Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha, Kagome, Miroku… *huggles Miroku plushie*… , Sango… *huggles Sango pluahie*… , Kirara… *huggles Kirara plushie*… , Shippou, Naraku ( I don't wanna own him anyways ^-^;; ), etc… I could go on and on but I've decided to cut my list short due to the fact that I'm inspired! ^-^

A/N: *Sigh* school is so tiring. Plus, the climate in New York is so seriously messed up. Yesterday it was 70 degrees, today its 40! *shakes head* it's weird, but I'm glad. I love the winter. lol ^-^' Anyways, I'm trying really hard with these action scenes, especially because I am much better at the romance or drama parts of the story. But I tried very hard, so enjoy! ^__^

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"Atsumareba hora
Kirei na hana ni naru wa
Tsuyoi hana ni naru wa
Yami wo toki wo arashi wo
Taetete yukeru no"

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"Look-- when we come together,
We become beautiful,
We become strong,
Capable of withstanding
Any gloom, any passage of time, any storm"

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IronyChapter 3…

…Jump for Cover…

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"Fuujin no Mai!" Kagura had just arrived, releasing a swarm of wind blades headed for the Inuyasha-tachi.

"Kya~a~a~a~a…!" Kagome shrieked as Inuyasha pulled her out of the way, blocking a couple of the blades with Tetsusaiga.

Miroku was quite aware of what was going on. Quickly, he looked towards Sango who was sprawled out on the ground, just a few feet ahead of him. She still hadn't moved.

He had heard Inuyasha scream at him to get out of the way from somewhere behind him, warning him of the attack Kagura had sent towards him and Sango.

But at the moment, he didn't care about himself.

The wind blades were headed straight for Sango.

'Sango…!'

There was no time to think.

If he didn't do something, Sango would die. She'd get sliced in half!

"Sango!" he cried.

Using all the energy he had left, he ran forward quickly, throwing himself on top of her.

'I can use myself as a shield…' he strategized, wrapping his arms protectively around the woman underneath him.

For a split second, he stopped. He felt her chest rising up and down slowly. She was breathing.

He had never been so relieved in his life.

'Please stay alive…'

That was his last thought before he felt a blinding pain shoot through his back. He lost his grip on Sango as he was thrown backwards into the air. He felt something sharp digging into his back, slicing through the skin and muscle. He clenched his teeth as he felt himself flying backward. He landed on the ground a couple of feet back with a thud.

After that, it was all darkness…

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"Miroku!" Inuyasha yelled out as he and Kagome watched the scene unfold in front of them.

They could only stand there as the houshi threw himself on top of Sango, covering her from the oncoming wind attacks.

He himself had gotten hit instead…

"Miroku-sama!" Kagome ran towards the fallen houshi. He was losing a lot of blood!

And fast…

She increased her pace, Shippou clinging to her shoulder with an iron grip.

He had been watching this all happen. He saw it in slow motion… he was too terrified to say anything.

"Fools…" Kagura let out a light chuckle, closing her fan. She flashed Inuyasha a cocky smile, which only pissed him off more.

"Kagura, you are no longer needed here" Naraku said, his voice didn't rise above a whisper.

The wind user nodded at him, pulling a tiny white feather out of her hair.

Kagome kneeled next to Miroku, trying to stop the blood that was pouring out of the wound on his back.

Kirara sat by Sango's side, licking her hand to try and wake her up.

"Kagura!" Inuyasha ran at her, his eyes glistened with rage.

She smirked at him, awake of the fact that he was unable to use the Kaze no Kizu as long as she was around.

He didn't even bother to try use Tetsusaiga against her.

Instead, he dug his claws into the palm of his hand, drawing blood.

"Hijin Ketsusou!" he let out a deadly attack of gleaming red blades.

Kagura sighed. "Pathetic…" she jumped into the air, avoiding the attack.

Inuyasha growled in frustration.

Quickly, Kagura pulled out her fan, sending a few wind blades at Kirara, who gracefully leapt out of the way.

Kagura closed her fan once more, landing right next to Sango, though she did not acknowledge her presence.

She simply ignored Sango, who was lying but a few feet away from her.

"Take the taijiya with you" Naraku commanded.

Kagura almost sweat dropped.

Kagome let out a gasp. 'This is bad…' she thought in panic.

 She turned her head to face Naraku, eyes narrowed.

"You want me to take her?" she asked him sarcastically.

"Aa" he replied coldly, turning away from her.

"But why--"

"Do not question me" he gave her a menacing glare.

'But she's of no use to use to him…' she mused silently to herself, furrowing her eyebrows as she kneeled down by Sango.

Kagura gripped Sango by the collar of her taijiya uniform. Her little white feather grew larger as she flung Sango onto it.

Sango showed no reaction.

'The girl is still alive…' Kagura thought as she stepped onto the feather herself.

"Sango-chan!" Kagome cried as Kagura rose up into the air.

Naraku also retreated, releasing a sea of miasma into the air to conceal himself.

"Come back!!" Inuyasha raced after the floating feather as it disappeared from view into the miasma, along with Naraku and Kohaku.

After a few seconds, he realized that it was pointless. He couldn't see anything. He could barely breath…

He clenched his fists.

 "Kuso…" he mumbled angrily to himself.

They were gone…

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A/N: I need inspiration… Anyways, please R&R. If you have any questions or comments, feel free to ask. ~.^

                Also, in one of the reviews I got, someone asked what I meant when I said "…just about everyone…" in my previous chapter. FYI, I meant that first Naraku showed up, then Kohaku, then Kagura. lol. Poor Kanna, she must feel so left out and unloved ^-^;;;. Well's it's 2 am in the morning, and I'm sitting here, typing this. I'm sleepy, so ima go to sleep. It's a 3 day weekend! Wai! ^-^ Ja ne!

10-06-03