"Try striking him with it," urged Sesshoumaru.
Kira looked at him but he gave a reassuring nod and she obeyed. Looking at Kouga with her sword in hand she saw little scaly demons crawling on his body. "Do you see them?" she asked.
"Cut them," was Sesshoumaru's response. Kira fixed her grip on the handle and made a slow sweep through the little demons. They screamed and disappeared. Moments later, Kouga's body glowed with a bright light and everyone stopped to stare. The battles between Naraku, Inuyasha and Miroku and Sango and Kohaku included. The brilliance of this light far surpassed that of Kagome's arrows.
A few minutes more of total silence and Kouga's eyes opened with shock. He tried to sit up but groaned with pain and lay back down. "What happened?" he asked. Laughing happily
Kira hugged him and said she had brought him back to life. She laughed more at his shocked face.
"I hate the sound of laughing!" shouted Naraku as he took a swipe at Kira's back but Sesshoumaru quickly blocked it and Kira turned around holding the sword, instantly on guard again. Sango took this opportunity to strike Kohaku in the stomach and caught him as he fell. Noticing that the hostages were gone and his allies were unconscious, Naraku decided this was the time to run. "Looks like you've won this round but I will be back!" as Inuyasha charged quickly forward, Naraku disappeared in a puff of miasma. Kagura, coming around, pulled a feather from her hair and made a large one, which she flew away on. Kohaku was the only one who remained. Suddenly a cloud of miasma appeared around him too and when it cleared, Sango was left coughing with empty arms where her brother had been.
Everyone had gained some injury except for Sesshoumaru, who had appeared late, and Kagome and Shippou, who had stayed out of the close range fighting. Kira finished tending to Kouga and helped Sango next, who had a slight gash on her arm but it wasn't that bad compared to others. Once attended to, Sango went to help Miroku and Kagome was already helping Inuyasha. Kira went back to Kouga to make sure he was ok which he assured her he would be.
Once sure, Kira went through the woods to where Kyle and Laura were still hidden. "Hello? Are you guys still here?" she asked, poking her head through the bushes where she had left them.
"Yes, we're here." Said Kyle, crawling out with Laura close behind. "We heard screams, some of them were yours, and there was a great glowing light." He looked at her arms and leg, which were covered with several still bleeding cuts. "And you're hurt!"
"Ha, I guess I am." Said Kira, looking at her arms and leg. "I didn't notice while I was busy helping the others." Suddenly Kira's legs grew shaky and she collapsed on the ground.
"Kate! What's wrong?" Kyle asked, helping her up.
"I don't know... I'm really tired all of the sudden." She replied weakly.
Kyle put her arm around his neck and helped her up, fighting through the pain of his own arm. "If you tell me which way to go I'll take you to your friends. I'm not much good at treating wounds." He said, gritting his teeth. So, under Kira's directions, they slowly made their way back to the clearing.
When they arrived they were greeted by an angry Sesshoumaru, who demanded to know what they had done to his sister. He took her from the stammering Kyle and laid her back against a tree, bandaging her arms and leg carefully. He examined her and then relaxed. "Well? What's wrong with her?" demanded Inuyasha.
"It's the smell of the blood. She doesn't have full control of her senses and the scent overpowered her."
"Even from way back where we were?" Kyle stammered quietly.
"You, human, have no clue how good her senses are." Kyle stepped back at his hostility. "I bet they're what allowed her to find you in the first place."
"Don't be so mean to them Sesshoumaru," said Kira weakly. "They're friends."
Sesshoumaru took Kira in his arm and spoke to the others, "If we don't move away from all this blood she'll never recover." They followed him with Sango supporting Miroku and Kagome and Inuyasha helping Kouga, who could still barely walk. Shippou and Kirara followed close behind and Kyle and Laura came behind them. They walked for miles and Laura, and sometimes even Kyle, had trouble keeping up.
Finally they found a spot even Sesshoumaru found good enough to stop at. He said it was far enough away that Kira wouldn't smell the blood and they were well shielded by the woods they stopped in. Breathing hard from wounds, or just from the trip, they all sat around in random places waiting for Kira to wake up.
Kira looked at him but he gave a reassuring nod and she obeyed. Looking at Kouga with her sword in hand she saw little scaly demons crawling on his body. "Do you see them?" she asked.
"Cut them," was Sesshoumaru's response. Kira fixed her grip on the handle and made a slow sweep through the little demons. They screamed and disappeared. Moments later, Kouga's body glowed with a bright light and everyone stopped to stare. The battles between Naraku, Inuyasha and Miroku and Sango and Kohaku included. The brilliance of this light far surpassed that of Kagome's arrows.
A few minutes more of total silence and Kouga's eyes opened with shock. He tried to sit up but groaned with pain and lay back down. "What happened?" he asked. Laughing happily
Kira hugged him and said she had brought him back to life. She laughed more at his shocked face.
"I hate the sound of laughing!" shouted Naraku as he took a swipe at Kira's back but Sesshoumaru quickly blocked it and Kira turned around holding the sword, instantly on guard again. Sango took this opportunity to strike Kohaku in the stomach and caught him as he fell. Noticing that the hostages were gone and his allies were unconscious, Naraku decided this was the time to run. "Looks like you've won this round but I will be back!" as Inuyasha charged quickly forward, Naraku disappeared in a puff of miasma. Kagura, coming around, pulled a feather from her hair and made a large one, which she flew away on. Kohaku was the only one who remained. Suddenly a cloud of miasma appeared around him too and when it cleared, Sango was left coughing with empty arms where her brother had been.
Everyone had gained some injury except for Sesshoumaru, who had appeared late, and Kagome and Shippou, who had stayed out of the close range fighting. Kira finished tending to Kouga and helped Sango next, who had a slight gash on her arm but it wasn't that bad compared to others. Once attended to, Sango went to help Miroku and Kagome was already helping Inuyasha. Kira went back to Kouga to make sure he was ok which he assured her he would be.
Once sure, Kira went through the woods to where Kyle and Laura were still hidden. "Hello? Are you guys still here?" she asked, poking her head through the bushes where she had left them.
"Yes, we're here." Said Kyle, crawling out with Laura close behind. "We heard screams, some of them were yours, and there was a great glowing light." He looked at her arms and leg, which were covered with several still bleeding cuts. "And you're hurt!"
"Ha, I guess I am." Said Kira, looking at her arms and leg. "I didn't notice while I was busy helping the others." Suddenly Kira's legs grew shaky and she collapsed on the ground.
"Kate! What's wrong?" Kyle asked, helping her up.
"I don't know... I'm really tired all of the sudden." She replied weakly.
Kyle put her arm around his neck and helped her up, fighting through the pain of his own arm. "If you tell me which way to go I'll take you to your friends. I'm not much good at treating wounds." He said, gritting his teeth. So, under Kira's directions, they slowly made their way back to the clearing.
When they arrived they were greeted by an angry Sesshoumaru, who demanded to know what they had done to his sister. He took her from the stammering Kyle and laid her back against a tree, bandaging her arms and leg carefully. He examined her and then relaxed. "Well? What's wrong with her?" demanded Inuyasha.
"It's the smell of the blood. She doesn't have full control of her senses and the scent overpowered her."
"Even from way back where we were?" Kyle stammered quietly.
"You, human, have no clue how good her senses are." Kyle stepped back at his hostility. "I bet they're what allowed her to find you in the first place."
"Don't be so mean to them Sesshoumaru," said Kira weakly. "They're friends."
Sesshoumaru took Kira in his arm and spoke to the others, "If we don't move away from all this blood she'll never recover." They followed him with Sango supporting Miroku and Kagome and Inuyasha helping Kouga, who could still barely walk. Shippou and Kirara followed close behind and Kyle and Laura came behind them. They walked for miles and Laura, and sometimes even Kyle, had trouble keeping up.
Finally they found a spot even Sesshoumaru found good enough to stop at. He said it was far enough away that Kira wouldn't smell the blood and they were well shielded by the woods they stopped in. Breathing hard from wounds, or just from the trip, they all sat around in random places waiting for Kira to wake up.