Chapter 29: Secrets Out
"Naraku?" Anaya gasped out shocked.
InuYasha felt his stomach drop, he had tried to keep this from her.
"Do you know of him?" Sango asked.
"Y-yes. But...We killed him." Anaya said.
Sango blinked, "You must be thinking of another demon, because the Naraku I know is very much alive."
Anaya turned to InuYasha, "Do you know something about this?"
InuYasha sighed, he couldn't hide it now, "Yes. Yesterday when I told you to return home, it was because I could smell blood...It was Kikyo's. She said that Naraku tricked her. She said that Naraku is known to create puppets. The one that you killed, was a puppet."
Anaya was surprised, "Why would you keep this from me?"
"Because, Naraku killed Kikyo. When I saw that, I couldn't let you know, I didn't want you to go look for him. He's too dangerous."
"I could stick around and help you if you want?" Sango offered.
"Yes. That would be nice. But, what about your village? Won't they get concerned?" Anaya asked.
Sango lowered her eyes sadly, "They're dead. Naraku attacked the village, and he's keeping Kohaku captive, but I don't know why."
"Oh. Well, you can stay here. We'll help you find your brother." Anaya said.
Sango smiled, "Thank you."
"I think we can find a place for you to move into at the village." InuYasha said.
"That would be nice. Thank you." Sango said.
"Come. I want you to meet my family, so you know who to not attack." InuYasha said, and walked back towards the house, with Anaya at his side.
"How are you a half demon? If you don't mind me asking." Sango said.
"My mother is a human. My father is a full demon, so is my brother Sesshomaru." InuYasha said.
"Oh." Sango nodded.
...
"Welcome back InuYasha. Who is this?" Izayoi asked.
"This is Sango. We found her out in the woods, she's looking for her brother. Naraku is still alive, and has him captive." Anaya explained.
Izayoi seemed surprised for a second, and smiled at Sango, "Hello Sango."
"Tomorrow, Anaya and I are going to help her search for him. We may be gone for a while." InuYasha said.
"Are you sure that is a good idea?" Izayoi asked.
"Yes. I want to be the one to kill Naraku once and for all. He's hurt too many people." InuYasha said.
Izayoi sighed, "Are you going to tell your father and brother about this?"
InuYasha scoffed, "No, they'll go right out the door to look for him. YOU can tell them, but I will not stop hunting him down."
"So. You are declining my help." InuTaisho came in.
"Sango and Anaya are all I need to look after. I can do this." InuYasha said.
"Hmm. So. The time has come." He said.
InuYasha was surprised, "Come for what?"
"Tonight, I will teach you how to use the Tetsaiga." InuTaisho said.
"Really?" InuYasha asked, surprised.
"It will be very useful to you." He said.
InuYasha smiled.
"Sango. Why don't we go to the village while InuYasha practices." Anaya said.
"OK." Sango nodded.
The two walked off.
"Or you can learn now." InuTaisho said.
...
Anaya helped Sango decorate and set up her new hut.
"What is this?" Anaya asked, holding up the boomerang.
"It's my demon slaying weapon. It comes in handy." Sango said, walking up to her.
"Cool." Anaya said, setting down the weapon.
"So, if you're a demon slayer too, maybe we could teach each other our techniques." Sango said.
"Yeah. That sounds great." Anaya smiled.
..Later That Night...
"Well, I'm going to head back to InuYasha's place, If I don't he'll come get me. We'll come get you tomorrow. Are you a late sleeper?" Anaya asked.
"Sometimes." Sango said.
"Ok. We'll come here in the afternoon. Bye." Anaya waved.
"Bye." Sango waved back.
I entered the forest, keeping a weary eye out, 'Calm down Anaya, the house is just a couple miles away.'
Sad to say, she had neglected to bring a weapon with her.
"Anaya! What are you doing out here alone! You know it's not safe out here!" InuYasha came to her side, worry definitely in his eyes.
"I'm fine. Thank you for coming though." Anaya said.
"I was just about to come get you. If you'd wait." InuYasha hugged her, "I don't want anything to happen to you."
I returned his embrace.
"Come on, mom's got dinner ready." InuYasha said, putting an arm around my waist, and we walked home.
...Out in a different side of the forest...
Sesshomaru had showed Rin a dragon he had kept near for almost his whole life.
Rin spent almost all day riding him, Sesshomaru keeping near to make sure she wouldn't fall, or get scared.
To his amazement, she had even picked out a name for the two headed dragon, 'Ah-Un.'
As the day wore on, at certain areas they had flown, Sesshomaru could catch a faint, but familiar scent.
After catching the scent for the third time, he finally came to his conclusions, 'Naraku, he's still alive.'
As it got darker, Sesshomaru spotted out Rin.
"Rin, it is getting late, we need to head back."
"Ok!" Rin called out, Ah-Un dropping to the ground at Sesshomaru's voice.
She worked off the dragons, and he wanted to chuckle at how she was a little wobbly from not walking all day.
When she was on balance again, they headed back to the house.
Sesshomaru returned to his room as Rin ate with the rest of the family.
Of course, that night when everyone was heading in for bed, she came in his room as if it were an everyday thing...It sort of was.
He positioned himself to let her lay next to him.
"Goodnight." Rin said tiredly, and was asleep once her head hit the pillows.
Sesshomaru sighed, why was he so close to her? Why did she feel so safe around him, knowing what he was?
With more questions in mind, he fell asleep.
...Inuyasha and Anaya...
The two had gone to bed after watching a new episode of their favorite show.
Anaya laid in her bed, with InuYasha close to her.
"What are we going to do?" Anaya asked.
"We are going to find him, and bring him down. I don't care how many puppets he creates." Inuyasha said.
"I sort of feel bad for Sango. She lost her family. Almost like I had lost mine." Anaya said.
"A demon killed your parents?" InuYasha asked.
"Well, yeah, it was way back then, you didn't know me yet, InuTaisho had just exposed himself to us. One night, a demon came into the village. InuTaisho just didn't make it in time, before the demon killed my parents, he made it just as the demon was about to finish me off." Anaya said.
"Oh. I'm sorry Anaya. I am glad to have met you. I don't know where I would be today...Probably in my demon form, losing myself." He said.
"If I hadn't met you...I'd probably feel lost, and alone. Still that young orphan." Anaya said.
InuYasha put a hand on her cheek to make her look at him, "I promise, that I will never leave you. I will never let anything happen to you. I will protect you with my life."
She smiled as she held his hand that was on her cheek, "Thank you InuYasha. I love you." She whispered.
"I love you too." He said back, kissing her lightly.
It soon turned into a deep and passionate kiss.
She moved close to him, and he moved his lips down to the side of her neck where the mark was.
He kissed it a couple times, sniffing it, knowing that it was his mark, and she was his mate.
When he pulled back, she laid down, and he laid beside her, wrapping his arm around her, which she held onto.
"Goodnight InuYasha." Anaya said, before falling to sleep.
"Sleep well. Anaya." He said back as he watched her through half of the night, before finally letting his sleep take over.
A/N: Hey guys, I know it's been a while. Sorry! I want you guys to do something, look up the name Anaya, tell me what it means and what you think of it.
Anyway, next chapter they will meet someone new. Hmm, who could that be?
Give a guess on that too!
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