Chapter 2
News of A Wind Demon.
"Hmm, I wonder," Muja scratched his cheek as he looked up at the sun piercing through the leaves. "Does a demon like that actually exist?"
He sighed as he, Kanna and Seicho walked through the woods.
"What, a demon that would help humans...I mean you exist," the plant demon chuckled as Muja turned to Kanna who was holding her mirror.
"Hey, do you want a carrying bag for that?"
"Do you wish for me to have a carrying bag?"
Muja just frowned, it would have been a lie to say he found it difficult to hold a conversation with her. "Ah, well I was just asking you, since it does seem bothersome to carry it all the time, but I also know it's important..."
"What can you even do with that useless thing anyway?" Seicho jumped off of Muja's shoulders looked into the reflection. He raised the vine he called an arm preparing to touch the glass.
"Do not do that..."
"Oh~ that is the first time you actually expressed some want..." Seicho snickered, "now I just really want to touch it..."
"If you do...you may die,"
Seicho eye twitched, Kanna's unchanging expression just made the young demon all the more unsettled. Was she bluffing or being serious, it was impossible to tell with her dull lifeless eyes.
"Don't risk it Seicho, she hasn't lied to us up to this point. If she said it is dangerous then it probably is," Muja stated as the small plant creature scoffed
"W-whatever, it was probably useless anyway!"
Seicho jumped back onto Muja's back as they continued onto the dirt path.
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"That's about it..." the young demon hunter took a deep breath as he sat in front of his sister and her husband. He smiled at his young nieces who were playing with Kirara as Sango's eyes fell.
"I see...are you positive it was her Kohaku?" Sango asked as he shook his head.
"Yes, she even had her mirror..."
"That is cause for alarm," Miroku sighed as Sango glared at him.
"Don't be so relaxed about this...are you feeling well, nothing strange?"
Miroku shook his head, "if you are worried about that I haven't felt it, even if Naraku has returned I assume he would have to set the curse again. Even then..."
The monk looked like he was in deep thought as Kohaku spoke again.
"The odd thing is, Kanna didn't seem to have recognize me. She was also with two other demons, a boy and a lesser plant demon, They battled the demon that I was sent to slay,"
"I see, we should pass this on to Inuyasha and Kagome when they get back..." Sango pointed out as Kohaku got up.
"I am going to track them, even though it has been a day I don't think it will be too hard to find them. I'll come back if something comes up,"
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"Huh? It's kind of big," Muja looked up at the large cabin separated from the rest of the village. "Does the demon really live here?"
"Well, the villagers said this is where she was staying currently. Apparently she came into town with a bunch of gold and went through the trouble of getting something build...how worthless," Seicho laughed as Muja went to knock.
"That is unnecessary...there is no one here," Kanna spoke as Muja frowned.
"Maybe we should come back later..."
Before Muja could do anything Seichou jumped off of his back and entered one of the windows. After a moment the door slowly crept open. "How lazy, there isn't even a seal for demons, come on we might as well look through the house while we are here,"
"H-hold on Seichou, do you really think this is okay?"
"I don't care, I'm bored and I don't want to watch you have another pointless conversation with the doll," Seichou walked deeper into the hut as Muja and Kanna followed after him.
Despite it being two floors it was empty, there were some fans and small statues of what appeared to be dancers, a few folded kimonos were scattered about.
"I guess she didn't have anytime to get anything yet," Muja tapped one of the stone sculptures as Seichou looked around.
"I wonder if she makes the humans nervous by being so close to them? Well, regardless she has awful taste in clothing," Seichou looked at one of the dresses as if he was wondering if he should tear it apart.
"Don't break anything..." Muja stated as he looked over to Kanna. "Do you recognize anything here?
Kanna looked around before she noticed one of the fans on the wall. She picked it up, it was battered and broken, something strange was welling up in her chest. Something that wanted to burst out.
"Wow!" Before Kanna could express anything Seichou let out a voice.
"L-look at all this gold!" Seichou grinned as he opened the room up completely. It was indeed a far large sum of gold stacked up in the corners of it.
"I wonder how she got all of it..." Muja stated as Seichou laughed.
"Who cares, it's ours now!"
"We shouldn't steal Seichou,"
"We need to leave..." Kanna spoke randomly as both Muja and Seichou glanced at the white haired girl.
"Huh, we just got here..." Muja frowned.
"The demon is coming back, she will be here soon..." the moment Kanna said that she clutched her mirror. "No...there is no time to run, hiding is currently our best option,"
"R-really she's that fast?" Muja quickly looked around the room, he instinctively grabbed Kanna and Seichou jumping into the room filled with gold and locking it behind him. Darkness blurred their vision, the only thing they could see was the faint light from the crack.
"S-shouldn't we have shut the front door first?" Seichou voice was low as he whispered. The moment he did they all felt a presence enter the room, it was a demon no doubt.
"She can probably sense us," Muja frowned, "maybe we should just come out and talk to her..."
"The door was open," there was a voice coming from the other side of the door. It was feminine, most likely an older woman. They all heard soft foot steps, not being able to see anything they only had their ears to depend on.
It seemed like the woman paced for a moment as she stopped.
"I know that you are here...if you come out now I'll kill you quickly,"
"Man, she's terrible at luring us out," Seichou whispered as Muja nodded.
"Yeah, plus even if she knows that we are here she doesn't know where..."
"No, she knows where we are," at that moment Kanna broke her silence. She didn't even attempt to lower her voice from her usual monotone.
"W-what?"
At that moment a soft gust of wind blew from under the crack in the door.
"Get behind me..." Kanna gave an instruction as Muja nodded, both he and the plant demon went behind Kanna.
"Dance of Blades!" A voice bellowed from the other side of the before the door itself was ripped down, causing the entire portion of the hut that Muja, Kanna and Seichou resided in to be torn apart.
"A-are we going to..."
Sharp blades of wind danced around them, however Kanna just held up her mirror. The attacks that were directed to them were bounced back causing further damage to the building. Once the attack ended, there was no longer a door protecting them from the demon outside.
They got a good look at her, she was beautiful, she had piercing red eyes and were slightly pointed. She was wearing a Kimono as she held her fan in her hand, she glared at the three, however the moment she noticed they were simply children her expression softened slightly.
"Just...children? Then how was it possible that they reflected my attack?"
Muja just laughed scratching the back of his head, "yeah sorry...we wanted to talk to you, but you weren't here a-"
"So you entered without permission?"
"I mean, when you say it like that it sounds pretty bad..." Muja added as he turned to Kanna.
"Um, so Kanna do you recognize her?"
"...No," Kanna's reply was blunt.
It really wasn't the type of reply that Muja wanted to hear as he laughed nervously before staring back at the demon woman. "Um, I know this might be kind of sudden, but what is your name?"
The woman remained silent. "Kagura..."
"So, Kagura, do you know about a witch?"
The moment Muja opened his mouth Kagura's eyes narrowed. "You know about her...then do you know who I am?"
"Don't tell me...you don't remember anything about yourself either," Muja frowned as Kagura bit her thumb.
"I was summoned by that witch to do her bidding, I was out doing what I was told...however when I returned all I found was her corpse, her neck snapped. I took the gold she had acquired and just...left,"
Muja crossed his arms, chances were that Kagura was the first demon that the witch made. She then sent her off before starting to make Kanna. At that point he and Muja met Kanna and killed the witch.
At least that is what he assumed.
"We were actually hoping you would be able to help us, but it seems that isn't right..." Muja wondered for a moment, "hey why don't you come wi-"
"Leave..." Kagura didn't even let the demon finish his statement as Muja tilted his head.
"Leave, I have no interest in those who cannot help me," her eyes then wandered to Kanna who just stared blankly. "Plus that girl, the feeling I get from her is unsightly, if I am indeed connected to her, then perhaps my past is best forgotten,"
"But..."
"Leave me...I won't ask a third time,"
Muja grumbled as he, Kanna and Seichou left the building.
"Another useless demon," Seichou sighed. "Can't we just give up Muja, there are so many better things we could be doing with our time,"
Muja tapped his foot and crossed his arms, "we are staying in the village until she decides to come with us,"
"What?! Are you stupid? I don't want to stay in some stupid human village!"
Muja eyes narrowed before he looked over to Kanna, "what do you think Kanna? What do you want to do?"
Seichou just rolled his eyes, "dummy, that worthless doll can't think for itself. You have better luck asking the dirt beneath your feet than her,"
Kanna stared blankly, "I wish to stay..."
"Huh?"
"I wish to stay and speak with that woman again..." that was all Kanna said as Muja eyes widened.
"Oh...okay, we will stay and try to talk to her again," Muja laughed as Seichou bit his lip.
"The one time that worthless doll does something and it is to go against me..."
"So, two out of three, we are staying in the village!"
Author note
Ah, this is such a weird story to write for. Originally I was going to have an introduction chapter on how Muja and Seichou met Kanna and the entire situation with the witch. Still, decided against it since it might have been two jarring to start the story with two characters that no one would recognize.
The original plan was for the story to take place 13 years after the Final act, starring Sango