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Extinction
Sunlight leaked in through the window of Kaede's hut. Kaede placed a cool cloth on top of Sango's forehead. Her chest moved up in down indicating slow, steady breaths. Her temperature was increasing. Not a good sign. It would take awhile for it to go back to normal. The kitsune child was curled up by her side in similar condition.
Outside Kagome, Kirara, and Miroku sat on the steps. "So how long do you think before they wake up?" Kagome asked.
"It will be some time. The electricity of the thunder demons changed the regular flow of their blood. Kaede's trying to stabilize it," Miroku responded.
"I see." She tried not to sound worried but she was. A sharp pain shot through her body. She quickly stood up and looked to the sky. The sky was shrouded in a vast, luminous, dark fog that coveted the distance for as far as she could see. Inuyasha jumped out of the tree he was resting in to stand beside Kagome and Miroku.
"Do you feel that?" he asked. Miroku nodded his head.
"But why are there so many?"
"Looks like Naraku's finally getting down to business. The bastard." Inuyasha growled.
"Kagome. Go protect Sango and the others," Miroku instructed.
"Right!" Kagome said running into the hut with Kirara.
"Kagome what's wrong?" Kaede asked as Kagome burst through the door.
"Naraku's sent a demon army after us. We have to get Sango and Shippo somewhere safe."
The ground shook as seven Giant Mantis demons dropped out of the sky. "Not again!" Miroku rolled out of the way as a giant scythe thrust down at him. Demons continued to drop out of the sky and headed into the village.
"I don't think so," Inuyasha said unsheathing his sword. "Tetsuiga!" He pulled back his sword ready to strike.
"Dance of Blades!" He dodged a wave of attacks and was pushed back as he used Tetsuiga to deflect the rest of the blows.
"Damn you Kagura!"
"Ahhh. And I thought you'd be happy to see me," Kagura pouted. Screams could be heard as the demons began to attack the village.
"Shoot."
"Oh don't worry Inuyasha, you'll be joining them soon enough." Gusts of razor sharp wind continued to fly at him.
"That's it." Inuyasha readied Tetsuiga for the wind scar. He strained his eyes looking for the divide. There it is. "Wind scar!" He sent it hurdling point blank at Kagura.
"I thought we went over this before," She said bored. "Kanna." Kanna stepped out from behind Kagura and tilted her mirror. The wind scar hit it as was reflected right back at the hanyou. He lunged and hit the dirt.
~Meanwhile~
After the sixteenth time she jumped into the well and didn't warp back home Lani officially gave up. Apparently the old fool wasn't kidding when he told her she was in it for the long haul weather she liked it or not. She definitely didn't like it. Sighing audibly she resolved to get it over with as soon as possible. Boy was the forest tree-ey. Was that even a word? Probably not. She was pulled out of her thoughts by a deafening screech. "What the hell?" she said covering her ears in pain. She sure hoped she never had to find out. Then her jewel shard started to blink. It blinked three times and then went blank, repeating this process continually.
Her mood brightened considerably. Three possessors all in one place. Maybe this wouldn't take as long as she anticipated. Tucking the necklace into her shirt and raced to where the screech came from. She reached a village. Her eyes widened in shock and horror. Buildings were on fire and people were screaming and running for their lives from..demons. She thought about getting her ass out of there as fast as she could but the steady thump of the shard against her chest was a constant reminder of what she had to do. Otherwise she could kiss everything she had goodbye.
Frantically she ran into the village and started to grab people at random, searching their eyes for any traces of the souls. "Hold still," she said struggling to get a particular hysterical man to hold still long enough for her to search. Looking into his brown colored orbs she searched for the tiniest flicker of life. "Nothing," she grumbled and let him go. She was about to approach another person when a winged demon leapt on top of him tearing at his flesh with a sickening sound. She so hoped that guy wasn't one of them.
She took at a jog but then stopped cold in her tracks. Out of all the irrational fears she could have had it just had to be ants. And yes, right in front of her stood a six-foot, ugly as hell ant demon. Before it could blink she shot out as fast as she could in the opposite direction. Forget possessors, she wasn't about to get killed by, in her opinion, a giant sized spawn of Satan. Looking back she could see the demon in hot pursuit. Damn.
Inuyasha covered his head as the wind scar rushed over, just above him. Kagura's smirk was really staring to ware on his nerves. He gripped the hilt of Tetsuiga as Kagura began to close the distance between them. Suddenly, out of no where a red headed girl came running in their direction, not paying attention to where she was going. "Hey watch out," Inuyasha yelled. Before Lani could catch her bearings she ran straight into the ducking figure of Inuyasha, tripped over him, and slammed head first into Kagura. She landed on the ground unconscious. The impact of the hit sent Kagura to the ground. Inuyasha saw his opportunity. He thrust the Tetsuiga diagonally at Kagura. She managed to evade the attack enough to prevent it from inflicting a fatal blow. None-the-less she was badly injured. She fell to her knees, dripping blood from the gash across her chest. Digging her nails into her wound she flung her blood right into Inuyasha's eyes. He growled in pain, rubbing his eyes trying to regain his vision. This bought Kagura enough time to escape on her feather. "Damn. She got away again," Inuyasha growled slamming his fists on the ground.
"Inuyasha." Inuyasha looked up to see Miroku coming toward him. He had a few gashes across his chest and was clutching his shoulder. It was bleeding. "You ok?" he asked.
"Fine." Inuyasha responded. "You?"
"All live," Miroku grinned. "What about the others?' As if on cue Kagome, Sango, Kaede, Shippo, and Kirara came into view.
"Looks like they roughed you up a bit," Sango noted looking at Miroku's injuries.
"You should see the other guys," he smiled sheepishly.
"Who's that?" Kagome said pointing to the still unconscious youth.
"Oh I almost forgot," Inuyasha said directing his attention to the red head. "She came out of know where and body slammed Kagura."
"Body slammed Kagura?" Miroku asked. The girl begin to stir, mumbling incoherent things. Kagome knelt down beside her.
"The ant."
"What about the ant?" Kagome asked softly. Lani's eyes shot open. She latched onto Kagome and begin to sob inaudibly. Kagome tried to loosen her vice grip. Mission failed.
Once Lani realized what she was doing she let go of Kagome, stood up and dusted herself off. They were looking at her oddly. "What I meant to say was. Ummm. The ant. It umm. Ate my doughnut. Yea that's it. And I really like doughnuts." She mentally slapped herself. Nice cover Lani. Inuyasha had no idea what she was talking about.
"Who are you?" he demanded rudely. She glared daggers at him.
"Who wants to know?" she retorted.
"Hmm let me think. Maybe the person who asked," he said sarcastically.
"Oh. You mean the silver haired, cat eared, ugly ass freak."
"They're cat ears," he growled.
"Same difference," she said disinterested. They were now face to face. Staring each other down. Inuyasha opened his mouth to make another rude comment but was interrupted by the monk.
"Now Inuyasha. Is that anyway to talk to someone who may have very well saved your life." If looks could kill Miroku would have been skinned, boiled, dropped into a vat of acid and fed to piranhas. He held out his hand. "I'm Miroku. This is Inuyasha, Kagome, Sango, Kaede, Shippo, and Kirara." He smiled.
"Lani," she said taking his hand. She was surprised when he didn't release it. Sango, Kagome, and even Inuyasha simultaneously knew what would come next. Before he could say those famous words he was eating dirt with three large bumps on his head. Realization hit Lani. Without warning she approached Inuyasha. She stared deep into his eyes. She could see them. He possessed two souls. By this time Inuyasha was feeling both confused and embarrassed. Why was she staring into his eyes like that? It was as if she was staring right into his soul. Her clouded blew eyes left his confused gold to meet Kagome's surprised brown. She has one. They then rested on Sango's. One also! Kaede was the first to speak up.
"Something interesting child?"
~AN- Man has it been awhile. Yeah, sorry about that. Review please!
Extinction
Sunlight leaked in through the window of Kaede's hut. Kaede placed a cool cloth on top of Sango's forehead. Her chest moved up in down indicating slow, steady breaths. Her temperature was increasing. Not a good sign. It would take awhile for it to go back to normal. The kitsune child was curled up by her side in similar condition.
Outside Kagome, Kirara, and Miroku sat on the steps. "So how long do you think before they wake up?" Kagome asked.
"It will be some time. The electricity of the thunder demons changed the regular flow of their blood. Kaede's trying to stabilize it," Miroku responded.
"I see." She tried not to sound worried but she was. A sharp pain shot through her body. She quickly stood up and looked to the sky. The sky was shrouded in a vast, luminous, dark fog that coveted the distance for as far as she could see. Inuyasha jumped out of the tree he was resting in to stand beside Kagome and Miroku.
"Do you feel that?" he asked. Miroku nodded his head.
"But why are there so many?"
"Looks like Naraku's finally getting down to business. The bastard." Inuyasha growled.
"Kagome. Go protect Sango and the others," Miroku instructed.
"Right!" Kagome said running into the hut with Kirara.
"Kagome what's wrong?" Kaede asked as Kagome burst through the door.
"Naraku's sent a demon army after us. We have to get Sango and Shippo somewhere safe."
The ground shook as seven Giant Mantis demons dropped out of the sky. "Not again!" Miroku rolled out of the way as a giant scythe thrust down at him. Demons continued to drop out of the sky and headed into the village.
"I don't think so," Inuyasha said unsheathing his sword. "Tetsuiga!" He pulled back his sword ready to strike.
"Dance of Blades!" He dodged a wave of attacks and was pushed back as he used Tetsuiga to deflect the rest of the blows.
"Damn you Kagura!"
"Ahhh. And I thought you'd be happy to see me," Kagura pouted. Screams could be heard as the demons began to attack the village.
"Shoot."
"Oh don't worry Inuyasha, you'll be joining them soon enough." Gusts of razor sharp wind continued to fly at him.
"That's it." Inuyasha readied Tetsuiga for the wind scar. He strained his eyes looking for the divide. There it is. "Wind scar!" He sent it hurdling point blank at Kagura.
"I thought we went over this before," She said bored. "Kanna." Kanna stepped out from behind Kagura and tilted her mirror. The wind scar hit it as was reflected right back at the hanyou. He lunged and hit the dirt.
~Meanwhile~
After the sixteenth time she jumped into the well and didn't warp back home Lani officially gave up. Apparently the old fool wasn't kidding when he told her she was in it for the long haul weather she liked it or not. She definitely didn't like it. Sighing audibly she resolved to get it over with as soon as possible. Boy was the forest tree-ey. Was that even a word? Probably not. She was pulled out of her thoughts by a deafening screech. "What the hell?" she said covering her ears in pain. She sure hoped she never had to find out. Then her jewel shard started to blink. It blinked three times and then went blank, repeating this process continually.
Her mood brightened considerably. Three possessors all in one place. Maybe this wouldn't take as long as she anticipated. Tucking the necklace into her shirt and raced to where the screech came from. She reached a village. Her eyes widened in shock and horror. Buildings were on fire and people were screaming and running for their lives from..demons. She thought about getting her ass out of there as fast as she could but the steady thump of the shard against her chest was a constant reminder of what she had to do. Otherwise she could kiss everything she had goodbye.
Frantically she ran into the village and started to grab people at random, searching their eyes for any traces of the souls. "Hold still," she said struggling to get a particular hysterical man to hold still long enough for her to search. Looking into his brown colored orbs she searched for the tiniest flicker of life. "Nothing," she grumbled and let him go. She was about to approach another person when a winged demon leapt on top of him tearing at his flesh with a sickening sound. She so hoped that guy wasn't one of them.
She took at a jog but then stopped cold in her tracks. Out of all the irrational fears she could have had it just had to be ants. And yes, right in front of her stood a six-foot, ugly as hell ant demon. Before it could blink she shot out as fast as she could in the opposite direction. Forget possessors, she wasn't about to get killed by, in her opinion, a giant sized spawn of Satan. Looking back she could see the demon in hot pursuit. Damn.
Inuyasha covered his head as the wind scar rushed over, just above him. Kagura's smirk was really staring to ware on his nerves. He gripped the hilt of Tetsuiga as Kagura began to close the distance between them. Suddenly, out of no where a red headed girl came running in their direction, not paying attention to where she was going. "Hey watch out," Inuyasha yelled. Before Lani could catch her bearings she ran straight into the ducking figure of Inuyasha, tripped over him, and slammed head first into Kagura. She landed on the ground unconscious. The impact of the hit sent Kagura to the ground. Inuyasha saw his opportunity. He thrust the Tetsuiga diagonally at Kagura. She managed to evade the attack enough to prevent it from inflicting a fatal blow. None-the-less she was badly injured. She fell to her knees, dripping blood from the gash across her chest. Digging her nails into her wound she flung her blood right into Inuyasha's eyes. He growled in pain, rubbing his eyes trying to regain his vision. This bought Kagura enough time to escape on her feather. "Damn. She got away again," Inuyasha growled slamming his fists on the ground.
"Inuyasha." Inuyasha looked up to see Miroku coming toward him. He had a few gashes across his chest and was clutching his shoulder. It was bleeding. "You ok?" he asked.
"Fine." Inuyasha responded. "You?"
"All live," Miroku grinned. "What about the others?' As if on cue Kagome, Sango, Kaede, Shippo, and Kirara came into view.
"Looks like they roughed you up a bit," Sango noted looking at Miroku's injuries.
"You should see the other guys," he smiled sheepishly.
"Who's that?" Kagome said pointing to the still unconscious youth.
"Oh I almost forgot," Inuyasha said directing his attention to the red head. "She came out of know where and body slammed Kagura."
"Body slammed Kagura?" Miroku asked. The girl begin to stir, mumbling incoherent things. Kagome knelt down beside her.
"The ant."
"What about the ant?" Kagome asked softly. Lani's eyes shot open. She latched onto Kagome and begin to sob inaudibly. Kagome tried to loosen her vice grip. Mission failed.
Once Lani realized what she was doing she let go of Kagome, stood up and dusted herself off. They were looking at her oddly. "What I meant to say was. Ummm. The ant. It umm. Ate my doughnut. Yea that's it. And I really like doughnuts." She mentally slapped herself. Nice cover Lani. Inuyasha had no idea what she was talking about.
"Who are you?" he demanded rudely. She glared daggers at him.
"Who wants to know?" she retorted.
"Hmm let me think. Maybe the person who asked," he said sarcastically.
"Oh. You mean the silver haired, cat eared, ugly ass freak."
"They're cat ears," he growled.
"Same difference," she said disinterested. They were now face to face. Staring each other down. Inuyasha opened his mouth to make another rude comment but was interrupted by the monk.
"Now Inuyasha. Is that anyway to talk to someone who may have very well saved your life." If looks could kill Miroku would have been skinned, boiled, dropped into a vat of acid and fed to piranhas. He held out his hand. "I'm Miroku. This is Inuyasha, Kagome, Sango, Kaede, Shippo, and Kirara." He smiled.
"Lani," she said taking his hand. She was surprised when he didn't release it. Sango, Kagome, and even Inuyasha simultaneously knew what would come next. Before he could say those famous words he was eating dirt with three large bumps on his head. Realization hit Lani. Without warning she approached Inuyasha. She stared deep into his eyes. She could see them. He possessed two souls. By this time Inuyasha was feeling both confused and embarrassed. Why was she staring into his eyes like that? It was as if she was staring right into his soul. Her clouded blew eyes left his confused gold to meet Kagome's surprised brown. She has one. They then rested on Sango's. One also! Kaede was the first to speak up.
"Something interesting child?"
~AN- Man has it been awhile. Yeah, sorry about that. Review please!