Chapter 10

Sorry for the late update but I got distracted by exams and laziness so without further ado here is chapter ten of Nephira.

Anubis braced himself for the onslaught of questions. He faced the gods as they filed into the room. He took a deep breath and walked over to the center of the room. He was instantly bombarded by questions involving his daughter.

"Where is she?" snapped Zeus

"She is a menace to our survival."

"She gave Apophis an opening to this world."

"She needs to be sealed for all eternity. Along with that dog demon called Kai. They are a threat to our power!"

All of these things were said at once and Anubis could only distinguish one and that was Zeus. Zeus's anger seemed to overcast the other's anger. Anubis had a feeling he knew why. He kept it to himself for he feared that Zeus would end up destroying the place. He turned his gaze to his father and nodded.

"I understand that all of you are full of rage and fear." Calmly stated Anubis.

"Fear has nothing to do with it!" snapped Horus

Anubis turned his head in Horus direction. Anubis bored into Horus's eyes before turning his gaze to Zeus. He held up his hand as a form of peace and signaled for the gods to sit down on one of the many benches. They complied but were reluctant. Anubis remained standing and looked each god in the eye then began to speak.

"I will not defend my daughter nor will condemn her to a life imprisonment. She has done something unforgivable yet all you have brought this on yourselves. The moment you killed my wife it began." Anubis voice was like a jagged stone stabbing each and every god in the heart. His eyes were hard and uncaring. He walked over to the scales and began arranging them to keep from releasing his anger all over again.

"That still does not give her the right to raise the dead and kill the living. It will take centuries to return that part of Japan back to the way it was." Snapped Isis

"I know." Anubis dead panned

"She is a threat to everything we have created!" Yelled Ares

"You mean all the wars the gods create or the many affairs all of you have?" Anubis raised an eyebrow in a mocking manner his voice dripping with disdain.

"She has no life among anything or anyone." Calmly proclaimed Demeter

Anubis stiffed and clenched his fist before he turned his fiery gaze to Demeter. His bared his fangs and released some of his power. He was ready to attack but to his surprise someone else stepped up and defended his daughter.

"Mother! You have done the same thing when I was kidnapped by my husband Hades. To me she has every right to be angry with us and the right to raise the dead to gain her revenge." Persephone nearly shouted at her mother.

Persephone had heard from her husband what had happened to Nephira and her heart wept. She helped her husband try to locate the child's soul but it could not be found anywhere in the underworld. The two goddesses glared at each other while Anubis held a small smirk. Hades walked over to Persephone and placed his hand on her shoulder. She calmed down enough to glance at him but sent a hate filled glare to her mother. Hades led her back to her seat and glanced at Anubis who in return nodded his head. Hades disappeared with his wife leaving the rest of the gods to wallow in their own anger and hatred.

Anubis walked over to his father and murmured something in his ear. Seth nodded and said something back resulting in Anubis leaving and heading to the tomb of his wife. It didn't take him long to get there. He stopped when two giant Jackals jumped in front of the tomb as guards. He held up his hand and they backed away disappearing into the shadows they controlled.

He pushed open the doors and was tackled to the ground by Nephira. He stared blankly into the hate filled eyes of hers. His noticed her tails swirling around in anger and her claws digging into his skin but it still did not faze him.

"Nephira get off." His voice was cold and harsh

She only growled in response. One of her tails hit the wall of the tomb successfully breaking it. Nephira was in state not even the gods and demons could reach. She was completely feral and non-responsive to familiar sounds or voices. Anubis knew she only became this way when backed into a corner with no way out and the gods put her in one. He heard a soft squeak and turned to see Rin standing next to Sesshomaru looking horrified. His head slowly turned back to his daughter catching her gaze. Anubis released a growl of his own and knocked her off.

She tumbled into one of the walls and quickly got back up. Anubis calmly stood up and glanced in her direction. He released a sigh and walked over to her. He needed to get her back to the loving woman she once was but knew it would be a difficult path.

"Tut, take them out of here and leave me with my daughter." commanded Anubis

Tut just nodded his headed and lead everyone out. Rin looked behind to see Nephira lounge for her father's throat before the doors closed. Rin grabbed onto Sesshomaru's hand and squeezed it tight. Sesshomaru in return pulled her into his side and kissed the top of her head. He could smell the fear radiating off of Rin and though he would not admit it out loud he was in fear too, for he had never in his long life seen a creature of pure savagery before. It unnerved him too much to stay there and was thankful for Tut leading them out.

He glanced around to see InuYasha looking terrified and Kai resembling a lost soul. Sesshomaru had to guess what Kai was feeling because for a male to see the female he loves turn into feral and blood thirsty animal would make any male become a lost soul. Especially in Kai's case. He pulled Rin in closer to the moment he felt her shake with unshed tears. They kept on following Tut with Tira behind them. They ended up back at Sesshomaru's castle and Tut along with Tira transformed back into their adorable states and wandered around the castle. He sent Tut a warning glare when he saw him eyeing the walls and licking his lips.

InuYasha went back to his room exhausted from the day's event Kai went to the training court yard to most likely blow off some steam. Sesshomaru opened his mouth to say something to Kai but closed because he knew there was nothing he could say to make things better. He let Kai go and turned to lead Rin back to her chambers. He stopped once he heard Kai's voice

"Sesshomaru."

"Yes?"

"I want you to know I will be leaving to kill your father and destroy the god of chaos." Kai's voice was hard and left no room for argument

Sesshomaru could only nod his head and led Rin back to her chambers. Before he turned the corner he saw Kai turn into his dog form and take off into the sky. His heart lurched at the sight but suppressed to growing feeling of despair.

It didn't take them long to reach Rin's chambers. He opened the door for her and she slowly walked in. He watched her sit on her bed and let her silent tears fall. Soon the room was filled with her sobs. He walked over to her and wrapped his arms around her. She latched onto him and cried into his shoulder.

"Why did this happen Sesshomaru?" Her voice came out as a whisper.

"I do not know Rin. I do not know." His voice was calm and caring.

Rin nodded her head and let her tears fall again until she went to sleep. Sesshomaru kissed her forehead and gently laid her on the bed and got up to leave. He headed across the hall to his chambers and slowly slid to door open then shut once he was inside. He leaned against the door and released a sigh. Then walked over to his bed and laid down for the night. He could not sleep for his mind was full of fear and thoughts that did not ease his fear. He soon got frustrated and for up to look out on to his castle grounds. Everything was in order and the guards were changing for the night. Sesshomaru knew that the castle was not going to be like this for long. So Sesshomaru only hoped that Anubis could bring back Nephira and that the gods would finally learn to stay out of things that did not concern them. However, when he heard the thunder and saw the lighting he knew that would never happen. He turned away and decided to head back to bed and spend the rest of the night in thought about what has passed and what's to come.

Okay so this chapter had some action not a lot and a little bit of Sesshomaru and Rin fluff even though I doubt it could be called that. Any way I need help writing to next chapter because I need suggestions as to where this story should go. If anyone has any ideas as to what happens between Nephira and Anubis, If Kai should run into InuTaisho again or run into Horus, also when should Kiyoko start getting separated from Rin's body and Rin's true soul come out. Pretty much any ideas all you have will work. So please review and tell your ideas. Thanks until then have fun in life. :D