To answer Kire's question Sesshoumaru will show up in a few chapters. Once everything starts to build up. ^_~
"…" Speaking
'…' Thoughts
A Single Red Rose
The Shikon no Tama Reviled
The group was on a move again, Inuyasha leading with Miroku and Sango behind him and Shippo and Kagome behind them. The plan was that at every village they stopped at they would ask what they've heard about the Shikon no Tama and it's location. Yet at every village, or every person they ran into, said the same thing. That the only thing they knew about it was that the demons were looking for it and where the location was they had no clue.
"This is ridiculous! We're never going to find it at this rate." Needless to say Inuyasha was the only one who took not finding the jewel, in less than the four days they had started out for it, to heart. Also needless to say the others were getting pretty annoyed with the Hanyou and his endless complaining.
"Inuyasha, take it as a good sign that we haven't found it yet. That just means that the other demons looking for it are having just as much trouble as we are." Leave it to Miroku to be the only one not to pounce on the hanyou like two females and one kitsune were about to do.
"Feh." Was the monks' only reply but he did shut up for the remainder of the day, much to everyone's pleasure.
After walking for a few hours in silence, each member of the group having their one things to think about, the sound of fast approaching steps reached the youkai ears along with the sent of youkai. When the three youkai tensed and crouched the slightest bit as if ready for battle the two humans knew something was about to happen, not necessarily a good thing.
"Give me the Shikon! I -must- have the Shikon!" The voice was raspy and it screeched on the word must, making Kagome, Shippo, and Inuyasha wince. "Give it to me!" The youkai wasn't something any one could make out. It looked like half snake and half human, with the exception of it having six arms and three eyes. But at the same time the snake part didn't look so, er, snakey.
"We don't have the Shikon! So bug off ya over grown garden snake!" Inuyasha pulled the Testsiga from its sheath and lunged at the youkai, but it dodged and swerved past him, Shippo, Miroku, and Sango while voiding all of their attacks. Where it was heading was towards Kagome who was waiting for it with a smirk on her face. What she didn't expect to happen was for the youkai too swerve around to be behind her then bring it's tail down, hard, on her back making her stumble and the wind to be knocked out of her.
"Give it! I know you have it! Giiiiive me the Shikon!"
"Look here you filthy youkai -I- don't have the stupid jewel!" Kagome managed to dodge the next tail blow that came at her but not the arms that shot out to grab her. In less than two seconds her arms were being held back by the youkai's second pair of arms while the first pressed against her neck and waist, cutting off her air supply.
When the others started to attack the youkai turned so that if the managed to hit the thing they would hit Kagome instead. "Now you don't want to hurt her do you?" Each member of the group scowled but didn't move, though Shippo growled lowly and his eyes flashed a deep red before returning to their natural emerald color.
Kagome was beginning to feel light headed and black spot were appearing before her eyes. The only thing she could do was exhale and when she tried to inhale the youkais' arms just tightened. After a few more moments Kagome felt the strength leave her limbs and her eyes start to slide closed. Right before she passed out she heard two, one louder than the other, enraged howls but then there was nothing but blackness.
'No! I cannot and will not die like this!' Kagome felt some foreign, yet familiar, power start to build up inside of her. There was a brief flash of pinkish-purple light and the sound of the youkais' pained screech. The arms that held Kagome released her and she felt to the ground. A wind was blowing her hair gently, sending wisps of it to cross over her face, as she stood and her eyes were empty and shining the same color as the light that had flashed. The wind was only affecting her and the other watched on in amazement as she turned to face the youkai. "You…must die." Calmly the female inu-youkai lifted her right hand, palm facing the other youkai. A deep blue light that was covered in purplish sparks short from her palm and into the youkai, obliterating it.
Once the youkais' ashes settled Kagome dropped her hand and turned to face the others, the same empty look in her eyes. Then the wind settled to nothing and her eyelids slid closed over her eyes as she fell forward, only to be caught by Shippo who darted to her.
"Guys, I think we may have found the jewel." Sago's quiet statement only added to the stunned silence from the men. Oh yes, they had found the Shikon. But the question was, was it in Kagome or was Kagome her self -the- Shikon no Tama?