WolfGear Presents: Inuyasha: Red Soul
Chapter 2: Saying good bye. To the well!
Pairing: Kagome X Sesshomaru OCXOC
Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha and Holo from spice and wolf, or Okami
Oc's Shilo Kane, Shinjuku Kane, Shinto Kane, Ishimaru Kota, Black Soul
The Inu gang sat around the sleeping figure that was once Kagome. After the battle the transformed miko collapsed and the group had taken her back to Kaede's village. That was three days ago, and not much had changed about the sleeping girl.
Kagome still retained her black and red hair, though the red was now limited to the bottom tips of her hair unlike before were it almost covered it completely. Also her nails and teeth had returned to normal, but when they had checked her eyes they still retained their new deep blue color.
Still though the group worried, course it was hard to think when the shock of Naraku's defeat still clung to them like a wet rag. Three years of hardship and bloodshed ended with a few swings of a sword. The hardest hit by this was Inuyasha, who felt he had been cheated out of his revenge against the evil hanyou for what he had done to him and Kikyo fifty years ago, and also the destruction of the Jewel, his dream of becoming a full-fledged demon lost to him forever.
Course the most aggravating thing was the change in Kagome's scent, before she smelt of the morning dew with a touch of strawberry, now she smelt of mountain and worse of all wolf.
When he had told the others of this, accusing Koga of this new devolvement, his friends shook their heads. There was no way Koga could have done this, he had gone to marry Ayame after losing his jewel shards and finally getting the point that Kagome held no romantic feeling for him, and also the fact that Koga didn't have the power to do something like this. The power they felt that day, wild and untamable was that of Daiyoukai, a youkai with the same amount of power as Sesshomaru and Inuyasha's father.
A low moan escaped from Kagome's lips as she began to awaken. Her limbs felt like they had been set on fire, and she felt like eating whole cow raw. When she opened her eyes seeing the concerned look on her friends faces she wanted to reassure them that she was okay, but when she tried to speak no words came out, instead she sat up and began eating the roast cooking over the fire pit in the center of the hut.
"Hey stop stuffing yourself and tell my friends I'm okay!" she screamed at whoever was in control of her body, because it obviously wasn't her. Kagome continued to look though her own eyes watching as whatever spirit devour every ounce of food in the hut, while her friends just stood of to the side and gaped. "I said stop it you're making me look like a pig!"
"Settle down, pup," a gruff voice said from behind her. A tall red haired male with blue eyes and dressed in ancient armor sat cross legged on the grass. Wait grass? Finally Kagome took notice that the scenery had changed from the black void to a grassy opening in the forest with a large mountain far off in the distance, nearby she could hear the gentle flow of stream full of fish.
"Where am I?" Kagome asked bewildered as she fell to her knees in awe. Never in all of her travels had she scene such a beautiful sight, and she had traveled the entire length of Japan, excluding the deeper parts of the Western Lands. She then turned her attention the man with narrowed eyes. "And who are you?"
The man laughed heartily when he heard the pup's questions. Perhaps she didn't remember the moments following her taking hold of Konjigoku. Ah well, nothing too important there.
"I am the Daiyoukai Shilo Kane of the Red Wolf clan, heir, scratch that former heir to the Qestern Lands, but we don't need to get into that now. Where we are is the place between our two souls, right now we are on my side of the line."
Kagome furrowed her eye brows. Then it hit her like a ton of bricks! "You're the one who took control of my body and killed Naraku!" Shilo nodded his head. "So wait, I kind of remember what that other wolf demon said about changing my fate."
This was going better than he could have hoped. At least now he didn't have to go into lengthy detail.
"Yes, those are the words Yolo spoke to you. What they mean is that you have been chosen as my replacement as heir to the Western Lands. When you took hold of Konjigoku, my youkai entered your body and infused you with my soul. As of now you are officially my pup and possess a number of my powers and abilities as well as you own miko powers." Noticing the wide-eyed, gaping expression on Kagome's face, Shilo decided to get to the point. "Okay you use the bone eater's well to travel though time, while here's the deal you get to travel back to you own time once more before the well will change to my timeline which will be in the Heian period according to your ningen timeline."
"Wait," Kagome gasped, "You're saying I don't get a choice in the matter?" Her voice was borderline dangerous when Shilo though it good to remind her of the binding vow she took when she grasped the sword.
"Well yeah, you agreed when you took hold of Konjigoku as a result you defeated your foe easily, but now you have to take responsibility for it, or would you rather had watched your friends die?" Kagome wanted to retort, but she knew his words were true, but that still didn't stop the pain of knowing she would never see her friends or family again.
When the tears started to roll down the girls cheeks, Shilo felt like an ass for making her cry, but there was nothing he could do about the situation now except help her though it, like a father would. Course he wasn't exactly sure how to do that, considering he was sealed away before he could see the birth of his own pup, but he would try.
Kagome felt a Shilo's arms wrap around her waist and pull her on to his lap as a fluff of red fur, similar to Sesshomaru's, draped around her like blanket.
"Listen," He said softly, "I'll give control back to your body, so you can properly say good bye, but if they try to stop you I'll have to step in, I promise not to kill them, but if they don't stand down I may have to hurt them." Kagome nodded understanding this was the best she would get from the Daiyoukai.
In the real world the Inu gang watched as Kagome stopped mid bite into the roasted boar's leg and sat there for a while doing nothing. Inuyasha had tried to jostlet the girl from the trance, but an aura of red Youkai flare around her body and burned his hand. They sat there for a few more minutes wondering what to do when suddenly Kagome turned around smiling cheerfully as if nothing happened.
She quickly went on to explain about what happened to her and how her next trip though the Bone Eater's Well would be her last. Everyone was of course upset about this, but gradually Kagome worked them down, while Sango and Miroku, who were heartbroken, but still wished their friend good luck on her new journey and left the hut. Sango was unable to keep her composure for much longer burst into tears as soon as she stepped outside, Miroku did his best to comfort her without groping her.
Inuyasha and Shippo proved to be much tougher. The little fox kit cried and cried begging for her not to go, or asking to come with her, both of which were impossible. Unless given the blood and infused with a soul of a Daiyoukai, Konjigoku could not take anyone through the Bone Eater's Well, and Shilo could not divide his soul again.
Sadly the fox kit accepted the fact that he could not go, nor could Kagome stay and sulked out of the hut. Now it down to Inuyasha, somehow Kagome knew this wouldn't go smoothly.
"Tch, if you think I'm letting you take Kagome away you dead wrong you scrawny wolf." Inuyasha declared popping Tessaiga from its sheath, but not fully drawing the sword yet. At this point Shilo took over, knowing that he would have to beat the fact that there was nothing he could into the inu hanyou.
Carefully Shilo had Kagome take hold of the scared beads and with a hard jerk broke the subdue enchantment on the Hanyou.
"If you think you have power stop me, go head and try, for now we stand as equals," Shilo said with Kagome's voice as her demonic appearance returned with full force.
"Huh, you're going to regret down that!" Inuyasha charged freeing Tessaiga from its sheath at the same time Shilo freed Konjigoku. The two demonic swords clanged against one another as they two met, spark flying. But the confined space of Kaede's hut worked against Inuyasha who tried to avoid destroying the small hut with his over-sized fang, while Shilo had more than enough space to move and swung against Tessaiga making Inuyasha use the sword as a shield.
"I think we better take this outside. Shinku Yaiba," A blood red arc of youkai shot from the blade and sent Inuyasha flying out the doorway. The villagers stopped and stared as the hanyou struggled to regain his footing, but Shilo was pressing him hard with lightning fast swings, as he literally danced circles around Inuyasha.
"Come on Inuyasha! You're one of Inutaisho's sons; show me some of that famous power." Shilo taunted deflecting another halfhearted attack from the inu hanyou. He knew the dog boy was hesitant to attack with full force because Shilo was in control of Kagome's body, but that didn't mean he was going to go any easier on the fool. "Come on! This is why you couldn't defeat Naraku! You're too weak! Shinku bazunokogiri." Red youkai cover the length of Shilo's blade; a soft humming sound could be heard.
Shilo swung downward; Inuyasha blocked with Tessaiga, but to his surprise Shilo's sword had started to eat away at Tessaiga like the chainsaw Kagome had shown him once. He pulled back but the damage had already been done, a huge chunk of Tessaiga's blade had been chipped off and cracks started to spread along the blade.
Inuyasha gapped at the gouge in his sword. In a single attack the wolf demon had nearly broke Tessaiga in half, he also noticed that every spot were the wolf attacked there was a nick or dent making the legendary fang look like its rusty from.
"You understand nothing of Tessaiga's power. Tell me Inuyasha have you ever actually tried to learn how to use that sword? Do you even know how to unlock is ultimate technique?" Shilo questioned the hanyou. From what he had gathered from Kagome's memories Inuyasha had suffered a harsh life from both humans and demons. That was expected of a hanyou, but that was no excuse to be ignorant. If life hands you a shitty hand make a new one.
"What are you talking about? I know the wind scar, Backlash wave, and its demonic absorption powers what more is there to know?" Inuyasha rebuked angrily, Shilo shook his head. He could not believe this fool was of Inutaisho's blood.
"I guess you really don't know do you? Well if you don't know then I guess there is a reason for it." Shilo narrowed his eyes as he looked towards the west. He didn't have time to play around anymore. Charging up Kagome's Reiyoukai Shilo stalked towards the hanyou a mixture of blue and red energy swirling in his hand. "I don't have any more time to deal with you, but I can't kill you. so I'll make sure you can't follow."
With lightning fast speed Shilo slammed his palm into Inuyasha's chest before he could even see it coming. The hanyou screamed out in pain as the purifying and demonic energy tore way at him, till finally he collapsed on the ground unconscious, his hair black as the night.
"What did you do to him?" Kagome panicked from inside the mental world.
"Calm down Kagome. I just temporary purified his demonic powers of a few hours, but the time he wakes, we will be long gone." Shilo reassured the miko. He had wondered what their relationship was, so he took a peek into the girl's thoughts and feeling. He had concluded that once this girl had romantic feeling for the inu hanyou, but after much hurt and betrayal, by the said hanyou her feelings had become more of sister's concern.
For her part Kagome was surprised to find that she had to the power to turn Inuyasha human at any time. This spoke volumes of her powers because the only other time Inuyasha had turned human other than the night of the new moon was at the scared mountain, Hakushin.
Kagome was pulled out of her musings when she noticed that they were no longer at the village, but flying through the trees heading in the direction of the well. She wasn't sure how she knew, but Shilo was worried about something.
"What's the rush? I mean I want to get back to my family as soon as possible but you seem to be going a bit over board."
Shilo remained silent for several minutes before answering. "Someone's coming, and from they're scent there not here to wish us a farewell," Shilo said skidding to a stop in the clearing where the well was located fangs bared. He drew his sword from its sheath, ready to fight if needed.
"Who's coming?" Kagome questioned the wolf as she tried to sense whomever he was talking about, it took a moment but the familiar aura had her eyes wide as the icily cold figure stepped out of the tree line sword drawn.
Shilo growled "Sesshomaru."