Inuyasha: Demons Reborn

~Prologue~

Fires were burning within the battleground, a once-proud forest which had now been reduced to nothing. There stood three noble demons, each being injured and low in energy.

Two of the demons - a man and a woman - staggered over to each other and conversed.

"Subarashi, what are we supposed to do?" asked the female. "She's... She's too powerful..."

The man, Subarashi, didn't seem to agree with her statement as he stood there with a face of determination. "She's becoming tired... We can still beat her..."

Meanwhile, their opponent stood there and laughed, hiding her tiredness. "The two of you should just give up!"

Subarashi growled at her. "We will never surrender to a monster like you!" he yelled before turning to the other demon. "Senshi, I know that you and I are in no fit state right now, but I have a plan."

"A plan?" the woman, Senshi, questioned as she panted.

"Yes," Subarashi responded. "We have to be extremely quick with our movements. Both of us must attack her at similar times, but we have to aim for her sword. Her sword is what really gives her her power."

Senshi seemed unsure but decided to nod. "Alright. Any plan is fine to go with."

The two demons jumped up and threw themselves down at their enemy, striking her with their swords. The opposing demon blocked each of their attacks easily. "Is that the best you can do?" she mocked, grinning. As she said this she had blocked one of Senshi's sword strikes, only to have her wrist sliced deeply by Subarashi. The sudden slash caused her to hiss in pain, her hand losing its grip on her sword. "What? No!" she exclaimed. Distracted by the loss of her sword as it was blasted away by Senshi, she was now the victim of Subarashi's constant sword strikes, soon also being attacked by Senshi. Cuts were made everywhere on her flesh, some cuts even being made by slicing through her red and gold armour.

Eventually the rapid slashing stopped, but this was when the enemy demon had fallen to her knees, blood dripping from all of her fresh wounds.

The demon couple stood before her silently, watching as she panted with both rage and weakness. Subarashi used his sword to tilt the foe's head up, forcing her to look up at him as blood slided down her visage.

"Only cowardly demons look away from their killer," he stated. His prey narrowed her eyes at him hatefully. Subarashi lowered his sword as the woman remained looking up at him. "Any last words?"

These words seemed to make the defeated opponent smirk. "I do have some last words to speak, in fact," she confirmed, turning her attention to Senshi. "You're pregnant, are you not?"

Senshi's expression seemed to change from confident to horrified, wondering how her foe knew. Out of instinct she took a few steps back, putting her hand over her still-flat stomach in order to protect the lifeform inside, despite the pregnancy only being in its early stages.

Subarashi narrowed his eyes at the other demon woman, protective over his wife. "Our child has nothing to do with you, Hotaru," he growled.

The woman, Hotaru, grinned weakly. "Your child..." she began slowly. "Will be more related to me... than it is to you...!" She pointed her hand in Senshi's direction as a black aura began to surround both women. "I curse you, Senshi Okami, to not give birth to your own flesh and blood... Instead, you will bear the child of your own arch-nemesis...!"

Before much else could be said, Subarashi's sword began to glow. "Lightning Tornado!" he bellowed, firing a whirling cyclone of electricity at Hotaru. Hotaru wailed demonically as bright light flashed, presumably from the attack, before she appeared to disintegrate. After that, there was silence.

"...Did we do it...?" Senshi asked her husband, gripping her stomach as if she was in pain.

"...Yes," Subarashi answered after a pause, staring at the smoking ground where Hotaru once knelt. He turned to face his wife, concerned for her more than his victory. "Are you alright?"

"I'm... I'm fine..." Senshi replied, looking as if she was about to collapse. Subarashi slid his sword back into its sheath, lifting up the demoness.

"We should return home," he told her, hiding the fact that he was worried about her. "Onimeinu and Inukyodai are waiting for us."

"My... children..." Senshi whispered in response to hearing their names. Subarashi flew up into the air and soared in the direction of their cave, holding Senshi close in a protective way. He was sure that he had prevented Hotaru's curse from taking affect, but maybe he was too late...

~End of Chapter~