Chapter 21: Risking The Time
A few days later, Inuyasha and Kagome decide to go back to Kaede's village. Kagome is getting used to her half demon life pretty well. But is still concern about what Inuyasha told her, was actually true. As the village comes to view, a glow comes from Kagome's neck. "Why is the jewel glowing?" Miroku asked. Kagome pulls it out, and all of a sudden it stop. "That was weird." Kagome said. They continue on walking to Kaede's hut. "The jewel has been doing this for a while now." Kagome said to them. "Maybe Kaede might know why about this." Sango encouraged her. Kagome always count on Kaede for help about the life of a priestess. They arrive at the hut. As they enter the hut, no one's there. "I wonder where she could be?" Kagome asks the group as everyone came in. "I can't smell her anywhere in the village." Inuyasha informed her. Kagome seems upset, she runs out of the hut, and finds a local villager. "Excuse me, sir?" She asks a man in his thirties, short black, hair and casual clothes on. "Yes what is it, Lady Kagome?" He responses her. "Have you seen Kaede?" She asks him. "Yeah she head out to a nearby village just yesterday. She won't be back until tomorrow.." He added for his answer to Kagome's question of Kaede's whereabouts. "Okay, thank you." Kagome said gratefully to the man and walked away. Kagome heads back until she smells something in the air. "It's a demonic aura." She said to herself, She runs back to hut, and alerts the group. "There's a demon in the air." Inuyasha ran to her, "I do as well. Let's go." Kagome, and Inuyasha ran at the same pace since they're both have great speed. Kirara, with Miroku, Sango, and Shippo on her back, follow them.
"It's getting stronger." Kagome said to them. They keep on going until, they see a demon in front. The demon is in front on the well. "So, you two are the ones who are able to go through the well, and travels 500 years into the future." The demon smirks. "Yeah, what of it, demon?" Kagome demanded. "I've come to destroy it." It replies to her. "Why do you attend to do that?" Inuyasha yells at it. "So that way you two don't have to go through the well anymore," It reasons to the two. "Over my dead body I won't allow it." Just as Inuyasha draws his sword… "One move and this well is history!" The demon said as he pulls out a bomb out of his clothing. "Inuyasha, what are we going to do, if that thing destroys the well?" She asks nervously. "What is that you want demon?" Inuyasha asks it. "It's so obvious…"
"The jewel?" Inuyasha tells it. "Nope, it's her I want." The demon said pointing to Kagome. "Why me?" Kagome asks it. "I'll devour you to gain your abilities to travel time through the well." The demon explains to them. "What's with this demon."? Miroku asks Sango, "That's a beaver demon. They like to take advantages of other demon with extrodinary powers, like Kagome with her ability to travel through the well." Sango explains to them. "Is there anything we can do?" Shippo asks her. "I've afraid not, Shippo." These beaver demons are extremely dangerous to slay. They are immune to any attack thrown to them." She added. "The have absorption powers, and that's why it wants Kagome." She finished.
"So that's it. You want Kagome." Inuyasha said with a tone a voice. "I'm not letting you get a hold of Kagome!" He said to it. "Oh, we'll just see about that." The demon said with a smirk on its face. All of sudden, the demon snapped his fingers, and a huge pillar wood traps Kagome in it. "Kagome!" Inuyasha yells as he runs to her. Another pillar of wood traps him. "What the hell is this?" Inuyasha demands the beaver demon. "Those wood pillars, will absorb your powers, and transfer to into my body, leaving you helpless." It explained. The wood pillars were glowing. "Inuyasha…Help me!" Kagome screamed for him. "Hang on Kagome!" He response as he keeps on struggling to get out. The beaver laughs evilly, as the power was transported into him, "I'm invincible!" He said triumphal. He looks again and sees something happening to the two. The two half demons begin to pulse. They begin to get the feature, purple stripes on their cheeks, "What's with these two?" He said quizzed. Then their claws grew longer, fangs begin to grow overlapping the bottom lip. They looked up staring at the beaver demon, and their eyes were red, with turquoise pupils. The wood pillars keep on absorbing their powers but it was too late, the two half demons transformed into full demons and busted themselves out off the pillars. "Oh no, they've transformed." Shippo screamed. "But the weird thing though is that they both have their swords. How is it that they turned into full demons?"
"It was the swords' ideas to let them transform." A voice said to them. "Myoga, it's you." Miroku said to the flea demon. "The thing is that even though they have their swords with them, they decided to released the demon blood within to escape the imprisonment." Myoga explains. Kagome and Inuyasha snarl at the beaver. They looked at each other in their red eyes. "You ready, Kagome?" Inuyasha asks her. "I am, Inuyasha." She responses to him. The beaver demon is shocked for what he caused the two to turn into. It took a step back, for he's afraid of them, as they were about to attack it. The demon is just too close to the well. "No, the well will be destroyed if that demon steps on it." Shippo yells. The beaver heard what the little fox said, and destroys it. "NOO!" Kagome screams as see the well is destroyed. "Now you'll never go back to your time ever again." The demon said to her. Kagome drops to her knees, and begins to cry. Inuyasha looked at her, hurt emotionally, glares at the demon, "Now you've really done it this time, filthy vermin!" He yells at the demon. He leaped into the air and slashes it down to bits, killing it in the process. Shortly after, turns back into his half demon, as well did Kagome. "Inuyasha, how am I ever gonna get home to my time now?" She sobs to him. Inuyasha kneels down to her. Surprisingly, she embraces onto his chest, still crying. "Kagome…" He said softly.