Wow, it took me awhile to get this all figured out. I've been so busy! I have a test to study for and I had a lot of plans this weekend so I didn't get this chapter up as fast as I wanted to. And I wasn't sure if I liked the way it came out, but I had to wrap things up. I noticed there isn't a lot off fluff in my story. But then again there isn't a whole lot of real fluff in the show, either. If you guys think I should put some more fluff in, tell me! All battle scenes aren't too fun. But I don't want to make this too fluffy. Cause that can get kinda dumb sometimes if you're not in the mood. So, I guess the only way I'll know what to do next is if you review and tell me! I only got two reviews last time... *sniff*sniff* Have you guys forgotten about me?! Thank you EvilVidel and YunFei for still caring!! Come on people, I need your feed back! So, please review? Thank you! ^_^
disclaimer* Ah yes, the disclaimer. The place where I am supposed to write something witty saying that I don't own Inuyasha. But I've kinda run out of witty things to say, if anything I ever said was witty to begin with... so how about you just not sue me and enjoy my fic...
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"How dare you!!! How dare you impersonate my brother!!! Where is he? Where is Kohaku?!" An enraged Sango was ready to spring on Sakurako, but Miroku held her back.
Both the snake demons grinned. Sango's eyes widened in remembrance of their words in the last battle...
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The group was stunned as they watched the small girl transformed into a twin of the other snake demon, only a red version. Inuyasha sensed her blood change from human to demon.
"Wait a minute! How come you smelled like a human a minute ago, but now you smell like a demon?!" He exclaimed.
Because I had just devoured that pathetic little human. A special capability of ours is to take on the shape and characteristics of what we consume. This including her smell." She laughed.
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"You didn't... you didn't devour him did you!?" Sango looked sick.
"Oh no, be glad Sango, we didn't eat him.... well, all of him. Naraku still has some use for the little brat," Shizuko spoke up.
"Damn you!" Sango yelled.
"Now now, Sango... there's no need to get riled up; you're brother's alive and fine... Although, in a few minutes you won't be," Sakurako grinned. "Let's get this over with, shall we?"
Her hands began to glow.
"Sango, don't let those whips of theirs hit you!" Miroku warned.
"I'll be fine... They're the ones who are going to die." Sango was ready for battle. Miroku looked at her. Her face was full of revenge. He was glad he was on her side....
"HIRAIKOTSU!!!!" Sango started in.
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"KAGOME!!"
Inuyasha wasn't going to make it! Kagome was at the mercy of Kagura's blades...
He heard a familiar growl.
"Oh!" Kagome was surprised as Kiara came just in time to pick up her up out of harms way.
"Damn," Kagura muttered.
"Thanks Kiara, I owe ya one," Inuyasha called to her. "Alright Kagura, your fight is with me."
"Is it Inuyasha? What if my orders were different?" Kagura looked at him sideways, and then eyed Kagome sitting on Kiara.
"Don't even think about it! Kagome's got nothing to do with this!"
"Oh but she does, Inuyasha. She's constantly getting in the way."
Inuyasha was getting angry. "That's enough! Leave Kagome out of this and fight me!"
And with that Inuyasha swung tetsusaiga and tried to use the kaze no kizu. But Kagura deflected it with her fan.
"Did you forget, Inuyasha, that I control wind?"
"Damn it," Inuyasha said. "Kagome! Use your arrows again!" He called up to her.
"Right!" She drew an arrow and shot it towards Kagura.
"No... her purifying arrows make it possible for Inuyasha to use the wind scar.... She really needs to be eliminated." Kagura stepped back.
She saw the wound of the wind start swirling. Inuyasha was preparing to strike....
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Sango was having a hard time battling the two snake demons. They seemed to be everywhere at once, and those damn whips were getting annoying. But so far she was holding up. Her anger fueled her on to fight until she physically couldn't anymore. Miroku was trying his best to get a chance to use his wind tunnel, but the bees were still there and he was afraid he would accidentally suck up Sango. He decided that the wind tunnel was a lost cause and managed to get Shizuko to fight with him. He blocked her red whips, but it was getting difficult. They were tough, and his human body wouldn't hold out much longer, especially since he hadn't fully recovered yet from Inuyasha's slash. He had one last trick. He pulled out some of his paralyzing scrolls.
"Ha!" He threw them at Shizuko's head.
"Ah!!! What are these?!" She cried but couldn't move. Miroku moved in and with one blow Shizuko was down.
Sango was still engaged with Sakurako. But now that she only had one to worry about Sango was able to get some hits on her.
"Shizuko! What have you done to my sister?!" Sakurako was momentarily distracted by the fall of her sister and Sango whammed her with hiraikotsu. She flew back and fell.
"What have you done to my brother??!!!" Sango yelled at her in frustration.
Sakurako looked up from the ground. "He's fine! He's perfectly fine! But my sister is just lying there! What the hell did you do to her monk?!"
"I paralyzed her with my spell scrolls and knocked her out. She will be okay after awhile."
Sakurako got up and ran to her unconscious sister. She picked her up and glared at the two before departing into the woods.
Sango stared as they ran away. She dropped her boomerang and then fell to her knees. Miroku came up and knelt beside her.
"Let's get out of here..." Sango whispered.
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Kagura could feel Sakurako and Shizuko's demon energies moving away from the battle they had been fighting. Shizuko's energy felt especially faint.
"Damn, they must have retreated. Then I can't stay here."
She looked at Inuyasha who was about to cut through the wind scar.
"I think I'm done playing for today. Good bye Inuyasha."
Kagura tossed her feather up and hopped onto it. She quickly flew away.
"Damn it!!!! How come you always fly away? You're a coward!!! Come back and fight me!" But Kagura ignored Inuyasha's ranting and disappeared into the night.
"Inuyasha, it's over now. Let's just go. Where's Miroku and Sango?" Kagome said.
"I don't know. They went in the opposite direction as us."
"Well, lets go find them. They could be in trouble!"
Kagome and Inuyasha went in the direction of Miroku and Sango. They met up near their camp. Sango and Miroku both looked spent.
"What happened? Did you find the jewel shard?" Kagome questioned the two after they had settled back in their camp.
"Yes. It was Sakurako and Shizuko. They had a shard with them but we didn't get it..." Sango seemed reluctant to go on.
"Sakurako impersonated Kohaku. And then we fought them. They retreated after I injured Shizuko." Miroku finished for her. "What happened on your end?"
"Kagura came with a bunch of demons. She tried to kill Kagome."
"So Naraku was setting up another trap?" Miroku said.
"I think so. He must have planned it so that we'd split up. Sakurako looked like Kohaku to lure Sango away from the rest of us. I guess he didn't plan on you following her, Miroku," said Inuyasha. He looked over at Sango. She looked shooken up. Probably cause of Kohaku he reasoned.
"I think also that Kagura was to get rid of Kagome while you two were away. If she kept me busy with her stupid wind attacks, there was no one to protect her. Except you Kiara." The little cat meowed.
"Well, at least we all came out of this one okay," Miroku said. "We should get some rest. It was a very trying battle."
They all agreed and settled down for the night.
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After several days of traveling again, The group came upon a little town. It looked very inviting and Miroku quickly went to the nicest looking temple to do his thing.
"I feel bad, tricking these people into letting us stay here like this," Sango whispered to Kagome.
"I know, but I have to admit I wouldn't mind sleeping inside for once," she replied.
As Miroku looked around the temple, he noticed something odd. There were a lot of men... but no women. Oh wait, there were women! But they were...
'This temple has no young women in it. What a drag...' Miroku sighed.
"Hello good sir. I am a Buddhist monk, and I couldn't help but sense an ominous presence coming from your temple. If I may perform an exorcism-"
But Miroku was cut off.
"Ah! A monk! You are just what we need! Our temple has been bewitched! All of our young women have been disappearing!" The old man grabbed Miroku's hand and knelt down.
"We would be honored if you could break the enchantment and bring back our women!"
Miroku had a gleam in his eye. "We would be glad to help your village."
Sango looked a little irked.
But as the night wore on it was not Sango who was irritated, but Miroku. With all the women gone, Sango and Kagome were the main attraction. Even Inuyasha was getting jealous of all the attention Kagome was receiving.
"Look at em. They're like a pack of wolves." Inuyasha was clearly annoyed.
"Mmm..." Miroku said nothing as he sipped from his cup. He eyed Sango over the rim. She seemed to be having a great time. "I'm getting tired. Perhaps we should call it a night."
"No way. I'm staying right here. If any of them even try to touch Kagome..." Inuyasha stopped and stared stubbornly ahead. "Why do we have to do this anyway? Who cares where the women went. Probably were sick of all the stupid filthy slobs they got in this town."
"I think it has to do with more than that. It is very strange that all of the young women got up and left. I have never heard of such a thing before. The temple keeper said that each night more and more women disappeared. It's now the fifth night and none of them have returned."
"I bet they're all gone. A demon probably got em." Inuyasha muttered.
"I guess we'll just have to wait and see," Miroku said as he heard the laughter of the men and saw Sango's bright smile. He felt very dejected.
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That night Sango and Kagome were sleeping in their extravagant room. Since they were the only young women in the village they were being treated like royalty. Shippo was snuggled with Kagome and Kiara was curled up near Sango. Miroku and Inuyasha were in another, less attractive, room down the hall.
Everything was normal and the night was beautiful. The stars were out and there seemed to be nothing wrong with the world. Everyone was peacefully asleep. Except for one....
Kagome and Sango awoke to hear a sound of a pipe playing. It was a pretty song; it seemed light and inviting. Before Kagome and Sango could ask each other what they thought it was, their eyes became vacant, and they seemed to be in a trance-like state. The girls got up and began to walk out of their room towards the sound of the enticing song. Shippo was awakened when Kagome got up and he was confused.
"Kagome? Kagome what's going on? Where are you going? Kagome!!" He grabbed her leg but nothing the little fox demon did could snap Kagome out of it. "What is that strange sound? I better get Inuyasha!" And he raced down to the boys' room.
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Well that's it for now! Please review and tell me what you think. I've got the next part of this planned out, but give me your input and I can make adjustments. Thanks! See you next chapter!
disclaimer* Ah yes, the disclaimer. The place where I am supposed to write something witty saying that I don't own Inuyasha. But I've kinda run out of witty things to say, if anything I ever said was witty to begin with... so how about you just not sue me and enjoy my fic...
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"How dare you!!! How dare you impersonate my brother!!! Where is he? Where is Kohaku?!" An enraged Sango was ready to spring on Sakurako, but Miroku held her back.
Both the snake demons grinned. Sango's eyes widened in remembrance of their words in the last battle...
*~
The group was stunned as they watched the small girl transformed into a twin of the other snake demon, only a red version. Inuyasha sensed her blood change from human to demon.
"Wait a minute! How come you smelled like a human a minute ago, but now you smell like a demon?!" He exclaimed.
Because I had just devoured that pathetic little human. A special capability of ours is to take on the shape and characteristics of what we consume. This including her smell." She laughed.
*~
"You didn't... you didn't devour him did you!?" Sango looked sick.
"Oh no, be glad Sango, we didn't eat him.... well, all of him. Naraku still has some use for the little brat," Shizuko spoke up.
"Damn you!" Sango yelled.
"Now now, Sango... there's no need to get riled up; you're brother's alive and fine... Although, in a few minutes you won't be," Sakurako grinned. "Let's get this over with, shall we?"
Her hands began to glow.
"Sango, don't let those whips of theirs hit you!" Miroku warned.
"I'll be fine... They're the ones who are going to die." Sango was ready for battle. Miroku looked at her. Her face was full of revenge. He was glad he was on her side....
"HIRAIKOTSU!!!!" Sango started in.
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"KAGOME!!"
Inuyasha wasn't going to make it! Kagome was at the mercy of Kagura's blades...
He heard a familiar growl.
"Oh!" Kagome was surprised as Kiara came just in time to pick up her up out of harms way.
"Damn," Kagura muttered.
"Thanks Kiara, I owe ya one," Inuyasha called to her. "Alright Kagura, your fight is with me."
"Is it Inuyasha? What if my orders were different?" Kagura looked at him sideways, and then eyed Kagome sitting on Kiara.
"Don't even think about it! Kagome's got nothing to do with this!"
"Oh but she does, Inuyasha. She's constantly getting in the way."
Inuyasha was getting angry. "That's enough! Leave Kagome out of this and fight me!"
And with that Inuyasha swung tetsusaiga and tried to use the kaze no kizu. But Kagura deflected it with her fan.
"Did you forget, Inuyasha, that I control wind?"
"Damn it," Inuyasha said. "Kagome! Use your arrows again!" He called up to her.
"Right!" She drew an arrow and shot it towards Kagura.
"No... her purifying arrows make it possible for Inuyasha to use the wind scar.... She really needs to be eliminated." Kagura stepped back.
She saw the wound of the wind start swirling. Inuyasha was preparing to strike....
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Sango was having a hard time battling the two snake demons. They seemed to be everywhere at once, and those damn whips were getting annoying. But so far she was holding up. Her anger fueled her on to fight until she physically couldn't anymore. Miroku was trying his best to get a chance to use his wind tunnel, but the bees were still there and he was afraid he would accidentally suck up Sango. He decided that the wind tunnel was a lost cause and managed to get Shizuko to fight with him. He blocked her red whips, but it was getting difficult. They were tough, and his human body wouldn't hold out much longer, especially since he hadn't fully recovered yet from Inuyasha's slash. He had one last trick. He pulled out some of his paralyzing scrolls.
"Ha!" He threw them at Shizuko's head.
"Ah!!! What are these?!" She cried but couldn't move. Miroku moved in and with one blow Shizuko was down.
Sango was still engaged with Sakurako. But now that she only had one to worry about Sango was able to get some hits on her.
"Shizuko! What have you done to my sister?!" Sakurako was momentarily distracted by the fall of her sister and Sango whammed her with hiraikotsu. She flew back and fell.
"What have you done to my brother??!!!" Sango yelled at her in frustration.
Sakurako looked up from the ground. "He's fine! He's perfectly fine! But my sister is just lying there! What the hell did you do to her monk?!"
"I paralyzed her with my spell scrolls and knocked her out. She will be okay after awhile."
Sakurako got up and ran to her unconscious sister. She picked her up and glared at the two before departing into the woods.
Sango stared as they ran away. She dropped her boomerang and then fell to her knees. Miroku came up and knelt beside her.
"Let's get out of here..." Sango whispered.
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Kagura could feel Sakurako and Shizuko's demon energies moving away from the battle they had been fighting. Shizuko's energy felt especially faint.
"Damn, they must have retreated. Then I can't stay here."
She looked at Inuyasha who was about to cut through the wind scar.
"I think I'm done playing for today. Good bye Inuyasha."
Kagura tossed her feather up and hopped onto it. She quickly flew away.
"Damn it!!!! How come you always fly away? You're a coward!!! Come back and fight me!" But Kagura ignored Inuyasha's ranting and disappeared into the night.
"Inuyasha, it's over now. Let's just go. Where's Miroku and Sango?" Kagome said.
"I don't know. They went in the opposite direction as us."
"Well, lets go find them. They could be in trouble!"
Kagome and Inuyasha went in the direction of Miroku and Sango. They met up near their camp. Sango and Miroku both looked spent.
"What happened? Did you find the jewel shard?" Kagome questioned the two after they had settled back in their camp.
"Yes. It was Sakurako and Shizuko. They had a shard with them but we didn't get it..." Sango seemed reluctant to go on.
"Sakurako impersonated Kohaku. And then we fought them. They retreated after I injured Shizuko." Miroku finished for her. "What happened on your end?"
"Kagura came with a bunch of demons. She tried to kill Kagome."
"So Naraku was setting up another trap?" Miroku said.
"I think so. He must have planned it so that we'd split up. Sakurako looked like Kohaku to lure Sango away from the rest of us. I guess he didn't plan on you following her, Miroku," said Inuyasha. He looked over at Sango. She looked shooken up. Probably cause of Kohaku he reasoned.
"I think also that Kagura was to get rid of Kagome while you two were away. If she kept me busy with her stupid wind attacks, there was no one to protect her. Except you Kiara." The little cat meowed.
"Well, at least we all came out of this one okay," Miroku said. "We should get some rest. It was a very trying battle."
They all agreed and settled down for the night.
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After several days of traveling again, The group came upon a little town. It looked very inviting and Miroku quickly went to the nicest looking temple to do his thing.
"I feel bad, tricking these people into letting us stay here like this," Sango whispered to Kagome.
"I know, but I have to admit I wouldn't mind sleeping inside for once," she replied.
As Miroku looked around the temple, he noticed something odd. There were a lot of men... but no women. Oh wait, there were women! But they were...
'This temple has no young women in it. What a drag...' Miroku sighed.
"Hello good sir. I am a Buddhist monk, and I couldn't help but sense an ominous presence coming from your temple. If I may perform an exorcism-"
But Miroku was cut off.
"Ah! A monk! You are just what we need! Our temple has been bewitched! All of our young women have been disappearing!" The old man grabbed Miroku's hand and knelt down.
"We would be honored if you could break the enchantment and bring back our women!"
Miroku had a gleam in his eye. "We would be glad to help your village."
Sango looked a little irked.
But as the night wore on it was not Sango who was irritated, but Miroku. With all the women gone, Sango and Kagome were the main attraction. Even Inuyasha was getting jealous of all the attention Kagome was receiving.
"Look at em. They're like a pack of wolves." Inuyasha was clearly annoyed.
"Mmm..." Miroku said nothing as he sipped from his cup. He eyed Sango over the rim. She seemed to be having a great time. "I'm getting tired. Perhaps we should call it a night."
"No way. I'm staying right here. If any of them even try to touch Kagome..." Inuyasha stopped and stared stubbornly ahead. "Why do we have to do this anyway? Who cares where the women went. Probably were sick of all the stupid filthy slobs they got in this town."
"I think it has to do with more than that. It is very strange that all of the young women got up and left. I have never heard of such a thing before. The temple keeper said that each night more and more women disappeared. It's now the fifth night and none of them have returned."
"I bet they're all gone. A demon probably got em." Inuyasha muttered.
"I guess we'll just have to wait and see," Miroku said as he heard the laughter of the men and saw Sango's bright smile. He felt very dejected.
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That night Sango and Kagome were sleeping in their extravagant room. Since they were the only young women in the village they were being treated like royalty. Shippo was snuggled with Kagome and Kiara was curled up near Sango. Miroku and Inuyasha were in another, less attractive, room down the hall.
Everything was normal and the night was beautiful. The stars were out and there seemed to be nothing wrong with the world. Everyone was peacefully asleep. Except for one....
Kagome and Sango awoke to hear a sound of a pipe playing. It was a pretty song; it seemed light and inviting. Before Kagome and Sango could ask each other what they thought it was, their eyes became vacant, and they seemed to be in a trance-like state. The girls got up and began to walk out of their room towards the sound of the enticing song. Shippo was awakened when Kagome got up and he was confused.
"Kagome? Kagome what's going on? Where are you going? Kagome!!" He grabbed her leg but nothing the little fox demon did could snap Kagome out of it. "What is that strange sound? I better get Inuyasha!" And he raced down to the boys' room.
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Well that's it for now! Please review and tell me what you think. I've got the next part of this planned out, but give me your input and I can make adjustments. Thanks! See you next chapter!