InuYasha Fan Fiction / Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ Cataclysm ❯ Chapter 4 ( Chapter 4 )

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Chaos

Kagome stood up from the forest floor and found Shippo hanging back.

“Momma?” he asked when their eyes met.

“Yes, it's me… I think… Sango, can you take him back to the house? I don't want to hurt anyone.”

Sango's eyes widened at the double meaning in her words.

“Hold on, Kagome. What're you going to do?”

“I can't be around anyone. I'm entirely too dangerous. I need to go somewhere that I won't be able to hurt the people I care about… Sango, can you give a few messages for me?”

“Kagome, do it yourself,” Sango said, taking in Kagome's posture. It was that of someone completely and utterly defeated.

“Can you tell my mother and little brother that I'll be back soon? Oh! And tell the others that I'm not just running away.”

Shippo launched through the air, being caught by Kagome's automatic reach.

“Kagome, please don't go!”

She gently cradled his head, sad tears falling.

“I'm sorry, Shippo. I think that even you will be in danger if I don't,” she said, gently resting her cheek on his forehead.

“I don't care! Please don't leave me!”

Kagome's eyes locked with Sango's and she sighed.

“Will you tell the others, Sango? Please?”

Sango nodded, tears falling from her eyes.

“I should be back in a week.”

“Where are you going?”

“To that Makai place. I'm going to take out any dangerous aggression I may have, and I can do that a lot easier with demons that are trying to kill me.”

Sango's eyes widened and Kagome frowned.

“What? It's not like I'm going to go off and kill myself or anything. I just need to get rid of whatever is inside of me. And Shippo,” she said to the kit, who looked up. “I would feel much better if you stayed here and didn't see me like I'll probably get.”

The kit's eyes widened and his grip tightened.

“I'll never be scared of you, momma!”

Kagome felt a demonic presence above and looked toward the man.

“Perhaps you should let young Shippo accompany you,” Kurama said before dropping down.

“When did you get here!?”

“Oh, I never left. Not that I don't trust Hiei, since he has quite a bit of honor despite his personality. But I was rather interested to see the Dragon on someone other than Hiei.”

“Okay… So you were eavesdropping on us?” Kagome asked, glaring.

“Well, your conversation is rather interesting. Especially where you think you're going to get to Makai so easily.”

“I'll find a way,” Kagome bit out. “If I don't, someone else important to me might die.”

“You intend to go to Makai to kill demons. This will get rid of any pent-up anger or schizophrenic energy. Only one problem. No matter how strong you are, you won't survive long if you go in without someone else. Which is why I'm suggesting you take Shippo,” he said, smiling.

Kagome looked down at Shippo's hopeful smile and found herself holding him a little tighter.

“Alright… Will one of you give out the messages?”

Sango nodded as Kagome started moving. She soon found herself at the edge of the forest.

“How are you going to get to another dimension, exactly?”

“I'm going to wait,” she said, staring at the space directly in front of her.

“Wait?”

“Yeah. I don't know why, but I just get the feeling that something will happen right here.”

As if on command, the air rippled and a massive hole formed.

A large ogre started to run through, but was quickly cut in half by an arrow. And then, Kagome jumped through and felt it snap closed as soon as she passed through. She didn't, however, sense the demon that came in with her, using lightning-fast speed to escape her notice…

 

Kurama watched in shock as Kagome disappeared into the portal.

“How on earth did she know that was going to happen?” he mumbled to himself.

“Yo, Kurama! The toddler said a portal's opening,” Yusuke said, appearing a few seconds later.

“It's already closed,” Kurama said, glaring at the air.

“Really? Who closed it?”

“Kagome. And Hiei, it seems,” Kurama said, his glare increasing.

“What!? They closed the portal? How!?”

“By going through it,” Kurama said simply.

Yusuke took several moments to process this, and he growled.

“So, what you're telling me, is that my cousin and Hiei went through a portal to Makai? Kurama, what the hell!?”

The kitsune shrugged, turning around.

“It wasn't exactly like I could stop her. I'm not even sure she's aware that Hiei is with her.”

“Damnit!”

Yusuke pulled out the small compact-mirror-like device and a chipper voice responded.

“Botan here!”

“Botan, we need a portal to Makai.”

“What? Why?”

“Just open it,” he said as the others emerged from the woods.

“Fine,” Botan pouted. “You don't have to be so rude, you know.”

A portal opened and the group disappeared inside…

 

As soon as Kagome met the ground, demons were upon her. It was now about an hour after her arrival, and she'd already killed ten different demons. And you could follow her based on where there were burning trees, too.

“Shippo, how do you feel?” she asked the kit, who seemed to be having difficulty breathing.

“I'm fine, Momma. It's just that the air seems a little stuffier here than back home.”

Kagome smiled and gently rested his head in her chest as she sat down against a tree.

“I'm sorry for making you bring me, Momma,” the kit said, cuddling into her chest.

“It's fine. Better than being alone here, right?”

She felt something in the air and dove away just as the tree exploded. She spun to find a large, scaled demon standing next to the stump.

“Oh! If it isn't a little snake! And you've got a kit with you, too! I was just getting hungry,” he said, stepping forward.

Kagome lifted her hand and flames erupted within her grip.

“Oh? You've got some fight in you, huh? Good. I like my meat tenderized!”

The creature lunged forward and was instantly ablaze. Within five seconds, his body was completely vaporized and Kagome sighed.

A strange scent filled the air and she spun to find a black shadow vanishing into the trees. Curious, she followed. What she found at the end of the trail was a large clearing with a fire in the center.

For the first time since getting there, Kagome couldn't feel a demon anywhere in the near vicinity. For some reason, she felt extremely safe in the clearing. So safe, in fact, that she fell asleep with the kit in her arms, neither sensing the energy presence nearby.

Red eyes stared out from the trees, focusing on the miko…

 

Kagome awoke feeling refreshed and completely energized. She was suddenly made aware of something covering her and she looked down to find a black cloak draped over her.

Despite the fact that this was a sign that something had gotten that close to her while she was asleep, she didn't become too concerned.

There was rain coming down from the sky in torrents, and Kagome blinked at the cloak. Somebody was looking out for her.

“Momma?” Shippo asked groggily.

Kagome smiled as she gently petted the awakening kit.

“Morning, sleepyhead,” she said as he rose from under the cloak.

A spike of energy suddenly caught her attention and instantly both demons were up and alert. All around them, there were powerful youkai. They were surrounded.

“Damnit! How did I let that happen!?” she thought to herself.

“Momma, we should run.”

That wasn't going to happen. As soon as the kit said that, the demons emerged. As they approached, their proximity made the energy strengthen.

All around her, Kagome saw demons of different species and powers. All of them were focused on her as though she were their mortal enemy.

“Umm… Hi?”

“You're the little hanyo that's been running around and killing our prey,” said a metallic voice to her right.

Kagome quickly checked her odds. There were ten demons total, and they all had power that was slightly weaker than Sesshomaru and Koga's. All of them radiated a dangerous foreboding to the miko.

“I was just killing. I don't see the problem,” she said, hoping that if she didn't show fear they'd back away.

“You were killing C- and D-Class demons. You know how hard it is to find them to eat if there are just little scavengers like you? And you're not even a real demon! Who gave you the right to eat our food?”

Kagome looked toward the voice to find a human-looking man glaring at her. At the center of his forehead were three spikes that rose slightly. His coal-black eyes stared at her as he licked his over-the-lip fangs hungrily.

That's when she noticed a strange gleam in all of their eyes. Her spine stiffened when she realized what the look was.

“If none of you try anything, I won't kill you,” she said, meeting their gazes. The demons behind her were of no real consequence to her, as they were incredibly weaker than the other seven.

“Oh? You won't kill us? That's very amusing, hanyo.”

A smile spread across her face as she pushed her energy into her hand. She'd quickly destroyed her bow here, and had just as quickly learned to improvise. Out of her youki formed a bow, and the arrow formed from her miko qi(1).

“One more chance.”

All of the demons had lost their amusement the second her miko powers showed themselves.

“Little bitch! How dare a miko enter the Makai!?”

The man with horns watched as all of the others charged. Unbeknownst to them all, red eyes watched the entire scene unfold, and a sword was at the ready in case it was needed.

Kagome spun and quickly obliterated the demons behind her before purifying two more demons to her left, simultaneously shooting a ball of fire and an arrow.

With those five out of the way, the others pulled back slightly. So, they weren't completely stupid. That was good. These were the kind of demons she'd come to fight in the first place.

“Who's next?” she asked as another arrow formed.

Of the five remaining, two moved to a nearby tree. They were going to gauge their opponent before they were risky enough to even move toward the girl.

“I'll kill you, you little bitch!”

A large tiger demon lunged forward and Kagome shuddered at the energy coming from his massive ax.

And then, she remembered what kind of demon she was and decided to test out what she'd been given. She felt saliva quickly building in her mouth and she spit. The light green liquid hit the tiger demon's face and he fell to the ground, rolling around as smoke rose from his flesh.

She quickly shot an arrow and his body turned to dust.

“Come on! I thought you guys would be stronger than this,” she taunted. The other two morons launched at her and began attacking her simultaneously. While she moved to dodge the spiked whip one was using, she also had to block the two swords coming at her from the side. Needless to say, it wasn't an easy task. Her stamina quickly began to drain as the attacks became harder to dodge.

Finally, the whip caught her leg and she felt both swords enter her simultaneously. She fell backward, coughing blood as they pulled their weapons back.

Suddenly, one was holding her arms down while the other grabbed at her armor. She immediately knew what was about to happen, and began to struggle despite the pain she felt.

“Don't you fucking touch me!”

The one pulling her armor off smiled cruelly as he lowered his head to hers.

“Or what?”

Despite the situation, Kagome quickly began calculating and began to spit again. A hand quickly sealed her mouth shut and she felt a bone wrapping around her head, effectively keeping her mouth trapped shut.

“No, bad little hanyo,” the other demon scolded cruelly. “I don't feel like having my face melted off.”

Her hand found a nearby branch on the ground and, if her mouth had been movable, she would've smirked. She threw the branch and the second it stabbed into the demon holding her down, she let her youki flare. The demon's head caught fire and he jumped back, screaming. As soon as his hands were gone, she grabbed the other demon by the throat and lifted.

She found her mouth could move again and she smirked.

“Shouldn't piss me off, demon.”

His eyes bulged as a strangled scream escaped him. Where her hand held, black flames erupted. Soon, the demon's body was nothing but ash and she turned to the other one, who was writhing in agony.

“I warned you not to touch me,” she said before another arrow hit him. This one instantly purified the beast and she turned to the remaining two.

She didn't like that both were smiling like there was some kind of joke at her expense.

“What? Too afraid?” she taunted just before her bow disappeared. That had been too fast. She wanted to take out all of her aggression, and that required drawing out a fight. So, claws it was, she decided before quickly donning her armor again.

Just then, she felt several more energies coming towards her at inhuman speeds. She would've tensed had she not recognized every single one of them. Damn. She had to hurry this up.

“Well? Come on down,” she said to the demons, who both smirked. They landed on the ground noiselessly and then they were gone. They quickly began running at her, their youki flaring.

All around her body, she began to build energy. Suddenly, all of the energy built up vanished with the sound and effect of glass shattering. She was thrown backwards by the sudden backlash of energy.

By the time she rose to her knees, she was panting and her heart beat was tripled. She felt as though she'd just run several miles.

“Momma!”

Shippo watched as both demons drew their blades and prepared to strike the weakened miko.

“Shouldn't've been so careless, hanyo,” the one with the horns said. Suddenly, he was stopped by a sword forming under his throat.

“The same could be said about you, fool.”

Just as Hiei began to pull the blade back, the demon vanished, along with the other one.

“Tch,” Hiei spat as he sheathed the blade. Kagome stared at him blankly as Shippo came running over.

“You saved me.”

“No doubt, fool,” he said, staring at where the demons had been. “A word of advice. Next time, don't go all out on the weak pawns and attack the ones that are leading them first.”

Kagome nodded dumbly as Hiei helped her stand up once again.

Then, all of the energies reached them and Kagome glared at Kurama, who was the first to appear.

“Kagome!”

The group took in the miko's weakened state and then they noticed Hiei holding her up.

“Oi, Hiei, what the hell'd you do!?”

“Quiet, fool,” the small demon mumbled as he helped Kagome walk toward them.

“Wow,” Kuwabara said, finally sensing all of the energy around them. “What happened here? It feels like a war zone.”

Kagome smiled weakly, surprised at how close it had been to that.

“Some demons showed up. Nothing I couldn't handle.”

Everybody but Hiei gaped at her when she said that. These energies were that of High B-Class to Middle A-Class demons. And she killed them by herself!

“Momma, that was amazing!” Shippo yelled before jumping into her arms. “Especially that bow you made!”

Kagome smiled and lightly kissed his forehead.

“Thanks, Shippo. Anyway,” she said, glaring at Kurama, “I said I'd be back in a week!”

Kurama raised his hands in a placating manner.

“Don't blame me. I was merely the one to tell them what happened.”

Kagome could see the kitsune's resistance to the smirk that wanted to form, and her eye twitched.

“Kagome, why the hell'd you run off to Makai, anyway? And with Hiei?” Yusuke asked, glaring at the two.

“Okay, well I didn't know Hiei was with me until a few seconds ago,” she said quickly, eyeing the small fire apparition. “And I came here so that I don't have to worry about everyone while I let loose.”

“Let loose?” Yusuke asked incredulously.

“Yeah,” she said with a sheepish smile. “I thought that if I came here and took out some of the aggression, I wouldn't hurt anyone else…”

“Lady Kagome, did you think that Naraku may have possibly known you were here?” Miroku asked in a tone very rarely heard from him; anger.

“Honestly? No… I don't think he would,” she said, staring at the ground.

“And where'd that come from? Optimism?” Yusuke barked. Kagome's eye twitched again and she glared at her cousin.

“No. It's because he thinks that I can kill him. And I guarantee you that he's not wrong,” she said as black flames started to form around her right arm.

“I thought you said he wasn't afraid of you because he gave you `weak' demons,” Yusuke said, eyeing her suspiciously.

“My instincts tell me that he's afraid,” Kagome said, staring at the ground. “After what I did to Shuuketsu, I got this feeling that I'd gotten to him somehow. I don't know why, but I seriously doubt he'd come after me,” she said with a shrug.

“That reminds me,” Kuwabara said. “I came into this a little late, so what exactly did you do to that Shuuketsu guy? The story was explained to me, but nobody could exactly tell me what you did. Just that you stabbed him and he ran away.”

“What I did is the reason I couldn't stay home until I did something. I stabbed him, and then I injected those black flames into the wound. A voice in my head told me that if I did it, he wouldn't be coming after me. Ever again.”

Even Hiei had not known this, so once again, she shocked the entire group with this admission.

A power nearby had Kagome tensing suddenly. Nobody but Hiei and Sango noticed her tension, however, though not even they seemed to feel the energy. Even Kagome was having a hard time feeling it with all of her senses combined.

The energy was subtle, almost nonexistent. Whatever it was was very good at hiding its presence.

“What is it, onna?” Hiei asked quietly, still right next to her.

“I'm not sure,” she whispered. “I think something's about to happen.”

He nodded and quickly grabbed his sword. Just then, the energy dropped its concealment and Kagome spun, her bow formed on instinct, regardless of her exhaustion. The creature launched through the air and Kagome built four arrows on top of each other from her energy. Just as she was about to let them fly, the creature landed and vanished.

The next thing she felt was a sharp agony in her back and she fell to the ground.

“Kagome!”

“That's a message from Naraku. Don't screw with him,” the demon said before vanishing. The world around Kagome grew dark and blurry as the poison from the beast slowly entered her bloodstream…

 

AN:

(1)Chi, energy, whatever. This is how it's actually spelled.

Well, there's chapter four! I hope you enjoyed it, as I took a while to really think the fight scene out. As always, be sure to review!