Inuyasha and the New Moon

Chapter 3

          Inuyasha was being led by Kilaro to a hidden alcove. There, men and women of all sizes and shapes were sitting, apparently waiting for Kilaro.

          "Kilaro!" said one man. "We've been waiting for you to get back! So what's the plan, and who's this?"

          "This is Inuyasha," said Kilaro. The noise in the room immediately stopped. Everyone in the room got closer to Inuyasha.

          "The Inuyasha?" one half-demon asked.

          "The one who has the amazing sword Tetsusaiga?" asked another.

          "I wish I had that sword!" said a dreamy voice.

          "Yeah, so what," said Inuyasha. "I'm Inuyasha." Inuyasha drew his sword.

          "This is Tetsusaiga," he said. "It doesn't work when I'm human though. If any one of you tries to steal it, I will turn into a killing machine and wreak havoc until I get it back."

          Everyone in the room gasped. Some of the more wishful half-demons looked sullen and a little scared.

          "Ah!" said Kilaro. "So what they say is true." Silence reigned over the room once again. Inuyasha felt hundreds of eyes look him up and down.

          "So what about this 'plan' Kilaro?" asked Inuyasha.

          "Oh yeah! The plan!" said Kilaro. "Well, I'd have to tell you the contents of the spell first." Kilaro then pulled out a scroll of paper. He handed it to Inuyasha. Inuyasha then unfurled to scroll and read:

          The curse of the new moon was made a few hundred years ago. The demon Kirolo set the curse because a human with unnatural strength tricked him into thinking that she was a demon. Together, they had a half-demon son. When Kirolo found out, he was so angry that he decided that all half-demons should die. He chose demons that he knew would give a particularly gruesome and messy death to the half-demon to be assassins. After watching his half-demon son for a few years, he found that on new moons, his son was weak and fully human. Kirolo then decided that half-demons should die at their weakest, when they were human. So, he set the curse to strike on the third new moon, every five years. The curse would continue to strike until every single half-demon was dead.

          A rebellion of demons started. Demons with children that were half-human began to get angry when their children were killed because of the curse. Some demons were even forced to kill their own children when the curse struck. The demons tried to break the curse, but it was no use. The curse can only be broken by the half-demons themselves. So, the rebels (which numbered over a thousand) gave their life's energy to create a shield in which the half-demons could hide.

          "Ok," said Inuyasha. "So how are we going to break this dumb curse?"

          "Well, I've found out how," said Kilaro. "All we have to do is infuse ourselves with the shield that protects us and we will turn back into half-demons. A priestess with a half-demon relative re-created the curse to say that if a half-demon killed at least twenty demons on the new moon, the curse would be lifted. Kirolo only let her do this because he knew that all half-demons were human on the new moon."

          "Oh!" said Inuyasha. "So the shield has the same effect as the sun after the new moon!"

          "Yes!" said Kilaro. "Now all we need is for the priestess that we have here to say the words to infuse all the half-demons with the shield"

          "Priestess?" asked the confused Inuyasha. A woman's form appeared in the shadows. She stepped into the light.

          "Kikyo!"

                                

*Author's Note: Alcove is a secluded room. Also, that was Inuyasha talking at the end in case you didn't know.*