the demon who was just beginning to stand back up he glared at them before roaring. "You cannot hide it from me. I will have that power!"

The demons slowly began to climb the stairs again. "Shit it's coming back!" Uo yelled and pulled her gun and aimed at the thing. She fired several shots into the demon before nailing it in the head. It collapsed and began to disintegrate on the steps.

It was about now when Uo began to officially freak out.

"That did not just happen." Uo whispered starring at the spot where she had killed the demon. "I'm hallucinating. I must have gotten a concussion in the earthquake or something…"

"Miss Uotani. I'm afraid that this isn't a delusion nor a dream. Now come, you need to go check up on miss Tomoyo, and I have to go look for something." Souta said with a frown at the steps. I thought demons didn't exist in this day in age… Souta sighed. Kagome always said that where there was one there were more…

Souta carefully searched the mess that was his sister's room, searching for a small lock box she had once shown him..

"Souta I've laid protections down on the shrine… but if incase fore some reason if anything should happen, and the barrier fades, use these." Kagome held up several Oufuda. "These will be able to raise a barrier and ward off demons…"

Souta gently touched on of the ofuda. "It feels weird… did you make these?"

Kagome's eyes widened slightly, but she smiled and shook her head.. "Miroku and Kaede made these for me. I'm not quite that skilled yet. Just don't forget about them if you're in ever in trouble."

Souta found the box. He opened it to find the ofuda in perfect shape, insode were pictures of Kagome and her friends, both from the past and the present… and one of their family.. Tears welled up in his eyes…. An aftershock broke him from his reminiscing. Souta cringed as the furniture in the room shuffled as the house shook beneath it. It ended after a couple minutes…

"Souta!" Uotani yelled from the gakan. "Souta are you okay?"

"Hai! I'm coming down!" he called as he closed the box and stood up. He slowly made his way downstairs to find the young woman slightly worried about him. Souta smiled at her and held up the box. "I just had to get this."

Okies so the protective barrier that surrounded the shrine is wearing off... and the demons are looking for something powerful that they can sense at the shrine... more to be continued in the next chapter of In The Blink Of An Eye...

TBC