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Chapter 7 Onibi
Yoruichi stood and stretched as she watched the sunrise. "Dawn is breaking."
"Are you leaving?"
"Good morning to you too, Sesshomaru. Yes, it's time for me to go. I'll see you when I get back." She waved her hand as she flashed stepped away.
Sesshomaru started walking toward the shrine. "I'll keep my word, but that doesn't mean I won't be close by". He walked until he was about a mile from the shrine.
Yoruichi knew Sesshomaru was close. At least he's not at the bottom of the steps. I hope the priests don't think he's too close. Yoruichi sighed as she waited to see the chief priest. She had been waiting for a little over 10 minutes, but it seemed much longer.
"Chief Priest Jun, will see you now," said the assistant chief priest as he walked into the room, "follow me".
The priest led Yoruichi to a large room at the back of the shrine. The room was empty except for a little old bald man sitting in the middle of the floor. The man's face was so wrinkled Yoruichi thought he was at least a 100.
Yoruichi bowed. "Chief Priest Jun it is an honor to meet you. I am Yoruichi Shihoin."
"Your spirit is quite beautiful. I lost my eyesight for this world many years ago, but I can see that of the spirit world quite clearly. You're not of this world, I can see you as clear as day. I know you have a good heart, which makes me wonder why you're interested Onibi?"
"Is that the name of the jewel created with Yuki's crystals?"
"That is the name of the weapon. We could not get to work". The old man seemed to drift off for a moment. "After Naraku was destroyed we had no use for it. Why do you want a discarded weapon? "
"I am only interested in the jewel not the weapon."
"Are you really going to take it Yuki as I have been told?"
"Yes"
"What about that demon with you? I feel his demonic aura close by. His demonic aura is almost at the level of Naraku's, which I didn't think was possible. Does he plan to kill Yuki if you do not return with the Onibi? Some demons foolishly believe that the Onibi had the power to make them as strong as Naraku."
"Sesshomaru has no intentions of killing Yuki. He stays close to me because he protects me. He, his brother InuYasha, and InuYasha's comrades were the ones to destroy Naraku. Believe me he does not want the Onibi to become more powerful".
"So his brother is the half demon, InuYasha. I have heard about InuYasha's great deeds like destroying the Thunder Brothers. If Sesshomaru, helped his brother destroy Naraku he is powerful and he has good intentions. I'll tell you about the Onibi. It's not here it's with Chitose. I'll tell you more after you and I have breakfast."
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Yoruichi was right Sesshomaru didn't need anything to make him more powerful. All his life he wanted to be the most powerful demon alive. He accomplished his goal three years ago when he surpassed his father in power. For the first time in his life being the most powerful demon had him at a disadvantage.
Sesshomaru kept replaying all the scenes in his mind where he was told his darkness stifled the light. If Yoruichi has light in her like Yuki said does that mean I will stifle her? She says she's not afraid of me, but she asked if she should be? Why did she ask that? Does she believe there is a reason for her to fear me? My past is littered with the blood of others. I would've killed those priests if they attacked last night. She said it would feed into my demonic nature. I'm a demon. I am not some half demon like InuYasha with a weak human heart. Sesshomaru's thoughts were interrupted by Jaken's yelling from a distance.
"Lord Sesshomaru, Yoruichi, Lord Sesshomaru, Yoruichi", Jaken emerged from the bushes several yards behind Sesshomaru, "there you are Yoruichi".
"Hey Jaken. I brought you some plums."
She's back. Sesshomaru ran to where Jaken and Yoruichi were standing. "You're back."
"Yep, I learned about the Onibi, the weapon that was created using the jewel from adamant and Yuki's crystals. Apparently, they were not able to get it to work as weapon but the jewel can harvest light from the moon and acts as an eternal flame. In other words they made a flashlight. It's with a traveling priest name Chitose and his students."
"A flash what?" Jaken ate the last plum Yoruichi had given him. "What's a flash light?"
"It's kinda like a lantern, but it uses batteries instead of oil or candle". Yoruichi saw the confusion on Jaken's face. "Never mind just think of it as a lantern that can burn as long as it as there is moonlight. So Sesshomaru do you think we should go find Chitose? It really maybe a flashlight."
I am not sure what a flash light is, but she said it harvests the moonlight. The moon shines through the dark. "We will see if the light works or not."
"OK, Chitose and his students travel along this stream to Mt. Kidan. Jun says there are two small shrines along the way and we would probably find Chitose at one of the shrines or in one of the villages. "
"Fine we'll leave now." Sesshomaru and Jaken took flight.
"You're in a big hurry today Sesshomaru." Yoruichi flashed step away.
Yoruichi and Sesshomaru looked for Chitose in the first village they came upon. Once again Yoruichi was accused of being a female demon that'd come to steal men. Most of the men and the women refused to talk to her and ran as soon as they saw Jaken and Sesshomaru. Before leaving the village an old man who wanted to be stolen by Yoruichi spoke to them. He directed them to the Tenun Shrine, which was near the base of Mt. Kidan. Yoruichi, Jaken, and Sesshomaru made their way to the Tenun Shrine before sunset. Yoruichi approached the front of the shrine but did not see anyone. She walked to the back of the shrine and found two young entry-level priest battling Sesshomaru.
The boys yelled, "Demon be gone" and tossed sacred sutras on to Sesshomaru. The sutras disintegrated as soon as they touched Sesshomaru. The boys trembled. Sesshomaru took a step forward and the boys turned and almost ran into Yoruichi.
They felt Yoruichi's spiritual power. The boys fell at her feet. They pleaded, "Please save us."
"It's ok, he's not going to hurt you. Sesshomaru, please don't come any closer." Yoruichi helped the boys to their feet. "We're looking for priest named Chitose."
"We've not of heard of him, but we haven't been here very long. Priest Daichi may know. We'll take you to him, but " the boy looked over his shoulder at Sesshomaru, "the demon."
"Sesshomaru stay here. I will go talk to the priest."
The boys were amazed when they saw Sesshomaru walk away from the shrine. They saw him sit under the huge 2000-year-old kaya tree. Their eyes grow wide when they saw Jaken come out of hiding, but their worry faded after they saw Jaken run after Sesshomaru.
"Um hum" Yoruichi cleared her throat. "Let's go speak to Daichi."
The boys led Yoruichi through the small shrine. One of the boys went into a small room. The other young priest stared at Yoruichi until the other young priest returned. "You may enter."
Yoruichi entered the room and found the grey-haired priest asleep. She rolled her eyes and sighed. The priest did not react until she said, "Excuse me Priest Daichi, my name is Yoruichi Shihoin and I need to find a priest named Chitose."
The priest barley opened his eyes. "You do, do you. The one with the spiritual power to control a great demon needs assistance from common priest. I find that strange."
"I was told by the priests of the Shinji Shrine he has the Onibi, and I need the jewel from it. I don't need it for a weapon".
"I see if the chief priests trust you. I will send for Gento and he will take you to Chitose."
"Thank you."
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It didn't take long for the boys to comeback with Gento. "Why have you sent for me priest?" Gento walked in full samurai amour including a red leather mask of an angry and fearsome face with a long nose.
"This is Yoruichi Shihoin and she needs to find Chitose".
"I see. Does that demon out back belong to you?"
Yoruichi could feel Gento's cold accusing stare. "He doesn't belong to anyone".
"You're not a demon yet you travel with one. One would think you were under his control, but I can tell by your eyes your warrior. I can tell by the way the priests jumped to help you you're powerful spiritually. Has your beauty bewitched the demon?"
"No," Yoruichi folded her under her breast, "do you know where Chitose is or not?"
"Ha, you're fearless too. I may start to like you. You have fire in your belly. I am going to take you to Chitose but the demon stays here. You can't trust a demon. Don't worry it's not too far. "
"Fine. Let me go talk to Sesshomaru then we can leave." Yoruichi walked out of the room. No one trusts a demon around here. I guess I can't blame them, I remember the stories I heard about demons growing up. If only they knew Sesshomaru. He's not like most demons. Yoruichi removed the angst on her face just before leaving the shrine. "Sesshomaru, I am going see Chitose. The samurai escorting me insists that only I can go to see him.
"But Yoruichi"
"Sesshomaru, don't worry about me I can take care of myself. I'll be back as soon as possible." She gave him a smile. "He says it's not too far so it won't take long." She walked away.
Sesshomaru sat back under the kaya tree and thought about Yoruichi's smile. It was the same smile the waterfall version of Yoruichi gave him before fading away. He watched the sunset behind the shrine. Yoruichi traveling in the dark alone with some samurai didn't sit right with him.
"Jaken, I want you to follow Yoruichi and the samurai."
"Yes, milord" Jaken hurried away.
Jaken followed Yoruichi and Gento. Yoruichi felt Jaken's presence but pretended not to. She was more concerned about Gento noticing.
"Gento, what can you tell me about Chitose?"
"Not much, lets say he's not a talker. Why do you want the Onibi do you plan to destroy it?"
"Destroy it why do you say that Gento?" If the Onibi is a weapon that they couldn't get to work why would I need to destroy it? No one comes to destroy a flashlight."
Gento didn't like Yoruichi's silence. "Well you want the jewel, right, you have to destroy it to get the stone."
If you knew that then why'd you ask the question? "Gento have you seen the Onibi?"
"Yeah, it ain't nothing special." Gento started walking faster. "Let's hurry I need to get back soon."
They traveled the rest of the way in silence. Gento stopped at a small hut about five miles from the Tenun Shrine. "You'll find Chitose in there, but I doubt you get much out of him."
Yoruichi stepped toward the door. She heard Gento unsheathed his sword. He slashed through the air. Yoruichi moved faster than Gento could see. Yoruichi kicked Gento. He almost fell. He managed to steady himself by anchoring his sword in the ground.
"That's some sword you got. I can feel the demonic aura." Yoruichi smiled, "too bad its not going to help."
"You haven't seen what it can do. Yamabushi". A yellow light erupted from the ground in a zigzag shape.
Yoruichi leaped out of the way. Gento looked up and saw Yoruichi standing over him.
"What the hell? That bastard never told me you could fly."
"So someone told you to come after me. Was it Daichi, Chitose, or someone else?"
"Chitose is dead just like you're going to be. Yamabushi". The yellow zigzag of light traveled from Gento's sword, but this time it was aimed at Jaken.
Yoruichi flash stepped and grabbed Jaken just before the bolt reached him. The bolt cut down about 10 trees before stopping. When Yoruichi turned she saw Gento sheath his sword.
He yelled, "You're better than expected. I do like you. We must do this again." He turned his back. "You can follow me or help that demon you travel with if he hasn't been sealed, he's been sitting under the sacred kaya tree since this afternoon. That's a dangerous place for a demon, warrior goddess".
"Sesshomaru." Yoruichi placed Jaken snuggly under her arm and flashed stepped through the trees back to the shrine. When she arrived Sesshomaru was sitting under the tree looking annoyed. She saw four priests moving at a high speed circling Sesshomaru.
"Don't worry, Yoruichi, my lord has never been taken down by human priests. Many have tried but my lord has crushed them all."
Sesshomaru tried to get up but his body was felt like it was pinned to the ground. "What kind of trickery is this?" He tried again and it didn't work. Sesshomaru transformed into his dog form and was able to stand.
"See I told you not to worry, Lord Sesshomaru is amazing," cheered Jaken.
Yoruichi watched from above as the priest started tossing sacred sutras onto Sesshomaru. Why didn't they denigrate like the ones from early. Sesshomaru demon aura seems stronger in his demon dog form. Wait, are the sutras actually touching Sesshomaru. I feel it now that tree's spiritual power. I thought the spiritual power was coming from the shrine and the priests but it's coming from that tree. It has been masking it's true power since we first arrived. "Something is wrong, Jaken." Yoruichi landed near Sesshomaru and the circling priest. "Stop it now" yelled Yoruichi. The priest continued. Yoruichi tripped one priest and all four fell on their backs. The priests struggled to get up like turtles.
"Yoruichi, they don't have any faces."
"I see that Jaken, I need you stand guard while I help Sesshomaru. The sutras are stuck to something else not Sesshomaru." Yoruichi squinted to identify the strange pattern. "It's like tree branches". Yoruichi looked at the towering kaya tree. So I was right, you're the one holding him.
"Yoruichi Shihoin, you're still alive. I suggest you be grateful and leave while you can. That demon is about to be sealed and if you don't leave it will be the death of you," said a voice coming from the shrine.
"Don't worry Sesshomaru, I'm not going anywhere. Can you transform back?" She saw Sesshomaru try to shake his head to say "no". "If I move fast enough I maybe able to get these off before" Yoruichi moved as quickly as she could and started removing the sutras.
A bright light shined on them like a spotlight from the sky. It blinded Yoruichi, but it felt warm and cozy around her. Sesshomaru could not see anything other than the light, but he felt the effects; the light was weakening him. The spiritual power of the light was greater than anything he'd ever experience. Jaken started twitching as he fell to the ground. The faceless priest cracked like clay pots.
"It's a new moon so the Onibi is full of last month's moonlight," the voice from the shrine bellowed."
"So the weapon is more than flashlight. The light is a purifying light. Damn, I can't see the point of origin it's too bright. I just have to guess." Yoruichi stood directly in front of Sesshomaru. She still couldn't see. She pointed her finger toward the highest point of the shrine. Yoruichi chanted, "Way of destruction number 4." A bolt of pale lighting shot from her finger. The bolt hit the target and light was gone.
"Yoruichi, you did it", whimpered Jaken. Jaken smelt Yoruichi's blood.
Sesshomaru smelt the blood as well. He struggled to break free of the tree's grasp. Yoruichi heard the sound of branches breaking as Sesshomaru struggled.
Yoruichi turned and faced the sacred kaya tree. Sesshomaru saw what looked like a thick arrow sticking out of Yoruichi's abdomen. She raised her blood stained palm. "Way of destruction number 31," a red ball of energy fired from Yoruichi's hand and hit the tree. The tree was scorched but remained standing after the blast. The tree decided to take it's anger out on Sesshomaru more invisible branches wrapped around him. He broke the branches from around his neck. Sesshomaru broke more and more branches until he finally broke free.
Sesshomaru quickly transformed. He picked Yoruichi up in his arms. She traced her fingers over his face. "I don't think that was the light Sesshomaru."
"I am going to take you to some place safe." Sesshomaru began his take off. Jaken barely had time to grab on before Sesshomaru was in the air. Yoruichi smiled just before her eyes closed. Sesshomaru didn't waste anymore time he teleported away.
Miko: Well damn.
Velveteen: Poor Yoruichi.
Peace in Chaos: Dun Dun Dun
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