Chapter 15
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A/N: I would like to thank all of my reviewers, especially naturally high and Fairyangel24 who have stuck by me through my insanity and my twisted version of Inuyasha Feudal Fairytale. I have never actually seen the show because I can't find any in English in Florida, but I have played the game almost religiously and have read a few spoilers and I have read different fanfics.
Nobody even noticed when Sango came up behind Inuyasha and the others. Sango was moving stealthily towards the group. She pulled her boomerang away from her back and raised it high above her head.
Inuyasha for once stood like a soldier ready to attack; yet he did not move. His brain was screaming at him to move but his feet were planted firmly to the ground like the roots of a tree.
Three other women were behind Sango were waiting for her order to strike. Sango held her breath and walked up behind Miroku and knocked him out. At this time the other girls took their places behind Inuyasha, Khali, and Shippo.
Inuyasha and the others awoke in a brightly lit white room with no windows or doors. Inuyasha's sensitive ears heard voices he could recognize and then a doorframe appeared as if by magic and a girl walked in with a tray of water and dry bread. She was wearing a golden daiu and a matching golden top with a strap that tied behind her neck and four straps tying behind her back.
She smirked when she noticed Inuyasha had roused and was staring at her keenly. She dropped the tray in the heart of the room and turned to abscond.
"Where is Kagome?" Inuyasha called to the girl fiercely.
"The Queen is with her King, Sir Merrick of Course. She will come and make her intentions clear …later. As for the four of you, the only reason your alive is because our King is preparing for battle, he wants you gone forever. He'll pick anyone of you to fight, and if that person loses, you'll all die."
The girl turned to walk away when she heard Inuyasha struggling in his chains; the girl yelled over her shoulder, " Don't bother, those chains your sporting are reinforced especially for half lings like yourself."
The girl skipped out of the room and the doorway vanished.
"Shouldn't you be training?" Justin asked as he walked into the conference room to find Merrick lying on a table getting a massage.
"I don't need to, I know who'll I fight… Inuyasha." Merrick boasted confidently.
"But the prophecy said that he will defeat you, are you willing to take that kind of risk?" Justin asked bewilderedly.
"How easily we forget, Jason that there is another part to this prophecy. Inuyasha must be joined as one before the prophecy can come true, do you honestly see that happening in the next 5 hours?" Merrick asked skeptically.
"Well, no, but I still say you should be on your guard." Justin replied worriedly.
"There you have it then, no need to worry. True Inuyasha maybe strong, but I am stronger yet." Merrick replied as he shooed Justin away.
Merrick went back to his massage. He had no time for his cousin's constant worrying now, not when he was so close to winning everything he has always dreamed of. His cousin was a half-breed, like Merrick. He was also incredibly loyal, but Justin was never as aggressive or as powerful as Merrick.
"Justin is just overanalyzing things like he always does, yeah that's it," Merrick tried to convince himself, "I don't need this right now, I need to be psyched for the fight."
Sango entered the room an hour later wearing similar clothing as the girl who came in earlier, except Sango's clothing was silver.
Miroku managed to stagger up and hop over to Sango.
Sango reacted by pushing him down again while leering.
Miroku hobble up again, " Sango, do you remember your brother Kohaku? Do you remember anything? You're a demon hunter, come on Sango."
Sango turned to leave, and then twisted back around to listen.
"Keep going it's working," Khali said.
"Remember I'm a hentai, I'm not proud of it. Inuyasha, he always loses his temper at the wrong moment, but he always pulls through." Miroku recited.
"Houshi!" Inuyasha yelled.
"Shippo is always getting thrown around by Inuyasha." Miroku replied.
Sango looked down at herself and gasped, " What am I wearing, houshi? I didn't do something I'll regret, did I?"
"The memories will come back in a little while. Right now you need to go back and watch over Kagome and Mariko, they're still under Merrick's spell." Khali responded.
Sango stared profoundly into Miroku's velvet eyes and couldn't turn away.
"Now!" Khali shouted, "Before they become too suspicious!"
Sango turned and left quickly.
There was a great pain in Miroku's cursed hand, but Miroku persevered through the agonizing pain. "If it is to be so then, I know what I must do," he thought gravely.
A few hours later a woman wearing a traditional ceremonial kimono appeared as if from thin air beckoning everyone inside the room.
"Come, follow me quickly. The hour of your judgment is at hand."
"Whom do you want you to follow you?" Miroku asked still clasping his right hand.
"All of you now!" the girl screamed as she lifted Miroku up from the ground, "on your feet."
The group groggily got up and headed down a long, narrow hallway towards a room full of demon guest all jeering.
In the middle of the room was a sandpit ring. The highest seats were preserved for women claimed by Merrick as off-limits. The three closest to the ring were Sango, Kagome, and Mariko and they looked uneasy.
"Sango must have gotten through to them." Khali thought with a smile.
Her smile faded away like sugar melting in the rain once she noticed who was standing in the middle of the sandpit ring.
Sango noticed Miroku in the sea of people right away and she grabbed Mariko and Kagome and headed down to the ring.
Merrick started his speech from the sandpit "I've decided to fight…"