Chapter 6: The Hunt is On!
Last Time:
Then all three girls head back towards Kaede's unaware that the whole thing had been watched by one extremely suprised hanyou and one equally suprised youkai.
This Time:
Inu Yasha flees back to Kaede's hut (once again) so to beat the girls back. Sesshomaru meanwhile groans inwardly at how tight his hakamas are suddenly feeling. Once sure that the girls were appropriate and her face cleared she leads the way back to Kaede's. With Sesshomaru still follwing just out of smelling distance and downwind of his "prey". Kasandra wraps one arm around Kagome and the other around Sango. Placing a scent marking on both women to protect them. Kagome freezes and shakes her head.
Kasandra stops and looks at her, "Nani?" "Shards. 2 of them and closing in fast. Can only mean Kouga is back." Kasandra raises and eyebrow, "Is this a bad thing?" Kagome sighs, "Not exactly but he keeps proclaiming me "his woman" and I'm damn sick of it." Kasandra nods as Sango says softly as Kouga appears before the three, "Speak of the devil." Kouga moves to take Kagome's hands in his but stops when he catches the scent of another on her, and a dangerously low snarl coming from the demoness beside her.
"How is my wom..." A louder snarl cuts into his statement and he stops again suddenly and looks at the demoness beside her, "Who the hell are you?" Her eyes begin to fade to silver, and she glares at him. "I am the gaurdian of the mistress of the shikon no tama, i am also her lover." Kagome turns slightly pink at how easily Kasandra can speak of such things. Kouga steps back and looks Kagome over again. "No wonder you stay with inukuro, you don't even like men do you?" Kasandra begins to growl dangerously. When he steps forward Kasandra unsheaths Destroyer and swings the tip under his chin.
Kouga stops dead and begins to snarl at Kasandra as his eyes begin to bleed to red. Kasandra pushes Kagome and Sango back to a safe place and with a thought places a barrier around them to insure their safety. She rolls her sholders and then gets a dangerous smirk on her face. She resheaths Destroyer as she licks her upper lip in an almost seductive mannor before her face begins to elongate and she begins to shift into her fox form (think the size of Sesshomaru in his Inu Form. she's his size) and an unmistakeable smirk crosses her mouth.
Kouga looks up at her with something akin to fear in his eyes as he shifts to his wolf form though he is only about 1/4th her size. She allows a small amount of saliva to drip and it begins to glow with light as if she had a shikon shard within her. When the saliva hit the ground it begins to sizzle and burn, and flames begin to lick around her paws without burning her fur. She raises one paw to take is throat out but at that moment Kagome cries out, "Kas please no. Don't kill him." Kasandra settles her paw back on the ground and begins to shift back to her humanoid form.
Kouga shifts back to his humanoid form as Kasandra does. Her voice icy enough to make Sesshomaru shudder in his hiding place she addresses Kouga, "It is only by the grace of my mistress that you continue to live. If you ever approach her again in such a mannor I will kill you rather she asks me not to or not." She looks at his legs, "You will leave the shards that are currently in your possession with Lady Kagome." Kouga begins to tremble but cuts the shards from his legs and lays them upon the ground before fleeing for his tribe's cave.
Kasandra picks up the shards and releases the barrier around the girls. She walks over and turns Kagome's hand over and presses the shards into her palm, where they purify instantly. Kagome looks up at her with tears in her eyes, "Thank you." "For?" "Not killing Kouga. He's a good guy but very dense." "Kinda like Hojo huh?" Kagome nods, "Yea... I guess I never thought about that. Think Hojo might be Kouga's reincarnation?" "Possible. Should that be the case I want to see Sesshomaru's reincarnation to see if he's nearly as dreamy." Kagome and Sango both gasp, "Really Kas get him out of your head, he's an enemy." Kasandra just shrugs.