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"DIE!" A female voice screamed which was followed by two arrows; one went towards Kagome and the other towards Inuyasha.
Chapter 17-Yusuke-
Horror struck Yusuke when he noticed one the arrow head strait to Kagome.
"Kagome!" Yusuke screamed, Kurama suddenly stood in front of her, He sliced threw the arrow using his rose whip but that didn't stop the unusual energy that had surrounded it. Kurama didn't move as the energy went strait to his heart.
"STOP!" Kagome's scream was heard through out the chaos and she started to glow pink the energy which had taken the shape of an arrow was quickly was blocked by a shield mere inches from Kurama's heart. (All that in a split second)
"Watch out!" Botan screamed, She lunged herself towards Inuyasha, placing herself in front of him where the arrow would surly hit luckily for her she had hung her orr on her back and the arrow nudged itself in to the wood stopping it form doing any damage to anyone even herself. Yusuke watched feeling completely useless. At the same time the arrowWhite-flying serpents appeared all over the field, Some carried white orbs, well others where empty-handed. They flew around the clearing and began to glow creating a shield that prevented them from escaping.
"Those are Kikyo's soul stealers!" Sango shouted as she unlashed her boomerang from her back. "Kilala!" Kilala transformed into its larger cat form ready for battle. Suddenly another arrow flew toward Sango. The arrow flew and then blew up right in front of Kilala and Sango surrounding them with a shield, which then released a purple gas. Both dropped to the ground unconscious.
"Sango!" Miroku shouted. Suddenly millions of bee's (Naraku's bees) appeared around Miroku and surrounded him preventing him from moving anywhere near Sango. "Those are Naraku's poison insects." He shouted, Miroku used his staff, killing as many as he could. Another arrow flew towards him blowing up and surrounding him in a shield followed by a purple gas just like with Sango.
"Get away from me!" Shizuru shouted as the bee's surrounded her. Just like with Miroku and Sango an arrow flew towards her and ended up knocking her out. As soon as Shizuru was out the bees split in three going in different directions. Kagome and Kurama, Inuyasha and Botan, and Keiko plus himself, he let his spirit energy out in front of him letting it destroy the insects before they could get anywhere close to him or Keiko. The shield that had stopped the arrow from hitting Kurama was still there and kept the bees away as Kurama used his whip to kill the insects. Botan screamed, looking to his left he saw the insects heading towards her and Inuyasha.
"PUUUUUUUU!" Puu appeared in front of Botan and Inuyasha and let his own Spirit energy soar just like Yusuke had done and destroyed the insects instantly.
"Thank you Puu." Botan told him. The insects where finally all killed off and the serpents flew off into the forest releasing them from the shield.
"Would you let go of me!" Inuyasha told Botan with a blush. Botan had her arms around Inuyasha and had her face in his shirt.
"Sorry." Botan said letting him go. Inuyasha ignored Botan apology and walked passed her and headed toward the forest only to be stopped by Puu's shield.
"Yusuke, tell your pet to let out." Inuyasha shouted obviously trying to get somewhere quickly.
"Sorry the stuffed animal got a mind of his own." Yusuke shouted back finishing off the remaining insects. He looked at his sister only to notice Kagome had a shadowed look to her face.
"What happened?" Kuwabara asked appearing with Yukina, Shippou, and Rin. They carried buckets of water.
"Shizuru." Kuwabara shouted as he saw his big sister lying on the ground. "Hey sis are you alright."
"Kuzuma let me try to heal her." Yukina told Kuwabara placing her hands on top of Shizuru's body. Hiei appeared next to Sango looking at the insects that Miroku had struck down in disgust.
"Why would Naraku's insects be with Kikyo?" Kagome asked herself as Kurama held her up.
"Are you alright?" Kurama asked Kagome. Kagome gave Kurama a smile and nodded.
"What about Sango and Miroku?" Kagome asked looking around. A thump was heard through out the clearing.
"Miroku just fine." Botan told them. Botan stood up and stepped on Miroku as she went to check on Sango and Kilala who where beginning to stir.
"What happened?" Shizuru asked as she regained consciousness
"Naraku and Kikyo." Sango told them.
"Where lucky she didn't expect Shizuru, Kurama, and Yusuke." Miroku told them rubbing a bump on his head.
""Where's Inuyasha?" Botan asked noticing Puu in Keiko's hands.
"He went after Keiko." Kagome told them. Yusuke watched as Kagome got another shadowed look. He realized something as he watched his sister; She was in love with Inuyasha. He wanted to kill the mutt but at the same time he wanted the look that Kagome had to go away. He felt useless to help her, once again. He looked towards Keiko.
"Are you Okay." Yusuke asked Keiko helping her to her feet.
"Yes I'm fine." Keiko told him, accepting his hand.
"Hey Puu1" He watched the blue fur ball fly towards him. "Take care of Keiko and Kagome for me."
"Puu!" Puu told him nodding once.
"Yusuke, Where are you going?" Keiko asked him.
"Don't worry." He told her looking back," I'll be back in no time." Yusuke walked into the woods soon losing sight of everyone. He was following the strange almost empty energy that he had sensed earlier. Yusuke couldn't get the look Kagome had earlier, and he kept wondering how he could have let it happen. He had been so busy trying to protect every other person in the world that he had ignored his gut instinct about Kagome.
Yusuke didn't notice the shield he passed as he kept thinking about Kagome. He continued to walk until he stepped into a clearing, which was surrounded by a tall tree. What he saw surprised him there in the middle of the clearing was Inuyasha kissing Kagome. At first he wasn't sure what was happening until it snapped, Kikyo looked just like Kagome. The Kagome copy had miko robes on and her hair was strait. A multitude of the white serpents reappeared surrounding the both Inuyasha and Kikyo. The serpents started to go in circles around the couple and suddenly the ground was glowing red and was swirling around them. After a few seconds they both started to sink into the ground. He tried to remember what Kagome had told him about Kikyo after Inuyasha had gone outside the night before.
Flashback-
"So what about this Kikyo who looks like you." Yusuke asked Kagome as they walked down the hallway alone.
"She was brought back to life." Kagome told him, "I don't know why but she's still wants Inuyasha to go to hell with her. Even after she learned it was Naraku who really attacked her."
"I guess she can really hold a grudge." Yusuke told her, "Does she have the hots for Inuyasha or something?"
"She has tried to take him to hell with her." Kagome told him "But deep inside I think she still loves him even if she doesn't realize it."
"Sounds like a strange type of love. A dead exgirlfriend trying to kill you." Yusuke said, "Anything else I should know about this Kikyo person?" Kagome was quiet, she open her mouth but quickly closed it.
"Nothing." She finally said.
"You're keeping something from me." He stated simply.
"Yusuke there is nothing more you should know." Kagome told him clearly, "Goodnight." She turned around and walked into her room never taking a look back.
"Kagome I fine out what you're keeping from me sooner or later." With that he went to his own room and was soon asleep.
-End of flashback-
"HEY, FLEEBAG GET AWAY FROM THE ZOMBIE BITCH!" Yusuke knew he had to save Inuyasha, since it was only for Kagome's sake. Unfortunately shouting and insulting was the only thing he could think off. Lucky for him it seemed to work since Inuyasha head snapped away from Kikyo.
"WHAT THE HELL DID YOU CALL ME!" Inuyasha shouted.
"In-u-ya-sha." Kikyo whispered towards the mutt who seemed to return into a trance like state.
"LIKE I SAID DOG SHIT, GET THE HELL AWAY FROM THE MUD FACE BITCH!" Inuyasha broke away from Kikyo's hold and ran towards him claws extended. Yusuke just smiled and stepped out of the way letting the mutt embedded in a tree.
"Demon you'll pay for you interference." Kikyo said placing an arrow to her bow. To him Kikyo seemed nothing like his sister, Kagome, apart from a few similar features. "I don't see the fucken resemblance."
"Demon, explain yourself." Kikyo commanded.
"Between you and Kagome." He explained, "Kagome's kind, pretty and alive. You on the other hand are nothing but a dead zombie bitch made from mud."
"Why you!" He obviously hit a nerve as Kikyo drew the arrow back and let it fly towards him. He let his spirit energy soar in front of him destroying the arrow Kikyo had shot. Yusuke then looked strait at her and took his spirit gun pose.
"Leave before I fry you!" He warned Kikyo. "If you think I'm bluffing, try me!"
"Demon, you shall pay for this." Kikyo turned around and walked into the forest with her serpents. Yusuke turned around and looked at Inuyasha who no longer had his claws embedded in the trunk of a tree.
"Come on Kagome is worried about you." He stated starting to walk back the way he had come never seeing the shield disappear.
"Are you going to tell them?" Inuyasha asked him.
"They already know." Yusuke stated, "I get that she's your ex and you still dig her, but you have to get over her, she's dead." He hoped Inuyasha got the message. Yusuke knew that Kagome business was her business and he wasn't about to let her rage be directed towards him. He continued to walk.
-Inuyasha-
Inuyasha followed behind Yusuke not being able to stop seeing the similarity between Yusuke and Kagome. The black hair the brown eyes and the air of goodness that surrounded them both. He kept turning the words Yusuke had told him around in his head. "She's Dead" Inuyasha knew that Kikyo's death was unfair and he couldn't help but feel guilty at knowing he had survived. How easily he let himself be fooled just angered him further, the fact that Naraku was still getting away with harming others made him furious.
"So how does it taste to kiss the dirt?" Yusuke asked out of the blue. Inuyasha looked at Yusuke wondering if he was referring to Kikyo. "When Kagome sits you." Yusuke told him with a grin.
"Feh." Inuyasha replied. He felt the tension between them disappear, "How's it feel to be slapped unconscious by Keiko." They both burst out laughing.
"Like being punched in the face a thousand times." Yusuke replied. They walked past the remains of the demons they had defeated earlier. "Keiko and I go way back ever since we where babies. Our Dad bailed on Kagome and me a long time; my mom just goes partying and drinking every time she gets a chance. So most of the time I spent it with Kagome and her mom, one day she just enrolled me into Kagome preschool once there Kagome introduced me to Keiko and we clicked."
"My old man was never around for me either." Inuyasha told him. "My mother raised me even if the villagers didn't agree with her having me there." At that moment there was a connection between the two, as they exchanged life stories, of course neither one of them thought anything about it.
"When my mom decided to buy a house we moved to a bad part of town." Yusuke began to tell him. "The streets where riddled with thieves, gangs, and bad asses (sp). I had to teach myself to fight and survive. The main point was to get stronger then everyone else. It's the law of the streets 'Beat the hell out of everyone or have everyone beat the hell out of you.' Plus being dump by my dad didn't help me any it actually made me more of target. The only reason I wasn't killed was because my mom is the leader of the Mafia in that part of Japan."
"My mother was a noble, beautiful and grand. That never stopped the curses and beatings I got from the villagers. As soon as my mother died the villagers ran me out of the village, Unluckily for me my mother thought the villager would care for me but instead I had to fine a way to survive on my own especially since I was the half demon. But I learn to survive alone." A scent caught their attention and looking over at Yusuke he saw the drool falling from his mouth.
"I'm hungry come on lets go!" Yusuke said taking the lead once again.
"They better have not eaten my Ramen!" Inuyasha exclaimed. They ran the rest of the way to the camp each in a way knowing they had become friends.
Angel Selene- Hello everyone sorry for the little delay took me longer to update it then I thought. Anyways, yes a lot of people guessed who shot the arrow but I bet you didn't expect the poison insects. Ha ha ha. Not everything you hear from now on will make as much sense so just keep reading and tell me what you think. PLEASE REVIEW
