Chapter 52: That Unforgettable Face

...Sango's Point of View...

Sango threw the Hiraikotsu; Kirara bit and pounced on. They killed every demon that they saw as fast as they could.

Don't worry Kohaku. I'll never let Naraku take you away from me again!

"Sango!"

"Hiroko!" Sango turned to Kirara. "Kirara!"

Sango jumped on and rode Kirara in the direction of her friend's voice.

...InuYasha's Point of View...

"InuYasha we must keep Kagura and her demons distracted for as long as we can," Miroku said quitely.

"I hear that." He turned to Kagura. "So you need to bring a whole horde of demons just to capture one puny kid?" InuYasha brought out his claws. "Fine by me."

"My isn't this convenient? Why don't we just slay you all while we're at it? Don't you worry, though. I will personaly take your head InuYasha!"

Something's up with the way she's talking. I don't know why, but if gives me a bad feeling, InuYasha thought.

"Dance. Of. Blades." Kagura swung her fan and the wind came at InuYasha and Miroku. Both of them just dodging them.

...Hiroko's Point of View...

Aneko and I were both running from Kohaku through the woods. We could bring down Kohaku, but it'd be too hard. One because we couldn't bare to hurt him. And two, because neither one of us can hold back our power when we fight.

I stopped running and sat down being tired.

"What do you think you're doing?" Aneko said.

"Get behind me.." I panted. She reluctantly did as I said and when Kohaku came to try and hit us I put up a shield in front of us.

"Why not all around us?" Aneko asked.

"Too tired," I answered.

I kept hearing echos of "Kill her!" "Kill her!" in my head. Naraku! The bastard!

"Hiroko! Kohaku!"

"Why didn't I get mentioned?" Aneko said.

"Maybe because you didn't call for her like I did?" I suggested.

"Smart. Ass," she said glaring at me.

"We're related so technically I'm you're smart ass. As I have said before."

"You mean you're not Dog Boy's?"

"I'm his and yours. But yours first."

Aneko hugged me so hard I think I heard my spine crack.

"Hey where's Sango?" I said.

"Damn it, we lost her!"

...InuYasha's Point of View...

Miroku killed two demons with his staff. "There's too many of them!" he said.

InuYasha was running from one of Kagura's Dance of Blades attacks. She sent another one, and a cut grazed his cheek close enough to make him wince.

"It'd be a waste using the Tetsusaiga to kill the likes of you!" InuYasha yelled over to Kagura.

She sent out more demons to him. He killed them with the Iron Reaver Soul Stealer.

"He must not be able to use the Tetsusaiga yet so he's using his claws! Brilliant!" Shippo said.

"Idiot!" InuYasha yelled to him.

Shippo covered his mouth with both hands.

The battle then consisted of blocking Kagura's attacks until that centipede crushed the hut.

"Very good. You made us believe that they were in the hut," Kagura said with a coy smile.

"Wait...Hiroko!"

"You're realising this now? You poor boy. Naraku still wants her, you know."

Miroku used his Wind Tunnel. "InuYasha go! Go rescue Hiroko!"

"Count on it!"

...In the Forest...

Hiroko...I won't let him have you!

...Sango's Point of View...

"He warned me. InuYasha warned me. You weren't you. You came to hurt Hiroko. And to get our shards of the Sacred Jewel."

Why do I let him keep controlling you?

"Kohaku..don't move!" Sango drew out her sword. "Let me free you from that demon!"

Kohaku ran from Sango, and she followed in close pursuit.

"Come on Kohaku! It'll be quick, and I 'll be right after you I promise! Just let me free you from Naraku!"

...Hiroko's Point of View...

"Hiroko!" Aneko, Kirara and I looked to see InuYasha.

"Hey, sweetie," I said. He came up and hugged me hard as I did him in return. "Listen; you have to after Sango. She's going to hurt Kohaku the way she's going!"

"'Kay," he said.

"You know, I just thought of this: he has never said no to you,"Aneko said.

"Really?"

...InuYasha's Point of View...

InuYasha came to the part just in time. Sango was going to plunge her sword into Kohaku! He swung her sword away, and Kohaku jumped back.

"InuYasha why did you stop me?"

"Killing him would make Naraku happy!"

"Kohaku snap out of it!" The boy barely dodge the Iron Reaver Soul Stealer.

A sudden, strong gust of wind brought them to stop while Kagura got Kohaku on her feather and lifted them up.

"Just let the poor boy die in peace will you?"

...Hiroko's Point of View...

I got Kirara to take us to Sango and when we got there she was punding her fist in the dirt and cursing.

I could already guess what happened.

Author's Note: Please review! I apologize for taking so long! Holiday shopping and performances in school plays have had me going crazy! Anyway I'm off til January so I decided to update! I want to put up a Christmas thing for this fic. If anyone has and idea, give it to me and I will put it up giving you full credit.