Kikyou's village in the middle of the night was an eerie sight. No lights were on in any of the homes, no people were walking around outside. The cold wind howled throughout the streets. For most this was not a nice feeling. For Fuyuka however, this was a type of heaven. He looked on the village as three figures appeared behind him. "You're late," he growled. Yura, Manten and Souten stood there, shivering. "Now listen up, we are going to flatten this sorry excuse for a village to the ground. Anyone got a problem with that?"
"Yes," Yura said meekly. Fuyuka raised an eyebrow. "I'm sorry, Fuyuka, but I just don't feel like killing all these innocent people."
Fuyuka snarled. "And what about you two?" Manten and Souten stayed quiet for a second, and then spoke up.
"We agree with Yura," Manten said. "We don't wanna kill anyone either."
Fuyuka growled so loudly that Souten lost her balance and fell down. "Fine then! If you're not gonna help me, I have no use for you! Go on then," he pointed away from the village, "Get the fuck outta my sight!" They did not move. "If you don't leave in five seconds, I'll kill you."
Manten helped Souten to her feet and took her hand. In his other hand, he took Yura's. "Come on," he said, "Let's just go." Their storm cloud floated down from the sky and they boarded it. It took them away into the night.
Fuyuka spat in their direction. "Fuck 'em," he muttered. "I have a job to do."
Kanna, Kohaku and Hakudoushi had all agreed to go with InuYasha and help him take care of the evil angels. This left Kouga and Kagura all alone together, and seeing as their last time alone was cut short due to some spiny Sega game rejects, they needed to make up their lost time. Due to the freezing cold on the outside and the newly produced heat on the inside, the windows had completely fogged up. Kouga lay on top of Kagura, both breathing heavily. He rested his head on her chest and closed his eyes.
"That was wonderful, Kouga," Kagura sighed. Both of them were left without any energy, so she too closed her eyes and fell fast asleep.
Meanwhile, looming just outside the village's gate was Frostbyte. She held her late master's sword in her left hand and was staring at it.
(Shimoka... Your death shall not be in vain. I will take the life of that pup with my own hands if I have to. You will be avenged, and I'll finally have my prize...)
She smiled sadistically at the thought of ripping Kouga's heart out. "Yes," she muttered out loud. "Everything's coming together quite nicely..." She took a step forward, through the village entryway. She knew exactly which house belonged to Kagura, as she had been there once before. It was the first time she saw her. She sighed and continued walking. "Not long now, my love. Not long at all..." She stood in front of the door, held Shimoka's sword up, and slashed. The door fell to the ground in splinters.
The commotion woke the sleeping lovers immediately. They both looked into each other's eyes and saw fear. "Wolf-boy!" they heard a familiar voice call from the living room. "I know you're here. I can smell you."
"Not here," Kagura whispered. "We have to get her away from the village!" Kouga nodded in agreement.
Frostbyte sat down on the couch and laid Shimoka's, no, her sword on her lap. The couch was surprisingly comfortable. She smiled and looked around. Then she realized that nothing was happening. She got up and ran to the hallway that led to the bedrooms. She checked each one, and nothing. "What the?" The blast of wind that came from behind nearly chopped off her ear, had she been just a little bit more to the right. She turned around and saw her prey behind her. She smiled. "So that's where you are."
"What the hell do you want?" Kagura demanded, her fan held out in front of her.
"You of course," Frostbyte said as sweetly as she could. "Now, would you like to do this the easy way," she held up her sword, "or the fun way?"
Kagura glanced at Kouga who was standing beside her. "What do you think we should do?" Kouga grasped the handle of his sword, brandished it and made an attack at Frostbyte. She jumped out of the way and tried to return the strike, but he had already gotten out of the way. So she turned and aimed her attack at Kagura instead. But she leapt back, dodging the attack, and bolted out the door. Frostbyte stood there stunned as Kouga passed her, running out the door too. They were intending to lead her out of the village. That was fine. She had a surprise waiting for them anyways...
Kagura and Kouga succeeded in leading Frostbyte out of the village and into the forest. The snow was cold on their bare feet, but that was the last thing on their minds. Frostbyte flung a series of poison tipped darts at them, each one missing, but only by inches. Kagura, still running forwards, flung a gust of wind at their pursuer. She was knocked of guard and fell to the ground, but quickly got back to her feet. She was set on carrying out her mission. And it wasn't long now until her prey fell victim to the little trap she set.
They entered a clearing. On the ground was yet more snow, but there was something a little odd about it. It did not feel cold on their feet. They just dismissed it, thinking it was because their feet were already numb. But they were wrong. "Ha ha!" Frostbyte cackled. "You fools have fallen right into my trap." The ground rose and engulfed Kouga and Kagura. Then they realized it wasn't ground. It was an army of Yukikyuu snowball demons. Kagura tried to conjure up some wind to blow them away, but they had managed to knock her fan out of her hand and carried it from her reach. Kouga tried to slash them with his sword, but they managed to form a wave and knocked it out of his hand. Fortunately, he still had his claws. He tried using them, and ripped a bunch of the attacking fluffies to pieces. He dashed for his sword, but missed it. He managed to grab the fan instead, and dashed to Kagura's aid. She took the fan, conjured up a cyclone of wind, and sent all the Yukikyuu flying in all directions.
The snowstorm settled. Kagura looked at Frostbyte, who was red with anger. "Fool!" she yelled. "You may have beaten my snowballs, but you still have me to go through!" She jumped up at Kagura and slashed her shoulder with the sword. Kagura fell into Kouga's arms and both ended up on the ground. She spun around, stuck out her sword and dashed to her prey with the intent of severing Kouga's head from his body. But when she got there, something had wrapped around her arms and was holding her back. Kouga and Kagura looked back and saw that Frostbyte was being held in place by one of Naraku's puppets. "What the fuck?" she exclaimed.
Naraku himself appeared from the trees. "My dear Frostbyte," he smiled evilly, "You were given one simple task, and you couldn't even carry it out." The puppet tightened its grip on her arm and broke it. She cried out in pain and thrashed savagely, but the puppet wouldn't let go of her. "And to top it off," Naraku continued, "You've taken some of my Shikon shards..." The puppet's tentacle thrust itself into her broken arm and fished out two fragments of the Shikon Jewel. "I'm very disappointed in you," he continued as the puppet tossed the shards to him. "This is unforgivable. Puppet, kill her." Frostbyte looked into Kagura's beautiful red eyes for the last time as the puppet broke her neck. Her lifeless body fell to the ground.
Kagura never did find out why, but a small part of her was saddened that Frostbyte was now dead.
"Now," Naraku continued, "Wolf-boy, I shall be taking your Shikon fragments as well..." Kouga snarled as Naraku approached.