Precious Gifts
A/N: I survived! Yes! The more I write I come up with THE GREATEST IDEAS! But alas, I'm ahead of myself and I have to have details. I can't just put in all the exciting stuff. Grr. Disclaimer: see chapter 1 I refuse to put in all 50 I hope chapters but I admit that Ms. Takahashi has the rights to all characters except my own. If she would like to use them, I would like a disclaimer of my own.
Day: "you idiot"
Kay: "what? I want rights too, I Demand justice!"
Day: "just do the story lil Kenny"
Kay: "oh no you didn't."
Kirara's hair began to blow as an unusually strong wind began to pick up. She ran over to Tsaara hugging her tightly until the wind died down. Tears stood in both of theirs eyes as they stared at each other. "We had quite a time helping her gain control when you left" Nurimi remembered sadly. "We have to restore the rest of her memory" Nesuki reminded everyone. At this point they turned to the Inu-gang who has watched this spectacle breathlessly. "We need you to protect us while we restore her memory" Amori told their surprised faces. "Well what's in it for us?" Inuyasha snorted. "INUYASHA!" Kagome yelled in frustration. "You really don't have to answer that" she said while shooting Inuyasha a poisonous look.
The first to transform was Tsaara; into the tiny-neko form they were so used to seeing Kirara in. One by one they transformed until only Nurimi was remained humanoid. "One question Lady Nurimi" started Miroku; she turned "yes?" "Just how many forms do you have?" "As many as we need" she replied mysteriously before transforming. Kirara sat in the center of the square they made and they crept upon her and laid their heads on her. They appeared to be sleeping and Shippou walked around them several times to observe what was going on but to their eyes nothing unusual happened.
Not knowing what to expect, they all settled down to wait. Sango and Miroku dozing while Inuyasha kept watch. Kagome was amusing Shippou with some coloring books and candy when Inuyasha sniffed the air. Kagome suddenly became alert. "Inuyasha there are five jewel shards approaching us" she informed him as a particularly powerful blast of energy burst forth from the circle on neko-youkai. His eyes bulged "five? Are you absolutely sure Kagome?" she shot him annoyed glance before continuing to stare in the direction of the shards. "Of course I'm sure you baka!" "Okay dammit no need for name calling" he jumped from the tree he was in drawing the Tetusaiga in midair. Just as he touched the ground, four demons appeared in the clearing grinning wickedly.
"Well well well what do we have here?" the leader mused sinisterly. "Looks like a couple of humans and a half-breed puppy to me boss" one of the underlings replied to the rhetorical question. The leader shook his after giving the minion a poisonous look that he was completely oblivious to. "Hey boss look over here, we got ourselves a couple of pretty kitties!" another minion cackled as he took sight of Kirara and her sisters. At this point Sango and Miroku woke up laying on each other and blushed. Mumbling apologies they noticed what was going on and got ready for battle.
"Aww how sweet you all get to die together" "Leave us alone" Kagome shouted readying her arrows while hiding Shippou behind her. "You miss missy get to go first" he lunged toward Kagome with his claws before roaring in pain as Inuyasha his him with the wind scar. The three minions jumped to help but were attacked by Miroku and Sango. Kagome helped as she could but it was useless because she didn't want to hurt her friends. As she saw her friends getting tired and Inuyasha take a claw through the belly, she began to get desperate. Oh Kami-sama what do I do now? Suddenly a voice sounded in her head telling her to call to the jewel shards residing inside the bodies of the demons. What? I don't know how to do that! She began to panic and the voice reassured her "relax" it said "the jewel came from your body and therefore will obey you. Just concentrate" and the voice was gone. Seeing it as their last hope, she began to concentrate. One by one the demons looked in her direction and she began to despair until one of the minions made a strangled noise as its jewel shard flew out of its throat and into Kagome's outstretched hand becoming pure with a single touch. Two more followed it until only shards left were the leaders as Sango and Miroku were finally able to take care of the others. Kagome turned all of her attention of calling to his shards. While he was distracted, Inuyasha used the wind scar once more to cut off his head and his two shards were claimed and purified also.
"Shippou? Shippou where are you!" Kagome screamed. A mushroom nearby made a pop noise and turned back into the kitsune they all knew and loved. He jumped into Kagome's arms as she began to cry. "Its okay okaa-san I'm alright" he reassured her as she hugged him tightly. Kagome didn't know why but her senses had been overloaded with fear when she didn't see him behind her. Sango walked over to them and sat next to Kagome hugging her with Shippou between. "Kagome-chan everything will be okay" she assured her. Kagome began to sniffle and soon dried her eyes with the sleeve of her shirt making a dismissive motion. She nodded "yeah sorry everyone it must be "that time of the month" for me" Miroku turned bright red and Inuyasha just jumped back into the tree. "Yeah well don't do it again"
The apparently sleeping neko-youkai still had yet to stir so they began to set up camp as it was getting pretty dark. As Sango was getting water from a canteen (Kagome finally got a little smarter) to put in a pot, Miroku decided it would be a perfect time to slide his hands over Sango's generous behind while her hands were full. He was sorely (and I do mean sorely) disappointed as Sango took that opportunity to knock him out cold with the pot. "Hentai" she muttered putting the pot over the fire to boil for ramen. Kagome was sitting on the edge of the camp watching the goings on. She began to concentrate and gasped as she could see the invisible waves of power coming off the small demons.
Kagome decide to observe their forms and noticed that only Kirara was the color they were used to seeing. The others resembled their humanoid forms in terms of colors.