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Chapter 4: The battle begins
Kagome got up the next morning before anyone else was up and went to have a bath in the springs nearby. Realizing that Miroku might wake up before she was finished, she wore her swimsuit to be on the safe side. Luckily her bath went smoothly, without interruption. Then, just as she had finished dressing for the day she heard a voice calling her.
"Oi! Kagome!"
"Hai.Inu-yasha? I'm over here,"
" You know, you should really tell somebody when." his voice dropped off when he saw what she was wearing, "That's not your normal weird clothes."
Kagome spun around. "Do you like it? I thought that if Miaka, Yui, and I were all traveling around here in our school uniforms we might draw more unwanted attention then normal so I had Mama make these yukatas for us. And we can wear decent fighting clothes under them like Sango does."
Inu-yasha blinked. He had only seen Kagome in clothes from his time a couple of times before. The first time they didn't get along yet. The other times they had been in danger so this was the first time he really noticed how good she looked in these kinds of clothes.
"I asked if you like it." Kagome repeated.
Inu-yasha just nodded slightly as he felt his face turn red. Did he like it? It brought Kagome fully into his time. It was just about perfect.
"Good. Let's head back now so that we can start our travels. We've still got shards to find." With that Kagome headed back towards the camp with a slack-jawed Inu-yasha staring after her. After a few blinks he took off after his friend. When he got back to camp Inu-yasha saw that all the girls from the future were indeed wearing yukatas now. Still Kagome's was the best. Just the right shade of blue to bring out her eyes with pink sakura petals printed on it in some places. He was snapped out of his state of semi-shock when he realized that Miroku seemed to like the effect of the girls in their yukatas as well. He barely reached Miroku before the lecherous monk started groping the girls.
"Aw man!" Tasuki cried, "You ruined my fun. I was gonna let him do it and then fry him for it."
That earned Tasuki glares from all four girls and Inu-yasha and Tamahome. The scene caused Shippo to start snickering again and Chichiri had to jump in and stop the foreseeable fight. Chichiri had things almost back to normal when Tasuki had to go and open his mouth again, "You know, I've never been extremely interested in girls but Kagome you really look great. You might have just changed my mind."
Inu-yasha growled and glared at Tasuki, baring his fangs for the whole group to see.
"Whoa. Sorry Dog-boy. It was a joke."
"Who are you calling Dog-boy?"
"Inu-yasha, calm down. Remember, he's on our side. It was a joke. At least he didn't grope me."
"But Kagome, you heard what he called me," Inu-yasha complained.
"Well you are half dog youkai. And I personally think it makes you cuter. I like you just the way you are."
Inu-yasha had to give up the fight then because a blush painted his cheeks and he found himself at a loss for words. Finally he said the only thing he could in this situation, "Feh!"
Inu-yasha sent Tasuki one last murderous glare before grabbing Kagome's arm and dragging her along with him. They passed Miroku, who was now apologizing profusely to Sango and muttering something about unworthiness. Inu-yasha eventually dropped down next to a tree, still obviously fuming and sulking. Kagome sat down beside him and started scratching his ears.
In the background Miaka whispered, "Not fair. Why does she get to touch his ears?"
Meanwhile Kagome had not only managed to calm Inu-yasha down, but he was now making a soft almost purring sound that only she was close enough to hear. She smiled softly, "There now. Isn't that better? We shouldn't be wasting time fighting each other. We have more important things to do."
Inu-yasha's gold eyes flew open, "You're right! Come on every one. It's time to get going. " He turned to face the others and his jaw nearly hit the ground at what he saw before him. Kagome noticed the reaction and had to look for herself. There was Miroku, down on his knees in front of Sango, offering up a bouquet of flowers. He was also still apologizing over and over.
The group had now been traveling together for nearly three weeks. They had seen the Saimyoshou a few times but there was no sign of Naraku himself. Sango and Miroku were getting along quite well since his stunt with the flowers. Everyone except Chichiri had been surprised about that and by Kagome's estimation that they only needed Naraku's shards to complete the Shikon no Tama. She had even managed to talk Kouga into giving up his shards peacefully although no one knew how she had done it. * Now they were walking back towards Kaede's village from their latest adventure.
Shippo was entertaining the group with stories of their adventures so far, ".and then Kagome shot an arrow at Naraku and he kind of blew up. All that was left of him was his head. But he still shot miasma at us but Miroku, Sango, and I hid under Inu-yasha's coat and Inu-yasha saved Kagome. It was so cool. Kagome just kicked Naraku's butt."
"Something that will not happen again," a voice of to their left said, getting everyone's attention.
Kagome, Miroku, and Sango gasped, Shippo squeaked and Inu-yasha growled. Then all of them exclaimed together, "Naraku!"
"Kukuku. I'm glad you remember. It seems you have added some new members to your group."
Before he had even finished his short speech, all the group members with weapons had gotten them out and to the surprise of Inu-yasha, Kagome, Miroku, Sango, and Shippo; Tamahome's forehead had started glowing red. Even Naraku seemed a bit surprised and thought to himself What kind of weird magic is that?
As Kagura and Kanna showed up, Miroku prepared to open his air void if need be. That's when the group heard a familiar buzzing sound.
"Oh! It's those stupid insects again!" yelled Tasuki, "Well I'll take care of them. Rekka Shinen!" With one blast of his fan he had managed to take out a quarter of the swarm of insects. Tasuki continued to take on the Saimyoshou while Kagome and the other mikos took on Kanna. Chichiri and Miroku went up against Kagura while the others faced off against Naraku.
With one arrow Kagome shattered Kanna's mirror then the three mikos shot a blast of their combined power at the girl, defeating her rather easily. Kagura noticed this and sent a fan flying toward the girls. Yui was struck and the force broke her arm.
"Miaka," Kagome yelled, "take Yui and Mitsukake out of here and heal her arm." Miaka nodded and left the battlefield with Yui and the healer. Kagome turned her attention back to Naraku, realizing that if Naraku were defeated, Kagura would no longer be a threat.
Meanwhile, not too far away, another miko was walking through the forest, talking to herself, "This time I've got it. Inu-yasha, you and I will finally be going to hell together. With this arrow I will take you with me. All my power goes into this. When it strikes, we will both die."
Back at the battle, Miroku and Chichiri were holding their own against Kagura, Tasuki was still fighting off the Saimyoshou as the others closed in around Naraku. Sango took out her boomerang and threw it at Naraku, who easily dodged it. Shippo saw how impossible this fight looked and passed out from fright. Then Naraku swung out and sent Inu-yasha and Tamahome crashing into the trees.
"Inu-yasha!" screamed Kagome.
Inu-yasha slumped to the ground wincing. That was a nasty blow and had hurt even him.
Kagome noticed that Inu-yasha was in pain and turned back to Naraku with a look that could have frozen lava in its track. Then she said, in a voice that wasn't quite her own, "That was a mistake, Naraku. Now you've made me angry. I'm not a nice person to know when I'm angry." She pulled out an arrow but Naraku kept smiling until he noticed the battle aura she had built up. It filled the entire battlefield. He saw her release the arrow and one thought filled his head oh shit!
Chapter 4: The battle begins
Kagome got up the next morning before anyone else was up and went to have a bath in the springs nearby. Realizing that Miroku might wake up before she was finished, she wore her swimsuit to be on the safe side. Luckily her bath went smoothly, without interruption. Then, just as she had finished dressing for the day she heard a voice calling her.
"Oi! Kagome!"
"Hai.Inu-yasha? I'm over here,"
" You know, you should really tell somebody when." his voice dropped off when he saw what she was wearing, "That's not your normal weird clothes."
Kagome spun around. "Do you like it? I thought that if Miaka, Yui, and I were all traveling around here in our school uniforms we might draw more unwanted attention then normal so I had Mama make these yukatas for us. And we can wear decent fighting clothes under them like Sango does."
Inu-yasha blinked. He had only seen Kagome in clothes from his time a couple of times before. The first time they didn't get along yet. The other times they had been in danger so this was the first time he really noticed how good she looked in these kinds of clothes.
"I asked if you like it." Kagome repeated.
Inu-yasha just nodded slightly as he felt his face turn red. Did he like it? It brought Kagome fully into his time. It was just about perfect.
"Good. Let's head back now so that we can start our travels. We've still got shards to find." With that Kagome headed back towards the camp with a slack-jawed Inu-yasha staring after her. After a few blinks he took off after his friend. When he got back to camp Inu-yasha saw that all the girls from the future were indeed wearing yukatas now. Still Kagome's was the best. Just the right shade of blue to bring out her eyes with pink sakura petals printed on it in some places. He was snapped out of his state of semi-shock when he realized that Miroku seemed to like the effect of the girls in their yukatas as well. He barely reached Miroku before the lecherous monk started groping the girls.
"Aw man!" Tasuki cried, "You ruined my fun. I was gonna let him do it and then fry him for it."
That earned Tasuki glares from all four girls and Inu-yasha and Tamahome. The scene caused Shippo to start snickering again and Chichiri had to jump in and stop the foreseeable fight. Chichiri had things almost back to normal when Tasuki had to go and open his mouth again, "You know, I've never been extremely interested in girls but Kagome you really look great. You might have just changed my mind."
Inu-yasha growled and glared at Tasuki, baring his fangs for the whole group to see.
"Whoa. Sorry Dog-boy. It was a joke."
"Who are you calling Dog-boy?"
"Inu-yasha, calm down. Remember, he's on our side. It was a joke. At least he didn't grope me."
"But Kagome, you heard what he called me," Inu-yasha complained.
"Well you are half dog youkai. And I personally think it makes you cuter. I like you just the way you are."
Inu-yasha had to give up the fight then because a blush painted his cheeks and he found himself at a loss for words. Finally he said the only thing he could in this situation, "Feh!"
Inu-yasha sent Tasuki one last murderous glare before grabbing Kagome's arm and dragging her along with him. They passed Miroku, who was now apologizing profusely to Sango and muttering something about unworthiness. Inu-yasha eventually dropped down next to a tree, still obviously fuming and sulking. Kagome sat down beside him and started scratching his ears.
In the background Miaka whispered, "Not fair. Why does she get to touch his ears?"
Meanwhile Kagome had not only managed to calm Inu-yasha down, but he was now making a soft almost purring sound that only she was close enough to hear. She smiled softly, "There now. Isn't that better? We shouldn't be wasting time fighting each other. We have more important things to do."
Inu-yasha's gold eyes flew open, "You're right! Come on every one. It's time to get going. " He turned to face the others and his jaw nearly hit the ground at what he saw before him. Kagome noticed the reaction and had to look for herself. There was Miroku, down on his knees in front of Sango, offering up a bouquet of flowers. He was also still apologizing over and over.
The group had now been traveling together for nearly three weeks. They had seen the Saimyoshou a few times but there was no sign of Naraku himself. Sango and Miroku were getting along quite well since his stunt with the flowers. Everyone except Chichiri had been surprised about that and by Kagome's estimation that they only needed Naraku's shards to complete the Shikon no Tama. She had even managed to talk Kouga into giving up his shards peacefully although no one knew how she had done it. * Now they were walking back towards Kaede's village from their latest adventure.
Shippo was entertaining the group with stories of their adventures so far, ".and then Kagome shot an arrow at Naraku and he kind of blew up. All that was left of him was his head. But he still shot miasma at us but Miroku, Sango, and I hid under Inu-yasha's coat and Inu-yasha saved Kagome. It was so cool. Kagome just kicked Naraku's butt."
"Something that will not happen again," a voice of to their left said, getting everyone's attention.
Kagome, Miroku, and Sango gasped, Shippo squeaked and Inu-yasha growled. Then all of them exclaimed together, "Naraku!"
"Kukuku. I'm glad you remember. It seems you have added some new members to your group."
Before he had even finished his short speech, all the group members with weapons had gotten them out and to the surprise of Inu-yasha, Kagome, Miroku, Sango, and Shippo; Tamahome's forehead had started glowing red. Even Naraku seemed a bit surprised and thought to himself What kind of weird magic is that?
As Kagura and Kanna showed up, Miroku prepared to open his air void if need be. That's when the group heard a familiar buzzing sound.
"Oh! It's those stupid insects again!" yelled Tasuki, "Well I'll take care of them. Rekka Shinen!" With one blast of his fan he had managed to take out a quarter of the swarm of insects. Tasuki continued to take on the Saimyoshou while Kagome and the other mikos took on Kanna. Chichiri and Miroku went up against Kagura while the others faced off against Naraku.
With one arrow Kagome shattered Kanna's mirror then the three mikos shot a blast of their combined power at the girl, defeating her rather easily. Kagura noticed this and sent a fan flying toward the girls. Yui was struck and the force broke her arm.
"Miaka," Kagome yelled, "take Yui and Mitsukake out of here and heal her arm." Miaka nodded and left the battlefield with Yui and the healer. Kagome turned her attention back to Naraku, realizing that if Naraku were defeated, Kagura would no longer be a threat.
Meanwhile, not too far away, another miko was walking through the forest, talking to herself, "This time I've got it. Inu-yasha, you and I will finally be going to hell together. With this arrow I will take you with me. All my power goes into this. When it strikes, we will both die."
Back at the battle, Miroku and Chichiri were holding their own against Kagura, Tasuki was still fighting off the Saimyoshou as the others closed in around Naraku. Sango took out her boomerang and threw it at Naraku, who easily dodged it. Shippo saw how impossible this fight looked and passed out from fright. Then Naraku swung out and sent Inu-yasha and Tamahome crashing into the trees.
"Inu-yasha!" screamed Kagome.
Inu-yasha slumped to the ground wincing. That was a nasty blow and had hurt even him.
Kagome noticed that Inu-yasha was in pain and turned back to Naraku with a look that could have frozen lava in its track. Then she said, in a voice that wasn't quite her own, "That was a mistake, Naraku. Now you've made me angry. I'm not a nice person to know when I'm angry." She pulled out an arrow but Naraku kept smiling until he noticed the battle aura she had built up. It filled the entire battlefield. He saw her release the arrow and one thought filled his head oh shit!