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Chapter four.
Over the ridge, Kagome was horrified to see almost a mass army of youkai. She easily located Naraku. He was in the center of the mob in a red silk pavilion. He waved at them as the topped the rise.
Almost magically, his voice reached them. "Hello Inuyasha! Glad to see you all made it." He smiled evilly at them. His spirits were high as he gloated to them. "Do you like them?" he asked meaning the army. "I picked them myself. I think they will do." He sighed and leaned back in his couch. "Do begin! I have other surprises waiting for you but for now, why don't you amuse yourselves with hacking up my army. I have not finished my nap yet."
"NARAKU! I am coming for you!" Sango spoke for the first time in a while although this was more of a roar. In one motion Sango had leapt from the hill and had instantly begun sawing away vast numbers of the enemy with her boomerang. Kirara had also joined the fray. He was busy ripping apart the demons immediately surrounding Sango. The rest of the company was shocked for only a moment before following suit.
Inuyasha ran parallel to the encampment. He waited until he was a good length away from Sango and the others before using Tetsusaiga to its fullest potential. A quarter of the demons perished then.
Kouga saw Inuyasha intent and drew close to Kagome keeping the opponents at bay. Inwardly he scoffed at Inuyasha for graciously proving his theory about him right. He clawed the villains apart that dared get too close.
Shippo curled himself around Kagome's neck, and began shivering. Kagome stroked his fur. "It's okay Shippo, you're safe with me. I will probably need you, so be ready.
Kagome hid behind Kouga while attempting to come up with some sort of strategy. It seemed as though Naraku was staying them with numbers alone. But he had already told them that that was not all he had planned. She knew Kikyo was somewhere in the vicinity but she could not sense her at all. Was Kikyo the only weapon Naraku had? Kagome didn't believe it. Naraku was clever, and it was said he made every effort to fight and supposedly finish them off today, so certainly there had to be more than this. Kagome watched as a hundred demons died from Inuyasha's best attack. She shook her head, What was she missing?
Coming to no conclusion she went about it another way. Naraku acted as though he expected them to win this and alluded that he would introduce more of his plot when they had gotten past thins section. Kagome began firing arrows at the biggest demons, but after five had died quickly, she stopped altogether. She wanted to use as little energy as possible before Naraku unveiled the true challenge.
She looked towards Miroku. He was fighting in an odd way. He seemed to be selecting the youkai he would devour. Nudging Kouga, she moved to stand beside him. Miroku stopped and allowed Kouga to keep the demons away from them.
"Why are you fighting like that. You've never been so picky before."
"Seems you've noticed something too."
"I'm trying not to use all my arrows. I feel like these," she gestured towards the field, "are just toys for us. I can't even sense any shards that aren't found near Naraku."
Shippo spoke up, "you think these guys are toys?! I would hate to get toys that could rip me apart!"
"That's why you're with me I'm going to protect you. You have to admit though, They haven't even gotten close to any of us yet."
Miroku nodded. "Yes, I've noticed that they didn't seem up to par for what would be expected from Naraku." He gazed in the direction of the pavilion, "but, I was only selecting the victims that would go down easy." Suddenly he frowned and leaned forward. "Maybe we should tell Sango that we'll be leaving these demons to our one and half demons."
Kagome looked where Miroku was looking. There was Sango. The slayer had drilled a sufficient hole in Naraku's defense, in you could call it that, and was steadying gaining on the pavilion. Kagome gasped. "We can't let her go alone!"
Miroku nodded. "Come."
Kouga had been listening and in response he had abated his attacks quite a bit. He turned to them. "Can you get to Sango while I seek out Inuyasha. We will probably need his strongest attack when we finish this fodder off."
Miroku nodded. "We can get there safely. You get Inuyasha and meet us back here. We will have to come up with something. I don't want us to be drained by the time it comes to fight the real battle."
Kouga nodded and tornadoed off.
Kagome followed Miroku closely. Sango had made such a brutal path of destruction, that many demons didn't have the courage to challenge The pair of humans that advanced towards their center. Those who did attack met a quick death. Either by arrow or a terrible fate that required being sucked up into a monk.
The miko and houshi stopped a little behind Sango. It looked like she had never stopped moving. In one hand she held a blade. The other was constantly throwing and catching her large boomerang. Kagome tried to get her attention, a little too afraid to get very near. Sango didn't answer. Taking a deep breath Kagome went straight up to her friend and forced Sango around to face her.
"Hey." Sango said without feeling.
Kagome was worried. "Sango come with us we have to go back to the hill. There is something wrong here, you're in danger."
Sango shook her head. "No Kagome, I'm close now, and besides I told him that I would come for him and I can't break my word."
"Oh yes you can Sango, and you must. It would hurt Naraku if you broke our word to him and we want to hurt him as much as possible, right?" Kagome spoke clearly as if explaining a concept to a child. She wanted to get through to the old Sango. "I think that Naraku might just be luring you here alone, so he can get you easier. You will be no help to Kohaku if you're dead."
For the first time, Sango appeared to hear. "Kohaku." She whispered. Then without another word she headed back the way she came, towards the hill. Not one demon dared come close to her. Miroku and Kagome followed close behind, protected by her mere presence.
Inuyasha and Kouga were sitting on the ground when they arrived.
As Kagome approached Inuyasha, Shippo untangled himself from Kagome and dove into Inuyasha. Inuyasha was surprised but allowed Shippo to remain.
"Did you tell him?" Kagome asked Kouga as she seated herself next to Inuyasha.
" Yeah, he did" Inuyasha told her. "But what do you want us to do? They aren't just going to die now, are they?"
"Hm. I think I'm going to back to that place with Sango. I'll try putting some arrows into Naraku. Maybe he won't be expecting that."
"Yeah? And maybe he will." Inuyasha stood up. "I'm going with you." He glanced down at Kouga and gave him a small sneer.
Kagome frowned. "okay then, Sango you stay here and rest, let someone else take care of the ones that get too close." Inuyasha helped Kagome up and together they walked along the road of slaughtered demons that was Sango's handiwork. They went as far as they could, which is where the youkai had made a weary barrier against them. Inuyasha stepped up protecting Kagome, she aimed for the red pavilion. She tried locking on to the jewel shards but it was as if the shard was jumping around in there and there must be at least 3 beings with the shard in it. Thinking hard she tried to pick up a pattern. Unable to she had an idea. She would aim for where the shards weren't. Naraku was obviously attempting to disable her ability for sensing the shards. If this was so then he would be where the shards were not appearing, in theory. Kagome fired off three consecutive shots. Two went towards the places where the shards were not appearing and one was shot aimlessly into the pavilion. Afterwards she wondered if perhaps she hit anything. She got her answer.
BOOM!
Kagome gasped and Inuyasha threw her to the ground and stood over her, fang at the ready, but nothing came. Quite the opposite. All around them the demons that had surrounded the pavilion now evaporated. The pavilion itself stood for only a brief second longer before vanishing leaving in it's place a golden dais. In the middle was a highbacked throne, occupied by Naraku. The chair had an arrow sticking from it about 6 inches from Naraku's head.
"Well done Kagome." Their foe grumbled. All trace of his former amusement, gone. He shifted in order to pull out the arrow. "And all this time I thought you were stupid." He glared at her, and suddenly she really wished she was not face first in the dirt. "Well congratulations at figuring it out first. Not like I'm upset, but know that you have only sped up your death." Inuyasha began to advance on him. "Not so fast Inuyasha, why don't you wait for your friends to join you, they might want to hear as well. A few of my treats include them."
Sango, Kirara, Miroku, Kouga, and Shippo came forward to stand beside Inuyasha. Naraku looked at Kouga. "You know I had hoped that you would have helped me. I know you don't like Inuyasha and he has something you want, doesn't he? Get rid of Inuyasha and you get the girl."
"It's not like that Naraku." Kouga snarled.
Naraku sneered, "that's okay Kouga, I wasn't planning on forgiving you anyway. But you see I had a present all ready for you." He turned in his seat and seemed to motion behind him. Out of thin air appeared a girl. She had honey colored hair that fell in waves, and eyes that were as vivid as Kouga's, only green. Kouga started when he saw her. "Brings back memories doesn't it?"
Kouga might have jumped onto the dais had Inuyasha not been there to hold him back. Kouga was shouting obscenities at Naraku, who merely laughed. "You're feelings are so primal." He chuckled some more and then went back to Kouga. "Shouldn't you be more careful. You above all should know the things she's capable of. Maybe a little reminder?" Naraku turned to the girl. "Can you give me some time, I need to have a council to decide what to do with them." The girl barely nodded. Naraku got up from his seat and gave a happy little wave to the company before vanishing from sight.
The girl only stood where she was looking straight at Kouga.
Kagome whispered, "who is she?" to Kouga.
He straightened. "She was my mate, before she ran off with Naraku. I thought she had died. That was so long ago and she used to be mortal."
Inuyasha rubbed his hands together, "great! So lets get her back to you so you can stay away from my Kagome."
Kouga bit his lip, "it might not be that simple."
He wasn't wrong. Soon after that the girl's hands lifted up. It seemed as if a tornado sprang from her hands. Their small group was lifted off the ground and was soon enveloped in a cloud of darkness. Within seconds everyone was separated from one another.
A/N: Yay! I got a review!! Lol, it's okay that I'm pathetic, I'm just happy I got a review! Thank you very much! ~Ava
Chapter four.
Over the ridge, Kagome was horrified to see almost a mass army of youkai. She easily located Naraku. He was in the center of the mob in a red silk pavilion. He waved at them as the topped the rise.
Almost magically, his voice reached them. "Hello Inuyasha! Glad to see you all made it." He smiled evilly at them. His spirits were high as he gloated to them. "Do you like them?" he asked meaning the army. "I picked them myself. I think they will do." He sighed and leaned back in his couch. "Do begin! I have other surprises waiting for you but for now, why don't you amuse yourselves with hacking up my army. I have not finished my nap yet."
"NARAKU! I am coming for you!" Sango spoke for the first time in a while although this was more of a roar. In one motion Sango had leapt from the hill and had instantly begun sawing away vast numbers of the enemy with her boomerang. Kirara had also joined the fray. He was busy ripping apart the demons immediately surrounding Sango. The rest of the company was shocked for only a moment before following suit.
Inuyasha ran parallel to the encampment. He waited until he was a good length away from Sango and the others before using Tetsusaiga to its fullest potential. A quarter of the demons perished then.
Kouga saw Inuyasha intent and drew close to Kagome keeping the opponents at bay. Inwardly he scoffed at Inuyasha for graciously proving his theory about him right. He clawed the villains apart that dared get too close.
Shippo curled himself around Kagome's neck, and began shivering. Kagome stroked his fur. "It's okay Shippo, you're safe with me. I will probably need you, so be ready.
Kagome hid behind Kouga while attempting to come up with some sort of strategy. It seemed as though Naraku was staying them with numbers alone. But he had already told them that that was not all he had planned. She knew Kikyo was somewhere in the vicinity but she could not sense her at all. Was Kikyo the only weapon Naraku had? Kagome didn't believe it. Naraku was clever, and it was said he made every effort to fight and supposedly finish them off today, so certainly there had to be more than this. Kagome watched as a hundred demons died from Inuyasha's best attack. She shook her head, What was she missing?
Coming to no conclusion she went about it another way. Naraku acted as though he expected them to win this and alluded that he would introduce more of his plot when they had gotten past thins section. Kagome began firing arrows at the biggest demons, but after five had died quickly, she stopped altogether. She wanted to use as little energy as possible before Naraku unveiled the true challenge.
She looked towards Miroku. He was fighting in an odd way. He seemed to be selecting the youkai he would devour. Nudging Kouga, she moved to stand beside him. Miroku stopped and allowed Kouga to keep the demons away from them.
"Why are you fighting like that. You've never been so picky before."
"Seems you've noticed something too."
"I'm trying not to use all my arrows. I feel like these," she gestured towards the field, "are just toys for us. I can't even sense any shards that aren't found near Naraku."
Shippo spoke up, "you think these guys are toys?! I would hate to get toys that could rip me apart!"
"That's why you're with me I'm going to protect you. You have to admit though, They haven't even gotten close to any of us yet."
Miroku nodded. "Yes, I've noticed that they didn't seem up to par for what would be expected from Naraku." He gazed in the direction of the pavilion, "but, I was only selecting the victims that would go down easy." Suddenly he frowned and leaned forward. "Maybe we should tell Sango that we'll be leaving these demons to our one and half demons."
Kagome looked where Miroku was looking. There was Sango. The slayer had drilled a sufficient hole in Naraku's defense, in you could call it that, and was steadying gaining on the pavilion. Kagome gasped. "We can't let her go alone!"
Miroku nodded. "Come."
Kouga had been listening and in response he had abated his attacks quite a bit. He turned to them. "Can you get to Sango while I seek out Inuyasha. We will probably need his strongest attack when we finish this fodder off."
Miroku nodded. "We can get there safely. You get Inuyasha and meet us back here. We will have to come up with something. I don't want us to be drained by the time it comes to fight the real battle."
Kouga nodded and tornadoed off.
Kagome followed Miroku closely. Sango had made such a brutal path of destruction, that many demons didn't have the courage to challenge The pair of humans that advanced towards their center. Those who did attack met a quick death. Either by arrow or a terrible fate that required being sucked up into a monk.
The miko and houshi stopped a little behind Sango. It looked like she had never stopped moving. In one hand she held a blade. The other was constantly throwing and catching her large boomerang. Kagome tried to get her attention, a little too afraid to get very near. Sango didn't answer. Taking a deep breath Kagome went straight up to her friend and forced Sango around to face her.
"Hey." Sango said without feeling.
Kagome was worried. "Sango come with us we have to go back to the hill. There is something wrong here, you're in danger."
Sango shook her head. "No Kagome, I'm close now, and besides I told him that I would come for him and I can't break my word."
"Oh yes you can Sango, and you must. It would hurt Naraku if you broke our word to him and we want to hurt him as much as possible, right?" Kagome spoke clearly as if explaining a concept to a child. She wanted to get through to the old Sango. "I think that Naraku might just be luring you here alone, so he can get you easier. You will be no help to Kohaku if you're dead."
For the first time, Sango appeared to hear. "Kohaku." She whispered. Then without another word she headed back the way she came, towards the hill. Not one demon dared come close to her. Miroku and Kagome followed close behind, protected by her mere presence.
Inuyasha and Kouga were sitting on the ground when they arrived.
As Kagome approached Inuyasha, Shippo untangled himself from Kagome and dove into Inuyasha. Inuyasha was surprised but allowed Shippo to remain.
"Did you tell him?" Kagome asked Kouga as she seated herself next to Inuyasha.
" Yeah, he did" Inuyasha told her. "But what do you want us to do? They aren't just going to die now, are they?"
"Hm. I think I'm going to back to that place with Sango. I'll try putting some arrows into Naraku. Maybe he won't be expecting that."
"Yeah? And maybe he will." Inuyasha stood up. "I'm going with you." He glanced down at Kouga and gave him a small sneer.
Kagome frowned. "okay then, Sango you stay here and rest, let someone else take care of the ones that get too close." Inuyasha helped Kagome up and together they walked along the road of slaughtered demons that was Sango's handiwork. They went as far as they could, which is where the youkai had made a weary barrier against them. Inuyasha stepped up protecting Kagome, she aimed for the red pavilion. She tried locking on to the jewel shards but it was as if the shard was jumping around in there and there must be at least 3 beings with the shard in it. Thinking hard she tried to pick up a pattern. Unable to she had an idea. She would aim for where the shards weren't. Naraku was obviously attempting to disable her ability for sensing the shards. If this was so then he would be where the shards were not appearing, in theory. Kagome fired off three consecutive shots. Two went towards the places where the shards were not appearing and one was shot aimlessly into the pavilion. Afterwards she wondered if perhaps she hit anything. She got her answer.
BOOM!
Kagome gasped and Inuyasha threw her to the ground and stood over her, fang at the ready, but nothing came. Quite the opposite. All around them the demons that had surrounded the pavilion now evaporated. The pavilion itself stood for only a brief second longer before vanishing leaving in it's place a golden dais. In the middle was a highbacked throne, occupied by Naraku. The chair had an arrow sticking from it about 6 inches from Naraku's head.
"Well done Kagome." Their foe grumbled. All trace of his former amusement, gone. He shifted in order to pull out the arrow. "And all this time I thought you were stupid." He glared at her, and suddenly she really wished she was not face first in the dirt. "Well congratulations at figuring it out first. Not like I'm upset, but know that you have only sped up your death." Inuyasha began to advance on him. "Not so fast Inuyasha, why don't you wait for your friends to join you, they might want to hear as well. A few of my treats include them."
Sango, Kirara, Miroku, Kouga, and Shippo came forward to stand beside Inuyasha. Naraku looked at Kouga. "You know I had hoped that you would have helped me. I know you don't like Inuyasha and he has something you want, doesn't he? Get rid of Inuyasha and you get the girl."
"It's not like that Naraku." Kouga snarled.
Naraku sneered, "that's okay Kouga, I wasn't planning on forgiving you anyway. But you see I had a present all ready for you." He turned in his seat and seemed to motion behind him. Out of thin air appeared a girl. She had honey colored hair that fell in waves, and eyes that were as vivid as Kouga's, only green. Kouga started when he saw her. "Brings back memories doesn't it?"
Kouga might have jumped onto the dais had Inuyasha not been there to hold him back. Kouga was shouting obscenities at Naraku, who merely laughed. "You're feelings are so primal." He chuckled some more and then went back to Kouga. "Shouldn't you be more careful. You above all should know the things she's capable of. Maybe a little reminder?" Naraku turned to the girl. "Can you give me some time, I need to have a council to decide what to do with them." The girl barely nodded. Naraku got up from his seat and gave a happy little wave to the company before vanishing from sight.
The girl only stood where she was looking straight at Kouga.
Kagome whispered, "who is she?" to Kouga.
He straightened. "She was my mate, before she ran off with Naraku. I thought she had died. That was so long ago and she used to be mortal."
Inuyasha rubbed his hands together, "great! So lets get her back to you so you can stay away from my Kagome."
Kouga bit his lip, "it might not be that simple."
He wasn't wrong. Soon after that the girl's hands lifted up. It seemed as if a tornado sprang from her hands. Their small group was lifted off the ground and was soon enveloped in a cloud of darkness. Within seconds everyone was separated from one another.
A/N: Yay! I got a review!! Lol, it's okay that I'm pathetic, I'm just happy I got a review! Thank you very much! ~Ava