Chapter 26
Inuyasha and Kouga arrived just in time to see a massive black shadow jump onto the roof of a darkened house. After Kouga delivered his promised punch to Inuyasha's head, they ran to the back of the house.
Sesshoumaru is pointing Tokijin at the hentai elf's throat while his fluffy tail is wrapped around Kagome's body. She lays motionless while Hiro is doing something over or to her body. Kouga runs over to them.
Inuyasha didn't let his vision linger on that for long. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw the huge shadow on the roof prepare to jump.
Tessaiga slid smoothly from its sheath, just as it had done so long ago. He raised it above his head, feeling the winds gather around the fang.
"Kaze no Kizu!" he roared and let the winds loose. The kaze no kizu roared towards the house, destroying it. Naraku jumped out of the way, barely missing it.
Kagome stirred slightly when the kaze no kizu was unleashed. Her eyes opened a little bit and she smiled. "Inuyasha..."
Hiro was jubilant. "She's awake! Kagome! Kagome, are you alright?"
Kouga was at his side, also kneeling down by her. "Kagome! Kami, what's happened to you?" So much blood...far too much blood.
There was a crash and grunts as Inuyasha and Naraku battled it out. Kagome heard this and sat up. She sat up too quickly and fell back. Sesshoumaru's tail kept her from hitting her head.
"Please...help...Inuyasha..." she gasped, looking up at Sesshoumaru. "Hiro and Kouga-kun will care for me. But please...help Inuyasha."
Sesshoumaru nodded reluctantly and gently unwrapping his tail, took off. His tail shrunk to nothing as he jumped into the fray. Yuki grabbed his throat and rubbed it. He glared after Sesshoumaru and vaguely wished for the bastard's untimely demise.
From the shadows, a pale girl watched emotionlessly the two inu brothers battle her master. Her sister stood just behind her, staring hard at the one called Hiro.
Kagura smiled. Although not a demon, he could control the winds too. Interesting. He was so handsome, too.
She had the urge to play with him again.
Yuki attempted to take hold of Kagome but Kouga intervened. He snatched her up and told Yuki to make himself useful and go help out Inuyasha. Yuki, of course, never moved an inch. Instead, he glared down at Kouga, arms crossed over his chest.
Kouga held Kagome in his arms, his coat wrapped around her shivering body. He'd wanted to ditch the taiyoukai and take Kagome back to his home, but Kagome refused to do so. Sesshoumaru would become furious and try to hurt him. She didn't want Sesshoumaru hurting her Kouga-kun.
Kouga blushed furiously at her words but he yielded to her wishes. While he held her close to keep her warm, he sensed that there was something wrong. He turned his head and peered into the shadows behind them. He couldn't smell anything or actually SEE anything, but he KNEW that there was something terribly wrong.
"Hiro," Kouga whispered urgently at the elf. "There's something in those shadows over there, behind us."
Hiro nodded, staring off into that dark space. Yuki came up beside him and stared too. He could see two figures just standing there, waiting.
"So, Naraku's planning an attack from behind?" Yuki said aloud, glaring at the two figures. "Good. We'll give him one." He clasped his hands together, creating a ball of fire. Yuki realized, too late, that he could have used his fire to keep Kagome warm. 'Baka', he told himself, before sending the fireball at the waiting figures in the dark.
Kagura lifted her fan, sending it back to the elf. "Back off, fool. It is your hot brother that I wish to fight."
Yuki glowered at the wind demoness. "My brother? You wish to fight him?"
Hiro was taken aback by her words. "You think I'm hot?" he asked, bewildered. No one had ever called him hot before. How unusual...
Kagome noticed Kanna creeping up towards her and Kouga. She could only watch as the white demon crept closer.
"K-kouga-kun..." she whispered. "She...she is ...coming."
Kouga stared down at her before turning to see who 'she' was. It was the chick with the mirror. "Hiro! Behind us!" he yelled. He picked up Kagome and moved away from Kanna.
Hiro and Yuki both saw Kanna attempting to be sneaky. Hiro summoned the winds, blowing the smaller youkai off her feet and into the night sky.
This was the chance that Kagure had been waiting for. She flicked open her fan, sending blades of wind at Hiro.
But Hiro was faster than she. He immediately cast a barrier around himself, deflecting her winds. Kagura growled at him. He wasn't supposed to use a barrier! Barriers were for wimps!
Inuyasha and Sesshoumaru were slicing and slicing at Naraku's many legs. But they kept growing back. It was very annoying.
"Argh! Why won't you just die!" Inuyasha raved, slashing away at Naraku's arachnoid legs.
Naraku merely laughed. "Tsk tsk! You of all people should know why after all this time."
Inuyasha growled at him. "We'll find your heart, you filthy bastard. That's why Kagome didn't kill you the first time, right? Because your heart was somewhere else." His only answer to Inuyasha was a laugh. Naraku's spider body shrank and disappeared, leaving only his ningen appearance. "Kagura! It's time to leave, I think!"
Kagura stared condescendingly at Hiro before running to her master, feather in hand. She flung it into the air and they were airborne, flying away from the group below.
Kouga, still holding Kagome, began walking quickly back to his car...until he was stopped by something white and fluffy. Sesshoumaru's tail snatched her out of Kouga's arms. He took off into the sky, after growling something to Hiro.
When they asked Hiro what Sesshoumaru had said, Hiro only shrugged his shoulders. "He told me to get my sorry ass over to his place to heal his woman."
Inuyasha sliced the air viciously with Tessaiga before returning it to its resting place by his hip.
"She's still not his," he mumbled angrily. "I never got my chance to tell her how I feel."
Hiro and Yuki watched as Inuyasha and Kouga walked quickly away from them. "He'll never get his chance," Yuki said thoughtfully. "That time has come and gone."
Hiro nodded sagely. "Yeah, it sure has."
