(A/N: Here's the next chapter. Secrets are started to be revealed! Let's read! And I don't own Inuyasha, Blood-C, or Blood+!)
Wishing Shop
Saya finally opened her gray eyes. She glanced around the room to realize she's in somebody's hut. She sat and saw that someone tended to her wounds. "Oh, so you're finally awake, wench?" She turned to the source of the voice to find Inuyasha sitting against the wall with his sword in his lap.
"How are you feeling?" Kagome asked as she came inspect her wounds. When she touched the bandages, Saya swatted her hand away.
"What are you doing?" she asked coldly.
"Checking your wounds," the miko stated nervously.
"Lay off," the pig-tailed girl replied as she turned away.
"Hey! That's someway to show your gratitude to someone who just fixed your injuries," Inuyasha said in Kagome's defense.
"I wouldn't need this, mutt, if SOME people didn't get in my way," Saya replied coldly."
"Hey! Hey!" Miroku said, trying to calm down the tension in the room. "There's no need for violence. We're all good people here."
"I'm sure you're wondering who we are," Kagome said. "Well, they guy with the dog ears that you were just fighting with is Inuyasha, the other guy is Miroku, the fox child is Shippo, the demon slayer girl is Sango and her two-tailed feline cat companion is Kirara, and I'm Kagome. What's your name?"
"My name is Saya," Saya responded.
"Well, then, Saya," Inuyasha said rudely. "I have some questions for ya. First off why do you smell like Naraku?" Inuyasha was grabbed by his collar and pulled toward her as soon as Naraku's name slipped past his lips. Saya's eyes narrowed dangerously as she tightened her grip on the collar.
"How do you know about Naraku?" she asked menacing. "Tell me! Where. Is. He?!" she growled out each word more dangerously than the last. Everyone was shocked and surprised by this display of action. You mean that Saya is not working with Naraku. They were pretty sure she was. Why else would she have Naraku's scent on her? At first they thought she was his incarnation, but that fact was proven wrong last night.
(FLASHBACK)
"What happened to her?" Sango asked, after Saya fell unconscious.
"She just fainted after Inuyasha asked who she was," Miroku said. They could all she wounds dripping out blood.
"We'll figure it out later," Kagome said. "Right now, we need to clean her wounds before it gets worst."
"Why should we?" Inuyasha complained. "I say let her die. If she's one of Naraku's incarnations that means one less enemy to worry about."
"Aren't you forgetting, Inuyasha?" Shippo piped up. "She did save us twice already. Let's give her a chance."
"…Fine!" Inuyasha said, after some time had passed. "We'll ask her some question, and if she's working for Naraku than I'll kill her. No questions asked." He'll never admit it, but the only reason he agreed was because she saved Kagome the other day. If it wasn't for her, Kagome would've been dead. So, he'll give her a chance to explain herself, and if she betrays them, he will not hesitant to fight and kill her.
"Alright, let's get her inside," Kagome said. "Inuyasha, do you mind taking her in." The hanyou just grunted in reply, and picked up Saya bridle style. He got a good whiff of her scent. She smelled slightly like Naraku, but also had a scent of lilies and cinnamon, which actually WOULD have been nice if the scent of Naraku wasn't mixed in it. There was something strange about her beside her scent. She didn't smell like a demon or a human, even though she looked and fight like one. It was entirely different, like a whole other being that's not demon or human. Can she be something different from a demon or a human, perhaps? Inuyasha shook the thought out of his head. He'll find out later. They came inside an empty room in the hut. "Put her down here, Inuyasha," the miko instructed. "Me and Sango will clean her wounds. We'll call you (A/N: Preferring to Inuyasha, Miroku, and Shippo.) when we're done." The boys left the room while the girls stayed to clean Saya's injuries. After they were done they both had confused faces. "Inuyasha!" Kagome called.
"What?" he replied back.
"You'll can come back in. We're done!" They boys came back in the room, and saw the looks of confusion on the girls' faces.
"What's wrong you two," Shippo asked.
"Inuyasha, are you sure she's Naraku's incarnation?" Sango asked hesitantly.
"Yeah!" Inuyasha said. "She has his scent! What else would she be?"
"She doesn't have a spider mark on her back," Kagome said slowly. The room grew silent. How can this be? She doesn't have a spider burn mark on her back like all of Naraku's incarnations. If she doesn't have one and is not one of his incarnations, then why the hell does she have his scent?
(END OF FLASHBACK)
"Everyone," Sango said. "Let's try to calm down. We can figure this out later."
"Where is Naraku?" Saya asked again.
"That's what we're trying to figure out, Lady Saya," Miroku said.
"So you don't know where he is," she said as she let go of Inuyasha's shirt. It was more of a statement than a question.
"Let's all eat," Kagome said, breaking the silence. She prepared ramen for everyone, and gave each person a cup with thanks in reply, except from Inuyasha. Saya was sitting in the far corner of the room, away from everyone. The miko came up to her with a ramen cup. "Aren't you hungry?" she asked.
"No, I'm not," Saya replied. "Give it to someone else." Kagome kept insisting that she eat, but kept getting rejected by Saya. She eventually gave up and gave it to Inuyasha, to his excitement and eagerness.
Hours later and they were finally ready to go. Everyone was on the road again. The gang decides to follow Saya, much to the latter's annoyance and dismay. Another demon popped up, but Saya quickly killed. But her sword broke in the process. When she looked like to be in some kind of trance when she saw its blood and was about to drink it, but quickly snapped out of it. Inuyasha questioned her about it, and she replied she'll tell them later. The gang soon found out they were walking in a direction Saya was leading them. It was getting pretty late. The sun was going down. "We should probably make camp here," Kagome suggested. No one had any complaints, but Saya didn't stop and kept on walking.
"Hey, where are you going, wench?" Inuyasha called after her as he jumped in front of her, blocking her way.
"There's somewhere I need to be," Saya replied, not to nicely as a matter of fact.
"There's no rush, Saya," Sango said. "We can get their tomorrow."
"No, I have to get there as soon as possible. It wouldn't take long. It's close by actually. I have a few questions I need to ask a friend. We can probably stay the night there that's if you'll can see the place," she whispered the last part to herself.
"What does she mean 'see the place'?" he thought. Everyone shrugged and continued walking with her.
It has gotten dark, but they did finally come to the place Saya was talking about. It was huge hut with a green roof and crescent moon statues on it.
"Wow, look at how big the hut is!" Shippo said in awe.
"I wonder who lives here," Sango said in astonishment.
"You'll can see it?" Saya asked.
"Yeah. Why wouldn't we?" Kagome asked. The pigtailed girl ignored her question
"It's not a hut. It's a shop," she said as she went inside. Inuyasha and his crew followed after her. When they came in they saw a dog with weird markings on his head.
"Long time no see, Saya," it replied in a male's voice. They gang all jumped when the dog talked.
"It hasn't been that long," Saya said. "It has only been a year." (A/N: Yes, it's been a year instead of six months. Roll with it!) The dog was licking itself when it was picked up by a boy with short black hair. There was something weird about him. He had two different color eyes. One yellow and one blue.
"It's good to see the OLD Saya again," the boy said in the same voice of the dog. Everyone noticed how he emphasized the word old.
"Aren't you going to introduce us to your friend, Saya?" Shippo asked as he hopped on her shoulder.
"Watanik, (A/N: I don't know his name, nor do I know how to spell it. I just heard that it's something like that, and he's from xxxHolicxxx, or something like that. I've never watched the series, so if he sounds OOC in this story then oh well. I'm just trying to make his personality the same as when he was the dog following Saya around. He's going to be in snippets throughout the story as an intelligence gatherer like Myoga.) this is Shippo, Inuyasha, Kagome Sango, Kirara, and Miroku. You guys this is Watanik, the owner of this shop."
"Very pleased to meet you," Watanik said.
"Same here!" Kagome replied.
They were in the dining room of the hut. Watanik was preparing the group dinner. He gave everyone rice and fish, except for Saya, but she did get tea like everyone else. He gave her five pink, square marshmallow-like foods. Everyone stared in confusion on why she got that instead of what they got. "What is that food she's eating, Watanik?" Miroku asked.
"Guimave," he replied. (A/N: Yes, I put it in here. She has to have blood at least once I day, or she'll become weak. And since she'll be traveling with Inuyasha and them. It'll be hard for her to kill a demon and get some if there with her all the time. So, I thought guimave would be the best substitute. She gets blood in a shape of a food, so it won't draw any attention to the group since they will think that it's food that only she can eat. But why would be the question to this when they find out the shocking truth later.)
"Can I have some?" Shippo asked. Kirara mewed her agreement. The shop owner chuckled.
"No," he said. "Only Saya can eat it." Shippo pouted. Inuyasha was staring suspiciously at her food. It smelled kind of strange, yet familiar.
"What's wrong, Inuyasha?" Kagome asked him when she saw the look on his face.
"Hey, Watanik! Is that guimave or whatever it is always pink and look like that?" he asked.
"…It depends what you put in it," he mysteriously replies which furthered Inuyasha's suspiciousness and the others got a little suspicious themselves. That was kind of vague of an answer.
"What kind a shop is this?" Kagome asked, breaking the silence.
"It's a wishing shop."
"A wishing shop?" Sango repeated.
"Another words it's a verity shop. A shop that grants people's wishes and desires, but they would have to pay a price. And the dearer the wish is the greater the PRICE is." Everyone got quiet as they took this new information in. A shop that grants wishes. How ironic. And here they thought that the Shikon Jewel was the only thing that can grant a person's wish or desire. We'll they were wrong. They had the urge to ask him to grant some their wishes, but decided not to. The reason was because of the way he said 'price'. At first they thought he meant money, but that wasn't they case. It was something else. Like something that will cost you one thing to gain another. "Saya," Watanik addressed her. She looked up after she was finished giving him her full attention. "At Ukishima Village I was able to be near you through him," he said pointing at the dog on his lap. "But I wasn't much help, was I? You were able to return to your old self by yourself."
"Even so, your words helped me a lot," she replied. Watanik turned towards the rest of them.
"Are you'll after Naraku, too?" he asked which made everyone gasp in surprise.
"You know about Naraku?" Inuyasha said as he got out of his state of shock. "In a way, yes. Saya is also after him." Everyone looked at her as she glared at him.
"What did Naraku do to you, Saya," the miko asked. Saya stared at her tea and took a sip.
"He's a traitor, and he took something from me," was all she said. Saya didn't want to tell them anymore than that. She didn't know them well enough to let them know about her past.
"Oh yeah, I forget," the shop keeper said. "I suppose there's a reason why you came here Saya. What do you want today?"
"I want a sword," she replied. "…A strong sword."
They were in the supply place with verity items around. (A/N: I don't know what it's called. Deal with it.) "Wow, look at all this stuff!" Kagome said in awe. They all watched as Saya went by various different swords into that had a red sheath with a black and red hilt. She picked it up and started examining it.
"I knew you'll pick that one," Watanik said knowingly while smoking a pipe. Saya unsheathed it, and saw that it a black diamond in crested on it and that it had groves going to the ends and tips of the sword. Perfect just what she needed. She knew that she'll need to start using her blood in battle.
"What's the price?" she asked.
"Naraku's head."
"Understood. I also have some questions for you."
"Very well, follow me. The rest of you make yourselves at home."
Saya and Watanik were in a small room. "Well, what did you want to ask me, Saya?"
"First off, why hasn't Naraku fallen into his thirty year sleep? He's been active for the past twenty years. I can understand myself since my chevalier died, preventing me from having a long sleep until I get another one. I want to know why that is?"
"My guess is that since he's been experimenting on himself, and retained the body of that human Onigumo and countless demons, he doesn't require sleep anymore. But that doesn't mean his powers lay dormant. It still does. He might be awake, but that doesn't mean he loses his powers every thirty years. Naraku is a King, and you are a Queen.
Back with Inuyasha and the gang. They were still wondering what Saya and Watanik were talking about. They were dying to know. "I'm sleeping," Shippo stated. "Watanik forgot to show us our rooms."
"C'mon, you guys," Kagome gestured them to follow her. "Let's go ask him to show us our rooms." They kept walking down the hallway to where they thought they were. They finally came to a door of room where they recognized voices which were definitely Saya and Watanik's voices, but they heard something that shocked them all to the core.
"I have no other choice, but to kill him before more innocent people get involved," Saya said.
"I guess," Watanik said. "But the question is Saya. Can you handle it? Can you handle his blood on your hand? Can you REALLY handle killing Naraku, your own twin brother?" The group gasped in surprise, and their eyes grew as wide as saucers. Naraku and Saya are twins?
(A/N: Dun, dun, dun! Cliffhanger! I hope you enjoyed this chapter. Yes, Naraku and Saya are twins, brother and sister. I did say I was using Saya's past from Blood+ for Saya's past in Blood-C since they don't you her past, not even in the movie which really pissed me off. Technically, Naraku is a replacement for Diva. He still has his same cold, arrogant personality towards Inuyasha and the rest of them, but towards Saya he's still the same, yet he also gains childlike persona and likes to torture her. He acts kind of like Diva in way, but only towards Saya. I just wanted to explain about Naraku for later chapters before you guys start question why is he so much like Diva, and why is he OOC. Please read and review. Oh, yeah I watched the Blood-C: The Last Dark a couple of days. I'm going to tell ya about. Sorry if I spoil it for ya, but I need to get this out. I hope you understand. Overall the movie was good in way, but they still gave you a what the fuck ending that want you knowing what happens next, like in the series. And the thing that got me mad is when she can't kill humans and they taunt her about it, then turn into an Elder Bairn themselves by using her blood which she kills them then. It's like 'okay'? Why the hell would you do that? First you taunt her then you turn into a monster, and then get killed by her. It's like what the hell are you thinking? At first the series make it seem like she can't kill humans at all, and in the part in the movie when she was fight this guy in this private school, and her blade couldn't slice him. It makes me think what if she can't kill humans. All she have to do is make them drink her blood which turn them into an Elder Bairn, and then kill them then. So, in a way she can still kill humans. Saya just has to turn them into a monster using her blood first, and then slay them. Another thing that pissed me off was the ending and the reward. Fumito dies, but the fucking reward was a fucking kiss! Oh wow, and Saya ends up all alone in the end. What. The. Hell. Kind. Of. Ending. Is. That?! They better make a season two or something where Saya is not alone. Overall, I'll say it again, the movie was good, it just had a crappy ending. I'd probably give it a seven out of ten.)
