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The thunders crashed loud in the sky as InuYasha approached the village. After talking their way through the forest they walked towards the village.
"So what's the plan?" InuYasha asked.
"I say we go inside and beat them all up." Nobu replied.
"Idiot you think it's easy? I'm still weak remember. You may not die but I can. On top of that we don't even know where they have held Suzume hostage. So if we wreak havoc then it is highly likely that they will take her somewhere else by the time we get to this Kenji's house. You got all that. So we got to sneak through. " InuYasha said.
"It doesn't sound like my type of action." Nobu said.
"It doesn't sound like mine either. But unlike you I have got a head to protect and I'm very weak at this moment. Or else I would have stormed this place long ago. So we got no other choice." InuYasha replied.
"Okay" Nobu said. "Got any other plans?"
"Will depend on how much successful we can be over this." InuYasha replied.
With every step, the wind began howling even louder and louder as they approached the village.
After a few moments they finally reached the village. They hid behind a bush as they surveyed the area. InuYasha was correct there were many men patrolling the area. They looked at each other and nodded as they dashed silently into two different directions.
One of the guards was feeling pretty lazy after all the work he had faced earlier in the day. He was expecting an evening off but there was some emergency guard work that the master had told him to do. As a payment he would get full two days off of work. But the night was very dark and it was likely they had to work under rain since the clouds were clashing against each other that night. At that moment he just wanted the night to end quickly. He wouldn't even get to imagine in his dreams that his night shift would soon end.
As lightning flashed a dark figure swept through the scene. It was lightning very loudly so he couldn't hear the rustle. Then within another flash he saw a figure behind one of his colleague. Then whithin another flash he was gone leaving the man unconscious. The guard immediately went into alert. The master was right. There was someone coming after them. Then within another flash another man was down. Then another and another until he was the only one left standing.
He was confused. What was going on? All of them were down.
Then in the next lightening flash he saw a figure in front of him. Then in another flash there were now two figures in front of him and then in the next flash both of them were gone.
He looked around for their existence. Not finding anything he turned around as he saw the shadow figure right in front of his eyes as it knocked him out cold.
"Well, that was fun." Nobu said.
"It was my first time either. I've never tried anything like this before and I never fought anybody in my time of weakness." InuYasha said as they moved the cold unconscious bodies into a corner and tied them up by a rope they had found lying among the dead bodies back at the forest.
It began to rain as InuYasha and Nobu entered the village. As they guessed, the village was sprawling with men. It was a hard time to get through all of them. They were almost caught, but the hard rain and the constant thunder blinded the guard's vision very well. At least nature gave the two a really good advantage.
After, avoiding several guards they went halfway into the village when suddenly a group of guards appeared in front of them. Then lightning suddenly flashed. The guards immediately noticing the two boy's silhouette in the flash as they immediately became suspicious. They ran towards the area and the next moment they saw another group of guards in front of them. Thinking they saw each other they went on their own ways.
Reality was Nobu and InuYasha had jumped inside the open door of a nearby hut and hid there.
"Damn this is getting annoying." InuYasha spoke up. "How many guards can this fool hire?"
"More than you can think." Nobu replied.
"Well, this Kenji fool is prepared. It's going to be hard getting Suzume back." InuYasha said.
"It's not that hard though. This rain is helping us a lot." Nobu said.
Then lightning flashed outside again.
"Yeah, but all my life a rain hasn't bugged me this much." InuYasha said as he kneeled down and he shook his whole body trotting off the water much similar to a dog.
"Okay, now what you just did is weird. You're not a half-demon right now." Nobu said.
"It's a habit. I always do this." InuYasha said.
"Yeah right, makes you look like a dog." Nobu said.
"Hey don't make fun of it. I am a half-demon, not a dog." InuYasha snapped.
"Will you just shut up? We are lucky that the rain is loud outside or else we would be caught long ago." Nobu yelled.
"Hey, you smell that." InuYasha said sniffing the area.
"Hey you are not even in your human form. How is your nose so sensitive?" Nobu asked.
"Cause it's not. Smell carefully you should be able to as well." InuYasha said.
"Yeah, I smell it too. It smells strange." Nobu replied sniffing the area closely.
"I think I know that smell. I think it's…" InuYasha was speaking.
Then a lightning flashed in the sky again revealing the object in the hut that gave away the strange smell.
At the mansion that was high up in a hill near the village, two soldiers bought a tied up Suzume in front of a man.
"Sir, we have got her, just like you commanded." One of the soldiers spoke up.
"Good, you are dismissed." The man said.
"Sir" he said as he left.
"Well, I finally found you Suzume." The man said as he stood up.
"What do you want with me? Kenji." Suzume asked.
"That's a question too easy to answer." The man named Kenji spoke up. "If I told you now, what fun would it be?"
Kenji then approached Suzume.
"All I can say is I have a lot of plans for you." Kenji said.
"Well, whatever you are planning, they are bound to fail." Suzume said gritting her teeth.
"Are you sure?" Kenji asked taunting the girl in front of him.
"I couldn't be any surer." Suzume replied.
"Well, sorry to crush your hopes. But the boy you were travelling with is probably dead and that half demon probably can't find you. So you're all mine." Kenji said with an evil grin.
Suzume couldn't say anything. She just looked down to the ground with her face being hidden by her bangs. Kenji gave another smirk in victory. He really thought he would win. At that moment Kenji could only hear low voices coming from her which indicated she was sobbing. He had really broken her, he thought. He was really wrong.
The sound became clearer with every moment. Then suddenly Suzume threw her head up and laughed hard looking at the ceiling. Kenji was now surprised. The girl was laughing. He was expcting the girl to break down. But now she is laughing?
"Do you honestly think that I have no other choice of escape?" Suzume asked after controlling her laughter a little bit.
"Why do you ask?" Kenji asked.
"If that's so, then you are horribly mistaking. I will escape this hell and you will just stand here looking at us go." Suzume said.
"Keep dreaming." Kenji responded.
"I am not the one dreaming here. You are." Suzume said.
"SHUT UP." Kenji snapped.
"I will be free from your grasp and you will be able to do nothing. We haven't lost yet. You will still lose." Suzume taunted Kenji.
"I said SHUT UP." Kenji reiterated.
Then he went forward and slapped Suzume who was then thrown to the ground. But she still kept on laughing.
"I will not be able to escape from here you say. Heh. You are horribly wrong. He will come, you hear me. HE WILL COME." Suzume said.
InuYasha and Nobu on the other hand were passing through the village. This time they were carrying some sort of a cloth.
"Man looks like this fool had found that bandit." InuYasha spoke up.
"Who are you talking about?" Nobu replied.
"It's somebody who tried to play with fire." InuYasha said. "So where do you think she is?"
"I guess we have to find out." Nobu said.
"And how do you think we are going to find that out?" InuYasha asked.
Then suddenly a group of guards appeared from sides. It was really raining hard so the guards couldn't see them. But due to their experience in worst case scenario the two could see what were in front of them.
"I guess we should beat some info out of them." Nobu said pointing to one of the guards. "How does that sound?"
"Well, sounds nice to me." InuYasha said.
"Just be careful not to dampen the package." Nobu said.
Then they moved forward and within a flash they covered the mouth of the guard and dragged him inside into one of the coincidentally empty hut and then immediately tying him up with great difficulty.
"Hey what the hell are doing? Who are you?" The guards began questioning.
The guard's questions were answered when lightning flashed revealing their faces.
"So, you are that half-demon and that boy. You are after the girl aren't you?" The guard asked again.
"Let's just say we just came here to take back what is not yours." InuYasha said.
"But how did you survive? You were confirmed dead." The guard was surprised.
"Eyes can deceive you well you know." Nobu replied. "InuYasha, you finish up the work."
"Eh, are you sure you will be all right?" InuYasha asked.
"I will be. You go, just be careful not to damp that thing too much." Nobu said.
"Don't worry. It looks like it will resist water." InuYasha replied.
"Good, now go." Nobu said.
"Okay, but don't get into any trouble and be careful." InuYasha warned.
With these words he went out with the package. Then straightening the man up, Nobu began asking him questions.
"Now tell me where have you kept her?" Nobu asked.
"I would never say anything to likes of you." The guard said.
"I could beat the crap out of you. So just spit it out. It is raining outside so they will not hear anything. Not even your cries." Nobu said.
"Try your best. I won't even break a word." The soldier taunted.
"So, you're loyal to your master huh. It's so sad to say that your master is full of crap." Nobu said.
"How dare you say that about our master? The likes like you who try to rut our village with your works. How dare you even try to take a step on our village? You know nothing about our master, you got that, nothing." The soldier yelled.
"Looks like you will have to enlighten me then." Nobu said.
"Huh, why should I say anything to you?" The soldier asked.
"Well, maybe if you tell me we might have a little bit of understanding." Nobu said.
"Huh do you honestly think that we would let you have the girl, when we have the opportunity to fight demons without any problems. For years we have been under the threat of a demon. Do you think we would back up now, especially now when we have an opportunity to become strong?" The soldier replied.
"So you plan on killing her I see." Nobu said.
"The likes like her should never exist in the first place. She is a curse to this world." The soldier said.
Nobu couldn't handle anymore as he threw a punch in the soldiers face.
"How dare say anything like that about her." Nobu said.
"Why? Is it because you love her or because you want to fulfill your greedy desires?" The soldier taunted.
Nobu couldn't say anything he just kept quite in anger.
"You know you will never get her for yourself. We will make sure of that." The soldier said.
"So now I know why you are after her. So you could fulfill your greedy desires, and you call me greedy? You think I want immortality? Think again, I should be dead by now because the truth is I am already immortal. You people are fools because you think being immortal means the greatest thing ever created. But you never realize it's the biggest curse you will ever have in your life. Once you realize it you will simply wish to die." Nobu said.
"Heh, you will never get her. You will lose. You got that?" The soldier said.
Nobu couldn't contain his anger. He just simply went forward and knocked the guard unconscious.
"Heh, you are wrong. I never loose. I have never, have I?" Nobu himself asked in a low voice.
He immediately got his answer when the next moment he felt something hit the back of his head as fell unconscious.
InuYasha who was confused on what to do next caught a glimpse of something. A few men were seen near the hut where Nobu was.
"Crap what now?" InuYasha asked himself.
A few moments later he got his answer as the men carried a body out of the hut. It was Nobu. He was now caught. It was now all up to InuYasha but what was he going to do? He became really confused. With nothing left in his head he decided to follow the guards.
"Sir we caught the intruder in the village." The soldier said as he threw Nobu in front of him.
"NOBU" Suzume yelled.
"Good Job, you may go." Kenji said to the men.
"So it seems you are alive." Kenji said. "Looks like I underestimated you two."
"Heh, what did you expect from us loser?" Nobu asked while taunting Kenji.
Kenji did not respond. He quietly stood up and began thrashing Nobuhiro badly. So much that blood began coming out of Nobu's mouth.
"STOP IT YOU MONSTER." Suzume yelled while struggling with her shackles.
"I told you that you will not get out of here. But Suzume, why did you have to be so optimistic?" Nobu asked sarcastically while taunting her.
"Leave him alone." Suzume yelled again.
Kenji looked at Suzume and grinned hard. Then he continued thrashing Nobu again.
After thrashing several times and finally exhausting himself, Kenji stopped the torture. But that wasn't enough for him. Nobu was lying there all hopeless and with no energy left. Blood was flowing pretty badly out of his body and he was growing weak. Suzume could do nothing more that look in horror.
But Kenji wasn't done. All his life he had been after Suzume and this boy in front of him had taken her away from him for so many years. After all Nobu had a lot to pay the price for.
Kenji simply stepped on the head giving immense pain to Nobu.
"You may be immortal. Unfortunately, those wounds won't heal until you die and revive again. So those wounds will hurt badly. Am I not right? How pathetic? I could use a man like you in my army. But since you will not, I could enjoy myself cutting you up to pieces over and over, again and again." Kenji said taunting.
Then Kenji picked Nobu up by his hair and looked into his eyes.
"But what fun would that be. After all I want to hear you scream. I want to see you begging to just die and I want to step on that hopeless body of yours time and again to remind you that you are messing with Kenji. If I want anything, then I will get it anyhow." He said.
With these words he threw the bloodied face of Nobuhiro away from his gaze. Suzume could only look in shock and horror. Kenji saw this and approached her and grabbed her chin.
"I love that look in your face. Keep it for me will you." He said and he stood up.
"MEN!" Kenji called as he cleaned his hands.
Then two guards appeared and kneeled down in front of Kenji.
"Tie these two up in the pole outside. Maybe the rain will wash some sense into these two." He commanded.
"Yes, sir." The soldiers said as they dragged the blood soaked body of Nobu and a shocked Suzume outside.
Kenji could only smirk in victory. He looked outside as the two were being tied up to a pole. Thinking of several things he could do later on, he went inside.
Suzume was also now feeling hopeless. There her only protector was laying blood soaked and tied up in the rain and she couldn't do anything. Why did she have to feel hopeless? Why? At least if she had tried to fight both of them would be out of trouble.
They were well tied up and Nobu was in great pain. His face now all bruised and battered. If only she could fight. Then Nobu wouldn't be in this condition. Suzume could only look at his face when she noticed he was smiling, no he was laughing. Suzume realized he was up to something, but what?
Then suddenly there was a huge bang in a distance. Then there was another and another as every bang sounded closer and closer. Suzume thought it was the lightning, but something was funny. Lightning don't crash in periodic order and sound that came more sounded more like an explosion. Suzume looked up in the sky to see the smoke rising in the sky and the village down the hill in flames.
"Huh! What was that?" One of the soldiers asked.
"We should go and see." The second guard said.
Then another guard came.
"There are explosions happening all over the village. What is going on?" The guard asked.
"Looks like somebody raided the armory. But who could it be? The boy is right here." The guard said.
"The culprit is right here." A voice spoke up.
The guards turned around to see InuYasha holding a small flaming stick on one hand and a long rope on the other.
"Who are you?" The guards asked.
"Isn't it obvious idiots. I'm a half-demon." InuYasha replied.
With these words he burned the rope as it burned its way behind the mansion.
"What the...WATCH OUT." A guard yelled.
Then the mansion in front of them exploded throwing flaming wood pieces all over the place. The guards kept looking at the burning mansion with shock.
"SIR" One of them yelled.
Their master was inside.
So yeah! I'm ending it right here. I know it sucks but I didn't want to end it here either. The chapter became too long and I felt like I was rushing it to the end. So I didn't want that. Also this chapter isn't one my greatest so far thanks to the writer's block was constantly being thrown at my face. Also, I have been watching too much 'Future Diary/Mirai Nikki','Another' and 'Higurashi No Naku Koro Ni'. So at the moment, my brain is screwed up right now.
Anyways, I have posted another one shot last week called 'The Void'. Please do check it out if you are interested. Also, chapter 12 will be posted next week as usual and I will try to write and post chapter 2 for NEO either this week or the next. But it will depend on my routine. I will post chapter 12 but I can't promise you on NEO.
Finally, my sister has written some stories for Naruto. So if you read some Naruto stories then do check out her story. Her name here in FF is 'arthur dark'.
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Well, that's it for this chapter guys. I hope you like it and I will see you all around.