InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ The Breaking of Dawn ❯ Breaking the Barriers ( Chapter 12 )

Chapter twelve - Breaking the Barriers

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Inuyasha skittered to stop closely behind Sango and Miroku. He bent down swiftly and pulled Miroku to his feet.

"What the fuck happened? Where did that red light come from?"

Blinking in confusion, Miroku shook his head and glanced over to the spot he had recently been standing.

"It came from an invisible barrier that Miroku stumbled into." Sango answered while keeping her eyes locked on Miroku to make sure that he hadn't suffered too much damage from the blast.

Releasing his grip on the monk, Inuyasha turned to look the other direction. He couldn't see anything that indicated that there was a barrier there, but on the other hand, they had never really been able to see Naraku's barriers unless he wanted them to be visible.

Glancing to the right, Inuyasha saw that Sesshoumaru had stopped some feet from them and was studying the area where the barrier was supposed to be too.

"Ready to fight?" Inuyasha asked over his shoulder as he grabbed the Tetsusaiga with his right hand.

Sango nodded gravely as she handed Miroku his staff.

"We're ready."

Inuyasha nodded and cast a last glance over his shoulder. His eyes landed on the small kitsune and he narrowed his eyebrows. Kagome would get mad if the pup got harmed.

"Stay out of the way Shippo. It would be better if you could keep track over the battlefield. Keep out of sight, but tell us if you see something that we can use."

Shippo nodded and scurried off towards the edge of the village. He knew perfectly well that he wouldn't be able to do much in a fight against Naraku and he was glad for another opportunity to make himself useful.

"Be prepared for anything."

Inuyasha said as he drew the sword and transformed it. He was vaguely aware that Sesshoumaru hadn't made any moves to take the sword away from him, but he didn't give it much thought as he raised the blade and pointed it in a general direction of the invisible barrier.

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Kagura could barely conceal the excitement she felt when she watched the hanyou raise his sword and turn it crimson. He brought it down in a wide arch and released a wave of the force that was pent up in the fang. The wave billowed outwards until it reached the invisible barrier.

She watched with concealed awe as the force made the barrier visible and began to tear it down.

It occurred to her that she was in a bit of a predicament when the group began to charge forwards. She wanted them to win and defeat Naraku so that she could have her heart back, but on the other hand Naraku would kill her if he realised that she had done nothing to fight back.

Naraku wasn't as far away, nor as close by as she would've liked him to be. He was hiding somewhere nearby, probably in some of the tunnels that were hidden underneath the village, or in one of the underground dungeons. If she could make it look like she did her best to fight them off and at the same time directed them in his direction, she would have a chance to obtain her freedom.

Smirking, Kagura prepared to put her own plan into action as she flipped out her fan.

`It's time to stir some wind…'

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As the distant sounds of battle reached Kagome, she cast a worried glance at Rin before she brought her attention back to Hamei.

"Do you have any orders to keep us in this room?" She asked quietly.

She didn't want to risk the possibility of Hamei's sister getting punished if she did something that would put Hamei in a dilemma. Still, worrying over Hamei's sister didn't stop her from worrying about Inuyasha too. It sounded as if the battle outside was really fierce.

Hamei shook her head and offered a weak smile.

"I was only supposed to cast the spell of sleep over you. After that I've been commanded to stay in this room and not leave. As far as I know there are no such restrictions on you and the young girl."

She paused a moment as she considered something before she continued.

"Be careful though. Even if he didn't order me to keep you here it doesn't mean he didn't order others…"

Kagome nodded as she rose from the floor with Rin clutching her hand.

"I'll be careful and I'll keep a watch out for your sister's aura too. If I notice it I'll try to free her, or come back to tell you. I promise."

Before Hamei could say anything in response, Kagome had scooped Rin up in her arms and was hurrying out of the room. Once outside she slowed down and let Rin slide back to the floor, careful to keep any sound to a minimum.

"Stay close to me Rin and be as quiet as you can. If you see or notice something you think is important, pull on my clothes. Do you understand?" She whispered to keep her voice low and smiled reassuringly when Rin nodded.

"That's good, now I'll see if I can take you back to Sesshoumaru."¨

At that Rin broke out in a wide grin as Kagome turned and led the girl along by her hand. Turning a corner, Kagome kept her senses on wide alert as she moved forwards, both to be prepared to meet danger and to search for an unfamiliar hanyou aura.

Outside the large building, she could make out the sound of strong winds ripping through the landscape.

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"Fuujin no Mai!" Kagura yelled as she let loose another round of her cutting wind.

Inuyasha cursed as he dodged.

Because of Kagura's huge battle-aura, he was unable to use the wound of the wind in his attack. Normally, he would ask Kagome to shoot an arrow to split the wind, but since Kagome had been captured, he didn't have that possibility.

Charging head on and gaining speed by the second, Inuyasha twisted in the air to avoid another wind-blade as he brought his sword down horizontally in an attempt to sever Kagura's head from her body.

She too twisted and managed to duck under his blade at the last second, bringing her fan out again at the same time.

"Ryuuja no Mai!" She shouted as she let loose her strongest attack; Dance of the Dragon.

Inuyasha's eyes widened as the twisters began to from. He was too close to dodge it. Letting loose a string of curses, he barely noticed Sesshoumaru attacking Kagura from behind as one of the tornados caught him head on and pulled him in.

He suppressed a groan as the wind tore at him, threatening to tear him apart while it brought him higher and higher above the ground. When the power of the twister began to wink out, his eyes widened and he cursed yet again.

It was a long way down to the ground…

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While Inuyasha and Sesshoumaru had focused their attack on Kagura, Sango and Miroku had taken the opportunity to edge along the fight and were now standing some feet away from the buildings entrance. It seemed to be a simple task to enter until the doors slowly began to open to reveal the form of Sango's younger brother.

Taking a step forwards, eyes wide open, Sango's first impulse was to run to her brother and embrace him. That thought was quickly changed as Kohaku's chain weapon came from out of nowhere and headed straight towards her.

It was too late for her to block and Sango was sure that she was about to die when Miroku Stepped out in front of her and parried with his staff. Sighing in relief, Sango dropped her boomerang and drew her katana. Advancing on her brother, she yelled orders to Miroku.

"Go and find Kagome! I'll keep him distracted."

Kohaku brought his own katana out and the sound of steal meeting steal soon echoed through the air as Miroku nodded and ran past them, Kirara staying with her mistress.

Parrying another attack from her brother, Sango met his attack and twisted her blade, managing to turn around him and wrap her arms around his from behind him. He twisted wildly, but she had him locked in a strong grip. Now, if she could only manage to disarm him…

Kicking his feet away from under him, he dropped his katana in an attempt to brace the fall. Sango wouldn't risk him getting hurt though, so she flipped them around so that she took the brunt of the fall.

Panting and still holding her brother locked tight, she was on her back with the wind knocked out of her.

Kohaku was on his back too, but since he had Sango underneath him, cushioning the fall, he didn't have a problem catching his breath and began to kick around in an attempt to free himself.

Sango grunted from the effort of holding him and flipped them over again, pinning him under her with his stomach down. It limited his ability to move and gave her time to catch her breath.

"Kohaku, you have to stop this. I'm your sister. Please try to remember." She pleaded as she kept him down.

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Turning another corner, Kagome glanced around in confusion. She was sure that she had been here before. No matter how hard she tried, she always ended up in the hallway outside the room she had been kept in.

The building was like a maze. A huge maze constructed with spells and illusions.

Growling in annoyance, Kagome closed her eyes and strained her ears again like she had done countless times before. Again, the only sounds that met her were those from her, Rin, Hamei and the battle outside.

Focusing on the battle, she frowned. It seemed to be escalating.

`Please be okay Inuyasha.' She silently prayed to herself. She couldn't stand it if he got hurt because of her.

"Are Kagome and Rin lost?"

Kagome opened her eyes slowly and glanced down on the small child clutching her hand, that's when she saw it. Nearly imperceptible to the naked eye, there was a crack in the floor that wasn't supposed to be there.

Smirking, she bent down and studied the floor.

"Not anymore Rin, not anymore."

She traced the crack with a finger, lightly scraping it with a claw. It was cleverly hidden and she had no doubt that she wouldn't have been able to see it if she hadn't been a hanyou. The crack formed a rectangle, revealing a nearly invisible hatch in the floor.

Backing off the hatch, she brought Rin with her and studied the layout one last time before sinking her claws into the wood. Ripping the hatch up, she looked down into the dark hole and glanced once at the young girl.

"I'll carry you."

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Naraku was fuming. Through Kanna's mirror he had realised that his plan had failed. Now he was being attacked from both the outside and from the inside. It aggravated him to no end that he wasn't able to follow the miko's and the girl's progress with the mirror. It seemed that the miko had raised some sort of shield to hide them from his view.

It enraged him. How dare she, a lowly human, challenge him?

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A/n: Well I finally updated (because I'm on vacation -_-;)… Thanks for all the reviews.

Kagura's wind attacks:

Fuujin no Mai - Dance of Blades

Ryuuja no Mai - Dance of the Dragon