Chapter 5: Realization
Inuyasha scuffled to his feet, "you mean to tell me that Naraku was at your village?"
I turned to him, my finger still pressed to my lips as I nodded. I felt very unsure of where Miroku and Inuyasha were going with this. "I saw both of you. At the same time! So how is it you can tell me you were not there?!" Anger started to surge through me as visions of my burning village, that silver-haired man, and Shiro flashed to my mind. I growled and reached down to my thigh, grabbing both of the daggers that rested there. "I don't care how much pain I'm in!" I darted passed Kagome and Miroku and straight for Inuyasha. "You will pay for what you did!"
Inuyasha drew out his sword and held it in front of him for defense. I slashed at his sword. "I didn't do it!" He yelled back at me.
"He's right, Kasumi! He was with us the whole time!" I heard Kagome call out.
"Liars! The lot of you!" I growled out. I kept hitting Inuyasha's sword in pure rage. The angrier I got, the number my body felt to the pain it was in, and the darker the sky got. Clouds were starting to form above us. Thunder crackling. "I will save my younger sister, even if that means killing all of you!"
Sango stepped back, "Miroku, we need to figure out something and fast! I have never fought against a member of the Antler tribe!"
"You're right," Miroku nodded. "I could use my wind tunnel to try and get her away from Inuyasha. We need to try and talk sense into her."
Shippo jumped onto Miroku's shoulder. "Miroku! We can't kill her. If we do, her parents will come after us!" He started trembling at the thought. "I've only ever heard rumors about that tribe, but because of those rumors, I really don't want to be on their bad side!" he continued to whine.
Lightning bolts started striking the ground everywhere. I heard Shippo yell and diverted my attention to him and saw him running around in circles flailing his arms, completely clueless on what to do. I looked back to my opponent. I was not getting anywhere. His sword just kept eating my attacks.
All of a sudden, I felt a strong force of wind starting to pull me backwards. Inuyasha struck the ground with his sword to keep himself in one spot. I tried to grab onto him, but I was too far. I turned around to see where the wind was coming from and noticed it was coming from Miroku's hand.
"Take this hive. Use it on the monk"
My eyes widened as realization hit me. I reached for the hive that was hidden behind my hair, strapped with my sword. I threw it upwards and hundreds of poisonous insects came flying out and rushed towards Miroku's hand.
"Oh no!" He yelled and closed his wind tunnel.
"Hiraikotsu!" Sango yelled. A boomerang came rushing towards me. I smirked and dodged it with ease.
"You'll have to do better than that, demon slayer!" I taunted. Then I felt a sharp pain on the back of my head and suddenly it was dark.
Everyone killed the remaining insects that did not flee. Inuyasha sheathed his sword and walked over to the girl lying unconscious on the ground.
Miroku came up as well, "What should we do with her?" he asked.
"I don't know. Once she regains consciousness, she will just go after Inuyasha again" Sango tried to reason. Sango picked up her boomerang and strapped it back to her back.
"We should tie her up around a tree. Then interrogate her when she wakes up." Inuyasha stated.
"Inuyasha! We can't do that!" Kagome responded. "We should just continue to tend to her wounds. Me and Sango will stay with her, you guys should leave."
"Why should I leave?!" Inuyasha said hastily.
"Because… She wants to kill you stupid!" Kagome insulted him.
"She's right, Inuyasha. Let us go." Miroku said and started to walk off. Soon enough, Inuyasha caved and started walking with him and Shippo.
A few hours passed, and I jolted upwards. No more pain. My wounds had finally healed. Oh man, my head! I grabbed my forehead and growled lowly. Head pains are the worst!
"Oh, you're up!" I heard a familiar voice. I looked around and saw the statement came from Kagome, and Sango was sitting beside her along with the feline.
"Before you jump to conclusions Lady Kasumi, please hear us out." Sango scooted closer as she spoke, "Inuyasha has been with us the entire time. There is no way he could have destroyed your village. Besides, he helps humans. He doesn't want to hurt them."
"That's impossible. I saw him. I saw both of them at the same time!" I shouted.
Sango shook her head, "Naraku is a master at manipulation. More than likely he used a puppet to make it look like Inuyasha. He is always sending puppets our way to try and kill Inuyasha."
I looked down, my ears tilted downwards as I started to feel guilt dawn upon me. Not too long after, tears started to form and fall down my face. "I just wanted… To help my younger sister…" I cried out.
Kagome scooted next to me and put her arm around my shoulders. "He's done all of us wrong. But we can help you get your sister back."
I stood up and bowed. "Thank you but…" I wiped the tears from my face and cleared my throat. "I know who I need to find." I started to walk out of the hut, "Thank you for caring for me. I will be on my way." I stepped outside of the hut and noticed it was dark outside. Looking up, I noticed the moon was gone and the stars shined brightly. Sesshomaru… I must find you. I took off and made my way back to my village. If I start at my village, I should be able to make out his scent and follow closely behind him.
A couple of days passed, and I made it back to my village. I walked to the entrance and stood by the tree that I rested on the moment I met Sesshomaru. I started sniffing the air. My ears perked up when I caught his scent. It was extremely faint, but it was there. I ran in his direction.
It started to get dark out, so I decided to find a spring and bathe, then catch some shut eye. I stopped running and stood silently. I closed my eyes, tilted my head downwards, and perked my ears up to try and listen for the sounds of a spring. After a few minutes I caught the sounds of something falling into water. That's not far from me. I nodded and began walking in the direction. It was only half a mile away from me.
I arrived at the spring. This one was small, it had steam coming off of the water, and a few huge boulders coming out of the water. The trees surrounded this spring. I walked to a nearby tree and removed my clothing. Setting my katana and daggers on top of them. I walked to the edge of the water and dipped my foot in. The warmth surrounded my foot and cause a small blush to rise on my cheeks. "So warm!" I exclaimed to myself as I eased myself in.
I slouched under the water just enough for the water to be under my chin. All of this warmth is really loosening my muscles… It feels so good! The small blush stained my cheeks. I closed my eyes. I stayed like that for a good ten minutes before I decided to go underwater. I sunk the rest of the way in and traced my fingers through my hair, using my claws to take out any tangles. I came back up for air and heard a loud whine and then a splash not too far from me. I wiped the water from my eyes and looked around to see what caused the splash.