Slowly they came closer to the mountains. And still no demon was in sight. That told them they were probably on the right track. The closer they got to the mountains, the more uncomfortable Inuyasha became. Because Koga lives in the mountains and he can't stand him for dying.
Towards evening they made their night camp in a canyon and Sango asked Kenji what demon hunters would do in the future. However, she was a little disappointed when she heard that most of the time they didn't do anything because demon sightings were rare.Inuyasha looked pretty listless. Kenji smiled and walked over to him. "And so you are Inuyasha! THE Inuyasha!" Said Kenji with a smile. "Yes! Mind?" Inuyasha asked. "Not at all. You are a legend among us demon hunters. The demon who fell madly in love with the incarnation of Kikyo.", Said Kenji. Inuyasha's face suddenly turned dark red and he jumped up. "Are you crazy? That's not true!" He shouted. Kenji looked at him questioningly and everyone else too. Inuyasha sat down again, offended, and said nothing more. "It's okay!", Said Kenji and went back to the others. "Easily snapped!" He said. Suddenly there was a strange noise. "Do you hear that too?" Asked Shippo. Kiara had already pricked up her ears and the others were now listening too. "Sounds like a river!" Said Miroku. Kenji was startled. "Hurry up. We have to get up there!" He shouted. "What?" Asked Kagome. Inuyasha heard it too now. He jumped over to Kagome, picked her up, and took her to the top of the canyon."Go!" Shouted Kenji and started climbing up the wall. "Kiara!" Shouted Sango and the little cat grew. Sango, Miroku, and Shippo mounted and flew up. Then they saw a huge wave of water flowing through the canyon. Inuyasha helped Kenji up before he was swept away by the current. "Just made it again!" Said Kenji, exhausted. But just as quickly as the water came, it disappeared again. "What was that?" Shippo asked, looking down. "So you followed me after all!" Came a voice from behind them and the red-haired guy came out from behind a rock. "Umiyoku!" Shouted Kenji angrily. The others were frightened. They hadn't even felt his aura. Kenji grabbed his belt and pulled out two knives that glowed strangely. "You won't escape me again!" He shouted and stormed towards Umiyoku. He jumped high in the air and struck with both knives. Both bored into the opponent's left shoulder and a little blood splattered away, but Umiyoku didn't make a face.He reached out with his left arm, punched Kenji full in the stomach and threw him over to the others. Then he pulled both knives out again with his right arm. The wounds healed in seconds. Then he looked at the knives. "Hallowed blades. Until recently that would probably have killed me. But not anymore!", He said and threw the knives at Kenji's feet. Inuyasha now drew his sword and glared at Umiyoku. "Well wait!" He shouted and stormed towards him. Inuyasha picked up Tessaiga and struck. But Umiyoku jumped over the blade and backed away a little. Inuyasha struck again and again, but not one hit. Umiyoku was too fast. Sango swung back on Kiara and climbed into the sky. "We'll help you!" She shouted, throwing her big boned boomerang. But Umiyoku suddenly disappeared into nowhere and the boomerang went nowhere. He reappeared directly behind Inuyasha, holding his right hand on his back.There was a jolt and Inuyasha flew into a tree. Umiyoku looked at Sango in the air and created a ball of water. He threw it into the air and when she caught Sango, she and Kiara fell to the ground. Miroku took his staff and attacked Umiyoku, who simply fended off every blow. Miroku gained some distance and wanted to pull out his wind hole, but Umiyoku let a column of water shoot out of the ground, which Miroku threw through the air. Now Umiyoku turned to Inuyasha, whose strength impressed him. But before he stood in front of him, a glowing arrow struck at his feet. He looked at Kagome, who had already drawn and cocked a new arrow. "Leave him alone!" She yelled. Umiyoku smiled. "So you are the girl with the splinters. The rebirth of Kikyo! And you come from the future!", Said Umiyoku. Kagome shot another arrow and this time at Umiyoku's body. But this suddenly turned into water and the arrow flew right through.In a flash the water shot towards Kagome and completely enclosed her. Miroku couldn't react anymore and if he would use the wind hole now, he would suck in Kagome with him. "Well, wait!" Shippo shouted, throwing a few volleys of fox fire into the air. Umiyoku let go of Kagome and returned to normal shape. Kagome went down unconscious. "Shit!" Said Umiyoku. Suddenly he heard Inuyasha's scream. "Wind scar!" He shouted and struck. Umiyoku couldn't react and was caught up in her. When the smoke was gone, Umiyoku wasn't there either. "Ha! An easy opponent!" Said Inuyasha, who put his sword away again. Umiyoku said, who had grabbed Kagome again. "Let go of her!" Inuyasha screamed angrily. "Never. It has the strongest power I've ever seen. If I can make this power my own, I'll be invincible!" Said Umiyoku and disappeared into a beach ball. "No!" Inuyasha yelled.After a while the sun rose and bathed the mountains in a deceptively safe light. Miroku and Sango were visibly bruised from the fight. Shippo and Kiara weren't particularly fit either. Kenji and Inuyasha were probably the only ones who were still doing relatively well. At least, apart from the blow Kenji took. "Unbelievable. This guy is damn strong. He even withstood my wind scar!" Inuyasha said angrily. "We have to find him, otherwise he will drain Kagome's energy and use it to destroy Japan!" Said Kenji, who picked up his knife again. "But where could he be?" Inuyasha asked. "I know!" Replied Kenji. "I know his future hiding place. And I'm sure he'll use it here too!" He said. "Do you really think he's that stupid?" Asked Miroku. "Yes!" Said Kenji. Suddenly a strong wind came up and a vortex appeared from the forest, which dissolved in the next moment and released Koga."So it was you!" He stated when he saw Inuyasha. Then he looked around and when he was nowhere to see Kagome, he looked questioningly at Inuyasha. "Where's Kagome?" He asked. "What's that got to do with you?" Inuyasha asked insultingly. "She was kidnapped!" Said Kenji. He was just getting ready to leave. "Kagome? Kidnapped?", Koga asked and attacked Inuyasha. "How could you let that happen?" He asked and pulled Inuyasha by the collar, who pushed Koga away. "Get out of here. We can do it all by ourselves!", Inuyasha said and jumped to the canyon floor with one jump. Kenji followed, but he had to climb. Sango, Miroku and Shippo followed on Kiara. "So. So you want to save Kagome?", Koga asked himself with a smile. "If I follow them, maybe I'll be the one to do that," he added, and in an instant it turned back into a vortex and disappeared. "Who was that anyway?" Asked Kenji. "Nobody!" Inuyasha said and accelerated without paying attention to Kenji."That was Koga! The leader of a wolf pack! He has a total crush on Kagome and Inuyasha probably doesn't like that!", Miroku explained, who was flying on Kiara next to Kenji. "No way! I just can't stand the smell!" Inuyasha said from the front. Kenji smiled with a bead of sweat on his forehead.
Kagome slowly opened her eyes again. Her head throbbed and she felt a biting cold. She could even see her breath. When she looked around, she was in a small cage made entirely of ice. It offered about a square meter of space, but was only a meter high, so that she could not stand. Carefully she looked outside through the bars. She was in the middle of a huge room. The ceiling, to which the floating cage was tied with a chain about three feet above the floor, seemed to hang at least twenty meters above. Only one door leads in and out of this room. This, however, was 5 meters tall and looked very stable.Except for the cage and a few icicles, the room was empty. And since Kagome was only wearing her school uniform, she was terribly cold. "Where did I end up here?" She wondered, shivering. Then the door opened suddenly and a figure entered. It was a young woman with a beautiful face who now entered. Her entire body seemed to be completely covered in ice, but still she seemed to be able to move freely. Her green hair was reflected in it. With every step she came closer, a piece of the ground froze until she finally stood in front of the cage and smiled at Kagome. "So you are the miko that Umiyoku brought with him. The reincarnation of Kikyo.", Said the woman. "Who are you?" Kagome asked determinedly. The woman smiled a little. "He told me you won't be afraid!", She said and touched the cage with one hand. The top and bottom of the cage were now beginning to move towards each other. But only as far as there was still room for Kagome.However, she could hardly move now. "I'm Kao. The master of ice.", Said the woman, who now moved to Kagome's head. "And you have to respect me, right?" She asked, touching Kagome's head with one hand, which suddenly went cold very quickly. It hurt a lot, but Kagome didn't scream. "Enough with that!" Shouted a voice and two more figures entered the room. Kao let go of Kagome and the cage went back to its original shape. Umiyoku came in with another woman who was surrounded by a strange mist. "I told you, Kao, not to bend her hair. I need her after all!" Said Umiyoku. He turned his right hand into water and hurled it at Kao, who he grabbed by the neck and picked up. His whole arm was now made of water and over five meters long. "I made you so that you could keep these thugs off my neck. And just as easily I can destroy you again!""he said, letting go of her." Now go. Both. ", he yelled and they both left the room again. Kagome looked at Umiyoku fearfully." No more relying on his staff! ", he said and sat down on a chair he had created with the help of water. Then he looked at Kagome with a smile." I would never have thought that the rebirth of