And so we come to the climax of the story. Has is really been that long? When this finishes, I'm gonna have to think of a new story to do. This occupies a lot of my time. It's my passion and I love it! Well, now that you've read my sermon, read on.
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On the last chapter:
"Inuyasha... Shippo..." They both spoke at the same time, with an unusually calm tone, their voices echoing through the trees. "You have awoken us. Thank you."
The figure did not reply, just walked forward. Wind blowing everywhere, her cloak fluttering in the wind. Kaede stepped back and the cloaked figure approached Kaede, barely 3 feet away from her. Kaede opened her mouth to speak but was silenced when Syfence pulled out the pendulum in front of Kaede's trembling face with one swift motion.
Chapter five: Syfence shows herself
"Whoa..." Shippo said, impressed at their power.
"I am called Miki." The one with the purple outfit said.
"I am Kei." The other one said.
They both bowed.
"So, can you--" Inuyasha started.
"Save your love? We shall do our best." Miki said. "Our parents fought to the death for our village, I see you went through a lot of pain when your love's memories where erased. And since we are indebted to you, we shall fight as our parents did."
"Whoa, whoa, whoa. Did you say 'love'? Inuyasha asked, blushing.
"Correct."
"But--"
"You are in denial." Miki said, interrupting him agian. "But there is time to speak of it in future relevances. For now, someone you care about is in danger." Kei said.
Inuyasha's heart stopped. "Kagome?"
"Yes. But there is another woman."
"How can you--" Shippo started to ask but Miki put her hand up and Shippo silenced.
"There is no time for this now, we shall explain our powers on the way back."
"You make it sound like we have some sort of fast transportation." Inuyasha said, folding his arms.
"Your faith in us is very dim I see." Miki stated. Kei eyes turned white once more and she lifted her arms and a glowing barrier lifted over them. Inuyasha and Shippo whirled around in shock. Miki, her eyes glowing but still deep brown, put her hands out, palms up, and pulled her hands up like she was lifting something.
As her hands went up, the sphere that held them lifted up. Miki turned her hands sideways jerked them forward. The sphere shot forward. Inuyasha and Shippo was thrown back because of inertia. Miki did too but not as much. Kei, who was holding the barrier together, did not move at all. She barely reacted.
Inuyasha stood up. Shippo was swirly eyed on the floor of the barrier. "So." Inuyasha asked. "What about your powers?"
"Ah yes." Miki said, closing her eyes. "I know that you already are aware of our past. So, there is not much I have to say." She opened her eyes again. Inuyasha was staring at her.
"How do you--?"
"Know what you know?"
"Yeah. And our names. We didn't even tell it to you yet. I don't remember Kaede saying anything about--"
"Mind reading?"
"Ya know, that's really starting to get annoying."
"Our foresight. It tells us what you are going to say. You were going to tell us your names, so we know your names. There is no such thing as mind reading. The mind is complicated and no simple human being, could penetrate the mind and read it like a book. Supernatural beings are a different case, however, we do not classify ourselves as one."
Inuyasha opened his mouth to speak again. "Kaede said--"
"That we are able to help defeat the hypnotist? That may be." Inuyasha closed his mouth, giving up.
They stood in silence for a couple minutes. Kei moved a little through her trance. Miki looked at her and understood. "We stop here."
"Huh?"
"The barrier will stop here. Brace yourself."
"You gotta be kidding me! It's gotta be a thousand foot drop!" Shippo was awake now.
"Brace yourself." Miki repeated. Kei's eyes stopped shining and they turned back into a deep brown. The barrier flickered and disappeared. They all started to fall.
Screaming, Shippo clutched Inuyasha's head. Inuyasha showed little signs of fear, but it was still there. Even a demon couldn't survive a fall from this height. Unless they had wings, they were all going to die.
Inuyasha looked over at the twins. They still had their calm expression, they looked like they were floating in the air, their hair blowing upward. Kei's and Inuyasha's eyes met. She pointed to herself and gestured him to do the same. She and her sister then turned themselves upside down, their hands in front of them, their feet together. They were like arrows. Now more air dynamic, they sped up, falling faster.
Inuyasha had no choice but to trust them. Pulling Shippo to his chest protectively, he did a similar stance as the oracles and sped up too.
A village appeared closer as they fell with quick succession. Inuyasha and Shippo both saw it on fire. But how? 'Please don't be hurt Kagome.' Inuyasha thought.
A hand grabbed the back of his kimono. He looked behind him and saw that Miki had grabbed him with one hand. In front of him, Kei held onto the front of his kimono. They neared so close to the ground that both Inuyasha and Shippo winced.
Miki and Kei held out their free hand and a burst of wind that would have put out the fire in the village should there have been one formed. It whirled around the area they would have landed and they lightly landed on the ground.
Miki flew off to the right of Inuyasha and Kei to the left. They had their hands up, not made into fists or anything. They were staring intently straight ahead. Had they have had an expression on their faces, they would have been glaring. Inuyasha, who was on all fours, still recovering, his head down, wondered why. Shippo fainted from fright. Shaking slightly, Inuyasha looked up.
A shadowed figure stood with her back to them. She seemed unaffected by their presence. In front of her, lay an old woman, wearing priestess robes, covered in blood that pooled into the ground. She was clearly dead.
"K-Kaede?" Inuyasha stuttered, not believing it.
"You knew her then?" Asked a cold emotionless voice. "Well, it seems that I am powerful enough for demons. But then," She turned, her face hid by a hood. "Your just half-demon."
"That's enough to kill YOU, human!" Inuyasha shouted, now standing up.
"The priestess..." Kei began, but Inuyasha wasn't listening.
"Where's Kagome!" He shouted at her. "What have you done?"
"You mean this worthless human?" Syfence asked, flicking her fingers forward. From out of the shadows, Kagome fell from her standing postion and fell to the ground where everyone could see her. Kagome's arm and neck was at an unnatural position. Her eyes were open and empty. Blood trickled from her open mouth. "She was so easy to kill. And all on her own will..." Syfence sneered.
"You WHAT!" Inuyasha yelped. Tears were breaking to the surface. "YOU CAN'T have..." His voice cracked and he broke down. She was dead. She can't be dead. But... she looked so real. She's a hypnotist, maybe its an illusion. But, she said... on her own will...
"You... you MONSTER!" He shouted, pulling out his Tetsusaiga and charging forward.
"Inuyasha!" Kei shouted.
"Oh no you don't." Syfence said softly and hung her pendulum in front of her.
All of a sudden, Inuyasha had a weird feeling in his arms. As he struggled to control it, it slowly, but surely made its way to in front of him, then turning sideways, going to slice his head off. And his head seemed frozen in place, unable to attempt to dodge it.
"You cannot escape my hypnotism." She said. Inuyasha's right hand moved backwards and thrust forward, aiming for Inuyasha's neck.
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I think this chapter is short, does anyone agree this chapter is short? Yes, well, anyway. I stopped at the most inconvienent places to stop didn't I? BWAHAHA -cough- -cough- Sorry. Will Inuyasha die? Did Kagome and Kaede die? How will Kagome get her memories back? Will it really be as simple as defeating Syfence, which is pretty darn difficult to do in the first place? Well, I think I have done enough of creating a cliffy. So, untill I get 15 reviews, I shall not put up the next chapter. Ok? Simple enough.
Alena Rio