Hi!!!
I wasn't planning on updating this very soon, but I was just so damn excited with the reponse I got, I mean, I had a lot of 'story alert' adds and it made me soooooo happy! Thank you all!!
Also, I've taken a better look in grammar this time, hopefully there will be less mistakes, but, if anyone out there is interested in becoming my editor, I'd be very, very pleased!
Now on with the chapter!!!
Last time:
"And to think that I actually considered letting the source of the music to live. That sounds just impossible now. I couldn't allow any of them to live. They are the traveling companions of the source of all shame in my family's heritage. And the one that holds my sword-to-be."
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Korumaruo
Kagome felt a presence near the hot spring and even though it didn't seem to be a treacherous one, she decided it was already time to get back to the camp and to her friends. "After all, it's been nearly an hour that I'm here… They might be worried".
When she reached the camp, she saw that Inuyasha was back, seemingly untouched and unnerved with the morning events. "So typical". Kagome thought to herself. But she didn't have time to argue with him at all. In the moment she stepped into the camp area she saw Inuyasha stand up in a flash and grab Tensaiga's hilt.
'Someone is coming and fast. It smells like Naraku'.
With the warning Kagome concentrated to fully understand the approaching enemy. "Concentrate… Breathe in… Eliminate all the other thoughts in your mind… Breathe out… Now you'll be able to see what is near your sensing area. Every time you practice, every time you push it further, longer you'll be able to see". Kagome remembered old Kaede's advice concerning her miko skills. And, oh boy, she had improved them in this three years in the feudal era.
'It's weird. Seems to have three auras approaching, but I can only feel two darkened youkis'.
'And what about the jewel, Kagome?' Miroku asked. And Inuyasha also looked back, to see Kagome's answer.
She was a bit startled when she felt the jewel shards. "Could this be real? Naraku had never done this before. It is just too damn weird…"
'I'm not too sure… It feels like there are at least 10 different fragments heading this way'.
'But if that was true, Naraku must have had disposed of at least half of his shards. Why could he possibly have done that?' Sango asked, while seating at the transformed Kirara.
'Well, get yourselves ready. This won't be easy at all, now they've reached my sensing area… I'm afraid that Kagome-sama is quite correct in her presumptions'. Miroku said, already holding on to his holly beads.
The first thing they had to deal with was a great mass of lesser youkais, almost shapeless crowd trying to devour them. One thing they've learnt of this strategy, Naraku only wanted to toy and tire them. At first Miroku opened his kazana and sucked a great part of the crowd. But in a few minutes Kagura arrived bringing Naraku's bees with her. Although the group had already divided their forces: Kagome, Sango and Miroku would deal with the youkais and Inuyasha would try to get Kagura. In the end it wasn't necessary because Kagura never stroke at them. She just stood in the air, above the fighting mass, watching. If only they knew why…
As soon as the youkais were destroyed they felt some sort of earthquake.
'Gee, it fells like there is something really, really big coming!' Shippoo said, from his safely forged protection barrier.
Kagome felt the hair of her neck stand up, and in an unbelievable bad way.
'What ever happens, just stay where you are, ok Shippoo?' Kagome warned the fox kit.
'Ok, okaa-san'. Kagome looked back and gave Shippoo a reassuring smile. "It's the very fist time he calls me that, I just wish I could hug him to death right now". Kagome thought with the smile still lingering in her face.
The new minion Naraku created stepped out of the forest. It was an unbelievable massive youkai. "It would definitely reach the third flow of a modern Tokyo building". (Ok, sorry for the lame example, I'm Brazilian and over here we use meters as a way to number up heights, I didn't know how to transform it into foot-tall kind of measure). It was a grotesque being, seemingly human, but with only one huge eye take extended from his forehead until his apparently toothless mouth and, yes, it didn't have a nose. It was just a bizarre thing.
He came down full force on the friends, trying to hit them with his hand. Inuyasha grabbed Kagome and jumped out of the way and Miroku just ducked to scape, but Sango didn't have enough time to run and was hit. She was thrown into a tree that was near by and stayed there apparently unconscious. The beast went after Inuyasha that was preparing to hit it with Kase-no-kizo (Tetsuaiga's attack). Meanwhile Miroku went to Sango, to see how she was, luckily, he thought, she was really just unconscious.
If things weren't just horrible as they were, because any of the gang's attack seemed to do any harm on the beast, all of suddenly it started to blow of some weird darkened-energy balls. Miroku grabbed Sango and left her nearer Shippoo so that the fox kit could drag her into the barrier and then the monk when back to aid Inuyasha and Kagome.
Inuyasha and Kagome were with a kick-ass bad luck. None of Tetsuaiga's attack seemed to harm the beast and Kagome's arrows weren't enough to scratch its skin. Inuyasha was up and down, jumping, dodging and screaming the swords attack amongst some obscenities.
'Inuyasha, think before you act. Let's combine our attacks, ok?' Kagome screamed.
But the hanyo was too far involved with his fight to listen. Kagome opened her mouth again to yell at Inuyasha, but she never got to because Naraku's minion spit another energy ball at the offending hanyo. Miroku, who was quite near Inuyasha, tried to push him aside, but it only served to make them both as target.
'Oh my God'. Kagome ran towards them, with tears in her eyes. "Are they dead?".
She never got to reach them. Kagura decided it was a good time to step into the fight.
'Now, Korumaruo, be still, let me talk to the miko first'. Kagura said in a cold tone to the beast.
'Astounded, miko? It's quite a son, my master created, isn't it?'
'Will you shut up Kagura? Can't you see the Naraku controls you? Aren't you tired of being bossed around? Let me tend to my friends'.
'Now, now, you are not in position of telling me what to do, are you, ningen? If you want so bad to touch this miserable half-breed then hand me your shards and I'll be on my way. Otherwise I'll them and you killed by Korumaruo's hand'.
'Never!' Kagome answered in a whisper while she grabbed her last arrow and shot straightly into Korumaruo's eye. Kagome had thought that only by hitting its eye that she would bring the beast into a more vulnerable position. How could she be so wrong?
When the arrow hit its target, Korumaruo screamed horribly and in a maddened state he just ripped his eye out. Kagome thought she would faint right away. She had never in her whole life seen anything so disgusting before.
'So be it, Miko'. Kagura said before flying off, but not before adding. 'Leave anyone alive, Korumaruo, or your life shall end today'.
The beast roared and started to run towards Kagome. She waited for her sure death. But it never came.
Sesshomaru got in the way and started fighting with Korumaruo leaving and extremely dumbfounded miko. The Lord demon stroke with an unbelievable grace and power. Suddenly it clicked to her.
'Where is the little girl?'
'That is none of your concern, miko'. He said back, with a voice that let anything but boredom scape. "As if he is playing chess with an inexperienced child…".
'You are saving my friends and me, the least I can do is look after her'. She yelled back.
He dodged and attacked Korumaruo, making a huge cut on Korumaruos back.
'This Sesshomaru is most certainly not rescuing anybody'.
Kagome huffed and spotted a green toad and a small little girl by the forest. She ran and grabbed her and the youkai.
'How dare you, put me down, stupid miko'. Jaken yelled and tried to kick Kagome.
'Will you shut up and be still or I'll drop you'. She said between gasps, because she was running as fast as she could.
'Everything will be ok. Will you two just stay in here until its safe. Could you do that for me?'
Kagome tried to sound as motherly like as possible so not to frighten the little girl.
'Its ok Kagome, I'll look after her'. Shippoo said in a very protective instance.
Rin just nodded and agreed. Then Kagome turned to a much unsatisfied Jaken.
'And you will stay here and protect them with your life, otherwise I'll kill you myself, ok?'
Jaken, that thought that the miko might as well have the power to purify his ass decided to obey. Meanwhile, Sesshomaru was starting to feel Korumaruos strength. Not that he thought he could be beaten, but it would be a hard fight, especially because Narakus minions stink like dead animals. But the stoic demon lord couldn't help but to smile face to the mikos fierceness in yelling at the toad.
Kagome ran around, collecting a few arrows before starting to shoot again. Korumaruo attacked Sesshomaru and Tokijin fell far from its master. "Now that was unnecessary" Sesshomaru thought grabbing Tesaigas hilt – the sword of life, sister of Tetsuaiga. When Sesshomaru stroke the miko also shoot a purifying arrow. The timing of the attacks weren't combined, but their strength made Korumaruo turn into ashes.
'Uou'. Was the only thing Kagome could say. When she turned to Sesshomaru, he was already by the forest limit, and there was a little girl and a green toad running after him.
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