Monday, July 18, 2005

Two Hearts: The last of the seven
*episode 10*

“…Inuyasha.”
Kagome thinks as she jumps into the well. If her family is safe, then her feeling can only mean that he isn’t. The mysterious pink light envelops her and she passes through the blue space before landing, lightly, at the bottom of the well in the feudal era. Immediately, she can sense Naraku’s demonic aura. Knowing that her fears were well founded, Kagome climbs out of the well. On they way up, she hears voices. One of them is Naraku; the other belongs to a woman. Kagome can’t make out the words, and they fall silent as she approaches the top. Cautiously, she pokes just enough of her head out of the well to see. The first thing she sees is Inuyasha. He’s lying on some kind of huge peach blossom, not two meters from her face. He’s breathing, but other than that he isn’t moving. His outer shirt is lying next to him and his white undershirt is soaked in his blood. When she sees the ornate dagger sticking out of his chest, she nearly gives up the element of surprise by rushing to pull it out of him. However, the next thing she sees makes her hesitate. Naraku is standing aloof watching Inuyasha, clearly enjoying himself tremendously. Next to him, with her back to Kagome, is…Kikyo? No, not Kikyo; but a priestess is standing beside the demon with her arm around his waist. But the weird thing about her, despite the obvious, is that where a Shinto priestess wears red, this woman wears black. Kagome has seen enough. She has no idea who the priestess is, but if she’s canoodling with Naraku, Kagome hates her; no matter how enviable a figure she has. Kagome raises herself up and braces so that she can use her hands. She draws her bow and aims for the neat, even ends of the girl’s silky, raven hair. One shot, through the priestess’s heart and into Naraku’s head. As Kagome pulls the bow taught, one of the stones in the well chooses the worst possible moment to give under her weight. Kagome’s whole body lurches as she struggles to regain her footing; and the stone clatters down the well. Naraku and the priestess both turn, having heard the noise. Having regained a stable footing, Kagome turns her attention back to the task at hand and…freezes. The priestess, who is now looking straight at her, has a face Kagome has seen everyday when she looks in a mirror. Kagome hesitates; but Da-ku doesn’t. “You!” she shouts, raising her arm. Da-ku launches a blast of sacred energy; only hers is dark purple. Reacting at the last possible second, Kagome releases her arrow. The two energies slam into each other and all present are treated to a fantastic light show. Eventually, each blasts cancels the other and Kagome’s arrow falls, limply, to the ground. Kagome rushes to reach another, but Da-ku is not about to wait. As she points her arm at Kagome’s face, Naraku says, “Da-ku, we’re leaving.” The incarnation turns to face him, “No! I will kill her now!” Softly sighing, Naraku reaches an arm around Da-ku Koneko’s waist. He grabs her, his arm stretches more then a little bit, and throws her over his shoulder. As the two fly away on a pillar of black smoke, Kagome hears Naraku scold, “What did I tell you about being patient? You have to learn to savior these things.”
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