Author's Note: Yay! Chapter seven is here! Thank you all for reviewing. I really appreciate it and always look forward to getting more...(wink wink, hint hint, nudge nudge....ok I'll stop...) Enjoy!

Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha

Chapter: Seven

Kohaku attacked Sango with a weapon that she also had. It was a metal ax type of weapon with a long and thick chain connected to the bottom of it At seeing this, Sango pulled out her katana and managed to change its course.The ax and chainswung fiercely around the blade of the katana, the chain getting slightly tangled.

Sango tugged on her katana with all her might and made Kutaro fall forward from the force that pulled him.

"Dance of blades!" Kagura's voice echoed throughout the area as she made a single motion with her fan and unleashed glowing blades tumbling in her opponents' path. Inuyasha unsheathed Tetsusaiga and blocked each one. She sent the next wave of blades, but Kagome shot her arrow and purified the wind. This gave Inuyasha time to strike. "Wind Scar!"

Kouga, Miroku, and Kilala stood still, waiting for the right time to attack while thinking of a plan.

Sango kept battling her brother while trying to snap him out of it. Kohaku threw the chain down, as it was no use to him the way it was wrapped up like it was now. He instead pulled out his ownkatana and charged at Sango. Miroku knew she could handle herself and just glanced her way and back at Kagura oftentill he sensed that something would go wrong.

Inuyasha released his wind scar as Kagome released another arrow and combined it with Inuyasha's attack. Kagura barely managed to get out of it, but she was already wounded and had gashes covering her face and body. Her kimono cnearly allthrashed and torn,

"Yeah!" Shouted Inuyasha, getting ready to attack again, but Kagura spoke.

"Enough of this!" She waved her fan with a greater force this time. "Dance of the Dragons!"

No one had a chance to dodge this attack. Tornados swormed the entire area, destroying numerous trees and other objects that got in its way. Kagome managed to pull out another arrow and shot it towards Kagura, knowing if she shot the summoner of the attack, then the attack would die. However, the wind sorceress was forming a barrier around herselffor the time being. If she was going to be taken down, Kagome had to shoot her arrow now.

'Come on! Focus!' Kagome breathed heavily as Inuyasha and Kouga shielded her from the winds, already knowing her plan. "Do it Kagome!" Inuyasha shouted encouragingly, knowing she could do it.

As Sango and Kohaku clashed swords together, Miroku jumped in to help. He ran behind Kohakuand swung his staff horizontally low to the ground and toward Kohaku's shins.The young boyfell backwards and Miroku held him against his chest with his staff. "Sango are you alright?" She was breathing very heavily but answered an exhausted 'yes'. But then saw that Kohaku pulled out a small dagger and thrust it into the monk's shoulder.

"AH!" Seethed the monk in pain and grabbed is bleeding shoulder, having to let go of his staff. Kohaku turned around to him and kicked him in the chest. "Miroku!" Shouted Sango as she saw this and attacked with Hiraikotsu. It pained her to do this, but she swung Hiraikotsu hard against Kohaku's side and knocked him out temporarily.

Kagome shot her arrow, but as the attack was in progress, two arrows hit Kagura's barrier and purified it.

Wait... Two?

The winds and tornados ceased instantly, the arrow attack partially injuring Kagura. Everyone heard her cry of pain, but paid no mind to her as they all looked at Kagome in shock and wonder.

Feeling everyone's eyes on her, she became nervous and shook her head, "I...I just shot one." She said still looking at where she shot her arrow. Then Inuyasha knew, "Kikyo."

At hearing this murmur travel in the light breeze, everyone heard it and turned to see none other than Kikyo standing on a nearby cliff that was several feet high from the grounds below her. She was still in her stance of letting her arrow loose...(She does that all the freakin' time! Whenever she shoots an arrow that I've seen onan episode, she doesn't move for like, five minutes or something! And I'm like WTF?! Move already!)

Kikyo turned her gaze to Kagura and saw that she was surprisingly recovering quickly. Kikyo then hurriedly rushed to Kagome's side. She looked at Kikyo, and when the priestess smiled, a genuine smile at her, Kagome smiled back in understanding.

Sango paid no mind to Kikyo and just ran to the fallen monk and helped him put pressure on the wound wit her hand above his that covered it. "Can you battle any longer Miroku?" She asked gently. From fighting Kohaku they were a fair distance away for no attacks to come in their direction, if any came that is. "I'm fine, but do not worry Sango...It's n-nothing." He smiled to assure her of this. "Alright, but let's get you to Kilala, she'll protect you." Miroku nodded as Sango grabbed Hiraikotsu and went to Kohaku, carrying him to Kilala with the monk by her side.

"Dance of blades!" Roared Kagura with much anger in her voice as she released another attack. Kouga dodged a few, Inuyasha slashed some with his sword, and Kikyo and Kagome fired their purity arrows at them. It was a 'win-win' battle and Kagura knew this. ' Damn it! ' She thought in frustration. ' It's time I take my leave, I cannot win with so many against me.'

Kagura grabbed a feather out of her hair(...wtf is up with that?) and threw it in the sky. As she flew away everyone watched, not too surprised as they've witnessed it happen before. Although everyone sighed and smiled, grateful that she was gone. However, Inuyasha and Kouga seemed to be the only ones not relieved of this.

"Come back here Kagura, you coward!" Shouted Inuyasha angrily as he relaxed his arm that wielded Tetsusaiga. Kouga just growled and watched her leave, knowing that she wouldn't just turn around and come back to fight them like Inuyasha demanded.

"Is everyone alright?" Asked Kagome loud enough for everyone to take notice of. Sango came up to them with Kilala right behind her carrying a frightened Shippo, a knocked out kohaku, and an injured Miroku. "Not everyone." She replied.

"We must go to a shelter as soon as possible to heal the wounded." Said Kikyo, indicating Kohaku and Miroku. Apparently Kikyo knew a perfect place as such and so explained the directions very carefully to Inuyasha as he lead the way and in front of the group. They all began to walk off as Kikyo called to Kagome.

"Kagome, may I speak with you in private?" Kagome became nervous and hesitantly said, "Yes."

The group traveled to where Kikyo said to go. As they traveled Inuyasha and Kouga were in front having a fight, calling each other names and seeing who deserves Kagome better.

"You're such a stupid wolf you know that?" Said Inuyasha .

"Shut up, at least Kagome loves me." Kouga said proudly.

"What?! No she doesn't! Take that back!" They continued to argue as they walked, Sango having to sometimes tell them to quit it before they stop and just have an all out brawl on the road.

On Kilala, the still unconscious Kohaku sat in front and leaned his upper body on the back of the giant cat demon's neck and head. Shippo lay on Kilala's head as he slept. Sango sat behind Kohaku with a tired and injured monk behind her. Miroku leanedhis front against Sango's back and rested his chin on her shoulder, his wound already bandaged, but not so efficiently to keep pressure on it to stop the bleeding.

He sighed before speaking, "I'm sorry I worried you Sango. The last thing I want is to see you so distressed and worried...And I love you." He said while smiling lightly as he closed his eyes.

Sango shok her head vaguely, "No, but it was my fault, I could have held him off a little longer. I just wasn't strong enough." Said Sango as she lowered her head in grief.

"Yes you did, and you are strong enough to take on anything...Because I love you."

She playfully slapped him on the side of his head. "You're such an idiot." She said now smiling.

"Yes...An idiot who loves you." She laughed at this and turned her head to kiss his cheek.

Kagome and Kikyo walked together in silence, about twenty feet behind the group so that no one will hear what the two women would converse. Kikyo spoke up after about a minute of thinking.

"Kagome, I trust you know by now that I have no intention of harming you yet again." she said calmly. Kagome looked at her face that still looked forward. Kagome looked ahead of herself again and nodded.

"Good." As they walked a few steps more, Kikyo spoke again. "The conversation Inuyasha and I discussed earlier is not what you suspect." Kagome looked surprised and looked at the other miko once again with wide eyes. Kikyo looked at her and smiled lightly. "You need not worry, he cares for you and will tell you all that he feels soon enough."

Kagome was still shocked at what she said before that. "But, why? Why are you...well, being like this? I thought you... wanted me dead." Kikyo continued to look at her as Kagome spoke those words. Then she said something Kagome didn't expect.

"Because if you died, someone would be very sad." Kikyo smiled lightly. Kagome gasped at this, but then smiled back at her. Kikyo continued and spoke bluntly.

"Kagome you and I share one soul. One of us must die so that the other can live." Kagome looked shocked and continued to look at Kikyo's composed face. "I have accepted this fate and will provide the rest of our soul to you... After all, I am already dead."

Kagome was sad now; she didn't want Kikyo to die. She didn't deserve such a fate, and for the second time too! Kagome was about to protest, but Kikyo beat her to it. "Do not object to this matter Kagome, we must look passed what we want and instead, do what isright, no matter how wrong it may seem." Kagome looked ahead of herself again with misery etching on her face. Now Kagome felt guilty... Could she really live on?...knowing she let someone else die who didn't deserve to?

They walked in silence until Kagome chose to speak. "Kikyo, I am honored to finally fight alongside you to defeat Naraku. I know it will be one victory to remember." She finished with a smile.

"Thank you, as am I... The tragedy that is endlessly repeated in order to fulfill Naraku's desires must come to an end. He will finally pay for his faults and wrongdoings." She ended with solemn voice.

Kagome nodded, this time feeling determined and confident.

"Where were you and your other companions traveling to in any case?" Asked Kikyo.

"We were heading to a village where jewel shards were at so we could add them to this one." Indicating the jewel around her neck. "I see. But I'm sure Naraku has gotten to them by now."

"Yeah, me too." Said Kagome sadly. Then Kikyo brought up a topic that Kagome certainly didn't expect at the moment.

"How is my sister?" She asked while smiling.

Kagome laughed a little and smiled brightly, "Kaede's just fine Kikyo, oh! And she picked healing herbs for us to take on our trip." Said Kagome happily. "That's good, they will be of much use to us." Replied Kikyo as she smiled once again.

"Listen here you mangy wolf, Kagome is NOT in love with you, so get over it!" Shouted a peeved Inuyasha. He was seriously on the verge of unsheathing Tetsusaiga and chopping up Kouga's ass whether anyone liked it or not. "You don't know that! And besides, we both know she definantly doesn't like you! She didn't tell you that she did anyway!"

"She doesn't have to tell me! She hugged me just this morning! So there!" The hanyou finished proudly. "What?! She did not! Prove it!"

Sango and Miroku sighed quietly as the demon rivals in front of them continued to fight over Kagome. "Inuyasha really loves her." Said Sango, leaning her head against Miroku's a bit more. "Yes, I knew he did all along. He was just too hardheaded and foolish to admit something like that."

"What's that monk?" Asked Inuyasha in a calm yet deadly voice who now walked beside him. "H-Hey! Don't do anything rash! Please Inuyasha! I!...I'm injured remember?" Begged the monk, but Inuyasha just hit him anyway and went back to the front to fight with Kouga some more.

Miroku yelped in pain and galnced at Sango. "You're not going to let your love suffer in the hands of Inuyasha are you, my dear Sango?" He asked in a pathetic voice. She just shrugged. "You had it coming."

Miroku pretended to cry, "That's so cold." He whined, but then Sango smiled and kissed him on the cheek, which 'miraculously' healed his pain and grief...holy shit that ryhmed!!!

They were almost at the hut Kikyo said to go to and so far everyone was having an 'ok' time.

"Shut up you filthy mutt!"

"Make me!"

Well....sorta....

As they continue their travel to their destination, a sinister evil awaits....Dun dun dunnn!!!