Inu-Yasha: A Feudal Fairy Tale
Vol. X The Coming Of Hebi
"Miroku!" Sango yelled. "You dirty little creep! Stop peeking!" Sango climbed out of the spring and dried off. 'I can't believe that weirdo!' she thought.
"Lady Kagome? Lady Kagome?"
"Yes, Lady Keade?"
"Your clothing is ready!"
"Arigato!" Kagome said running with a towel covering her body. She quickly put on her clothes, and went inside Lady Keade's hut.
"Oh! Inu-Yasha! I didn't now you were in here... Inu-Yasha?"
"He's asleep," Shippou said holding a kettle of tea. "Want some?"
"Sure!" said Kagome. "Let me go get Miroku and Sango."
"Ohhhhhhh, where am I?" Inu-Yasha groaned.
"In Keade's hut," answered Shippou.
Sango entered followed by Miroku and Kagome. "Inu-Yasha! Are your wounds healed?" Sango asked.
"Yeah, I guess," he groaned again.
As they all finished their tea, and messenger came. "Lady Keade, May I see you a moment?"
Lady Keade got up and walked towards the messenger. "Yes?"
"There has been a murder, up in the northern section of the village!" he tried to whisper, but his voice carried.
"A murder?" Sango, Miroku, Shippou, and Kagome chimed.
"Oh, dear! Do they know what caused it?" Lady Keade asked.
"They say it was a demon, but they are not sure! You must come take a look at it!" he panicked.
"Right! Shippou, you stay here with Inu-Yasha!" Lady Keade said, pointing a finger at Shippou.
"Awwwww.. But I wanted to go!" she whined.
"Kirara will stay with you!" Sango said to calm her down.
Shippou agreed and started petting Kirara.
They traveled for what seemed like miles, but only for a few yards. When they finally reached the northern side, they stopped in front of a run down hut. It was half demolished. They ventured in, and they the place to be a wreck. Books were strewn about, teacups lying on the ground broken. They started searching for any clues to who or what murdered the person. "May I look at the body?" Lady Keade asked.
"Yes m'lady!" She went to look at the body. Not a scratch was on it.
"A spell! A very powerful spell, no doubt. But I wonder what could create such a one as this. No demon I know of can. Sesshou-Maru, nor Naraku can put up spells this powerful!"
"Then maybe it was a god of some kind," Kagome suggested.
"But who?" Miroku asked pondering.
They searched around more, but found nothing that would indicate who had done it. Finally they gave up. They were about to leave, when Miroku found a leather box. It was opened, and something, it looked like, had once been in it. "Lady Keade, what do you make of this?" he asked her handing the box over. "It was opened, and something is missing from it.
As soon as Lady Keade's hands touched it, she felt a small surge of power run through her body. She gasped. "This box contained... a Shikon Shard!" she said astonished.
"Are you sure?" Kagome asked gripping the shard she possessed tightly in her palm.
"I am sure. There was a small amount of energy that surged through my body when I first touched it!"
"Then, the guy who murdered this guy must have taken it!" Sango said in horror.
"Think of what that shard can do in the hands of a god!" Lady Keade said gasping for breath. She was sweating hard. "Had he ever relayed this information of a shard to anyone close to him?" she asked the messenger.
"Why, yes. That man over there new him very well. He said something about a shard."
"Arigato!" Lady Keade ran out the door, followed by the rest of the crew. She went up to the door of the man's hut. He came outside and greeted Lady Keade. "Will you tell me about the man that just died?" she asked him.
"Certainly, Just please come where no one is. It makes me sad talking to him with lots of others around," he said, his face turning grim.
"Very well."
They went to a field, where new flowers bloomed. There, they sat under the shade of a tree, and the man began to talk.
"When the man first came here, he had no one to talk to or be with, so I offered to become his friend. He accepted, and from then on we became very good friends. He told me all of his secrets. He told me about the Shikon Shard too. He said it was magical! That it could give you all the power you wanted! Then, one day, this other man came through town. He was wearing queer clothing, and he carried a staff, much like that one!" The man pointed to Miroku's staff.
"Can you tell me the name of this man?" Lady Keade asked suspiciously.
"I believe his name was.UH!" The man fell over, with an arrow stuck in his back.
"The fool just wouldn't shut up, so I had to silence the bastard myself!" The man that appeared before them wore a crimson robe, dotted with white roses. In his hand, he carried a staff, much like that of Miroku's. However the staff was different!
"A Shikon Shard! He has a Shikon Shard in his staff!" Lady Keade yelled.
"Then he must be the one we're looking for!" said Miroku.
"Boomerang Bone!" yelled Sango, throwing her large boomerang at him. He dodged it with ease.
"Now, it's my turn! Shards of Fire!" he yelled, laughing maniacally. Flames burst out the end of his staff. The shards knocked all four back with cuts that had been issued to them. Kagome shot an arrow at him. He laughed again, dodging it as well.
"He's too powerful!" Kagome yelled.
"AIR RIP!" The black hole that resided in Miroku's hand let forth an unusual amount of power. The man stood their muttering a countercurse. Then, his head garment flew off, and was sucked into the black hole.
Miroku stood astonished. No one had ever survived his Air Rip technique.
"I'm surprised! No one has ever been able to hit me once, except this time! You are strong for a mortal!" he laughed. The four of them stood there, blank looks on their faces. "Now I shall finish you off, you petty FOOLS!" He charged at them with staff in hand. He was about to slice them all to pieces, when there was a clash of metal. The man stopped and drew back. There stood Inu-Yasha with Testutaiga in its transformation. He feel to his knees, holding his burning side. Then, Kirara leapt up with Shippou on her shoulders. "I shall defeat you later! As for you, you bastard! You will learn your lesson!" Then he disappeared.
"Who was that?" Inu-Yasha asked.
"His name is Hebi!" Miroku said getting up from the ground.
"What? How do you know?" Kagome asked.
"He used to be someone that helped my father. He was a family friend! Now, he's a monster!"
"Miroku, do you know anything else about this man?" Lady Keade asked.
"Nothing, except that he went away many years ago, and never came back."
"Well then, I guess it shall remain a mystery until solved!" Lady Keade said.
"Miroku!" Sango yelled. "You dirty little creep! Stop peeking!" Sango climbed out of the spring and dried off. 'I can't believe that weirdo!' she thought.
"Lady Kagome? Lady Kagome?"
"Yes, Lady Keade?"
"Your clothing is ready!"
"Arigato!" Kagome said running with a towel covering her body. She quickly put on her clothes, and went inside Lady Keade's hut.
"Oh! Inu-Yasha! I didn't now you were in here... Inu-Yasha?"
"He's asleep," Shippou said holding a kettle of tea. "Want some?"
"Sure!" said Kagome. "Let me go get Miroku and Sango."
"Ohhhhhhh, where am I?" Inu-Yasha groaned.
"In Keade's hut," answered Shippou.
Sango entered followed by Miroku and Kagome. "Inu-Yasha! Are your wounds healed?" Sango asked.
"Yeah, I guess," he groaned again.
As they all finished their tea, and messenger came. "Lady Keade, May I see you a moment?"
Lady Keade got up and walked towards the messenger. "Yes?"
"There has been a murder, up in the northern section of the village!" he tried to whisper, but his voice carried.
"A murder?" Sango, Miroku, Shippou, and Kagome chimed.
"Oh, dear! Do they know what caused it?" Lady Keade asked.
"They say it was a demon, but they are not sure! You must come take a look at it!" he panicked.
"Right! Shippou, you stay here with Inu-Yasha!" Lady Keade said, pointing a finger at Shippou.
"Awwwww.. But I wanted to go!" she whined.
"Kirara will stay with you!" Sango said to calm her down.
Shippou agreed and started petting Kirara.
They traveled for what seemed like miles, but only for a few yards. When they finally reached the northern side, they stopped in front of a run down hut. It was half demolished. They ventured in, and they the place to be a wreck. Books were strewn about, teacups lying on the ground broken. They started searching for any clues to who or what murdered the person. "May I look at the body?" Lady Keade asked.
"Yes m'lady!" She went to look at the body. Not a scratch was on it.
"A spell! A very powerful spell, no doubt. But I wonder what could create such a one as this. No demon I know of can. Sesshou-Maru, nor Naraku can put up spells this powerful!"
"Then maybe it was a god of some kind," Kagome suggested.
"But who?" Miroku asked pondering.
They searched around more, but found nothing that would indicate who had done it. Finally they gave up. They were about to leave, when Miroku found a leather box. It was opened, and something, it looked like, had once been in it. "Lady Keade, what do you make of this?" he asked her handing the box over. "It was opened, and something is missing from it.
As soon as Lady Keade's hands touched it, she felt a small surge of power run through her body. She gasped. "This box contained... a Shikon Shard!" she said astonished.
"Are you sure?" Kagome asked gripping the shard she possessed tightly in her palm.
"I am sure. There was a small amount of energy that surged through my body when I first touched it!"
"Then, the guy who murdered this guy must have taken it!" Sango said in horror.
"Think of what that shard can do in the hands of a god!" Lady Keade said gasping for breath. She was sweating hard. "Had he ever relayed this information of a shard to anyone close to him?" she asked the messenger.
"Why, yes. That man over there new him very well. He said something about a shard."
"Arigato!" Lady Keade ran out the door, followed by the rest of the crew. She went up to the door of the man's hut. He came outside and greeted Lady Keade. "Will you tell me about the man that just died?" she asked him.
"Certainly, Just please come where no one is. It makes me sad talking to him with lots of others around," he said, his face turning grim.
"Very well."
They went to a field, where new flowers bloomed. There, they sat under the shade of a tree, and the man began to talk.
"When the man first came here, he had no one to talk to or be with, so I offered to become his friend. He accepted, and from then on we became very good friends. He told me all of his secrets. He told me about the Shikon Shard too. He said it was magical! That it could give you all the power you wanted! Then, one day, this other man came through town. He was wearing queer clothing, and he carried a staff, much like that one!" The man pointed to Miroku's staff.
"Can you tell me the name of this man?" Lady Keade asked suspiciously.
"I believe his name was.UH!" The man fell over, with an arrow stuck in his back.
"The fool just wouldn't shut up, so I had to silence the bastard myself!" The man that appeared before them wore a crimson robe, dotted with white roses. In his hand, he carried a staff, much like that of Miroku's. However the staff was different!
"A Shikon Shard! He has a Shikon Shard in his staff!" Lady Keade yelled.
"Then he must be the one we're looking for!" said Miroku.
"Boomerang Bone!" yelled Sango, throwing her large boomerang at him. He dodged it with ease.
"Now, it's my turn! Shards of Fire!" he yelled, laughing maniacally. Flames burst out the end of his staff. The shards knocked all four back with cuts that had been issued to them. Kagome shot an arrow at him. He laughed again, dodging it as well.
"He's too powerful!" Kagome yelled.
"AIR RIP!" The black hole that resided in Miroku's hand let forth an unusual amount of power. The man stood their muttering a countercurse. Then, his head garment flew off, and was sucked into the black hole.
Miroku stood astonished. No one had ever survived his Air Rip technique.
"I'm surprised! No one has ever been able to hit me once, except this time! You are strong for a mortal!" he laughed. The four of them stood there, blank looks on their faces. "Now I shall finish you off, you petty FOOLS!" He charged at them with staff in hand. He was about to slice them all to pieces, when there was a clash of metal. The man stopped and drew back. There stood Inu-Yasha with Testutaiga in its transformation. He feel to his knees, holding his burning side. Then, Kirara leapt up with Shippou on her shoulders. "I shall defeat you later! As for you, you bastard! You will learn your lesson!" Then he disappeared.
"Who was that?" Inu-Yasha asked.
"His name is Hebi!" Miroku said getting up from the ground.
"What? How do you know?" Kagome asked.
"He used to be someone that helped my father. He was a family friend! Now, he's a monster!"
"Miroku, do you know anything else about this man?" Lady Keade asked.
"Nothing, except that he went away many years ago, and never came back."
"Well then, I guess it shall remain a mystery until solved!" Lady Keade said.