CHAPTER 2
"Hiraikotsu!!!" Sango threw her massive boomerang into the middle of a pack of wolf youkai, slicing only 2 in half.
"AHHHHH...!!" Sango turned to see Kagome surrounded on all sides by any number of the filthy wolves, ready to attack their helpless prey. Sango couldn't get to her quick enough before the wolves closed the circle around Kagome and made to pounce. In no time what was left of the pack ran over to Kagome. They all seemed to jump onto her all at once, creating a large pile of teeth and fur.
Kagome knew this was it... her end... no good-byes... no family... no Inuyasha. 'How could I die like this? Wasn't I strong enough? Didn't I have enough power?
...power... THE SHIKON!!! Why couldn't I use it? If only I could concentrate...'
Sango could only watch in horror as Kagome, her friend, was being crushed by all those demons, she was helpless to stop it. Kirara, who just arrived and was in her transformed size of the large fire cat, stood in front of Sango. Neither could move, feet frozen in
sheer horror to the ground.
A pink light began to show through the cracks of the pile, quickly growing brighter and brighter. Finally bursting into a blinding light, blowing the pack back a few feet.
Hit with a jolt of power, Kagome jumped up and out of the reach of the demons, her school uniform was replaced by a white and purple miko's kimono. Noticing
nothing but the pack of wolf demons in front of her, she landed gracefully on the ground.
Sango couldn't believe her eyes. "Ka-kagome?" 'YOUR HAIR!! HOW THE ...!?!?'
As if in slow motion, Kagome crouched down and sprung herself to the snarling pack. Easily disposing of them herself, one by one.
In no time at all the last demon feel to the ground, lifeless, then disappearing completely. Kagome finally realized what she had just done..... slaughtered a pack of no less than 20 wolf youkai herself with nothing but her bare hands.
Her hands....... she brought them up to see all the blood she felt oozing down her fingers. She couldn't believe what she had done. She looked to where Sango and Kirara were still standing, a look of complete fright in her bright blue and golden eyes. "San-go?"
"Ka-go-me?" They both stood staring at each other for a moment before Kagome's eyes rolled to the back of her head and she fell to the ground in a heap. Sango was running up to her when she heard someone yelling at her from behind.
"Sango!? Where's Kagome!?" Inuyasha followed by Miroku with Shippo on his shoulder ran into the clearing. They looked around and saw Sango, Kirara, and something on the ground in front of Sango that they couldn't make out till they were closer.
"What happened...?!" Inuyasha sniffed the air around Kagome for any signs of her blood... none. 'Her scent has changed.' Inuyasha picked up Kagome's limp body and started to walk back to camp. "And why the hell is she wearing a priestess robe?"
"She used to Shikon no Tama." Sango started to explain and when they reached the welcoming fire almost everything was understood except for one thing...
"But I don't get why the hell she was out there in the first place." Inuyasha gently laid Kagome down on her sleeping bag Shippo laid out for him.
"You might want to ask her about that when she wakes. She'd be better at explaining it than me." Sango knelt by the dying fire and stoked it. Kirara never left her side.
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