Hanyou Kagome Part 2: The Sorrow Begins
Chapter 12: 101 Ways to Get Into a Magical Barrier
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Kagome looked around nervously, her heart pounding so loud in her ears that she thought for sure she'd be caught. She crept stealthfully through the darkened corridors and peeked inside every open door. When she came to a fork at the end of a passage, her silver ear twitched, hearing a liquid drip somewhere in the hallway to her left. There were a few more drops and then a louder splash as she came to the room where the noise was being performed.
She peered into the room and narrowed her eyes to focus in the dim light. In the corner of the room knelt Kanna. Her back was to Kagome, thankfully, and she was pouring liquids and sprinkling herbs into a small caldron. The little girl delicately put the vials down and sat still a moment with her hands at her sides. Kagome had a strange feeling that Kanna sensed her and quickly drew her head back.
She heard a rustling inside the room and then Kanna standing up. She heard the little demon fill three vials with the liquid before turning and walking toward the door.
Kagome quickly veered a corner and jumped into a room, sliding the door behind her silently. She saw the shadow of Kanna passing the door by and, when her footsteps faded, turned around to see a pair of crimson eyes upon her.
"I thought you died," Kagura whispered. "Again."
"I was revived," Kagome replied. "Again."
"How did you manage," the wind sorceress asked curiously.
"I am no longer just Kagome's soul," replied the girl. "I have four souls inside of this body." She pressed her hand to her chest and looked at the woman with eyes ablaze.
"Four others offered you their strength and souls in order to make you live again," Kagura said in interest. "Whose souls might you have?"
"Koga, Sango, Miroku, and Naoko are lending me their spirits," Kagome responded. "Once my burden is complete, I need to release them."
"Who preformed the resurrecting spell? Was it the monk?"
"He did."
"I see."
There was a long silence as the two stared at each other. Kagura clicked her teeth together in thought.
"Leave," She muttered.
"You're not going to turn me in?" Kagome asked in shock.
"Why would I? I despise my master as much as everyone else does." Kagome nodded and bowed politely.
"Thank you," she whispered before she left the room, her tail swishing behind her.
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Inu Yasha came upon a startled and frustrated Shippou. The little fox was jumping around crying and confused. He grabbed the frantic kitsune by the tail and held him up to his face.
"Inu Yasha!" shouted the little boy and he hugged the demon's face.
"Enough of the sappy junk, brat," the hanyou growled and tugged him from his face. "Why aren't you with Ryoko?"
"She DROPPED me!" he said in horrified disgust. "How could she? She dropped me!"
"Which way did she go?" the inu hanyou barked and shook the little demon.
"That way!" he shouted, pointing his little pointed fist in the direction the wolf demoness headed. Inu Yasha nodded and charged dropping the kit.
"Wait for me!" bellowed the kitsune.
"Say there, Shippou! It's not safe where I'm headed!" Inu Yasha yelled back. "Get help or something!" Shippou growled as the half demon disappeared into the dark distance. He kicked a rock in anger and headed in the opposite direction, toward the village.
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Ryoko looked at the barrier in complete puzzlement. What could she do? She stuck her finger out and poked the barricade. She yipped in shock when the dome zapped her hand. She looked around for some sort of device to break the obstacle.
She spied a rock and threw it at the dome, just to have it shoot back at her even faster. It clocked her in the head and she flew backward. She grimaced and sat up, clinging her forehead. She stood up irately and cracked her knuckles. She began to throw punches at the wall with her claws bared. All the barrier did was hiss and pop angrily at her futile attempts at breaking it.
She looked around again and found a stick. She began to slug the barricade in a fury, only to have the wall react the same way as her other efforts. She slumped down and stared at the wall angrily. After a while of watching it as though she could move it with her mind, she stood up and dusted herself off. As though on cue, Inu Yasha rushed up behind her and looked at the wolf.
"Can't get in, can you?" he asked and looked at the barrier. Ryoko snorted in frustration.
"No," she grumbled. Inu Yasha nodded.
"I thought not," he replied and unsheathed his sword. "I'll bet I can get us through." The Tetsusaiga began to glow a fiendish red and zapped about with the same intensity as the barrier. He roared and thrusted the blade into the side of the barricade. The force of the blow made the air around them singe. It began to crack all throughout the dome and finally it broke. Inu Yasha smirked and looked over at Ryoko who had an open mouth. She looked over at the hanyou and put her nose in the air.
"What, do you think you're so wonderful now?" she shot and walked ahead, Inu Yasha chuckling behind her.
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From a room deep within the castle, a dark figure clenched his fist. He released his grasp and smirked the slightest bit.
"So Inu Yasha has come," he muttered. "I was wondering if he was ever going to get here."
The demon walked to a closet and took out large shoulder pads, knee pads, a chest plate, and armor-plated boots. He slipped into his body armor and closed the closet. He walked out of the room and into the hallways, headed for the courtyard where the battle to end all battles would take place.
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Kanna grasped Sango's chin and held her head up, about to pour the lethal concoction into her mouth. Kagome burst through the door and slapped the mixture from her hand. The little girl stumbled backward and fell down the steps onto the dirt ground.
"You leave us alone," she growled sinisterly, her eyes glowing the dark blue of Miroku's eyes. Kanna stood up, slightly flustered and spied her mirror on the porch. Kagome saw her looking at it and dove for it the same time she did. The hanyou grabbed it up before the little girl had a chance. She held it up and smashed it with her fist. Kanna gasped and backed away as the mirror began to glow angrily.
The looking glass burst into thousands of pieces as hundreds of souls sprang from it. Kagome grasped the mirror tightly. Kanna's eyes widened and she looked down at herself. Her being began to fade in the whirlwind of spirits. Her body flew up into the air as though she had been hit with the force of a hurricane.
Her little body was about to hit the ground but disappeared into thousands of specs. Her remains flew into the mirror as the last few souls flew from the mirror. Slowly, the last three souls hovered from the glass and flew into the lifeless bodies of Sango, Miroku, and Koga. However, none of them awoke.
'The spell,' a man's voice from inside her head said. 'It won't wake us until the spell is broken.' Kagome recognized the voice to be Miroku's.
'How do I break the spell?' she questioned. There was a long pause before a response.
'You must-'
An explosion from behind her interrupted the response. She flew forward and flipped, hitting the ground hard. The dust settled and a figured appeared in the doorway.
"Naraku!" Kagome shouted and stood up, her fists clenched angrily.
"You're just full of surprises aren't you?" the evil man asked with slight amusement in his voice. "You turned into a hanyou, resurrect twice, kill my daughter, and still have time to braid your hair and get dressed all fancy."
Kagome huffed angrily and gave a glare that could freeze hell over twice. "You'll pay for what you did to me and my friends!" she roared and took the two sickles from her sides. Naraku grabbed a katana from his side and got in a defensive stance.
"Try me," he said cockily. Kagome snarled and charged with her blades crossed behind her. They flew from behind her and sliced at the man rapidly. He parried every one of her attempts and slashed at her torso horizontally. She jumped backward and took a few steps backward.
He began to rush her when she grabbed the prayer beads from her wrist and held the kazaana out in front of her. She winced in pain at the sudden rush of pain waves shooting up her arm as the wind tunnel sucked everything loose up. She gasped and wrapped the beads around her arm when her friends began to fly toward her. Their lifeless bodies flew into her and knocked her over.
Naraku chuckled. "That plan backfired without my insects." Kagome pushed Sango's legs from her and sat up. Just as she did this, her opponent's blade shot to the side of her neck.
"Let's see if you can wake up a third time!" he scowled and was about to slit her throat when both of them picked up a familiar scent.
"Kagome!" Inu Yasha shouted and drew his sword. Naraku glanced over at his rival in fury. Kagome took this chance and unsheathed her katana, slicing upward and deflecting the sword from her throat. She hand-sprung backward and landed smoothly, her sword out in front of her, ready to attack.
"Now we're all here," Kagome said with a smirk that resembled Koga's. "Come and put your money where your mouth is."
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Inu Yasha © Rumiko Takahashi
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