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Inu-Yasha is owned by Rumiko Takahashi and Sunrise.
YuYu Hakusho is owned by Funimation and Studio Pierrot, among others. I make nothing from this work. Thank you for reading it.
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The battle had been raging for hours. Naraku and his minions had attacked unexpectedly just as Kagome was about to jump into the well on her way back to the future. The demon master's miasma, swirling relentlessly due to the talents of the wind sorceress, Kagura, soon had our band of heroes separated from each other and disoriented. Over the howling wind, Inu-Yasha yelled out for Kagome and the others but got no answers. He couldn't risk using the wind-scar for fear of harming one of his friends. Miroku would have risked the poisonous insects and his own health, but didn't use his wind-tunnel to clear out the miasma for the same reason. Sango called for Kilala and they both took to the sky to try to get a better vantage point. Kilala's keen sight picked up a disturbing development and she growled her fear to her mistress.
"What is it?"
Sango squinted but couldn't see that Shippo had huddled near the base of the well, frozen in fear. The little fox demon called out to Kagome and the others, but no one heard his bleating. Kilala saw her friend's distress and communicated it to Sango. The demon-exterminator briefly considered that of all her friends, Shippo was the most vulnerable. She took only a second to secure her mask.
"Go Kilala!"
The cat-youkai dove through the thick waves with the kitsune in her sights. Naraku saw them as they entered the miasma, and also what they were after. He silently instructed one of his puppet-golems to retrieve the fox, thinking he could use Shippo somehow as bait should this offensive fail. As the airborne pair drew near, Sango could finally see Shippo at the well, and also that the golem was only a few feet away from the foxlet, and closing in fast. Kilala was flying as fast as she could, but they were not going make it. Sango gripped Hiraikotsu tightly but couldn't risk hurting her little friend. There was only one option left.
Perhaps half-a-dozen things happened simultaneously.
Kagura cast a particularly gusty spell attack against Inu-Yasha that also, as a consequence, blew away most of the miasma, allowing all of the participants to finally see one another.
Kagome, finally seeing Shippo, and aware that he was in danger, strung an arrow in the blink of an eye, charged it with her miko power, and fired it at his attacker.
Sango, never seeing Kagome, dropped Hiraikotsu to the ground mid-flight and drew her katana. She leapt from the speeding Kilala directly at the golem Naraku.
Shippo, seeing his mother on the other side of the well, leapt up and at her with all the strength in his little legs.
At the last second, Sango saw Kagome's arrow approaching. Thanking the gods that she was gifted athletically, she tucked in the air, sheathing her katana, and grabbed the lip of the well with both hands, absorbing the shock with her forearms. Using her momentum, she vaulted away from the golem just as the arrow struck and disintegrated it.
Shippo, flailing through the air, clutched for Kagome, but grabbed her necklace and snapped it as he fell just short. The jewel shards they all had worked so hard for went flying through the air.
In agonizing slow motion, Inu-Yasha, Miroku, Kagura, Miyoga and the rest all watched the vial turn over and over through the air before it landed, shattering against the base of the well.
"I'll get it!"
Shippo yelled out as he wanted to be a help and not a burden to his friends, and he also felt the most responsible for the predicament they were in right now. Kagome, and then Sango, rushed after him to re-gather the shards.
And so did one of Naraku's demons. It was a snake demon, and it slithered right up to the fox, its mouth wide open, ready for its meal.
"Shippo!"
Everyone screamed at once. The little fox had picked up one of the shards and was about to pick up another, when he turned around just in time to see the fangs about to come down upon him. Half of his brain knew his death was upon him and he started to faint. The other half took all of the energy left in his little body and sent it to his legs in one last desperate act of salvation.
He bounded straight up into the air, away from the snake-youkai.
He came tumbling down, unconscious.
Right into the well.
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Inu-Yasha is owned by Rumiko Takahashi and Sunrise.
YuYu Hakusho is owned by Funimation and Studio Pierrot, among others. I make nothing from this work. Thank you for reading it.
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The battle had been raging for hours. Naraku and his minions had attacked unexpectedly just as Kagome was about to jump into the well on her way back to the future. The demon master's miasma, swirling relentlessly due to the talents of the wind sorceress, Kagura, soon had our band of heroes separated from each other and disoriented. Over the howling wind, Inu-Yasha yelled out for Kagome and the others but got no answers. He couldn't risk using the wind-scar for fear of harming one of his friends. Miroku would have risked the poisonous insects and his own health, but didn't use his wind-tunnel to clear out the miasma for the same reason. Sango called for Kilala and they both took to the sky to try to get a better vantage point. Kilala's keen sight picked up a disturbing development and she growled her fear to her mistress.
"What is it?"
Sango squinted but couldn't see that Shippo had huddled near the base of the well, frozen in fear. The little fox demon called out to Kagome and the others, but no one heard his bleating. Kilala saw her friend's distress and communicated it to Sango. The demon-exterminator briefly considered that of all her friends, Shippo was the most vulnerable. She took only a second to secure her mask.
"Go Kilala!"
The cat-youkai dove through the thick waves with the kitsune in her sights. Naraku saw them as they entered the miasma, and also what they were after. He silently instructed one of his puppet-golems to retrieve the fox, thinking he could use Shippo somehow as bait should this offensive fail. As the airborne pair drew near, Sango could finally see Shippo at the well, and also that the golem was only a few feet away from the foxlet, and closing in fast. Kilala was flying as fast as she could, but they were not going make it. Sango gripped Hiraikotsu tightly but couldn't risk hurting her little friend. There was only one option left.
Perhaps half-a-dozen things happened simultaneously.
Kagura cast a particularly gusty spell attack against Inu-Yasha that also, as a consequence, blew away most of the miasma, allowing all of the participants to finally see one another.
Kagome, finally seeing Shippo, and aware that he was in danger, strung an arrow in the blink of an eye, charged it with her miko power, and fired it at his attacker.
Sango, never seeing Kagome, dropped Hiraikotsu to the ground mid-flight and drew her katana. She leapt from the speeding Kilala directly at the golem Naraku.
Shippo, seeing his mother on the other side of the well, leapt up and at her with all the strength in his little legs.
At the last second, Sango saw Kagome's arrow approaching. Thanking the gods that she was gifted athletically, she tucked in the air, sheathing her katana, and grabbed the lip of the well with both hands, absorbing the shock with her forearms. Using her momentum, she vaulted away from the golem just as the arrow struck and disintegrated it.
Shippo, flailing through the air, clutched for Kagome, but grabbed her necklace and snapped it as he fell just short. The jewel shards they all had worked so hard for went flying through the air.
In agonizing slow motion, Inu-Yasha, Miroku, Kagura, Miyoga and the rest all watched the vial turn over and over through the air before it landed, shattering against the base of the well.
"I'll get it!"
Shippo yelled out as he wanted to be a help and not a burden to his friends, and he also felt the most responsible for the predicament they were in right now. Kagome, and then Sango, rushed after him to re-gather the shards.
And so did one of Naraku's demons. It was a snake demon, and it slithered right up to the fox, its mouth wide open, ready for its meal.
"Shippo!"
Everyone screamed at once. The little fox had picked up one of the shards and was about to pick up another, when he turned around just in time to see the fangs about to come down upon him. Half of his brain knew his death was upon him and he started to faint. The other half took all of the energy left in his little body and sent it to his legs in one last desperate act of salvation.
He bounded straight up into the air, away from the snake-youkai.
He came tumbling down, unconscious.
Right into the well.
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