--ONE YEAR! I've been writing the story for one year! Go me! I just had to update today :D
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Last Time…
"Hitana," InuYasha snarled. They picked themselves up off the ground and stared at the silhouette of the hanyou girl.
"What do you want?" Kagome asked, trying to keep a sweet façade.
"To bring your corpses back to Shinamaru," she replied flatly.
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Chapter 30: Blinded By The Light
Hitana lunged forward toward InuYasha. If she wanted to get to her mother, she needed to get past InuYasha—or at least tie him down.
"Are you serious?" Hitana cackled when InuYasha attempted to dodge a punch. "Surprisingly enough, you're the one who taught me to fight."
"InuYasha!" Kagome cried when Hitana punched him, sending him flying through the air and into a large oak tree. InuYasha grunted in pain and slumped to the ground.
Hitana pressed her palms together and slowly raised them above her head. Lowering her straightened arms, she carefully looked over the tops of her hands, aiming. Hitana pulled her right hand back, leaving behind a streak of purple glow.
And then Hitana shot the arrow of spiritual energy she had created. It quickly pierced InuYasha's flesh with ease, right in the stomach, pinning him to the tree.
InuYasha screamed out in pain, his eyes bulging right before they shut. Kagome called for him repeatedly.
"Inu…yasha…wake up!" she cried, shaking his shoulders. "Please!"
"He won't wake," Hitana smirked, slowly advancing toward the couple.
Kagome gripped the arrow, which began to burn her hands. She winced and grabbed harder, trying to pull. The arrow sent a shocking wave up her arm and it fell limply to her side after she heard to bone crack. Kagome screamed in pain.
"You're just hurting yourself," Hitana picked up Kagome's broken right arm, smiling at the blood that trickled down Kagome's fingers. "He's going to die," she whispered in Kagome's ear.
"No!" Kagome screamed. "Please! I'll do anything! Just please let him go!"
Hitana chuckled. "I'm a brat, and I'm mean. And I came back here to kill you. So I'm give you a deal." Hitana placed her forefinger in between Kagome's eyes and slowly drew back, a blue-black glow coming from Kagome's pupils. Hitana pulled her hand away and quickly balled it up in a fist before dropping something into a small bottle she was carrying.
"There. You will never see InuYasha again, nor will he see you…" Her cackle faded away as Kagome fell to the ground, unconscious.
(Wow…I keep making them pass out XD)
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Shippo sprinted through the woods, thankful for the trees, which blocked out the blinding morning sun.
This is not good…Shippo thought. He turned around a tree when he caught a strong whiff of InuYasha's blood, and nearly tripped over him. Shippo gripped the tree to stop himself.
"Oh my…" InuYasha was slumped against a tree, Kagome lying down at his feet. Shippo jumped up into the tree in an attempt to find the hut from there. It would take minutes to get Miroku and run back. "They've probably been here all night," he muttered, jumping down from the tree. "What's ten more minutes?"
By the time Shippo had gone to get Miroku and Sango and gotten back to the two, Kagome was sitting up, panting like she had just run 50 miles, rubbing her eyes.
"Kagome!" Shippo called in relief. "You're awake."
She turned to look at him before looking around. "Where's InuYasha?" She asked.
Miroku and Sango exchanged a glance.
"He's right there," Sango said, pointing to the tree next to her.
"What?" Kagome's jaw dropped.
Miroku crossed his arms, one hand on his chin. "It seems as though Kagome cannot see InuYasha…"
"What? How is that possible?" Shippo asked. "I've never heard such a thing."
"In some ancient religions, there is such thing as a blinding spell, but I've never actually seen one."
"There's got to be a way to reverse it, right?" Sango knelt down next to InuYasha, looking over the wound to his chest.
"I…can't see him…" Kagome muttered quietly, watching Sango play with the air in front of the tree.
"Perhaps Myoga or Lady Kaede may know," Shippo suggested.
"Perhaps, but first things first, we need to get InuYasha back to Kaede's hut. His old wounds have re-opened and he has a new wound in his chest."
"Hitana shot him with an arrow…" Kagome muttered, but no one heard.
InuYasha was lifted onto Miroku's back, while Kagome was put onto Kirara.
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Please REVIEW!! I didn't get as many reviews as I wanted, so I'll slow it down. I want/need FIVE reviews before I'll update. I'm serious this time. I only updated before because it is the first anniversary of this story.
