Secrets Uncovered
*Unfortunately, I do not own Inuyasha and Company. Rumiko Takahashi does. (Except Koneko, she's mine.)
As they were walking, Kagome and Sango talked about different things while Koneko and the others occasionally mentioned something. She was surprised at how easily she was accepted into the group. While listening, she kept her senses extended. It was a slightly windy day and her senses were muted due to her human form. As she walked, Koneko's mind kept drifting to how nice this was, being with a group. She hoped that after she was revealed, they would let her stay. She knew she would be revealed eventually. It was only a matter of time.
Suddenly Inuyasha froze, sniffing the air. "What's wrong?" Kagome asked when she noticed.
"I smell human blood," he growled. Immediately, the group started towards where he smelled the blood. Kagome and Shippo got on Inuyasha's back while Miroku, Sango, and Koneko got on the transformed Kirara.
Sango was in the middle of telling her to stay back when Koneko smelled the demon's scent. It was the demon who killed both her parents. At that moment, she didn't care if she revealed herself or that she had failed to kill him three times before. She was growling and she knew her eyes turned purple as she stood on Kirara's back effortlessly. She ignored her new friends' sounds of surprise as she took off the outer part of her clothes to reveal a suit not unlike Sango's.
Koneko looked at them, "I'm sorry," and jumped off. As she did, she released her demon side and summoned her sword. By the time she landed on the trees and ran ahead, her ears were back on top of her head, her tail had grown, and her sword was in her hand.
Koneko stopped in front of a huge demon that was killing people in a village. He looked down at her and smirked, "You again? Haven't I killed you already?" She snarled. "Ooh! Scary!" He taunted before looking behind her. "Brought help this time?"
She looked back to see her friends grabbing their weapons and hissed at them, "Stay away, I'm going to kill him."
"Oh really?" he laughed. "A half-demon thinks she can kill me after her full-blooded mother failed? You think she'd have learned after being defeated three times before."
"Koneko!" Kagome cried out. "There's a jewel shard in his neck!"
The demon scowled, "Foolish girl, you will die for that." He made as if to grab Kagome but Koneko rushed at him. She tried to hurt him, but he blocked most of her attacks. He was also trying to grab her, but she kept dodging. He laughed as he blocked her attack again, "You couldn't defeat me before and now I am more powerful thanks to that half-demon, Naraku." Koneko just snarled again and swung harder.
It was like that for a while until he grabbed her. Her sword fell on the ground as he lifted her up. "Now I eat you!" He opened his mouth and held her over it. Inuyasha started to run over but stopped when Koneko shook her head and smiled. Then she went in.
"Inuyasha!" Kagome yelled, "Why didn't you help her?"
He jumped back to her side, "She has a plan." He noticed out of the corner of his eye that her sword disappeared.
The demon turned to them, "Are you going to attack me now?" He laughed, and then suddenly stopped as if choking. He looked down at his stomach to see a sword coming out. "No!" he cried as the sword slashed a hole in him.
He fell on his back as Koneko climbed out, drenched in blood. She then turned and pointed her sword at his neck. "This is for my parents!" she yelled as she decapitated him. Then, leaning over, she grabbed the jewel shard. She stepped off him and shook off most of the blood before walking over to them. She held out the shard, "Here Kagome, I don't need it."
Kagome grabbed it and instantly it purified and the blood turned into water. Koneko looked up at her friends, "I'm sorry for lying to you. I've had too many humans attack me for who I am. Even after seeing you all together, I was still wary."
Kagome smiled, "That's ok. Inuyasha was the same." She looked over at the corpse. "You yelled 'This is for my parents'. What was that about?" she asked.
Koneko sadly explained, "That demon had held a grudge for my mom long before I was born for killing his brother. When my mom met my dad, she gave up that kind of thing. The day I was born, the demon found her. She managed to escape with me, but my father died. Hundreds of years later, he found us and killed my mother with me barely escaping." She held her sword up to the light. "This sword, forged from my mother's claws, is most of what I have left of her."
"What do you mean," Sango asked, "gave up that sort of thing?"
She glanced at the other half-demon. "She was a general under Inu no Taisho."
Inuyasha growled, "Does that mean you lied about everything? How can we trust you?"
"Most of it was true," she said. "Only there were ten and I killed seven before-." She took a deep breath and looked at her friends, "I understand if you want me to leave."
Inuyasha murmured low that she just barely heard, "You don't have to."
Koneko smiled, "Aw! Inu, I didn't think you cared!" She laughed at his shocked look, "I'm half Neko so my hearing is very good."
"What did he say?" Miroku asked.
"He said I don't have to." He growled at her in annoyance.
Koneko couldn't stop smiling as they helped the villagers and went on their way. She was in a group that fully accepted her, despite who she was. She learned about the others' lives as they walked but noticed Inuyasha didn't say anything about himself. She decided to keep silent about what she knew about him because he seemed to not want to talk about it.
Two days passed and nothing out of the ordinary occurred. Then, when they were walking down a path, Inuyasha growled, "It's my bastard half-brother." Koneko was really confused at his reaction but didn't say anything. She could hear the sounds of four living beings, one being a dragon, heading towards them.
When they came into view, she swallowed nervously. He looked different from when she last saw him. He looked more mature and his left arm was missing. Behind him was a small human girl who was walking next to an ugly Kappa demon without fear. The Kappa demon was leading a two-headed dragon. Koneko and the rest of the group froze as they approached.
Sesshoumaru hadn't been concerned when he smelled his half-brother's group in the distance. No, he hadn't been concerned until he saw her, Koneko, and even then didn't show it. She was one of the few who knew his secret and now she was standing next to the one it was about. His mind flashed back to the last time he had seen her, holding his baby brother while singing. Now she looked stronger, more confident, and, at the moment, confused. He had to say something before she revealed everything. "What do you want, Sesshoumaru?" Inuyasha growled at him.
"I have no business with you today, half-breed," he said as he walked past his brother. As he walked past her, he said without looking, "You would do well to keep to your silence, Neko."
Her eyes widened and she bowed, "Yes, Sesshoumaru-sama." The Kappa demon gave her a weird look as he passed and the girl waved at her.
As soon as they were out of sight, Inuyasha turned to her, "What was that about?"
Koneko shook her head, "No, it's his secret, not mine." Then she grinned, "All I can tell you is you were a cute baby!" He blushed as everyone laughed.
*Kappa means river-child, is an aquatic demon
*I know, my writing sucks. In my defense, it was written a while ago and is supposed to be simpler. It will pick up, I promise!
*Please, please, please, please, PLEASE! Review? I like them, even criticism if constructive. (I.E. no 'this sucks')
