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Another chapter has come, but before I do allow me some replies.
PrincessAnime08: It was, wasn't it?
Elfen Child: You would actually be surprised. Some of my best stories got pretty bad flames in the beginning. Glad to see that hasn't happened to this one yet.
And without further ado, the next chapter is come!
Ch.6 A Hairy Situation
As the three of us climbed out of the well, Inuyasha said "So you're saying that what Yura really wants is just us?" "Well yeah. I mean, why would she send her hair after us if she's already got my shard of the Jewel?" Kagome asked. "You're- How did that happen?!" he demanded. I groaned and face-palmed myself; the two of them were children with each other. "Can we worry about that after we kill her?" I thought aloud, but then Kagome gasped. "There are some silvery strands that way! If we follow them, they should lead us straight to Yura!" she said, pointing. Inuyasha grunted and let her onto his back, while my wings reappeared in burst of flames. We both moved in the direction and I saw a bonfire, and against the light I was able to see strands of hair.
"A fire," Inuyasha said, but when we got close that wasn't all we saw. There were bodies of several men around it, and all their heads were missing. "Hey, these are guys from the village," Inuyasha said. "Yeah, but where are their heads?" I wondered, even though I knew the answer. We turned around and saw that Kagome was on all fours, and Inuyasha's eye furrowed in frustration. "What is it now? I better not hear you say that you're scared, or that you want to go home," he said. Kagome stood and looked at him with a surprisingly determined expression, a bow and quiver in hand. "I thought I might use these," she said. I smiled at the surprised expression in Inuyasha's face, but he shrugged and let her back on.
With Kagome's directions we kept following the strands, and I said "Did you learn anything on how to shoot that while you were in your era?" "No really, but I just need to practice!" she said confidently. "Practice? Don't you mean 'learn '?" Inuyasha remarked. "I can do it. Just watch!" she replied. While he scoffed on the outside, I could see that inside he was actually considering it a possibility. I knew that Kagome could do it, but the question was whether my skills would be good enough to help. Especially if those strange abilities that I had shown before reappeared. But then I heard the sound of something tightening, and the tree the two of them were standing on suddenly fell to the ground.
"Hey!" Kagome said, before looking up and gasping. "They're here!" she called. I nodded and threw a fireball at a mass of darkness ahead, which promptly caught fire and fell to the ground. I ducked and weaved through the air to avoid the hairs. "On the left! Right!" Kagome said to Inuyasha, and he dodged to avoid being caught. "You'll need to help!" she said, and he stopped to look at her. "Me? I thought that was your job! You're really not good for much are you?" he asked. I shouted in ager and grabbed a lock of hair in my hand, setting in alight and throwing it into the rest. "Forget about that and let's focus on staying alive!" I yelled. "They're coming! On the left! Behind!" Kagome said, and Inuyasha called "Give me a break!"
Then a number of them wrapped around his wrist and pulled Inuyasha into the air, while Kagome fell to the ground. "Inuyasha!" she and I both called, when suddenly a number of them grabbed my arm and pulled me up a few feet away from them. I tried to grab them, but the hairs had wrapped just far enough up my arm that I couldn't reach. More wrapped around my other arm and ankles, and the base of my wings. I struggled to break free before I noticed a huge black spherical shape right in front of me. A ball of hair. Yura's hiding place. Yura herself vaulted up from below and landed and a few hairs, using them as tightropes while more strands were attached to her fingers.
"Oh my, look at little doggie I caught. You must be Inuyasha," she said. "And you must be Yura of the Hair. How'd you know my name?" he asked, not pleased at being caught at all. "Let's just say a little birdie told me. Everyone's saying that the half-demon Inuyasha is playing fetch with some reincarnated shrine maiden," Yura said. His eyes widened in disbelief. "Me? With that half-wit human? Nothing doin'!" he said angrily. "Oh? You're both half-wits to me, and that girl too. Shattering the Jewel like this," she replied, pulling the bag holding the Jewel Shard out. My eyes widened at being called a half-wit and I called "Oh yeah?!" My hands burst into flame and, using a technique I had developed, I focused it until there were ten smaller orbs at my fingertips.
I flung my hand out and they fired at Yura, who waved her hand and created a wall of hair. Each one created a small explosion on impact and the wall, slightly burnt, broke apart. "My, you have just as much a fiery spirit as your hair. I guess I'll just have to deal with all three of you," she said. Inuyasha looked at her. "Deal with me? Don't make me laugh!" he yelled, breaking one of the binding around his arm and swing at her. She moved away and behind him, examining his hair. "Such pretty hair, but you obviously haven't taken good care of it. Look at the split ends," she said. Inuyasha tried to elbow her and she fell back. Yura dropped through the air, until she landed on another set of hairs and sprung back up.
Halfway up she unsheathed her sword, and slashed Inuyasha across the chest. He shouted in pain as a small amount of blood sprayed into the air, and Kagome called "Inuyasha!"Yura landed back in front of Inuyasha, only a few feet away. She chuckled and licked the blood off of her sword, saying "I'm going to cut you into little pieces." "My ass you will!" I called, and pulled with all my strength until the hairs around my right arm snapped. I threw another plain fireball followed by five smaller ones, and Yura darted to the side to avoid them. "You should learn to stay still!" she said irritably, and more hair wrapped around my wrist. Now that I was again trapped she smiled, and moved forward to swing at Inuyasha.
Just as she did however, an arrow seemingly fired from nowhere and she had to jump back to avoid being hit. We all looked to see where it had come from, and saw Kagome kneeling on the ground with another arrow aimed. "Let them down! Or I promise this time I won't miss!" she called, even though I knew that the threat was mostly empty. Yura didn't know that though, and said "Oh, look at her trying to save you, Inuyasha! You two must be so close!" "You idiot! Stay away!" Inuyasha said. Before she could answer Yura held up her sword. "Of course, her hair isn't as pretty as either of yours, but then again… waste not, want not," she said. "Not as pretty? What do you know? You come from a world where they don't even have shampoo!" Kagome said, and fired.
Rather than shoot towards her though, the arrow flew at Inuyasha. He shouted and ducked, looking back at Kagome and yelling "Would you watch where you're aiming that thing, please?!" Before I could make a comment the arrow sailed at me, and I shouted as I had to duck as well. The arrow hit the ball of hair near the bottom, and a bright pink-white light spread outwards. It faded after a few seconds, and the hair itself began to unravel. "Oh no! Looking what you've done!" Yura said, horrified. Within the hair I could see numerous skulls, including ones with the face still attached. "The guys from the village," Inuyasha said, and I realized that it was indeed them. "Oh? Your will soon join them. And that silver hair will be mine," she said, looking at him. "But first, that woman over there needs to die!"
She jumped up and swung her comb, and flames raced down them and hit Kagome. "How enough for you? You'll feel the heat right down to your bones," Yura said softly. "Kagome!" I called, and I instantly forgot about Yura and Inuyasha. While the two of them began talking and resumed fighting, I struggled to break free of the hairs holding me, but their grip was like steel. I shouted in rage, and suddenly that same power from when I fought the girl coursed through me. I reared my head back and yelled, and my body burst into flame. The hairs around my wrists, ankles and wings were instantly burnt to ash, and once I was free the fire faded after a few seconds.
I flew straight down at Kagome, unharmed despite the fact that I had just been enveloped in flames, and jumped down next to her. I could feel the heat of the flames but no pain, and I wasn't burn at all. "No surprise that Phoenix demons are immune to fire," I thought to myself. To my surprise, Kagome wasn't burnt either. "Are you alright?" I asked, holding her up. She coughed and said "Yeah. Wonder why I wasn't burnt." Although I knew why, I said "We can worry about it later." I looked up and searched amongst the mass of hair, until I heard Inuyasha called "Blades of Blood!" Red bands of power flew at Yura, and she blocked them with a wall of hair. But the little light from the attacks had let me see the aura of the hairs, and I followed them to the red skull that was perched high above in the hair. I pointed.
"We need to that red skull. If we can get that, Yura will be vulnerable," I said. Kagome nodded and began climbing, while I looked over at Yura and Inuyasha. Inuyasha was lying on the ground, and Yura stood next to him with her sword raised. "Now stay still, or that lovely hair of your will get stained with blood," she instructed. He glared at her. "Don't make me laugh!" he said, standing and plunging his hand forward. His arm went through her chest and halfway out of her back, and when he pulled it back out not only was there a gaping hole in her torso, but he grabbed the bag containing the Jewel. "Hah, that'll teach you!" he said smugly, but then she stepped on his hand.
Almost as if nothing happened, she said "Well I never. A half-demon I just met sticking his hand into my chest?" While she wasn't looking I flew until I was above her, and plunged down with my hand enveloped in flame. "Then try this!" I said, and hit her in the side with a flaming right hook. Her eyes widened in pain and she jumped back, holding her side and rubbing it. "I would think a lady like yourself would know better than that," she said angrily. She was about to jump at me when the hairs attached to her comb tugged, and we both looked. Kagome was climbing up the hairs, trying to reach the skull. "That girl…" Yura muttered, and she waved her comb. Inuyasha grabbed her sword. "Watch where you're looking!" he called, slashing her across the back.
Hair rushed over the wound and healed her, and she turned around right into a roundhouse kick to the stomach, courtesy of me. "The two of you are becoming a nuisance!" she said, waving her hand. More hair wrapped around me and pulled both of us back, until Inuyasha and I were slammed against a stone wall. Despite that Inuyasha chuckled. "When I made that hole in your chest it was like you broke a nail. But now you seem mad for real. What are you hiding in there?" he asked. Yura didn't say anything and glared at him, until Kagome said "Inuyasha! It's that red skull! Focus on that!" "What red skull?" he asked, but Yura had recognized it and spun around, leaping with her sword drawn.
"No chance!" I said, and jumped after her. But more hair blocked my way, and Kagome tried to keep herself from falling. "You're tangling it up!" Yura said, and flung her sword at Kagome. However, it made absolutely no impact, and Kagome fell down until she was caught by her arms. "What are you? Why don't you bleed?!" Yura demanded. "The Robe of the Fire Rat, idiot" I muttered, before clawing my way through the hair and running behind her. "How do we defeat her?" I asked Inuyasha, and he grunted. "How about this? Blades of Blood!" he said, and fired more bands of red forward. I threw another barrage of smaller fireballs, and they attached to the Blades of Blood to set them afire. They hit Yura dead-on and she fell forward, the hairs attached to her hands cut from the attack.
All the hair began to collapse to the ground, and the skulls along with it. "I-Inuyasha… Yume…" Kagome said weakly, near fainting from lack of oxygen. "Don't you dare faint on me you stupid girl!" Inuyasha warned her. I flew down and caught her, and once we landed on the ground I set her down. But then the sound of something rushing through the air, and I called to Inuyasha "Look out!" He turned his head and Yura's sword stabbed him straight through the chest, before pulling out and flying back towards Yura. She was unharmed at all by the attack and destruction of her hideout, standing on top of a pile of skulls. "You forget I'm immortal!" she said, and her sword sailed towards me and Inuyasha.
But then it stopped.
Yura froze in shock and we all turned, seeing Kagome stab an arrow into the red skull. "This is the one. The hairs from this skull are ties to Yura's hands!" she said, trying to break it. "Stop it! I'll kill you!" Yura screamed, and she moved her sword to where it flew at Kagome. She gasped and plunged the arrow down one more time. It broke through and all was still, until there was a burst of light and the sword was sent away. The skull burst apart to reveal a red comb, which broke in half. Yura sighed and rose into the air, her body glowing blue and fading to dust. Her clothes fell to the ground, and I stood, wincing as I did so. When Yura had slammed us into the wall one of my wings had been injured, and whenever I tried to move it a bolt of pain shot through.
"So that's what Yura really was," Inuyasha said, walking forward. "Yura was a comb?" Kagome asked in confusion. "Sure. With all that you've seen since you arrived are you really that surprised? It's probably got powers because it was once used to comb the hair of the dead," he said. "And to think, even a comb would want to go after this," I said, picking up the bag with the Jewel Shard. I handed it Kagome and she nodded her thanks. I knew she was wondering how long it would take to find them all. But then Inuyasha grabbed his kimono and flung it over his shoulder, saying "Kagome, let's go." She blinked and looked at him in surprise, which prompted a "What?" "You've never said my name before. I just think that you like me more now is all," Kagome said.
He scoffed. "Whatever. I still think you're pretty useless," he said. I gaped at him, unable to believe that he was still being rude. "Remind me next time not to save you!" Kagome said, and pushed Inuyasha in the back. When she did however he fell straight over, agony written all over his face. "If it hurts so much then you should have said something!" Kagome told him. "Let me alone!" he replied, and I covered my mouth with my hand to hide a smile. Despite it being grating on the ears, the two of them were almost funny at times. "Well, hold on then," I said, and I helped Inuyasha to his feet. I was prepared to help him back to the village like he did with me, but he shrugged me off and walked off. I shook my head; some things never change.
Back in the forest Kaede was still in the ground, and called out "Hear me, Inuyasha! Ye and Yume must join powers with Kagome if ye hope to find the shards of the Jewel. Also, don't ye dare forget where ye have buried me."
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The Jewel Shard has been recollected, and now the group shall return to the village. But don't think that means that this is over, because soon Sesshomaru is to make an appearance! And with that, Tetsuaiga!
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