Sorry it took me so long to update, it was hard trying to figure out how to bring Kikyo back but not back in the sense like the anime. hehehe! I do not own Inuyasha and company but i do own Ipo. so BOOYAY! ENJOY!!
Man, a flawed creature who had many weaknesses and disgusting habits. He would lie, cheat and behave like an idiot, in fact, mostly he'll be a pain in the backside. But, on the plus side he'll be big and strong and will be able to protect you, hunt and kill things. That might come in handy sometimes.
And Kagome had no idea how true those words were until this very moment. She had just come back from bathing and Inuyasha was ignoring her, wouldn't even look her in the face. "Inuyasha?" she had had enough his strange behavior and was going to get a straight answer.
"What?" was his response from high up in a tree. His arms were crossed on his chest, looking up at the night sky.
"What's wrong? You've been acting weird since I got back." she moved to stand under the tree, hands on her hips.
Inuyasha looked down at her, a blank look on his handsome face. Though she wore the gray sweat pants and a yellow tank, he could still see her nude form in his minds eye. 'She'd kill me if she could found I seen her without clothes.' but the memory wouldn't go away and he blushed a deep red, thankful the branches, leaves and darkness blocked his face from view. "Just...just go to sleep, Kagome." he scoffed.
"Fine!" she stomped her stomp in annoyance, spun and marched back to her sleeping bag. 'That boy is so...frustrating!' she mentally huffed and snuggled down, under the covers. 'How could I like him? He's such a brute!' maybe that was why she liked him, he was unlike the guys she knew back home. 'Especially Hojo.' sighing loudly, she let her eyes close, not realizing how tried she actually was.
When she was sleeping, her breath even, heart beat slow, Inuyasha dropped to the ground, soundlessly. Amber eyes drifted to her prone form and he patted over. 'She's beautiful when she sleeps.' his head tilted. 'Hell, she's beautiful when she's mad.' the fire that burned so brightly in her eyes, it almost gave her an unearthly glow.
The week had been interesting, to say the least. Three demons had attacked for Kagome's shards and earned themselves four more shards. They didn't fight as much as usual but without Ipo there as their buffer, they didn't talk much. 'Atleast I found out her favorite flower.' thinking back to early today, he smirked alittle, remembering as Kagome ran through the large meadow, picking a variety of flowers. 'Tiger lilies.'
'Maybe...I could ask Ipo where to find them...never heard of them around here.' he frowned, looking into the horizon for a long moment then back to her. 'Kag's will wait, if she thinks you are worth it. You are. Just remember, if you decide to woo my imootosan, she is Kagome, a totally separate person from your Kikyo.' Ipo's words repeated in his mind as he looked fondly at Kagome. She was right, Ipo. Kagome really wasn't like Kikyo or any other female for that matter. Like he had thought before and probably would for a long time, she had accepted him, hanyou and all.
'As did Ipo but...I don't feel anything like that for her. Just a sisterly bond.' again he looked into the distance. 'Maybe I could try...Ipo was right. She's not Kikyo.' where as the older miko was calm and stoic, Kagome was passionate, wore her emotions on her sleeve. It was one of the things that drew him to her. She was very different from Kikyo.
Lifting a clawed hand, he ran two fingers over the smoothness of her skin. "Yea..maybe I can give this a shot."
Breakfast the next morning was quiet, Kagome boiling the water for ramen and Inuyasha, he was off again, 'thinking' as he called it. 'Why is he acting so weird lately?' her brows furrowed as the whistle from the kettle announced it's readiness. Grabbing the covered handle, she poured the water into two cups.
"Breakfast ready?" Inuyasha stepped into the clearing to have a cup shook at him. Not saying anything, he sat beside her, intimately close and accepted the offered cup. "Thanks." Kagome stared at him a moment, confusion on her face. "What?!"
"Nothing...nothing." she answered quickly, digging into her cup ole noodles. 'Why is he acting so weird?' from the corner of her eyes, she stole glances at the silver haired boy. The sun reflected off his hair and in his eyes. 'He looks so...carefree...handsome.'
"Why do you keep staring at me?!" his head turned to look at her. The usual gruff, mean, hard look on his face was absent.
"I-I'm not." she stuttered, turning her head to look in the opposite direction, to hide her blush. 'He seemed so...calm. What's changed?' chewing on her bottom lip, she looked back to him, mouth opened to ask a question but suddenly snapped it shut. There was a feeling, a strange feeling of unease, annoyance and confusion in her head. It didn't belong to her, she knew so it had to be Ipo. Unknown to most, the two friends discovered a bond, a special link due to the jewel shards they held. And now, something had happened and she was uneasy about it.
A confused look was on Inuyasha's face, he knew she was getting ready to say something but then stopped. "Kagome?"
"We need to get back to the village." she stood, inhaling her food at an alarming rate. "Something's wrong." moving about the camp, she started packing everything then looked to Inuyasha.
"Um...ok...?" he shoved the food into his mouth then tossed the cup and knelt. "Climb on." without a second thought, Kagome did just that. Standing, he settled Kagome comfortably on his back, hooking his arms to her legs, he took off. "Keep a tight hold." he told her over her shoulder.
Inuyasha and Kagome approached Edo quickly, the stench of demon and charred flesh still lingering. From a hut, Kaede comes out, carrying her bow, behind her is an annoyed Ipo, sword strapped to her hip. "But, Lady Ipo, you mustn't move." an older woman insisted.
"Nonsense. I'm fine." Ipo waved a hand to dismiss the concern. It was then she noticed Kagome and Inuyasha and smiled, waving. "Hiya, funny seeing you here!"
"Ipo? What happened?" Kagome ran over, her eyes straining to some of the damage forest land.
"Just some crazed demon..." Ipo shrugged then headed toward the temple.
"Crazed demons don't usually come looking for you." Inuyasha pointed out.
"Dude, that's what I said." she shot the hanyou a look over her shoulder and smirked. "I was so looking forward to a week of no demons...alas, it didn't agree with me." sighing dramatically, they reached what use to be the gates to the temple and grimaced. That demon did a real number on the gate. 'Atleast she didn't get what she came for.'
"Lady Ipo, Lady Kaede." the villagers greeted the two mikos with smiles and waves. Ipo waved back happily and trotted over to a gather of men, discussing thier wives and childrens health. Something seemed different with the villagers and Ipo then last time they were here.
"Seriously...what happened?" Kagome asked.
"Demoness Urasue attacked last night." Kaede started to explain, watching as Ipo moved to help the same men rebuild the gate. "She came to steal the ashes of Kikyo but Ipo was able to stop her." they turned to watch as said miko instructed the men on how to hold up the beam. Grabbing a couple of ropes, she laced each then passed them out to separate men, holding one herself and pulled. The pole was lifted, slowly but effectively. While those who held the rope kept their place, two other men came over and began to bury the pole, until it wavered not.
Ipo took the ropes from the men then leapt to the top of the pole, jumping once to make sure it was in god and tight then removed the ropes. Then they repeated the action a couple more times, until all that was left was the top of the gate. "Yashie, I could use your help!" she called over her shoulder.
"Why?" he asked.
"Just get ya punk ass over here!" she scowled at him then grinned, sticking her tongue out. Shaking his head, the inu hanyou did as he was asked then he and Ipo took the last piece of the gate and jumped on the beams, nailing it in place. "See, all fun and such." she grinned, back flipping back to the ground.
Inuyasha was close on her heel but when he was near the temple, he pasued at the grave. "Kikyo?" his voice was quiet then he noticed an arrow protrudding from the soil and frowned. "What's with the arrow?"
"It protected Kikyo's urn, her grave." Kaede stated. "My sister had unusally strong powers, even for a priestess. If her ashes got into the hands of some demon, who knows what evil purpose they will be used for."
"Well, luckily, we don't have to find out." Ipo walked back over to them, rubbing the junction between her neck and shoulder. "I'm all packed and read to leave, when you are." she was all smiles.
"Are you sure it's a good idea to leave? Won't someone else try to take the urn?" Kagome questioned.
"If anyone tries, that won't be able to get close." Ipo gestured to the arrow. Her miko powers still radiated off the wood to make an invisible barrier of sorts. "Obaasan told me that my powers are protecting the grave and as long as I am alive, it will stay that way." she explained with a shrug.
"Oh...ok then." Kagome nodded slowly, looking to the grave once more then turned to Ipo, smiling. "Let's go get your bag. Did you get a chance to return home?"
"Nah, obaasan put me to work after y'al left. There was a burnt man in a neighboring village that ran out of paste so i was 'volunteered' to go." she shot a look at the smiling Kaede then turned to Kagome. "It was all good through, got a nice spring bath out of it and..." she trailed off a moment to glance in Inuyasha's direction and leaned forward. "Got a vistor last night."
"Oooooo, really? And who, pretell, was this vistor?" Kagome cocked a brow, s sly smirk on her face.
"Knock it off, imootosan!" Ipo warned, trying her hardiest to not giggle like a school girl. "I'll tell ya later, like when we bathe, k?" Kagome eyed the older girl, lips pursed then nodded. "Good...come on!" both laughed, hooking her arms.
"Lady Ipo!" an older man ran up to the group, holding a dark bundle in his hands. "They are ready!" he stopped before her, smiling and bowed.
She looked to the leather he was holding, grinning and squealed in happiness. "Thank you Kenta." she bowed back, holding the sword out that he lent to her and they swapped items. Kagome came over to stand beside her, shooting a questionable look at the bundle.
"What's that?" Inuyasha walked over, his interest perked as well.
A grin broke out across Ipo's face as she quickly slipped the leather on. There were arm warmers that each held a pocket on the inside of the arm. "My weapon." she glanced to him, smiling. "I figured I can't always depend on the bow so wanted a back up." she threw her arms to her sides, down and flicked her wrist.
Whoooosh!
A blade popped from both bands, the sun reflecting off the metal. Flicking her wrist again, the blades retracted and she began clapping happily. "That's so awesome!"
"Woo." both breathed.
"Hell yea!" now, all she had to do was wait for a demon to attack. Shouldn't take to long, seeing as the group had a knack for getting into trouble.
Rumor had it there was a wolf demon in the East that had a couple shards of the jewel, so needless to say, the Inu-tachi was headed in that direction. The sun was setting by now, they had been going for most the day and were barely out of the western lands. In a clearing, no bigger then the size of three huts, did they decide to set up for the day.
"You think we'll reach the village by tomorrow?" Kagome asked as she stirred the beef soup Ipo had packed from home. They had gotten tried of ramen and fixed on something new. Ipo was manning the rice, stirring occasionally.
"Nah...it's atleast another days walk from here." Inuyasha told her from up in a tree, looking out over the lands.
"Ya know, you could be helping." Shippou scolded then hid behind his okaasan when Inuyasha glared at him.
"Yashie, leave my baby alone. He's just a child." Ipo warned shooting a warning look to the hanyou then looked back to the rice. She stirred it once more then nodded firmly. It was done. Taking the pout from the fire, she started the dish out four portions then glanced to Kagome.
"Almost." she answered the unheard question.
"So, what did y'al do on that whole week...just the two of ya?" Ipo's brow wiggled, looking from hanyou to human. Both grumbled, looking away from the other and blushing. "What was that, couldn't hear ya."
"Nothing." both answered, looking at one another then away, quickly.
Ipo shook her head, grinning at their actions. "Ya know, denial ain't just a river in Egypt." Kagome's eyes widened but Inuyasha only looked confused. 'Oh yea, he wouldn't know that saying.' bobbing her head side to side, she waved her hand in the air, dismissing whatever they were talking about.
"We did earn ourselves four more shards, although I did forget with all the excitement." Kagome chirped, holding out two pieces of the pink jewel.
"Why thank you my dear." Ipo took the pieces, letting it sink into her skin, as did Kagome with the other two pieces. Inuyasha watched with keen eyes, it still struck him as odd that they could absorb the jewel pieces, not even Kikyo could do it. They really were something.
"Okaasan?" Shippou tugged on the black flare leg of her jeans, making her glance down to him. "Can I have some candy?" his green eyes got wide and watery, bottom lip quivering.
'Man...that must be hardwired into every child.' she dead panned, sighing and looked down to pick lent from her green tee and knock dirt from the sides of her gray boots. "Not til after dinner." he pouted, arms crossing as he plopped on the ground. Kagome chuckled at his antics, glancing to Ipo who scowled and mouthed 'Don't encourage him!'
"Soups done!" Kagome announced happily, dishing out said food.
"Hmmmm, smells heavenly!" Ipo licked her lips hungrily and dove into her meal. Inuyasha wasn't far behind her then Shippou and Kagome.
"This...is..good!" Shippou exclaimed, mouth full and spitting some of his rice out.
"Shippou, hun, don't talk with your mouth full." Ipo chided him with a look.
Inuyasha snickered into his soup which earned him a smack from Kagome. "Behave yourself." she warned, gesturing to the necklace he wore. Quickly, his self pleasure vanished, head ducked, and ears flattened to his head.
"Okaasan, are we gonna go to the spring tonight?" Shippou crooned his head to look at her.
"Yea...I think I'd like a long, hot, bath." Ipo sighed in content, just thinking about her bath made her feel clean.
"Oh good...it's been almost threes days since the last bath." Kagome sent a silent prayer toward the heavens.
"Three days?!" Ipo asked, scandalized and Kagome nodded sadly. "Oniisan!" her head whipped around to glare at Inuyasha. "How you two ever suppose to get together if she stinks to high heaven?" the mouth to the hanyou and miko dropped open, their faces turned red and sputtered. A sly grin crossed her face as she finished off her plate and stood. Shippou followed suite, hopping on her shoulder and both waited for Kagome.
Suddenly, a chill filled the air, clouds rolling in to block any sun and warmth. An uneasy feeling settled around the group, making Inuyasha stand as well. His hand settled on the hilt of Tetsusaiga, he had a feeling he would be needing it.
"Hahahahaha!" the laughter echoed from all directions of the group.
Ipo's eyes darted around the clearing, catching a flash here and there. Sniffing the air, she could make out the tang of power and smoke...'smoke?' ignoring that thought, she turned slightly. "Kag's, Shippou, go hide." they nodded and ran off.
As soon as she turned back, a blast of fire was hurtling toward her and Inuyasha. "Shit!" both threw themselves in opposite directions, their pervious spots charred from an fire attack. Laughter had the duo looking about the forest again. From a huddle of large, strangely shaped trees stepped out a demoness with dark purple hair and eyes, wearing black kimono with a white flower embroidered on the front, on the lower half. Her dark eyes trained on Ipo and sneered. "I am the fire demoness Kimiko and I am here to avenge my master."
"Uh...who's ya master?" a brown brow raised, her head tilted.
"Urasue." she stated in a manner of importance.
"Oh yea, yea, yea. That demon that tried to rape Lady Kikyo's grave. Yea, I killed'er." Ipo nodded slowly, dodging a well placed bolt of lighting. "Someone's got a temper." she sang, side stepping another bolt. "You're gonna haveta do a lot better then that." notching an arrow, she took aim and released.
"You bitch, I shall avenge my master!" she leapt into the sky, pulling a staff-kama from air. Swinging her weapon through the air, blue fire crackled as she laughed manically. Power vibrated in the air around her, her eyes glowing an inhuman purple. "Xiuhcoatl!" a blast of fire from the blade recoiled like a snake then shot forward.
Ipo back flipped, using one hand as the clutch and the other clutched her bow. Twisting through the last flip, another arrow was sent toward the demoness. The metal head clashed with the blade of the kama, breaking the ring of fire.
Seeing the opportune moment, Inuyasha pulled Tetsusaiga free and swung at the fire demon. "Die!"
"Hahaha! You think a half demon can harm me?!" she laughed, one swipe from her staff and a barrier protected her. With her attention on Inuyasha, Ipo shot another arrow, grazing the demoness' pale cheek. Gasping, she spun at a falling angle, only to kick out and spin on the ball of her other foot, in a blur of black and white. The staff was swung at her but the Hawaiian-Japanese girl jumped, the blade skimming her boot bottoms.
Ipo brought her bow around, smacking Kikimo in the face. The force of the attack sent the purple haired female flying back into the trees. "Oniisan, you ok?" she called over her shoulder.
"Yea...you ok?" Inuyasha moved to stand beside her, looking in the direction of the demon.
"I'm just peachy." she flashed him a smile then turned back. "It would figure that that Urasue demoness would have a crazy ass apprentice." she snorted, rolling her eyes.
A loud screech had both snapping their heads in that direction to see Kimiko flying toward them. The staff was swung at both and they dodged it easily but it seemed they weren't her real targets. Her free hand cast to the side, sending a ball of energy toward the hiding Kagome and Shippou. Ipo followed the attack with her eyes, gasping when she realized what was happening. "Imootosan! Musuko! Move!" Inuyasha's head snapped to that direction, never seeing Ipo draw an arrow, only watched it buzz pass his face.
Kimiko laughing, attacked the distracted miko from behind, slashing at her back and side. Ipo cried out, falling forward and losing grip of her bow and the quiver falling with it. Last minute, she looked up, pain etched onto her face but she had to know it worked, her plan. The arrow, glowing brightly collided with the energy blast, feet before it hit the prone form of Kagome. The force sent the younger teen flying back, her body glowing a eerie blue.
"Oniisan-"
"On it!" Inuyasha was already running toward her and a crying Shippou. She was flying toward a tree trunk, fortunately, before she hit it, he was quick enough to catch her. Now, he cradled her body to his own, Shippou launching himself to his shoulder. The hanyou looked to Ipo, nodded then jumped off to a safe distance.
If Ipo had been a demon, her eyes would have been red as she turned. Instead, she had to settle for the fires of hell that blazed in her eyes, making the orbs look black. "How dare you attack my imooto." the growl that left her mouth was one that could have been form the mouth of Sesshoumaru. Her claws flexed then flicked her wrist, blades popping from the wrist bands. "You're gonna suffer."
The threat made Kimiko swallow hard and take a involuntary step back. The power, anger and hatred coming off the human was coming in waves. She had never felt anything quite like it. "I-I-I told you what would happen." she willed her voice to sound confident.
"Shut your mouth!" Ipo hissed, her eyes starting to glow. A power was building inside her, something strong and she was suddenly reminded of the jewel shards that she held. 'Hn, clam...must not taint shards.' taking a deep breath, she calmed herself, curling and uncurling her fingers.
Finally, the power went back down and she put the barrier back on it and turned her attention to Kimiko. "Today seems like a good day to die, don't it?" a smile lit her face.
The fire demoness was taken back. Why was she smiling? "It does." she agreed but neither moved for a long moment. "What? You scared, little human?" she taunted.
Ipo chuckled low, shaking her head. "Got me all wrong, sweetheart." in a blink of an eye, she disappeared from her spot. Kimiko's head thrashed side to side, trying to catch a glimpse of the odd miko. "Boo." came the whisper from next to her left ear and the pain of a blade piercing her right side. She spun but Ipo wasn't there. "You can't catch me." a giggle sounded from her right ear and spun again but again, no one was there.
Giggle!(Creepy, ne?)
Kimiko spun yet again to met the leisure stance of Ipo, leaning against a tree, picking at her nails. With a bored look, her eyes drifted up to the demon and a brow raised. Passively, she pushed off the trunk, letting her arms fall to her sides. "I'm a generous person, Kimiko, I'll even let you chose your death, slow and painful or quick and painless?"
"I'll never die by your hands!" Kimiko screeched, swinging her staff high above her head, reading for another fire attack.
Ipo clicked her tongue against her teeth, shaking her head sadly. "Have it your way." the staff was swung down, the fire wrenching it's way toward her, engulfing her in flames.
Kimiko watched with a grim satisfaction then began to laugh. "The priestess was no match for me!" her laughter became more foreshadowing, claws at her sides.
"Now, now, now Kimiko." tisked Ipo, making the demoness snap her head back up. The fire, dirt and smoke cleared. The miko stood there, not a hair on her head harmed, her blades crossed infront of her body, pink electric barrier protecting her. "My turn." she sang and kicked off at her. Kimiko stumbled back, trying to block the slashes and vigorous trounces but ended up tripping over her own feet. Ipo turned her wrist slightly and thrust the blades into her torso as they tumbled to the gorund.
"Noooo! Impossible!" Kimiko cried out, her hands grabbing the blades, trying to pull them off. The skin around the wound began to crack, like dry clay then spread throughout her body until she was nothing but dust.
"Hpmhf!" Ipo stood, brushing the dust from her clothes then turned toward the direction of Inuyasha's smell. 'Hold on, Kag's. I'm coming.'
Inuyasha landed in a small clearing, gently setting Kagome on the ground. The glow had stopped soon after they left the clearing but she hadn't awoken yet. He was worried and Shippou's cries weren't helping any. 'Please be ok. I don't know what I'd do if I lost you.' his mind pleaded. One clawed hand swept some hair from her face, careful not to scratch her. "Kagome? Can you hear me? Wake up." his voice was soft.
"Is obasan going to be ok?" Shippou moved closer, putting a hand on her forehead and sweeping her hair from her face.
"Yea...she'll be fine." Inuyasha assured, looking to him then back. 'You have to be ok.' again, he lifted a hand, touching her cheek softly.
Kagome stirred, groaning softly from her spot of the soft ground. A hand rose, touching her aching temples then forehead. Inuyasha grabbed her arm, helping her sit up. "What happened?" her eyes fluttered open, blinking to clear her vision.
"Urasue's apprentice attacked, sent a spell toward you. Ipo's still there, fighting her." he explained.
At the sound of his voice, her head snapped to the side, staring at him with wide eyes. "I-I-Inuyasha?" she stuttered in a soft voice then just as quick, her surprised turned to a cold, blank look. Inuyasha was taken back by the hate in her aura that seemed to be aimed at him.
"Kagome? What's wrong?" his brows furrowed in confusion, reaching out to touch her.
"Don't touch me, filth!" she hissed, smacking his hand away then jumping to her feet. Inuyasha stood slowly, head bowed as his ears pinned to his head. Had he been wrong last night? Kagome was exactly like Kikyo or any other human. Stab him in the back. "Why are you alive? I know I sealed you..." she eyed him.
"Huh?" he looked at her strangely. 'Sealed me up? What is she talking about?' "Kagome, what are you talking about?"
"You're hateful! I hate you!" she cried, turning away from him.
"Kagome!" his hand stretched out to stop her.
"Kagome? Was I so unimportant to you that you could not even remember my name?" she snapped, spinning to him. "You were so keen to call me Kikyo before. Who is this Kagome? Another human you lied to?" she spat in anger.
"K-K-Kikyo?" he stuttered.
"What's going on?" Shippou asked from behind Inuyasha. When he received no answer, he hopped up on his shoulder to get a look at Kagome. Insistently, he noticed something was off, the way she held herself was...colder?
"A child...demon? You thought you could bring my guard down with a child? That's low, even for a half-breed!" she spat angrily.
"Kagome? What has gotten into you?" Shippou cried at her hateful words.
"I am not this...Kagome. My name is Kikyo. I am the protector of the Shikon Jewel." her head was high as she spoke.
"No, Kagome is the protector." he argued.
"Silence, cretan!" she bellowed, the air around her galvanizing with power and she looked to Inuyasha. "You tried to kill me, Inuyasha." she touched her shoulder tenderly. "Why? Why did you betray me?!"
A confused look crossed his face and his head tilted. The memory of him dodging her arrows as she tried to slain from came to the surface. When he had lowered his guard, she attacked. "I didn't betray you, Kikyo! You betrayed me!"
"Never thought...I never expected to hear such excuses. Stop it Inuyasha...it's unbecoming." the miko grew agitated. "Don't you remember...remember saying it? That you'd become human?" her voice grew soft near the end. "You said you'd become human? I believed you, took the Sacred Jewel to you that day."
"Are you saying I betrayed you?!" he demanded.
"That's right...that why I gathered the last of my strength and bound you to the tree with my arrow. Inuyasha..." Kikyo trailed off, walking toward the hanyou.
"Kikyo..." he breathed.
She took his arms gently. "We were never to meet again." a current surged through Kikyo's hand and shocked Inuyasha, making him fall back in pain. When he was free, she reached for the bow and arrows close by. "You betrayed me for the last time!" she let lose an arrow but Inuyasha was able to dodge. "You told me that you wanted to become human!" another arrow was drawn. "Become human and live with me but you only lied!"
Flashback!
Kikyo stood in the grassy meadow, her dark eyes looking out over the tall, swaying grass. A light breeze blew, lifting her ponytail of long, black hair. The sun was setting, casting a variety of colors across the sky. A content sigh escaped the small smile on her lips. Today was the day, the day her life as a normal woman could start.
A flash from behind startled the young woman and she spun but seen no one. "Inuyasha?" no answer. Sighing again, she looked to the sky again and smiled. Unknown to her, someone was on her, only revealing their presence when they clawed her back.
Kikyo winced, falling face-first to the ground as blood poured from her shoulder. From a couple of trees, Inuyasha stepped out and started toward her, a smirk on his face. Kikyo reached out, fingers stretching to grasp the jewel only a couple feet from her.
Inuyasha laughed, stomping on her hand, harshly. "Fool! I have absolutely no wish to become human." he bent over to swipe the jewel. "The Scared Jewel... I sure appreciate this. It needs to absorb more bitterness and ill will. Those villagers, I'll kill them all." with a laugh, he turned and walked away.
"No! I...I hate you!" she cried, bleeding out on the forest ground.
End Flashback!
"I truly loved you!" Inuyasha pleaded, dodging yet another arrow.
Kikyo's face grew red in her anger, eyes narrowing. "Silence! I was a fool for wishing, even for a second, to live with you! I will leave this planet and into the underworld, hating you." she sent another pink, glowing arrow.
Inuyasha whipped Tetsusaiga out, blocking the attack. Unfortunately, her power was to much and continued pushing. The hanyou was struggling to keep hold, until finally, the Tetsusaiga transformed back to it's rusty state.
"Run Inuyasha!" Shippou cried, eyes wide as he was helpless but to watch.
Ipo stepped from the trees, just in time to see the arrow flying toward Inuyasha. "What the hell?" she whispered, brows creasing in question but when she took a closer look, she could see her musuko on his shoulder. 'Shippou! What the fuck did I miss?' acting quickly, she snatched an arrow from her quiver and sent it slicing through the air.
From Inuyasha's, a startled Shippou gasped, tears in his eyes. Why was Kagome trying to kill Inuyasha, sure he could be mean but enough to be killed? He didn't think so. 'Maybe this Kikyo thing is true?' his eyes drifted to a surprised Ipo and watched her arrow and Kikyo's collided inches from them.
Sparks of yellow and pink energy crackling then were flung in opposite directions. Both Inuyasha and Kikyo spun, seeing Ipo and Shippou standing there, another arrow aimed at Kagome. "What the hell is going on?" her question was more or less directed at Inuyasha.
"It's not Kagome!" Inuyasha shouted, trying to get Tetsusaiga to transform. "It's Kikyo!" he added after seeing her confused look.
"Kikyo? As in the dead priestess Kikyo?!" he nodded and she reared back in disbelief. "How is that even possible...if she's dead?!"
"I...I dunno. I think it might have something to do with that attack the fire demon sent toward her." Inuyasha pointed out.
"Have you been taken by the half-breed?" Kikyo eyed her. It was obvious she to was a miko, regardless of her odd state of dress.
"Taken?...Half-breed?" a brow rose, eyes flickering to Inuyasha then back. This was definitely not her Kagome, she would never call Inuyasha a name so hurtful. Maybe the attack from Kimiko did do something to her. 'Not just that but I sent an arrow to stop the attack. Maybe this was a side effect?... Bringing the memories of Kikyo to the surface? If that's the case, where is Kagome?' that settled her thoughts. "We need to get'er back to obaasan." Ipo decided.
"Agreed." Inuyasha nodded.
"You will not take me anywhere!" Kikyo notched another arrow and shot it at Inuyasha again.
Knowing Inuyasha couldn't dodge it quick enough, Ipo ran over, the blades popping from her wrist bands and blocked the arrow. Noticing that Kikyo was closer then even she had figured, she lashed out with the blade, slicing the bow in half. Surprised yet startled, Kikyo threw the useless wood from her, searching for another weapon.
"Sorry Kag's." was all she heard, seconds before the hardness of Ipo's fist connected to her face. Kikyo's head was slung to the side and her body crumbled to the ground, unconscious. Sliding the blades back into their holsters. "Yashie, you wanna take Kag's?"
"Yea." he squatted beside her, putting an arm under her knees and another behind her neck. For a moment, he just stared down at her, unblinking then took off for Edo.
"Shippou?" Ipo called. The kitsune jumped into her arms, burying his face into her chest and cried. "It's ok, shhh." she nuzzled the top of his head and purred.
"She said such hateful stuff." he sniffled.
"I know, I know but you gotta remember, that wasn't Kagome. She would never say anything so hateful to you or Inuyasha. K?" he nodded sadly and her arms tightened around her kit. "We'll figure everything else out." she assured.
so...hope ya liked...more action to come next chapter. hehehe!