This chapter comes to you courtesy of That Bloody Demon, who gave me the prompt. Thanks!

“Wow! Kagome, what's this?” Shippo asked excitedly, twirling the object in question between his fingers.

Kagome snatched it from him, shoving something pointy-looking inside of it. “It's called a straw, Shippo.”

“Oi... I think I've seen one of those before,” Inuyasha said, frowning. “Didn't Souta use it to drink something?”

“That's one use for it,” Kagome said, and raised it to her lips. She gave it a strong blow, and the dart shot into the forest.

Not too far away, Kikyo clutched the side of her neck and fell over.