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Disclaimer: How many times must I say it? I…DON'T…OWN…INU-YASHA! Clear? Good.
Perfect Day
Chapter 9: Battle For Love
By Midnight-wolf-314
Kagome flew the fire cat as fast as she could to the cave to grab her bow and arrows. She had, thankfully, remembered that she was so mad they got left behind. That would be their only weapon against attacking demons and Inu-Yasha sure wasn't gonna come to their rescue now. Plus, if she was going up against Kikyo, she needed protection.
As soon as the weapons were retrieved, they flew off to find Kikyo.
"Kelala, can you smell out Kikyo's scent and follow it?" (A/N: ok, I don't have any idea if Kelala can smell as well as Inu-Yasha, but in this story, she can.)
Kelala roared in agreement and flew faster off towards the middle of the Western Lands.
"So let me see if I get this straight, Kagome. Kikyo is Inu-Yasha's old girlfriend, but she's dead and is kinda like a zombe now and all she wants to do is get Inu-Yasha to go to hell with her?"
"Yeah, that basicaly sums it up."
"And, you're Kikyo's reincarnation?"
"Yup."
"And you actually know how to use a bow and arrow?"
"Yes."
"And we're on a flying cat?"
"Yes, Eri, now will you please stop asking questions? I can't afford to mess this up."
!In A Meadow Far Away…!
"Come on out, Kikyo, I know you're here!" Kagome screamed.
"Well, well, well, if it isn't my annoying reincarnation. Have you come to tell me you've finally given up on that worthless half-breed?" Kikyo came out of the shadows with her soul catchers following close behind.
"No, I'm here to take him back. Now where is he? INU-YASHA!"
"What are you talking about? He's not here and he never was. Thought I would love to tell you where he is, I, unfortunately, don't have a clue."
"So he's not here?"
"Is he sopposed to be? Well, you don't seem to trust him all that well if you think he'd be with me."
"Oh I trust him fine, it's you I can't believe!"
"Well, I assure you that I have no idea where he is!" Kikyo loaded her bow.
"Now…I'll give you five seconds to run before I shoot."
"You three hide!" Kagome said to her friends. "If I'm ever gonna kill this ugly bitch, it'll be now!" Kagome also loaded her bow. Kikyo had apparently decided that Kagome wasn't going to take advantage of the escape time and ended her countdown at three.
She shot the arrow straight at Kagome's heart. The arrow had turned a shining blue and was moving faster than ever, yet Kagome still managed to dodge it, but it did scrape her arm.
"Kagome!" all her friends screamed.
"I'm fine. It's nothing." She replied.
Kagome quickly let her arrow fly. Kikyo barely managed to dodge it, yet reloaded as soon as the arrow came at her. This one missed the mark by a mile, though, since it was shot while the elder priestess tried to dodge. This gave Kagome enough time to reload and fire. Kikyo seemed to realize that she was going to die, but managed to shoot one last arrow at her opponent.
Kagome turned around to face her friends without seeing the other arrow flying towards her. As soon as she realized, it seemed too late, but just in time, a furious hanyou jumped in front of the arrow. "Inu-Yasha! Are you all right?" Kagome screamed, completely forgetting that she had three friends staring at her.
"I'm fine. Just be glad it wasn't another sealing arrow. And what were you thinking, huh? You could've been killed! What if I hadn't been here? Then you'd be dead!"
"I know. I'm sorry, Inu-Yasha. For this, and for the fight."
"I know you are. Just NEVER do that again, got it?"
"Well, I never could seeing as how Kikyo's dead."
"She's dead?"
"Yeah. I'm sorry, Inu-Yasha, but it had to be done and you know it."
"Yes…yes I do. But, even though I didn't love her, I can't help being sad. She was my friend, you know."
"I know, but she didn't love you for who you were. She wanted you human and no other way."
"And that's why I never really loved her. She couldn't see through my title like you can. I do love you, and I really am sorry."
"I love you, too, Inu-Yasha."
"Are you guy's gonna kiss or what?" asked a very impatient Yuka.
Both the miko and the hanyou blushed realizing that they were being watched.
"Uhhhh…" was all Kagome could think to say, but she was saved from having to think up something else as a pair of lips touched hers and pulled her into a very passionate kiss, which got cheers from the three audience members.
After they broke apart, Kagome remembered the arrow, still lodged inside the hanyou's back. The others seemed to have forgotten as well…even Inu-Yasha…and he was the one with it!
"Let's get you to Sesshomaru," Kagome said.
"Keh! Why go to that bastard? He'd never dream of helping me. And besides, I can make it back to Kaede's village."
"No you can't! You make it worse! And you're not running, either. You'll ride on Kilala with us!"
"Yes, mother."
"What was that?"
"Nothing."
"You know I heard you, and I just want to tell you that if you weren't injured, you'd be eating dirt about five times right now."
"Well, that's one good thing about being injured…"
"Inu-Yasha! Don't push your luck! A few minutes ago, you seemed to think you were fine, so a few 's words' wouldn't hurt you too much…"
"Is that a threat? You really shouldn't threaten me, you know. You can never tell what I might do to you!"
"Like what? You wouldn't hurt me if your life depended on it!"
"Wanna bet?"
"Heh Hem!" Eri shouted over the noise. "Aren't we going to see that sessh…sess..aww whatever that guy's name was? And you two just got DONE fighting and you're already getting into another one?"
"Oh, right. And, well, get used to the fighting…it's just what we do."
The group then climbed up on Kilala's back and took off. Inu-Yasha sat on the back with Kagome in front of him. Then Ayumi, Eri, and Yuka was first. Kagome quickly told the fire cat to hurry to Sesshomaru's castle.
"I still don't see why we're going to Sesshomaru. You know he hates me and would most likely jump at the opportunity to kill me when I'm injured."
"Now, Inu-Yasha, you know that he at least started accepting you a little while ago, and he is more likely to help you than not."
"Keh, whatever."
"Ummm…I know you told me not to as questions, but, who is this guy we're gonna go see?"
"His name is Sesshomaru and he's Inu-Yasha's half-brother. Up until about a month ago, Sesshomaru hated Inu-Yasha and wanted nothing more than to kill him—partly because Inu-Yasha has the Tetsusaiga, a powerful sword that he wants, and partly just because Sesshomaru hates Inu-Yasha. But they recently stopped fighting, well, to the death at least, but neither particularly likes the other."
"So how can Sessh…Sessho…what's his name, heal Inu-yasha?"
"That's the other thing that Sesshomaru was mad about. Both he and Inu-Yasha inherited swords from their father: Inu-Yasha got the Tetsusaiga, on of the most powerful swords ever made; while Sesshomaru got the Tessaiga, the sword of healing…oh, and if you can't remember his name here, call him Sessy or Fluffy—but NEVER call him either to his face of he'll have you for dinner. In front of him, if you can't remember his name…or even if you can…call him M'lord…and be polite!"
"So why'd Fluffy stop trying to kill Inu-yasha?"
"One of his companions is a girl named Rin who's human. She kinda opened up his solid heart and made him not quite so stubourn."
"We're here. Remember, be polite…he is Lord of the Western Lands…and always, Always, ALWAYS call him M'lord."
"Keh, lets just get this over with."
And with that remark, the group started forward to Lord Sesshomaru's castle.
A/N: So, what do ya'll think? Great? Good? Ok? Bad? Horrible? Oh, just review!