Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction / InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Fly Away Home ❯ chapter 3 ( Chapter 3 )

Kagome and the gang traveled until nightfall. They stopped at a clearing close to a hot spring and prepared to make camp. Inuyasha went out to hunt, Kagome and Sango searched for and killed nearby demons, and Miroku and Shippo collected firewood and made a fire.

Sango and Kagome had so far exterminated two demons, one moth-demon and one centipede-demon. Since they didn't see nor sense anymore, they went back to the campgrounds. When they saw that Inuyasha hadn't returned yet, Kagome and Sango decided to take a bath.

"The hot spring is less than a quarter mile away from here." Said Kagome as she retrieved her bathing supplies.

"Kagome?" asked Shippo.

"What?"

"Can I go too?" Shippo hesitantly asked.

"Of course. Now let's go you two. And Miroku?"

"Yes?" asked Miroku with a perverted grin.

"If you even think of following us, you'll be the show and telling of my demon-powers."

Miroku, sweating vigorously, hastily nodded his head.

Sango and Shippo both giggled and all three left to the hot springs.

*******************************At the Hot Springs******************************

Kagome and Sango washed themselves while Shippo swam around. Shippo finally got bored and snuck behind Kagome, who was leaning against a boulder and lightly dozing, and splashed her. She awoke with a start and, seeing the innocent-looking kitsune, smiled mischievously. Shippo gulped and started to swim away as fast as he could. Kagome grinned and chased him.

She caught up to him in 3 seconds. She grabbed him with one of her tails and lifted him out of the water. With her other tails she tickled him. Both of them were too busy to notice a clothed and laughing Sango leave.

"Whew, that was fun. But, I'm exhausted!" Shippo panted while lying on a boulder in the hot spring.

"Me too." Said Kagome, leaning against the same boulder Shippo was lying on.

"Let's get out. I want to go eat and then go to sleep." Said Shippo, climbing off of the boulder.

Kagome just nodded, picked up Shippo, and swam to the shore. They both were done dressing and gathering p the supplies when suddenly Kagome tensed.

"There's a demon very close by! It has a jewel shard!" whispered Kagome, hoping the demon wouldn't sense them.

But, in the next second a gigantic mantis-demon appeared.

`Damn,' thought Kagome. `I'm too exhausted too defeat him. Ican possiblylast if Shippo gets Inuyasha and returns…'

"Shippo, get Inuyasha! Hurry!" yelled Kagome as the mantis-demon attacked.

Shippo ran as fast as he could to camp to get the others while Kagome fought the demon.

The demon swiped at Kagome multiple times with its claws, but she dodged most by flying upwards. After getting cut a couple of times, Kagome attacked with a dragon made of silver fire.

The fire-dragon hit head on, but, due to the Shikon shard, the mantis-demon recovered.

The dragon made of silver fire was Kagome's strongest attack, but, even in her fullest energy and power, it was extremely weakening.

With Kagome being already exhausted, plus the weakening that accompanied her attack, she was more or less defenseless to the mantis-demons next attack.

The demon slashed Kagome, sending her into a nearby tree and rendering her unconscious. The demon then went in for the kill.

Youko watched as the kit, the beautiful vixen and the exterminator bathed in the hot spring. He smirked as he watched the vixen and the kit play a game in the spring.

`She would make a great mother,'thought Youko.`especiallyif they are my kits.'

As soon as the two got out of the spring and dressed, Youko noticed the female tense at something unknown.

Then he saw it. A gigantic mantis-demon!

Youko was about to jump in and fight when he saw the vixen yell to her kit to get help from someone named `Inuyasha' and attack.

He was amazed that she would attack like that, because he knew that she knew that she was too exhausted to defeat the demon. So, he waited to see what would happen.

Youko watched the battle, which went on longer than he expected. He saw the vixen produce an extremely powerful attack and saw the mantis recover. When Youko saw her unconscious and the demon moving in for the kill, he ran up to the demon and killed it with one deadly swipe.

Youko then ran to the unconscious form of the vixen he had been following. He heard and smelled that her friends were nearby, so he had to hurry. He picked up the vixen, careful to avoid the wounds, and prepared to leave. On his way out of the clearing, he saw the Shikon Shard and picked it up. Then Youko ran to his hidden castle, covering his scent along the way.