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Kikyo felt herself become dizzy as she and her faithful shinidama-chuu (her soul collectors) continued down the dark path. Her encounter with Naraku's new incarnation left her weak and her souls strained within her, even if the pain de cease.
'Damn you Onigumo!'
One of her soul collectors swooped down and circled her before sweeping off into the thicket of the woods.
"What have you found.....?" Kikyo murmured aloud as she pulled her bow from her back and used it like a cane to follow her companions.
The soul collector circled around the small clearing, it was dark and slightly damp with night dew but it was definitely able to conceal her from passerby and the long grass would act like a comfortable cushion for her tired clay body.
Kikyo settled herself down slowly and gasped sharply as she fell backwards onto the dewy grass.
Kikyo looked up into the canopy of the thick trees that surrounded her and let her long, pale hands rest on her stomache, her quiver and bow lying forgotten next to her.
'What was that thing that demon Onigumo spawned?'
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Genko stirred in the sleeping bag and cracked open a hazel orb as sunlight seeped into the clearing. He looked down at his hand and was happy to see his claws back, as well that his father was a Hanyou (half demon) again as well.
He looked around and saw the monk and the slayer fell asleep on the other side of the fire ring and that the monk sported a new red lump, his mama was sleeping next to him on top of the sleeping bag but no in it and Shippo still remained curled up next to him.
"Mama...mama?" Genko whispered quickly to his sleeping mother.
"Mama?!"
"Hmmm?" Kagome cracked open a sleepy eye to peer at the boy that was starting to shake her shoulder.
"I gotta go bathroom"
Kagome closed her open eye and moaned as she sunk back onto her occupied sleeping bag.
Genko gave a sigh and wiggled out of the bag and walked a little ways off to find a private area, not wanting to disturb his mama again.
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Genko took a deep whiff of the area and noticed that something was off. A scent surrounded the chosen area and it was familiar...but Genko's untrained nose couldn't decipher the familiar scent. He crept closer and stuck his head through a thick bush, he was greeted by the sight of the woman with the creepy dragon thingies; she laid in the clearing, her bow and arrows laying at her finder tips and the brush providing a soft bed. Genko stared before one of her creepy dragons swept down and made him fall back.
Genko totally forgot his urge to use the bathroom and ran back to fire ring.
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InuYasha woke after he heard the rustle of leaves and looked up to find Genko burst into the clearing through a bush, one of his cheeks scratched by a stray branch that was starting to bleed lightly.
"What's up kid?"
"Da-Daddy! That lady with the Cr-creepy dragon thingies!"
InuYasha gave him a weird look 'lady with creepy dragon thing-'
"Kikyo?!"
Kagome jumped awake at InuYasha's unplanned outburst; Miroku and Sango moaned and shuffled around a bit, Shippo slept like a rock and Kirara seemingly wandered off.
"Yea! I found h-her when I was f-finding a bush!" Genko finally lost breath and fell on his backside to take a break from his fast running.
Kagome sat up hearing the rest of the conversation and looked InuYasha in the eye. He gave her a weird look, startle for sure but uneasy at the thought.
Kagome gave a short sigh and got out of her sleeping bag, tucking the cover around Shippo and reached for her bow and arrows earning herself an odd look from her Hanyou (half-demon)
"Let's go find her"
InuYasha's eyebrows shot up and her nodded dumbly; it was weird for her to take the aggressive point on a 'mission' or maybe it was because she was tired.
InuYasha started walking into the woods and waited for kagome to come up beside him before asking.
"You sure you want to do this?"
"Why you don't want me too?"
"Damn it! No! it's just...." he trailed off, his voice getting softer.
"InuYasha..." she shyly linked her arm with his.
InuYasha took that as her way of saying 'im okay with it and I kinda want to go'.
He gave her hand a squeeze.
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Kikyo opened her eyes wearily; she felt a presence earlier but waved it off for a small animal but now, she felt two familiar presences and sat up as she heard them crash through the thick bush separating them.
Kikyo looked up and subconsciously grabbed her bow and arrows.
"What are you doing here?" she asked softly, eyeing the half-demon and her reincarnation.
"I think we should be asking you that Kikyo. So what the hell are you doing here?" InuYasha asked, standing in front of Kagome who was impassive about the situation.
Kikyo sighed and looked between the two and had to let out a smile, even if her eyes where cold.
"You actually listened, im impressed InuYasha"
"Answer the question Kikyo!" he barked quietly.
"An incarnate of Naraku attacked me with a bowl"
"Bowl?" Kagome inquisited from behind.
Kikyo gave her a stare "she strained my souls"
"Tamashii..." kagome whispered out loud.
"Im guessing you fell prey to her to?" Kikyo inquisited InuYasha.
"How do think Genko's here"
An uncomfortable silence fell over the clearing; Kikyo finally ended it by trying to stand up, still weak from her encounter with Tamashii she stumbled a bit before steadying herself.
"If Tamashii is near-by then that means Naraku is near InuYasha"
"He must be" InuYasha agreed.
Kagome looked upon the talking past-couple and bit her lip. Something was foreboding, InuYasha was fighting with himself not to be concerned, she saw hi flinching a little when she was trying to stand on her own, as if to try to hold himself back. with this new appearance from Kikyo she felt something odd transpire off of her, it seemed that it wasn't only Tamashii that was straining her soul....but something else.
"ill meet you up at Naraku's castle for the battle InuYasha"
Kagome automatically snapped out of her thoughts at that.
"but how do you know if we wont be there earlier than you, we travel faster than you and we can't have a three day battle with Naraku just to wait for you to catch up ya know!" InuYasha exclaimed.
Kikyo's facial features suddenly got hard and cold.
"Then tell me, how are we going to get our time right?"
InuYasha bit his lip and looked at Kagome, his gaze seemed almost sorrowful, but she had no clue on what was paining him.
"You could travel with us"
The clearing fell silent once more, not even a bid chirped.
Kagome felt a pain in her chest at the idea of having Kikyo travel with them, she didn't want to lose InuYasha again ...but then how was Kikyo supposed to lay the final blow on Naraku if she wasn't even in the clearing?
Kikyo even looked startled and backed off.
"I would never do that" her voice sent a chill down both Kagome's and InuYasha's spines.
"There is no other way Kikyo! And besides what if Tamashii attacks you again?! You need protection!"
Kagome saw a mental image of the time InuYasha told her that he was the only one who could protect her. She felt a twinge in her eye but wouldn't let if come forth, she couldn't show that she was weak with such a vital decision.
Kikyo stole a glance at Kagome. She looked impassive but Kikyo could see the quarrel in her soul.
"He's right Kikyo, join us" kagome finally stated, she forced out a smile and readjusted the bow on her back.
"....fine"
Kikyo's shinidama-chuu (soul collectors) suddenly wrapped themselves around their mistress and took to the air. InuYasha crouched and Kagome got on his back; she nuzzled herself into his hair and hugged him to her.
'Why are gods punishing me like this?'
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Sango flipped the fish as she felt an odd wind go past her, chilling every bone in her body.
Miroku stood up and closed his eyes for a moment.
"Something foreboding approaches"
InuYasha suddenly crashed through the near-by woods with Kagome on his back, she got down as the wind picked up.
Miroku and Sango couldn't believe their eyes at the next sight they saw.
Kikyo and her soul collectors settling down a good distance from the fire ring and approaching slowly.
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Author: yea not my greatest chapter if I do say so myself, but I had writers block. Kikyo joining the group was a planned but I juggled with the idea, besides ::ducks the rotten fruit:: InuYasha already admitted his feelings for Kagome please remember that? Also please don't kill me!!!! Things are starting to pick up and the end is near!!!
Till next week!!