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Summer break, whoo:dances: Anyways, I'm trying to update at a quicker pace, when I'm not feeling too lazy to write. XD I'm hoping this chapter will be decent in length. And already, I'm at chapter six? Time sure flies when you don't have writer's block to mess with your head! Unlike my Tetsuya thing that I'm writing... Well, here's the next chapter, Chapter Six! Enjoy:bows:

Aishiteru

Chapter Six: Coral Warrior

"So..." she muttered, trying to strike up a conversation with the silent demon boy. "How long till we make it to a town or a village?" She paused from her eating to look up at the inu hanyou.

He stared at the blaze before them, blinking. Then he spoke quietly, "Yes." He lifted his molten eyes up to the girl. "It's a place called Kasasagi Town. If we move fast enough, we can reach there by twilight."

The two walked on for what seemed to be hours, but was, in reality, only half and hour. Forcing their way through the underbrush and the foliage and over-long branches of trees, Inuyasha put a hand in front of Kagome, both of them stopping as the boy narrowed his eyes, looking into the distance.

"We're here," he mumbled, spotting a series of flecks, which seemed to be fireflies in the night. "You see those lights? They're village torches. This should be Kasasagi Town right here."

Kagome narrowed her eyes as well. "I don't see anything." She looked at the boy, and stared. Silver moonlight played patterns on his silver hair, his golden hued eyes glowing in the dark, his smooth skin radiating what seemed to be a reflection of the moon's rays.

"Well, let's move then...?" He looked down at her, confused. His confusion turned into irritation as he glared back. "What is it now! Why do you keep staring at me?"

"I'm what? Uh...oh! I'm sorry! Was I staring into space again?"

He snorted. "Whatever. Just forget it. Let's get going."

In one of the houses, a girl sat up bolt right, eyes wide. Was a demon coming? It felt as so...

She leaped to her feet, lighting the fireplace in the center of the room. Quickly dashing about, the young woman collected coral hued armor, a dagger, a bag of poison powder, and a large boomerang-like weapon.

She tied her flowing black hair into a high ponytail, and then slipped into a black body suit, placing said armor plates into place. She then hooked her weapons onto her waist, shouldering the Hiraikotsu. Quickly, like a flash of lightning, she bolted out of the hut and out into the night, coming to visit the demon at the village gates.

Inuyasha and Kagome continued on walking, following the lights that were steadily growing in size and brightness. With sniff to the air, however, Inuyasha's hand shot out to stop the girl once more.

"Someone's coming," he hissed, and he pushed her into the bushes. "Stay low, and keep that motor-mouth of yours shut!" He pawed at the Tetsusaiga as he left the girl before she could utter a word of protest.

The nerve of him, leaving me here! she thought silently. To vent her anger, she turned around, and got ready to kick out at a tree or a bush. However, all that escaped her was a gasp. She pivoted back into Inuyasha's direction, running as fast as her legs could carry her. She had to warn him!

The fair woman stood out in the darkness, watching as a silver-haired boy emerged from the darkness of the night. Upon spotting his dog ears, she immediately recognized him as the demon she was waiting for.

"You! Who goes there!" she called out, unshouldering her weapon and holding it at the ready.

Inuyasha unsheathed his sword, glaring at the girl.

"What's it to you?"

"You're a demon! No, a half demon! What do you want with my village! Leave now!" She threatened to throw the Hiraikotsu. "Who are you!"

"Inuyasha!" came a female voice.

Inuyasha looked to the sky and slapped his hand to his face, as if begging mercy from the gods above. "What the hell does she think she's doing!" he hissed. He turned around to face the black-haired girl rushing his way.

The warrior watched all of this, utterly confused. This girl, she was human? How can she run so openly to such a creature?

"Wench! What are you doing? I thought I told you to hide!"

"B-but—"

"What are you doing!"

"Inu--"

"Are you trying to get yourself killed!"

"Inuyasha!" she managed to growl out. "The Gryphonwings! They're coming!"

"What!" Inuyasha looked up, seeing the three griffins and their riders coming their way. "Oh shit!" he hissed, grabbing the girl's wrist, getting ready to run.

Refugees? From the Gryphon Riders? The other girl thought for a moment, then looked up at the two with bright brown orbs.

"This way!" she called out, pointing to the village.

Inuyasha and Kagome looked at each other for a split second before dashing after the woman. The three ran forwards, and turned into the girl's home. Once Kagome looked back to thank the woman, though, she gasped in realization.

Before she could speak, though, the girl forced the two into a back room. She shoved Kagome into a closet and handed her clothing from the village. "Here! Change into these!"

A few minutes later, the girl came out in bright blue kimono. Then, the girl forced Inuyasha into said closet and handed him clothing as well. He wore a white haori with blue pants. The two were then forced to sit as the girl dashed about.

"Stay here!" she hissed as she left the hut. Kagome and Inuyasha looked at each other questioningly, and then he hissed a sign of being quiet as he listened to voices that sounded from outside.

The warrior girl stood there, bone boomerang on her back, looking between each of the three riders. "What do you want with my village!" she inquired, glancing between them with her dark brown eyes.

"We're looking for escapees. Lord Naraku has sent us in search of them, a young human girl and a white griffin." He raised his lance threateningly. "Have you seen them? Kasasagi Town is the closest to the castle."

Sango shook her head. "No, we haven't, and if we did, we wouldn't confide anything to the likes of you scum."

The second rider scowled at her, and reached out to slap her. "You –-"

The third one grabbed the second. "Leave her. Search the town! Destroy it if you have to, just find them!"

The first man sneered at the warrior girl and shoved her aside, waltzing straight into her hut. "Move aside, wench!" He tossed around pieces of firewood and pots and pans, digging through everything he could get his hands on.

The warrior rushed in to stop him, and got ready to knock him over the head with her Hiraikotsu. But he dodged out of the way and dashed into the back room.

Inuyasha and Kagome leapt to their feet once the man burst through, looking at the girl questioningly.

"Sango! What's going on!" Kagome managed to yelp out.

Inuyasha looked between the two, confused. "Do you know—?"

Inuyasha's question was cut of as the man grabbed Kagome by the wrist, sneering, baring his crooked yellowed teeth.

"Oi, I was speaking here!" he snarled, slapping the man's hand away.

"Who the hell do you think you are!" he retorted, drawing a katana.

Flexing his claws, Inuyasha threatened to cut his arm off with a growl. As the man dove in to strike Inuyasha across the chest, the hanyou gave a bored sigh and grabbed him by the arm, twisting and breaking it. The Rider gave a loud cry of pain and dismay, and the other two men ran in to check what was going on.

"What the—Argh!" The commander of the group the Gryphon Riders fell over as Inuyasha had decapitated the man with his bare claws, the last Rider scrambling into a corner and pleading for mercy. Flinging the blood onto the dead commander's clothes, he turned back to Sango and Kagome.

"Now, as I was saying. Do you two wenches know each other or something? And, make it quick. With the Riders chasing after us, we're going to have to leave this place, pronto."

Sango nodded. "If my memory is correct, then this is Kagome Higurashi, a friend of mine who was kidnapped by Naraku. Am I right?" She turned to the black haired miko with questioning brown eyes.

Kagome nodded, and the two girls gave a sigh of relief and joy. "Sango, how have you been?"

"Been? Been! I have been worried sick! I thought that bastard of a half-demon lord had killed you days gone past!" she muttered, embracing her old friend in a firm hug.

"Well, I guess I'm not dead, then. By the way, where...where is Shippo? And Kohaku?"

Sango sighed once more. "Well, after those Riders had destroyed our first village, I had sent them with my step-mother. She took them over near Mushin's Temple with a monk." As she spoke of the Buddhist, she glared at the ground, face glowing red. "This...Miroku person agreed to take care of the women, elderly and the children at that temple with his master and a badger named Hachi."

Kagome tilted her head, confused by such thoughts. But, as she turned to speak to Inuyasha, she could have sworn she heard her friend hiss, "Damn lecher." Shaking her head of the muse, she glanced up at the hanyou, and blinked, for he had grown what seemed to be a little frantic.

"What...what's wrong, Inuyasha?"

He glowered at her. "It almost daybreak. We have to get out of here or we're so screwed."

"But...why?"

"This transformation, it only lasts as long as the full moon stays in the sky. As the moon sets and the morning dawns, I transform back into my other form."

As he spoke, his perked in alarm as many screeches and the sound of several beating wings sounded outside of the hut.

"Oh shit..." he growled, rushing outside to find his eyes widen in surprise.

A/N: Finally! I finished the chappie! I'm not writing as long as I used to, but I'm trying. I'm kinda getting the feeling that I'm being...rushed, or something along those lines. So please excuse my late updates. :bows:

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