InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ InuYasha's Match ❯ You Have a WHAT? ( Chapter 2 )

Kagome and the miko stood frozen, each shocked by the presence of the other. InuYasha and the others didn't know what to make of it and were just looking back and forth between the two young women.

 

Then Kagome ran over to this girl that she obviously knew and wrapped her in a tight hug. "Tauni it's you, it's really you!"

 

The slightly confused miko returned the hug. "Kagome?"

 

The two pulled back and stood an arm's length from each other still holding hands.

 

"How did you get here?" Kagome asked as a smile slid across her face.

 

"Well, I was taking the shortcut to school and I saw you go into the wellhouse . I followed you but then I tripped over Buyo and I fell in. When I woke up and climbed out, I was here."

 

The hanyou Tauni saw first came over to her and Kagome. "So Kagome you know this girl?"

 

"Oh, sorry." Kagome blushed.

 

The two friends released hands and Kagome moved beside Tauni. "InuYasha this is Kimmikatana"

 

The miko interrupted with a small bow. "Tauni, please."

 

Kagome continued. "Tauni this is InuYasha, Sango, Miroku, Shippo, and Kilala."

 

Tauni greeted everyone as Kagome introduced them, and she in turn introduced Sada.

 

"I am glad to meet all of you" The young miko exclaimed happily. "You have no idea how happy I am to finally talk to someone I know. You must all come back to the village I have been staying at."

 

"We can't. We're tracking a shard of the Shikon jewel that is nearby and we need to find it." InuYasha replied a bit coldly.

 

Tauni gave him a dirty look for being so rude. Then she turned to Kagome.

 

"I think I can help you with that. I believe I have the piece you are referring to right here."

 

She pulled aside the fabric of her short yellow kimono just a bit to show them a scar just above her collarbone.

 

"A shard!" Kagome gasped.

 

InuYasha immediately got up in Tauni's face. "Where did you get that!"

 

The miko instinctively took a step back. "The former guardian of the jewel, Kikyo, gave it to me when I first came here so I could travel back through the well."

 

InuYasha gaped at her confused and stuttered. "Ki. . . Kikyo?"

 

Tauni continued. "The last time I went home I stayed longer than I normally would have, and when I came back it was 50 years later and the well wouldn't work. I've been stuck here ever since."

 

InuYasha grabbed Tauni by the shoulders. "You know Kikyo. Where is she?" He was quickly becoming very frightening.

 

"I don't know! I haven't seen her since the last time I went back home."

 

He pushed the frightened Tauni up against a tree and held her there.

 

"InuYasha stop it!" Kagome shouted.

 

"NO!" The angry half demon spat back, pushing Tauni harder into the tree. "I don't believe her. The jewel was whole 50 years ago, and it was whole until Kikyo died."

 

Tauni struggled to speak. "It is a piece from the center of the jewel. Kikyo didn't want anyone to know it was weakened."

 

He was pushing her so hard now that it was very hard to breath and Tauni was becoming light headed.

 

"InuYasha you let her go right now." Sango demanded.

 

InuYasha just stared into Tauni's eyes, trying to decide if she was telling the truth.

 

"InuYasha, SIT boy!"

 

InuYasha's grip on Tauni's shoulders immediately withdrew and he smashed face down into the ground. Tauni leaned up against the tree gasping for breath. Kagome and Sango rushed to her side.

 

"I'm ok." The miko choked out between breaths.

 

An evil laugh echoed through the clearing. "It is good that you are unharmed Kimmikatana. I wouldn't want our fight to be unfair."

 

Everyone turned in the direction of the voice. Sada and Kilala stood in front of the group. Sada had teeth bared and the hair on her back stood up straight. Kilala had transformed, with an explosion of fire, into a huge saber-toothed cat.

 

InuYasha stood up and drew his sword, and Tauni did also. Miroku and Sango, who now held her weapon ready to fight, moved in front of Kagome and Shippo.

 

A man in a baboon pelt jumped into the clearing along with a dark haired woman and a white haired little girl holding a mirror.

 

Tauni and InuYasha cursed at the same time. "NARAKU!"

 

Naraku moved forward. "Well, well, it seems you have found some new allies since the last time we met priestess. And you InuYasha, it seems you've added yet another human to your little faction."

 

InuYasha moved toward Naraku, Kilala stood in front of the others, and Sada advanced with InuYasha.

 

"What do you want Naraku?" InuYasha growled.

 

"The jewel shards of course, and I have a score to settle with the young priestess and her mongrel."

 

Tauni moved up next to InuYasha and glared at Naraku. "What's the matter Naraku? You couldn't beat me alone, so you brought more demons to fight me. Does that seem fair?"

 

Naraku removed his pelt and anger glared in his eyes although his face remained passive. "All that matters are the shards, and I will have them!"

 

Kagura advanced on InuYasha as Kanna advanced on Tauni.

 

She looked at the girl and then glared at Naraku. "What's the matter? Are you too scared to face me yourself?"

 

A small smile appeared on Naraku's face. "You are simply not worth my effort Priestess."

 

Rage immediately took hold of Tauni, clouding her judgment. She charged at Naraku. As she drew back her blade to strike, it began to glow a light blue as it drew power from both Tauni and the shard.

 

The young miko was about to strike when the girl stepped in front of her. It was too late to stop her attack and her blade connected solidly with the mirror.

 

Tauni attempted to withdraw, but she was frozen. Both the sword and the mirror began to glow a bright blue. The mirror started to crack on the edges before sending the power of the blow against the miko throwing her backward with incredible force.

 

Tauni heard Kagome yell her name as her back collided with a tree. She could hear the sickening sound of her bones cracking, and a sharp pain shot through her entire being. Tauni hit the ground hard and was fighting to stay conscious.

 

Tauni could see InuYasha attack Kagura and Naraku approaching before she lost the battle with the darkness.

 

She laid unconscious, rendered helpless by the power of her own attack.

 

InuYasha was busy fighting off Kagura; therefore Naraku took this opportunity to retrieve the jewel shard form the unconscious Tauni.

 

As he leaned over the priestess he was attacked from behind. Sada leapt on his back and was pulling him away from her master by his clothes. Sada was very careful not to actually bite him, avoiding the poison gas.

 

Naraku was about to strike Sada as Sango's boomerang hit him in the chest sending him into the air, hitting the ground 10 feet across the clearing. Sango attacked again to finish him but Kanna sent the attack back, taking out both Sango and Sada.

 

Naraku recovered from the attacks and again leaned over Tauni. He ripped open her shirt to reveal the scar where the jewel laid just beneath her skin. He reached for the shard and…