Kagome froze in her tracks. Raiden looked up at her, whimpering slightly at the pale girl. The miko let a single tear fall down her cheek, but quickly raised her hand to wipe it away. She turned her heel, and stared into the ground - she wouldn't risk him seeing her, yet now that he was here, she felt as if she was betraying him for leaving. Her hand trembled as she crouched down, picking up the confused puppy by her feet. Kagome raised him up to her face, whispering into his ear.
"No matter what you do, Raiden, do not acknowledge the inu hanyou".
The puppy looked at the miko, puzzled, but decided it would be better to listen to her. Even though they had just spent a brief time together, but the two had formed an unbreakable bond. Somehow, Raiden felt that he was meant to be with her. He was meant to meet her. He was meant to attack her. He was meant to eat the insides of her shoes and throw them up at her feet as she lectured him. Yet, no matter what he did, he was always given the kind smile that she had; pure, sweet, lovely.
The location of the shard was close. Awfully close. It was just a mere distance from this village. Right in the direction where the hanyou was. She couldn't even go around the village unnoticed; since the feeling of the shard was so strong, it had to mean the demon was close by. If she were going to attack it, her old acquaintances would become aware of her.
"K-kagome?"
She looked up from her thoughts, realizing that he had seen her.
"Kagome?"
He advanced on her, running swiftly closer and closer to her.
No, go away. Don't come close to me. Do not call my name anymore; otherwise, I do no know what I am going to do to you.
The hanyou stood just ten feet from her.
"Kagome."
He started walking closer to her, staring at her intently. She withdrew her eyes from him, looking down at the puppy in her hands.
No.
Dropping the puppy, she withdrew her bow, and arrow followed by it. She aimed her arrow at him, hatred in her eyes. How dare he come to her? After what he did, she never wanted to see him again. Yet there he stood, coming in closer to her. He reached a halt as she had drawn her arrow, looking straight into her eyes. Her eyes glistened with tears that were about to fall.
"Stay the hell away from me, hanyou. I do not wish to be near you", she shouted, letting her tears fall, "How did you even recognize me, bastard?"
"Did you think I was going to forget about the woman I love?", he said, walking closer to her.
"Why do you lie to me?", she said, firing her arrow.
The arrow hit his left sleeve, pinning him to a nearby wooden hut. Inuyasha stared back and forth from the arrow to her. He opened his mouth, ready to shout something at her.
"Don't say anything", she said, drawing a second arrow, "If you say anything else, I will fire this arrow. And believe me, it will hit something that will hurt you more than your clothing".
He took her word for it, intently staring at the miko. She backed away, looking down at Raiden. He quickly transformed, as she climbed onto his back, still clutching her bow and arrow, directed at the hanyou.
"That way", she whispered, looking in the direction where the shard was.
Raiden broke into a run. Soon, the two reached the neko demon, looking at them.
"This has to go fast, Raiden, or else that hanyou will follow us".
The puppy demon decided to agree with Kagome; yet the reason for her being so afraid, he did not know. However, he trusted the miko, and nothing else mattered. Raiden attacked the neko, lunging himself at it, baring his fangs. He sunk his teeth into the demon's neck, earning a strong screech from it. After which, Raiden saw a light pink arrow be shot from the corner of his eye. It hit the neko in its stomach, as it purified the demon.
Since Kagome had been on the other side of the well, she had devoted her life to two things: her schooling and her spiritual education. Researching the ancient books in the tool shed in her recreational time, which turned out to be quite useful to her. In great detail, she had managed to quickly learn how to distinguish a demon from a human by studying its aura, how to use her spiritual powers to mend things, and how to control her purification abilities and arrows. Kagome could separate a dark aura from a pure one; with this, she was able to differentiate any beings. The miko, if she may be formally called one, had practiced shooting her arrows often. However, she hadn't had a lot of practice in purification – the only form of education in that area for her was reading and studying the books, paying vast attention to the detail of each method.
As the arrow hit the demon, Kagome ran quickly to it. She had to get the jewel shard fast, at least before the hanyou would be able to run after her. Ignoring the screaming of the neko, she darted her hand into it's neck, staining it in blood. She quickly pulled the shard out, her mere touch being able to purify it swiftly. After which, she jumped on top of Raiden, as she had just saw a flash of red in the corner of her eye.
"Raiden, now!", she shouted, aiming yet another arrow at the approaching hanyou.
His sleeve ripped, he jumped at great pace to reach the girl. Kagome yelled in disgust, firing her arrow, which hit his right leg. As the hanyou winced in pain, Kagome couldn't help but close her eyes and sob silently to herself; even though she hated him, she couldn't stand it when he was in pain. As Raiden broke into his run, Kagome lay herself on the puppy, crying into his soft fur. Confused, the puppy just kept on running, until they were a safe distance from the hanyou that had made the kind miko on his back miserable.
Sorry that this chapter isn't as long as you guys had probably hoped. I am really busy in real life, and I am starting yet another story. This was the only moment I got the chance to update this. I promise that the next chapter will be the longest one yet!
Oh, and I hope this chapter cleared up some of the things that readers didn't quite understand.
