The Days of Destruction
Chapter Two:
Enter the Demon, Sesshoumaru!
By: fairysphinxfairysphinx: Hello! Thanks for reviewing! Here's chapter two to this story. I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I enjoy writing it! And please review! Arigato!
Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha, so please don't sue me!
All of the bodies had been buried. Graves lined the ground. Red blood stained the earth. A sickening sight, although Kagome was used to it. Many towns they had come upon during their quest to find the shards of the Jewel of Four Souls were demolished, the occupants lying on the ground, covered in blood.
The girl, the healer, Rayne, was tied to a tree near by, so she couldn't cause any more trouble, nor slay them when they weren't looking. She hadn't resisted to the rough treatment Inuyasha and Miroku had given her. She hadn't complained about the tightness of the ropes, even though they were cutting off her circulation, and cutting her skin. Even through the taunting and accusations, she remained silent.
Inuyasha leaned back against a tree, and looked at the graves, many of which he had dug. "I don't get why we had to dig all of the graves, when she was the one who killed all of them!" he said, pointing at Rayne, whose eyes were following a trail of ants.
"So little, yet they carry so much. They work together, in order to survive, no quarrels, and none steal from each other." Her dark, dull eyes shimmered slightly.
"Eh? What was that?" Inuyasha gave her a look. "That one is definatly crazy. I say we kill her off now!"
"Inuyasha! What do you mean?!"
"I mean what I said! She doesn't deserve to live!" Kagome was about to say something to the half demon, but Rayne answered first.
"Who are we, measly humans and demons, to say who lives and who dies? We can be quick to say that this person should die. But, are there people who were killed that deserved to live? Mothers, friends, loved ones? We can't bring them back, can we? The innocent who didn't deserve death, but received it anyways. Our minds are easily corrupted. We cannot decide the fate of others." Inuyasha opened and closed his mouth, trying to think of a response.
"Well, you-…. I can-…. It's not-…." He had failed.
"Wow. I've never seen Inuyasha speechless!" Shippo exclaimed, popping up behind Kagome. "She could be useful after all!" He ducked as Inuyasha threw a rock at him.
"It would be nice to have another girl around…." Kagome mused.
"No! Nononononononononononononononono!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Miroku exclaimed. "That girl is nothing but trouble!"
"Finally! Someone with sense!"
"Sit boy!" Inuyasha slammed into the ground.
"Ow!"
"Well, it's a tie then. Now, how can we break it?" Shippo asked.
"Can I have a vote?" Kagome looked at her shoulder. Myouga the flea stood there.
"Why? You never stay around for long…and where did you come from this time?"
"From a long way away, that's where!"
"Are you tired, good flea?" They all turned to see Rayne, dark eyes duly fixed on Myouga.
"Why, yes, I am rather tired…."
"And are you hungry, good flea?"
"Yes, very!"
"Then, come! Eat while there is still blood running through my veins, and rest while body is still warm!"
"You're- actually inviting me- to feast on you?" She smiled.
"Why not? Fleas are often used in my remedies, as are other parts of creatures (e.g.: Poison, scales, etc.) Without them, I couldn't save as any lives as I do. So, they are free to stop by me for a meal- whether it be meat from a chicken, or blood from my veins." Myouga seemed to sniffle. Inuyasha sidled over to the flea.
"Don't believe her, Myouga! She's trouble! She killed this entire village, and doesn't even care! She's-."
"Lord Inuyasha! This girl is a healer, can't you see that? And don't speak until I'm finished! Healers are never evil. They dedicate their lives to helping others. Even if this girl killed the entire village, this is as rare as a blue moon. An action only taken when in desperation…which is just as rare an occasion. Over time, healers gain powers of their own. Powers that could rival demon powers, depending on the age and experience of the healer. She could be useful to us, Lord Inuyasha!" Inuyasha gave him an accusing look.
"Or do you just want her along so you can stuff yourself whenever you feel like it?"
"Well, that too. But what I said first is true as well, Lord Inuyasha." The half demon growled.
"The majority wins, Inuyasha! She lives, and she's coming with us!" Kagome stated matter- of- factly. He growled again. Miroku started to whine. Shippo shouted joyfully.
"Out of all of the girls in this era, I have to get stuck with one that is a murderer, and isn't pretty!" Rayne flashed him a death stare. "Heh, heh, heh. Oh, gosh. I'm going to have to watch my mouth!"
"Yeah, you never know what the creepy lady will do to you!" Shippo said in an eerie tone, coming up behind him.
"Knock it off!"
"Don't be such a grouch!"
While those two were bickering, Kagome went over and untied the ropes from around Rayne. The brown ropes were stained red from the cuts on the girl. Her skin was also smeared with the red substance. "Are you okay? I'm really sorry about those two. I don't know what got into them."
'Yeah, Miroku usually asks pretty girls like her to bear his child, and Inuyasha would have killed her right off, without asking any questions. I have no clue what is wrong with them.'
"They just don't like me. Don't worry; it's a common trait, especially with men. I am very unappealing to them…don't worry."
"I'm sorry. But what about that man at the house?"
"He adopted me when no one else would. When they were prepared to throw me into a well. At least, that's what he told me. But, I'm not sure that he told me the whole truth. Like why they were going to drown me. He was trying to protect me, I know, but still. I wish I knew." She looked up at Kagome, who was giving her a sympathetic look. "What?"
"I'm sorry."
"I wish for no pity, just to be left be. However, I have no right to the house. It was given in the old man's will to the creatures of the mountain, along with most things in it."
"So, you're basically homeless."
"I wouldn't put it that way…."
"Yes, you're homeless. However, that doesn't matter. You can come with us! And I won't take no for an answer!" Rayne started to open her mouth in protest, but decided against it.
"Arguing with you is like arguing with the wind." Kagome cocked her head in confusion. "Don't worry. You shouldn't be able to understand it."
"We don't have all day! Are we moving out, or not?" Inuyasha asked impatiently.
"I just have to get some things from the house before I can go with you."
"YOU MEAN WE HAVE TO GO UP THE MOUNTAIN AGAIN?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!"
"I was going to go through the center of it. There is a passageway that enters into our cellar." A vein seemed to pop up in the half dog-demon's forehead.
"Will you just go already?!" Rayne wasn't gone long. She returned rather quickly, with a large knapsack on her back, and a sword at her side. It was short, somewhere between the size of a dagger and a full sized sword. It looked as though it had been left out in the rain for days on end.
"What is that?"
"It's a sword, Dog-boy."
"I can see that, Water-girl! Don't point out the obvious!"
"Well, I have to, considering the person I'm talking to!" And the fight pursued for the day, and long into the night.
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Rayne quickly turned around, sword drawn, and placed the point at Miroku's throat. "Touch me again, and I will slice your hand off," she warned him. He backed away, an expression of fear plastered on his face.
It had been a week since they had left the ruined village. Inuyasha was still calling Rayne 'Water-girl', and she was still calling him 'Dog-boy'. They didn't get along at all. Miroku had started to hit on her, not as obviously as he had on Kagome, but he still did. And she caught on quickly, ending that relationship before it even started. Myouga had left again, and Kagome had gone back to her own time only once in that period (mainly to make sure that no one killed each other). Shippo had found a new person to cuddle up to in the nights, the nights when Kagome went back to her own time.
Flashback
"I miss Kagome!" Tears brimmed his eyes. "Inuyasha, can I-."
"No! Go cuddle with Miroku!"
"But-."
"Go!"
"Geeze, someone's grouchy!" The young fox walked over to Miroku. "Miroku? Miroku?"
"Not now, Shippo," he said, turning over. "I need my rest." Shippo began to look around in despair. He usually cuddled with Kagome, but….
"Miss Rayne?"
"For the billionth time, Shippo," she said, and turned over the face him. He flinched waiting for the answer. "My name is Rayne. There is no 'Miss' in front of it. Now, what do you want?"
"I was wondering-. Well, Kagome isn't here-. She usually-."
"She usually what, little one?"
"She usually lets me cuddle with her at night, like I used to do with my parents…."
"But, she's not here tonight. I know I'm not Kagome, nor your parents, but maybe I'd do…until Kagome gets back?" He nodded and smiled, and jumped between the heavy grey blankets that served as the girl's bed.
End Flashback
Kagome froze in her tracks. Inuyasha, noticing that she wasn't following him, turned back. "What's wrong, Kagome?"
"I sense a jewel shard! Five or six of them, in one place!" In the blink of an eye, Inuyasha was gone, jumping off to the place that Kagome was pointing. He was back, just as fast as he had disappeared.
"Damn it! Sesshoumaru has the jewel shards! How are we going to get them?! Fighting him is always an option…."
"I don't know. Maybe we should just ignore these shards, Inuyasha…."
"Are you saying that I can't beat my half-brother?!?! Is that what you're implying?!?!?!"
"No, it's not that-."
"Then what, Kagome? What is it?!"
"Well, I don't me to interrupt, but we can always take them from his body without his knowing." All eyes turned to Rayne.
"And how do you suggest we do that, Water-girl?"
"Extraction spell. But then, he'd realize the decrease in power. A simple buffer potion could cure that, though…. And we'd have to get close to him, so he won't suspect anything…." Miroku and Inuyasha looked at each other, a growing look of evil thoughts passed on their faces. "But, that would be too complicated. Why don't we just stick to fighting?"
"Oh, we have a better idea!" Rayne looked from one of the two male faces to the next, with growing panic.
"Me and my big mouth!"
END OF CHAPTER TWO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
fairysphinx: Well, I'm stopping here. I'm tired. This took a lot of work. And I have so much research to do for school. So, I shall say, goodnight, all! Oh, I didn't come up about that paragraph about not deciding the future of others. I heard it somewhere, so I don't own it. I just re-worded it.