AN: Allrighty it's summer, well for me it is...anyway my updates are probably going to be shorter because of my extra free time. So recap after a desperate atempt to get to the mountains faster, Kara and Hikaru have an unexpected encounter with Naraku! And with that Kara is now in Naraku's grasp the gang is in shock and again Hikaru is seperated from her. So now what is the gang to do? I know I said in the last chapter that I was only going to make fourteen chapters, but I'm going to add two more to make 15 because I didn't want to make this chapter too long so here it is chappy thirteen.
Chapter Thirteen: Total War Part 1
No POV...
The pain that swelled inside her was untollerable, not just emotional but physical as well. Her eyes opened to a pitch dark place. Kara was covered in blood, she did not look like herself she looked as if she was a slave for twenty years. Miasma poured from invisable bowels, that's when she screamed out in pain not your average shriek but a dragon's cry. Blood started to come from her fuzzy ears, this miasma was different 'MY GOD!' she screamed in her mind. That's when a figure began to glide toward her, it took her three seconds to figure out who he was. "Get the...fuck away from me bastard!" she managed to gasp out. "Have you seen, or in your case...felt my latest creation? You see this miasma does affect you, if I send more...well my face would be the last thing you'll ever see" Naraku whispered. "The last thing I'll ever want to see before I die is you fucking dead!" she said cleverly, for a moment she smiled at her comment. Another miasma flow appeared and she started to scream again, shivering against it. "Sometimes I wonder why, why you? A pathetic little girl would have such power and not use it" Naraku said harshly. "B-B-B-ecause, I don't need it" she gasped out. "You know instead of killing you I could have taught you, trained you...but you ran away like the cowardly dog you are" he replied smoothly. "I was fucking seven years old! Do you think after you all you put me through...I-I would ever think of joining you? Well here's a little gift!" she went ahead and flicked him off. Quite frankly she was surprised he had that much paitence.
That's when a tentacle wrapped around her torso causing a scream to escape from her throat. She felt so god damn weak, she needed her poitions most of all she needed her friends. "You know how irritating it is to follow you, a weak half-breed and all of a sudden a power escapes you? Your powers are legend, you could control people, you can do anything you want and yet you don't? Pathetic and weak you beings are" he said before he threw to the ground. She didn't respond the pain that just insued in her, "The only one...I see...that's pathetic...is...you" Kara panted trying to stand up. That's when Naraku decided to play with the young girl, her mind seemed so exhausted. " Kara, my little one, I'm here don't cry" he took shape of Kara's mother. "Mother?" Kara whispered seeing her. "Yes it's me, my little one, you were dreaming no one is going to hurt you" Naraku whispered. That's when Kara got her senses as past memories filled in her mind. "Your not real! YOUR NOT REAL! YOUR DEAD! YOUR DEAD! NARAKU KILLED YOU! NARAKU KILLED YOU" she cried out. Kara began to cry, rocking back in forth like she had done when she was younger when her mother came in her dreams. 'Perfect' Naraku thought as he took a peice of the Jewel. A tentacle slowly made it's way into her back. wrapping it firmly around her torso. "NO! NO! STOP!" Kara yelled, shetried to call upon her powers, but the miasma that filled the air was doing her no good. Her stuggling was no use...Naraku laughed at her useless attempts. His cold hands went to her forhead and then Kara went limp, her stuggling ceased and her eyes went from that bright shiny blue to a dull grey.
"And as it was written so shall I change" Naraku said laughing, he placed the young girl down. Kara's expression remained blank, Kara was now under Naraku's control at last.
InuYasha let go of Hikaru who was still bleeding from the recent attack. "Oh no" he managed to say. "We...we...were ambushed...she was taken...by him" Hikaru said, under a whisper. "No...he wouldn't" Kagome managed to say. "He's going to get into Kara's mind, and with everything that happened this isn't looking to good" Miroku confessed. "What we saw in the clearing, wasn't even close to what she could do" Sango said shocked. "We have to have some hope! Kara can kill him on her own right?" Shippo said turning around to face the group. "We...need...to go-" Hikaru's sentence was cut short, InuYasha just kicked him in the stomach. "InuYasha!" Kagome yelled. "Do you have any idea? What that girl can do? If Naraku controls her...we're fucking dead, you hear me fucking dead" InuYasha yelled. "SIT BOY" Kagome called. InuYasha plummeted to the ground. "I've see first hand what she could do..." Hikaru said trying to stand up. "You haven't seen anything...until her eyes go red thats when things get mental" Hikaru said fully standing up now.
"She can turn full youkai?" Kagome asked. "No it's her dragon blood...a dragon can do many things if they're threaten or you hurt there own kind.When you see those eyes, it looks like there ripping at your soul" Hikaru said darkly. Kagome shrunk back, shivering remembering InuYasha's eyes. The dragon siblings looked at them, fighting against each other. Humans and demons working together? Nonsense! But here they were, fighting together.Takeya had done so much for them and they failed in his favor. Taiyou began to roar stopping there conversation. Shiruba joined along, "Whatare they saying" Sango asked. "They can'tcommunicate through thoughts" Hikaru mentioned. InuYasha was pissed off, 1. Kagome had sat him and 2. One of the strongest hanyou in the world is in Naraku's grasp. Taiyou went over to InuYasha who growled when he came close. Shiruba went to Hikaru who was still injured, miasma still in his lungs.
"What do you want?" InuYasha spat.
Taiyou growled and with a swish of his tail turned InuYasha around where the mountains were. A dark aura was wrapping around it,but the dragons felt something more. InuYasha's eyes hardened, "Naraku just found himself a source" he said. Kagome looked at him and the mountain, Kara's aura was a strong as ever, the jewel was so tainted that hope was just a speck. Shivers ran up and down her spine, "Hikaru's right we have to go, now Naraku done the damage he has done...now it's up to us to stop it" Miroku said glaring into the horizon.Sango clutched at her boomerang, "We have to help Kara god knows what hell she's going through" she said.
Shiruba looked at Hikaru wincing as Kagome tried to tend to his wounds. "Just stay still" Kagome said softly. Hikaru stayed still trying his best not to give into the pain he was feeling right now.InuYasha had his ears in it's highest degree there was no way he was going to let Naraku get pass them. Shippo changed into his fox form joining InuYasha. Taiyou and Shiruba growled lowly as the wind shifted, making InuYasha turn around to face the elder dragon. "What is it?" he growled, Taiyou just showed his teeth as a threat. "It's Kara" Hikaru said, getting that vibe of dragon magick a strong wave. "You feel it too Kagome don't you? Like a disturbance in the balance" Hikaru said to Kagome. "I've always could see that aura around Kara, I thought anyone could see it but..." she paused and looked at everyone's dumbstruct faces. "I guess not"
That's when a huge explosion causing everyone to jump, "It's starting" InuYasha growled amazingly enough, he turned around to look at them. He sighed, "I'm going, we have to get Kara back and maybe we can end this shit for good" he said. Hikaru turned to Shiruba, she lowered her head and Hikaru got on. Kagome put her bag down, and counted her arrows 29. Kirara turned into her big cat form, Sango and Shippo got on her while Taiyou let Kagome and Miroku on his neck. InuYasha on the other had rather stay on foot. Another explosion was heard in the distance, Naraku was getting impatient. InuYasha took off first followed by Taiyou, Shiruba and Kirara. Kagome looked into the distance, seeing the dark matter that surrounded the mountains.
The war has begun.
The landing wasn't as smooth as they anticipated, pools of miasma were everywhere causing everyone including InuYasha to find a different place to land."Damn it he wanted a fight" InuYasha cursed. Finally the dragon's spotted a clearing with not aspot of miasma anywhere. As they landed another explosion was heard, this one unfortunately was stronger. "He's sucking the living life out of her" Hikaru said noticing this. That's when things got awfully quiet, Kagome didn't see or feel any sign of Kara's aura or the Jewel's. InuYasha took out his sword...'quiet isn't a good sign' he thought. Taiyou moitoned his sister to his side, something was wrong. They spoke quietly in dragon tongue, Taiyou was saying that Kara's aura was no where to be found. Shiruba was saying that Naraku must have drowned the aura somehow.
As if right on cue, spikes of earth rose of from the ground InuYasha grabbed Kagome just in time before one struck. Shippo was in the air along with Miroku, Taiyou, Shiruba, Sango and Kirara. "Damn it, he really advanced her powers" InuYasha said knowing that Kara could never do that. Kagome felt the crawling sensation of the jewel coming towards them, she pulled on InuYasha's sleeve. This was a sign that he was getting closer...with Kara. Unfortunatley InuYasha was only half correct, he smelled the air Kara was here.
For a moment they didn't recongize her, she had the smell of blood all over her. Her hair wasn't shining, her eyes weren't blue they were grey and the worse part was she wasn't smiling. Hikaru was ready to kill Naraku head on, even if he was human. "Kara" he spoke getting off Shiruba. "You really think she can hear you? Pathetic human, the Kara you knew was weak, this girl was reborn her powers are now stronger because of me" said a harsh voice. "God damn it! Show your fucking face!" InuYasha yelled taking the words from Hikaru's mouth. "Now Kara would you mind quieting the half-breed for good?" Naraku said rather civilly. Kara had no other choice, with a swift flick of her wrist boulders were sent at InuYasha. He jumped away with Kagome just before it flew into him, "Where's the stinking jewel shard?" he asked. Kagome focused on Kara, her aura was now black, "Right there on her forehead" she answered. Sango and Miroku tired there best to reason with Kara, but it was there was noavail. Naraku was right the old Kara was long gone, her mind lost.
"We have to take that jewel shard away from her" Sango said as she blocked another boulder that came her way. InuYasha made an effort not to harm her, but alas he had to do something. InuYasha lunged at her, but her dragon abilties took hold and dodged him, and came up behind him and elbowed him in the back. The force was so strong that he fell into the dirt, Kara picked InuYasha up and threw him into the trees. "God damn it!" he growled getting up to his feet. Kagome didn't know what to do, Kara was just as strong as InuYasha even stronger. Things were only going to get worse. Taiyou and Shiruba tried to sooth her in dragon tongue but Kara didn't seem to understand a word they were saying. Kara with a single strike with her naginata sent a small earthquake line toward Hikaru, he manuvered out of the direct attack even with his injured leg. Kagome found InuYasha he had the look in his eye, he was ready to kill Kara...
Kagome's POV...
The momment I saw Kara in her distruaght form, I knew that this was going to be hard on all of us. Especially Hikaru, I couldn't bring myself to hurt her.I knew something had to be done...Kara could not die as much as she wanted to. 'Kagome!' I heard someone reach into my mind. I knew that it was Kara, she sounded so distant and scared...I wasn't even sure if it was her. 'Please Kagome, I can't fight it, it's too strong...let InuYasha kill me I know where Naraku dwells...just kill me' she spoke, 'He lies within the mountain...careful for Kagura and Kanna' she pressed, sending another blow this time it was aimed at me. Naraku must know that she is communicating with me, so I dodged and went close to the dragons. They would protect me. White blasts came from there mouths, they were amazing.
'Kagome please, tell InuYasha to kill me!' Kara screamed into my mind, it hurt when she did but I stood my ground. 'I'm not going to tell InuYasha to kill you, fight it Kara I know you can, you're stronger than Naraku, fight it' I thought using the link she created. 'I have no more strength...I'm using the last of my own energy...please just kill me' Kara said her voice sounding weak, with no hope. 'Snap out if it Kara! Naraku got inside your head, fight it!' I nearly screamed outloud. The link was closed all of a sudden, all of a sudden everyone stopped attacking, InuYasha jumped back, it was no use to whenever InuYasha got to close Kara would just makean eath sheild around her.
She began to scream, it was outworldly to my ears but to the dragon's who stood in front of me it must have been something more. They took a step back,I noticed the look in there eyes, they showed a sign of fear. The screaming grew louder and then, she began breathing heavily...blood coming from her mouth. The blood wasn't the thing that scared me, it was her eyes they weren't grey anymore, they weren't blue anymore...they were red.
Hikaru's POV...
Her eyes red as blood tore right threw me, she must have broken the link between Naraku but I wan't worried about that. I was worried what would happen after the link was destroyed. The symbols started to glow red instead of blue, the earth beneath us began to shake and the trees began to fall. I had to get to her somehow, but before I could do anything...InuYasha attacked her, he had enough of Kara. But he was sent back when a wave of earth went toward him. Kara began to speak in dragon tongue, Taiyou stepped in front growling as if an approval. Kara must have challenged him to a match. "Whats happening?" Shippo called, scratches were on his cheek from small earth pieces. "She's challenging us...that's why she's speaking in dragon tongue" I answered. Taiyou and Kara flew off into the sky, earth trailing behind her, Kara lunged at Taiyou her claws extended. He shielded himseld with his wings, it was a bad idea because Kara almost tore his left wing to peices.
Taiyou began to fall, though he sent a blast of white lightening at her but Kara shielded her self with her element. He landed right side up onto the ground below. He got up his limbs shaking, Kara got back down in front of him, "Hikaru how can we snap her out of it" Kagome whispered. "You can't" I said to her, "She has too, she's not full youkai...her dragon blood is active, she's trying to protect herself" I said back. I looked and saw Taiyou collapse to the the ground. Blood pouring from his wing and mouth, he lost a wingand an arm from the distance we were in he looked..half eaten. Shiruba as sister came to Taiyou with an aided precaution. Kara saw this as another challenge, Shiruba sent her own wave of earth toward her. Kara stopped it with her powers and sent it back ten fold, Shiruba flew into the air but Kara guided the wave with her hands and sent it into the air.
The silence that clouded us, was overwhelming Shiruba wasn't fast enough, for the wave of earth that reached her and she fell to the ground. Kara emereged from the dust that covered her, she smiled her fangs wide it was smile that I would never forget. "You Dragon Hunter!" she called, it seemed so clear she wanted a challenge. "Go to Naraku, I'll handle Kara" I said. "What the hell? That's suicide!" InuYasha protested. "Think about it a dragon hunter and a dragon hanyou...I'll handle it all right? Now go!" I said sternly, even if was almost like commiting suicide. InuYasha nodded, "Be careful Hikaru" Kagome said, with that they left on Kirara. I saw them leave the battlefront and then I turned to Kara. "Fresh meat!" she said triumphetly. "Kara it's me Hikaru" I said calmly. "I do not befriend Dragon Hunters! The killers of my kind!" she rasped out. "Kara you know me better than that" I started walking around her, I knew it would make her even more dangerous.
"You Dragon Hunters have caused me so much pain...now that my other half is down I am able to have my vengence!" she yelled. "If you want to be treated like a dragon then let's fight" I said taking out my sword. Her naginata in hand she attacked me first, nearly flying, I knew this attack by heart. I blocked it with my sword I dug my heels into the ground trying to sunstain my balance. She then kicked me in the stomach, I was able to have enough presence in mind to kick her in the chest causing us both to go backwards. Kara decided to use her powers, I was ready, she sent her naginata and a wave of earth came towards me. My leg started to hurt, bad with great effort I toppled the other way but the wave followed just as Shiruba had done. This time I ran toward Kara, I was nearly limping but it was a way to stay alive. Just as I ran, she must have caught on, because Kara stopped the wave that was following me. I brought my sword down, "Come on Kara! God Damn it it's me!" I yelled as she blocked it.
She swiped me with her claws, her symbols beginning to glow black, oh great I backed away from her. "What's the matter, scared?" Kara said nearly roaring in dragon tongue. That's when she disappeared from sight, in the trees, I followed her, nimble and quick that's what it took. I could sense her dragon magick growing, I had to stop her somehow. But how was the problem, that feeling of dragon magick was now behind me so I took off from that spot and into another and another. I wasn't ready for the attack she was about to do, she came from below me grabbing my bad leg and throwing me into the ground. It hurt like hell, when I opened my eyes, I up right in the ground. That's right my legs were in the ground, like quicksand, I then saw Kara coming towards me. "Why don't you fight!" she said, this time you could see an aura around her. "Because you're my friend Kara" I said. "I do not befriend the likes of you" she said to me.
She ran towards me and slammed me into the tree choking me with her naginata, 'Damn it' I thought the only thing that was saving me from death was my sword. "Kara, I'm not a dragon hunter, not the kind you take me to be" I said trying to get her to remember me. "All Dragon Hunters are alike, hunting me down for my blood, killing all the ones I care for" she said almost crying, but her hold stayed the same.I had to get her to remember, "Your parents were murdered when you were seven, you were alone for three years until Takeya found you and trained you" I said choosing my words. Her hold began to loosen, she punched me instead, she was loosing her mind her symbols began to glow black again. Blood started to come from my mouth, "How did you know!" she yelled her hold back into it's highest, level. I winced, " Because you told me" I said flatly."Trickery, why would I tell my past to the likes of you!" she jabbed her long claws into my side, the she stabbed me in the chest, it hurt like hell even with my armor.I shut my eyes hard, blood was coming out of my side. My hold was weakening, 'Shit' there has to be some way to get her back that's when I remembered her singing a song when I asked what it was, "It was a way to calm me down when I would have my nightmares" She said to me, smiling.
With that in mind, I leaned in and I began to sing her song, at first she just stared, then her hold started to weaken and her eyes began to linger off. Kara began to cry, golden tears began to fall, I kept on singing the song until finally she let go of her naginata. She screamed and cried at the same time, she was going back to her normal self. Her eyes turned from red, to violet and finally it came to that blue that I came to cherish. She was clutching herself, crying still, she was herself again. My side kept on hurting but it didn't matter as long as Kara was safe, and that was all I wanted.
Kara's POV...
Everything started hurting, my stomach began to hurt, my head began to hurt...god damn it I felt so much pain. I raised my head up, my stomach turned as I saw Hikaru there nearly unconsious, his eyes seemed unfocused.No matter how much I ached I ran toward him, crying my eyes out, "I'm sorry" I said over and over trying to get him to forgive me. I didn't know what happened one moment I was getting the crap beaten out of by Naraku and the next I'm here. I was crying harder, something in the back of mind told me that I did this, why didn't I kill myself when I had the chance? I sobbed, and I looked away seeing the lifeless bodies of the dragon's who were supposed to protect me. I gasped and held my breath, dragon blood reached my nose and I began to cry again. This was all my fault, I then saw something sparkle where I was nearly heaving up my stomach. "The Jewel Shard" I whispered, but right now I was more worried about Hikaru. I looked at him, he looked at me, "Hey Kara" he said trying to sound like himself. "Hikaru? I'm so sorry, I couldn't control it, the dragon inside me...it nearly killed...you...I'm sorry!" I exclaimed, I began to cry again. "Don't blame yourself...this was Naraku's doing...InuYasha and the others...need your help...forget me" he said to me with his fierce hazel eyes. "No, you need help...I can't leave you here" I protested instantly. "Right now...the only people who need help...is InuYasha and his crew...if you don't they won't make it" he said truthfully, I crawled near him..."If you're not here when I return...I will kill myself" I said with so much force that more tears began to fall. "That naginata belongs to you" Hikaru said rolling his eyes toward my main weapon.
I looked at it then I turned to Hikaru, his blood was over whelming...I took my purple cloak and I ripped a peice of the fabric and put pressure on his chest that was the wound that worried me the first. I looked into the pouch on my leg in seconds I found a famous poition of mine, "Drink this...it will numb the pain for about two hours" I said grasping it in his hands. "Thank you" he said, I smiled and I whispered in his ear..."No thank you" I gave him a quick peck on the cheek. The strength that grew inside me was overwhelming, I had enough presence of mind to get that jewel shard for the Jewel's sake and mine. With one depth defying leap, I flew off into the distance grabbing the naginata in the process. I wanted to kill Naraku, then bring him back to life then kill him again and keep on doing it so InuYasha could have his own share and the rest of the gang can too. I clenched my fists as I ran, never again I promised my self, never again would I let the dragon inside control me. And yet it happened and I was too weak to stop it. I'm so pathetic! My senses took hold again and I smelled the air and there was the familiar scent of the fire rat. "Oh yeah InuYasha's close" I said to myself praying to the gods that they're still in one peice.
InuYasha's POV...
If it wasn't for the fact that that wewere still in this damn place,I would have blown this place to hell! Kagome had toplace an aura around Miroku, Sango and herself. I could tell it was wearing her down, but her face showed that she wasn't going to give up yet. We found a mouth in the the mountain, and as everyone would have expected his scent surrounded the whole placed and I couldn't tell which way his scent was coming from. "Kagome can you sense where the jewel is?" I asked, I turned around she had one eye open, trying her best to concentrate. Kagome nodded her head to both directions, "Damn it" I cursed, Kagome noticed and she instantly saddened. "InuYasha we have to split up" Shippo said crossing his arms. "You think I know that, runt" I said knowing that if we did we could get our asses handed to us. "Kagome you can't keep this up, you have to save your energy" Sango said to her, "I can't, Sango themiasma will surely kill us if we don't" she said always thinking about us instead of herself.
I smelled the air again, the wierdest part was that, the miasma that was there a second ago...was gone? "Kagome you can stop the aura now" I said not looking at her. When I did she was clutching her sides, she sweating it must have been more tiring then I thought, "Are you all right?" I asked my voice change from pissed off to concern. "Yeah, I'll be fine" she said, Sango and Miroku helped her stand up and eventually her strength was returned. Kirara then started to growl, I smelled the air it was Naraku just his demons probably Kagura or Kanna...but they were coming in different directions...so I had to take Shippo's advice we had to split up. "InuYasha what are we going to do, we can't just lure him out" Miroku said. "I know monk, we have to find the cowardly bastard...so that's why you and Sango are going to goin that direction" I said pointing with my index finger. "Are sure this is a good idea?" Sango interjected, "We can cover more ground this way...Shippo are you alright if Kirara's with you?" I asked, the runt had to learn to be on his own one way or another. "Fine" Shippo said flatly, Kirara growled in approval. "What about Kara and Hikaru? You don't think that Kara..." Kagome's voice trailed off. "Nah, Hikaru knew what he was getting into besides, he probably knows more about Kara then we do" I said. "Good luck then, we'll see you when we see you" Miroku said going into the other direction with Sango following in pursuit.
"Be careful Shippo" Kagome said to the little runt. "Don't worry about me Kagome, I learned from the best about being careful" he said hinting towards me. "What the heck is that susposed to mean!" I yelled but before I could smack him upside the head, the little runt turned into a fox and scampered away. Kirara shook her head and followed him, leaving me and Kagome alone..."I'm worried InuYasha, maybe we should go after them" she said to me. "Look, thanks to Kara we have a better shot then ever to destroy Naraku" I said begining to wale toward the direction we are susposed to go. "Even if we do, I still can't help but be worried" Kagome said walking next to me now. We were in silence after that, I kept my senses in high alert I didn't want anything to sneak up on us. "Can you sense the jewel?" I asked after a few minutes. At first she didn't respond, "Yeah, it's pretty strong" she said, but she stopped before she could say anything else. "What is it? What's wrong?" I asked, this wasn't like her. "It's the jewel, it's scaring me that's all, it's so dark right now thanks to Naraku" Kagome said looking dead ahead. "That means he's close right?" I asked. "Maybe but it just doesn't sense like him" she said now starting to walk again. I smelled the air...all I could get was the smell of bones and graveyard dirt.
That's when I ran away from Kagome...it was Kikyo.
Sango's POV...
It wasn't hard to suspect that this wasn't going to end so well, but I had to save my brother even if it means splitting up from my friends. But what was I so worried about I had Miroku here, what else could I possibly asked for? Oh yeah, my family. I looked straight ahead, and clutched my boomerang, "Sango? Are you all right" I heard Miroku ask, he was worried about me...as always. "I'm all right, my nerves are just racking up again" I said from afar you could tell that yes I was all right...but I wasn't. "That's not it isn't it?" Miroku said, damn that monk I thought, he knew me to well. "I don't know, I'm worried about the this final battle...are we enough? And what of Kara? Hikaru is either dead...or alive" I said truthfully, the monk made me soft. "I'm sure we're going to make it out okay and Hikaru must have done something to Kara to go into her normal self" he said probably looking on the bright side of things. "I just hope you're right" I said looking straight ahead again. I couldn't help but wonder what happened to them, we can't do this without Kara, we just can't.
Miroku stopped in his tracks causing me to stop as well, "What's wrong?"I asked, it wasn't long before I knew why he stopped. Wind started to appear from out of nowhere and finally that bitch Kagura made her appearance. "So I have to deal with the monk and the slayer...hmm not much of a challenge but it's a way to get rid of you" she said so sure of herself. I was ready to use my new found power, but Miroku stopped me before I could. "Just wait" he whispered. I nodded and turned my attention back to Kagura, she began to attack us damn that Naraku for giving her life. We dodged the attacks, I tossed my boomerang at her, but she just flung it right back I caught before it could hurt me. Miroku was about use his kazaana, but from the corner of my eye I saw Naraku's bees. "Miroku don't use it!" I called, but my voice was lost in the wind that Kagura harbored. That monk used the kazanna, "Miroku stop!" I screamed sending my boomerang back again at Kagura, it was no use she would fling it right back.
"Silly girl, I control the wind..." she said to me, but it was a distraction I heard Miroku yelp in pain. I ran toward him, "Damn it Miroku, I told you not to use it" I said, trying to console him. "I couldn't hear you" he said wincing at the pain. "Aww...the slayer and the monk, how sweet" Kagura said, ready to use her most deadliest attack. "Well I know one thing you don't control" I whispered defending myself and Miroku. I infused my anger and concentrated on my hands, after three seconds my hands were glowing with fire. "What! You have the power of fire! How could this be!" Kagura said, by the look on her face she seemed really shocked. "A special friend of mine did, now that I raised this up...give me your best shot!" I said, having new found confidence. "As you wish!" Kagura said behind her fan. The wind rose up and I protected my self with a fire sheild, I have been practicing making this worth while.
"Are you okay Miroku?" I asked, "With you here I'm fine" he siad trying to get up. "Good because I'm going to finish her off" I looked straight at Kagura again. I didn't want to waist everything on that bitch so I flung my hands down on the ground wave of fire engulfed her not even her control of the wind could hold it. "Miroku can you suck her in?" I asked, he nodded with a smirk on his face. He called out it's name and Kagura's body was sucked into Miroku's hand causing her to die instantly.
But before we can congratulate each other...Miroku sense moreyoukai and that meant this was just beginning
Shippo's POV...
It didn't take long for Kirara to catch up with me, I looked at my paws it was different seeing the world like this. Everything seemed smaller, though my vision was better, my hearing was better and probably my magic was better. Since the day my training with InuYasha began, I felt stronger, I felt like I can do anything...but I knew that was impossible. I'm still training with him even to this day. Thanks to Kara though I might not need it, I wish I could have this form just in case I need to make a quick getaway. I looked over at Kirara, who was probably in her own thoughts. I sighed when I thought about Kara, when I thought I had it bad, it seems that out of all of us Kara's suffered the most. People chasing her, demons attacking her, Naraku nearly killing her and yet she still smiles. Well I went through the lost of my father...but I only lost him for a day or two. Still...I never got over it, sometimes I would wake up hoping it was all a dream. Well, a guy can dream.
I sniffed at the air, I could smell nothing really, just air no scents were picked up nothing was there. I turned to Kirara, she nodded her head no saying that no one not evenyoukai were near. I looked around, it was so quiet Kirara nudged me probably saying that I should change back to my original form. I really like this form though, but from what Kagome said about what happened to InuYasha I wasn't going to take any chances. I thought hard and I was standing on two feet again, everyting was now smaller now. Kiraragrowled in approval, "Yeah, Yeah...you know how much I like that form" I said to her. Instead of growling at me like she always does, she licked my face! "Thanks for the love Kirara" I said wiping away the saliva. She just snickered.
It took about an hour for me to realize that something was wrong, I transformed into my fox form started to smell the air. Kirara began to growl, and stomped a protective foot and began to chase after the scent. I jumped after her, hey I didn't want to be left alone. And besides if I came back with no Kirara Sango would have my head! I stopped dead in my tracks, oh crap! I thought, Kirara must have been thinking the same thing because she was frozen too. There right in front of us was a wall ofyoukai waiting for a meal. I crouched down, showing my teeth...this was bad really bad. Kirara looked down at me, she growled and snorted. Probably saying to rise up and fight like a youkai. I wasn't a pathetic baby anymore, I snorted rising up my anger rising. I trasnformed back to my original form, "I'll show everyone that I can fight" I said, getting reading my claws extending. I learned from the best, so doesn't that mean that I could fight like the best.
As the youkai began to pour, everything InuYasha taught me began to pour out as well. Green and purple blood stained my hands after that. As Kirara slashed and burned them.
No POV...
InuYasha knew that it wasn't right for him to leave Kagome like that, he was trusted in her protection...but he wanted to do this alone. Kill Kikyo for his own sake of mind and hers yes he would do it. He entered into a cavern, he stopped Kikyo's scent had brought him here. InuYasha was ready finish off the woman made of clay. His ears twitched, as he saw the woman he once loved enter from the darkness. "InuYasha,it's time" she said gazing at him cold eyes.InuYasha's sword was extended,"No" he breathed.Kikyo was quite surprised, "You made a promise to me, I want that promise now" she said in her defense. "And I said no" he said now with moreconfidence. "So I was right, you fell in love with that reincarnation" Kikyo saiddarkly. "Who said I ever was?" InuYasha said.
Kagome sneaked up behind one of the rocks, she was confused 'Didn't InuYasha want to go to hell with Kikyo?' Kagome thought as she rested her hands on the rock. She felt that familiar crawling sensation, she looked around her, until she looked over at the fighting couple and realized that something was definetly wrong. Kagome looked around, nothing seemed out of place, in the background InuYasha was having a verbal fight with Kikyo...InuYasha wasn't ready yet. Kikyo's eyes roamed the cavern, then she saw Kagome's aura...she smiled coldly. "What are you so happy about?" InuYasha asked. Kikyo didn't respond, she just smiled as she mentally called out to Naraku. Miasma, began to pour into the cavern, making it harder for Kagome to concentrate, she heldher breath hoping InuYasha would noticed her.
That was her plan until she felt the jewel crawl up her spine...'This is a trap!' Kagome thought, her chest began to hurt because of the lack of oxygen. Kagome took in a deep breath, she didn't want to use her powers again she was waiting just as InuYasha was. Tentacles shot out from the gound, sending waves of earth in the process. Kikyo stood still as a statue, her bow and arrows thrusted tightly in her hands. "You really believe that prophecy will work? That damn half-breed, doesn't know the power she is so willing to trade" Kikyo hissed, trying to make him mad. "Then there's that pitiful excuse of miko, that inheirited my powers, she should die just like the rest of your pathetic friends" Kikyo said, she took her aim as Kagome filled with anger and fear shot from her hiding spot. Kikyo released the arrow as it made it's way toward Kagome. InuYasha turned and leapt for her, cursing himself mentally, but was blocked my hundereds of tentacles. No matter how much he sliced her couldn't get there in time. "Kagome!" he howled.
Luckily Kagome manuvered away from the path of the arrow, but it grazed at her skin casuing blood to seek into her shirt. "Uggh" she groaned clutching at her side, another arrow was sent this time aimed at her head. It missed, thanks to Kagome's powers and leaned back, this was Kikyo's plans all along, to kill Kagome. InuYasha sliced and diced the tentacles, but it still wasn't enough more kept coming and the more Kikyo shot. "All right that's it" Kagome said fed up with running scared. Kagome ran forward putting her own arrow in her own bow and shot causing it to glow pink. 'I'm not weak!' Kagome thought as she released the arrow. The tentacles that surrounded them were burned as the arrow was cut through. Her skin burned from the graze of the first arrow. That didn't stop Kagome though, "InuYasha! Are you all right?" she called. She heard a loud 'Keh' and that's when she knew he was all right. Kagome saw Kikyo, her eyes filled with anger, she had another arrow in her bow, aimed right at her. Finally Kagome saw InuYasha, joining her side. "Are you all right?" InuYasha asked. "Fine as I'll ever be" she answered before another arrow was released causing her to fall to the ground.
InuYasha lunged for her, but Kikyo dissappeared before he had a chance to kill her. 'My work here is done'she thought evilly.
Kagome was on the ground clutching at her right side trembling as she tried to reach for the arrow that was now inside her. Her blood was filling InuYasha's mind, she groaned "It hurts!" she cried trying not show her tears, she wanted to be strong. "Kagome I'm going to have to...take it out" he said, sheathing his sword. Remenats of the tentacles were everywhere like puddles of black goo. InuYasha sat Kagome on a rock where he was about to take the arrow out. She bit down hard on her sleeve so she could stop the wail that wanted to escape her. InuYasha's hand was trembling as he grabbed the arrow, the arrow was deep but not as deep because Kagome moved before the arrow could really do damage. He could hear the movement of her skin as he shifted the arrow out of her. Kagome whimpered as the arrow finally made it's way out. Blood immeaditly rushed out, InuYasha ripped a piece of his fire rat robe and added pressure on her side.
"We have to get out of here, more importantly find Kara, if she still has a mind, she'll know what to do" InuYasha said concerned for Kagome. "I'm sorry I shouldn't have followed" Kagome said meekly. "I shouldn't have left you alone in the first place" InuYasha said lowering his eyes. They were quiet for a minute, "Can you stand?" he asked. She nodded her head as she painfully stood up, "I'm okay, let's go find the others"Kagome said, as she walked toward the exit. InuYasha followed her, hehad his chance to kill Kikyo but he couldn't, Kagome was in danger because she was wounded.
Kara was at a lost, she was going in circles Naraku's scent was everywhere she could sniff out her friends "This is bullshit!" Kara said stopping. "When I see Naraku...I'm going to pry him open!" she roared, her dragon blood was boiling again. She took a deep breath and exhaled "Damn, I have to save it for him" she said gripping on her naginata. Kara felt hopeless, if she can't find InuYasha and the others, what good is she? Kara looked into the tunnel she was going through, it seemed there was no end, and thepresence of youkai lingered in the air. Kara took off again, her eyes filled with fury and intensity. "I don't care what InuYasha says I'm getting my claws on Naraku first" she saidclutching her naginata so tightly herknuckles turned white."I'm not going to loose"with that in mind she took off into her full speed, wishing that anyone wasat the other end of the tunnel.
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Youkai were everywhere, Kara felt like using every amount of herpowers to destroy them all. Blood drippedfrom her claws, she felt like an animal. Hermarkings glowed blue as she sent earth at them with a wave from her arms.Killing them instantly as the earth squashed them, she grinned as the last few scattered away from her.To her friends, they could tell she wasn't herself pain and power seemed to come from every point of her mind.The scentof blood lingered in the air as Karacarried her naginata, shecaught the scent of a few more youkai coming at her way. She put hernaginataback in a defensive position and went for it.Kara saw another opening into another tunnel, she darted to it. The scent got stronger, even with hereffective sensesight She could barley see what was going on, Naraku's miasma must have effected a little more thenwhat she expected.
Then from out of nowhere scrolls were sent at her making her do flips and twists in the air.'I know those scrolls anywhere!' Kara thought stopping, "Miroku!" she called, as she dashed toward him, knocking the poor monk into the wall. "Kara? Boy is it good to see you" he said, as he getting up. "Miroku you all right?" A voice called from the darkness and there was Sango holding her boomerang. "Yeah, other then the fact Kara almost knocked me out" Miroku said as went next to her. "Kara!" Sango said hugging her friend. "Yep it's me" Kara said, hugging her back. Sango let go of her and looked at her so did Miroku it was a silence Kara didn't like it at all. "I'm okay guys, Hikaru helped me go back to normal" she said quietly. Sango and Miroku looked at the back, looking for someone "Where's Hikaru?" Miroku asked. "He's okay, hurt, but okay I gave him a potion to numb the pain" she said looking at them, her eyes showing fear for her friend. "Where are Shippo, InuYasha, Kagome and Kirara?" Kara asked them, noticing that something was missing. "We don't know, There were three directions, InuYasha couldn't smell him because his scent is all over and Kagome sensed in the three directions where the jewel was" Miroku explained. "So you guys split up? Oh boy, then it'll have to wait...damn it" Kara said biting the tip of her claw. "What do you mean?" Sango asked. "I can't tell you guys, unless you're here together there's another opening to another tunnel down where I came, there was a strong scent of youkai there" Kara said looking toward from wence she came. "Good, at least now we can regroup and beat Naraku now that you're here" Miroku said, making her nervous it was said that she would destroy Naraku.
They began to walk as much as Kara wanted to run, they were humans she couldn't expect anything else. "I feel like I'm going in circles" Sango said crossing her arms. "You're telling me I had to leave scratches on the wall to make sure I wasn't" Kara said looking down at her claws, sharp as ever. She stopped, suddenly smelling the air "Kara what do you smell?" Miroku asked, sensing a youkai energy he went on the defensive. "I can't say for sure, but I'm going to check it out" Kara said going for it, Sango and Miroku had no choice but to follow her. When a youkai smells something it can't be nothing and that's a fact. "Kara" Sango and Miroku panted, when Kara finally stopped, "Sorry guys, but this scent is strange it like dragon magic but it's...not the same" Kara said looking around the cavern. The scent of blood reached her senses it was lingering further down, it was youkai blood hopefully it was dead. "This way" Kara said taking off again, Miroku and Sango nodded and chased after her again. This was getting nowhere, Miroku thought, but he trusted in Kara even though she's only fifteen she has a mind set of an adult. He started to feel a denomic arua but as he looked around he saw the beheaded head of youkai. Sango looked on as well, judging how they were cut, they were by claws four claws from a small snake youkai. She immeaditly thought of InuYasha, that meant the he was close, hoping that with Kara here they could finally end this once and for all. Her brother flashed through her mind, yes, her brother must be here as well.
Kara looked on, another opening to another tunnel, this was infuriating Naraku is such a bastard. Though she knew that this was away to weaken them, he had another thing coming...she held the key to destroy him. Ha! Kara stopped and there came a large growl with a flame coming towards her, "Guys move!" she yelled dodging in the process. Thankfully they heard her and dodged the flame before they met the same fate as the Dragon Hunters. "Wait I know that flame anywhere" Sango said smiling, noticing another roar coming from the darkness. "Kirara! It's me Sango!" she called into the darkness. Then came a low growl, meaing, my mistake. Kara smiled as Kirara happily pounced on her mistress, "It's good to see you too Kirara" Sango said as Kirara licked her face. "Where's Shippo?" Miroku asked noticing the little kitsune wan't with her. Kirara, growled into the darkness from, which she imerged. "Kirara, you better not be tricking me like the last time we got lost!" they heard a familiar whine. Shippo came out of the darkness, covered in scratches, blood, more scratches and more blood. "Kara?" Shippo asked taking a step back, remember the way her eyes looked when she was in her dragon state. "It's okay Shippo I'm fine now" Kara said slightly hurt at his actions. But she couldn't blame him, if it wasn't for Hikaru she would have probably killed them all.
There was a sudden rumble in the the mountain as if it was ready to explode, everyone stumbled forward. Miroku, Sango and Shippo stared at her, "That wasn't me! Just because I have the ability to control the earth dosen't mean that each time there's an earthquake it's me" Kara stated, her comment ina sense was true. They stayed quiet after that, Miroku, Sango and Shippo were trying to decide wither or not Kara was okay. She wasn't herself at all, she's not smiling or laughing as she would ususally be at a time like this. Kara would be trying to lighten the mood a little bit, but know her mind was set on one thing and one thing only killing Naraku at all costs. Kara could here there thoughts, she was trying her best not to cry even so what they were thinking was true. It wasn't like her, but until Naraku was destroyed she was going into a more of a dragon instinct, kill the threat or die. Even if she was in control, she was harboring it and that's what made it even more unwilling to bear.
Kara stopped giving her time to stop and smell the air searching for Kagome or InuYasha for that matter. She was just hoping they didn't hate her, "Damn it, you guys aren't tired right?" Kara asked, "Not that much, why what do you smell" Sango said. Shippo sighed as he too smell the air, it wasn't pretty. "Good because there's a wave of youkai up ahead" Kara said unsheathing her naginata. As Miroku felt the denomic arua, he was going to make it simple for all of them. As the wave came closer, Miroku stood in front of them and began to suck every youkai Naraku could manage into his hand. "Miroku, damn it be careful Naraku's bees the could be in that wave" Sango said standin next to him. He stopped, knowing that Sango was right. Kara, Shippo, Sango, Kirara and Miroku lashed out into the wave. Dodging, throwing and swiping blood sprayed and they disappeared...dead.
Meanwhile with Kagome and InuYasha...
"Kagome, stop being so god damn stubborn" InuYasha yelled at Kagome's actions. She kept on stumbling as she walked, it pained her to do so but she didn't want to be a burden. "It stopped bleeding an hour ago InuYasha, besides it doesn't hurt anymore" Kagome told the semi-truth. Yes, it did stop bleeding but it hurt like a bitch. "I wish I had Kara's potions though, but you can't smell them" Kagome said looking over her shoulder. She could tell that InuYasha felt guilty, it wasn't his fault 'I know I should have stayed behind, I just didn't want to see him get hurt' Kagome thought, 'Wait that's it!' Kagome said stopping.
"InuYasha, I have an idea we could have contacted Kara all along, she can hear thoughts remember? She conacted me when she was being controlled by Naraku, so maybe it could work the other way around" she said looking at the guilty hanyou. "I'll contact the girl, just rest...please" he said quietly. Kagome was stunned but obliged, she regretted ever coming between him and Kikyo. InuYasha was eating at himself, the moment he sees Naraku he's going to wish he was never born. 'Kara!' he called deep in thought, he cleared all his other thoughts knowing it would be too much for the hanyou. 'Kara! Please listen to me...before I mentally strangle your neck!' he thought.
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Kara felt someone calling her, but her mind was so into the battle before her, that she ignored it but from the last words were prying into her head she had no choice but to stop the battle quickly. "Guys move out of the way!" she yelled as she swiped the head of another youkai. Miroku, Sango and Shippo understood and got out of the way on Kirara. Once they were behind her at a safe distance, Kara's markings on her skin began to glow blue, then that's when Kara let out low scream and sent her powers to the ground in front of her sending an earth wave of destruction toward youkai as there death lingered in the still air. Sango, Miroku and Shippo stared her powers are great, the witnessed first hand but the way she's controlling it, it's a movement a terrible movement. She panted, using her powers were draining her and since Naraku nearly took her life taking it, it was even more painfull.
She closed her eyes, emptying her mind of every thought, every worry, every emotion and let who ever was calling her enther the bare space.
'Kara it was about time you let me in your head...are you okay?' asked a familar voice.
'InuYasha? God damn is it good to hear from you, and yes I'm okay' Kara thought back.
'Where are you?' Kara asked.
'Okay...Let me just get a map and put a giant x there and say here you are and that giant x id where we are!' InuYasha yelled rather loudly, making Kara's head hurt.
'I'm sorry god damn it! I'm in no mood to hear your shit InuYasha, I need to find you and Kagome fast so we could destory Naraku!' Kara yelled back at the hanyou, which made his head hurt even worst.
'Listen, Kagome got hurt, she lost a lot of blood and she's being so damn stubborn she's not doing anything about it!' InuYasha said ignoring the comment she just mentioned.
Kara clutched at her naginata, this was not good then an idea popped into her head, she could always drive Naraku out.
'InuYasha, Miroku, Sango, Shippo Kagome...get out as fast as you can I'm going to blast this place to hell!'