#ch11.1

The sounds of battle from in the sky was pushed onto a back burner as she fought to find her center, “Please work!” She whispered, her eyes still closed as she drew the string, aiming upward on pure instinct. Opening her eyes she yelled, “GO!” and released an arrow made purely out of reiki. It blasted with a backlash that almost took Kagome off her feet. Kaori roared a battle cry of pure elation as she added a kitsune-bi punch to the reiki which caused another sonic boom as the arrow leached blue and sailed through the air, headed right for Hakudoshi.

                The kitsune-bi infused reiki pierced his body, and for a second, all that were involved froze, then without a sound Hakudoshi’s body completely disintegrated save for one eye. Kagura swooped down and grabbed it, then sped off, vanishing within seconds.

                Down on the ground Kagome looked at the kitsune, who had transformed back, and hugged her. “I can’t sense either of them anymore. Good job team!” The Priestess cheered while the white kitsune sneered off to the side.

                “.... Team... tch.” She used one hand on the miko’s face to forcibly remove her. Stunned and unable to fully process the action, as no one had ever done that to her, Kagome and went and toppled over backwards. Kaori snickered as she turned and began to walk away, stretching her arms over her head and complaining about being used as a bow by such an inexperienced archer.

“What!? I’ve taken classes! I’m at the top of my rank!” Kagome was on her feet, pointing accusingly at the retreating kitsune.

Of course.. thats only half true....

“Try again, Kagome, I can feel your lies!” Kaori tossed over her shoulder, waving a hand about absently. The human girls spine straightened and her cheeks puffed and brightened with her embarrassment.

“Ooooooh! Well I’m going to train even harder now you damn fox, I hope YOU’RE HAPPY!!!”

The white kitsune snorted at her outburst. “Noisy human. We will start your first training exercise right now.”

“Eeeeh?” The human looked at the white haired woman.

“Yes. A lesson in stealth. You have twenty minutes to hide, then I will come find you. Be as silent as you can and try to shield your scent if you can.

“Alright.”Kagome closed her eyes. “I need a weapon first.” The white kitsune handed her a  bow.

Kagome blinked, taking the weapon, “... why didn’t I just use this then? Where did you get it, all of a sudden?”