Chapter 3

Arrows

Inuyasha's P.O.V.

My nose twitched, something was wrong, it felt like a fight was coming, Kikyo? Nah, she wouldn't, maybe something was going to fight her? I sat bolt upright, maybe. Suddenly I felt calmed, something weaved its way into my brain, my eyes felt heavy, and I yawned, closing my eyes and falling asleep against the wall.

Kikyo's P.O.V.

"Damn, inuyasha almost came, luckily I had a spell cast on him" I said to the grub on the mint, "similar to this one", I started to chant while staring at the grub, 'Itami,-shi wa, sugu ni kurushinde, anata no unmei no no hi o kanjiru' I watched as the grub, withered and fell, dead "where I have found this magic I have no idea" I said, my mind spinning with the amount of dark magic and forbidden spells. So preoccupied I didn't notice Sesshomaru, who was now standing behind me, I stiffened. "Kikyo, is it not?" I heard him say, I turned to look at him "is it not that you live to preserve life, not kill it?" he said, looking me in the eye "depends if you've been paying attention" I replied lazily, watching his face.

Sesshomaru's P.O.V.

I heard a chant, a chant though horrible and simple, was covered with a voice that sounded like tiny wind chimes striking over and over again, 'it's Kikyo, follow the voice, I'm curious' my beast said, relaxed as the voice continued, I nodded , "stay" I said to Jaken as I cut through the trees, towards the mint. When I had gotten there, she had almost finished, I stood behind her and watched as the spell took effect and she smiled as the grub died, I noticed how she seemed to be thinking and then stiffened and turned as she noticed me, I watched everything, "Kikyo, is it not?" I said to her, taking her silence for a positive answer, I stood, trying to understand, "is it not that you live to preserve life, not kill it?" I continued, waiting for her answer, "depends if you've been paying attention" I heard her say, lazily, this angered me, was she suggesting she knew I watched her, or that she doesn't even listen in her lessons? Either way... My beast growled, I sensed something, magic, but from where? I then noticed Kikyo was sliding beads from her robe, curious myself, I stood, ignoring my natural instinct to run. Suddenly she swung the beads out, broke the string and chanted a quick spell under her breath and I watched as the beads flew off the string and, glowing, came for me.

Kikyo's P.O.V.

I watched him, he seemed to be thinking, I slowly took the subjugation beads out of my robe, the rustle of material the only give away that I was moving, he noticed, and I flung the beads out and broke the string before muttering 'Kamo shirenai no bīzu wa, bīzu ga shikkari hoji shimasu' quickly under my breath and watched as the beads formed an unbreakable spell around his neck, I watched as it fought with his youkai, which was now trapped outside his body before saying a simple, "heel ", I watched as he fell, face-first to the ground, it started raining heavily, I couldn't even see him anymore, I felt his power flux as he got up and took out his sword, (A.N. he has a special one this story) Shāpunoken.

Sesshomaru's P.O.V.

I fell to the ground, angry, as it started to rain, heavily. I realised my beast was absent and as I tried to work out how this had happened, I stood up, drawing my sword Shāpunoken and waited, no swirling youkai formed, I was alone in this fight. I saw Kikyo in the dim, eyes closed, bow in hand, raising her arm to reach for an arrow, then I tried a different approach, "Jaken" I said, loud enough for him to hear me before I faced my now powerful opponent.

Jaken's P.O.V. (A.N. Jaken's P.O.V. is going to be VERY rare in this story, I don't like him much .)

I played absentmindedly with the fallen leaves, shredding them into shapes, one I was very proud of, it was of Lord Sesshomaru, it looked just like him, well his silhouette at least, the only problem was his head, the leaf had crumbled partly and his head seemed to be deformed somewhat, I put the leaf down, looking for another, to try again when I heard it, my name called, "Jaken", "milord!" I replied jumping onto my feet, crushing the leaf of him, I ran, clutching the staff of two heads like a life-line, towards his nearly dissipated scent. The rain poured down heavily, and I could barely see as a woman let go of a bowstring and only heard as it struck a man, pinning him to a tree, the man had no youkai, obviously, he was not Sesshomaru, "Ja…ken" I heard the man call out weakly "return… to th…e cas…tle, rule in… my-y ab… sence" he continued weakly, I realised the youkai of milord was floating around this man, I ran over to him, his white hair covered his face, an arrow struck through him, I tried to touch it, to pull it out, and I pelt a burst of magic, black magic, from the arrow and fell back, and I saw the face, "mi-milord?"

'Itami,-shi wa, sugu ni kurushinde, anata no unmei no no hi o kanjiru' means 'pain, death, suffering soon, feel the day that's of your doom' yes I know, its weird but I ran out of ideas. I had originally used 'Shi wa, kanashimi wa,-kō wa,-damashī no yami o mitsukete tabete,-kō o ubatte, dai, nakunatte imasu.' As the chant but I forgot what it was in English so I changed it. 'Kamo shirenai no bīzu wa, bīzu ga shikkari hoji shimasu' is simple enough, for the subjugation beads, it means 'beads of might, beads hold tight' 'hāpunoken' is a simple 'sharpest sword'

Soooooo sorry if a cliffy is too cruel for you, but I have to keep you reading somehow, hurrah! The stress of how on earth I would pin him to the tree is gone! Hahahahaha! YIPEE! Ok, that was weird, I agree. Anyway, I wonder who will be joining us in the next chappie? Haha! Guess again! It's not kagome, not at the start anyway…

Sesshomaru: still posing me as weak and harmless? *flexes wrist*

Krystal: eep! Nooooo no way! Why would I do that? He he he…

Sesshomaru: well, first…

Krystal: no!

Sesshomaru: I could have killed the miko

Krystal: STOP

Sesshomaru: and why have you got me calling her by name?

Krystal: `~`~`~` LALALALALALA`~`~`~`

Sesshomaru: I got attacked by beads

Krystal: I CAN'T HEAR THIS

Sesshomaru: and I got pinned to a tree by an arrow

Krystal: laLAlaLAla…AHA!

Sesshomaru: ***********************

Krystal: haha! I figured out how to censor you!

Sesshomaru: oh really?

Krystal: AH? O.O'…

Sesshomaru: and I saw what you have planned for the next chapter…

Krystal: NO!

Sesshomaru: I honestly don't know why you are going to put in y*muffled*

Krystal:*hand over sesshomaru's mouth* and that my folks is the end of the, ! *rips hand off of sesshomaru's mouth*

Sesshomaru: *grins evilly*

Krystal: WHY DID YOU LICK ME! .?

Sesshomaru: why did you put your hand over my mouth?

Krystal: *wipes hand on sesshomaru's face* never mind

Sesshomaru: hey!

Krystal: *holds finger up to quieten him*

Sesshomaru: mffffdmfuuuufmfmfmd

Krystal: and that folks is the end of the show :D

~(in background)~

(Quiet)

Sesshomaru: but honestly! Why!

(Quieter)

Krystal: why what?

(Almost silent)

Sesshomaru: why are YOU going into the story?