A couple days later a strange monk stopped by the village. The man asked about a Kitsune. Tokine stayed with Rin and Kaede while the Monk rested, something caused her not to want anything to do with him. Tokine couldn't quite put her finger on it but something about him made her feel… unsafe. And so she kept her distance.
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"The Kitsune won't be joining us?" The monk asked.
"Uh she's helping Lady Kaede." Kagome handed him some tea.
"I see, she can probably sense it on me."
"Sense what old man?" Inuyasha turned toward him.
"The demon I'm hunting."
"Demon!" Inuyasha and Kagome said in unison.
"A great demon, with vast powers."
"What demon?" Kagome was starting to worry.
"A demon known by many names. He was the one who killed of the last of the Kitsune, like a demonic plague."
"Killed them?" Kagome gasped. Inuyasha was silent.
"I believe after he kills them he absorbs their power and that is how he grew so powerful. Not that I care what happens to a kitsune but this demon will kill and destroy anything to get what he wants. And I Fear what he plans to do with this power he struggles for. For over seventy years I've been trailing this demon. With all his power he is untouchable. I'm surprised I'm not dead yet."
"If it's so dangerous why do you hunt him?" Kagome looked hard at the man.
"I made a promise long ago when I was just a boy. I saw the frightful way that demon killed his victims. When he killed a kitsune he would slowly slice them up just enough so they'd feel the pain but wouldn't die. Then after hours of torture he'd cut out their hearts and….." The man looked down shamefully.
"And?" Inuyasha was impatient.
"Eat them. When I was young we still worshipped kitsune as gods. Even after we humans began ….uh … sacrificing them I had already made an oath to hunt down that demon until I passed away. Now I care more about the countless human lives being taken. That is why I have come here to see the Kitsune hoping she'd know something of it. He is after her for something more than just to gain her power. I know it." The old man clenched his fist. Kagome sat in silence and Inuyasha just got up and left the house.
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When it was time for the monk to leave the gang saw him off. Even Tokine came. But as the monk left the village she sensed something odd. Inuyasha sensed it too. Suddenly the monk was struck down. No one saw it coming, he just suddenly fell to the ground and blood flew into the air. Everyone was mortified especially Tokine. As flashbacks of how her family had fallen came back. Suddenly she was taken by behind and brought up in a tree she looked up at her captor. It was him. Inuyasha and the others realized she was taken and turned toward the tree. Inuyasha drew his sword and ran closer.
"Put the girl down!"
"Why should I half breed?" The man was tall and lean with long straight black hair and ivory skin. His eyes were a deep purple.
"Your one to talk! You reek like a demon yet you look just like any old human!"
"Sometimes you can judge a book by it's cover." The man smirked. Tokine was scared to death. The man hadn't needed to hold her tightly in his arms for she could hardly move. She looked up at his handsome yet devilish face. He looked down at her and grinned. "Long time no see!" She cringed.
"That's it enough of you!" Inuyasha prepared to do the wind scar but Kagome grabbed his arm.
"You'll hit Tokine!"
"Damn it!" Inuyasha leapt upwards and attempted dicing off his opponents head. The man jumped out of the way swiftly.
"That's no way to introduce yourself."
"Why don't you tell us who you are." Inuyasha prepared to strike again.
"Gladly. I go by many names but you may call me Akuma."
"Akuma?" Inuyasha and the others sweat dropped . "Isn't that a little unimaginative or something?"
"Keep quiet! No one asked for your opinion! It's so that the world knows I am a great demon!"
"Well then Akuma meet my sword Tetsusaiga!" Inuyasha went from behind to try to strike him. But to no avail. Akuma's arm altered into a shield surrounded by a demonic aura. The shield held back Tetsusaiga.
"Kitsune power really is something. Ne?"
"You bastard!" Inuyasha was angry and jumped back. The rest of the crew on the sidelines watched as the two men stared each other down Inuyasha scowling at the grinning Akuma.
"He blocked tetsusaiga with his arm!" Miroku was taken back.
"This guy won't be easy to beat." Sango stated.
"Inuyasha…" Kagome was concerned.
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*Akuma- means demon in Japanese.
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