The villagers seemed so calm. They didn't feel the sense of doom coming that Inuyasha did. Get off the roads, get off the roads! Inuyasha thought to himself. He saw one of the villagers look up and question the size of the animal coming at them.
"A bird?"
The other behind him looked up as well. "No bird has that tail…"
"What is it then?" The first growled under his breath embarrassed at being called out.
A woman closer to the bridge screamed as it came closer. "My baby!" Inuyasha gasped as the demon flew off with a child in its arms.
Kagome growled louder, "Damn it, the change has started!" She kicked up speed as Inuyasha clutched her shoulders tightly as she watched the child cry and scream as he was dragged further into the sky.
Inuyasha stared at the demon bird then at the back of Kagome's head. "You don't mean…its going to eat him!?!"
Kagome snorted, "I told you! That crow-demon feeds on humans! It's too bad that the weight of his prey slows him down isn't it…too bad for the crow that is." She began to chuckle. She lunged at the demon, claws driving for the head. "Feel my claws bastard!"
Inuyasha grabbed Kagome's hair and tugged. "No, idiot! Save the boy first!" He leapt off Kagomes back and wrapped his arms around the child dragging both the child and the bird further toward the ground.
Kagome cursed as her swing went wild. "You fool! What do you think you're-shit!" She yelled as the bird wiped its head around to try to bite Inuyasha who clung to its foot. "Demon begone!" She yelled finally getting a good connection and slicing the demon to bits.
Inuyasha hit the ground hard but the child was clutched safely in his arms. He scrambled into a sitting position and wrenched the clawed foot off the childs arm. What the hell is up with this place? Everything tries to kill and eat humans? Isn't there other prey around? He thoughtto himself. The child clung to him tightly, "It's okay you're safe now." He said patting the childs back with one hand while he awkwardly held the foot with his other hand. A sickening sound came from all around him and he looked up to see the bits and pieces of what used to be crow-demon twitched and began to move.
"Boy!" Kagome called landing not far away. "Do you see the Jewel?" Suddenly the crow bits leapt into the air and began to piece itself together. "Feh!" Kagome muttered ignoring the surprised calls of the villagers.
Inuyasha stared up at the crow as it flew off and concentrated. There it was! That glowing spot beneath the wing. "I see it! Under its wing!" He called out stepping forward as the boys mother came and grabbed him.
Kagome leapt and managed to only get his tail as it twisted out of reach. "Curse the thing!" She muttered and landed as Inuyasha ran up to her side. "It'll g on flying---until its hell-born corpse absorbs the whole blasted Jewel." You stupid girl, it's all your fault.
I've got to do something fast! But…Inuyasha jerked surprised when the foot in his hand started pulling hard against his grip. I've got it! He pulled an arrow out of his quiver and used the tie of his school uniform to tie the foot to the arrow.
Inuyasha pulled the arrow tight in the bow. "This time…" He aimed carefully while around him people muttered doubts.
Kagome snorted at the arrow. "You can't hit it. Not as feeble with the bow as you are."
Inuyasha growled under his breath then yelled loudly. "It will hit!" With a snap the arrow flew into the air.
Kagome blinked as she noticed the demon's foot tied to the arrow that was flying straight and true. The demon's own leg!!
If this Shikon Jewel makes him regenerate…Inuyasha thought clenching the bow tightly in his fist and praying. Then the legs got to head back to the rest of the body…right? The arrow kept going, much farther and longer than the first time he'd shot the arrow. With a thud loud enough to be heard as far below as they were the arrow smacked into the demons side.
One of the villagers fell onto his butt. "He…HE STRUCK IT!!" He cried out as Inuyasha cheered.
Suddenly a louder noise was heard, a cracking as though a piece of glass was shattering into a thousand pieces. Kagome and Inuyasha stared at the sky as it glowed brightly confused and dazed by the light. Suddenly the ball of light burst out and little bits of light flew out in all directions. Over a mile away Kaede was looking into the sky and thinking that something had gone very wrong.
Inuyasha was hanging on to Kagome's back a few minutes later as they searched for the Jewel that the demon had taken and Kagome was getting extremely annoyed at the time it was taking. Something about that flash…Inuyasha thought remembering the cracking sound and the bright light. It chills me to the bone.
Kagome's angry voice broke into his thoughts. "Are you sure the Jewel's this way fool?!"
Inuyasha nodded, "I just…have this feeling that…" The sound of a flying object broke in this time and they both looked up to see the head of the demon flying at them.
"So quickly?" Kagome yelled watching as it flew swiftly toward them.
Inuyasha stared confused. The last time the demon had been killed all of it had come back…why just a bit of it this time?
Kagome chuckled to herself. "At last we go head to head huh?" She leapt into the air and slammed the palm of her hand down onto the demons head and crushed it into the ground. "Die demon!" A pretty stone popped out from under Kagomes hand and Inuyasha moved forward to pick it up.
Kagome turned ready to grab the Jewel and stopped staring at the little piece that Inuyasha held in his hand. "The Jewel-"
"Um…" Inuyasha muttered studying the stone shard in his hand. "I guess it could be…a little piece…of the Jewel." He chuckled embarrassed. Oh shit…
"No…NO!" Kagome yelled slamming her fist into the ground. "HOW CAN THIS BE?"
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