Disclaimer: I don't own Inu Yasha and co. I don't own any of the songs that I put into the story, except on cd's. But I do own Shiori, Miyu & Koshin Hakogami, Kil Kai-another snow demon from feudal times & Aisu- female snow demon from feudal times, they are all mine.
AN: " " is speaking, ' ' is thought
AN. Just to let you know that I've made spelling/grammer corrections and added a little more detail to the story's chapters. I'm reposting the corrected chapters. But this is still the same story & story line. See if you notice the corrections. And thanks to those that read & review. The reviews mean a lot.
Glossary:
youkai-demon
inu-youkai-dog demon
ningen-human
ookami-wolf demon
osuwari-sit
aisu-ice
CHAPTER 9: If I Only Had Raid!!
The gang had been traveling for a few hours now, trying to find more of the shards. Kagome had explained to Shiori about the Shikon no Tama and how they were trying to gather all the pieces. She also explained about Naraku and his evil exploits.
"So, he's the guy that's been causing all the problems?" Shiori asked.
"He has definitely caused enough problems and deaths. He has to be stopped," Kagome answered.
"He's caused everyone here a great deal of grief and pain," Miroku added. "We all have a need for revenge."
"I just hope it doesn't cost any of you your lives," Shiori said.
"I think that would be a small price to pay for stopping that filthy bastard," Sango stated flatly.
"That would depend on who you're asking," Miroku said, looking at Sango out of the corner of his eye.
Sango turned her head to look at his face, trying to read it.
Shiori just kept walking, but she understood the monk loud and clear.
He cared for the exterminater. She just didn't know it.
"Well, we hope to be able to destroy Naraku without dying," Kagome added.
But, before anyone could say anything further, Shiori and Inu Yasha stopped, faces turned upward, catching the scent on the breeze. Kagome had stopped, too, feeling two shards very close by.
Shiori turned to the gang, "Time to go to work." With that, everyone drew their weapons and took off in the direction the shards were. "Holy shhiiittt!!" she exclaimed.
Standing in the clearing, were two large spiders. They looked almost like regular spiders but they weren't, they were demon. They had turned towards the group after hearing Shiori's exclaimation. "What do we have here?" One asked.
"I believe a little snack has been delivered along with shards of the jewel." They turned their eyes towards Kagome, who tightened her grip on her sword.
"Guess again, web-head," Inu Yasha said, getting in front of Kagome, trying to shield her with his body. "But we will take the shards that you have, now."
The two spider youkai laughed. "You think that you can take them from us? You, a hanyou, with a child kitsune, five humans and a neko youkai." The spider laughed, "I don't think so, little hanyou."
Then Shiori spoke up, "Actually, there are two hanyous, one miko, one demon slayer, one kitsune, one child, one monk, and one tough neko youkai. Just so you know. And, we'll be kicking your asses right about, now." With that said, Shiori leapt towards one of the spiders, sword drawn. She slashed one of them across the face, leaving a long gash, filling with ice.
The wounded spider screeched. By this time, Inu Yasha jumped and slashed at the other spider. The rest of the group broke up to take the two spiders. Sango, Kirara and Miroku joined Inu Yasha. Shiori and Kagome took the other, while Shippou took Rin by the hand and hid under a tree. Shippou knew that he had to keep Rin safe and that was what he was going to do.
Inu Yasha was able to take a second while Sango and Kirara were attacking the spider to look for Kagome. He was surprised to see her fighting alongside her cousin. 'What is she doing?! She could get killed!' He saw her charge the lower half of the spider and Shiori took the top half.
"You know what? I really hate spiders! If only I had a can of Raid," Shiori said, slashing at the spider again, leaving deep gashes of bloody ice.
"Kagome, where are the shards," Miroku asked, dodging one of the legs.
Kagome was trying to look and dodge a leg, too. "Shiori, do you see anything glowing?" Hoping that her cousin could see the shards because she was a Guardian.
Shiori looked and found a pink glow near the back of the spider's head. Then, she glanced over to the other spider and saw a glow in one of the right rear legs. "Yeah, this one has it in the back of the head. That one," pointing to the second spider, "has one in the last leg on the right."
"Did you hear that, Inu Yasha?"
"Yeah, I'm on it," he sprang for the leg, sword ready to strike. He took the leg clean off. Sango had kept the spider busy, so it didn't notice Inu Yasha till after he took the leg. The spider let out a loud, painful shriek. With the spider down, Inu Yasha got ready to use the Wind Scar to finish it off. "Get out of the way!"
Sango, Kirara and Miroku moved out of striking distance and watched Inu Yasha finish off the wounded spider. Then, everyone turned their attentions toward the other spider. They were ready to charge in to save their friend and her cousin, but stopped. They watched as the two fought the spider.
The two moved as if they had been doing this together all their life. They didn't have to say a single word. They just knew where to move and where the other would be. Kagome was swinging the sword towards the head of the spider. The sword was glowing a bright yellow and it released a golden energy blast. The blast took the spider full in the face, severely wounding it. She still needed practice with the blade.
Shiori came in from the top. She pulled her sword in so she could stab the thing in the back of the head. Her sword was glowing blue again. She jammed her sword to the hilt and sent a blast of power through the weapon. The power was from both parts of her blood, snow demon and Guardian. The spider was toast. It barely had a chance to screech before it fell to the ground, dead.
Kagome, after her strike, had jumped away from the spider and watched her cousin. When the spider fell, she let out a, "Yeah!!" And ran up to get the shard.
'What just happened? Did she just help bring that giant spider down,' Inu Yasha wondered. 'She's learning to fight, will she no longer need me?' He walked up to the two women. "Hey, are you alright?" He asked Kagome, trying to check her for wounds without her noticing.
Kagome turned her face to him and smiled. "Yeah, I'm fine. That was awesome! Did you see me? I fought that spider!"
"I saw some of it, I was busy," he said, watching her smile.
Before she could answer, the rest of the group were talking about how the two women had been fighting. "You two moved as if you fought together often," Miroku observed.
Shiori and Kagome looked at each other. "I don't know," Kagome said, shrugging.
"I don't either," Shiori said, then became silent, thinking. "Unless, it has to do with our blood."
"Huh?" Inu Yasha asked.
"It may have something to do with that fact that we share blood, powerful blood. Her being a miko and me being a Guardian. They are similar," Shiori tried to explain.
Miroku nodded his head, holding his chin between his thumb and index finger. "That could be a possibility. You two are kin and close, besides sharing a common blood line."
"That was great, I'm glad that you're learning to fight, Kagome," Sango smiled at her friend.
Kagome smiled back, "Yeah, now I'm not just a weak, little human who needs constant protection. I'm learning to hold my own in a battle."
Inu Yasha lowered his head, 'I guess, she won't be needing me to protect her anymore.' He bagan to walk towards the trees.
Shiori watched as the inu-hanyou's ears drooped and he walked off. She nudged Kagome, and pointed towards Inu Yasha when Kagome looked at her. "I think someone is afraid that you won't need him anymore," she whispered.
Kagome turned surprised eyes towards the hanyou in question. "But, I do need him."
"Then, go tell him, you twit, before he really gets depressed."
Kagome nodded and ran off towards Inu Yasha. "Hey, are you okay?"
Inu Yasha snapped his head up, he hadn't been paying attention and hadn't heard her walk up to him. "Feh, I'm fine. Why?"
Kagome just looked at him and remember what her cousin said. She knew that he was surly when he was upset. "No reason, but I want you to know, that I still need to you help me. I'm just going to be able to help you in battle more now. But I still need you. Okay?"
Inu Yasha just stared for a few heartbeats. 'She still needs me. Wants me.' He then lowered his head so no one could see he was relieved. "Yeah, whatever."
Kagome just smiled, knowing that he was feeling better. She then got closer to him and kissed him lightly on the cheek. "I'm glad you're feeling better." With that she went to get her bag.
His head popped up fast after she kissed his cheek. He caught Shiori giving him a knowing smile. He didn't understand. 'What was that kiss for?'
"Hey, why don't we get moving? I don't think it would be a good idea to camp near here," Shiori shouted.
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Near the hot spring:
"This is where I felt the female's power. I can tell that others had been here," Kil Kai began. "Two women, a human child and. . ." he sniffed and his eyes widen, "a couple of snake youkai."
Sesshomauru took in the scents. He recognized the human scents. "The child is my charge, Rin. The two human women, I also know. They travel with my bastard, half-breed brother. We should be able to find them."
"I wonder what happened to the snakes?"
Sesshomauru walked over to what looked like melting ice. He saw that there were legs sticking out of the ice. "Here's one of them."
Kil Kai walked up beside Sesshomauru. "That's interesting. This is something I've only seen Aisu do and she did it with her sword."
Sesshomauru didn't say anything but continued to scan the area. He saw blood on the ground. "Here, someone was injured." He walked over to get a closer look. He caught the scent of demon, but not snake. "Your rogue female may have been injured."
Kil Kai knelt to touch the blood stain. "You may be correct, but there is something else. There's snake venom mixed with the blood. She was bitten. And by the looks of the blood trail, it looks like she walked out of the clearing."
"Then let's follow them. They have Rin," Sesshomauru began to follow the trail away from the hot spring towards the Kaede's village.
AN: Well, hope you guys like this chapter. I'm sorry it's so short but I thought that I would let Naraku's little plot have its own chapter. And again, I'm so sorry that I have been slacking on updating. I admit that is was because of a bit of writer's block and because I got so caught up in reading the other wonderful stories on this website. How do you guys like it so far? Please read & review. Or I won't write any more!!! just kidding, please review.
I would like to thank my wonderful editor, ninjawarrior4life, my bro. glad you like it.
And thanks to everyone who has been reading this story from the beginning when I first started posting it. And to those who read and like it.
THX to all my readers.
