Control

The fear stopped. The pain stopped. Everything did. It was all frozen and it was like she was suddenly watching from outside her body. 'I look so pitiful,´ she thought sadly, staring down at herself. Where had it all gone? The strength, the happiness, the willingness to survive? What about the child in her womb?

That thought alone brought her soaring back to the surface and Kagome raised her foot only to slam it harshly back down into his as she jerked away from him. His hiss of pain was music to her ears and she raised the sword. "Stay away from me, Jirōbō. You have no control over me anymore!"

He smiled and with a snap of his fingers, the spiders started to move, to screech. Skittering across wooden floors, plaster walls and ceilings. "You are going to die here, girl," he whispered, dark eyes suddenly lifeless as he stared at her.

Squelching the fear as much as she was able, Kagome attacked. It took all her focus to wield purity and sword skillfully, purifying the demon spiders with each slash of the blade. She barely realized she was being herded into another room as she nearly stumbled over what she could only guess was a decaying, threadbare carpet. Breathing heavy, the young miko tried to go back; going deeper into the house would not lead to success.

All the while, he chuckled behind her, a dark sound that chilled her to the bones, that threatened to break what little composure remained in her small frame. "How does it feel to know that you're going to die by the venom of a spider?" he asked softly, his voice echoing loudly over the sounds of clicking pinchers and falling bodies, despite the almost whisper to the words.

'I'm not going to die,' she thought quickly, slashing at another spider nearly the same size as her and ducking under it as it dived for her with open fangs. She slammed the sword into its body and dragged it down the length of that body as she moved under it.

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