Chapter 2 - The Demon Fight
A couple of weeks later.
"How is he??" asked Miroku.
"He'll be fine. I am going to go to the woods and find some herbs."
"I'll come with you," said Sango. "It's not like there is anything else to do around here."
"WHAT?" asked Miroku.
"I'll stay with you Miroku," said Shippo.
"Oh I feel so much better," signed Miroku. "But Sango, you should heal from your wounds. " said Miroku concerned, and trying to make her stay at the same time.
"I'll be fine, the attack wasn't that strong."
"So you are saying that your own weapon isn't that strong?"
"Miroku!" Sango snapped.
"Just leave him," said Kagome.
So they started walking into the forest. For a while there was no talking. Both of the girls were quiet since the incident that happened a couple of weeks ago. They were scared when a demon was nearby. But acted normal around everybody. For some reason, that was the only demon they met, that scared them.
"Kagome, what exactly are we looking for?" asked Sango. Kagome didn't answer. "Kagome? Are you listening?"
"I'm sorry Sango what did you say?"
"What were you thinking about?"
"Nothing," she is still freaking me out. I have to tell someone. And since Sango was there with me I should talk with her about it. Kagome thought, "Sango. Do you remember that time when Inu Yasha and Miroku saw us in the river?"
"Yes, that was so embarrassing."
"I know. But I can't stop thinking about the woman."
"What woman?"
"Sango don't you remember, she froze you with her howl. And made my clothes impossible to clean."
"That was a woman? Not possible. That was a man."
"It didn't look like a man."
"Well, how can a woman bleed so much?"
"She must be suicidal or like…"
"Inu Yasha," both girls stopped to think about what Sango said.
"You know what Sango? I agree with you. It was a man," just as she said that, the girls heard fighting sounds from near by, "what was that?"
"I don't know. Let's go check it out."
"Right," both girls ran in the direction of the noise. When they got there, they saw a large fox demon standing and sniffing.
"I can smell you. Your blood," he roared. Who is he talking to? That pile of wood. Oh no that must have been a house. What if somebody is hurt inside? Kagome's mind ran wild.
"Kagome, look," said Sango pointing to a little creature that looked like black Kilala. "It's going to that pile of wood."
"Yes and because it's so small, the fox can't see it. But wouldn't it be able to smell it? Look it came out with a piece of paper on his collar."
"Look closer, the tale of the creature has like a tattoo of Naraku's scar. A spider," pointed out Sango.
"It must be one of Naraku's demons, the person inside too," said Kagome getting angry.
"Shoot it with your arrows," Kagome nodded in agreement. She took out an arrow and fired it towards the small creature.
"Kolf, watch out," screamed a voice from within the rocks. The little creature looked back in surprise.
"Aha. I see you now," yelled the fox demon. And with its fist crashed the rocks to small particles faster that Inu Yasha's speed. Milliseconds before that happened, out of the rocks jumped out a figure in black. It swung right in front of the arrow and grabbed it between its two fingers.
"Foolish girl. GO KOLF!" said the figure. All of that happened in less than two seconds.
Oh no. That looks so much like that guy we saw at the waterfall. Except then his clothes were ripped and his eyes were red. Thought Kagome standing stiff.
"Kagome! Is that… him?" asked Sango.
"Yes," both of the girls backed out slowly but stayed to watch the fight. The fox demon punched down to try and get the opponent, but missed. The opponent jumped and slashed with a very familiar attack to Sango and Kagome.
"Iron Reaver Soul Stealer," yelled the opponent in black.
"That's Inu Yasha's attack," Kagome said. The demons both heard that, and the one in black looked back. "Huh? That has the same stripes on the cheeks like Sesshomoru, and the moon crescent too."
"So he is like Sesshoumaru's and Inu Yasha's brother?" asked Sango looking strangely.
"Inu Yasha has never told me that he has two brothers."
"But he has never told you about Sesshoumaru either. Has he?"
"No, he didn't. But Sesshoumaru did," then they both looked back at the fight. The opponent in black dodged another fist attack by the huge fox demon. While in mid air, the fox spoke:
"You know what? It's too bad you can't fly," he said and attacked, "poison claws," the opponent in black stumbled to the ground. Not moving at all, he looked like he was dead. The kimono was again ripped, but this time Kagome and Sango could clearly make out the scar on the back. It was a spider scar, just like Naraku's. Then the figure stood up looking at the two girls. They again couldn't see the face because of the hair. But this time there were no red eyes.
"I've had enough games. Time to finish you off," and with those words the opponent took out a sword.
"It can't be," said Sango.
"That's Inu Yasha's sword. The Tessaiga," said Kagome. The opponent swung the sword in one hand and wiped it. There was a flash of light and the sword divided into two. The demon took both swords in both hands, and was ready to attack. The fox laughed.
"What? You think two is better than one?" the fox demon asked.
"It sure is when you need it," and put both swords above his head. He twisted them so that it was on an 'X' at the bottom. "Transformation Slash," and slid them down. There was an 'X' made out of blood that was fired towards the fox. As soon as the 'X' dug into the flesh, the fox demon fell on ground. Then it changed to a little fox demon that looked like Shippo. Then the man in black changed his sword back to one. "Stand up," he ordered. The little fox stood up and started to cry.
"How dare you betray your master, you…"
"He is not my master," the man interrupted in a voice that sounded more like a woman's now.
"Yes he is, Naraku IS your master," the man lifted the hair from his face and…
"He is a…" said Sango.
"A woman," finished Kagome. The woman put away the sword like Inu Yasha. Swiped the edge of the sword on the scabbard and put it in.
"I'll let you live for only one reason," she said. "To give this to Naraku," and ripped some kind of pendant from her neck. She threw it on the ground on front of the little demon.
"Thank you Lady..."
"You are forgetting something," she interrupted again. And the little fox demon threw something on the ground. It ran straight through the forest right past Kagome and Sango. The woman picked up three shards and put them in her pocket.
"Kagome, how many shards does she have?" asked Sango.
"I… uh… I can't sense any," when Kagome said that, the woman turned towards them.
"Now its your turn. You tried to kill Kolf, you didn't fight, and you work for Naraku" she sniffed "huh, I can't smell his scent. Still you will DIE," and right before she tried to take out her sword, she fell to her knees. She put one of her hands on the ground and the other one on the wound that was on her waist. Then put it on front of her face so she can see the blood.
"Sango, why is her blood black?" asked Kagome.
"That poison slash, she survived, but it still poisoned her."
"Thank you for telling me," she raised her hand for an attack. "Poison blood..."
"You even try and I'll shoot you with my arrow," Kagome interrupted. The woman laughed.
"Are you blind girl, I stopped one of your arrows, I can stop another one," she is right Kagome thought and put her bow down.
"But you can't stop my boomerang," said Sango and threw her weapon.
"Oh, I can stop it, " said the woman. She put her hand in front of her, as if to catch the boomerang. Then when it came within half a meter, two chains caught the boomerang and swung it towards a tree nearby. The woman fell on ground and another woman in white showed up beside her.
"You get any closer and I'll kill you," she said pointing her staff towards them. She was wearing a white long skirt, a white small top, and a white hood. Her staff was a stick with a sphere on top of it. On top of the sphere was a small sharp triangular prism.
"Koru, come here with Kolf," and out of the tree where Sango's boomerang was, jumped out another demon slayer. But it was a guy. He had the same clothes as Sango's but they were blue. He had short black hair and instead of having the same picture on his uniform like Sango, his was a dragon. He controlled his chains and they wrapped them selves around the boomerang. He swung it above him and was ready to throw it. "Koru, there is no time for games, come," when he heard that, he just threw the boomerang fast enough, so that Sango could catch it. Both girls didn't even think of attacking.
"How is she?" he asked and stood over her.
"I'll be fine," the woman in black said and tried to stand up.
"NO," said the second woman. "Lay back."
"Hash, she has lost too much blood and she seems to be poisoned," said the demon slayer boy when he touched her waist.
"Yes. She wouldn't be able to make the trip," said the girl in white named Hash. "Go and get Hereto, I'll stay here with her to try and stop the bleeding. There are all sorts of herbs around."
"Sango, we have to help them," whispered Kagome.
"You are right, she said that Naraku is not her master."
"And she threatened us to work for him."
"All right."
"Um. We have a hut a bit further down in the forest," said Kagome a bit scared. "We also have lots of herbs there, so if you want you can stay there until she gets better."
"If this is a trick, not me, not Koru, not Hereto, or even the gods, will be able to protects you from her," said Hash pointing down towards the girl on the ground.
"It's not a trick," said Sango.
"Fine. Koru, you will find Hereto faster if you are with Kolf. So take him. He is probably already tearing the village apart because we left without him."
"All right," the little black demon known as Kolf, turned into a big fire wolf. He looked just like Kilala, but instead of yellow fur, he had black, and instead of the black stripes he had blue. The fire on his feet was also blue. Koru jumped on it and rode off into the sky. Sango was looking at him non-stop.
"So, where is the hut?" asked Hash.
"Its around 200 meters down," said Sango.
"She will lose too much blood until we get there."
"Sango, can't we use Kilala?" asked Kagome.
"Sure," and they rode off to the hut where Inu Yasha and Miroku were waiting.
A couple of weeks later.
"How is he??" asked Miroku.
"He'll be fine. I am going to go to the woods and find some herbs."
"I'll come with you," said Sango. "It's not like there is anything else to do around here."
"WHAT?" asked Miroku.
"I'll stay with you Miroku," said Shippo.
"Oh I feel so much better," signed Miroku. "But Sango, you should heal from your wounds. " said Miroku concerned, and trying to make her stay at the same time.
"I'll be fine, the attack wasn't that strong."
"So you are saying that your own weapon isn't that strong?"
"Miroku!" Sango snapped.
"Just leave him," said Kagome.
So they started walking into the forest. For a while there was no talking. Both of the girls were quiet since the incident that happened a couple of weeks ago. They were scared when a demon was nearby. But acted normal around everybody. For some reason, that was the only demon they met, that scared them.
"Kagome, what exactly are we looking for?" asked Sango. Kagome didn't answer. "Kagome? Are you listening?"
"I'm sorry Sango what did you say?"
"What were you thinking about?"
"Nothing," she is still freaking me out. I have to tell someone. And since Sango was there with me I should talk with her about it. Kagome thought, "Sango. Do you remember that time when Inu Yasha and Miroku saw us in the river?"
"Yes, that was so embarrassing."
"I know. But I can't stop thinking about the woman."
"What woman?"
"Sango don't you remember, she froze you with her howl. And made my clothes impossible to clean."
"That was a woman? Not possible. That was a man."
"It didn't look like a man."
"Well, how can a woman bleed so much?"
"She must be suicidal or like…"
"Inu Yasha," both girls stopped to think about what Sango said.
"You know what Sango? I agree with you. It was a man," just as she said that, the girls heard fighting sounds from near by, "what was that?"
"I don't know. Let's go check it out."
"Right," both girls ran in the direction of the noise. When they got there, they saw a large fox demon standing and sniffing.
"I can smell you. Your blood," he roared. Who is he talking to? That pile of wood. Oh no that must have been a house. What if somebody is hurt inside? Kagome's mind ran wild.
"Kagome, look," said Sango pointing to a little creature that looked like black Kilala. "It's going to that pile of wood."
"Yes and because it's so small, the fox can't see it. But wouldn't it be able to smell it? Look it came out with a piece of paper on his collar."
"Look closer, the tale of the creature has like a tattoo of Naraku's scar. A spider," pointed out Sango.
"It must be one of Naraku's demons, the person inside too," said Kagome getting angry.
"Shoot it with your arrows," Kagome nodded in agreement. She took out an arrow and fired it towards the small creature.
"Kolf, watch out," screamed a voice from within the rocks. The little creature looked back in surprise.
"Aha. I see you now," yelled the fox demon. And with its fist crashed the rocks to small particles faster that Inu Yasha's speed. Milliseconds before that happened, out of the rocks jumped out a figure in black. It swung right in front of the arrow and grabbed it between its two fingers.
"Foolish girl. GO KOLF!" said the figure. All of that happened in less than two seconds.
Oh no. That looks so much like that guy we saw at the waterfall. Except then his clothes were ripped and his eyes were red. Thought Kagome standing stiff.
"Kagome! Is that… him?" asked Sango.
"Yes," both of the girls backed out slowly but stayed to watch the fight. The fox demon punched down to try and get the opponent, but missed. The opponent jumped and slashed with a very familiar attack to Sango and Kagome.
"Iron Reaver Soul Stealer," yelled the opponent in black.
"That's Inu Yasha's attack," Kagome said. The demons both heard that, and the one in black looked back. "Huh? That has the same stripes on the cheeks like Sesshomoru, and the moon crescent too."
"So he is like Sesshoumaru's and Inu Yasha's brother?" asked Sango looking strangely.
"Inu Yasha has never told me that he has two brothers."
"But he has never told you about Sesshoumaru either. Has he?"
"No, he didn't. But Sesshoumaru did," then they both looked back at the fight. The opponent in black dodged another fist attack by the huge fox demon. While in mid air, the fox spoke:
"You know what? It's too bad you can't fly," he said and attacked, "poison claws," the opponent in black stumbled to the ground. Not moving at all, he looked like he was dead. The kimono was again ripped, but this time Kagome and Sango could clearly make out the scar on the back. It was a spider scar, just like Naraku's. Then the figure stood up looking at the two girls. They again couldn't see the face because of the hair. But this time there were no red eyes.
"I've had enough games. Time to finish you off," and with those words the opponent took out a sword.
"It can't be," said Sango.
"That's Inu Yasha's sword. The Tessaiga," said Kagome. The opponent swung the sword in one hand and wiped it. There was a flash of light and the sword divided into two. The demon took both swords in both hands, and was ready to attack. The fox laughed.
"What? You think two is better than one?" the fox demon asked.
"It sure is when you need it," and put both swords above his head. He twisted them so that it was on an 'X' at the bottom. "Transformation Slash," and slid them down. There was an 'X' made out of blood that was fired towards the fox. As soon as the 'X' dug into the flesh, the fox demon fell on ground. Then it changed to a little fox demon that looked like Shippo. Then the man in black changed his sword back to one. "Stand up," he ordered. The little fox stood up and started to cry.
"How dare you betray your master, you…"
"He is not my master," the man interrupted in a voice that sounded more like a woman's now.
"Yes he is, Naraku IS your master," the man lifted the hair from his face and…
"He is a…" said Sango.
"A woman," finished Kagome. The woman put away the sword like Inu Yasha. Swiped the edge of the sword on the scabbard and put it in.
"I'll let you live for only one reason," she said. "To give this to Naraku," and ripped some kind of pendant from her neck. She threw it on the ground on front of the little demon.
"Thank you Lady..."
"You are forgetting something," she interrupted again. And the little fox demon threw something on the ground. It ran straight through the forest right past Kagome and Sango. The woman picked up three shards and put them in her pocket.
"Kagome, how many shards does she have?" asked Sango.
"I… uh… I can't sense any," when Kagome said that, the woman turned towards them.
"Now its your turn. You tried to kill Kolf, you didn't fight, and you work for Naraku" she sniffed "huh, I can't smell his scent. Still you will DIE," and right before she tried to take out her sword, she fell to her knees. She put one of her hands on the ground and the other one on the wound that was on her waist. Then put it on front of her face so she can see the blood.
"Sango, why is her blood black?" asked Kagome.
"That poison slash, she survived, but it still poisoned her."
"Thank you for telling me," she raised her hand for an attack. "Poison blood..."
"You even try and I'll shoot you with my arrow," Kagome interrupted. The woman laughed.
"Are you blind girl, I stopped one of your arrows, I can stop another one," she is right Kagome thought and put her bow down.
"But you can't stop my boomerang," said Sango and threw her weapon.
"Oh, I can stop it, " said the woman. She put her hand in front of her, as if to catch the boomerang. Then when it came within half a meter, two chains caught the boomerang and swung it towards a tree nearby. The woman fell on ground and another woman in white showed up beside her.
"You get any closer and I'll kill you," she said pointing her staff towards them. She was wearing a white long skirt, a white small top, and a white hood. Her staff was a stick with a sphere on top of it. On top of the sphere was a small sharp triangular prism.
"Koru, come here with Kolf," and out of the tree where Sango's boomerang was, jumped out another demon slayer. But it was a guy. He had the same clothes as Sango's but they were blue. He had short black hair and instead of having the same picture on his uniform like Sango, his was a dragon. He controlled his chains and they wrapped them selves around the boomerang. He swung it above him and was ready to throw it. "Koru, there is no time for games, come," when he heard that, he just threw the boomerang fast enough, so that Sango could catch it. Both girls didn't even think of attacking.
"How is she?" he asked and stood over her.
"I'll be fine," the woman in black said and tried to stand up.
"NO," said the second woman. "Lay back."
"Hash, she has lost too much blood and she seems to be poisoned," said the demon slayer boy when he touched her waist.
"Yes. She wouldn't be able to make the trip," said the girl in white named Hash. "Go and get Hereto, I'll stay here with her to try and stop the bleeding. There are all sorts of herbs around."
"Sango, we have to help them," whispered Kagome.
"You are right, she said that Naraku is not her master."
"And she threatened us to work for him."
"All right."
"Um. We have a hut a bit further down in the forest," said Kagome a bit scared. "We also have lots of herbs there, so if you want you can stay there until she gets better."
"If this is a trick, not me, not Koru, not Hereto, or even the gods, will be able to protects you from her," said Hash pointing down towards the girl on the ground.
"It's not a trick," said Sango.
"Fine. Koru, you will find Hereto faster if you are with Kolf. So take him. He is probably already tearing the village apart because we left without him."
"All right," the little black demon known as Kolf, turned into a big fire wolf. He looked just like Kilala, but instead of yellow fur, he had black, and instead of the black stripes he had blue. The fire on his feet was also blue. Koru jumped on it and rode off into the sky. Sango was looking at him non-stop.
"So, where is the hut?" asked Hash.
"Its around 200 meters down," said Sango.
"She will lose too much blood until we get there."
"Sango, can't we use Kilala?" asked Kagome.
"Sure," and they rode off to the hut where Inu Yasha and Miroku were waiting.