The Accident in Chemistry Class
Chapter 14: The Most Powerful Demon Alive
Disclaimer: If I owned them, why would I bother writing about them on a fansite? That's a question to sit and think about!
"Kagome, c'mon, get up!" InuYasha urged, and yanked Kagome forcefully to her feet.
"Damn it, InuYasha!" Kagome yelled and InuYasha froze in his tracks. One thing, it wasn't like her to cuss at him like that. Was she sick or something? "What is going on! You'd better tell me, or else! I wanna know!"
"What InuYasha won't tell you is that when you hear the saimyosho(sp?) you will know that I am here to get something I desire." A voice boomed so loud that Kagome leapt into InuYasha's arms. "Do you not know of me, Kagome? I am Naraku, the demon that InuYasha has so longed to kill, but has not succeeded.
"I know about you, oh so much about you. You are the priestess, Kikyou's, reincarnation. You have a pure aura and soul, making it almost impossible for evil to even grasp you.
"I also know that you have been turned into a demon-like creature: a half-dog demon, half-cat demon, and still partly human. I must say, you are quite unique.
"Although...there is something that I do want...from you."
A man wearing a white baboon pelt appeared behind a flurry of wings, his swarm of poison insects, and he had long, wavy black hair with piercing blood-red eyes that so much resembled evil. Kagome had a sinking feeling that she didn't want to take part in what this demon wanted with her, she just wanted to get away from him as far as possible, and forget about everything: about her being a human with dog-demon and cat-demon features, about InuYasha, about Kikyou, about everything!
"InuYasha, I've got to get away..." Kagome whimpered, and threw herself into his chest like a little child.
"Kagome... I want what you carry..." Naraku growled. "How should I put this? Oh yes, a little present from Kikyou, and it's something very valuable. I believe when she died, she carried the Shikon no Tama with her, and now it rests in your very own flesh. Oh, InuYasha, Kikyou is with me. She longs for you, to rescue her. Be her hero, InuYasha... Go save her." Naraku's lips curled in a smirk and InuYasha clenched his fists, his fingers itching to grab hold of Tetsusaiga once more, and slash Naraku into a million pieces and then he would go to Hell.
"Bastard! What did you do to her!" InuYasha roared. "If you hurt her..."
"I have done no such thing. Why? Do you wish for me to do so? Because I will, and I can. And why is that, InuYasha? Because I am Naraku, the demon that cannot be killed! I am the most powerful demon alive! You cannot lay a finger on me, InuYasha." Naraku boasted.
Suddenly a large gust of wind blasted towards Kagome and InuYasha pushed her to the ground.
"What in all the hells...?" InuYasha cursed almost silently.
A very large white feather was floating in mid-air above them. Nestled safely in it was a woman with black hair, red eyes, and a striped dark pink kimono.
"Who is she?" Kagome whispered.
"I am Kagura, the wind sorceress!" She exclaimed, smiling to herself.
"Well, that shouldn't be able to stop me from my Wind Scar!" InuYasha growled and before Kagome knew it, InuYasha sliced at the air in front of Kagura, who only smirked. "What the..." Kagura flicked out her fan and the attack deflected and was sent back to InuYasha, who dodged it only by a little. He grunted as it cut a little into his shoulder and back.
"What did I tell you, half-demon? I am the wind sorceress! I control all winds, even your Wind Scar!" she said, and rested her fan in her lap. She moved a little and Kagome noticed a little girl dressed in white behind her. The girl was holding a small, round mirror. As Kagome gazed into its reflection, she saw inside her body, in the right side of her waist, a small, round pink jewel.
That must be the Shikon no Tama...whatever that is, a voice whispered in the back of her head.
The girl, Kanna, noticed it and motioned to Naraku.
"Kagura!" Naraku said, barely moving his lips.
Kagura nodded slightly and slashed her fan out and a blasting energy of wind flew out towards Kagome and cut her right along her waist, where the Shikon no Tama lay safely. The girl shrieked in pain and collapsed on her side as the small jewel soared through the air.
"No!" InuYasha cried, and leapt for the jewel at the same time as Naraku.
InuYasha was so close, he could just only close his fingers around it...
A crow demon cawed loudly in InuYasha's dog ears, distracting the inu-hanyou, swallowed the jewel, and flew off.
"Damn it, no!" InuYasha roared. "Come back here, you stupid bird!"
But the black crow demon flapped its wings quickly and soared away out of sight.
Kagome lay on the muddy grass and shut her eyes tightly. Maybe if she tried hard enough and concentrated, she would wake up, and it'd be all just a bad dream...
Her eyes flicked open and she saw a kitsune crouching low in the bushes. As she reached toward it, it popped into thin air and an oddly-shaped bow and arrow now lay in its place. Kagome thoughtfully stared at it. She grasped it, held it in place, her hands unsteady; placed the bow in the quiver, pull it back...and let if fly!
The purified arrow soared through the air and disappeared out of sight.
Kagome sighed. It was worth a try...
Then she heard in the distance the crow's cry and a large pink flash. InuYasha stopped to take notice and his face grimaced. Kagome saw his lips form the word "no" and his eyes widened in horror.
"NO!" he cried. "NO! YOU IDIOT! DO YOU REALIZE WHAT YOU'VE DONE!"
"What! I just got that crow demon!" Kagome retaliated.
"Yeah, I can see that, genius. Do you know what that pink flash was, though?"
Kagome sat quietly and thought. And thought...and thought. Her mouth opened slightly and she glanced up at him, and suddenly her eyes started to enlargen.
"I..." she muttered. The Shikon no Tama was pink...that flash was pink... "That could only mean... Oh no! I'm sooooo sorry, InuYasha!" she cried.
"You IDIOT!" InuYasha burst. "Wait till I find Kikyou..."
According to Kaede, Kagome was now destined to journey with InuYasha around the Western Lands. Thanks to Kagome's lack of skilled arching, she had actually shattered the Shikon no Tama into little shards, which flew in many directions. The first thing on their top priority was to retrieve Kikyou from Naraku, though.
Kagome readjusted theknapsack on her shoulder and followed InuYasha into the outskirts of the village. It was a cold silence. And Kagome feared that it would not be a very fun journey to travel with an inu-hanyou pissed at her for shattering the Sacred Jewel. Kagome bit her lip and trudged behind InuYasha several paces. What had she gotten herself into?
