You people reading didn't review... I am disappointed. Oh well, I can't help continuing the story though, I'm as curious to see what happens.
Sad thought, curious about my own story. Oi.
Cold and Colder
"Sesshomaru!" Inu Yasha's voice cut in sharply, making both demons stop suddenly to look back through the first layer of the woodland.
"I can smell Nuraku's stink everywhere. He was here wasn't he?' The half breed snapped, sniffing the air.
Lunaria ignored him and continued walking, a bit surprised that his older brother stayed put and replied.
"It does not concern you, Inu Yasha." Sesshomaru replied calmly, turning away as well and continuing on. "Go back to your humans and your quest."
Inu Yasha growled deeply and pulled out tetsuiga in a fit of frustration. "What did he take this time?"
Lunaria froze, and turned sharply, her eyes focused on Sesshomaru's face, considering he had been right behind her only a moment ago.
"He's taken her before, has he?' she enquired. The youkai lord looked steadily at her before bothering to reply. "Yes."
Inu Yasha blinked, lowering his blade, his fire stomped out by the calmness that the two seemed to be displaying.
"What? What did he take?" he snapped, listening to Kagome and the others finally catch up behind him at the outskirts of the woods.
Lunaria glanced at him quickly and said. "He took my charge. Rowen."
"Your... Rowen?' he asked, puzzled, though is thoughts slid continously back to the shards she had stolen.
"You're going after Nuraku for the girl?" Kagome's voice suddenly broke in.
Sesshomaru sighed and started to walk away, he had other things to attend to.
Lunaria let him, knowing he couldn't get anywhere fast enough for her not to catch up.
"The girl?" the demoness asked quietly, unsure of how it was that Kagome seemed to know of the child, she didn't recall them ever interacting.
"Rin." Kagome explained, cocking her head, her eyes running over Lunaria, obviously looking for the shards.
The demoness didn't bother trying to hide them, instead she replied. "No. I am going for my own responsibility. It seems this time he took two."
The group stared. "You have a human child with you too!" Shippo cried out, eyes huge as they stared at her.
Why is it that people find that to be such a shock?
The demoness didn't reply, but turned around, preparing to sprint after Sesshomaru.
"Wait!" Kagome cried out. "The shards... you're not planning to trade them for the girl, are you?"
This was a curious developement one that the demoness had not seen coming and so she stopped and turned to look at her, eyes narrowed. "And if I am?"
Inu Yasha choked. "Wha-? But you can't! Those shards don't even belong to you!" he snapped, pulling out his sword again.
Lunaria blinked midly at him for a long moment before saying quietly. "Do they belong to you then, Inu Yasha?"
This froze the little group as they recalled slaying other demons in order to obtain parts of the shikon jewel... or they stole them, simular to what she had done.
Their arguments were all void.
"Look, I don't care who they belong to. I'm dead prepared to fight you for them." he snapped.
The cat demon began to smile coldly in his direction, amused by the will in his voice, yet the lack of knowledge.
"You cant fight something you can't touch." was her only reply, before she turned and began to walk away, giving them the chance to attack.
Let us see if this group is as formidable as the rumours say...
Then, out of nowhere...
"Hiraikotsu!" Sango's voice shouted, cutting through the silence. The sound of her weapon breaking through the air rapidly.
Ah. Lunaria thought, listening with her eyes closed. They have courage, at least... or perhaps it is foolishness.
She vanished in the blink of an eye, disappearing without bothering to turn and see the weapon heading in her direction.
Sango gasped and ran towards the middle of the clearing in order to catch her returning weapon.
She looked up and gasped, seeing Lunaria rushing down from high above where she had jumped.
Sango had hardly enough time to pull her arms up over her head when the demoness crashed into her forcefully, shattering the grond under the force of the gravity janking the demoness down on top of her.
Kagome and Shippo screamed. Inu Yasha stood frozen in shock at the sight of all the stone and dirt flying in the air created by the miniature crater caused by her landing.
Kirara roared suddenly and launched into the air, heading towards the crater with Miroku on her back.
Growling and angry, Kirara launched herself into the clearing, her eyes locked on the demoness picking herself up from Sango's crumpled uncounscious form.
"No, youkai." Lunaria murmured, lifting her hand up sharply at the launched two tail.
Kirara froze in midair suddenly, falling very slowly towards the earth. "No." Lunaria stated coldly.
A flash of power exploded from her palm and Kirara along with Miroku were launched backwards by the invisible force, crashing into a nearby tree with enough power to shatter, knocking them both out.
Shippo rushed towards the two fallen comrades, screaming. "Kirara! Kirara! Miroku! Oh now! He's bleeding!"
Kagome grabbed an arrow and pointed it Lunaria tensely as she climbed out of the crater. Inu Yasha was fuming powerfully, his hands tight around the sword.
"Why you..."
"Silence, Inu Yasha. I was the one walking from the fight, you seemed determined to battle, so I replied." she snapped, facing him calmly.
"Don't move." Kagome snapped suddenly, one eye closed to aim carefully at the demoness. "I'll shoot, I'm not kidding."
"Do it." Lunaria replied calmly, turning towards her with her ears twitching curiously.
"Go ahead."
"Don't move." Kagome snapped again, her voice tense, her body more so. Inu Yasha growled. "Do it, Kagome!"
"I need those shards, Inu Yasha." Kagome snapped back, her hands beginning to shake as her arm grew tired from holding the string back.
"Give me the shards and I won't shoot." she added, looking back at Lunaria.
The demoness smiled with a fanged upper cavity and said calmly. "Before that arrow is where I stand I will be beside you." she replied. "I do not fear a priestess."
Inu Yasha growled and launched himself forward, running with his blade carefully held in his hand.
"Why you cocky little-"
Swish.
Lunaria sped towards Kagome, her claws out and at the ready. With a single flick she tore through the bow string, making Kagome gasp in shock, her arrow tumbling to the ground.
Inu Yasha froze and turned right around. "Kagome!"
Without stopping, Lunaria ran towards the nearest tree trunk, used it to propel herself backwards and landed gracefully behind a frozen Inu Yasha.
Without loosing tempo, she shoved her hand through his torso, face impassive.
Blood exploded in the light pouring through the canopy of trees above, glitterin red as it fell down, spalshing sloppily on the grass and dirt.
Kagome's scream rang out in the silence sharp and horrified.
"Inu Yasha!"
With a grunt, Lunaria tore her hand back out, drenched in blood and who knew what else.
She cracked her knuckles slightly, flexing her hand as the young half demon before her collapsed to his knees gasping.
Kagome sprinted towards them, and Lunaria took a step back, giving her space. The priestess slid to a stop beside the young youkai, crying, but angry as well.
"How dare you, Lunaria!" she shouted, glaring through her tears, her arms wrapped around Inu Yasha protectively.
The cat demon looked down at her, eyes colder than usual. "You have a shard." she retorted. kagome's eyes widened and she backed up sharply, a hand flying to the little bottle tied around her neck with the shard glittering inside.
"No." she gasped. Inu Yasha struggled for a moment, gasping for breath. "Don't you touch her, Lunaria." he hissed, facing his opponent.
The demoness turned her dead gaze towards him. "You're in no position to order me, Inu Yasha.' she said, and the way she said her name was very much the way that Sesshomaru spoke to him, making his skin crawl with anger.
Deciding to ignore him, she walked calmly over and crouched by Kagome, who backed up more, her school uniform heavily drenched in Inu Yasha's blood.
"No... we need these shards... we all need these shards..." Kagome sobbed, backing up, scared. This demon had taken out all of her friends, all of them in less than five minutes, and they were all so much stronger than she was...
"I need them as well. You excuses do not matter to me." Lunaria snapped, reaching out sharply to grab the girl's necklace. Kagome screamed.
"Wind scar!"
The blast of energy sent Lunaria into the air sharply to avoid it, her breathing actually speeding up for half a second as she exerted her muscles more than usual.
She landed back down, growling with vexation, her eyes focused on Inu Yasha, who was crumbling again, gasping for breath.
She walked towards him, ignoring Kagome who lay crumbled on the way.
"You are a constant annoyance, Inu Yasha." she stated, cracking her fingers as she walked towards him, her hand was feeling stiff from his blood, but she didn't care, he was so weak at the moment that nothing could stop her from killing him...
Pulling back an arm she her nails began to glow, glittering with her power.
"Lunaria." a voice suddenly snapped. She lowered her hand and turned to find Sesshomaru standing there, looking murderous.
She looked back at him calmly, tucking her hands into her kimono sleeves.
"Oh, so the youkai lord has decided to return?" she asked quietly, her eyes still cold and yet flaming with the battle surge.
"Inu Yasha will die by my hand." Sesshomaru snapped, daring her to challange that claim. "And you may have no part in it."
The cat smirked at him, amused. "So be it. I do not care." she turned away sharply and headed back to Kagome.
Inu Yasha growled, panting for breath and struggled to stand up again, Sesshomaru shoved him down with one hand easily.
"Stay down, Inu Yasha. You and I have yet to settle our differences. I will not have a mainland cat take away my right because of your impudence."
Lunaria ignored the two brothers and knelt by a sobbing Kagome. Nothing stopped her that time from snatching the shard from around her neck. Quietly, she flipped the bottle over and spilled the tiny shard into her hand, already purified. "Hmm." she said quietly.
She reached into her Kimono and brought out the other shard, the unpurified one and said. "Put your hand out."
Kagome frowned, though she was crying she was still stubborn. "No."
Lunaria smirked and lashed out sharply, grabbing Kagome's hand and dropping the shard into it.
The glittering speck sparkled and changed, the aura surrounding it turning pure.
Lunaria grabbed it, ignoring Kagome's angry sobs. "There. That wasn't so hard, now was it?" she asked, and left, not caring for Kagome's answer.
She began to walk away, listening to Sesshomaru's silent step behind her.
The group did not, could not follow them that time, and so the silence lasted much longer than before.
It was perhaps half an hour later when Sesshomaru finally said. "Do not interfere in my battle with my brother again, Lunaria."
"I did nothing of the sort." She snapped back, calm as ever. She didn't look back at him but kept walking, her stance relaxed.
"His group attacked. I simply replied."
Sesshomaru said nothing, having seen the whole thing. Her power had magnified several times while she faught, growing with each move she made, increasing as the opponents she faced were stronger and decreasing when they weren't as formidable.
He said nothing of it, but he knew she was aware he had noticed. It was something that no one missed.
"Why do you need the shards?" He asked after a few minutes of silence. Lunaria shrugged slightly.
"I explained it once already, I refuse to do so again. I have better things to think about, such as what I'm going to do about that new demon..." she mumbled, her voice taking on a weaker tone.
Sesshomaru frowned, knowing well it was because she cared for that human.
"You cannot kill him on your own." he stated.
Lunaria turned to look at him and stated just as coldly. "Then, neigther can you, Youkai Lord."
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-White Scribe