Hey guys sorry for the wait I went on a surprise holiday, now that I'm back though it's back to business, just a disclaimer to start with I do not own any of the Inuyasha characters or plots/story lines just my own twists and my own characters: Akira (Wolf Demon/Priestess), Akira's parents (Kentaro and Michiko), Akira's brothers (Isamu and Toshio), Akira's sisters (Natsumi and Kazumi), Takara (Akira's companion) and Yukiko (Snow/Ice sorcerer *Bad Guy*). Enjoy :)
This chapter contains a fighting scene and language.
Chapter 11: Akira and her two lovers
I looked at Koga "I'm not going anywhere… but please be careful" Koga said I nodded "I will, you be careful as well Kagura is dangerous" I replied Koga chuckled "Don't worry she won't hurt me" Koga says then faces his opponent as I do the same. Everyone was ready while Naraku sat on the side lines watching in amusement I growled "Where are you looking pup over here!" Yukiko yelled and I was suddenly blinded by snow I growled trying to find where the woman went. "Akira!" I heard Koga yell "I'm ok Koga just take care of yourself!" I yelled back I had felt something sharp cut past I squinted seeing I was caught up in an icy whirl-wind, ice shards had come past me cutting me over and over again all I could see was ice and snow. I growled dam it if I try and jump out I'll be cut all over if I stay here I'll suffer the same fate but slower I saw a figure come through I growled taking a defensive position "What do you want Naraku I thought Yukiko was my opponent not you as well" I growled. "Oh I'm deeply hurt by your words I thought you'd been wanting to kill me for a long time" Naraku said with a smirk my ears twitched back as I flicked my claws out and smiled "I'll enjoy taking your head, for my parents, for Koga's fallen wolf comrades, for Miroku's cursed hand, Sango's family and comrades and for turning two lovers on each other" I growled 'I referred two lovers to Inuyasha and Kikyo'. Naraku then chuckled "So have you figured out or were you referring to Inuyasha and Kikyo?" Naraku said I looked at Naraku in confusion what other lovers do I know that have been spilt up and turned against each other.
"You haven't figured it out, this makes it more interesting when I bring them into this situation" Naraku says, it clicked about what the snake had told me that Naraku would bring back the band of seven and Bankotsu and I were once lovers until he was killed but Naraku didn't have anything to do with it, the human lords and their armies teamed up and came after them. "I can see your thinking too much about the conversation and not about your battle…" Naraku said I looked to him and suddenly felt something shoot through my gut "Ahh!" I yelped and looked down to see an icicle sticking through me. "You should be more concerned about me then the useless whelps that Naraku is bringing back" Yukiko says angrily and flings the icicle out of me I groan in pain as the icicle comes out immediately after I fall to my knees "Well that was easy I thought you'd be more troublesome to deal with…" Yukiko says again. "Naraku I know you are bringing the band of seven back but as far as I know you never had any part in their relationship to me" I said "Maybe you should ask your brothers how the lords of the land got the idea to join forces and destroyed your precious friends… and lover" Naraku smirked and looks out of the snow and ice whirl-wind and frowns "Yukiko we must take our leave some have already fallen…" he looks back at me.
"And you my dear we will meet again and next time your precious lover and friends will be with me on my side, so good luck with killing them unless you wish to switch sides and be with your first lover, if you choose to stay with the wolves then I can assure you he will not approve and kill him to make you his… after all you did promise to be his and only his but then again you promised the same to the wolf didn't you? Looks like you have caused more pain then I have" Naraku laughs as I stayed on the ground tears flowing from my eyes. Naraku and Yukiko left and when they did the ice and snow whirl-wind disappeared to revel everyone, Isamu, Toshio, Ginta and Hakkaku had a couple injuries, the bird of paradise they had battled was now lying dead on the ground. Kagome, Sango then Kilala and Shippo who were with them had quite a few injuries and they were exhausted they had not managed to hurt Kanna but her mirror had been slightly damaged, Miroku had been badly injured as had Inuyasha though they managed to kill Juromaru and Kageromaru. Koga had lots of injures but he hadn't managed to kill Kagura, Kagura, Kanna and Yukiko had followed Naraku to leave I growled and ran at Naraku "You bastard!" I yelled as I swung my claws at him which had severally scratched his back.
Kagura then swung her fan and flung me back with the wind I skidded across the ground "Akira!" I heard the others yell my name I shook my head and glared at them "You won't get away with this I'll stop you, and kill you and all your friends" I growled "So you've chosen your side, he will be very hurt by that decision" Naraku replied. I smirked "You miss understand me Naraku…" I said as I stood up "They would never betray me and I would never betray them… and together we will all defeat you" I said, Naraku flinched then frowned as he narrowed his eyes "We'll see about that" Naraku said and turned around and left with Kagura, Kanna and Yukiko following him. I kept my eyes glued to the spot where they had left, I sighed heavily Bankotsu please remember me I promise I will find you I started thinking about how Naraku said that he had turned lovers on each other but how did he turn Bankotsu and I against each other, we parted knowing we both loved each other deeply. "Sis?" Isamu said I faced him "I want to speak to you two and alone…" I said glaring at both of them and walked away, "Think she knows?" Isamu whispered "Maybe… It's definitely something serious" Toshio whispered. "I can hear you two… Now hurry up before I drag your butts over here!" I called back to them "Coming!" they both shouted and walked behind me, we walked for a while till we got far enough away from the others and was in a clear area. I turned to them frowning "I want to know what Naraku meant by where you two got the idea to tell the humans to team up and kill the band of seven… So how did you? And don't think about lying" I said firmly they both looked terrified "Uh I'll let you take this one Toshio" Isamu said shrinking back Toshio had a tight grip on his spear.
"Well see after you told us you'd never leave the band of seven that you swore you wanted to be with them and be the leaders woman, we just travelled for a bit and talked about the situation when a mysterious man came along…" Toshio said I narrowed my eyes and saw where this was going "He wore a baboon pelt and mask to disguise himself and well he ah he that the only to solve the problem was by taking you away from them for a while and he said to tell the lords in the human villages around the region to punish them and the only way to do that was to team up" Toshio said. "So you trusted him? That guy in the baboon pelt and mask was Naraku! You idiots! You let Naraku talk you into killing my friends my first love!" I said angrily "We're sorry sis" Isamu said I growled and walked back to everyone my brother following me apologizing over and over, when we finally got back they had still not stopped with the apologies "Sis we didn't mean it" Isamu says "We really are sorry" Toshio said I turned back to looked at them "I should kill both of you right now!" I yelled which made everyone stare at me, at us. I sighed "I can't believe you did that…. I trusted you two and all this time you two were the ones who…" I trailed off as I closed my eyes and my ears fell to each side "Akira we did the wrong thing and we have wronged you a few times over now but please let us make it up to you if not then dying by your hand would be an honor" Toshio said. I shook my head and perked my ears up and opened my eyes to look at them "You two are my brothers I could never hurt either of you… No matter how much you wrong me" I said and turned to Takara she jumped to me and I caught her holding her in my arms "Sango, Kagome would you like to come and wash up?" I asked they both nodded.
Kilala was in Sango's arms and Shippo in Kagome's arms, we all walked to a nearby river to wash off, when we got there we started to strip of Kilala and Takara were the first ones in, followed by Shippo, then us girls. All of us had scars and wounds that were still bleeding as we were silent as we cleaned our wounds "Akira what did your brothers do?" Kagome asked I looked at her and then turned my head away slightly "It was about fifteen years ago, I ran into a group of mercenaries called 'The Band of Seven' they were ruthless killing machines Bankotsu the leader was the youngest of them but was the strongest and smartest…" I started to explain. I continued treating and washing myself while talking "When I first met them we would fight often since I would stop them from filling innocent humans/demons and half demons and every time I would be able to disarm every one of them including the leader, I made them a deal with them I would teach them a different path if they left all the innocents alone, the deal worked and they only killed the bad and most evilest of demons/half-demons and humans…" I sighed and smiled slightly "As time went on we all got along and were friends and I ended up falling for the leader Bankotsu and he fell in love with me, we swore that we would be together forever but before that could happen my brothers had ran into a man disguised in a baboon pelt and mask and told them what they could do and they did just that, they told all the lords in all the regions about them and told them to team up and punish them, to kill them" I said sadly.
I had finished cleaning myself and tending to my wounds "Akira I'm so sorry…" Kagome said "The worst thing is Naraku is meant to be reviving the band of seven, which means Bankotsu will be alive again… I wanted to tell Koga before this happened but I don't know how he'll take it… I'm so scared I don't want to lose Koga and I don't want to choose between my past lover and Koga my mate now" I said sadly feeling tears swell up. Takara came over in her medium form and nuzzled against me "I think you should talk to Koga as soon as we get back" Kagome said "I agree, you'll regret not telling him if it's left any longer" Sango said I nodded "I know… I'll go tell him now Takara stay with Kagome, Sango, Shippo and Kilala kay" I said. Takara nodded as I got out of the water and dried myself then got dressed "Guys can you keep it a secret please till I decide to tell everyone else" I said they nodded "Of course" Sango said "We won't tell a soul" Kagome said I nodded and walked back to where the guys were and walked up to them looking at my brothers first. "Sister?" Toshio said "Sis…?" Isamu said noticing I was upset "Koga can I speak to you alone please" I said looking away from my brothers to my mate, my Koga… but will he still be mine after this, after I tell him my past "Of course" Koga said and hoped up walking by my side we walked away from the group I didn't want them to hear or see us.
Koga and I reached a far enough away spot from the others I sat down and Koga sat beside me "Akira what happened?" Koga asked I sighed as I brought my knees to my chest hugging them tightly and letting my ears drop to each side. "Koga there's something you need to know… About fifteen years ago I helped a group of humans, the band of seven… I ended up showing them a different way to live killing only evil demons/half-demons and humans but it was the longest time I had ever spent with anyone since my brothers abounded me…." I said I could feel tears forming as I thought of their last moments with me "Akira if it's too painful to say…" Koga said "No I have to tell you this Koga otherwise I'll end up regretting it" I said cutting him off. Koga frowned slightly but gave a nod for me to continue "Because I spent a lot of time with them I got attached to them they were all great warriors though I changed them from killing the innocent to people who protected the innocent… They stayed and travelled with me from then on but I don't know how or why but I started to fall for one of the humans, the leader Bankotsu and he fell for me, we swore to be together forever but it was not meant to be…." I said remembering how they left and never returned from their trip "My brothers had come a couple weeks before they were killed and they warned me to not get attached that demons and humans should never be together, but I just waved them off saying they weren't bad if they could only see how much they had changed…" I continued. I looked to the sky seeing the stars "My brothers left and soon after and ran into a man with a baboon pelt and mask, they never realized at the time who they were dealing with…" I said "Naraku…" Koga said with anger in his voice I nodded.
"Yes and they took his advice, they went to all the lords in the region and told them to team up and take out the band of seven… So one morning I said goodbye to them all since they got asked to help out a neighbouring Lord to defeat some bandits that had always attacked, I waited till sunset… I realized something was wrong so I went to find them but it was too late they were all dead, I couldn't save them…" I said as tears fell. Koga brought me to his chest and held me close "Koga, when I was fighting Yukiko in that snow storm Naraku appeared and told me what his intentions were and wanted to make a deal with me…" I said "A deal? You didn't accept did you?" Koga asked I shook my head "No… But he plans to bring the band of seven back to life and wants them to kill us all, by the sounds of what he was saying they would remember everything of what happened before they died" I told him. Koga growled lightly "Has he brought them back yet?" Koga asked "Not as far as I know… Koga I want to stop him before he does... I don't want to choose between him and you, I can't do that… I can't lose you Koga… I love you…" I cried into his chest. Koga held me tight "Akira I love you too… But you do realize that he could have brought them back already and I'd have no choice but to kill them" Koga said I flinched at his words and snuggled close to him "Yes I understand…" I replied.
I stayed cuddled up in his arms for quite a while "Koga…?" I said "Hmm?" Koga puffed I looked away "Are you mad? Or upset? With me and knowing my past?" I asked I could feel his gaze on me and he lifted my chin to face him. "Why would I be you told me and that's the main thing…" Koga said "I'm so worried and scared… If he has brought them back what do I do? I can't kill them…" I said as I felt the tears swell up again. Koga kissed my forehead and brushed away my tears that had started to fall "I will love you no matter what… You made a promise to him first, he was your first love just as you are mine, I cannot expect you to choose me over him if or even when the time comes…" Koga says "I want you Koga… But Naraku is messing everything up" I said and nuzzled my head against his chest. I don't know what to do if only Father or even Lord Sesshomaru were here they'd know what to do I gasped "Koga I have an idea of how we could figure this whole thing out" I said looking at him with a bright smile on my face "How?" Koga looked at me curiously "Lord Sesshomaru, he always knows what to do, he could help" I said. Koga nodded "Ok then, we'll go find Sesshomaru then" Koga said "Thank you!" I said happily and hugged tight him, Koga lost his balance and fell backwards I then took the opportunity to kiss him and he kissed back just as passionately, we parted Koga smiled and had a sparkle in his eyes "What was that for?" Koga said with a grin "For everything you've done for me, and for still choosing to stand by my side" I replied Koga chuckled "I'll always be there for you and will always love you" Koga said.
Hope you guys enjoyed that chapter sorry it's bit shorter then the others but the next one will be better happy to receive any and all feedback as a comment or a PM *Private Message* anyways until next time guys happy reading :)