Ch.10 Inutaisho?

WITH KAGOME

When I heard the howl I knew it was Inuyasha and when I heard the child's scream I knew it was most likely Rin so I looked briefly around and found that Sesshomaru was indeed there. Unfortunately I couldn't worry about her and had to trust Sesshomaru would get her back no I was focused on Inuyasha battling one of Naraku's puppets across the battlefield I knew Aria had heard the howl to because she was also rushing towards Inuyasha. I however was closer and was also surrounded by less youkai so I got to him quicker when I got there I had to fight to keep from gagging for Naraku's puppet was just removing his fingers from Inuyasha's right eye and in its fingers was the black pearl. She paused for a moment and wondered what Naraku could possibly want with the pearl from what Myoga told them the pearl was a one way deal so it was useless right, Kagome didn't know how wrong she was. She pointed an arrow at the puppet but it dodged and jumped away to join the real Naraku and hand over its prize to its master Kohaku appeared behind the spider hanyou and to her shock in his hands was tensaiga. After that she was unable to witness anymore because Naraku's youkai swarm started attacking her and she had to protect Inuyasha for the time being then she felt a wave of dark power that had her wanting to throw up.

When she looked up there was a black portal that swirled dangerously and Naraku walked straight into it without a second thought she sprinted towards the portal herself and jumped through.

WITH ARIA

Aria cursed herself mentally since she had already put the pieces together as to what Naraku planned to do and she would not allow it to happen not to one of Shiro-sama's decedents no way in hell and she usually didn't swear which was saying something. She sprinted and cursed some more as she saw the black portal appear and saw Kagome jump through it fallowed by Inuyasha and the others and Sesshomaru's group she just barely got through before the portal became completely unstable and broke down. She took but a moment once she got on the other side to take in her surroundings before she sprinted in the direction of the Inu No Taisho's bones intending to stop Naraku from reviving the deceased lord or at least keeping him from becoming enslaved by Naraku. By the time she got there Naraku already had tensaiga raised and she watched in horror as he slashed it through the bones of Inu No Taisho's chest and with a flare that made her shudder slightly a whirlwind of power coalesced into a giant tornado of youkai. In the center of the tornado she saw the Inu No Taisho's body forming first the skeleton, then the organs, muscles and tendons, and finally the skin and hair as well as the Dai's tail.

It was a horrifying yet breathtaking sight indeed and also at the center just below were the Inu No Taisho floated was Naraku and also to her utter frustration Kagome who was likely going to try and help the Inu No Taisho by herself. Well she wouldn't be completely by herself Aria thought to herself as she sprinted once more towards the eye of the storm and Kagome.

WITH KAGOME AND ARIA

Kagome saw as the Inu No Taisho was revived, saw as his body was reformed and it took her a while to get her head back in gear so she could be of any use in the situation and she saw Naraku floating towards the Inu No Taisho a large chunk of the jewel in his palm. It took a mere second for her to realize what he planned to do it her less than that to take action and try and stop it and she realized she was not alone in the endeavor and saw Aria sprinting right beside her. She shared a look with her oldest friend and together they leapt upwards and straight onto the Inu No Taisho and coincidently into Naraku he looked startled by their appearance they noticed with alarm that the bone beads Naraku had placed around The Inu No Taisho's neck shone unearthly and glowed with a sickly black light. Then Aria watched in fascination as Kagome faster than Aria had ever seen her move thrust her hand forward and gripped the evil kumo-hanyou's hand with hers alight with her miko powers as she started purifying his hand along with the bone necklace attempting to control the Inu No Taisho. The kumo-hanyou hissed in pain before a shockwave of power exploded outward throwing him and Aria off the Dai and sent Aria directly into a tree Kagome would have winced had she had the leverage to do so.

Kagome was lucky she managed to stay on because she had to finish purifying the necklace although she really wanted to get as far away from the obviously enraged youkai below her as possible his awesome aura pulsed around them in heady waves that were starting to make her dizzy. But she held on even as she stared into the Inu No Taisho's blood red eyes when the force that had been holding them aloft suddenly vanished and they were sent plummeting to the ground. Fortunately she landed on something soft unfortunately that something happened to be the Inu No Taisho who until now she had not noticed had a really nice body if she wasn't so terrified that he would kill her right now she would have blushed at her thought. She also noticed they had landed near Aria who was just getting up from being thrown into a tree and as she sprinted over Kagome felt many lower level youkai gathering behind them and so she thrust her sword into the ground and charged it with as much power as she could. Then the youkai were upon them and as they collided with the wall of pink energy that had sprung up before them they were turned into ash that coated her face and hair and got in her eyes in that moment if she had bothered to look behind her she would have seen the two equally shocked faces of the ones she was protecting.

Suddenly the youkai were gone and when the ash cleared it was to show the stunned face of Naraku and what Kagome did next shocked the two watching even more she ripped her sword from the ground and it glowed a vivid bright pink before she swung it and as it cut through the air an arc of her power was sent directly at the still stunned Naraku. It cut through his tentacles and flesh like butter leaving his insides to spill out unfortunately he erected a barrier to hold his insides together and he cursed before vanishing that was the last thing Kagome saw before her world became dark.

WITH THE INU NO TAISHO

To say that Toga was shocked was an understatement he had been floating between the world of the living and the world of the dead for who knows how long only to be summoned completely back to the world of the living and heavily under the influence of his beast. Then when he finally does get his senses back it's only to feel the crackling energy of powerful miko around him and the sight of a beautiful black haired women in front of him hand tightly gripping the hilt of a sword, hair flying around her in the breeze created by her powers. For he could sense that the powerful miko energy was coming from the girl what he really wanted to know was why she was protecting him not only he a complete stranger but he was also youkai and mikos hated youkai it didn't make sense. What really shocked him were her oddly colored eyes they were blue he recalled in a brief moment when she had turned in his direction and he caught a glimpse of them but they were not just any shade of blue but deep dark sapphire blue. He would not be getting any answers from her any time soon though because she had passed out as soon as she had made sure he was intact then there was the issue of the other women he noticed when he got his senses back she had vanished but he would ponder that later. He felt the presence of his eldest Sesshomaru and wondered what he was doing here he also felt one other fairly large presence and wondered if it was his second son Inuyasha.

Inuyasha he thought he barely got to meet his youngest in his previous life only for an instant to name the boy before his wife had run off into the night at his behest and he had died crushed under a burning roof with many arrows sticking out of his body. He also sensed several smaller auras one monk among them that he thought was as odd as the miko he was holding helping him that combined with the aura's of two full youkai near the monk only served to further confuse he had better get some answers fast. As if the Kami's were answering his prayer the second largest aura he felt burst through the underbrush and he had to fight to keep from gaping in shock he took in the robe of the fire rat that adorned the other male and knew it was his second son and just as he opened his mouth to say his seconds name the male opened his mouth and did the honors. However what came out of his mouth was anything but what he was expecting and he instead of fighting to keep from gaping he fought to keep from cringing as Inuyasha shouted "what the fuck!"

WITH EVERYONE

Inuyasha rushed towards the last place he felt Kagome's aura once he finished destroying the lower level youkai that had attacked him he was worried he suddenly couldn't feel her aura which either meant she was unconscious or dead he hoped it was unconscious because he honestly couldn't bear to lose her his sister and best friend. He knew that she was somewhere near his father for there was no one who could possibly have that strong an aura here so his father had been revived which meant if Kagome was still alive she was with him. What he didn't expect was the scene he walked in on his father sat at the base of a tree holding Kagome his arm wrapped around her waist head on his shoulder from what he could tell she was still alive and he breathed a sigh of relief. His blood boiled however because of the way his father was holding his best friend no one not even his father was allowed to touch her like that so he said the first thing that came to mind "what the fuck!" and by the look on his father's face that may not have been the best thing to say. His pack had arrived to hear that last one and gasped at him thinking is that any way to treat his father for they had all met him briefly during the so'unga incident which wasn't one of their best moments or memories for that matter.

Everyone winced when Sesshomaru's cold voice announced "Inuyasha you will respect father for he is our alpha" "the hell he is why should I respect him anyway after all he wasn't there I don't know him?" Sesshomaru just gave him a cold glare but said nothing so Inuyasha turned his sights back to Kagome and discerning the extent of her injuries while trying to figure out how to get her out of his father's grasp after all he did not need to hold her anymore now that her alpha was here. He looked at his group and noticed Aria was missing so he asked "where is Aria?" and just as they were about to reply she jumped down from the small cliff at the edge of the clearing and landed smoothly with not so much as a sound about a 15 yards from where they all were. What surprised everyone and amused at least one of those present was Aria walking up to Inuyasha with a peeved look on her face and without so much as a warning and slapping the back of his head with so much force he did a faceplant into the ground from the force of the blow. And then she did something else unexpected she took a deep breath and calmly chewed Inuyasha out "Inuyasha! Where in all the seven hells do you get off talking to your father like that? Not only is he your father but he is also your elder and that alone she make you respect him at least a little bit." "well?" she all but growled out at Inuyasha who was staring at her with wide eyes and his ears plastered to his head and Inuyasha being the eloquent person he is whispered sullenly "sorry."

When Aria was done chewing Inuyasha out she looked up only to see the amused faces of her friends and looking behind her if she had less control of her emotions would have groaned and blushed in embarrassment because the Inu No Taisho also had an amused smile on his face then looking towards Lord Sesshomaru she could tell he was also amused as well by the slight quirk to his lips how embarrassing. She glanced quickly around gauging her pupils injuries Inuyasha as usual didn't have any serious injuries only scrapes and possibly a few bruises, Miroku looked like he had been poisoned again, Sango limped slightly so she must have either sprained something badly or gotten a deep bruise, she already knew Kagome's wounds spiritual exhaustion and a dislocated shoulder with some deep bruising in certain places. The one in most need right now was Miroku but it was probably best to wait until after they got on the other side of the gate between the netherworld and earth to do anything about it since mortals really shouldn't linger here in this dimension for long. So with one final glare to Inuyasha she walked over to Inutaisho and bent down so she could be at eye level before respectfully requesting "may I see Kagome?" "Kagome hu so that is the miko's name?" "Hai Inutaisho-sama her name is Kagome."

She held gestured for him to show her Kagome and he nodded lifting her up so Aria could get a better look at her it was just as she thought she would have to take care of the dislocated shoulder now though because the longer it remained so the more damage was done and the more likely Kagome would have trouble with it later. "She has a dislocated shoulder I will need you to hold her still while I put her shoulder back in place" the Inutaisho nodded his understanding "Inuyasha will you get me some bandages please?" Inuyasha gave a short nod and went to Kirara who carried all their supplies including Kagome's bag. While he was doing that she took out a tightly rolled cloth from the small pouch she had at her side and worked on getting Kagome's jaws open so she could put the cloth in her mouth after all she didn't want Kagome to cause more damage to herself when Inuyasha returned he silently handed her the bandages. Finally everything was ready and Aria took hold of Kagome's shoulder firmly in her hands which caused Kagome to make a sound of discomfort before saying a silent sorry and wrenching the shoulder backwards and back into socket and with a muffled scream Kagome became conscious again before passing out right after from the pain. "Alright now that that's done we need to get out of here" looking around she saw everyone nod and out of the corner of her eye she saw Inutaisho get up with Kagome in his arms they all turned to Sesshomaru knowing he was likely the only one who could get them out of here since he wielded the sword of the heavens Tensaiga.

Without another word he turned around and began to walk and they all fallowed him and when they came to the door there was a sort of smug pride in Sesshomaru's step ass the statues that guarded the door to the nether world bowed to him as he passed. However no one saw the statues bow to another of the party that passed nor did they see her small bow in return.

WITH ARIA

Flashback (Earlier after Kagome rescued the Inu No Taisho): Aria knew Kagome would be safe with the Inu No Taisho until she returned so she hid he presence and sped towards the netherworld entrance to the Earth when she had gone through Naraku's portal earlier she knew that it would cause damage even if non-physical. The statues that guarded the gates she knew were not just there to guard the gates but to also keep the barrier separating the Earth and the netherworld intact, so she wanted to lend them her power in repairing the damage Naraku's portal caused to the barrier. It would take them awhile on their own to repair the damage but with the addition of her guardian powers the damage would be repaired before they even left the netherworld. When she reached the gate the guards halted her and she told them "I am the guardian of nature and I've come to help repair the damage done to the barrier today since I feel somewhat responsible." As soon as she said that one of the statues reached down and Aria climbed in to the giant statues hand and when she was securely there she closed her eyes and reached within herself a tingling sensation washed through her she felt as her ears elongated into delicate points and her body became stronger, lighter, and more free than ever before.

The most alluring thing about her however when she was in this form was her silver and green eyes though they were mostly silver they had a ring of deep emerald green around the pupil she wore a light green dress that went down to her knees with cut off sleeves of the same light green. On her feet were long socks that went to her mid-thigh, and boots that went to her knees. Over all that were silver armor and a cape of emerald green that tied with light pink ribbon that matched the light pink roses in her hair. All in all she was quite the beauty just as all the guardians were though the male guardians would be referred to as handsome though not many people or beings ever saw a guardian's true form accept the other guardians and the Kami's. But back to the task at hand as Aria called her power to the surface he body began to glow the emerald of her power and then Aria focused "repair the damage that was done" was the silent command. Half of her mind analyzed how long it would take for the barrier to be repaired with the addition of her power and concluded that although the barrier would be fixed before they left the netherworld it would not be done before he group began to worry.

So Aria did what she had done many times before created a clone and sent it back to the group to take her place until the barrier was restored to its former glory. Flashback End

What was really ironic was no one noticed that the person traveling with them wasn't the real Aria the two Daiyoukai noticed something different about her but they could not tell what. When they eventually found out about Aria and what she truly was an what power she held they would probably be angry she and Aria wouldn't blame them one bit after all she did keep potentially dangerous secrets from them. And by pack laws the three Inu males who served as alpha's would be entitled to kill her for it and if they did choose to kill her she would not resist it and would allow them to kill her.

Chapter End (Ja Ne)