Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha.
Chapter 3: Evil vs. Evil
A dark shadow formed in the forest outside Kaede's village. It watched Ruri sit in a tree and watches Inuyasha get blamed for the murder.
Ruri smirked and began running into the forest; she was running in the direction that she had hid her father's old swords the night before. She was in mid-stride when a small hand gripped her by the face and shoved her roughly down to the forest floor. She looked up at the young demon and glared.
"What the fuck's your problem bitch?" Ruri asked trying to move the hand from her face. It slides down to her throat and squeezed slightly. The woman had untamed black hair, which flowed, loosely over her small shoulders. Her eyes were bright blue but turned bright red, like Ruri's mother and brother, only they seemed evil. Her eyes shown brightly even though she had pushed them both deep into the shadows. Her lips parted and her fangs glittered a little.
Ruri stared at her and struggled to get free, but the woman increased the pressure on Ruri's neck.
"What do you want of me?" Ruri asked bluntly. She watched the woman's movements carefully.
"Nothing much, I just happen to know what you've done to a certain human. Very evil. Very good. But be careful, watch your back, Ruri my dear." The woman smirked; her fangs began dripping with saliva. Ruri winced in pain as a drop of saliva hit her forehead; it began slowly eating away at her skin. She reached up with one arm and rubbed it away.
"How do you know my name? How do you know what I did to the priest? There were no witnesses." Ruri pondered about the woman, wondering who she was.
"I have my ways dear child. Now listen carefully. You will do my bidding, I have a special plan for a certain demon, but I need help. That's where you come in." She looked at Ruri and smiled again, her eyes shining bright red. Ruri raised an eyebrow.
"Just who are you anyway?" She sniffed the air. This woman smelt like her mom. When she was little, she was told stories about how her mother was born out of another demon called Naraku, and that Naraku had tried to kill her and Sesshoumaru. He wanted to get a jewel called Shikon No Tama. She looked up at the woman.
"My name is Neriko." She looked at Ruri, then slowly let her go. Ruri stood up and walked over to a log and crouched down on it, she wasn't sure if she should run or sit and listen. Either way she was ready.
"Like I said, my name is Neriko," Neriko began her story. "My father was a powerful demon, though he was a hanyou, he was still powerful. He fell in love with a Miko, they had a fling and the Miko had me 9 months later. When I was born, my mother, the Miko kept me from her boyfriend, who she was with, even when she was carrying me. He loved her and she loved him back, but not as much as my father loved her. When I grew older, my mother died, slashed by her boyfriend. Then I went and lived with my father. He began punishing my mom's boyfriend slowly and painfully, hurting his new love and his friends. Then," Neriko's eyes suddenly turned jet black with tiny bright red rims. "He killed my father. He found him and sliced him up!" She made a small fireball and hurtled it at a tree in a fit of rage.
Ruri stared at her. Wondering again if she should run or try and help.
"Now, like I was saying. You will do my bidding." Neriko trailed off.
"What if I don't wanna?" Ruri asked smirking.
"Then I'll force you."
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The villagers were chasing Inuyasha, and Miroku, Sango and Kaede were chasing the villagers. Kagome had run over to the other village to examine the body. She walked into the hut, and took a deep breath. She could smell the priest's blood and Inuyasha's scent was very faint, it seemed to only be coming from the body. "That's odd, if Inuyasha was here, his scent would be all over. Who's scent can I smell in this hut?" Then it dawned on her. She gasped and ran over to the body, sniffing it. "I was right! It's Ruri!" Just then Sesshoumaru entered the hut.
"What's wrong Kagome?" Sesshoumaru sniffed the body and gasped. "What the hell? Ruri! What the fuck was she doing here?" "*Sigh* Why does my child do this to me? I think it's because of Kagura, you know, the whole "born from Naraku" bit. *Sigh again* Maybe that's where she gets her evil..." He trailed off, looking at the body. Suddenly a gust of wind flew past his face, it was cold and sharp, and it felt like a slap in the face. He turned around slowly.
"So, I'm evil am I. I see how it is, Miss. Naraku's detachment! Miss. Evil!" Kagura stormed out of the hut. Sesshoumaru ran after her.
"Oh come on Kag! I didn't mean it, honest!" he yelled after her, but she ignored every word. Kagome walked out of the hut and glanced around. She saw Sess and Kagura's little boy, Shoji. He looked dark and angry; he also looked like he was concentrating very hard on something.
Shoji looked at his father and saw the sadness in his eyes, and then he looked at his mother who was just about to walk beside him. He concentrated hard on forming a tornado (he had inherited his mother's skills, like Ruri had Sesshoumaru's skills.) Kagura was about to take another step when a small tornado formed under her foot. She glanced down then at Shoji.
"Dear, don't! Mommy's not in a good mood right now." Kagura glared over her shoulder at Sesshoumaru.
"You think I don't know that, mother," Shoji said through gritted teeth. Kagura waved her hand and the tornado disappeared. Shoji concentrated even harder and formed a bigger tornado, which surrounded her and made her turn around.
"Shoji knock it off now!" She looked from him to Sesshoumaru. Her expression softened when she saw the sadness in his eyes. She smiled; she began to walk towards Sesshoumaru. The tornado began to disappear as Shoji's mother walked to his father. Kagome looked at him and smiled. She was very proud of him. They began walking back to Kaede's village together.
Sesshoumaru filled Kagura in on what he believed their daughter had done. She frowned as he told her. Inuyasha met up with them a few minutes later, he hide around Kagome.
"Hun, hide me, they want to sacrifice me to the gods. The village is nuts. By the way, where are you guys headed?"
"The village." Kagome said bluntly then laughed at Inuyasha's shocked expression.
"Don't worry dear, I won't let them hurt you!" She cracked her knuckles and smiled, her fangs began to show. Inuyasha smiled back and kissed her softly.
As they continued walking towards the village, a woman lying in the middle of the road stopped them, slash marks across her arms and legs. Sesshoumaru approached the woman. She looked like Kagome, but younger. She had jet-black hair, which fell down a little ways past her shoulders. Sesshoumaru looked at her closely, and took a deep breath, his eyes widened.
"It's R-rin!"
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Ruri flew towards a tree, at the last moment she turned her body and landed against the tree with her feet, she shoved off and flew towards Neriko. She pulled her father's old sword from its stealth and aimed it at Neriko.
"Keh! What are you going to do with that old sword?" She smiled as Ruri tried to slash her, but got repelled by her barrier. Ruri flew another 3 feet away she hit a tree. The sword fell from her hands and landed on the forest floor beside her. She sat up and looked at Neriko.
"I told you, if I almost kill you, then you're mine! You will do my bidding. Do you want to try again?" Ruri grabbed the sword and stood up, groaning as she felt a gash in her back. "Where'd that come from? She never touched me!" She looked at Neriko, she was staring back, and her eyes had turned jet black again, with a tiny red rim. She had her arms spread and was making an energy ball. Ruri's eyes widened as she realized she'd be engulfed in the ball. Neriko shot the ball towards Ruri.
"What am I going to do? What can I do?"
Ruri shoot up the tree to the highest branch, she could feel the tree give way under the blast of the energy ball. She leapt to the next tree and shimmied down it and pounced on Neriko. Neriko glared up at her, for she had been pinned down. She closed her eyes.
"Prepare to be my slave Ruri, no more fun and games." She opened her eyes and Ruri flew up and off her as Neriko formed her barrier around herself again. Ruri shot 10 feet in the air; Neriko rolled out of the way and placed a log where Ruri should fall. Ruri began to descend towards the log, her eyes widened when she saw it. It was too late; she landed on the log, the tip of it going straight through her stomach. She groaned in pain, then looked at Neriko.
"Fine, you win bitch! I'll be your slave. Now who is it that you want to get rid of?"
"The boyfriend remember? He killed my mother and he killed my father! I want revenge." Ruri looked at her as she peeled herself from the log.
"Who is he? Can you show me him? Explain him?" Ruri asked.
"I can do both. He has long silver hair, white sharp fangs, he's got dog ears, and he wears this bright red kimono." Ruri began to tense up.
"What's up? You know someone like that or something?" Neriko asked half jokingly.
"Y-yeah I do. My father's brother. He fits that description." She looked at Neriko. "Can you show me him? Please?"
"Certainly."
They made their way to the edge of the forest and looked upon a traveling group. There was a black haired hanyou, a full dog youkai, a wind demon, a young dog-wind youkai, a human girl being carried by the dog youkai, and a silver-haired hanyou.
"That's him, the silver-haired hanyou. That's the boyfriend." Ruri looked again. Sure enough, it was Inuyasha.
A/N: Thanks for reading, review please, and bug me for the next chapter. Heh, well, I'm tired... it's quarter after midnight. It's also a school night so I better get to bed. I actually had a better, longer chapter, but I put my computer in stand-by and I forgot to save my work. (I already had 4 pages done and I was still going strong, probably could have gotten this to about 5 maybe 5.5 pages! grr@ computer) anyway, I called my friend and then I talked to my mom a little and when I came back and tried to get the computer out of Stand-by, all I got was a black screen, but I hit the right mouse button and I could hear the noise when a menu pops down, so my Desktop was hiding. -glares- anyway I had to restart, I lost everything, so sorry for the crappy chapter, blame it on the crappy computer. ~Adios~
Chapter 3: Evil vs. Evil
A dark shadow formed in the forest outside Kaede's village. It watched Ruri sit in a tree and watches Inuyasha get blamed for the murder.
Ruri smirked and began running into the forest; she was running in the direction that she had hid her father's old swords the night before. She was in mid-stride when a small hand gripped her by the face and shoved her roughly down to the forest floor. She looked up at the young demon and glared.
"What the fuck's your problem bitch?" Ruri asked trying to move the hand from her face. It slides down to her throat and squeezed slightly. The woman had untamed black hair, which flowed, loosely over her small shoulders. Her eyes were bright blue but turned bright red, like Ruri's mother and brother, only they seemed evil. Her eyes shown brightly even though she had pushed them both deep into the shadows. Her lips parted and her fangs glittered a little.
Ruri stared at her and struggled to get free, but the woman increased the pressure on Ruri's neck.
"What do you want of me?" Ruri asked bluntly. She watched the woman's movements carefully.
"Nothing much, I just happen to know what you've done to a certain human. Very evil. Very good. But be careful, watch your back, Ruri my dear." The woman smirked; her fangs began dripping with saliva. Ruri winced in pain as a drop of saliva hit her forehead; it began slowly eating away at her skin. She reached up with one arm and rubbed it away.
"How do you know my name? How do you know what I did to the priest? There were no witnesses." Ruri pondered about the woman, wondering who she was.
"I have my ways dear child. Now listen carefully. You will do my bidding, I have a special plan for a certain demon, but I need help. That's where you come in." She looked at Ruri and smiled again, her eyes shining bright red. Ruri raised an eyebrow.
"Just who are you anyway?" She sniffed the air. This woman smelt like her mom. When she was little, she was told stories about how her mother was born out of another demon called Naraku, and that Naraku had tried to kill her and Sesshoumaru. He wanted to get a jewel called Shikon No Tama. She looked up at the woman.
"My name is Neriko." She looked at Ruri, then slowly let her go. Ruri stood up and walked over to a log and crouched down on it, she wasn't sure if she should run or sit and listen. Either way she was ready.
"Like I said, my name is Neriko," Neriko began her story. "My father was a powerful demon, though he was a hanyou, he was still powerful. He fell in love with a Miko, they had a fling and the Miko had me 9 months later. When I was born, my mother, the Miko kept me from her boyfriend, who she was with, even when she was carrying me. He loved her and she loved him back, but not as much as my father loved her. When I grew older, my mother died, slashed by her boyfriend. Then I went and lived with my father. He began punishing my mom's boyfriend slowly and painfully, hurting his new love and his friends. Then," Neriko's eyes suddenly turned jet black with tiny bright red rims. "He killed my father. He found him and sliced him up!" She made a small fireball and hurtled it at a tree in a fit of rage.
Ruri stared at her. Wondering again if she should run or try and help.
"Now, like I was saying. You will do my bidding." Neriko trailed off.
"What if I don't wanna?" Ruri asked smirking.
"Then I'll force you."
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The villagers were chasing Inuyasha, and Miroku, Sango and Kaede were chasing the villagers. Kagome had run over to the other village to examine the body. She walked into the hut, and took a deep breath. She could smell the priest's blood and Inuyasha's scent was very faint, it seemed to only be coming from the body. "That's odd, if Inuyasha was here, his scent would be all over. Who's scent can I smell in this hut?" Then it dawned on her. She gasped and ran over to the body, sniffing it. "I was right! It's Ruri!" Just then Sesshoumaru entered the hut.
"What's wrong Kagome?" Sesshoumaru sniffed the body and gasped. "What the hell? Ruri! What the fuck was she doing here?" "*Sigh* Why does my child do this to me? I think it's because of Kagura, you know, the whole "born from Naraku" bit. *Sigh again* Maybe that's where she gets her evil..." He trailed off, looking at the body. Suddenly a gust of wind flew past his face, it was cold and sharp, and it felt like a slap in the face. He turned around slowly.
"So, I'm evil am I. I see how it is, Miss. Naraku's detachment! Miss. Evil!" Kagura stormed out of the hut. Sesshoumaru ran after her.
"Oh come on Kag! I didn't mean it, honest!" he yelled after her, but she ignored every word. Kagome walked out of the hut and glanced around. She saw Sess and Kagura's little boy, Shoji. He looked dark and angry; he also looked like he was concentrating very hard on something.
Shoji looked at his father and saw the sadness in his eyes, and then he looked at his mother who was just about to walk beside him. He concentrated hard on forming a tornado (he had inherited his mother's skills, like Ruri had Sesshoumaru's skills.) Kagura was about to take another step when a small tornado formed under her foot. She glanced down then at Shoji.
"Dear, don't! Mommy's not in a good mood right now." Kagura glared over her shoulder at Sesshoumaru.
"You think I don't know that, mother," Shoji said through gritted teeth. Kagura waved her hand and the tornado disappeared. Shoji concentrated even harder and formed a bigger tornado, which surrounded her and made her turn around.
"Shoji knock it off now!" She looked from him to Sesshoumaru. Her expression softened when she saw the sadness in his eyes. She smiled; she began to walk towards Sesshoumaru. The tornado began to disappear as Shoji's mother walked to his father. Kagome looked at him and smiled. She was very proud of him. They began walking back to Kaede's village together.
Sesshoumaru filled Kagura in on what he believed their daughter had done. She frowned as he told her. Inuyasha met up with them a few minutes later, he hide around Kagome.
"Hun, hide me, they want to sacrifice me to the gods. The village is nuts. By the way, where are you guys headed?"
"The village." Kagome said bluntly then laughed at Inuyasha's shocked expression.
"Don't worry dear, I won't let them hurt you!" She cracked her knuckles and smiled, her fangs began to show. Inuyasha smiled back and kissed her softly.
As they continued walking towards the village, a woman lying in the middle of the road stopped them, slash marks across her arms and legs. Sesshoumaru approached the woman. She looked like Kagome, but younger. She had jet-black hair, which fell down a little ways past her shoulders. Sesshoumaru looked at her closely, and took a deep breath, his eyes widened.
"It's R-rin!"
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Ruri flew towards a tree, at the last moment she turned her body and landed against the tree with her feet, she shoved off and flew towards Neriko. She pulled her father's old sword from its stealth and aimed it at Neriko.
"Keh! What are you going to do with that old sword?" She smiled as Ruri tried to slash her, but got repelled by her barrier. Ruri flew another 3 feet away she hit a tree. The sword fell from her hands and landed on the forest floor beside her. She sat up and looked at Neriko.
"I told you, if I almost kill you, then you're mine! You will do my bidding. Do you want to try again?" Ruri grabbed the sword and stood up, groaning as she felt a gash in her back. "Where'd that come from? She never touched me!" She looked at Neriko, she was staring back, and her eyes had turned jet black again, with a tiny red rim. She had her arms spread and was making an energy ball. Ruri's eyes widened as she realized she'd be engulfed in the ball. Neriko shot the ball towards Ruri.
"What am I going to do? What can I do?"
Ruri shoot up the tree to the highest branch, she could feel the tree give way under the blast of the energy ball. She leapt to the next tree and shimmied down it and pounced on Neriko. Neriko glared up at her, for she had been pinned down. She closed her eyes.
"Prepare to be my slave Ruri, no more fun and games." She opened her eyes and Ruri flew up and off her as Neriko formed her barrier around herself again. Ruri shot 10 feet in the air; Neriko rolled out of the way and placed a log where Ruri should fall. Ruri began to descend towards the log, her eyes widened when she saw it. It was too late; she landed on the log, the tip of it going straight through her stomach. She groaned in pain, then looked at Neriko.
"Fine, you win bitch! I'll be your slave. Now who is it that you want to get rid of?"
"The boyfriend remember? He killed my mother and he killed my father! I want revenge." Ruri looked at her as she peeled herself from the log.
"Who is he? Can you show me him? Explain him?" Ruri asked.
"I can do both. He has long silver hair, white sharp fangs, he's got dog ears, and he wears this bright red kimono." Ruri began to tense up.
"What's up? You know someone like that or something?" Neriko asked half jokingly.
"Y-yeah I do. My father's brother. He fits that description." She looked at Neriko. "Can you show me him? Please?"
"Certainly."
They made their way to the edge of the forest and looked upon a traveling group. There was a black haired hanyou, a full dog youkai, a wind demon, a young dog-wind youkai, a human girl being carried by the dog youkai, and a silver-haired hanyou.
"That's him, the silver-haired hanyou. That's the boyfriend." Ruri looked again. Sure enough, it was Inuyasha.
A/N: Thanks for reading, review please, and bug me for the next chapter. Heh, well, I'm tired... it's quarter after midnight. It's also a school night so I better get to bed. I actually had a better, longer chapter, but I put my computer in stand-by and I forgot to save my work. (I already had 4 pages done and I was still going strong, probably could have gotten this to about 5 maybe 5.5 pages! grr@ computer) anyway, I called my friend and then I talked to my mom a little and when I came back and tried to get the computer out of Stand-by, all I got was a black screen, but I hit the right mouse button and I could hear the noise when a menu pops down, so my Desktop was hiding. -glares- anyway I had to restart, I lost everything, so sorry for the crappy chapter, blame it on the crappy computer. ~Adios~
