The Welder of BlackFire:
Thorn's Past Life- A Mysterious Ally
Chapter Eight: Thorn's Thievery and BlackFire's Plan
Weeks passed since Thorn had left Inuyasha and his small gang, but in those weeks they had gained a new member. A monk by the name of Miroku.
There were rumors of a powerful human that had a peice of the Shikon Jewel in a village. The group decided to go to the village, were they learn that the man is throwing a large party in his village, and had invited many people to it.
Of course, Naraku learned of this powerful human in this large village, and suggested that Thorn go to it. She excepted the prospect of gaining the shard. One more human could be passed off in the crowded masses at the party.
Inuyasha, Kegome, Shippo, Myoga (who thought that the expidition would be safe enough) and Miroku walk into the town square, where there is a small, but richly dressed man speaking on a small stage to a large crowd of people. They listen as he ends his speech with a loud applause from the people as he exits into his house.
'There's a familiar presents here, I can feel it. But who?' Inuyasha thought to himself, his eyes darting to the left and right, ears straining to hear a familiar breathing pattern, but the crowd was loud as it dispersed to the waiting tables of food.
Thorn is standing there, seemingly waiting. InuYasha saw her, but passed the tall woman off as no one. She was just standing there, long hair shimmering down her back.
She looked around with a small tilt of her head, and caught Inuyasha's eye. She was dressed in a long black gown of her softest, and most beautiful leather. She turned to them, and almost smiled, but her face stayed straight and hard.
She knew what was coming, and so did BlackFire as he emerged from her back. It was difficult containing him like so.
"What are you doing here?" growled InuYasha, the group walking up to her. At his slight annoyance and suspicion Thorn smiled, again her soft, sad smile.
"What else? Searching for, well accually aquiring what, no doubt, you came here to claim." Her voice was soft, velvety, yet hard and cold along with her dark eyes.
"What do you mean?" asked Kegome. Thorn gave her a sweeter smile.
"I think you know what I mean, Kegome. You came here for the Shikon shard, no doubt, didn't you?"
"Well, ah, yeah but-" she started.
"Yes, well you wasted your time," she said, with a little too much bite to her voice.
She turned to the speachless Miroku, who leaned on his staff for support as his eyes and mouth gaped. Thorn sighed as BlackFire glowed and hummed in her ear. Her eyes hardened, but the monk did not waver, not noticing her fearsome gaze.
"I see you found your new ally," she said, placing her hands on her hips with a slight glare. They looked at Thorn dumbly, and Miroku, who seemed to ignore, or prehaps not hear her words, stepped forward.
"My lady..." he began, seemly to come out of his daze. Her eyes flashed, BlackFire hummed softly, confortingly, it seemed. Thorn's expression softened slightly.
'Yes, I understand his plight,' Thorn growled to the dragon in her mind.
"Will you bear my child?" he finished, taking the woman's hands in his own and stepping closer. Daggers shot from her enraged eyes.
"You'll never quit will you, Miroku? Between you and BlackFire, no doubt you two working together, I will break my vow!" she spat at him. They all seemed taken back by her reaction. "Your plight is a tough one. But asking women for a night with yourself will result in nothing but the tinting of pure blood with that of unpure!" she continued in a violent hiss. BlackFire vibrated a warning, and then a soothing apology before she could go on. Her anger dissolved. She took a step back, tearing her hands from his with a seething glare and a sneer.
Tossing a jewel shard in the air and catching it, thus catching InuYasha and Kegome's eye, she seemed to change her anger to smugness.
Thorn smirked. "I'll be off now, I have to calm myself. But I'm sure our path's will cross once again InuYasha. Watch your tongue, Miroku, lest it kills you..but its not your tongue you must worry about is it? But that hand...." she faded her sentance into nothing, never finishing it. She turned and walked away, and all were struck idly by her outburst, then sudden collection.
"What's with her?" Shippo asked.
"Who is she?" breathed the perverted monk.
InuYasha snorted. "A shadow, a demon, a human, but not. Mostly she's just a pain in the ass."
"Inuyasha! That's not very nice!" Kegome said. "Her name is Thorn."
"The name will haunt me!" cried the monk (I'm turning him into a fool, but its fun, he's already such an actor.) "So like a thorn! How she pierces my heart!"
They all look at him, shaking their heads in pity and disgust as the black-clad woman melted away into the shadows of the wood not a few feet away. A happy growl came from the trees, and out from the shadows from which Thorn had dissapeared into not seconds ago, bounded BlackFire.
"What do you want?" scoffed InuYasha as the wolf lept up to them. The black wolf bared his fangs, and laid his ears flat on his skull.
"I could ask you the same, but I know the answer, so I'll not." This made the hanyou grit his teeth and cross his arms. "But its not you I've come to speak to, so you may go," he said, dissmissing them. He turned to the distrought monk.
'You, Monk. Quit whimpering you young curr,' he growled softly in the other's mind. Miroku straightened and gazed down at the wolf.
"Did you say something?" he asked, his mind torn from Thorn's memory for but a moment.
"Yes," replied the wolf. The startled monk straightened. "Ahh, Kegome, did you just hear what he said? I didn't think wolves normally spoke to humans," he said, wondering if he indeed was going insane.
"No, but she..ah, he can talk into your mind..I guess," she answered with a shrug.
"A dirty little trick," mumbled InuYasha, closing his eyes and turning away. A cold glare was sent his way by the wolf, but its intensity was mild.
"When you eat the soul of a pshycic then you can have the power, but until then, you'll do without." This brought an amazed look from the group, but the wolf ignored it. "If you insist, you may stay, but I warn you, it is probably nothing you want to hear. Now, Miroku.." his eyes turned back to the monk.
"Wait, before we do anything, how do you, and her, know my name?" he asked, suddenly realizing that they knew his name, confusing him. A sly grin crossed the wolf's ebon mug.
"We know many things monk, like how your hand will be the death of you, and how much you hate Naraku. I could go on and on, but I do not wish to dwattle here." At the expressions on their surprised faces, he continued, laughter lacing his brassy voice. "I am surprised at the reaction that she just gave, accually. It was so mild."
They all eyed him, "What? Mild?!" they said.
"Yes, mild. Her anger has hightened, especially in the last fortnight. But I think I know a way to stop it. And I must say, it will be in your best interest in the future to try to stop it." InuYasha snorted and recieved a glare from Kegome. "You know I speak the truth. She has told your future once, and knows it in detail. And so, when you meet her again, and she has assured that you will met again, she will not be so kind. Unless, prehaps, we stop her anger," said the wolf.
"And how do we do that?" asked InuYasha bittingly. The wolf smiled slightly.
"I have a way to stop it that should work. I was only going to present it with Miroku, but if you insist, I'll tell it out loud." The wolf sighed.
"Speak, creature." said Miroku, the trance of Thorn's beautiful image wearing off and his seriousness returning.
"The only way I can think to stop her madness, is to breed her. Its been long time coming that she should be bred, but her vows keep her from even thinking about it. And the gods forbid if I so much as hint it. My blood is making her this way, the demonic blood that I gave her to make her what she is, and the more I give, the worse her anger becomes. If her anger gets any worse, the earth shall quiver in her wake as they did in my own. So now, I ask that somehow, she is bred." The wolf finished, his body growing restless. The others thought silently, chewing on the idea calmly, although their minds expressed total surprise at his words. Miroku opened his mouth to say something, but was cut off by the wolf.
"I see you will need more time in deciding. I will be back three hours before dawn, and tell you all you need to know." BlackFire restlessly glanced back at the woods.
"And what will you be doing before then?" asked InuYasha suspiciously, rising an eyebrow. The wolf gave a grin.
"She's released me, with nothing to hold me back while she contains herself in a world of silence, and so now I go hunting. Tonight I'm free to live the life I once lived daily, and I'll relish it." A grin split his maw devishly.
A scream slit the air, shrill and ringing, hurting even the ears of humans, not to mention the keen ears of the hanyou and kitsune. They all cringed, InuYasha and Shippo holding their ears in pain.
Blackfire smiled. "They've discovered our trap I see. Now they've found the body, and so I must leave," he said, turning from the four at the screech, a smirk highlighting his polished black mug. "Naraku will be pleased.." he whispered, to no one but himself. But InuYasha's keen ears picked up the breath, and he stared dumbly at the canine. His ears still rang with the horrible human wail, now a mere sobbing, with shouts ringing throughout the village, but he had heard it clearly. And with his final words, the black wolf bounded away.
"HEY! COME BACK HERE!" yelled InuYasha, running after the creature. But once in the forest, the shape had melted into the shadows, and nothing remained in which to track him down.
"InuYasha! What'd you do that for?" Kegome asked, running after the hanyou.
"She's serving Naraku.." he stated, his face an unreadable slab of rock. But his eyes glowed dangerously.
Authoress:
Hello ya'll! Its been a while since I've updated. I finally found a way to upload stuff from wordpad onto Fanfiction, so no more worries about that! I will soon be posting another story as well. An Yu Yu Hakusho one. oh! I almost forgot! From my first reviewer! Thank you very much 1pj9 for the email! To answer your question, ya'll can just call me J. fair enough? okay. Well, for the rest of you (if there is anyone) reading this fic, tell me what you think!
Miroku: How could you?! -sobs-
Wham!
J: -holding batball bat- quit whinning! I told you all before that I'd be making a fool out of you eventually! Not that this is really making a fool out of you...you act that way naturally!
Miroku: -holding head- ow! That hurt! And I don't act that way ALL the time!
Inuyasha: -snort- yeah right.
Mioku: -glare-
J: -sigh- just do the disclaimer you two.
Miroku: I did it last time! make Inuyasha do it! -still rubbing head-
J: -exasperated sigh- Fine! INUYASHA!
Inuyasha: -cringe- -glares at Miroku, who grins smugly- Fine then. J does not own Inuyasha or company, but does own Thorn and BlackFire.
J: good boy