Ebb and Flow, Ch 3

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Ebb and Flow

Opportunities

Kagome wasn't sure what she was supposed to do now. Up until this point her role of shard collector-detector and unrequited love interest was abundantly clear. Now, she knew what should be done but not how it could be done. Namely, getting an unconscious monstrous dog off of her apparently-human hanyou-friend. Some part of her distantly whispered that Sesshomaru would be less than pleased and wasn't it best to just let sleeping dogs lie?

But not if they're crushing InuYasha.

Mind made up, she dropped her quiver and bow and darted across the clearing, determined to somehow rescue InuYasha.

"Kagome, wait!" Sango cried, lunging to try and capture the younger woman's wrist. She failed drastically, utterly falling short of achieving her goal.

"Kagome-sama! I must caution you not to disturb them," Miroku tried. "We do not yet know what the old hag did to them and must be careful." The purple-clothed monk glanced around the clearing and took notice of the suddenly-frail-looking old woman.

The hag chortled in absent glee, swaying where she stood.

"Oh ho, that took more from me than I thought it would. Who would have thought that the quarreling pups left by the great Inutaishou would be such a hassel? Ah well, now the puppy has no youki and is only a man and the older one has more than he can handle." She cackled again, swaying even more. "Teach the foolish males right. Hmph. The older one will have to learn how to handle the savage of his younger brother's youkai." Her dull brown eyes turned glossy and distant. "Never more than a small distance from each other...Ha! Such foolishness." She shook her head and collapsed into a little heap.