CH 9
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"So where is Naraku hiding", Tomas asked once they had all reached Kaede's hut.
"In the southernmost tip of Japan", Kagome replied "near the ocean".
"Well that makes sense", Tomas said.
"Why does it make sense", Sango asked
"Wendols can only drink sea water they can't drink lake or creek water", Tomas replied.
"Why is that", Shippo asked.
"I do not know or care", Tomas replied. "But I do have some bad news".
"What is it", Mirokou asked.
"We are going to need a whole lot of help", Tomas replied.
"No we don't, my Tetsiaga can kill them all", Inuyasha said.
"Really", Tomas said. "and tell me are you willing to risk Kagome's life to prove that"?
"What are you saying", Kagome asked.
"I am saying that the only time I have ever seen humans beat Wendols was when they took on half breeds. In the beginning there were 12 highly trained and very skillful Norsemen warriors, along with a caliph warrior and myself. Of those 14 warriors four survived. Two of the 11 Norsemen, one Caliph warrior, and myself lived on to tell our stories."
"Well if two humans lived we should be able to as well", Inuyasha said "besides they didn't have my sword".
"Listen runt two things first nine humans died and second those humans were fighting half breeds", Tomas said. "Now judging by the scent on that village boy that came to us, we are not dealing with half breeds but full breeds."
"My sword can kill them", Inuyasha repeated.
"Do you remember when you saw the demons attack Sango's village", Tomas asked.
"You saw the demons attack my village", Sango asked. "AND YOU DID NOTHING"!
"I only saw them moving, I didn't know where they were heading", Inuyasha said. "Also I didn't have my sword then".
"Well imagine if you saw ten times as many demons coming at you from all sides", Tomas said. "Do you still trust your sword"?
"Yes", Inuyasha replied.
"You are a fool", Tomas said.
"Shut up", Inuyasha said.
"Let me try another way of explaining this", Tomas said. "Naraku knows how to use all of your clan's weakness against it".
"I have no weakness", Inuyasha shouted.
"Yes you do", Tomas said with a smile. "It's Kikyo all he has to do is show her in any form of danger and you chase after her as fast as you can. Monk your weakness is that all he has to do is use a pretty woman to distract you or he could release some of his bugs and then your windtunnel is useless to us. And Sango all he has to do is make your brother the leader of the wendol and you would not dare attack them".
"What about me", Kagome asked.
"You", Tomas said then he sighed. "He has a whole lot of tricks with you, like he can make you mad at Inuyasha and make you flee, resurrect Kouga to start a fight between you two , or he can get you isolated from the clan".
"Look", Tomas said after a brief moment of silence. "You all have reasons to be happy about the work that you have done. You have all proven yourselves as warriors, but we need army to distract the wendol. If we can distract them only a small force will be guarding their queen. If we kill her they all die and Naraku loses his army".
"So how do we raise an army", Inuyasha asked.
"We will need your brother", Tomas replied "He raised an army once when the cat demons attacked. If he did it once he can do it again".
"You are crazy", Kagome said "Sesshomaru hates Inuyasha he would never come to his aide".
"True, but he has a human girl that travels with him named Rin. My bet is once he sees she is in danger he will gladly raise an army to protect her", Tomas said.
"You may be right", Sango said. "She and Jaken are family to him and there is no bond that is stronger then family".
"Except in my family", Inuyasha said "and since we don't exactly talk how do we get him to raise an army"?
"Wolf's bane", Tomas replied "me and Anastasia will cast it tomorrow night".
That was when they walked in and saw the injured boy sleeping on the ground.
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Sesshomaru walked into the farmhouse and saw the decapitated bodies of a farmer and his wife. Normally he avoided human houses but this one had a strange smell to it, of course it wasn't one that he had never smelled before in fact this was the eighth time he had smelled it. Every time he did he always found human bodies that were decapitated.
'What could be causing this', He wondered.
"Me lord", Jaken said "I found this rock that bears the scent of this place".
"Let me see it", Sesshomaru said.
"Yes me lord", Jaken said as he handed his leader a rock that had been shaped to look like a decapitated pregnant woman.
Sesshomaru looked at the rock and sighed he knew it was a clue but he didn't know what it meant.
"Lord Sesshomaru and Master Jaken", Rin shouted "out here I think I found something".
"What is it Rin", Sesshomaru asked as he and Jaken approached. Then they saw it, it appeared to be a black bear's arm. But this particular black bear's arm had more claws that were all stained with human blood on them.
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The sun had just cracked over the mountains and spilled into the valley when Tomas walked out from his bed under a tree. He looked to his left and saw Anastasia walking out from Kaede's house.
"How did you sleep", Tomas asked.
"Okay I guess, I miss the pack though", Anastasia replied .
"You know what Anastasia, why don't you just go home I can handle these wendol", Tomas said.
Anger flashed in Anastasia's eyes as she started to growl.
"You think I would shirk my duty as a wolf warrior", Anastasia barked as balled a fist and swung at Tomas.
"Take it easy", Tomas said as he blocked her punch "I was just suggesting it".
"You insult my honor", Anastasia growled
"I just wanted to see if you wanted to go home and raise up an army", Tomas said "Just in case I am not able to convince this Sesshomaru to raise one".
"What's going on", Inuyasha asked as he walked out of Kaede's hut.
"Nothing", Tomas replied "We were just exploring other options instead of using your brother."
"And that's why she swung at you", Inuyasha said.
"Just a simple misunderstanding", Tomas explained.
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Sesshomaru heard a moan from inside the house.
"Jaken, stay here with Rin", Sesshomaru said as he ran towards the house.
As he entered the house he saw a bloodied young human boy climbing out from under a rug.
"Speak boy, who did this", Sesshomaru barked
"Bears killed my parents", the boy whispered "I hid in the coffee beans and they couldn't find me. When I came out a deer that walked on two legs had razor sharp fangs, blood red eyes, and really sharp claws attacked me".
Sesshomaru nodded, he had heard it all before. Each time he heard of this deer the story was always worse then before.
'What is this creature', Sesshomaru wandered as he drew his Tensaiga and swung it at the boy.
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Night began to fall on Kaede's town and all across Japan.
"Shippo, do you have a drum I could borrow", Tomas asked as he, Inuyasha, and Mirouko entered Kaede's hut. The three of them had been out since noon chopping down trees and making them into 2 foot logs.
"No sorry", Shippo replied as Kagome and Sango started to set the table for tonight's dinner.
"Then I will need to borrow a pot then", Tomas said.
"What are we eating tonight", Mirokou asked as he sat down.
"Deer and a ring neck pheasant", Kagome replied. "Anastasia killed them and brought them back. I cooked the pheasant and Sango cooked the deer. Let me know how you like it, I've never cooked pheasant before".
"Sango did you by chance save the deer's blood", Tomas asked.
"Yes it's in the bucket over there", Sango replied.
"Thanks", Tomas said as he grabbed the bucket and smiled at Anastasia, she was starting to pull her weight here.
"Good work catching the food", Tomas said as he sat down next to her with his bucket
"Thank you", Anastasia said.
"This smells delicious", Inuyasha said as the food was placed in front of him.
"Looks good too", Mirokou said as his hand started to caress up Sango's left leg.
"Monk, if you keep it up I will feed you to Kairia while you are still alive", Sango hissed.
"What is Wolf's Bane", Kagome asked.
"It is a distress signal that is sent out to all wolves and makes them come to the wolf's aide", Tomas explained. "You see wolves think that they all began from two wolves so in a sense they are all members of one pack. Now of course there will be fights between clans but when the call has been sent out it brings them all together".
"So it will bring in wolves from everywhere", Inuyasha asked.
"Yep", Tomas replied.
"Great…..", Inuyasha said sarcastically.
"Maybe you all should stay here in the town", Tomas said.
"Maybe we should", Kagome said.
