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"What will we do, Hojo?" Kagome found herself asking as they stood on the side lines, watching the soon-to-be battle develop.

"I don't know." He answered, truthfully.

This was amusing to Yura. She was having the time of her life and soon she would add a head full of long silvery hair to her collection. Why wouldn't this half-breed just give up and let herself be killed? Oh... but where would the fun be in that? She had given her quite the slash with her short blade. The half-demon was bleeding from her left shoulder.

InuYasha was more than up to her head with this witch, 'Keh' Witch was too lovely a word to describe this girl.

Hair was now holding her by her wrists. No way could she now use her Iron Reaver... she was at a loss. 'Damn.'

Just then, "TAKE THIS, SLUT!" Kagome yelled as she released an arrow.

"HEY! WATCH WHERE YOU'RE AIMING!" InuYasha retorted. That arrow passed to close to her liking but released her right hand which immediately reached toward her bleeding left shoulder. 'WHAT? The hair ball...'

"DAMN! I missed... no I hit the hair ball. Hojo, look at all those skulls..."

"That... red skull!"

"What? Which one?"

"That one!"

"Uh... I don't think pointing at it will help..." She sweatdropped. 'I don't see any red.'

There were so many skulls and they kept moving so much, Kagome gave up trying to follow Hojo's finger.

"Wait a minute... Lady Kaede gave me these..." Hojo said, pulling out a few ofudas from the sleeve of his monk robes.

"What will you do with those?" Kagome asked, afraid for him.

"I must save her... I mean... I'm not gonna let her get killed..."

"Right. I'll see if I can distract the demon from here..." Kagome answered, turning at once to the one-sided battle. "Hey... you! This time I wont miss. LET HER GO!" Kagome said, aiming, determined to hit this time.

"Here goes..." but Yura did not let her finish. Kagome was still set on hitting when out of the blue, invisible string grabbed her arms over the haori and raised her high, close to InuYasha.

"Stupid girl!" InuYasha sighed.

"Hey... I was trying to...AGH... NEVERMIND!"

"Hush girl, I guess your hair isn't that bad... though it isn't nearly half as beautiful as this half-breed's"

"WHAT DO YOU KNOW? YOU LIVE IN A TIME WHEN SHAMPOO'S NOT EVEN INVENTED" Kagome shouted, offended... and still trying to excuse their ignorance... or her own split ends. So what if she didn't have perfect'silver'hair?

"Shampoo? What is she talking about?" Yura turned, questioning InuYasha.

"Beats me..." InuYasha shrugged.

Meanwhile, climbing the cascade of hair, Hojo was determined to destroy the red skull. The fact that it looked red only to him must mean something.

He turned slightly to see Kagome had gotten herself caught as well. "Wreckless as usual... You're always putting your life on the line for someone..." He heard InuYasha whisper to her. 'Why would she say that?'

"What do you mean by always?" she whispered back.

"Are you girls planning something against me?" he heard Yura ask.

He was glad both girls managed to keep Yura's attention. Just a little more climbing and were both keeping her attention on purpose? ... there... "Got it!"

WHY, oh WHY did he have to say it aloud?

"YOU!" Yura shouted from the short distance, turning away from both InuYasha and Kagome and starting towards the boy.

"BLADES OF BLOOD!" InuYasha shouted.

"Agh..." Yura groaned as hair appeared out of nowhere and healed her wounds.

"You could've done this all along... and you waited till now?" Kagome asked as InuYasha freed her from the invisible string, guided by the lines on her blue haori. "Of course, but as you can see... she's invincible this way... the kid found something, and whatever I do is only to distract her. I cannot kill her with my claws... the hair will only heal her again. Still we need to find her weakness. Maybe..."

"Stop right there..." Yura threatened Hojo.

He didn't seem to care she was right behind him, this boy was far too confident for his own good.

"AGH... You little BITCH!" She groaned as InuYasha's hand pierced her back, too close to her heart and between her ribs. "Got it!" InuYasha whispered to herself as she pulled her bloody hand out to reveal the little pouch containing the jewel fragment.

"Don't touch that..." she almost begged Hojo as he grasped the red skull in his left hand and the ofuda in the right one.

"Sacred Sutra" He yelled, holding the inked paper against the red skull. It glowed and Yura wailed in pain... but it didn't break.

"Hojo... maybe this should help..." Kagome ran towards him, holding an arrow in her hand. Poking the ofuda against the skull once with her arrow then piercing it the second time.

A blinding light surrounded both Kagome and Hojo as the skull was pierced and Yura returned to her true form.

"We did it!" Kagome screamed, leaping towards Hojo.

"YEAH... Hey, you're not hurt, are you?"

"NO... all thanks to InuYasha..."

"Wait, InuYasha... your shoulder..."

A/N: YEAH... I updated. All thanks to Chisato. Yeah, Chisato... I noticed you reviewed all four of my fanfics... I'm glad and I thank you.

I hope you guys liked this chapter... Short like always.