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KAEDE'S VILLAGE:
"Damn you, Kouga!!" screamed InuYasha as he ran after Kouga.
Kouga cursed under his breath. He shouldn't have made the hanyou angry. Without the shikon shards in his legs, he had no speed advantage over InuYasha, which meant that…
"Oomph!"
Kouga fell face flat on the wooden floor. Not that he would admit it out loud, especially within the presence of Inu-puppy… but he was pretty much screwed. Why was he born with such a big mouth again?
"You bastard," growled InuYasha under his breath.
"What's the matter, pup?" taunted Kouga. Despite being in a disadvantage, he couldn't help it. He wanted to annoy the hell out of InuYasha. "You look angry."
"I am angry, stupid!!" yelled the fuming hanyou on top of him. "And don't call me pup!"
"Really?" asked Kouga innocently, playing the ignorant fool. He stared at InuYasha for a moment, before adding, "Puppy…" with a mischievous gleam in his eyes.
The look on InuYasha's face was priceless. If anything it seemed as if a blush had appeared on his cheeks. His white ears twitched slightly as he remained unusually silent and Kouga knew that he was in big trouble.
"You. Are. Dead." InuYasha slowly punctuated each word, his voice low and shaking with barely controlled anger. "Go to hell, Kouga!!" he yelled as he raised his fist to punch the lights out of the Wolf Prince.
"Sit!!"
InuYasha crashed down on top of Kouga.
"Kagome!!" whined InuYasha.
"Ah, sorry Kouga-kun," said Kagome while waving her hands apologetically.
A low growl emitted from InuYasha's throat. "You're supposed to be apologizing to me," he muttered.
Kouga chuckled and pushed the hanyou off of him. He jumped over to Kagome and grabbed her hands, bringing them to his chest. "Kagome," said Kouga. "You do not need to apologize. I know you were just trying to save me from that idiot."
"What!?" InuYasha jumped up in disbelieve. "You –"
"Feeling rattled, InuYasha?" taunted Kouga with a little smirk on his lips. The guy was just so easy, it was impossible to pass up any attempt at distressing him.
"I –" InuYasha did not finish that last sentence. He quickly turned around when he sensed the presence of two little girls that had appeared in the open door of Kaede's home. Kochou and Asuka, the two shikigami who always delivered Kikyou's messages.
Kagome frowned, when she saw the two girls. "What does Kikyou want this time," she asked them as she tried to keep her anger in control.
The two bowed their heads to the group in respect. "We came to deliver a message," they declared as they looked up again.
"Kikyou-sama wishes for you to follow us," stated Kochou.
"So that you may witness the end of Naraku," continued Asuka.
"What…?" Both InuYasha, Kagome and Kouga stared at the two small girls in disbelieve. The end of Naraku? And it was happening now?
"But…" whispered Kagome. "That's impossible." Wasn't Kikyou evil? Then how come…?
"You need not believe us, Kagome-sama." Asuka placed her attention on Kagome. "Follow us and confirm for yourself."
"I'm coming," stated Kouga and he glanced at InuYasha, who gave him a nod in return.
InuYasha turned to face Kagome. "I'll call for the others, Kagome. You go ahead with Kouga and we'll catch up with you later." And InuYasha ran off.
THE ANCIENT FOREST:
"Ah, Sesshoumaru-sama!!" Jaken called out.
The servant pointed upwards into the sky, but Sesshoumaru already knew what had caused Jaken's surprise. In the air floated several Shinidamachuu, calling out for the youkai-lord to follow them.
"Let's go," said Sesshoumaru and he took off, followed by Jaken and Rin riding on Ah Un.
'So, your time has come, Naraku?'
NEAR THE STREAM CROSSING THE ANCIENT FOREST:
Naraku sat down and stared into the water of the small river. The water looked crystal clear, but Naraku could not say the same about his head. His mind was troubled. He felt something happening. But… what was it?
An eerie sound caught his attention.
He heard Koimizu playing his flute…
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