Chapter 2: A Sudden Attack
Everyone had sat down to Sango's delicious dinner and were conversing about what had happened that day. Through all this Kagome sat quietly, thinking about the sudden change in the wind earlier. It had reminded her of something she just couldn't place her finger on it. Like it was an old....memory long forgotten. "Kagome!!!, Where's your appetite at, you've haven't touched your food!", Inuyasha said. "I'm sorry, my mind was elsewhere for a moment." Kagome smiled and looked at everyone. As they all looked into her eyes, they could tell something was weighing heavily on Kagome's mind. Sango asked Kagome what was wrong.
"Well, it's probably nothing, but while I was in the grove earlier, the wind suddenly changed. I mean, I know, the wind can pick up anytime, but this time it was different. It was so cold, almost like it was a warning, if that makes any sense. But's it's probably nothing, I'm just looking for trouble. Don't worry. I mean it, QUIT WORRYING NOW!!! I'M GONNA ENJOY FOOD!!!" Everyone decided not to mention Kagome's feelings again for the rest for the rest of the meal. Later that night when everyone was on their futons sleep, Inuyasha awoke to find Kagome gone. He walked outside and immediately spotted Kagome on the side of Kaede's hut looking up at the sky. He walked behind and enveloped her in hug. She at first jumped, but when she recognized it was Inuyasha she snuggled into his arms. "I'm sorry for the way I acted at dinner, I don't know what came over me." "It's ok, I understand, want to tell me more about what happened?" "I can't, Kagome replied, I said everything at dinner. "Come on, let's go back inside and go to sleep." As they stood up to go back inside, Kagome felt an odd tickling I her chest. "Huh", she spoke out loud and as she turned around she felt something incredibly hard and heavy hit her. Kagome hit the side of another, luckily empty, hut incredibly hard but at the last moment put a barrier around herself to soften the blow. Still the force of the shattered the hut and knocked her out.
"Kagome!!!!" Inuyasha turned and faced what had attacked Kagome. It was a huge snake-like demon with a beautiful human woman's face. Inuyasha wasn't sure but he could of swore he saw a jewel shard in it 's forehead shining. But it didn't give off quite the same aura as the shikon no tama. Similar, but not the same. Inuyasha rushed forward at the snake-woman, attacking with "Iron Reaver, Soul Stealer" But the snake demon moved like lightening and avoided his blow. In the same instant she swung her tail at Inuyasha. Though off-balance he managed to deflect the blow with his arm, nearly breaking it. Inside, Sango and Miroku awakened from all the noise and destruction. Sango immediately grabbed her Hiraikotsu and ran outside along with Miroku. Miroku yelled, "Sango and Inuyasha get behind me!!!" Knowing what came next Sango got behind Miroku and Inuyasha took the opportunity to run back into the hut and grab Tessaiga. "Wind Tunnel!!!" As she was being sucked in the demoness yelled, "Silly mortal you think you can stop the great demoness Leiko?!!!" Before Miroku had time to replace the beads on his hand and close the wind tunnel, Leiko had shot poison barbs out of her tail into Miroku's Wind Tunnel and several barbs hit his body. As he fell back, Sango caught him. He looked up at her, smiled and said "If I had know it only took me being poisoned for you to hold me I would gotten poisoned a long time ago." The he passed out. "Miroku!!!", Sango cried. "Sango, get Miroku out of here I'll handle this witch.!!!", Inuyasha yelled. Sango then proceed to grab Miroku and drag him back in. "Damn, I'm all by myself, Shippo's off training, Miroku is poisoned, Sango's taking care of him and Kagome...Kagome!!!!" In all the action he had forgotten about her. He quickly looked toward the direction she had flew in, but he didn't see her. Suddenly a red blur appeared beside him. "Don't worry, she's in the hut with Sango and Miroku, now that you know she's safe, let's get this wench!!!" Inuyasha looked at Shippo and laughed, "Guess I have to listen to you this go around." Shippo leapt up into the air carrying a huge battle axe, The Fire Moon it was called. Only truly strong fox demons could wield its power. It had an ornate handle in which was carved the story of how the fox demons came to be so strong. The blade itself was in the shape of a half-moon sickle and glowed with an inner fire. Leiko tried to get a handle on Shippo's position but to avail, he was just too fast. She decided to go after Inuyasha instead, but as she turned her back, Shippo appeared behind her and swung the Fire Blade down in her tail, pinning her to the ground. When she whipped her head back to strike him, Shippo blocked with a swift kick to the temple. At that moment Inuyasha caught her with "Iron Reaver, Soul Stealer" and ripped her outer skin to shreds. "Inuyasha, Shippo cried, You have the Wind Scar, I have this!!!" Shippo pulled the blade from Keiko's poisonous hide and jumped high into the air with the Fire Moon. Aiming straight at Leiko Shippo yelled, "Firestorm!!!!!" And before Inuyasha's amazed eyes, out of Shippo's came flames in the shape of blades. Before she had a chance to slither away, Leiko was ripped apart. Shippo landed back to earth and looked at Inuyasha calmly. "Let's go check on everyone." And they ran back to the house. Inuyasha could look at Shippo in amazement, in a few days, somehow, Shippo had amassed an incredible amount of power. Inuyasha stopped and turned around and ran back to the battle site and dug into he found the jewel shard he had seen in Leiko's forehead. He then proceeded to catch up to Shippo.
Looks like there's some more to the Shikon no Tama, maybe a copy, or something more, evil, sinister maybe? Heheheh, wait until the next chapter for more!!!!