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Summary: So…Kagome's decided to fight? How weird will it be for her to shoot a bow for the first time in eight years? And what does this demon want with the town?
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"Kagome!" Miroku whispered with admiration, racing out of the hut after me.
I looked around, making sure the villager women and children were safe. Satisfied, I faced the monk.
"They're all safe, Miroku…but where's the demon? I can't see or sense it."
He stood beside me, eyes closed. With his hands clasped in prayer, he looked like a statue of Buddha or a saint. At least that's what I thought. Opening his violet eyes, he looked to our left, and raised his staff.
Curious, I asked quietly, "What are you doing?"
"Locating it," he said in a concentrated voice.
A low rumble thundered beneath us, giving the land under us a strange pulse. I notched an arrow in the bow, anticipating whatever should happen.
It was a tense moment, the air thick with fear mixed with determination.
Suddenly, a massive demon erupted from the dirt ground not four feet before me. I yelped in surprise and tumbled back, narrowing my eyes as my arrow escaped my grasp.
"Kagome!" cried Miroku, who was now situated quite far from myself.
The creature slithered around, making a disturbing hiss-like noise. It wound it's gross purple tentacles around me and I did all I could.
I dropped the bow and screamed.
A few moments later, I found myself quite high above the ground and in the demons grasp. I grimaced at how disgusting the creature was and struggled to release myself from it's grip.
"Gah, ewe….let me down!" I commanded, glaring at the thing with fire in my eyes.
"You carry with you an aura, that of a priestess," the demon roared in a deep, low voice.
"Kagome!" Miroku shouted, though I could barely hear him. Come to think of it I was really high up.
But at the moment I suppose that didn't matter much.
"You will add much power to my strength, miko!" it growled again, tightening it's tentacles.
With my vision fading by the second, I fought with myself.
'I've got to get out of this…I've faced worse things…' I thought.
Desperately, I shouted and a pink force shot out from my hands, making the demon shriek in agony.
"Yes!" I whispered.
It's tentacles removed themselves from me and I fell freely, something I hadn't thought of.
"Agh!"
"Kagome-chan!"
Miroku caught me moments before impact.
'Ok, one free grope for houshi.'
"Kagome, are you ok?" he questioned, his hand reaching my bottom after he was sure I was ok.
Beside my temple throbbing, I was ok, so I nodded.
"My bow," I started, grabbing it, "I won't let it fall again."
"You'll be ok, then?" continued the crooked monk.
I nodded, and he smirked, turning back to the town men.
With that out of the way, I locked my sights on the demon, who had regained it's 'intimidating' stance, and roared down at me.
Notching another arrow, I aimed for the demon's neck. I had to wait for the right moment to shoot…
The creature dove at me, flying quickly through air. It's claws and rather sharp, jagged teeth pointing hungrily at me.
Just another second…
It flew with speed, slick, plum body whistling through the cool wind-
Once more moment…
Gaining speed-
Has to be precise…
Charging, closing the space between us, inches away-
Needs to be perfect
Right before me-
"Hit…the…mark!" I cried, releasing the arrow.
It sparkled as it whizzed through the air, glowing blue and pink. The tip collided with the demon's throat, and an explosion of light engulfed the scene. A strong wind tore through, but I stood my ground, shielding my eyes from the shine.
And in another second, the light vanished, and nothing but smoke remained. I lowered my arm, and stared at what I had done.
Silence rang throughout the town, accompanied by the low howl of the wind.
Cheers and cries of thanks erupted throughout the village, children raced over to me.
"Lady Kagome!"
"You've come back to us!"
"Priestess!"
Mixed shouts and exclamations broke out as a crowd formed around me. I grinned in confusion, mumbling quiet thanks here and there.
Miroku shifted through the horde of people and shoved his way to the center. Taking my hand in his, he motioned for silence, and the cries died down almost instantly.
"Indeed, Lady Kagome has returned…" he began, smiling broadly as well, "But please, simply continue your daily lives. I'm unsure of how long she will be with us."
I saw some heads nod, others mouthing disappointed "Aww's", and others shrugging.
"Miro-"
"Come, well get you back to the well."
I frowned. Did he want me to go home? Shaking my head, I removed my hand from his and followed after him into Inuyasha's forest. Which caused me to remember…whatever had happened to him? Or Kikyo? I'd heard nothing of the two since I'd left.
Light shimmered through the tree's canopies, resting far above our heads. The smell of the forest had always relaxed me, the scent of wood and pine, mixed with roses and wildflowers of sorts.
I watched Miroku walk in front of me, his dark navy robes swayed lazily with each step he took. He hadn't said a word to me since we'd left the village. The only noises that filled the quiet were the jingling of the rings on his staff and the songs of the birds floating swiftly through the air.
"Miroku," I began. He stopped, surprising me, as I hadn't expected it. I walked up beside him and spotted the well.
"Why'd you stop so abruptly, isn't this where we were trying to-"
"Kagome, I must return to the town. I'd advise you not to linger in this world of ours much longer."
I looked at the man like he was nuts.
"What! Miroku, I just got here!"
"Take heed of my words," he continued, turning his back to me. I watched in shock, forcing myself to begin talking again.
"W-wha, Miroku! I've got questions! What happened to everybody! Miroku!" I cried, but it was too late. The monk had already vanished into the thicket.
Dumbfounded, I sat on the edge of the well, contemplating what had just happened.
"What on earth did he do that for?" I mumbled to myself, confused as ever. "Why does he want me to leave so ba…the village, something must have happened."
I looked at the well with a last glance, and stood, turning to chase after him. But, as I spun around, instead of the forest before me I saw something that made my insides churn.
"N-no…!"
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Wow, I am an evil person, leaving you with yet another cliffy. This chapter kinda sucked…it was hard to write for some reason…
Feh! Well, anybody wanna guess what it is she saw?
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