Chapter 2: Kai…give me the shield!
"Who should Kai deal with first?" Kai asked himself looking at them. "Kai feel very powerful while holding this!"
Miroku stood slowly glaring at Kai. "Give me back my shield!"
Shorin and Kagome stood.
"Don't bother asking, a thieving demon like him wont give it back even if you would beg him," Inuyasha said.
Sango pushed herself off the ground her head throbbing with pain. She could feel a lump there and her head felt as though it might explode.
Shorin pulled out 2 swords narrowing his eyes. "If lightning won't work against you I hope steel will."
He charged Kai and slashed at him. Kai made part of his body a shadow as the shield passed through him like a ghost. Shorin stumbled and got blasted back by a sudden blast of fire coming from the shield. He landed with a groan and sat up slowly.
Sango pulled out her sword and slashed at him. When he made part of his body a shadow she swept her sword up. Another mistake because as she did he back-flipped his foot crashing into her chin.
She felt back at Kagome's feet just as she fired an arrow towards it. The shield and the arrow battled against each other Miroku fearing the shield would break. Then the arrow burst into flames falling to the ground as Kai's feet.
"This is fun," he said smirking.
Miroku charged and dove for Kai (his staff left at Kaede's) grabbing the shield. "Kai…give me the shield!"
Kai shook his head and pushed back against Miroku, the two locked in a battle of strength.
"Kai refuses to lose!"
"Yeah, well, same here buddy," Miroku said pushing harder.
Sighing Inuyasha pulled out Tetsusaiga and went behind Kai. He smashed the flat end of the sword against Kai's head knocking him out before sheathing it, "Fools."
"Sorry…," Miroku said.
Shorin picked up the shield and looked at it. "Nice shield you got Miro," he said smiling.
"Thanks!" Miroku said once again smiling. He strapped it to his back and kissed Sango's cheek.
The group set off once more leaving a knocked out Kai lying there. Inuyasha said killing it wouldn't be worth their time anyway.
As they began reaching the end of the forest they wondered if they were going the right way. The shield was still pointing west but they still hadn't found it.
"Maybe an Orb is cracked or something. After all that final blast we used against that demon was pretty good. 4 Orbs, Backlash Wave, a purified arrow and Hirakotsu," Kagome said ticking her fingers off counting.
Miroku sat down and began checking each Orb individually. He shook his head slowly. "Their not cracked," he said then accidentally dropped the Earth Orb.
Soon the ground began rumbling beneath them making their entire bodies shake. Cracks were heard nearby as Miroku looked at the Orb.
"I didn't mean to!" he yelled. They want to kill me, I can feel it, he thought in despair.
Soon a pyramid like point could be seen jutting up from the ground. It slowly began pushing up looking different from last time. Once a tall proud temple it was now an entire wreck. It was cracked in many places and had a large chunk from the very top. The old sign of the rock in the front still greeted them as they walked in.
Last time Rukia the Earth Elemental greeted them with a ride. This time he was no where to be seen.
As they traveled deeper into the temple they noticed how things had changed. Passages that were once bright were dark and seemed to have an evil aura about them. Demonic thoughts seemed to have purged this once peaceful place.
"What the…?" Inuyasha began.
"Hi!" a familiar and always friendly voice greeted them.
"ATTACK!" Shorin suddenly yelled dropping to the ground
"Um…no it's just Rukia," Miroku said a set of hands covering his eyes.
"Aw, how'd you guys know it was me?" Rukia asked dropping on a rock.
"You're the only one I know that can be that loud," Miroku said his face breaking into a smile.
"Ok, you got me there," Rukia said smiling. "So, why did you come here this time?"
"To give the Elemental Orb back," Miroku said.
"Wowies…did you know that by doing that you'll always have complete control over the Element even if you wouldn't have the shield?" Rukia asked.
"Nu…but I do now…"
"Wait…if you didn't know…then why are you giving it back?" Rukia asked.
Everyone including Shorin slowly began explaining what was going on.
"That's not good…," Rukia said. "I've heard of this happening once about 600 years ago."
"Can you tell us what happened?" Sango asked hopefully.
"No…," Rukia said. "But I can show you!"
"How?" Kagome asked her eyes wide in wonder.
"By taking you to the past…do you want to come?" he asked.
Everyone nodded as a blue ball surrounded them. They were on their way 500 years into the past.