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Chapter 10: Feed the Birds

Kagome's point of view:

I stomped back in the direction of the well. If I could get home, it would be my best bet. It did bring me here so logic reasons that it can take me back. I was walking through the forest internally cursing Inuyasha and what had happened. Thanks to him I had bruises on my bruises from falling out of that tree. I kept stomping through the forest in the general direction of the well and didn't notice the beady red eyes staring at me from the tree tops or the fact that the shadows on the ground shifted unnaturally in the light. At least, not until I felt the claws of a demon on my back.

Inuyasha's point of view:

I stalked back to the village to give that woman a piece of my mind. Again. When I arrived there I went to find Kaede and ask her where she was. "Kagome has yet to return. Inuyasha ye know the dangers of the forest even in the daylight." Kaede admonished me. I decided to look around the village instead of answering her. I didn't smell her anywhere in the village. Then a gust of wind brought with it the scent of blood. I knew that blood, it was sickeningly sweet and almost addicting.

She was in danger, and so was the jewel.

Kagome's point of view:

When the bird demon had clawed my back with its talons I let out a scream. I heard my flesh tear, it sounded like cloth being torn to shreds, except it was skin. I could feel the blood running down my back and dripping to the ground.

I was running in the direction of the well now and hoped that I would get there in time. I heard the ugly black bird demon shriek and come back for another strike. I tried to dodge it, but it caught my shoulder and sliced into the flesh of neck. I fell to the ground and grasped my now bleeding neck as I watched the jewel roll away. I got up to run after the jewel, not wanting a repeat of what happened with the mutant bug thing. Although I was too slow and it swallowed the jewel whole. The strangest thing was that I could see the jewel through its flesh as it eventually settled in its stomach. I watched as it grew to a much larger size, like a van.

It turned its beady red eyes to me and shrieked before it dug its much larger claws into my flesh and launched itself off of the ground and into the air. I screamed for it to let go and pull its talons out of my flesh, but all it did was tighten its grip on my body. I could feel my arm breaking under the pressure as it lacerated the muscle and my stomach. I thought that what that centipede demon had done was painful, but this was excruciating sharp pain every time I moved to get out of its grasp and prevent myself from becoming dinner. I reached into the sleeves of the priestess garb I was wearing and found one of the daggers. When the bird-thing suddenly swerved in flight as yellow beams of light came flashing past my head. I looked down at the ground to see Inuyasha in his red outfit running and I could almost hear the string of curses running from his mouth as tried to catchup with the bird holding me captive. Though by the looks of where he was aiming he didn't care for me so much as for the jewel.

I was about to raise the dagger up again when another attack came hurdling past me that the bird-demon-thing dodged. Yet when it dodged it tightened its grip on me even tighter and I screamed in pain again and dropped the dagger.

Inuyasha's Point of view:

I could smell her enticingly sweet blood as ran to find her. When I did she was in the grasp of a mutated corpse crow. No doubt the stupid girl allowed it to swallow the jewel. I ran after the damn thing intent on getting the jewel as well as freeing that troublesome girl. I attacked the thing with my steel claws, only to have it dodge and nearly hit the wench. 'Damn it' I internally cursed as I tried again and it dodged, again. Only this time it must have tightened its already tight grip on the girl because she cried out in pain. She was losing a lot of blood, which was not good considering she had just been attacked yesterday. If what she told me really is the truth then she could really die this time, if anything from the loss of blood.

I vaguely registered a shining object falling to the ground just out of my peripheral vision. I had my eyes on the wench trying to figure out a way to get her away from the damn bird without killing her. Then I saw a shining glint in her hand as she pulled out a dagger and readied to strike. If she hit her target she would fall to her death. Her falling from the tree was different, no this time if she fell she would die. She was high above the trees as the crow flew with her in its grasp. I just hoped I would catch her in time.

Kagome's point of view:

I reached back into my sleeve again as I reached for my last dagger that Kaede had leant me. I called what power I could to focus in the blade. Then I located the jewel, because I knew that this bird was not meant to have it, and I plunged the dagger into the bird's stomach. When the dagger hit the jewel the bird-demon thing disappeared in a light pink cloud of dust. Then the jewel itself shone brightly and let loose energy that knocked me to the ground faster than gravity was. As I was falling I felt something hit my hand and grabbed it before it left my grasp. Then I felt my head hit something hard and unforgiving and all I saw was darkness.

Inuyasha's point of view

I watched as she plunged the glowing blue dagger into the corpse crow's stomach and purified it. Then there was a bright light and a burst of energy fling from where the jewel was. Then there were hundreds of tiny lights shooting in all directions in the sky. 'I hate this day' I thought as I shielded my eyes form the bright light. I couldn't see anything, which meant I couldn't see the wench. I had no idea if she was okay or if she was currently lying in a puddle of her own blood on the ground. To be honest I was worried about her. When the light cleared I saw no one in the clearing but me. It was an unsettling feeling, 'What if she just disappeared?' I asked myself as I searched for her. Using my nose was impossible because the smell of her blood permeated the air, there were small puddles of it on the ground that had spilled from her while she was in the demons grasp. I searched for her and I never found her. Then I saw the well in the center of the clearing just outside of the tree line. Her scent went all the way up to the well and inside of it, but when I looked for her at its bottom she wasn't there. I decided to search the surrounding area for the girl hoping she wasn't dead. If I found no trace of her I would investigate the inside of the well. I tried to prevent myself from thinking what would happen if I did find her, but she wasn't there anymore.

I never promised to protect her, it wasn't my responsibility, but I still felt responsible for her. She had a temper, but also a good heart and she didn't seem to mind that I am a half demon. She is different, kind and fiery. I would find her, even if she was dead.

A/N: Well I have done countless of these, but here we go, the first (posted) A/N for this fic, but bonus points if you can name the movie the title of this chapter came from! Thank you for reading and please review!