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The waves crashed onto the shore, brushing up against Kagome's feet.
"We made it," she said softly, just stating the obvious. "Yeah," said Inuyasha in the same quiet tone. Kagome carefully pulled the bag from off her neck and untied the strings. Gently she reached her hand in and took out a pinch of the dust. "Are you coming with me?" she asked. "Of course I am!" he growled. Kagome giggled.
"Just making sure."
!#$&()+
"Ok so what do we know?"
It was the fifth day at the village and the small group had fought off a good number of bear demons. Everyone was tired and weary, but pushed on in spite of their lack of sleep. They were determined to help the village, and keep Shippo's mind off Kagome.
"Well they're all brown bears," piped Shippo, trying to sound important. "And during the early winter months, that's odd," said Miroku. "All attacking at night or early or late in the day. They are preferring darkness, eh?" said Sango. "Yes so it seems," said Miroku, lost in his own thoughts.
"The villager was right, they are attacking one by one. But why? Sango do you think they are talking with each other?" asked Shippo, leaning over into Sango's lap, his eyes growing wide in wonder and staring up at her. "It is a possibility," she thought. "But then again anything could be a possibility," she sighed.
"Who are the victims?" asked Miroku, snapping Sango out of her gloomy daze. "Oh, um, well it seems anyone; children, elders, men, women. The demons have no particular target." "How about numbers?" questioned Shippo. "That's a good question," said Sango. "Only about two or three each time," said Miroku. "But it's only killed a few people. Mostly it just injuries them enough to scare them. They've lost a lot of crops though."
"None of them seem to have jewel shards though." "What are they after?" "It just seems like they are just after destruction itself." "What are you saying?"
"Maybe they are attacking because they want to see what we do. They're waiting for something."
"Or someone."
!#$&()+
Kagome's eyes flashed open. Where was she? She looked around and then finally understood the feeling of null gravity. She was under water, in the depths of the ocean.
What surprised her the most is she wasn't an animal at all. She was a mermaid.
Her flipper was slick and scaly in a blue-green color that rippled from the sun light. Instead f her shirt she had a blue strapless bikini top. Her hair and face was the same, but she had bright green eyes that could see underwater perfectly. Her hearing was enhanced and she could smell perfectly under water. Her flipper made her almost impossible to catch.
But where was Inuyasha? Kagome looked around. Even threw her perfect vision she could not find him. Had the powder not worked on both of them? Or was he somewhere else?
!#$&()+
Inuyasha looked around. "Kagome?" he called out. "Kagome?" this time he sounded more frustrated. "Kagome!" he yelled. Suddenly a familiar scent faded into his nose. Inuyasha turned around in a split second. His eyes flashed red. "Fox!" he growled. His muscles tensed, ready to spring.
Keiji bowed his head in greeting, but Inuyasha snarled. "I knew I couldn't trust you. Sly like fox I'll tear you limb from limb if you don't tell me where Kagome is, right now," he growled. Keiji leaned back and licked at his massive wings, obviously not taking Inuyasha's threat seriously.
"Calm yourself half demon," he said cooly. "Don't mock me!" Inuyasha snapped. "Relax yourself or I will not speak. Show some respect to those who are past your years." Inuyasha stopped growling, but didn't relax.
"I was the one who told Kagome that her journey was not ment for herself alone." Inuyasha was silent, listening for him to go on. "I told you how to find the sea." Inuyasha still made to movement to show he would add in a comment. "I watched over her when she was first attacked by the lions. I helped you threw the whole thing." This time Inuyasha spoke out.
"Where is she now!" he growled. "Calm yourself." Inuyasha's eyes flashed red again, but he restrained from attacking. "You have helped her as well. She would never have made it this far with out your care and protection. But the rest of the journey is for Kagome and Kagome alone. She no longer needs you."
"Kagome always needs me," he growled. Keiji's eyes narrowed. "I know what Kagome feels for you Inuyasha, but do you dare question my wisdom? I know what is right for her and she is to finish this journey alone. I will notify her that you have headed back." That was the last straw. "I'm not going anywhere!" he yelled and lunged at the fox angel.
Much to his surprise, instead of knocking Keiji down, he went right threw him. When Inuyasha looked back he saw that Keiji's image was transparent. "You cannot harm a true angel. True angels also bring no harm to others. I would not put Kagome threw something that I thought wasn't right." "I'm not going anywhere," Inuyasha growled. "Not without Kagome."
Keiji dipped his head and started to fade away. "That is your decision." In a moment he was gone.
!#$&()+
Kagome swam up to the surface of the glittering water. She glanced around. Shore was not far away. Kagome dove back down, plunging into the darkness of the water.
It felt different to be a mermaid, but not in a bad way. The water glazed over her skin, in stead of being absorbed up. She was fast, very fast. The sea animals loved her just as much as the land animals loved her when she was an angel. She even found herself leaping out of the water with the dolphins. Marine plants tasted like heaven and she had endless energy. But she had a job to do.
I guess I have to find the song of a mermaid first, since, well I'm what I am now. But what does that mean? Sing something? I got the hair of a unicorn by befriending a unicorn, maybe I should befriend a mermaid. But where would a mermaid be?
In stories mermaids always seemed to be in very deep water, somewhere far into the ocean. If so, her journey was far from over. Even if, could she really leave with out Inuyasha? She called out his name, but wasanswered only with a gust of empty wind.
She turned around and saw Keiji sitting comfortably on top of the water. He didn't even sink threw or have to swim. Of course, he's an angel. "Keiji!" she smiled. "What brings you here?" "You must continue your journey without Inuyasha," he said in his normal cool tone. "W-with out Inuyasha?" she stuttered. "I can't do that," her voice trembled. Keiji sighed. "I once had a mate, kits too. I know what it feels like to be separated. My mate is dead and my son still walks the earth. But the rest is for you to do alone." Kagome didn't understand why Keiji would refer to Inuyasha as her mate, but she didn't dare question the wise angel.
"I understand," she said sorrowfully. Keiji's eyes softened. "He will be waiting for you soon." Before Kagome could respond, he was gone.
Kagome felt like someone had stabbed her right in the heart. Go on without Inuyasha? If was harder than it sounded. Kagome choked back her sobs. It was no time for crying. She needed to get the last two -er- three items. She'd see him soon enough, Keiji even said he'd be waiting for her. If anything that should make her work harder, but it still didn't make her feel any better.
With one last sniffle she dove back into the water.
Sorry guys, my computers been acting up, again. I try to post chapters as fast as I can, but my computer sometimes blocks me out from fanfiction. It's really retared, well please read and review.