p data-p-id="952c07e683e27325399f883b6fa5b53a"emstrongSango /strong/embr /Miroku carried me on his back and we ran to try to keep up with Ayame and Koga. Shippo was between the four of us struggling to keep up himself. br /"Miroku, I'm sorry," I said out of the /"There's no need to apologize-"br /"I'm sorry for pushing you away. I was so trapped in my own world that I forgot that I share that world with you." He said nothing to that and I held onto him /"I love you, Miroku. I always will."br /"I know, I shouldn't have overreacted like that. It was childish of me."br /"You must be hanging around Inuyasha more then."br /"Great, I'm being compared to him of all people."br /"Could you to quit your babbling an hurry up? We need to help Kagome," Koga /"I'm going as fast as I can right now," Miroku said. Suddenly Koga and Ayame stopped /"Prepare yourselves. We have company," Ayame /"You have a keen sense of smell." The woman appeared before them with strings attached to each /"You again," Miroku stated out /"The master is busy right now so it looks like you'll have to fight me."br /"Get out of the way right now or your gonna die," Koga /"You talk too much, be silent." Suddenly Koga stood straight and struggled to /"What the hell? What is this?"br /"I said silence." Koga didn't say another word. I watched as she twitched her fourth finger on her right hand when giving a command to someone. I used my hidden blade to cut the thread attached to him when I jumped off of Miroku's /"I can move again," Koga /"Be careful, she can control you if she attaches those threads to your body."br /"Very good. You guessed correctly." The woman came down as if she were /"My name is Yuino of the spiders."br /"I don't care who you are, we are going to save out friends whether it be by going through you or you getting out of the way," Ayame stated /"Well, I hope you put up as good of a fight as your words," She said. And the battle began./p
p data-p-id="677519deacce8e8e363d51b38d9a5abe"strongemSesshomaru /em/strongbr /The more time she spent inside of the cocoon, the more it was hard to control my demonic self. Both InuYasha and I looked worst for wear and Keiji was still taking her life force. br /"We need to do something," InuYasha said, "the longer she's in there the quicker she'll die."br /"I'm aware of that," I told him. Keiji laughed madly and hunched /"This power is incredible! She has a lot of life force inside of her as well!" InuYasha growled at him and I found myself glaring. br /"InuYasha, stand back now."br /"Huh? No way! I'm saving Kagome with or without your help so just-"br /"Unless you want to die becore then stand back," I grounded out before transforming into my full demon skin. br /"Finally, I was wondering when you'd finally turn," Keiji said. Once I finished transforming, I attacked and hoped InuYasha would use the opportunity to get Kagome./p
p data-p-id="69ffe636c1c5ebf0d9e99bf47629d7af"strongemKagome /em/strongbr /"Try harder," Midoriko stated, "focus on something to wake you up."br /"I can't! Its like I'm being drained right now. Every attemped drains me even more."br /"You need outside help then. Looks like he's already begun."br /"You mean Keiji?" Midoriko nodded before looking away, /"I swear he needs to die coldly. What a pain."br /I still couldn't get used to her personality. She was childish and not as poised as she looked in the cave that Sango's village /"Alright, lets try again. This time channel my power. What's happening is Keiji, that worm, is siphoning your life force without the Gappei Denryoku amulet."br /"Gappei Denryoku amulet? Whats that?"br /"An amulet created to store a priestesses or Monk's spiritual powers. The upside is that, if used right, a person can give their power to someone worthy without going through the things I had to go through. Dying, creating a world inside of the jewel, and so on. The down side is that a demon can absorb this power and use it against a priestess."br /"So without that, your saying he could take too much and be overwhelmed?"br /"Well look who caught on faster than the rest," Midoriko /"Hey! I'll have you know that I graduated high school with good scores!"br /"High school?" I sighed before closing my /"Just forget I said anything."/p
p data-p-id="456d1900d115567c1257a8317ab29efb"strongemKoga/em/strongbr /I kicked the next dead man I saw and grew frustrated. When the fight started, Yuino had corpses as puppets and used them to attack. We couldn't get anywhere near /If we could get the monk to her then this would have been /"Ayame, try to get the monk to her in anyway you can," I called /"Got it!"br /"Arrogant, are we? Shouting out your plans."br /She moved her hands and the corpses began attaking Miroku. Ayame smirked before grabbing his /"Good job, Koga," Ayame said before jumping up into the air, my plan worked out perfectly." She threw Miroku towards Yuino at top speed. She wasn't expecting it and he used that to place a talisman on her. Ayame's plans were always full proof, even when caught off guard. br /Miroku did a small chant before Yuino dispersed into dust. The corpses dropped at once and a spider the size of a large cat appeared and bit /"Miroku," Sango yelled before running to him and stabbing the spider. br /"Miroku, are you alright?"br /"I think she poisoned me. Just go save Kagome."br /"I can't just leave you here."br /Miroku groaned in pain before looking at me and /"You three, go. I'll be fine here."br /"What? Don't be stupid," I said before picking him up and putting his body over my /"I bet Kagome could fix you up. Everyone we have to move now. We've wasted enough time here."br /"Right." And with that we ran to find the others./p
p data-p-id="5a0fd3d16c124320804775d833157243"emstrongInuYasha /strong/embr /Sesshomaru managed to keep Keiji's attention on him while I tried to get Kagome and him at once. Each attack was mostly aimed for Kagome but I had to make it look like I was missimg him so he wouldn't hurt her /"InuYasha." I turned around and saw Sango, Shippo, Ayame, and Koga carrying Miroku on his shoulders. br /Miroku looked really hurt but I saw no wounds on /"What happened to you, Miroku?"br /"I'll be fine, have you made any progress with Kagome?"br /"No. This bastard is gaining power from Kagome. Demons can't touch it but he can. She's tried to wake up a few times but he kept putting her back under."br /"I see, so only humans can go near it."br /"Looks like it. Koga, you help my and Sesshomaru while Ayame helps the others."br /"What about me," Shippo /"You have to protect everyone while they free Kagome," I told him, "Ayame won't be able to do much on her own."br /"Right!" br /Now would be a great time for Kagome to wake up./p
p data-p-id="eaa64f36956177cec7f19150940828f1"emstrongKagome /strong/em br /"Your doing a great job so far. Just stay focused and we'll be out of here," Midoriko encouraged. I stopped because I grew exhausted. br /"You almost had it!"br /"I'm sorry, I'm just feeling tired." I felt my eyes /"Hey, Kagome! Don't you go to sleep on me you brat! Kagome!"br /My eyes were closed now and I could feel myself slipping away. I heard nothing, felt nothing, it was just... nothing. br /"Pathetic," I heard someone /"Who said that," I /"Are you really going to give up that easily. You are weaker than I originally thought."br /"Kikyo? Where are you? Why are you even here."br /"You need to wake up. If Keiji gains your power then this world will be doomed. He's growing even stronger as you lie and sleep."br /"Its not like I want to be here, you know. I can't-"br /"Quit making excuses and wake up. There is no more time to waste."br /"But-"br /"Wake up!"br /I opened my eyes and Midoriko backed away in /"Wait, you just died! How are you-"br /"You said that if I overload him with power he'd be defeated, right?"br /"Well yes but-"br /"Okay, here goes."br /"Wait Kagome you-"br /I focused and power instantly flowed through me. I felt it being pulled from me so I pushed it and had a hard time remaining that /"Hey maybe you dying had awakened my power like this. I should have killed you sooner."br /"Could you let me concentrate?"br /She said nothing more and I continued my task. Soon I began to hear the voices of my friends. I could feel them and the energy around them. One energy level, in particular, was familiar but ominous. br /"Okay, your breaking through. Just keep at it."br /I don't know what was driving me, exactly. Whether it was Kikyo's words or the fact that my friends were betting their lives to save me. Whatever was pushing me to do this I had to break free of whatever this was./p
p data-p-id="d2652f5fcc80e0baad3d78895b3a57c5"emstrongSesshomaru /strong/em br /I transformed back from my released demon state in fatigue. If our fatger were here, he'd have already ended this. br /"Giving up already? Things were good so far."br /My wounds were deeper than I'd like to admit but I had to fight for her. br /"Hey, Sesshomaru; can you keep going," InuYasha asked me. I ignored his question and drew on Bakusaiga once more. br /"So you do still have some fight left. This is great," Keiji said with a smirk, "but its too-" he stopped himself and clutched onto his /"What is this?" I looked over at the cocoon and knew that Kagome was fighting back. A satisfied smirk found its way on my face knowing /"InuYasha, Koga, do not strike at the cocoon anymore. Focus only on him."br /"But Kagome-"br /"She will be fine. We need to take him out now while she has him weakened."br /"Weakened? You mean she's fighting from inside of there?"br /"The rest of you stand back, you'll only be in the way." The others stood back and we attacked Keiji once more. InuYasha's attacks were synced perfectly with mine and Koga's attacks were supporting our own. When we finally hit him, we made sure that it was a powerful /"You three will pay," Keiji yelled out but clutched his chest again. The area of his heart began to glow but only for /"Damned priestess."br /"Keiji, if there is something you must die knowing, Kagome pulls through anything when pushed to it," InuYasha said. The light grew brighter and brighter before the cocoon cracked and Keiji's body along with /"This can't be. She shouldn't have this level of power yet."br /"Come on Kagome," Koga shouted. Soon the others followed his lead and cheered for her to come forward. I remained silent and attacked Keiji with the final hit. The Cocoon finally breaks and Keiji becomes particles of light. Each particle dispersed and found their was to each of us. My wounds began to heal quickly and the pain vanished as soon as the first particle touched me. I glared because I know she had pushed herself to make it happen after Keiji was defeated. Kagome stands and holds her /"Oh wow, that gave me a headache."br /"Kagome," the little fox demon cried before pouncing on her. br /"Shippo?" She looked around and saw all of us were here before /"I hope everyone is alright." When her eyes landed on InuYasha her smile vanished but was replaced with a fake /"Your asking if we're okay when you were almost killed," InuYasha /She ignored him and looked to Miroku was looking at himself in /"Kagome, did you realized you healed all of us?"br /"What, I did? When did I-" she stopped talking and found herself falling to the ground. I had gained back the speed I'd lost in battle and caught her. I'd lecture her later on her /"Kagome did become powerful, huh," Koga said. They all looked at InuYasha before looking away from him /"What are you guys looking at."br /"Oh nothing," Miroku /"Just thinking that its good to be on her good side now," Sango /"Yeah, I'd hate to be on her bad side," Koga /"Hey, what the hell are you guys getting at?" He looked towards me but I turned away from him with Kagome in my /"Not you too!"/p
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p data-p-id="677519deacce8e8e363d51b38d9a5abe"strongemSesshomaru /em/strongbr /The more time she spent inside of the cocoon, the more it was hard to control my demonic self. Both InuYasha and I looked worst for wear and Keiji was still taking her life force. br /"We need to do something," InuYasha said, "the longer she's in there the quicker she'll die."br /"I'm aware of that," I told him. Keiji laughed madly and hunched /"This power is incredible! She has a lot of life force inside of her as well!" InuYasha growled at him and I found myself glaring. br /"InuYasha, stand back now."br /"Huh? No way! I'm saving Kagome with or without your help so just-"br /"Unless you want to die becore then stand back," I grounded out before transforming into my full demon skin. br /"Finally, I was wondering when you'd finally turn," Keiji said. Once I finished transforming, I attacked and hoped InuYasha would use the opportunity to get Kagome./p
p data-p-id="69ffe636c1c5ebf0d9e99bf47629d7af"strongemKagome /em/strongbr /"Try harder," Midoriko stated, "focus on something to wake you up."br /"I can't! Its like I'm being drained right now. Every attemped drains me even more."br /"You need outside help then. Looks like he's already begun."br /"You mean Keiji?" Midoriko nodded before looking away, /"I swear he needs to die coldly. What a pain."br /I still couldn't get used to her personality. She was childish and not as poised as she looked in the cave that Sango's village /"Alright, lets try again. This time channel my power. What's happening is Keiji, that worm, is siphoning your life force without the Gappei Denryoku amulet."br /"Gappei Denryoku amulet? Whats that?"br /"An amulet created to store a priestesses or Monk's spiritual powers. The upside is that, if used right, a person can give their power to someone worthy without going through the things I had to go through. Dying, creating a world inside of the jewel, and so on. The down side is that a demon can absorb this power and use it against a priestess."br /"So without that, your saying he could take too much and be overwhelmed?"br /"Well look who caught on faster than the rest," Midoriko /"Hey! I'll have you know that I graduated high school with good scores!"br /"High school?" I sighed before closing my /"Just forget I said anything."/p
p data-p-id="456d1900d115567c1257a8317ab29efb"strongemKoga/em/strongbr /I kicked the next dead man I saw and grew frustrated. When the fight started, Yuino had corpses as puppets and used them to attack. We couldn't get anywhere near /If we could get the monk to her then this would have been /"Ayame, try to get the monk to her in anyway you can," I called /"Got it!"br /"Arrogant, are we? Shouting out your plans."br /She moved her hands and the corpses began attaking Miroku. Ayame smirked before grabbing his /"Good job, Koga," Ayame said before jumping up into the air, my plan worked out perfectly." She threw Miroku towards Yuino at top speed. She wasn't expecting it and he used that to place a talisman on her. Ayame's plans were always full proof, even when caught off guard. br /Miroku did a small chant before Yuino dispersed into dust. The corpses dropped at once and a spider the size of a large cat appeared and bit /"Miroku," Sango yelled before running to him and stabbing the spider. br /"Miroku, are you alright?"br /"I think she poisoned me. Just go save Kagome."br /"I can't just leave you here."br /Miroku groaned in pain before looking at me and /"You three, go. I'll be fine here."br /"What? Don't be stupid," I said before picking him up and putting his body over my /"I bet Kagome could fix you up. Everyone we have to move now. We've wasted enough time here."br /"Right." And with that we ran to find the others./p
p data-p-id="5a0fd3d16c124320804775d833157243"emstrongInuYasha /strong/embr /Sesshomaru managed to keep Keiji's attention on him while I tried to get Kagome and him at once. Each attack was mostly aimed for Kagome but I had to make it look like I was missimg him so he wouldn't hurt her /"InuYasha." I turned around and saw Sango, Shippo, Ayame, and Koga carrying Miroku on his shoulders. br /Miroku looked really hurt but I saw no wounds on /"What happened to you, Miroku?"br /"I'll be fine, have you made any progress with Kagome?"br /"No. This bastard is gaining power from Kagome. Demons can't touch it but he can. She's tried to wake up a few times but he kept putting her back under."br /"I see, so only humans can go near it."br /"Looks like it. Koga, you help my and Sesshomaru while Ayame helps the others."br /"What about me," Shippo /"You have to protect everyone while they free Kagome," I told him, "Ayame won't be able to do much on her own."br /"Right!" br /Now would be a great time for Kagome to wake up./p
p data-p-id="eaa64f36956177cec7f19150940828f1"emstrongKagome /strong/em br /"Your doing a great job so far. Just stay focused and we'll be out of here," Midoriko encouraged. I stopped because I grew exhausted. br /"You almost had it!"br /"I'm sorry, I'm just feeling tired." I felt my eyes /"Hey, Kagome! Don't you go to sleep on me you brat! Kagome!"br /My eyes were closed now and I could feel myself slipping away. I heard nothing, felt nothing, it was just... nothing. br /"Pathetic," I heard someone /"Who said that," I /"Are you really going to give up that easily. You are weaker than I originally thought."br /"Kikyo? Where are you? Why are you even here."br /"You need to wake up. If Keiji gains your power then this world will be doomed. He's growing even stronger as you lie and sleep."br /"Its not like I want to be here, you know. I can't-"br /"Quit making excuses and wake up. There is no more time to waste."br /"But-"br /"Wake up!"br /I opened my eyes and Midoriko backed away in /"Wait, you just died! How are you-"br /"You said that if I overload him with power he'd be defeated, right?"br /"Well yes but-"br /"Okay, here goes."br /"Wait Kagome you-"br /I focused and power instantly flowed through me. I felt it being pulled from me so I pushed it and had a hard time remaining that /"Hey maybe you dying had awakened my power like this. I should have killed you sooner."br /"Could you let me concentrate?"br /She said nothing more and I continued my task. Soon I began to hear the voices of my friends. I could feel them and the energy around them. One energy level, in particular, was familiar but ominous. br /"Okay, your breaking through. Just keep at it."br /I don't know what was driving me, exactly. Whether it was Kikyo's words or the fact that my friends were betting their lives to save me. Whatever was pushing me to do this I had to break free of whatever this was./p
p data-p-id="d2652f5fcc80e0baad3d78895b3a57c5"emstrongSesshomaru /strong/em br /I transformed back from my released demon state in fatigue. If our fatger were here, he'd have already ended this. br /"Giving up already? Things were good so far."br /My wounds were deeper than I'd like to admit but I had to fight for her. br /"Hey, Sesshomaru; can you keep going," InuYasha asked me. I ignored his question and drew on Bakusaiga once more. br /"So you do still have some fight left. This is great," Keiji said with a smirk, "but its too-" he stopped himself and clutched onto his /"What is this?" I looked over at the cocoon and knew that Kagome was fighting back. A satisfied smirk found its way on my face knowing /"InuYasha, Koga, do not strike at the cocoon anymore. Focus only on him."br /"But Kagome-"br /"She will be fine. We need to take him out now while she has him weakened."br /"Weakened? You mean she's fighting from inside of there?"br /"The rest of you stand back, you'll only be in the way." The others stood back and we attacked Keiji once more. InuYasha's attacks were synced perfectly with mine and Koga's attacks were supporting our own. When we finally hit him, we made sure that it was a powerful /"You three will pay," Keiji yelled out but clutched his chest again. The area of his heart began to glow but only for /"Damned priestess."br /"Keiji, if there is something you must die knowing, Kagome pulls through anything when pushed to it," InuYasha said. The light grew brighter and brighter before the cocoon cracked and Keiji's body along with /"This can't be. She shouldn't have this level of power yet."br /"Come on Kagome," Koga shouted. Soon the others followed his lead and cheered for her to come forward. I remained silent and attacked Keiji with the final hit. The Cocoon finally breaks and Keiji becomes particles of light. Each particle dispersed and found their was to each of us. My wounds began to heal quickly and the pain vanished as soon as the first particle touched me. I glared because I know she had pushed herself to make it happen after Keiji was defeated. Kagome stands and holds her /"Oh wow, that gave me a headache."br /"Kagome," the little fox demon cried before pouncing on her. br /"Shippo?" She looked around and saw all of us were here before /"I hope everyone is alright." When her eyes landed on InuYasha her smile vanished but was replaced with a fake /"Your asking if we're okay when you were almost killed," InuYasha /She ignored him and looked to Miroku was looking at himself in /"Kagome, did you realized you healed all of us?"br /"What, I did? When did I-" she stopped talking and found herself falling to the ground. I had gained back the speed I'd lost in battle and caught her. I'd lecture her later on her /"Kagome did become powerful, huh," Koga said. They all looked at InuYasha before looking away from him /"What are you guys looking at."br /"Oh nothing," Miroku /"Just thinking that its good to be on her good side now," Sango /"Yeah, I'd hate to be on her bad side," Koga /"Hey, what the hell are you guys getting at?" He looked towards me but I turned away from him with Kagome in my /"Not you too!"/p
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