Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha or make profit from it.


Sunshine shined on yasha as he slowly awoke.

'Where am I?', he thought for a moment before membories came back to him. 'That's right, we had set up camp.' he concluded in his mind as he got up to looked around.

But where was everyone? Wait, the forest looks different. 'I have to find the others!'. He screamed in his head.

He suddenly heard loud stomping, not wanting to attract any attention he hid behind a tree. It was a small shadoumonsuta. It seemed to be intelligent as it spoke to another much bigger shadoumonsuta behind it, "I swear I left the human right here."

The other answered, "Well, keep looking! We've already lost the human with the brown hair! If we lose another our boss will have our heads!"

'So they were kidnapped by the shadow monsters, guess not all of them are brain dead. Then Kai must've escaped in the chaos. Well, at least one of us are safe.', Yasha thought as the duo continued to panic.

After only a few minutes of looking one suddenly said, "Whatever, let's just go!", as they left.

Yasha knew he had a choice either run back to Azen no basho or to follow them back to the others. He thought about what Aazz had said once to him that, "Teamwork is important, if you ever find yourself out there all alone you come back to Azen no basho and get help."

But if he did do that he'd be leaving his teammates behind and that wasn't exactly a good thing a teammate would do. Plus who knows how long it will take to get help they could get killed along with several others.

So yasha decided to jumped silently up into the tree and stalked them from a good distance to see where they kept their victims. A few minutes later they arrived at a cave. Yasha waited for a few minutes after the two went in, before he used the shadows to hide himself as he followed pursuit.

He felt sick at what he saw, piles of dead bodies of half eaten resistance members.

The boy was so in shock he almost blew his cover. Luckily, he was able to get his composer back almost immediately. He was trained for this kind of situation, so he was prepared.

He noticed that Dale and Sal weren't there, good. Right now he needed to focus of coming up with a plan to save who is left, but how?

That's when he dropped his spell book and it opened up to the page with the fire spell on it.

That's it! They seem to be afraid of their boss, right? Maybe that's what yasha can use as a advantage.

The boy then sidled up the wall and carefully went to the next room without the shadoumonsutas knowing and looked around. There were several of those black creatures in the room all huddled around a cage, they were all of different sizes and shapes. There's Dale and Sal! They were in the cage with several other hunters!

Carefully making sure not to disturb either team he hid behind a large stone as he listened closely to the words of the shadoumonsutas.

One said, "Make sure these humans are chained nice and tight, boss wants to take a look at them."

Another one asked, "Why is the shadow king so obsessed with finding this Inuyasha person anyways?

The one that seemed to be managing over the others screamed, "You old fool! Have you forgotten that Inuyasha is naraku's biggest enemy! Do you not remember him!? How he conquered over many battles just for those stupid humans!"

The shadoumonsuta said, "You mean that half breed clothed in the red fire rat robe that sealed us away with our king? He could be dead for all we know!?"

Yasha's eyes widened, wasn't that Inuyasha person from his dream?

The other one said, "He's alive, otherwise the seal wouldn't have weakened. That's why lord Naraku wants to see these humans captured. That Hanyou was known by all humans as their hero. He even killed Naraku before he was reborn as the shadow king."

That's when a much older shadoumonsuta walked into the room. All of the shadoumonsutas then bowed to him in respect. 'He must be their boss, but why do I feel like i've seen him before?'

The boss said, "You have forgotten if enough years have truly passed he could have a reincarnation as well. Right now, like naraku,Inuyasha should be weakened too. So Naraku wants to kill him before he can rise again like the prophecy says."

He added, "Luckily for Naraku, the seal had frozen that human's body he had stolen in time. So he doesn't need to use a new one."

'What on earth are they talking about!?', Yasha thought as he listened. Feeling a very uneasy feeling he decided to divert his attention from them as he looked for a way to get closer.

Yes, a balcony! There was a small human sized balcony barely noticeable near the ceiling.

Yasha then swiftly slipped into the previous room and found hidden stairs leading to a second floor too small for the shadoumonsutas.

Maybe it was for Naraku? They say he had a human body, right? They also said something about him being the shadow king. Do they mean the evil king from the legend? There is no time for that he has to save the others!

So he quietly approached the balcony with careful steps. There was no way his plan was going to be completely successful. Which meant he'll just have to fight. At least if his plan is successful there will be less shadoumonsutas to deal with. Luckily for him his magic was meant for fighting.

When he finally got to the balcony he was just in time to see their boss leave. 'Man, he may be old but he was terrifying. No wonder the others feared him.'

Yasha waited a few moments before flipping through the spell book to a little more complicated spell. The spell uses and bends the fire magic into different shapes. There wasn't much information about the spell besides how to use it. It's like the previous owner didn't use it that much. Anyways, the only problem for Yasha was to summon the fire magic. He's done it once and failed, but he knows how to do. It's a huge risk, but it might be the only way to save everyone. It will take a lot of determination and pure will, but he can do it!

The boy closed his eyes and raised his hands palms up and felt something warm in his chest as he copied the same way he remembered the how he summoned the flame magic and accidentally found how to use this more complicated spell a week ago.

He was with Mia at the time when she guided him with her words, "The flame within yourself is a old way to say your magic. Your magic is deep within your soul so close your eyes and look for that faint warm feeling of magical energy."

The boy closed his eyes as he looked for that feeling soon he said, "I think I found it."

She continued, "Good, now focus on that feeling. It should start to grow and become stronger as you keep it in your mind." Yasha nodded as she instructed, "Lift your hands palm up im the direction you feel the flow of magic going."

The teenager focused hard and lifted his hands as he followed her instructions. She then explained in a quick tone, "Now, quickly grasp it and release it!"

Yasha grabbed mid-air and cupped his hands together before opening his eyes and forcing the magic out with his free will.

Suddenly the air around his hands combust into a bright flame. Feeling like it was a third arm, Yasha was able to keep it steady.

Mia praised him, "Good, now let's try something more difficult. Focus on a image like with the levitation spell. This time I want you to focus that onto the flame."

Yasha did what he was told and thought of a bunny and focused that image on the flame as it started to shift into bunny shaped. The bunny reminded Yasha of the time he and Rue saw bunny on their front porch. Suddenly Yasha lost concentration as the flame collapsed.

He remembers how Mia scolded him for losing concentration. But this time he was determined not to make the same mistake.

He closed his palms, he needed more magic for this. He didn't let it combust till he felt in his soul the flame would be big enough. Then he snapped opened his eyes and focused on the image of the boss as the flame shifted.

He waited for one of the shadoumonsutas to say, "Boss is way too old.", before he leaned on the balcony and a shadow of their boss appeared.

The smaller and seemingly weaker shawdoumonsutas screamed and ran away from the cave Leaving behind only five shadoumonstus. Who quickly noticed the difference between their boss and a shadow as they roared.

They slashed at the balcony and Yasha jumped off of it as it collapse. He landed hard on his feet before he grabbed two daggers. Without really thinking he called on his fire magic and the daggers now had concentrated flames bursting from their blade.

"Wow.", Yasha stared in awe at the flaming blades before he shook his head and focused hard to keep the daggers like that. This way he can do more damage.

A shadoumonsuta went to grab him before he jumped up the shadoumonsuta's forearm to avoid the attack.

Yasha kept dodging before he spotted the creature's eyes and stabbed them, soon the creature turned into dust as another came from behind the boy.

Dale noticed this and yelled out, "Look out!"

The boy took the others warning and barely managed to dodged in time.

Not good, he was surrounded!

That's when he looked back at the cage before he came up with a striking idea and used the daggers to open the cage before another attack came and once again Yasha dodged it.

He yelled at the others while in mid-air, "What are you!? Little kids or warriors!?"

Soon most of the captives yelled, "Warriors!", before they rushed out of the cage and ran towards a back wall in the cave where their weapons were. Some had bows and arrows while others had daggers. They soon joined the battle as it raged on.

Dale was still in the cage with Sal, they were scared. Suddenly Sal took a deep breath before putting on a brave face and saying, "Well, what are we waiting for? We are trained warriors after all!"

She rushed out and grabbed a fallen dagger before some of the smaller shadoumonsuas finally returned. Before the creature even knew it, Sal, had used her strength to bust it's stomach open and stabbed it in the heart.

She soon moved gracefully over to the next one as she joined the battle. Dale just stood there in the cage dubstucked before he gulped and ran towards a fallen bow and arrow. He took aim and fired and manage to blind one of the shadoumonsutas before it could've hurt one of the other hunters.

He felt braver as he grabbed some more arrows and shot from a distance joining the battle as a archer. Suddenly a battle scream could be heard as backup suddenly burst into the room lead by Aazz.

Yasha looked relieved as he noticed Kai in the ranks. Which meant Kai went back to get help. He'll have to thank him later.

Wait, he shouldn't be lollygagging. He is in the middle of a battle! Yasha quickly dodged another attack as he approached Aazz and the others. Before he could get to the others, however, he was grabbed then flunged in the air by a shadoumonsuta.

Before he could hit the floor, Kai, used some sort of magic to summon a miniature tornado to catch Yasha.

Kai remarked, "Did ya think you were the only one with strange magic?"

The tornado released yasha as he muttered, "Thanks.", before going towards Aazz.

Who was currently bursting with orders to the others. When he spotted Yasha, "Don't just stand there, boy! Help the shadow warriors! They just got back from their mission just in time to see you guys kidnapped, so you better show them some respect!"

That's when yasha noticed the different cloaks the others wore. He hadn't noticed before but they were the shadow warriors the resistance sent out. But there was no time for gawking!

The boy nodded to his superior before joining the shadow warriors in their battle.

He fought with courage and strength far beyond his age.

A warrior came up to him and said, "Hey ,kid, once this is over you should try to join our ranks. I can put a good word in for you."

Yasha actually laughed as he said, "Let's focus on the battle for now."

The warriors and the trainees fought for what felt like hours before they had defeated the last shadoumonsuta in the room.

The boss must've left the cave all together because when the warriors scouted the area they came back with no news of the boss shadoumonsuta.

The trainee warriors sighed in relief at the news before they all walked out of the cave and got a good distance from it before they set up camp for the night.

Yasha was amazed because some of the warriors were healers as well, but instead of taking on head to head combat they did more distance attacks with weapons like bows and arrows and stayed out of sight.

He wondered if May was thinking of becoming an archers like these fine healers.

That's when Kai approached him with food and said, "Hey, how are you holden up?"

Yasha answered, "Fine, I only had minor wounds. So it was a big deal.", as he gratefully took one plate.

"Good, by the way did you by chance suddenly received your powers right after the incident?", Kai asked in a carefree tone.

The boy raised his eyebrow in suspicion, "Yeah, why do you ask?"

The other boy shrugged, "I just have this suspicion that there was a reason we suddenly received our weird magic right after the incident. Like they were linked or something."

Yasha admitted, "You're not the only one who thinks that. Do you think it's destiny or something?"

Kai sighed, "Who knows."


The next day they returned to Azen no basho where Mark and May were awaiting their friend. Yasha climbed down the latter as May started to ask questions like, "Are you okay!? Can you tell me what day it is!?"

The boy answered them all correctly to calm to girl down. Once she was done worrying she glared at him and said, "Why didn't you tell me you were leaving! When Kai came to the medial wing asking for help, I was so worried!"

Yasha took a step back and apologized confusingly, "I'm sorry?"

May yelled, "You better be!", as tears welled up in her eyes. Feeling guilty, Yasha, took May in his comforting arms to console her.

Mark smirked saying, "Yasha, I didn't know you had a lover." Both Yasha and May blushed before they pulled away embarrassed. The boy tried to explain, "We're not lovers." But failed as Mark started to laugh, "I was just kidding."

Finally getting the idea yasha blushed furiously as he yelled, "Mark you pervert!"

That's when Aazz came down the latter and said, "That's enough you two! Yasha, I need you to come with me to report to my office inside the barracks!"

The boy was now concerned, he did violate the rules that his superior assigned to all of them by pursuing the shadoumonsutas. 'Am I in trouble?', Yasha thought as he nodded his understanding.

Aazz then said, "Good.", before he left the tunnel.

The boy bid farewell to friends before following Aazz back to the barracks silently. About an thirty minute walk later they finally arrived at the barracks. Yasha took a deep calming breath before they entered Aazz's office. The older man had Yasha sit down in a nice looking seat in front of his desk. The boy felt like he was in school again the way the office looked. He was also amazed because he hasn't seen such well crafted furniture since the incident.

Meanwhile Aazz fiddled with his fingers before looking straight at Yasha. The boy could only imagine what kind of trouble he was in the way Aazz was looking.

Seeing the youth's troubled expression the older man said, "Don't worry your not in trouble."

Aazz sighed, "This is hard for me to say, but the elders have taken a interest in you"

The older man let the shock sink into Yasha for a moment as the boy's eyes went wide.

He continued, "We sent a messenger back to Azen no basho last night to tell the elders of our success and he came back early this morning before we put up camp with a message from the elders."

The boy asked confused when the man stopped, "What did it say?"

Aazz simply stated, "They want to promote you to a shadow warrior early and have you trained by a general so you can lead your own squad one day."

Still confused Yasha asked, "So their promoting me?"

The older man sighed as he tried to explain, "More like ordering you. Here, I have a message from them"

Aazz then handed Yasha the letter. It read, "Dear Yasha Tashio, we have selected you and a few others to become shadow warriors, however, there is something we need to explain to you in person. So please come to our quarters tomorrow morning."

The man added, "You will start on the frontline."

The frontline is where the shadow warriors leave Azen no basho to fight in the war against the evil king while the newer shadow warriors protect Azen no basho from right outside where Yasha was hunting. Actually some of the shadow warriors probably came from there.

Yasha gasped, "The frontline!? But the shadow warriors always start with protecting Azen no basho near the perimeter!"

Aazz yelled, "It's a order from the council themselves you will take the promotion and head to their quarters tomorrow for whatever reason they need you for and you will not complain!"

The man handed a map to the councils private quarters to the youth. Yasha snapped it out of the older man's arms as he stomped out of the office and the barracks.

He got a good distance before he slid against the tunnel wall. 'I'm too young and inexperienced! Why on earth would they choose me of all people to join the frontlines!? Only the strongest warriors go there! otherwise, they'd get killed! The only exception are criminals who were facing the worst punishment! Am I a criminal now? Are they trying to get revenge because I lost the rations?', Yasha thought bitterly.

"If it isn't young Yasha.", a voice from beside yasha greeted. The boy gasped startled before he turned his head and recognized Mia.

"Mia.", he muttered.

"Aazz told me about your promotion.", The older woman explained.

Yasha said, "Oh"

She smiled with a knowing look as she asked, "So how do you feel about it?" Then without a second thought Yasha blurted everything out.

"I see", She whispered in deep thought.

There was a long pause before she said, "Maybe your not in trouble. Maybe they just think your ready to move up the ranks. Remember they are only doing what's best for Azen no basho and its people. They were probably convinced when you lead a rebellion against the shawdoumonsutas who kidnapped you all. Then you fought with the shadow warriors and killed several shawdoumonsutas. I personally think you'll be fine."

The boy said, "Thanks and I think you might be right." he felt much better now that he talked with Mia. How could he forget? He is strong especially with his magic! It's no wonder they choose him.

He just wonders how Kai, Mark, and May will take it. That's right, May! He will tell her first. Yasha said, "Thanks for the help, Goodbye!"

Mia couldn't help but to laugh as the boy ran off. Yep, they certainly made the right choice.