A/N: Hey ya'll time for chapter 7, sorry for leaving off on a cliffhanger last chapter ha-ha! Sorry I was gone for a while, I had a HUGE case of writer's block and I'm still trying to figure out where this story is going. WARNING THIS STORY CONTAINS SPOILERS FROM THE SOUL EATER MANGA!
Disclaimer: I do not own Soul Eater or Inuyasha!
Chapter 7: Injured
The meister furiously rushed at the elder priestess in front of her. In a flash Kikyo had vanished, her soul collectors wrapped around her body, as if they were the ones moving the dead priestess around, helping her dodge Maka's deadly blows. With a free hand, Kikyo reached over her back to retrieve three arrows, she quickly aimed and fired at the meister attacking her.
Three bright red arrows headed towards Maka at the speed of light, with quick thinking she used Soul's blade to block the attack, even thinking she could slice the arrows down. Bright red light lit the clearing, everyone was blinded by the harsh light. Kagome staggered back against Inuyasha as she covered her eyes, she could feel a wind coming from the impact making the tree leaves and bushes around them shake.
A pained groan came from the light as it dimmed down. "Soul! Are you okay?" Maka yelled. The death scythe sat up and rubbed his head, he looked down at his body, surprised that he was back into his human form, his meister knelt down before him, checking if he had any injuries.
"No way! Those arrows!" Maka whipped back to face the deceased priestess. She stood still as she observed the weapon pair, the stoic expression never leaving her face. She was in no mood for a fight with strangers, she already had plans and no one was going to stand in the way. She turned away and started to walk away from the clearing.
"Kikyo! Wait!" Inuyasha yelled. He clenched his fist as thousands of thoughts ran through his head. Kikyo a kishin egg? She wouldn't do something like that would she? What exactly is his past lover planning to do with this new acquired power? She had mentioned defeating Naraku, but was it even possible?
Maka growled under her breath as rage began taking over her, she had sworn to herself that Soul would never be hurt ever again, she clenched her fist tightly. Kagome looked over to the meister concerned, then back at Inuyasha, even more concern began to form on her face. By this time, Sango, Miroku, Kirara and Shippo had arrived at the developing scene. They had woken up to find the camp empty, except for them, and with the help of Kirara and Shippo, the small group managed to find the rest of their missing companions. They were just as surprised at seeing Kikyo there and confused as to why Maka was fighting the dead priestess.
The albino weapon grinned, "Won't be so easy Maka" he muttered as he grabbed his meister partner's hand tightly before transforming back into his death scythe form. The pig tailed girl nodded as she tried focusing on her new attack strategy. She would have to have to avoid those purification arrows, that was the weapon meister pair's weakness. For now, she would have to dodge and physically hit Kikyo herself and hopefully catch her off guard.
Inuyasha continued staring at Kikyo's back as she began to disappear as she continued on her way. A blur passed by him, it was Maka rushing in to attack once again. The elder priestess had sensed an attack coming for her. She grabbed three arrows from her back and with a swift motion she shot the arrows back at Maka. Streams of bright red light flew through the air. It was as time stopped and everything went in slow motion. Kagome had saw what Kikyo was planning and without a second thought her legs began to move after them and pushed the meister and weapon pair out of the arrows path. With a grunt Maka landed on the ground face first, confusion and annoyance starting to build up in her.
"Why the hell did you do that fo-" she couldn't finish her sentence as she got up to find the teenage priestess on the ground, an arrow sticking out of her. Maka let out a loud gasp as the field grew silent.
"Kagome!" Everyone yelled in unison. As all the attention was on the fallen Kagome, Kikyo took this chance to leave. Her white soul collectors wrapping around her body, lifting her into the air and away from the clearing, soon disappearing into the dark night. A small unnoticeable mad smile forming on her lips as she faded.
A cold sweat began to form on Kagome's face as she flinched from the pain. An arrow pierced her left shoulder. A stream of blood began to flow down her arm. Inuyasha carefully scooped her in her arms, Kikyo was now completely out of his mind, his attention now on Kagome. He had frozen completely. Froze when he saw Kikyo, he let Kagome get hurt. He clenched his jaw as he stared at the bloody mess Kagome's wound was creating.
"What did you do that for!" Maka yelled, her face twisted in guilt, after all the girl did it to protect the meister. Soul had transformed back from his demon weapon form and grabbed Maka by the arm trying to calm her down. All the priestess could do was give a smile as she flinched. At this the meister clenched her fists. She then stormed off, tears threatening to falls as she sped deeper into the forest.
Soul sighed and ran a hand through his snow-white hair. He looked back at the half demon and injured priestess and gave them an apologetic smile, "Sorry about her, I'll go talk to her" he then went after her, calling her name and asking her to wait for him. He knew not to worry much about Kagome, he knew she was in safe hands.
~o0o~
Inuyasha had carefully sped back to their camp with everyone minus the weapon and meister pair. Kagome flinched as she was set down. Sango had grabbed the first aid kit and kneeled down to prepare to tend to her friend's wounds.
"Kagome, I'm sorry but I'll have to cut your sleeve" Kagome nodded as the demon slayer had pulled out her knife and began to cut her sleeve to have better access to her wounds. Miroku and Inuyasha sat to the side and let Sango take care of her. Inuyasha clenched his fist as he stared into the fire, throwing worried glances towards his hurt friend, after all, it was his fault that she was hurt in the first place. He should had pulled her back, it was his fault with being too distracted. Miroku was as well worried for his comrade but he was confident Sango would be able to help Kagome but of course he couldn't help but worry since the young priestess was hurt.
Sango licked her lips nervously as she held the end of the arrow, she would have to pull it out. She looked over at Kagome whom looked back at her back nervously, without exchanging words Kagome knew what had to be done. She closed her eyes and looked away as tears formed at her eyes. She felt a sharp pain and blacked out.
~0o0~
A troubled sigh escaped Maka's lips as she sat on a large stone, she sniffed gently as she wiped her watery eyes. A hand gently grabbed her shoulder and sat next to her. "You're acting like a baby Maka" Soul muttered. This earned him a slap on the shoulder.
"I-I know! But, she's hurt because of me" again the meister clenched her fists. Soul sighed and stared into the pond in front of them. There wasn't much the death scythe could say all he did was wait for Maka to get over her tantrum. Maka sighed and leaned against Soul's shoulder as she was lost in thought. The thing she hated most was someone getting hurt because of her. Minutes passed Maka stood up after calming down.
"Lets...head back now, I'm fine" the meister gave her weapon partner a small smile. Soul nodded and stood up to follow her back to the camp. Within a couple of minutes, the two had made it back. Everyone was surrounding an unconscious Kagome. At this Maka's eyes widen and she ran over to the priestess.
"What happened?" Maka asked Sango as she knelt down next to her. The demon slayer had a worried expression as she looked over her dear friend.
"She blacked out when I took out the arrow out of her arm, I think the pain was too much" Sango pushed strands of hairs out of Kagome's sweaty face. At touch she feels warm. "I think she's feverish, what shall we do?"
"I believe Kagome has special medicine for fevers" Miroku pitched in as he stood to search for said medicine. A couple of seconds later he returned with a pill bottle. He handed it to Sango who opened it and helped Kagome take some medicine.
All Maka could do was sit in silence and worry, of course Soul was a worried as well. Suddenly an idea popped into her head. "Wait! I know someone who could help! But we need to head back to the future" the meister stood up and looked at Inuyasha.
At this the half demon nodded. Usually he would hate going back to the future yet again, but if Maka could help Kagome then of course Inuyasha would be willing to traverse back to the future. Shippo sniffed as he buried his face into Sango. Kagome was a tough girl, it was strange that an arrow would have such an effect like this.
"We'll meet back at Kaede's village, go and take Kagome please" Miroku said as he stood back up along with Sango. Inuyasha nodded as he carefully picked up Kagome as she began to breath heavily. Maka nodded as she held an already transformed Soul. She concentrated and transformed Soul to his flight mode. Inuyasha and Maka began to head back to the Bone Eater's well as fast as they could.
~o0o~
After returning to the future Kagome was put to bed, her mother watching over her as Inuyasha, Maka and Soul stood in the living room. The pig tail meister pulled out her compact mirror and began to contact Kid. Within a few rings a projection of the young Shinigami brightened the room.
"Maka! Is something wrong?" Kid asked as he noticed the worried expression on her and Soul's face. It was unusual for them to have those expressions for no reason, he knew something was up.
"Is Kim available? I have a favor; our friend was hurt by a kishin egg and..." Maka paused as Kid held his hand up. He knew where she was going with this and he nodded and gave the girl a reassuring smile.
"Of course! I'll send her right over!" Kid said as he instantly hung up. Maka closed the small mirror and put it in her skirt pocket. She knew Kid would follow through and send Kim as soon as possible.
"Who is this Kim?" Inuyasha asked as he leaned against the wall with arms crossed. His ear twitched as he could hear Kagome's small unconscious groans from her room, her mom whispering softly to her as she tended to her daughter. Luckily Sota was asleep by the time the group arrived and would avoid seeing his older sister in such a state.
"Oh, she's a student at the DWMA and she's a witch that specializes in regeneration magic" Maka explained. As she finished her sentence the room began to glow brightly, strange writing began to appear on an empty wall. Inuyasha was caught off guard and placed a hand on his sword, ready to pull it out, ready to fight if needed. A pink haired girl suddenly popped out of the wall, following close behind her was a long black-haired girl, both of them wearing similar school uniforms.
"Yo Kim, Jackie, thanks for helping out" Soul lifted his balled-up hand to give each girl a fist bump. The girls gave both the meister and weapon pair, a way the friend group greeted each other.
"Of course, you're lucky you're my friends, if not I would have charged you" Kim said in a playful manner. Maka couldn't help but giggle a bit. The pink hair witch stared over to Inuyasha. 'Wow he's kind of cute! Though he dresses kind of funny' the girl thought, her cheeks warming up a bit. The half demon just stared at her in confusion.
"You're here to help Kagome?" Inuyasha asked the young with. In response she gave a flirty smile.
"Yup Kim Diehl at your service" she winked at the confused half demon. Jackie giggled as she followed behind her meister. Inuyasha's attention then shifted to the dark-haired girl. Just like Soul he could sense something different about her, different from any human, the same went for the pink haired girl.
"I'm Jackie, Kim's weapon!" The lantern waved. After quick introductions Maka began to lead the weapon and miester pair into Kagome's bedroom. Ms. Higurashi slowly stood up from her daughter's side and bowed greeting the girls.
"Thank you for helping my daughter, I'll leave it to you" the middle-aged woman gave everyone a smile and left the room. Kim tilted her head as she examined the injuries the young priestess had received. She had recently been training under Stein and learned various types of new medical procedures and learned how to use her magic to properly identify injuries. Her pale fingers began to take off the bandage revealing a nasty looking cut. She closed her as and chanted under her breath.
"Her muscle has been severed, damn who ever shot her must have been a good shot" Kim muttered. Jackie nudged her, warning her meister that her joke was inappropriate. At this Kim rolled her eyes and nudged Jackie back playfully.
"Will you be able to help her?" Maka clasped her hands together. Inuyasha looked at the young witch as well with a very worried face. Soul frowned, a severed muscle could require surgery, well if it were treated in a non-magical manner.
"Of course I can! What kind of witch do you think I am" Kim puffed her cheeks as determination filled her eyes, at this Maka smiled as she felt her witch soul swell up with confidence.
The tanuki witch closes her eyes and places both hands on Kagome's wound. "Tanucoon, Raccoon-coon, Ponpon, Ponkitanu!" She kept repeating this chant and her hands began to glow brightly blinding everyone inside the room. Within seconds the light began to disappear revealing Kagome's now completely healed shoulder. Not even a scar was left. At this Kim smiled triumphantly.
"Keep her arm in a sling for the next three days and she'll be completely fine" Kim retracted from Kagome's side and stood to face Maka who gave her a quick tight hug. This obviously caught the young witch off guard but she didn't mind the affection at all.
"Thank you so much Kim I owe you one!" At this the witched perked up with a smile. Jackie was already at her side as everyone, except Inuyasha left the bedroom.
"Then you'll be treating me to lunch when you come back from your mission, safely of course" Kim smiled as she began to chant once more. The witch writing starting to glow on the wall Kim and Jackie had come through.
"You got it!" Maka giggled as she waved at the weapon pair, as did Soul, soon the two disappeared and once again the wall was now free of witch writing. Maka sighed in relief as she sunk on the couch. Soul gave her a soft smile and ruffled her hair as he sat next to her.
"At least Kagome is okay" Soul said as he leaned on his hand. His red eyes glazed over as he let out a big yawn. From the window he noticed the sun starting to rise. He groaned softly as the exhaust from the night suddenly started to take effect.
"We should probably rest tonight, there's still a lot we have to discuss" Maka mumbled as she leaned back onto the couch, she let her heavy eyelids fall as she soon started drifting off to sleep.
A/N: Well that's it for chapter 7! Thanks for reading and don't forget to leave a review! Hope you enjoyed this chapter! I'm sorry for not updating. Now that I finished my one of my college classes I'll have a bit of free time (still have work lmao)
Shout-Outs:
9YearsOfMaka: Maka is best girl! Thanks again for the support! Also sorry for a late update! I can't believe it's been so long. I can't wait for ML to finish too. I'll see if I can add some Maka/Inuyasha moments! (Not sure if you meant romantic or platonic)
MonkeyQueen88YT: Thanks a bunch, I really don't feel confident writing fighting scenes but practice makes perfect. Yeah, I thought I try something new with this story, and I don't think I've ever written Kikyo in my last story. Thanks for the review and your support!
EgyLynx: Thanks! I hope you enjoyed this story as well!
SleepinBeautyK: Yes sweetie I know what an ear is! : ) But yeah I understand, I really shouldn't write late at night since I just glance over the finished product and I just fix a couple of things. I hope this chapter is better than my previous. Yeah, I'm trying to stay true to each character and Inuyasha is a fool ha-ha! Sorry for a late update and I'll try to write and update more often since I want to write more crossovers.
Queenie: Well yeah, she is ha-ha, I am not sure if I'll even add Naraku in this one. Who knows? : ) Thanks for the review and I hope you enjoy!
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Thank you everyone who reviewed! I hope everyone enjoyed this and I'll see you next time, let's see how long it takes this time. I am excited to see where this story goes in the future, I hope I can hatch an idea for the next chapter.