The Loyalty of Wolves
Seine: Success! Anyway, thanks for the reviews. By the way, Kaede said the last line. Well, back to the slight sting of comedy! Well, mixed with other stuff...
Kouga: Hey, where am I in this, anyway?
Seine: Quiet you, you're coming up soon. By the way... I don't like Kikyou.
Kouga: Seine owns nothing!
Kagura slowly stirred, the light of the morning shining in her eyes. She heard birds, which she hated because they were so free... Hey wait a minute! She was free, wasn't she? Where the hell am I? Funny, I smell something... Smells like, sand? What the... Kagura slowly opened her eyes, and came face to face with Miroku, who was leaning dangerously close to her nose.
" BWAHHHHHH!" She screamed, her eyes open wide. ( think of the Frost Bites commercial)
" AHHHHHHHH!" Miroku screamed back, leaping across the little hut. Kagura backed up to the wall, ignoring the crippling pain just about everywhere.
" What the hell are you doing? Where the hell am I? WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON!" Kagura screeched, holding up her bruised and torn hands up for a shaky defense. Sango burst into the hut, and looked around.
" Houshi, what the hell did you do this time?" She yelled, giving him a solid bonk on the head. Kagura blinked with her large red eyes.
" What did he do?" Sango asked, kneeling in front of Kagura. She blinked.
" I woke up to him right in my face, scared the shit out of me! By the way, what the hell am I doing here? And who bandaged me? What's going on?" A thought struck Sango. She probably doesn't remember much of who helped her...Kaede walked in, and dabbed Kagura's head with water, explaining what happened while Sango dragged Miroku out of the hut by his foot. Kagura hissed quietly.
" Thank you, but why did you help me?" She asked, looking up at Kaede with her eyes. Kaede sighed.
" I wanted to see what would happen. You got your heart back, does that mean that you are free from Naraku?" Kagura blinked for a few moments, looking around in thought. Finally, her ears perked up and her eyes were filled with brightness, like a child on Christmas.
" I'm free... I'M FREE! HAHA YOU STUPID BIRDS, LOOK WHO'S LAUGHING NOW! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!" Kagura screamed, throwing her arms up and shaking a fist at the door of the hut. Kaede gave a little chuckle.
" Then perhaps you could assist Kagome and Inuyasha in their quest to have the Shikon Jewel. After you are healed of course. By the way, we couldn't sew your kimono up properly, it was too torn and blood soaked. Do you mind wearing Sango's old yukata, it's all we can offer. " Kagura nodded, and with the help of Kaede, managed to stand. She looked at the yukata. There was still some blood on it, but nothing a good washing couldn't fix. Kagura took one step, and nearly collapsed.
" Gah!" Kagura gripped the wall of the hut, and tried not to fall over. Sango walked in, and gestured a hand towards Kagura.
" Here, I'll help you." With that, Kagura managed to get out of the hut, and was immediately greeted by a puff of orange.
" Are you alright?" Shippo began blubbering and crying over what happened, though Kagura really couldn't make out an comprehensible words. She just patted the kitsune on his head.
" Thank you for helping me, little kitsune. I am in your debt." Shippo waved it off.
" That's okay, it was nothing!" Shippo puffed up, but was smacked on the head by Inuyasha.
" Save it, pip squeak. Kagura, if you try anything, or if this is a trick, I won't hesitate to-" Inuyasha never got to finish, because a whirlwind came and stepped on him.
" Hey everyone! What the- BLEH! Woah, you got ravished bad, man. What a slim bag, that Naraku! Hey Sango!" Kouga changed his tune many a time in his little greeting, and slowly got off of Inuyasha's back, and gave Sango a bear hug. Her back cracked slightly.
" ACK! Nice to see you too, Kouga!" She squeaked out, giving Kouga a pat on the back. He let her down, and grinned.
" Kouga, wait up!" Came the voices of Ginta and Hakkaku, who came into the little village a few seconds later. They also gave Sango a big hug.
" Sister! We missed you!" They cried, nearly crushing her once again. She smiled and picked them both up in a hug.
" Missed you too! How's it all been?" She said as she put them back on the ground. Kagome blinked, and Kagura tilted her head to the side a bit. Ginta... Hakkaku... Kouga... and Sango? Come to think of it, her scent had changed considerably...
" Kagura... Do you have any idea why Naraku severed the bond between him and you?" Kagome asked, Kagura sitting on the steps of one of the huts. Kagura sighed.
" I've been trying to betray him for ages now. I even offered Sesshomaru jewel shards to take him out while Naraku was in his weird bubbly mess of demon's in the room beneath the cellar. I didn't tell him about Inuyasha's little secret, and I kept sneaking off from the castle. Well, I was conducting quite a good plan. The next time he went into hiding, I planned to take my heart, Kanna's soul and Kohaku's memory and give it all back, then bolt from the castle as fast as I could. But what bothers me is he didn't know. I'm positive he wanted me to die after he gave my heart back." Miroku blinked, now becoming conscious again.
" Perhaps he's trying to destroy all of his incarnates, to gain the energy all back for a final attack with the Shikon Jewel fragments that he possesses." Kagura's eyes focused on the trees, and she gasped suddenly. She looked back to Miroku.
" If you're right, that means he's going to kill Kanna! That sick freak, if this is what he did to me, what is he going to do to defenseless Kanna? Shit... I have to go get her, he'll destroy her with no second thought at all!" Sango looked up, her eyes glazed in anger.
" How long do we have before he kills more?" Kagura shook her head.
" I don't know. I'm pretty sure we have about a week, considering that was his last act before he goes into hiding again. If we can save at least one of them, we might have a chance. He took my fan and destroyed it, so I can't help until I heal and create a new fan. Kanna will be the problem to get, because she just summons's Kohaku, and that kid can't think of anything except what Naraku says. But since Naraku should be in hiding, if we can find Kohaku, then we can go after Kanna. As long as they don't die, he can't use anything new against us that we already don't know about." Kagura explained, her fist clenched so tight her knuckles went white. Sango snarled in the back of her throat, causing Kagome to take a slight step away from her.
" We need to find him, that shouldn't be a problem, but stopping him from killing us will. How will we restrain him, he's been trained in many different ways." Kagura placed a finger on her side of her cheek.
" The farther away from Naraku's castle, the better. We could keep him somewhere far away, and Naraku wouldn't be able to send any messages to him. At least 15 miles in diameter." Kagome snapped her fingers loudly.
" I've got it! My era! He can play with Souta, I can explain everything, while you guys go find Kanna and save her! And it's way past 15 miles, it's 500 years into the future!" Kagura blinked, but her expression changed to anger. She threw her hand forward, and Kagome could feel the wind rushing past her, and heard the cry of something behind the bushes. Kagura pulled her hand back, and out came Kikyou. She was held in the air before everyone, until Kagura let out a pained gasp and dropped her. Kikyou stood up, and notched an arrow, aiming flatly at Kagura.
BAM! Kikyou was sent flying, and everyone's jaw just dropped. Kagome had body checked her, sending the arrow far off, and Kikyou laying on the ground, stunned.
" That's it you creepy clay pot! I've had enough of you! Time to play some hockey!" Kagome pulled Kikyou to her feet, delivering some tough punches to her jaw and gut. Finally she gave Kikyou a right hand hit to the jaw, sending her spinning to the ground. Inuyasha was so stunned, he couldn't move.
" Kagome, you..." He trailed off, staring at Kikyou. She stood up, an angry look on her face. Suddenly, she went flying over the trees. Kagura's hand was up, sweat dripping down the sides of her face. Kagome gave her a light high five.
" Now, let's go find Kohaku! After we give Kagura a bath." Kaede stated, and begun leading Kagura to the baths.
Seine: Sorry it wasn't too long, very whirl of the moment thing.
