Sesshomaru had given them plenty of supplies for their journey, seeing them off the next day. Kagome and inuyasha had decided to follow the rumor of the jewel shards in this direction once again. This demon had been the one claiming to be undefeated and have two jewel shards. If they could just get these, the only ones left to get would be the two naraku had. Their journey had been uneventful so far, until the third day of traveling.
Kagome had been walking behind inuyasha, smelling the scents with her improved sense of smell, when she got distracted. She felt really uncomfortable for some reason, but it was not really pain. It felt kind of like pressure, or cramps. She shook it off and continued on. They made camp that night, kagome sitting by the fire, unable to sleep due to the uncomfortable feeling she had, which no different way of laying down would help. She sighed and thought as she gazed into the fire. She wondered how mad inuyasha would be when he found out she had been hiding stuff from him. Unable to sleep, she kept gazing at the fire as she laid there, pretending to be asleep when inuyasha would check on her.
The next morning, kagomes uncomfortable feeling had not gone away. She had no sleep last night at all, and felt like crap. Inuyasha kept a wary eye on her, watching her protectively as he saw how pale she looked. In the afternoon, they came across the body that fit the description of the demon that they had been hunting. There were holes in its body, where supposedly the jewel shards had been ripped out of it. Inuyasha pushed kagome back behind him protectively as he breathed in a familiar and hated scent. There was a chuckle as naraku appeared before them, holding the last four jewel shards. "Well welll well...we meet again inuyasha and kagome." Kagomes face paled as he looked at her. "Hmm..so it was true..." "leave her alone!" Inuyasha snarled, pushing her backwards again until she was against a tree. He lept at naraku, sword transformed as he tried to get naraku away from Kagome. Kagome watched them fight for a moment, rage filling her as inuyasha was slammed into the ground. She pulled out her bow and released an arrow, but her purifying powers were gone, and it bounced harmlessly off of him. He laughed cruelly and started to walk towards her. Kagome pulled out another arrow, "leave us ALONE!" she shrieked as she pulled the string back. A black and purple power surrounded the tip of the arrow as she let it fly. It hit naraku in the arm and he shrieked in pain as the energy started spreading to his shoulder. He took off into the air with a snarl as inuyasha got up off the ground. "We need to move! He could be back any minute if he decides to just take off that arm! Kagome!" He yelled, finally looking back at her. His face filled with horror. There was no way. It couldn't be...but there was no mistaking it...
Kagome was leaning against the tree for support to keep herself from falling, as she doubled over, panting in pain, clutching her stomach as a puddle of liquid gathered steadily at her feet.