Chapter 9
Recap:
"No one can here your cries fox demon." The demon began laughing again as he raised his right hand above his head. "Time for you to meet your demise." He let go of Shippo.
Shippo screamed as he fell towards the demon's mouth and his death. 'Sango, Miroku, someone please save me!' He closed his eyes as he thought of Miroku and Sango saving him. Opening his eyes he saw the demon's mouth become bigger. "AHHHHHHH!"
"Shippo!" They screamed.
Now:
Sango and Miroku watched on as Shippo fell. Sango felt ashamed that she was just standing there watching him fall and not doing anything about it. "Miroku put some of your sutras on my hiraikotsu." she said seriously.
"Wha-what are you planning on doing?"
"I'm going to throw my hiraikotsu as close to the demon as I can get it to. I need to use your sutras so that if my hiraikotsu barely scratches him he'll get purified." she explained.
Miroku nodded as he reached inside his robe to grab a handful of his sutras. He closed his eyes as he pulled them out in front of him. He concentrated all his spiritual powers on the sutras which he held. Sango lied down her weapon and took a few steps backward. She saw the sutras turn a light blue. Miroku opened his eyes and saw the hiraikotsu on the ground. He threw them and they all landed on it. As the sutras touched the hiraikotsu it also glow a light blue. Sango picked it up and ran forward. Then she spanned around twice before letting go. The two watched as it soar closer to the demon. Out of nowhere a gust of wind occurred, blowing the hiraikotsu upward to the demon's head. Sango and Miroku gasped when they saw the hiraikotsu fly up.
"Miroku, Shippo is going to get hit by my hiraikotsu as well!" Sango shouted in disbelief.
The hiraikotsu hit its target. The demon's head exploded and the body fell with a loud thud. Sango and Miroku ran over to the body to see if they could find Shippo. They looked and looked but they couldn't find any trace of him. Sango sank to her knees as she cried. Miroku also sad about losing his friend laid his hand on her shoulder. Sango grasped his hand, her cry becoming louder.
"I'm sorry Sango it's my entire fault this happened." he said mournfully.
"No, I'm the one to blame I asked him to do it so the rest of my village wouldn't be destroyed." she said in a shaky voice. She looked over to the demon's body and cried harder thinking how selfish she must have been.
Miroku bent down and held her in his arms. "Shh. Sango don't think like that. It is not your fault. I'm the one who made him do it. No matter how many times he protested I always mocked him so he would do it to prove to me that he wasn't a small wimpy kid." He tried soothing her but she cried more. "I'm sorry." he said apologetically.
Kilala retransforms and walks to her crying mistress. 'meow' She rubbed her head against her mistress's hand. Sango lifted her hand and patted Kilala. She sniffed a few times before she turned to Miroku.
"Thank you for comforting me." she said as she and Miroku stood up. Looking behind her she silently said her goodbyes. She quickly turned back around not able to look again, afraid she would break down and cry.
Miroku sadly smiled while he rubbed her back. "Anytime…" He escorted her to her hutto rest. Once inside they thought that their eyes were playing tricks on them. Sitting by the fire was Shippo with Kohaku bandaging up his wounds.
Sango ran and embraced him as tears streamed down her face. "Shippo I'm so happy you're alive. I promise not to let you do that again or Kagome will have my head for sure." she happily cried.
"Sango please stop my wounds are reopening." he cried as he felt blood trickling down his legs. Sango let go immediately. "Sorry, are you okay?" she asked. Shippo sat back down so Kohaku could dress his wounds again.
"It hurts a little bit but I'm fine." he assured.
"So tell us Shippo how did you survive that explosion?" Miroku asked curios to find out how his friend escaped with minor injuries.
"Kohaku saved me. Right before the hiraikotsu destroyed the demon Kohaku pulled me away with his chain. But I was still close enough to receive minor scratches." he said.
"Thank you Kohaku." Miroku bowed showing his appreciation
"Yes thank you, but why did you come? I told you to stay on the hill where it was safe. Of course I'm grateful for you saving Shippo but next time listen to me when I tell you to stay somewhere." she softly scolded.
"I'm sorry sis, I didn't mean to disobey you." he said through gritted teeth as he tried to keep calm. 'Why do I suddenly become angry when is just trying to .' He closed his eyes trying rid himself of all his suddenly bottled up anger.
Miroku noticed Kohaku's grip his shirt but chose to ignore it, thinking he was only embarrassed.
Sango sadly smiled as she embraced her little brother. "Don't worry about it." she said softly. "I'm just glad you weren't hurt by that demon…that demon…it wasn't just any regular demon we've fought before…I've never saw a demon that tall…and its appearance was human. I'm not even sure if that was a demon." she as withdrew from Kohaku. She stood up and walked outside to where the demon's body lay. Examining it she confirmed that the body was of a human.
"That demon is known as himonculie demon."
Sango jumped not expecting anyone. "Miroku, you scared me." Grabbing the top of her kimono she breathed slowly trying to recover from the shock. "You know what they are?" she curiously stared at him as he fidgeted under her stare.
"Yes, I received the information from lady Kaede. There were stories going around that villages around here were being attacked by strange demons. Kaede wasn't sure but told me incase I ever ran into a himonculie…" He noticed Sango stiffened during his explanation. He debated if he should continue or not.
"Miroku lets go back inside so Shippo and Kohaku know about this too." She silently walked back into the hut leaving a puzzled monk standing alone.
Miroku turned around walking back into the hut to tell everyone his story.
Kohaku and Shippo were in a deep conversation but stopped talking when Sango walked in. She looked like she'd been slapped in the face. Not long after she had enter Miroku came only with a puzzled look. Both boys turned to each other and then back at the couple.
"Miroku has something to tell us." The boys put all their attention on the man that sat across from them.
"That demon we fought was no ordinary demon. That demon is known as a himonculie demon which their race were confirmed extinct two hundred years ago but from what I was told and you have seen they still exist. Kaede explained to me that unlike demons we've fought before, himonculie demons don't die easily. They wear these special necklaces that keep them alive."
"B-but what about the demon that you guys just killed?" Shippo interrupted. He became scared when he heard they can't die.
"No Shippo that demon is dead for if he is still alive his head would not have exploded. For reason it didn't have one which means its group must've banished him." Everyone nodded in understanding. Miroku was about to continue when he saw something shining next to him. He turned over to see tears down Sango's face. "Sango why are you crying?" He asked as he put his arm around her.
"I-I know what they are and what they…can do…" She let all her tears loose as they came streaming down. Her sobbing became louder as Miroku cradled her. After awhile her sobs quieted down into whimpers till she finally stopped. She lightly pushed away from Miroku.
"Thank you…I needed that." She looked at everyone and sighed. "I know all about the himonculie demons. They have existed for a thousand years. We had thought that they all died but we were wrong." She looked at Kohaku and she saw confusion written all over his face. "When I was younger a Kohaku was just born. The whole village planned big celebration but our celebration was ruined thank to those homunculi demons. Our parents including a few other demon slayers were the most skillful in the whole entire village. Our father used his hiraikotsu to cut through the demon but whenever he cut it in half the body parts would join together like it didn't get cut in two. Mother seeing father fail used her sickle to slice at the demon's heart."
Kohaku stared wide eye at his sister as she nodded to him knowing what he w as thinking. He looked down at his lap and there lay his sickle that his father gave him. 'Mother…'
"After nothing worked mother tried to blind it and she succeeded. The demon became angry and…and…" Tears started to slowly fall and before anymore could fall she blinked them away. She took a big intake of breath before she continued on. "Held out its hand and a giant spike flew out. It went right through her in a blink of an eye. She screamed in pain and I saw her blood flow down her mouth and the hole in her stomach. My father he was so enrage by my mother being killed that he threw the hiraikotsu and ran to my mom not caring that it hit the demon or not but it sliced the demon in the neck. The demon fell as father ran to my mother's body and since then had blamed himself for her death seeing as she just got out of birth and that he should have been by her side. That was what we thought to be the last himonculie demon." She heard Kohaku crying and moved over to comfort him even though her own tears were falling. Miroku and Shippo bowed their heads silently saying prayers for the brave female demon slayer and for the rest of the village.
Night time came around and inside the Kohaku and Shippo lay asleep as Miroku watched them. Sango sat outside by the villages graves. After she finished her prayers she walked back to the hut and once inside she sat next to Miroku.
Miroku silently thought about the himonculie attacks knowing full well this isn't a coincidence and that they should be on alert. Miroku was brought out of his thought when he heard Sango come back. He watched her intently as she sat next to him. "Sango."
Sango turned to face him. "Yes Miroku, what is it?"
I know you know a great deal about the homunculi demons but what you probably don't know is that they use magic which is important to know incase we come across another one."
Sango frowned but nodded none the less. She wasn't mad at Miroku but she that there might be more himonculie demons they might have to face.
"Tomorrow we head out." Miroku said before he got up and dust off his robes. "Make sure to get some rest."
"What. Why are we leaving?" Sango stood up to face him.
"We are going to get some help and to get Kagome and Inuyasha back. If we are to fight these demons we are going to need Inuyasha and especially Kagome maybe others to help defeat them." he spoke seriously.
"Why can't we just get Kagome and Inuyasha?" She asked softly but she knew he was right. She just didn't want so many people helping because they will get hurt or worse.
"Think about it Sango. We don't know how many there are. There could be double of what we fought when we faced Naraku."
Sango eyes widen in shock. She remembered there were so many demons to fight. She lost track of how many times she was almost killed. She replaced her shocked face with seriousness as she nodded. "I understand." Sango moved over to where Shippo and Kohaku slept and laid down next to them while Miroku sat up right against the wall across from them. As soon they got comfortable they fell asleep thinking of what is to become of them and their friends.
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