A Wolf's Only Wish
-Birds Of A Feather Die Together-
Who knew that a week's worth of intensive training would make such a big difference? Everyday Tsuki would wake Kagome up at dawn and they would train late into the night. While they trained it was like Tsuki was a completely different person, she showed no mercy. But, all the wolves took battles very seriously and would strategize. Especially now since they were going against the birds of paradise. If Kagome fell or stumbled it was up to her to get herself up and keep moving or she'd end up dead.
The running and stamina part was easy, mere child's play for her. And Kagome was pretty good at wielding swords since she was required to take kendo in school. But, when it came down to archery she was horrible! She had the worst aim and would miss the target completely! How the hell had she managed to kill that centipede demon?
"C'mon Kagome! Concentrate!" Tsuki yelled.
"I am!"
"No your not! Now focus!"
Kagome whipped around "It can't be helped! I have no aim!"
"So you're just going to give up?" Tsuki asked angrily.
"No! You just assume that to be so." Kagome shot back.
The two girls glared at each other for a moment. When had they become so aggressive? They were both at each other's neck.
"Good night Tsuki." Kagome said and walked off.
"Where do you think you are going? Get back here! The battle is tomorrow!" Tsuki called after her.
"Exactly! We shouldn't be stressing ourselves out right before a battle!" Kagome said and continued on her way.
While Kagome walked by she saw that everybody was still awake. Men were sitting on rock sharpening weapons and polishing armor. The women were trying to cater to their mates any way they could. And the wolf cubs were busy playing, oblivious to what was going on around them and the seriousness of the situation. Others cried begging their fathers not to go.
"Please daddy don't leave!"
Kagome couldn't help but feel sorry for them. But, it was really none of her business. She had to worry more about herself and how she going to make it out alive.
"I'm so tired." She yawned.
"Then go to sleep."
"That's exactly what I'm going to do now Koga."
"You scared?" he asked.
"I'm terrified." She admitted.
"Me too." He sighed.
"Really?" her eyebrows rose.
"Yeah. I hate the thought of losing any members of the pack."
"Family must be very important to you guys huh?"
"Yes. And I'm guessing it's the same way with you humans "
Kagome nodded not looking at him.
"Well look on the bright side when all this is over you can return to your own pack."
"That's something I don't get."
"What?" he asked.
"You kidnap me so I can help you with this battle thing. And you don't want anything else?"
"What do you mean?"
"Well let's just get this one thing straight… I'm not handing the Shikon Jewel to anyone. Not even you." She said and walked off leaving the wolf prince dumbfounded.
Kagome finally made her way back to the female's caves. She dropped onto her knees and curled up into a ball. 'I can't wait to go home… if I live through this thing that is…' was the last thing she thought before she fell asleep.
"It's Inuyasha!" a voice cried out in fear.
There was utter chaos as villagers covered their faces running and yelling. The very familiar half demon burst through the hut ripping apart the puny nets that tried to capture him. He laughed as he ran into another hut leaving the humans in the dust. He covers his sensitive dog nose and snatches the lavender jewel in the center of the room that glowed brightly. The villagers catch up and shoot spears and arrows at him, which he easily dodges and breaks through the roof of the hut.
"INUYASHA!"
He turns around and sees a bloodied young woman shooting arrows at him. She shoots and hits him in the heart and leaves him pinned to a tree.
"Ki-...Kikyo..." he whispers before his eyes close and he becomes limp.
The young wounded woman named Kikyo stumbled towards the sacred jewel that landed on the ground. Blood keeps pouring out of her body and leaves a trail. The villagers run to her side sobbing and mourning cause they already knew her fate. A little girl with an eye-patch tries to treat Kikyo's wounds but she refuses.
"It's too late already. So, listen carefully, Kaede… burn this jewel with my body."
The scene goes blank until a burst of flames shows Kikyo's body getting burned with the Shikon Jewel. Evil laughing and a spider mark on a man's back disturb the silence.
Kagome sat up from her straw bed. Tears were running down her cheeks 'I- it was a bad dream. Why am I crying? It had nothing to do with me.'
Tsuki had woken up from the smell of water and salt; she watched Kagome intently "Are you alright?"
Kagome nodded "Yeah. Just had a nightmare I guess."
"Kagome who's Naraku?" Tsuki asked curiously.
"Naraku?"
Tsuki's nose wrinkled "Yeah, you said that name in your sleep. It sounds familiar and I don't like it."
Kagome shrugged "Sorry but I have no idea who that is or why I would even say that name while I slept."
Light was starting to enter the caves. It was time for all the wolves to wake up. Tsuki stood up tall in the center of all the sleeping females.
"Okay! Time to get up ladies! Up, up, up!"
There was a sound of groaning and cursing as the female wolves were waking up. Tsuki looked back but Kagome was already gone. 'Where did she go off to now?'
Kagome sighed as she dipped and washed off in the hot springs. 'Last tome I had a strange dream like that I ended up here… what's going to happen to me now?' Kagome climbed out and dressed in her furs and armor. She had finally gotten used to putting it on and did not need anymore help from Tsuki or Koga. Kagome slowly made her way over to the main den. She had also gotten used to living and navigating through the wolf caves and forestland. When she got to the den it seemed like all the wolf demons crammed themselves inside.
"Kagome!" Tsuki called and waved her hand up in the air.
"Yes?" Kagome asked as she walked over to the wolf girl.
"Eat." Tsuki said handing her a basket of fruits.
"I'm too nervous to eat." Kagome said shaking her head.
"You need your strength." Tsuki argued.
"No."
"Yes."
"No!"
"Yes!"
"I said no!"
Tsuki tackled Kagome playfully "And I said yes!"
Kagome couldn't help laugh at her childish antics "No."
"Don't make me torture you." Tsuki growled with an evil smirk.
Everybody watched the two as if they had gone crazy, which was part true at the moment.
"Enough!" Koga said sternly.
"But Koga she refuses to eat her food. Make her eat!"
"Why should I? I'm not responsible for her she's not my cub." He said.
"Hmph! That's what you say now. Wait until she gives birth to your cubs." Tsuki said getting off of Kagome and causing everyone to gasp and snicker.
"What was that?"
"Oh nothing! Nothing." Tsuki said innocently.
Koga snorted, "Let's go!"
Everybody got to their feet and started marching out with weapons in hand. Women said goodbye to their mates and cubs cried for their fathers. That's when Kagome noticed she and Tsuki were one of the few females going out to battle. But, she dared not ask why since everybody was silent as they marched up the mountains into the bird's territory. They all marched for what seemed like forever. Kagome's bare feet began to bleed; she was not used to walking over sharp stones and twigs like these wolves.
Koga looked back at Kagome as he caught smell of blood. He could tell she was in pain but did not complain or even make a sound. She was stronger than the average human and he remembered why he respected her so much.
"Stop… We're here."
Everybody immediately came to a halt. All the wolves started whispering in their own secret language leaving poor Kagome left out and confused. The wolves soon broke off into their squadrons and were off.
"Kagome you're here with us." Tsuki said dragging her over to Koga, Hakkaku, and Ginta.
"So what am I supposed to do?" Kagome asked nervously.
"Sit here and look pretty." Tsuki shot back sarcastically.
"Oh don't worry Kagome has the pretty thing down it her aim that sucks." Hakkaku laughed.
Kagome stomped on his foot and snatched the arrows from him "Hmph!"
"Oww!"
"Shut up and stop playing around!" Koga growled. "Protect each other."
"Koga where are you going?" Kagome asked.
"After the leader." He said cockily and ran off leaving a mini twister behind.
"Don't worry Kagome your sweet Koga will return safely." Tsuki laughed and ran off.
"Aww your taken damn!" Hakkaku groaned and ran after Tsuki feeling heart broken.
"C'mon lets go before we miss all the action." Ginta said carrying Kagome on his back, which he slightly struggled with.
'Damn I'm that fat! Never mind I have to stay focused on slaying demons…' Kagome thought.
When they arrived at the battlefield (mountain w/e) the fighting had already begun. And it wasn't starting out too well either. Wolf demons were being plucked off the ground by the horrible looking birds. Kagome and Ginta ran over to Tsuki and Hakkaku who were busy fighting off one of the over grown birds.
"Stay back sister!" Ginta said as he ran over to join the fight.
Kagome felt so helpless. In a blink of an eye a bird of paradise swooped down and carried Ginta away in its talons. She immediately ran over.
"We've got to help him!" she cried.
"We can't. He'll be taken to the feeding nest." Hakkaku said sadly.
Kagome couldn't take it anymore. She aimed the bow and shot the arrow praying to god that it will hit the bird and not Ginta. And her prayers were answered. The arrow hit the bird demon and quickly purified.
"Bulls eye!" Kagome said proudly.
Everyone was amazed that Kagome had actually hit the mark and had such strong spiritual powers.
"Wow she's one hell of a shot!" one of the wolves exclaimed.
"C'mon why has everyone stopped? Stay focused!" Kagome said aiming for another bird.
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Koga was up at the mountaintop fighting the ugly leader of the birds of paradise. That monstrosity was huge and put up on hell of a good fight. The bird's speed was not that far from his own. Koga briefly looked down at his soldiers and was relieved to see they were doing well, especially Kagome. She had actually taken out a majority of the birds.
The birds weren't stupid though. They noticed that the human girl had great spiritual powers that could destroy them all. They needed to get rid of her before she got rid of them; she was the source of all their problems. The birds were all coming at her from all different directions. But, fortunately she had strong wolf demons by her side that fought hard to help protect her.
The birds of paradise leader continued to fight with Koga and noticed that he was worried and getting slightly distracted by the events taking place below them. The bird looked down and with his keen eyesight scanned for what held the wolf prince's attention. To his surprise it was a human priestess that everybody was focusing on.
"She has the sacred jewel! I can sense it!" the leader exclaimed and grinned.
Koga's eyes widened as the bird swooped down towards Kagome; going in for the kill. And it just had to be the moment that Kagome ran out arrows. Gee what luck! She let out a scream as she realized there was no way she could escape.
'CRASH! CRUSH! CRASH! CRUSH!'
Kagome opened her eyes and to her relief she was in Koga's arms. When they were a good enough distance away he put her down near a crack in the rocks.
"I'll take care of this pest." He said and ran off again.
This was the first time Kagome had a good look around the battlefield. It was horrible. How had she not noticed before? How could she have been a part of this? She was now a murderer! Sure they were demons that she killed but still she was a murder nonetheless. There was the horrible stench of blood and guts everywhere. Dead bodies of wolves and birds were all over the place. It was sickening. Kagome wanted to throw up.
Kagome's head snapped around once she heard wolf demons scream in horror.
"KOGA!" she cried.
The wolf prince's left arm was clenched in between the birds of paradise leader's razor sharp fangs. Blood trickled down his arm and it was obvious he was in major pain. The bird kept flying with Koga's arm in his mouth making the wound much worse.
'What the hell! Why isn't anybody helping him?' Kagome screamed in her head.
"Hey you! Stupid over grown sized chicken!" she yelled at the top of her lungs getting everybody's attention.
The bird immediately dropped Koga and went after Kagome, which was not a really good move, for him at least. The wolves rushed over to their leader. But, Kagome ran out from the rocks she was placed in and pulled out arrows from the already dead corpses. She aimed her bow and arrow carefully and once the bird came close enough she let go.
It was magical. Bright lights appeared and even Kagome's body was glowing lavender. The birds of paradise leader screamed in pain and was purified on the spot.
Kagome dropped to her knees 'This is my first and I hope last battle!'
