Hi again. So, not quite the 10 reviews I wanted, but hey, it's early, and quite frankly I'm a pushover. So, even though I only have 9 reviews, I give you Chapter 3. Thanks to all you regular reviewers, you guys rock! But come on people – some other guys gotta review! So, here we go –

A/N: I don't own Inuyasha

Chapter Three

Kagome has never been as terrified before as she was now.

Sure, there were plenty of times before in the Sengoku Jidai where she's been frightened, but she had always had Inuyasha by her side; or, at the least, another one of her habitual companions, or Kouga.

But now, she was alone. Every other one of her friends had gone down, and the yokai hadn't dealt a single blow yet. The ground was still quaking, and the roars were still like echoing through the Forest of Inuyasha, although they sounded more like a dull hum to her.

She still wasn't quite sure why she wasn't quivering on the ground like Sango, but she did have the blood of a Miko in her, so anything was possible.

The gigantic bear yokai stepped forward once again; it seemed to have sensed that Kagome was its only threat here.

She picked herself off from the ground as fast as she could with the Earth crumbling beneath her feet, and wobbled over to the edge of the clearing, leaning heavily on a tree. She took her bow off from her shoulder, and slipped an arrow out from her quiver.

She placed positioned herself so that her back was pressed up against the tree, but she was facing the yokai – which had turned now and was trying to spot her amongst the trees.

She placed her hand around the wrapped section of her bow, and set an arrow on top of her hand. The ground was shaky, making the arrow fall off of the notch several times. When the arrow finally stayed were it was supposed to set, she raised the bow, and stuck out her forefinger to act as a sight, which would have been quite helpful here. She drew back the string, and closed her left eye, aiming for the jewel shard in the bear's head, which was now facing her directly.

Pink light – otherwise known as her spiritual energy – shot out of the arrow as soon as she released it. The arrow flew straight, but missed its target by several yards.

Amazing. Thought Kagome, Just what it needed right now, horrible aim. She quickly drew another arrow, and notched it similar as to how she did it before.

Sense it. Kagome was so startled to hear the unexpected voice in her head that she dropped her arrow, which only made the situation worse, because the yokai was closing in.

She darted to a tree nearby the one she was previously at, but this one was far enough away so that she could pause for a moment. You know, She thought, for as big of yokai as it is, and as powerful as it seems, it doesn't move that fast.

Excellent, you've identified its weakness, now, exploit it. Great. The voice in her head was back. She notched another arrow.

Okay, voice in my head, who are you and why have I never heard you before? Kagome felt idiotic for even trying to communicate with the voice. She took aim again, trying to hit it in the stomach this time, she released. The arrow missed by a mile.

Come Kagome – is now the time for pleasantries? Listen, you must sense them. Do not try to aim with your eyes, sense the presence of the shards in the yokai's body, and transfer your knowledge of the shards presence into your arrow. You have already called out its weakness, so shoot your arrow fast and true.

Well, Kagome thought, what do I have to lose? She felt the presence of the shards, and tried to push the feeling into her fingertips, then into her bow.

The arrow started to glow – such a blinding and light pink that Kagome had to close her eyes, but she didn't lose the location of the presence of the shards.

She released.

So, sorry if it sucks – its like, 10 p.m. here, so I'm beat, and we just ran suicides in track. So my legs hurt, really bad, and so does the rest of me. We had to do a writing prompt today in English too, and I wrote like, 5 pages on how I like to write. Stupid I know. So, sorry for any OCCness or suckishness. But I just wanna go to bed! SO, please R&R! I want at least 11 reviews, but I would love 12 or 13.

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