My Reflection

Chapter 4: Kage

Shadow entered Keade's hut and felt the warmth of the fire wash over her warming up. Keade sat down in the corner with her legs crossed. Shadow sat across from Keade sat down in the corner with her legs crossed. InuYasha ended up sitting next to Shadow and Miroku next to Sango. Shippo sat next to Keade.

Shadow smirked and stroked behind his ears, he purred and then blushed. Shadow laughed and tried to playfully punch InuYasha on the arm, but he blocked it. She brought her other hand around to hit him, but he caught that one too. Shadow pretended to struggle as she easily freed one finger. She pointed it at a bag of rice leaning limply against the wall. She thought of the one thing that always got her mad. The bag floated up and headed straight for InuYasha's back.

"How do you think lady shadow came upon this strange technique?" Keade asked Sango.

"I think she calls it the Shingon Finger. It makes things fly around, but she has to get mad at the object. I think that's what she said." Sango replied, sipping her oolong tea. Miroku and Shippo were playing Mahjong. The rice bag went zooming past them. Shippo ducked as Miroku turned his head slightly so he would not get hit. The rice bag hit InuYasha square on the back. He let go of one of Shadow's hands and flipped around to see what hit him. As he did this, Shadow reached behind her and grabbed her right Katana, Bujitan. He looked down and saw the rice bag and growled. He turned around to face Shadow again and found he was looking down the blade of Shadow's Katana. He smirked.

"You don't have it in you, Shadow." InuYasha said, spitting out the word Shadow as if it were poison.

Shadow pressed her sword harder against his cheek, "Do I InuYasha? I could put a scar on your pretty little cheek." Shadow said, her anger rising. She pushed her sword deeper into his skin. She got up and put away her sword. Sango and Miroku looked at her and nodded. It was wise of her not to mess with InuYasha.

"Ha! I told you, Shadow!" InuYasha said as he smirked. He loved the feeling of being right. Shadow gritted her teeth. He was really trying her patience, "Your just the little Kagome you were! You're just a weakling, no where near Kikyo's power! Your only power is being scared! The only thing you share in common with Kikyo is your foolish ambitions!"

Shadow turned around and in a flash, drew her swords and cut up his shirt. She whipped her swords around and cut into InuYasha's skin. Before he even blinked, she sheathed her swords and walked towards the door.

"Don't you EVER call me Kikyo OR compare me to that little witch!" She yelled as she walked out in a huff.

InuYasha looked down and saw what she had cut into his skin. In Japanese, on his chest was on word, "Kage."

"She wrote Shadow on my chest!!!!" InuYasha yelled as he got up. Sango and Shippo began to giggle. Miroku got up and gave InuYasha some medicine that Shadow had brought, to clean his wounds.

"I don't need that junk! I'll heal here in a couple of minutes." InuYasha said, glaring out the door of the hut.

"It's not that easy, InuYasha." Said Keade, sipping on her oolong tea.

"Why not you old hag?" InuYasha screamed.

"She said a spell. It won't disperse unless she says the magic words. That name is carved in your chest forever. Unless that is, you can convince her to say the words and release the spell." Keade said, continuing to sip her tea.

InuYasha got up and walked outside. Shadow was sitting by the edge of the forest. She got up and dusted off her pants. Looking up, she walked forward into the forest.

"You're not going to escape me so easily Kagome! I'm..." InuYasha said. He stopped after he said Kagome. The words in his chest burned and glowed.

Keade laughed from the door, and said, "Did I mention, chuckle that cut burns when ever you say Kagome instead of Shadow? sigh That Shadow is one clever girl."

InuYasha winced and walked off to follow Shadow.

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