HIS WISH
Chapter 2
Unexpected Encounter
InuYasha glared at the demon child who looked so much like his half-brother Sesshoumaru but smelled different. He had at first though that the White demon was Sesshoumaru, but when he remembered how much his brother hated humans, so he discarded the thought and assumed that the child was only a look-alike.
"A child at your age should be playing around with the others, not tainting their hands with bloods. Go home, brat." InuYasha said, pointing his sword at the demon's direction.
"Hmph, perhaps it is you who should go back to where you belong and stop messing with other people's business, pea-brain." Shura spoke back, raising his sharp claws and making cracking sounds with his fingers, ready to charge.
"And I will spare you a life if you give me that human priest." Shura said again, thinking that perhaps his father would not be pleased if he smelled blood on his body. His golden eyes turned to glare at the priest who had escaped from the castle and his eyes became bloody red when he smelled his mother's blood on the man. He is one of the bastards who killed her…
InuYasha stiffed when he saw the color of the demon's eyes. Blood red. When a demon went into rage, it would do anything to get what it wanted without giving a damn that was kin or foe. Holding Tetsainga with both his hands, InuYasha stood his ground and yelled.
"Miroku, get them and get out of here as far as you could! I'll handle this myself."
The monk Miroku nodded his head and led his partners to the safety, knowing that InuYasha would keep his promise. He had sensed the young demon's energy and knew without a doubt that as a human, he would never win even if he had a Wind Tunnel on his right hand.
"Come on, Sango, Lady Kagome and Shippo. We must leave this place at once so that InuYasha could concentrate in his fight." Miroku said, leading them out from the front door before he pulled the shivering priest Junga from the floor.
"Maybe I should stay to help him…" The demon hunter Sango said, carrying her huge bone weapon while her pet, Kirara transformed itself from a small kitten into a huge demon cat.
"It is no use. That demon is the White Demon's son. He is as powerful as his father and humans can never hurt him. It is best we go before his father arrives…" Junga said and ran ahead from the others. As he had predicted, the demon had came to kill him for what he had done to the woman. They had known that he was the one who killed the woman and not the guards or the lord!
The priestess and the fox demon, Kagome and Shippo looked at each other before they decided to follow the old priest. The both of them trusted InuYasha a lot and hoped he would end the battle without getting hurt.
"Let's go, everyone. There is a temple at the hill top, and we can wait for InuYasha there." Kagome said, carrying Shippo in her arms and ran from the battle field.
InuYasha waited until he could no longer smelled his partners' scents before he paid his full attention in the battle. He could see that the young demon carried no weapons with him, so he assumed that the demon would fight with his claws. Although the demon was young, he could sense that he was not a person to mess with unless he was forced to. And now I'm force to deal with this Sesshoumaru look-alike…
"I know you want to kill that old man, but he already regrets his action. Just forgive him and I'll tell him to return whatever he has taken from you."
Shura snickered at the way the half-breed said. That half-breed was a fool to let the man escaped from him, but then again, perhaps it was a good idea since that man was not here and the strongest of the group was here with him. A few moment ago before he reached this hut, he had caught his sisters' scents; perhaps they were hiding somewhere to wait for the right time to strike. When Aya and Maya get angry…
Shura shuddered at the though and hoped that his sisters would not spill too much blood on themselves like the last time.
"You are a fool, pea-brain. Die."
THE TEMPLE AT THE HILL TOP
Kagome and the others reached the temple as quickly as possible, and Miroku used his power to create a barrier around them. After that, they went into the temple and stared at the big Buddha statue at the middle of the temple. Shippo jumped down from Kagome's arms and examined the statue, touching here and there.
"Why is the statue on the floor and not on the seat?" Shippo asked, looking at Miroku who was also examining it.
"…Someone has moved it here…" Miroku said, his eyes widened in alert and quickly looked around him. Although he had put up a barrier to block any demons from coming in, he could still feel something evil lurking inside the temple.
CRACKKK…!
"Who is that!" Sango asked, holding out her weapon and ready to strike if something was wrong. She motioned Kagome and Shippo to stay behind her while Kirara went towards the sound to check it out.
"AHHHHHH! DEMON!" Two screams could be heard from where Kirara had gone and Sango quickly ran towards the scream, pulling her sword out for protection. But her eyes widened when she saw what was happening. Kagome and Shippo quickly followed behind her to see what was happening as well while Junga hid behind the Buddha statue, trembling in fear.
Two little girls who were not older than five years old cowered at the corner of the room while their wide amber eyes stared at Kirara with fear. Kagome did not understand why such young children would be in the broken temple with no adults with them. By looking at their dirty gray kimono, she assumed they were orphans who had no place to call home and that were why they were in the temple.
"Kirara, stay back, you are frightening the girls." Sango said, stroking the demon cat's fur and smiled when the cat resumed to its small form. She let her pet ran up to her shoulder while eyeing the two girls, obviously an identical twins since they had the same face and smiled at them before placing her hands on their black hair, as if trying to assure them that everything was fine.
Kagome watched as the girls stood out from the corner and gasped when they revealed themselves. The girls were adorable! Although they looked dirty with their gray kimono and unruly black hair, but it was obvious to see their wide innocent amber eyes, small nose and pouting lips behind the dirt.
"Please don't be afraid of us, we are not here to harm you. Is this place…your home?" Kagome asked, kneeling down in front the girls so they could see each other eye to eye. Her heart ached when one of the girls nodded their head in silence and stared at her with those pitiful eyes. Oh poor baby…
"My name is Kagome, she is Sango and her pet Kirara, he is Shippo and the monk over there is Miroku." Kagome said again, gestured her hands at everyone when she introduced them to the girls. She did not bother to introduce Junga because he would not be with them for long. She watched as the girls gave each other a nod before saying out together.
"I'm Aya." The girl on the right said.
"I'm Maya." The girl on the left said.
The two little girls gave each of them a smile, but in their mind, they were plotting something evil. Their amber eyes turned to gaze at the priest who was hiding behind a statue with anger in their heart. Kill.
Sango returned to the center of the temple when she detected no more danger that could threaten their life. Shippo and Miroku were standing at the entrance of the temple, waiting for InuYasha to arrive while Kagome was tending to the girls.
"Our parents were killed by bandits. We are spared because we pretended to be dead." Aya and Maya said together, eyeing the woman before them with fake innocent. They could sense that she was a priestess with powerful energy, and felt lucky that tonight was a full moon; the night when they would turn into humans like their mother.
"Do you want to stay in the village again? I can arrange that for you girls." Miroku said from afar when he overheard their conversation. When the girls stared at him with their so innocent eyes, he blushed for an unknown reason.
"…What are you doing, Miroku?" Shippo asked and backed away from the perverted monk while Sango was glaring at Miroku with fire in her eyes. The girls decided to play another game when they saw their reaction.
"But the White Demon is there, killing and burning every village to find something that belongs to him. Isn't it?" The girls said again with their gaze on the priest who had stiffed at the mention of the White demon.
"How do you know that? Did you witness that?" Sango asked, sitting down on the ground with Kirara on her lap.
"…We heard that from the villagers and we don't think we should go to the village." Aya and Maya said, walking towards Junga who was still hiding behind the statue and asked.
"You are from the castle? Did you escape? Is that why you are burned so badly?"
Junga jumped away from the girls when he saw their face. They looked strangely familiar to him but he could not remember when had he met them before, and he also did not understand why they gave him a feeling of fear.
"Yes…yes. I'm the high priest of the castle that was burned down recently. Have we met?" Junga asked, pressing his left hand on the pocket that hid the expensive jewel that could allow him to have a life of luxury and wondered why he was doing that.
Aya and Maya stared at the hand that was pressing against a slight bulge on his chest and smiled. They had found it; they had found their mother's treasure. Silently slipping their hands into their kimono sleeves, the girls held onto their hidden weapon and said.
"We're sure we have never met, but we think…you have met our mother before."
"Your mother…?" Junga whispered and searched his mind for the familiar face. When he remembered the face, his eyes widened in fear and started to back away from the girls.
"Yes, our mother, The Lady of Western Land." With that, the girls took out their weapons, two short lances and trusted them into the priest's neck, shocking everyone in the temple.
"AYA! MAYA! WHAT ARE YOU DOING!" Kagome screamed and watched with horror as the girls twitched the two lances, beheading Junga and let his head dropped onto the ground with a thud. Then one of them put her hand into the dead man's robe to take out the expensive hair ornament before pushing the headless body to aside with a careless push.
"Heh…? This thing actually sparks." Aya said, holing the treasure high above her head to study it.
"Be careful not to stain it with blood. Father hates that." Maya warned and wiped her bloody hands onto her dirty kimono.
Kagome, Sango, Miroku, Shippo and Kirara were watching the scene with shock and unbelief in their eyes. They could not believe that the girls had actually killed someone in cold blood and they even acted as if it was not a big deal to kill at such tender age. They watched as the girls chattered to each other as if nothing had happened at all, and Shippo was the first one to make a move.
"Who…who are you?" He yelled and jumped into Kagome's arms when the girls turned to stare at him with their eyes. The girls were indeed humans, but they gave out an aura that belonged to demons only. Shippo freaked out even more when the girls smiled at them before saying together.
"We are Aya and Maya, the daughters of the Lord of Western Land who is also known as the White Demon. Nice meeting the all of you." The girls gave a nod before turning to walk away from the gang. Their duty was done and it was pointless to kill innocent people for nothing.
BACK TO THE HUT
InuYasha wiped away the blood on his left cheek with the back of his hand and winched when he touched the injury inflicted by the young demon he was fighting with. He glared at the young demon that was leaning against a tree and yelled out loud.
"Come here and fight like a man, coward!"
When the young demon still refused to move a muscle, InuYasha then charged towards him with Tetsainga in his full speed but he cursed when his attack missed the boy and hit the tree instead. The boy had disappeared again, along with his scent. He was not a strong opponent to fight with, but his skill of disappearing and appearing out from no where made the battle harder as it seemed.
"I'm here, pea-brain." Shura said and used his claws to strike the half-breed from the right side and push him into a nearby tree, causing the sword to drop onto the ground and reversed to its original form. He frowned when he failed to spill the half-breed's blood, and realized that his speed was leveling up, that was why he failed. No fun at all…
InuYasha stared at the sword on the ground, wanting to pick it up but found no chance to do so. Although he had successfully evaded his attack, it still took him a lot of energy to do so. He made a cracking sound with his claws and growled, ready to attack without the sword but…
InuYasha!
Human blood. InuYasha stiffed when he detected the scent of human blood in the air, and there was no one else in the forest other than his gang. He looked at the young demon that had also detected the scent and when the boy smiled, he knew then he had been duped.
"You bastard! What had your partners done to my partners?" InuYasha yelled and demanded an answer. But when the boy just shrugged, he knew he could no longer stay in this place with him. Without picking up his sword, InuYasha dashed away from the boy and towards the place where his partners were.
Shura sighed when his opponent ran away. His nose took in the scent of human blood and knew his sisters had completed their duties. They always had ways to do what they were supposed to do even though when they transformed into humans. Duh, they are as wicked as a fox and as cruel as…as…Father?
"Hmm…Father is cruel, but Mother is as kind as an angel." Shura said to himself but shook his head to dismiss such talk. It was not the time for relaxing because that half-breed was heading towards Aya and Maya. He had to hurry before that half-breed really killed them in anger.
Before he left, Shura stopped to look at the sword lying on the ground. It seemed that the half-breed had left it here in a rush, and he wondered if he should take it or not.
"Weird. This sword actually looks like the one I saw in the scroll…" Shura said to himself. When he tried to pick it up with his hand, a barrier appeared around it and burned his hand when he touched it.
"Shit! This is indeed Tetsainga!"
THE DEMON"S LAIR
Sesshoumaru sat up beside Rin when a gust of wind blew into the chamber through the window of the chamber. His golden eyes narrowed when he detected an unwelcoming scent in the wind mixed with his children's. Standing up from where he sat, he called for Jaken who appeared a moment later in the chamber.
"Yes, my lord?" Jaken said and puffed for having run so fast to reach his lord's chamber.
"Watch Rin while I'm away." Sesshoumaru ordered, taking his weapons Tenseiga and Tokijin from the nearby table after he donned his chest armor. Walking towards the door, he said again before leaving for his pups.
"If Rin is hurt, I'll kill you."
THE TEMPLE
Aya and Maya stopped at their tracks when they heard someone coming towards their direction. They knew it could not be their brother because he would never run in such loud and heavy steps. In fact, instead of running, their brother Shura would prefer to fly.
"IRON CLAWS!"
Both Aya and Maya jumped back in time to evade the attack or they would be dead. Turning up to glare at the attacker, both girls was a little surprise to see it was a half-breed, and a half White Dog as well judging from the color of his eyes and hair.
InuYasha had almost regretted his action when he realized the enemies were only two little girls. His golden eyes turned to look at his partners who had gathered at the entrance and gave a sigh of relief when he found they were safe. He took a sniff and noticed that it was the old priest that had been killed; apparently being killed by the two girls who were looking at him.
"Children again…? You think it is fun to kill, huh?" InuYasha said, growling at the girls when they turned to look away from him with an 'hmph'. He did not know who they were, but judging from their scent, he knew they were half-breeds.
"InuYasha…they said they are the White Demon's daughters…" Kagome said from behind and her eyes saddened when she recalled how the girls had killed a man in an almost inhuman way.
InuYasha could detected the scent of fresh blood that still lingered at their hands, knowing that he must do it in case the girls repeated their acts again even though he would regret it for his whole life. He must kill them.
"Your mind and heart are corrupted, and I must put a stop to it." InuYasha whispered and poised his claws, ready to kill the girls. He watched as the girls backed away from him but it was useless.
"I'll kill you if you strike them, InuYasha."
A cold voice filled the air and stopped InuYasha from attacking the girls. This voice, this feeling, this scent. Looking up at the air, his eyes widened when he saw who that was.
"Sesshoumaru…!"
A/N: Yahaha, chapter 2 is finally done. (Do a dance in circle.) Sorry for waiting so long, and I'm sorry to say that you have to wait again for chapter 3 to post because I'm going to travel in Korea soon. I'll update my stories as soon as possible, thank you.