Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha or any of the characters in it. I do own Kada, Shaneen, Ren and Corbin.

Chapter Eleven

Kagome's eyes snapped open as she heard a noise in the woods. Probably a bird or something. Closing her eyes once more, and again, she heard it except it was louder. Sitting up in a flash, she scanned the forest line. Something is there. Picking up her sword, she silently slipped from camp. She stood straight and focused every sense she had on the surrounding area. Where is Corbin? It is his watch, isn't it? Taking in a small breath, she walked around. The blasted sound was moving! Whenever she froze or stopped, it came towards her but when she moved, it moved away. Kagome drew the sword from its sheath and continued to follow the sound until I hit her. What am I doing?! It could be leading me into a trap! Stopping dead in her tracks, she whirled and went the other way. The sound followed her but she wanted it to do so. She wanted to get it out in the open. She reached another clearing and crossed to the other side, the noise was in the clearing. Swiftly turning on her heals, the most horrible thing she could have ever seen was standing there. Resisting the urge to throw-up she put her sword in front of her. It was sickening; the things flesh looked melted and was falling off the bones, it was covered in what she believed was blood and god knows what else. It had razor sharp teeth and beady blood-red eyes. "Who are you? No. What are you?" Kagome asked. The thing laughed, which sounded like someone choking. "Okay, don't answer." Then it hit her, this was a zombie. Kaede had told her of such things and that depending on what kind of zombie it was; it could hurt more when it attacked. "Were you a demon?" The thing nodded and some flesh dropped off. Kagome gagged and pressed a hand over her mouth and nose to free her of the stench.
Inuyasha sniffed the air, an unpleasant odor coming to his nose. "Yuck!" Sango looked up. "What's wrong Inuyasha?" She asked. "A zombie." He heard Shippou snicker but didn't say anything. Kikyou wasn't currently with them; she and Miroku had gone to help a village with an illness. Inuyasha hadn't minded, he had smelled traces of Kagome. Thinking of her brought back her scent but then he realized it wasn't his memory, she was actually in the area. "I smell Kagome!" Sango and Shippou jumped to their feet. "Where?" Inuyasha didn't answer, just darted into the woods. Sango and Shippou raced to keep up as he followed the scent. She's with that zombie. Damn! Picking up speed, he slid to a halt in the clearing. "Inuyasha!" Kagome gasped just as Sango and Shippou made it there. "Shippou! Sango!" Sango smiled happily as Shippou went to jump on her. "NO! You have to be careful!" She turned back to face the zombie. Inuyasha had already drawn Tetsuiaga and Sango was holding her boomerang bone in attack position. The zombie laughed. "Friendsssss of yoursssss?" It hissed. Kagome coughed and covered her nose and mouth as best she could. "Did anyone tell you to go back in the ground and stay there?" She asked, annoyed. The thing hissed and lunged at her. She managed to back step and hold her sword to take the attack. She pushed it back and jumped to the side as it lunged again, this time at Sango. Sango gave it a good wack among with her boomerang, making it lose its hand. Looking at its lost hand, it hissed and the ground started to rumble. Kagome stuck her sword into the ground to maintain balance as best she could. Sango was using a tree, as was Inuyasha.
More of the creatures shot out of the ground and surrounded Kagome, Sango and Inuyasha. Shippou was on a tree branch, looking for a way to help. Kagome looked up at him suddenly. "Shippou! Go to the north of here and there should be a clearing. There will be three people there and Kagura. Don't worry about Kagura, she's good now. Lead them here and tell them I sent you." Shippou nodded and raced off. Kagome looked over at the other two. "If we can hold on for a little longer, my friends should arrive soon."
It seemed the more they killed; the defeated ones were replaced by doubles. Kagome was panting and swung her sword, the thing grabbed the blade and bit into her arm. She screamed in pain but she knew it was no use. Sango and Inuyasha were having trouble of their own; she had to get out of this herself. Yanking her arm free, earning some slashes, she pulled her sword lose. She cleared her mind as best she could and waited for the power to override. When it did, she thrust the sword into the ground and cleared a small circle of the zombies. Falling to her knees, she held her arm as best she could and still have her sword to defend herself. This is it, we're done for. "Rain of daggers!" Kagome's gaze shot up to the sky as she saw Shaneen jump into the air and release her spell. Hundreds of magic daggers shot from her open hand onto the zombies. Shaneen landed by Kagome and glared at the other zombies approaching. "You okay?" Kagome smiled weakly as the blood loss started to affect her. Looking down at her arm, she saw just how deep the gashes were. "I will be." Inuyasha and Sango managed to work their way over to them when Kagura's spell rushed by them and killed more of the zombies that were following them. Kagura raced over and dropped to her knees to help Kagome with the bleeding, Shippou on her shoulder. Corbin and Kada were across the clearing but fairing well when a line of fire shot out of nowhere. Kagura shielded Kagome and took the fire dead on. Kagura winced as 2nd degree burns covered her back. Kagome laid Kagura on her stomach and covered the burns with her jacket. Shippou finished putting his tail out and ran over to them. "Shippou," Kagome whispered weakly. "Go get some water from the stream." Shippou nodded and raced off. Shaneen growled. "This is hopeless, they just keep popping out of the ground." Kada and Corbin reached them by now when the group of zombies surrounded them.
Kagome closed her eyes and waited to be slashed to death, but it never came. She looked up to see that zombies disintegrating and Sesshoumaru standing in the middle. Kagome mind raced numbly for and explanation as she stood and went over to help Sango up. Kada stared at the demon lord in wonder. "Why.?" Inuyasha growled at his brother and was ready to attack if he showed any hostility. "Don't Inuyasha.he probably had his reasons for wanting to kill those things." She was putting her sword away weakly when her world started to go black. She heard several shouts of "Kagome!" as she fell forward. Strong arms caught her and laid her on the ground as the rest of her world faded and Kada's voice saying, "She's lost too much blood."

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