The Fighter's Heart (Inuyasha fan-fiction)

Chapter 3

Weeks went by and Kari had still not grown attached to anyone in the group. She kept to herself most of the time. She did try to interact with the others a little bit, but her fear of being hurt or left behind took control after a while and she just curled up into a ball, away from the group.

Soon it was time for lunch and everyone was eating happily, even the lizard-like creature which refused to leave Kari's side. After lunch everyone walked off only to be stopped by a strong wind, followed by a feminine chuckle. Kari gripped her hood to keep her face hidden while everyone else held form and put their guard up.

"Kagura." Inuyasha growled while a young woman landed on the ground atop a large feather, which shrank upon hitting the ground and was put back in the woman's hair. The woman looked about twenty with a white and crimson-violet pattern robe kimono. She wore earrings that were made out of beads, held onto a fan, and two feathers in her dark brown hair that was pulled up into a bun. Her eyes were a bright red color and her ears were pointed.

"Inuyasha, what a nice surprise." The woman said.

"What do you want, Kagura?" Sango asked in anger.

"I'm just here to get something. Naraku's orders." Kagura shrugged. "Well... Someone rather." She smirked then unfolded her fan and waved it, Kari and the lizard-like creature were sent flying. Kari's hood fell off of her head to reveal her hair and face. Kagura smirked then used her wind to catch Kari. Kagome shot an arrow at Kagura, but she moved out of the way.

"LET HER GO!!!" Kagome called in anger, shooting another arrow.

"HIRAIKOTSU!" Sango called and threw her hiraikotsu at Kagura while Inuyasha took out his tetsusaiga and swung it at her.

"Fox fire!!" Shippo used his fox magic to burn Kagura so she would return Kari.

"Kirara! Go help Kari." Sango ordered but a strange roar caught them all off guard. The lizard-like creature had grown into a big dragon with four legs that were a bit bulky with retractable claws, shimmering almond shaped golden eyes with a slim silver diamond shapes above each eye, oval-petal shaped ears that were half the size of his silver horns, large bat like wings, and a large tail with fins shaped similarly to his ears. He was tall and his body was a bit bulky yet he still looked like he was pretty fast despite all of the muscles. He quickly grabbed Kari like a lion cub and went down to the ground. He then put the child down and stood over her, growling protectively. Kari just stared at the dragon in shock. Kagura hissed in anger and began to attack but she was sliced by Inuyasha's sword before she could wave her fan.

"Get out of here before I kill you." The half demon growled, pointing the tip of his blade at the wind sorceress. Kagura narrowed her eyes then fled. Everyone rushed to Kari, hoping she was okay.

"You okay Kari?" Shippo asked with a worried expression. Kari nodded slowly then the dragon stepped to the side and sat down like a dog, his tail swaying from one side to the other. He looked at Kari as she stood up.

"I'm fine. Th-thanks for asking Shippo." The girl replied. Sango stepped up.

"If your friend here wasn't around Kagura might've taken you. Who know's what would've happened then." She stated, referring to the dragon. Kari looked down to her feet for a moment and hummed. She then looked to the dragon dead center in the eyes. He was a bit taller than her, but only by about a foot or so.

"... You won't leave me, will you?" She asked and the dragon shook his head. Kari sighed and shrugged. The others chuckled.

"What're you going to name him?" Miroku asked. Kari blinked and sighed in contentment.

"Chase." Kari said. Chase tackled Kari and began to lick her with his dog-snake like toung. Kari laughed and pushed his head away so he would stop licking her. It did not really help because he was stronger than her.