Chapter V:
"Kagome," said Sango, "Kirara is strong, but she can't hold us all, especially if Inuyasha's hurt!"
"She's right Kagome," piped Shippo, "someone's going to have to stay behind."
"We have to figure this out now. Inuyasha doesn't have much time," Miroku demanded. "Besides, we don't even know where the temptress has taken him yet."
Kagome thought for a moment. Where is Inuyasha most comfortable? He doesn't talk about stuff like that... Where could she have taken him?
"Where are you taking me?" asked Inuyasha weakly.
"Let's find out," she said.
They flew through the air. The evil temptress with her normal glow and Inuyasha still bind by the wind chains. The chains made him weak and he could barely think.
"I'll take you where ever you want to go... hmmm... looks like a meadow...with...ugh! That girl! I hate making pit stops!" The temptress switched directions and so did the wind.
"Fine, I'll fetch the girl, while you wait in the meadow. You won't be going anywhere."
Inuyasha didn't respond. They flew for a few minutes and finally landed in a familiar green meadow.
"K—"stuttered Inuyasha quietly, "Ki-Kikyou..." I- I sat with Kikyou here...He moved slightly. The wind blew softly across his face.
The temptress spoke to herself, "The girl might mess up my plans, so getting her is out of the question. I could take her appearance...but I would need a piece of her hair. Either way, I would need to find her." She turned to Inuyasha, "Most comfortable with a girl be your side. Typical of most humans, but of demons? Though, you are only half." She flew away.
Inuyasha's mind slowly began to think. Ki-Kikyou sat with me...Here and-and we would...
Kagome and Miroku flew on Kirara's back. "So how does the evil temptress steal her victim's soul?" asked Kagome.
"First she weakens them by binding them with her wind chains. It clears their heads of all thoughts. If he is not completely helpless after that, she brings him to the spot of his most comfortable memory. Once she is close enough to him, she forces his soul out through this his mouth."
"That's awful!" said Kagome, "We can't let that happen to Inuyasha!"
"Look out for strange colored winds," suggested Miroku. "They are usually a sign that one is near."
Miroku noticed how short Kagome's shorts were.
Kagome continued to search through the trees below. She grew more worried when she saw no sign of him. The she felt something that startled her. She felt a hand rubbing on her thigh.
"MIROKU!!!" Kagome elbowed him in his stomach.
"Sorry," chuckled Miroku, "Couldn't resist."
"Will you focus?!" Kagome scolded, "We have to find Inuyasha."
"What's that?" Miroku pointed straight ahead.
Kagome looked at the blue and purple winds that flew around her, then at what Miroku was pointing at. A figure was approaching them rapidly through the air. Kagome's eyes widened.
As the figure came into focus, "That's her, the temptress!" yelled Kagome.
"But, I don't see Inuyasha with her!" Miroku responded.
Oh God! I'm too late...He's-he's...
"Get her Kirara!" Kagome screamed, but as Kirara pounced at the temptress, she swiftly glided to the right and grabbed a piece of Kagome's hair.
"Ouch!"
"Just a strand will do. Thank you girl!" laughed the temptress. And with a flip she flew away.
"Follow her!" yelled Kagome.
They loosely stayed on her trail as she zigzagged through the sky. Why did she need my hair? Then maybe...Inuyasha's still alive! I can't lose him!
"I don't think she knows we're following her," said Miroku, "When she lands, we should land a safe distance away, but not too far."
Kagome nodded.
At long last, the temptress dived into a clearing. Kirara dipped right before it, hiding behind some trees.
This place looks familiar, thought Kagome.
She watched the temptress walk up to something in the middle of the meadow, something silver and red. It didn't move.
"Inuyasha!" Kagome gasped quietly.
The evil temptress stood a few steps away from him. She held up the strand of Kagome's hair, then tied it around her finger.
Kagome couldn't believe her eyes. The temptress began to change shape. Her hair got shorter as well as her height. Her ivory kimono became the school uniform that Kagome owned. Her tiara disappeared. The final change was the temptress' face, which now resembled Kagome's in every way except for her eyes. Her eyes still maintained the same dark glow. Kagome gasped again when she heard her speak.
"Inuyasha," Kagome heard her voice say, "Inuyasha, I've been looking for you everywhere!"
Inuyasha responded to the sound of Kagome's voice. "K- Kagome? How did I get here?" he asked slowly.
"It doesn't matter now," the temptress said as she sat in front of him, "The only thing that matters is that we're together... and Inuyasha there is something I have to tell you."
"What is it, Kagome?"
The imposter Kagome kissed him softly on his lips then said, "I love you and...I need to know. Do you love me, too?" She kissed him again and a little white mist escaped his lips.
The real Kagome felt her heart flutter with each kiss, then remembered what she had to do, after being stunned by the scene. She readied her bow and sent an arrow straight at the fake Kagome. As it landed in her leg, both Kagomes let out screams in pain.
Kagome touched her own leg to find blood.
What's happening?! Why am I bleeding?! She collapsed under the weight of the pain.
"Kagome!" yelled Miroku, "What happened?"
"I don't know," Kagome struggled.
The temptress searched in the direction of where the arrow had come from. She grinned evilly as she saw the real Kagome on the ground.
"Kagome!" worried Inuyasha, "Are you alright? What's happened to you?" He picked her up and held her in his arms.
This will be fun, I'll have him kill the one he loves...
"Inuyasha," cried the imposter, "someone shot me from those trees over there. Someone who's taken my appearance!"
Inuyasha growled and turned in Miroku and Kagome's direction.
"It's not true!" yelled Miroku holding the real Kagome, "This is Kagome. The one in your arms is the evil temptress, merely an imposter!"
"Why should I believe you?" shouted Inuyasha advancing upon them, "For all I know, you could be a fake, too!"
"Inuyasha, listen. The temptress has taken Kagome's appearance and voice, but not her soul. Do you want her proof? Have the one in your arms say 'sit'," Miroku shouted back.
Inuyasha looked into the dark eyes of the fake then set her down gently on the grass. Through clinched teeth, he said, "Kagome, say 'sit'."
What kind of foolishness is this? Thought the temptress.
"Sit?" said the temptress softly.
Nothing happened.
"That witch put a spell on me...so nothing would be the same!" the temptress said quickly.
"I'm sorry about this, Inuyasha," said Kagome weakly, "Sit."
Inuyasha laid face down on the ground. "Enough proof," he said as he got up and faced her. The temptress attempted to stand up, but her injured leg stopped her. The blue and purple winds returned and carried her off.
"You haven't seen the last of me!" she screeched. She turned back into her normal appearance and flew out of sight.
The pain of her leg finally became too unbearable for Kagome and she fainted.
End of Chapter V
"Kagome," said Sango, "Kirara is strong, but she can't hold us all, especially if Inuyasha's hurt!"
"She's right Kagome," piped Shippo, "someone's going to have to stay behind."
"We have to figure this out now. Inuyasha doesn't have much time," Miroku demanded. "Besides, we don't even know where the temptress has taken him yet."
Kagome thought for a moment. Where is Inuyasha most comfortable? He doesn't talk about stuff like that... Where could she have taken him?
"Where are you taking me?" asked Inuyasha weakly.
"Let's find out," she said.
They flew through the air. The evil temptress with her normal glow and Inuyasha still bind by the wind chains. The chains made him weak and he could barely think.
"I'll take you where ever you want to go... hmmm... looks like a meadow...with...ugh! That girl! I hate making pit stops!" The temptress switched directions and so did the wind.
"Fine, I'll fetch the girl, while you wait in the meadow. You won't be going anywhere."
Inuyasha didn't respond. They flew for a few minutes and finally landed in a familiar green meadow.
"K—"stuttered Inuyasha quietly, "Ki-Kikyou..." I- I sat with Kikyou here...He moved slightly. The wind blew softly across his face.
The temptress spoke to herself, "The girl might mess up my plans, so getting her is out of the question. I could take her appearance...but I would need a piece of her hair. Either way, I would need to find her." She turned to Inuyasha, "Most comfortable with a girl be your side. Typical of most humans, but of demons? Though, you are only half." She flew away.
Inuyasha's mind slowly began to think. Ki-Kikyou sat with me...Here and-and we would...
Kagome and Miroku flew on Kirara's back. "So how does the evil temptress steal her victim's soul?" asked Kagome.
"First she weakens them by binding them with her wind chains. It clears their heads of all thoughts. If he is not completely helpless after that, she brings him to the spot of his most comfortable memory. Once she is close enough to him, she forces his soul out through this his mouth."
"That's awful!" said Kagome, "We can't let that happen to Inuyasha!"
"Look out for strange colored winds," suggested Miroku. "They are usually a sign that one is near."
Miroku noticed how short Kagome's shorts were.
Kagome continued to search through the trees below. She grew more worried when she saw no sign of him. The she felt something that startled her. She felt a hand rubbing on her thigh.
"MIROKU!!!" Kagome elbowed him in his stomach.
"Sorry," chuckled Miroku, "Couldn't resist."
"Will you focus?!" Kagome scolded, "We have to find Inuyasha."
"What's that?" Miroku pointed straight ahead.
Kagome looked at the blue and purple winds that flew around her, then at what Miroku was pointing at. A figure was approaching them rapidly through the air. Kagome's eyes widened.
As the figure came into focus, "That's her, the temptress!" yelled Kagome.
"But, I don't see Inuyasha with her!" Miroku responded.
Oh God! I'm too late...He's-he's...
"Get her Kirara!" Kagome screamed, but as Kirara pounced at the temptress, she swiftly glided to the right and grabbed a piece of Kagome's hair.
"Ouch!"
"Just a strand will do. Thank you girl!" laughed the temptress. And with a flip she flew away.
"Follow her!" yelled Kagome.
They loosely stayed on her trail as she zigzagged through the sky. Why did she need my hair? Then maybe...Inuyasha's still alive! I can't lose him!
"I don't think she knows we're following her," said Miroku, "When she lands, we should land a safe distance away, but not too far."
Kagome nodded.
At long last, the temptress dived into a clearing. Kirara dipped right before it, hiding behind some trees.
This place looks familiar, thought Kagome.
She watched the temptress walk up to something in the middle of the meadow, something silver and red. It didn't move.
"Inuyasha!" Kagome gasped quietly.
The evil temptress stood a few steps away from him. She held up the strand of Kagome's hair, then tied it around her finger.
Kagome couldn't believe her eyes. The temptress began to change shape. Her hair got shorter as well as her height. Her ivory kimono became the school uniform that Kagome owned. Her tiara disappeared. The final change was the temptress' face, which now resembled Kagome's in every way except for her eyes. Her eyes still maintained the same dark glow. Kagome gasped again when she heard her speak.
"Inuyasha," Kagome heard her voice say, "Inuyasha, I've been looking for you everywhere!"
Inuyasha responded to the sound of Kagome's voice. "K- Kagome? How did I get here?" he asked slowly.
"It doesn't matter now," the temptress said as she sat in front of him, "The only thing that matters is that we're together... and Inuyasha there is something I have to tell you."
"What is it, Kagome?"
The imposter Kagome kissed him softly on his lips then said, "I love you and...I need to know. Do you love me, too?" She kissed him again and a little white mist escaped his lips.
The real Kagome felt her heart flutter with each kiss, then remembered what she had to do, after being stunned by the scene. She readied her bow and sent an arrow straight at the fake Kagome. As it landed in her leg, both Kagomes let out screams in pain.
Kagome touched her own leg to find blood.
What's happening?! Why am I bleeding?! She collapsed under the weight of the pain.
"Kagome!" yelled Miroku, "What happened?"
"I don't know," Kagome struggled.
The temptress searched in the direction of where the arrow had come from. She grinned evilly as she saw the real Kagome on the ground.
"Kagome!" worried Inuyasha, "Are you alright? What's happened to you?" He picked her up and held her in his arms.
This will be fun, I'll have him kill the one he loves...
"Inuyasha," cried the imposter, "someone shot me from those trees over there. Someone who's taken my appearance!"
Inuyasha growled and turned in Miroku and Kagome's direction.
"It's not true!" yelled Miroku holding the real Kagome, "This is Kagome. The one in your arms is the evil temptress, merely an imposter!"
"Why should I believe you?" shouted Inuyasha advancing upon them, "For all I know, you could be a fake, too!"
"Inuyasha, listen. The temptress has taken Kagome's appearance and voice, but not her soul. Do you want her proof? Have the one in your arms say 'sit'," Miroku shouted back.
Inuyasha looked into the dark eyes of the fake then set her down gently on the grass. Through clinched teeth, he said, "Kagome, say 'sit'."
What kind of foolishness is this? Thought the temptress.
"Sit?" said the temptress softly.
Nothing happened.
"That witch put a spell on me...so nothing would be the same!" the temptress said quickly.
"I'm sorry about this, Inuyasha," said Kagome weakly, "Sit."
Inuyasha laid face down on the ground. "Enough proof," he said as he got up and faced her. The temptress attempted to stand up, but her injured leg stopped her. The blue and purple winds returned and carried her off.
"You haven't seen the last of me!" she screeched. She turned back into her normal appearance and flew out of sight.
The pain of her leg finally became too unbearable for Kagome and she fainted.
End of Chapter V