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The wind collided sharply against her face forcing her to close her eyes somehow blindly guiding Inuyasha through the forest. She wanted to believe he trusted her.

"We're almost there" she announced pulling an arrow from her quiver.

Inuyasha landed a few second later dropping her immediately on the floor, luckily for her she was able to land properly. In another situation she would've complained, but right now her attention was focused on the two- three figures in front of them.

Her eyes widened with surprise. She hadn't expect to find the thunder brothers so fast, and it seemed they weren't expecting to be found so soon either.

The older brother-Hiten- snarled at them. He removed his weapon out of the body on the floor and turned to face them.

"Look brother, it seems luck is on our side today" He grinned smugly tossing his hair behind his shoulder.

"I want the girl" Manten said licking his lips as he stared at her. "I heard the flesh of young women is good for hair growth" he caressed his pathetic excuse of hair gently, not breaking their eye contact.

Her whole body shivered in disgust. Not letting his words affect her, Kagome closed her right eye and aimed at his hand. Whatever he was holding seemed to be struggling under his grip, and she couldn't shake the feeling of familiarity that the honey blonde fur provided.

Inuyasha let out a humorless laugh "Who the hell are you!" he shouted resting his hand in tessaiga's hilt.

She shook her thought and focused on her enemy. "Inuyasha" she called over her shoulder "I'll take the big one, you get the other"

He smiled and cracked his knuckles in anticipation. "I don't need your permission"

He drew tessaiga and smiled smugly when the sword transformed, and with that he ran directly to Hiten. They needed to discuss battle strategies one of these days.

"Drop it" She said eyeing the fur that he was holding.

"Oh," he smiled creepily at it, as he lifted it, so she could see it better. "This is only my new belt." he patted it, still smiling"It wouldn't get in my way to eat you"

Her stomach twisted in horror. The reason the fur was so familiar was because it was Shippo's father. Her hand trembled with rage but her arrows didn't deviate from it course landing right in his hand causing him to drop the body.

He hissed at her "You'll regret this" he said not losing his mischievous tone.

"You disgust me" She spat angrily as she prepared another arrow, this time she would aim at his heart.

"Kagome!"

Her head snapped in the hanyou direction only to find him running at her. She forced her body to move as Hiten charge at her. The sudden movement force her down colliding harshly with the floor.

She pointed her arrow and shoot, "Please don't miss" she begged.

He let out a harsh breath as he pulled the arrow from his thigh "You're not a normal human" he narrowed his eyes and smirked evilly "I'll enjoy burning you" he muttered darkly.

Before she could answer, Inuyasha was already shielding her with his body. He quickly looked over his shoulder and said "Stay here, I'll take care of them"

"Stop flattering yourself" Hiten said conjuring a flame in his palm "A hanyou can't defeat the thunder brothers" He shouted.

"We'll see about that" Inuyasha responded smugly "Don't go crying to your mommy when I'm done with ya"

And with that they engaged in their battle one more time.

Her bottom was throbbing painfully from her unplanned fall. If this was what Inuyasha used to experience whenever she "sat him" she had to apologize in the name of her first incarnation.

Manten was still in the same spot she last saw him at. Just that this time he was holding something else. "Shippo" her mind supplied.

She mentally beat herself, of course he was here. The only explanation her mind could come as to why she hadn't sense him earlier was because the brothers demonic aura was too empowering and was masking the kitsune own energy. His body hung motionless from Manten grasp, and she prayed he was still alive.

"I'm still indecisive about this one" He said in a fake contemplating tone. "Meh, he's already dead so it doesn't matter"

She jumped to her feet and prepared another arrow using her spiritual energy this time tinting the weapon a bright lilac color. Anger flowed through her body clouding her vision. "Prepare to die!" she shouted and released it.

Her arrow went straight to his heart. His body was consumed by her spiritual energy creating crack in his exposed flesh. He screamed and dropped the little kitsune body. "Brother!" He screamed in pain.

Hiten sent one last flame at Inuyasha before running to his brother. The hanyou didn't waste any time to go after him.

He knelt next to Manten and took his hand in his own "Don't leave me Manten, you're my only brother"

This would've been a touching moment if it wasn't for the fact they were cold-hearted youkai that had destroyed a family earlier.

"You know what they say, eye for an eye" she didn't recognize her voice, it was the first time she sounded so, -cold-.

Inuyasha was next to her, holding the tessaiga firmly in his hand.

"Stay behind" He ordered.

She nodded "Be careful, I sense an evil aura around his fragments"

(…)

She shakily walked to the kitsune body and knelt next to it, her tears were accumulating in her eyes blurring her vision since she refused to let them fall. She gently cradled him in her arms and used her hand to clean some dirt that had accumulated in his face. She took his wrist between her thumb and index fingers trying to find a pulse.

There was a possibility he was still alive he- He had no pulse.

She howled sadly and finally allowed her tears to fall. "I-I'm so sorry Shippo"

Her tears mixed with the dirt in his face creating a muddy mixture that was staining his clothes, she would have to clean it before they buried him.
She hugged him tightly against her chest caressing his hair softly.

"I'm sorry" she whispered in his ear.

If she had been faster or stronger, maybe he'll still be alive. What was she going to do without him?, and did that mean that Miroku or Sango could also die before they even meet?.

She was aware of Inuyasha's presence lingering behind her, she was glad he had decided to give her some space. She wanted to hit herself, this wasn't a game, of course death was a possibility, she just hadn't thought about, in fact she had made the mistake of feeling relaxed and overconfident, even when fighting Manten she had been positive she was going to win without breaking a sweat, ignoring completely the option, that she could've died if Manten had decided to fight her seriously instead of playing around with her feelings.

A sudden strike of spiritual energy appeared behind her. Kagome looked over her shoulder and gasped when she noticed the golden light surrounding Shippo's father. She felt a warm sensation fill her body as the soft caress of the light passed through her, into Shippo's body.

"Thank you, miko" an unknown voice whispered in her ear. "I'll trust my son safety with you"

"I'll protect him with my life"

She watched in shock as the body in her arms started to move.

"Shippo!" she exclaimed happily once he opened his eyes.

He looked extremely confused "Who are you?" he asked rubbing his eyes and yawning. "Did I fall asleep?" he said innocently.

She laughed and hugged him again.

"Something like that"

He was alive.

(….)

The small traveling group stood motionless in front of the freshly dug grave. Shippo was crying silently crushing the bouquet of flower she had found earlier for his father. His small body was shaking noticeably forcing her to look away. She couldn't stand to see him like that.

"I will avenge you, father" he said hoarsely. "I will become the most powerful kitsune the world had ever seen" he sniffed loudly and looked up, raising his fist to release a blue flame from it.

"Stop crying" Inuyasha said looking away "Real men don't cry,"

She opened her mouth ready to scowl him, but he wasn't finish talking.

"Your father would want you to be strong now that you're without him" he started to walk away "So stop crying and man up"

She smiled warmly. He was the only guy she knew, that could comfort someone with such a blunt words. She smoothed down her skirt and turned to face Shippo, offering him her hand. He took it, and used it to jump in her shoulder.

He wiped his tears to openly glare at Inuyasha "I-I'm not crying!"

"Whatever" He stopped in his tracks and looked over his shoulder "Kagome" he called.

"Hm?"

"I'm hungry, you still got some of that ninja food?"

She nodded "yes," and inclined her head to side to face her little companion. "I'm sure you'll like it"

"What is ninja food?" he asked curiously, unknowingly opening the theme to debate for the following half an hour.

Just when she was about to lose her head a human village came to view. She dropped her backpack on Inuyasha and sprinted to the market ignoring his protest. A few villagers eyed her curiously, their gaze setting longer in Shippo and the hanyou trailing behind. Fortunately, no one had made a move to block their path, or had the audacity to comment negatively about them.

"What are we doing here?" Inuyasha asked as he glared at a poor man that had dared to look him for more than 10 seconds.

"I want to stay in an inn" Her tone leaving no room for arguments." Besides, I want to eat something else that's not ninja food"

He looked ready to argue, but her sudden scream cut him off. "Look," she pointed ahead "They have thermal waters!" she squealed happily running to the inn.

"Women" he whispered tiredly following closely.

The inn was nicely decorated, giving a homely feeling accompanied by the sweet scent of burning incense that she loved. The lady that receive them was quite tall dressed in an olive colored yukata, her black hair was pulled up in a tight knot on top of her head giving her an instant face lift that restricted her facial movement.

Kagome bit the inside of her cheek to stop the laugh that threatened to leave her lips at any moment. She gave Inuyasha a nudge when his body started to tremble.

"What -"

"Don't be rude" she whispered and smiled at the lady. "Good morning, I need a room-"

"Only one?" the lady interrupted, her eyes darting suspiciously to Inuyasha and then to her.

Her lip twitched, but her smile didn't falter "Yes, just one room"

She nodded and started to walk away, "Follow me"

The room was nice, small, but nice overall. There was a single futon much to her disappointment, the shogi wall looked weathered down and the tatami had started to peel. Luckily her need to stay under a roof was bigger. She inched closer to the hole, she assumed was for cooking.

There was some leftover coal at the bottom and a pot, -that she wasn't going to use- on it.

It was still early to start dinner, but the rowdy sound coming from her stomach reminded her that her last meal hadn't been very fulfilling. She ordered Inuyasha to fill a pot with water to start making the ninja food and gave Shippo her notebook and a pencil to entertain himself while she went to the market to buy some vegetables for future meals.

"I'll be back soon"

She walked calmly to the market, enjoying the view of the busy village. She made her way to the closest stall that was selling rice and beans of many types. She ended up buying a 2kg bag of rice along with a bag of black beans. In the next one she bought potatoes and wakame. The only thing she needed was some fruit, and she'll be done. Knowing that Inuyasha must be done already she fastened her pace colliding with a few villagers in her hurry.

Her step faltered when she sensed the presence of two fragments behind the mountains.

"This is going to be a long day"

She whirled around and ran to the inn.

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