Chapter 19 – Sacred Meeting of Demons

Tarja, Shelbra, and Katoma sat in front of the Sacred Tree looking out at each other, their eyes covered by their power. Tarja's eyes were clouded over white with no irises. It was a foggy white, not pure white. Shelbra's eyes were completely black, with no irises, and Katoma's was deep navy blue, with no irises.

"What do you think we should do?" Shelbra asked. Her voice was dark and deep, yet not hallow. It was full, like thunder.

"The question is," Tarja said, not even turning. Her voice was as full as Shelbra's, "how do we send them back?" A soft wend blew and shook everyone's long air in the breeze. None of them were moving, none of them were even breathing. As they called on their deepest aura, it filled their veins with perfectly moving speed blood, their lungs filled with aura created oxygen for easy breathing, and the aura also compels their voices to speak loudly to keep authority against humans and smaller demons from listening in. Merely, it all meant that they were at full power, yet, it was still dormant inside of them.

"Shelbra, we need to think like we did when we first came here," Katoma said with a small sigh. "Like the half-demons we are." Her eyes dimmed back down, and white filled around her irises. Tarja sighed and followed suit. Shelbra didn't move at all. She kept her eyes just like they were.

"How did you guys get back the first time?" Tarja asked.

"We used a Portal."

"Well of course you did! What was the portal? How did you do it?" she asked with a snap. "Sorry, just, these guys don't belong here, and I am sure they all want to go home."

"It is Ok," Shelbra said, "You are not the only one." She looked over at Katoma, who wasn't looking at either one of them. She was staring at the tree where Inuyasha was sealed by Kikyo. "Katoma?"

"How about the Blood Portal?" she asked. Tarja gave her a confused look. She wasn't one of the original three, like her, Shelbra and Sarome. "We combined all of our blood and then used our aura. It created the portal vapor. Our memories and thoughts, hair, and our voice gave it the pathway. What do you think?"

"It could work, but, they could all land in many different areas," said Shelbra.

"Tell them to think the same thing, and when they say it, let them say Spirit World or something like that!" Tarja gaped.

"Hiei wouldn't do it."

Now that nearly snapped Shelbra. "I have talked to you about him, Katoma, and you know that you will have to tell him good-bye! You are going to hide him so you don't have to say good-bye. You are running from pain, and it will hurt much more than ever if you run!"

"I never said I would do it! I never said that I would hide him!" she screeched.

"It was in your eyes."

"Guys…" Tarja tried to cut in.

"It was not! How dare you say that! You are in love with Inuyasha's brother-."

"Half-brother."

"That isn't the point!" Katoma yelled. She was standing up now. "You think that just because he is from another world that it is wrong for everyone to become friends, and for some people even more than friends!"

"That is not what I am saying. It is beside the point!"

"Guys…"

"No, it isn't! It is the exact point!" The wind began to pick up, and the humidity in the air made it hard to breathe. "I don't care what you think!"

"You are my friend, and I want to help you!" Shelbra snapped. The half moon was covered, by thick storm clouds that appeared out of nowhere. Tarja's eyes were back to the clouded look with no irises. Her hair levitated behind her as if it was being held up and gravity was no longer there.

"Enough!!!!!" Her voice boomed. Thunder crackled above them, but no rain came. This was nothing compared to the full extent of Tarja's power. "You two are bickering like a couple of little human baby girls! 'No I want this!' 'No! It isn't the point!' 'Yes!' 'No' 'Yes' 'No'! Oh my God I think I am going to go insane at you to scrambling at each other's necks! You are just as bad as Inuyasha and Koga!" She snapped. "Apologize!" The tension still filled the air. "Now!!"

"I am sorry," Katoma said, seeing defeat in her eyes.

"I am also sorry," Shelbra said, also showing defeat in her eyes. "I didn't mean to offend you."

"Didn't mean to offend me!" Katoma yelled, bringing her voice way up.

"Ah-hem?!" Tarja snapped.

"Sorry."

"It is Ok."

"I just don't want to lose him. Sarome knows how I feel, she has Kurama, and they are together in prophecy! I love him, and I would die protecting him!" she began to cry. Tears fell down her face like a strong flowing river. "It just hurts to know that you are right about him, that he has to go sooner or later. My heart tells me to let him go later, but my head tells me sooner."

"That is why they say don't always listen to your heart when it comes to good-byes."

"Yes, so, back to the original topic," Tarja said with a cough. "are we going to try the Blood Portal."

"I agree to it," Shelbra said, placing her hand in a fist in the center of the circle. Tarja smiled and placed hers in the center, right on top of Shelbra's. They turned to Katoma, who was looking down at her hand. She looked up, sheer triumph in her eyes, and slammed her fist on top of theirs.

"I'm in. Who is going to tell Sarome?" They all looked around, and then at Tarja.

"Why me?" she asked, shrugging her shoulders.

"Because you and Sarome are closer."

"Why don't you get Kurama to tell her?" she asked. They all looked at each other, and then nodded. Her lover would tell her when, why, and how he was leaving her. This was not going to be easy to explain to him, or her, but it had to be done.

They all left, using their demonic senses to find their way back to the village. Each was thinking on what to tell their selected people from Demon World. Each was thinking of how they were going to tell them, and they were also thinking, on how they would say their good-byes.