I love the next chapter so much. It has to be one of my favorites... after a few of the other chapters.
Chapter 9: Kyoumi's True Form
"You bastard!" Kyoumi yelled at Naraku, her anger rising quickly. She was useless without her sword, and she had dropped it trying to hurt Kagura. Better luck for Naraku, huh?
Kyoumi dodged his attacks and ran, trying to figure out a way to hurt him. She picked up a piece of wood that looked like it was sharp, and held it tightly. She didn't loosen her grip, even when splinters cut her hand apart.
A tentacle came near her and she lifted up the piece of wood and brought it down with all her force, stabbing Naraku. He brought more limbs towards her and stabbed her multiple times in the stomach and other parts of her body.
Kyoumi's friends watched in horror as Kyoumi's blood was splattered all over the place, staining the ground, her clothes and her hair.
Naraku pulled his limbs from her body and let her fall to the ground. Naraku shrunk back to normal size and walked over to Kyoumi. He turned her over and grabbed the shard in her neck, and started to slowly walk away.
But then something unexpected happened.
Kyoumi's fingernails turned into lethal claws, her toenails grew sharper too. Her teeth became fangs, and her ears turned into ears much like InuYasha's but slightly scruffier. Slowly, her kimono changed into different shades of purple because of her demonic powers. Finally, her eyes opened, and they were purple also.
Her gaze was expressionless, and her eyes looked a like someone's who was being controlled by some other demon.
Kyoumi slowly stood up, faced Naraku, and stood there.
Naraku stopped and turned around.
He smirked under the baboon mask. "Well, this should prove more interesting than I thought."
Kyoumi jumped up as high as any demon, and she came down on Naraku, her claws ripping through the air to cut him apart.
Naraku moved, but he was to slow. Kyoumi cut off the hand holding the Jewel Shard. She picked the Jewel Shard from the decapitated hand and held it up to look at.
Naraku re-grew his hand and looked at Kyoumi, his eyes wide. How could she hit me? he thought, now angered.
"I'm going to leave you now, but be assured that we will meet again," said Naraku, vanishing in a cloud of miasma, his barrier vanishing with him.
Kyoumi's stance faltered and she fell to the ground.
Kyoumi regained control of herself to see her friends running towards her before she blacked out, still holding the Shikon Jewel Shard tightly in her hand.
Another short chapter (much shorter than the others), but an interesting one nonetheless. I can't wait 'till I put the next chapter up. He he he. So fun!