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Chapter 2 – "Just a Friend""Wake up, Kagome."
"AHH! Shippo, don't scare me like that."
"I'm sorry, but we have to go and catch the jewel shards."
"Ok, just give me a few minutes."
"Alright, but hurry up. Everyone's outside waiting."
Kagome rushed to get her pack and bow and arrows and dashed outside to join the others. They all left the village – Kagome and Shippo on InuYasha's back, Sango and Miroku on Kirara.
"Can you still sense the jewel shards, Kagome?" InuYasha asked to Kagome riding on his back.
"Yes. It hasn't moved yet, and we must almost be there. I can sense the vibes vividly now." Suddenly, there was a loud grumble of rocks and a shake in the Earth. "An Earthquake?" Everyone came to a sudden halt.
"Look over there." Sango pointed at a clearing not too far off from where they were standing. There was a large dragon demon spewing fire from his mouth all over an entire village. A crowd of people stood on a mountain high above the demon. "Let's go take a look."
As the group approached, they saw the young demon exterminator, standing confident against the huge demon before her. "I'll take care of this," said InuYasha as he started to run to the girl.
"No wait," Miroku grabbed him back. "Let's see what this exterminator can do. Join her when it looks like she needs our help." They all agreed to watch.
Towering ten stories above her, the girl still did not move. She held her sword with a firm grip behind her, waiting to attack. She looked calm and knew what she was doing. Then, in what seemed like one stroke of her sword, she struck her foe and landed on the opposite side of the demon.
"Hey, what happened? That was so fast; I didn't even see her move." Shippo looked with amazement.
Then, the demon toppled over, splitting into chunks. "Wow, if every demon exterminator can do that, then there would be no more demons to exterminate." Miroku stared with awe, but InuYasha was envious.
"Hmph. Well I don't think she didn't use her jewel shards. With sixteen jewel shards, of course she could beat down an army of demons. But if she didn't have any, well, I'll most likely surpass her in her count, especially with my tetsusaiga."
"Sorry to disappoint you, InuYasha, but she wasn't using any of her jewel shards. They're all around her neck.
"Guys, quiet! She's saying something." Sango waved for them to come over and listen.
"Villagers, don't breathe in the air around the demon. It is stained with the stench from the blood which is poisonous." The demon exterminator had a commanding voice. As the villagers breathed through pieces of cloth from their clothes, the exterminator drew her sword up to her face. Then, muttering a few words underneath her breath, a flashing clear-blue light erupted from her sword, and she stepped into the puddle of blood.
"Wait, didn't she say that was poisonous?" cried out Shippo. The exterminator continued to walk on the poisonous blood, surrounded by the glowing light. When she reached the center of the puddle with the pieces of the demon around her, she closed her eyes, as if meditating. "What is she doing?"
"Just watch Shippo."
After a while, her eyes flew open, and then like the wind, she moved around to five of the chunks from the demon and sliced them in half and threw them into the air with her sword. As the pieces fell, five jewel shards fell out of them, and she moved quickly, picking up the dust, to catch all of them before anything fell. Her movement was swift and clean, like dancing. Next, using her sword, she created a wind and the large pieces and blood turned into dust and was carried away by the wind. The villagers above exploded with applause as they all clambered down to thank the demon exterminator. "Thank you, thank you, my lady. You are truly a gift from the heavens." A young boy went up to her, carrying a large bundle of money.
"No please, you keep it to restore your village. I have no need for them. These shards are all I want." Her voice wasn't as commanding as before. Instead it was soft, gentle and caring.
"You are too kind, my lady."
That was when InuYasha and the group ran into the clearing and shouted, "You! Wait! Who are you and who do you think you're fooling?"
"That is no way to talk to this great lady, you half-demon." The old lady spat out those last words with disgust.
"No, please, let them talk," the demon exterminator whispered. She lifted her head to look at the group and at first, she had a look of astonishment on her face, then, she broke into a smile.
As the group got a closer look at the girl, Kagome gasped and thought, The maid was telling the truth. That demon exterminator looks exactly like me!
"What are you doing with so many jewel shards and not even using them?" demanded InuYasha.
She did not reply, just simply smiled back.
"Hey! Answer me!"
Again, she did not reply, but turned to leave.
"Who are you!!!?" This time InuYasha shouted at the top of his lungs.
She turned slowly and faced the group, only saying, "Just a friend."
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