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He felt like his hair was going from silver to green in this stench. The sewers reeked horribly to his sensitive nose. He even had some smelly balm on his upper lip to help. Why did that bastard have to get caught? Now the only way to rescue the jerk was to go through the sewers. Somehow, Miroku managed to get taken to the palace dungeon instead of one of the many labor yards or prisons outside the city limits. The palace dungeon was impervious to most infiltration. Most did not include him.
"Inuyasha how far 'til we get there?" A tiny voice came from behind the silver haired boy.
"I dunno Shippo. Ask Will." Inuyasha answered.
"Five minutes," said Will right next to him. Sure enough, after two turns and one ladder, they were directly under the prisoners' shower room five minutes later.
Inuyasha's dog-like ears pricked up. No footsteps could be heard from above. Inuyasha looked over the gang. All were dressed in black for the rescue. "Okay, listen up. We are going to stick to Will's plan to the letter. First, Shippo, you are going to blow a hole in the ceiling here while Josh stops the water flow from the pipes." Shippo's foxtail wagged in excitement. Though he was only seven, he knew more about explosives than anyone on the streets did. Inuyasha found the kid making fireworks in a sweatshop. Most of the orphans Inuyasha rescue, he leaves at Kaede's orphanage, the Village. Rather than leave him with Kaede, Inuyasha let Shippo become the youngest member of the gang. Josh was looking around distracted. "Josh?"
"Huh?" His attention snapped to Inuyasha.
"You are going to stop the water. After that the rest of us go up and you two go back to the Village. The fewer people we have, the more likely we all get out."
Josh was a pale boy with dyed black hair. He was a water mystic. On account of his father being a SHOGUN, he was one of the best. Inuyasha recruited him from Kaede's Village.
"Yeah, okay." Josh said still a little distracted.
"A guard will come investigate the noise and Koga will incapacitate him." That would be easy for him. Koga's martial arts were unparalleled. Inuyasha had known Koga for about ten years and in all that time, only two people have beaten him: Will and Inuyasha. Koga vowed revenge against them. So, to keep his vow, he was going to keep the two from getting killed until they could rematch. Ten years later, he was still training to surpass their skills.
"Richard and Koga will take that guard's key and go to Miroku's cell. Block 3; cell F. Take Miroku out of here back through the sewer." Richard stood motionless and Koga grunted acknowledgement. Richard was Josh's best friend and joined when Josh did. Richard never said much. His several ear piercings, his lip piercing, his tongue piercing, his eyebrow piercing, and his chin piercing were the majority of his self expression. Words simply weren't necessary. Hopefully, they wouldn't need Richard's special talents either. In addition to the five-foot sword mounted on his back, he had an extra pair of claws that no one wanted to see.
"Kikyo will go with me and Will to block of the entrance to the prison." Kikyo wore tight black pants and a black hooded sweater to match her hair. For three years she has been Inuyasha's girlfriend. Kaede was her great aunt. She was as good with a bow as she was sexy and she was VERY sexy.
"The entrance isn't very big, so the three of us can handle it. That is provided the White Lions don't crash the party." The White Lions were the Emperor's Guards and the local police. The problem was that they were more corrupt than the criminals they policed. They were an army made completely of neosapiens. Not one human in the lot. "They'll show up." Will said ominously. Unfortunately, that meant it was true. Will was born from SHOGUN parents and was gifted with the ability to see the future. He could see years ahead of the present if he wanted to. The problem was, knowing the future, changed the future. He said the only accurate predictions were ones not too far away. An hour or two; a day at most. This made him invincible in battle.
"Great. Well, I guess we get to have a little extra fun tonight." Inuyasha punched his palm. "Let's go." Shippo reached into his oversized pants and pulled out what he called a kitsune bomb and put it where Will told him to. Inuyasha's skin tingled as he felt Josh channel the mystic energies of water.
The noise from the blast hurt Inuyasha's ears. Before they stopped ringing, Koga and Richard were on their way to Block 3 with the keys. Inuyasha, Kikyo, and Will dashed to head off the gaurds. Two humans in gray uniforms were coming down the hall to investigate the ruckus.
"Keh, these are mine," stated Inuyasha. In one deft motion, he drew his sword and slashed open the abdomen of the first guard. With lightning speed, he thrust his sword though the other's heart before the poor guy knew what was going on.
He sheathed his katana and turned towards his companions to see Kikyo pointing a drawn bow right at him. She let fly the arrow and it whizzed past his ear. Kikyo smiled at the satisfying thud of the arrow hitting its target. A third guard with gun drawn, decorated the floor with blood.
Quickly, they ran past the bodies to the main door. As it came into view, Will shoved Kikyo and Inuyasha to either side of the hall. A mecha stood as tall the hallway with gatling guns pointed right at them. Inuyasha could see the pilot smile as he fired his massive weapons. Will dove at the enemy, rolling in the air, completely missing the barrage of enemy bullets.
Will crashed into the mecha, right between the torso mounted guns. The force toppled the metal menace. With noses almost touching, Will stared at the terrified pilot. "Boo," and the pilot fainted.
A pair of white-clad, spiky-faced men led a procession of soldiers towards them. The White Lions. Arrows flew down to meet the newcomers. The first half dozen were turned into pincushions. A stony skinned soldier, raised his arms and Kikyo's arrows hit an invisible wall.
The protected soldiers advanced. "Kikyo, give me an arrow!" shouted Will. Inuyasha stood with his sword ready between Will and the oncoming platoon. Kikyo handed him one, leaving three in her quiver. "Inuyasha, get back!" Will said as he snapped the arrow in two. Inuyasha stared into the eyes of the first soldier of the advance.
"Kikyo, help!" yelled Will over the din of footsteps marching in time. Inuyasha could hear the mecha's cockpit open behind him. Channeling his energy into the sword, Inuyasha prepared for his ultimate sword technique. He felt his feet leave the ground as he was yanked backward by his belt.
He fell on top of Kikyo at the robot's feet. She was surprisingly strong for her size. Will jammed the arrow halves into the triggers for the mecha's guns and closed the cockpit. He grabbed the lovers by their shirts and ran from the whirring noise of the guns starting. A split second later, a blazing inferno erupted from the barrels, sending armor piercing rounds through the ceiling.
It did not take long before the hallway above joined the one below, effectively blocking the White Lions and creating a new exit. In moments, the rubble would be cleared and Koga, Richard, and Miroku would have soldiers to play with. A distraction was needed to buy them time. Maybe if...
"Up!" commanded Inuyasha. As they hurriedly crawled up to the next floor. "If we can get guards' attention up there, the soldiers should back track up to s and give Miroku time to get out."
As soon as Inuyasha's dog-ears peeked from the hole, a man yelled "Halt!" Inuyasha jumped from the hole, and with a flash of his sword, removed the man's belt. The trio ran past him as the guard called for back up with one hand, holding up his pants with the other.
Will stated calmly, "The White lions are splitting up. Only half are backtracking. The rest are going to be troublesome for Koga and Richard."
"Damn!" Inuyasha's plan didn't go as hoped. He had to think fast.
"It gets worse. Almost all of the soldiers from the upper levels are on their way down."
"Great. If we get through this, I am going to kick Miroku's ass!" A hundred feet down the hall, Will started giving directions.
Left, up the stairs, right, right, down the stairs, wait, left, up, around here, over there. It seemed they were going in circles to avoid the soldiers. The whole time, Inuyasha could only think one thing. Whoever designed the lower levels was either an idiot or a genius. If it wasn't for Will, Inuyasha would be lost in this maze.
Will led them tothe servants' quarters area. Shoving through the night crew cleaning the halls, they made their way to the servants' mess hall. Inuyasha knew there was a freight elevator that brought down the large quantities of food the servants went through. He also knew that the elevators would be turned off to prevent their escape.
"Will, do you really think we can outrun them going up the elevator shaft?"
"Do you have a better idea?" Actually, no, he didn't. In the kitchen by the food storage, the 12-foot wide elevator door was a welcome sight. The door opened of its own accord with a ding. It was empty.
Will looked like he was slapped in the face. "I didn't know this would be here." The other two stared at him in disbelief.
"You didn't know?" Kikyo asked.
"NO! I didn't!" He seemed scared. He is usually the epitome of confidence. This had really shaken him up. To see him like this was unnerving.
"As long as it works, let's go." Inuyasha went inside with Kikyo. Will recovered after a moment and joined them, lost in thought.
Kikyo asked Will which floor. As first he didn't reply. She asked again more urgently. He seemed to snap out of it and told her to push floor six. They left sublevel nine and in a moment walked out fifteen floors higher.
The above ground levels were set up in a simple grid-like pattern. Will directed them towards the south corner of the palace. Inuyasha's ears picked up footsteps coming. The footsteps followed them at an alarming rate. Inuyasha suddenly found himself looking at a dead end. Twenty or more doors lined the walls, but next to each was a keypad flashing red, indicating it was locked.
Inuyasha turned around with his sword drawn. Will drew his knuckle blades. Twin daggers with a finger guard from pommel to blade that was sharp and serrated. A platoon of White Lion blocked the hallway.
The first three fell with the last three of Kikyo's arrows from their faces. Now she was unarmed. Uncaring, the enemy charged over their allies' bodies. Channeling energy into his katana, Inuyasha attacked. Aggressively slicing and slashing, William the Shadow fang and Inuyasha the Steel fang, foughtfor their lives against the endless torrent of enemies.
End Chapter
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