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the original characters: Mayumi, Shouta, Momoko, Daisuke, Kenta, and
Nanami. Using my original characters in your own stories is not permitted,
unless with my consent. Thank you.
Chapter 3
Pure Arrows
Kagome ran as fast as she could, in a blind haste because of the heavy fog, with the gigantic roots of the forest chasing after her. The putrid smell of the fog was now too pungent, that her eyes began to water. She kept running. Her senses and her energy were becoming weak, as her feet started to slow. She could still hear the rumble of the roots chasing her.
Kagome kept running, until she suddenly felt something hit her ankle. She tripped over it, and fell to the ground, her eyes leaking salty beads profusely. It was a piece of tree branch, as she felt the ground, trying to recover. But abruptly, the roots caught up to her, and seized her by the injured ankle. The trees gradually wrapped their huge roots around her, and squeezed her body like a boa constrictor.
"Ah!" she gasped.
She couldn't move. The roots were going to crush her. Suddenly, she had pictures of Inuyasha flash through her mind. She remembered all the times he had protected her with his life. Kagome couldn't give in; she could protect herself. She had to believe it; she had to save herself.
Suddenly, there was a flash of light. A spark of light, which illuminated the forest of fog. Kagome could finally see again, and the roots that were holding her began to loosen. Then, the light grew brighter, and the mammoth roots of the trees began to let go of her body. Kagome noticed that the light was coming from her arrows on her back.
"Oh!" she exclaimed.
The brilliant light grew stronger, and the roots eventually let go of Kagome altogether. The roots shivered and weakened, and fled back into the forest. Kagome noticed the trees around her. They began to return to normal, the fog ceasing to spew from their branches. The roots went back down into the earth.
Kagome felt her strength returning. She stood up, and looked around at the forest returning to its normal state, except that there was no longer any fog.
"That was close," Kagome said. "But what was that light?"
She took the arrows from her quiver and scrutinized them. The light was now gone.
"That was weird," she wondered. "Why did my arrows glow like that?"
Suddenly, there was a loud bang, followed by a whiff of that acrid fog smell.
"What was that?"
Kagome reluctantly, but curiously, walked toward the rancid aroma. She eventually stumbled upon the tree again, that had a jewel shard embedded deeply in it. The tree seemed dormant of movement now, which was chasing her with its roots just a couple minutes before. It seemed to have summoned and awakened all the other trees of the forest, and commanded them to chase her. But now, it seemed more gnarled and twisted than ever. Kagome sensed that the jewel shard was still in it.
Thus, Kagome took aim and shot an arrow straight at the tree's midst. It hit it head on, and impaled through the tree. Then, there was a sudden burst of light, coming from the arrow's tip. The arrow sank deeper into the wood, and there was a sudden cracking noise.
Kagome noticed that the jewel shard came out of the other side of the tree, for the arrow impaled straight through the tree's bowels, and knocked the jewel shard out of it, in its line of fire. She rushed over to grab the jewel shard. It glowed a shimmer of light in her hand, and dissipated the rest of the fog of the forest.
Chapter 3
Pure Arrows
Kagome ran as fast as she could, in a blind haste because of the heavy fog, with the gigantic roots of the forest chasing after her. The putrid smell of the fog was now too pungent, that her eyes began to water. She kept running. Her senses and her energy were becoming weak, as her feet started to slow. She could still hear the rumble of the roots chasing her.
Kagome kept running, until she suddenly felt something hit her ankle. She tripped over it, and fell to the ground, her eyes leaking salty beads profusely. It was a piece of tree branch, as she felt the ground, trying to recover. But abruptly, the roots caught up to her, and seized her by the injured ankle. The trees gradually wrapped their huge roots around her, and squeezed her body like a boa constrictor.
"Ah!" she gasped.
She couldn't move. The roots were going to crush her. Suddenly, she had pictures of Inuyasha flash through her mind. She remembered all the times he had protected her with his life. Kagome couldn't give in; she could protect herself. She had to believe it; she had to save herself.
Suddenly, there was a flash of light. A spark of light, which illuminated the forest of fog. Kagome could finally see again, and the roots that were holding her began to loosen. Then, the light grew brighter, and the mammoth roots of the trees began to let go of her body. Kagome noticed that the light was coming from her arrows on her back.
"Oh!" she exclaimed.
The brilliant light grew stronger, and the roots eventually let go of Kagome altogether. The roots shivered and weakened, and fled back into the forest. Kagome noticed the trees around her. They began to return to normal, the fog ceasing to spew from their branches. The roots went back down into the earth.
Kagome felt her strength returning. She stood up, and looked around at the forest returning to its normal state, except that there was no longer any fog.
"That was close," Kagome said. "But what was that light?"
She took the arrows from her quiver and scrutinized them. The light was now gone.
"That was weird," she wondered. "Why did my arrows glow like that?"
Suddenly, there was a loud bang, followed by a whiff of that acrid fog smell.
"What was that?"
Kagome reluctantly, but curiously, walked toward the rancid aroma. She eventually stumbled upon the tree again, that had a jewel shard embedded deeply in it. The tree seemed dormant of movement now, which was chasing her with its roots just a couple minutes before. It seemed to have summoned and awakened all the other trees of the forest, and commanded them to chase her. But now, it seemed more gnarled and twisted than ever. Kagome sensed that the jewel shard was still in it.
Thus, Kagome took aim and shot an arrow straight at the tree's midst. It hit it head on, and impaled through the tree. Then, there was a sudden burst of light, coming from the arrow's tip. The arrow sank deeper into the wood, and there was a sudden cracking noise.
Kagome noticed that the jewel shard came out of the other side of the tree, for the arrow impaled straight through the tree's bowels, and knocked the jewel shard out of it, in its line of fire. She rushed over to grab the jewel shard. It glowed a shimmer of light in her hand, and dissipated the rest of the fog of the forest.