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Summary:
Kagome sees Inuyasha with Kikyo, runs off and is captured by Naraku. What are Naraku's plans for our little miko from the future? How will Inuyasha and gang handle the change? Read and find out.
Dream"Someone talking"
'Someone thinking'
(Me most likely being a pain in the ass)
What I Do For You
Lost and Found
Kio looked up when she heard Kane call her name. Just in time to see the arrow coming towards her. But not soon enough to dodge. Then, it was there. Lodged into her chest. She gasped as she felt it pierce her flesh.
She felt her fingers loosen their grip on her katana. Then it slip out of her grasp. She felt as if everything was happening in slow motion, and she had no control over anything. She felt the force of the arrow push her over the cliffs edge.
Then she was falling. Kagome and Kagura had rushed to the side and reach down to late to help her.
She just kept falling and then there was oblivion.
"KIO…" They all heard Kane scream.
Kagome felt her heart freeze in fear.
She heard Kiori gasp and turned to face her.
She heard the katana hitting the ground.
Shortly after her own as well as her friends' weapons did the same.
Kio was no longer on the edge of the ravine; she wasn't even on the ground. And there lodged into her chest was an arrow, glowing slightly with miko. Kio was falling down into the canyon, Kagome and Kagura both rushed to the edge hoping to get there in time though it was hopeless.
Kanna had awoken from her place in Kohaku's arms (A/N she had been knocked out remember. He wasn't gonna leave her.) in time to hear Kane's cry. She had seen the arrow but more importantly who shot it.
Kagome stood from her spot on the ground. She had collapsed when she realized that Kio was beyond reach. She turned back towards the battle sight, her eyes were glowing blue as she searched for the one who had shot her best friend.
"Kagome," Kanna called weakly "There." She said pointing to where she had seen the shooter. Nothing was going to save her know. Nothing could stop Kagome. Kagome jumped to where Kanna had indicated and followed the tracks left behind.
She quickly found her prey. As soon as she was in sight Kagome pulled her yumi. "Kikyo" she called. The dead miko turned to face her. Kagome's eyes glowed brighter than ever before.
"DIE" that one word could be heard echoing throughout the mountains.
This time Kagome didn't hold back.
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"Lady Izayoi! Lady Izayoi!" A little girl called.
Izayoi turned to the child, "Yes, dear."
"Can I play with Yasha-chan. Please?"
Izayoi laughed "Of course dear."
"Yay!" she cheered. "He's out back." Izayoi told her.
The little girl took off running. "Thank you!" she called over her shoulder.
Izayoi merely waved back to her.
When the little girl reached the side of the cottage she slowing and began to crawl towards her destination. When she finally got around to the back she spotted her prey and prepared to pounce. She froze when she saw the other boys crowding around him.
'Are those Yasha-chan's friends?' She waited for one of them to speak. "What right does a half-breed like you have to play with things like this." One of them said holding up a red ball.
The little girl gasped. "Hey Toru. He probably stole anyway." The hidden child fumed 'Lady Izayoi gave that to Yasha-chan last time I was here.' She thought. The boys continued to jeer at the small hanyou.
The girl had had enough, she climbed out of the bushes and walked over to them. She stood beside the hanyou, "Leave him alone." "Ooh the half-breed has a girl on his side." The oldest of the boys, Toru, jeered.
"What are you his girlfriend?" Another called. The little girl heard the boy beside her start to growl. "No, Stupid" she said earning a gasp from the offending boys, "He's my brother." She finished. "So you're a hanyou to?" one of them asked rudely.
At this the girl got an idea. She didn't believe in lying so she wouldn't lie to them. "Nope," she said and she rolled out her long furry tail. She smiled devilishly "I'm a demon, full-blooded." She said, her fangs shimmering in the light.
The boys grew wide-eyed. Toru dropped the ball he had been holding, they all turned tail and ran. She looked to the hanyou and both of them burst into laughter. "Thanks Kio-chan" she kept giggling, "No problem yasha"
Izayoi came around the house after hearing the boys scream. "What did you two do this time?" Izayoi asked shaking her head Inuyasha and Kiori looked at each other again and burst into another peal of laughter. This time even Izayoi couldn't help but laugh right along with them.
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Kiori stood in the shadows watching the group of demons pass by. Luckily her scent was masked very well so none of them would notice her presence. Once they passed she jumped up to the cliff above and moved to base camp.
"Inuyasha, Kouga." Kiori called when she arrived at camp. Inuyasha popped his head out of one of the tents. He waved her over. When she entered the tent Kouga and Inuyasha moved to the lone table in the center, a map was pinned down to the surface.
Kio walked to it and pointed to the place where she had just been. "There in Chiguro pass, at least half the army." The two demons nodded gravely. "Where to?" Inuyasha asked "The capital." Kio responded.
"Then they'll be headed there, I suppose." Kouga thought out loud. Kiori's expression became thoughtful, "No, I don't think so." The two boys looked up at her waiting for her to continue. "They're not very intelligent but they're not plain stupid. They'll know we would have the advantage. It's also the most obvious route."
They both nodded in understanding. "There." Inuyasha said pointing. "Another pass, not as safe as that one but more like their home terrain." Again everyone nodded. "Hakaku" Kouga called.
The demon appeared immediately. Kouga took a sheet Kiori had been writing on and handed it to Hakaku. "Take this to Sesshouamru, get it there as fast as possible. Understood?" Kouga said.
Hakaku bowed "Yes sir." He turned and left and Kouga followed suit. "I'll have everyone prepare to leave." He called back. They nodded and let him do as he wished.
"This is gonna be hell." Kiori stated, "I'm not sure 'hell' quite covers it, Kio, I really don't know." Inuyasha responded with a sigh.
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Kio woke to the sound of shuffling feet. She groaned as she tried to sit up. Her chest was burning; she reached up and felt the bandages covering a small wound that went all the way through her right lung.
'What the hell happened?' She silently wondered. Then it all came back to her in a flash. She remembered Naraku kidnapping her, swiping her memory, forcing her to work for him, and finally the arrow.
Then something hit her, she remembered. She felt like jumping up and down with joy. Her wound obviously deemed that impossible. Her heart sunk, 'Oh god, what have I done? How can Sesshoumaru and Inuyasha ever forgive me." She grimaced as she thought about the group of wolves. 'I'm dead for that when I get back.'
She felt the wound again, more gently this time. "I see you're awake." The voice of a man echoed through the corridor. Kio finally realized she was in cave. But at the moment the owner of the voice was more concern to her.
She looked towards the entrance as the mat was pulled to the side. There stood a wolf demon. Kiori wondered what the hell the wolf demon was doing in a cave. But that wasn't exactly her business was it.
"Yes, but who are you?" Kiori answered/asked. She heard him chuckle. "What, don't recognize me?" he asked and moved closer to the fire, and Kiori got her first glance at the wolf.
Well technically it wasn't her first glance. Her eyes widened at the sight. "Yuki?" she said astonished "Is that really you?" she asked. "In the flesh. Surprisingly." He said his tone slightly jovial.
"Oh god, It's really you. What in the name of kami-sama are you doing down here?" she asked. "Oh nothing much. Got my but kicked by your lovely mother and thrown down here. As I said nothing much."
Kio gave him a long look, took a deep breath and then "WHAT THE HELL DID SHE DO!?!?" She shouted. Yuki stood there massaging his ears trying to work out the ringing. "There's nothing to worry about I'm fine."
Kio sighed. "How long have you been down here?" "A week or so." She sighed again. "Hey it's not like I've been lonely, or anything." Kio looked up, "Oh?" "Mai" he answered.
"Yes?" Another voice called. A coyote demoness walked in. Yuki stood, "Mai, this is Kio." He said motioning to Kio. "An honor to meet you." She said bowing "Kio, meet Mai." Kio nodded her head, "The pleasure's all mine."
"Kio is one of the demons I taught when they were children." He told Mai "She is Sesshoumaru-sama's younger sister." Mai's eyes widened slightly "You must have an interesting lifestyle, huh?" Mai stated. Kio laughed, "I suppose it does."
There was a roar from outside. Yuki sighed, rolled his eyes, "Again, do these things never up?" he asked to no one. "Well I'll deal with them," he said motioning to the door "While you to get to know each other." He waved and left the room.
"What exactly is that?" Kio asked. Mai sighed in return (a/n they sigh a lot don't they) "mole demons" "I take it you get a lot of visits then?" "Yes, I had been trapped down here a while before Yuki came. I had refused to be Shiro's woman."
"Who's Shiro?" The leader of the mountain mole demons." "Aren't the first sons usually left leadership? Shiro means fourth son. Out of curiosity what happened to the other three?" Kio asked, slightly fearing the answer. "Can't you venture a guess?" Kio nodded "I have a pretty good idea, actually."
They heard a strangled cry from outside. "Sounds like Yuki's winning, doesn't it?" Kio said more of a statement than a question. Mai had a slightly dreamy look on her face "He always does." Mai said.
Kio looked to the coyote demon. "How do you feel about Yuki, Mai?" Kio asked taking Mai completely off guard. "Umm… Well I…I…" she was extremely flustered. Kio giggled.
"He's not within earshot. And I'm not going to tell him anything." Mai looked up to her. She sighed and tried again, "I…I think I might…I might be in love with him." She said stumbling over her words.
Kio smiled "I think he might feel the same for you." She said. Mai looked up at her "How can you be sure?" Mai asked uncertainly Kio laughed again "I lived with him for nine years along side my brother. He trained me to fight and protect myself; he's like another brother to me. I can read him as well as I can read my own brothers."
Mai glowed with the new hope. "Are you talking about me?" a voice said from the door. Both women jumped. They turned to see Yuki looking at them with a raised brow. "You really should learn to knock as well.
How much of that did you hear, anyway?" "I came in about at some one's like another brother to Kio, she can read him as well as she can read her own brothers." He answered. Kio shrugged "Yes we were talking about you, how'd it go out there?" Yuki shrugged, he walked to the fire and began to stoke it.
When he finished he sighed and looked over to her. "So you gonna tell me what's been going on?" So she told them about being captured. What Naraku had done to her. What he had had her do. About Inuyasha and his friends, Sesshoumaru, Kagome, Kane, the others fighting for Naraku. Everything. Absolutely everything. Even her feelings for Kane.
By the time she was finished it was late into the night. Not that Kio could tell. She just knew she was tired. Mai yawned after the moment of silence that had followed Kio's story.
"Well, then we all need some sleep. Come on Yuki lets let the girl get some shut eye shall we." Yuki seemed about to object but Mai interrupted him. "Questions in the morning." She said forcing Yuki to stand and she began to push him out the door.
As they were leaving Kio shot an appreciative look to Mai, who simply nodded to her and continued out. Kio turned slowly on her back and promptly fell back to sleep.
The next morning Kio was the second one to wake up. Mai was already bustling around the cave. When she woke Kio noticed with satisfaction her wound was nearly completely healed. "Hi there" Mai greeted her. She placed some food in front of Kio and sat down across from her.
"So to begin answering questions. Yuki and I have stayed down here because every time we try to leave all of Shiro's 'servants' gather around the only way out. We can take care of quite a few of them at once, but not all of them." Kio nodded in understanding.
"Umm…well don't know about you but that's about the only question I can think of that you would ask." Mai said scratching the back of her head in embarrassment. Kio laughed "Well tomorrow I should be useful again. So I'll help get us all out of here." Mai sobered up and nodded in agreement.
It was then that Yuki decided to make himself known. "Fine we'll go tomorrow." Mai and Kio both nodded. It was going to be one hell of a day.
Kay people. I know you were probably expecting more to happen, but that's the way the ball rolls.
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