Chapter 22: The Trailing Inuyasha
"Strange!"
After a rainy night, it was an unusually clear morning. Although the heavy rain did not stop until midnight, Kikyo felt that this night was a quiet night she had never lived since she obtained the Jade of the Four Souls. It turned out that her depleted spiritual power had been replenished by Inuyasha last night, and it was only her body and spirit that were exhausted, so at this time, Kikyo had completely recovered after a peaceful night's sleep. And the fierce battle that she had never had, and the inhuman supply of Inuyasha, had increased her spiritual power that had not been improved for a long time.
However, from waking up in the morning to having breakfast and visiting the village, Kikyo has always had a strange strangeness in her heart, rippling in her heart, as if reminding her of something.
Kikyo carried a bow and arrows on his back and walked slowly along the small river outside the village. This strangeness did not disappear after she walked around the village and came outside, but it became more and more intense.
"Kikyo-sama has come out to patrol the village again! We were able to live so peacefully, thanks to you, Kikyo-sama! β
"Ahh It's really a quiet morning.,It seems that those monsters have been wiped out by you last night.,We can finally live peacefully for a while.,Kikyo-sama.,You can also take a good rest! β
Kikyo, who was thinking about it, finally realized what that strange strange feeling was after hearing the greetings of the villagers working in the fields.
This morning, so peaceful, too calm! It's as if I've suddenly returned to the time when I didn't get the Jade of the Four Souls! It's more peaceful and calm than it was before! From the time she woke up in the morning until now, Kikyo didn't even feel the slightest demonic energy, and she didn't even react to her natural premonition of danger and monsters. There is only one explanation for this situation, and that is that all the youkai around the village, at least within a radius of five miles, have all disappeared, including the lowest-level elves!
Kikyo had an answer in his mind, and in order to confirm his guess, Kikyo hurriedly bowed to the villagers who greeted him, and then rushed towards the forest at the end of the small river outside the village.
"Maybe youkai have been discovered, with Kikyo-sama, those hateful monsters won't be able to enter our village at all, don't worry!"
"Well, Kikyo-sama is the patron saint of our village!"
Faintly, the compliments of the villagers drifted far into the ears of the fast-walking bellflower, making her heart tremble.
"Yes, I'm a shrine maiden, a shrine maiden who protects humans from youkai, but ......"
However, Kikyo's steadfast witch heart, which was originally to protect humanity and be a ruthless little sister youkai, was shaken when she thought of her guess!
"If it's really him, I'...... Did you really do it? β
Kikyo, who left the road and came to the quiet forest, slowly slowed down his pace. The subtle spiritual power had already spread out in all directions along with the air. After a while, a spiritual wave reflected back an anomalous piece of information, coming from a deep bush. Kikyo immediately walked over and swept away the thick green grass with his longbow.
Sure enough, the body of a high-level monster that had not completely disappeared was lying there quietly, and the evil aura was so weak that it couldn't even deter the ants and insects crawling on him. I believe that by noon, he will completely disappear without a trace, just like the other slain monsters.
Looking at the corpse of this monster, coupled with the news that the spiritual power that was spread out and fed back, the bellflower has been determined. The monsters hidden around the village have been dealt with by that strange guy in the heavy rain last night, and none of them have been spared. Thinking of this, Kikyo's mind couldn't help but think of the faint red figure, and his right hand involuntarily reached into his arms, and took out the handkerchief embroidered with pink cherry blossoms.
Leaving the grass, Kikyo continued to walk towards the back mountain of the forest, because only in that direction did her spiritual power not report any news. At this time, there is only one answer, and that is the guy who gently wiped the stains and rain on his face in the rain last night, provided himself with spiritual power to ward off the cold, and left this handkerchief to destroy all the nearby monsters, is there.
"Oh, did you find out so soon! It's a bellflower! β
As soon as Kikyo entered the vicinity of the waterfall in the back mountain, Inuyasha found it after taking a bath in the pool under the waterfall. After getting dressed, Inuyasha immediately quietly hid, and now he was not ready to meet Kikyo. So when Kikyo came to the waterfall where he sensed the abnormality, he didn't find anything except the damp footprints on the edge of the waterhole that hadn't dried yet.
No, Kikyo has already gotten what she wants to know. Looking at the series of footprints on the gravel ground, Kikyo smiled quietly, turned around and walked out the way he came. Soon after she left the waterhole, an extremely secret aura followed her scent and quietly followed.
It's a pity that Inuyasha, who thought he was very hidden, never thought that the Kikyo after the night was no longer what it used to be, and most importantly, the spiritual power of the Kikyo contained the breath of Inuyasha itself. So after walking a distance, Kikyo, who was walking in front, smiled mysteriously where Inuyasha couldn't see, and she had already spotted the sneaky henchman behind her.
The jade finger swiped across the void, embellishing a few mysterious flowers, and then, a secret halo enveloped Kikyo's body, covering all her breath, completely blending into nature.
Then, Kikyo went straight to a bush behind him, quietly waiting for the arrival of the tailwalker.
"Hey, Kikyo...... It's gone! Don't...... Hasn't she recovered yet? β
Inuyasha, who was doing the tail business, did not dare to reveal his breath, so he could only determine the position of the bellflower through his ears and nose, and after the bellflower was hidden, he came to a place where the bellflower could be seen with the naked eye, a difference of five or six seconds, so he did not see the bellflower's movements at all.
After searching back and forth in the dense forest in the dark place for a few laps, Inuyasha was finally convinced that the bellflower was indeed gone, and immediately rushed out of the darkness anxiously, lying on the ground and sniffing the ground carefully, searching little by little along the place where the bellflower walked, and unconsciously came to the empty meadow where the bellflower disappeared.
"The smell is gone here! Strange, no yokai smell! β
Originally, I thought that Kikyo had an accident and was attacked by a youkai, but after coming here and finding that there was no smell of youkai, Inuyasha remembered that if there really was a youkai, it was impossible for him not to feel it, and with the strength of Kikyo, even if he didn't recover, he couldn't be captured without resistance.
People in love are really stupid, even if it's Inuyasha, at this time, the IQ has been reduced to Cheng DΓΉ, who is not yet fully civilized.
The bellflower hiding behind the bushes from beginning to end sees Inuyasha's tail line, Inuyasha's worries, Inuyasha's gentleness, Inuyasha's naivety, and Inuyasha's clumsiness. From the initial surprise, incomprehension, and doubt, it gradually turned into the most primitive emotion in my heart.
Except for Kaede, there had never been a second person who was so nervous about her. Moreover, she is still a boy, a person whose strength is not below her, and her appearance is the same age as her.
Only when the shrine maiden abandons the human heart will she truly become strong and exert great power. Although this is Tsubaki's words to stimulate herself, in Kikyo's heart, since she inherited the way to break demons and officially became a shrine maiden, she has not been spurring herself forward with this criterion. Especially since she accepted the Jade of the Four Souls, her ordinary life has completely left her.
Every day in addition to fighting, it is still fighting. Shouldering the responsibility of purifying the jade of the four souls and guarding the village, she must remain vigilant at all times and times, and cannot relax in the slightest. Every day when she visited the village, she could see those girls of the same age rubbing fat and powder, enjoying the beautiful love and the care of lovers. And she, wearing only the red and white witch kimono that has not changed for thousands of years, carrying a longbow and arrow bag, maintaining no makeup, and being careful at any time I don't know when and where, from the attack of the monsters.
But at this moment, the moment I saw Inuyasha, Kikyo's frozen girl's heart finally began to melt!
And just when Kikyo was about to go out to call Inuyasha and surprise him, Inuyasha was lying on the ground, as if one was sniffing the smell of the ground, pitifully looking for his master's appearance, and finally Kikyo, who had changed his mood several times, couldn't help laughing.
Although the barrier of the bellflower can isolate her taste and breath, it can't isolate the sound, so as soon as her laughter is together, Inuyasha, who is still lying on the ground on all fours and smelling the smell left by the bellflower, wakes up, and one of them flips to a big tree in front of him, and looks at the bellflower that is slowly pacing out of the bushes with his hands lightly. By this time, Inuyasha didn't know that he had been tricked by Kikyo, but Inuyasha's face only darkened for a moment, and then he eased up with relief.
At this moment, Inuyasha's heart is not angry that he was played by Kikyo, but because Kikyo is safe and sound, and completely settles down.
Kikyo, who was paying attention to Inuyasha's every move from beginning to end, naturally took the changes in Inuyasha's expression in her eyes, and she was smart, of course, she could guess why Inuyasha went from being angry at the beginning to relieved at the back. A warmth slowly rose from the depths of her heart, making Dafang like her first flash. Kikyo gently put away his smile, and slowly lowered his little cherry red hand.
As if there was a soul in their hearts, a man and a woman, a half-demon, a shrine maiden, Inuyasha and Kikyo, the eyes of the two slowly converged, tightly intertwined, regardless of each other. G