Ch 10
Sango and Miroku were sitting outside a hut talking…more like Sango was slapping Miroku for being his perverted self. They heard Kagome and Inuyasha from a mile away…
"Knock it off wench!" Inuyasha leaped over a fallen tree.
"Stop calling me wench then, I expect to be called Kagome after how long?" She broke another branch in his path.
Inuyasha jumped up above the trees to get away from the nagging girl. She growled low in her throat in annoyance, and then jumped up to his level.
She smiled wickedly, then moved closer to him and waited. "Inuyasha…" they were over a thick bit of forest (a lot of branches). "Osuwari…" Inuyasha plummeted down through every last branch.
"Wench!" Kagome laughed to herself as she ran ahead.
"Kagome-chan?" Sango got up to meet her friend.
"Hey Sango. Sorry we didn't tell you where we went. There was a bit of business we had to take care of. Don't worry we will tell you after supper…that is if he gets all the wood out of his hair." Kagome turned around and snickered at the mangled hanyou.
He growled low in his throat as a challenge. She growled back as to say 'bring it on pup' but that only pissed him off more.
"Calm down Inuyasha. How about some ramen." He stopped growling. Kagome laughed and rummaged through her bag.
AFTER SUPPER
"Okay according to what Inuyasha told me, I let my anger get the best of me and…"
"Ah so you got to live your demon side miss miko and if I'm not mistaken that wakizashi at your side is to…ouch…" Kagome lifted her hand from her neck to reveal a very flat Myoga.
"Yes, as he so RUDELY interrupted. This is my 'protection' as I would like to put it. It also contains my miko powers within it too…"
"Aw…that truly is amazing, Toutosai does marvelous work." Myoga sat on Kagome's shoulder with both pairs of arms crossed and legs crossed as well.
"Kagome-sama, that truly is a magnificent sword."
"Thank you Miroku-sama." He nodded to the hanyou girl before getting up and leaving.
Sango looked up and watched as the monk left the hut. She sighed and got up to follow him.
Everyone was quiet as they watched Sango leave.
''Where is she going Kagome?'' Shippou looked up at her in confusion. She looked down at him and rubbed his head.
''When you're older."
WITH MIROKU AND SANGO
"Hoshi-sama?" She looked at the monk as he watched the sun set before them.
''Sango...have you noticed too?" She nodded to him.
''All the Youkai are getting all riled up...what do you think it means?" Miroku sighed and turned to Sango.
''I'm not sure, but it might be bad...''
After Sango and Miroku left Kagome decided to go for a walk through the village. She ended up in the forest lost in her thoughts.
So...I went from junior high student to miko to hanyou with miko powers.
''Who knew being a teen was so complicated." She continued to walk until she came to a very strange place. She sniffed the air. A low warning growl rumbled through her body. She grabbed the hilt of her new sword.
"Who's there!" She heard something come bounding towards her. She turned to her left and pulled her sword from its sheath. She stood in a defense stance she had seen Inuyasha use many a times.
"You dare to cross through my territory? You will pay for your insolence...'' give me a break. Kagome heaved a lazy sigh when she saw the size of the 'beast' in front of her.
He was half the size of her and looked life a deformed toad. Actually up close his voice was small and crackly.
"You have got to be kidding?" Kagome raise a hand to her hip. "And here I thought I was going to be able to practice with my new nagarehoshi …pity." Now the squirt was mad.
"Insolent! Do not underestimate me! I over power you by many standers." Kagome bopped the thing on the head with the end of her nagarehoshi. She hunkered down to his level and raised her brow.
"You really are ugly…what are you?"
"I am the great Toromaru! Fear me…ouch…" Kagome bopped him again.
"Don't act so proud. I see no reason for it." She stood and sheathed the nagarehoshi. "Well I think I will head back. Why don't you run off and try not to get squashed, okay?" She started to walk off.
"Don't walk away from me! Fine, if you think I am so meek…try this on for size…" The little toad began to glow and grow in size. Kagome turned around to see a larger more hazardous form of what she saw before.
"Am I so small and feeble now?" He laughed maniacally. Kagome returned to her fighting stance holding the nagarehoshi in her tight grasp.
"Fool, this little piece of metal will not save you. You can not survive against me!" He trashed at her but at the last second she jumped out of the way and into the branches of a nearby tree.
He turned around to see her in the tree and only smiled evilly. He heaved a big breath and exhaled in her direction. She began to cough.
"Miasma…what…my vision…it's blurring…" Kagome dropped from the tree and landed in a heap. The toad came up to her and raised his foot above her. He made the motion to stomp on her but was stopped just above her by a glowing sensation that had engulfed her.
"What? What is this?" He made several attempts to stomp on her but eventually the power over came him and he was blown back.
Kagome regained consciousness only to see a purple light surrounding her. She looked around frantically but stopped when she felt warmth on her left wrist. She pulled back her sleeve to reveal a glowing shooting star on her wrist. She looked in aw at what was there and she noticed as the glow began to fade the barrier around her faded as well. Hm, I get it. So I can conjure up barriers too huh. Well this isn't half bad. Kagome smirked to herself and examined the mark before getting up and reaching for her sword.
"Okay toad, give me your best shot!" The toad came at her in a rage. She jumped back a bit and slashed at him, but he dodged her and she landed of to the side frustrated.
"Damn my aim." She slammed her sword to the ground in frustration and a bolt of light shot out of the tip. She watched in amazement as the bolt hit the toad and he exploded in a cry of pain.
After a couple of minutes Kagome got up and shook herself out of her amazement long enough to see Inuyasha running up to her. As he reached her he also had on an astonished look.
"What…was that? Would you care to explain?" Kagome looked down at the sword in her hand. And back up at Inuyasha.
"I…um…it…I don't know…" She scratched her head. Inuyasha looked at her puzzled.
"Well it looks as if you figured out one of your sword's moves. Interesting it looks a lot like kaze no kizu." She looked up at him.
"That must be it. But all I did was slam my sword to the ground because I was mad that I missed the thing." She put on a pouting face. Her pouting face is even cuter with the silver hair and ears. It took Inuyasha a minute to come out of his thoughts when he realized that Kagome was starring at him.
"Uh, sometimes that is all it takes, a little release of frustration. But it is only good when you release it wisely." Kagome raised a brow at him.
"What!" She shook her head and raised her hands in defense.
"Nothing, nothing I just didn't know you could be so wise."
"Feh! Don't say that so innocently." He glared at her as she gave him an ear to ear grin.
They made their trek back to the village, and all the while Kagome told Inuyasha about what happened.
BACK AT THE VILLAGE
Miroku and Sango had returned from their awkward leave and were sitting by the fire making light conversation. They both went mute as they heard Kagome explaining something to Inuyasha.
"And when I turned to come back he changed into this huge…" Kagome stopped her story as she saw her two friends gawking at her.
"Um…hi?" Kagome waved a light hand in front of her. They still looked at her. She raised both of her hands up in confusion. "What? What did I do?"
"We were worried Kagome-sama, that is all." Miroku turned away and stared into the fire. Sango nudged him and glared at him.
"Ignore him. Kagome-chan, where did you go off to? And what exactly are you talking about?" Kagome broke into a big smile and sat down by her dear friend.
"Okay, I decided to go for a walk, and…" Kagome continued her story as her friends listened to her every word. They all seemed dumbstruck and amazed.
"And I slammed the nagarehoshi to the ground and a bolt of light shot from the tip; it kinda looked like a shooting star…like this one on my wrist…" Inuyasha grabbed her wrist and inspected the mark. Kaede walked into the hut just as she remarked about her wrist.
"Ah child, that is a barrier mark. You indeed have become powerful." Kagome looked at her unsurprised, unlike the rest of the group.
"I kinda figured, when I dropped out of the tree I fell unconscious, and when I woke up I saw the toad get blasted away, and I saw a purple light surrounding me. And I felt the warmth on my wrist, it was glowing. And as it ceased to glow the barrier faded."
"I see, your body, by instinct wanted to protect itself, and so it put the barrier up. No matter how the demon tried he couldn't penetrate it, he wasn't harmed until you awoke and the power grew. That is why he was blasted off, because your power in the barrier knocked him." Kagome nodded in understanding and everybody else sat blankly. Kagome turned to everyone and smiled.
"Don't worry; I'm sure you will figure it out eventually!"
A/N: okay again giving credit where credit is do. Juusan'ya you are awesome, the move…all her, the barrier mark…again all her. And guess what everybody, there is more where that came from. Stay tuned for scenes from our next episode.
Next time on Through Your Eyes: Kagome gets embarrassed because of her privacy invaded. New things continue. Until next time…