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Chapter 9:Echos of the past Taunt

Korui growled as she headed for the door of the hut sword in hand and how many ways to kill Naraku running through her head. Kagome stood up worry and fear on her face. "Korui calm down, please. You have had a long two days you need to rest." She grabbed onto her sisters arm and tried to stop of her.

"Kagome not now, I have business to deal with." She pulled her arm out of Kagomes grip and walked out of the hut. Kagome turned and looked at Inu Yasha. "A little help please?"

"What can I do about it? She's your sister." He sneered crossing his arms and turning his head away from her. "You deal with her." Kagome clinched her fist her eyes closed in frustration.

"Inu Yasha…" She said, rage in her voice her clinched fist shaking while one of her eyebrows twitched. Inu Yasha's eyes shot open recognizing the threatening voice. He turned his head to her while starting to Stand up.

"No Kagome W-" He was cut off by three sits yelled and went face first into the dirt floor creating a small dust cloud. He cursed at her but his words were muffled. A few seconds later, he slowly started to get up mumbling things to himself. "Fine, I'll go talk to her…don't know what good it's going to do…" He got to his feet fully and walked out of the hut slightly irritated.

Kagome closed her eyes and sighed collapsing to the ground. She rested her head on her hands wondering what she was going to do. Her thoughts were interrupted when Sango spoke.

"Kagome…why did you send Inu Yasha to talk to your sister instead of talking to her yourself?" Sango looked at Kagome with a perplexed look on her face as if she did not understand what Kagome wanted Inu Yasha to do. Miroku looked at her as a look asking the same question.

Kagome sighed and hung her head slightly closing her eyes. "It's a long story really…starting about 10 years ago, I was nine and Korui was thirteen. Well she was walking home late from school because she had detention for and hour. When she did not turn up for supper, our mom started to worry…a lot. It had started to rain and it got darker earlier that day. After a few hours of searching, the police found her curled up in an alley with bruises and a few cuts on her body."

Kagomes hands clinched tightly onto the hem of her skirt. "They brought her home wrapped in a towel. I was up in my room asleep when they brought her. The red flashing lights woke me and I crept down stairs to see what was going on. I peaked around the corner at the stairs into the living room and Korui was lying on the couch asleep. I heard them tell mom to take Korui to the hospital the next day to have her check. When I saw that Korui was all beat up I ran from my hiding place to her crying sissy…" Her voice creaked tears swelling up in her eyes and treating to stream down her cheeks. She fell quiet. She could not go on; it was too painful to remember that night. "I'm sorry…I can't go on…"

Sango scooted over to her and placed a comforting hand on her shoulder. "It's ok Kagome…" She was still confused on why Kagome sent Inu Yasha to go after Korui. Miroku looked into the flames of the slightly dieing fire, deep in thought. He came up with two possible things that could have happened and neither of them where that pretty. Kagome cried quietly for a little bit before she finally calmed.

"I-I guess that Inu Yasha could relate more to Korui then I could. Both have suffered much in their lives. ..Ever since the day after Korui's accident we grew apart." She was ringing her skirt slightly now. Kagome looked up at the door of the hut. She hoped that Inu Yasha could get through her sisters stubbornness.

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Korui walked quickly through the woods on the edge of the village. She was mumbling all the ways she was going to kill Naraku. "…make him suffer by cutting him a thousands times with a dual knife and then rubbing lemons on his wounds. Make him suffer and wish he was never born." Her eyes glinted. "Write a book called 101 ways to sauté a heartless bastard and I can test then all on him." She did not notice Inu Yasha coming up being her.

He caught up to her and went to tap her shoulder opening his mouth to say her name when Korui let go of a tree branch and it hit him in the face. He got a mouth full of pine needles and he sputtered. Korui went on alert and turned drawing her sword. "Who's th-" She stopped when she saw Inu Yasha. "Oh…it's you…" She turned and started to walk away seething her sword.

Inu Yasha walked after her trying to pick the last few pine needles off his tongue but ended up gagging himself. Korui heard him and rolled her eyes stopping. She turned and faced him. "What do you want?" She crossed her arms looking at him. He sputtered a few times then straightened up.

"Because Kagome sent me…" Against my will. He thought.

"Why didn't she come herself?" She was tapping her foot a little and Inu Yasha cringed out of habit due to Kagome doing the same thing when she was mad.

"I donno, ask her." He shrugged and crossed his arms taking a similar stance as she was. "She sent me to talk you out of going after Naraku." He shook his head after he spoke shaking loose a few pine needles that had tangled themselves in his silver hair.

Korui growled slightly. "Look, NOTHING you or anyone else will say will stop me from going after Naraku tonight, get that through your thick doggy head ok." She turned to walk off when Inu Yasha caught her by the arm. She turned giving him a questioning look.

"Don't go, not now. You're in no physical…or mental condition to go face him." His had the look of real concern. Korui sighed and thought it over. On one had she wanted to ripe the bastard limb from limp starting with his family jewels, while on the other Inu Yasha was talking scene. Her body was shaking slightly from the effort of just standing. Tons of thoughts where running through her head mainly on what just happened over the last half hour.

She was quiet for a few moments. 'Maybe I should listen to him and go back…' She though and opened her mouth to tell Inu Yasha when a cold voice spoke in the back of her mind.

Giving up already, I knew you were weak.'

'I'm not weak…just he's speaking scene' She thought looking a little fluster. Inu Yasha gave her an odd look.

'Leave the poor thing alone Kyo, she has been though a lot.' It was a sweet voice this time.

'Oh shove it Sakura, she knows it, we all do.' The cold voice snapped back. Korui closed her eyes tightly holding her head.

'Why don't you both shut up, your driving the other four and me crazy with all you're bickering.' Came a rough male voice.

"Shut up….Just shut up all of you!" Korui yelled aloud hitting her head slightly with her fist. Inu Yasha jumped at her out burst and gaped at her.

"Korui are…are you alright?" He walked over to her and placed his hand on her shoulder lightly. She jerked out of his gentle grasp her head snapping up. Her eyes were wide with bewilderment and fight. She clasped her right wrist with her left hand backing up. "Inu Yasha…I…I better go." She turned and started running fast. Inu Yasha yelled after her and then took off just as fast after her.

Korui ran through the dark forest for what seemed like forever. When she finally broke through the trees into an opening, she collapsed to the ground panting heavily her entire body shaking and in pain. She thought they were gone for good when she started to take a medication but they were back. She started to cry but no tears would come. Inu Yasha stopped just on the edge of the forest. The sun had started to come up behind him and started to lighten the clearing they had stopped at. What he saw made his mouth drop open in surprise.

They were at his father grave. She had run all night and collapsed at the edge of his fathers resting place of all places. He walked over to her and knelt next to her. "Korui…" He said gently.

Korui looked up at him with swollen eyes. She opened her mouth to say something but nothing came out but a small rasp. She swallowed and tried again. "Inu Yasha…" She said quietly.

"Hey, what happened back there?" He asked gesturing with his head slightly towards the forest.

"Their back…all of them…" She whispered hugging her self and rocking back and forth slightly.

"Who? Who are back?" He asked slight alarm in his voice. He held onto her shoulders stopping her from rocking.

She looked up him her eyes still wide and pleading. "The voices…" Her voice shook as she said it. Inu Yasha looked at her funny. Voices? He thought studying her. "Inu Yasha…"

He looked back to her eyes. "Yes."

"Why are you being so nice to me…you usually are an ass around me." She had gained some of her voice back and her eyes were not as swollen.

"I donno, I guess I just felt like you need help…I guess."

"Typical I guess…" She sighed pulling her knees up and resting her head on them. "So how long have you liked Kagome?"

"What?" Inu Yasha asked a bit alarmed. "What do you mean? I don't li-"

"Oh please. I see the way you look at her."

Inu Yasha blushed looking a little embarrassed. "I do not." He said turning his head away closing his eyes. He crossed his arms to act like he wasn't really bothered but Korui already gathered that he really did like Kagome.

Korui stood up and sighed. "Ok, deny it all you want that still doesn't change anything." She looked down into the canyon that contained the giant bones of Inu Yashas' father. "Where are we?"

Inu Yasha opened his eyes and looked at the remains of his father. "My fathers grave…" He said in a serious tone. Korui looked over at him with an odd look.

"Your father? That is your father? He's humongous!" She made and arm jester as she said it. "How did he and your mother you know, do it?" She looked at him. He was blushing again and didn't answer her. She smiled looked back. She squinted at something on the arm. "What is that?" She said mainly to herself but Inu Yasha responded.

"What is what?" He looked in the direction she was looking.

"That…on the armor on the right shoulder." She pointed to it.

"I don't see anything." He said squinting to try to see it. She sighed and closed her eyes.

"Is there anyway to get over there?" She asked looking for a way down the cliff they were on.

Inu Yasha nodded and pointed to the sky. "Last time I was here, I used one of the birds to get over there."

Korui looked to the sky as one of the giant birds dived down. They were mainly feathers and bones, nothing like the birds she was use to. Plus they were as big as cars. She jumped slightly and covered her head with her arms waiting for it to attack. When it didn't, she looked to see that it had flown higher again. "Are you sure that's the only way?" Inu Yasha nodded. She groaned. "I dreaded that…oh well." She watched the birds for a while. When one dove near them again she took a running start and jumped, landing on its back.

Inu Yasha smiled and followed right behind. "Surprised you made it, not bad...for a wolf." She growled throatily and he quieted.

The bird then carried them towards the large demon bones. They jumped off and landed on the head, Korui nearly slipping. She gained her balance and headed for the right shoulder to see what the thing was. She jumped down and started to search the massive shoulder plate.

Green plants had started to grow on it, tangled in with sticks and smaller bones of demons. She searched for a good ten minutes when she found a stick that didn't look right. She pulled away the greenery to find an arm in perfect condition hidden in it. She gasped slightly and called Inu Yasha over. "Oi, Inu Yasha, I found something."

Inu Yasha ran over and looked at the arm. His eyebrows drew together his eyes getting slightly angry. "I figured as much…its Sesshoumaru's arm he lost from out fight."

Korui looked up at him. "Sesshoumaru has only one arm? Didn't it, like, grow back or something, considering he's a demon." She looked at him perplexed.

"Yeah, he only has one arm. I though he would have come back for it but I guess he's been hunting for a hand that could hold the tesiga anyways."

"The witty witty what?" She asked raising an eyebrow.

"It's a sword we have been fighting over for the past fifty years or so." He shrugged. "He's never getting it thought." He placed his hand on the hilt of his sword.

Korui sighed. "Men…when something they want comes into view they automatically whip out their swords I swear…" She looked around to find something to carry the arm. "Help me find some cloth or something."

He raised an eyebrow. "Why?…"

"So I can carry the arm back…I have a few plans for it." She smiled at him and Inu Yasha shivered getting a bad idea forming in his head.

A/N
Kitsune: Well that's the next chapter out of the way YAY! Well stay tune next chapter to see the plan forming in Korui's head and maybe a surprise…sort of...visit form our favorite wolf demon Kouga!