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The Feudal Era Across the Street

Chapter 22: The Plan

"Do any of you know where Hiei went?" asked Kurama.

Everyone looked up at the fox from around the campfire. One by one they shook their heads.

"I hope he hasn't gotten himself in too much trouble. Time is a very delicate thing; anything can damage it," said Botan.

"Relax, the pipsqueak is probably trying to find Naraku and is failing miserably," said Kuwabara.

But, Kuwabara didn't know that he was partially correct. Hiei was trying to find Naraku, but apparently, Naraku had found him instead.

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Hiei had drawn his sword and quickly dodged the attack. He looked around and saw Sesshomaru had managed to save Rin, but Jaken wasn't as lucky. The toad demon was lying unconscious by a tree.

He looked up and saw that the source of the attack came from the demoness on the giant feather. She was glaring daggars at everyone, especially to Hiei, for dodging her attack. Her energy seemed familiar. Hiei grinned and decided that this would be the perfect time to use the power of his Jagan.

He ripped the bandana from his head revealing a third eye. It glowed violet. Hiei also took the bandages off his arm. Fire swirled around his arm. He grinned and jumped high into air to be level with demoness.

"Fist of the Mortal Flame!"

The attack hit its mark. The giant feather turned to ashes, but the demoness escaped. The ends of her kimono were burnt off. She waved her fan and a cyclone formed. It engulfed Hiei. She was about to throw some daggers into the cyclone, when she was stopped by Sesshomaru. The dog demon held onto her wrists very tightly. His claws were digging into her skin causing drops of blood to fall onto the floor.

Behind them, the cyclone began glowing orange. Flames erupted and aimed for the demoness. Hiei was standing unscathed from the attack. Sesshomaru jumped out of the way just in time, but the demoness wasn's as lucky. She was burned, but she managed to change the direction of the wind so most of the flames did not hit her. It was a risky move that costed a lot of energy, but she survived.

In the confusion of all the flames, she took another feather from her hair and transformed it. She jumped onto it and flew away.

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"Did you guys hear that?" asked Yusuke.

"Yeah, that was one big explosion," commented Miroku.

"I smell smoke too," added Kurama.

Sango grabbed her giant boomerang while Kilala transformed. Inuyasha hopped down from his tree.

"Lady Kagome, Shippo, Botan, and Inuyasha," said Miroku, stopping for a second to glance at the glaring half demon, "you four stay here. We will go and check things out."

"Fat chance! I'm coming with you!" shouted Inuyasha.

"Inuyasha, you're human! You need to stay back," scolded Kagome.

"I don't give a rat's ass; I want to go," retorted the half demon.

"Inuyasha, they're right. You cannot transform your sword in the state you're in. It would be wiser if you were to stay here and guard Kagome and Shippo," said Kurama calmly.

Inuyasha glared at the fox demon before saying, "What if it's Naraku?"

"Naraku will most likely attack you first if he knows of the predicament you are in."

"Fine," conceded Inuyasha with his arms crossed and his face away from the group.

"Let's go," said Kuwabara.

With one last look at Inuyasha, they left. Kagome put a comforting hand on Inuyasha's shoulder. Inuyasha turned to look at her. She smiled. "Everything will turn out fine; it's almost daybreak anyway. We'll catch up to them," she murmured.

Inuyasha put his hand on Kagome's. "Thanks." He walked away and sat down at the base of a tree.

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Hiei was hot on the pursuit of the wind sorceress. She was flying high in the sky, but there were no clouds to hide her as the sun rose. But, he still was used his Jagan to track her in fear of losing her trail. The fire demon dodged low hanging branches as he followed her. Where ever she was going, it was most likely Naraku's castle.

"That was Kagura, Naraku's female incarnation," said Sesshomaru.

"You know this why?" asked Hiei.

"We've met a couple times."

Without a word, Hiei left.

No wonder her energy signal was so familiar. Even though the only time they actually encountered Naraku was when he was possessing someone, Hiei was still able to sense his energy signal. It was very faint, but it was there. He didn't realize that until they found out he was being possessed.

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Yusuke and the others reached the battlefield in a couple minutes with the speeds they were traveling. There were still traces of small fires burning away at the grass. A bit farther from them was Sesshomaru and he was kicking Jaken so he would awake. Rin was sitting down on rock until Jaken woke.

"Sesshomaru, what are you doing here?" asked Miroku.

"Who's that?" whispered Yusuke.

"That's Sesshomaru, Inuyasha's older brother," replied Sango.

"Oh."

"None of your business monk," replied the dog demon.

"It is our business when one of our friends came here," said Yusuke angrily.

Sesshomaru narrowed his eyes. "It seems like my younger brother added a couple more humans to his group. How quaint."

"Tell us where our friend went," shouted Kuwabara.

"I can't tell you where this friend of yours went if I don't know what he looks like."

Kurama shushed both Yusuke and Kuwabara before they made Sesshomaru angry. Unlike his brother, Sesshomaru was a full demon and a powerful one. Kurama didn't want to waste any time fighting if it could be prevented.

"He's a little on the short side with black hair that sticks up and red eyes. Have you see him?" asked Kurama.

"He went that way," replied Sesshomaru and pointed towards the path that was most burnt.

"Yup, pipsqueak was here," commented Kuwabara.

"Um, thanks Sesshomaru," said Sango a little unsure as they left. I never thought I would be thanking him, she thought.

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The night was fading away. Light was beginning to appear and illuminate the forest. Inuyasha was pacing back and forth, waiting for his transformation. Kagome grabbed her bow and arrows and walked towards the half demon.

"Inuyasha, relax," said Kagome.

Inuyasha grunted in reply.

"Look, just a couple more minutes and we can go," said Kagome, but there was still no answer.

She sighed. There was no talking to him. Shippo jumped up onto her shoulder.

"Don't worry, Inuyasha is just being is normal stupid self," said Shippo.

"Shippo, you know that's not true," said Botan.

"Sure."

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Hiei had already stopped awhile back. Kagura had entered the barrier and there was no way for him to enter unless Naraku put the barrier down. He gripped the hilt of his sword as he heard the footsteps of a large group of people approaching.

He drew his sword, but stopped dead in his tracks. His sword was pointing at Yusuke's throat. The Spirit Detective gulped.

"Do you mind putting that down," he said, with his finger on the blade, pusing it down.

"Hn," was Hiei's reply as he sheathed his sword.

"So, what are you doing here?" asked Kuwabara.

"I followed Kagura here. She entered the barrier over there. I'm guessing that this is Naraku's castle," replied the fire demon.

"I didn't think that Kagura would slip up that easily," commented Sango.

"She didn't. I'm sure that Naraku ordered her to lead me here. Why else would she be so careless about hiding herself as she fled?"

"So, any ideas on how to break the barrier?" asked Yusuke.

"All barriers have a weak point. Those weak points are usually in a place where it would be less likely for us to break in," said Kurama. He was speaking from his experience as a thief.

"Well, Naraku would obviously think that we would try an attack from the ground," mused Miroku.

"So, we'll attack from the sky," finished Sango.

"Exactly," said Kurama and continued on to explain his plan.

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Kagome, Botan, and Shippo watched as Inuyasha's body glowed white. He was transforming. His claws grew long and sharp and dog ears sprouted from atop his head. His black hair changed into a silver color. Then, his brown colored eyes shifted to a golden color as fangs grew out.

Kagome jumped onto his back, like always when they had a lot of ground to cover. Shippo held on tight as Inuyasha sprinted. Botan was flying on her oar next to Inuyasha. Soon, very soon, this mission could be over and we can go back, thought Botan

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Kurama flew high above the barrier on Kilala. The fire cat moved closer to the barrier. I hope this works, the fox thought as his plan was put into action.

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CrazyDreamerGirl: Wow, it's a miracle. . .I updated. I apologize for the long wait. I had lost inspiration for the story. Hopefully I can get updates out earlier. Oh, and The Feudal Era Across the Street celebrated its 1st birthday this past Thursday on the 20th. I can't believe I've been working on this story for so long.