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Two Hearts-----------Chapter Four "Like the Phoenix" ----------------------- -------------------
"Damn it all to hell!" Inu Yasha jumped up and down in frustration.
The other members of his group looked at him in silence. They had been searching this area for Kagome for almost three hours now, Inu Yasha hadn't been joking. She seemed to have gone around in circles. No destination in mind. The wind picked up, stirring the hair of the Taijiya that stood with her head lowered. Worried about her lost friend. Sango looked up suddenly. Her gaze fixed on Inu Yasha.
"Inu Yasha?" She said.
"What?!" He yelled, he wasn't in any mood for talking.
Sango ignored this and turned. She pointed to the east. A bright moon hung in the now dark sky.
"I think we should go that way." She said.
"What for?"
Sango turned back to Inu Yasha, her face was very serious.
"Because, Kagome is that way." She said.
Inu Yasha stared blankly at her. Then his eyes narrowed.
"What makes you think that?" He asked, his voice dripping with sarcasm.
Sango took a deep breath. It wasn't easy to be patient with Inu Yasha.
"I can feel it Okay! I know she's that way."
Shippo jumped up onto Sango's shoulder. His big green eyes still red from his crying.
"If mama's that way then lets go!" he said.
Miroku nodded his agreement.
"Yes, the quicker we find Kagome-sama, the quicker we can make sure she is alright."
Sango nodded. They took off, heading east. Inu Yasha stood there for a moment watching his companions run off. He shook himself back to reality.
"Hey wait!" he called as he ran to catch up.
'Kagome-chan,' Sango thought, 'Wait for us. We'll find you!'
Sango turned her worried gaze to the star filled sky.
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The dragoness approached Kagome slowly. Her prismatic eye's fixed on Kagome's own smoky blue ones. Though she had no intention of hurting Kagome, the Miko took a step back. Elisana stopped. She could sense that Kagome was more than a little frightened.
"You do not have to be afraid." She said.
Her multi-toned voice seemed to wrap around Kagome's heart, like a comforting blanket of warmth. Kagome swallowed the knot that had risen in her throat.
"Why did you have me brought here?" she asked a bit squeakily.
Elisana smiled at her, her eyes softening a bit.
"To protect you." She said.
She approached Kagome again. This time closing the distance between them quickly. She now stood directly in front of Kagome. Elisana looked down at her. She was easily a head taller. Kagome looked up. Meeting Elisana's gaze.
"What are you supposed to protect me from?" Kagome asked.
Elisana's eyes became serious. Her smile faded.
"From everything, and everyone." She replied.
Kagome looked at her confused.
"But, why would you need to protect me?" she asked.
Elisana's eyes softened again. Gently she laid a clawed hand on Kagome's chest, over her heart. Kagome jumped slightly from the touch. Her chest felt warm, and her skin tingled slightly.
"Already your heart has been wounded by an idiot Hanyo who understands nothing about your feelings for him." Elisana said softly.
Kagome's eyes teared at the though of Inu Yasha. She had managed to keep him from her mind most of the night, and now the dragoness had to remind her. Kagome lowered her head, so the dragoness could not see her tears. Elisana knew however, she could smell them. Gently she lifted her hand from Kagome's chest.
'This little Miko,' Elisana thought, 'She has such a kind heart. Why would anyone want to hurt such a sweet girl?'
"Kagome," Elisana said, "Do not waist your tears on a Hanyo that does not deserve them."
Elisana placed her hand gently on top of Kagome's head. Ruffling her ebony hair. This girl was still just a child, it was unfair that she had to suffer this much. Kagome sniffled and slowly looked back up at Elisana, wiping the tears from her eyes.
"Elisana?" she said softly. The dragoness looked down at the girl.
"Yes?"
"Um, can I ask you something?" Kagome said.
Elisana smiled. She knew what Kagome wanted to ask her.
"You can ask me anything you want Kagome." Elisana said.
Kagome smiled up at her just as a rumbling sound could be heard from her stomach. Kagome looked down at her stomach, her face red as a cherry. Elisana only laughed.
"Let's wait for the questions until after you've had something to eat." Elisana said.
Kagome blushed a deeper red and nodded.
"Come along, let's get you some food." Kagome turned to follow Elisana.
'She is really nice,' Kagome thought to herself, 'But, I wonder why she wants to protect me.'
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Kikyo sat beneath the wide spread branches of the sacred tree. Her eyes were closed and her hands were clasped tightly in front of her. A slight pink glow came from between her fingers. Slowly Kikyo opened her chocolate eyes and looked down at her hands. She unlaced her fingers and looked down into her palm. There rested an arrow head. It was blood red and seemed to be made of some kind of crystal.
It glowed slightly, a dark malevolent glow. Kikyo smiled as she carefully attached the arrow head to one of the arrow shafts that she carried. Holding out her new arrow, Kikyo looked it over.
"Even Elisana can't protect that little brat from this." She said.
Now all she had to do was find a way to reach her. Kikyo laughed as her soul collectors appeared, dropping bright bluish white orbs of light that she absorbed into her body of dirt and bones.
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Inu Yasha and the others stood over a cliff. Looking down into an enormous gorge, only to see swirling fog, to thick to see through.
"Feh, I love your intuition Sango! Look where you led us! It's a fucking dead end!" Inu Yasha yelled.
Sango shot Inu Yasha a look full of daggers.
"She's down there, I know it!"
"Oh really?" Inu Yasha said, " and how did she get down there, did she fly?!"
Sango put her forehead on her palm in exasperation. There was no use talking to this hanyo.
'If Kagome is to be saved I have to do it myself.' She thought.
Sango looked up at the others.
"Well, if you don't want to come, then stay here. But I'm going to get down there and find Kagome-chan. Kirara!"
The fire Neko came forward. A burst of fire swirled up around her and she transformed into her larger self. Sango jumped onto her back.
'I'm coming Kagome-chan. Please be alright.' She thought.
Miroku climbed onto Kirara's back behind Sango. Shippo on his shoulder. Sango looked back at him.
"We are coming too!" Shippo said.
Sango nodded, and looked over to the Hanyo in red.
"Well Inu Yasha? Are you coming too?"
Inu Yasha snorted.
"Led the way." He said.
Sango nodded again. Together all of them leapt into the gorge and it's swirling vortex of fog.
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Kagome and Elisana turned to leave and get something to eat. Saria's head jerked up, and Elisana stopped.
"Lady Elisana." Saria said.
"I know." She replied.
"What would you like me to do?" Saria asked.
"Take care of them will you please." Elisana said.
Saria nodded and left the cave quickly. Kagome watched him go, then turned to Elisana. Her eyes showed her confusion.
"What was that about?" Kagome asked.
Elisana smiled.
"Just some uninvited guests. Saria will take care of it. Let's get some food."
Kagome smiled.
"Kay."
The two left the large cavernous room.
'Saria.' Elisana sent her thought out. 'I don't want you to kill them.'
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Sango looked around. She tried desperately to see anything through the dense fog. She could hear Inu Yasha leaping back and forth from the rocky outcroppings.
"Inu Yasha!" she called, "Can you see anything?"
"I can barley see my own hand!" came his yelled reply. "It's taking all of my focus just to keep from plummeting to the bottom of this pit!"
Sango sighed. She should have known not to ask Inu Yasha. But in truth, she wanted to make sure he was alright. She worried since she couldn't see him. Suddenly a yell was heard, followed by a cracking sound and the sound of falling rocks. Silence followed. Sango looked about.
"Inu Yasha?" she called.
There was no response.
"Inu Yasha!" she called a little louder this time.
Still, no answer. Sango looked about again. Suddenly the fog in front of them swirled about. And like a phoenix rising from the ashes, an enormous greed and blue bird rose from the fog. Looming in front of them. Sango reached for her large boomerang, but to slowly. All she remembered was hearing someone cry her name before the world around her went black.
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'Saria. I don't want you to kill them.'
Elisana's voice echoed in Saria's head.
'As you wish Lady Elisana.' Saria sent his thought back to her.
Up ahead in the fog he could see the Hanyo jumping carefully from cliff to cliff. It was quite amusing to watch. Saria's eyes were made to see through this fog. It was his doing after all.
'The Hanyo is oblivious to everything around him.' Saria thought. 'That will be his downfall someday.'
Saria flew strait at the Hanyo. His talons open and ready. Inu Yasha spotted him to late. Saria struck with a speed akin to that of the Taiyoukai Sesshoumaru. His talons pierced Inu Yasha's shoulders as he slammed the Hanyo into the rocky wall of the gorge. A loud crack was heard as the bone in Inu Yasha's right shoulder snapped from the force of the impact and he cried out in pain before he sank into unconsciousness. A few rocks tumbled down to the bottom of the gorge as Saria wrapped his talons around Inu Yasha. He lifted the unconscious Hanyo.
'Now to take care of the others.' Saria thought.
Saria could see the Hanyo's companions in the fog not far away. He heard the Taijiya call for the Hanyo. Saria looked down at Inu Yasha for a moment.
'It was pointless for them to come here.' He thought. 'Even if they had gotten by me, Elisana would have killed them.'
Saria pushed these thoughts from his mind as he loomed out of the fog directly in front of the hanyo's companions. The Taijiya that sat in the front on the back of a fire Neko was able to gasp and reach for her boomerang before Saria's talons struck her, tearing a bloody gash along the side of her face and across her caller bone. Her body slumped backwards into the arms of a Hoshi that sat behind her.
"Sango!" the Hoshi yelled.
A small Kitsune pup sitting on the Hoshi's shoulder raised his hand and yelled,
"Fox fire!" Blue fire swirled towards Saria.
The bird snorted and beat his enormous wings, dispersing the illusionary fire instantly. Saria opened his beak and blew a large ball of glowing orange light at the fire Neko and her passengers. The large ball of light struck them and exploded into a flash of fire and light, knocking the Hanyo s remaining team members unconscious. As the strange group plummeted down towards the bottom of the gorge, Saria dove down and caught the fire Neko in his talons while the other three landed safely on his back.
'Now all I have to do is take these five somewhere far enough away from the Miko.' Saria thought as he flew off in the direction of the now rising sun.
Edited by: DDSmith81
Well, that's it for chapter four! I hope you all enjoyed it! Sorry it took me so long to post! I was having trouble coming up with things to write. Anyways, on to thanking my Reviewers!
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