Love beyond the Western Lands
Chapter 6: Kayorei
Kikyou woke up. There was a fire crackling 2 yards in front of her. It was still night. Kikyou sat up. For some reason, she felt quite numb. "Good morning, Kikyou," Sesshoumaru said, sitting on a tree stump. "Well, I should be saying evening." "Quite right," Kikyou said with a smirk. She tried to stand up but fell down again.
"Are you ok?" Sesshoumaru said, looking worried. "I'm fine," Kikyou lied. "I'm fine." Kikyou tried to get up again. She was able to stand for a few seconds, but fell back down again.
"Is it possible?" Sesshoumaru asked. "What is?" Kikyou replied. "Do you think that this may be the after math when the dragons were destroyed?" "It's a possibility," Kikyou said. "But there's one way to find out."
Kikyou picked up a tree branch and threw it at Sesshoumaru. He caught it. Sesshoumaru raised an eyebrow. "What in the seven hells do you want me to do with this?" Sesshoumaru said, confused. Kikyou chuckled. "Chuck it at me!" Kikyou commanded. Sesshoumaru threw it at her leg.
She screamed in pain. "Alright, alright. We need to make an antidote for the poison," Kikyou said. Sesshoumaru looked perplexed. "My mentor has given me tomes on everything on potions, antidotes and different poisons," Kikyou said. "She has given me knowledge of all of my weapon attacks and always tried to sharpen my herb lore skills."
"So, you have the books with you?" Sesshoumaru asked. "I always have them with me," Kikyou replied. A green ancient looking book appeared on her lap titled "Antidotes for the Poisoned". She opened it and skimmed through the pages until she found, "Aftermath of wind dragon attacks, blasts and explosions."
Kikyou scanned the page closely and carefully. She made pictures of the needed herb on a blank scroll. She handed the scroll to Sesshoumaru. "Sesshoumaru, go into the forest and look for those herbs," Kikyou said. "What if they don't have that herb?" Sesshoumaru said. Sweat was beading Kikyou's forehead now. "All forests have those herbs, Sesshoumaru," Kikyou said with a smile. Sesshoumaru smiled as well. "Alright," he said, and jetted off.
Kikyou made the current book disappear and another shiny-blue metal like book appeared now titled "Attacks and their causes". Kikyou opened it and went to a page with wind dragon attacks.
Kikyou read silently: "When two wind dragons are in combat and one is dissolved into a mere mist which is the most lethal state of the dragon thus far. If the opponent is not wary of what that mist may do, the results are devastating.
If the opposing dragon is in the center of it, the person who is controlling the mist dragon may have change back into its ordinary dragon form; however, the opposing dragon will be trapped in it." "Master Kayo must have had great experience," Kikyou thought.
Kikyou continued on, even though her head was getting dizzy. "Of course, the master of the opposing dragon would try to get his/her dragon out, by doing various spells and blasts.
By doing that causes both dragons to get destroyed, giving the exposed symptoms of the aftermath of the blast."
Kikyou flipped a couple of pages and found, "Symptoms after a dragon blast exposure:
Numbness
Pain everywhere that's hit by something harmless.
Sweating
Dizziness
Paralyzed
Fainting
Slight pain when moving (At this point, an antidote MUST be taken!)
Death"
Before Kikyou knew it, she could barely lift a finger. "Oh great," She thought. "Where is Sesshoumaru with those herbs!?!"
Meanwhile at the Miasma Castle…
Kagura woke up as if someone screamed in her ear. She was no longer at the lake, but back at Naraku's castle. She got up and walked around.
"Kagura!!!!" Naraku's cold voice called. She spun around in fear and gasped. Naraku was standing right in front of her with pure disappointment in his eyes. "You were told to kill Kikyou and the Yasha tachi with your given youkais," Naraku said stiffly. "Why have you failed?"
"I…I don't know what happened with Inuyasha, but…."Kagura said slowly. "But what?" Naraku yelled. Kagura cowered in fear. "I…I could have killed Kikyou very easily, but Lord Sesshoumaru interfered," Kagura said, obviously frightened.
Naraku exploded at this point. "Kanna!" he called. A white haired girl walked out holding a mirror. She showed no emotion. Her mirror had a reflection of Kagura. Suddenly, four ghostly soul vines shot out of the mirror, binding Kagura. "Kanna, what are you doing!?!?" Kagura screamed, trying to fight the vines.
"Kagura, you shall be held in the dungeon for a month," Naraku said. "That shall discipline you on not to fail. You know I don't like failure." "Damn you, Naraku, damn you!" Kagura cried. "You belong in he-ACHK!" A fifth ghost vine shot out, grasping Kagura by the neck. Naraku smirked. "Kanna, bring her down to the dungeon, will you?"
Sesshoumaru had collected all the herbs and was heading back to Kikyou now. When he got back, Kikyou was lying in the snow, lifeless. "KIKYOU!" he screamed. He ran over to her still body. "I should make the potion if I want her to wake up," he thought. He retrieved a pestle and mortar and began crushing the herbs and added a little water. He mixed the crushed herbs with the water together and poured them all in a small vial.
Kikyou was awake now. "Kikyou!" Sesshoumaru said.
"Ah, Sesshoumaru, your back!" Kikyou said. She stood up, but for some reason it hurt slightly. "Symptom number seven," She thought. Sesshoumaru handed over the potion. "Here, drink that," Sesshoumaru said. "Arigato," Kikyou said and gulped down the potion. For a moment, she felt the world around her spinning. Then stopped. When she moved her leg, it no longer hurt. She was cured!
"Sesshoumaru lets move on," Kikyou said, getting up. Sesshoumaru got up as well. "Where shall we go?" Sesshoumaru asked. "We'll go up north," Kikyou said. "Naraku is currently up there."
They trekked up snowy hills for what felt like hours. Suddenly, Kikyou's Shikon senses perked up. "Shikon shards!" Kikyou thought. "About… 3 of them!"
A cold chilly wind swept up their faces. In front of them, was a girl dressed in black. "Who are you?" Kikyou asked, reaching for an arrow. "My name is Kayorei," The girl said, preparing to unsheathe her katana. "And you're in my way."
To be continued…
