I look around at the guests who have arrived to look at the exhibits. I watch them for a few minutes before heading upstairs to where the children are waiting for me. As soon as I close the door they immediately lower their concealment spells.
"Good morning everyone," I say with a smile.
"Morning Kagome-sama," yell the children.
"So did any one find the outfits," I ask.
Many children give answers but none of them are right. I tell the children that I will show them the correct clothing for all of the members of the Inutachi. They cheer at the news that I will show them after today's lesson. I continue the tale up to the point of where we found Naraku by chance before we went to lunch.
"As I said Lord Sesshomaru and his group had been traveling with us on and off for a few weeks. One day he caught the scent of Naraku and we went a chasing. We were nearly to the castle when we were attacked. We finally realized that it was a trap," I tell the kids.
Flash Back
I spot Kagura above us and shout the warning as she throws her blades of wind at us. I shoot an arrow through her wind purifying it. I sense a jewel shard approaching us from the south.
"Kohaku from the south," I yell to Sango.
Sango has told us that she will be the one to take Kohaku down. I watch carefully as Inuyasha prepares to fire the Wind Scar and Sesshomaru uses is whip to knock Kagura's feather out from under her. Just as Inuyasha is about to fire the Wind Scar Hokudoshi catches his attention and Inuyasha gives chase. What is happening? Just as things seem to be calming, bunches of small yokai jump out of the forest and attack us. All that is left of our group that can fight are Sesshomaru, Jaken, Ah-Un, and I. I put an arrow to the bow string and fire killing off a large portion of the smaller demons. Sesshomaru's whip kills off a greater portion of them as well while Jaken and Miroku kill a few of the demons.
"Kukuku. So you have finally gained some training have you miko," asks a sinister voice better yet known to me as Naraku.
"Of course why not after all this precious time you gave us without any trouble but I bet you have something planned do you not," I ask him.
"I would tell but that would ruin the fun," Naraku says.
"Of course not," I reply shooting an arrow towards him.
"Kukuku. Did you really think that that would work?
"Of course not on you but. . . ."I say.
Naraku looks around and sees the energy that he diverted from hitting him has killed many of the demons all around. Naraku turns back to me and growls. I smile and launch another arrow at the demons around us. Sesshomaru goes to attack but is stopped when a large arm from a demon shoots out from the large group of smaller demons. Damn him, he has been hiding that large demon among the smaller demon. It walks out from the smaller demons and starts to attack Sesshomaru.
I can sense two jewel shards in the demon. I cannot recognize what type of demon it is. I search for the jewel shards and realize this is going to end ugly.
"Stomach," I yell to Sesshomaru as I shoot an arrow at the demons neck.
"Ew," whispers Shippo from my shoulder as the arrow lands but in the demons arm because he blocked it.
Shippo hands me another arrow from my quiver; I shoot it at the demon and aim for his heart. The demon is killed by my arrow. That was too easy, something is wrong here. I turn away from dead demon and watch Sesshomaru attack Naraku waiting for the perfect opportunity to attack. I see a weakness in Naraku's shield and prepare to attack.
"Kagome-sama watch out," is the only warning I get.
Just seconds before something slams into my barrier sending me slamming into the other side of the barrier. I hear a loud ominous crack as I slide from the barrier. I can feel some pain from my ribs. The amount of strength from the hit and me hitting the wall has caused the barrier to break. I look up at the demon and see that it is the same demon from earlier fully healed. I leap back from my spot, as the demon swings his arm, just in time to avoid the blow. Sesshomaru spares me a glance but continues his fight with Naraku knowing I can handle myself.
I draw Mizu, my sword, from my sash. When the demon tries to hit me again I jump up on its' arm and cut a long and deep line up its' arm. The demon grunts in pain and I cut its' hand as it tries to swat me off of its arm. I jump off of its' arm as lesser demons swarm around it. The smaller demons seem to compress themselves into the room but then I realize that they are joining and repairing the demon. I gasp at the implication of what it is doing. There is one flaw with this plan.
"Sesshomaru cover," I warn him as I step behind my barrier around the kids.
Sesshomaru looks at me as I point my bow and arrow towards the sky. Sesshomaru has seen this move and knows of its' destructive power. He quickly comes to stand behind my barrier.
"Are you so weak that you must hide behind a human, a female human," cackles Naraku.
Sesshomaru breaks into a smirk causing Naraku to stop boasting and insulting. I release the arrow and immediately start to recite the incantation.
"Ira disu viper roj. Ira disu viper roj. Ira disu viper roj," I say.
As the arrow reaches the high point of its' flight, it turns and splits into multiple arrows. It seems like it is going to miss demons but I know otherwise. The arrows hit the ground at the same time. Not even a second later, they explode like reiki bombs. Everyone under the barrier covers their eyes just in time or we would have all been blind.
"Arrrrgggg," I hear from Naraku.
I allow myself a small smile. As I drop to my knees, Sesshomaru steps out of the barrier and looks for Naraku. Naraku is standing on the ground twenty feet away with no barrier and nearly burned to death. If he had not had his barrier up, he would most likely be dead right now. Damn him and his barrier. I raise one more arrow and watch as Sesshomaru prepares to launch the dragon strike. I wait until he is releasing the dragon strike to send my arrow ahead of it. Inuyasha walks into the clearing just as the strike hits Naraku. He is bloodied and has many deep wounds. Not even a second after Inuyasha enters the clearing, Sesshomaru's and my moves completely obliterate Naraku.
"Hey I was supposed to be the one to land the killing blow," Inuyasha whines even in his hurt state.
"Oh hush Inuyasha. If you wanted to land the killing blow you should have been here ten seconds before now," I tell him.
"That is not fair," he complains.
"Life is not fair hanyou,"Sesshomaru says.
"Not that again. I thought we got over that," Inuyasha says.
"Then stop whining like one,"commands Sesshomaru.
I just sigh as they continue to bicker back and forth. I look around and try to find the jewel shards. I look and see that all but the one Kohaku has are where Naraku was or with me. I walk over and grab the pieces of the jewel shard. As I sit back up, I see both Inuyasha and Sesshomaru staring towards the south where Sango went to hunt down Kohaku. Sango and Kohaku appear out of the forest. Both are a little bloody, but Kohaku has some life in his eyes. I smile in happiness for all of us. Naraku has finally been defeated.
"Child, it is time to make the wish," I hear a voice tell me. "What is it you wish for?"
"I am sorry Midoriko-sama but I must hold off on the wish. I will guard the jewel so you may leave it instead of being stuck in it," I reply.
"I think you my child you have freed me of my burden as the jewels maker. It will be hard to keep the demons in the jewel under control and protect it as well but you can do it I am sure,"Midoriko tells me as she appears in front of me.
"I am glad you are free to move on Midoriko-sama. May you have a good time in the afterlife," I tell her.
"Good luck child. You will need it many things are come in the many years to come," she tells me as she and the jewel disappears once again.
"Kagome-chan, what just happened asks Rin.
"I had a talk with Midoriko-sama," I tell the young girl.
End Flash Back
"That is all for today," I tell the children as I feel a person come up the stairs and the children say aww."Conceal yourselves."
The children hurry and reapply their concealment spells. Someone pushes open the door. I see silver hair and amber eyes and automatically fall into the kowtow of my time in the past in the court. The children gasp in surprise.
"Who are you and why is Kagome-chan bowing to you," demands a few of the children.
"Show your respect to the lord brats," commands a small man.
I chuckle so he is still alive to this day. I am surprised. I thought Sesshomaru would have killed him for his impudence by now. He hated that little imp even all those years ago and most likely would have killed him long before I met him has he not had his uses.
"Jaken," growls Sesshomaru knowing the imp cannot tell if these are all demons or partial demons.
"Sorry sir," whispers Jaken.
"Seriously why is Kagome-sama bowing to you," demands one of bolder kids.
"Silvia, come and get the children," I command.
Silvia comes up the stairs and gathers the children. She looks at me questioningly and a little fearful of what could happen to me.
"Yes, Silvia, now leave us be," I command.
"Please be careful," she tells me.
"I will do what I can. I will not make any promises. Leave and close the door behind you," I order.
Silvia closes the door behind her and I listen as she walks down the stair case before setting up a sound barrier. I focus my attention on one of the people I have not seen in over five centuries.
"It has been a very long time, Sesshomaru-sama," I say still staying in my bow knowing he has not released me.
"Rise Kagome," he commands.
And this is where I leave it for until next time. Sorry guys but I have been writing for two and a half hours planning this out and making sure things do not contradict themselves later. Thanks for the patience. I will try and upload tomorrow but if not it should be up by Saturday night.
Before you ask Ira disu viper roj is pronounced e ra de su ve per(not vi per) rosje(you hear almost no e). And no it is not in a real language at least I don't think so. That would be weird. My translation of it is rain of purity. If your curious viper means purity.
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