Chapter 21
When the couple set foot in InuYasha's forest, it immediately felt different. There was no Kaedae to go to when you needed refuge and herbs. There was no Kikyo to keep them on their toes and leave with cryptic messages on her lips. There was no Naraku to blame when another innocent life was lost to his malice. There was only Kagura.
They took off towards Kaedae's village, eager to get supplies and get started on Kagura's trail. I was hard not to think of it as anything else but her village. They arrived at the village, kind of stunned to see how eerier it felt without her. InuYasha looked over at Kagome and realized that they were sharing the same facial expression. They were both saddened at their loss but heartened to see that life would go on as she wanted it. InuYasha walked up to the nearest villager and asked where could he get supplies for their trip.
"Ye should go to the storage down by the fields. Ye can have as much as ye would like." the villager told them. Kagome led the way to the large hut and started to fill her bag with food and other small things that they would need. No words were spoken between the couple but they both knew each other's thoughts.
The sooner Kagura was dealt with, the sooner life would be back to normal. As normal as it could be anyways.
Just as Kagome turned to say something to InuYasha, she felt something in the back of her mind. She looked past InuYasha and out through the window. Then InuYasha felt it. They both darted out of the hut, villagers running the opposite way, screaming. They headed towards the one person they never expected to see this early. Kagura. She stood in the center of the village, sending blades of wind all throughout, destroying any and everything that the blades touched. Not sparing human nor animal, man, woman, nor child, she laughed freakishly, enjoying her rampage. Kagome nocked an arrow and quickly fired at Kagura. This arrow was unusually strong and it her Kagura in the arm, barely missing her intended target. Kagura howled in pain as her arm dissolved from the purity and she glared at Kagome.
"Look who decided to show up." she snarled. "Took you long enough. I was just about to go and visit Kikyo's grave." At this remark, InuYasha growled and drew Tetsaiga. It immediately transformed. "ADAMENT BARRAGE!" InuYasha screamed and slashed at Kagura. She barely dodged the attack and perched atop a nearby hut. She plucked a feather out of her bun and looked down at InuYasha and Kagome.
"Let's play tag," she toyed. "And guess whose it?" With that, her feather transformed and she flew off.
The couple took off after Kagura, not knowing why she ran like that but both knowing with a sick feeling in their gut where she was heading. "We need to catch up to her before she reaches Naraku's castle," InuYasha yelled over the rush of the wind. "We don't know what she might have planned for us." Kagome nodded her agreement and leaned against InuYasha'a back when he increased his speed. He had her scent in his nostrils, burning the hairs and fueling the fire within.
He wanted this to be over. He thought that they were done with Naraku but it seems as if he's haunting them from the underworld.
This will be the end. I swear it. Kagura is going to die today.
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A/N: Sorry for the very, very long break. It's just that after I trusted my hard copy of this story to a friend, I never got it back. It's been hard to recapture the idea when I was betrayed. But this is my attempt. Loyal fans, do your job. Domo arigatou!