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Chapter 2: Enter Mitsuki, the moon's keeper
About five minute's into our mad dash, Inuyasha began to slow his pace. He sniffed the air cautiously as he entered an open area, surrounded by flowers. I could hear Inuyasha's growing frustration, the flower's affected his sense of smell.
"Peony's?" Sango said aloud. "They are out of season." She remarked as a creature came into view from across the field.
"Don't tell the flower's that," the woman said, "It might upset them." She laughed. Miroku began to walk her way. The woman seemed to be about the age of seventeen, of course Miroku couldn't contain himself.
"My what a pretty young thing you are." He said as Sango laid her Hiraikotsu against his head.
"What was that monk?" Sango said, clearly annoyed.
"Get back over here, now!" Inuyasha demanded and they followed.
"What's wrong?" The girl asked. Inuyasha pulled out Tetsusaiga into full view.
"I don't like how you have Naraku's stench all over you!" He exclaimed. "Who are you?" She took a step back, seeming somewhat frightened.
"I am Mitsuki, the moon's reflection keeper." She said. I moved a step forward.
"The moon's reflection keeper?" I asked. She nodded and I could see a mirror in her hand, similar to Kanna's, but much smaller.
"My job is to collect soul's with this mirror and.." Inuyasha interuppted her.
"Feh, so you're just like Kanna?" He yelled. She looked confused.
"Who is Kanna?" She asked innocently.
"One of Naraku's creations." Miroku said. Sango lend in towards him.
"Do you think she has not met any of Naraku's offspring yet?" She asked Miroku.
"It is possible that she is like Muso?" He stated towards Inuyasha. The name alone sent a shiver down my spin. Muso was, emphasis on the was, one of Naraku's attempts to exile his own heart, but I didn't believe that this girl was like Muso.
"Possibly." Inuyasha stated. "Only one way to find out!" He yelled as he lunged towards the girl, Tetsusaiga in full tow. Mitsuki screamed and held her mirror out in front of her, then there was a bright flash followed by an explosion. After a few seconds I began removing rubble from myself and searching for my friends.
"Inuyasha!" I yelled searching the clouded area of debry. I found Sango and Miroku nearby on Kirara and Shippo was in the air.
"Lady Kagome, are you alright?" Miroku yelled from above.
"I'm fine, where's Inuyasha?" I yelled back when all the sudden I heard a familiar grunt come from about five feet in front of me. "Inuyasha?" I said and turned to see his scowling face caked in dirt already. "Kagome, I want you to get into the air. Shippo!" He called for the little fox who landed beside us. "Shippo I need you to take Kagome up to safety. I don't know how serious this is going to get so I'm counting on you!" He gave Shippo a victory fist in the air. Shippo's little face was a mixture of fear and bravery.
"You can count on me!" He yelled and turned into a big pink balloon."Hop on, Kagome!" He yelled. I looked over at Inuyasha.
"I'm not leaving you to fight alone!" I said to him. His face didn't change.
"You're not leaving me alone, you and Sango are our range fighters, Miroku and I will attack from the ground. Now get up there!" He yelled back at me. I unwantingly obeyed and hopped on Shippo and examined the area, looking for Mitsuki. I found her to the left of Inuyasha and informed him of this.
"Thanks." He yelled and jumped over to Miroku. "Well, what do you think we should do?" He asked Miroku. Miroku pondered for a minute before answering.
"Maybe we should try to get some more information before we start a fight." Miroku said. Inuyasha grunted.
"Well I didn't see anyone else doing anything." He said as he put his sword to his side. Mitsuki finally rose from the rubble, rubbing her head.
"Miss, are you ok?" Miroku offered politely, I think I could see a rise in Sango's blood pressure! Mistuki wobbled backwards, as if to run, when she changed suddenly. She smirked and her eyes looked cold.
"She reeks of Naraku now!" Inuyasha stated. Mitsuki began to walk toward us. Then from behind her, Naraku appeared, holding her back. "Inuyasha, how do you like my new friend here?" Naraku said as he looked to Mistuki. "Why are you working with Naraku?" Inuyasha exclaimed at Mitsuki.
"Oh, so you don't know?" Naraku said as he raised his brow. "Do you remember Kaguya? Well this is her successor and with her under my control, so is the moon." He cackled. Inuyasha let out a small gasp.
"That's right, Inuyasha, I will find when you become human and destroy you. But first, I'm going to let Mitsuki here have a little fun. Come back when you are ready for the changing of the Moon." Naraku said as he disappeared into the Miasma. Mitsuki bowed and turned to face us, Inuyasha in particular.
"Well we cannot let that happen!" Inuyasha said as he pulled Tetsusaiga back to his front. I pulled an arrow from my cleaver and pulled back the bow string. I let it go at full force, listening to it whistle in the wind. She absorbed the arrow into her mirror and it started it's path back towards me, just like Kaguya had done. Then it made since to me! Inuyasha use Wind Scar to adverted the arrow onto a different path.
"Thanks!" I yelled and said,"Inuyasha, she has Kaguya's actual mirror, it's like before! She will launch our attacks back at us!" Inuyasha's face fell a little when I mentioned this, he must have remembered what happened. I felt a pang in my heart and could feel my face flush a little. Mistuki started to scream. We all looked at her, clearly startled. It seemed like she was fighting herself for self control! "Can we help her?" Sango asked, nervously as she landed by Miroku. "Yeah, I can destroy that mirror!" Inuyasha said. "No!" I yelled. "Wouldn't that throw the Moon and Earth's cycles into chaos?" Inuyasha pondered this but shook his head 'No', clearly he did not understand how important the Moon's cycles were to the Earth. "I believe it would." Miroku said.
"Shut up! All of you!" Mistuki yelled from the ground. "I...I am sorry!" She yelled and held the mirror towards Sango. The mirror began to glow brightly, a feature I had not remembered and shot out a beam.
"No!" Miroku yelled and pushed Sango out of the way.
"Miroku!" She screamed as the bright light pulled what looked like Miroku's soul out of his body. Then he fell to the ground. Sango crawled back and picked him up.
"Shippo put me down, I have a mission for you." I said to the pink balloon. I had to get him out of there. "I need you to go and find some herbs to make medicine with, hurry!" I yelled as he sat me down and took off. "I'll be right back!" Shippo yelled, glad to be out of the fight, but sad that he wasn't strong enough to join them. Inuyasha gave me a scowl.
"Why are you down here?" He demanded. I walked to his side.
"To help you!" I exclaimed and looked back at Sango and Miroku. "What was that? Is Miroku ok?" I asked, worried about the answer.
"I don't know." Inuyasha said as we rushed over to Sango and Miroku. "Miroku, get up!" Inuyasha said.
"Sango, are you ok?" I exclaimed.
"I..I don't know!" She said as she started to cry. Inuyasha turned to face Mitsuki, trying to protect us from the same fate.
"Stupid Miroku!" He said under his breath as Mitsuki began to ready herself for her second attack.
'Mitsuki...' She grabbed her head. Mitsuki heard a voice inside her head. 'Do the same to the rest, but leave me Inuyasha.' The voice had said and he pointed her mirror to me.
"I don't think so!" Inuyasha yelled as he lunged towards Mitsuki, Tetsusaiga in full swing. The fang hit against the mirror at full force only to be shot back by a beam of light.
"Inuyasha!" I screamed. I could see him picking himself back up.
"Feh." He retorted and steadied himself. "Why are you working with Naraku?" He yelled.
"I don't work with anyone, I am the successor of Lady Kaguya. She is gone, and now I am in control! Not anyone else, I decide my fate" Mitsuki yelled as she tried to drive out the voice in her head. Her features turned from the sweet girl to more of a demonic one. She continued to shoot beams of light towards us as we put Miroku and Sango on Kirara.
"Wind Scar!" Inuyasha yelled as he released his attack on Mitsuki. And low and behold her mirror sucked up the attack and released it back upon him.
"Argh!" He said, clearly becoming agitated while avoiding his own attack.
"You're not even the one I should be attacking!" Mitsuki's deep voice yelled out as she pointed her mirror towards me. Inuyasha's face dropped as he noticed that Mitsuki had just put distance between us. I could see the bright light coming out towards me as I covered my face and felt...nothing? I opened my eyes and become horrified to see Inuyasha lunging in front of me, taking the hit.
"INUYASHA!" I screamed at the top of my lungs as he fell to the ground, limp and lifeless. I felt as if my own soul was taken with his as I bent down to lift up his head.
"NO! Wake up, Inuyasha! Don't leave me!" I cried out but his face held no response. Across the way I could hear Mitsuki cackling, then she screamed out. It seemed as if her real self was trying to be released.
"I...I'm so...sorry!" She said as Kagura showed up.
"Come with me." She said coldly as she looked over my way. I could actually see regret and sadness in her eyes.
"Naraku would like to have a talk with you, you seemed to have made a mistake! He wanted Inuyasha ALIVE!" Those words echoed in my ears, alive, does that mean he's..?
"Kagome, it seems that since Inuyasha is gone Naraku does not see you as a threat, you must leave before he changes his mind!" Kagura hinted towards me, but I did not care. If Inuyasha was gone, what's the point? They left on her famous giant feather and left us be. Sango came down, holding Miroku protectively. It was like I was slowly dying inside when I heard a familiar little fox's voice. And now we are at our current position.
"Ready Sango?" I said as I removed a tear from my face. She nodded as we both hopped on Kirara and headed out.
There it is folks! Very emotional and action packed! Mitsuki's going a little...crazy? Yeah we'll use that word. haha. I tried to capture how everyone would act in this situation and I think I have done a pretty good job of it! I don't know how long this is gonna be, depends on you, the readers! Remember to review and I'll post chapter 3 asap! And checkout my other story, Tribreeds, whenever you get the chance, so until next time, Bu-bye!