(This is not the end, I will be making another continuation with Rei being
more of a main character. Thanks)
Part 4
The Prince of the Demons
Kenshin walked into the front gate and saw a group of demons glaring at him. He just walked on ignoring them. He held Rei who was squirming in his arms, he knew she was fussy and she waned to crawl around.
The stairs seemed to go forever. "Are we there yet?" Kenshin asked.
"A few more feet and yes, we'll be there," Inuyasha shrugged as he came up to a door in the face of a rock wall. He knocked on the door and it opened slowly.
"Its you again, Inuyasha-san," a rather flowery voice was saying and a catlike girl was standing in front of him. "Let's see, what did you do this time? Try and sneak through Toki's gate again, or was it going through the tunnel?"
"No, I came to bring a surprise for Lord Seto, Neko-chan, come and see for yourself."
The catgirl let them and she blinked at them and laughed. "Lord Seto, what on Earth are you doing with Inuyasha?"
"Excuse, but I'm Kenshin."
Neko blinked and smiled at him. "Wow, now you just need to pass Sesshoumaru and you'll be set, though of course it will be impossible." She smiled and let him through then stopped Inuyasha. "So, you really think that idiot can pull off being the prince?"
"Look, he's the right age and second, he looks really like Lord Seto."
Neko shrugged her shoulders. "All I know is, that Lord Seto has been looking for his son for twenty-eight years."
**
Kenshin walked a good ten feet into the opening and found another line of stairs heading up a cliff side. He looked at the baby in his arms and smiled. "Soon, Rei-chan," he smiled at her and walked up the stairs.
He made it to another gate and knocked on the door, he turned and saw Inuyasha standing silently and then whispered. "You have to face my brother, I can't come any further."
The door opened and Kenshin found he was standing in a hall, he was staring at a man sitting by a door. "Let's see, should I gut you or should I at least listen to you," the man sounded bored.
"I would never want to shed blood in front of Rei, that I would not," Kenshin blinked as he stood his ground.
"Hmm," the man blinked, he looked rather tall with yellow eyes and similar hair as Inuyasha. He touched his dagger. "Jegan, take the child, his arms are tired."
A frog like creature walked up and looked at Kenshin. "Excuse me, I will hold the baby while you speak with Lord Sesshomaru."
"I would rather not!" Kenshin clutched to Rei.
Jagen nodded and walked away, he looked at Sesshomaru nodded and sat down again. "Alright, though I know what my brother is going to trying to do."
"Then I am not Lord Seto's son?" Kenshin asked nervously.
"Hard to say, your resemblance to him is rather surprising, but I am not convinced."
"Of course you're not convinced, you would rather beat a half-demon into a wall," said a sarcastic voice, they looked over at Inuyasha who was leaning against the door. "I knew he wouldn't convince you, so I'm going to do the convincing."
Sesshomaru gave a look at his brother and rolled his eyes. "I told you this a hundred times, fighting you is a waste of time!"
It was kind of strange, the looks the two brothers passed between the two, it was like two rival wolves going for the same food source. "Take Lord Shinta to his father!"
"What proof is it that this person is really who you claim, little brother?"
"Just look at him!"
Sesshomaru walked up and glared into Kenshin's face, his yellow eyes were close enough and he shrugged backing off. "The resemblance is uncanny, but it proves nothing of his family heritage."
A knife came flying at Kenshin and he moved out of the way, and it landed an inch from him. "What did you do that for?"
Inuyasha smiled. "Well, that should be proof enough, if he was a human, he couldn't dodge it that fast."
Sesshomaru blinked and then gave a sigh. "Fine, but if Lord Seto hears that I let him pass without killing him, I'll just tell him to take it out on you."
"Sorry about that, had to make a point," Inuyash was suddenly pushed up against the wall.
"If you ever do that when I'm holding Rei, I will personally throttle you," Kenshin yelled and suddenly woke up Rei who started to cry. He looked down and rocked her gently.
Stupid move, Inuyasha, the demon dog thought and rolled his eyes. "Come on, we're almost to the top of the cliff."
A large door appeared and Kenshin felt a little nervous. "Who is there?" a voice boomed and the door opened slowly, standing there was a large wolf, the largest he had ever seen.
"Naku, I totally forgot you were going to be the last guard," Inuyasha sputtered and smiled, at least in his own way.
"Yes, it seems you are still a glutton for punishment, half breed scum."
"Just let us through."
The wolf looked thoughtful and then looked into Kenshin's face. "I'm sorry, but you have not introduced yourself."
"I am Himura Kenshin," Kenshin gasped out cradling the baby. "This is Rei, I have to come to Lord Seto to ask to be returned home."
"You mean the human world?" the wolf demon blinked and then let them into a room. "Lord Seto will not listen to anyone who-" it stoped and looked at Kenshin and chuckled. "Interesting."
Inuyasha looked at Naku's face and smiled. "So he looks just like him."
**
What is going on? Kenshin felt himself being pushed into a thrown room, Inuyasha had taken Rei and was holding her watching a group of demons. They all circled Kenshin and were blinking in amazement at him. "He must be the lost one," said another catgirl who was perched on a high beam. "Look at his eyes."
"Other than the scar, he looks rather handsome," said a female demon who looked him in the eyes. "I have a daughter who would suit him."
"Let Lord Seto decide if this is his son or not," said a loud voice and everyone turned to see a demon with red hair and dark purple eyes walked in. He was dressed in an old fashioned armor and seemed to give Kenshin the once over.
"Lord Seto, I apologize, but we had to check for sure that this was truly Shinta-sama," Neko was standing next to the throne.
Seto gave Kenshin a rather evil look. "Do you now? Let's see, his stance and hair are uncanny. I don't see Kasumi in him at all." He lazily smiled and then looked at Sesshomaru. "Bring him a little closer."
He was punished closer, he saw Jagen standing in front of him tugging on his leggings, at first he wanted to kick the beast away. He walked up and saw Seto look closer, there was a look of amazement and almost sadness. "I now see you for who you are," Seto shook his head. "I am sorry, Shinta, I failed as a father, have I not?"
"I do not know you, that I don't. I only came to ask if I could return to Kaoru-dono with Rei-chan." Kenshin finally was able to speak and Seto's eyes widened.
"I see, bring Toki, this instant! And who brought my son back to me?"
"Go on Inuyasha, you should say something to Lord Seto," Jagen was glaring over at Inuyasha who was rocking Rei gently.
"Oh, shut up you little frog."
"I see," Seto was laughing. "The lead headed Inuyasha who would much rather draw the Tetsuga than listen to reason. I should have known. You will do anything to return to that Kagome person wouldn't you?"
"Yeah, you have me figured out," the dog boy growled.
"You are still under punishment for trying to sneak out of here, you know. As for your request, Shinta, I cannot grant it. I may control the demon world, but I cannot let you leave here. Because you have demon blood in your veins, you and Rei are members of the demon clans. I am sorry."
"You would understand, you came back for me once, didn't you?" Kenshin asked his voice was shaking. "I can't leave Kaoru-dono, you must understand, Oto-san. It is for love that I return to her."
Inuyasha blinked and nodded. "He is right, he really does love this Kaoru person and he is desperate."
Seto sat down on his thrown and then asked Kenshin to sit down next to him. "I had dreamed of seeing you all grown up. You have your mother's eyes, you look more human than Inuyasha, my chief fear was you would resemble a demon more."
**
Going to bed, Kenshin was in a room filled with gold, he was not used to the room or the separation from Rei. She had nurses tending her and for some reason he felt scared something was wrong with her. "Will she be alright?"
"Lord Shinta do not worry, we know how to take care of babies," a catgirl was giggling pushing him out of the nursery.
He lay on his back and he slipped off to sleep. He was standing in front of Kamiya's dojo and was sitting under a tree. He was watching children playing in the backyard, "Grandmother, he's here again," a boy with red hair was yelling and an old woman walked out and waved to him. "Hello, Kenshin, are you okay?"
He nodded and stood up. "Kaoru-dono, I'm sorry," he looked around and saw Rei standing next to him, she was young and had a family of her own.
"Father what is wrong?" he saw her looking at him. She was beautiful with short brown hair with a flowery pin in her hair. Her indigo eyes were serious and she seemed to see the wear and tear on his eyes.
"I have not aged, I'm stuck in this age," he was looking down at his hands and then at his foster-daughter. "I saw Kaoru-dono, but I cannot stay with her, that I cannot. I miss her."
"Father, she still loves you, no matter what you look like," her voice was soft.
"I will not age, being of demon blood, I have no way to age," Kenshin gave a sigh.
Opening his eyes, he looked over and saw a catgirl running. "Lord Shinta, she won't stop crying, we have tried everything, what is wrong with her?"
They walked into the nursery and Kenshin picked her up and then felt inside her mouth. "She is teething, she'll be fussy, just let her chew on a clean rag, and it should keep the pain down."
He knelt down and looked into eyes. "You don't like it here, do you?" he whispered softly.
The women had left and he picked Rei up and rocked her gently. "You want to come home and stay with Kaoru-dono. My little Rei."
He turned and saw Seto walking into the room. "I have talked to Toki and we came up with an arrangement. You and Rei are permitted to leave, but you have ten years, there is away to leave that world gently. Rei will have twenty years, but I'm sorry my son, you must return to your home."
"I understand, is there a condition."
"You will die, but it will be in a human way, it is not a human death really, and you may not forgive me what I will do." Seto walked up and touched his son's chest. "It will start there then spread, you will become ill. I will ask you this, you will not give this to Kaoru, no matter how much she begs, she will not come to this world. She will die a mortal death and it will be gentle if she believes you are to dead. I am sorry."
"Father, thank you," Kenshin whispered. "How will Rei leave this human world?"
"You will be sent up for her. She will think you her father. Her father Nuraku has been dead for nine months. That I am thankful, Inuyasha is good for something," Seto smiled.
"Nuraku?" Kenshin blinked.
"Yes, Inuyasha may not look like it, but he is a powerful fighter and Nuraku almost destroyed the human world. Many demons want to destroy this the humans and are jealous of them. Inuyasha's father had been a good friend of mine and for a short time I was able to keep the peace between the sons. I was angry when the father dead, his two sons fought each other.
"Tell me of my mother," Kenshin whispered and looked rather sadly at him.
"I loved her more than the moon," Seto smiled. "Kasumi had your eyes, as I said before. She was a sad girl, her family died and she was living with her brother. When you were born she became far worse and tried to drown you, she succeeded in drowning herself, I could not save her, but I saved my son. I felt like I had failed her, her brother swore he would raise you as one of his own children, your uncle was a good human. He was the one who named you. I had to return to the demon world.
"After about ten years I returned to reclaim you, but the village was gone, people were dead including your uncle."
"There was a cholera outbreak," Kenshin whispered. "My family caught it and I survived, the village feared me and sold me into slavery. Then Hiko-sama took me in when some bandits killed the slavers."
"I see, I should thank this Hiko-sama myself, you have grown so wonderfully and you look so human. I feared my demon blood would make you look like me. You took more after your mother than me, I am so happy for that."
"I hope to see you again, Shinta, then we can talk more. Now you must go, Toki and Inuyasha are waiting for you."
**
Rei was sleeping soundly as Kenshin walked to the dock, he saw Toki yelling at Inuyasha about the boat. "You stupid mutt, I told you a hundred times not to do that."
"Don't call me a mutt, you sound worse than Koga." Inuyasha growled.
"Keep it down, Rei-chan is sleeping, that she is. I don't need her crying right now," Kenshin glared at them and sat down in the boat.
Toki handed Kenshin a small vile and whispered. "Drink this."
Taking a drink, Kenshin felt a little sick. "What is that?"
"Just what will measure the time you spend in the Demon world. As for Inuyasha, he is not returning here at all. As soon as he takes a step into the Human World, he is going to Kagome's time."
The trip to the gate was long, Kenshin felt a burning in his stomach, but he choose to ignore it. Toki walked up the gate and touched it, the doors flew open and Kenshin and Inuyasha took a step forward into the gate.
**
There was a flash and Kenshin found himself standing on a trail. Inuyasha was walking up to Kaoru and the others. Kenshin dashed over to her and looked over his shoulder at Toki. "You are back where you started, Kenshin, time will continue soon. Soon, Inuyasha will be sent to Kagome."
"Hey, pal, thanks for the help." Inuyasha and Toki vanished.
"Kenshin are you okay?" Sanosuke was looking at him.
"Yes, I am fine, just that it is time to leave. I feel safe now, that I do." Kenshin smiled at Rei who was giggling reaching up to trace his cheek.
Part 4
The Prince of the Demons
Kenshin walked into the front gate and saw a group of demons glaring at him. He just walked on ignoring them. He held Rei who was squirming in his arms, he knew she was fussy and she waned to crawl around.
The stairs seemed to go forever. "Are we there yet?" Kenshin asked.
"A few more feet and yes, we'll be there," Inuyasha shrugged as he came up to a door in the face of a rock wall. He knocked on the door and it opened slowly.
"Its you again, Inuyasha-san," a rather flowery voice was saying and a catlike girl was standing in front of him. "Let's see, what did you do this time? Try and sneak through Toki's gate again, or was it going through the tunnel?"
"No, I came to bring a surprise for Lord Seto, Neko-chan, come and see for yourself."
The catgirl let them and she blinked at them and laughed. "Lord Seto, what on Earth are you doing with Inuyasha?"
"Excuse, but I'm Kenshin."
Neko blinked and smiled at him. "Wow, now you just need to pass Sesshoumaru and you'll be set, though of course it will be impossible." She smiled and let him through then stopped Inuyasha. "So, you really think that idiot can pull off being the prince?"
"Look, he's the right age and second, he looks really like Lord Seto."
Neko shrugged her shoulders. "All I know is, that Lord Seto has been looking for his son for twenty-eight years."
**
Kenshin walked a good ten feet into the opening and found another line of stairs heading up a cliff side. He looked at the baby in his arms and smiled. "Soon, Rei-chan," he smiled at her and walked up the stairs.
He made it to another gate and knocked on the door, he turned and saw Inuyasha standing silently and then whispered. "You have to face my brother, I can't come any further."
The door opened and Kenshin found he was standing in a hall, he was staring at a man sitting by a door. "Let's see, should I gut you or should I at least listen to you," the man sounded bored.
"I would never want to shed blood in front of Rei, that I would not," Kenshin blinked as he stood his ground.
"Hmm," the man blinked, he looked rather tall with yellow eyes and similar hair as Inuyasha. He touched his dagger. "Jegan, take the child, his arms are tired."
A frog like creature walked up and looked at Kenshin. "Excuse me, I will hold the baby while you speak with Lord Sesshomaru."
"I would rather not!" Kenshin clutched to Rei.
Jagen nodded and walked away, he looked at Sesshomaru nodded and sat down again. "Alright, though I know what my brother is going to trying to do."
"Then I am not Lord Seto's son?" Kenshin asked nervously.
"Hard to say, your resemblance to him is rather surprising, but I am not convinced."
"Of course you're not convinced, you would rather beat a half-demon into a wall," said a sarcastic voice, they looked over at Inuyasha who was leaning against the door. "I knew he wouldn't convince you, so I'm going to do the convincing."
Sesshomaru gave a look at his brother and rolled his eyes. "I told you this a hundred times, fighting you is a waste of time!"
It was kind of strange, the looks the two brothers passed between the two, it was like two rival wolves going for the same food source. "Take Lord Shinta to his father!"
"What proof is it that this person is really who you claim, little brother?"
"Just look at him!"
Sesshomaru walked up and glared into Kenshin's face, his yellow eyes were close enough and he shrugged backing off. "The resemblance is uncanny, but it proves nothing of his family heritage."
A knife came flying at Kenshin and he moved out of the way, and it landed an inch from him. "What did you do that for?"
Inuyasha smiled. "Well, that should be proof enough, if he was a human, he couldn't dodge it that fast."
Sesshomaru blinked and then gave a sigh. "Fine, but if Lord Seto hears that I let him pass without killing him, I'll just tell him to take it out on you."
"Sorry about that, had to make a point," Inuyash was suddenly pushed up against the wall.
"If you ever do that when I'm holding Rei, I will personally throttle you," Kenshin yelled and suddenly woke up Rei who started to cry. He looked down and rocked her gently.
Stupid move, Inuyasha, the demon dog thought and rolled his eyes. "Come on, we're almost to the top of the cliff."
A large door appeared and Kenshin felt a little nervous. "Who is there?" a voice boomed and the door opened slowly, standing there was a large wolf, the largest he had ever seen.
"Naku, I totally forgot you were going to be the last guard," Inuyasha sputtered and smiled, at least in his own way.
"Yes, it seems you are still a glutton for punishment, half breed scum."
"Just let us through."
The wolf looked thoughtful and then looked into Kenshin's face. "I'm sorry, but you have not introduced yourself."
"I am Himura Kenshin," Kenshin gasped out cradling the baby. "This is Rei, I have to come to Lord Seto to ask to be returned home."
"You mean the human world?" the wolf demon blinked and then let them into a room. "Lord Seto will not listen to anyone who-" it stoped and looked at Kenshin and chuckled. "Interesting."
Inuyasha looked at Naku's face and smiled. "So he looks just like him."
**
What is going on? Kenshin felt himself being pushed into a thrown room, Inuyasha had taken Rei and was holding her watching a group of demons. They all circled Kenshin and were blinking in amazement at him. "He must be the lost one," said another catgirl who was perched on a high beam. "Look at his eyes."
"Other than the scar, he looks rather handsome," said a female demon who looked him in the eyes. "I have a daughter who would suit him."
"Let Lord Seto decide if this is his son or not," said a loud voice and everyone turned to see a demon with red hair and dark purple eyes walked in. He was dressed in an old fashioned armor and seemed to give Kenshin the once over.
"Lord Seto, I apologize, but we had to check for sure that this was truly Shinta-sama," Neko was standing next to the throne.
Seto gave Kenshin a rather evil look. "Do you now? Let's see, his stance and hair are uncanny. I don't see Kasumi in him at all." He lazily smiled and then looked at Sesshomaru. "Bring him a little closer."
He was punished closer, he saw Jagen standing in front of him tugging on his leggings, at first he wanted to kick the beast away. He walked up and saw Seto look closer, there was a look of amazement and almost sadness. "I now see you for who you are," Seto shook his head. "I am sorry, Shinta, I failed as a father, have I not?"
"I do not know you, that I don't. I only came to ask if I could return to Kaoru-dono with Rei-chan." Kenshin finally was able to speak and Seto's eyes widened.
"I see, bring Toki, this instant! And who brought my son back to me?"
"Go on Inuyasha, you should say something to Lord Seto," Jagen was glaring over at Inuyasha who was rocking Rei gently.
"Oh, shut up you little frog."
"I see," Seto was laughing. "The lead headed Inuyasha who would much rather draw the Tetsuga than listen to reason. I should have known. You will do anything to return to that Kagome person wouldn't you?"
"Yeah, you have me figured out," the dog boy growled.
"You are still under punishment for trying to sneak out of here, you know. As for your request, Shinta, I cannot grant it. I may control the demon world, but I cannot let you leave here. Because you have demon blood in your veins, you and Rei are members of the demon clans. I am sorry."
"You would understand, you came back for me once, didn't you?" Kenshin asked his voice was shaking. "I can't leave Kaoru-dono, you must understand, Oto-san. It is for love that I return to her."
Inuyasha blinked and nodded. "He is right, he really does love this Kaoru person and he is desperate."
Seto sat down on his thrown and then asked Kenshin to sit down next to him. "I had dreamed of seeing you all grown up. You have your mother's eyes, you look more human than Inuyasha, my chief fear was you would resemble a demon more."
**
Going to bed, Kenshin was in a room filled with gold, he was not used to the room or the separation from Rei. She had nurses tending her and for some reason he felt scared something was wrong with her. "Will she be alright?"
"Lord Shinta do not worry, we know how to take care of babies," a catgirl was giggling pushing him out of the nursery.
He lay on his back and he slipped off to sleep. He was standing in front of Kamiya's dojo and was sitting under a tree. He was watching children playing in the backyard, "Grandmother, he's here again," a boy with red hair was yelling and an old woman walked out and waved to him. "Hello, Kenshin, are you okay?"
He nodded and stood up. "Kaoru-dono, I'm sorry," he looked around and saw Rei standing next to him, she was young and had a family of her own.
"Father what is wrong?" he saw her looking at him. She was beautiful with short brown hair with a flowery pin in her hair. Her indigo eyes were serious and she seemed to see the wear and tear on his eyes.
"I have not aged, I'm stuck in this age," he was looking down at his hands and then at his foster-daughter. "I saw Kaoru-dono, but I cannot stay with her, that I cannot. I miss her."
"Father, she still loves you, no matter what you look like," her voice was soft.
"I will not age, being of demon blood, I have no way to age," Kenshin gave a sigh.
Opening his eyes, he looked over and saw a catgirl running. "Lord Shinta, she won't stop crying, we have tried everything, what is wrong with her?"
They walked into the nursery and Kenshin picked her up and then felt inside her mouth. "She is teething, she'll be fussy, just let her chew on a clean rag, and it should keep the pain down."
He knelt down and looked into eyes. "You don't like it here, do you?" he whispered softly.
The women had left and he picked Rei up and rocked her gently. "You want to come home and stay with Kaoru-dono. My little Rei."
He turned and saw Seto walking into the room. "I have talked to Toki and we came up with an arrangement. You and Rei are permitted to leave, but you have ten years, there is away to leave that world gently. Rei will have twenty years, but I'm sorry my son, you must return to your home."
"I understand, is there a condition."
"You will die, but it will be in a human way, it is not a human death really, and you may not forgive me what I will do." Seto walked up and touched his son's chest. "It will start there then spread, you will become ill. I will ask you this, you will not give this to Kaoru, no matter how much she begs, she will not come to this world. She will die a mortal death and it will be gentle if she believes you are to dead. I am sorry."
"Father, thank you," Kenshin whispered. "How will Rei leave this human world?"
"You will be sent up for her. She will think you her father. Her father Nuraku has been dead for nine months. That I am thankful, Inuyasha is good for something," Seto smiled.
"Nuraku?" Kenshin blinked.
"Yes, Inuyasha may not look like it, but he is a powerful fighter and Nuraku almost destroyed the human world. Many demons want to destroy this the humans and are jealous of them. Inuyasha's father had been a good friend of mine and for a short time I was able to keep the peace between the sons. I was angry when the father dead, his two sons fought each other.
"Tell me of my mother," Kenshin whispered and looked rather sadly at him.
"I loved her more than the moon," Seto smiled. "Kasumi had your eyes, as I said before. She was a sad girl, her family died and she was living with her brother. When you were born she became far worse and tried to drown you, she succeeded in drowning herself, I could not save her, but I saved my son. I felt like I had failed her, her brother swore he would raise you as one of his own children, your uncle was a good human. He was the one who named you. I had to return to the demon world.
"After about ten years I returned to reclaim you, but the village was gone, people were dead including your uncle."
"There was a cholera outbreak," Kenshin whispered. "My family caught it and I survived, the village feared me and sold me into slavery. Then Hiko-sama took me in when some bandits killed the slavers."
"I see, I should thank this Hiko-sama myself, you have grown so wonderfully and you look so human. I feared my demon blood would make you look like me. You took more after your mother than me, I am so happy for that."
"I hope to see you again, Shinta, then we can talk more. Now you must go, Toki and Inuyasha are waiting for you."
**
Rei was sleeping soundly as Kenshin walked to the dock, he saw Toki yelling at Inuyasha about the boat. "You stupid mutt, I told you a hundred times not to do that."
"Don't call me a mutt, you sound worse than Koga." Inuyasha growled.
"Keep it down, Rei-chan is sleeping, that she is. I don't need her crying right now," Kenshin glared at them and sat down in the boat.
Toki handed Kenshin a small vile and whispered. "Drink this."
Taking a drink, Kenshin felt a little sick. "What is that?"
"Just what will measure the time you spend in the Demon world. As for Inuyasha, he is not returning here at all. As soon as he takes a step into the Human World, he is going to Kagome's time."
The trip to the gate was long, Kenshin felt a burning in his stomach, but he choose to ignore it. Toki walked up the gate and touched it, the doors flew open and Kenshin and Inuyasha took a step forward into the gate.
**
There was a flash and Kenshin found himself standing on a trail. Inuyasha was walking up to Kaoru and the others. Kenshin dashed over to her and looked over his shoulder at Toki. "You are back where you started, Kenshin, time will continue soon. Soon, Inuyasha will be sent to Kagome."
"Hey, pal, thanks for the help." Inuyasha and Toki vanished.
"Kenshin are you okay?" Sanosuke was looking at him.
"Yes, I am fine, just that it is time to leave. I feel safe now, that I do." Kenshin smiled at Rei who was giggling reaching up to trace his cheek.