InuYasha Fan Fiction / Sailor Moon Fan Fiction ❯ Through your Heart ❯ Night time surprises ( Chapter 9 )

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Through your Heart

Chapter 9: Night time surprises

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"You failed me again, Kagura. I'm beginning to think you enjoy running away from a fight." Naraku didn't even bother glance at the wind demoness as he watched the urns where his detachments were born in boredom.

Kagura fisted her hands and sneered at him. "I was about to strike them when my attack got deviated! And you're the one to talk! You always send those puppets of yours and let others do your dirty job!" As soon as those last words got out of the demoness' mouth, she gasped and fell on her knees in agony, clutching her chest.

Naraku had lifted his hand and fisted it, crushing Kagura's heart to his contempt. "You have taken the nasty habit of talking back to me, Kagura. Do not forget that I am the one who created you and I can kill you whenever I want. This *IS* your heart I hold in my grasp, remember?" Naraku said cruelly, yet still seated and calm. His eyes, however, where another story.

He let go of his hold when Kagura nodded with difficulty and she took a big intake of breath. Naraku just continued as if nothing had happened. "Now, tell me about this problem of yours."

Kagura lowered her gaze and glared at the floor. "It's that weird miko the Inu bastard brings with him, I'm sure of it! She's been meddling too many times with my plans! I don't know how she did it but she made my Dance of Blades deviate from its trajectory without doing anything! She's becoming more powerful by the day and if we don't stop her soon the problem will only get more serious."

The dark hanyou hummed to himself. "Hmmm…Yes, Kikyou's reincarnation. Kagome, was it? That girl is a peculiar one indeed. Maybe I should do something about her…"

Kagura fought the urge to roll her eyes and bit back a nasty comment. Naraku already tried so many times to get rid of her without success before and he didn't even seem to take this failure into consideration.

"Kanna, come to me." The dark hanyou called out another one of his detachment. Kagura glared at Naraku but refrained from saying anything. The wind demoness knew that her creator preferred Kanna from any other demon, and with good reasons too.

Who wouldn't be proud of having an emotionless 'daughter' who does everything you say without asking questions or disobeying? Kanna was the perfect one for the job, being a void demoness and all. But even *she* gave Kagura the chills sometimes. Kanna's look screamed 'I don't feel a thing!' with her white hair and clothes and her eyes darker than black.

Kanna just came in the room silently and stared at Naraku, waiting for a command. "Kanna, I want to see the Inu hanyou and his little followers. Show them to me."

The small void demoness nodded unnoticeably and lowered her mirror in front of her for Naraku to see. An image started to appear and the evil hanyou's gaze wandered over the group. 'Hmmm. There's the Taijiya Sango and her neko youkai. That perverse monk and the kit…' he thought while scanning the group. He watched InuYasha's lips as they began to move but of course Naraku couldn't hear anything. 'He must be talking to the miko Kagome.'

"Kanna, turn your mirror. The miko is out of my range of view."

Kagura watched as her 'sister' nodded silently again and adjusted the angle. Naraku's gaze riveted on the miko as soon as he saw her but just as fast, the image began to blur until he couldn't see anything anymore. The hanyou growled angrily but Kanna stood nonplussed. She took back her mirror and gazed at it emptily.

"What is going on, Kanna? Why can't I see anything anymore?" There was a trace of frustration in his voice but Kanna didn't take any heed as she didn't care about being destroyed or not.

"It seems that someone is interfering with the mirror's power. I can no longer see the group. It is probably the miko's doing, since the image started to fade when it landed near her. If you'll excuse me, I will take my leave of your presence." Kanna said emotionlessly and bowed dutifully, still clutching her mirror to herself.

"Yes, you do that, Kanna."

The void demoness exited the room, leaving Kagura alone with him once again. Naraku was seething. How could the miko acquire such power? Even the Western Lord Sesshoumaru wasn't immunized against Kanna's spying. Kikyou herself didn't sense the prying, so how did Kagome do it? It had to be her anyway since none of the others really possessed that kind of power. The monk was the closest one but he was too distracted by the women's flesh to sense anything. He punched a hole in the wooden floor in a vain attempt to calm himself. He really needed to kill something. "Leave, Kagura. I will call you when I need you."

Kagura nodded and left in a hurry, being momentarily surprised by the sudden show of anger of her creator. Naraku tried to compose himself and he glanced at the big part of the Shikon no Tama that he had in his possession. It was glowing a sick color near his presence and it was enough to quench his fury for the moment. 'Bless Kikyou for giving me the big part of the jewel. I'll have to kill her AFTER InuYasha as a mean of my gratification.'

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Usagi's eyes flashed for a moment and she slowed down. Glancing at the others and making sure nobody was paying attention to her, she put on her hood to keep from being sensed. 'Somebody is spying on us, I can feel it!' In just a couple of seconds, she used the power of Pluto to mess with whatever was watching them and she breathed a sigh of relief when she felt the strange presence recede.

Her blue eyes bulged when she felt something caress her rear and with fast reflexes she whirled around, making her hood fall in the process, and slapped whatever was in the way. "ECCHI!!!" She blurted out loudly, and sweatdropped when she heard Miroku collide into a nearby tree with the force of the blow. She froze and laughed nervously, staring at her hand. "Sorry, Miroku-san…"

The shout made the others stop and they all stared at Miroku and then at the slightly laughing girl. InuYasha sweatdropped. "Jeez! That girl has a mean punch! She wasn't kidding when she said she could defend herself…" he muttered, making himself remember not to ever get on the blonde's bad side.

Kagome and Shippou were laughing and saying the monk deserved that and Sango just told Usagi not to worry about it. The Taijiya walked to the sprawled Miroku and lifted an eyebrow. That girl had knocked him unconscious! Sango grinned. 'I always wanted to knock some sense into him like that but always refrained myself in fear of hurting him. I guess I should thank her!'

"We should take a break guys. Miroku will be out for a moment. Nice punch girl!" Sango reassured Usagi with a friendly tap on the back and sat down, preparing to eat.

Usagi shrugged it out. 'Oh well. It doesn't seem to be affecting them so much.'

InuYasha grunted because they had to stop but when Kagome got the Ramen from her backpack the Inu demon immediately stopped whining. Shippou jumped on Usagi's shoulder while Kagome prepared the food and Kirara jumped in her lap, mewling at the little Kitsune playfully.

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The group finally stopped in a village for the day was beginning to fade. Usagi didn't get why they seemed so hurried to find shelter for the night. They always camped out in the wild before, so why stop in a village all of a sudden? When she had asked the miko about it, Kagome had only smiled back and answered; "You'll see!"

Usagi hadn't been satisfied with that answer but what could she do about it?

She followed the rest of the Inu-tachi in the village and put on her hood when she felt the people begin to stare at her a little too much. The villagers kept their distance with InuYasha and the rabbit watched as Miroku pulled one of his acts on the village leader, which consisted in saying there was an evil presence in the village and that he would have to get rid of it.

Of course, it was all false and a pretext to sleep under a rooftop for this night. The blonde sweatdropped as the gullible villagers all believed in whatever Miroku said and led them to a house. The elder left the group alone to rest and soon some villagers brought them some food, which made Shippou salivate.

"Those villagers are really nice. We should really thank them tomorrow. I feel kind of bad for leading them on like that." Usagi said uncomfortably.

Miroku shrugged it off and smiled. "There aren't any youkai here but I'll give them a real repelling charm in case one shows up someday."

Usagi nodded and looked out the window where the sky was beginning to take many lively colors. 'Rin, Jaken, Sesshoumaru…I wonder what you're doing right now…' Usagi couldn't help the sad look on her face as she thought of the Inu Lord and his followers. She was about to say something when a soft light from her side interrupted her and made her stare as InuYasha bathed in it.

As soon as it came, it went away and Usagi's eyes widened. "Well, isn't that interesting?" was all she could say as she gazed at ink black hair and violet eyes.

"Isn't it cool Usagi? InuYasha turns into a human every full moon since he's only half-demon!" Shippou said enthusiastically, and the now human Inu demon bonked him on the head.

"I DON'T THINK IT'S COOL, BRAT!" He sat down with his back towards them and pouted. "I hate those nights. I can't protect anyone and Tetsusaiga won't transform when I'm like this."

Usagi nodded in understanding while Shippou rubbed his head where InuYasha had bonked him. "I won't tell anyone, InuYasha. I promise." Usagi simply said, and the hanyou nodded, happy with the answer.

Kagome sat beside the black haired boy and patted him on the shoulder while he just humph'ed. "You see" the miko addressed the blue eyed young woman "normally InuYasha and I go back to my time when it's the full moon. But we were too far away to return in time. In the future, there's nothing that can attack us and InuYasha can sleep more peacefully."

Usagi nodded and mentally rolled her eyes. 'If only they knew! I could open up a portal and lead them to Kagome's future right now, no problem!' She almost giggled at the thought but clamped her mouth shut. She didn't need them asking questions about what she was giggling about. And she was sure that InuYasha would feel insulted for nothing and start an argument. She rolled her eyes. She sure learned to know the Inu-tachi pretty well those last few weeks.

Almost everyone was still sleeping when the day finally started to show up. Usagi was unable to sleep more, being used to walk and run on long distances from her previous life and getting little sleep. She gazed at her comrades and watched as InuYasha's brow furrowed.

The hanyou woke up as if he felt queasy and she simply stared as he slowly started to transform back to his old self. His hair got white and she concentrated on his figure as his human ears got more and more pointed, until his dog ears twitched on the top of his head. He released a growl as his instincts took over and he cracked his knuckles.

Usagi couldn't help but to think that when InuYasha's ears had become pointy he strongly resembled Sesshoumaru. Add the silver hair and the golden eyes and it became almost disturbing to look at the hanyou without imagining the Inu Lord. She shook her head and closed her eyes while InuYasha just looked at her with curiosity.

'There's no way he could know the Lord of the Western Lands. You're hoping too much, girl!'

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