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Chapter VII:

Night of the Masquerade

"We can be like they are

come on baby (don't fear the reaper)

baby take my hand (don't fear the reaper)

we'll be able to fly (don't fear the reaper)

baby I'm your man"

"Don't Fear the Reaper" from "Greatest Love Songs Vol. 666"

originally performed by Blue Öyster Cult

Inuyasha stared at Kouga's mansion with hate and disgust. He clenched his hand and teeth to the point of bleeding.

"Easy son, don't get all worked up just yet." Said Inu-Tashio trying to calm his son

"I've been meaning to ask this, how do you know Kouga dad?" Inuyasha asked

"About ten or twelve yearts before you were born, Kouga had been hunting me and Izumi, Sesshomaru's mother. He finally caught us one night in the woods. He had developed some new kind of bullets that were smelted from a cross. He shot a bullet towards me, and Izumi got in the way. After she was shot I took her and escaped from Kouga. Izumi died in my arms before I could help her."

Inuyasha remained silent, he could not believe what he had just heard.

"Dad, I'm sorry, I'm so sorry."

"Don't be," Inu-Tashio replied, "Just focus on finding Kagome, I'll try to distract Kouga."

The Inu-Tashio and Inuyasha finally arrived at the mansion. Both of them slipped their masks on their faces to conceal their identities. They entered and we shown to the ballroom. Inuyasha and the Inu-Tashio looked around the room, trying to find Kouga.

"I can sense Kagome." Inuyasha said to his father

"I see Kouga as well. Kagome is standing next to him. We must take caution an..." the Inu-Tashio was cut off by the clanging of noise Kouga was making to get everyone's attention.

"My prestige guests, I welcome you all to my home. I am also proud to announce that there is a very special guest among us." Kouga said

"What is he doing?" Inuyasha asked, the Inu-Tashio shakes his head in confusion.

"His name is Inuyasha." Kouga announced

"What?!" Inuyasha stated in surprise

Soon guards surrounded Inuyasha and the Inu-Tashio.

"Guards, please take them to my study, I shall be there shortly." Kouga finished

Inuyasha wanted to fight back, but he remembered that Kouga still had Kagome hostage. The guards escorted the both of them down a series of halls until they reached a double oak wood door.

The guards pushed the doors open and pushed them inside. The minute sluggishly went by until Kouga entered the room, he is wearing a smug smile on his face.

"Inu-Tashio and Inuyasha, pleasure to meet you." Kouga said

"What is all this about Kouga?" Inuyasha stated

"The future Inuyasha, the future of mankind." He replies

"Then why me? Why Kagome?" Inuyasha asks

"Because Inuyasha, unlike your brother and father, you are a half-breed. In the past hybrids such as you have shown great potential. I want to test your blood, see what secrets it holds."

"If I refuse?" Inuyasha Asked

"We will resort to dangerous or deadly force to hold you down and take a lot more than we need, and I don't think your mate would appreciate that too much." Kouga replies

"All you want is blood, right?"

Kouga nods his head

"I'll do it, just don't hurt Kagome." Inuyasha said

Before the guards could seize Inuyasha the Inu-Tashio lunged at one and bit him in the neck. Inu-Tashio pulled out the guard's gun and shot the other two. At the same time, Inuyasha had tackled Kouga. The Inu-Tashio pulled away from the guard and spit a small wad of the guard's blood on the floor.

"I hate O Positive. C'mon son we must be quick." He said as they sprinted out the door and down the hallway.

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The "I hate O Positive" thing meant the Inu-Tashio hates O Positive blood types

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"What about Kagome?" Inuyasha asked

"Kouga is a vampire hunter, he only kills vampires. He cannot harm a human, that's part of the Vampire Hunter Code." Inu-Tashio replied

There came a low his like the sound of a silenced pistol and the Inu-Tashio feel to the ground gripping his left knee. Sticking out of it was a wooden stake.

"Damn. Inuyasha run, escape." He said

"I'm not going to leave you." Inuyasha said pulling his mask off.

"Go, tell Miroku that I've lost my wing. He'll understand."

Inuyasha nodded and ran away as fast as he could, afraid to look back. Behind Inuyasha Kouga approached the Inu-Tashio's body carrying a cross bow that had fired the stake. He smirked as he loaded another stake into the cross bow.

"I'll see you in hell." He said before firing a stake into the Inu-Tashio's heart.

Inu-Tashio grunted in pain as his body began to decompose into a skeleton. Before the Inu-Tashio died he smirked at Kouga evilly.

Well, that's chapter VII. What do ya think, please don't hate me for killing Inu-Tashio.