The God of the Demons
The Great Demon Inuyasha: Part 11
By B.C.
When Friends Become Enemies
"You…you…" cried Azumanera's quivering lips. The boy slowly turned his gaze towards Azumanera. His eyes were wide and alert as he sternly stared at her. For a second, he had an amazed look, as though he was looking at her for the very first time. Perhaps he was, thought Inuyasha who was now completely confused as to what was going on. Inuyasha looked at Nerumon, who was now smiling, and back at Azumanera who looked as though she might die from shock. After a few moments of this he finally said "What's going on here? What's wrong?" Almost immediately after saying this, a very deep and dignified voice roared from Nerumon's lips.
"We have accumulated a large amount of history. Haven't we Azumanera?" Suddenly Nerumon began to float, and his body rose a good ten feet in the air. Under his feet there formed a flat disk of blue light and symbols. However, the symbols were not foreign, they were Japanese kanji symbols. Kagome thought she could read one of them, but before she could get a good look, they began to move. The six foot wide blue disk carried Nerumon close to Azumanera. He kneeled down on it, and reached out his hand to her. A small smile crossed his face as he did this. Azumanera recoiled. Her posture became stern and solid. Her face had become emotionless and cold.
"Come, Azumanera. It is time." he said affectionately to her. She only looked him steadily in the eyes.
"I will never go with you." She hissed. Her words were as cold and bitter as the peaks of Mt. Fuji. Nerumon's face quickly changed from his faint smile to one full of contempt. Without raising his deep powerful voice he said "You dare speak to me in that manner after what you have done? I don't think there is a single god who has committed as much sin as you have. Two hundred years of damnation was a light penalty, nothing compared to what I've suffered." Inuyasha tried to make sense of it. Is that Nerumon? Is that his Youkai power allowing him to do that?
"It matters not. I shall leave you now. I can only hope that your unanswered questions consume you in your new life. Not that it will matter." he said with a smile. He turned to leave, and as he headed towards the south he saw Kagome. Immediately he froze. Kagome cringed a little from his stare. He sensed something unusual about her. Kagome tried to hide behind Inuyasha's coat. Then Inuyasha moved his whole body in front of her and with an aggressive voice said "Hey, what are you looking at?" Nerumon gave no sign that he heard Inuyasha's threat, and began to float towards them.
"Inuyasha." Kagome whispered in fear to Inuyasha.
"Hey moron! I said…" Inuyasha suddenly flew high and far to the right. He barely had enough energy to keep himself from landing on his head, and landed on his knees as he slid twenty feet or so. Nerumon continued toward Kagome. She motioned to run, but was suddenly paralyzed. Her arms flew up and her legs flew apart so that she made a human "X". Nerumon came closer to her still. Until his face was nearly touching hers.
"What are you?" His voice startled Kagome. "Where are you from?" She couldn't answer. Terror had taken hold. Nerumon's face was not ugly, nor unpleasant. He was quite handsome, but he emitted an aura that was absolutely overwhelming. Whether it was good or bad was unknown to all who stood in the field, but it was felt.
"Ne…ru…mon." Kagome's words were barely audible.
"Nerumon? Do not dare to call me with the name of a Hanyou such as that. I am Hamanoseiken. The true god of the demons." His attention was quickly taken by Sango's Hiraikotsu coming at his head. Hamanoseiken's image became blurred, and those who watched it appeared as though Sango's Hiraikotsu went right through him. When Hamanoseiken's image stabilized, he was floating only inches from Sango's face. There was a sudden bend in the space between them, and Sango went flying through the air. Miroku yelled her name, and readied to lunge for her, but was stopped by a firm hand to his chest. He looked to his left in confusion to see Sesshoumaru was at the end of the arm. Miroku sort of froze.
A good twenty feet from where Hamanoseiken had somehow tossed her, Sango was writhing in agony. He body was pulsating, giving her a black aura. As she was spinning and screaming, she began to float. A light humming noise became audible, and she began to scream louder.
"Sango!" Inuyasha screamed as he reached out for her, but then nearly collapsed from his injuries. Kagome quickly helped Inuyasha keep his balance.
"Inuyasha, are you okay." She asked with a quiver in her voice.
"What…! What are you doing to Sango?!" Hamanoseiken continued floating towards Sango, completely ignoring Inuyasha's roars. Hamanoseiken stopped a few feet from Sango. She began to spin wildly, and her spin was becoming faster as well. Suddenly, an electric outline of a sphere encapsulated her. Bolts of lightning from the sky struck down on her as she spun so fast she appeared as only a blur. Hamanoseiken raised both his arms, and whispered something that no one could understand. Hamanoseiken the raised one arm out over Sango and a small Mongolian plover landed on his hand. Lightning struck the bird and it disappeared. Another bolt struck, and a wave of feathers filled the air. The electricity around Sango began to dissipate, and her spinning began to slow as well.
All who bore witness were dumbstruck, and frozen in amazement. Only Azumanera stood motionless. Her face was filled with complete contempt, and as Sango landed softly on the ground, Azumanera only glared at Hamanoseiken. Shippo, who was closest to where Sango was, climbed over Kirara to see what had happened. Sippo's eyes widened as he saw her stand. She seemed huge, but in truth her size hadn't changed. It was the wings that made her look big. Their reddish brown color and elegance was aw inspiring. Sango's hair was a very light brown and hung lightly over her shoulders. Her eyes had become a light blue and had become incandescent. Her outfit was of red and gold armor fitted for a woman's figure.
"Sango!" Yelled Miroku, but his words were not heard. Hamanoseiken raised his arms and held Sango's hand.
"Come. Gather the girl. We have work to do." Sango's dazed gaze at Hamanoseiken quickly became that of a predator stalking his prey when she looked at Kagome. A light flashed, and Inuyasha was blinded. He raised his arms to shield his eyes. He then felt a gust of wind, and turned to lunge at Kagome. He yelled her name, but by the time he reached for her she was gone. Inuyasha couldn't keep his balance, and feel on his front. He quickly scrambled to his knees to see Hamanoseiken floating by Miroku. Hamanoseiken was holding the unconscious Kagome in his arms while Sango stood in front of Miroku.
"Miroku!" He yelled as he reached out again, this time tearing his side wound. He quickly cringed and grabbed his bleeding ribs.
"S…Sango?" Miroku said with wide eyes. Sango took a step closer to him, and smiled.
"Miroku. My love. We need you. I need you." She reached out her arm and slowly caressed Miroku's face. Reason and logic were pouring from Miroku's brain like beer from a pitcher. Sweat began to cover his head. "Please. Come with me." She pleaded in a desperate and intimate voice, and she threw her arms around Miroku's neck, leaning her head against his chest. Miroku began to resemble a teakettle ready to blow. His face had become red and contracted from his strains. Then, almost instinctively, his right hand began a mechanical motion towards Sango. Inch by inch making its way closer to the target until…its goal was achieved and Sango's behind was being groped. Sango smiled and tilted her head up to Miroku's ear.
"You can have me if you want to."
"OKAY, I'LL COME!"
"I knew you would." Sango kissed Miroku, and a black cloud poured from their mouths. It began to swirl and conceal Miroku in its dark smoke. Sango stepped away, and within seconds Miroku's screams began to erupt. Inuyasha clenched his teeth as he watched, frustrated and furious that there was nothing he could do for he himself may very well bleed to death. "Where is Kirara?" Inuyasha thought. He scanned around for a second, and quickly found Kirara and Shippo not too far away. Unfortunately, they are frozen. Inuyasha had never seen Kirara afraid before, but right before his eyes was beast that was scared stiff. Both Shippo and Kirara had looks of absolute terror on their faces. "Damn it!" thought Inuyasha. What are we gunna do?
The dark cloud that contained Miroku rose from the ground, and fire and ash began to emerge from the smoke. Sango reached her hand out, and seemingly form nowhere, a small bat appeared in her hand. The bat then burst into flames until it was no more, and the fire in the smog began to roar. Slowly the cloud lowered and thinned with the winds. From its ashes arose Miroku. His small braid was undone, and his eyes were a fiery red. His armor was a dark green with gold trim, very much the way Sango's armor was red with gold trim. His hairy bony bat wings were enormous and stretched about six feet each.
"Almost a perfect Yin and Yang, wouldn't you agree Azumanera?" came the slow and precise words of Hamanoseiken. "I suppose I still have not lost my talent." Hamanoseiken looked at each of his new creations. "I shall name them. You my strong woman shall be Daimatsuko, and you my holy warrior shall be Nabutesuke.
"Yes, my lord." Both said in unison.
"Are you going to join me?" Hamanoseiken said as he stared at Azumanera. She only shook her head in response.
"So be it." Hamanoseiken turned and as his disk began to glow he rose up in the sky.
"Hey! Where the hell do you think you're going? Kagome! KAGOME!"
To Be Continued…
Author's Notes:
I've been doing a lot of apologizing for my neglecting my fics. I must say I'm sorry for the delay and I hope I can finish this soon. I feel a little bad about my lateness in posting new chapters considering all the positive feed back this series has received. So don't think your words of encouragement aren't heard, because they do help. I have been distracted by college crap, and so on. I'm hoping when summer comes I can avoid healthy activity and sit inside and write until I'm blind or my fingers fall off. I would like to finish a few fics so I can get started on some new ones. Oh well, blah blah blah. As always, your criticism is welcome whether positive or negative, so thank you again for reading.
P.S. For those who care, I'll start posting babble in my profile. Thanks again.