I walked slowly down the village trail, trying to calm my nerves. Feudal Japan? How the hell am I supposed to get out of this mess? What is going to happen to me exactly? I looked up at the sky, admiring the beauty before me. Sigh, I might as well take it easy, I thought to myself, I've been through a lot. The memory of the flashes of extreme pain, made me shudder a little. Never again. What had happened to me exactly, did I have a heart attack? A withdrawal of some kind? No, it couldn't be that I would be dead by now?
I strolled into the forest ahead, ignoring the glances of curiosity I got from the villagers. I continued down passing by some of the fields, to see a well not far beyond. Ah, maybe I'll rest there, I thought, as my legs were becoming tired, from the lack of exercise I got the past four days. I slowly approached the well, sitting down and letting myself get lost in my thoughts. This feels much better. I looked around as a light breeze run through the air making the trees sway a little. The grass below me glistened in the sunlight, as did the pond beyond which tinkled lightly, like a lullaby. How peaceful, this might not be as bad as I thought.
A tingling sensation began to run its course through my wrist, which made me jolt in surprise. What? I looked at my wrist and saw nothing at first. Heat began to radiate there, and I felt a sudden powerful urge to walk towards the stream. I got up and began to walk slowly there, holding out my arm to reach it. When I got to the surface I noticed a child there sitting there, with his feet submerged in the water. He glanced up at me, revealing a cut on his arm. He stiffened and began to get up.
"No I'm not going to hurt you what's wrong with your arm? Let me help you, what's your name?" I asked softly sitting next to him. His stance isn't waver, as I took in his expressionless eyes. "Let me take a look at that boy, what's your name?" I ripped my sleeve and touched his wound to clean it. He didn't respond, he just merely let me dress his wound. The heat in my hand began to beat strongly as I covered the wound with it. Heal, a little voice said in my head. What?
HEAL!
Heal? I pondered at it and felt the burst of energy surge through my arm. This poor child lets heal this arm, I thought to myself. Suddenly, a green light escaped from my hand, shining brightly over the wound, making my shriek in surprise.
"What is this?" I asked myself. Magic? Is this what Inuyasha was talking about? The red light from before? The green light evaporated, revealing the closed wound. I gasped, rising from my feet what was going on. What the hell? I quickly tried to take my leave.
"Well that seems better, get home boy," I said quickly, turning to head back to the village and explain to the others what had happened.
"You have the power it seems, Naraku was right," said a woman's voice from above. My head rose up sharply, to see a woman there sitting on a tree above. She was wearing a pink kimono and had her hair tied up in a bun. She carried a fan in her hand and seemed to be fanning herself with it. What the hell does she want? Her red eyes, though, were what disturbed me the most, as they glowed menacingly before me. I glared at her, thinking of a way to get away, as I was getting a bad vibe from her.
"Can I help you with something? What are you? ANSWER ME!" I demanded, rising whatever, bravado I could muster as I tried to think of a way to get the boy and me away. I glanced behind me to see him still sitting there at the pond. "Hey kid get out of here," I yelled. Suddenly, I felt a sharp stabbing pain at my shoulder. "Ack!" I screamed as I fell over to the floor. I turned to see the boy holding a dagger like weapon towards me, ready to strike. I grasped my shoulder to see blood rushing out in a surprising speed. Oh, good it's shallow. I gritted my teeth at the pain, looking up at the woman, as she smiled at me with amusement. "What the hell do you want!" I seethed, fighting back the urge to spit at her. She smiled at me, as she lowered herself in front of me.
"So you're the girl. I've been instructed by Naraku to take you back. Good job Kohaku," she answered dully, as if she was bored. Agh, that bitch. I glanced to the side, looking at an escape route. There was no way I was going to get away without some more injuries, but it was worth a shot. I rolled over to the side, and quickly got to my feet and began to run as fast as I could, ignoring the rustling of the grass behind me, which could be none other than them chasing me. I spotted the village ahead, and put more strength into my run. Dammit, run. Run. RUN!
I felt another stabbing sensation at my other shoulder, but bit back the shriek and continued running. Wait a minute, I thought. Why haven't they stabbed me in the back or something like that? Why aren't they killing me, what exactly do they want. I turned my head behind me to see the boy sprinting after me in great haste, with the same expressionless eyes illuminating in the light.
"Dammit," I seethed. I would not run like a coward, what were all those years of training meant for anyways. I would face these enemies' head on. I would not be their little scared mouse. I stopped running and turned towards the boy, in stance ready to fight. He didn't stop as he advanced upon me. He raised his blade to strike me, and I quickly went to grab his wrist. He backed away as I threw the first punch, which landed in his stomache. He didn't seem to feel the pain, but merely got up to attack me again. Oh no not again. I blocked his weapon with my arm, and grabbed his wrist, and pulled it towards me. I grabbed the dagger and threw it behind me as I slammed the boy down on the ground and punched him in the face. He fell to the ground unconscious. I quickly looked up to see the woman falling towards me and flashing her fan at me. My instincts instantly told me to move.
"DANCE OF BLADES!" she roared, a surge of blades came my way. I quickly dodged them, rolling over to the side and running down the hill in great haste. Suddenly, a great burst of heat again ran down my fingertips, as the panic started to kick in. What is this! Feeling the woman getting closer, I turned around and raised my hands to her direction.
"ATTACK!" I screamed, and soon a huge burst of red energy, escaped from my hands. She dodged it barely, but not before it grazed her shoulder. She glared at me with her red eyes, raising her fan to slash it again. Be ready, I told myself.
Out of nowhere, I saw a shadow jump over me. Inuyasha's form came before my eyes, with his back towards me. I fell on my knees, as I noticed that he carried a huge fang shaped sword. Inuyasha glanced back at me with a serious look on his face.
'You idiot, you shouldn't have run off like that!" he turned to the woman and hissed at her, while gripping his sword ever more tightly. 'Kagura," he muttered in disgust. 'What the hell are you doing here? Where is that disgusting Naraku hiding now you witch?" I looked up at him, shocked at his menacing tone. Who was this woman exactly?
"KANAME! Are you all right! Oh god your hurt let me get it," called Kagome in the distance. I turned to see her accompanied by a woman wearing a pink kimono and a man dressed in monk robes. Kagome sat down next to me and started to look at my shoulders. I hissed when she sprayed it with the disinfectant. "Oh I'm sorry, it'll last only a little ok let me bandage it," she said worriedly. I nodded, letting her continue with my wounds.
Kagura? Kagura looked at Inuyasha with utter loathing, as she seemed to realize she was out numbered. She quickly glanced in my direction, and took a feather from her ear. A huge gust of wind began to swirl around us making me flinch before I looked up and saw Kagura fly away into the distance.