Inuyasha and Kagome: Pirates
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Pirates
Chapter Eight: Kagura, the Wind Demon & Kanna, the Soulless Demon
"I said, give me the jewel shards!" said the voice again. Everyone looked up to see a woman riding on a feather. Kagome and Sango were still in their dresses… not good. The woman pulled out a fan from inside her kimono and waved it around. "Dance of Blades!" the woman yelled. Miroku ran in just in time to grab Sango and pull her out of the way. Inuyasha pulled out his tetsusaiga and steadied it in front of him. Kagome also pulled out her Mikonoken.
"Who the hell are you?" Inuyasha demanded. Kagura smirked.
"My name is Kagura, the wind sorceress," the woman replied. 'A demon,' Kagome thought.
"What do you want," Sango yelled. Kagura rolled her eyes.
"Isn't it obvious? I want the jewel shards," Kagura replied. On her left side, it seemed to be another demon accompanying her. "Kanna," Kagura said. The other demon held the mirror in front of her as a wind began sucking in everything in its path.
"Where's?" Kagome asked. She looked up at the mast and didn't see the crewman that was usually there, Myoga. 'Coward,' Kagome thought.
The crewmen yelled out. They held unto the closest thing to them. Inuyasha growled. Kagome and Sango were quite easy to be picked up from the ground since they're so light.
Kagome saw Shippo yelling as he started being picked up. Kagome panicked until she saw Kilala turn into her larger form and held Shippo safely in her mouth. Kagome was starting to float from the ground. She was about to stick Mikonoken into the ship to steady herself until she saw a clawed-hand wrap around her waist. Kagome blushed. Inuyasha pulled her back on the wooden deck his arm still around Kagome to keep her from flying off. Same thing with Sango and Miroku even took advantage of her a few times.
SLAP!
SLAP!
SLAP!
"THIS IS NOT THE TIME!" everyone heard Sango yell. Kagome chuckled nervously while Inuyasha shook his head no.
"Enough," they heard the small girl say. It was barely a whisper, but it was heard. Kanna held her mirror as it turned a pale blue. Kagome's eyes began seeing the souls of the crewmen being sucked out of them. 'They must be strong-willed for their souls to be lasting this long,' Kagome thought.
"Damn it," Kagome heard Inuyasha say.
"Inuyasha?" Kagome said.
"What," Inuyasha grunted.
"Do you want to save your crew?" Kagome asked. Inuyasha looked at Kagome.
"Of course I do, wench," Inuyasha replied. Kagome nodded. 'How did Mamaru say the chant went?' Kagome pondered. An imaginary light bulb turned on at the top of Kagome's head.
Inuyasha heard Kagome beginning to chant something. He looked down at her.
"Dance of Blades," Inuyasha heard Kagura shout. Inuyasha had the hunch that Kagome was trying to protect everyone and she needed more time. Inuyasha let go of Kagome briefly and stood in a fighting stance in front of her. Inuyasha blocked the attacks going toward Kagome. The white blades vanished as they hit Inuyasha's tetsusaiga. Inuyasha heard Kagome finishing to chant.
"Kagome be careful!" Sango shouted. 'To much power is bad especially when she hasn't been fully trained,' Sango thought.
"Okaa-san!" Shippo yelled. 'What is Kagome hiding from me?' Inuyasha pondered.
Just then, a pink barrier surrounded the whole ship and threw Kagura and Kanna out. They started attacking the barrier with all their force, but the barrier held strong. 'It's Inuyasha's will that holds up the barrier,' Miroku thought (Smart guy… nice choice Sango).
"Dance of the Dragon!" Kagura yelled. Huge tornadoes seemed to be attacking the barrier. Kagome began sweating as she held her hands against her chest with eyes closed (You know how priestesses held their hands before chanting a spell or like how Kikyo did).
"Kagome," Sango yelled.
"Open up some of the barrier, wench. I'll fight them off," Inuyasha yelled.
"But, Captain!" Miroku yelled.
"Don't worry. Nothing can pass by my crew and live to tell," Inuyasha replied. 'I don't know if he's brave or just plain stupid,' Miroku thought.
"Are you sure?" Kagome asked. Inuyasha gave a curt nod. Kagome opened a side of the barrier and Inuyasha jumped out. Kagome notice Inuyasha had no where to land on. 'Take down the barrier and risk everyone or purify Inuyasha?' Kagome pondered. She put down the barrier.
"What are you doing-," Inuyasha yelled then he noticed he was almost purified. Inuyasha could only deal with one at a time. He began doing close combat with Kagura as Kanna went to go look for the jewel shards.
Inuyasha swiped tetsusaiga as Kagura narrowly missed it.
Below, Kagome steadied her Mikonoken. The barrier required a lot of power so Kagome was left a bit dizzy. Kanna charged at Kagome, but before Kanna can land a single blow on Kagome, Sango jumped in front of her and stopped the attack with her small sword.
"Sango, I haven't seen your Hiraikotsu (spelling?) in a long time," Kagome said. Sango pushed off Kanna.
"Kilala is the only one who knows where it is and when to use it," Sango replied.
"What do you mean?" Kagome asked. Kanna charged again. Sango didn't get a chance to defend herself when an invisible force pushed her back. Sango let out a yelp. "Sango!" Kagome yelled. Shippo then jumped in front of Kagome.
"Don't worry, Okaa-san! I'll protect you!" Shippo yelled. He readied his pose with his hand in front of him. "Fox-," Shippo didn't finish his attack when Kanna just walked toward him slowly. "F-F-Fox F-F-Fi- Ah!" Shippo yelled. He hid behind Kagome. Kagome held her sword. 'I don't have the strength for a close combat,' Kagome thought. She flicked her wrist as her sword transformed into the magical bow and quiver of arrows. Kagome notched an arrow and aimed for Kanna's heart.
Miroku then appeared, "Miroku, help Sango. I'll fight off Kanna," Kagome said.
"But, Lady Kagome-," Miroku was cut off.
"Now!" Kagome ordered. He nodded then went off to Sango. Kagome looked around and wondered why none of the crewmen was helping. Then, she saw all of them knocked out. 'Great. Just great,' Kagome thought. Kanna began walking towards Kagome. Kagome took the chance and fueled her arrow with spiritual energy. She let the arrow fly. Kanna held her mirror as the arrow stuck to the mirror. Kagome was confused. The arrow stayed stuck against the mirror then it deflected with the same amount of power back at Kagome. Kagome quickly grabbed Shippo and jumped out of the way. Shippo yelled.
"Think Kagome, think. What to do? If only Mamaru was here," Kagome whispered. Kanna took the chance and charged at Kagome. Kagome reached for her bow and held it in front of her. She filled the bow with power. Kanna held her mirror as Kagome felt a pull toward it. 'What is this?' Kagome thought. Kagome began to panic. She heard Shippo's screams and saw Miroku holding unto Sango.
"Kagome!" Inuyasha yelled.
"Kagome!" Sango and Miroku yelled.
"Okaa-san!" Shippo yelled. Kagome was wondering why everyone was calling for her, but she felt suddenly so weak. She saw Inuyasha trying to avoid Kagura to get to her.
"Oh no you don't," Kagura said. She began attacking Inuyasha to distract him from going to Kagome. Kagome felt weaker. She held the jewel shards around her neck. She lay sprawled all over the deck with her hair in waves behind her.
"Give me the jewel shards," Kanna whispered. Kagome eyes began to get blurry. She was blacking out. Kagome began to panic. She couldn't concentrate hard enough to put up a barrier. Kanna approached Kagome and knelt in front of her. With one hand still holding her mirror, she reached out and grabbed a hold of the jewels shards around Kagome's neck. Kagome panicked but felt too drained.
"No," Kagome strained. Kagome reached up to stop Kanna but couldn't she had yet to find out why she felt weak.
"Kagome!" Inuyasha yelled. He tried once more to get to her, but Kagura fought in closer range to keep him from reaching her.
Kagome began to think. 'Her mirror… it's doing something to me… but what?' Kanna grabbed a hold of the jewel shards and Kagome remembered a small chant Mamaru taught her so anything pure in Kagome's possession will purify the demon getting it. In this case, the jewel shards. Kagome began to chant something and Kanna took note of this. Her hands let the jewel shards lay loosely around her hand. She was about to yank them off when a pink light began to purify Kanna. Kanna let the jewel shards go before taking a leap back and forcing her mirror to do her bidding. Kagome then noticed what was happening. 'She's sucking everybody's soul. Mine as well!' Kagome panicked.
Kagome tried to grab an arrow from her quiver and notched it to her bow. 'The last time I used my bow and arrow, my arrow was deflected and sent back at me… it's worth a try,' Kagome thought. She held her bow. Kagome felt terrible and willing to vomit but was more concerned with everyone's safety and soul. She aimed her arrow as best as she could before letting it fly. It landed in the center of the mirror. 'Bullseye,' Kagome thought.
"Fool! Kanna can easily deflect that arrow!" Kagura yelled. Inuyasha took his chance but was again blocked by Kagura. 'My only chance to help Kagome is by using tetsusaiga's attack, the Wind Scar,' Inuyasha thought.
Kagome waited, Kanna was making no move. Kagome began to gain hope thinking that her arrow really hurt the mirror.
"This arrow is carrying to many souls, this arrow is made of souls," Kanna said. Kagome was getting impatient. If the arrow didn't work from a distance then she would have to do it in a close range. Kagome found it hard to get up. She remembered how Kanna sucked the majority of Kagome's soul. Kagome slowly and ungracefully got up. From the distance, Kagura's eyes widened. 'Her soul is so large that not all of it fit into Kanna's mirror so she still has some soul still residing in her body. That's why she can still walk… or she's just very powerful,' Kagura thought.
Kagome walked slowly to Kanna. The arrow then started entering the mirror. Kagome stopped mid—track. The mirror began cracking. Then all of a sudden, lights began shooting out of the mirror. The lights were all souls of the crewmen. They entered the crewmen and a huge blob of light entered Kagome.
Kanna stood with her mouth slightly hanging. 'Kagome's soul isn't full. There's another part of Kagome's soul somewhere else… now, without her full soul, it's an incredible amount… she still has more of her soul somewhere… only the Legendary Shikon no Tama Maiden carried that amount of power,' Kanna thought.
Inuyasha was left still fighting Kagura… now that they lost, Kagura found no point in staying. She dodged another one of Inuyasha's and went after Kanna. Kagura threw a feather into the air, grabbed Kanna, and flew away.
"Hey you cowards!" Inuyasha yelled. He fell back down to the deck of the ship. Inuyasha looked around at his ship… or the random pieced of wood lying on what used to be a ship. Inuyasha growled. "You owe me another ship!" Inuyasha yelled after them. Kagome slowly walked to Inuyasha.
"All of your crew is on the floor out cold and all you care about is your ship!" Kagome growled. Inuyasha sheathed his sword and turned to look at her.
"This was a very expensive ship," Inuyasha growled back. Kagome turned red in anger.
"You-You-You inconsiderate jerk! How did you even become the captain of this ship!" Kagome yelled. Inuyasha growled.
"Damn wench! Like you could do any better! I can actually keep my crew alive unlike you!" Inuyasha yelled back. Kagome back down… he used it… he used that excuse! How dare he! Then again, it was true. Kagome felt the tears forming in her eyes. She refused to let them fall just yet.
Then Sango and Miroku walked in. Sango had her arm draped over Miroku's shoulder and his arm around her waist. Kilala landed beside them with Shippo in her mouth. Kilala transformed to her smaller form and Shippo landed next to her. Sango winced every once in a while. She saw Kagome almost crying. Her features turned from pain to anger. What did Inuyasha do to her best friend! Sango walked up to Inuyasha and pointed an accusing finger at him.
"What did you do to Kagome now?" Sango demanded. Inuyasha glared at her.
"What did I do! It's the wench's fault!" Inuyasha yelled back.
"Okaa-san!" Shippo yelled. "Inuyahsa you big meanie!" Shippo yelled. He jumped into the air being at Inuyasha's eye level then whacked upside the head.
"You little brat!" Inuyasha yelled. He lifted his fist ready to puck the hit, but Sango grabbed the hit and draped her arm over Kagome as they began walking back to their cabin. Inuyasha's had that red thing pulsing on his head. "Hey!" he yelled.
"Sango your injuries," Miroku said. Sango didn't turn to fully look at him.
"Shut it, Houshi," Sango said. Kagome, Sango, Shippo, and Kilala all walked to their cabin.
Sango sat Kagome on the cot. Kagome's dress flowing around her. Sango closed the door and sat next to Kagome. Shippo jumped into her lap. Kagome looked ready to break any second. Kilala meowed.
"Let it out, Kagome. Only your friends are here," Sango said gently. Kagome put her face in her hands. She cried harder than all the other time Sango has seen Kagome cry, which wasn't much. Kagome barely ever cried. The first time Sango saw Kagome crying was when she was young and popped out of nowhere crying that Naraku killed her mother. That was the last time she saw Kagome cry. Kagome thought she had to super tough around the crew while she was captain. Kagome cried so hard and for so long. Sango hugged Kagome in a comforting way and Kagome didn't pull away.
"Okaa-san?" Shippo asked worriedly. Kagome finally slowed to sobs and looked up.
"Look at how selfish I am… Sango is injured and I didn't even check Shippo or Kilala for injuries like a good captain should… I just proved I'm not a good captain at all…" Kagome said in between sobs. Sango burrowed her eyebrows. "I can't even look after what's left of my crew after I let the rest of my crew die when I had the chance to protect them," Kagome whimpered. Sango looked at Kagome.
"Kagome? Where are you getting this from?" Sango asked worriedly. Kagome sniffed.
"That doesn't matter," Kagome stood up. "I, Kagome Higurashi, Captain of the Shikon Pearl, hereby swear to protect the remaining lives of what's left of the Shikon Pearl-,"
"Kagome, you don't know what you're getting into-," Sango tried to persuade her captain, but to no avail.
"-I will put my life at risk and make sure I die before Sango, Shippo, or Kilala if anything happens," Kagome finished.
Silence.
"Okaa-san…?" Shippo said quietly. Kagome had no idea what she was getting into. The pirate law says when the captain makes a solemn oath, they can't break it or they will be worse than damned. (I HATE cursing, but I gotta admit it makes the story sound more like it is in the pirate age…)
"Kagome do you know what you're getting into?" Sango demanded for an answer. Kagome gave the small group a small smile.
"You guys are like family. It hurt more than death itself to see my crew meet the stormy waves," Kagome said. Kilala meowed as she rubbed her face against Kagome's leg. Kagome's eyes softened. "I will protect the three of you. No matter what," Kagome said. Sango didn't know if she should hug Kagome to death or slap her 'till she feels like stopping. 'KAGOME, HOW MORE STUPID CAN YOU BE!' Sango roared in her mind. Shippo jumped into Kagome's arms as Kagome hugged him tightly.
"Kagome…" Sango whispered. Her face hardened. Now she was sure, whatever Inuyasha told Kagome, he was going to regret it. Kagome is basically doing something that can cost her life just because of Inuyasha's big mouth.
"C'mon. We have to check your wounds, Sango. Then we have to make sure your rest so I can continue our chores," Kagome said sweetly. A little to sweetly.
Kagome, her best friend. No, she's more than that. She's like a sister to Sango ever since they were little. Their past has yet to be revealed.
Until next time…
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AnimeExpert1981: Okay, I think the ending was a bit intense, but Kagome is just trying to make up for being a 'bad' captain.
Sayuri: Sango's a good friend…
AnimeExpert1981: Yes, yes she is. HOPE YOU ENJOYED!
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