Chapter 8
Out of nowhere a bright light came and hit Kagome in the chest causing her to fall to her knees and grip her right hand in a fist above her heart. She stood up from her kneeling position and took a deep breath.
"Kikyo is dead." She calmly said breaking the silence that had descended upon the group shortly after the laughter had died, laughter caused basically by none other than the Lord Sesshomaru himself. The very fact that Sesshomaru was inside Inu Yasha's body had been used by none other than Miroku to lighten the mood after Inu Yasha ran off to find Kikyo, in Sesshomaru's body.
"What!" echoed in the small valley the travels were in as they saw that their friend was okay, not including Sesshomaru who didn't care about any of this brothers pathetic friends the only thing to concern him was how could Naraku kill the dead priestess. In the past Naraku had tried to kill the priestess, but he had never before succeed.
"I can feel it, a small piece of my soul has returned. The strange thing is I don't feel any of Kikyo's hatred as I have other times when she had almost died. It is as if Kikyo has forever been banished to some void, or something that I just can't describe." She looked at her friends, hoping they would have an idea as to what had done this.
"Well now we know why Sesshomaru-I mean Inu Yasha has run off. Wait could this have been caused by Naraku's new creation. We have already seen what it can do," Miroku pointed to Sesshomaru, "this could be another power possessed by Naraku's creation." He said this and hoped he was wrong for this creation of Naraku's could truly prove to be a force to be reckoned with.
"It may not be a new power, if the incarnation is able to transport a soul from one place to another, all it would have had to do would be pull Kikyo's soul out of her pretend body and release her soul into the void or nothingness. You could think of it as a more powerful Kanna." Miroku went on to say after a brief pause.
"Inu Yasha…" Kagome whispered as she looked out into the woods in the direction Inu Yasha had departed. Every one felt for him. Naraku's plan was too obvious; Kikyo is or had been his greatest weakness and the biggest threat to him. She would be the first one to go after.
Demons everywhere fell to the ground by the hands of a dark and mysterious demon that was going into a fearful rage. Many lower level demons fled but where quickly killed any way. The last thing these demons say were the angered golden eyes slowly turning red, natural strips expanding a little, fangs sharpening. Then there was nothing but searing pain as the blackness took over. Some may have recognized the cold face of Sesshomaru Lord of the Western Lands. Put if they only new what this meant and that this killing could prove to be mercy in the end with the possible outcomes from the final battle that was soon to come in just a matter of time.
Everything was perfect, even better than perfect Kikyo was dead. The Lord Sesshomaru and his blasted brother had switched bodies. Kikyo's final death had thrown Inu Yasha in to a rage. A rage that would be devastating seeing as he had no idea how to control the powers his mighty brother possessed. All that was needed was for Inu Yasha to tire than he could go and absorb the power of a great full demon into himself giving him more power. Kagome and her friends of shard hunters would then be no match for him; he wouldn't need to borrow strength from the jewel for that.