Ch 12
They had been traveling for what seemed like forever. Until they came to a village that looked mangled to no extent. They stopped in front of an old shrine where an old priest lay on the ground barely holding onto life.
Miroku got off of Kirara and walked over to the monk.
"What happened here?" The monk looked up at him with a struggle.
"…a beast…horrible…attacked the…village…immense power…no…use…" The monk collapsed on the ground motionless. Miroku raised his hand and said a prayer before standing.
"Well I believe we found the shard. Kagome-sama, do you sense it near by?" Kagome got off Inuyasha's back (yes I know she doesn't need to ride on his back anymore, but it is all a subconscious act between the two, she has ridden on his back for so long, why stop now?) She turned around and scanned the area. She sniffed the air and looked again before turning to Miroku.
"I can feel it but it is faint. It traveled on about 2 days ago. We have to hurry." She ran over to Inuyasha who was crouched down waiting for her. She got on his back and they leaped off.
They traveled for a couple more days before they came to another village. This time people were still struggling to live.
"Inuyasha…" Kagome breathed. He nodded.
"It wasn't to long ago. I can still smell it."
"Yeah, it reeks…the shard…it's moving that way." Kagome pointed off to the east and they were off again.
It wasn't long before they found an enormous three headed dragon treading through the forest. Its scales looked like armor and each head had a pair of fangs that could easily snap a mountain in half.
Kagome jumped off of Inuyasha's back while still in the air. He looked down in surprise as she glided to the ground with the nagarehoshi in hand. Inuyasha landed next to her and saw her smirk.
"This should be fun. Looks like I get to see if all my practice has paid off." Inuyasha raised a brow at her boldness but pulled out Tetsusaiga. They ran through the clearing the dragon had made.
"STAR ARROW!" A bolt of light shot through the trees for the dragon.
"Kaze no Kizu!" Inuyasha let lose his attack just after Kagome and it combined with her attack. The combined attacks hit the dragon head on. An enormous explosion of light erupted and faded. Leaving a still standing dragon in its wake.
"Eh?" Kagome's jaw dropped. Not even a scratch. This is gonna be a challenge. Inuyasha laughed.
"Did you really think that it would go down so easily with a shard in its possession?" Kagome closed her mouth and pouted in her cute way.
"Well I knew it wouldn't be easy but, with your attack combined with my PURIFYING attack it should have at least been damaged a little." Inuyasha's face went into a grimace as he realized what she said. Her arrows purify youkai upon contact. And this wasn't just her arrow it was a purifying sword. He scratched his head.
"See?" Kagome put her hands on her hips.
"Well don't ask me! I don't know why it wasn't affected!"
"Hm that is no surprise to me…"
"Hey…"
"What is that supposed to mean?"
"Hello…!"
"You know very well what it means."
"SHUT UP!" Inuyasha and Kagome turned to see Sango breathing angrily.
"Look this is no time to fight. So how about you both put it on pause and we slay this thing? Huh?" They looked at her in shock but nodded and dodged the dragon.
"Okay, what should we do?" Kagome jumped out of a tree just before the dragon smashed it.
"I don't know. Keep attacking it I guess." Inuyasha held the Tetsusaiga firmly above his head so the dragon's foot wouldn't squash him.
Kagome ran over to him and grabbed his arm. She closed her eyes and concentrated. In no time a purple light engulfed them both. The dragon's foot rested on top of the barrier, Kagome opened her eyes with a determined gleam in them. The dragon's foot was blasted back by the power.
Inuyasha raise an eye brow at her. "Wow…" She smiled at him before letting the barrier disintegrated around them. She ran towards the dragon and leaped onto its body. She climbed up until she reached the head. Inuyasha followed pursuit. The stood on the dragon's snout.
Kagome turned to Inuyasha and pointed to its eye. He nodded. The shard was in its eye.
They took a fighting stance and readied themselves to strike when the dragon quickly knocked them off and just as fast snatched them in its mouth.
"Kagome-chan!"
"Inuyasha!" Miroku and Sango were on the ground trying to keep from getting stepped on when they saw the thing swallow their friends.
They heard the dragon hiss as if to laugh in victory. This only enraged the exterminator and monk more. They started to attack at full force which didn't do much. The dragon threw its tail at them and they each went flying into a tree.
Suddenly he dragon stopped and the three heads looked down at its stomach. A light began to glow from inside it. Suddenly it exploded in a painful shriek. And Inuyasha jumped out of the opening with an unconscious Kagome in his arms.
He landed not to far from Sango and Miroku and they rushed over to him as he was lying Kagome down.
"Inuyasha? What happened to her?" He looked up at them blankly.
"We were able to attack from inside its stomach but the acid was too much for her." Sango looked at her friend's body and noticed how the material was barely there. And burns covered her body.
"The burns will heal in a matter of hours but she used a lot of power and some acid got into some cuts. We need to get back to Kaede so she can treat her." They nodded and soon they were off again.
While they were traveling Miroku realized something and turned to Inuyasha. "Inuyasha? What about the shard?" Inuyasha's eyes went wide with anger but that soon went away.
"It doesn't matter, Kagome comes first." Miroku looked at his troubled friend as he starred at the motionless girl in his arms.
Shippou popped up on Miroku's shoulder holding something small.
"Don't worry, I got it!" He was gleaming with pride as they all looked at the kitsune in astonishment.
Inuyasha was the first to speak. "Feh, looks like you aren't all odd for nothing whelp." Shippou glared daggers at him.
"OH shut up doggy, you are just jealous that I got the shard and you didn't."
"Feh! I had more IMPORTANT things to take care of. KITTY!" Their name calling continued all the way back to the village.
"You are so lucky I have Kagome or I would pummel you!" Shippou stuck out his tongue.
THE VILLAGE
"Oi! Kaede-baba!"
"What is it Inuyasha? I am busy." He held out Kagome for her to look at. "I see. Bring her into my hut." Inuyasha followed her into the small hut leaving Sango and Miroku to sit outside with Shippou.
"Tell me what happened Inuyasha…oh and turn around and tell me." Inuyasha blushed as he saw Kaede start to undress Kagome but quickly obeyed.
"We were fighting a dragon for a shard. I and Kagome were swallow by it. And when we were in the stomach Kagome held up a barrier and tried to attack. But she had to let loose the barrier and the acid didn't do well with her clothes. She was able to blow apart the dragon but she got some cuts and the acid got in them. And she collapsed." Kaede coughed to let Inuyasha know he could turn around. When he did he saw Kagome was lying on a mat under a blanket. She looked so frail.
"Well you did well in bringing her here. Her wounds are rather infected. She should be fine, she just needs to rest." Inuyasha nodded and sat down next to Kagome.
Kaede smiled at the scene. "You need not worry yourself Inuyasha. She will be fine." He was silent. And as if Kaede could read his mind she added. "And don't blame yourself. You were there with her and she did great in the defense. This happens to the better of us. Os don't worry yourself with it." Inuyasha looked at her silently and turned back to Kagome. Kaede turned and left the hut and Inuyasha with Kagome.
As she exited the hut Sango looked up at her. "Will she be okay Kaede-obachan?" Kaede nodded to her.
"Yes child, she will be fine. Inuyasha is with her." Miroku sipped at his tea.
"Indeed, he always is." Sango and Kaede nodded in agreement.
A/N: another day another chapter. What you think? I like. I know Kagome is way, way outside character with being happy to fight, blame it on being half youkai. Anyway, please review!
NEXT TIME ON THROUGH YOUR EYES, KAGOME AND INUYASHA BOTH GO THROUGH SOME HARD SHIPS…Pain Suffered Together.
Until next time!