Chapter 7:The terror of the Pheonix
The group had been travelling for a week when they finally arrived within sight of where Kagome swore there was a jewel. They were in the middle of a huge desert, nothing in sight except for a mountain. There were many caves that they figured they'd check out the very next morning.
However, once they woke up, all thoughts of checking the caves were driven out of their heads. There were flaming birds flying all around above them, circling. They all jumped to readiness, in case the birds wanted to attack. The birds seemed to be waiting for something, though.
"Pheonixes!" Miroku cried. "Legendary birds of fire that were said to have died ages ago"
"Obviously they didn't, seeing that they are still here!" Inu called out angrily. "Now how do we destroy them"
"There's the leader!"Kagome called out, pointing to the one that had just come out of the caves, heading toward the circling birds.
"How can you tell?" Asked Kyara.
"The 16 soul jewel is inside iof him"
"Well, how in the world are we going to get it!" asked Inu, now scared due to the fact that Inu was vulnerable to fire. He had no projectile weapons, and really didn't feel like being burned.
Suddenly, Kagome went rigid, and the leader pheonix was beginning to falter in it's flight pattern. Then, it just fell straight toward the ground, eyes misting over. It landed heavily, the flame doused. The jewel that had been in it's body, ripped out of the bird's huge body, flying toward Kagome. She caught it, and wiped it off. It was indeed the 16-soul jewel. The rest of the pheonixes, who had just watched their leader just die from seemingly nothing, flew away. They went back to the caves, and not a sight of them remained except for the dead bird next to them.
Next thing they knew, the bird next to them went up in flames. They all backed up. Miroku semed to be scared the worst.
"I've heard that they burn right before they are reborn"
But it seemed that the bird was not being reborn, but rather burned to nothing. And indeed it did burn to the ground, not going out until late at night. The very next morning, they all trekked back out to the main village that was now their HQ.
However, once they woke up, all thoughts of checking the caves were driven out of their heads. There were flaming birds flying all around above them, circling. They all jumped to readiness, in case the birds wanted to attack. The birds seemed to be waiting for something, though.
"Pheonixes!" Miroku cried. "Legendary birds of fire that were said to have died ages ago"
"Obviously they didn't, seeing that they are still here!" Inu called out angrily. "Now how do we destroy them"
"There's the leader!"Kagome called out, pointing to the one that had just come out of the caves, heading toward the circling birds.
"How can you tell?" Asked Kyara.
"The 16 soul jewel is inside iof him"
"Well, how in the world are we going to get it!" asked Inu, now scared due to the fact that Inu was vulnerable to fire. He had no projectile weapons, and really didn't feel like being burned.
Suddenly, Kagome went rigid, and the leader pheonix was beginning to falter in it's flight pattern. Then, it just fell straight toward the ground, eyes misting over. It landed heavily, the flame doused. The jewel that had been in it's body, ripped out of the bird's huge body, flying toward Kagome. She caught it, and wiped it off. It was indeed the 16-soul jewel. The rest of the pheonixes, who had just watched their leader just die from seemingly nothing, flew away. They went back to the caves, and not a sight of them remained except for the dead bird next to them.
Next thing they knew, the bird next to them went up in flames. They all backed up. Miroku semed to be scared the worst.
"I've heard that they burn right before they are reborn"
But it seemed that the bird was not being reborn, but rather burned to nothing. And indeed it did burn to the ground, not going out until late at night. The very next morning, they all trekked back out to the main village that was now their HQ.