The Shadow Assassins
I do not own Inu-Yasha or Gundam Wing so there well it has no characters from Inu-Yasha only in the flashbacks of the Origins of the demon DNA. As for the kids, Charlie, Justin, Steven, and Jimmy, they are the ones I own I only made this in memory of my friends at the youth center. As for Mart well lets just say that is who wrote this thing for it was her idea.
It was late in the fall of 2002 a group of friends decided to take a walk to the nearest store on Kamoi ST. The group of five consisted of four young boys around 8 to 11 years of age and a young woman at the age of 20 years. As they walked they began to talk about random things such as which teacher sucked or who was the most perverted person they met. The group came together under the young woman who goes by the name of Martha, Mart for short as she preferred to be called. She is a young woman about 20 years of age but looks to be around 14 to 16 years of age. At a distance one might say she was a boy with her short curly hair under a BYU Provo baseball cap that she wore. Her body was like that of a boys as well with shoulders that where a little too broad for a normal girl and arms that where thick but muscular. Next to her was Charlie a dark boy of Filipino decent with his large eyes and dark skin and hair. Next to him yelling away at every passer buyer is his younger brother Justin who look something like Charlie but his features are not so rounded. On the other side of Mart was a boy with light blonde almost white hair. His name was Steven and like Justin he is very loud even when he talks for he has a tendency to get over exited. He glided along on his scooter and next to him the only one besides Mart who was quiet was Jimmy. Like Steven he is a white kid but his hair is dark brown and his eyes are green unlike Steven's blue. The kids like to hang out with the 20 year old the reason is simple.
She is a good artist who can draw what she sees and has been helping Charlie with his drawing skills. She also tutors him in other subjects on the side as well to keep him up in his school work. Another reason is that Mart is just fun to hang with for she has a very strange personality. Unlike the other girls Mart is not only a tomboy but one who like to get down and dirty with the boys. She likes the same subjects as they do and can talk at their level. Another reason the group got together was for the very reason they hang with her. The way she walks around town with a heavy bag on her back that doesn't bother her at all. Everyone at the local Youth Center thought she was insane carrying that heavy bag which consists of a Dell Laptop computer, a power cord for the computer, a CD player, a few sketch books, a portfolio with all her drawings in it, a manga, pencils and a bag of color pencils and markers. Now others would think that this person was carrying a studio with her as well as a folder of Yugioh cards.
As the group neared the store marked "Kamoi Snack and Go" they could hear a commotion from one of the people. "Ah man Charlie is that your dad again?" Steven said in his very loud voice and Jimmy rolled his eyes. "Steven what did I saw about your loud mouth," Mart said in a monotone voice and Steven knew better then to challenge Mart on that one. He immediately lowered his voice to a quieter level, "That better not be your dad or mine for I think if that was them you would stay home for a week." He said, "That is not them," Mart said again in a cold tone. "How would you know?" Justin asked, "Because I know their voices," she replied and he shut up. As they got nearer it was clear that it was not the two adults at it, but it was an adult and a boy. "Hey Mart isn't that your brother Royce?" said Jimmy as he saw the two fight. The boy threw a punch for the fathers head but he leaned back and delivered a kick right into the others gut. "Yep and that would be his dad Jessie," Mart said with a tone of distain in her voice. People began to clear when they saw the police arrive to clear up the scene.
Mart and her friends watched as the police dragged both of them away and they proceeded to go get their ice cream. As they came out a few officers stood in front of them, "What do you want," Steven demanded and the others held their tongue. "I have a warrant for your arrest young man," he said and he held out a pair of cuffs, "What did we do officer?" Charlie said, "It is not us you must ask but the court for you have been charged with treason to the United Nations." He said, "How can we be charged if we don't know what we did," said Jimmy looking scared, "It is alright Jimmy we will settle this with our families later," said Mart as she gave an icy stare at the two officers.
MEANWHILE IN ANOTHER TIME LONG AGO
Two brothers fought as the storms of war pushed their way on the land. One brother was of average height with long flowing silver hair. His kimono is what he used as a suit of armor. He had distinct dog ears on the top of his head and his eyes glowed with a golden hue. But they where slited like cats and his long clawed hands struck at his brother. The brother also had silver hair but he bore markings on his face, two stripes under each eye that stretch across to each ear and a crescent moon on his forehead. He had also markings on his eyelids giving the look of a woman. But don't let appearances fool you he is no female.
Inu-Yasha and Sesshoumaru fought if off claw for claw and strength and skill. Both did not give in as they badly wounded the other in an attempt to kill. But it was not long before both brothers where of equal strength and having fatal wounds. The two brothers have fought for days on end but in the end it was Inu-Yasha who fell first having his blood pour out of a wound in the throat. Sesshoumaru was pleased with that but then he too fell as the last of his life's blood poured out of him. As he too fell all the blood that was left seeped into the dirt until a single seed that began to sprout under both brothers as well as another seed began to grow.
MODERN DAY JAPAN FIVE YEARS BEFORE
THE YEAR 1997
It was said that the trees that grew out of the ground after a fierce battle was known as the brothers. Both trees grew in size till they where larger than any in the forests surrounding Kyoto Japan. The legends that surround it tell of the tail of its origins as well as the fall of the two warring brothers. It was at this same spot that a team of Japanese scientists and botanists began their search for the two trees and found them in the forests. They then took samples of the trees as well as others surrounding them. The forest became known as the Demons Battle ground for the hoards of demons that surrounded it and perished in a fierce battle. The origins of the stories remain a mystery to the locals but the scientists that where studying the trees especially the brothers found another interest in these trees.
"We have the samples sir," said one man as he held up a bottle containing some sap that they have extracted from the tree. The sap itself was red as blood and flowed as free as it but it did nothing to the tree. Another scientist later put the samples into a suitcase for further analysis.
When the samples where placed in a microscope they made some discoveries. It appears that the samples where in fact blood samples. Others thought it was ridiculous in the first place but when they saw the samples they where astonished and thus further research could be found on this new discovery.
Other scientists gathered from around the world to destroy the trees in order to get to the brothers themselves. But they later found that the forest was filled with trees similar to the ones they found. When they took samples of those for analysis they discovered similar traits. They began to cut away at the trees to get a huge sample and supply of blood from both the trees to the protests of the nearby Shinto Temple. The brothers where the first to fall followed by the rest of the 'blood trees' as people began to study the newest discovery since the cure for small pox.
UNITED STATES 1997
Cold weather can make anyone cranky as they led the scientists through the labs. The newest development for project Genesis was underway. The head of the science field Dr. James Stewards did not like the idea at all that his latest genetic experiment was going to be sampled on humans. "My project was to create a gene that will cure illness not change a persons entire genetic code." He protested, as he followed a few military officials down the halls to where the first of the experiments took place. Dr. Stewards was on the verge of a cure for some of the genetic problems that people face such as defects and use the genetic material of that person to make them as normal as possible. But his discovery was still under wraps till it was perfectly safe on humans. However with growing tensions between America and the Muslim countries that was not possible. It turned out that the military found out of the experiments and changed the code of the virus that was supposed to cure the disease. And made it a mutagen that turns people into what ever they wished. They mostly used it to experiment on rats and dogs and found that they can enhance the human body. By doing so they can change the appearance of the person to what ever animal they found worthy to copy traits off of.
When they found out about the blood trees of Japan the United States immediately stolen some samples of the genetic material and began to analyze it and found it to be unlike anything they could imagine. By deciphering the genes of the samples they began to experiment on animals again like rats and other rodents. They found that the animal goes through a dramatic change and becomes a total monster. They later discovered that with some nanotechnology thanks to Dr. Stewards again they where able to separate the memories of the subjects. The reasons for the wild behavior were due to the fact that the memories of the person's individual self were the reason for the behavior. All the memories of self made the rats panic with the new body and attack but with the transmitters all the long term memories where erased. For the transmitters block the electrical signals to the brain that are for recall of memory. And only put in the ones they want to put in the brain so the rats only remember the task that was given to them.
When they tried on human subjects the results was even more disastrous as the subject or volunteers went on a rampage and nearly killed everyone. When they modified the transmitters to the human subjects then they calmed down a bit but still it was a failure.
PRESENT DAY 2002
With the events of September 11, 2001 the war between America and the Middle East has just begun. People from around the nations tried to put an end to the disaster but to no avail. The United Nations Government gave America the Ok to continue with 'Project Genesis' now turned to 'Project Demon,' as it was later put. It was this stage that our story took off.
MOLOKAI AIRPORT 2002
With the protests of everyone the police led the children to the ramp that would let them board the plane. It was a prison plane bound for Honolulu then to who knows where, "Mart do you know what they are going to do with us?" Steven asked and Mart shook her head, "I have no idea all I know is that we are not going to be in Hawaii for very long," she said and the rest remained quiet.
Flashback
"What the fuck you mean our daughter was arrested for treason!" yelled Mart's father who was more then furious at the fact that his daughter was wrongly accused. Besides her father other parents showed up as well filing their complaints alongside with him. "I am sorry sir but that is what the Feds said that they caught the children doing something illegal and now they have to go to court on the mainland," said the local officer in charge, "Then why can't we come then," said another parent a mother who was worried for the safety of her son, "I am sorry ma'am but orders are orders. And it is the Feds that you are going to have to talk to," he said as he walked away leaving the children to their families. Another officer came and chased everyone out not giving the families time to settle the matter with the kids. "Why aren't they letting us talk to them?" Justin asked, "I do not know," said Charlie, "But I bet they think that our families are trying to bail us out or something," "I doubt it," said Jimmy, "I bet that we did something we did not due and they are only using it as and excuse to look good," said Steven. "Nope I think it is worse," said Charlie, "Charlie's right it is going to get worse I am positive that they are going to use us for something big," said Mart and everyone looked at her scared with fear in their eyes. "Do not worry so much as long as we are together that is all that matters," said Justin and Steven started to cry, "I wanna go home and they did not give us a chance to say goodbye," he said.
End of flashback
As they began to board the plane Mart noticed that there where several news cameras's taking pictures and putting them live on the news. Mart winced at all the publicity going on but she feared more for the boy's sake then for her own. Justin was on the brink of tears as well as his brother Charlie, Steven was in hysterics and Jimmy was in plain shock. As they boarded the plane they knew that their lives where about to change.
"Are the subjects ready?" Corporal Edwards said as he stood behind a glass panel with several board members of the committee of defense. "Yes sir implants are in and subjects have received injections." Said a technician behind him Dr. Steward was most disgusted with the way the Military took these civilians away from their homes accused of false charges and made test subjects to these crazy experiments. Not only that but Children! Kids who have not even made it to high school yet or even started puberty are going to be experiments in the newly perfected gene. The only adult of the group too proved a good candidate for the experiment. And she was the only female healthy enough to do the job.
A FEW MONTHS LATER
A young woman walked home from practice late one afternoon her shoulders tired and sore from all that running and lifting. And as she neared her home she was found by a stranger. "Hi," she said to the stranger but the stranger ignored her; long silky white hair flowed behind her as the stranger turned to face the woman. The thing that scared the woman was the strangers eyes they where like that of a cat literally. They held a predatory gleam in them. She wore stripes that where under her eyes, (Think Sesshoumaru) she was slender and tall but that was not the thing that made the young woman scream it was the ears on her head. The ears of a dog and clawed hands as the stranger attacked and unknown to her that very person was her sister.
And so it was a mass slaughter began on the island of Molokai where many Hawaiian issues where being fought over. The massacre had happened so fast that not one person on the island remained standing. The only ones where five strange people each with an animalistic appearance to them that told of many horrors that await them. They traveled the world wreaking havoc everywhere they went. Under the control of the UN they became the beings known as the Shadow Assassins these beings where dangerous enough as it is. People tried to hunt them down but to no avail. As long as the UN had control over them then no one could stand to a corrupt government.
But over time the Shadow Assassins became out of control for there primal bloodlusts made them more dangerous then anything on earth. The government became weary of the assassins so they tried to have them killed but to the horror of everyone around they healed really fast. But it was discovered by Dr. Steward that the demons could be controlled by a means of prayer beads and by saying a word of command they would obey. And the Government complied with this but it proved a failure sometime later. The demons grew out of control and with no memory getting into their consciousness they where on a killing spree until Dr. Steward managed to trick the Demons into the cold artic tundra and by using Shinto Sealing Arrows taken from some priests in Japan he used them to seal the five Demon Assassins into the ice of the artic and watched as they slowly sank to the bottom of the ocean to never be awakened again.
As a precaution he sealed in a case a journal of his studies as well as information on the Shadow Assassins just incase anyone where to find them again. It was before he died and the world was finally at peace that the old doctor had laid out his final warning to those outside to never repeat mistakes. At the age of 58 the doctor burned his laboratory along with erasing all his notes and formula for creating anymore demons. And thus our adventure begins.