Inuyasha and his group panted heavily. The dungeon was there just like Kimiko said there would be. He opened the door, to find another stair case, "Not again!"
Kikyo pulled on her chains, "This better work." Red light bursted the chains.
"You did it!"
"I guess so." Kikyo walked to her grandmother. There was still some red glow on her hands, so she used it to break her free.
The door was swung open, the two shut their eyes, expecting the worse. Kikyo managed to open her's. "Inuyasha!"
"Sorry we're late," he smirked.
"We'll do thank you's later," Kagome turned around. "We should leave."
Kikyo began to walk, struggling a little, "First my grandmother has to reclaim her land." Kikyo helped her up. "Or this place will forever be like this."
"What? Reclaim?" Sango asked.
"When I was still an infant, the moon was under attack. They slaughtered everyone and let my grandmother live." Kikyo's legs wobbled. "Where's Kimiko?"
"She's behind my ba-" Inuyasha checked, the three year old was no longer there.
"Hee Hee! I'm over heres!" Kimiko sat in the corner.
"Why are you sitting there? " Kagome asked, she picked her up.
"I was tired." She brushed Kagome's hands away. "I can walk." She ran to her mother. She brushed Kikyo's bangs away from her face. "You're ok." She turned to meet her great grandmother's eyes. "Gweat Gwandma!" She jumped up and down.
"Do I know you?"
"Not yet," Kimiko smiled. "You just have to reclaim your king dumb first!"
The old woman chuckled, "My king dumb, eh?"
"Have you found them yet?"the old woman asked impatiently.
"No, your highness," Setsuko bowed.
The old woman frowned, "Call me once you have them." She walked away.
Setsuko sighed and stared down at the ground, deep in thought. She felt a hand curl on her mouth, she screamed. It didn't make much sound, not enough to alert the soldiers. She was pulled into the shadows. Her eyes widened, "Moriyo," she mumbled.
Kikyo wrapped a cloth across her mouth, "Shh."
Kagome quickly tied Setsuko's hands with the help of Sango. They carefully tied her onto a pillar.
"Inuyasha, " Kikyo gripped his shoulder.
"Is something wrong?" He shot her a worried look.
She furrowed her eyebrows, "Be careful." She had a bow and a quiver full of arrows on her back
"Where'd you find them?"
"The soldiers and guards." she pointed at the motionless figures on the ground. At that moment Kagome ran to Inuyasha, clutching his haori sleeve.
Inuyasha clenched his tetsaiga, making it go full power. "Wind Scar!!"
A soldier's body stood up, not affected by the attack.
"What the . . ." Inuyasha gripped the tetsaiga even tighter. "Who are you?!"
A smile crept up on the corpse soldier's face. "You shouldn't come any closer." It hung it's head and chuckled.
"What's so damn funny?" Inuyasha frowned.
The soldier stopped chuckling, he paused, "I summon you up." The soldiers around him stood up, straight.
They headed for Inuyasha with their swords raised up. Inuyasha quickly set the tetsaiga onto the ground, blocking their attacks.
Kikyo notched the arrow into her bow, shooting it straight toward the soldiers, demolishing a row of them.
"Can you give me your bow and arrows, you're in no condition to fight." Kagome set her hands in front of Kikyo.
"Well . . ." Kikyo hesitated. She handed her weapon to Kagome. Kagome nodded, gratefully. "Thank you."
Kikyo leaned on a pillar. "Are you alright, child?" Moriyo asked. Kikyo nodded. Moriyo looked at her worriedly. "I'm fine, " Kikyo assured.
Inuyasha used his adamant mirage, killing them along with Kagome's arrow and Sango's boomerang.
Sango set her hand on her boomerang, "Are there anymore?"
"I don't think so," said Miroku.
Kikyo turned to Setsuko," Setsuko, where's the old woman?"
Setsuko shook her head, glaring at her.
"I caught her scent, she went that way.." Kimiko pointed.
Inuyasha picked her up.
Sango ran behind them along with Miroku, suddenly the group in front of them disappeared. "Where did they go?" Sango asked.
Miroku gripped the beads on his right hand, "I don't know, but something's following us."
Sango gripped her boomerang.
A Cyclopes stood above them, it held it's fist high in the air. "Sango!" Miroku put a barrier around her.
"I'm fine, I can protect myself." Sango threw her boomerang at the Cyclopes, tearing the skin on his shoulder. She gave it one more blow on the head, "I don't think it's alive."
She turned around to meet Miroku's eyes. Behind her butterflies were seeping out of the Cyclopes's wounds. Blue and purple butterflies with gold and sliver edges.
"Butterflies?" Miroku asked, more to himself. Sango turned around again, her eyes widened, "Aren't those butterflies a myth?"
"I thought so too, but isn't this whole place a myth?" Miroku tightened his grip on the beads. "Supposedly those butterflies can kill slowly and painfully with the powder they give out."
Sango stiffened such beautiful creatures can kill like that?
"Wind tunnel!" Miroku untied the beads.
Sango gasped. "Miroku! You said it yourself! The butterflies are poisonous!!!" Sango yelled, she gripped his hand. "Please stop!!! Miroku!!!"
Miroku looked down on her,"Sa-Sango?" He winced, "AHHHHH!!!!!!!" Strips of blood fell from his hand.
"MIROKU!!!!" She embraced him, "Don't pain yourself . . . I beg of you." She put her hand over his wind tunnel.
"NOOO!!! SANGO!!!"
Sango took his cloth and covered his wind tunnel, tieing the beads. The wind stopped and he fell limply in Sango's arms. "Miroku!" She set him on the ground and shook his shoulders, "Miroku!"
"Where's Sango and Miroku?!" Kagome asked as she ran over to Inuyasha.
Inuyasha stopped running along with the others. "I didn't notice they were gone."
"What's that?!" Kagome stood in front of Kikyo and Moriyo.
It's weird here in Texas, it cold one day then it's hot the next. Weird Texas weather. I'll alot more time to write fanfics since winter break is here. Yay!