Kurama panted heavily, pausing briefly to wipe the sweat off his brow. He looked around quickly, scanning the area for any other students. The ogre was a tough opponent, and constantly having to defend his helpless classmates in the area was making it difficult to eliminate him.
The ogre let out a cruel, rumbling laugh, and Kurama winced as his overwhelmingly foul stench became more and more pervasive. "Don't think you can defeat me so easily, kitsune." He said mockingly, waving his weapon around and forcing Kurama to move to dodge the sloppy attacks. "I have grown strong on the flesh and life forces of your ningen classmates."
Kurama growled in frustration. Koenma needs to send backup to evacuate the students. Now.
As if he had heard his thoughts, Kurama could detect a familiar youki in the distance. It seemed Shippo was rapidly approaching the high school, and Kurama knew with another youkai the ogre could be terminated quickly.
A piercing scream tore through the air, and Kurama spotted a female student frozen by fear and standing there dumbly. "Move," He shouted, and Kurama ran to her location and pushed her out for the way. The edge of the ogre's club slammed into him, and Kurama went flying into the air. He landed on his feet, but the blow had done some damage to him.
"Hey ugly!" Another voice shouted, and Kurama's blood ran cold.
No, why is she here?! He turned his vision to girl who had drawn the ogre's attention.
Higurashi Kagome stood on the other side of the ogre, her bow cocked directly at the gigantic youkai. Her expression was grim, but set with a fierce determination.
"Kagome!" He yelled desperately. "The arrow won't do anything to him. You need to run, now!" Kurama warned her, already getting up to move to where she was standing.
The ogre laughed again, amused by the situation. "What a brave fool!" He exclaimed, twirling his club around. "This ningen maiden thinks she can kill me with a measly arrow?" He said incredulously.
Kurama's eyes widened as panic began to settle in. I'm not going to reach her in time!
Kagome stared down the ogre calmly, pulling back the bowstring in preparation to unleash the arrow. Pink light began to gather around her projectile, the light growing stronger and stronger and the crackle of holy energy left Kurama's senses feeling numb and on edge.
"I'll do anything it takes to protect my friends." The miko said firmly before unleashing the arrow. A huge burst of energy erupted from her bow, and the ogre dropped his club in astonishment.
"How?" He exclaimed, wailing and screaming as the light swallowed him whole.
The energy faded, leaving behind the school grounds with the sharp, clean scent of purification. Kurama's jaw had dropped open in shock, eyes darting between the remnants of the weapon that the ogre had dropped and Kagome who was walking towards him.
When she had reached him, she pulled him into a tight embrace, and Kurama's senses were overtaken by everything that was Kagome. "I'm so glad you're okay," She mumbled into his chest. The priestess pulled back, a fierce blush staining her cheeks. She absently pushed back a stray tendril of hair, chewing her lips in nervousness. "So um, Minamino-kun… I have a couple more things to tell you."
Whoooo! So close to 200 reviews ^^ I really hope I hit the mark with this chapter. Kagome's going to have to tell Kurama a couple of things now...
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