CHAP 4
"You're sure the jewel shard was in this direction Kagome?" Inuyasha said carrying her on his back as they ran through the woods.
"I am sure of it." she said hoping that it would lead them to Sango, as Inuyasha probably did as well.
They had been searching for Sango since she had disappeared with no leads and that was when Kagome had felt the jewel shard being used.
They exploded into the clearing and almost as soon as she saw the man Kagome was flung forward hitting the ground with a thud. Kagome looked up and Inuyasha was flat on his back in the other direction.
"Oo, clothes-lined. Kearo I told you to leave them be didn't I?" Kagome heard a woman's voice and she turned to the left to spot a woman wearing an almost glowing white kimono with long golden hair tied up into a ponytail that trailed down her back.
"You did." The man said as Inuyasha picked himself up growling. Kagome lifted herself up on her knees glancing in the man's direction. He was dressed in white monk's attire with a staff that was similar to Miroku's.
"What the hell did you do that for?" Inuyasha demanded and the man laughed as Kirara came out of the forest with Miroku on her back. Kirara took one look at the woman and mewed reducing to a kitten once more after Miroku had stepped off.
"You are a monk?" Miroku asked and Inuyasha growled.
"No way in Hell, Miroku. This man reeks of demon." he said and Miroku did a double take.
"Perceptive mutt." the man said shifting his low ponytailed brown hair to one side as he looked into Inuyasha's eyes. They were a very deep light blue almost oceanic. Kagome moved taking her position by Inuyasha quickly before anything else picked up.
"Who you calling a mutt, pal?" Inuyasha lashed out again but the demon seemed completely calm.
"Please try to forgive Kearo; he does not listen to me sometimes." The woman said drawing Inuyasha and Miroku's attention. "Priestess you must understand how it is traveling with a half demon as you are." she said and Kagome looked over realizing that she was being spoken to.
"Um." she paused and Miroku took no time at all getting in front of the woman.
"I am sure it was just a simple mistake. You are so kind and beautiful that I doubt anything like that would have been ordered by you."
"There goes Miroku again." Kagome said and Inuyasha sank a bit.
"Hey!" Inuyasha said but Miroku seemed to be ignoring him.
"Would you consider-," Miroku started but was cut off by a sharp voice and a demonic aura that flooded into the opening.
"Ask and I kill you." Kearo said and Miroku paled.
"Why of course, I hadn't realized you two were a couple. How rude of me," he said crawling back behind Inuyasha before speaking. "He's definitely a demon."
"Duh," Inuyasha said.
"Hey how did you know what Miroku was going to ask?" Kagome said and the man looked at her almost uncaringly.
"We are accustomed to the actions and behaviors of your group as we have been watching you for some time now." Kearo said and Kagome jumped.
"What do you mean watching us?" Miroku said glancing from one to the other. "Are you with Naraku then?" He asked and the woman's eyes left the air to focus on Miroku.
"We do not serve anyone. I have assisted the one you call Naraku but am not with himper say." The woman said and Inuyasha pulled out Tetsaiga holding it in front of him.
"Tell us where Naraku is!" He demanded and the woman only smiled at him.
"I am sorry I can not divulge that information to you." she said and Inuyasha growled twisting his sword.
"Then I will force you to tell me!" he said jumping up into the air coming down over her with his sword. He swung straight for her but it collided with an energy field and he was flung back.
"A barrier." Miroku said and Kagome strung an arrow on her bow pointing it at her.
"Look you, Naraku has a very good friend of ours and we need to know where he is." she said and he woman cocked her head.
"How do you know this Naraku has your friend?" She asked and Kagome paused but only for a second as she kept her bow angled toward the woman.
"Who else would have taken her? Besides Inuyasha picked up his sent near our camp and it is too close to be just a coincidence" she said. "Are you going to tell us where he is or not?" she asked and the woman leaned forward putting her head on her hand with a sigh.
"I will not." she said and then she smiled. "So go ahead and shoot priestess."
If the woman thought Kagome was going to hesitate, boy was she wrong. Kagome let the arrow loose and she watched as the arrow shot through the barrier straight into her shoulder. "I hit her." she said but she stopped as she noticed it didn't seem to faze the woman. She let out a sigh gripping the arrow gently pulling it out of her shoulder tossing it to the ground.
"My barrier only blocks harmful attacks." she said with a slight evil tinted smile and Kagome glared pulling another arrow onto her bow.
"Wait Kagome." Miroku said and both Kagome and Inuyasha looked over at him surprised.
"What for Miroku?" Inuyasha said seething and Miroku let out a calm breath.
"Kagome's sacred arrow had no effect on the woman while it appears to be life threatening for even Naraku. I do not believe she has any evil intentions." he said and the woman giggled.
"Very good monk," the woman said putting a hand in front of her face pulling it down over her body and her entire appearance changed. In the glowing woman's place, there was left a girl of about Kagome's height with long brown hair lying loose around her shoulders. She smiled putting her head on her hands once more with a smile while Kagome easily picked out the clothes origin.
"My school's uniform?" Kagome thought and then she looked up and recognized her light blue eyes. "Hey I know you!" she said and Miroku and Inuyasha looked over at her surprised.
"You know her?" Miroku said surprised and she nodded.
"She is a foreign exchange student who jus transferred to our school about a month ago." Kagome looked her up and down once again trying to pick the name out of her brain. "You're Amy aren't you?" she asked and she nodded.
"Correct." she seemed amused as she giggled.
"What are you doing in the feudal era?" she asked and the woman smiled.
"Getting my bearings I guess. I am quite new here." she said and Miroku took a step forward.
"If you are from Kagome's time then I don't think you understand how dangerous a demon companion can be. Are you sure you can trust this Kearo friend of yours?" He asked and the demon let out an ear numbing hiss.
"I am not from your time Monk." he hissed with a glare and Kagome shivered as his normal human looking pupils melted into slit eyes as he glared.
"Not from this time?" Inuyasha said confused.
"Yes, like me, Kearo comes from Kagome's time."
"What? Are you a demon too then?" Kagome asked remembering how she had yanked the arrow out of her arm as if it hadn't hurt at all.
"No I am human and a priestess."
"But there are no demons in my time." she said annoyed and the woman gave her what appeared to be a condescending glare.
"Just because you are unaware of something does not mean that it is not there. Demons did not just die out from this era to yours. The weak died while the strong lived and adapted, learning how to hide out in human society. Do to the fact that they are so few though the only ones who managed to survive were the best of the best. The most powerful demons reign in your time where humans cannot see them.
"Just as important, the priest line has not dwindled to worthless clergy like your family Kagome. My line is among the most powerful of Priest and Priestesses and it is we who fight on the humans' behalf against the demons who are left among you."
"But what about him?" Kagome said pointing at Kearo and he ignored her entirely. "Isn't he a demon from our time? How can you claim to defend the humans of our time from the demons when you are with them?"
"How narrow minded of you Kagome. Aren't you yourself allied with a half demon as well as two demons?"
"But that's-,"
"The same." She said crossing her arms. "Not all demons are enemies of humans. I band together with anyone who will work for the sake of the humans of our time in order to protect them."
"Why do you then hide Naraku?" Miroku asked and Amy sighed putting her head back on her hands.
"I do what I believe is best in a situation. Naraku requested my aid and so I rendered him some assistance. You are actually the final thing I needed to complete his request." she said with a smile and they all tensed. She looked at them and laughed lightly. "It is not so bad as you would imagine. This I am to bestow into your care." She said lifting her hand and a light appeared and formed in front of her and then from the light Kohaku appeared in front of them.
"Kohaku!" Kagome said and he opened his eyes looking down at his own hands. He was wearing normal blue attire and his weapon was held in his belt.
"Who are you?" he asked and then he turned back to Amy looking up at her.
"Lady Amagdahlia." he said and she smiled nodding.
"You are to venture with these travelers." She said and he nodded turning around walking toward them. Miroku and Inuyasha tensed as he walked forward and Kagome gasped.
"Kohaku doesn't have a sacred jewel shard!"