Biting down on her lower lip, Kagome was at war with herself when she spotted a man knocked out against a low wall nearest the Cube. Here she was one the front lines, nothing new to her, and she was a few feet away from the cube and this man equally. But knowing that time was not on their hands, Kagome went for the Cube.
Standing in front of the machine holding the Tesseract, she carefully reached her hands out, her skin and own energy tingling at the pure energy that surrounded the Cube. Pursing her lips, she concentrated on the barrier, noting that it felt solid enough, but when she added a little pressure her hands easily slipped past it.
And it didn't even require calling forth her own energies to do so.
It was the first time that she was consciously aware of passing a barrier, and surprisingly she could feel it as well, unlike the times in the past when Miroku had to tell her when she'd passed a barrier. Her brows furrowed as it fought back; leaving a pricking, numbing sensation that was quickly engulfing her arms.
Not wanting to press her luck, she pushed her hands closer towards the Cube. Her fingers had barely brushed the surface when she was suddenly and painfully jerked away from it. Letting out a cry, she looked to see who exactly it was that tore her away when she was so close.
Seeing Loki, she fought, kicked and screamed. Not so much out of fear but more so in anger. She had been so close!
"I should have know when the powers of the Tesseract were unable to control you, but one of your kind still existing in this age of man?! Even I did not believe such was possible."
His grip on her upper arms became painful, and by his expression, she was pretty sure it was on purpose, and whatever he was thinking of was not going to be good for her.
Despite the painful hold he had on her arms, Kagome kept struggling until her world went topsy-turvy again and she opened her eyes to a whole different set of surroundings. He had pulled one of those disappearing acts, only to reappear before one of those whale creatures, which, she suddenly realized, had very sharp teeth.
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