Heart Broken Arrows
Chapter 9
Disclaimer: Not mine; it belongs to Rumiko Takahashi…I don't make a profit from it.
Rating: M for language, gore, adult themes, and violence.
Special thanks to: Cold Kikyo-Oh you are the most awesome person! My first repeat reviewer. The next chapter, I will be working on is dedicated to you...(not this one, cause it's too short to be proper thanks for your most supreme fantasticalness! ) LOL:) Thanks very much for your reponse. I appreciate it.
Last Time:
"It's a poison arrow Kagura. May you die slowly and in agony." With those words, Kagome fainted for the second time.
Kagura eyes widened in alarm as the implications of the miko's words sunk in. She had to leave now, and fast, while all three of her main opponents were distracted by the miko's collapse. A searing shaft of pain raced up her leg into her head, and the wind witch bit her lip hard to keep from yelling. Calling to the wind in silent plea, she floated up into the sky. She needed to get to the one person who might consider saving her life, and it certainly wasn't Naraku. Kagura pointed her feather towards the West and began riding the winds, clutching at the wound that now was oozing brown fluid.
No miko slut was going to kill her. Not when she wasn't yet free of him.
Within moments, Kagura was no longer visible to those left alive in the village.
Present:
With the departure of the wind witch, the demons still left alive in the village where easily dispatched by Inuyasha, butthe damage had been done.There would be no harvest this year. Bodies of many villagers lay strewn about like discarded dolls; their souls were by now well gone into the afterlife they deserved. Half the village huts were now in flames or crumbled into tiny pieces, but it was the damage done to the fields and all the crops in themthat would prove more devastating.Those that had survived would be facing near starvation.
Yet the destruction was ignored by the companions whose friend lay unconscious with a mysterious illness.
Miroku and Sango were already by her body trusting that Inuyasha would take care of the remaining demons.The monk placed a decidedly non-perverted hand onto Kagome's sweating forehead.
"She's freezing!" Miroku hastily scooped Kagome up into his arms, and began to head in the direction of Kaede's hut, when Inuyasha appeared in front of him.
"Give her to me Miroku." He held out his arms impatiently. Miroku looked to Sango, but she shook her head; she knew Kagome's sickness was upsetting Inuyasha's demon blood, and he needed to be closer to her in order to protect her as his demonic side saw fit. Miroku gingerly handed the unconscious Kagome to him, and with a growl, Inuyasha shot back in the direction of Kaede's hut with the others following closely behind. It was on the fringe of the village opposite of where the demons attacked and hopefully was still standing.
Nearby:
The wolves lapped eagerly at the crystal stream water, growling in joy when one young male fell into the cold water.They had been playing roughly for the past few hours or so, trying to relieve some of the extreme boredom they felt. Kouga snorted at their antics, but said no words to quell their fun. He felt the same impatience himself; he was tired of waiting on the sidelines, and but for that witch and her plans, he wouldn't be.
Speaking of which, Kouga chuckled at his pun, where was she? She was long overdue for giving an update of Naraku's newest machination. Kouga lifted his sun-browned nose to the wind, but sighed noisily when he realized it was still blowing in the wrong direction for him to scent anything properly. It was the last time he let Ginta pick the campsite.
A grey and white wolf emerged from the trees beyond, and trotted over to the rock Kouga was perched on. It barked out a rough greeting and then proceeded to tell Kouga of the white feather approaching from the east.
"'Bout time," he stated, jumping to his feet in eagerness. With a quick growl, Kouga ordered the rest of his pack to remain where they were, sending out an extra glare to ensure everyone had heard him. Satisfied that they would remain as told, Kouga sped off in the direction his sentry had indicated. Within seconds, he found the one he was searching for.
The feather had apparently made a crash landing, and its rider had hit the ground hard, and had not yet righted herself. Kouga sniffed the wind, wondering if this was the day the witch switched sides yet again and betrayed him. Growling at the gusting breeze that swirled the scents together, he smelled the witch's true injuries, along with the blood of humans, and a certain half-breed.
Kouga grinned viciously, prodding the witch with one foot and he rolled her over onto her stomach. "So Kagura," he smirked, "you got beat by mutt-face." He let his laugh echo out into the air, "What cha come here for then? Not help I hope…" Her eyes were closed and when the witch said and did nothing, Kouga bent over Kagura's bloody form, ensuring that her chest did still rise and fall. As much as he was enjoying this, shehad been giving them some pretty interesting information as of late, and he would be...er, displeased if she died before she could give them her latest bit of information. Kouga prodded her again, with less force.
Suddenly, Kagura's eyelids fluttered weakly and she groaned in pain. "You…stupid….wolf," she ground out. "Can't…you smell…who did this…to me?" She tried to focus her eyes on the wolf, but they seemed to have something in that burned and obscured her vision.
Kouga stepped back in horror as dark brown blood began to pour from the witch's eyes.
He moved around to the other side of her body and sniffed again. The arrow protruding from the witch's thigh had a familiar scent on it…
"Kagome?" he asked shocked.
"Yesssss…" the witch moaned. "The bitch of Inuyasha...shot me with a...poison arrow."
He growled at the insult to his woman. "Not my Kagome."Kouga wasone hundred percent certain that his Kagome would never be capable of something like this.
"Yes...Kagome! You ugly idiot. Now do someth-"A great convulsion ran up and down the length of Kagura's body, causing her mouth to snap shut on her words. Kouga watched in alarm as the witch began choking on her on tongue. Making a quick decision, he bent down and grasped the shaft of the arrow, but a purple barrier repelled his hand. Abandoning that course of action, he lifted the witch off the blood-stained ground and hurried her back to the pack. They had healers, but he wasn't sure if they would be willing (or even able) to help her. Getting information was one thing, but bringing a wolf murderess into the 'den' was another thing entirely.
As Kouga sped back towards his wolves, he wondered at just why and how Kagome had inflicted such terrible suffering even upon someone as twisted as the woman he held in his arms.
Next time:
Kikyo sneered at her, conveying all her disdain in the curl of her lips. She stepped closer to Kagome, and the light revealed the tears that were silently running down Kikyo's face. Kagome gasped and without thinking, raised her hand to touch the cold miko's cheek. Kikyo jerked back and hissed out her words, "You are here because you failed. I have won." There was regret in the priestess's words. "I won."
Those words chilled Kagome to her very core.
Okay...this is all until after the New Year.
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Till next time,
Aidyn