Battle of the Miko
Chapter 9
"What the-" Inuyasha was cut off by the arrow thant went past his head and though his hair. "AAHH! It's hot! Hot!".
He looked up to see Rei walking confidently towards him. "Why, you -!" Before he could finish or get any closer, a shout was heard behind him.
"Sit boy! Rei, are you ok?" Kagome asked.
"Kagome! Yeah, thanks." They looked down at the pummeled Inuyasha and giggled. Kirara came down to greet her.
"Did they treat you alright?" Asked Miroku.
"Miroku!" Rei smiled. "Yeah, he was a good boy."
"Like hell! He kidnapped you remember?" Inuyasha was sitting rubbing his nose.
"Well, yeah, but on accident." Rei fummbled for the right wording.
"Oh, so they meant to get Kagome…That makes it all better!" Inuyasha threw up his arms.
"You don't know what youre talking about! You ruined their festival!" Rei accused.
"OK, well then maybe next time I wont take the time to save your sorry–,"
"Save me?! Need I remind you that I meant to miss you? I could have killed you!" Inuyasha blinked, thinking back on his burnt hair. They stood starring at each other with anger bolting back and forth.
"Hey, where's Kagome?" asked Shippo, while looking around from Miroku's shoulder.
"Yes, and Sango is gone as well with Kirara." Miroku looked up and the rest did the same. When the three males looked back down, Rei was gone too.
"Dam it! What the hell is going on?" Inuyasha was livid. It seemed to him that every time he looked away, another woman was missing.
Miroku pointed a cautious hand in the direction of a blanket where Kagome, Rei, Sango, Rei, Koga, Ginta and Hakkaku were sitting.
"What the hell do they think they're doing?" Inuyasha asked When he looked to Miroku for an answer, he too was gone.
"Huh? Miroku?" Miroku was on his way to the group. Inuyasha fell over from disbelief.
"Oh, here comes 'Mr. Grumpy pants'." mumbled Shippo.
"Hey Inuyasha, here have some food." Kagome handed him a plate of meat. He turned his head away.
"Come on, lets go." Everyone let out a moan of disappointment.
"Come on Inuyasha, lets enjoy the day. It's the festival of love." Miroku winked and glanced at Kagome, then back at him. Inuyasha turned up his nose and looked away, embarrassed. The music started up again.
"Come on, Kagome, lets dance." Koga stood up and put out his hand in invitation. She nodded and walked to the clearing with him.
"What? Kagome!" Inuyasha was livid.
"It's not like you'll dance with me…" She turned back to Koga and took his arm. Miroku invited Sango, and they left together as well.
"Well aren't you going to go after her? Prove her wrong?"
"That's what she wants you know." Sango agreed.
Rei was sitting cross-legged next to him. She gazed at him, chin on hand and elbow on knee, waiting for his response, but she never got one.
"You are a strange one." Genta threw out suddenly.
Rei looked up, "Who? Me?" She asked, pointing to herself.
"Yeah," Hakkaku agreed, "You are human, but you seem rather at ease around us demons. Even for a preistess that is unusual. You even danced!"
"Well, ignorance doesnt do anyone any good, does it? I trusted that no one would try to hurt me, or anything like that." Rei explained.
"Yeah, if they did you could just burn them up, right?" Inuyasha mumbled. Rei smiled.
As darkness drew on our heroes, the party continued but the group decided it was time to go. The girls
"Bye Koga! Thanks!" Rei was waving to Koga and his tow pals. The others except Inuyasha were waving as well. Miroku and Sango mounted Kirara and flew off. Kagome and Rei braced themselves on Inuyasha for a lift off up the rocks. When they got to the top, Rei told Inuyasha to stop.
Sango and Miroku stopped above them, everone wondering what the hold up was. "Look at the sunset! Its beautiful...It would be a shame to miss it."
The clouds above were hot pink from the reflection of the warm reds and oranges from the slowly dissapearing sun. Below them, in the valley, and beyone them on the hills, a velvety blanket of deep purples and midnight blues spread before them. The calm scene seemed a fitting end to their hectic few days, and all agreed it was worth it to take it all in.
Despite the heavenly scene, the flaming colors reminded Rei of something less passive. She had been meaning to make a fire reading, but had been too distracted by current events. Ever since her first meeting with Kikyo, she couldnt shake a feeling that she and the dead woman were somehow cosmically linked. The connection had a rather dark presence about it, and made Rei uneasy. She resolved that later that night, around the camp fire, she would make her reading.
Naraku was looking into Kana's mirror at Rei building that nights camp fire. He smiled. "She seems to be up to something. I am more interested every day to see how her story will play out. She is a curious one, that preistess."
"What do you intend to have her do?" Kagura asked. She knew that Naraku intended for the girl to benifit him in some way or another, whether Rei would realize it or not.
"I really dont know yet." He smiled.
Kagura was shocked. Naraku always knew his next move.
"I said she was unusual. I still dont know what shes up to with that other preistess, but I imagine it cant be anything fortunate for Kikyo." Naraku smiled his menacing smile that simply oozed tragedy. "We'll have to wait and see."
Authors Note: Want to know whats up between Rei and Kikyo? Curious abuot Narakus seemingly casual attitude to his lack of knowledge on the same subject? Let me know in a reiew! The quicker that I get more reviews wanting the next chapter, the quicker I will comply.