Chapter 9

"What not now?"

"Nothing." I said quickly.

Sunset... Crap... Now, all I can use is the bow and arrow.

"Yuka, bow and arrow please." Yuka nodded and ran over to me.

"Here." I grabbed the bow and put the arrow in. I pulled back, but before I can shoot I heard something. I turned around and aimed for the trees.

"Please not again."

I gasped.

"Sora!" Hitomi yelled. He ran to him and started jumping.

"It is you! You're alive! You're not dead!"

"I think so, since I'm standing right here."

I stared at them and then turned.

"Hit the mark!'

I let go of the arrow and it hit the chest of the demon.

"The demon roared as it started bubbling and melted away.

I turned around and looked at Sora. I walked to him.

"Are you okay?" I asked. He nodded his head. I reached up and touched my cheek. It had liquid on it. Strange... That isn't the cheek that got cut... I put my hand in front of my face. It wasn't red, but clear. Tears!... I'm... crying...

I looked at Sora and fell into his arms and continued to cry. I straightened myself and wiped away my tears.

"I'm sorry ." I whispered.

I grabbed his hands and held them between both of my hands. I looked at them and my eyes widened.

"Oh no!"

"What?" Hitomi asked

I looked around for a place to hide.

"Kikyo!" Sora asked grabbing my arm.

"Get off!" I pushed him away and started running.

"Kikyo!!" Yuka yelled. I kept running. Why? Why? Not now!

I ran past trees and jumped over their roots before I can trip. I hid behind bushes.

Why? Why? Why? It's complete, I hate this!

"Kikyo!"

Crap! They know I'm here. Well, Sora is a wolf.

"Kikyo! What's wrong?" Kohanna pushed the bushes so they could all see me. Even worse...

"Is that... Lady Kagome?" Yuka asked.

"No idiot. It's me."

"Kikyo?!?" Hitomi asked.

"What happened to you?" Sora asked.

"I'm a human that's what! You got a problem with that?"

Sora stepped back a little.

"How did you... turn into a human?" Kohanna dared.

"Hmph, " I turned my head head.

"Every hanyou turns into a human every month."

"Whu was that?" Hitomi asked.

"Sora, that voice is coming from you shoes." Yuka said. I bent down and looked.

"Oh look. It's Myoga, the flea." I said uninterested.

"Myoga?" Kohanna asked.

"The flea?" Hitomi added.

"He originally belonged to my grandpa, 'The Great Dog Demon'. Then he went and tagged along with my dad. Now, unfortunately, he came with us." I said.

"What do you mean 'unfortunately'? I helped a great deal with your parents!"

"Yeah, by getting them information. And if you gave advice it was mostly a hunch. You ran away at every battle!"

"I'm not explaining myself to a kid." He looked up, "AHHH!!!!!" I threw down my fist down on him.

"Kikyo!"

"What? He's not dead!"

"Ungrateful little-"

"Little? You shouldn't be talking. You're a flea!"

"Without me you wouldn't have been born! You're parents would've died!"

"They didn't need to depend on a flea!"

"Kikyo! Flea guy! Just stop fighting!"Sora said.

"Hmph, is that the only reason why you came? To tell everyone that I lose my demonic powers?"

Everyone turned to look at me.

"You lost everything?" Yuka asked.

"Umm, humans don't have demonic power."

"Well, I just thought, I don't know, you might... still have your powers?" Yuka said unsurely.

"Well, then, I don't. Okay? Just drop it!"

"Even if you are a human , you still have a demon's personality." Kohanna said.

I stuck my tongue out at them.

"I feel the shard!"

"You mean that demon didn't have the shard?" Hitomi asked.

"I didn't collect anything. I wouldn't just leave a shard, would I?"

"Hm, true." Hitomi nodded.

"Um, so where is the shard?" Sora asked.

"Oh um. It's coming from... there!" I got up and grabbed my bow. Right then, the demon stepped out.

"Holy-"

"Sora... Watch your mouth! A child is present!"

"Hmph, don't worry. The only thing you're going to watch is the demon. How I'm going destroy it!"

He sure has alot of confindence from what just happened.

"Careful Sora! I sense another demonic aura and I also can smell one. Watch your back!" Just as I sensed, and smelled, another demon came out. Right behind me!

"AHH!!!"

I ran around and then noticed something.

"Where's Myoga?"

Kohanna, Yuka, and Hitomi looked and shrugged their shoulders.

"I told everyone! He runs away whenever there's a battle. You coward!" I yelled.

"Kikyo look out!" Hitomi yelled.

"What?"

I turned around and saw the demon rushing towards me.

"AAHHH!!"

"Blades of Blood!" Huh?

I moved my hands away and opened my eyes.

Yes, I'm human! I get scared easier.

"Sora?"

"What?"

"When did you- I thought- Isn't that my dad's move?"

"Huh, oh. Yeah, I forced him to teach me that and Iron Reaver."

"Really? You stood up to my dad?"

"No problem." He shrugged.

Wow, I don't know anyone who stood up to father! Well, anyone who stood up to him and lived!

"Watch out!"

Sora sliced through the other demon, coming to me, with his sword.

"Careful. I don't want you to die." I smiled and then blushed. Darn human emotions...

I looked at the sky.

"Well, the full moon isn't that high, so I figure I'm stuck like this for awhile."

"Don't worry. I'll take care of you." I smiled and felt another blush rise to my cheeks. God!!!!!!!!!!

"Uh, did you, um, did you get the shard?" I asked looking up.

"Here."

He streched out his arm to give me the shard.

"Sora, you're bleeding!"

"Well, I need to, to do 'Blades of Blood'." He shrugged.

"How did you do that?! Don't tell me you did it yourself!"

"Well, I wasn't injured so..."

"Sora!"

"What?"

"Don't go ripping out skin to do special tricks!"

"Why?"

"You'll look emo to me!"

"What?"

"Nothing... But just don't do that!"

"Feh!"

"Sit!"

I smiled.

"I don't need to be a hanyou to do that." I laughed. I quickly sighed again and took Tetsusaiga sheath off of me and placed it on a tree.

"So Myoga, there has to be a reason you came." I said kneeling down.

"Huh, oh, yes. It's sad news."

"Well, is there a way for you to make it happy news?" Yuka asked.

"No, I'm afraid not. Sir Kohanna, " Myoga said turning around to face Kohanna, "I'm afraid to tell you this, but your father has died."

My eyes widened and I quickly looked at Kohanna to see his reaction. His face turned darker by the news.

"I'm so sorry Kohanna." Yuka said putting her hand on his shoulder.

"Myoga, how did he pass away?" I asked

"The Wind Tunnel in his hand overcame him. The hole kinda devoured him." Kohanna answered.

End of 1st Person View...

"Oh my God." Kikyo gasped.

"Are you okay Kohanna?" Yuka asked.

Silence.

"Kohanna?" Yuka tried again.

Silence.

"The same thing's gonna happen to you too?" Kikyo whispered. Yuka's eyes widened and quickly turned her head to look at Kohanna. He lowered his eyes and nodded. Yuka took a sharp breath and closed her eyes. Kikyo looked at Yuka and sighed.

"Are you okay?"

Without opening her eyes, Yuka nodded her head.

"Yuka?" Kohanna asked. Yuka opened her eyes and looked at Kohanna.

"Are you worried about me?"

She started blushing.

"Well, yeah. I mean, you're my friend. I wouuldn't want you dying. Kohanna smled.

"Well, if anything should happen, Will you bear my child?"

Yuka's face went bank, and then in a second her expression turned angry.

"You pervert! I'm only 19!" Kikyo, Sora, Hitomi, and Myoga stared in amusement as Yuka raised her hand and smacked Kohanna on the face so hard there was a red imprint on it.

"Hm, pretty nice Yuka." Kikyo nodded her head. She stood up.

"Come on Yuka. Let's go take a bath."

"You're right. It'll help me relax and forget about a certain perverted monk!" Yuka yelled.

"Oh and Myoga?" Kikyo said loking down.

"Yes Master Kikyo?"

"... IF YOU EVER RUN AWAY ONE MORE TIME, I'M GONNA KILL YOU!!!"

Myoga quickly ran behind Kohanna.

"Hmph, " Kikyo turned back and walked away holding Hitomi.

"Why can Hitomi go with them?" Kohanna asked when they left.

"Maybe because he's like Kikyo's son." Sora shrugged.

"This feels so good!"

Yuka nodded her head in agreement.

"Kikyo. Why didn't you let Sora and Kohanna to come with us?" Hitomi asked. Yuka and Kikyo exchanged glances.

"Well, because boys and girls shouldn't take baths together. Except you. Cause you're my little baby." Kikyo said.

"But aren't you and Sora gonna mate?"

Yuka broke out laughing.

"Why do you ask that?" Kikyo asked trying to keep a blush from rising.

"Well, it's obvious you like each other." Hitomi said.

"One kiss on the cheek doesn't mean anything." Kikyo said.

"Yeah, but he was gonna kiss you. And it looked like it wasn't gonna be on the cheek." Yuka added.

Kikyo sent her a death glare. "But when I gave him that really quick, I thought I was gonna die, me being half human. It was sorta of a good-bye kiss. On the cheek. Nothing more. Not an 'I Love You' kiss." Kikyo said ignoring Yuka's comment.

"What about Kohanna?" Hitomi asked turning to Yuka.

"What about him?"

"He seems to like you." Kikyo said trying to put Yuka on the spoutlight.

"Well, maybe he asks that 'Will you bear my child' question to every woman he meets. I'm probably nothing special."

"He didn't ask me. He just hit on me." Kikyo said as Yuka started blushing.

"What do you think they're talking about?" Kohanna asked.

"Dunno, girl stuff?" Sora answered sitting on the ground and leaning on a tree trunk.

"But Hitomi's there."

"I know. Girl stuff."

"Sora... Be nice."

"You're sounding like Kikyo. Except without the 'sit' part."

"Sora sit."

"Doesn't work you idiot!"

Kohanna sighed. "Come on."

"Where?"

"What do you mean 'where?' Are you stupid?"

"Watch it."

"I'm going to listen."

"Pervert. You don't want to just listen. You want to look and watch the show."

"You agree with me then? It's a show?"

"I don't mean it like that!"

"Don't you want to see Kikyo?"

Sora started blushing. "I see her about everyday."

"You know what I mean Sora."

"Kohanna? Hey! Come back here!"

Kikyo stood up.

"Are you leaving?" Yuka asked.

"Nah, I'm not sitting on a rock here. I can barely breathe." Yuka stood up and walked over to her.

"Are you feeling sick?" She asked placing a hand on Kikyo's forehead.

"No, it's- Well, I don't even know what wrong. I just can't breathe." Yuka nodded and sat down on the rock. They looked down as they heard Hitomi splashing in the hot water.

"It's cold out here."

"If you want, you can go back in. No need to wait for me."

"I want to. I'm your friend. I can't enjoy a nice hot bath without you enjoying it too."

Kikyo smiled. She never had a friend like that. Well, there was Clia, but after the Tetsusaiga incident, she never talked to me again. Kikyo thought. She saw the bushes move in the corner of her eye. Those perverts!!

Kikyo secretly reached for a rock and threw it at the bushes.

"Who are you throwing at?" Hitomi asked. Kikyo pointed and they all heard a grunt once the rock hit something.

"Kohanna!" Yuka yelled.

"Told you it was a bad idea!"
"Sora!"

Sora stood up and his eyes widened.

"You stupid monk! They're standing up!"

Both girls held their breath as they looked down and saw their naked bodies. They both covered their chests quickly and fell down in the water to cover the rest. Kikyo glared at Sora.

"SIT!!!!!!!"

"I'm telling you, you saw us naked, you deserved the sit!"

Crash!

"Oops... Sorry about that!"

Sora growled. "You called me, so I stood up!"

"What were you doing there?"

"Chasing Kohanna! He went to spy on you guys. I was trying to stop him!"

"Yeah, you just wanted to stop him. And there were just two naked girls that just happen to be standing up."

"I didn't know that!"

"Highly undoubting!"

"Why would I want to see you naked?!?"

Kikyo opened her mouth, but closed it. What? Is he an idiot? How can he say that? God!

They were around a campfire argueing. Kohanna was unconcious from Yuka's rage. Kikyo crossed her arms across her chest uncomfortably. How dare he say that? Hm... Maybe I'm not pretty enough and maybe it's not that big... Wait a minute! Why do I care about what he cares? I couldn't care less.

"Well, I'm going to sleep. Come on Hitomi." Kikyo held Hitomi and walked to a tree.

"We''ll rest here instead of in the tree. I can't jump that high. Just for tonight."

"Kikyo?" Sora called.

"What?"

"Come."

"No." Kikyo looked at him. She sighed. "We're fine here."

Sora persisted. "Come on."

Kikyo stood up.

"What about Hitomi?"

"Bring him. You guys are gonna be cold there. Come by the fire."

Kikyo picked up Hitomi. She was cold. And she could see Hitomi shivering in his sleep. She walked over to Sora and handed him Hitomi.

"Let me get the Tetsusaiga." Kikyo turned but didn't walk.

"I sense a jewel shard. It's coming closer." Sora tensed up and stood. His hand forward for his sword.

"Kohanna! Yuka! Wake up!"

"What is it?" Yuka yawned.

"something's approaching." Kikyo said.

They were awakened by that.

"Where?" Kohanna asked.

Something swung and shot Kikyo to the trees opposite where her Tetsusaiga was.

"Kikyo!" Sora yelled. Kikyo gasped for breath.

"I'll get your Tetsusaiga." Sora said running towards the sword.

"No, "Kikyo gasped.

Sora stopped in his tracks near Hitomi.

"What?" He asked turning around.

"You can't get through the barrier. Anyway, I wo-wouldn't be able to wield it an-anyway. R-Remember? I'm hu-human." Kikyo gasped again. She struggled to get up and after many failed attempts, she was able to balance herself.

"It doesn't matter if you're human, anything can be used as a weapon when wanted to." Sora said his hand hovering over the sword. Hitomi jerked awake and screamed.

"Kikyo! There's a demon!"

"We kinda know that." Sora said.

"Sora, step away from the sword. A demon barrier is on that!" Kikyo said, "Yuka and Kohanna has the demon under control." Kikyo said.

"Kikyo, watch out!" Yuka yelled. Kikyo turned and her eyes widened as the demon rushed toward her. She dodged a punch the demon sent, but when she was about to strike, the demon threw his claw through her back.

"Kikyo!" Hitomi yelled.

Kikyo! Sora grabbed the Tetsusaiga and ran towards the demon. The demon threw Kikyo on the floor. Sora looked down and saw her breathing started slowing down until you could barrely see her chest move. Kikyo! Sora struck the demon and it fell down in half.

"Huh?!?"

Sora looked at the Tetsusaiga in his hands.

"The Tetsusaiga transformed? For me?" Sora asked himself.

"Sora?"

Sora turned around and saw Kikyo struggling to sit up. Sora put the sword back in its sheath.

"Kikyo, don't get up." Sora said sitting by her.

"The T-Tetsusaiga tr-transformed f-for you?"

"It did? I didn't realize!" Sora joked.

Kikyo smiled and her eyes rolled back.

"Kikyo?" Sora called.

"Is she dead?" Hitomi asked sounding as if he was going to cry.

"Kikyo? Kikyo?!?" Sora yelled.

"She's not dead."

Hitomi turned around and saw Yuka. "How do you know?"

"If you concentrate very carefully, you can see her chest move very slowly." Yuka instructed.

"You're right." Hitomi said happily.

Even though she's alive, she's still severly injured. It's good news she's not dead, but we have to help her!! Sora yelled in his head.

"Sora, did you hear her?" Kohanna asked.

"No, "

"We better put her inside and put some herbs on it." Yuka repeated.

"Where do we put her?" There's a reason why we're sleeping outside and that's because we don't have shelter." Sora said.

"Why don't we just ask someone if we can spend the night in their house. Say your girlfriend is seriously injured." Hitomi suggested.

"She's not my girlfriend!" Sora said blushing.

"But Sora, he's right." Kohanna said defending Hitomi.

"She's my girlfriend?" Sora asked confused.

"Well, if you say so, " Kohanna began.

"Hey!"

"I was talking about asking for shelter for the night. Sora looked at Hitomi as he picked up the jewel shard. Sora then turned to look at Kikyo on the ground. Her wound bleeding continuously. Her long silvery hair turned jet black. Her golden eyes, which you coudn't see right now, turned to a chocolate color. Fingernails, regular teeth, and human ears. She looks identical to her mother. That's also where she gets her kind personality. Well, Kikyo isn't always kind.

"Fine."

"Thank you so much Mr. Takahashi. We appreciate you allowing us to stay in your home." Yuka bowed.

"When I saw the demon, I was going to about to say no, until I saw him carrying your friend." Mr. Takahashi said.

"Sora come eat." Hitomi said.

"I'm fine." Sora stayed at Kikyo's side.

Don't die on me...

"Yuka, I can smell a demon." Hitomi said.

"Oh dear. I'm sorry." Yuka said turning to Mr. Takahashi. They all got up and Sora grabbed the Tetsusaiga.

"What are you doing with Kikyo's sword?" Hitomi asked.

"Well, I don't know any moves, like what Kikyo was trained to do since she was little, but it transformed for me before, I can protect Kikyo again." Sora said.

"Ahem."

"And you too Hitomi." Sora said quickly.

"Right..."

Kikyo groaned and opened her eyes.

Wh-Where am I?

"Sora? Yuka? Hitomi?" Where the hell is everyone?

"You're awake?"

"Who are you?" Kikyo asked the stranger at her side.

"My name is Takahashi. You're friends were seeking shelter with me. You know cause of your injury."

"In-Injury?" Kikyo tried sitting up, but stopped when she felt pain in her chest. She lay back down again and placed her hand on her chest.

Blood? What happened? Memories came flooding back. A jewel shard? That's a demonic scent! My friends are mixed with it!

"Mr. Takahashi, can you help me up?" Takahashi nodded and put his arm under hers. He lift her up and let her walk.

Where's the Tetsusaiga? A high pitched screamed filled the silence.

"Yuka!" Kikyo limped over to the door when she stopped to put back a stray strand of hair.

"Who tied my hair in a ponytail? What the? Black hair? That means... I-I'm still human?"

"You aren't human?" Mr. Takahashi asked.

Kikyo didn't answer, but continued outside.

"Kikyo!" Hitomi came running to her and hugged her legs.

"Kikyo! Get back inside!"

"Sora, give me my sword!"

He shook his head, "You're still injured."

Kikyo started getting mad.

"Kikyo, you're still human." Hitomi said.

"Sora, just give me my sword!!!"

Sora sighed and was about to throw it, when the demon shot the sword out of his hand.

"Why does this alwats have to be so hard?" Kikyo started running as fast as her legs could carry her. She started running faster and faster, until she jumped and grabbed the Tetsusaiga.

"Kikyo, you're not as strong as you usually are." Hitomi said.

"That's what you think." Kikyo looked up at the sky and smiled.

"Sunrise."

Her hair slowly started turning silvery white. Her human ears were leaving and she was re-growing her dog ears. Her nails were growing to claws and her brown eyes flashed red showing her demon side before turning golden. Kikyo ran up and slashed multiple times at the demon.

"I wish I didn't have to do that."

"So, you knew the whole time that the sun was coming out?" Yuka asked.

"M hmm..." Kikyo nodded.

"Oh Sora?"

He looked at her.

"Sit."

Crash!

"What was that for?"

"That's for not giving me the sword when I first asked."

"Hmph, "

"I have two more things for you."

"Let me guess-"

"Thanks."

"I was gonna say another rosary, but okay."

Kikyo smiled, "And last, close your eyes."

"I'm scared."

"I SAID CLOSE YOUR EYES!"

"Okay, "

Sora closed his eyes and he only heard everyone gasp.

"Okay, open!"

"Huh?" He looked down and at his feet was the Tetsusaiga.

"What are you doing?"

"Well, I saw you with the sword, and even if you can't see the Wind Scar, yet, you had fun with it." She smiled.

"But, but, won't your dad get mad?"

"Psh, what's he gonna do? The least he can do is kill you."

"Kill me? Why me?"

"Cause he doesn't like you." Kikyo smiled, "Just take it. I always wanted to be more like my mother. The sword is too much of a bloody weapon. I can't deal with the fact that I kill things repeatedly for my own personal gain. The jewel shards. I've killed many things. I can't do that. My dad always put to much pressure on me to use the sword and not learning the bow and arrow." Kikyo said sweetly.

"Whatever. Just I'm telling him you forced me to have it." Sora shrugged.

"So, come on. Let's not waste time." kikyo started walking.

"Kikyo, aren't you injured?" Hitomi asked.

"No, I'm fine. Let's keep looking for the jewel. We better get there. Nightfall is coming quickly."

"What are you talking about? It just turned morning." Yuka corrected.

"What are you talking about?" Kikyo asked slurred.

"Are you okay?" Kohanna asked.

"I t-told you. I'm fine. Mow let's lea-" Without warning, Kikyo passed out and fell into the dirt.

"Kikyo!" Yuka yelled.

"Darn! She's stronger because she's a hanyou again, but she's still injured." Myoga explained.

"What should we do?" Kohanna asked.

"... Mr. Takahashi?" Hitomi whispered desperately.