Scroll 5 – Inu Yasha's Arrow
"Obviously you're not him," Kagome replied in irritation. Ahead of them the crew demon continued in its search for food.
There were villagers in the fields. Suddenly one looked up noticing a creature coming closer. "Huh?"
The others looked up at what he was pointing towards.
"A bird?" one guessed.
"But look at its tail," another replied.
"Then what is it?" the first one asked.
A mother and child were carrying food into the village when the men finally realized what the fast approaching creature was.
"Demon!" The villagers began to run in panic, but before they could get very far, the crow demon had swooped down and snatched the little girl from her mother's grasp.
"Mommy!"
"Noooo!" the mother cried, grabbing for her daughter.
Still following the crow demon, Kagome and Inu Yasha flew over the field. "Damn it! It's already got something," Kagome growled in frustration. Inu Yasha squinted and tried to see what Kagome's cat-like eyes had already spotted. As they drew closer, Inu Yasha realized the thing hanging in its talons was a little girl.
"It's gonna eat her?" he asked.
"Weren't you listening? Crow demons eat humans!" Kagome yelled then smiled. "Too bad his prey slows him down, he won't be able to put up a decent fight," she laughed and sped up. As she approached the demon, she raised her hand to strike.
"Wait!" Inu Yasha cried. "The girl first!" he yelled, jumping from Kagome's back to grab the little girl and the crow demon's foot.
"Claws of Pure Light!" She attacked just as Inu Yasha grabbed the demon. "Idiot boy! I could have killed you, too!" She watched as Inu Yasha and the girl fell. "Not that I would have cared much…" she muttered with a shrug. Luckily the crow demon had been flying over a stream when she'd attacked. She landed on the river bank and watched as the demon parts fell into the water with Inu Yasha and the human child.
Inu Yasha's head appeared along with the girl's. He swam to the bank and lifted the girl up to her mother. As he pulled himself out of the water, he spoke to the girl, "Are you alright, hon?" The girl nodded as she cried and clung to her mother. Inu Yasha noticed that the demon's foot was still wrapped around the girl's arm and was just removing it when Kagome strolled up.
"You are an extremely stupid, idiotic imbecile," she huffed. "I could have killed you and gotten my jewel back, all without even bothering with that old hag. Next time you do something stupid like that, warn me so I can take full advantage of your stupidity!" She continued grumbling about water and sending someone in after her jewel.
Inu Yasha didn't have a chance to reply because one of the villagers began to yell and point at the water. "It's back! It's reassembling itself!"
"Damn, it's using the Jewel's regenerating powers!" Kagome fumed, lashing out at the crow demon. She only managed to slash its tail which it reassembled almost immediately. As it flew away Kagome ranted and fumed at it.
Inu Yasha, on the other hand, began to think. He looked down at the foot twitching in his hand. He drew an arrow and tied the foot to it with his bandana. He pulled the bow off his back and began to draw the arrow. Kagome turned at the sound and began to laugh. "If you couldn't hit it before, you'll never be able to now!" she laughed.
"Wanna bet?" Inu Yasha asked as he drew back the bow as far as he could. He released it with a twang. He could hear the villagers behind him murmuring in doubt. He watched confidently as the arrow continued to fly directly at the crow demon. He watched smugly as Kagome realized that the foot tied to the arrow would ensure that it would hit its target.
The villagers watched in awe as the arrow neared the crow demon. Rolling her eyes and growling, Kagome explained to them about the foot. By now the rest of the village had come out and everyone was watching as the arrow reached the demon.
Suddenly there was a bright light surrounding the demon. They watched as the light spread out and went in all directions, the demon pieces falling to the ground in the forest where Kagome had been trapped.
Behind them, Kagome could hear Kaede mumbling about bad omens and things not boding well. Ignoring the villagers, she grabbed Inu Yasha and headed towards the spot in the forest where she had seen the demon fall.
As they reached the place where she thought the demon fell, they began to find pieces of it. Kagome turned to Inu Yasha who was watching the twitching pieces. "Okay, now where's my jewel?" she demanded. He began scanning the ground but didn't see any glowing pieces that indicated the Shikon Jewel. He began to shake his head when there was a screech from above. They looked up and saw the demon's head flying down at them. Inu Yasha was about to scream when Kagome jumped up and finished the demon off with one swipe of her claws. Inu Yasha watched as the last bits of the demon fell to the ground and soon spotted the tell tale glowing that mean the Jewel.
Kagome saw where eh was looking and immediately slammed her hand down on the twitching piece of flesh to reveal the Jewel.
"Huh? What the hell is this!" Kagome snarled at the odd human.
"I guess this could be…a piece…of the Jewel," Inu Yasha ventured, picking up the shard that was glowing the Shikon Jewel.
"What do you mean 'a piece'!" she shrieked, horrified.
"Let's see if is Kaede has any idea of what's going on," he suggested, standing up.
Kagome rolled her eyes and growled something about 'the stupid old hag' as she followed him back into the village.
"I knew that light did not bode well," Kaede said as she examined the shard Inu Yasha had handed her.
"So is that really the Jewel?" he asked. The old priestess nodded.
"Your arrow that was shot at the demon also shattered the Shikon Jewel," she began to explain. "Now there is no question that you are my brother reborn. Only he had the power that could have broken the Jewel. That light must have been the Jewel shattering. Since you only found this one piece, the rest of the Jewel must have been scattered."
"WHAT!" Kagome roared. "You broke MY JEWEL!" she yelled, rounding on Inu Yasha, who began backing away from the enraged demon.
"Bad, Kitty!" he yelled as she stalked closer. "So does this mean it can't change demons or give them more power now?" he asked the priestess over the fallen form of Kagome who let out an extra whimper when he said this.
"Oh, no. A shard of the Shikon Jewel will still grant the demon with extra power, but instead of being weaker than the whole Jewel, it would give them as much added power as the complete Jewel would."
Kagome brightened a bit at this news. Picking herself up, she grinned confidently at Inu Yasha and Kaede, "Good, then I still only have to get this piece so I can become a full demon."
Kaede smirked at her. "I'm sorry, Kagome, but you'll still need the Jewel in it's entirety for that."
Kagome let out a frustrated howl and started towards the aged priestess. Kaede looked at Inu Yasha calmly. Once again Kagome found herself face down on the floor. With a huff, she picked herself up and turned her back to Kaede and Inu Yasha, muttering about 'damn meddling humans.'
After a few moments Kaede spoke again. "The two of you must work together to retrieve the pieces of the Jewel. Inu Yasha, you are the only one who can see them, and Kagome, you are strong enough to defeat most of the demons who will have gotten hold of the shards."
"But—" Inu Yasha began.
"Hey, if you think I'll work with that feather-brained twit, you obviously don't know me," Kagome stated, cutting Inu Yasha off.
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A/N: i'm so very sorry about not posting for such a long time...i got stuck, then i got swamped with homework and papers and tests, but i was absolutely thrilled to see that TWO people put me on their favorites...thanks to Endevorer and Otritzi! oh & just as a warning, the next chapter might be slow in coming out since it's nearing finals week and i'm not quite sure where the manga ends the next scroll
also i'v been re-reading through what i have (mostly to get back into it) and i'v noticed some typing errors, first i want to appologize for those, i technically don't have a beta but i have a habit of reading & re reading all my stuff several times before i'm happy enough with it to post...i have corrected the errors on my computer & i might eventually get around to correcting it on here, but probably only when i finish this fic or i'v gotten much further than i am now...