A/N: Well I hope you all liked the last chapter. School is almost done for everyone that goes to school then summer vacation starts. There's only 30 something more days of school left for my school then regents week and then graduation. I'm kind of nervous and kind of excited at the same time. Well I'm going to stop rambling and let you read the chapter. Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha or any of its characters except my oc's and this plot.

Chapter 32: Time for Round Two

The group rested for a bit longer before they started heading out again. The spell wore off on Daisuke while he was sleeping so it did the same with Hiro. Considering that they were already in the barrier it severely limited their power and even though they looked like they were back to normal their powers were pretty much cut in half. Once the group set out it seemed that the forest was deathly quiet around them. They made good progress.

"Daisuke, has the presence of Zen's body gotten any stronger?" Hiro asked breaking the silence.

Hikari looked down at the ground. She knew that her best friend was with them but she still couldn't actually be with him considering that he was in Daisuke. She hadn't seen him in so long that she really missed him. She knew that Daisuke wouldn't let Zen out just so they could talk for a while. So much has happened through the summer that she just didn't know what to do anymore. She's been in the feudal era for so long that she was starting to feel that the feudal era was actually her home and the present was just a distant memory that didn't seem to matter.

"What's wrong Hikari." Daisuke whispered in her ear making her jump. It didn't seem that she noticed but Zen's voice was the one that came out of Daisuke.

"Oh, it's nothing I was just thinking is all." She smiled.

"Well what were you thinking about? You know I can't read minds." Daisuke commented.

"Not much really just that because I've been here so long it feels like I belong in the feudal era more then in the present." She answered.

"Oh, but if that happened you wouldn't have known Zen." Dai mentioned.

"I know, but I'm still not sure how he got tied up in all of this." She sighed.

"Because he is your friend and that seemed like the best way to get you here is if your friend was in danger." Dai answered.

"Well that makes me feel a lot better." She huffed and looked away form him.

"H-Hikari…I didn't mean it that way…I…" He stopped when Hiro put a hand on his shoulder.

"Just let it go." He said and started walking ahead of them again.

Daisuke sighed and dropped the subject. It wasn't meant to be rude. He was just trying to cheer her up and get her to smile it's been so long since he's seen her happy.

They walked in silence for a few hours because no one really had anything to talk about. Suddenly the wind picked up again and this time they were ready for another trap. But the wind died and the group relaxed.

"I guess it was just a false alarm." Rokuro said putting his blade away.

"Well lets not stop here." Hikari stated.

"We've been walking all day." Rokuro complained.

"Daisuke, how close are we?" Hikari asked.

"We're about a day away by how strong the connection is right now." Dai answered.

"Fine then we'll stop here." Hiro said.

"But…" Hikari protested and Hiro put up a hand to silence her.

"Hikari I know that you want your friend to be back in his own body but I'm sure that you can wait one more day for it." He said.

She looked down at the ground and nodded.

"Good now Come on Daisuke we're going to go and find something to eat, Rokuro you and Hikari get a fire going." Hiro ordered then Daisuke and Hiroshi walked away from them.

"Hikari…" Rokuro said touching her arm.

She pushed his hand away and shook her head slowly "Lets just go and get the wood." She muttered and walked away as a tear slid down her face.

"Hikari." Rokuro ran over to her and hugged her from behind. "Hikari, don't hide how you feel. I know that you don't want to show that your brother hurt you by saying that but you can't let it get you down. Just think by this time tomorrow Zen will be back in his own body and we can all go back home." He reassured her.

She turned around and cried into his shirt. "I just want Zen back." She cried.

"I know, I miss him too." He said holding her tight.

"Well how sweet." They heard a snicker above them and a bird demon was hovering above them.

"H-How did that get in the barrier?" Hikari asked.

"Look out!" Rokuro held onto her a bit tighter and jumped out of the way of an attack.

"I guess it's time for round two." Rokuro said taking out his shuriken and threw it at the demon. It ripped it in half and it fell lifeless to the ground. Then there was a loud beating sound and they looked up again to see a whole bunch of feathers come raining down on them. Hikari and shifted so that she was above Rokuro and she took most of the feathers and then Daisuke and Hiroshi ran over and saw that there were a whole bunch of feathers around where the were planning on sleeping for the night and Hikari Bloody laying on top of Rokuro with feathers sticking out of her back.

"HIKARI!" Daisuke screamed and ran over to her.

"Rokuro what happened?" Hiroshi questioned running over to them as well.

"There were a whole bunch of bird demons and I got rid of the first one but Hikari got in the way right before the feathers hit us. " He explained.

Daisuke took Hikari off of Rokuro. He got the feathers out of her back and turned her around so she was on her back. "Hikari…wake up." He whispered brushing some of her hair out of her face.

"Is she alright?" Rokuro asked as Hiroshi pulled the feathers out of Rokuro's arms and then went to look for bandages.

"Yea, she's still alive, she's just unconscious. Thanks to Rokuro covering her neck and head with his arms. I think I can heal the rest of her wounds." Daisuke answered.

"Then do it." Hiroshi said.

"Hikari, this is Zen talking to you please wake up." He whispered.

"Wait I don't remember switching with Zen."

"Hikari…" He whispered and kissed her; the wounds on her back closed and didn't leave any scars. He pulled away from her and she started breathing soundly again. "I love you…" He mouthed and sat back up. "There she's healed." Daisuke answered not to pleased with what Zen just did with taking over.

"Next time for warn me before you do that to my sister." Hiro's eye twitched.

Daisuke rolled her eyes "She not going to wake up for the night." He commented.

"Alright then Daisuke stay here with Hikari and Rokuro you some with me." Hiro said.

Daisuke nodded and tipped back onto his back and watched Rokuro and Hiro walk into the woods.

…To Be Continued…

A/N: Well I hoped you liked this chapter sorry it's so short. Well to me it seems short but. This story sadly is getting closer to the end. I'm telling you what chapter I'm planning on ending it on but I hope that everyone has enjoyed this chapter. See you next chapter.