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In the Beginning
By Angel Kamiya
Chapter 28
The giant white dog demon attacked the demons that were near them, tearing all of them to pieces. It glanced down at Kagome and Inuyasha. They were safe for now. The only thing that he needed to do was get to Kagura to before she was harmed. While Sesshomaru rushed towards the wind sorceress, he unleashed his rage at all the nearby demons, killing them with his teeth or claws.
Sesshomaru leapt and landed on large demon as he made his way to Kagura. His footsteps could be heard by everyone in the village whenever a foot hit the ground.
When the demons saw Sesshomaru's transform, many of them had retreated, but there were still many demons left. The ones that were still there either thought they could take on the dog demon or they were too stupid not too run.
Kagura had been watching the entire scene. A part of her couldn't believe what she was seeing. Was this really Sesshomaru? He had become a force of nature.
When Sesshomaru finally reached her, he stopped.
"Sesshomaru..." Kagura murmured, not knowing if the giant white dog understood her.
Without a word, the dog demon knocked Kagura aside with the side of his face and went after the monk that wore the black robes. He lunged to slash at the barrier with his claws. While all this was going on sparks flew in all directions.
While Kagura was getting up, she tried to figure out what had happened.
The dog demon ignored her and continued his attack.
He finally sunk his sharp teeth onto the barrier, trying the crush the shield that protected the human. The demons in the sky were swarming over them like bees. They began to cover him from head to toe, trying to force him to release the human that commanded them. But Sesshomaru disregarded them.
He needed to stop the enemy that had been after Kagura for so long.
"Sesshomaru! Why aren't you fighting back? You are going to get killed!" Kagura shouted.
Sesshomaru couldn't speak. The only thing he could do was keep trying to break the barrier.
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Kagura stood there froze.
Was this really happening?
Was Sesshomaru going to give up his life just so she would be safe.
No.
Kagura knew that she couldn't let him waste his life like that.
"Let him go!" Kagura uttered, quickly getting up.
Kagura twisted the fan back and used her power to unleash a powerful blast of wind. Many demons that covered the giant dog were blown violently away.
"Dance of Blades!"
Kagura killed many demons with the spinning blades. Those that were left still were attacking Sesshomaru.
"Dance of the Dead!"
The demons that had been killed by Kagura rose up from the ground and attacked the still living demons. They ripped the attacking ones away one by one. Kagura could do nothing except force the demons to fight against each other. If she did that then Sesshomaru might still have a chance.
If Sesshomaru died it would be because she had foolishly tried to give herself up.
Kagura felt her arm getting tired because she was attacking so much. Swinging the fan one last time, she finally was able to blow the last of the demons off of the giant dog. He was also covered in terrible wounds. His once white fur was now covered in cuts and blood.
While he was trying to killing the human, he hadn't been able to protect himself.
The giant white dog was breathing hard, but he was still standing over Kagura, trying to protect her. The dog demon towered over her. If he couldn't break though the barrier then they needed to escape.
Not even he could last too long against an enemy that they couldn't harm.
Kagome had been trying to wake Inuyasha up for several minutes now.
The first thing she had done was yell at him. When that didn't work she had tried slapping him hard across the face like how she had hit Sesshomaru. Finally she decided that she needed to do something more drastic.
When she got up she glanced around.
There were plenty of demons around, but nearly all of them were looking at the huge white dog demon in the middle of the village.
Without thinking, Kagome took off. She rushed to one of the nearby abandoned houses.
The only thing on her mind was finding something that she could use to wake Inuyasha.
The priestess was running when she was blocked by the little girl in a white kimono.
"You again!" Kagome uttered, worriedly.
"What are you doing?" Kanna asked.
"What does it look like? I'm trying to find a way to help Kagura!"
While Kanna stood there, thought about what she should do.
"You want to help Kagura too don't you?" Kagome asked, finally deciding to try to get though Kagura's sister. She didn't know if it was going to work, but she had to try.
"No... I can't..." Kanna muttered, staring back at the young woman.
"I don't believe that."
As Kagome stood there, she thought about what to say. Was there anything that she could do or say to get through to Kanna? There had to be something.
"Why are you helping this person?" Kagome asked, curious.
"He has my heart."
"Oh..." Kagome muttered. "You are afraid that you are going to die?"
Kanna didn't say a word.
"Look! Kagura went through the same thing! She hated Naraku for controlling her because he held her heart. If you work with me, then I promise that I will try to get it back for you."
Kagome didn't know if what she was saying was working or not. Trying to find a way to get Kanna to switch sides would probably be more difficult than she thought it was going to be.
There was a long silence between them.
Kanna finally raised her head and gazed up at Kagome.
"No. I will not help you." Kanna uttered, raising the round mirror in her hands. The mirror began to glow with a white light.
Kagome could do nothing except stared in horror.
Kanna was going to take her soul.
...
Kanna was holding the mirror as she thought about what the priestess had told her. A part of her wanted to help Kagura. But there was a large part of her that knew what she had to do.
What should she do?
For just a moment Kanna hesitated.
A demon flew down from the sky and pinned Kanna to the ground. The cat demon let out a hiss as it held onto the little girl.
"Thank you, Kirara!" Kagome yelled, happily.
Kagome took off again. After a few moments, she reached one of the houses.
Pushing her way inside, she found a bow and some arrows. Looking around some more she found what she was really looking for. Kagome picked up the bucket of water.
Running outside again, she headed right over to Inuyasha.
Kagome dumped the bucket of water onto Inuyasha.
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The first thing Inuyasha realized was that he was wet. The next thing he realized was that he smelled a swarm of demons close by. His hand reached to his side to grab the handle of the Tessaiga as his eyes flew open. Inuyasha growled as she leapt to his feet. His eyes widen when he saw that huge dog demon nearby.
"Why the hell were you sleeping for so long?" Kagome screamed, furiously. She carried the bow around his arm.
Inuyasha sat down and quickly shook his long hair, sending water flying everywhere.
As Kagome tried to shield herself from the water, she let out another yell.
"Bad dog!" Kagome shouted.
"I am not a dog!" Inuyasha shouted, quickly wrapping an arm around Kagome's waist. He helped her onto his back and he started running right to where their friends were at.
Along the way he used his claws to take care of any demons that got to close to them.
"Wind Scar!"
A large wall of demons were killed by his sword's attack. It looked like Sesshomaru had killed most of them already. Inuyasha would have to take care of the rest that had been left behind.
He finally arrived at where Sesshomaru and Kagura were at.
"Is he dead?" Inuyasha asked, stopping beside Kagura.
"Sesshomaru!" Kagome interrupted, worriedly. The priestess let go and rushed over to the older dog demon.
"Kagome. Is he going to be alright?" Kagura started, worriedly.
Kagome put a hand against the leg of the huge dog demon. There were many wounds on Sesshomaru.
"He is hurt pretty badly, should be fine as long as stays still so he can heal," Kagome explained. She remembered all the times she had tended to Inuyasha's injuries over he years.
Dog demons could handle lots of punishment. But that didn't mean they couldn't die.
Inuyasha finally turned his attention to the human. At once he noticed the resemblance this man had to Naraku.
"Who the hell are you?" Why do you look like Naraku?" Inuyasha demanded.
"Give up now," Kagome shouted, now holding the bow. She was aiming it at the man that had kidnapped her. "You've lost. We are never going to let anything happen to Kagura!"
"Why do you protect this woman?" the monk uttered, standing there.
"Shut up! The priestess gave you an order! Listen to her or you are going to regret it." Inuyasha interrupted, growling. He waited, but the man continued to stand there.
The Tessaiga that Inuyasha held began to chance. After a few moments the blade turned into a diamond.
"Adamant Barrage!"
The diamond spears flew forth and pierced right through the barrier and stabbed into his body. The man dropped to the ground.
Kagura stood there in shock.
Inuyasha had killed him.
It was over.
It was finally over.
Kagura took a step forward, but before she could bend down to check on the monk, he reached up, grabbing her arm. Kagura tried to pull herself away, but he was too strong. How was this possible?
"Inuyasha! He is still alive!" Kagome replied, astonished.
Inuyasha quickly turned and raised the sword again.
"Kagura!" he shouted. He couldn't attack, not when Kagura had been taken as a hostage.
"How the hell did you survive Inuyasha's attack?" Kagura demanded, his arm around her neck.
"I will not die until you are taken care of Kagura." he uttered.
Kagome quickly turned to look at all her friends.
"Inuyasha! Kagome! Just get out of here with Sesshomaru!" Kagura yelled.
Inuyasha had already lowered the sword that he held. To his surprise Kagome hadn't done the same with her weapon.
"No!" Kagome yelled, holding the bow steadily. She was not going to let Kagura make the decisions for them.
"What are you doing, Kagome?" Inuyasha asked, in disbelief.
Kagome hadn't heard Inuyasha. Instead her mind was on Kagura and the person that was holding her hostage.
"I'm not going to ask again!" Kagome warned, her eyes now narrowed at the monk. "Let Kagura go, or I'm going to fire!"
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