Peacock Feathers
VII
My mind was completely blank.
I was waiting to be 'ruptured'.
Never in my life had I felt such fear.
Then I heard Inuyasha let out a cry of fury as he jumped over my head. I whipped around. He slashed his arms down with great speed at the massive wolf-monster. The wolf back-flipped with a howl and dodged the blow with ease. My mouth opened to let out a silent scream.
It was huge.
Grey and brown shaggy, matted fur covered its body. Large yellowish teeth hung out of its lips as it growled loudly, like a motor boat. It was standing on its hind legs. Its front paws were more like hands. Its purple claws were quivering with anger. Then, it looked at me. Blood-shot yellow eyes met mine.
And it smiled.
My hands clapped over my mouth and I couldn't feel my legs anymore.
'I have to do something... I have to do something! I have to do somthing or...'
I stumbled backwards.
'OR I'M GONNA DIE HERE!' I did someting stupid, then.
I ran at it. Hah...Really fast. Something snapped inside of me. I understood now what it really meant to be "fighting for your life".
It ran to meet me, dropping on four legs. I saw Inuyasha jump on its wide back. He plunged a fist through its shoulder. Blood shot up and splattered over Inuyasha's face and black shirt. The Rupture Wolf bucked and Inuyasha bounced up into the air. He almost fell off the creature, but he managed to get a firm grip on some hair on its leg. He then shouted something. When he swiped his claws down, what looked like electricity shot out of his hands. Stringy, jagged beams of yellow light. The leg that Inuyasha was holding onto was cut clean off.
The wolf threw its massive head up into the air with a loud whine of pain and anguish.
But somehow, it kept its balance. After falling with the wolf's leg, Inuyasha was running after it. I think I stopped a while back, but anyway, I was now holding onto a pretty big rock. I'd be darned if I was gonna let that cocky jerk get all the glory of victory. I raised my arm and aimed for the wolf's head.
"HA!" I said as I threw it. The rock went flying through the air.
And then...to my utter amazement...
It hit Inuyasha's head instead.
His eyes closed and he crumpled to the ground.
I threw my hands up and gripped onto my hair.
"CRAAAP!" I screamed. Heck, now the best I had was to run for my life, screaming.
But what about the other two? Shippo was trying to camouflage as a twig in a tall tree, and Inuyasha lie defeated on the ground.
"God, I am so dead." I said out-loud to myself.
Unimaginable ammounts of blood went pouring out of the wolf's shoulder.
It stood there on its three legs and growled at me with its head lowered. I swallowed the lump in my throat and narrowed my eyes at it. 'I will not die here...' I assured myself. I thought for a second that maybe it would suddenly die of blood-loss. Sadly, that was not to be.
It pounded the ground as it ran towards me.
My blood was rushing through my body. Cold sweat tried to blind me. My
legs wouldn't move. It grew closer and closer. I knew it was going
faster than anything I had seen besides Inuyasha, but it seemed like it
took forever for it to get in front of me. It opened its mouth to
reveal its jagged fangs as it let out a vicious roar. A roar of death.
The last thing I would hear before I died. And the last thing I would think would be 'Thanks alot, mommy.'
I closed my eyes as tightly as I could. In human instinct, I threw my arms forward as if to block it from hurting me. I slammed my teeth together. My stomach churned and I gasped, waiting.
Then it cried out. It yelped, squealed and screamed. Its howls echoed all around me. It suddenly made a gagging noise and then all was silent.
THUDDDD.
The ground shook hard underneath my feet. So hard, that I almost lost my balance. Something heavy just hit the earth. I opened a shaky eye. I moved it forward and saw the wolf's body in the dirt. My other eye grew brave and opened as well. The middle of the animal's body was almost all gone. Something blew a massive hole in it.
I smiled and gasped and panted. I bent over to grasp my knees. I shook with a gasping laugh and looked up. My body trembled like crazy. I took in large breathes and laughed dryly again.
"Oh, Inu..Inuyasha!" I managed.
"I thought..hah..hah..I thought we were dead! I..hah..I thought..." I swallowed to try and wet my dry throat. I looked up, still smiling and I saw.. I saw Inuyasha still on the ground.
My eyes felt as though they had tightened with confusion. I raised an eyebrow high up.
I let go of my knees and allowed myself to stand up straight. Maybe using that much strength and energy was really tiring? Poor guy! But then..
I saw the rock I threw at him next to his head, right where it had been when I hit him.
I
looked around the wolf's body. There weren't any "pieces" of it
anywhere. The only blood I could see was the blood still coming from
its shoulder where Inuyasha cut its arm off.
A dry sob erupted from my mouth out of nowhere. I bit my quivering lip.
Who did this? The thought of someone stronger than Inuyasha being here
by me made my insides turn ice-cold. It was a thought scarier than the
Rupture Wolf.
I turned in circles over and over again, searching for this person...The only other person I could ever see was Shippo in that tree. He couldn't have done this..He was sitting there with a little clawed finger pointing straight at the wolf in amazement and something like fear.
It just felt like nothing in the world made sense anymore...
My head gave a sudden spin and I dropped to my knees. I wrapped my arms around my stomach and stared at Inuyasha. There was such a strong need for him to be next to me at that moment..He lived here. He knew things. He tried to protect me. Certainly he knew what sort of demon could be capable of such a strange attack.
I let out a pitiful moan and shook my head.
"Oh, God.." I whined quietly. "Don't let it be...Don't let it be me who did this..." I shook my head. "I'm a weapon, that's what I am!" I screamed into the sky. "The Chosen..." I said bitterly.
"It's okay, Kagome." Shippo called to me. I saw that he was crying.
"...This isn't normal." I whispered. Then I cracked out a laugh. "But I'm not normal, am I? No..."
I sighed. "No wonder he hates me so much...He's so jealous of my power...I can't believe it."
I smiled. "I'm this strong?"
Frightening disbelief turned unto something hilarious and entertaining.
"If I knew I had such powers, I wouldn't have been picked on so much way-back-when..."
I tried to get my focus back.
"That was the scaries thing that ever happened to me!" I shouted at Shippo with a grin.
Then I gasped. "Oh my gosh! Inuyasha!" I ran towards him, eager to help.
"Hey, girlie." An evil voice said behind me. I stopped and felt my mouth open.
Then I smiled. I turned around.
"Yes?" I said, rather cheerfully. I could take this punk...
"You kill my wolf?" The boy said, smirking. Sharp blue eyes stared into me. My face burned.
I crossed my arms. "And what if I did?" I asked bravely. He grinned and narrowed his eyes to slits. "Hah...ahahahha..." He shook his head.
"AAHAHAHHAHAHAAAHAHAHA!" He exploded in laughter.
"What if you did, huh?" He chuckled. "If you did..." He snapped his fingers. Wolves of all sizes walked out of the woods around him.
"I'm gonna mess you up!" He smiled warmly.
"WHAT!" I screamed. "MORE WOLVES?" They weren't nearly as large as the Rupture Wolf, but they were scary enough...and...Strength in numbers, so...
I swallowed. "Why me?" I asked myself in a whisper.
Insane-san says: GOSH I loved that chapter.. REVIEW NOW PLEASE! And goodbye until a few weeks! Love you my darling readers! -kissy-