Ch9.7
Off in the distance the sound of Azuka’s howl penetrated the rain again, much closer this time. Even more startling was the returning howl, and it seemed as if it was right outside their tree.
Kagome shivered but looked at the twins. “I need your help. This... thing, its feeding off her energy. I need you to anchor me so I don’t get lost.”
“What the hell are you talking about?” Shizuka snapped.
“I need to go inside her mind and cut the connection. If I don’t have a way out, both of us could be lost.”
Kaori hissed, nearly ready to take the human girl up and shake her, “Don’t be a fool! Why take the risk, Sesshomaru-sama and Azuka are almost here!”
Kagome snapped right back, “Aderyn doesn’t have that much time! Listen to her! You may not be able to see it, but surely you can hear? Listen to her heart! Her lungs! What do THEY tell you? She’s dying!” She calmed down a little. “Besides, I’m the only one who can purge this thing.”
Shizuka nodded, kneeling down on the other side of Aderyn, “Yosh! What do we do?”
“Shizuka!”
“Kaori! Just do it!”
Kagome gathered her reiki in irritation. “I need you to go to our bond and hold me into this world, so if my mind gets too far away you can pull me back.” She took a deep breath and laid her hands over Aderyn’s heart. Closing her eyes, she mentally grabbed the twins and looped the threads around her. ~Can you guys hear me?~
Without waiting for an answer, she pushed herself into Aderyn’s soul. She could hear the soft hooting of an owl around her and looked for a place with no sound. Finding it, she slipped inside. Images of terrible deaths and blood flashed before her eyes, bodies missing pieces of flesh and appendages. Bright colors swirls intersperses with poison and glowings eyes surrounded her and panicking she flared her reiki, the pure bright pink cutting through the evil. Focusing it into a blade sharper than steel, she swung it, severing the blackness from the soft gold that was Aderyn’s soul. Smiling she felt the gentle tug of the twins and she let herself be pulled back into her body.
The last thing she remembers seeing was a pair of gold eyes, surrounded by silver as she passed out.
