Chapter Two: Unwanted betrayal
The next day Inuyasha was up earlier then everyone else. He left the house and went for a walk through the now boisterous village. Some people whispered and pointed but he was otherwise unnoticed. He turned a corner and saw something he didn't expect. Kina was talking to some children about her fight last night. She smiled and laughed. As Inuyasha watched the feeling returned. She saw him and waved, smiling. He waved back and she excused herself from the children and walked up to him.
"What are you doing?"
"I'm just taking a walk. What are you doing?"
Kina smiled. "I was doing the same thing. But the children spoke to me."
Inuyasha looked around, awkwardly, as did Kina. The group of children ran up to them again and Kina smiled and knelt down as Inuyasha watched, startled.
"Can you teach us how to fight??" One of the children said, smiling.
Kina looked at Inuyasha and pulled him down so he was kneeling, too. "Why, sure. But it will take a lot of work, right Inuyasha?"
The children turned to Inuyasha and he looked at them. "Um... yeah."
Kina smiled and drew the children's attention again. "We'll come back after our journey. Promise."
The children laughed and ran off. Inuyasha stood and so did Kina. They looked at each other and Kina's smile faded. They leaned in a little when Kina suddenly turned and walked back toward the house. Inuyasha looked down then followed her.
After he caught up with her, "I'm... uh... sorry if I made you..."
"Uncomfortable? No. You didn't." Kina finished.
They got to the house and as soon as they turned the corner Shippo was talking to them. "Were have you two been?! Something's wrong with Miroku's wind tunnel!"
Inuyasha and Kina looked at each other then Inuyasha and Shippo ran toward the house as Kina quickly walked behind them.
When Inuyasha and Shippo entered the house they saw Miroku laying on the ground in pain with the lady's around him.
Inuyasha walked up and knelt next to him. "What's wrong with it?"
"I don't know. Miroku wont let anyone touch it." Kagome answered.
Kina walked in and stopped in the doorway watching them.
Sango saw her and walked up, then led her back to were she was sitting. "Maybe he'll let you see it."
Kina sat and looked at Miroku. She slowly reached for the hand with the wind tunnel. Miroku pulled back a little but Kina kept reaching and he didn't pull away again.
"Don't get sucked in." Miroku forced a weak smile.
Kina looked at him and smiled back. She looked at the hand and studied it the best she could. When she was about to give up she saw the problem. "It's been injured before."
"Once before." Kagome told her.
"That's why it's hurt. The injury must have gotten infected somehow and you're now beginning to feel the pain."
"How do we fix it?" Sango asked.
Kina studied his hand closely. "It doesn't need to be fixed. It will heal the infection itself. But the wind tunnel will grow quicker, there's no stopping that."
"Hey Miroku. You strong enough to travel?" Inuyasha asked him.
Miroku leaned up slowly. "I can manage."
Inuyasha walked outside. Kina stood up and stepped back and watched as Kagome and Sango helped Miroku stand and, get him ready to continue their journey.
Kina walked up to Miroku, who was sitting down waiting for the girls to help him. "You're loving this, aren't you?"
Miroku forced another smile. "Most of it."
Kina smiled and shook her head then went outside to wait for them with Inuyasha.
They were now traveling again and Miroku was slowing them down some. Inuyasha and Kina led them with Sango, Kagome, Miroku, and Shippo bringing up the rear. Inuyasha and Kina spoke silently.
"Are we really going to come back to teach those kids?"
Kina shrugged. "We promised."
Inuyasha stopped and so did Kina when she noticed he did. "No, you promised."
"Come on, Inuyasha. It wont kill you."
Inuyasha crossed his arms and stuck his nose in the air. Miroku hit him with his staff knocking him down.
Inuyasha got up and stood in front of him. "Just because you're hurt doesn't mean I'll take it easy on you, Monk!"
"She's right, Inuyasha. You need to be more nice to people."
"Feh." Inuyasha continued walking.
Miroku and Kina smiled at each other then they all continued.
They walked for a while in silence. They would have kept the silence longer if it wasn't for the huge demon that ran out of the woods, straight at Kina. Inuyasha noticed were it was going and he grabbed her and barely got her out of the way.
"You're like a demon magnet!" He said to her as he pulled out Tetsusaiga and stood defensively in front of her.
Kagome and Miroku stepped backward and ducked behind a tree with Shippo while Sango pulled out her weapon. The demon charged Inuyasha and Sango threw her gigantic... boomerang, hitting the demon and causing him to fall backwards. When the demon didn't show any sign of injury from this attack Inuyasha charged it, slicing at it's head. The demon moved quickly out of the way. This was when Kagome stood and searched the demon seeing a jewel shard in his head and his feet.
"Inuyasha, he has three jewel shards! One in his head and one in each foot! Be careful!" Kagome yelled to Inuyasha.
When Inuyasha heard this he tightened his grip on Tetsusaiga as Sango ran up beside him.
Kina pulled out her weapon and stepped up to them. "Three jewel shards. Three of us."
"I'll get the left foot." Sango said.
"Right, then." Kina said.
Inuyasha smiled. "Good. Then I get the head." Inuyasha charged the demon's head. "I'm gonna slice you into a million pieces!"
As Inuyasha charged the demon's head, the girls each went for one of it's feet. Sango stayed were she was and threw her weapon at it's right foot. As soon as the weapon left her hands she charged at it with her blade out. When the demon stepped back to dodge Inuyasha, Sango was right on it's foot. Sango stabbed down on the top of the demon's foot and the demon let out a tremendous roar of anger more then pain and he kicked, sending Sango flying through the air. Kina watched this and noticed what little pain the demon felt, then she got an idea.
"Inuyasha. Go for a vulnerable spot."
"Like what?" Inuyasha said as he jumped back next to her.
Kina studied the demon. "The eyes."
"Alright!" Inuyasha charged again only this time at the demon's eyes.
When he hit one of the demon's eyes Kina charged at its right foot and sliced down, sending the jewel shard out of the foot and onto Kagome's necklace. "One down. Two to go."
Out of nowhere the demon grabbed Kina in one hand and Inuyasha in the other, causing them both to drop their weapons.
Inuyasha struggled to get out of the demon's grip. "He's gonna crush us!"
"Not if I can help it." Kina said, half to herself.
Out of nowhere black wings opened up from Kina causing the demon's hand to be completely sliced up, gone. Kina landed silently on the ground and as soon as she did she charged at the demon again. Her hands changed to claws and she sliced it's chest open. The demon dropped a shocked Inuyasha and screamed in pain. Kina then charged at it's head and sliced it in two causing the second shard to go to Kagome. Inuyasha quickly got Tetsusaiga and managed to get the third from the dying demon.
Inuyasha stopped on the ground and looked up at Kina who was still in the air. "What's happened to you? Are you a demon?"
Kagome ran to Sango while Miroku and Shippo walked up next to Inuyasha.
Kina looked down at them and smiled. "Worse."
"This is how you get when you turn into a demon Inuyasha. Only you don't remember doing anything... She does." Miroku struggled to say.
"So... she cant control herself right now?" Inuyasha asked.
Miroku shook his head. "No."
Kina smiled again and charged down at Inuyasha. He grabbed Miroku and made it out of the way, but still getting cut by her wings.
Inuyasha turned and looked at her. "I'll fight you if I have to, Kina."
"Good. Then I'll enjoy this a little more." Kina smiled showing razor sharp, white fangs.
Miroku looked at her. "So this is the face of evil?"
Inuyasha looked at him then back at Kina. "Face of evil? I expected more."
Kina smiled and instead of charging Inuyasha she quickly turned and went straight for Kagome. Kagome screamed as Kina grabbed the half of the Shikon jewel Kagome wore around her neck and flew into the air a safe distance above the group.
Sango stood up and threw her weapon at Kina. When Kina noticed it coming toward her she sliced with her claws and the weapon fell to the ground in two pieces.
Sango looked at her weapon then back at Kina. "How?"
"Miroku. Guess who's winning the battle?" Kina smiled and flew away with the jewel shards tightly gripped in her hand.
After she flew off everyone looked straight at Miroku. "What was she talking about?"
Miroku looked at them, nervous, then decided that it was time to tell them. "Have you ever heard the legend of the dark and light angels?"
"Yeah, the most good and the most evil." Sango chimed in sadly from her spot by her broken weapon.
"Exactly. Well, Kina is both of these things."
Shippo and Kagome walked up. "How can she be both?" Kagome asked.
"Easy, she was born from good and evil. They are fighting inside of her and there's nothing she can do. The Kina we met at that village was the real Kina, the Kina we just saw was the evil Kina... but we have yet to see the good Kina and that worries me..."
Inuyasha picked up Tetsusaiga and then Kina's strange sword. "I think we should go find her..." He studied the sword. One side was perfectly cut, cleaned. The other was jagged and rusty, in the middle, one line, jagged and smooth, clean and rusty. It represented Kina's soul and Inuyasha knew that somehow.
"Find her? You saw what she did to that demon, she'll slaughter us." Sango said.
"That doesn't make a difference anyway, she has the half of the jewel shards." Shippo said from his spot next to Kirara.
Miroku thought for a minute then struggled to walk up to Inuyasha, Kagome walked up and helped him. When he got up to Inuyasha, Sango came to them holding both pieces of her weapon. They all looked at each other and Miroku finally spoke.
"If we can help the good inside her come up, it will be a lot easier to kill Naraku and get all the jewel shards."
"Let's go." Inuyasha started to walk in the direction Kina flew.
The group looked at each other and one by one followed Inuyasha.