AN: Hello, guys! How has everyone's week been?
O-M-G! Over 1000 views! Thank you so much, everyone! I hope you're enjoying this fic as much as I am!
So, Carnival came and went, and although I did take the time to write, I didn't get as many chapters out as I would've hoped. BUT I did get the fic plan on, and I'm very excited about what I have in mind for this story.
Next Monday is my first day back to college, and I have some expectations for this term. Hopefully, I'll be able to get everything done AND keep posting once a week. I promise I'll do my best.
MirrorFlower and DarkWind: There you have it! I must admit, your reviews always make me smile! You're too sweet! Haha
Aaand Kagome's back! Just so you remember, in case you don't, last time we saw her, she had just felt an aura coming close. Let's see what she is going to do about it, huh?
GLOSSARY:
Daiyoukai: Great demon
Hanyou: Half-demon
Inu: Dog
Kaeru: Frog
Kitsune: Fox
Miko: Priestess
Okaa-chan: An affectioned way to call one's mother
Onna: Woman-child
Sasori: Scorpion
Shikon no Tama: Jewel of the Four Souls
Youkai: Demon
Chapter 7 - A busy night
Kagome looked around frantically. She couldn't expect Miroku and Sango to help her: they were exhausted! And InuYasha was out of the question! So the miko did all she could: she got up from her sleeping bag in haste, hiding the bottle with jewel shards next to Shippou and walked away from the camp. She stopped at the edge of the clearing where they had set their camping and erected a barrier around her friends.
That would keep them from harm and also keep the youkai from getting the shards. It didn't seem a very powerful youkai. It wasn't like it wouldn't be a problem, though. Kagome knew she was poorly trained, and that made her an easy prey. But that didn't mean she couldn't make the sasori's life a little bit more difficult.
So, the young miko raised her hands in preparation and directed her holly energy to her hands. Not ten seconds later, she heard the evil bastard running towards her. It was a huge scorpion, its body all black and brown. It had red markings on its head, claws and tail, and looked at her as though it were going to eat her. She jumped to the side and let it hit the barrier face first.
Kagome turned on her heels and ran towards her ofender, her hands outstretched in front of her. She managed to purify one of the sasori's claws before getting hit by the tail. Kagome flew against a tree as the beast screeched in pain. She got back to her feet, panting. That hadn't been as bad as she had anticipated. Luckily, it didn't seem like the sasori was trying to poison her. Perhaps it was trying to tire her so she would give the shards more easily?
Well, the joke was on it, because she was ready to attack again. She breathed in and ran again, this time aiming at the other claw. It would be easier to defeat it if she had nothing to worry about but the tail, which was also the hardest part to purify, so she had decided to work her way to it.
When she touched the remaining claw, however, she was pierced on her side by the tail, and felt its poison burning inside of her. She groaned in pain, and noticed that breathing becomes more of a challenge now. She didn't know how long she had before passing out, but knew it must not be much time.
The sasori youkai stepped away from her, as preparing for the final blow, and so was the miko. She knew it was her last chance, and guessed it must feel the same by now. I need to be quick then, she thought to herself. She summoned all of her powers to her hands. The corner of her aura warned her that there was something else coming closer, three more auras. She didn't have the time to focus on any of them now, so she braced herself for a great deal of pain, which she knew would come with the impact.
The sasori jumped on top of her and aimed the tail in the middle of her chest. Kagome was quick enough to touch it just before it pierced through her ribcage. The demon screeched once again as it was purified. The girl didn't stop until it had completely vanished, and then breathed in relief.
Of course, she now felt the pain on her side without any distraction and also noticed the blood she had lost. This is bad, she thought absentmindedly. But there was nothing for it.
The three auras were now very, very close. They were demonic, that much she could tell, and they were slightly familiar, though she couldn't quite place them as dark started claiming the corners of her eyes. The last thing she saw before passing out was a blur of white approaching her.
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Sesshoumaru landed on a clearing close to where his half-brother's pack was and stretched his aura over his surroundings. Oh, I'll be damned, he thought angrily to himself. Apparently, a sasori youkai was too close to the onna and the hanyou was nowhere near heer. He was actually about 10 miles away in the opposite direction. The whelp truly was useless, wasn't he?
The daiyoukai looked back and nodded to Jaken, who nodded his understanding, before running towards the girl. He was a little bit worried. Not that he would say that out loud, of course. But her aura screamed of pain, and he could smell blood. He had one or two hypothesis about why hers was the only blood he could smell.
He dodged her barrier and saw her purifying the youkai he had sensed before. As he expected, she was alone, and looking around, he saw her companions fast asleep on the other side of the spiritual frontier she had built. The young lord knelt down beside her as she lost conscience. Looking up, he was surprised to see the barrier still shining with a bright pink. To keep a barrier even unconscious..., he thought to himself looking down to her face. And the sasori wasn't so despicable a demon for humans to fight either, and she defeated it on her own. Hn. She is more powerful than I anticipated.
Jaken arrived with Ah-Uh and a sleeping Rin to find their lord working on a gash on the miko's side.
"Seshoumaru-sama!", the kaeru yelled upon seeing his lord . The inu daiyoukai merely looked at him before looking back to the task at hand. It was quite deep a wound, and the poison had started acting.
"Okaa-chan?", a small voice whined almost airly. So the pack was starting to stir back into wakefulness. And of course the kit HAD to be the first one. This could complicate things if he were to save the guardian of the Shikon no Tama.
