FOREINGER BY: OtakuSailorV
Chapter 9: Ah, Naraku
Sesshoumaru, Rin, & Jaken decided to make camp in the same place as Inuyasha on the grounds that they wanted to be near Hikari. Kagome came back in when Sesshoumaru had left. "Hikari, I forgot to tell you earlier. My answer is 'yes, I do'." Hikari smiled at the girl. "So, you go to Crossroads high? What grade are you in?" "I'm in the 12th grade." Kagome gasped. "That means you're 18! I thought you were 15! WOW. I heard that the Crossroads' girl's were snotty & stuck up." "We're not really. I can't believe I look that young. Are you sure you ain't buttering me up." They both laughed at that. "Hey you didn't fix my clothes did you?" Kagome nodded & Hikari hugged her. "Thank you so mush Kagome-san! I really can't thank you enough." Kagome smiled. "It's OK. I wanted to do this." She said.
Outside the others were trying to get along with Sesshoumaru. "So, how are things lately?" Inuyasha asked his older brother. Sesshoumaru looked over at him. "Things are fine thanks." He said without any feeling in his voice. Shippo was playing with Rin while Jaken chatted with Myoga the flea. Sango was trying to wake Miroku up from when he had last hit the tree. Inuyasha was looking at his brother with the utmost interest in his words. "Little brother if there is something you wish to ask me in private just ask me to follow you." Inuyasha looked stunned. Had the elder demon read his thoughts? No, impossible. Their kind didn't have that sort of power, or did they? "Actually there is something that I want to ask you in private." Inuyasha said as he stood & walked into the woods. Sesshoumaru walked after him. Everybody in the premises watched them go. When they were a good piece from the campsite Inuyasha stopped & faced his brother. "There is something that I do not understand. Why did you take on two human girls as travelers?" Sesshoumaru studied him for a moment. "What I say you must never repeat." Sesshoumaru warned him. Inuyasha nodded. "And what I say you must never repeat." Sesshoumaru nodded & began. "They both helped me in a situation. Rin healed me after you first learned the Kaze no Kizu, & Hikari killed off a pack of weasel youkai that had tried to kill Rin." Inuyasha pondered this a moment. "Do you have special feelings for them?" "I would not want them to ever get hurt or die." "No, I mean, do you love them?" Sesshoumaru gulped back what he thought was a retort. "I love them. I do not want them to ever get hurt." Inuyasha knew he was avoiding his real question so he just said it. "I know that Rin looks up to you like a father. I noticed that by the way she acts. Do you love Hikari?" Sesshoumaru glared at him. "So, what if I do?" He asked in an angry tone. "Just answer the question." "Yes. Do you love Kagome?" "Of course I do!" Inuyasha said angrily. "Have you told her your feelings?" "Have you?!" Sesshoumaru looked at his little brother. "No, I haven't. Have you told Kagome?" "I.uh.no." The two demons stared at each other for a while. "I got an idea." Inuyasha said with a smirk. "Tonight I say we both tell them how we feel." "Why should I listen to you?" "Because I'll tell her if you don't." "Then I'll have to tell Kagome." "She already knows, I think." Sesshoumaru glared at him. "Fine tonight." "Make it tomorrow." "Why, it was your idea to do tonight." "Yeah but I changed my mind." Sesshoumaru glared some more, Inuyasha smirked some more. "Fine." They shook hands & walked out of the forest. "I've been meaning to ask. What do you see in Kagome?" Inuyasha stopped. "She's beautiful, & really pretty when she smiles. She's smart & funny &.hey what do you think about Hikari then?" Sesshoumaru blushed. Something that Inuyasha had never seen him do. "I think that she's very pretty, & strong. I like how she can do things without someone's help. She's very persistent & bull headed. She's funny & smart & she's very.everything. Everything about her is wonderful." Inuyasha had never heard his brother say anything like that before. To think that the ice cold Sesshoumaru was actually being sentimental. They continued to walk out of the forest in silence.
Kagura watched the campsite up above on her feather. So, the girl was healing in that tent? That would make it easier to catch her tonight. She drifted back into the cloud that she was hiding in. Now, just to wait until dark.
The day went by way to fast for Hikari. She was aloud out of the tent to walk around that afternoon. Miroku talked to her but didn't dare finish his proposal from earlier because of Sesshoumaru's lingering presence. Hikari played on her guitar & flute later that night around the campfire for them. Inuyasha was able to play a few songs all the way through with a little practice. Sesshoumaru however was able to pick out any song right after Hikari played it. Rin & Shippo were now good buddies along with Jaken & Myoga. They all enjoyed the music & they sometimes even sang along with the songs & danced. Hikari mentioned to Sesshoumaru that they should have a big party after they defeated Naraku. He just nodded while everyone else agreed.
The last song was, 'Headstrong' by an American group named 'Trapt'. No one knew the words so Hikari had to translate. After that they retired to bed. Hikari fell asleep in the tent. Sesshoumaru curled up outside the door. Rin curled up in his fluffy. Jaken leaned against the tree next to the tent, Myoga was asleep on his shoulder. Kagome had her own futon on the ground by the campfire. Inuyasha was asleep in a tree not too far away. Miroku was asleep sitting up by Sango's futon.
Hikari woke to the sound of a whistling wind outside. She straightened up & remembering that she had left her guitar outside she went out. She looked around blearily for a moment. She couldn't see the guitar anywhere. She finally spotted it after a short time near the woods. She walked over & picked it up. The thing was a little dirty. She'd have to clean it tomorrow. The wind picked up around her but Hikari thought nothing of it as she fiddled with the instrument. She just barely noticed the feather that came at her. "Hello, girl. Changed your mind yet?" Kagura was asked. Hikari placed the guitar against a tree. "Kagura, why don't you go home? I don't wanna talk to that idiot. I'm staying right here." Kagura gave her a ruthful smile. "I thought you might say that. So I took the liberty of providing some insurance." Kagura held up Rin's shaking body. "I order you to come with me." Hikari glared at her. Rin was watching her with big frightened eyes. "Only if you leave Rin out of this." Kagura looked at the girl. Tossing her at Hikari she said: "Fine. But she must not say a word about this until morning, or I'll kill you." Kagura was aiming her threat of death at Hikari, but Rin understood what she meant. "Rin will not say where Hikari-sama went until morning." Hikari patted her head as she set her down on the ground. "Fine Kagura, I'll go with you." Hikari got up on the feather. "You're going to wear that to see Naraku?" She asked pointing to the girls' long pajamas. "Hey, he shouldn't have come for me in the dead of night. I ain't changin' my clothes just to go see some maniac." Hikari crossed her arms as she sat on the feather. "Your not scared of me are you girl?" Kagura asked. "Nope. There's nothing to be scared of between you two." Kagura thought that over a minute. "Hmph. I like you better than I thought." "Whoopie." Hikari said in a faked thrilled tone. The feather took off into the sky. Rin stood alone by the place for some time. Tears cascaded down her cheeks. "Hikari-sama." She whimpered as she picked up the guitar & fell asleep with it in her arms in the tent.
The flight to the castle took some time. Hikari almost fell asleep on the feather as they flew over the forest below. She watched the stream slip lazily by as they flew. "Hey Kagura, how much longer?" Kagura hated herself for ever listening to Naraku's orders to bring the girl to him. "That is it up ahead." "You mean that creepy looking castle surrounded by that weird purple aura?" "You can see it?" "No, I'm just guessing." Kagura looked back to see the girl looking over the edge instead of straight ahead. "Look up ahead & tell me if you can see it." Hikari lifted her head to look at what she had just described. "Yeah, I see it. It's a creepy old castle with a purple aura surrounding it. So what?" Hikari turned her attention back to the river. Kagura glared at her out of the corner of her eye. They passed through the aura easily enough. Hikari was disinterested with everything about the castle. "So, do I wait until he wakes up or do we go in now? Or is like a troll & doesn't sleep. Or is he like a vampire & sleeps during the day? That's why he sent you to get me now I bet." Kagura couldn't help but grin at the girls' thoughts of Naraku. "You won't say those things when you see him." "So, he's a troll? OK." Kagura smirked at the girl as they landed. "Walk this way." Kagura said. She noticed about half way to Naraku's quarter's that the girl was copying every move she made. She stopped dead in her tracks. The girl did the same. "Why do you keep walking like me?" She asked in an angry tone. Hikari smiled at her ability to annoy the hell out of Kagura. "You said 'walk this way' so I am walking this way." Kagura suddenly realized that she had said that. "Well stop it." "I have stopped." Kagura growled at her. She growled back. Kagura turned & walked on. Hikari followed her.
When they finally got to Naraku's quarters, he could hear them bickering as they came. "I said stop that!" "I have stopped! Your paranoid!" "Brat!" "Bitch!" He watched as they entered the room glaring at each other. "Please Miss Hikari, sit down." Hikari sat on a cushion still glaring at Kagura. Kagura glared back. "You too Kagura." Kagura took a seat beside Hikari. They continued to glare at each other out of the corner of their eyes. "Hikari do you have any idea as to why you are here." "Nope." "Yes you do! I told you a million times on the way here." Kagura retorted as Hikari answered. "Will you answer some questions for me?" Naraku asked, ignoring Kagura's outburst. Hikari's eyes never left Kagura's. "Maybe." Naraku was glaring at her but she didn't care. "Look at me." Hikari turned her head to face his him. "Will you answer some questions? Yes or no?" "Yes or no." Hikari snapped back. Kagura noticed that the girl truly wasn't scared of Naraku. "Are you aware of what I can do to you?" Hikari smirked. "I don't give shit." Naraku glared even more at her. "Such a mouth on a young lady." She liked that comment. "Thank you." Naraku continued to glare at her. "Will, you answer some questions for me?" "Yeah, I guess. If that's the only thing your gonna keep askin' me." Naraku glared. She glared. Kagura glared at them both. "Are you from the future?" Hikari wondered on how to answer that. "Maybe." "Are you a member of the White Dragon Clan?" "Maybe." "Do you want to leave here?" "Maybe." "Are you going to give me any definite answers?" "No." "But you just gave him one." "Maybe." "Argh, you're going to be this way the whole time aren't you?" "I dunno."
Naraku & the two women sat in silence for a minute. Naraku trying to decide how he was going to crack the girl. Kagura wanting to kill her. And Hikari feeling like she was going to pass out from lack of sleep. Finally Naraku broke the awkward silence. "Will you answer the questions willingly or will I have to make you answer them?" Hikari glared at him through her bleary eyes. "Ooo I'm so scared." He glared at her as smiled at him. "Are you from the future?" Hikari glared at him. "No." "Are you a member of the White Dragon Clan?" "No." "Are you tired?" "No." Naraku could see the sleepiness in the girls' eyes. "Are you lying to me?" "No." He tried to see if she was but she kept up the same look. "Do you have a shard of the Shikon jewel?" "Nope." Kagura slapped her between the shoulder blades. "Don't lie girl." "My name is HIKARI! NOT GIRL!" A rock flew through the door & smashed into Kagura's head. She rubbed the sore spot & glared at Hikari. Naraku watched the whole thing from his place on the floor. "Girl, do you have strange powers?" "My Name is Hikari!!! And NO I DON'T!!!" She yelled at him. No one had ever yelled at him before. Kagura slapped her back again. *Bock* "Yeow!" Naraku sat there & glared at them until they stopped. "What is it you desire most Hikari?" He asked as tentacles seeped out of his arms. "That's none of your business!" Hikari retorted as she slapped away a tentacle that tried to touch her. Kagura was about to slap her when a rock hit her in the head. *Bock* "Will you stop that?!" "Stop what?" "That thing that you always do." "Your crazy lady." Hikari continued to slap away the tentacles that tried to touch her. "What is it you most desire?" Naraku asked again as the tentacles grew in number. "I told you that it's none of your business! Woo!" A tentacle had just touched one of her swore spots. "What is it you most desire?" Naraku asked again. Hikari was starting to get tired of that question. "I ain't sayin'." A tentacle rubbed her butt. Hikari yelped & pulled out the gun hidden in her clothes. *Blam* The tentacle writhed & shrank away. "Die you damn perverts!!!!" *Blam*Blam*Blam* Hikari shot at several more tentacles that came her way. She sighed & sat back down as she fired off the last round. She noticed that both the demons were staring at her with shocked looks at the small object that she tucked back into her clothes. "What? Can't a girl own a gun?" She asked as she looked from one to the other. "What was that thing?" Kagura asked as she pointed to the outline of the gun in Hikari's shirt. "Oh, that was my .18 caliber revolver. Good gun. Wait do you even know what a gun is?" Both the demons shook their heads. "Good. Then I have no reason to tell you." Hikari sighed as she put her hands behind her head. Naraku gazed at her for a moment longer. "Let me see this weapon." Hikari glared at him. "No way man." He raised an eyebrow at her. "Oh, that's slang for 'Hell NO!'" She informed him. He glared at her, as she glared back. "Will you answer some questions for me." "Dammit, I'm tired, but yeah whatever." He raised his eyebrow at her again. She didn't stop to explain this time. "Are you from the future?" "Hell yeah." "Are you a member of the White Dragon Clan?" "Yes." "Do you want to leave here?" "No, shit. Yeah." "Do you carry a shard of the Shikon Jewel?" "Nope." "Are you lying?" "Maybe. It all depends on what question you think I'm lying about." "Will you become one of my puppets?" "In your dreams." "Will you let me see the gun?" Hikari thought a moment before answering. "Hold on." She went to get the gun but opened the revolver part to let the bullets fall into her bra. "Here you go." Naraku smiled evilly at her. As did Kagura. Kagura noticed the strange triumphant look in the girls' eye that told her something wasn't right. Naraku pointed the gun at Hikari's head. "Now you will tell me all the answers truthfully without lying or you will die." Naraku seemed to think that the girl was not afraid of him because of the gun. Hikari's eyes traveled up to the gun pointed at her head. "Whatever." "Are you from the future?" "No. I was born this way." Kagura laughed at that. "Do you carry a shard of the sacred jewel of four souls?" "No." "Are you a member of the White Dragon Clan?" "Why do you keep bringing them up? No, I am not." "Does Sesshoumaru love you?" "Never met the guy." "Do you love him?" "I've told you. I never met him." Naraku glared at her. "Does Sesshoumaru love you?!" "No." "Do you love him?" "No." Hikari felt one of the tentacles roll over her legs. She slapped it away. "Can I help your tentacles, mister?" Naraku stared at her. He ignored her question. "How is it that you show no sign of fear? No matter what happens I cannot sense fear in you. Not once since you set foot in this castle have you shown fear." Hikari glared at him. "Who cares if I haven't? I haven't & that's just the way I am. Plus that gun is an old junker." Naraku dropped his guard long enough to look at the gun. Hikari grabbed his arm & twisted the gun out. "Thanks for the chat but I gotta run." With that she completely disappeared. Naraku clutched his arm as Kagura stood. "Naraku?" "Get her. We can use her as bait for the others." Kagura ran down the hall. Hoping the girl was long gone.
Out on the roof Hikari was tearing holes in her pajama top for her wings. "There that should do it." She reloaded the gun & took off. The wings felt better the more she flew. She slid right through the barrier as she turned to see Kagura running out onto the grounds. Hikari noticed the cool feeling of going through another barrier. She looked ahead to see that she was about to hit a treetop. She tried to pull up but crashed anyway. "Damn trees. I seem to be having a problem with them lately." She pulled herself from the tree to see that she was by a large feild. A woman stood in front of her staring wide eyed at her wings. The girl looked strangely like Kagome. "Hello there. Sorry if I scared you. I was running.er.flying away from this crazy lady but I gotta go cuz I think she's coming." Hikari walked toward a clearing & flexed her wings. "Yeow. What in the?" Hikari pulled a stick that was lodged in her feathers out. The woman tapped her on the shoulder. "Who are you? Are you a youkai?" Hikari shook her head. "My name is Hikari. I'm a member of the.crap, I gotta get outta here. Please forgive me but I think she's getting closer." Hikari was about to take off when she felt pain usher through her neck & down her back. She felt her legs go out & her wings disappear as she looked at the priestess smiling at her with those cold eyes.
Rin was awakened by Jaken's angry ranting. "Where is she Rin?! Where is Hikari?!" Rin burst into tears at the thought of Hikari. "Kagura told her that she'd kill Rin if she didn't go with her! Hikari-sama went with the crazy lady to Naraku!" Jaken gasped. "Lord Sesshoumaru! Hikari has gone with Kagura to Naraku!" Sesshoumaru landed in front of the tent & pulled Rin out. "Rin, is this true? Why didn't you tell us before?" "Kagura said that she'd kill Hikari if Rin told anyone before dawn." Sesshoumaru held her as she cried in his arms. Inuyasha & the others heard what had happened too. "I need you to stay here for a while Rin. I'm going to get Hikari." Rin snuffled & hugged him. "Be safe Sesshoumaru-sama." He hugged her back. "It's OK Rin. I'll be fine." He sat her on the ground beside Shippo as he prepared to take off into the woods. "Hey, we want to help too." Inuyasha said putting a hand on his brothers' shoulder. Sesshoumaru glared at him. "This is something that I have to do alone. I want you all to protect Rin & Jaken while I'm gone." He took to the air before anyone could protest. Kagome watched him go. The words Hikari had said to her the night before rang in her ears. 'Yes, I do.' Sango & Miroku were getting on Kirara but Kagome pulled them down. "He has to do this by himself." They stared at her. "But we have to fight Naraku too." Sango protested. Miroku looked at Kagome's stern look. "You'd better get Inuyasha." Kagome turned to see that he was already a good ways into the trees. Tetsusaiga was drawn & ready for the attack. "INUYASHA!!! OSUWARI!!! SIT!!!" Inuyasha crashed to the forest floor. "What the hell was that for bitch?!?!" "Just a little insurance."
Sesshoumaru flew through the trees as he passed through the barrier to Naraku's castle. He hoped that he wasn't too late to save Hikari. As he approached the castle he saw Hikari standing on the porch by Naraku & Kagura. "I thought that you might come for the pretty little girl." Naraku said as Sesshoumaru came to a halt below him. Sesshoumaru stared at Hikari above him. Her eyes had no pupils & she had no expression on her face. Kagura was looking very smug at that point. "What do you want with her Naraku?" Sesshoumaru called from the ground. Naraku smiled. "She has something she wants to tell you. She also wants to kill you, so I think what she wants to say will be a little awkward." Naraku & Kagura walked inside. Hikari jumped down to Sesshoumaru. "Sesshoumaru." She said in a very mechanical voice. She leaned in & hugged him. He felt her squeezing him tighter & tighter he could barely breath when she spoke again. "Sesshoumaru.I.love. you." Hikari's dead eyes stared into his own. He freed himself from her death hug as the roof of the castle exploded. Miasma & tentacles swarmed everywhere as Naraku flew from the top of the roof. "I will not allow you to live." He said in a demonic voice. Hikari flew at him at the same time as Naraku sent a tentacle at him. Sesshoumaru was barely able to dodge both. Hikari kept trying to punch him, while Naraku tried to send a tentacle through him. He growled as Hikari's fist caught his cheek. "Hikari, wake up!" He pushed her to the ground. She pulled the gun out from her clothes. "Sesshoumaru-sama." She said in that same mechanical voice. He froze as she started to pull the trigger.
Hikari was encased in black light again. She felt like she was going to die. She couldn't breath & was staring at a distant light coming toward her. The light grew larger as it came toward her. "Hey I thought I told you not to die?!" The light spoke in her brothers' voice. "I am not dying you jerk!" "Yeah, well dying included falling under the spell of some crazy hanyou!" He yelled at her. "You gotta learn to defend yourself against this stuff!" He said poking his finger into the blackness. "We're not going to be here all the time to save you." Hikari watched as the blackness was eaten away by the light from his body. "Hey, when will I see Kyle?" Andrew looked at her & smirked. "Probably the next time you start dying you wimp." Hikari blushed furiously & tried to get at him. "Now go save lover boy! And stop pulling that trigger. Be a waste of bullets to fire at the guy who's trying to save you." Hikari was about to ask him what he meant but felt herself slipping back into reality. He waved goodbye & she tried to say thanks. She felt something in her hand. She could see through her eyes again. She looked around to see Naraku above. Tentacles waving in several different directions. She noticed that the gun was pointed at Sesshoumaru's head. She winked at him as she saw his questioning look. "Well, are you going to shoot him or not girl?" Hikari tried to sound as much like a drone as possible. "Yes, master." She tightened her grip on the gun as she whirled & pointed it at Naraku. "Die you Sonnuvabitch!" She called as she fired several rounds at him. The bullets hit dead on. Naraku clutched at his stomach that was now bleeding heavily from 6 gunshot wounds. "Sesshoumaru, I'm going to call the others here. You continue fighting!" She called as she sent a mental message to Inuyasha to come to the battleground but to leave Rin & Jaken behind. "They have Rin & Jaken with them!" Sesshoumaru called. "I know so I put one of my blue orbs around them. They'll be safe." Sesshoumaru nodded & took off.
Far away in the clearing Rin & Jaken were encased in blue orbs & a voice came from the sky. "Inuyasha & company! Sesshoumaru & I need your help! Please bring my shuriken & katana to the castle. I'm running out of bullets!" Inuyasha took off with Kagome on his back with her arrows & the desired equipment. Rin & Jaken continued to eat breakfast like nothing was happening as Sango & Miroku took off on Kirara. Shippo hopped on too at the last moment.
The bullets hit Naraku in two of his tentacles & once in the chest. Kagura watched with amusement as the flying dragon-girl & the demon lord started to drive back Naraku. I may almost be free! She thought to herself happily. She noticed that Kohaku was standing next to her. His eyes were normal. "I think that we will be safe soon boy, safe & free." Kohaku looked at her. His eyes glazed as he watched her. She stiffened. Naraku was calling the boy for help. "I must go now." He said as he grabbed up his blade & left.
A yell of "Kaze no Kizu!" announced the arrival of Inuyasha & the group. Hikari watched as her weapons floated down to her. "Thanks Kagome- chan!" She called as she unsheathed her katana. The shuriken in her other hand. "Any time!" She called as Inuyasha deposited her on the ground behind him. She pulled out an extra bow & arrow. "I thought I might bring these too!" Hikari caught them in mid air & strapped both to her back. She jumped up & threw several shuriken at Naraku. Only two hit him. Hikari went to get some more when a sword cut her shoulder. A young boy with the same pale eyes as hers had been was staring at her. "Sango! This him?!" She called to Sango who turned to face her. "Kohaku!" She called. Hikari took that as a 'yes' & pulled her arms free. She placed both of her hands on his face & closed her eyes. A blue light appeared on her forehead. She felt for the place where Kohaku was being controlled. She let an image of herself go in to see what she was working on.
A small boy was being crushed by a black orb surrounding his body. Hikari floated toward him. "Hey, your Kohaku, Sango's brother? Nice to meet you. I'm Hikari. I'm going to be your nurse today." Kohaku stared wide-eyed at her. "I'm going to get you out of this stinking hell pit & back to your sister if it's the last thing I do." Hikari shoved her light covered arms into the blackness. "You mustn't be afraid of me or anything else Kohaku. You're going to be OK. Besides I've heard of how brave you are from your sister & Rin. They speak very highly of you." The whole time she spoke Kohaku just stared at her. "A-am I really going to see them again? My sister & that girl I mean." Hikari smiled. "Yep. Keep hoping that'll make this go faster." Kohaku sighed & thought of his sister & Kirara. He missed them both very much. He felt the orb retreat under her touch. She was staring at the darkness with concerned eyes. "Almost there, bud." Kohaku watched as the last of it was eaten away. He floated freely by her. She zapped the remaining darkness coating the walls with her blue fireballs. "That should do it Kohaku. I'll see you in two minutes." With that she disappeared & Kohaku felt his eyes opening to look at the world freely.
Sango beat back the enemies as Hikari suddenly started breathing heavily. She pulled away from Kohaku who was kneeling in front of her. Kohaku slowly opened his eyes to stare at the girl then at his sister who had tears in her eyes. "Kohaku." "Sis?" They hugged as tears ran down their cheeks. Hikari let her wings drop they're disguise as picked up her sword. "Hey Hikari, you have a mark on your forehead." Sango said as she noticed Hikari leaving for the battle that was still raging. "Really? What does it look like?" "It's blue & it's two separate wings. The wing of a dragon on the left side, & a feathered wing on the right side." Hikari nodded. With a smile she sprang into battle, sword flying along with her. She managed to slice a couple tentacles before she was hit. A tentacle whizzed by & caught her between the shoulder blades. She recovered & whacked the thing in half. She was trying to get to Sesshoumaru before he found her. She glided through the tentacles easily sending out blue waves & fireballs every now & then. She spotted Kagome shooting off arrows behind Inuyasha. She decided to ask her for Sesshoumaru. "Kagome, have you seen Sesshoumaru?" She called as she swooped by. Kagome pointed in the direction of a tall man. Hikari thanked her & took off again. The man was bleeding from a wound on his side. Hikari alighted by him & grabbed him around the waist before he could do anything. She flew to a safe spot & put him down. "Are you OK Sesshoumaru?" She asked looking at the cut. He patted her head. "I'm.fine." He groaned as he tried to walk, he pitched forward. Hikari caught him. "You are not OK. Hold still." Hikari put her glowing arms over the wound. Sesshoumaru watched as the clothes was cleared of all blood. He felt his side stop aching as she touched it. "There, now stay here for 10 minutes. Otherwise it'll open up again." She took off back into the battle. Sesshoumaru watched as she sliced several of Naraku's tentacles. He smirked to himself. "Thank you."
Kagura watched the whole scene from the balcony. "She just freed that little boy!" She cried as she watched the girl take off toward Sesshoumaru. The girl stopped & picked the youkai up from around the waist & jump backward. When she landed she put her hands on the youkai's stomach & heal him. Kagura gasped as the girl glowed blue & took off into the battle again. From there she sent several more tentacles flying with her blue attacks. Kagura noticed that Naraku was watching the girl too. He suddenly jerked his head at Sesshoumaru, lying helpless on the ground. He laughed & sent a barrage of attacks at him.
Hikari turned to see Sesshoumaru being attacked. Before she knew what she had done she was in front of him. She pulled the sword back & uttered something to herself. The sword & her entire body glowed blue. Her feathers started to melt away, revealing the dragon wings beneath. Her forehead was on fire with the sensation of power. She thrust the sword forward as the chant was finished. The blue light cascaded from it as she continued to say something that she did not understand at the time. Naraku yelled as the light hit him. Hikari's eyes came into focus as she slipped to the ground. Sesshoumaru picked her up as Naraku & his castle melted away.
Hikari focused on the voices around her. They were still at the place where the castle had been when she opened her eyes. She looked around to see that she was in Sesshoumaru's arms. "Wow, I spend a lot of time passing out. Don't I?" Hikari giggled & rubbed her as Sesshoumaru let her down on her feet. "What was going on? All I remember is seeing Naraku send something at you & the rest is a blur." Hikari looked up into his face. Kagome & Sango & the rest were walking over to them. "Hikari, The others are hurt too. Can you help us heal them?" She asked in a polite tone. Hikari smiled at her. "Of course Kagome-chan."
When Hikari was finished with Inuyasha he walked over to Sesshoumaru. "Don't forget what we said last night." Inuyasha whispered in his ear as he passed by. "The one who doesn't tell has to go & hook up Kikyo & Naraku." Sesshoumaru said with a ruthful smile, as he watched his brother's face pale. "I was attacked by some lady last night Kagome. She looked a lot like you." Kagome sighed as Hikari placed her hands on her side. "Next." She said as Kagome stood. "That Lady was probably Kikyo. I'm her supposed reincarnation. On what grounds did she attack you?" "So you're her? No kidding? Well she was in this field that I landed in when I was trying to get away from Kagura. I said 'hi' & 'sorry if I scared you.' Then she asks me if I'm youkai & stuff. I said 'no' & that I had to go & when I tried to leave she did something to the back of my neck." Kagome shrugged.
Sango had several wounds that weren't serious but hurt her bad enough. Miroku had one on his head & back. Shippo had a small scrape that he seemed to think was huge. Kirara had a bad slice on her side. Kohaku was the last & one of the least hurt. A bump on the head & a small slash across his chest. Hikari healed them both for him. "Please miss Hikari, thank you so much for everything." He said. Hikari stood along with him. "Don't call me Miss, just Hikari will do fine. And your welcome, Kohaku the demon slayer." Sango hugged him & thanked Hikari for saving her brother. They all walked off to the battleground talking happily to each other. Sesshoumaru was wondering if what Hikari had said was true. He would find out soon enough when the moon rose.
Another long chap! I just keep typing & typing until I've typed out 10 pages. Forgive me. Well anyway, the interview with Naraku was (I thought) pretty damn funny. But just cause I think it is doesn't mean it is. I mean, I think pudding is funny. (hehe pudding) I thought the whole thing with Kohaku was good too. Did anyone else notice that everyone in Hikari's family has a 'K' name except her older bro Andrew? Well, I also received reviews on the site I originally aired this on saying that they liked this chap cuz it was funny. ^_^ See you soon & please review!
~ OtakuSailorV
Sesshoumaru, Rin, & Jaken decided to make camp in the same place as Inuyasha on the grounds that they wanted to be near Hikari. Kagome came back in when Sesshoumaru had left. "Hikari, I forgot to tell you earlier. My answer is 'yes, I do'." Hikari smiled at the girl. "So, you go to Crossroads high? What grade are you in?" "I'm in the 12th grade." Kagome gasped. "That means you're 18! I thought you were 15! WOW. I heard that the Crossroads' girl's were snotty & stuck up." "We're not really. I can't believe I look that young. Are you sure you ain't buttering me up." They both laughed at that. "Hey you didn't fix my clothes did you?" Kagome nodded & Hikari hugged her. "Thank you so mush Kagome-san! I really can't thank you enough." Kagome smiled. "It's OK. I wanted to do this." She said.
Outside the others were trying to get along with Sesshoumaru. "So, how are things lately?" Inuyasha asked his older brother. Sesshoumaru looked over at him. "Things are fine thanks." He said without any feeling in his voice. Shippo was playing with Rin while Jaken chatted with Myoga the flea. Sango was trying to wake Miroku up from when he had last hit the tree. Inuyasha was looking at his brother with the utmost interest in his words. "Little brother if there is something you wish to ask me in private just ask me to follow you." Inuyasha looked stunned. Had the elder demon read his thoughts? No, impossible. Their kind didn't have that sort of power, or did they? "Actually there is something that I want to ask you in private." Inuyasha said as he stood & walked into the woods. Sesshoumaru walked after him. Everybody in the premises watched them go. When they were a good piece from the campsite Inuyasha stopped & faced his brother. "There is something that I do not understand. Why did you take on two human girls as travelers?" Sesshoumaru studied him for a moment. "What I say you must never repeat." Sesshoumaru warned him. Inuyasha nodded. "And what I say you must never repeat." Sesshoumaru nodded & began. "They both helped me in a situation. Rin healed me after you first learned the Kaze no Kizu, & Hikari killed off a pack of weasel youkai that had tried to kill Rin." Inuyasha pondered this a moment. "Do you have special feelings for them?" "I would not want them to ever get hurt or die." "No, I mean, do you love them?" Sesshoumaru gulped back what he thought was a retort. "I love them. I do not want them to ever get hurt." Inuyasha knew he was avoiding his real question so he just said it. "I know that Rin looks up to you like a father. I noticed that by the way she acts. Do you love Hikari?" Sesshoumaru glared at him. "So, what if I do?" He asked in an angry tone. "Just answer the question." "Yes. Do you love Kagome?" "Of course I do!" Inuyasha said angrily. "Have you told her your feelings?" "Have you?!" Sesshoumaru looked at his little brother. "No, I haven't. Have you told Kagome?" "I.uh.no." The two demons stared at each other for a while. "I got an idea." Inuyasha said with a smirk. "Tonight I say we both tell them how we feel." "Why should I listen to you?" "Because I'll tell her if you don't." "Then I'll have to tell Kagome." "She already knows, I think." Sesshoumaru glared at him. "Fine tonight." "Make it tomorrow." "Why, it was your idea to do tonight." "Yeah but I changed my mind." Sesshoumaru glared some more, Inuyasha smirked some more. "Fine." They shook hands & walked out of the forest. "I've been meaning to ask. What do you see in Kagome?" Inuyasha stopped. "She's beautiful, & really pretty when she smiles. She's smart & funny &.hey what do you think about Hikari then?" Sesshoumaru blushed. Something that Inuyasha had never seen him do. "I think that she's very pretty, & strong. I like how she can do things without someone's help. She's very persistent & bull headed. She's funny & smart & she's very.everything. Everything about her is wonderful." Inuyasha had never heard his brother say anything like that before. To think that the ice cold Sesshoumaru was actually being sentimental. They continued to walk out of the forest in silence.
Kagura watched the campsite up above on her feather. So, the girl was healing in that tent? That would make it easier to catch her tonight. She drifted back into the cloud that she was hiding in. Now, just to wait until dark.
The day went by way to fast for Hikari. She was aloud out of the tent to walk around that afternoon. Miroku talked to her but didn't dare finish his proposal from earlier because of Sesshoumaru's lingering presence. Hikari played on her guitar & flute later that night around the campfire for them. Inuyasha was able to play a few songs all the way through with a little practice. Sesshoumaru however was able to pick out any song right after Hikari played it. Rin & Shippo were now good buddies along with Jaken & Myoga. They all enjoyed the music & they sometimes even sang along with the songs & danced. Hikari mentioned to Sesshoumaru that they should have a big party after they defeated Naraku. He just nodded while everyone else agreed.
The last song was, 'Headstrong' by an American group named 'Trapt'. No one knew the words so Hikari had to translate. After that they retired to bed. Hikari fell asleep in the tent. Sesshoumaru curled up outside the door. Rin curled up in his fluffy. Jaken leaned against the tree next to the tent, Myoga was asleep on his shoulder. Kagome had her own futon on the ground by the campfire. Inuyasha was asleep in a tree not too far away. Miroku was asleep sitting up by Sango's futon.
Hikari woke to the sound of a whistling wind outside. She straightened up & remembering that she had left her guitar outside she went out. She looked around blearily for a moment. She couldn't see the guitar anywhere. She finally spotted it after a short time near the woods. She walked over & picked it up. The thing was a little dirty. She'd have to clean it tomorrow. The wind picked up around her but Hikari thought nothing of it as she fiddled with the instrument. She just barely noticed the feather that came at her. "Hello, girl. Changed your mind yet?" Kagura was asked. Hikari placed the guitar against a tree. "Kagura, why don't you go home? I don't wanna talk to that idiot. I'm staying right here." Kagura gave her a ruthful smile. "I thought you might say that. So I took the liberty of providing some insurance." Kagura held up Rin's shaking body. "I order you to come with me." Hikari glared at her. Rin was watching her with big frightened eyes. "Only if you leave Rin out of this." Kagura looked at the girl. Tossing her at Hikari she said: "Fine. But she must not say a word about this until morning, or I'll kill you." Kagura was aiming her threat of death at Hikari, but Rin understood what she meant. "Rin will not say where Hikari-sama went until morning." Hikari patted her head as she set her down on the ground. "Fine Kagura, I'll go with you." Hikari got up on the feather. "You're going to wear that to see Naraku?" She asked pointing to the girls' long pajamas. "Hey, he shouldn't have come for me in the dead of night. I ain't changin' my clothes just to go see some maniac." Hikari crossed her arms as she sat on the feather. "Your not scared of me are you girl?" Kagura asked. "Nope. There's nothing to be scared of between you two." Kagura thought that over a minute. "Hmph. I like you better than I thought." "Whoopie." Hikari said in a faked thrilled tone. The feather took off into the sky. Rin stood alone by the place for some time. Tears cascaded down her cheeks. "Hikari-sama." She whimpered as she picked up the guitar & fell asleep with it in her arms in the tent.
The flight to the castle took some time. Hikari almost fell asleep on the feather as they flew over the forest below. She watched the stream slip lazily by as they flew. "Hey Kagura, how much longer?" Kagura hated herself for ever listening to Naraku's orders to bring the girl to him. "That is it up ahead." "You mean that creepy looking castle surrounded by that weird purple aura?" "You can see it?" "No, I'm just guessing." Kagura looked back to see the girl looking over the edge instead of straight ahead. "Look up ahead & tell me if you can see it." Hikari lifted her head to look at what she had just described. "Yeah, I see it. It's a creepy old castle with a purple aura surrounding it. So what?" Hikari turned her attention back to the river. Kagura glared at her out of the corner of her eye. They passed through the aura easily enough. Hikari was disinterested with everything about the castle. "So, do I wait until he wakes up or do we go in now? Or is like a troll & doesn't sleep. Or is he like a vampire & sleeps during the day? That's why he sent you to get me now I bet." Kagura couldn't help but grin at the girls' thoughts of Naraku. "You won't say those things when you see him." "So, he's a troll? OK." Kagura smirked at the girl as they landed. "Walk this way." Kagura said. She noticed about half way to Naraku's quarter's that the girl was copying every move she made. She stopped dead in her tracks. The girl did the same. "Why do you keep walking like me?" She asked in an angry tone. Hikari smiled at her ability to annoy the hell out of Kagura. "You said 'walk this way' so I am walking this way." Kagura suddenly realized that she had said that. "Well stop it." "I have stopped." Kagura growled at her. She growled back. Kagura turned & walked on. Hikari followed her.
When they finally got to Naraku's quarters, he could hear them bickering as they came. "I said stop that!" "I have stopped! Your paranoid!" "Brat!" "Bitch!" He watched as they entered the room glaring at each other. "Please Miss Hikari, sit down." Hikari sat on a cushion still glaring at Kagura. Kagura glared back. "You too Kagura." Kagura took a seat beside Hikari. They continued to glare at each other out of the corner of their eyes. "Hikari do you have any idea as to why you are here." "Nope." "Yes you do! I told you a million times on the way here." Kagura retorted as Hikari answered. "Will you answer some questions for me?" Naraku asked, ignoring Kagura's outburst. Hikari's eyes never left Kagura's. "Maybe." Naraku was glaring at her but she didn't care. "Look at me." Hikari turned her head to face his him. "Will you answer some questions? Yes or no?" "Yes or no." Hikari snapped back. Kagura noticed that the girl truly wasn't scared of Naraku. "Are you aware of what I can do to you?" Hikari smirked. "I don't give shit." Naraku glared even more at her. "Such a mouth on a young lady." She liked that comment. "Thank you." Naraku continued to glare at her. "Will, you answer some questions for me?" "Yeah, I guess. If that's the only thing your gonna keep askin' me." Naraku glared. She glared. Kagura glared at them both. "Are you from the future?" Hikari wondered on how to answer that. "Maybe." "Are you a member of the White Dragon Clan?" "Maybe." "Do you want to leave here?" "Maybe." "Are you going to give me any definite answers?" "No." "But you just gave him one." "Maybe." "Argh, you're going to be this way the whole time aren't you?" "I dunno."
Naraku & the two women sat in silence for a minute. Naraku trying to decide how he was going to crack the girl. Kagura wanting to kill her. And Hikari feeling like she was going to pass out from lack of sleep. Finally Naraku broke the awkward silence. "Will you answer the questions willingly or will I have to make you answer them?" Hikari glared at him through her bleary eyes. "Ooo I'm so scared." He glared at her as smiled at him. "Are you from the future?" Hikari glared at him. "No." "Are you a member of the White Dragon Clan?" "No." "Are you tired?" "No." Naraku could see the sleepiness in the girls' eyes. "Are you lying to me?" "No." He tried to see if she was but she kept up the same look. "Do you have a shard of the Shikon jewel?" "Nope." Kagura slapped her between the shoulder blades. "Don't lie girl." "My name is HIKARI! NOT GIRL!" A rock flew through the door & smashed into Kagura's head. She rubbed the sore spot & glared at Hikari. Naraku watched the whole thing from his place on the floor. "Girl, do you have strange powers?" "My Name is Hikari!!! And NO I DON'T!!!" She yelled at him. No one had ever yelled at him before. Kagura slapped her back again. *Bock* "Yeow!" Naraku sat there & glared at them until they stopped. "What is it you desire most Hikari?" He asked as tentacles seeped out of his arms. "That's none of your business!" Hikari retorted as she slapped away a tentacle that tried to touch her. Kagura was about to slap her when a rock hit her in the head. *Bock* "Will you stop that?!" "Stop what?" "That thing that you always do." "Your crazy lady." Hikari continued to slap away the tentacles that tried to touch her. "What is it you most desire?" Naraku asked again as the tentacles grew in number. "I told you that it's none of your business! Woo!" A tentacle had just touched one of her swore spots. "What is it you most desire?" Naraku asked again. Hikari was starting to get tired of that question. "I ain't sayin'." A tentacle rubbed her butt. Hikari yelped & pulled out the gun hidden in her clothes. *Blam* The tentacle writhed & shrank away. "Die you damn perverts!!!!" *Blam*Blam*Blam* Hikari shot at several more tentacles that came her way. She sighed & sat back down as she fired off the last round. She noticed that both the demons were staring at her with shocked looks at the small object that she tucked back into her clothes. "What? Can't a girl own a gun?" She asked as she looked from one to the other. "What was that thing?" Kagura asked as she pointed to the outline of the gun in Hikari's shirt. "Oh, that was my .18 caliber revolver. Good gun. Wait do you even know what a gun is?" Both the demons shook their heads. "Good. Then I have no reason to tell you." Hikari sighed as she put her hands behind her head. Naraku gazed at her for a moment longer. "Let me see this weapon." Hikari glared at him. "No way man." He raised an eyebrow at her. "Oh, that's slang for 'Hell NO!'" She informed him. He glared at her, as she glared back. "Will you answer some questions for me." "Dammit, I'm tired, but yeah whatever." He raised his eyebrow at her again. She didn't stop to explain this time. "Are you from the future?" "Hell yeah." "Are you a member of the White Dragon Clan?" "Yes." "Do you want to leave here?" "No, shit. Yeah." "Do you carry a shard of the Shikon Jewel?" "Nope." "Are you lying?" "Maybe. It all depends on what question you think I'm lying about." "Will you become one of my puppets?" "In your dreams." "Will you let me see the gun?" Hikari thought a moment before answering. "Hold on." She went to get the gun but opened the revolver part to let the bullets fall into her bra. "Here you go." Naraku smiled evilly at her. As did Kagura. Kagura noticed the strange triumphant look in the girls' eye that told her something wasn't right. Naraku pointed the gun at Hikari's head. "Now you will tell me all the answers truthfully without lying or you will die." Naraku seemed to think that the girl was not afraid of him because of the gun. Hikari's eyes traveled up to the gun pointed at her head. "Whatever." "Are you from the future?" "No. I was born this way." Kagura laughed at that. "Do you carry a shard of the sacred jewel of four souls?" "No." "Are you a member of the White Dragon Clan?" "Why do you keep bringing them up? No, I am not." "Does Sesshoumaru love you?" "Never met the guy." "Do you love him?" "I've told you. I never met him." Naraku glared at her. "Does Sesshoumaru love you?!" "No." "Do you love him?" "No." Hikari felt one of the tentacles roll over her legs. She slapped it away. "Can I help your tentacles, mister?" Naraku stared at her. He ignored her question. "How is it that you show no sign of fear? No matter what happens I cannot sense fear in you. Not once since you set foot in this castle have you shown fear." Hikari glared at him. "Who cares if I haven't? I haven't & that's just the way I am. Plus that gun is an old junker." Naraku dropped his guard long enough to look at the gun. Hikari grabbed his arm & twisted the gun out. "Thanks for the chat but I gotta run." With that she completely disappeared. Naraku clutched his arm as Kagura stood. "Naraku?" "Get her. We can use her as bait for the others." Kagura ran down the hall. Hoping the girl was long gone.
Out on the roof Hikari was tearing holes in her pajama top for her wings. "There that should do it." She reloaded the gun & took off. The wings felt better the more she flew. She slid right through the barrier as she turned to see Kagura running out onto the grounds. Hikari noticed the cool feeling of going through another barrier. She looked ahead to see that she was about to hit a treetop. She tried to pull up but crashed anyway. "Damn trees. I seem to be having a problem with them lately." She pulled herself from the tree to see that she was by a large feild. A woman stood in front of her staring wide eyed at her wings. The girl looked strangely like Kagome. "Hello there. Sorry if I scared you. I was running.er.flying away from this crazy lady but I gotta go cuz I think she's coming." Hikari walked toward a clearing & flexed her wings. "Yeow. What in the?" Hikari pulled a stick that was lodged in her feathers out. The woman tapped her on the shoulder. "Who are you? Are you a youkai?" Hikari shook her head. "My name is Hikari. I'm a member of the.crap, I gotta get outta here. Please forgive me but I think she's getting closer." Hikari was about to take off when she felt pain usher through her neck & down her back. She felt her legs go out & her wings disappear as she looked at the priestess smiling at her with those cold eyes.
Rin was awakened by Jaken's angry ranting. "Where is she Rin?! Where is Hikari?!" Rin burst into tears at the thought of Hikari. "Kagura told her that she'd kill Rin if she didn't go with her! Hikari-sama went with the crazy lady to Naraku!" Jaken gasped. "Lord Sesshoumaru! Hikari has gone with Kagura to Naraku!" Sesshoumaru landed in front of the tent & pulled Rin out. "Rin, is this true? Why didn't you tell us before?" "Kagura said that she'd kill Hikari if Rin told anyone before dawn." Sesshoumaru held her as she cried in his arms. Inuyasha & the others heard what had happened too. "I need you to stay here for a while Rin. I'm going to get Hikari." Rin snuffled & hugged him. "Be safe Sesshoumaru-sama." He hugged her back. "It's OK Rin. I'll be fine." He sat her on the ground beside Shippo as he prepared to take off into the woods. "Hey, we want to help too." Inuyasha said putting a hand on his brothers' shoulder. Sesshoumaru glared at him. "This is something that I have to do alone. I want you all to protect Rin & Jaken while I'm gone." He took to the air before anyone could protest. Kagome watched him go. The words Hikari had said to her the night before rang in her ears. 'Yes, I do.' Sango & Miroku were getting on Kirara but Kagome pulled them down. "He has to do this by himself." They stared at her. "But we have to fight Naraku too." Sango protested. Miroku looked at Kagome's stern look. "You'd better get Inuyasha." Kagome turned to see that he was already a good ways into the trees. Tetsusaiga was drawn & ready for the attack. "INUYASHA!!! OSUWARI!!! SIT!!!" Inuyasha crashed to the forest floor. "What the hell was that for bitch?!?!" "Just a little insurance."
Sesshoumaru flew through the trees as he passed through the barrier to Naraku's castle. He hoped that he wasn't too late to save Hikari. As he approached the castle he saw Hikari standing on the porch by Naraku & Kagura. "I thought that you might come for the pretty little girl." Naraku said as Sesshoumaru came to a halt below him. Sesshoumaru stared at Hikari above him. Her eyes had no pupils & she had no expression on her face. Kagura was looking very smug at that point. "What do you want with her Naraku?" Sesshoumaru called from the ground. Naraku smiled. "She has something she wants to tell you. She also wants to kill you, so I think what she wants to say will be a little awkward." Naraku & Kagura walked inside. Hikari jumped down to Sesshoumaru. "Sesshoumaru." She said in a very mechanical voice. She leaned in & hugged him. He felt her squeezing him tighter & tighter he could barely breath when she spoke again. "Sesshoumaru.I.love. you." Hikari's dead eyes stared into his own. He freed himself from her death hug as the roof of the castle exploded. Miasma & tentacles swarmed everywhere as Naraku flew from the top of the roof. "I will not allow you to live." He said in a demonic voice. Hikari flew at him at the same time as Naraku sent a tentacle at him. Sesshoumaru was barely able to dodge both. Hikari kept trying to punch him, while Naraku tried to send a tentacle through him. He growled as Hikari's fist caught his cheek. "Hikari, wake up!" He pushed her to the ground. She pulled the gun out from her clothes. "Sesshoumaru-sama." She said in that same mechanical voice. He froze as she started to pull the trigger.
Hikari was encased in black light again. She felt like she was going to die. She couldn't breath & was staring at a distant light coming toward her. The light grew larger as it came toward her. "Hey I thought I told you not to die?!" The light spoke in her brothers' voice. "I am not dying you jerk!" "Yeah, well dying included falling under the spell of some crazy hanyou!" He yelled at her. "You gotta learn to defend yourself against this stuff!" He said poking his finger into the blackness. "We're not going to be here all the time to save you." Hikari watched as the blackness was eaten away by the light from his body. "Hey, when will I see Kyle?" Andrew looked at her & smirked. "Probably the next time you start dying you wimp." Hikari blushed furiously & tried to get at him. "Now go save lover boy! And stop pulling that trigger. Be a waste of bullets to fire at the guy who's trying to save you." Hikari was about to ask him what he meant but felt herself slipping back into reality. He waved goodbye & she tried to say thanks. She felt something in her hand. She could see through her eyes again. She looked around to see Naraku above. Tentacles waving in several different directions. She noticed that the gun was pointed at Sesshoumaru's head. She winked at him as she saw his questioning look. "Well, are you going to shoot him or not girl?" Hikari tried to sound as much like a drone as possible. "Yes, master." She tightened her grip on the gun as she whirled & pointed it at Naraku. "Die you Sonnuvabitch!" She called as she fired several rounds at him. The bullets hit dead on. Naraku clutched at his stomach that was now bleeding heavily from 6 gunshot wounds. "Sesshoumaru, I'm going to call the others here. You continue fighting!" She called as she sent a mental message to Inuyasha to come to the battleground but to leave Rin & Jaken behind. "They have Rin & Jaken with them!" Sesshoumaru called. "I know so I put one of my blue orbs around them. They'll be safe." Sesshoumaru nodded & took off.
Far away in the clearing Rin & Jaken were encased in blue orbs & a voice came from the sky. "Inuyasha & company! Sesshoumaru & I need your help! Please bring my shuriken & katana to the castle. I'm running out of bullets!" Inuyasha took off with Kagome on his back with her arrows & the desired equipment. Rin & Jaken continued to eat breakfast like nothing was happening as Sango & Miroku took off on Kirara. Shippo hopped on too at the last moment.
The bullets hit Naraku in two of his tentacles & once in the chest. Kagura watched with amusement as the flying dragon-girl & the demon lord started to drive back Naraku. I may almost be free! She thought to herself happily. She noticed that Kohaku was standing next to her. His eyes were normal. "I think that we will be safe soon boy, safe & free." Kohaku looked at her. His eyes glazed as he watched her. She stiffened. Naraku was calling the boy for help. "I must go now." He said as he grabbed up his blade & left.
A yell of "Kaze no Kizu!" announced the arrival of Inuyasha & the group. Hikari watched as her weapons floated down to her. "Thanks Kagome- chan!" She called as she unsheathed her katana. The shuriken in her other hand. "Any time!" She called as Inuyasha deposited her on the ground behind him. She pulled out an extra bow & arrow. "I thought I might bring these too!" Hikari caught them in mid air & strapped both to her back. She jumped up & threw several shuriken at Naraku. Only two hit him. Hikari went to get some more when a sword cut her shoulder. A young boy with the same pale eyes as hers had been was staring at her. "Sango! This him?!" She called to Sango who turned to face her. "Kohaku!" She called. Hikari took that as a 'yes' & pulled her arms free. She placed both of her hands on his face & closed her eyes. A blue light appeared on her forehead. She felt for the place where Kohaku was being controlled. She let an image of herself go in to see what she was working on.
A small boy was being crushed by a black orb surrounding his body. Hikari floated toward him. "Hey, your Kohaku, Sango's brother? Nice to meet you. I'm Hikari. I'm going to be your nurse today." Kohaku stared wide-eyed at her. "I'm going to get you out of this stinking hell pit & back to your sister if it's the last thing I do." Hikari shoved her light covered arms into the blackness. "You mustn't be afraid of me or anything else Kohaku. You're going to be OK. Besides I've heard of how brave you are from your sister & Rin. They speak very highly of you." The whole time she spoke Kohaku just stared at her. "A-am I really going to see them again? My sister & that girl I mean." Hikari smiled. "Yep. Keep hoping that'll make this go faster." Kohaku sighed & thought of his sister & Kirara. He missed them both very much. He felt the orb retreat under her touch. She was staring at the darkness with concerned eyes. "Almost there, bud." Kohaku watched as the last of it was eaten away. He floated freely by her. She zapped the remaining darkness coating the walls with her blue fireballs. "That should do it Kohaku. I'll see you in two minutes." With that she disappeared & Kohaku felt his eyes opening to look at the world freely.
Sango beat back the enemies as Hikari suddenly started breathing heavily. She pulled away from Kohaku who was kneeling in front of her. Kohaku slowly opened his eyes to stare at the girl then at his sister who had tears in her eyes. "Kohaku." "Sis?" They hugged as tears ran down their cheeks. Hikari let her wings drop they're disguise as picked up her sword. "Hey Hikari, you have a mark on your forehead." Sango said as she noticed Hikari leaving for the battle that was still raging. "Really? What does it look like?" "It's blue & it's two separate wings. The wing of a dragon on the left side, & a feathered wing on the right side." Hikari nodded. With a smile she sprang into battle, sword flying along with her. She managed to slice a couple tentacles before she was hit. A tentacle whizzed by & caught her between the shoulder blades. She recovered & whacked the thing in half. She was trying to get to Sesshoumaru before he found her. She glided through the tentacles easily sending out blue waves & fireballs every now & then. She spotted Kagome shooting off arrows behind Inuyasha. She decided to ask her for Sesshoumaru. "Kagome, have you seen Sesshoumaru?" She called as she swooped by. Kagome pointed in the direction of a tall man. Hikari thanked her & took off again. The man was bleeding from a wound on his side. Hikari alighted by him & grabbed him around the waist before he could do anything. She flew to a safe spot & put him down. "Are you OK Sesshoumaru?" She asked looking at the cut. He patted her head. "I'm.fine." He groaned as he tried to walk, he pitched forward. Hikari caught him. "You are not OK. Hold still." Hikari put her glowing arms over the wound. Sesshoumaru watched as the clothes was cleared of all blood. He felt his side stop aching as she touched it. "There, now stay here for 10 minutes. Otherwise it'll open up again." She took off back into the battle. Sesshoumaru watched as she sliced several of Naraku's tentacles. He smirked to himself. "Thank you."
Kagura watched the whole scene from the balcony. "She just freed that little boy!" She cried as she watched the girl take off toward Sesshoumaru. The girl stopped & picked the youkai up from around the waist & jump backward. When she landed she put her hands on the youkai's stomach & heal him. Kagura gasped as the girl glowed blue & took off into the battle again. From there she sent several more tentacles flying with her blue attacks. Kagura noticed that Naraku was watching the girl too. He suddenly jerked his head at Sesshoumaru, lying helpless on the ground. He laughed & sent a barrage of attacks at him.
Hikari turned to see Sesshoumaru being attacked. Before she knew what she had done she was in front of him. She pulled the sword back & uttered something to herself. The sword & her entire body glowed blue. Her feathers started to melt away, revealing the dragon wings beneath. Her forehead was on fire with the sensation of power. She thrust the sword forward as the chant was finished. The blue light cascaded from it as she continued to say something that she did not understand at the time. Naraku yelled as the light hit him. Hikari's eyes came into focus as she slipped to the ground. Sesshoumaru picked her up as Naraku & his castle melted away.
Hikari focused on the voices around her. They were still at the place where the castle had been when she opened her eyes. She looked around to see that she was in Sesshoumaru's arms. "Wow, I spend a lot of time passing out. Don't I?" Hikari giggled & rubbed her as Sesshoumaru let her down on her feet. "What was going on? All I remember is seeing Naraku send something at you & the rest is a blur." Hikari looked up into his face. Kagome & Sango & the rest were walking over to them. "Hikari, The others are hurt too. Can you help us heal them?" She asked in a polite tone. Hikari smiled at her. "Of course Kagome-chan."
When Hikari was finished with Inuyasha he walked over to Sesshoumaru. "Don't forget what we said last night." Inuyasha whispered in his ear as he passed by. "The one who doesn't tell has to go & hook up Kikyo & Naraku." Sesshoumaru said with a ruthful smile, as he watched his brother's face pale. "I was attacked by some lady last night Kagome. She looked a lot like you." Kagome sighed as Hikari placed her hands on her side. "Next." She said as Kagome stood. "That Lady was probably Kikyo. I'm her supposed reincarnation. On what grounds did she attack you?" "So you're her? No kidding? Well she was in this field that I landed in when I was trying to get away from Kagura. I said 'hi' & 'sorry if I scared you.' Then she asks me if I'm youkai & stuff. I said 'no' & that I had to go & when I tried to leave she did something to the back of my neck." Kagome shrugged.
Sango had several wounds that weren't serious but hurt her bad enough. Miroku had one on his head & back. Shippo had a small scrape that he seemed to think was huge. Kirara had a bad slice on her side. Kohaku was the last & one of the least hurt. A bump on the head & a small slash across his chest. Hikari healed them both for him. "Please miss Hikari, thank you so much for everything." He said. Hikari stood along with him. "Don't call me Miss, just Hikari will do fine. And your welcome, Kohaku the demon slayer." Sango hugged him & thanked Hikari for saving her brother. They all walked off to the battleground talking happily to each other. Sesshoumaru was wondering if what Hikari had said was true. He would find out soon enough when the moon rose.
Another long chap! I just keep typing & typing until I've typed out 10 pages. Forgive me. Well anyway, the interview with Naraku was (I thought) pretty damn funny. But just cause I think it is doesn't mean it is. I mean, I think pudding is funny. (hehe pudding) I thought the whole thing with Kohaku was good too. Did anyone else notice that everyone in Hikari's family has a 'K' name except her older bro Andrew? Well, I also received reviews on the site I originally aired this on saying that they liked this chap cuz it was funny. ^_^ See you soon & please review!
~ OtakuSailorV