Disclaimer:I do not own Inuyasha. I do own Sakura, Suzuran, and Hokiboshi.
Kiniro Sakura
Chapter Six: Tataku
Sakura was rudely awakened the next morning by a sharp bark. She jerked up into a fighting position only to start laughing at Inuyasha. He had woken up sometime during the night to plan revenge but his plans were ruined when Shippo told Suzuran of them. Now Inuyasha was hanging upside down from a tree with a piece of cloth over his mouth.
"Hey Inuyasha? How'd you get up there?" Sakura asked as she held in her giggles. She looked over at Suzuran who had an evil smile on her face. She nodded as she brought one of her claws up to the rope that had Inuyasha tied to a tree branch. With one swipe of her claws the rope was in shreds and Inuyasha was lying on the ground. He stared at everyone for a minute before jumping up and getting in Sakura's face.
"Why the hell did you do that bitch?" He snarled. Suzuran only proceeded to ignore him. She walked over to Shippo and picked him up.
"Tell him Shippo." She said as she smiled down at him. Shippo nodded happily and then he turned his attention back to Inuyasha.
"Well, after Suzuran knocked you out last night we fell asleep. I woke up during the night to find that you had awakened and had moved up into a tree. You were planning revenge on Suzuran. The reason I know and everybody else knows is because you were talking in your sleep. I told Suzuran and she tied you upside down to that tree branch and covered your mouth. And then you woke up." Shippo finished as he smirked at Inuyasha. But that was the wrong thing to do because Inuyasha grabbed Shippo and started beating him over the head. Kagome was about to step in but Sakura and Suzuran were already at it. Everyone watched as the two females beat up Inuyasha. He was near unconsciousness when the two females suddenly stopped. Sakura sniffed the air and paled. Suzuran looked at her before narrowing her eyes.
"He is coming." Was all Suzuran said before she got into a fighting stance. Sakura did the same and after Inuyasha and the others noticed what they were doing they also proceeded to get into a fighting position. A strong wind picked up and a woman riding on a feather landed in the clearing. Sakura growled.
"Why do you smell of Naraku when you are clearly not him?" Sakura questioned, as she looked the woman up and down. The woman smirked.
"I am Kagura, one of Naraku's offspring. I was sent to kill you." Kagura informed as she brought out her fan. Suzuran growled. Inuyasha and Sango were about to attack but Sakura put her hand in front of them. Everyone but Suzuran looked at her funny.
"I will handle this. If I need help I will ask for it." She said coldly. She pulled out a sword that transformed just like Tetsaiuga but this one transformed into a deadly sharp point. Kagura looked slightly taken aback at Sakura's weapon but she quickly got over it. Sakura smirked. Kagura glared at her as she started twirling her fan.(A/N:I don't know how she attacks!)But Sakura was one step ahead of her. Just as Kagura was about to chant something Sakura brought her sword down. Kagura blocked with her fan but was still pushed back. Sakura jumped off of the fan and did a front flip over Kagura's head. Kagura looked towards the Inu-gumi and smirked. Then she moved twice the speed of a human and grabbed something. Sakura spun around when she heard a yell.
"Shippo!" Kagome yelled. Sakura looked towards Kagura who now a had a struggling Shippo in her grasp. Suzuran growled and it took all of her strength not to jump in and attack. She knew what would happen if someone got in the way of Sakura's fight. That's why she had knocked Inuyasha out when he tried to follow Sakura out onto the battlefield.
"Give him back Kagura." Sakura snarled. Kagura smirked.
"If you want him you'll have to beat me but that won't happen, will it? At least not with this Kitsune in my arms." Kagura said. Shippo whimpered when Kagura held on tighter to him. Sakura growled.
"Thought so!" Kagura laughed as she squeezed Shippo tighter. Now everyone could hear Shippo whimpering.
"That does it!" Sakura screamed as she ran towards Kagura with her sword. Kagura was still laughing as she dodged the blows but the last one caught her off guard and slit her shoulder. She winced and dropped Shippo. Suzuran ran over and picked him up before Kagura could get her hands on him again. Kagura stood up with an evil gleam in her eyes.
"You. Will. Pay." She ground out as she jumped into the air with her fan's sharp ends towards Sakura. Sakura held her sword in a defensive position waiting for the blow to come but it never did. She looked in front of her to see Kagura looking off to the West.
"What are you looking at. You should pay attention to me." Sakura hissed out as she charged. Just as she was about to hit, Kagura jumped up onto her transformed feather.
"I will kill you another day if you do no die today." She called out.
"What the hell do you mean!?" Inuyasha, who had just awoken, yelled.
"The Lord of the Western Lands is coming and he will surely kill you, Inuyasha and Lady Sakura!" She said. Everyone could hear her laughter slowly fade away as they looked at each other. Sakura and Suzuran had confused faces while the Inu-gumi had angry ones except for Shippo.
"Why should we worry about the Lord of the Western Lands? He will not kill us unless he has a reason." Suzuran said as she helped Sakura sit down.
"His name is Sesshoumaru and he is Inuyasha's half-brother. He wants to kill Inuyasha so he can get the Tetsaiuga." Kagome explained. Sakura and Suzuran mouthed an 'O'.
"Then we should get going and try to put some distance between us!" Sakura said as she stood up but immediately sat down again with a wince when one of her cuts opened up on the back of her led. Suzuran shook her head.
"Nope. We aren't going anywhere until you're healed. Besides, it's already near sunset so we should just make camp for the night." She said. Sakura put on a fake pout but at Suzuran's stern face she sighed and threw her hands up.
"Alright! I give up. Let's make camp here." Sakura said. Everyone nodded except for Inuyasha who had mysteriously disappeared. Kagome looked for him before turning a confused and angry face towards Suzuran.
"Do you know where Inuyasha went?" Kagome asked as she frowned. Sakura shrugged while Suzuran sniffed the air.
"He's about ten feet away sulking in a tree." She reported as she stopped sniffing the air and went to gather firewood.
"How'd she do that?" Kagome wondered out loud.
"She has one of the best noses in the world, which is why we're so good at hunting Youkai and stealing food." Sakura explained. Kagome nodded and started helping Sango fix ramen.
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Well, this chapter wasn't as long as the last one but that's because I didn't feel like writing today. Sesshoumaru should show up in the next chapter but I don't know yet. Please review! Animechick8