A/N hey sorry it took so long for me to up date I have been swamped at school (midterms suck) any way I just thought that I would make a few corrections to my story that I have found and I would give ya a few news words and a NEW CHARACTER!!!! YAY!!!!!!!!!! Lol
Ok for the new words/ corrections/ Characters.
1. Bannou-All powerful this is the name of Akira's sword I had the hardest time trying to find a name for it but finally I found this one
2 Izumi- spring this is the new character you will have to read to find out who she is. BTW she is one of my many OC's
3 nee-san / aneki-older sister (this is a correction)
4 haku- eldest brother
5 ototo- younger brother (this is a correction)
6 imoutosan- younger sister
7 kutabare- fuck you
8 oban- bitchy old hag
9 Kowaku- seduction this is also a new character but she most likely won't be in any other chapter than this one
10 Oyaji- "old man" father (this is a spelling correction I was spelling it Oyajii but then I found that I was spelling it wrong so…yeah.)
11 Koga- I have been spelling his name wrong also I was spelling it Kouga.
I was told by a good friend/ cousin (mystic author) who has a small preview of this chappie before I posted it said that Sesshomaru is a little OOC sorry if he is I promise that I will try and cut back on that.
Well I think this is good for an authors note so onwards to the actual story. Byez.
Chapter 7
Captured
SLAP! The sound of Akira's hands slapping against Kito's face echoed off the walls of the huts that surrounded the group.
"Shit Akira what was that for?" Kito asked rubbing his sore face.
"Your eyes were glued to that seduction youkai's ass you dick." She yelled pointing to the youkai that was walking in front of the small group.
"Well sorry it's not my damn fault theses are the demons of seduction and I am a man so I can't help but stare." He yelled even louder than Akira.
"The both of you stop this insolent yelling." Sesshomaru said shooting them both icy glares. "Kito keep your eyes to the ground and off the youkai that are surrounding us, trust me it helps keep your mind off of …certain things. You are quite right that these youkai are the seduction youkai and that their only power is that of seduction, even on glimpse of them can send even the strongest of youkais falling head-over-heels. I myself try to stay as far from this village as I can so I can prevent myself from doing something I would regret."
"Father are you saying that you might be unfaithful to mother?" Ishikawa asked locking eyes with her father.
"Never would I willingly be unfaithful to your mother I have more honor than that. Besides I find that your mother is very talented in the area of seduction."
"I didn't need to know that father." Ishikawa said shuttering slightly at the thought of her mother seducing her father.
"I know you didn't." Sesshomaru said with a small smile on his face.
The group had been traveling south towards the village that was attacked, when they accidentally strayed into the seduction youkai village. Akira and Ishikawa were the only ones that weren't affected by the demon's spell of seduction, Sesshomaru and Kito on the other hand were a completely different story.
"Akira why do you think that we're not being affected by the youkai?" Ishikawa asked while dragging her father away from a youkai that had strayed to close to the group.
"I think it is because none of the men are here, it is only the women that are here as far as I can tell." Akira replied with her eyes still glued on Kito.
"I wonder where the men are?" Ishikawa asked
"They are on patrol of the forest Lady Ishikawa." A sultry female voice said from the crowd.
"Who goes there?" Ishikawa called as she scanned the crowed for the person that spoke.
"It is I, Kowaku, leader of this village. What is your purpose here Milady?" said the voice. The voice belonged to a tall female demon with brown hair that had blonde highlights. Her hair was really curly and she had deep brown eyes. Her curves were full and she knew how to show them off.
"We are just passing through; you have no reason to fear us."
"I do not fear you Lady Ishikawa nor do I fear your father Lord Sesshomaru as of now that is, but I do not know these two strangers and I do not trust them. Introduce yourselves so you may be known to this village."
"I am Akira daughter of Lord InuYasha and the Miko Kagome, and the niece of Lord Sesshomaru. This is Kito, son of Koga leader of the wolf tribe. Kito is also my intended so I would appreciate you and your fellow youkai staying away from him, I don't want to have to hurt you." Akira said resting her hand on the hilt of Bannou.
"None of my subjects will go near your intended. If I may ask where are you headed?"
"We are in search of The Shadows. Have you hears of any rumors of where they might be?"
"I have heard that they are planning an attack on a near by village."
Sesshomaru upon hearing this bit of news went and looked Kowaku straight in the eye his eyes blood red.
"Which village?" he said getting dangerously close to her with his poison claws.
"The village on the other side of the Forest of InuYasha, the one that is in possession of the bone eaters well."
"The village on the other side of the Forest of InuYasha? Uncle that is MY village!" Akira exclaimed.
"Come everyone we are leaving and going to my brother's village." Sesshomaru said releasing Kowaku from his icy glare.
The group turned and was heading towards the forest when Ishikawa heard a voice calling her name. It was Kowaku. Ishikawa stopped and waited fro her to catch up.
"Lady Ishikawa please slay these Shadows and avenge my sister, she was a member of the last village that was slain."
"Hai" was all Ishikawa said before she turned and ran to her uncle's village.
The group ran at full speed in hopes of returning to the village before dark. Just as the last seconds of daylight were filtering through the trees the bone eaters well came into full view. When Akira saw the well she got a new bust of energy and she bolted off to her hut. She ran up the hill through all the trees with practiced movements. She rounded the corner and saw her hut come into full view. She could see the light from the fire glowing inside. Think Kami that they are ok…for now. She thought as she pushed the curtain back.
"Akira?!" InuYasha whispered as he looked at the entrance of the hut while holding a little blanketed bundle.
"Oyaji, thank Kami that you are ok." She said throwing her arms around his neck.
"Akira I'm fine, thank Kami that you are back. Careful you are going to wake the pup if you keep squeezing my neck like that." He said. "What's wrong why are you completely tired out?"
"I've been running since early this morning trying to reach this village, wait pup?" Akira said glancing at the bundle in her father's arms.
"Yes did you forget that your mother was pupped before you left us?"
"Well no I didn't forget it just sorta left my mind. What did she have?" Akira said pulling the blanket away from the pups face while a smile was playing across hers. In side the bundle was a little girl with silvery white hair and raven ears that rested on top of her head.
"It is a girl and her name is Izumi. Her eyes are just like your's and mine" InuYasha said his voice filling with joy and pride.
"She is so adorable Oyaji, may I hold her?"
"Sweetheart you don't even need to ask she is your sister you can hold her, just please don't wake her up, I just got her to fall asleep. Your mother was having a hard time of getting her to fall asleep so I said I would take care of it and let her go get some much needed sleep, constantly we are being woken up in the middle of the night to her persistent crying." InuYasha said handing Izumi to Akira and seeing his firs born holding his last born.
Akira stared at her sister before reality set in and she remembered the reason that she came back home. "Father we need to get the family up and ready to fight you need to send Okaa and little Izumi away so The Shadows don't get to them."
"The Shadows? Why do you think that they are going to attack here?" InuYasha said.
"I was told by another village, they heard that The Shadows were planning an attack on this village. I came to warn you, Uncle Sesshomaru, Ishikawa, and Kito should be here any second now. I rushed ahead of them when we reached the well."
"Why is Kito with you?" InuYasha asked taking Izumi back and laying her back in to cradle.
"He has been with me ever since I left; please don't say anything I don't want to fight with you about him right now."
"Keh" was all InuYasha said as he sat down on the floor clutching his Tetsaiga, he was trying to comprehend the fact that there was some new evil trying to slaughter his village and that fact that his daughter had been with that mangy wolf Kito for the three weeks that she was gone.
"Father!" Shippo's voice called from out side interrupting InuYasha's train of thought.
A low growl erupted from InuYasha's throat. "I swear I am gonna kill that boy if he doesn't learn to keep his voice down. He constantly keeps shouting and waking Izumi." As if on cue Izumi started to cry from inside her cradle.
InuYasha went to pick her up and comfort her but Akira stopped him.
"Go see what Shippo wants I will take care of my imoutosan." Akira said as she picked Izumi up and calmly quieted her. She sat down on one of the many pillows that were lying on the floor. InuYasha went out side to see what was so important that Shippo was yelling at the top of his lungs.
"Shippo shut your mouth you just woke up Izumi and I swear to Kami that if you wake your Okaa-san I will give you such a thumping that you will still be able to feel it a month from now." InuYasha said in a loud forced whisper. He looked up from the ground to look at his son but instead he saw his brother his niece and Kito.
"I'm sorry brother but I sent him up to you I forgot that you had a new pup. Is Akira here?" Sesshomaru said stepping in front of Shippo.
"Yes she is inside with Izumi. She said something about The Shadows do you seriously think that they are going to attack this village?"
"Yes I do. I believe that they are out to kill you in an attempt at getting closer to me." He said with his normal stone cold emotionless face.
"Do you have any idea who these Shadows are?" InuYasha asked as he sat at the base of the nearest tree
"I believe that they are the legendary Shadow demons from the war stories that mother and father used to tell me when I was younger. If I am correct then we need to kill them and fast." Sesshomaru said as he sat down beside his brother.
"Why are they so dangerous? I never even had heard of them before."
"It was said that they could vanish out of thin air and can take you inside of their shadowy form and you would be enveloped in complete and utter darkness. It would drive you in to insanity if you were stuck there for too long. It is the worst form of torture. They are ruthless and will kill every man, woman, child, demon, hanyou, and ningen alike."
"How do we kill them?" InuYasha asked gripping his Tetsaiga.
"I'm not quite sure there are many rumors on how to kill them I'm sure we will be able to kill them if not we will send Akira off to purify them with that purifying mist she has. I have seen her take out a whole heard of rabid boar youkai with that move. On the way back to my castle I didn't have to kill any thing Akira took care of all of them, it was kind of nice really."
"You like being protected by a teenage hanyou?" InuYasha joked as he looked at his brother in the face.
Sesshomaru made a noise that resembled something like InuYasha's infamous 'Keh'.
"How has she been? Kagome and I have really missed her, but Inukome has missed her the most she was his other half, lately he has been really far off and I am starting to get a little worried about him."
"She has been fine, along with Kito. I remember when you left the palace, it was such a shock for me but I didn't show it."
"I never lived at the palace with you. Did I?" InuYasha said with a confused face.
"When you were a small child both you and your mother lived at the palace by father's request but when you were still a toddler she took you to her village. Let me say the palace was very quiet with out you around."
"I never knew that I lived with you but in a way I am glad that I moved out if I hadn't my life would be completely different I wouldn't have found Kagome and then I would have these four wonderful children."
"Father I hate to break up this tender moment but can we please come up with a strategy to fight these Shadows with?" Ishikawa said coming and standing in front of her father and uncle.
"I'm sorry your right. We need to make a game plan. InuYasha I think that you should send your mate and new pup to my palace that is where they will be the safest. Both Rin and Mai-Bas are there."
"I think I will can I borrow Ah-Un? It would be faster for him to take them then for me to take them on my own."
Sesshomaru just gave him a curt nod and turned to go inside of the hut to talk with Akira. Inside the hut Akira was holing Izumi in her arms while singing her a soft lullaby to try and calm her down and have her go back to sleep.
"Uncle!" Akira said jumping slightly when she saw Sesshomaru standing in front of her. "You startled me I didn't hear you come inside."
"Keep your up guard always Akira, The Shadows are out there somewhere and are planning an attack on us you MUST be prepared."
"I'm sorry Uncle." Akira said bowing her head. InuYasha came into the hut and went in to one of the other rooms. A few muffled words came floating out to Akira's ears.
"What Oyaji it's so late let me sleep." Inukome said with a whiny tired voice.
"Akira is out in the main room along with Uncle Sesshomaru, Ishikawa, and Kito. Go speak with her and get ready we are preparing to go fight a new enemy." InuYasha said pulling his youngest son to his feet.
"Akira, Uncle Sesshomaru, Ishikawa, and Kito what are they doing here especially Kito? He knows that he is not welcome here." Inukome said rubbing the sleep from his eyes.
"I don't know why he is here but I can't do anything he is under Sesshomaru's protection."
Inukome ran out of his bedroom and went to Akira's side as she was lying a now sleeping Izumi back in to her crib.
"Akira!" Inukome exclaimed as he threw his arms around her neck. "I have missed you so much Aneki."
"I have missed you also Ototo." She said while giving him a huge hug.
"Are you planning on staying for more than a few days?"
"I am not sure Inukome all I know is that we need to kill these Shadows."
"I am coming with you, I have been practicing on my fighting skill ever since you left and I have improved some but not much, but still I have improved."
"I would have it no other way Inukome; you will fight by mine and father's sides as we take these Shadows head on."
InuYasha went into his bedroom and stood by the bed as he watched his mate sleep. I really don't want to wake her but I know I must. He gently shook her shoulder in an effort to wake the sleeping Kagome.
"Five more minutes InuYasha please." She begged as she rolled over.
"I'm sorry love but you need to get up now, you are leaving with Izumi."
"Leaving, why?" she asked sitting up.
"The Shadows are on their way here to fight us and I need you to take the pup to safety."
"Where am I to go? I can't take her on my own very fast."
"Sesshomaru said he would lend me Ah-un and that you can stay at his place with Mai-Bas."
"Sesshomaru is here? Is Akira here too?" Kagome asked her eyes filling with hope.
"Yes she is out in the other room with everyone."
Kagome shot out of bed not caring that she was still in her sleep clothes, when she finally saw Akira she threw her arms around her squeezing her as hard as she could. When she finally pulled back from her death like vice grip of a hug she did something much unexpected. She smacked her right across the face.
"Ouch Okaa what in the hell was that for?" Akira said as she rubbed her sore cheek.
"You left this family in such a state we were so worried about you, not once in all those weeks you were gone did you send word to us that you were ok. More than once your father stopped me from sending one or both of your brothers out to bring you back." Kagome said
"Okaa..." Akira said as her mother was catching her breath from talking so fast.
"No I'm not done yet." Kagome said pointing at her daughter. "You are my daughter and I should be raising you not you aunt and uncle once this fight is over you are coming home and staying home."
"Okaa can we discus this later please?"
"No this is the end of this discussion and that's that, once these Shadows are gone you will home with me." Kagome said
"But you can't do that!" Akira protested.
"I am the mother here and I say what you can and can't do."
"Uncle Sesshomaru please tell her that I don't have to move back in with her please tell her that I can stay with you." Akira said pleadingly to her uncle.
Sesshomaru turned to Kagome with every intention of telling her that Akira can stay with whom ever she wants to but was stopped by Kagome.
"Sesshomaru," Kagome said her voice laced with ice, "do not deprive me of the last few months I will have with my daughter. In just a few short months I know I can not stop her, I know that she is going to go off and live her life with Kito, despite InuYasha's and I's protests, I know I will lose my baby girl forever."
"Akira I think it is in your best interest to go back with living with your family, I have deprived both your mother and father of you for three long weeks. I am revoking my invitation of living with and my family in the palace of the western lands."
Akira stood speechless. Kito on the other hand spoke up from his quite corner.
"WHAT? How can you do that? You know just as well as I do that it would be in Akira's 'best interest' to stay with you. You are just not man enough to stand up to Kagome." Kito spat as he got right into Sesshomaru's face.
"Listen to me you little wolf I am Lord of the Western Lands I say what goes and what doesn't, you have NO say in what I do, I expect you to keep your mouth shut before you find yourself being thrown in to one of my many dungeons." Sesshomaru said his eyes taking on a slight hue of red.
Kito backed down but he still had an evil glare to his eye. By this time Akira had regained her ability of speech.
"Uncle I… I am not sure exactly sure what to say to you right now. All I know is that I don't want to be around you so I am going to go out side and calm down." She said very slowly while clenching and unclenching her fists.
"I think I will go with you." Kito and Inukome said in unison.
Kito gave a low growl "I am going with her, you stay here."
"Both of you come I don't want you two to start fighting." Akira said shaking her head.
As the trio walked out of the hut InuYasha grabbed his son by the shoulder and whispered in to his ear. "Keep your eye on Kito for me if he even tries to hold his hand I want you to call for me, my brother may have let her be involved with him but he won't be while he is on my soil."
"Yes father." Was all Inukome said as he walked out of the hut.
He walked out of the hut and followed his sister and Kito's scents all the way to Goshinboku. They were both in the upper most branches of the tree; unexpectedly they were not even touching.
He could smell that Akira was crying the salt from her tears was thick in the air. In just a few seconds he was up in the tree right beside her. He slowly reached for her arm but she pulled away from his touch.
"Please Ototo I just need to be left alone I don't mind if you sit with me just don't touch me."
"Alright I can deal with that." Inukome said taking a branch near his sister but as far from Kito as he could. The trio sat in the tree for well over an hour, only Inukome came down when InuYasha announced that Kagome was leaving to go to Sesshomaru's palace. Akira sat in the tree up until the point that she felt a large, evil, demonic aura coming in from the south. She hopped out of the tree and went to the hut.
"The Shadows are here." She said.
Everybody looked up from what they were doing to look Akira right in the face.
"I can feel the demonic aura coming and fast." She said while picking up her bow and a quiver of arrows. She also re-tied Bannou and its sheath to her waist. Ever since she had been in search of the Shadows she had been wearing her blue and silver haori and matching hamaka. InuYasha looked up at his daughter as she re-tied her sword to her belt, she looked very regal standing in the hut wearing her formal outfit and holding her weapons.
Every one readied themselves in less than a minute for the pending battle that awaited them out side of the hut. Akira picked up Inukome's bow and quiver of arrows and went out side to hand them to him.
"Thank you Akira, are you ready?"
"Inukome, I have been ready to do this ever since I heard of The Shadows."
"Hai."
Everybody lined up outside of the hut and waited for The Shadows to come to them. Akira tapped her toes impatiently upon the ground. They had been waiting for an hour already.
"Father, Uncle, where are they? They should be here by now!"
"I don't know Akira. But I wish that they would hurry. I hate waiting." InuYasha said from his spot in the battle line up.
"I think that they are testing us. I think that they want us to make the first move and go out and confront them." Sesshomaru said
"I agree father, and I think that we should oblige to their decision and make the first move, I am tired of waiting." Ishikawa said turning to look at her father straight in the eye.
"Yes Lord Sesshomaru let's go out and make the first move, we should get this over as soon as possible." Kito said from his branch in the tree.
"I think that you should keep your mouth shut Kito, you are on my land not Sesshomaru's, and if I remember correctly I banished you and your family from my lands years ago."
Kito let out a low growl, jumped out of Goshinboku, and stepped towards InuYasha, "I don't know why you hate me so much. I am nothing like my father; I have done nothing to you personally. Can't you see that Akira is happy with me? If you can't then you are blind." Kito said getting right in to InuYasha's face.
InuYasha stood there stunned. Never before had Kito stood up to him like that, and the worse part about the whole thing was that he was right. Akira was happy with him, of course InuYasha would never admit that Kito was right so he did the first thing that came to his mind, he sucker punched him in the face.
Kito fell back to the ground with a bloody nose.
"Don't get into my face you little mangy wolf." InuYasha spat.
"Father how could you?" Akira said helping Kito back to his feet and looking at her father straight in the eyes. "We are supposed to be fighting The Shadows and not fighting each other."
"Well he started it." InuYasha said like a little kid.
"But you threw the first punch." Akira said "and the only punch!" she added when she saw Kito balling his hands into fists.
InuYasha stepped back from his daughter with out a single word.
"Please father for me can you just get along with Kito, please?" Akira pleaded.
He folded his arms and looked up at the night sky through the trees. Can I really just drop this feud so easily? Akira means so much to me so I guess I should but Kito is Koga's son. GRRRR. Why is this so hard? I can SAY that I dropped the fight but not really drop it. Yeah that's it that's what I'll do.
"Fine as long as Kito agrees I will call a truce." Well temporarily anyway hehehe.
"Really?" She asked her eyes lighting up.
"Yes."
"Oh thank you Oyaji, thank you."
"Kito do you agree to a truce?" InuYasha asked his eyes cold.
Reluctantly Kito agreed.
Just as InuYasha extended his hand to shake Kito's a cold hard laugh came from the forest edge.
"Finally they have decided to show themselves." Sesshomaru said as he stood from his meditative position on the ground.
A dozen or so pair of red eyes glared out of the inky darkness of the trees. One of The Shadows came out from the trees and materialized in to a humanoid form. He was tall with black hair, skin, and eyes.
"Ah Lord Sesshomaru, and Lord InuYasha, I finally have the pleasure to meet you." He said walking up to the two brothers. Both InuYasha and Sesshomaru stepped in front of their children.
"Have you come here to fight or to talk?" InuYasha asked unsheathing tetsaiga. After InuYasha unsheathed his sword everyone followed, Akira her Bannou, Sesshomaru his Tokijin, both Kito and Ishikawa their respective swords, and Inukome knocked back an arrow.
"Ah InuYasha just like you cutting straight to the chase." The Shadow said lifting his arms and in doing so lifting himself off the ground. He faded back in to the inky darkness. As soon as he was part of the whole group again they attacked.
The Shadows fought as a whole, and Kami they were strong. Sesshomaru used his Tokijin and his whips of light and killed four on his own. InuYasha was preoccupied with three Shadows; he took them down with his wind scar.
Akira was fighting a particularly large Shadow when she heard her brother scream for help. She finished off this overly confident beast and ran to her brother's aid. He was fighting the Shadows hand to hand; Inukome had run out of arrows and was having a hard time killing this Shadow. As Akira was running towards her brother the shadow materialized in to human form and grabbed Inukome by the neck. Akira jumped over Inukome and shoved Bannou in to the Shadows stomach. He screamed out in pain but he was still alive, she infused her miko energy in to her sword the Shadow exploded in to purified dust. Inukome fell to the ground panting for breath.
"Here Inukome I don't need my arrows you take them." Akira said taking off her quiver of arrows and handing them to her ototo.
"Thank you Aneki. Be careful they are getting more aggressive as more of them are dying." He said as he took off to continue fighting.
Akira took her time to quickly look around to see how everyone was fairing. Kito was sporting a nasty looking wound to his arm but he look alright other than that he was fine, Ishikawa was in the process of killing three Shadows with her own whips of light, she didn't even have a scratch on her. Both her father and her uncle we fine.
They were winning! Akira felt a pair of rough hands in circle her neck. She was lifted off the ground by her neck. She mentally slapped herself for being caught off guard. She went to grab her sword but was stopped by the lead shadows voice.
"No, no, no young one. You will not kill me." He whispered in to her ear. Akira let go of her sword as her eyes glazed over. "You will just stand here like a good little half breed and watch me destroy your family. I will rule the Western Lands, and neither you nor your cousin will stop me."
Akira was set back down on the ground and she took a few steps back from the fight.
What is happening to me? I can't control my own actions. All I need to do is grab Bannou and kill this Shadow, he has some sort of control over people's minds, and he is over powering me. Akira was screaming in her own mind, all she wanted to do was scream out and warn her family but the control that Shadow had over her was preventing her from doing just that.
All she could do was stand back and watch. InuYasha and Sesshomaru were on one side of the battle area fighting half of the remaining Shadows and Inukome, Ishikawa, and Kito were on the other side fighting the other half. The leader of the pack went up to fight Sesshomaru and InuYasha on his own when the last of his minions that was fighting the brothers were killed. He was an exceptional fighter, he was able to dodge ever attack that they were throwing at him and still had time to inflict some wounds on the brothers.
"Ok fuck this," InuYasha said readying his sword. "Sesshomaru I am going to end this now with my adement barrage (SP?)"
"Hn." Sesshomaru said leaping back away from the leader so he himself wouldn't get hit.
"I wouldn't do that if I were you InuYasha." The leader said. "If you kill me now your daughter will never be able to move freely again, she will stay rooted to that very spot waiting for me to release her." He said with a wicked smile plastered to his face.
"What in the hell are you talking about?" InuYasha yelled looking at Akira who was still standing in the middle of the battle field. "Akira is not under your control."
"Ah but she is. Watch closely, she's my little puppet" the leader said (A/N I know I know I need a name for the leader of The Shadows but for the life of me I can't think of one if some one wants to help me it would be appreciated. If I choose your name you will get credit. PROMISE. Thanks. Now back to the story.) "Akira come over here."
"Yes, My lord." Akira said in a monotonous voice through gritted teeth. She walked towards the leader with strained steps. I need to break through this control!
InuYasha and Sesshomaru were to busy watching Akira to see that the others were being pushed back from the rest of the group.
Akira stood beside the leader and stared with apologetic eyes at her father and uncle. Inside her head she was finally breaking through the control.
"Akira, my little puppet, kill your father and your uncle for me will you?"
Finally I broke free. But I can't let him know that. It was then that she made up a quick impromptu plan. "Yes master." She said as she unsheathed Bannou and took a step towards her father and uncle. Her eyes connected with InuYasha's and she winked at him, in that second he understood that she was under her own control. Unfortunately Sesshomaru missed the little exchange and started yelling at her and warned her that if she took one more step closer that he would not be responsible for what may happen.
"Silence Fluffy-sama." She said using the name he hated. "You are not in control of this situation." She locked eyes with him. "I am." She turned on her heel while simultaneously casting a barrier around her father and uncle. "Purity Mist!" Akira bellowed as she swung her sword above her head. "NO one controls me ever." She said as the mist hit The Shadow. He screamed out in agony. "I hope you are dragged through all seven layers of hell for what you have done."
The leader transformed back in to his shadowy form and disappeared.
"Damn, you didn't kill him." Sesshomaru said when the barrier had been dropped.
"Akira are you alright? How did he get you under his control? I saw that you were fighting it." InuYasha asked hugging his daughter.
"I'm fine Oyaji, just a bit tired. All I know is that he came up behind me and picked me up by the throat, then poof I was a mindless puppet."
"Where is my daughter?" Sesshomaru said looking around for Ishikawa.
"I don't know. Where is Inukome?" InuYasha said.
"And Kito?" Akira added.
A soft laughter came from one of the mortally injured Shadows.
Sesshomaru went and picked the Shadow up and looked him straight in the eye.
"Where is the rest of our group?"
"By now they are at our secret hid out. They were so easy to capture. You were dense enough to be fooled that we just wanted to kill you; we want you to suffer first, so we kidnapped the three easiest preys."
"Where is your 'secret hideout'" Sesshomaru said his eyes turning blood red.
"I'll never tell you, you filthy dog."
"Tell me and I will make your passing end quickly."
A small chuckle escaped his lips. "I don't care I am going to die anyway, I would never betray my family, kutabare Sesshomaru, you can try and fail at finding our lair." He said and with his last breath of air he laughed.
"The Shadows took my cousin, my brother, and my future mate. They will DIE!!!!" Akira screamed.
(A/N dun dun dun. Lol. Once again sorry for how long it took me for this chapter, I had BAD writers block, and when I got over that I had midterms, then when they were over I got grounded from my computer. Sighs. This chapter is also TWICE as long as most of the other chapters so…yeah. Lol. Well I hope you like the chapter. Well I will be giving out awards for next chapter because I took so long for this chapter. So if you want an award LEAVE A REVIEW. I can't award you if I don't know who you are. Lol. Well until next time Inu-tiger-luver-393)
