Chapter 7

Trial By Sesshomaru

Xander screamed girlishly as he and his friends were falling down a tunnel filled with white light. It seemed that Master Roshi had neglected to tell them that Korin was a talking blind white cat. Trying hard to ignore that fact, especially Xander of whom made several jokes, they humbly asked for a drink of the power increasing sacred water. After he refused to give them any, Xander foolishly ran past him and opened up a door that led to another room. The rest following him they watched as he opened up the top on a giant blue pot.

As Korin yelled a warning a dark demonic hand reached through the water that was contained in the pot, grabbed Xander by the neck and pulled him into the water. Trying to help, Kendra and Vallow ran over and were similarly pulled into the awaiting pool. And as they were pulled down inside it led them to where they were now, down the dark and partially white light filled tunnel.

Hearing Kendra mumble, "oh no" Xander manged to look behind himself and saw that she was invisibly being pulled down another direction in the tunnel. As he reached his hand out to try to save her there was a light behind him and he and Vallow, of whom was holding tightly to his shirt, were expelled out of the tunnel and thrown violently to the ground. Body stinging with mind numbing pain, he pushed through it and stood quickly to his feet and looked around.

He was standing on a dirt road at night with nothing but a forest valley. His friend nowhere in sight.

"Kendra!" Xander called out nervously. He had given his word to protect her and.....

"Xander." Vallow said nervously from his shoulder. As the stinging sensation went away, his senses now fully aware, he scanned his surroundings again. Far off in the distance he saw faint signs of flames and smoke. On wobbly legs he started a slow jog, that turned into a sprint, that quickly turned into a full out run.

Screams and smoke greeted him as he and Vallow, of whom put on her power ring, ran into what seemed to be a small japanese licked at the night sky as smoke billowed and curled in the wind. Demons were scattered everywhere, jumping townspeople as they attempted to run for their lives. Blood spattered across the dirt and grass, huts were burnt or destroyed all together. Mangled, torn, bloodied bodies dotted the village area.

Turning he saw that about fifteen feet away stood three beings. He took notice of the tall youth's face and that it was tattooed with two red slash marks on both sides, and carried a crescent moon on his forehead. Odd marks could be overlooked, but he had a sight to him that couldn't be. His hair, was long and glossy white color that went to his ankles . If the wind blew at that moment Xander would sware that he was in some kind of model commercial but he knew that couldn't be because of the man's inhumanly pointed ears. He seemed to carry the air of a noble man , but as Xander was about to find out his body was meant to tempt fate itself. Even if he did only have one arm.

His armor included a spiked pauldron that covered his left shoulder attached to the upper section of his cuirass. Both his armor and his long flowing sash had a decided "Mainland" (Asian) influence, as opposed to the customary Japanese armor and sash. His Kimono was mostly white with a red honeycomb and flower crest at the collar, sleeves, and shoulder, most likely the crest of his family clan. He wore a type of traditional flowing Japanese "pants, which were gathered at the ankles producing a "ballooning" effect. His footwear consisted of flat pointed ankle-high boots (instead of sandals), also reminiscent of Mainland influence. And in his scabbard he carried two swords.

At his right was a small green toad like demon with brown clothes and a staff with what looked to have two carved heads on it. One side had the face of an old woman and the other an old man. And on the left of him was a pretty little Japanese girl of around eight, wearing a white/orange checkered pattern kosode. She was holding the reins for a two headed dragon riding horse like demon.

After a moment of staring he saw that the flames were coming from the toad demon's staff and he and the demon man were trying to destroy the other demons of the town. Already figuring that they were probably the only humanoids left alive, he decided that he too would join in on the action. Clapping his hands together, attempting to tap into his alchemaic powers he found that he had none.

"What the....." Xander said nervously as a fifteen foot tall preying mantis demon took a swipe at him.

Coming too, Kendra stood to her feet and found herself to be in a moss covered tunnel... no a well. Hearing voices she looked up and saw a pair of piercing golden eyes.

"Hey." the stranger called down to her in japanese. Thanking whomever was listening, that Mr. Zabuto had taught her Japanese, as well as a few other languages, Kendra spoke back to him.

"Hey." she said as she squatted down some and jumped several feet into the air. Jumping out of the well, she landed next to the startled stranger. Getting a better look at him she saw that he had long flowing white hair, golden eyes, and had on a red komono with what looked to be a katana on his side. But that wasn't the strangest thing, because he had claw like fingers and dog ears sticking out of the top of his head.

"What the hell?" the stranger asked gripping the pummel of his sword. "You're ain't Kagome." he said as he stopped to sniff her. "Who or what the hell are you?"

With speed even he didn't know he possessed, in one swift motion he took off his sword and blocked the demons clawed attack. On bended knee he waited until the thing was upon him before slashing it across the side sending traces of blood splattering across the night sky. As the demon howled in pain, Xander let out a horrible cry. A cry that seemed unrealistic coming from his throat.

Jumping onto the back of the demon Xander plunged his sword deep within it and watched as it howled once before disintegrating. Breathing heavily, Xander fell to the ground as black demonic power seemed to surge through him from where the demon had once been. With a roar he stood up fully his hand digging deep into the pummel of his sword, so much so that his hand began to bleed.

"Demon's!" he roared over the carnage and crackling of fire. "Ahahahahahaha it's time to meet my Soul Reaver." as he gave the name of the sword it started to glow with an unholy aura.

"Oh no." Vallow gasped as she looked back at her friend and saw that he was now acting like a feral animal; eyes red, lips curled up angrily, with yellow glistening fangs… "Ahhh!" she yelled as one of the demons sank it's claws into her unprotected back before another sent her flying into a tree.

The silver-haired youth cracked his knuckles as he stared at Kendra. "Tell me where Kagome is, bitch!"

Startled by his language Kendra was a little slow in answering, making the half demon angry and draw his sword which got almost impossibly big. Giving her another cold stare Inuyasha charged her, with his sword getting ready for an attack. He finally got to her and took a swipe for her pretty face. Seeing it coming Kendra quickly moved and waited for his next move. Inuyasha took a step back and started to pounce on her, but she grabbed his leg with both hands, and flipped him over making him fall on his back.

"Stupid wench." Inuyasha cried with a frustrated sigh as he got back up and tried to get ready to endure an attack or two. Deciding to go on the offensive she took a kick at him, but but missed by nearly an inch . In a mere second she jumped, spun around and kicked at Inuyasha again, but this time hitting his chest, forcing him to the ground. Flipping in mid-fall he got back up and dashed towards a group of trees Kendra in hot pursuit running to follow. Gathering energy in her right fist behind herself , she spun it around to attack, but with her left hand transferred it and punched the hanyou in the chest. The hit made him crash into the wall, and fall on his face into a small puddle.

'Who is she?' the dog demon asked himself as he stood to his feet and wiped away the water that now dripped from his face. "I've had about all I can stand of you." he said as a golden aura started to surround his Tessaiga. "Wind Scar!!!" he shouted as golden energy in the shape of claw marks shot out of the sword, ripping up the earth and coming up rapidly towards Kendra.

Knowing that she didn't have time to move Kendra was about to except her fate, until the twang of an arrow caught both of their attention, before hitting Inuyasha's wave and dispersing it with an explosion. Tracking where the arrow had come from the two saw a tall beautiful woman in black body armor with a large boomerang like weapon on her back sitting on a large cat like demon with red eyes, a man with a golden staff wearing black and purple robes, a small boy with a fox tail and feet of whom was sitting on the shoulders of a young girl in a white and green school uniform. But who caught Inuyasha's attention the most was the tall woman standing next to the girl. The woman who had seemingly shot the arrow, because her weapon was still outstretched.

"Kikyo?" he said in amazement.

"Inuyasha." the woman known as Kikyo said back. "Why are you attacking this human girl?"

"Feh, this wench is anything but human." Inuyasha replied, snapping out of his daze. "I can smell the stench of demon all over her."

"I am not a demon!" Kendra retorted angrily.

"She is right, Inuyasha." Kikyo said staring into Kendra's eyes as if she could see into the depths of her very soul. "She has the essence of something from an ancient power but she is no demon."

"Feh." was all the hanyou would say as he sheathed his sword.

"That's a good thing." the man wearing purple and black said as he somehow appeared next to Kendra and started rubbing her butt, making the girl in question blush. "Such beauty shouldn't be wasted on a demon."

"Miroku!" the woman with the boomerang yelled as she slapped him hard on the face.

"Don't mind him." the little fox demon said as he jumped on Kendra's shoulder making her tense up. Even though Xander had taught her that not all demons were bad it still bothered her a little. "That's his way of being nice. I'm Shippo, the guy that touched you is the monk Miroku, she's Sango, the demon cat Kilala, Kikyo, Kagome, and the guy that probably was probably dumb enough to try to kill you before asking you your name is the half demon Inuyasha."

"What was that, Shippo?" Inuyasha asked angrily from his position beside them.

"Nothing." Shippo said fearfully as he jumped from Kendra's shoulder to Kagome's.

"What's your name?" Kagome asked letting the little fox demon stuggle on her neck.

"I am Kendra." she said proudly.

"You're not from around here." Kagome stated more than asked. "Your accent sounds like you came from Jamaica or something?"

"So dis is earth?"

"Yeah, why wouldn't it be?" Kagome asked as Kendra began to explain a little about her, Xander, and Vallow's journey all the way up to her being in the well.

"Don't worry we'll help you find your friends."

"Fascinating." Kikyo said as she began to pace around before looking back at the Jamaican born girl. "But tell me how did you come into the position of that uniform? It looks to be from the house of Master Masuoka."

"You know her, Master?" Kagome asked.

"Only by reputation, but he disappeared from this world many years ago."

"He wasn't my, Master." Kendra interruped. "My Master is named Roshi."

"I've heard of this Master Masuoka aswell." Miroku said, putting his hand to his chin in thought. "But all I can remember is many years ago that he vanquished many demons."

"Save the trip down memory lane for later." Inuyasha said as he turned around and looked off into the distance. Seeing a gathering of dark clouds in the night sky and thunder off a few miles away he suddenly snarled. "I'm picking up a large demonic aura coming from over there."

"Is it Naraku?" Sango asked.

"No." Kikyo answered for Inuyasha. "It's something almost as terrible."

"We need to investigate this then." Sango said getting on top of her warrior cat Kilala. "Lady Kendra come with us." not having much choice in the matter Kendra followed. Kikyo going somewhere else where she was needed.

Blood dripping from his Soul Reaver, Xander's red eyes surveyed the battle scene and he smiled a sickening smile at the blood, guts, and hundreds of crippled demon bodies that layed before him. Finally restng his eyes on Sesshomaru he frowned.

"Hey demon." he said pointing the bloody tip of his blade at the lord of the western lands. "Come."

"How dare you talk to the great Lord Sesshomaru in that manner." the little imp demon croaked out.

"Jaken." Sesshomaru said taking out one of his swords, Tokijin. "Shut up."

"Y...yes my lord."

"Come on pooch." Xander said as he started to whistle. "Come on boy. It's time to go out for your walk."

Sesshoumaru twitched at that and started towards Xander at a quick pace. With a dark smile Xander lifted his blade waiting for the moment Sesshoumaru would be at the right distance for him to impale it into his nemesis' stomach. Waiting until Sesshoumaru was only a few feet away Xander tried it and lunged forward with his blade sticking out hoping to stab through the demon's flesh. Seeing it coming Sesshoumaru easily dodged the attack by slightly moving to the left. While in the momentum and now facing him sideways, Sesshoumaru brought his right arm back and thrust it forward sticking his poisonious claws into the side of his ribs, making Xander scream out in pain. Catching him off guard Xander used that moment to swing his sword around at Sesshoumaru, pushing through the pain . Missing the hit Sesshoumaru still quickly leaped backward to get a little distance from him. In just the few seconds he used to close his eyes, Sesshomaru was gone.

Xander closed his eyes for a moment, to try to pick up where the demon was. Opening them sharply he tilted his head up too late as he suddenly felt a huge pain striking him right between the eyes. Focusing he figured that the demon must have leaped from somewhere and stabbed him right in his forehead. Sesshoumaru held his sword in his head for a moment before slowly pulling it out of it's fatal position. On wobbly legs Xander slowly dropped on the ground and keeled over

A/N If these chapters seem a bit rushed it's because... well they are. Real life is getting in the way of my writing and instead of keeping this on the shelf I decided to finish this. It's the least I owe to my fans and all of the people who have supported me. Thank you.