This chapter won't be easy to write...so many thoughts.
Dark clouds appeared overhead, blocking out the sun. The sky was as dark as night and rain drops dripped down lightly. Thunder claps clashed in the distance. Mermaid magic is already starting. This won't be easy.
"What a disgusting sight. A mermaid and a hanyou."
Aussie's unmistakable purple flipper slapped the water, spraying out droplets of salt water. "Sweet Kagome, why did you have to make things difficult? You could have just lived out your life happily as a mermaid," Aussie sighed. "I would never," Kagome spat. "Very well, I see how things have turned out," she said cooly. "But what bothers me is that you turned my own sister against me," she sneered. "How did you manage to do it?" she growled.
"I did nothing," Kagome snapped. "Ki helped me off her own accord. Her heart isn't black like yours!" Kagome said with a distasteful flavor in her mouth from her own words. "That is why she must also suffer," Aussie said with fake sadness in her tone. "What have you done to Ki!" Kagome demanded to know. "She's slowly feeling the pain that you will be feeling soon," Aussie said in an unnaturally cool way.
"Ki!" Kagome yelled out and dove into the water in a desperate attempt to save her. She didn't make it far before her body was paralyzed momentarily. "No! Ki has chosen her own fate, as you have with yours!" Aussie's eyes flamed. "Kagome!" Inuyasha yelled and lept over into the shallow water. "You!" Aussie's voice thundered. "Tye, kill him," she said, returned to her cool tone. Suddenly Tye's blue flipper flashed and she swam close to Inuyasha. She smirked at him, receiving a snarl in return.
Kagome wondered about Aussie's emotions. It was obvious, even before she met Ki, that Aussie was the leader. She was the most powerful. But it seemed like she was trying to keep her anger in check. Like she didn't want to loose control over herself. Aussie didn't want to start shouting and getting angry at her enemy like Kagome and Inuyasha would do with Naraku. Maybe, just maybe, there was something about her emotions that could be used to Kagome's advantage.
"Oh no, I can't let you help your little princess, now can I?" Tye snickered. "You bitch," Inuyasha growled.
Aussie let out a chain of evil laughs and circled around Kagome. "I suppose Ki told you that I would never kill you, hum?" she said in a fake sweet way. "Well, Ki was wrong, and now because of her we are losing not one traitor, but two," Aussie spat the words out with disgust. "You are the traitor if you sink so low as the murder your own kin," Kagome snarled. "I would never be so barbaric!" she snapped and shot out at the mermaid, trying to catch her by the throat.
"Don't you touch me!" Aussie yelled and Kagome was throw back by a huge wave that came from no where. Lightening struck the water where she had been only a moment ago. Kagome shivered once she looked back at Aussie, her eyes were engulfed in darkness. "Aussie no," whispered Tye, low enough that her mermaid hearing had almost not caught it. Tye turned back to Inuyasha. "Go to hell!" she yelled and thrust her arm out in his direction. Five sharp metal spikes flew out from her palm and grazed across his skin.
She missed, how could she miss? She's preoccupied with something, or someone. . . . Kagome looked back over at Aussie, who was breathing heavily. Has she done so much evil, that it is threatening to overtake her? "Aussie kill her, before it's to late!" Tye shouted, even though she was close to her sister. "Before it's to late?" Kagome questioned aloud. Before she had time to think Aussie shot over next to her and grabbed her by the throat.
She was able to raise her slightly out of the water with one arm, strength that was not normal for the common mermaid. Sure mermaids could use mermaid magic, but strength is ment for demons. Mermaids used wit, not violence.
Aussie raised up her second hand and grasped her neck with double the force. Instinctively Kagome grabbed onto Aussie's arms and tried to pull free. Her flipper thrashed next to her, but it was no use. Kagome's nails dug into her skin, causing blood to drip down, but Aussie hardly noticed. "Time to die wench," Aussie said in a raspy voice. "Wench?" Kagome repeated. "You have no right to call me a wench, you picked the wrong thing to say demon!" Kagome yelled.
Kagome's eyes flashed red and her grip on Aussie's arms tightened. "I'll rip your arms off bitch," she said in a horse whisper. Suddenly Kagome yanked at her again, and Aussie released. Her nails dug deep into her skin, making Aussie cry out in pain. She threw her with as much force as her body allowed, sending her into the rocks she had been hiding behind before.
"Aussie!" Tye exclaimed and rushed to her side, only to be stopped by Kagome. With a flick of her wrist, wave knocked her unconscious and she sank to the bottom of the ocean with out a sound. "I'll kill you," Aussie said and bared her fangs at her. Kagome had been right, Aussie was turning into a demon.
Fear struck Kagome, and all her strength disappeared back to normal again. Her eyes returned to their normal color, but glossed over in fear. "I can smell your fear," Aussie laughed and lunged at her. Kagome dodged, but her claws ranked across her side. Kagome yelped and covered the fresh wound with her hands. "Monster," Kagome whispered. Aussie let out a blood curling laugh. "Kagome!" Inuyasha called from shore. She understood, she needed to get away from Aussie.
Aussie's evil was to strong, it would consume her, as well as anything near it. Even the slightest touch from her now would curse her for life. Kagome sent out a strike of lightening behind her, a momentary distraction. It worked and Aussie looked away for a brief second. Kagome darted down into the water and swam deep down, as far as she could get.
Surprisingly, Aussie's speed was slower than usual. It was a known fact that mermaids were the fastest in the ocean, one piece of good news for Kagome.
Knowing the routes of the ocean that she had learned from Ki, Kagome took a sharp turn to the left of the island. There was a passage way under the island that could bring her up on the other side. Aussie followed her every move, she was not as fast, but she was stronger. Kagome may have had the lead, but not for long. She was starting to tire, but Aussie had strength to spare.
There has to be some way to defeat her, but what? She seems to be getting more powerful as time goes on. Soon she'll be nothing but an evil demon. Kagome's mind raced. "An evil demon!" she exclaimed. Demons could be purified. But was she still going to have the power to tap into her miko powers? Even if, she had never purified anything besides the jewel. Kagome came to skidding halt at the other end of the island.
"Going to fight me now are you?" Kagome's gaze didn't flicker. "Die!" Aussie yelled and shot over next to her with speed she had only seen on Sesshomaru. Kagome held out her arms and grabbed onto Aussie when she came at her. "Purify!" she screamed out. Her arms were already starting to turn black from touching Aussie, but it disappeared. The shards around her neck glowed a bright pink, which soon engulfed her entire body.
Aussie screamed out as the glow soon devoured her as well. Her claws shrunk back to their normal size and her strength evaporated. Her eyes turned their normal color and then rolled to the back of her head. Aussie's body went limp in Kagome's grasp. Kagome put her hand over Aussie's heart. Unlike Tye she was not unconscious, Aussie was dead. Before Kagome could react Aussie's body turned into dust that was carried away by the water.
Shouldn't have died. She should have just turned back to normal. How could this happen? Unless, in her heart she was truly evil. Kagome didn't realize that she was panting. Purifying took out all of her energy. A moment later her vision blurred and then went dark.
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Inuyasha's ears flattened at the sound of Aussie's death cries. He knew she was dead, he could smell it. What worried him was that Kagome had not surfaced. What had she done to Aussie to kill her? He paced nervously. He had already followed her scent to the other side of the island, she was close. Kagome wasn't even in deep waters, close to shore. But that didn't explain why she didn't surface.
"Kagome!" he called out, but no answer came. He didn't even notice that the black clouds disappeared or that the waves calmed. Even if he had, he wouldn't have cared. Inuyasha paced back and forth again. "Kagome!" he screamed out. His cried echoed out into the ocean. "Arg!" he yelled and slammed his fist into the sandy ground, releasing his anger.
"Kagome!" he yelled again, but to no avail. Inuyasha couldn't take it anymore, he stomped into the shallow water and dove off the drop off. He opened his eyes under water, but it blurred his vision. His eyes were not glazed over like Kagome's, he couldn't see nearly as well. He swam deeper into the ocean, looking around. Inuyasha looked for a green flipper, hoping it would stand out.
Thankfully it did, Kagome was lying on the bottom with her eyes closed. For a split moment he feared she was dead, his nose couldn't tell him under water. He swam over and gently carried her to the surface. His clothes were heavy with water, but he still made it to the shore. Inuyasha carefully placed Kagome down on the sand. He put his hand over her mouth, relived to see that she was still breathing.
What seemed like hours later Kagome's eyes flickered open. She winced from the bright sunlight, but sat up none the less. "Kagome!" Inuyasha exclaimed. "Where's Aussie?" she asked, feeling a little light headed. "You killed her, don't you remember?" he said, concern filled his eyes. "Oh yeah," she whispered. Aussie is gone, Tye is probably still lost in her own conscious, and Ki is. . . "Ki!" she yelled. "Where's ki?" she demanded, turning to Inuyasha. "Oh no," she said softly. "Ki!" she yelled. "Inuyasha you have to let me go back, I have to find Ki!" she said, pleading.
Inuyasha nodded and picked her up. Honestly he didn't want her to go back into the ocean yet again, but he knew she didn't want Ki to suffer. As soon as he placed her back into the ocean she headed for deeper waters, giving a quick thank you.
She breathed in a deep breath once she was in deeper waters. Ki you must be close. Sure enough Ki's scent was easy to pick up. She raced after it, following it as fast as she could.
Kagome gasped and her hands covered over her eyes at the sight she saw.
Cliffy! Aussie is gone! Yay! But what's still to come? REVIEW!