Ch 10: A Little boy named Sesshomaru
In the morning, InuYasha and the gang, set out, feeling a lot better about the day.
"I hate to interrupt everyone's fun time waking up," Sango rang, once they started moving, "but
does anyone have any idea, as to what we're going to do about Sassaru?"
"Not to mention, this new group of warriors he's assembled!" Miroku added in.
"Yeah," InuYasha agreed, folding his arms across his body. "we have more on our hands, then
ever before!"
"I can't believe that we couldn't kill Sassaru, in the first place!" Kagome said, trying to keep up.
"Yeah! I thought we had got him for sure, the last time!" Sango mentioned.
Sesshomaru had just entered the castle, and had found his way, out of the room, and into a
long, narrow hallway. The hallway, had a very yellow, dank look to it. It looked as if nobody had
lived here, in a thousand years. Sesshomaru was unimpressed by the surroundings, but kept a
watchful eye on the doors, around him. He walked to the end of the hallway, and stood at the
top of a big staircase. It was large and wide, but only went straight down. Sesshomaru,
squinted with impatience, and then descended the staircase. He looked around, but couldn't see
anything there. At the bottom, in the waiting area, it split into two directions: left and right. He
went left.
Yes, Sesshomaru! When you enter that room, you will have nightmares that will haunt your mind!
Sesshomaru stood before the room. It looked like a very old room, full of tables, chairs and dusty
paintings. Everything in the room seemed, quiet and safe. Just as Sesshomaru took a few steps
into the room, something in his mind, sent a spark through his head. He stopped, but didn't
react. He calmly looked around the room. He faintly heard a crying child. He hunched down,
ready to leap forward, to the next room, when he realized that it wasn't Rin crying at all. The
crying was in his head. The crying got louder, and he soon realized that it was a boy crying.
Then, before Sesshomaru's eyes, a little boy appeared in the far corner of the room. The boy
had long, white hair, and was wearing a small white kimono. The boy had his head buried in his
legs, crying and howling. Sesshomaru, once seeing the boy, got a small shiver down his back. He
knew who the little boy was...it was him.
InuYasha and the rest, after walking for most of the morning, took a rest in the nearest Village
that they came too.
"We would be glad to let you rest here for the night!" the head Monk, told them, "but I should
warn you that bad cases of a Demon, destroying Villages, have taken place in the Village's, not
too far from here!"
"What kind of Demons are they?" Miroku asked, drinking the tea, that they had brought the
group.
"Not a group, only one!" the old Monk, corrected Miroku, holding up a finger, "all these Village's
have been taken down by only a single Demon!"
"A single Demon?" Sango gasped, "how could a single Demon be taking all of these Village's
down?"
"Our scout warriors, have brought back to us, the appearance of the Demon!" the old monk
explained, coughing lightly, "they say that the Demon is most feared, because of his long, sharp
claws, that he uses to kill anyone in his way!"
"A Demon with long claws?" Miroku asked, in wonder.
"Not only that...," the Monk continued, sipping some tea, for himself, "they say that this Demon,
looks very much like a human! You would never guess that he was a Demon, underneath!"
"Really?" Miroku wondered, again, "where was the last Village that he attacked?"
"The Village that we have a partnership, with!" the old Monk told him, "that's how we were able
to get a lot of the information on the Demon! It's a few miles away!"
"I sense that this Village will be next to be attacked!" Miroku predicted.
"Yeah!" InuYasha scowled, "so I suggest that we stay here tonight, and fight whoever is coming,
head-on!"
"That's our, InuYasha!" Kagome smiled.
"Rest here tonight, and then you can prepare for the Demon in the morning!" the monk told
them.
"Thank you!" Sango thanked the monk.
The group stayed the rest of the afternoon, and then night came. InuYasha sat on the porch
area, with his arms crossed, outside of their resting quarters. Kagome opened the door, and
smiled when she saw InuYasha. She walked over and, folded her skirt, and sat down beside him.
"What you thinking about?" Kagome whispered. A gentle breeze flew by and made the trees
wave.
"I don't know...what about you?" Inuyasha responded.
"Well, it's just that I'm glad that I got a second chance, to see you again!" Kagome sighed, "I
didn't think that I'd ever get to see you again, when I went back home for good!"
"Hmm...well you don't have to worry anymore!" InuYasha quickly hid his feelings, with a hint of
irritation, "you came back and that's all that matters right?"
Kagome looked up at him, with bewilderment.
"...? What?!" InuYasha asked, looking scared by Kagome's stare, "what's your problem?"
Kagome rested her head on InuYasha's shoulder and sighed.
"Yeah!...As long as I'm with you, it's all that matters!"
"Ugh...?" InuYasha moaned. Kagome sighed, and fell asleep on his shoulder. InuYasha scratched
his head, shrugged, and then rested his head, on top of her's.
The night got quiet, and the sound of crickets, could faintly be heard in the distance.
Sesshomaru stared at the boy in the corner. It was him. He was the boy in the corner, crying.
Sesshomaru watched as the boy, looked up from his knees. His golden yellow eyes, were stained
with tears that poured down his face. The boy looked up and stared in Sesshomaru's direction.
He looked to be staring, right at him. Sesshomaru sensed that the boy would say something, but
he just stared, and cried.
Just then, a man with a whip, appeared in front of the boy.
"Child of a Demon!" he mocked, "you have no right to this world! Be gone!"
The man snapped the whip, but did not hit the boy.
"Aghhh...Mommy! Help me!" the boy shouted.
"Hahah!" a guy laughed, "be gone you Demon child!"
The man pulled back his whip and snapped it. It hit the boy in the head.
"Agghh!" the boy, whimpered. Sesshomaru looked down, away from the boy, and gritted his
teeth.
"Stop it! Mommy!!!" the boy screamed.
"Why would anyone love a Demon child?" the man insulted, whipping some more.
Sesshomaru gritted his teeth harder and started to growl, under his breath. Just then, more men
started appearing, and started to mock the boy as well.
"Be gone! Be gone!"
"Your mother is dead!"
"Nobody loves you!"
snap...snap...
"Stop it! Help, Mommy!" the boy whined, some more.
"Hahahaha!"
Snap...snap...
"Mommy, help!"
"Be gone! Be gone! BE GONE!"
"Stop it!!!" Sesshomaru yelled, as he grabbed a chair and threw it at the crowd. The boy and
the men, disappeared in a haze of dust. Sesshomaru huffed and puffed, as he watched the chair
crumble to pieces. Sesshomaru began to sweat a few beads, down his head. His eyes quivered.
"Mother?..." Sesshomaru gasped, sounding out of breath, "...where were you?"
"Agghhh!" came the screaming of the Villager's.
InuYasha and the rest, rushed out of their sleeping room, and ran outside. Near the large
wooden gate, that now stood open, were a large group of Village men. The Village's warriors,
were all huddled around the door. All of a sudden, a group of men, were flung into the air, and
fell into the crowd. Blood littered the ground.
"What the hell is going on out here?" InuYasha asked, as he pulled out his sword, and ran
outside.
"I'm guessing that our little friend, with the claws, has finally arrived!" Miroku assumed.
The rest of the group, ran close behind InuYasha. When they got to the group of men, over half
of them were dead on the ground.
"Move!" InuYasha demanded, as he pushed by the Villager's.
As he moved to the front of the pack, a large blade of light, came barreling at him. It chopped
up the Villager's and was heading straight for him.
"Damn!" he grunted, as he turned around, "get the hell out of the way!"
InuYasha, quickly grabbed Kagome, and jumped out of the line of fire. Miroku and Sango jumped
on Kirara's back, and did the same. The blade of light, ran past them and hit the main house. It
crumbled to the ground. The group, jumped back down in the path, and looked to see what
caused the destruction.
"Hahahaha!" came a voice in the dust, "such playful things; humans, aren't they?"
"Who the hell are you?" InuYasha asked, holding his sword in front of him.
The Demon walked out from behind the smoke and stood before the group. Just like the old
Monk said, he certainly didn't look like a Demon. He looked perfectly human. He wore a long, red
gown, and a white one underneath. His hair was pushed back in a slick, spiky look. It stood up,
but was slanted, towards the back of him. A few pieces fell over his face. His eyes were a deep
blue, that shined, eerily, in the morning light.
"Well, well!" the Demon laughed, licking his lips, "I see that I'm going to have some fun here!"