SEQ CHAPTER \h \r 1Chapter 11
"......Rest assured quarter-breed bitch," Kaitsumi spit shaking out of her memory transe, "That I have every reason to kill your parents. And every intension of doing so."
"Like hell you will!" Maiyami did what came natural; she charged forward blindly. Growling she raised Tetsiga only to catch a yellow spark out of the corner of her eye. It ignited and engulfed the metal stick in light as she stared. As quickly as it had began the spark extinguished, leaving a large, powerful looking sword in her grasp. Her bright amber eyes flashed in the reflection of the metallic silver. Her smile revealed only one tiny fang.
"Cool..." she breathed, and raised the sword, eyes locked onto the deamoness.
"How did you do that?!" Kaitsumi's eyes suddenly darkened in fear. She knew that sword. Her senses also gathered that Maiyami was letting off a powerful pure energy. One that she had seen before. From the hovering miko. She was facing both powerful entities in one.
'What would my love do?' she though frantically, and all at once it came to her; time to play with emotions. After all, that's always been every humans downfall...even half humans.
Shippo suddenly dropped to his knees, clutching the dagger wound in his stomach. He only had a moment to glance open mouthed frantically into Maiyami's amber orbs before he fell to the ground trembling.
"SHIPPO!" Maiyami screamed in panic and turned her back on the demoness. Had she had any experience fighting she would have ignored her fallen fox. But emotion clouded her judgement. Until she felt a serge of pain that rivaled that she felt for Shippo.
"AHHHHH!" Her body twisted in agony as a whip like extension cut through her back, narrowly missing her spine. Anger was the only cloud in her mind now. An anger that Kaitsumi could never have anticipated from such a young girl. She turned as a dart was shot from the dark being. Her legs instinctivly jumped to the side as her hand shot out and grabbed the dart in mid air.
"What?" Kaitsumi stared in shock as her venom dipped weapon came flying right back at her with full force. Maiyami charged after the dart, carefully watching her opponent.
The demoness's barrier fell quickly to the force of the dart and it struck her arm. She opened her mouth to speak but realized quickly that she could not. Suddenly Kagome dropped from the sky.
"Ahhhhh!" She screamed as she sharply fell. Maiyami's feet changed directions and she threw herself against her mother, catching her and rolling as they hit the ground with a soft thud. Both women turned to look back at the demoness, who was slowly fading into the darkness.
"Come back bitch!" Maiyami screamed and charged again. The pained green eyes were all that remained her. They began to glow until they were bright green lights and they joined, jumping up into the sky and flying into the clouds.
"We will meet again hanoyu whore.....I'll be watching you and your bastard family." Kaitsumi's voice spit and echoed to the heavens. Maiyami's blood boiled in rage.
"I'll be waiting!" She shouted, for the first time realizing how much her life had become like some sort of anime she should be watching on TV instead of living. She looked down at the sword in her hands as she a breath. With a spark the sword returned to its formal lack of glory.
Behind her Sango, Miroku and Inuyasha finally began to stir, as if the potency of her poison had worn off with her departure. Kagome was frantically running to each, stopping to make sure everyone was alright. Shippo sat up slower than the others as Hitomi crouched beside him.
"I think he was hit with something different." The young demon exterminator called.
"Shippo-chan...." Kagome knelt beside him and put her hand on the dagger still protruding from his stomach. "I have to pull this out. Can you brace yourself?"
He nodded dizzily as the effects of Kaitsumi's poison began to take effect. Slowly he raised his head to meet Maiyami's concerned gaze as she crouched in front of him. He locked his eyes onto hers, shaking slightly. She smiled pleasantly and placed her hands on his feet.
"Im here Shippo...." she mouthed, still confused as to why they automatically seemed to act as if they were in love or something. In fact they had acted that way since they met.
His eyes watered and he growled loudly as Kagome pulled the dagger and tossed it absently beside her. Instantly she and Hitomi pressed their hands against the wound to stop the bleeding. He laid back down against the earth.
"We need to get him to safety...." Kagome mumbled and her gaze met Inuyashas. 'Later' she thought, 'later I will tell him how much I missed him. How much it pained me to see him like that. How much I really love him. Shippo first.'. His eyes mocked the same self pledge and he looked to the ruins that were the remains of Sango and Miroku's shrine.
"Guess we can't go there....." Miroku too was staring at his dream home in ashes. They shared a somber moment before Hitomi was the one to speak up.
"Um actually I think I know of a place where we may be able to stay a few days...." she suddenly looked at the ground beside Shippo's trembling body. "Its not too far from here....."
"Where Hitomi?" Sango asked slightly frantically, noticing the pool of blood that was quickly forming around the foxes body.
"Um...." her voice got suddenly very quiet, already knowing the consequences of her unspoken words. But she had to. For Shippo.
"Kouga's cave."
Short chapter I know....but seems like a good cliffy to leave you guys with. Though Im sorry some of you don't likey the cliffy's. Ok fine. FYI, I am a huge Inu/Kag fan (like you couldn't tell! Shesh!) I don't plan on bringing Kikyo back. And come on....like I would have Shippo die before he really got a chance to show off to Maiyami how much of an adult he really is! LOL! Expect more humor and lighthearted things next chapter.
Oh and just another FYI, there's probably only going to be one or two more chapters after this. Then I am going to start on my sequel. Maybe I'll kill Kaitsumi then....lol but I kinda like her! Here's a hint...it will be called "Midsummer nights dream".
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