Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha, or any other character belonging to the series, the plot, and original characters are all mine.
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"WHAT!" yelled Bankotsu "What do you mean she got away?"
"It seems that wolf is not as useful as we thought" replied Renkotsu.
"Too bad he is kinda cute, well if you like the rugged type" said Jakotsu.
"What would you have us do now?" asked Renkotsu
"You and I will go and find her while Jakotsu and Ginkotsu go and distract those annoying Inus who keep getting in our way. No doubt Tsubaki's sleeping spell wore off the moment the sun began to rise" said an annoyed Bankotsu. "Hiten you find that mangy wolf and destroy him. He is of no use to us any longer."
"Yes big brother" replied Jakotsu and he and Ginkotsu made their way west.
"Oh and Hiten do tell Tsubaki she can release the monk and the slayer now. I am sure she has already had her fun" said Bankotsu and he and Renkotsu made there way out of the palace.
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Sesshoumaru slowed momentarily to take in the scents around him; Kagome's scent was close but what disturbed him was the advancing scent of the remaining four members of the band of seven.
She was close, or at least had been in this location earlier. They had come across the wolf tribe and that's were her scent increased. After a few choice words with the pathetic excuse for a demon Kouga they learned what Bankotsu had commissioned him to do. It took everything in Sesshoumaru not to kill the wolf on site. How dare he think he could touch what was his? Haru and Inuyasha had to stop him from killing Kouga however he had left the wolf barely alive.
They followed Kagome's scent west but after she left the cave all traces of her disappeared. Not even her aura was detectable. Sesshoumaru sighed and noticed Haru coming to a stop. He followed along with Inuyasha.
"Do you sense them a swell?" asked Haru.
"Yeah" replied Inuyasha.
"They have been approaching for sometime" stated Sesshoumaru.
"Keh, lets get this over with there are only two, how hard can it be?" asked Inuyasha as he drew tetsusaiga.
"Yes lets" said Sesshoumaru.
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Kagome stopped at the sound of a cannon in the distance. Oh know, that sounded like Ginkotsu's cannon! Who could he be fighting? She expanded her senses to see if there were any familiar auras around; Sesshoumaru!
With that she turned and headed towards the smoke in the distance. Sesshoumaru and the others were close. Now she had to get to them.
She traveled swiftly as she weaved her way around the trees. She was getting close but it would still take her a little while to reach the current battle.
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Sesshoumaru nearly rolled his eyes when to two annoying humans made their way into the clearing. One was mainly metal and was loaded with cannons, guns and other contraptions. No doubt he was the one responsible for the hole in the eastern walls. The barrier around the castle would not have stopped a cannon ball from breaking the wall since the barrier blocked only living things. Hum he would have to fix that.
"Hi there, you must be the ones annoying big brother. Well lets get this over with shall we?" said the human sitting on the large mass of metal.
"Yes" said the other.
"And just who the hell are you?" asked Inuyasha.
"I am Jakotsu and his is Ginkotsu. Who are you? Your ears are absolutely adorable!" squealed Jakotsu.
"Keh; the names Inuyasha" he answered rolling his eyes "lets get to it shall we?"
"WIND SCAR!"
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Kagome could feel the earth trembling under her feet with every attack on each side, the scent of gun powder was filling the air meaning she was getting close. She decided to slow her pace so she could stand on the side lines and stay out of the way unless she was needed. Though she had no doubt that Sesshoumaru, Inuyasha and Haru could handle Jakotsu and Ginkotsu.
She searched for the familiar auras to judge how far she really was from them when two unfamiliar ones caught her attention. They were human, one was very dim and the other was filled with sorrow, worry and anger. She made her way towards the two and peaked over a bush into the clearing the two humans were in.
Here breath caught at what she saw. There was a monk on the ground blood soiling his robes, hovering above him was a weeping woman. By the look of her clothing she would assume she was a ninja or slayer possibly. The large boomerang at her side indicating she could handle her self in battle.
Kagome slowly made her way out of the trees and into the clearing. The monks life force was leaving him at an alarming rate, she had to get to him fast.
The slayer quickly stood drawing the small sword at her hip "Who are you? State your business." She exclaimed.
"I mean you no harm, I am a miko. Please let me help him." She said pointing to the monk on the ground.
The slayer looked Kagome over with a questioning look, so she allowed her powers to flow from her causing her palms to glow with a soft pink light. She held them away from her palm up at the slayer to show she meant no harm "see" she said kindly.
The slayer nodded and took a step back. She sheathed her sword but kept her eye on her.
Kagome laid a hand on the monk's heart and another on his forehead and chanted. Soon they were surrounded in a bright white light and then as quickly as it came, the bright light disappeared. She stopped and studied his aura again. The life force was returning and the wounds he had were healing. Satisfied she stood and turned to the girl.
"He will be fine. He should wake up in a few moments." She then noticed the large gash on the girl's side "May I?" she questioned pointing to the wound.
The girl simply nodded. Kagome placed her hands on the wound and healed the gash completely.
"Thank you Miko-sama. My name is Sango. The monk behind you is Miroku." She said speaking for the first time.
"Please it's just Kagome." she smiled.
The two women talked for a few moments until Miroku finally came too. They explained to Kagome what had happened. How they were drugged and captured by the thunder brothers and how Tsubaki had tried to get information out of them. It was then they realized Kagome was the miko Sesshoumaru had been talking about. Kagome told them she was headed towards the current battle between the western Inu clan and the two members of the band of seven.
Their talks were interrupted buy another loud explosion.
"I better get going" said Kagome.
"Lady Kagome, we will come with you" said Miroku.
Sango nodded and grabbed her large weapon and smiled handing Kagome a bow and quiver of arrows. "Here, you will make better use of these than I"
"Yes we grabbed them on our way out of the castle." Said Miroku "something told us we would need them"
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"Shit" yelled Inuyasha. His damn wind scar wasn't damaging Ginkotsu's metal body enough to kill him.
"DRAGON STRIKE" said Sesshoumaru as he lifted Tokijin effortlessly in the air.
The large blue bolt of energy swirled around him taking on the appearance of a dragon and headed for Ginkotsu.
Sesshoumaru smirked at the expression on Inuyasha's face as the dragon strike effectively destroyed Ginkotsu, leaving nothing behind by dust.
Haru, however, was occupied with Jakotsu. He was dodging the strange snake like sword Jakotsu had, sword in each hand. So far not of the three had yet to land a blow on him. Every time one of them got close enough that damn Ginkotsu would shot something their direction.
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Sango, Miroku and Kagome came to the clearing just in time to see Ginkotsu destroyed. Kagome smiled, one down three to go.
Her smile was short lived however as she noticed Jakotsu still fighting. Haru, Inuyasha and Sesshoumaru were now facing him preparing to fight when a large bolt of lightning struck the ground in front of them. After the smoke cleared she could see Hiten and Manten.
"We heard from the wolf that you paid him a visit" began Hiten, "so we figured you were near by."
"We hope you don't mind but we came to join the fun" laughed Manten.
The six paired off in battle, Inuyasha with Manten, Haru with Hiten and Sesshoumaru with Jakotsu. As the battle went on the clearing was filled with smoke, flashing lights and clashing metal.
Kagome was getting worried; the smoke from the clashing attacks was making the clearing un-viewable. All she could do was hear the sound of metal on metal.
"WIND SCAR" and "DRAGON STRIKE" were heard and the entire clearing became deathly quiet.
As the smoke cleared everyone was able to see the damage. Inuyasha and Sesshoumaru had managed to take down Hiten with a joint attack.
"BROTHER!" yelled Manten.
"Keh don't worry" said Inuyasha pointing tetsusaiga at him "you're next."
Manten then gathered his demonic lightning and shot it from his mount. Inuyasha dogged the attack and laughed "Is that all you got?" he asked.
Manten then gathered more lightning and quickly turned shooting the bolts at Haru, who, along with Sesshoumaru, was currently fighting Jakotsu.
The lightning struck Haru in the back dropping him to his knees. Jakotsu took this as an opportunity and struck him with his snake like sword. Haru then fell to the ground.
Kagome looked at Sango and Miroku, they both nodded back at her. They understood what she wanted to do; she wanted to save her comrade.
First they had to get Manten and Jakotsu out of the way so Kagome could get to the body without disturbing Inuyasha or Sesshoumaru.
Opting to leave Miroku behind so he could finish healing the two girls made there way into the clearing.
Manten was about to fire on Inuyasha again when he was struck in the heart by a bright pink glowing arrow, purifying him instantly.
"Hiraikotsu" was heard as Sango's large boomerang flew threw the sky headed for Jakotsu who easily dodged it and moved to the left side of the clearing.
Both girls smiled as he moved away from hiraikotus and more importantly Haru. They made there way to the fallen Inu as the two brothers battled Jakotsu. Once they were next to Haru, Kagome erected a barrier around them and began her healing chant.
Sesshoumaru and Inuyasha both threw attacks at Jakotsu. Sesshoumaru was able to strike him several times with his deadly whips, thus slowing his movements. Inuyasha took this advantage and fired his wind scar effectively hitting Jakotsu.
Jakotsu' pain filled scream rang throughout the clearing. Once the dust settled all that remained of the dead man revived was his mysterious sword.
"Kagome!" the silence was broken by Sango's worried voice as the miko collapsed to the ground next to a still unconscious Haru. Moments later the barrier surrounding them dissipated.
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There you go a bit longer than the last chapter. I am not the best at writing fighting scenes so please go easy on me : ) but as always let me know how you liked it!