"(Y/n)." A voice sounds out, causing me to let out a sigh.
"Why did you follow me, Half-Demon?" I ask without turning to him, but I then hear a sigh.
"You don't remember the way through this forest..." Inuyasha trails off, causing me to scoff.
"There's no way you really care. I mean, I tried to kill you and everyone else in your group, even my own cousin!" I bellow, but Inuyasha shakes his head with an angry expression.
"Are you stupid?!" Inuyasha exclaims, causing me to put on a confused expression.
"Stupid?" I question, causing him to glare up at me.
"I may not care, but Kagome does, and so do the others, even if you don't remember them," Inuyasha responds, causing me to look down at the ground. "That doesn't mean that I don't feel guilty..." I think as I then hear footsteps, causing me to look up to see Inuyasha holding out the sword Naraku gave me.
"You're strong, (Y/N). That I do care about..." Inuyasha trails off, causing me to look away from the sword to him, but I then put on a determined expression. "Yeah, instead of feeling guilty. I should be focusing on going after Tsubaki; she did try to kill Kagome." I think as I grab the sword with a nod.
"I'm going to finish off Tsubaki for good." I insist as I walk past Inuyasha. "I'll ruin Naraku's plan too, while I'm at it." I think as I grip the sword in my hand. Inuyasha and I make it back to the village to see everyone outside.
"It's that way." Kagome points out, causing me to look over and start feeling the presence of the jewel.
"It's the sacred Jewel..." I trail off, causing everyone to look over at me.
"(Y/N), you can sense shards as well?!" Kagome exclaims, and I nod.
"Yeah, I started being able to feel them all of a sudden." I insist, but Miroku finally turns.
"Never mind, we have to go after it." Miroku points out, but then Songo grabs my arm.
"Come with me for a sec," Songo states as she begins dragging me over to Kaede's house.
"So, why-"
"Here, change into this," Songo instructs, while throwing something at me.
"O-okay." I stuttered as I saw Songo's expectant face, causing me to change. "Wait, this looks offly similar to Kohaku's clothes..." I think, while finishing, causing Songo's face to light up.
"Demon Slayer clothes?" I ask. "She should hate me for trying to kill her and Kagome, but instead she's giving me clothes?" I wonder as Songo nods.
"The priestess attire you had on isn't really equipped for fighting with a sword, and you didn't want to wear that other Kimono..." Songo trails off, causing me to bow to her.
"Thank you, Songo." I thank her, but she then lifts her hands and shakes them in front of her.
"Oh, you don't have to thank me. I was originally going to give you this outfit before you lost you're memories." Songo informs, causing me to grab her hand and drag her out of the hut.
"Correct. We mustn't pass up this chance to get a sacred Jewel Shard back." The old lady I saw before adds as she walks over to us, leading a horse behind her.
"What are you doing, Kaede? Don't tell me you're coming with us!" Inuyasha barks as he turns to her.
"She is a Dark Priestess, after all, so I thought I, as a Priestess, should accompany you." Kaede made known, causing us all to turn to her.
"Doesn't 'Priestess' bring someone young to mind?" Inuyasha's questions cause Kaede to close her eyes.
"Kagome," Kaede responds, causing me to walk over to her.
"Inuyasha sit, boy!" Kagome calls out, causing Inuyasha to be forced to the ground, making my eyes widen. "Did Kagome just make Inuyasha submit?" I wonder as a slight chuckle sounds out.
"Such an impudent fellow," Kaede remarks, causing me to turn to her.
"Do you mind if I ride on the horse with you?" I ask as Kaede opens her eyes and turns to me.
"If you want to deal with this old woman, then you may," Kaede answers as she jumps onto the horse.
"Thank you." I thanked as I jumped onto the back of the horse.
"Onward we go!" Kaede proclaims as the horse began to take off.
"Kirara!" Songo instructs, causing Kirara to soar into the air beside us. "I won't let anybody who hurts a member of my family get away with it." I think as I turn to the front with a determined expression.
(To Tsubaki)
"Forbidden, is it?" Tsubaki asks as she stares up at a shrine tower, but then the wind starts to blow, causing Tsubaki to turn to see a mini cyclone.
"It's you!" Tsubaki shouts as she steps back a bit, while seeing Kagura appear from the cyclone.
"Naraku sent me to get the Sacred Jewel back." Kagura points out, causing Tsubaki to step back again.
"This Jewel belongs to me!" Tsubaki proclaims.
"I could be wrong, but didn't he promise to give it to you if you fulfilled his wish?" Kagura questions.
"I will fulfill his wish. I'll kill both Kagome and Inuyasha, but to do so. I require the Sacred Jewel." Tsubaki responds.
"How will you kill them? Thanks to (Y/N), they've defeated you once already." Kagura states, causing Tsubaki to put on a slightly confused expression.
"(Y/N)? Was she the one who purified the Sacred Jewel?" Tsubaki questions, causing Kagura to nod, causing Tsubaki to scoff as she turns to look back over at the tower.
"A great power lies within... Power that I plan to use with this Sacred Jewel Shard." Tsubaki adds.
"It doesn't sound very hopeful to me at all." Kagura declares, causing Tsubaki to turn back to Kagura, who then grins.
"Shall I tell you something interesting?" Kagura asks.
"What is it?" Tsubaki questions.
"Do you want to know the ultimate way to use the Sacred Jewel?" Kagura asks, causing Tsubaki to gasp.
(To (Y/N) )
"Over there." I hear Kagome call out, causing me to look over to see her and Inuyasha next to Kaede and me on the horse.
"I gotcha," Inuyasha says, but then we hear Kirara's roar sound out.
"What's the matter, Kirara?" Songo asks as I begin to feel us drawing closer to something, but it wasn't the jewel.
"Down there," Miroku answers, causing Kirara to go down to the ground and detransform.
"Huh? What is that thing?" Inuyasha questions as Kaede stops the horse, allowing me to get off to see a bunch of poles with strings connecting them.
"A barrier. We priestesses put up such paper talismans to prevent demons from entering." Kaede responds as she gets off her horse.
"Do you think this is Tsubaki's doing?" Miroku asks.
"Yeah, there's no doubt about it," I answer.
"I sense the Sacred Jewel beyond this barrier," Kagome adds.
"Damn. I'm gonna tear this stupid barrier apart!" Inuyasha proclaims as he begins to walk towards it.
"AAH!" Inuyasha sounds as he falls to the ground. "You really tore it apart, Inuyasha." I think as I hold in my laughter.
"Ow! What is this?!" Inuyasha exclaims as he stares at the piece of paper on the ground, causing Shippo to begin walking over to it.
"Uh... Uh..." Shippo trails off as he then touches it.
"Whoa!" Shippo sounds out as he holds up his finger with tears in his eyes.
"This is no time for horsing around," Miroku states as he grabs the piece of paper.
"Huh?" Inuyasha and Shippo chorus as they look up at Miroku.
"This is obviously a barrier to ward away demons. You should all stand back and let Kaede and I dismantle it." Miroku requests, causing Kaede to nod, but I began to sense something making me look over towards the rocks inside the barrier. "It doesn't feel like something bad, but I shouldn't let my guard down." "I think as I stared intensely at the rocks.
"You've arrived, Demon! We've been waiting!" Two voices chanted as they jumped out from behind the rock. It was two girls who looked like Priestesses.
"Are you Inuyasha, the Demon who seeks to destroy Priestess Tsubaki?" The girl in the red outfit questions.
"What? You're both on Tsubaki's side? Inuyasha questions. "They don't have any evil aura around them though..." I think as I put on a confused expression.
"Priestess Tsubaki is a sister disciple." The red Priestess responds.
"Of course we're her allies!" The girl in the blue outfit proclaims.
"So you're dark priestesses. I won't spare you either, then." Inuyasha addressed them as he popped his knuckles in his hand.
"Uh! A dark Priestess?!" The red Priestess exclaims, readying herself.
"How dare you insult us!" The blue Priestess bellows.
"You're not dark Priestesses?" Inuyasha asks. "Tsubaki obviously tricked them." I think as I let out a slight sigh.
"Don't be ridiculous! I am Momiji." The red Priestess answers, while posing.
"And I am Botan." The blue Priestess adds, while posing as well.
"We are Priestesses who have trained hard in the art of slaying Demons," Momiji informs.
"Don't even mention us in the same breath as a Dark Priestess." Botan insists, causing me to put my hand to my head.
"They don't really look like bad people." Kagome points out, and I nod.
"Yeah, but they're giving me a headache." I scoff.
"So they're not Tsubaki's helpers?" Songo asks as she looks over towards me, and I shrug my shoulders. "They obviously have no battlefield experience, so... Tsubaki is probably using them to stall us." I think as Miroku began to walk towards them.
"Slow down and hold on a minute, you two," Miroku advised.
"Silence! Your appearance tells me that you're a Monk..." Momiji trails off as she points towards me and Songo.
"And you two are Demon Slayers." Momiji points out, causing me to slightly shake my head. "I'm more like an in-between of Priestess and Demon Slayer, but whatever..." I think, while Momiji then points to Kagome.
"And as for you..." Momiji trails off, still pointing at Kagome.
"Look at those clothes," Momiji whispers as both she and Botan turn to each other.
"I sense Spiritual Powers." Botan whispers back.
"Yes, I agree." Momiji nods, causing them both to stand up and point towards Kagome.
"You're a Priestess!" Momiji and Botan chorus.
"Well, I guess you could say that," Kagome responds, causing them both to laugh as they look over at each other. "I'm getting so over this comedy act.." I think as they then begin to point towards Inuyasha and the others.
"Why do you collaborate with demons such as these?" Momiji questions.
"So I get included with the Demons?" Kaede asks.
"We haven't done any harm to you or anyone else." Shippo made known, causing them both to gasp, while blushing.
"Oh, my!" Botan chirps, causing them both to turn to each other once more.
"Isn't that little Fox adorable?" Botan questions.
"Absolutely charming," Momiji responds as they look over at Shippo and Kirara, who meow.
"That one's cute, too." Momiji insists.
"What'll we do?" Botan asks.
"What, indeed?" Momiji questions.
"Know what? They don't seem very harmful to me." Kagome responds, causing me to turn to her.
"We don't know that, but they do lack experience; that is plainly obvious." I declare.
"Hmph!" Inuyasha sounds out.
"We're just gonna have to win them over, that's all. Hello there, ladies!" Miroku calls out, causing me to roll my eyes. "Is this all really necessary?" I wonder, but the two Priestesses jump up.
"I get it!" Momiji and Botan chorus as they point over at Shippo.
"You Demon! You're disguising your appearance!" Momiji proclaims, causing Shippo and Kirara to turn to look around, but then look back over, which makes Shippo begin to move back and forth as their fingers follow him.
"By changing your disgusting looks, you may have deceived some port fools, but you're not gonna deceive us." Botan specifies, causing me to put on an annoyed expression.
"Your appearance cannot trick us," Momiji adds, causing Shippo to put on a worried expression. "Not the brightest tools in the shed, these two." I think as Shippo begins to step back.
"Who, me? I'm innocent!" Shippo assured.
"Stop acting so scared, Shippo. If they insist on interfering, we'll just have to use force." Inuyasha asserted as he went to draw his sword.
"For once, I agree with Inuyasha," I remark as I also grab my sword.
"Hold on, you two." Kagome implored.
"I'm sure we can talk this thing out." Songo agreed, but Momiji then clasped her hands together.
"Time to take action!" Momiji declares.
"I agree with you completely," Botan adds.
"Now, now, ladies." Miroku, who was now behind, insists.
"Ahh! Oh!" The two priestess's sound out as they turn to him. "Great this can only go well..." I think as I let out a sigh.
"Miroku!" Kagome calls out.
"When did you...?" Momiji asks.
"How did you...?" Botan questions.
"If you will allow me, I can explain exactly what we're doing with that Demon over there. You see, it all originated with the Sacred Jewel. The Demons coveted the power it held..." Miroku continued talking, but none of us were listening as we saw him groping both of them. "Perverted moron!" I think as I placed my hand to my face.
"Aah!" The two priestesses screamed and then both slapped him in the face right off the stones they were standing on.
"Why, you little pervert!" Momiji bellows, while Miroku was sitting on the ground.
"You've gone and sold your soul to the Demon, haven't you?!" Botan exclaims, causing Miroku to let out a sigh and hold up his left hand.
"It's the hand, it's possessed by a Demon." Miroku points out, causing me to roll my eyes. "Can't really blame it on the hand since you used both your hands this time, Monk." I think as I let out a scoff.
"You're possessed by something, but it ain't a Demon." Inuyasha specifies.
"What are you thinking? We're trying to get somewhere with them." Kagome nags.
"My point exactly. How sad." Miroku states.
"Yeah, right. Sure it was..." I trail off as I cross my arms, but Inuyasha then rushes to Miroku's side.
"Is Tsubaki over there?" Inuyasha asks as he places his hands on his sword.
"You will not pass! GO!" Momiji shouts as she and Botan throw papers towards us, and they begin to transform into tiny paper people. Beginning to see everyone ready themselves, I place my hand on the hilt of my sword. Suddenly, we all stop at the sight of the tiny people running towards us and screeching, causing me to put on a confused expression, while Kagome then kicks one to see it just fall backwards.
"Ok," Kagome says with wide eyes, but Kaede then turns towards the priestess.
"Shikigami. These spirit puppets have been given souls which they then control." Kaede informs, and I turn to her.
"You're description and what I'm seeing don't match up too well." I declare, causing Inuyasha to draw his sword, which causes the Shikigami to be shredded.
"Look how weak they are." Shippo made known while he used his fox fire on one of the Shikigami.
"You can't really take these things seriously." Miroku insists as he hits a few Shikigami with his staff.
"That's for sure," Songo adds as she kicks one like Kagome did. "But should we really drop our guard even though these Shikigami aren't a threat?" I wonder as I glared down at the Shikigami, who head towards me, but they then stop in their tracks and rush back towards the Priestess.
"That was impressive work, you Demons." Botan compliments.
"That was all part of our trick..." Momiji trails off as they both grab what looks like hair from the Shikigami. "Guess I should've ripped up those things when they were coming towards me." I think I'm feeling slightly annoyed.
"In order to get these strands of your hair from you." Botan finishes her sentence, causing Kaede to gasp.
"Now I understand," Kaede mutters.
"What's the matter, Kaede?" Kagome questions.
"They intend to transpose us into those Shikigami," Kaede responds as I look over at her.
"Transpose?" I wondered.
"Very clever, old Demon." Momiji mocked.
"I am a priestess!" Kaede chirps, causing the girls to grab paper from their kimonos, put the hair inside it, and begin folding. Momiji and Botan threw the papers into the air, causing them to shine brightly, causing us all to look up at them.
"But whose bodies are they gonna be?" Kagome asks.
"I don't know," Kaede answers. "As long as it's not Inuyasha, I think we'll be okay." I think as I glance over towards Inuyasha.
"I'll smash them apart no matter who they are!" Inuyasha proclaims as the light begins to form two of something.
"What is that?!" Kaede exclaims.
"It can't be!" Miroku bellows as the light begins to dissipate.
"I think perhaps it can." Songo insists as a giant chibi looking Inuyasha appears.
"That's Inuyasha!" Shippo chirps.
"It ain't nothing like me." Inuyasha retorted. "I had to fucking think it, didn't I?" I think as I then look over at the other one, and my eyes widen.
"If that's him, then don't tell me this is gonna be..." Kagome trails off, causing everyone else to look over.
"I'm afraid so," Miroku assures.
"Me too." Songo agrees.
"Me, three! It's not exactly like her, though." Shippo adds, causing me to chuckle silently. "No, this isn't a laughing matter." I think as I try to compose myself.
"Aah! I don't look like that blimp!" Kagome cries out, causing the laughter I was holding back to burst out.
"(Y/N), it's not funny!" Kagome adds with a slightly angry expression.
"I- I know... I'm sorry." I say as I try to contain my laughter.
(To Tsubaki)
Tsubaki was sitting in front of a fire with her eyes closed as Kagura was standing against a tree a few feet away.
"This ceremony of yours is quite elaborate. Is the seal truly that strong?" Kagura asks, causing Tsubaki's eyes to open and glance back at Kagura.
"This particular ceremony is merely to open the door. There are even stronger seals further in." Tsubaki answers.
"Oh?" Kagura sounds out.
(To (Y/N) )
"Ha ha!" The priestesses laugh out loud as they hold hands with bright smiles on their faces.
"I think that we've outdone ourselves." Momiji points out.
"They're adorable. Are you surprised, Demons?" Botan asks as she and Momiji break apart and point towards us.
"These Shikigami don't merely look like both of you. Your power has been transferred intact." Momiji informs.
"Looks nothing like me!" Inuyasha barks.
"Yeah, me, either!" Kagome bellows.
"Go!" The priestesses' chorus caused Chibi Kagome and Inuyasha to rush towards us.
"This is getting stupid." Inuyasha remarks. "I completely agree." I think with a nod, as Inuyasha then jumps towards his Chibi self.
"Iron Reaper, Soul Stealer!" Inuyasha shouts, with his fangs outstretched, but then his Chibi version copies him, causing Inuyasha to be slapped to the ground. Suddenly, a purifying arrow appears as Chibi Kagome draws her bow and fires it towards Inuyasha. Quickly jumping up off the ground, Inuyasha dodges the arrow.
"Unh! Stay out of the way, Kagome!" Inuyasha warns as he lands back on the ground.
"Would you stop calling that thing my name?" Kagome requests with an agitated expression, but Inuyasha then rushes towards the chibi once more, causing the Inuyasha Chibi to rush towards him.
"Sit!" Kagome calls out, causing Inuyasha to be forced to the ground, causing me to look over at Kagome with a confused expression.
"Uh, what was that-"
"AAH!" I hear Inuyasha scream, causing me to look over to see that Chibi Inuyasha had stepped on him.
"Whelp, there goes Inuyasha." I point out, causing Songo to throw her Hiraikotsu towards Chibi Inuyasha, causing it to jump backwards, dodging her weapon.
"Oh, he lives..." I trail off as Inuyasha gets off the ground and Songo catches her Hiraikotsu.
"What are you doing, Kagome?!" Inuyasha exclaims, causing her to put her hands into a praying position.
"Oops!" Kagome sounds out with a sympathetic smile.
"It seems that the powers of the items they are carrying are not transferred." Kaede insists, causing me to put on a thoughtful expression. "Wait, if they don't carry the same power as the items, then it should be the same for Inuyasha's sword... That's it!" I think as I nod.
"Goes to prove that thing's a big fake. Fake, but kind of enviable." Inuyasha remarks.
"Dog-Boy, use the Tessaiga!" I instruct, causing Inuyasha to turn away with a scoff.
"Don't tell me what to do." Inuyasha insists as he then draws his sword, causing the Inuyasha Chibi to do the same, but it was just as Keade said.
"Ha! What's with that sword?" Inuyasha asks, causing the Inuyasha Chibi to look over at its sword.
"You're finished!" Inuyasha proclaims as he rushes towards the Inuyasha Chibi, but a light shines out as he steps, causing him to sound out in pain. Suddenly, Kagome's Chibi draws her bow and shoots a sacred arrow towards Inuyasha, causing him to block it with his sword.
"Kagome, do something about Kagome!" Inuyasha demands as he turns to us.
"Would you stop calling that thing my name?! Besides, why don't you do something about that Inuyasha?!" Kagome exclaims as she points towards Chibi Inuyasha. "They're totally missing the basic point here." I think, letting out a sigh.
"That thing ain't me!" Inuyasha shouts.
"They seem to be missing the point." Miroku points out.
"We'd better take care of this." Songo insists, and I nod.
"Just what I was gonna suggest," Miroku states as he pulls out sutras.
"We're not gonna get anywhere, if not." I declare as I draw my sword and make our way towards the Chibi's. "If I have to, I can always try to use my spiritual powers on my sword." I think as we ready ourselves.
"This isn't gonna be easy." Miroku made known, causing Songo to look over at me and Miroku.
"(Y/N), can you take care of, uh, Kagome?" Songo's questions, caused me to put on an uncomfortable expression.
"Stop calling that beast Kagome!" Kagome calls out.
"Uh, I'd much rather deal with Inuyasha..." I trail off. "Seeing as I already tried to kill her once." I think turning away from her and looking at the Chibi's
"That thing's not me!" Inuyasha bellows.
"Me, too. I could fight Inuyasha without any second thoughts." Songo remarks as she turns to look at the Chibi's as well.
"I agree with both of you." Miroku insists.
"Hey, what do you three mean by that?!" Inuyasha exclaims, causing Miroku and Songo to chuckle nervously.
"It's not personal," Miroku assures.
"Out of my way, you guys!" Inuyasha demands as he rushes towards us, causing Miroku and Songo to move, while I jump up.
"I'm gonna finish both of them off with my Wind Scar!" Inuyasha proclaims as I land behind him. A chill ran through the air as I saw wind forming around Inuyasha's sword. "So this is the Wind Scar..." I think as the chill ran down my spine.
"You're going down," Inuyasha adds, but then the two priestesses grab some paper again and begin doing hand signs, causing the paper to stand up straight.
"Ah!" Momiji and Botan sound as they hold out their hands, causing Inuyasha to stop in his tracks.
"I can't... I can't move!" Inuyasha declares.
"Exactly, Demon! We'll render you all paralyzed." Momiji informs, but then I hear Kirara and Shippo sound out, causing me to look over and see them on the ground.
"Shippo!" Kagome gasps, and I clench my hands on my sword. "Alright, I've had enough of this foolishness." I think as I turn to the two girls, but they then gasp.
"But that cute little one is in pain, as well." Botan points out.
"But he must be stopped. He's a demon, too." Momiji specifies.
"That's enough, you two," Kaede instructs as she holds her hand out.
"Oh, no! That Demon is still moving!" Botan chirps, causing me to glare at the priestesses.
"Go!" Momiji demands, causing me to close my eyes and begin concentrating.
"We're going. We're going." I hear the two Chibi's say as I begin to feel the sacred aura trying to surround my body. "I can't go easy on these girls; they crossed the line." I think as I hear Songo and Miroku rush in front of me.
"If you get in our way, we'll slay you, as well." Momiji threatens as my sacred power surrounds my body, but it is weak. "Damn it, I don't think it's strong enough to surround my sword yet." I think as I open my eyes.
"Would you two stop this? We haven't done anything wrong, let alone worth being killed over." Kagome states as I then sheath my sword.
"Miroku, we must subdue those two priestesses first." Kaede declares, causing us all to look over at her.
"Yes, I suppose you're right." Miroku agrees, causing me to move the sacred power into my hand.
"Leave that to me!" I proclaim, causing Miroku to nod.
"I'll back you up." Songo decided that, as Inuyasha's Chibi brings his sword down, we all dodge it.
"Don't you dare interfere with us!" Momiji warns.
"Why, you... Enough... Already!" Inuyasha demands as he began to try and get up, but it only makes them hold out their sutra, causing him to fall to the ground.
"If you don't cut it out..." Inuyasha trails off as Kagome's chibi shoots an arrow at him, but he blocks it with his sword. However, Inuyasha's Chibi swings down his sword onto Inuyasha, who already had his sword up, allowing him to hold his Chibi back.
"Stubborn Demon." Botan remarks.
"We won't be defeated," Momiji adds.
"You there!" Songo called out as she was on one side of them, and I was on the other.
"Hmm?" The Priestesses sound out as they look over at Songo.
"Coming in!" Songo shouts as she throws her Hiraikotsu at them.
"AAH!" The Priestesses scream, while beginning to freak out, leaving me the perfect opportunity.
"The ones interfering are you two!" I bellow as I throw two balls of spiritual power towards Momiji and Botan, hitting the sutras in their hand, which go up in flames as they dodge the Hiraikotsu.
"Hey, you guys, I can move again!" Shippo chirps, causing Songo, who catches her weapon, and me to smile. Suddenly, Inuyasha finally begins to stand up as his sword was still holding off his Chibi's sword.
"You're... Through!" Inuyasha proclaims as he jumps up, causing the Inuyasha Chibi to fall backwards, and the Kagome Chibi walks over to him.
"Wind Scar!" Inuyasha yells as a blast of energy comes from his sword, causing both the Chibi's to disintegrate.
"AAH!" The two Priestesses' screams rang out as they fell to the ground, causing me to sigh. "Well, let's hope he didn't kill those two..." I think as Inuyasha was breathing hard.
"So much for them," Inuyasha remarks, causing Miroku to rush towards them.
"Nah, they've just fainted, that's all. Fear not. Their lives aren't in danger, and they don't seem to be hurt." Miroku informs, while groping the two unconscious girls, causing Songo to grab his ear, forcing him to his feet.
"Perverted, Monk." I jibe as Kagome, and I walk over to them with Shippo and Kirara.
"What'll we do with these two?" Kagome asks as she goes down on her knees.
"Kagome, do you think they'll attack us again when they come to?" Shippo questions.
"Most likely," I respond with a nod.
"Tsubaki must have either sweet-talked them or deceived them. In any case, I think they'd understand if we explained ourselves to them." Miroku points out. causing Inuyasha to put his hands on his hips.
"Right. And who's gonna take on such a silly task?" Inuyasha asks, causing Miroku to hold up his hand.
"Naturally, I will have to handle this," Miroku answers, causing me to glare up at him.
"Huh?" Inuyasha sounds. "He really wants another punch in the head, huh?" I think as I hold up my fist.
"I will take them both into custody and stay with them until everything is in the open." Miroku insists, causing me to pop my knuckles in my hand.
"You better not try anything funny, Monk. Or I'll make you regret it!" I proclaim, causing him to nod with a slightly scared expression and let out a nervous laugh.
"Hey, Shippo, will you stay here with Miroku, please?" Kagome requests.
"Who, me? What am I supposed to do with Miroku?" Shippo's questions cause Songo to bend down to him.
"All you have to do is keep an eye on the Monk," Songo responds, causing me to bend down to him as well.
"If he does anything funny, report it back to me, got it?" I ask with a smile.
"Got it," Shippo answers with a nod.
"And if you're here, it'll be easier to convince them that you're not evil," Kagome adds.
"I'll have to be on my toes." Shippo made known.
"Kirara, you stay, too," Songo instructs.
"You do what you want. I'm going after Tsubaki." Inuyasha states, and I nod.
"Right behind you." I declare as Inuyasha and I begin running towards the forest.
"Wait, Inuyasha! Kaede calls out, causing me to stop to see him light up as if struck by lightning as he tries to enter, while screaming in pain.
"Ew, that looked like it hurt..." I trail off as I walk over to Inuyasha, who was now on the ground with steam coming off his body.
"Wait until I bring down the barrier." Kaede points out as she walks past us.
(To Tsubaki)
She opens her eyes with a smirk.
"It will be open soon." Tsubaki insists.
"What's inside that tower anyway?" Kagura asks.
"A Demon," Tsubaki answers as the door of the tower creaks open.
"The Demon sealed inside has enormous powers," Tsubaki informs as she stands up and glances back at Kagura.
"You intend to use the Sacred Jewel to make him obey you?" Kagura questions as she follows Tsubaki inside.
"Yes, I will indeed," Tsubaki responds as one of her eyes begins to glow.
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"Hey! I see something up ahead!" Inuyasha, who was ahead of us, bellowed.
"I sense the Sacred Jewel nearby." Kagome, who was running beside me, informs and I nod.
"Yeah, it's close," I add.
"Do you think Tsubaki's in there?" Songo, who was running a bit ahead of Kagome and me.
"Hmph!" Inuyasha sounds out as he jumps up to the shrine entrance, but he is stuck in what looks like a barrier.
"What is this?" Inuyasha questions as he continued trying to force his way in.
"Inuyasha!" Kagome calls out, stopping us in our tracks.
"Even the gate to the shrine has a barrier." Kaede points out, but Inuyasha then forces his way through, causing the sutra that was on the door to burn up.
"He broke through that barrier?" Kaede asks, but I follow after Inuyasha without a second's thought.
"Show yourself, Tsubaki!" Inuyasha calls out, but I then begin to sense a terrible aura, causing me to look over.
"Huh?" We all sounded out as a red aura seeped up into the sky. "What the hell does Tsubaki have planned now?" I wonder as I stare at the red aura in disbelief.