Chapter 11

"Kikyo are you alright?" She was breathing hard as if something was trying to get her. "Inuyasha." She was still scared of him. He looked up at her. "Kikyo you must think I hate you but I don't.its just." The purple smoke began to clear up or so they thought. Inuyasha's hand was close to Tetsusaiga. "Don't." She put her hand up. She could sense the Shikon jewel shards around them. "Naraku is close."
Naraku appeared from the treetops. "Kikyo and Inuyasha. I see you made it here." Kikyo heard Naraku's voice but from where? She glanced at the rattling trees. "Inuyasha he's in the trees!" She screamed. Naraku jumped from the trees to the ground. "You're brighter then you look priestess." Kikyo picked up her bow. Inuyasha drew out Tetsusaiga. "Naraku you freak.." Inu's voice was cold and mean. "Well. I didn't come here to fight you!" He said with a smirk on his lips. Naraku was up to no good. Kikyo and Inuyasha knew it also. "I bet your going to ruin someone's else life! " Inuyasha stopped to catch his breath, "And I won't let you!" He charged towards Naraku. He dodged it and Inuyasha fell into a tree. "Damn you!" Kikyo raised and aimed her bow at Naraku's face. "Inuyasha I got him. Don't move Naraku or I will shoot you.?" She wasn't kidding. Naraku was enjoying this. "Fine. I got better things to do." He vanished in the smoke. The smoke was getting faster. Kikyo almost lost her footing. But Inu caught her. "Kikyo I think you should get out of here and let me deal with Naraku." She agreed and stayed where she was. Inuyasha went deeper into the purple smoke. He knew Naraku was hiding there but where? "Naraku come out!" Kikyo fled out of the smoke. It was destroying the life of animals and plants. She wasn't even hurt. Aira came over to the miko. "Kikyo where is Inu?" I came right behind her. "My bets that he is in the smoke." Kanno and Mionk were waiting for them. Shippou had gone with Faye. "You think he's that stupid?" Kikyo nodded. Naraku was smiling and was out of his awful baboon outfit. His long black hair covered his face. The only thing you could see was his eye, which was brown and cold. Inuyasha's shirt was gone. The smoke dissolved it. "Naraku you better face me!" Inuyasha was struggling to pull out Tetsusaiga. "You can't fight it any longer. I am. Besides the smoke will kill you." Much to Inu's amazement and Naraku's. He pulled out Tetsusaiga. "See it won't!" Tetsusaiga glowed brighter. Naraku said nothing and turned away. "Damn you!" Tetsusaiga ripped his shirt apart. The only thing you could see was Naraku's back. A huge spider shaped burn was in his back. "Bye Inuyasha." The smoke cleared for good. Kikyo was staring at Inu. Well everyone was. Inuyasha sheathed Tetsusaiga. "Well that was strange." Kanno and Mionk came hurrying towards Inuyasha. "What happened?" Kanno asked at once. "Kikyo .he had a spider shaped burn on his back." Kikyo grasped.
Aira sighed. Shippou was confused. "Inuyasha what happened?" No one spoke.

"Kikyo do you have any idea about Naraku?" Aira was walking besides her. She didn't say anything. "I do. But he couldn't be onigumo." "Onigumo??" Aira didn't know where this conversation was going. She led everyone to a cave. "Why are we here?" Shippou jumped on Mionk's shoulder. "We are here to find out about Naraku." She climbed in the cave's mouth. Everyone followed her. Part of the cave's bottom was covered in grass but in a certain part of the cave. No grass grew. Kikyo kneeled down and touched the bare ground. Mionk got an awful feeling. "Something bad was here." He said. "What are you doing?" Kikyo stood up again talking to herself. "Onigumo was here." Inuyasha stepped forward. "Who is this Onigumo person?" Kikyo said nothing. I felt my hair rising on my neck. "Please tell us." She turned and smiled at me.
"Onigumo is a wild thief I found and helped healed. But he suffered from terrible burns. And he stayed here until his death by a fire started in the cave." Everything was silent. Until I broke the silence,
"Could Naraku be connected by him? Inu said he had a spider shaped burn on his back." Kikyo turned to the grass again. "Could be." Mionk couldn't stand to be here anymore and ran outside. "What's up with him?" Inu sighed. " He can feel the demon's power." Then it hit me. "Kikyo I don't know how the jewel was made do you?" She turned and ran out of the cave. I followed after. "I don't but I can show you were the jewel was made. I was given the jewel by the demon exterminators. Maybe we could find their home?" No choice now.