Ch.21- Cerberus
Kagome stirs and sits up only to flop back down. "What the hell?" She whines. "Why do I feel like a punching bag?"
"It's your own fault Kagome. You decided to fight against me."
She looks over to find Sesshomaru laying next to her covered in wounds. "Sesshy!" She exclaims, trying to move closer to him only to find her own assortment of wounds. "What happened to us?"
"You did."
Youko finally reaches the castle gates, having taken over for Suichi when the human could no longer keep up with his pace. Deciding not to wake him sleep-deprived counterpart, he proceeds to walk up to the gates. Two guards stop him.
"You shall not pass!" They speak in unison.
"I need to speak to the Lady of the West. It's very important." He tries to pass them again but they push him back.
"You shall not pass!" They repeat.
"And why not?" Youko growls.
"You have upset our Lady. We will not allow you to court her."
"Do you know who I am?"
"Yes and you are not worthy of our Lady Kagome. Now leave before we are forced to remove you."
"You remove me…" Youko looks over these seemingly identical rabbit demons. Both have rabbit paws for feet, a pair of long rabbit ears on their heads, whisker markings on their faces and are both in guard uniforms with energy pikes. "And just who do you think you are?"
"We are… The Knights of the Holy Corn!"
"...what is that? I've never heard of that."
"The corn is everything! All that once was and all that will be! The corn controls Time and Space! Life and Death! The corn can see into your mind! The corn can see into your SOUL!"
"…a piece of corn can do all this?" Youko looks at them unbelievingly.
"Ha ha, no. But Cerberus can! GET HIM!" without warning a giant black dog with brown markings is let loose from the gates and Youko finds himself immediately on the defensive as he blocks the beasts sharp incisors with his rose whip. The dog growls and fire spills out of its mouth, managing to singe Youko a bit.
"what is that thing!" Youko exclaims as he dodges more flames.
"Oh look! He found a friend to play with!" Youko glances over to see a big wolf demon standing by the twins. "And he's just a baby! But he's got a lot of potential!" the demon grins.
"So that's what all of the commotion is." Shippo appears, sitting on the top of the gates. "What are you doing here Youko?" He snaps.
"You know him!" The other three exclaim. The wolf calls back Cerberus and the dog shifts into a small pup and runs over to them.
"I came to see Lady Kagome."
"You have no right to. You broke her."
"Hiei upset her. I believe I can help her calm down." A roar erupts from the castle, shaking the ground beneath them.
"Good damn luck. Sesshomaru is having a hard time."
"A fox is much cuter then a dog."