Chapter XII
Prompt: Danger (Sunset Miko's once a Week Challenge)
The small pink orb lay so innocently in the grass as Sesshomaru weakly reached for it. The thoughts in his head were going a mile a minute. That came from...inside of me...he thought in disbelief. All of his grandpa's stories were true.
A laughing hiss drew his attention towards Mistress Centipede, "just as I thought. He had it hidden in his body..." she trailed off, as she moved closer to the jewel. A harsh voice suddenly penetrated the silence of the forest. "That's mine!" Kikyou yelled.
Sesshomaru looked at her confused, "Eh?"
"Hand it over," Kikyou barked out. Sesshomaru suddenly yelled out as a black body slammed him against the bark of the God Tree.
"Hehehehe," a female voice hissed, "I have heard that some hanyou brat, called Kikyou, or whatever is after the Shikon no Tama. Is that you?"
Kikyou stiffened, before glaring defiantly at the female centipede demon. Sesshomaru's thoughts were however on her words. Hanyou? He questioned silently, what is this girl?
Kikyou suddenly smirked and replied, her tone cocky, "Don't underestimate me, Mistress Centipede. When I fight seriously a bitch like you is just small fry."
Sesshomaru on the other hand was skeptical, "You've had that big attitude since earlier, but are you really strong?" Kikyou didn't comment.
But the centipede demon had no such reservations. She was taking great delight in Kikyou's predicament. "Can't move, can you? It looks as though your power is being sealed, isn't it?" Mistress Centipede remarked. Moving closer to the still fallen jewel, she scooped up the jewel in her tongue and swallowed it whole. "You just stay there and watch."
"Aw, crap!" Kikyou yelled, as the jewel disappeared down her gullet.
The villagers watched the whole scene in shock, "It ate the ball," one whispered.
"What will it become, Kaede-sama?" Another asked, the still shocked miko.
"It can't be..."Kaede whispered, as the centipede demon's arm flew and attached themselves back onto its owners body.
Sesshomaru was shocked, "her arms came back?"
The demon screeched as she shed her skin, taking on a more ugly and powerful form, "how wonderful..." she hissed in pleasure. "My full powers have returned.
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