Rise Of The Dark Spirits
Dark spirits drifted around the seaside shack. Inside a fire flickered while the inhabitants slept. The demons were impatient, they wished to burst into the hut and take the child, that precious child right that moment, but they must wait. The Oracle had said that the Great Dog demon's son would be on guard at night so they were to attack during the day.
A long, blue and dragon-like demon peered into the shack and smiled.
"Look at all those delicious, helpless children in there. It makes me very hungry," she hissed to a companion.
"Yes, it makes me hungry too," her companion, a demon with large horns named Kyo, answered in a growl, "You are surely small enough, you could get in through this window and steal one for us."
The blue dragon demon (named Ren) looked around, nervous, "Don't let him hear you! We're just supposed to be observing tonight, planning for tomorrow, if he hears you…"
He was Osamu, the leader of the mission, and the head of the Oracle's guards. He was certainly a fierce demon, and mysterious too. He was nowhere near the demon friend's though; he had taken a portion of the group to scout out the beach.
"He's not here! Let's go already, neither of us have eaten in days."
The blue demon's stomach grumbled at her friend's words, it was true. The Head Guard had given them miniscule rations promising that they would all feast when their mission was over. That had been three days ago.
The blue demon was torn between her stomach along with her friend's stomach and her conscience (A/N: It's a surprising concept, an evil demon having a conscience.) Unfortunately, she didn't have to decide.
"Hey! You two! Get over here!" came an urgent whisper from behind the two. They whipped around and saw one of their fellow demons waving for them to follow, apparently the Head Guard had found somewhere for them to sleep. The two scrambled to follow; a place to rest meant only one other thing, food.
The next morning, as soon as the sun rose, the demons rose as well. They squinted their many eyes at the sun's powerful rays and hid their heads, trying to sleep a little longer. Sleeping longer was not on Osamu's plan.
"Get up you! Get up all of you, you lazy beasts! Today shall be our moment of glory, we shall fulfill the Great Oracle's prophecy!"
Ren glared at her leader angrily and beat on Kyo's broad arm to wake him up. He was as solid as a log and slept like one would too.
"Kyo! Kyo! Come on idiot, wake up!"
Kyo rolled over and grunted, blinking, "I'm your friend, and you shouldn't call me an idiot Ren."
Ren bristled, "I can call you whatever I please!"
Osamu stomped over to Ren and Kyo, hearing the commotion and the two lower demons put on innocent faces, sighing when he walked away.
"Everyone over here!" Osamu called and everyone gathered before him. The Head Guard puffed his chest out and crossed his muscled arms, "Alright everyone, it's still a bit too early to attack, but you do have permission to eat one of their children if you catch it…as long as you check with me that it is not the Feudal Diamond. Got it? They have 3 other brats with them you can eat, the Oracle doesn't care about them."
The demons all growled happily and Kyo looked over at Ren with a smug smile.
"Furthermore, until we attack, stay on the beach you must not be seen. If they come down to the beach, we attack, otherwise, I will give the order at a fitting time, got it?"
"Got it!" the demons affirmed.
"Good," he gestured to about 5 demons sitting closest to the water, "All of you are responsible for catching us some fish. The rest of you can prepare your weapons, this group will not come down easily."
2 hours later, while the group munched on white, flaky fish, Ren caught a glimpse of something strange on the embankment above the sand. A tiny human stood, shocked, its dull-toothed mouth agape as it watched the demons. It had black hair and small brown eyes and was dressed like a female. She then quickly ran away, tripping over a rock as she went.
Ren rose, tossing away her fish bones and slithered to Osamu.
"Master Osamu, we've been spotted, I just saw one of the human children on the embankment. It ran away."
Osamu nodded, "Yes, thank you." He then raised his voice, " Ready yourselves, it is time for battle!"
The demons cheered loudly and all discarded their food, grabbing their weapons.
Osamu drew his thick sword and raised it to the sky, "Charge!"
The group ran, flew and crawled behind their leader as he climbed the rocky bank and onto the grass. The wooden hut was dead ahead.
As they ran, the humans and half demon appeared from the hut, weapons drawn as well. There was a tall, pregnant looking woman with a large boomerang, one donning an apron with a drawn bow, a purple robed monk with a gold staff, a half dog demon with a lethal sword and several children.
"Which one are we looking for?" Ren asked Osamu.
"The one with silver hair and black canine ears."
The humans looked surprised and scared toward the army of demons while the half demon looked angry.
"What do you want?" the half demon shot.
"It is none of your concern," Osamu said coldly and he stepped toward the hanyou's child.
The dog stepped in the Head Guard's way, "Oh yes, I think it is. I'll ask again, what do you want?"
The children huddled together, trembling. Kyo licked his lips and re-gripped his scythe.
"Only your child, the girl. Surrender her to us and you all shall not be harmed."
The dog looked stunned, but it was short lived, his fury returned.
"No way, no how. I wouldn't mind a fight, it's been a while."
"Oh, you're quite sure of yourself, aren't you? I doubt you should be, we were here all night and yet none of you could sense us."
Now it was the monk's turn to look stunned.
The dog raised his sword, "You will not touch a hair on her head! Windscar!"
A powerful gust a wind and a jolt of lightning ripped across the grass. Osamu calmly raised his hand, palm forward and a red barrier appeared around the group, blocking the attack.
"A barrier? Kagome, hit him with an arrow!" the dog commanded.
The human woman drew her arrow back farther and Osamu saw a sacred force building around it. She released it and its speed grew rapidly.
"Move!" Osamu shouted and he expertly dodged the arrow, having pierced the barrier.
"Hiraikotsu!"
The demon slayer's boomerang flew across the grass and through a couple of demons before the Head Guard could react. It was on.
Demons shall seek her, a great war will ensue,all to control the Feudal Diamond.
Translation Note: Ren water lily, Kyolarge, Osamu law abiding
Author's Note: Thank you for reading and reviewing! Battle is continued in next chapter!