Chapter 10: Foresta Morgana: The Half Dog Demon and Pretear
"Hey look, I see some grass. We're gonna finally get out of this scorching desert!" Kaname sighed in relief. The party were near a grassland area, and Tatsuya in the darbaba carriage knows by looking at the map that Gasara is not far. "We're almost there to Gasara. We can restock on food and supplies and maybe a clue on the next gemstone." Zoey looked at the map as well. Suddenly, Reina noticed some mist forming near the grassland. Reina tensed as she gripped her sword. "What's wrong, Reina-san?" Eri asked. "I feel something odd about that mist. We must be cautious." Reina said seriously, the rest of the party looked at the mist. "Is it a monster?" Sogreth got his hand on his axe. Suddenly, the mist began to form into a forest. "Wh-what the heck? Wasn't this part of the desert?" Yuno panicked. Meladee stared at the forest. "I heard rumors about this place. Never thought they would be true." "Eh? You know something about it, Meladee?" Gourry asked dumbly. "They called it the Foresta Morgana… A forest that pops out of nowhere and inside it are unmovable rocks. Many had tried to move them, but had failed." "Are there perhaps any reason the rocks are placed there?" Kosame asked. Meladee shrugged. "Who knows?" Suddenly, the spellrocks the party collected from beating enemies started glowing from Zoey's bag. "H-Hey!" Zoey gasped as she took out the Bandit Spellrock and Crab Spellrock and Emmet Spellrock. They seemed to be glowing. "What's up with the Spellrocks?" Lala blinked. "I don't know. Are they responding to the Foresta Morgana?" Zoey wondered. "Could be. Remember when you got them from some major battles? I sense some odd energy from them. Maybe this forest is responding to them like some sort of connection." Kokoa theorized. "So, ya thinking of goin' in?" Sogreth asked. Zoey and Tatsuya closed their eyes for 50 seconds then opened them with courage. "Of course!" Zoey replied. "There's got to be some sort of clue on what they are!" Tatsuya nodded. "Alright then, then it's settled! Into Foresta Morgana!" Kurumu cheered as the party entered the forest.
(Meanwhile… somewhere in Foresta Morgana…)
"Where the hell are we!" Inuyasha yelled in fury as he kicked a stone. Recently, he and his gang were fighting Naraku and his minions till a mysterious door appeared out of nowhere and opened and sucked them in. Next thing they know, The Inu gang find themselves in a mysterious forest. "I don't know, Inuyasha. It appears we're in some sort of forest." Kagome stated. "It's kinda spooky." Shippo shivered. "We better find a way out of this forest soon." Miroku stated. "Well, what a waste! Naraku could be anywhere in this forest!" Inuyasha snarled.
"Excuse us?" The Inu crew turned to see Himeno Awayuki, the Leafe Knights and her family walking up to them, Inuyasha got his hand on his Tetsusaiga in case they try anything funny.
"We mean no harm." Hayate, the Leafe Knight of Wind assured him. "We overhear what you just said, and like you, we too end up in this world called Vision by the Porta Nectere." Himeno looked at her boyfriend. "How do you know this, Hayate?" She asked. Hayate closed his eyes for 10 seconds then opened them. "We Leafe Knights have been enforcing the borders to the real world, our world, other worlds and Vision to make sure no evil being enters Vision to slay the Goddess of Destiny and absorb her power to destroy or conquer the universe. But when the Porta Nectere appeared and transported us to Vision, I feel something is at work here. So we should team up with the Otherworlders here to find out what caused this." Hayate suggested. "So if Naraku finds and kills this Goddess of Destiny, the results will be catastrophic!" Sango gasped in shock. "Feh! Alright then, they can tag along with us as long as they don't get in my way." Inuyasha snorted. "Geez. How rude." Mawata frowned as the two groups pressed on.
(Back to the party…)
"Take this!" Tatsuya yelled as he slashed the final pixie moth. "Well, that was easy." Reina commented as she sheathed her sword. "Let's see if the rumors about the unmovable rocks are true." Tenma suggested, everyone nodded in agreement and pressed on. Sooner or later, they came across the said rocks. Lina pushed them, but no luck. "You weren't kidding, Meladee. They won't budged!" Lina stated. Zoey got a good look at the rock, it showed a picture of a familiar enemy, the Bogagloo Crab. 'I wonder…' Zoey got out the Crab Spellrock and it began to glow brighter. "Ah, at last…" A mysterious male voice said. "Wh-Wha! Who's speaking to us?" Yuno gasped as the party looked around. "Don't be afraid. I mean you no harm. I see you brought the spellrocks. At long last, someone worthy of having my treasures. If you bring more spellrocks to this forest, many rewards await you." The voice said as the rock began to crumbled and made a path. "Well, Whatta ya know? The unmovable rock is moved!" Gin said with interest. "As long as we're in his good side, let's move on." Meladee stated. "Yeah. I wonder what kind of rewards he mentioned." Tatsuya nodded. The party pressed on.
(With Inuyasha, Himeno and their friends and family…)
Inuyasha sniffled in the air. "What is it, Inuyasha?" Kagome asked. "I smell humans heading this way. But… some of them looked different. More like half breed and some are demons. And is that a wolf I smell with those humans?" Inuyasha frowned. "Are they hostile?" Mayune said in a scared tone. "I don't think so. I can sense some good auras from them." Shin stated, then the party came into view. "Huh? There's some people there." Tatsuya blinked. Gin eyed Sango, Kagome, Himeno and Mawata with a charming grin. "Who are you?" Meladee asked. "I should be the one who ask you that question, wench." Inuyasha growled. Yuno took a good look at Inuyasha's dog ears. 'His ears…' Yuno walked up to him and touched his dog ears. "Stop that, wench!" Inuyasha growled as Yuno backed up a little bit. "Inuyasha, sit!" Kagome ordered as Inuyasha felled to the ground. "Sakes alive! How did you do that?" Sogreth gawked. "Well, it's because of the prayer necklace, every time Inuyasha is rude or does something reckless, I just say Sit (Inuyasha fell again.) and he goes crashing down." Kagome explained. Meladee noticed Miroku coming closer to Lina, Miharu, Kirie and the other girls and figured out what he is up to and punched and kicked Miroku to the ground. "Try to take advantage of these girls and you'll get it in the unmentionable spot next time." Meladee warned, Miroku gulped and back away fast. "Um to put that aside. My name is Tatsuya. This is Zoey. We're both Travelers!" Tatsuya smiled while Zoey nodded. "You're Travelers?" Goh asked in curiosity. "Yeah." Zoey answered. "Travelers?" Himeno blinked. "Allow me to explain, Travelers are warriors from the real world. They are brought here to Vision by whom the Goddess has chosen. It's rare to see two Travelers." Kei explained. Inuyasha heard this and laughed. "You mean to tell me these two runts are warriors! Yeah right!" "H-Hey! We're real bona fide Travelers!" Zoey yelled, an anger vein on her forehead. "I bet I can knock you two out with one blow from my Tetsusaiga!" Inuyasha challenged. "Wanna put your mouth right where it hurts? Tatsuya and Zoey will show you that they're true Travelers." Meladee challenged. "Feh! Alright then." Inuyasha snorted. "M-Meladee!" Yukinari gawked. "Trust me, Tatsuya and Zoey will win this one." Meladee smirked. "This sounds interesting." Ms. Awayuki blinked.
Tatsuya and Zoey were on one side and Inuyasha on the other. While they were preparing for this match, Yuno and Sogreth got new weapons from this area. The voice was true to his word. "Inuyasha, you and your big mouth! You shouldn' t have call them weak!" Kagome fumed. "Feh, this will be over quick. Plus, they're with a wolf." Inuyasha got out his Tetsusaiga. "Why does he hate wolves?" Gin asked Sango. "Long story, we'll tell you later." Mawata cleared her throat. "Alright. This will be a two on one match between Travelers Tatsuya and Zoey and Inuyasha. Ready? Go!" Mawata shouted.
Mini Boss Battle 5: Inuyasha
"Iron Rever Soul Stealer!" Inuyasha launched energy slashes at Tatsuya and Zoey, they dodged it. "Thousand Slashes!" Zoey yelled as she slashed Inuyasha 20 times. "Damn!" Inuyasha growled as he lunged at Tatsuya and tried to slash him with his claws, but he dodged it and used Lightspark on Inuyasha. "Come on, Tatsuya and Zoey! Show dog boy that you're true warriors!" Sarah cheered. "But still, I got a bad feeling about this." Eri said uneasily. "What makes you say that?" Himeno asked. "Aw don't worry about it." Kaname assured her. "Take this!" Inuyasha yelled as he and Zoey clashed swords and were locked in a power struggle for 40 seconds till Zoey got the upper hand and slashed Inuyasha five times. "Wind Scar!" Inuyasha unleashed his favorite attack at Tatsuya, surprisingly to Tatsuya, his sword emitted a powerful barrier and reflected the attack and it hit Inuyasha. Zoey slashed Inuyasha two times. Suddenly, a huge hobrablin came out of nowhere. "Wh-What the?" Shippo gawked. Inuyasha noticed something on the hobrablin's forehead, it was a pink shard. "A shard of the Shikon Jewel!" Inuyasha gasped. "Somethin' tells me that thing ain't gonna let us go." Sogreth muttered as he got out his axe. "We can't let it slide!" Reina shouted as she got out her sword.
Mini Boss Battle 6: Jewel Crazed Hobrablin
Sousuke fired five shots from his gun, giving the hobrablin some minor damage. "Um. Zed Frost!" Karen shouted as she held out her hand and it fired a powerful ice shard at the hobrablin, giving some medium damage. "Gatling Kick!" Tenma yelled as she rapidly kicked the monster 10 times before it swiped her away. "Heal!" Tatsuya shouted as he healed Tenma's wounds. "Please hit!" Kagome shouted as she fired a sacred arrow at the monster, giving it some minor damage. Yukari flung pan after pan at the monster from her wand. Mannen and Himeno merged to become the Ice Pretear. "Ice Shards!" Himeno yelled as she fired ice shards at the monster, giving it some major damage. "Sniper's Eye!" Yuno yelled as she fired a shot at the monster, giving it some major damage as well. The shard on the monster's forehead glowed and its wounds began to heal slightly. "Roundhouse!" Sogreth yelled as he hit the Hobrablin 6 times. "Sin Strike!" Reina yelled as she slashed the monster 7 times. "Swallow Tail!" Meladee slashed it three times. Ruby gave the monster a uppercut. The monster was getting weaker. "Let's finish this! Megaspark!" "Lightningspark!" "Backlash Wave!" The three sword warriors combined their attacks to destroy the monster, the shard of the Shikon Jewel fell to the ground.
"Pant…Pant…" Tatsuya panted. "Huff…Huff…" Inuyasha huffed. "Whew!" Zoey wiped some sweat from her forehead. "I was really impressed on how you two have fought. You are Travelers." Wind Leaf Knight Hayate stated with a small smile. "Thanks… Uh…" Tatsuya raised an eyebrow. "Hayate." He replied. "Interesting. You have the same name as me." Hayate Fukuyama stated. "Two Hayates…" Risa gasped. Inuyasha looked at Tatsuya and Zoey with a small smile. "Ya know… You really are warriors." "Why thank you… I guess…" Zoey meekly smiled. Kagome went up to pick the up shard. She stared at it. "Inuyasha… this may be the last one. It may have been dropped into this world during our fight with Naraku." Kagome said seriously. "Then that demon and his minions may be in this world somewhere." Miroku frowned. "Why don't you tell us on the way to Gasara about this Naraku character. Let's get out of this forest before more of them come." Meladee suggested. "Something tells me we will return to this area more often with more spellrocks." Zel stated. "Good idea." Mawata nodded.
Inuyasha, the Pretear Himeno Awayuki and their friends and family have joined the party. But who is this Naraku fiend they're talking about and what sinister plans he holds for Vision?
To be continued…
Next time: Vision Cataclysm: The Clow Mistress and the Guardians of Love and Justice
A/n: Next time, the pankin genius, Ropple, Gasara's Highlander Chief Kutz, the Card Captors and the Sailor Scouts will appear. So stay tune!
