Growing UP Alone
Summary: The Village where Inuyasha and Kagome, Miroku and Sango and their families live is attacked by the Four Demons of Hell and the children are separated from their parents, will they survive to discover their own powers or die in the attack?
CHAPTER 1It was raining, a hard and powerful rain, yet the rain did nothing to extinguish the raging fire that was the village. Screams of pain, terror, and agony echoed through the woods. The bushes parted and a young girl, about the age of fourteen, ran out into the clearing. The moon highlighted the long raven hair that fell down to her waist, and the fair skin that she had inherited from her mother. The moon also highlighted the fear in the young girls green eyes, the deep scratches on her face that the trees and bushes had inflicted upon her, and the heaving of her sides as she gasped for breath.
Oh my God, where is Koru? Where is he, he was just with me, running by my side as we fled the village. Please God let him have gotten away from the Fire Demon from Hell, thought the young girl frantically, tears pouring down her scratched face, the salt in her tears making the cuts sting.
"Izayoi? Izayoi, where are you?" cried a deep masculine voice.
"Kyo, is that you? Where are you?" Screamed Izayoi.
"I hear you, I'm coming, don't move I'll find you."
A few moments later a tall, masculine form burst into the clearing where Izayoi waited, his amber eyes flashing in fear and rage.
"Kyo! Thank God!" screamed Izayoi as she ran and leapt into his strong arms, feeling thankful when his arms closed around her shaking body.
"Kyo, we need to find Koru, I can't find him, we got separated somehow. He's only seven!" sobbed Izayoi, her voice cracking in anguish.
"Izayoi, we will find him, he's smart like Aunt Kagome and as strong willed as Uncle Inuyasha." Kyo whispered, as he held Izayoi tightly.
"My mom and dad were fighting the Earth Demon from Hell when I last saw them and they were pretty busy so its up to us to find the others." Kyo said quietly.
Please God let them be ok, I didn't even get the chance to tell them that I loved them.
(Flash back to just before Kyo left)
"Kyo you need to get out of here now. Don't ask questions just go."
"You need my help dad, I'm just as strong as you and can fight as well as you can and you know it because you were the one to train me, damn it!"
"Son look, I don't know what's coming. All I know is that this is no ordinary demon and I don't even know if the others will survive the night. You need to go and protect the others." Kogua yelled impatiently.
The demon is getting closer, I can't fight and fight well with my son here, I'll always be worried about him. He is too young to witness the needless murders of others.
"NOW GO!!!!!" Screamed Kogua.
"Dad I'll take care of the others, just come for us alive that is all that I ask of you. Promise me that you will survive." Demanded Kyo.
"I promise that I will survive the night and come for you when the demon is dead. Now go son!"
With those parting words Kyo ran off into the woods, to see if anyone else had run that way.
(End of Flash Back)
"Kyo, I saw my parents go after the Fire Demon from Hell," whispered Izayoi, "Mom told me to run and protect Koru and I lost him. That was the last time that I saw my mom, she went to help Dad."
"Izayoi, Aunt Kagome is strong and she learned a lot from Kaeade before she died, they will be fine." Kyo said with a strength that surprised them both.
God I hope that I am right, and that everyone will be ok, thought the young man.
"Lets head back to see if we can find Koru and the others, and see if the fighting is over yet."
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"Rin run! Run now!" screamed Jaken.
No she won't move in time, Jaken thought grimly, as he saw the spear of ice flying towards the young woman.
Jaken leapt in front of Rin just in time, the spear rammed straight into his heart and went through into the flesh of Rin's arm.
"Arrrrggggggg. . . . ." screamed Jaken, as blood began to ooze from the toads mouth.
Rin slowly pulled the spear from her arm, trying not to cause Jaken any more pain than what he was already in, and slowly lowered Jaken gently to the ground.
"Master Jaken, I'm so, so sorry, please don't die, Master Jaken. . . . MASTER JAKEN!"
"Rin. . . . you need to get away. . . .or Lord Sesshomaru will not be able. . . . . to concentrate. . . . run child and. . . . live!" whispered Jaken, as his body slowly relaxed and blood oozed from the corners of his mouth, slowly his eyes closed.
Rin slowly got up from the ground and looked down at the prone body at her feet. Her loyal friend was dead and she didn't know which way to go. Master Jaken was not there to show her the way, she felt so lost without him.
"Rin is that you? Rin?" whispered a small scared voice.
"Koru, is that you? What the hell are you doing here, you need to get away!" cried Rin, amazed that he had gotten so far without being detected.
"I got separated from Izayoi and couldn't find my dad, but I did find. . ." said Koru but before he could finish the young child burst into tears.
Rin felt a chill run up her spine, knowing what Koru had seen or found was not a good thing.
"What did you find Koru?" she asked hesitantly, not wanting to know but needing to know.
"I found Uncle Kogua and Aunt Ayame. I started to go to them and didn't pay attention because I was just happy to see a face that I knew. The Earth Demon from Hell spotted me and sent a powerful attack my way, Uncle Kogua was to far away to reach me but. . ." Koru stopped and cried even harder, huge gasping sobs.
"But what Koru, you've got to tell me." Whispered Rin already knowing what had happened but needing to hear the words. Ayame had always had a soft spot for Koru and would have done anything to protect him.
"She jumped in front of me and took the full blast of the attack, she was blown to bits. Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhh!"
"What about Uncle Kogua?"
"He got me away from the Earth Demon from Hell. Then told me to run away, and went back to finish the demon off."
I've got to get him out of here, Aunt Ayame gave her life for him and I can't let her life be given in vain. We will get out of here if it is the last thing that I ever do this child will survive the night! thought Rin venmently, as she held her grief tightly in check.
"Alright Koru, its just you and me right now. First we need to get the hell out of this village and into the woods where we can hide. Then we need to look for Izayoi, Kyo, and Kohaku."
"Ok," whispered the sad little boy.
This boy has seen so much death and cruelty and he is so young still, poor thing I must be strong for him. Rin thought sadly to herself as she grabbed Koru's hand and started to run for the village's edge.
Its my fault that Aunt Ayame died, its my fault if I had paid more attention then she wouldn't have had to protect me if I had just run when father told me to Aunt Ayame would still be alive. Its my fault, thought the young boy guiltily. They were almost to the Villages edge when the house next to them exploded.
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"Kohaku you need to run. Don't worry about me, I'll be fine. Remember I fought Naraku and won, and before you say it yes I know that I had help but I still did it. Your mother has gone to help Inuyasha and Kagome with the Fire Demon from Hell." Miroku told his son fiercely.
Miroku could feel the Air Demon from Hell steadily moving closer to where he and his son stood, he wanted his son to run and to live.
My son you look just like me but you have your mothers stubbornness and strength god rest her soul. Your Uncle Kohaku, your namesake, would have been proud of you had he survived the battle with Naraku. Miroku thought proudly.
"Dad I know that I can help! You have trained me in the Spiritual ways, although I sometimes wonder how pure you could be, at least before mom got a hold of you, and mom has been training me in the demon slayers ways. I want to fight, I want to protect those that I love just like you do!" cried Kohaku. He didn't understand why his father would not allow him to fight. Didn't he have as much to lose as his father, didn't he have the right to protect everything that he loved?
"No! You are only thirteen, you must find the others and protect them if you must protect something. I honestly don't know if I or any of the others will survive this battle. You need to live, to carry on the demon slayers and the monk bloodline and you know it. You are our only child, you know that Shippo has long since left and after your mother had you she could not bear any more children."
"Dad, I'll go and protect the others to the best of my abilities but you better damn well come for us. Don't you dare die on me!" Screamed Kohaku, tears beginning to form in his brown eyes.
As Kohaku turned to run into the woods Miroku grabbed his son's arm and pulled him into a fierce embrace.
"I love you son, be safe. And son, if you want to protect the others just remember that you must all work together and help each other to accomplish anything. I learned that myself with your uncles and aunts while hunting Naraku." Miroku whispered, his own brown eyes glistening from the unshed tears.
You have grown so much my son but you are still to young to have to go out into this world on your own and have to help to protect others. May I survive the night so that we may someday be reunited once more.
"I love you dad, you just come back to me alive and well. I still have much to learn, at least that is what you are always telling me." Joked Kohaku, for he felt that if he joked that maybe this wouldn't seem so scary, he had never been away from his family for very long and had never been sent away before.
Kohaku finally wrenched himself out of his fathers embrace and turned to run into the woods. He turns back just as he reaches the edge of the woods and saw his father was facing off against the Air Demon from Hell.
Good luck dad. Kohaku thought just before he vanished into the woods.
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Rin and Koru jumped just in time to avoid being hit with flying pieces of wood and ice. As the dust began to clear Rin saw a familiar shape in the smoke standing straight and tall. It was Lord Sesshomaru, and he was fighting the Water Demon From Hell.
"Lord Sesshomaru!" screamed Rin, fear for the man that saved her and looked after her shaking her entire body.
"Run Rin, run now! I'll find you later!" screamed Sesshomaru the panic in his voice making it crack.
My lord, please be safe and come for me. So that I may tell you that you are who I see as my father, please. She thought franticly.
"GO RIN!"
With that last order Rin grabbed Koru's hand, which she had dropped when she saw Sesshomaru, and ran into the woods, tears pouring down her face. She felt as if she had lost everything near and dear to her heart. As she vanished into the woods she didn't hear Sesshomaru as he said, "Good luck, my daughter."
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Kohaku didn't know how long he ran, all he knew was that he had to find the others and get them as far away from the home they all knew as fast as he possibly could. Suddenly he stopped running, he had heard voices.
"Hello, who's there?" called Kohaku.
"Kohaku is that you? It's me Rin. Koru's with me."
"I'm coming Rin, I'm coming." Yelled Kohaku as he raced towards her voice.
After a few moments he ran out into a small clearing and sighed with relief, They're safe, thank God for that! As he neared them he saw that Koru was covered in blood and Rin's arm was bandaged.
"What happened? Whose blood is that and how did you get injured, Rin?" cried Kohaku, panic making his voice rise even higher.
"Calm down, I'm not hurt bad. Thanks to Master Jaken, and the blood isn't Koru's its Ayame's. She didn't make it. What about Izayoi and Kyo, have you heard from either of them?"
"No, but we need to get as far away from here as possible or we may all die. You know that our parents won't be able to concentrate knowing that we are all close by and could get hurt. That kind of distraction could get them killed!"
"Koru, where are you Koru?" yelled a familiar voice.
"Izayoi over here, is Kyo with you?" Yelled Koru, relief coursing through his body.
She made it thank god!
After what seemed like hours, but was only a few minutes, Koru was enveloped in a hug and tears dropped down on to his dirt and blood streaked face. Soon Izayoi noticed that her little brother was covered in blood.
"Are you ok, where are you hurt? Oh God I could never forgive myself if you got hurt because I lost you!" cried Izayoi as she began to search her little brother for injuries that could cause so much blood loss.
"I'm ok, this isn't my blood its. . . Aunt Ayame's blood." Cried the young boy, the sobs shaking his small body.
"What!!!" screamed Izayoi and Kyo together.
"She protected me and because of that she died," Koru screamed the tears streamed down his face and left mud tracks there. "Its my fault that she died!"
"No, it wasn't. She loved you and saw you as one of her own, she gave her life to protect her pup. That's how a mother wolf is." Whispered Kyo, holding his grief inside until later when he could let it all go without upsetting Koru anymore than he already was.
We don't even have time to grieve for the ones that we have lost because of these stupid demons from hell.
Before Kyo could say anything more there came a loud crash from behind them, coming from the direction of the village, they all turn around and see. . . .
End of Chapter 1
I hope that you liked the story and if you did and you see something that you think that I should change or something along those lines please let me know, also if you possibly have any ideas about what should happen next tell me. this is the first time that I have ever done a story that i have posted. Please read and Review I will try to update soon.