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Chapter 26
Kimi growled and tried to grab ahold of the rope holding her by the ankle but like a snake it kept twisting away from her hands. "Damn foxes." She muttered relaxing and looking down at Tohru.
Tohru looked around in slight fear, where was Akina? Slowly she began to move forward to grab the rope and free Kimi. She was about to step just beside the knot when the back of her head tingled again and she froze. "Kimi…there is another trap here."
Kimi squinted and smiled. "Good spotting Tohru! You're right." She jerked up swiftly and clamped her teeth around the rope and activated her acidic saliva. The rope dissolved and she landed lightly beside Tohru. She bent to examine the rope trap in front of Tohru then peered up at her. "How are you finding these?"
Tohru shrugged lightly. "I just…feel them."
Kimi grinned and ruffled Tohru's hair as she stood up. "See? Kagome was right about you being a priestess." She turned back to the trap and snapped out her poison whip to trigger the trap. She watched disinterestedly as a large tree branch swung in front of them but jumped to catch Tohru as she fainted.
"She's such a lightweight." Akina said crouching on the tree branch that'd been the weapon of her trap.
Kimi laid Tohru off to the side and shouldered her wooden scythe. "True but you and I are not."
Akina drew her own weapon and grinned. "No we're not."
With a snarl Kimi leapt onto Akina's branch and charged. Akina met the downward sweep of Kimi's blade before laughing and turning into a statue with a poof. Kimi spun back around looking for the real demoness and leaping forward to stand guard over Tohru again. A small sound had her bending forward almost double to dodge the swing of Akina's sword as she appeared from behind her. With a twist that would have pulled a muscle in a mortals back, Kimi swung a leg up and around and into Akina's cheek.
Akina flew back a few feet into another tree and groaned briefly before leaping to her feet to catch the descending scythe. "Not bad bitch."
"Same for you vixen." Kimi replied grinning. She raised a leg to catch the kick Akina had sent for her knee and stepped on it pressing it into the ground. "Am I cheating?" Kimi asked curiously. "I mean we both know I'm stronger so…am I cheating?"
Akina tilted her head to the side. There was no ego in Kimi's words. As the heir to the Lord Of All Demon's, Kimi herself was the second strongest demon in the world, that they knew of anyway. It was just a fact. "I don't think so. We are supposed to fight as if serious aren't we?"
Kimi nodded and stepped back her eyes going thoughtful. "I wonder though…" She was quiet so long that Akina had to prod her with her blunted sword tip to get her to continue. "Oh…well one of the talents I developed was potion making. You've seen some of them. I wonder if I can make a potion that can separate Ronin into his three parts."
Akina began to smile. "Let's find Kagome and see what she thinks." She looked down in surprise when a rope tightened around her wrist and was startled to see Tohru holding the other end of the priestess powered handcuff. "Well…I got caught!" She remarked good naturedly.
Kimi laughed and threw her arms around Tohru. "That was wonderful Tohru!" Tohru blushed and began to sputter.
Akina clapped her hands and her traps and illusions dispelled. "Take me to jail my ladies." She cried and the three of them began to meander back to the house.
When the dust around Ichigo cleared, his clothing had become a tight black trench coat and his sword had slimmed to a regular sized katana.
No one said anything for a moment then Shippo scratched his head sheepishly. "While it was a wicked start, stabbing yourself and everything. I admit to being a bit disappointed."
Ichigo gave him a small smirk…then disappeared. Between one heartbeat and the next Ichigo had moved from his spot across the clearing to sit on a rock beside Shippo. "Never judge a book by it's cover or something like that right?"
Inuyasha and Kyo approached to study the charge in Ichigo while Shippo tried to smooth his startled nerves. The power that'd come from Ichigo when he'd moved by him had been terrifying large, close in fact to Inuyasha's.
"How resilient are you?" Inuyasha asked his eyes lit with the possibility of a challenge. Shippo had been fun but he wasn't a swordsman and Sesshomaru wasn't around.
"Why don't we find out?" Ichigo asked jumping from his rock to land beside Inuyasha.
"Yes…why don't we?" A new voice said as new aura's suddenly appeared. They spun around and saw three strangers.
"Espadas!" Ichigo snarled and raised his blade.
"Wonderful!" Inuyasha grinned. "I really wanted to kill something."
"Too bad you will be the one to die." The Espada leader replied. She was short, under five feet with spiked hot orange hair. Her shirt came down to her knees but there was a hold in the shirt around her stomach that framed her hollow hole and a dark number 7. A slice of bone stretched up from the back of her head and to the sides of her forehead to form points.
The second Espada with a whole bottom jaw with pointed teeth stood almost a foot taller than her and his hole was just below his heart. He didn't bother with a shirt but wore an open vest to reveal on 8. Bald and lanky, he looked like a skinny Vin Diesel. (A/N: LOL it was the only person I could think of)
The third Espada had blond hair braided into a coronet around her head. She was a beautiful six feet of voluptuous woman but had a bone visor covering her eyes. A 5 covered the back of her right hand and in the curve of the 5 lay her hollow hole.
"Looks like Urahara is up to his old tricks." Shippo said glaring at the three intruders.
"Shippo…go find the women." Inuyasha told his adopted child stepping in front of him.
"I can fight!" Shippo snarled continuing to study the foes.
"I know but I trust you to make sure Kagome is safe." Inuyasha responded. "Tell them to get inside and get the others." He drew Tetsusaiga and started toward the Espadas.
Shippo nodded and darted for the ladder understanding the trust Inuyasha had placed in him. Years ago he had thought no one could protect Kagome as well as he could, now he trusted his adopted son to do it in his place. He paused briefly to inform those in the dining room and with Miroku on his heels he darted out into the yard.
Yuki watched as Yoruichi flew off in search of Sesshomaru and he and Chad darted for the underground training area.
No one had moved much after Shippo left except to square off with their chosen foe. Kyo faced off with 8, Ichigo with 5 and Inuyasha with 7. Chad stepped up behind Ichigo unhooking his axe while Yuki went to Kyo and drew his own demon blade.
"Are you ready now?" The leader, 7 asked.
"Only if you are." Inuyasha mocked politely. "I regret we kept you waiting."
"Would you like some tea?" Kyo continued the game. "Perhaps some crumpets?"
"How dare you mock me!?" 7 snarled ripping out her sword. "I am the 7th Espada Consuela! Gallop Caballo Oscuro(dark horse)." The sword shattered and the pieces gathered in frames around her feet.
8 growled. "I'm Luis the 8th Espada." He pulled his sword from his back and held it straight up and down. "Hunt Lobo Gris (grey wolf)." It growled and became a jagged sword with a bright sheen on the blades edge.
The 5 dropped her head almost hesitantly. "I'm Amora. Fly Murciélago Suave (gentle bat(A/N: sorry I might have used the wrong bat word. I meant the flying kind lol))." Her sword turned into a whip and the end of her handle wrapped around her wrist as if embracing her.
Chad felt a warmth spread through him at the Amora's voice and he felt her hesitant demeanor was a sign she didn't want to fight. "Ichigo…" He drew his friends attention to himself. "Capture her…don't kill her."
Ichigo looked at him curiously for a moment then nodded. "Alright."
"Time to die!" Consuela yelled and charged Inuyasha faster than he'd expected.
"Dream on!" He retorted and met her descending foot with his blade.
Kagome felt the familiar rip as numerous hollows entered their territory and took off flying towards Orihime where one of them was headed. She threw up a shield around Orihime as the frog shaped hollow leapt at her exposed back. "Watch out!" She screamed pulling up an arrow and letting it fly. Though blunted, Kagome's priestess powers shattered the hollow's mask instantly.
Orihime spun to face Kagome and stared in shock at the disappearing hollow. "What happened?"
"I made a barrier to mark lines, not keep things out. We need to gather the others and get inside." Kagome replied handing Orihime her warrior fairy and began to jog back the way they'd come. "Let's go."
As they ran Kagome concentrated on aura's around the house. There were three Espada's in the house, a hollow by Sango and Rukia, and Shippo and Miroku were heading towards Akina, Kimi, and Tohru. A large hollow was heading towards them as well. When Kagome and Orihime found Sango and Rukia they had just destroyed their own attacker.
The four of them took off again and Sango looked at Kagome. "What happened?"
"My fault. I didn't think they'd have anything to send our way so I didn't put up a strong barrier." Kagome confessed hoping her carelessness wouldn't cause anyone undue pain.
"None of us did." Rukia comforted her. "Let's hurry though. There is a menos closing in on the others." All four of them could feel the urgency and pressed themselves as fast as possible.
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