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Chapter 30: Kazaana

"Kagura?"

"Hai?"

"Kohaku?"

"Hai, Naraku-sama."

"Kaede?"

"Hai, Naraku-san."

"Tsuyacon village. Retrieve the jewel shards." He ordered.

"Hai." They all said as they walked out of the castle.

"Tastunai." Naraku looked out the dimmed window. "Where are you?"

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"Tastunai?!" Kagome called. "Where are you?!"

"Kagome…-san?" a weak voice asked.

Kagome jumped. Seeing that she was alone because they had split up she was extra jumpy and ready with her bow. "Tastunai?" she bent down to the girl.

Flipping over the kunoichi she saw her state. Tastunai sad a gas through her stomach and legs and a small cut across her cheek.

"What happened to you, Tastunai?" Kagome asked as she shook the kunoichi slightly.

"It was…a youkai…by the name of…." Her hand shook as she reached up for a low branch. She pulled the leaves off it and held them out to Kagome. "…watch out for…a youkai named….Ruumaromaru." she said as she shoved the leaves into Kagome's hands. "Don't…be cocky…he's dangerous."

Kagome nodded silently.

"Naraku's…kugutsu's are….forming a rebellion. They'll help you…most of the time…if it's against…Naraku's orders."

"Don't talk anymore. Save your strength." Kagome said as she clenched the leaves that cut into her palm.

Tastunai closed her eyes with a smile and started to disappear. "I will be with Naraku-sama."

"Shit." Kagome muttered as she disappeared out of her arms.

She stood up, her palm bleeding lightly. So far she had bandages on her arms, legs, two of her fingers, and now she'll have her palm.

She grabbed onto a tree limb, pulled herself up and proceeded in climbing the branches. She reached the top and started to, slowly, jump from tree top to tree top until she came to one of the others.

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"Welcome back, Tastunai." Naraku said as Tastunai floated down through the ceiling. She floated above the ground, blood dripping steadily.

Naraku laughed. What's so funny?

"Tastunai? Wake." With a swish of his wrist her eyes opened. In her hands, now, was a sort of cocoon ball. It buzzed.

"Take this to Kagome-sama's group. When Miroku's fights open it. The Saimyoushou will do something that will help."

"What?" she spoke.

"You will see.' He said.

Tastunai held the cocoon up, it hovered above her palms. "Hai, Naraku-sama." She said in a trance like voice.

Kagura next to the door listened. "Why doesn't she snap out of the trance, like before?" she whispered.

"Kagura."

Kagura jumped and turned around to see her older sister, Kanna. "What do you want?" she snapped.

"Watching you." She said in her toneless voice. Her white hair blew in the wind. Holding the mirror forward a little she added quietly. "Naraku-sama."

"What about him?" Kagura said just as quietly.

"He is mean…to Tastunai-san." She said. Kagura seemed taken aback.

"Why do you care?" she asked curiously.

"She is my sister…as are you." With that she turned and walked slowly back down the hall.

Kagura stood straight and walked the other way. Tastunai… don't do it…

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"Tastunai just…vanished?" Pyrasuuke cried.

"Yes." Kagome said as they all sat around in the hut. She rubbed her arms unconsciously. "She said that I need to watch my back against a youkai by the name of…. Ruumaromaru."

"Ruumaromaru? Who is he?" Miroku asked.

"One of Naraku's youkai." Inuyasha said.

They all looked at him questioningly. "What?! I could smell him!" he defended himself.

Kagome looked toward the window. "He's powerful, I could tell by her wounds. She said…that she was going to Naraku again and gave me…these leaves for some reason." She said as she held up the razor sharp leaves.

"Kagome-sama. You've lost so much blood over the course of this journey. Maybe you should rest a while from the fighting?" Miroku said.

"Hai." Kagome said as she set the leaves down. "But how can you rest…when your arm itches like hell?!" she yelled as she started scratching her bandaged Dragon arm.

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Kikyo walked through the forest, her bow over her shoulder and her quiver full of arrows or her back. Wearing her miko outfit she marched on. Around her white lights flew toward her as white dragons called shikigami's flew toward her, rounded around her letting go of the orb and flying off again.

She stopped abruptly and fired an arrow. "Who's there?" she said calmly.

"Yo." Kagura stepped out. She held her fan in front of her as she walked slowly toward the miko.

"Who are you?" Kikyo asked as she threaded another arrow.

"I am Kagura." That was all Kagura said. She lifted her fan. "You have something I need. Hand it over." She said as she got her fan in the ready position.

Down, rolling toward her was a blue glowing arrow.

Kagura blinked for a second before she bent slightly to pick it up.

The blue around it surrounded her hand and shocked her.

"How dare you!" Kagura hissed as she lifted her fan again. "Fushin no Mai!" she yelled angrily as blades shot out of her fan.

Kikyo put up a barrier.

"A barrier?" Kagura asked, amused. "Fine then. Ryuushin no Mai!" whirls of wind shot out and spun the miko about. Her shikigami went in and, though many had died, pulled her free of the cutting winds.

"Oh well…" Kagura ripped a piece of cloth off her sleeve and picked up the arrow. The flames ceased showing the now flaming silver words across the shaft. "Ah…This is exactly what is needed for the resurrection."

"What are you doing, Kagura?" Kanna asked as she walked toward her from the darkness.

"I'm getting the ingredients for Tsukai to resurrect--."

"…Myukai?" Kanna finished for her.

Kagura glared at her elder sister. "What do you want, Kanna?"

"I want to help, Kagura." She walked forward, her mirror shining in the darkness. There were three pictures, the dimmed miko's arrow, a slightly dull fang and a sharp fang which had two scribbled names underneath, and prayer beads. "What is this?"

"It's the ingredients." Kanna said as she flipped the mirror over to show Kagura's face once again.

"Myukai, the Goddess of Destruction, is said to come from Saturn. She was sealed away by each of these ancestral people. The owner of the previous fang, the owner of the previous two prayer beads, and the owner of the previous inspiration arrow." Kagura said as she looked into the sky and absently recited her thoughts.

"Hai, Kagura."

"Let's get the rest. Next stop is…the Prayer beads." she said as the prayer beads on Kanna's flipped mirror shone brighter then the other's.

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Morning…

The group proceeded to walk in the North direction because Kagome had said she sensed a jewel shard nearby.

While they walked the ground ahead of them made a sort of barrier of rocks.

"Mytamajune." Pyrasuuke whispered.

"What's that?" Shippo asked.

"It's a sort of enchantment that stops a certain person from passing through. It's a very hard magic." Pyrasuuke explained quietly.

"Miroku-sama, hoshi-sama, Kazaana wielder. Step forth." Said a voice highly familiar.

When the dust cleared, there stood….

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"Tastunai got there first!" Kagura cried as she and Kanna jumped off her feather to land a few feet away from their sister.

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"Tastunai!" Kagome said as she stepped forward. Inuyasha blocked her way with his sleeve and glared at the kunoichi.

"I knew we couldn't trust you." He said.

"It's a trance, genius." Said Kagura as she stood next to Tastunai. "Miroku…hand over your prayer beads."

Miroku glared at the three sisters as well. "Never."

"Fine then. Ryuushin no Mai!" the whirlwinds swept over the rock wall and attacked the group.

Inuyasha covered Kagome as Sango covered the kitten Kirara and Shippo with her Hiraikutsu. Pyrasuuke had jumped into a tree and was panting for her life as the bottom of her fancy Chinese robe got cut up making her shed it to show her wearing something much similar to what Tastunai wore as a kunoichi only hers was black.

"Ah!!" Miroku cried as the prayer beads were ripped off his arm. "No!!" he cried.

Kagura's attack finished but now an enormous wind was pulling them toward him.

"What…what's going on?! Miroku-sama?!" Kagome called over the winds.

"K-Kazaana?" he asked himself as he tried to stop it.

"I'm sorry for your loss. Here!" Tastunai said as she lifted up the cocoon. She threw it toward him gracefully.

It cracked and out flew the Saimyoushou flying toward the winds.

"Houshi-sama!" Sango cried as they flew into the Kazaana.

"If you wish to stop it…close it up." Tastunai said as she jumped up into the tree's and set off.

Miroku held his hand and with the other one over the hole. The winds stopped.

Kagura and Kanna watched as did Inuyasha and co while Miroku fell to his knees. "Poison?"

"She used the… Saimyoushou on him?" Kagura muttered. "It's poisoness….Feh, who cares. Come Kanna." On to her feather they went.

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"Miroku. What is this?" Inuyasha asked as he knelt next to the houshi.

Miroku was sweating and holding his hands together as if he would die if he let go, which he probably would but…

"It's…poison." He ground out then fell unconscious.

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"Houshi-sama. Are you alright?" Sango looked at his sleeping face. "I hope you don't die."

He started to stir. "Houshi-sama!" Sango leaned forward. His Kazaana hand was bandaged so it wouldn't open and he looked in pain.

He turned to her and smiled faintly. "Sango…Don't cry…" was all he said before he closed his eyes again.

"Houshi-sama…Houshi-sama wake up. C'mon." she shook his shoulder.

Her eyes widened.

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"Ow!"

Shippo looked toward the hut where Sango was watching Miroku. He ran over with a bucket of water and pushed back the door.

"He's better now." Sango said angrily as she dropped her Hiraikutsu next to her. Miroku's hand was twitching from here he had groped her butt.

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Uh…yeah…

Next chapter:

Chapter 31: Betraying Naraku