Deciding My Fate

Chapter 38: Miroku Joins the Group

Emi's pov

I was not pleased with the young man who we had been chasing around, Inuyasha held me tightly as Tetsusaiga started shifting. Both of us were struggling to keep our footing, in the village, villagers were panicking. Kagome and Shippo peer from behind a wall, I was glad that they were at a safe distance because things were not going well for Inuyasha and me. "D-damn!" Inuyasha cursed, I held his shirt tightly as I tried to keep my footing. I didn't want to get sucked in, "Surrender. If you both get sucked in, you'll never get out." Miroku said, I panicked when he said that. The hole in the middle of his hand was like a black hole, taking everything in its path. Those things were never coming back, "Forget it!" Inuyasha shouted, and the two of us get sucked towards the priest. "I'll chop that right arm off!" Inuyasha added, "Inuyasha, you idiot!! How are you going to chop his arm off if we can't even keep our footing?!!" I snapped, "I will find a way." Inuyasha argued, making me huff. "It's no use! It'll suck you in, sword and all." My ears twitched and I suddenly caught a familiar scent. The priest let out a gasp and I followed his line of vision, my eyes widened when I saw Kagome flying toward the priest.

"Kagome!" Inuyasha shouted.

"Kagome!!!" I shouted, the priest put on the beads over his Wind Tunnel immediately. Kagome crashes into him from inertia and they fall backward, Inuyasha and I finally have a chance to stand as the winds die down. "Kagome!" I let go of Inuyasha and ran towards Kagome, who got up from the priest's body. He had been knocked unconscious, "Ow..." She rubbed her head, "Are you okay?" I asked, "Yeah, I'm fine." She said. I looked down at the priest and that's when noticed the beads in his right hand, "Those prayer beads... They seal off his right hand. He controls himself. He's not an evil person. He did it back in the village because he didn't want any of the villagers to get sucked into the wind tunnel.. He's not a bad person.." I thought to myself, I looked up as Inuyasha came rushing over. "Kagome... Did you willingly rush in?" He asked, "Well, this Miroku... He could have killed us long ago using his right hand. I'm sure he'll be reasonable if we talk to him." Kagome said, "So that's his name.." I heard his eyebrow twitch and suddenly Kagome shrieked, leaping off of Miroku and into Inuyasha's arms. Both Inuyasha and I glared at Miroku angrily while Kagome clutched onto Inuyasha's shirt. I grabbed Miroku by the front of his shirt, making him laugh nervously. "Put your hands on her like that again, I will make sure you can never have kids. You understand?" He nodded, holding up his hands.

"Kill him after all!" She said.

"You good-for-nothing monk!" Inuyasha growled out.

"Settle down. We'll talk."

Shippo sat in a tree, eating fruit that I gave him while Kagome, Miroku, Inuyasha and I sat on the grass near the tree. "I'm gathering the fragments of the Sacred Jewel in order to find a certain demon, and eliminate him. That demon's name is Naraku." Miroku explained, "Naraku...?" Kagome asked, "This Wind Tunnel in my right hand was created by a curse placed by Naraku." Miroku explained, I couldn't believe what I was hearing from Miroku.

"What sort of demon is Naraku?"

"He is malicious, and devours people. That's all I know." Miroku said.

"What do you mean?" I asked, crossing my arms. "Well.." Miroku started, "It was my grandfather who battled Naraku in his youth. That was about 50 years ago. Their battles lasted several years. Whenever they met, Naraku appeared as a different person." When he said that, something in my brain clicked. Kikyo and Inuyasha swore it was each other who wronged them.. But if Naraku had the ability to change his appearance, he could have been the one to attack Kikyo that day. Inuyasha wouldn't straight up just injure the woman he loved, from what I know of him, Inuyasha isn't the type to be aggressive unless you provoke him.