The demon lord bad dude finally has a name, so that is out of the picture. Last chapter also noted his demon type and his one ability, so additional abilities and newer demon types are all I request in the reviews (as well as how good or bad this story is turning out).
Takahashi owns inu, but jen and z are mine.
Last time: Inu Yasha left the group in Jena and Zirik's hands while he went to a village to get Kagome some new clothes, barely avoiding his older brother in the process. Kagome discovers his disappearance, yet has no clue why he left. While she, Sango, and Jena bathe, the hanyou girl notes that Zirik's lack of understanding women leads him to investigate them in, what Sango would classify as, an inappropriate way. Kagura and the youkai, Yasha, are given their orders from the self proclaimed Lord of the Central lands, an u-chu dragon demon who had killed the parents of Zirik.
Chapter 10: The Orders, part 2
Kagura started telling Yasha about each of the members of the group as best as she can. "I believe that we both know the two hanyous that our master wants dead, so I shall fill you in on the rest of the group. It consists of two demon slayers, a cat youkai, a monk, a kitsune youkai, the dog hanyou, and once had a miko girl. The monk is very spiritual and can use his retched scrolls and staff. What really made him feared was a wind tunnel in his hand, but that should be gone now. The demonslayers are both the last of their village, but are also the most skilled of the village while it still thrived. Take care with them, for their weapons aren't like normal ones. The cat should be easy to eliminate, but don't underestimate it. The kitsune is weak, yet is a mischevious little devil. He will use illusions to stop you if he feels threatened. The hanyou is Inu-Yasha. He is difficult to stop, and his sword is exceptionally dangerous. Listen to your senses while fighting him, or else you'll be carved to bloody pieces of steak. I didn't see his miko with him, but she isn't as strong as Kikyo was. Her powers still need work, so eliminate her if you see her." She thought carefully about the one hanyou that went berserk during her fight. "He appeared to also have another hanyou with him, and it seems she is suceptible to going berserk. If you sense her becoming a demon, I believe you should get out fast. She killed all five of the best demons I had with ease."
"Thanks for the intel. May be useless, but it's better than going in without any knowledge. This Inu Yasha, he carries the sword Tetsusaiga, does he not." Kagura merely nodded at the female dog demon. "He should be fun to mess with. You go and watch the lord of the west. I will handle them all with ease." With that she twirls around and begins selecting demons for the fight to come.
"Where's Inu Yasha? We can't go on without knowing where he went?" Shippo had been bothering Zirik with that question ever since he woke up. Zirik wouldn't respond to the little kitsune, being more concerned with two things. He had been hit in the head, hard, by Jena's rock, and that was really starting to sting. Second, he had to start bringing the entire group to Totosai's as soon as possible. The sooner they go and the faster they move, the less likely they will get involved in a fight. His sword was broken because of Jena going ballistic on him, and Kagome could go ballistic with little provocation due to her not having a binding weapon of her own. The monk was hit rather hard by Jena's foot, so he may as well be out cold for most of the day.
'Maybe,' he started to think to himself, 'the kitsune and humans should ride on that neko youkai. They can take decent weight without slowing down. That way, all of us can get moving rapidly.' He was pulled out of his thoughts as he felt his heart rate increase again, signifying that Jena had returned, with Kagome and Sango following. Before he could even get down, Jena jumped up into his tree and landed right in front of him. From the look in her eyes, she seemed rather pissed. Nani?
Nani? All you can say is nani? She slaps him. I told you not to peek at me while I'm bathing. To make it worse, my friend was with me. You want to understand women and girls better, just ask me rather than peeping.
He huffs and turns away. Like last time?
She started to turn red. It was your fault for looking there in the first place. Don't think I have forgotten when you questioned my underclothes. Besides, you peeked to see them first before asking.
Hate to interrupt, but the guys are getting irritated down here. Kagome wasn't kidding eihter. Miroku was out, but those who were awake were too damn curious about Inu Yasha's whereabouts to care how loud they got.
Jena sighed. Guess we had better get this over with. Zirik nodded and the duo jumped down onto the ground. "Sango, kitsune, Kagome. Quiet up for a minute." The silence that followed immediately was uneasy.
Zirik spoke up. "Listen, Inu Yasha had some sort of business to take care of this morning." Kagome automatically had a thought about that, but she was way off. "He said that we should continue on to Totosai's without him for now. He'll catch up with us either when we get there or on the road."
Jena took the floor. "K, then. I guess we should get ready to go."
"What about Miroku?" asked the little kitsune.
Jena sweat dropped, but smiled shyly. "He'll be alright. The neko demon should be able to handle him, but he will be out for almost the whole day. If we're lucky."
Kagome went to her bag to pack up and to make sure the haori was covering everything. She tried to roll up her sleeping bag, only to encounter a long object keeping it from being rolled. She opened it up again and gasped, for the Tetsusaiga was laying right there. 'He left Tetsusaiga behind! What is he thinking?'
'Geeze, what the hell was I thinking leaving the Tetsusaiga at camp?' Inu Yasha growled in anger, for a damned jaguar demon was causing him some serious trouble. Blood stained his shirt from where he got wounded. The demon returned to strike him again, but Inu was ready. "Claws of Blood!" The demon didn't stand a chance against the attack, falling to pieces instantly. Inu 'feh'd' the creature before continuing on. He noticed that some of his blood was on the clothes that were for Kagome. 'Keh, figures they get stained with blood. Guess I should clean them before she wears it.' He wasted no time running onwards towards the group.
Zirik and Jena led the group at breakneck speed, with Kagome trying out her speed for the first time and Kirara following behind. Shippo and Kohaku (don't seem to mention him much, do I) were keeping an eye on the monk, in case he revived alot sooner than Jena predicted. Sango was keeping an eye out for any potential danger from Kirara's back. The trio of hanyous kept their senses as sharp as possible (especially Kagome, considering she hasn't used them well yet) as they ran onwards. Kagome's mind, however, was focused on Inu Yasha and his Tetsusaiga, which was currently on her hip.
Jena smiled slightly when she managed to catch a glimpse of Kagome. She knew full well what her friend was thinking, and she didn't need her thought intrusion to know that. Thinking of him again, Kag-chan. She chuckled. Don't worry, he'll be here soon enough. Kagome growled at her friend, she really wasn't in the mood to bicker about her and Inu's relationship. Jena was going to tell Zirik, but another growl made her think twice. 'Shimatta! Ever since she became a hanyou, she's been the thought police around here. Now how am I going to speak to Z?' Her senses pirked up. Hey! Do you guys hear that?
Zirik and Kagome listened as well as possible. Yeah, I hear it. Any ideas? was Zirik's response. Kagome strained her ears to listen, but she couldn't even figure out what she was listening for. But she could smell something out of the ordinary, a lot of youkai scents. One of them was very close to smelling like Inu, yet more demonic.
"Sango," she called, "we got company." She instinctively drew the Tetsusaiga from its sheath, knowing she needed something to protect herself. Sango jumped off Kirara and landed next to the hanyous, Hikaretsu at the ready. Kohaku was next to her, his chain and sickle in his hands. Shippo hid nearby and tried to conceal the unconsious monk using his kitsune magic, leaving Kirara ready to fight with the slayers and hanyous. Zirik and Jena looked in front of them, listening for any new movement.
Zirik growled mildly in anger. "KUSO! WE'RE SURROUNDED!" The look on Jena's face seemed to agree with Zirik's statement. She drew her sword, knowing that it can still be used in a fight even with the curse. That was when they appeared, an entire group of tiger, panther, and rock demons. The panthers were basically humans with panther like qualities on the otherwise human face, yet were so dark that they can't be seen even during a moonlit night. The rock demons were chunks of rock that assumed a crude humanoid form, yet a lack of linked parts made them look like they could fall apart with ease. Yasha stood with the demons, numbering the group at a rough dozen.
Kagome looked in shock at the inu demon. 'She looks just like Inu Yasha. But how can that be?' She tightened her grip on the Tetsusaiga, knowing she couldn't even dream of pulling off even the Kaze no Kizu, yet still needed something to fight with.
Yasha smirked, freaking Kagome out a little more. "SO, this is the group that you travel with now." She scanned the group, noticing a few missing persons. "Guess it suits all of you to die together." She charged in towards Jena. "Let's dance!" All the demons followed her lead, attacking whoever was closest. Sango and Kohaku both jumped a small distance away, trying to atract some demons towards them using their powder bombs. They made sure that Kagome, Jena, and Zirik were not too close when using them, thus allowing the team to fight as they wish. They slayers took on about half the group, 4 tigers and 2 jaguars. Jena battled the remaining jaguars and Zirik fought the rocks. Kagome was in a battle with Yasha for intercepting her attack aimed for Jena. Kag swung her sword in a fashion similar to Inu early on when he first got it. Unfortunately, Yasha was too fast and easily dodged each one.
"Feisty little one, aren't you?" Yasha dodged again as Kagome tried to lob her head off. "Yet you lack skill. I can take you on," she grabbes one of her daggers from her waist, "with just this. She charges in again and gets a hit on Kag's arm. Kag turns and tries to swing it down on Yasha, but Yasha stops just a slit second before Kagome swung. Yasha's haori gets cut as it flew in front from the speed of the stop. "So you do learn."
Kagome growled back. "Why don't you shut up!" She swings the sword again at Yasha, not realizing she cut along the wind scar. Yasha sensed a danger and jumped away from the attack. Sango and Kohaku saw it coming and evaded as well, leaving three of their demon foes to die.
Sango looked up at Kagome. 'She used the Kaze no Kizu?' she thought. But her thoughts returned to battle quickly when one of the panthers attacked her. She blocked with hikaretsu and attacked with her katana. Kohaku created a perimiter around him by allowing his sickle and chain to spin in a circle above him, moving it ever so slightly so any demons that get close get sliced. Zirik rolled out of the way as a rock demon tried to smash his head in, getting close enough to Miroku.
"Mind if I borrow this?" He grabs the monk's staff and defends himself from the next attack with ease. He then uses the staff much like a sword as he attacks his foes relentlessly, although it isn't near strong enough to pierce the rocky hides of the golems. Errgh, I can't hurt these things.
Jena had her own worries with three of the panthers attacking her. How about your other attack? Surely you can do that, she replied as she took one down with a lucky swipe and focused on the remaining two. Zirik grinned realizing what she meant.
"Kay then. One order of skewered golems coming up." He focused on what he needed to do, removing his shirt and throwing it aside. Spikes from his armor formed on his arms. "Try this attack on for size. TETSU YAKI-GUSHI!!" The spikes shot off of his arms and hit the one golem square in the chest, quickly reducing it to rubble. Shimatta, forgot how strong this was. Thanks Jena.
Yasha looked at the carved up ground where the Kaze no Kizu traveled. 'Good thing Kagura warned me bout that. But only Inu Yasha is capable of it, or so she said. This hanyou must have his sword, but where is he?'
Inu was fast approaching where the battle had started. He had stopped briefly to clean off the firerat clothes for Kagome before he had set off again. This time around, no new demons even dared to fight him. He was grateful, until he saw the familiar streaks of a Kaze no Kizu come straight for him. He barely dodged it as it passed by, until finally dissipating a short distance later. 'What the hell...' He then caught a scent. It was the group, but with a lot of demon scents as well. One smelled like Sesshomaru, but that couldn't be. He passed him by an hour ago, and Inu would have sensed him if he pursued. 'Great timing. I'm almost with them and they're in trouble.' He smirked slightly. 'And it seems Kagome found the wind scar.' He suddenly got worried. 'KAGOME. Shimatta. She never used the Tetsusaiga before, let alone a regular katana.' He pushed himself to his limits. 'There is no way I'm letting those demons take her.'
Hate to stop it here, but I really need to think the next part through. Also, I need proof that someone is still reading this. I hate to waste my time, but only one or two reviews would be nice to have. I also would like to apologize for the lack of chapters as of late. (writer's block and other ideas) I started another fanfic just till I could finish the rest of this chapter, yet doesn't seem to get any readers at all. If you can, give Virtual Fighters a try, tell me what you think. Read and review, it helps make better chapters. Don't forget any suggestions, all are welcome.
Next time: Inu races to assist Kagome and the others as Yasha continues her relentless attack. And what does Sesshomaru have to do with this? Lastly, it seems Kagura is up to her old tricks again.
Almost forgot. I would like to thank kaze ga fuku, Dante Gemini, and WhiteDemonGrrl for their reviews for the previous chapters (finally learned how to look at them)