Hey guys sorry for the wait about the last chapter with Yuzuki not being able to get out to the ice, I know its just frozen water but given Yuzuki and how often she uses her water sorcery she isn't that talented yet but I am getting their to making her stronger. Just another disclaimer I do not own any of the Original Inuyasha story line/plots or Inuyasha Characters but I do own my own plots and characters - Yuzuki (The Hanyo Wolf), Ryuu (Water Dragon), Michiko and Satoru (Sister and Brother - new leaders of either the Western or Southern Wolf Tribes), Raven (Wolf Demon - bad guy) and minor characters along the way. Enjoy
Chapter 10: Life and Death
Shuran unhooked the chains from the wall and dragged me behind him "Yuzuki!" Kagome called out "Kagome remember what I said you have to get everyone and yourself out of that cell before it's too late" I yelled as I was dragged further and further away, the other panther demons walked away from their cell and followed us. "What's a matter puppy miss your masters or perhaps your lovers?" the red headed panther demon 'Karan' teased I growled "I feel sorry for every one of you… My friends are coming and they will destroy you all" I snapped "Sorry but this is where all of us have a bit of distracting to do…" Karan said. As I was dragged outside and in front of a huge panther demon I looked at it in fear "Is that your master?" I asked "Yes and he will be resurrected and rule over the lands once again" Shuran said "A-huh and it's too bad your friends won't be able to save you in time though" Karan laughed as did Shuran wait so their using the jewel shards and me to bring him back. I'm the one that'll resurrect him oh please hurry guys, I got tied to a post a rope tied around my legs near my ankles and one around my stomach/hip and another around my chest and arms though my hands still bound in ice. They then left if only I could get rid of this ice, I tried bashing or rubbing it against the post "Yuzuki!" "Kagome!" voices called "Guys! Help!" I screamed "Shut up wench you should be glad your horrible life will be over soon!" Shuran's voice yelled back "No! Yuzuki!" the guys voice's yelled.
Suddenly a barrier was created around us as all the panther demons and the four main panther demons ran back to where I was and sat down and looked to their master, I started to get scared suddenly there was blast through a wall dirt and dust debris revealed a full-fledged dog demon. "Sesshomaru how nice of you to join us… Though you're a bit early our master is not yet awake" Toran said with a smug look "This Sesshomaru does not care, we have a battle to finish" the dog demon 'Sesshomaru' said "You dam cats where's Kagome and my friends!" Inuyasha bellowed as he jumped over the wall. "Inuyasha!" I yelled "Yuzuki… Dam it let my friend go" Inuyasha growled "Get out of here Inuyasha… They plan to sacrifice Kagome and the others soon their hidden inside this place somewhere get them out" I said "Yuzuki!" suddenly I turned my head to see Koga, Ginta and Hakkaku standing there looking pissed off, this is all my fault I fell into the panther demons trap and now I'm cat food. "Inuyasha get out of here now" Sesshomaru says "No way my friends are involved I ain't leaving them here" Inuyasha barks "For brothers they sure don't get along…" Karan said "Yeah" Shuran agreed "Doesn't matter while they're fighting the ritual will go on as planned" Toran said. The moon rose from behind the clouds and shone down on the jewel shards suddenly the huge panther demon grabbed not only the jewel shards but the whole table and ate it, a shiver went down my spine dam it "Your times up mutt" Karan said as the panther demon reached out for me and grabbed me and the pole crushing it against me. "Urgh…" I let out a groan "Yuzuki! Dam it Inuyasha take this thing down now!" Koga yelled "I'm on it" Inuyasha said the barrier came down, Sesshomaru had leapt past and cut the panther demons arm off catching me in the process and jumped back avoiding his other claws and landed where he was before Sesshomaru had cut the ropes around me.
Sesshomaru broke the ice around my hands, Sesshomaru suddenly picked me up as the panther demon went for me again and took me to where the Koga, Hakkaku, Ginta and Inuyasha were "Yuzuki are you ok?" Hakkaku asked I nodded. "Yes… Wait Sesshomaru thank you" I said before he leapt off to battle the panther demon "Yuzuki where's Kagome and the others?" Inuyasha said "There in a cell below ground in this place" I replied "Ah not so fast, your mine" Karan said. I growled "Idiot get out of my way I've had enough of you!" I growled she hissed "How dare you! At least I know who my family is you half breed mutts… Though I pity you more Yuzuki you want to know why?" Karan said smugly I growled. "Tch say what you want like I care what you have to say" I growled back "I pity you more because you have a father that traded you in for a real full-fledged family rather than being stuck with a runt like you he now has everything he wants and yet you well I know what you wanted to talk to the sirens about… You wanted to at least see if your dear father was happy but you know what he won't care that you're his daughter oh no he'd rather kill a hanyo then have half breeds like you walk the earth… Funny huh? He bred the very thing he hates the most…" Karan was about to continue when I pulled Koga's katana from his sheath and went for her "Yuzuki!" Koga yelled I was in rage at the fact of her words maybe they were true or maybe they weren't, though I hated the thought of them knowing my more about my life then I did, I kept swinging the katana down at her I finally scratched her seeing and smelling her blood made me snap out of it.
"What too afraid to finish the job?" Karan taunted "No… I'm not a monster, this is not who I am" I replied I looked over to Sesshomaru who was now battling Shuran and Toran suddenly a new barrier appeared and broke down. Once it was down there stood Kagome, Miroku, Sango and the other prisoners "Kagome!" I yelled "Yuzuki!" I ran over too them avoid the other panther demons "Are you ok?" I asked "Yes, are you?" Kagome replied "Yep, let's go, you have to get these people out of here it's too dangerous" I said. Kagome nodded "Ok everyone let's go! This way!" Kagome yelled Sango and Miroku stayed at the back Kagome got Koga, Ginta and Hakkaku to help out in getting the panther demons away from the people. "Mommy!" "Sakura!" I looked over to see the little girl that I was talking to earlier was being takin away by one of the panther demons, I ran over and tripped the panther demon over snatching the girl from his grip and held her close "You ok kid?" I asked. She nodded with tears in her eyes and hugged me "I knew you weren't a monster like they claimed you were, thank you" she said sobbing a smile came to my face "Hold on ok kid, I'm gonna get you back to your mom ok?" I said "Ok" she replied with a nod. I ran off I saw them all near the exit, the whole in the wall that Sesshomaru created, when I got their I gave the girl back to her mother "Oh Sakura… Thank goodness" I smiled at her mother and her being reunited. I turned to Koga and the guys and held out Koga's katana "Sorry…" I said handing it back "It's ok Yuzuki" Koga said taking back his katana, suddenly a thud came and Inuyasha and Sesshomaru were side by side fighting the four panther demons not to notice that their master was going to kill them with his one hand raised. I ran straight over to them and pushed them out of the way knocking Toran over in the process I could see and Shunran, Shuran and Karan fall to the ground as did I and felt not only my soul leave but my powers, then blacked out.
Crossing the bridge between life and death;
I was wearing a fully white gown and my hair was up in a bun even my long side fringes were pinned up into the bun, I looked around seeing a bridge I as I stepped onto the bridge I saw another woman. She wearing a white gown too and had her hair up in a bun like mine but her hair was black, she turned to face me as she did tears fell from my eyes, her eyes hazel her skin was a pale, "Mother?" I say she smiled "Yuzuki… I have been waiting a long time for this, come my dear" my mother said as she held out her hand. I walked over to her and grabbed her hand "Wait what about my friends?" I asked my mother stopped and turned to me and smiled "Don't worry my child, they will be ok… Look down" my mother says as she looks over the railing of the bridge. I look over to see Sesshomaru and Inuyasha fighting the panther demon, but I see Koga, Ginta and Hakkaku sitting down outside the walls near Kagome and the others. They were all crying by the river, I looked back at the fighting scene and saw Toran crying over her sisters and brother's lifeless bodies lying on the ground and near them I saw my body not far off.
I stepped back from the railing "I'm dead? I can't go, not yet I promised them I'd help them, I owe them all a debt, I can't leave them" I sobbed my mother held me close "It's ok my dear, the sword of Sesshomaru can bring life if he uses it you can go back but know that it only works once, and once back I will give you all of my powers though you will feel pain for a few days you must go to my teacher and ask him for help to learn your new powers" my mother said. "Mother? I couldn't take your powers though I just couldn't…" I said as I pulled away and looked at her she laughed lightly "So much like me, but yet you have a lot of your father in you" mother said "My father?" I asked. Mother sighed "I wish I could tell you but unfortunately I can't there are rules, though I can tell you who can help you find a person who knows your father" mother said "Who?" I asked "You must first know that there are many possibilities of what could happen if you find your father, your future may change a little bit or a lot…" mother replied. "What do you mean?" I asked. "Well you could end up being the leader of a tribe you could end up being wife to the leader of a tribe or you could be free and live your life how you choose without being ordered around or you could be ordered around the rest of your life… Every decision has a consequence and every choice leads to a new future" mother explained I frowned "Only I can change my future, now please mother tell me of this person" I say.
My mother nods "Ok dear, my teacher 'Tsuyoshi' can tell you all you need to know but only Ryuu knows where he is" my mother says I smile thank you mother as I hug her "My sweet innocent little girl… I'm so sorry for leaving you so soon" my mother says sadly. "It's ok mother I know you were only trying to give me my best chance at life" I said "Yes but even so now I must say goodbye too you again, my dear child, my little angel" mother says I pulled away and looked at her "What already?" I ask. My mother nods "It's time… I will always be watching over you though if you ever start to miss me you know what you can do" mother says I nod and smile "Not a day will go by that I won't think of you mother" I said as I was pulled away from her "I love you mother!" I yelled "I love you too my Yuzuki!" mother yelled back.
Back to Life
"Yuzuki" Inuyasha's voice called I groaned and fluttered my eyes slowly to Inuyasha looking over me "Thank god you're alive I thought that you were dead for good" Inuyasha said Sesshomaru came over "I do not do this often so don't take it likely thank you for saving my life, the debt is repaid…." Sesshomaru said and with that then took off with a little green imp holding a staff ran off after him. "Shuran, Shunran, Karan…" Toran said happily as her siblings woke up Inuyasha picked me up "You're still weak I'll carry you to the others…. Koga, Ginta and Hakkaku think your dead, please don't ever do that again I don't want to lose a friend" Inuyasha said softly "I'm your friend?" I said. "Hey Inuyasha tell Sesshomaru the this war is over" Toran said Inuyasha laughed "We ain't a tight nit family in case you haven't noticed" Inuyasha said "Just tell him the next time you see him" Toran said and with that we went our separate ways. I sighed heavily as a pain went through my chest "Urgh…" I groaned "Yuzuki what's wrong?" Inuyasha said "It's nothing, probably from just you know being resurrected" I said Inuyasha shook his head and sighed with a gloomy look pasted on his face. My mother looked just how I remembered and inheriting her powers now felt like I was that much closer to her, tears fell from my eyes "Yuzuki?" Inuyasha said "I-Inu-yasha why did Sesshomaru save me?" I asked Inuyasha looked at me while he kept walking. "Sesshomaru said he was repaying the debt but I really don't know" Inuyasha replied, I nuzzled myself against his kimono "Inuyasha you know when I was between life and death I was on a bridge and right there was my mother, we talked and it was like she had never left… I miss her so much…." I sobbed as I clung to his kimono "It's going to be ok… I'll help you get through this, everything's going to be ok now" Inuyasha said.
I drifted to sleep after everything that just happened sleep was the last thing that I wanted "Inuyasha?..." Kagome's voice "Is she?" Miroku's voice "She was… But Sesshomaru brought her back…" Inuyasha's voice. "There's something you're not telling us? What happened?" Koga's voice "When Yuzuki woke up she well let's say she's a bit emotional… She says she saw her mother again…" Inuyasha's voice "Her mother… But don't you have to be…" Kagome's voice. "Yeah and that's gives us another problem, you can only die once… The next time Yuzuki goes we won't be able to get her back" Inuyasha's voice hearing them talk about me dying I couldn't handle it and went into a deep sleep dreaming of Ryuu taking me to my mother's teacher and Tsuyoshi telling me of my father. I woke to the sound of arguing "Get outta here!" Koga's voice "Look at her! You did a fine job of protecting her, I think I'll take over from here" Satoru's voice I opened my eyes "Like hell you will!" Koga yelled "Yeah Yuzuki's not going anywhere with you" Hakkaku said "Yeah plus Yuzuki didn't want you around remember?" Ginta added. I sighed I don't think can handle this not right now, I got up and walked along the river "Yuzuki tell these clowns that you don't need them anymore I mean look at what they did to you" Satoru said I turned around and looked at him "No I did this to me… So now things are settled please leave" I said and walked away down river. "Don't do this, you don't need these guys" Satoru said and grabbed my arm I frowned "What I don't need is someone like you telling what to do with my life, just leave me alone!" I yelled with tears streaming down my face "You know you'll regret that, you'll come back to me" Satoru said and then ran off I shook my and head "Yuzuki! You're awake!" a girls voice rang out I turned around to see the girl Sakura that I had saved from the other day. She threw her arms around me, I looked at her shocked "Thank you so much for saving me yesterday, my mother and I have got something for you, you have to come now please" She begged I gave a slight smile "Ok I'll come" I replied "Yay! Come on this way" Sakura said I picked her up carrying her bridal style she laughed as she pointed the way to her hut.
Even though I didn't want to do anything I think spending a little time with this girl might cheer me up a little bit, the panther demon tribe's hid out was made from their village everyone had already started on repairs for their homes, we finally came to a little hut and I placed Sakura down. She ran inside, I stood just outside the doorway, Sakura came back with her mother "Hello, I believe I was rude to you the other day I'm sorry for that but thank you for saving my daughter's life, my name is Natsuko, please come in Yuzuki" Sakura's mother said. I bowed my head "Thank you but I don't think that I should be receiving anything" I replied as I stepped into their home "Nonsense, you saved my little girl, this way" Natsuko said leading me through her hut to a room that looked to be hers and it had two kimonos laid out. I looked at them in awe one was a white kimono with bright blue swirls on it like water, and the same coloured belt/ribbon that ties around it and a blue ribbon and little satchel with it the other was a creamish colour and had a blue belt/ribbon to tie around it. "Do you like it?" Sakura asked "It's beautiful…" I replied "That's good then…" Natsuko said happily Natsuko folded and packed the kimono ribbon and a couple of extra things in the satchel then she held it out to me. "For me… But that kimono looks very expensive" I said hesitating Natsuko smiled "Even if it is, it will help you if and when you turn human you could use it to blend in or even give it to one of your friends the demon slayer or young priestess… Please take it" Natsuko pleaded I nodded "Thank you for everything" I said and bowed my head. "Sakura will you walk Yuzuki back to her friends then come straight back and we'll go help everyone with repairs" Natsuko said "Yes mother, come on Yuzuki" Sakura said dragged me out of the house "Wait a sec…" I said and adjusted the strap on the satchel and put it over my head and my right arm letting it hand at my side. I then crouched down and looked at Sakura and smiled "Come on, don't worry I'll protect you" I said and Sakura smiled as she jumped on my back clinging to me as I walked us back to my friends as I did I saw them all very concerned and worried.
So I hoped you enjoyed that chapter more excitement to come, feel free to leave your thoughts/opinions or any ideas you have on what could happen next or what you would like to happen, also let me know if the chapter is too long or short I'm happy to adjust the length of the chapters. If you don't want to make your review known you can private message me or even just to talk, it would be great to get to know some of you wonderful people well that's it from me now until my next chapter.