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Chapter 3

Sora reached for it.

"The Sacred Jewel..."

"Hey don't touch it!"

I pushed against his chest and sent him flying across the room. I looked down and the jewel was still glowing. Sora ran to my brothers, snatched Sota's bow, pushed them down, and shot an arrow at me. I dodged with difficulty.

"Hey! You really tried to hit me!"

"Kikyo!"

I looked at mother.

"What?"

"Get over here!"

I looked at father and shook my head.

"This is my battle."

I grabbed Tetsusaiga and outside.

"Get back here hanyou!"

I turned around watching an arrow coming right for my chest. The arrow hit the Sacred Jewel and the jewel cracked.

Oh no!

I looked as the jewel lifted to the air, carrying me with it.

"Let me go!"

I struggled, but it wouldn't get off. The jewel broke into shards, and history repeated itself. I felt pain as one shard pierced my skin, and entered my arm.

"Crap!" I winced. When the shards all scattered, I started falling. Inoue jumped and caught me, and put me down.

"Kikyo! Are you okay?" Mother ran to me and hugged me.

"I'm fine. But the jewel-"

"Kikyo, that was dumb. Starting a fight you couldn't finish." father said. I looked down in disgrace.

"Oh, you never finished the fight with Koga." Mother replied.

"I didn't cause it. Anyway, you never let me fight him."

"Mother, the jewel it smashed into shards again."

Mother looked at me.

"Did you save any?" Father asked.

"There's one in my arm." I whispered.

"But the jewel. We had it. We completed it." Mother sounded desperate.

"Don't worry. I'll get them back!" I said showing more confidence than I had. I turned around to see a stunned Sora.

"I-I broke it, " Sora began.

"Don't even start. You come here calling us names, and bothering us. Then you break the jewel?" I yelled.

"I-I didn't mean to..."

"Well, now you you have to accomany me." I said matter-of-factly.

"What?" He growled.

"You broke it, right? Well, you're lucky I'm not making you get it yourself!" I screamed.

"What do you mean 'I'm lucky'? I can easily get it myself!" Sora yelled.

"You heard her,"

I turned around and saw father. He's defending me!

"No way! I can't go looking around for shards with her!

"And us!"

I looked over. "Inoue? Sota? You want to come?" I asked in disbelief.

"Don't forget me!" Hitomi yelled running towards us.

"Didn't we tell you to go home?" Inoue said.

"Hmph, you think you're so cool because you have a bow and arrow." Hitomi said boldly.

"Mom, I don't know. Going with Sora? He's the one who broke it. And Sota and Inoue? They'll treat me like a baby. What about school?" I whined while packing a back bag.

"Well, look at it this way. I was your age when I started my journey for the Sacred Shikon Jewel. And believe it or not, your dad and I never got along."

"Mom, now you're married! I don't want to marry him!"

"Don't worry. You won't marry a disgusting thing like that!"

I turned around and saw father in the doorway. Had he been listening to our whole conversation?

"Yeah, that's exactly what I said when we started working together." Mother said without looking at father. That shut him up.

"And about your brothers. They won't want to spend time getting tiny shards. At one point, they might come back after a few months." Mother continued.

"Woah! A few months?!?!"

"Yeah, maybe even a year or more. You know you have to find every single shard.

Every single shard? Are they serious?

"What about school?" I asked again.

"Forget about school sis. What do you want? Live here or there?" Inoue asked walking in.

"Diesn't anyone not see the 'Please Knock' sign?" I asked pointing to the door.

"Oh that? I thought it was a decoration." Sota laughed.

I rolled my eyes.

"So, how are we gonna find the Sacred Jewel shards? Do we have a lead?" Hitomi asked as we walked to the wolves' den after dinner.

"I smell him." Sota said.

I looked to my side and saw an arrow.

"Duck!"

I pushed Hitomi down, but without time for myself.

"Ow, ow, ow, ow, ow!!"

I looked and saw Sora.

"Are you trying to kill me?"

"Did it work?"

I sat down and examined the wound. The arrow was pretty deep.

"All you gotta do is this," Inoue grabbed the arrow and pulled.

"What the hell? That hurts!"

The arrow came out, but the shard in me fell out.

"You had a shard?" Sora asked.

"Oh yeah. I forgot about that."

Sora bent down to pick it up, but I smacked his hand away.

"Hey! Don't you dare touch it. It didn't fly into your arm."

"Is it just me or is she a little grumpy?"

"Don't worry. She's always like that." Inoue said.

"Hello. I'm right here."

I shook my head and put the shard in the leather bag mother gave me.

"So, where do we start looking for more shards?" Hitomi asked.

"If you ask that one more time, you'll never see a Sacred Jewel shard!" Sota yelled.

"Sota. Inoue. Stop bullying Hitomi. Can't you just- What was that?" I stopped in my place.

"Did you feel that?" I asked.

"Feel what?" Sora asked.

"I felt something? Didn't you?" I asked turning to look at them.

They continued to look at me. I'm guessing I'm the only one who felt that?

"Are you going crazy?" Sora asked placing his hand on my forehead.

"Don't touch me!" I yelled smacking his hand away.

He raised an eyebrow and continued to look at me. Is there anyway I can have control over him... Oh, what. There is.

I held my back bag close and opened it.

The beads of subjugation. The same thing my father wears.

"Hey Sora!" I said in a sing song voice.

He looked at me.

"What do you want?" He asked irritated.

"I have something nice for you..." I continued.

"What is-"

I quickly put the necklace around his neck.

"What the hell is this?" Sora yelled.

I smiled, "It's called 'The Beads of Subjugation' or 'The Enchanted Beads'."

"The what?"

"You want to see what it does?" I asked batting my eyelashes.

"Why should I?"

I smiled, "Sit boy."

He fell face first onto the floor.

"Hehe. He fell." Hitomi laughed.

"What the? I'm gonna get you, you b-"

"Sit."

"Kikyo, shut your f-"

"Sit."

"I'm gonna kick your a-"

"Sit!" Hey! This is fun!

I stood straight. "There it is again. That feeling."

I started walking until I stopped.

"Holy cow!" I ran back to Inoue and Sota and hid behind them.

"What are you hiding from?" Sota asked me. I looked ahead and saw everyone looking at me.

"What I'm hiding from? Oh, I don't know... Maybe THAT!" I yelled pointing past Sora. They looked to where I was pointing to.

"A demon!" Hitomi yelled running behind me.

Huh? What's that? I sense something near the demon.

"What are you doing Kikyo? Use Tetsusaiga!" Sota yelled.

Huh? Oh yeah...

I pulled Tetsusaiga out of the sheath.

"Okay demon. Bring it on!!" I ran and jumped. I swung the sword, but missed slicing his throat by inches.

"Heh, that's the best you can do hanyou? Well, leave it to me!"

Sora ran up to the demon and pounced on the tall and big demon. Oh, and it was at least 10 ft.

"Dad showed me a move. What was it?" I asked myself.

"Kikyo! Look out!"

"What is it Sora? I'm thinking!"

Oh no! Fire! The demon can shoot fire! Wait, why aren't I getting burned? I looked down, My robe!

"Kikyo!" Hitomi yelled. Once the fire stopped, I ran over to Hitomi.

"It's okay, Hitomi. I'm fine. My robe's from the Fire Rat's fur. It's stronger than any armour." I said trying to sooth Hitomi.

"A little help here!"

"Come on, a wolf can't do a dog's job."

"I heard that!"

"Good!" I looked at the demon, "Inoue. Sota. Start shoot arrows alright?"

What was that move? I snapped my fingers. Iron Reaver Soul Stealer! Now, where do I attack?

"Having fun with my demon?" What?

I turned around.

"Who are you?" Sora asked.

"You guys just call me Er."

"Er? That's a stupid name!" Hitomi laughed.

"Well, anyway. I'm hunting for Sacred Jewel shards. Do you happen to have any?"

"Well, they're only shards because of a certain wolf demon!" I screamed looking at Sora, who was still on the demon, doing no damage what so ever.

"Well, who was suppose to protect it?" Sora shot back.

"Well, you're the one who shot it with the arrow! You sent the pieces all over the place!"

"Wow, they just met yesterday, and thery're already fighting." Sota said.

"I'm routing for Kikyo." Hitomi said.

"Well learn to defend yourself!"

"Well I could if you didn't shoot when I wasn't looking!"

"Retard!"

"Idiot!"

"Moron!"

"Sit!"

That did it. What's that? Now I feel two different things. And they're coming from both the demon and that Er guy. From their shoulders. I'll get the demon first.

"Iron Reaver Soul Stealer!"

I sliced the demon's shoulder and a Sacred Jewel shard fell out as the demon started dissolving.

"How did you know?" Er said.

"I don't know... But your next!" I yelled. I pickedup the Tetsusaiga and ran forward. Er pulled out his own sword.

"Great a sword battle." I said sarcastically.

"Well, let's see how you fight when your brothers, pet, and boyfriend are in trouble."

"Woah! Hold on! Boyfriend? I'm not, I repeat not, dating him. He had to come along!" I said. 2 demons came out and circled Hitomi, Sota, and Inoue and another went for Sora.

"So you don't care if he dies?"

Silence.

"Hmph, I thought you did." He said taking my silence as if I said, 'Please don't kill him!'

The demon with Sora was a tiger demon. It raised its giant demon paw and smacked Sora against a tree.

"Sora!" I yelled turning to run.

"Don't turn your back when you're fighting."

I turned back right when he stuck his sword in me. In and out the other side.

"Kikyo!" Hitomi yelled. He transformed into a cat and attacked Er's leg.

"D-Die!" I took my sword and sliced through diagonally. From the shoulder. The Sacred Jewel shard fell down. I bent down to pick it up, but Sora got there first.

"Here, I got it." Sora said.

"Uh, thank you?"

I placed it with the other shard.

"Are you okay?" Sora asked.

"Yeah. I'm fine.

Hey ya'll! Don't say anything about the bad guy, Er. Just be glad I didn't put his full name I was thinking of putting, Er the Cur.