Chapter Twenty-Five: The Power of Tatsuagera

Hope pulled her arrow back the bright blue light forming around it as she pointed it so it would go past Ivan who fought hard in front of her. Shippo and Lilly worked together to kill the demons on their end, Shippo quick as he jumped throw the crowed slashing his extended claws and burning many in a blue fire, Lilly fought intently with her boomerang its sharp edges cutting throw the hard bodies. Ashten struggled throwing many demons away from him so he could deal with only one at a time, having not much help other then the occasional arrow that went throw a few by his sister. Ashten was slowly getting pushed back and quickly getting over crowded, growling deep Ashten thruster Tatsuagera deep into one demons body.

"Dame it!" He growled.

Hope shot another arrow felling weaker in her body she reached for another realizing her arrows where all used. Hope gasped and looked up at the still vast of demons, they was in deep trouble growling Hope looked to the dead and tried to salvage some arrows from the limp bodies but most where to badly broken. Ivan began to get over crowed felling a slash of a demon cut into his back he moaned in pain as he moved quickly around to slice into the demon as Hope killed the one he was once fighting.

"We need to get away!" Lilly announced.
"You give up so easily don't you!" Ashten growled.

Ashten growled in frustration as he began to thrust his sword around wildly, felling a sensation of the need to live Ashten felt a odd throbbing in his hands as he fought the demons, as he cut into a demons arm he stared in amassment as the demon started to turn to ice from the deep gash, it cried out in pain as the Ice grew up its arm and around its whole body. Hope stared unbelievably at the now iced demon. Ivan yelled out as another cut was given to his leg. Lilly was forced back as well a few cut to her leg and one on her check, Shippo being a demon was still fighting from the middle with ease. Ashten looked at the almost demolished group of now decaying demons and the few that was still coming.

"Everyone stay back I want to try something!" Ashten announced.

Lilly nodded and moved back to the safety of the dimming light, Shippo jumped back as well and stood next to her. Hope moved forward to help Ivan kill off the few that he was having trouble with, Ivan moved his sword upward to cut off the head of the demon he fought but stared in shock as the demon clinched the sword in its jaws, Hope tried to pull Ivan back but Ivan still trying to pull his weapon free was reluctant to come.

"Come on Ivan, you'll die!" Hope announced.

Ashten positioned himself as the last horde of demons came rushing in. Ivan pulled harder until the sword broke in half making Ivan and Hope fall backward on to the ground. They quickly stood and ran behind Ashten, Ivan still annoyed with his now broken sword. Ashten breathed in deeply hoping that what he thought the sword could do was right, bringing the sword over his head Ashten yelled out in almost like a battle cry as he drove his sword downward pledging the sword into the ground.

Ice began to cover the ground as it quickly moved its way to the still living demons, it swiftly covered their bodies in ice and broke as another wave of slashes flew throw the air from the sword. Ashten smiled at his new found powerful sword before he felt his knees growing weak and his legs collapsed on him. Ashten felt his hand hit the ground and he gasped out felling suddenly so tired and weak. Hope ran over and dropped down beside him.

"Ashten are you ok!?" She announced.

Ashten felt to weak to speak, another crack of lighting lit up the area and finally the clouds let go of their weight, the hard poring rain drifted over the decaying flesh of demons and helped to take the foul smell out of the air. Hope looked at the others Lilly was looking over Shippo for any wounds and Ivan was trying to look over his own.

"We need to get to a village, can someone help me carry him." Hope asked.
"No need, I can walk." Ashten muttered.

Ashten forced himself to his feet and turned to the others. Hope stood and looked at them as well, she walked close to her brother who still stumbled a bit as they put their things back into order to travel and hopefully find a near by town.

The sky started to brighten as the sun peeked over the treetops, but the poring rain didn't stop, and the dark clouds still lay before them as well as above. Hope now supported her brother on her shoulder as he wasn't as fit to walk as he thought, Ivan was not much better off his wound on his leg was bleeding badly, hope had put gauze around his wounds but the blood was bleeding throw its pure white color. Lilly only needed a few Band-Aids on her few wounds and Shippo was already healing his wounds. Hope felt her leg strain from the weight of her brother and head still throbbed from falling before, on their walk she had already explained what had happened.

"I hope we reach one soon my legs are about to give out to." Ivan groaned.
"I think there is one just over that hill." Shippo answered.
"Hoe do you know?" Hope asked.
"I've been drug all over this land, I was with Inuyasha and Kagome remember." Shippo muttered.

Hope suddenly felt the coldness between Shippo and her, she hadn't realized until now how much the two had avoided each other since that night. Struggling to keep Hope began to fell the pain in her leg grow more painful and her body was sore with tiredness. Ashten was growing weaker with every step the Tatsuagera had taken a lot out of him, the swords power seemed to tap into his strengths to do its damage, and it didn't help that he was fighting for a while before using it, but turning one foe to ice didn't seem to take much to do. Shippo turned to look at the group behind him, pulling away from Lilly constant grip Shippo fell back to Ashten and Hope and took Ashten's other arm.

"I'll help him for a while." Shippo muttered.

Hope nodded and let Ashten put his weight on Shippo as she moved away a bit, now they could keep up with the others. Hope sighed in relief as she looked over at Shippo smiling, but he wouldn't even look at her. Hope looked to the ground and sighed as she realized he must be angry with her. She thought back to that night once again and she felt her heart start to beat fast once again. She hadn't thought about it to hard since it happen but she had wanted to kiss him, and since then she had the urge to get him alone and kiss him, finch what he had started. She had told Lilly she didn't want a demon, but had she let her heart over take her. Hope thought back to Saku and what he had said about a women with love in her heart, was Shippo who he meant.
Hope lost herself in thought she didn't notice Ivan and Lilly yell about a village being up ahead like Shippo had said, she walked quietly her head down as she watched the moving rocks.

'No, I can't love Shippo. I've just meet him, besides just because I have demon in me doesn't mean demon is what I want in a boyfriend, and I am too young to love someone!'

Hope thought. Hope was suddenly brought back to reality when Lilly gave out a high joyful scream as she ran into the village, and a odd filling that someone was looking at her. Hope turned back to Shippo, who still refused to look at her. A Villager meet them at the entrance of the village and accepted them into it, he showed them to a place they could rest. Hope noticed it was a rather small village, small huts scattered around the place and not very many people. But one female villager caught her eye, the women was standing outside her hut staring at them. At first it seemed she was watching them, but Hope realized her intent eyes on Shippo and a soft smile curve over her lips and she stared. Hope wondered if Lilly had caught sight of the women yet and turned to her as she lead the way to the hut they where to stay the night in. Lilly had in fact not noticed the women, she was to intent on getting to the hut and getting some actual good sleep.

Bloopers:

Lilly: You think we should still have these?
Me: Yes I know I fail Cries
Women in Village: WHY DON'T I HAVE A NAME ON HERE!?
Me: Because I haven't said it yet!
Saku: That's ok she thinks I was born from nothing….
Me: I do NOT!
Saku: SO TO!
Hope: Why are you here you're a bad guy?
Saku: I have to fallow my queen anywhere!
Shippo: Gross…..
Ashten: Hey, sis you have a stalker! laughs
Hope: So do you!
Ashten: At least she isn't evil and she is pretty!
Akako: Runs back and loves on her mate
Hope: Well my stalker is handsome and has a sexy voice!
Saku: Wraps arms around his queen
Ashten: My Stalker looks better!
Hope: My Stalker is more powerful, my stalker will kick your stalkers butt!
Ashten: Nu-uh! My Stalker will kick yours ass!
Shippo: Gross……
Lilly: Loves on her man
Shippo: Gross….
Kagome: Do my kids have a relationship going?
Hope and Ashten: Realize that their stalkers are on top of them GET OFF ME!!
Inuyasha and Koga: DIE!!

Inuyasha and Koga fight once again!

Everyone: -.-……