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Where I Belong	By : Royal_Kitsune Category: InuYasha > Het - Male/Female Views: 3097 -:- Recommendations : 1 -:- Currently Reading : 1
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~Battle Over The Lake – Part 2~
"Shape shifters? Are you sure?" I asked and Sango gave a nod. By now her and Kagome were dressed; her in her demon slaying armor, Kagome in her school uniform.
"Just as they knocked me out I noticed that there were changing. I noticed that they were morphing from the forms." Sango said, strapping on her Hiraikotsu while Kagome adjusted her arrows. The priestess still looked and smelled shaken up by what had happened, but to her credit she still was ready to go. She had a determined look on her face and she hadn't said a word since we'd gotten them back.
"So much for your plan, now what?" Inuyasha said grumpily, not taking his eyes off of Kagome.
"We can't fight them as we normally would." Miroku started, and then continued when we gave him a confused look. "When Kilala and I attacked them they used water attacks, and I'm willing to bet they'll try to lure us over the lake to fight. So since none of us can walk on water, we have to figure out a new plan."
The sound of the wind rustling through the trees was all that could be heard as we stood trying to think of something.
"An aerial attack is the only choice." I said and everyone but Inuyasha mumbled an agreement.
"How would we do that? With Kilala we'd still be unable to fight effectively. Only one person would be able to attack at a time." The monk pointed out.
"Yea it would be pointless if we take turns attacking." Inuyasha grumbled. I had a feeling that he was more interested in making sure I was wrong than actually trying to come up with a plan.
"Well, you're not going to be attacking period, since you're powerless." I said, ignoring his human-like growl in my direction. "Kilala can carry Sango, I can carry Kagome…"
"Ok fine but what about Miroku?" Inuyasha interrupted with a smug smile, clearly happy to find a hole in my plan.
"Shippo's been working on his transformation and can hold them better now. So he can transform into a bird or something and carry Miroku. Plus Shippo can still talk in his transformations, so we can communicate while we fight." I said, getting my own smug look as he went speechless and turned his back to me.
"Sounds like a good plan to me." Kagome said coming over to me. Everyone else, except Inuyasha, gave their agreements.
"Well let's get going before they find us." Miroku said, looking to the Kitsune that was now on his shoulder.
Shippo jumped down, pulled a leaf from his vest, placed it against his forehead and shouted "Transform!" A large puff of smoke appeared, and when it died down a large raven was in his place.
"Very nice Shippo, you have been practicing." Miroku said as he climbed on and got adjusted.
"The kit has potential." I said just before I transformed into my true demon form and crouched for Kagome to get on.
Sango and Kilala were already ready to go. We prepared to take off, until a certain half demon spoke up.
"What about me?" He shouted, looking at us.
'Go back to the village.' I barked and Shippo translated.
"What…!" But before he could continue Sango spoke up.
"Kazuko is right. While you're human you're just more weight. You'll slow down whoever is carrying you." Sango stated. She gave Kilala a signal and they took to the skies. Shippo and Miroku followed suit until it was just me and Kagome left with the steaming red clad human.
"Look Inuyasha, it's just safer if you go back to the village. Sango needs room to throw Hiraikotsu, Shippo isn't strong enough to carry you, and Kazuko only has room for one, safely, with her wings. If we're still not back by sunrise then you can come back, but for now please just go back." She said, her voice sounding uncharacteristically and unnervingly hollow.
"But Kagome…" Inuyasha said, though he couldn't seem to find the words to argue with her.
Instead he walked forward until his face was right at my nose. "If anything happens to her, I'll tear you apart." He growled.
Normally I would have zapped the hell out of him, but I knew he was only concerned about Kagome.
Kilala had told me dog demons were the most possessive of all demons, and even though Inuyasha was only half I figured it was just his demon nature kicking in.
I gave a nod of my head and watched as he took off running back to the village.
"I'll be back at sunrise." Inuyasha shouted over his shoulder.
"Ok Kazuko, let's go." Kagome said grasping tuffs of my fur and I took off.
We caught up to the others hovering over the lake as far from the cave as possible. I pulled up between them to see what the plan was.
"Trying to go into the cave would be too dangerous since there isn't enough room for us all. So we need to lure them out. The question is how." Sango said, from where they hovered.
Everyone seemed deep in thought on the matter until an idea come to me.
'Leave that to me.' I barked, and the others gave me a curious look. Instead of answering I flew forward so that I was in the middle of the lake.
"What are you going to do?" Kagome asked quietly.
'Come out you cowards! My name is Kazuko, the one true survivor of the Ryu-Inu Clan! How dare you disgrace the name of my clan! Now come out and face me!' My voice started out as a loud growl, but by the time I finished my anger had risen and so had my voice; so that when I finished my voice was at a roar that shook the lake and water around it. Even Kagome had to cover her ears.
I could feel my powers stirring the water of that lake so that it was swirling just below my paws.
"Did it work?" I heard Shippo asked from behind me.
"Look." Sango said as we could see two figures coming from out of the cave.
"Well, look what we have here." The taller one said, though they stayed just in the shadow of the cave, so that we could only see their eyes. "It appears that a true Ryu-Inu has come forward." He sneered, his voice showing that he obviously didn't believe me.
"Yea, the things some people will do to get by in this world." The short one laughed.
This only served to fuel my anger, and I couldn't help myself as my aura rose in a fit of rage and washed towards them, creating waves in the lake. A gust of wind carried my scent straight at them.
Both demons froze, and I could make out a slight narrowing of their eyes.
"She's telling the truth." The short one hissed.
"No need to worry, this makes it better. We kill her and take her powers and shape, and then we'll really be Ryu-Inu's. See this is exactly how I planned it." The tall one said, his fangs how showing in a smirk.
"But you said that the whole clan had been wiped out." The short one objected.
"Just get the demoness!" The tall one said, and they shot out of the cave towards us.
"Here they come!" Shippo shouted as we all barely managed to move in time.
"If you humans stay out of this, then we'll just kill the demoness and let you escape with your lives." The taller demon said, landing on the water, standing confidently on its rocking surface.
"We would never abandon our friend!" Sango shouted, raising Hiraikotsu over her head and flinging it towards the demons.
"Fine we'll kill all of you." The tall demon said, not moving as Hiraikotsu went hurling straight for him.
Just as the attack was about to hit the duo, the short one pulled out something and threw it on the water. A smoke screen appeared that covered the lake. Sango barely had enough time to catch Hiraikotsu, due to the smoke hiding it from view.
"It's not just a regular smoke bomb, something is off!" I heard Sango shout, and with her being a demon slayer I didn't doubt her knowledge on the matter. As I tried to look for the others through the smoke I realized what was wrong.
Since I couldn't see the others, I settled for trying to sniff them out. I couldn't scent anyone! Not Shippo, Sango, Miroku, Kilala, or even Kagome, who was right on my back!
'What the hell is this smoke?' I thought, before recoiling as I felt something small and sharp cut across my chest. Before I could think too much about it, I heard Kagome give a grunt of discomfort. Being unable to communicate with her through words, I gave a low whine as to say 'You ok?'
"I'm fine, just felt something scrape my arm." She said, and I could feel a slight shifting as she was most likely checking it. "The smoke is starting to clear." She brought up and I was slowly starting to see the lake again.
Saying I was shocked at what I saw, as the lake completely cleared, would have been a huge understatement. Once the smoke was completely gone I was staring across the lake at myself, carrying Kagome.
'Wait, what?' I thought, seeing but unwilling to believe what was in front of me.
"Kazuko? Kagome?" I turned to see Miroku and the others staring straight at us and the imposters.
"Who's who?" Shippo said quietly.
"We are the real ones of course!" Kagome shouted from my back but her voice wavered as she was still looking at the imposters.
'Yea, clearly they have just shifted their shape to look exactly like us!' I barked, my mind going back to cuts Kagome and I had felt.
"Don't listen to them, we're the real ones and they are the imposters!" The imitation Kagome shouted, sounding exactly like the real one.
'Of course, don't let those lowly imposters fool you.' My imposter barked sounding just like me.
"Shippo, Kilala, can you smell which one is real?" Sango asked her weapon ready to go but unsure of which pair to aim it at.
"No, the smoke messed up my nose," Shippo started, and then paused as Kilala mewed. "Kilala says it the same for her."
"So this was their aim. They used to the smoke not only to cover up their transformations but to also eliminate our only way of telling them apart from the real ones." Sango murmured. Her face contorted a bit as she went into deep thought. "I remember now! We used to use those types of smoke bombs to make fast getaways to make sure the demons couldn't follow us by scent. It usually wears off in about an hour."
"So then how do we fight the enemy, if we don't even know who the enemy is?" Shippo asked, his voice shaking at the unexpected turn of events. "I doubt they'd let us wait an hour to fight."
No one seemed to have an answer for the small fox, and even I couldn't find the right words. The other demons were playing their part well, as the fake Kagome put on a convincing look of desperation. My own imposter was staring straight at me, eyes narrowed as I'm sure I was doing back at them.
'We'll fight it out,' my imposter barked, and the other looked unsure as Shippo translated.
"We wouldn't be able to help, there has to be a better way." Miroku said.
As much as I would have liked to have another option, it was becoming clear that there wasn't going to be one.
'No the imposter is right. The only option we have is to fight it out. You guys are just going to have to trust us.' I growled, mentally kicking myself for falling for this trap. 'Oh if only Inuyasha could see this, I wouldn't hear the end of it.' I thought sourly.
Shippo's voice shook as he told the others, and by now they couldn't disagree. Since both of us has said it, they knew one of us was the real one, thus meaning the real me had agreed to it.
I watched as the others flew back to where we had been hiding before, and stayed just above the treetops. I could smell the worry and uncertainty radiating from their direction.
"I'm ready Kazuko." Kagome whispered quietly. I could feel the tension running through her body, especially as her grip on my fur tightened. I couldn't blame her; she basically had to fight for her life without the group she had been through so much with.
'I'll protect her for you Inuyasha.' I thought, my claws flexing against the sky as I physically and mentally prepared for the battle.
"Let's go." Kagome added. I felt her hands leave my fur and could hear her stringing an arrow to her bow.
With Kagome having to hold her bow, I realized she wouldn't be able to keep her balance as easily, meaning I had to take this a bit slower than I would like.
Before I could begin heading forward, the imposters shot towards us with a speed that took me by surprise and I'm sure that I was only able to follow the movements due to being a demon.
I just barely managed to dodge by jolting to the side. Thankfully I was able to charge my claws with electric current and swipe my imposter's back leg. The silver fur quickly began to turn red, and the imposter turned and growled at me. Before I could make it completely by the fake me, it brought its' fangs down on a vice grip around my tail.
I couldn't help the howl of pain that escaped me as the pain sent shockwaves up my spine and caused my wings to spasm slightly. It took almost everything I had to keep my wings from locking up in pain. I quickly yanked my tail out, feeling the hair on my tail being ripped out. I could just imagine the bald spots that were there now.
'I totally understand the tail thing now. I will never pull anyone's tail again!' I thought resisting the urge to stick my tail between my legs.
"You ok Kazuko?" Kagome asked, rubbing the fur just behind my ears.
For the record, I would NEVER admit it, but it felt pretty amazing.
I gave the priestess a low grunt as to say 'No, but I'll manage'.
"Sorry about that, they came so fast, I didn't have enough time to fire my arrow." Kagome's voice was still firm as she strung up another blow. I couldn't blame her, I just barely had time to move, and even I didn't get completely out of the way.
I was ready to charge, when the demons came at us again. Once again I just managed to get out of the way, getting a slight hit on the shoulder.
There wasn't any time to regain myself as they came again from below, and I moved to get an arrow in my left side. Just as I was going to move again I felt my side beginning to burn, and heard Kagome gasp.
"How did they copy my purification arrow?" She shouted.
'Purification arrow?' I thought as the burning increased. I could literally feel the spiritual energy trying to eat away at my flesh and demonic aura. 'This isn't good.'
This routine continued, the imposters charging me with almost impossible speeds and me barely avoiding fatal blows or hits to Kagome. After several minutes I had numerous arrows sticking out of my fur, and I looked like a red Dalmatian with as many blood stains as I had.
"Wow, Kazuko's really gotten fast." I heard Sango say in shock, and I rolled my eyes.
"You mean if that is the real Kazuko." Miroku corrected and I made a mental note to thank the monk for that when this was over.
'I guess this battle is going to require me to use my head. They're faster than me, so I won't be able to dodge like this for long.' I thought, trying to figure out some opening. I could feel my strength leaving me. The spiritual energy was draining my youkai. My wings were getting tired, and my body felt as if it were becoming heavier with each movement.
"I'm so sorry Kazuko, I can't even see them. Every time I look up you have a new wound." Kagome's voice cracked slightly giving away the fact that she was either crying or on the verge of it.
"Look out!" Kagome said and I turned my head just in time to see the demon charging at me again.
"This time we've got you mutt!" The imposter Kagome shouted, as the bow and arrows transformed into a long spear.
"Look those are the fakes!" Shippo shouted as he watched the spear transform. I could see him out of the corner of my eye trying to come to our aid. Miroku was reading some sutras, but I knew they wouldn't make it.
Even Kilala, going her fastest, wasn't going to be able to make it in time.
Sango swung Hiraikotsu, but the weapon just wasn't fast enough.
They were charging at me full speed, aiming for Kagome. The blow would kill the priestess. I was so drained that I knew I wouldn't be able to avoid it completely even if I tried. My body only had enough strength left for a quick, short maneuver.
'I can't let Kagome die.' I thought.
Now I've always heard that when something like this happens, things go into slow motion. I'm not exactly sure that's right, or at least maybe I wasn't doing it right; because everything seemed to go into hyper drive.
I watched the others fruitlessly try to reach us, but in my heart I already knew what needed to be done.
My mouth curved in a canine equivalent of a smile as I shifted my body so that Kagome was thrown off.
The demons were going too fast to change their route and the spear slammed straight into my chest. I could feel it tear straight through my chest bone and ribs and into my heart, and I felt the spear tip come out through my back right where my left wing was.
I hooked my claws into my imposter and used my fangs to rip its' throat out. With a grunt I used the last of my strength to fry the life out of the other demon.
With grim satisfaction I watched both of their lifeless bodies drop into the lake.
It was as I watched them drop that I realized that the lake was getting closer or rather, I was also falling.
"Got ya." I heard Sango say, and I was glad that they had managed to catch Kagome.
I felt myself cough out blood. The copper taste wasn't too bad.
"Kazuko!" I think that was Shippo's voice.
Everything was getting dark.
'Kazuko!' That meow was definitely Kilala's.
Do demons even get to go to heaven?
"Kazuko!" For once I couldn't detect any perverted hints in the monk's voice.
I don't remember hitting water, but I did sense it rushing into my nose, mouth and lungs.
"Kazuko!" I don't know who that was.
'Take that Inuyasha. Say that I'm untrustworthy now.' I somberly joked as all consciousness began to leave me.
The last thought that ran through my mind brought a smile to my muzzle.
'I am going to finally meet my birth parents.'
And then nothing.
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