Chapter 7 : Where did InuTaisho go?

He bounded through the dark cool night-wait it was morning when he began to run! Was InuTaisho really running that long? No, that was impossible he started ten minutes ago in the afternoon. The mighty general stopped dead in his tracks. He transformed into his lesser self and began to walk calmly through the forest. Where was he?

InuTaisho had never been the type to become frantic, but how could he stay calm? He began to sprint again letting the belief he was in the afterlife become the first priority. Was he possibly knocked out by Satsuki when they argued? He didn't know.

As he came to a rest near a strangely shaped tree, thousands of questions swimmed in his mind. He pondered these things carefully. Would he ever find his village to protect? Would he ever find Satsuki? Would he ever find Sesshomaru? No! He couldn't bear the thought of not seeing his son!

Yes, Sesshomaru. It seemed like it was just yesterday when InuTaisho had played with his son on the edge of the creek. They where running through the fields near the end of the water and InuTaiso moitioned for Sesshomaru to lower his voice. The pup silenced himself and InuTaiso told his son he was going to suprise Satsuki. Sesshomaru had to force back giggles as he saw the look on his mother's face when InuTaisho had spooked her. An angry Satsuki chased them through the tall grass, and they both screamed with delight. That happy family fell into the creek and burst into laughter. This had happened before they had the privelage to live in the castle.

InuTaisho felt a tear roll down his cheek. What if he couldn't get back to his family? What if he would never see Sesshomaru?

While InuTaisho was begining to doze, he heard stomping sounds in the distance. And in an instant, the aroma of a victory filled the general's nostrils. InuTaisho fliped backward onto the branch of the tree, and waited expectantly for army inforces to pass by. Just like he predicted, the dog general saw many armored men come by the tree. Their spears shone in the moonlit night.

" Now men! The castle is in sight! Start a countdown to rest, where at the village we will drink and make merry!" The leader of the army shouted with joy. Cheers from the warheroes filled the forest. Castle? What castle? InuTaisho thought scanning the forest until he saw the palace on the side of a mountin. The dog general was about to ask the men where he was but then he noticed the scents of these troops. The army's battle attire looked awfully strange, and the animal the leader of the pack was ridng on, what was it? But their scents, they smelled of sweat, bloodshed, horror, and victory, but they didn't carry the familiar fragrance of youkai. InuTaisho then hid himself deeper within the branches of the tree. What where these ominus creatures?

InuTaisho begun to move from the tree, but the battle men heard his movements and shot arrows at the branches. The leader of the inforces climed down from his horse and told the men to hold their fire. The troops lowered their bows and faced their leader. InuTaisho heard his heart slam in and out as if it were going to escape from his chest.

" Show youself!" InuTaiso heard the captin say. InuTaisho's breath became shut down with fear. This race of beings was a mystery to him, who knows what they could do to him if he showed himself. Thinking that they were being ambushed by a new enemy, the captin told his troops to aim their weapons and spread out. InuTaisho saw that their was no escaping from these dog general silently started to step, when the branch that gave him hope snapped.

It was all in an instant. As InuTaisho fell, hudreds of arrows were shot at him. He attemted to avoid them, but at least a dozen of the arrowheads made their way to his flesh. The pointed chips of the fast-flying weapons were now fashioned into his body. He made a quick leap, as soon as he hit the ground, and found his way to the air.

Hours passed by as he continued to dash throughout the forest. Some of the arrows were making their way through his blood-covered body, and he decided to stop and rest. He found his way to a wild forest miles and miles away from any path, and laid his head against a moss-covered tree. It was so peacful and quiet there, so he figured it would be fine to sleep. And when his mind was sent adrift, his thoughts still lingered on his son. How he wished he could see Sesshomaru and his wife. They were the only things that kept him going when he went to fight in a war. And now in a war or not, what could he do without them?

InuTaisho snapped his eyes open when another night cast its arms throughout the sky. He must have slept through the day without knowing it. Well it was safer for him to travel at night then in the morning, when the creatures would be seeking him out. The dog general began to wonder what those creatures were. They wern't youkai, that was for sure, but what were they. InuTaisho knew nothing of such creatures in a strange land...unless... No. It was impossible. Wait...EVERYTHING SEEMS TO BE IMPOSSIBLE TO HIM! InuTaisho gave a sigh of defeat. The only explanation for this was that he had crossed the Shoheki Village boardline, and that those mysterious beings were...humans.

A.N. " Well that just about sums it up for InuTaisho. Don't hurt me because the chappie is so short! XD ! That's just all I could think of for this chapter! But I have something really fun planned for the next one, so if if you stop reading here you're going to miss out on a lot of neat stuff! Thanx soooooo much to all the people who took time to reveiw, follow, or favorite! PEEEEEEEEEZ REVIEW!"