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Chapter Nine
"Dad can you move?"
Maiyami looked over his body, unsure of what to do. He was obviously still straining. Suddenly his eyes began to turn a different color. They switched from the pleasant amber that shone in Maiyami's to a deep blood red and purple. Deep inside him a growl escaped. But whatever transformation he was being put through was not giving him the results he desired. He was still unable to move. Blinking his eyes they instantly switched back to their normal amber.
Miroku took out several strips of holy paper and hurled them at the demoness. They burned quickly to her touch, and she briefly turned her attention away from Kagome and Maiyami to the others. Sango, who had quickly retrieved her weapon, threw it forcefully.
"Hirikostsu!" She screamed, watching it hit the barrier and bounce off.
"Aunt Sango!" Maiyami leapt and caught the boomerang just as it flashed past her. Acting on instinct alone she spun and threw it back at her, to see Hitomi catch it.
"Mom!" she called as her mother sank to the ground along side her father, small dagger lodged in her belly. "Not you too mom! Dad!"
Both eyes from her parents dripped with emotion, but there was nothing that they could do. Nothing besides pray that whatever fighting techniques they had taught her, she could now remember and use. Straining, Hitomi stood and walked to where Maiyami was crouched over her father, stairing at her opponent and growling. Shippo walked calmly to her other side. The two almost seemed to be awaiting orders from her. They watched as Kaitsumi's face turned from serious to amused.
"Oh wait....wait...so now they kids are going to fight me?!" Her body shook with uncontrollable laughter. "That's rich! Ok kiddies! Take your best shot. If the great Inuyasha, Kagome, Miroku and Sango couldn't take me down, what makes you think that you could!?"
"I'm so tired of hearing you speak!" Maiyami growled, but realized it was hopeless. She had no weapon and Hitomi was injured. Shippo couldn't fight alone and win. He wasn't strong enough either.
'There has to be a way....a way for me to fight....' she pondered and searched all around the area, looking for some sort of weapon. Jagged pieces of wood and fire caught her eye, but nothing strong enough.
Suddenly the jewel around her neck pulsated. She looked down and carefully placed it in between her fingers. It pulsated again, this time with more urgency.
"The sword"
'What?' The random voice wasn't making much sense. 'What sword? I don't see any damn sword! If I did I would use it!' Her eyes fell down in defeat. 'Even my instincts are telling me its hopeless.' They fell down to her father, who was still not moving, but visibly upset, still staring at the failing Kagome above them. Maiyami bowed her head to apologize when suddenly a sword came into view around his waist.
"This sword?!" She asked out loud, but waited for no reply. Careful not to hurt Inuyasha, she drew the sword from its sheath. Much to her surprise it was the cruddy, rusted sword her father kept on their mantel at home. 'Why would Dad carry this old thing around?' She wondered.
"Tetsiga...." Shippo whispered, his eyes widening with hope. "Of course! Because your Inuyasha's offspring I bet you can use Tetsiga...or else the barrier around it would have rejected you."
"This crappy thing? It couldn't hurt a flea!" She stood and turned to Shippo.
"Trust me Yami. Fight with it." He looked past her and at the demoness. "I'll be right beside you."
Something in Shippos words caught her attention. Maybe it was her crush on him. Maybe it was that feeling she got when she was around him. Maybe it was the sense that he and the jewel were saying the same thing. But whatever it was, she believed him.
".....ok..." Her mouth twisted and her eyebrows raised, but she still stepped forward. She held the sword in front of her, admiring its beauty. 'Looks like it used to be a cool sword....I suppose its better than nothing.'
"Me....me too!" Hitomi chimed in, walking beside her and planting a determined look on her face. "I wont let you fight alone."
"Hitomi, your injured....." Maiyami protested. However after looking into her eyes, she realized her pleadings were in vain. All their attention turned to the dark women, almost blending into the trees.
"Why have you done all this?!" Hitomi shouted. "Why target us? And how do you know so much about us?!"
"Ku ku ku....." Kaitsumi laughed gently. "I know a lot about you because I have always been one step behind you." She took a deep breath. "One night a thief came to my window at my fathers castle and stole almost everything out of my room as I lie there. I was scared, but I also was so excited. He was enrapturing. Love at first site I guess you could say. But he made one mistake; as he left my castle I tried to ask him to take me with him...."
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