NAME: Mart
DEMON TYPE: Dog
WEAPON OF CHOICE: KATANA SWORD (Tetsusaiga, Tenseiga combined)
ABILITIES: Have the ability to leap up to incredible heights and run at
speeds that put racers to shame. Poison claws that can melt anything
including gundanium unless in hanyou mode. Able to survive the harshest of
climates and adapt to new surroundings.
HABITAT: Urban areas, deep forests and high mountains all terrain demon.
I am sorry about making Charlie's spot short but the story has to move on to the better scenes and the mission of the shadow assassins continue with Mart the Dog demon. So without further a due the final section to Gundam Wing Shadow Assassins.
AWAKENING 5: RESURECTION
The harsh climate of the Alaskan frontier was cold and unforgiving the blizzard blew into the reminisce of an Avengers base. Just as suddenly a bright light lit up and then darkness again.
Slowly Persian blue eyes opened to the cold of the artic snow he shivered for he was completely naked with no clothes on. His body burned from the many injuries that he received as he crawled over to a control consol that only he knew about and pressed a button.
In a few hours time the familiar sound of engines filled his ears as he saw the Gundam land before him and he caught the cable that was lowered for him. Slowly he helped himself up and out of the snow and into the warmer cockpit of the gundam. Strapping himself in he set the gundam on auto pilot and headed back to the base. His eyes closed to the sweet warmth of the cockpit.
Unknown to Heero another presence made itself known in the snow. While he was in the care of his friend at the Alaskan Preventers base this figure crawled out of the snow. Acidic drool dripped from its snout and onto the snow melting it. Dark red eyes looked groggily around and down at itself. Huge paws tipped with poisoned claws hit the ground with an impact. The giant was a dog a large dog with large red eyes and a crescent moon on its head. Stripes mark the sides of its mouth as the dog slowly walked on its own two feet feeling the snow for the first time. Feeling of freedom reached the dog for the first time since its capture. Growling the dog then lifted its head to the sky and gave a howl of triumph. It sounded more like a roar then a howl but the dog did not care one bit. Walking down the steep slopes it followed its nose to the sound of water. And icy Cold River flowed down the stream as the dog began to lap up the much needed water careful to not drool in the fresh water it drank its fill and began to move on.
Much traveling led it to the ocean and the thick ice that carpets it. Testing the ice the dog found that it was indeed thick enough to hold it before crossing. Many animals avoided it including seals that leaped into the water to get away from the monster that walked before it. The dog walked across and ate many bears, whale and what ever seals got in its way. The Eskimos ran when they saw the giant monster walk across the ice towards the lands beyond.
The dog was drawn to a presence beyond the ice and further to the south. It slowly guided her towards the goal that lay beyond in the lands known as Asia.
THREE MONTHS LATER
"Uncle Jaken what was it like back in your day," said a young bat demon as he put another piece of bait on his fishing hook. "Oh it was full of wars and stuff," replied the toad demon. Jaken was a very old toad demon it was evident on his features since he was wearing a beard and his old legs did not work as they used to. On his left stood a very old flea who was sipping a cup of blood he too was wearing a beard and both where wearing old kimonos that have seen better days. They both where full of holes and patches from days long gone and the two decided to take Toji one of the young demons out for a fishing trip along the ocean. The western coast of Japan was left alone allowing the demons along with some of their friends to enjoy a time at the beach. "Since this so called Apocalypse has started what are we going to do Jaken," Myouga the flea asked, "Well I do not know Myouga it is times like these that I wish Master Sesshoumaru where still alive." He said and Myouga nodded, "Who is Master Sesshoumaru?" Toji asked and the two old demons turned towards the little bat demon. "Master Sesshoumaru is or was the Lord of the Western Lands back in my day." Replied Jaken who was remembering old times.
"Was he one of those demons that Grandma Sango said was in the demon war back in the warring states era?" Toji asked and Myouga answered, "Yes Toji he was one of the generals who led the army against Naraku." and he was about to go into detail about it when he saw a dark shadow approach from the horizon. "It looks like something is coming," said Myouga and Jaken also noticed it as well. "I see it," he said and Toji was just as curious about it as they where. Flapping his wings he started towards the object, "Toji where are you going!" Jaken demanded, "I am going to look at what is that for it does not look like a ship or a demon in that matter." He said before flying off and was gone before the old demons could protest. "Myouga go inform Lady Kaede about this," he said as he started to run as fast as he could along the rocks.
Kaede was on the watch for demons as she held her bow and arrows ready. She was a young woman of 15 dressed in a priestess outfit she was walking along the beach to make sure none of her demon friends where attacked. She was soon alerted to the approach of a demon but only relaxed when she realized it was Myouga. "Lady Kaede thank goodness I found you," he said huffing and puffing, "What is it Myouga?" she asked picking up the demon, "There is an unknown object in the ocean heading towards us," he said and Kaede's face went serious, "Is it a ship or a demon?" she asked, "I do not know Toji went to look at what it is." He said and Kaede ran towards the shore.
ELSEWHERE
"This is bad," said Justin as he fought off another demon striking many more with his lightning glaive, "How the fuck do we get to go to Japan if we are constantly fighting demons all the time!" he complained yet again as he hit another demon and sliced it in half with his glaive. "I do not know but I do know that we have to find out where exactly in Tokyo the Higurashi Shrine is located," Charlie said slicing another group of demons with his wind attack. The apocalypse began cities where devastated and towns destroyed, "How the hell do we keep fighting them off," said Wufei in Altron as he slashed at a demon then blew up a mobile suit, "It seems they don't care anymore," Quatre said from with in Sandrock. Slicing through another mobile suit he tried to find a way out. "We need to get out of here," he said and everyone was busy trying to fight there way out. "No problem," said a voice and Sally's face came online, "Need a ride," she said and Quatre looked up to see a transport plane flying above them smiling he blasted off towards the plane. "Everyone pull out we got transport," he said and he saw the gundams heading out but the Shadow Assassins where still on the ground. Heero was beside Sally as she piloted being too injured still to fight he was supposed to stay in the infirmary but that was destroyed along with the base.
Looking up Steven was the one who caught sight of the Gundams pulling out, "Hey guys lets go we got a way out!" he called and ran to the nearest trees and leaped up as high as he could adding another boost from his demon powers to give him extra lift. The others soon followed the Hyena as they landed on the plane also. The plane was followed by a group of insect demons all looking like bees of a sort. "Shit they are following us," Jimmy said as he let loose an arrow and it burned some of them. "Let me get this one Jimmy," Justin said as he prepared another lighting strike, "LIGHTNING STRIKE!" he called and released his energy on the bees burning them. Satisfied he watched as they landed on the ground burned and unable to fly. Charlie sensed another was on the plane so he rushed off and made his way outside. Using cable to hold is position he saw another insect demon clinging to the plane, "Oh no you don't!" he said and slashed it off the plane. The demon fell off the plane and Charlie inspected the outside to make sure they don't have anymore hitchhikers. Satisfied he leaped back into the cargo hold of the plane and untapped himself from the cables. Feeling a bit tired he settled down next to his friends for the briefing.
Toji flew till his wings where sore but he let the wind carry him over. He saw the object below him and decided to investigate. To his surprise it was a dog not any dog but a dog demon. Feeling excited Toji landed on the demon's head and found that it was covered in blood and that the sharks had eaten some parts of it. Feeling a new sense of urgency the bat demon took to the skies once again.
Kaede waited on the shore when she caught signs of the bat demon flying back towards her. "Well Toji what did you see?" she asked with Jaken and Myouga beside her, "I saw a dog demon floating in the water at it looked badly hurt." He said and it was Kaede that responded. "Get me a few demons that can go through the water then Toji and tell them that I sent you." With that the bat demon few off again.
It took sometime before Toji came back with a frog and a fish demon willing to help as they all got together and pulled the dog out of the water. Being big was not a help either and they all saw the damage that the dog had taken. "She must have been attacked by some other demons in that condition." Myouga observed,
FLASHBACK
Walking painfully the dog demon known as Moro no Kimi was exhausted as she walked through the snow. She was walking along the shores of China though she never knew where she was. All she cared about was the drive and her destination to get to where something was beckoning her. Panting in exhaustion she did not notice the demons falling from the sky till one struck her on the side.
The dog went down and winced as her already broken ribs hit the solid earth. Coughing up blood she got up on all fours again and growled a warning to the approaching intruders. There where three Leo Mobile suits and about ten demons all of the low level staring at her hungrily Moro winced as on came from behind her already pain filled vision and ripped at her leg. Screaming in rage she spat at the demon and found that the acid in her mouth was useful since it burned the demons face. The demon screamed as it tried to get away from the dog and rubbed its head in the snow.
Other demons already began to attack the dog and a few shots from the mobile suits were enough to subdue the demon. But that was not to last for the cliff under Moro began to give way and she fell into the ocean below and was swept way while demons devoured her body.
END OF FLASHBACK
Jaken could only feel sorry for the dog demon as it lay on the beach. It clearly was still alive for its breathing was labored and what's left of its bottom half was more then a miracle that she was still alive. Slowly the demons began to drag the dog away from the beach and made a makeshift bed for it and Kaede made sure no other demons followed before putting a spell of invisibility over them and taking off on a bird demon's back.
On the way back it was then noticed by Kaede that the demon had an arrow sticking out of it. "That is a sealing arrow," she said to the bird as it flew, "What did you say my lady?" she asked, "I said that, that dog demon has a sacred arrow in her chest," she said pointing to the arrow and the bird demon did a double take, "This is bad it must mean this dog was walking around on automatic with its soul sealed away because of that arrow." Said the bird demon as it flew on ahead to tell the people at the Higurashi Shrine to make room for a new comer.
The demons as well as staff at the Higurashi Temple where busy preparing for the arrival of the injured demon as staff ran to get the bedding ready and already seals where being enforced around the temple grounds to make sure that no outside demons where to come in. In the temple square stood an old woman wearing priestess clothes as well she stood outside with her bow and arrows as a bird demon passed through the barrier easily. "Miaka and Kaede what is wrong?" the old woman asked as noticing the blood on Kaede's clothes, "What happened?" she asked, "Grandma please make the place ready on the temple square the demon I told you about is badly injured and is too big at the moment to fit in any rooms," with that said Sango the old priestess yelled out orders to the staff to make room for the dog demon as it was put down gently.
Sango only stared at the demon's injuries before she noticed the arrow from the heart of the demon. 'I see this is the reason why the demon did not heal,' she said as she walked up to the demon, "Grandmother Sango?" Kaede said as she kept her distance from the bleeding demon. Sango as Matriarch of the Higurashi Shrine and descendent of Souta Higurashi walked up to the demon. She could see the labored breathing that the demon was giving. Eyes opened and where filled with pain as they stared at her and began to growl. "It is ok dog demon I only want to see the extent of your injuries," she said soothing the dog who only panted in pain.
Sango then proceeded to check the other injuries that the dog demon had on her and was surprised to see that the lower half of her body was gone. 'This dog has quite a spirit to be able to live on Automatic and take a fatal wound such as this,' she though as she turned again to Kaede. As she began to walk back something began to beat in Sango's ears. A faint pulse was heard throughout the temple. "Kaede do you hear that?" she said and her granddaughter nodded, "It sounds like the swords to me grandmother." She said running to the well house to get them. Sango shrugged at her granddaughter as she came out with the pieces of one of the swords. "Only the Tenseiga was pulsing grandma." Kaede said and handed the bundle containing the swords pieces to the old lady.
Sango then grabbed each piece and studied them when she noticed the dog demon stopped breathing. The last breath the dog took was enough to panic the crowd before her. "SILENCE!" she screamed and the staff as well as the resident demons all quieted up. "This dog demon obviously had come to Japan for a purpose it is rare to see any of their kind anymore since the demon war and now we shall give this dog a proper burial." She said as she was about to call out to some of the workers to prepare a place to burn the demon the Tenseiga pulsed very hard against her chest pushing her back. "What is this?" she said as she got up, "Grandmother Sango are you ok?" ask Toji as he flew down from the great tree that he was sitting in. Jaken and Myouga also ran up to her. "Now this is interesting," said Jaken as he studied the pulsing Tenseiga before him the sword was pulsing now more then ever. Jaken grabbed the bundle and held it close to him he then saw something that made his heart run cold.
Over the body of the now deceased demons stood a group of smaller demons waiting to carry the soul to the next world. "Ball bearers," he whispered to himself and Myouga leaped onto his shoulder, "What is it Jaken?" he asked before he too turned to find the ball bearers about to pull the soul out of the demon. "I see so this is the true power of the Tenseiga," he said. Jaken then pulled out the pieces of the bundle and saw them pulse with energy as suddenly out of nowhere a demon shape raced towards the ball bearers and killed them all. To the stunned expressions of both Jaken and Myouga the dog demon began to heal as well as change into it humanlike form.
The group was stunned as they watched the demon dog turn from a creature cut in half into something only people could imagine. Silver hair covered her face as her nude form was still covered in many scrapes but her major injuries where healed, "It looks like the Tenseiga wanted her to live," said Kaede as she approached the two. "Since it is in pieced it could not fully heal her," she said approaching the woman before her and moved the hair away to reveal a pair of dog ears. "That is highly unusual," said Jaken looking at the ears. "I agree she was supposed to have two human like ears not dog ears," he said but he noted the stripes on each side of her face. "Get her inside," said Sango as she ordered the staff members to move the tall figure into the house away from the cold. Gathering the bundle up Jaken moved to place it back in the well where it belongs with Myouga on his shoulders.
As they walked towards the well the silence was mutual, "That spirit that came from the sword pieces looked like Master Sesshoumaru," said Jaken slowly as he opened the doors to the well. "I must admit that you are right dear friend," Myouga replied as he too entered the well on Jaken's shoulder. The room was kept tidy after all these centuries and the old well was still there; every two hundred years or so the wood had to be replaced but it was still the same.
Jaken then wrapped the bundle up tight again before gently letting it down the well to rest beside its brother the Tetsusaiga who was not pulsing with energy at the moment. "Do you think that the swords want us to save this demon?" Myouga asked as they exited the shrine house, "I would guess so since after all that dog demon was badly hurt and is quiet powerful though I would say that the arrow in its heart bring back memories." said the old toad as they entered the main house.
Kaede was baffled by this new comer sleeping peacefully beside her on the bed her breathing had come back and it was steady. "Her injuries are not healing," said Toji as he looked in from the window hanging upside down. "It is this arrow in her chest that is doing it," Kaede replied, "Why don't we take it out?" Toji asked, "It is not easy to do Toji and besides it takes a really powerful priestess to pull it out." She said, "Like the story of Lady Kagome and Inu-Yasha?" he asked and the young woman nodded getting up from where she was sitting and headed over to the bathroom.
While she was gone Toji could not help but stare at the girl on the bed. From the looks of it she is rather tall with her silver hair flowing down to her waist. She had the markings of a dog demon two stripes under her eyes one on her eye lid and a crescent moon on her forehead. She also had stripes on her wrists as well but Toji could not see much on her right wrist since it was in a sling and the arrow was sticking out of it. To him she was breathtaking to look at but he also got to remember that she can be deadly at the same time. Dog demons where known for their warrior skills and fierce combat determination. He sighed and hung from the roof again in his usual spot.
Kaede had a long day and was in need of a bath. As she came out of the tub she looked herself in the mirror. She could say that she was beautiful to look at but she did not take pride in her beauty. She had long silky hair that went a little past her waist. Her brown eyes did not help hide her charm as she looked at herself. She was slim but quite well built due to all those years of fighting demons. Ever since the war started between the Avengers and the ESUN demon activity has skyrocketed the world was off balance anyway since the demon war and something like this was bound to happen. Looking at herself her grandmother always said that she resembles the Lady Kagome her ancestor's sister. It was true that they shared the same personalities but Kaede loved to play music as well as archery. But she had other duties at the temple as well such as taking care of the demons that came to live here all those centuries ago.
Kaede remembered asking her grandmother to tell her how all those demons came to the temple when this was suppose to be a holy place. She remembered her grandmother Sango telling her the story of Lady Kagome and Inu-Yasha and their adventures together to collect the Shikon Jewel shards. She also remembered the story on how she had died being killed by a demon named Naraku. A thousand years ago the survivors of that war came to the original Kaede asking for aid and she aided them. They where thankful for it and in return protected their village from harm of other demons. As the centuries past and the Higurashi shrine were built those same demons remained and had children and they too passed on the traditions on. The only one that are still alive that remember the war where a small flea demon and an old toad demon. All the others died during the great slaughter five hundred years ago defending the temple against an army of demons that thought the Shadow Assassins where a distraction enough to get at the shrine.
That was then and this was now a world at war and Kaede was a harden warrior. Drying herself off and putting her clothes on Kaede walked out of the bathroom and in some regular clothes. She was surprised to see her grandmother there already looking at the demon's ear. "Grandmother Sango what are you doing?" she asked, "I am only looking at the device that was in this demon's ear," she said and pulled it out holding it out to Kaede. "What is it?" she asked. "I do not know what do you think Myouga," she asked the flea who leaped on her shoulder, "I do not know it looks like some sort of control device." He said and the flea also examined it further being small and all. "I believe so for some of the technology I recognize being used by the military." Saying that made the two priestesses wince, "So it would seem that our friend was being used by the military." Sango said and Myouga merely nodded, "I believe so," he said and a gentle breeze came in and shifted the girl's hair making the silver locks flow with the last of the suns rays. It was a breathtaking sight to see something like that on a sleeping beauty.
Kaede could not help but feel sorry for the demon before her and took her hand out and caress the arrow embedded into her heart. It was then that the arrow glowed for a bit. Pulling her hand back she stared at it in shock. "What the hell?" she said and her grandmother was equally surprised. "Kaede do it again," Sango said with a grim expression, Kaede touched the arrow again and found that indeed it glowed with a pulse of energy. "Let me try," Sango said as she put her old wrinkled hand on the arrow and it glowed with power even brighter then before. "Stand back!" she said and Kaede watched as her grandmother with all her might pulled on the arrow. The arrow came off without much effort in fact it disappeared!
This stunned the audience as Kaede watched her grandmother's reaction and found that the old woman was smiling, "It figures that the spell was weakened," she said, "What do you mean?" she asked, "Well it is simple the arrow that sealed the demon's spirit was very strong but it seemed that something had weakened it and.." She did not get a chance to finish when the ground shook. Getting up the trio ran out when Jaken came running, "Mistress Sango we are under attack," he shouted as another explosion shook the building. A few missiles flew overhead and struck the house behind them. "Oh no TOJI!" Kaede cried remembering the bat demon that was inside guarding the dog demon.
A heart beat could be heard when the smoke cleared the rubble that had been the house that the Higurashi family was staying in was pulsing with power. The pulsing was growing stronger till something unexpected happened. All the demons that where defending the temple stopped in their tracks to stare at the explosion from the rumble to come face to face with a very angry dog demon. The wind blew out from under her as she took a step out her fur flowing as the wind blew. Moving aside they all could see the shaking form of Toji as the demon took a few steps forward. Growling the giant dog began to drool out miasma and some of the demons backed away. The temples defenders ran back towards the priestesses. More missiles fired and there was nothing but smoke but glowing red eyes shown out form them as the dog demon attacked them. It was so fast that no one could see the claw slashing its way into the mobile suits nor into the demons. Acid spilling out of its mouth it bit down into a rather large moth demon who howled in pain before dying from the acid and poison tipped claws. The dog was gigantic to all who saw it and it was determined to finish off what the scum that called itself Avengers would dare attack and innocent family.
Growling the dog attacked again with a ferocity that could not be matched. Even with all its injuries the dog was determined to protect the ones who took it in and care for it. It slashed and clawed into the mobile suits tearing into the demons with blinding speed before the order to retreat was made. Watching the temple defenders could only stare as the dog limped back to them and bent its head down towards the little bat demon. Sniffing it to see if it was ok it lumbered towards it human companions before falling down in exhaustion.
'That dog demon protected us,' Kaede though at the sight before her and as the demons started to work on the house again. In less then a day the house was finished and everything was back as it was suppose to be. Demons know where to find the wood to make the house like it should. 'This must have happened before I was born,' Sango said as she walked into the room that the dog demon was and saw that she was sleeping restlessly tossing and turning. Feeling concerned Sango walked up to the demon and felt her forehead and to her relief it was normal. Sweat was coming from the demon so she assumed that the demon was having a bad dream.
Slowly the old woman gathered the demon and rocked her like a mother would do to her child and began to sing a song to her. The dog demon immediately began to relax under her and fell into a deep sleep again. Settling the demon down again Sango made her way to the kitchen where some of the other elder demons waited for her. The elders being those that have been alive during the great demon war. Myouga was warming himself by the fire while Jaken was drinking some warm chocolate milk. Sitting down Sango began to address the issues. "So what do we do now that we have a dog demon among us?" Myouga asked, "I do not know Myouga I thought you two might know since you both seemed to have associated with them in the past." Sango said to the flea. "That is true we did but they both ended up getting killed," he said remembering memories long ago.
Jaken on the other hand was quiet during the conversation with the two, "In a way I find it strange that she has dog ears instead of the usual elfin ears that demons normally have," he said and that caught the two off guard as they stopped their sparing and stared at the toad. "I mean Myouga you got squashed a lot by Inu-Yasha and I got kicked around by Sesshoumaru but something does not add up with this demon," he said and the other two focused now on what the toad was trying to say. "So what does that have to do with those two?" Myouga asked, "Well think of it this way the dog demon was see now is clearly not a half breed that much is fact but the way she defended Toji was something that Inu-Yasha would do not some pure breed like Sesshoumaru." Jaken sated the facts before them. "What about their father?" Myouga asked, "He was the exception," the flea said dryly.
"Do not speak of him that way Myouga and don't feel that bad I had my share of abuse too you know," Jaken said taking a sip of the hot cocoa, "So what are we going to do with her?" Myouga asked, "She can stay as long as she likes till she recovers," the matriarch of the temple spoke up, "She is injured and we did our duty to help her heal so I think that she would think this as intruding and leave. Knowing the way you describe dog demons they don't take favors lightly," Sango said, "They are usually very prideful and have a habit of being hard headed." Said Jaken, "I have a feeling that this dog demon would be different," said Sango, "You both have been working for MALE dog demons and have not mentioned how the females would have behaved." Sango mentioned that fact, "They are worse," said Jaken, "When ever Lord Sesshoumaru had to meet with another lord the females are more prideful and can be very horny too trying to court him but as always he is indifferent to them." He said with a comment of, 'because he had a stick up his ass the whole time,' he whispered to himself and Myouga tried not to laugh at that comment. They had spent most of the night trying to decipher the dog demon that came to their door step and protected them from harm.
It was dawn the next day in Tokyo as a plane landed safely on the runway and a few figures along with their mobile suits where moved to another transport to be taken out. Due to the circumstances they where forced to move to the colonies and into the waiting arms of Relena Peacecraft. She greeted them warmly and gave a hug to Heero whom was also glad to see her. To him she was like his sister and she felt the same way. When she thought she had a crush on him during the Eve Wars it turned out to be that an infatuation but now they where like family. War had prevented her from getting that kind of love relationship for her and Heero so they where satisfied with staying very close friends.
Knowing that her friend was still weak Relena being the generous host that she is led them to her estate. Settling down Relena was informed of the situation on Earth. "So it has begun then the real war," she said to herself, "Yea the past is repeating itself," Charlie said standing up, "Kouga told me about this and that if Naraku wanted to destroy the world so bad then he is going to have to fight us," he said and Relena looked at the boy confused, "Um who is this?" she asked, "I am Charlie Justin's older brother a wolf demon," he said bowing and Relena was caught by the brother's attitude, "I see so you and Justin are brothers?" she asked, "Unfortunately yes," replied Justin, "I am Jimmy," Jimmy said introducing himself, "And this is Steven," he said pointing to the Hyena, "It is a pleasure to meet the rest of the Shadow Assassins but this is not the time for pleasantries," she said as she led them down the hall and into a briefing room.
The song of birds was enough to awaken a certain individual from her slumber. Slowly opening her eyes for the first time in five hundred years she looked around the room. 'Where am I?' she thought, 'Better yet how long was I out,' she thought before everything came flooding back. The conversations with ghosts, the slaughter, imprisonment, rescue and now this. Looking down at herself she could see that she was in a need of undress. The wind flowed through the window and softly swept her hair in the back of her. Feeling cold she covered herself more and was too stiff to move to the window to close it.
She was considering falling asleep again when a winged creature flew into the window and landed upside down on the roof. Startled she backed away but remembered what she was and was about to attack when the thing spoke, "So you are finally awake I am glad I wanted to say thank you for saving me yesterday," he said landing on her bed. "By the way what is your name?" he asked but noticed that confused look on the demon's face. "What can't speak Japanese or something?" he asked and again the demon looked at him confused, 'I can barely understand him I know a few phrases but that is all,' the demon thought and it was then that Kaede decided to walk in.
She was startled to see the demon awake and sitting up with herself covered by the blankets to show some modesty. She was surprised by this act for normally demons are not afraid to show off their bodies. Seeing how uncomfortable she is she turned to Toji who was trying to pry her name out. "Toji why don't you wait outside with the others while I dress our friend," she said, "I don't think so for she can't understand me," he said and Kaede was not surprised since the demon did come from another country. "I know that Toji not every one speaks Japanese so go wait outside for me," she said and the bat demon flew out the window. Turning to the demon she switched to another language, "Can you understand me?" she asked in Mandarin then tried Cantonese, Vietnamese, Korean, and a few other languages including German, Jamaican, Spanish, French and Italian none of which registered with the demon. She was lost for words as she then pointed to herself, 'I know this sounds lame but at least it is simple enough for the demon to communicate with me,' she thought, "Kaede," she said pointing to herself.
The demon looked at her funny before pointing to herself, "Mart," she replied smiling and her voice was very raspy and rough like she did not talk for a long time. "Ok Mart stay right here while I get you something to eat." With that Kaede was gone leaving Mart to herself. The dog demon wanted to laugh at the young girl for trying to figure out what language Mart spoke but it was and obvious one and she did not get it. A frustrated Kaede walked out of the room and Mart could not help but laugh a bit before walking towards the bath. It was a labor at first since she had to get used to her new body. She then walked into the bathroom being without clothes and all and she looked at herself. She was covered in blood first off and dirt as well as smelled like sea water. She past the mirror and then turned to gaze at herself in shock.
What she expected was a short fat ugly good for nothing girl with sort of a shock. The thing that bothered her the most was her height now that she started to notice. She was tall for one and her hair was a silver color. She could see all the markings on her face from the stripe to the crescent moon and upwards towards her ears. "What have they done with me?" she said to herself as she looked at her body. She had the figure of a supermodel. 'Only girly girls would dream of this body and it has to be the ugly tomboy that gets it' she thought as she started to walk towards the tub. 'This is the first time I have seen my body in over five hundred years,' she thought as she sank into the already steaming water.
FLASHBACK 500 YEARS PRIOR
Mart was being dragged into the laboratory her hands and feet where cuffed and she could not escape. She tried to fight the guards but they would not let her up. The boys where already transformed and where sleeping peacefully in their new forms. Mart was even more angered by this and struggled some more. For someone as short as she was she had a lot of power behind her head butt. The man cursed her for her will and shoved her into the table and strapped her in. all Mart remembered was the sting of the syringe needles as they injected something into her and her world went black.
END FLASHBACK
Mart then climbed out of the tub after a nice soak and walked out feeling fresh. She looked at herself again in the mirror so much has changed since the time she went to bed in the darkness. It was also during that time she became witness to the most tragic event of her life. The death of her family and the slaughter of the people of earth.
FLASHBACK
Her mind screamed for her to stop as she saw herself walk up to her and her family she could feel her chops licking themselves as she edged closer. The voice in her head telling her to kill was too much for her to bear. Try as she might she could not stop herself from picking up her baby brother and biting deep into his neck ripping out the four year olds throat. Screaming in horror within her mind Mart was desperate to gain control but she could not stop herself her father calling for her to stop but she could not and her body refused to obey her. She could see to her horror her body change into the hideous monster that she is now. She could see herself tearing into the flesh of her fellow islanders consuming everything in a maddened bloodlust. Try as she might the voice in her head was driving her insane with a desperate attempt to control herself.
The lust did not stop there oh no she watched as her friends enjoyed the feast as well but she knew that in their minds as well they were fighting the voice too. 'Kill, eat, feast on their flesh,' the voice said in her mind and she could not control her craving for human flesh and burned everything in her path with her poison.
That did not stop there oh no she moved on to other places in the world feasting on flesh. Those that made her that way tried to control her and found that she was hard to control. Try as she might she could not escape their grasp as the military men who forced her into this body took hold of her again. This time they placed beads around her neck to control her. It worked at first but Mart's will was too strong and so the head of the department a cornel by the name of Narakita Arashitomi placed a special set of beads around her neck. Mart struggled under the force of the beads but they where too powerful for her. Then Narakita said the magic word, "Sit!" he said and Mart fell face first to the floor. The dog demon was very angry and tried to fight it off but to no avail. Narakita smiled at that.
The next thing that Mart remembered was opening her eyes to a world that is totally new and looking down at human hands. She saw herself look into the mirror to find to her horror that she was in another body.
The events that happened where a blur, but she remembered them clearly how she slaughtered man, and animal alike; wiping out nations with her human as a host. She felt like a parasite leaching off of others and so she was desperate to get out. What she did not know was that by struggling she was killing her hostess or host. The man in front of made her go through several bodies just to try and control her. Mart would have none of it! And was then had enough as she killed the last of her hosts and broke for it. The rest of the Shadow Assassins followed her to the icy lands of the Artic where Dr. Stewards the man she come to know as the creator of the serum that turned her into this monstrosity shot her with one of his sacred arrows. She felt relief was over her as she fell into the pit of blackness called sleep.
It was not an ordinary sleep no for as long as she was locked away Mart could remember the ghosts the two spirits that came to her every day and taught her the ways of being a 'demon'. During her time of rest Mart learned the art of combat and how to use her new found powers plotting revenge for the past five hundred years. But it was when she met her new host that things changed.
She felt herself being freed from the ice and free from the spell that held her. When she turned she came face to face with the same man as before but his scent was a little different. Mart had never felt more alone in her life. She saw that her friends where gone and so she was alone to face the man that called himself Mark Ellison. Angry she charged at him but he subdued her with the word 'Sit' and she plunged to the floor. Smiling the man known as Ellison walked up to her and aimed an arrow at her heart.
When she was asleep she saw herself through the eyes of another one was totally new to her as she never been in a male body before. Even though she could not move on her own she was aware of his know bouts. It was funny the only side effect that she had of sharing her body with this male is seeing into his memories.
She found that he was like her in many ways. He was strong willed and against Ellison as well but like her he was a prisoner. Mart vowed that day that she will be free and fight this one off on her own with or without help from anyone. She saw the man 'Heero' was his name fight in a war since he was a child he had killed at the age of six and continued the path of an assassin. She saw him in his memories fly a gundam to his first kiss with a girl and later develop a brother and sister relationship with her. She felt his need for a family and wanted to be one for him. She saw a lot of stuff about him and wanted to be part of it. Mart wanted to help him so bad that she unknowingly comforted him when he was feeling down after he ate people. She knew that he was sharing memories with her as well and did not mind even though most where bad but she treasured them and in a way rubbed it off on him. He could feel her anger as well her need for revenge not just for herself but for all those that have died because of the one they call master. This lasted for about two years till the day that they fought a familiar opponent.
It was one of those cold winter days in that base when Mart was forced to fight Charlie and Heero was forced to kill Duo. The pair did not want to do it but where forced to because of the voice inside their head controlling their bodies. Both where horrified at the chaos that they did to their friends and Mart feared for Duo when they poisoned him and he lay dying by the gundam known as Wing Zero. When the Wing Zero came to life she was happy when it fired its buster rifle at her she could finally rest in peace as her world went black.
END OF FLASHBACK
Mart found herself only wrapped in a sheet as she stared at the mirror of herself now tall and beautiful. She must have grown the past five hundred years for she was aware of how much time has past thanks to Heero. She stared at herself and found that her eyes where a deep golden color slited like a cats but none the less the mark of a demon.
The ghosts taught her a lot of things as well during her sleep in the case of philosophy of a dog demon beside the art of war. She was good in many things now but she needs to brush up on her language skills. The ghosts spoke English with a bit of a Japanese accent but fluent enough. Mart understood them but they forgot to teach her some of their language. Sure she had taken them during high school and a bit in college but she was not fluent enough to fully understand them.
She was so lost in thought that she did not notice Jaken come back into the room and saw her on the bed looking out the window. The little toad demon then walked up to her carefully and the dog demon as expected turned to him. "Hello your name is Mart is that correct?" he said and saw a bit of confusion on her face, "Can you understand me?" he asked, "I only understand very little," was the reply and Jaken was taken by surprise at this girls speech. Then he switched to another familiar language. "Do you understand me now?" he spoke in English trying it out since Kaede failed to take note of that, "I do thank you," said Mart.
"You are very polite for a dog demon addressing a toad demon," he said, "I was not always a demon you know," she replied to Jaken's remark, "You weren't always a demon?" Jaken asked, "No I was human before," she said and Jaken asked another question, "How old are you Mart?" "five hundred and twenty years old," was the reply and Jaken's blood went cold at the sudden realization. "Mart are you familiar with a demon named Moro no Kimi?" Jaken asked, "Yes," Mart replied, "Tell me about it then," he said calmly, "I am she," was Mart's answer.
TBC
HABITAT: Urban areas, deep forests and high mountains all terrain demon.
I am sorry about making Charlie's spot short but the story has to move on to the better scenes and the mission of the shadow assassins continue with Mart the Dog demon. So without further a due the final section to Gundam Wing Shadow Assassins.
AWAKENING 5: RESURECTION
The harsh climate of the Alaskan frontier was cold and unforgiving the blizzard blew into the reminisce of an Avengers base. Just as suddenly a bright light lit up and then darkness again.
Slowly Persian blue eyes opened to the cold of the artic snow he shivered for he was completely naked with no clothes on. His body burned from the many injuries that he received as he crawled over to a control consol that only he knew about and pressed a button.
In a few hours time the familiar sound of engines filled his ears as he saw the Gundam land before him and he caught the cable that was lowered for him. Slowly he helped himself up and out of the snow and into the warmer cockpit of the gundam. Strapping himself in he set the gundam on auto pilot and headed back to the base. His eyes closed to the sweet warmth of the cockpit.
Unknown to Heero another presence made itself known in the snow. While he was in the care of his friend at the Alaskan Preventers base this figure crawled out of the snow. Acidic drool dripped from its snout and onto the snow melting it. Dark red eyes looked groggily around and down at itself. Huge paws tipped with poisoned claws hit the ground with an impact. The giant was a dog a large dog with large red eyes and a crescent moon on its head. Stripes mark the sides of its mouth as the dog slowly walked on its own two feet feeling the snow for the first time. Feeling of freedom reached the dog for the first time since its capture. Growling the dog then lifted its head to the sky and gave a howl of triumph. It sounded more like a roar then a howl but the dog did not care one bit. Walking down the steep slopes it followed its nose to the sound of water. And icy Cold River flowed down the stream as the dog began to lap up the much needed water careful to not drool in the fresh water it drank its fill and began to move on.
Much traveling led it to the ocean and the thick ice that carpets it. Testing the ice the dog found that it was indeed thick enough to hold it before crossing. Many animals avoided it including seals that leaped into the water to get away from the monster that walked before it. The dog walked across and ate many bears, whale and what ever seals got in its way. The Eskimos ran when they saw the giant monster walk across the ice towards the lands beyond.
The dog was drawn to a presence beyond the ice and further to the south. It slowly guided her towards the goal that lay beyond in the lands known as Asia.
THREE MONTHS LATER
"Uncle Jaken what was it like back in your day," said a young bat demon as he put another piece of bait on his fishing hook. "Oh it was full of wars and stuff," replied the toad demon. Jaken was a very old toad demon it was evident on his features since he was wearing a beard and his old legs did not work as they used to. On his left stood a very old flea who was sipping a cup of blood he too was wearing a beard and both where wearing old kimonos that have seen better days. They both where full of holes and patches from days long gone and the two decided to take Toji one of the young demons out for a fishing trip along the ocean. The western coast of Japan was left alone allowing the demons along with some of their friends to enjoy a time at the beach. "Since this so called Apocalypse has started what are we going to do Jaken," Myouga the flea asked, "Well I do not know Myouga it is times like these that I wish Master Sesshoumaru where still alive." He said and Myouga nodded, "Who is Master Sesshoumaru?" Toji asked and the two old demons turned towards the little bat demon. "Master Sesshoumaru is or was the Lord of the Western Lands back in my day." Replied Jaken who was remembering old times.
"Was he one of those demons that Grandma Sango said was in the demon war back in the warring states era?" Toji asked and Myouga answered, "Yes Toji he was one of the generals who led the army against Naraku." and he was about to go into detail about it when he saw a dark shadow approach from the horizon. "It looks like something is coming," said Myouga and Jaken also noticed it as well. "I see it," he said and Toji was just as curious about it as they where. Flapping his wings he started towards the object, "Toji where are you going!" Jaken demanded, "I am going to look at what is that for it does not look like a ship or a demon in that matter." He said before flying off and was gone before the old demons could protest. "Myouga go inform Lady Kaede about this," he said as he started to run as fast as he could along the rocks.
Kaede was on the watch for demons as she held her bow and arrows ready. She was a young woman of 15 dressed in a priestess outfit she was walking along the beach to make sure none of her demon friends where attacked. She was soon alerted to the approach of a demon but only relaxed when she realized it was Myouga. "Lady Kaede thank goodness I found you," he said huffing and puffing, "What is it Myouga?" she asked picking up the demon, "There is an unknown object in the ocean heading towards us," he said and Kaede's face went serious, "Is it a ship or a demon?" she asked, "I do not know Toji went to look at what it is." He said and Kaede ran towards the shore.
ELSEWHERE
"This is bad," said Justin as he fought off another demon striking many more with his lightning glaive, "How the fuck do we get to go to Japan if we are constantly fighting demons all the time!" he complained yet again as he hit another demon and sliced it in half with his glaive. "I do not know but I do know that we have to find out where exactly in Tokyo the Higurashi Shrine is located," Charlie said slicing another group of demons with his wind attack. The apocalypse began cities where devastated and towns destroyed, "How the hell do we keep fighting them off," said Wufei in Altron as he slashed at a demon then blew up a mobile suit, "It seems they don't care anymore," Quatre said from with in Sandrock. Slicing through another mobile suit he tried to find a way out. "We need to get out of here," he said and everyone was busy trying to fight there way out. "No problem," said a voice and Sally's face came online, "Need a ride," she said and Quatre looked up to see a transport plane flying above them smiling he blasted off towards the plane. "Everyone pull out we got transport," he said and he saw the gundams heading out but the Shadow Assassins where still on the ground. Heero was beside Sally as she piloted being too injured still to fight he was supposed to stay in the infirmary but that was destroyed along with the base.
Looking up Steven was the one who caught sight of the Gundams pulling out, "Hey guys lets go we got a way out!" he called and ran to the nearest trees and leaped up as high as he could adding another boost from his demon powers to give him extra lift. The others soon followed the Hyena as they landed on the plane also. The plane was followed by a group of insect demons all looking like bees of a sort. "Shit they are following us," Jimmy said as he let loose an arrow and it burned some of them. "Let me get this one Jimmy," Justin said as he prepared another lighting strike, "LIGHTNING STRIKE!" he called and released his energy on the bees burning them. Satisfied he watched as they landed on the ground burned and unable to fly. Charlie sensed another was on the plane so he rushed off and made his way outside. Using cable to hold is position he saw another insect demon clinging to the plane, "Oh no you don't!" he said and slashed it off the plane. The demon fell off the plane and Charlie inspected the outside to make sure they don't have anymore hitchhikers. Satisfied he leaped back into the cargo hold of the plane and untapped himself from the cables. Feeling a bit tired he settled down next to his friends for the briefing.
Toji flew till his wings where sore but he let the wind carry him over. He saw the object below him and decided to investigate. To his surprise it was a dog not any dog but a dog demon. Feeling excited Toji landed on the demon's head and found that it was covered in blood and that the sharks had eaten some parts of it. Feeling a new sense of urgency the bat demon took to the skies once again.
Kaede waited on the shore when she caught signs of the bat demon flying back towards her. "Well Toji what did you see?" she asked with Jaken and Myouga beside her, "I saw a dog demon floating in the water at it looked badly hurt." He said and it was Kaede that responded. "Get me a few demons that can go through the water then Toji and tell them that I sent you." With that the bat demon few off again.
It took sometime before Toji came back with a frog and a fish demon willing to help as they all got together and pulled the dog out of the water. Being big was not a help either and they all saw the damage that the dog had taken. "She must have been attacked by some other demons in that condition." Myouga observed,
FLASHBACK
Walking painfully the dog demon known as Moro no Kimi was exhausted as she walked through the snow. She was walking along the shores of China though she never knew where she was. All she cared about was the drive and her destination to get to where something was beckoning her. Panting in exhaustion she did not notice the demons falling from the sky till one struck her on the side.
The dog went down and winced as her already broken ribs hit the solid earth. Coughing up blood she got up on all fours again and growled a warning to the approaching intruders. There where three Leo Mobile suits and about ten demons all of the low level staring at her hungrily Moro winced as on came from behind her already pain filled vision and ripped at her leg. Screaming in rage she spat at the demon and found that the acid in her mouth was useful since it burned the demons face. The demon screamed as it tried to get away from the dog and rubbed its head in the snow.
Other demons already began to attack the dog and a few shots from the mobile suits were enough to subdue the demon. But that was not to last for the cliff under Moro began to give way and she fell into the ocean below and was swept way while demons devoured her body.
END OF FLASHBACK
Jaken could only feel sorry for the dog demon as it lay on the beach. It clearly was still alive for its breathing was labored and what's left of its bottom half was more then a miracle that she was still alive. Slowly the demons began to drag the dog away from the beach and made a makeshift bed for it and Kaede made sure no other demons followed before putting a spell of invisibility over them and taking off on a bird demon's back.
On the way back it was then noticed by Kaede that the demon had an arrow sticking out of it. "That is a sealing arrow," she said to the bird as it flew, "What did you say my lady?" she asked, "I said that, that dog demon has a sacred arrow in her chest," she said pointing to the arrow and the bird demon did a double take, "This is bad it must mean this dog was walking around on automatic with its soul sealed away because of that arrow." Said the bird demon as it flew on ahead to tell the people at the Higurashi Shrine to make room for a new comer.
The demons as well as staff at the Higurashi Temple where busy preparing for the arrival of the injured demon as staff ran to get the bedding ready and already seals where being enforced around the temple grounds to make sure that no outside demons where to come in. In the temple square stood an old woman wearing priestess clothes as well she stood outside with her bow and arrows as a bird demon passed through the barrier easily. "Miaka and Kaede what is wrong?" the old woman asked as noticing the blood on Kaede's clothes, "What happened?" she asked, "Grandma please make the place ready on the temple square the demon I told you about is badly injured and is too big at the moment to fit in any rooms," with that said Sango the old priestess yelled out orders to the staff to make room for the dog demon as it was put down gently.
Sango only stared at the demon's injuries before she noticed the arrow from the heart of the demon. 'I see this is the reason why the demon did not heal,' she said as she walked up to the demon, "Grandmother Sango?" Kaede said as she kept her distance from the bleeding demon. Sango as Matriarch of the Higurashi Shrine and descendent of Souta Higurashi walked up to the demon. She could see the labored breathing that the demon was giving. Eyes opened and where filled with pain as they stared at her and began to growl. "It is ok dog demon I only want to see the extent of your injuries," she said soothing the dog who only panted in pain.
Sango then proceeded to check the other injuries that the dog demon had on her and was surprised to see that the lower half of her body was gone. 'This dog has quite a spirit to be able to live on Automatic and take a fatal wound such as this,' she though as she turned again to Kaede. As she began to walk back something began to beat in Sango's ears. A faint pulse was heard throughout the temple. "Kaede do you hear that?" she said and her granddaughter nodded, "It sounds like the swords to me grandmother." She said running to the well house to get them. Sango shrugged at her granddaughter as she came out with the pieces of one of the swords. "Only the Tenseiga was pulsing grandma." Kaede said and handed the bundle containing the swords pieces to the old lady.
Sango then grabbed each piece and studied them when she noticed the dog demon stopped breathing. The last breath the dog took was enough to panic the crowd before her. "SILENCE!" she screamed and the staff as well as the resident demons all quieted up. "This dog demon obviously had come to Japan for a purpose it is rare to see any of their kind anymore since the demon war and now we shall give this dog a proper burial." She said as she was about to call out to some of the workers to prepare a place to burn the demon the Tenseiga pulsed very hard against her chest pushing her back. "What is this?" she said as she got up, "Grandmother Sango are you ok?" ask Toji as he flew down from the great tree that he was sitting in. Jaken and Myouga also ran up to her. "Now this is interesting," said Jaken as he studied the pulsing Tenseiga before him the sword was pulsing now more then ever. Jaken grabbed the bundle and held it close to him he then saw something that made his heart run cold.
Over the body of the now deceased demons stood a group of smaller demons waiting to carry the soul to the next world. "Ball bearers," he whispered to himself and Myouga leaped onto his shoulder, "What is it Jaken?" he asked before he too turned to find the ball bearers about to pull the soul out of the demon. "I see so this is the true power of the Tenseiga," he said. Jaken then pulled out the pieces of the bundle and saw them pulse with energy as suddenly out of nowhere a demon shape raced towards the ball bearers and killed them all. To the stunned expressions of both Jaken and Myouga the dog demon began to heal as well as change into it humanlike form.
The group was stunned as they watched the demon dog turn from a creature cut in half into something only people could imagine. Silver hair covered her face as her nude form was still covered in many scrapes but her major injuries where healed, "It looks like the Tenseiga wanted her to live," said Kaede as she approached the two. "Since it is in pieced it could not fully heal her," she said approaching the woman before her and moved the hair away to reveal a pair of dog ears. "That is highly unusual," said Jaken looking at the ears. "I agree she was supposed to have two human like ears not dog ears," he said but he noted the stripes on each side of her face. "Get her inside," said Sango as she ordered the staff members to move the tall figure into the house away from the cold. Gathering the bundle up Jaken moved to place it back in the well where it belongs with Myouga on his shoulders.
As they walked towards the well the silence was mutual, "That spirit that came from the sword pieces looked like Master Sesshoumaru," said Jaken slowly as he opened the doors to the well. "I must admit that you are right dear friend," Myouga replied as he too entered the well on Jaken's shoulder. The room was kept tidy after all these centuries and the old well was still there; every two hundred years or so the wood had to be replaced but it was still the same.
Jaken then wrapped the bundle up tight again before gently letting it down the well to rest beside its brother the Tetsusaiga who was not pulsing with energy at the moment. "Do you think that the swords want us to save this demon?" Myouga asked as they exited the shrine house, "I would guess so since after all that dog demon was badly hurt and is quiet powerful though I would say that the arrow in its heart bring back memories." said the old toad as they entered the main house.
Kaede was baffled by this new comer sleeping peacefully beside her on the bed her breathing had come back and it was steady. "Her injuries are not healing," said Toji as he looked in from the window hanging upside down. "It is this arrow in her chest that is doing it," Kaede replied, "Why don't we take it out?" Toji asked, "It is not easy to do Toji and besides it takes a really powerful priestess to pull it out." She said, "Like the story of Lady Kagome and Inu-Yasha?" he asked and the young woman nodded getting up from where she was sitting and headed over to the bathroom.
While she was gone Toji could not help but stare at the girl on the bed. From the looks of it she is rather tall with her silver hair flowing down to her waist. She had the markings of a dog demon two stripes under her eyes one on her eye lid and a crescent moon on her forehead. She also had stripes on her wrists as well but Toji could not see much on her right wrist since it was in a sling and the arrow was sticking out of it. To him she was breathtaking to look at but he also got to remember that she can be deadly at the same time. Dog demons where known for their warrior skills and fierce combat determination. He sighed and hung from the roof again in his usual spot.
Kaede had a long day and was in need of a bath. As she came out of the tub she looked herself in the mirror. She could say that she was beautiful to look at but she did not take pride in her beauty. She had long silky hair that went a little past her waist. Her brown eyes did not help hide her charm as she looked at herself. She was slim but quite well built due to all those years of fighting demons. Ever since the war started between the Avengers and the ESUN demon activity has skyrocketed the world was off balance anyway since the demon war and something like this was bound to happen. Looking at herself her grandmother always said that she resembles the Lady Kagome her ancestor's sister. It was true that they shared the same personalities but Kaede loved to play music as well as archery. But she had other duties at the temple as well such as taking care of the demons that came to live here all those centuries ago.
Kaede remembered asking her grandmother to tell her how all those demons came to the temple when this was suppose to be a holy place. She remembered her grandmother Sango telling her the story of Lady Kagome and Inu-Yasha and their adventures together to collect the Shikon Jewel shards. She also remembered the story on how she had died being killed by a demon named Naraku. A thousand years ago the survivors of that war came to the original Kaede asking for aid and she aided them. They where thankful for it and in return protected their village from harm of other demons. As the centuries past and the Higurashi shrine were built those same demons remained and had children and they too passed on the traditions on. The only one that are still alive that remember the war where a small flea demon and an old toad demon. All the others died during the great slaughter five hundred years ago defending the temple against an army of demons that thought the Shadow Assassins where a distraction enough to get at the shrine.
That was then and this was now a world at war and Kaede was a harden warrior. Drying herself off and putting her clothes on Kaede walked out of the bathroom and in some regular clothes. She was surprised to see her grandmother there already looking at the demon's ear. "Grandmother Sango what are you doing?" she asked, "I am only looking at the device that was in this demon's ear," she said and pulled it out holding it out to Kaede. "What is it?" she asked. "I do not know what do you think Myouga," she asked the flea who leaped on her shoulder, "I do not know it looks like some sort of control device." He said and the flea also examined it further being small and all. "I believe so for some of the technology I recognize being used by the military." Saying that made the two priestesses wince, "So it would seem that our friend was being used by the military." Sango said and Myouga merely nodded, "I believe so," he said and a gentle breeze came in and shifted the girl's hair making the silver locks flow with the last of the suns rays. It was a breathtaking sight to see something like that on a sleeping beauty.
Kaede could not help but feel sorry for the demon before her and took her hand out and caress the arrow embedded into her heart. It was then that the arrow glowed for a bit. Pulling her hand back she stared at it in shock. "What the hell?" she said and her grandmother was equally surprised. "Kaede do it again," Sango said with a grim expression, Kaede touched the arrow again and found that indeed it glowed with a pulse of energy. "Let me try," Sango said as she put her old wrinkled hand on the arrow and it glowed with power even brighter then before. "Stand back!" she said and Kaede watched as her grandmother with all her might pulled on the arrow. The arrow came off without much effort in fact it disappeared!
This stunned the audience as Kaede watched her grandmother's reaction and found that the old woman was smiling, "It figures that the spell was weakened," she said, "What do you mean?" she asked, "Well it is simple the arrow that sealed the demon's spirit was very strong but it seemed that something had weakened it and.." She did not get a chance to finish when the ground shook. Getting up the trio ran out when Jaken came running, "Mistress Sango we are under attack," he shouted as another explosion shook the building. A few missiles flew overhead and struck the house behind them. "Oh no TOJI!" Kaede cried remembering the bat demon that was inside guarding the dog demon.
A heart beat could be heard when the smoke cleared the rubble that had been the house that the Higurashi family was staying in was pulsing with power. The pulsing was growing stronger till something unexpected happened. All the demons that where defending the temple stopped in their tracks to stare at the explosion from the rumble to come face to face with a very angry dog demon. The wind blew out from under her as she took a step out her fur flowing as the wind blew. Moving aside they all could see the shaking form of Toji as the demon took a few steps forward. Growling the giant dog began to drool out miasma and some of the demons backed away. The temples defenders ran back towards the priestesses. More missiles fired and there was nothing but smoke but glowing red eyes shown out form them as the dog demon attacked them. It was so fast that no one could see the claw slashing its way into the mobile suits nor into the demons. Acid spilling out of its mouth it bit down into a rather large moth demon who howled in pain before dying from the acid and poison tipped claws. The dog was gigantic to all who saw it and it was determined to finish off what the scum that called itself Avengers would dare attack and innocent family.
Growling the dog attacked again with a ferocity that could not be matched. Even with all its injuries the dog was determined to protect the ones who took it in and care for it. It slashed and clawed into the mobile suits tearing into the demons with blinding speed before the order to retreat was made. Watching the temple defenders could only stare as the dog limped back to them and bent its head down towards the little bat demon. Sniffing it to see if it was ok it lumbered towards it human companions before falling down in exhaustion.
'That dog demon protected us,' Kaede though at the sight before her and as the demons started to work on the house again. In less then a day the house was finished and everything was back as it was suppose to be. Demons know where to find the wood to make the house like it should. 'This must have happened before I was born,' Sango said as she walked into the room that the dog demon was and saw that she was sleeping restlessly tossing and turning. Feeling concerned Sango walked up to the demon and felt her forehead and to her relief it was normal. Sweat was coming from the demon so she assumed that the demon was having a bad dream.
Slowly the old woman gathered the demon and rocked her like a mother would do to her child and began to sing a song to her. The dog demon immediately began to relax under her and fell into a deep sleep again. Settling the demon down again Sango made her way to the kitchen where some of the other elder demons waited for her. The elders being those that have been alive during the great demon war. Myouga was warming himself by the fire while Jaken was drinking some warm chocolate milk. Sitting down Sango began to address the issues. "So what do we do now that we have a dog demon among us?" Myouga asked, "I do not know Myouga I thought you two might know since you both seemed to have associated with them in the past." Sango said to the flea. "That is true we did but they both ended up getting killed," he said remembering memories long ago.
Jaken on the other hand was quiet during the conversation with the two, "In a way I find it strange that she has dog ears instead of the usual elfin ears that demons normally have," he said and that caught the two off guard as they stopped their sparing and stared at the toad. "I mean Myouga you got squashed a lot by Inu-Yasha and I got kicked around by Sesshoumaru but something does not add up with this demon," he said and the other two focused now on what the toad was trying to say. "So what does that have to do with those two?" Myouga asked, "Well think of it this way the dog demon was see now is clearly not a half breed that much is fact but the way she defended Toji was something that Inu-Yasha would do not some pure breed like Sesshoumaru." Jaken sated the facts before them. "What about their father?" Myouga asked, "He was the exception," the flea said dryly.
"Do not speak of him that way Myouga and don't feel that bad I had my share of abuse too you know," Jaken said taking a sip of the hot cocoa, "So what are we going to do with her?" Myouga asked, "She can stay as long as she likes till she recovers," the matriarch of the temple spoke up, "She is injured and we did our duty to help her heal so I think that she would think this as intruding and leave. Knowing the way you describe dog demons they don't take favors lightly," Sango said, "They are usually very prideful and have a habit of being hard headed." Said Jaken, "I have a feeling that this dog demon would be different," said Sango, "You both have been working for MALE dog demons and have not mentioned how the females would have behaved." Sango mentioned that fact, "They are worse," said Jaken, "When ever Lord Sesshoumaru had to meet with another lord the females are more prideful and can be very horny too trying to court him but as always he is indifferent to them." He said with a comment of, 'because he had a stick up his ass the whole time,' he whispered to himself and Myouga tried not to laugh at that comment. They had spent most of the night trying to decipher the dog demon that came to their door step and protected them from harm.
It was dawn the next day in Tokyo as a plane landed safely on the runway and a few figures along with their mobile suits where moved to another transport to be taken out. Due to the circumstances they where forced to move to the colonies and into the waiting arms of Relena Peacecraft. She greeted them warmly and gave a hug to Heero whom was also glad to see her. To him she was like his sister and she felt the same way. When she thought she had a crush on him during the Eve Wars it turned out to be that an infatuation but now they where like family. War had prevented her from getting that kind of love relationship for her and Heero so they where satisfied with staying very close friends.
Knowing that her friend was still weak Relena being the generous host that she is led them to her estate. Settling down Relena was informed of the situation on Earth. "So it has begun then the real war," she said to herself, "Yea the past is repeating itself," Charlie said standing up, "Kouga told me about this and that if Naraku wanted to destroy the world so bad then he is going to have to fight us," he said and Relena looked at the boy confused, "Um who is this?" she asked, "I am Charlie Justin's older brother a wolf demon," he said bowing and Relena was caught by the brother's attitude, "I see so you and Justin are brothers?" she asked, "Unfortunately yes," replied Justin, "I am Jimmy," Jimmy said introducing himself, "And this is Steven," he said pointing to the Hyena, "It is a pleasure to meet the rest of the Shadow Assassins but this is not the time for pleasantries," she said as she led them down the hall and into a briefing room.
The song of birds was enough to awaken a certain individual from her slumber. Slowly opening her eyes for the first time in five hundred years she looked around the room. 'Where am I?' she thought, 'Better yet how long was I out,' she thought before everything came flooding back. The conversations with ghosts, the slaughter, imprisonment, rescue and now this. Looking down at herself she could see that she was in a need of undress. The wind flowed through the window and softly swept her hair in the back of her. Feeling cold she covered herself more and was too stiff to move to the window to close it.
She was considering falling asleep again when a winged creature flew into the window and landed upside down on the roof. Startled she backed away but remembered what she was and was about to attack when the thing spoke, "So you are finally awake I am glad I wanted to say thank you for saving me yesterday," he said landing on her bed. "By the way what is your name?" he asked but noticed that confused look on the demon's face. "What can't speak Japanese or something?" he asked and again the demon looked at him confused, 'I can barely understand him I know a few phrases but that is all,' the demon thought and it was then that Kaede decided to walk in.
She was startled to see the demon awake and sitting up with herself covered by the blankets to show some modesty. She was surprised by this act for normally demons are not afraid to show off their bodies. Seeing how uncomfortable she is she turned to Toji who was trying to pry her name out. "Toji why don't you wait outside with the others while I dress our friend," she said, "I don't think so for she can't understand me," he said and Kaede was not surprised since the demon did come from another country. "I know that Toji not every one speaks Japanese so go wait outside for me," she said and the bat demon flew out the window. Turning to the demon she switched to another language, "Can you understand me?" she asked in Mandarin then tried Cantonese, Vietnamese, Korean, and a few other languages including German, Jamaican, Spanish, French and Italian none of which registered with the demon. She was lost for words as she then pointed to herself, 'I know this sounds lame but at least it is simple enough for the demon to communicate with me,' she thought, "Kaede," she said pointing to herself.
The demon looked at her funny before pointing to herself, "Mart," she replied smiling and her voice was very raspy and rough like she did not talk for a long time. "Ok Mart stay right here while I get you something to eat." With that Kaede was gone leaving Mart to herself. The dog demon wanted to laugh at the young girl for trying to figure out what language Mart spoke but it was and obvious one and she did not get it. A frustrated Kaede walked out of the room and Mart could not help but laugh a bit before walking towards the bath. It was a labor at first since she had to get used to her new body. She then walked into the bathroom being without clothes and all and she looked at herself. She was covered in blood first off and dirt as well as smelled like sea water. She past the mirror and then turned to gaze at herself in shock.
What she expected was a short fat ugly good for nothing girl with sort of a shock. The thing that bothered her the most was her height now that she started to notice. She was tall for one and her hair was a silver color. She could see all the markings on her face from the stripe to the crescent moon and upwards towards her ears. "What have they done with me?" she said to herself as she looked at her body. She had the figure of a supermodel. 'Only girly girls would dream of this body and it has to be the ugly tomboy that gets it' she thought as she started to walk towards the tub. 'This is the first time I have seen my body in over five hundred years,' she thought as she sank into the already steaming water.
FLASHBACK 500 YEARS PRIOR
Mart was being dragged into the laboratory her hands and feet where cuffed and she could not escape. She tried to fight the guards but they would not let her up. The boys where already transformed and where sleeping peacefully in their new forms. Mart was even more angered by this and struggled some more. For someone as short as she was she had a lot of power behind her head butt. The man cursed her for her will and shoved her into the table and strapped her in. all Mart remembered was the sting of the syringe needles as they injected something into her and her world went black.
END FLASHBACK
Mart then climbed out of the tub after a nice soak and walked out feeling fresh. She looked at herself again in the mirror so much has changed since the time she went to bed in the darkness. It was also during that time she became witness to the most tragic event of her life. The death of her family and the slaughter of the people of earth.
FLASHBACK
Her mind screamed for her to stop as she saw herself walk up to her and her family she could feel her chops licking themselves as she edged closer. The voice in her head telling her to kill was too much for her to bear. Try as she might she could not stop herself from picking up her baby brother and biting deep into his neck ripping out the four year olds throat. Screaming in horror within her mind Mart was desperate to gain control but she could not stop herself her father calling for her to stop but she could not and her body refused to obey her. She could see to her horror her body change into the hideous monster that she is now. She could see herself tearing into the flesh of her fellow islanders consuming everything in a maddened bloodlust. Try as she might the voice in her head was driving her insane with a desperate attempt to control herself.
The lust did not stop there oh no she watched as her friends enjoyed the feast as well but she knew that in their minds as well they were fighting the voice too. 'Kill, eat, feast on their flesh,' the voice said in her mind and she could not control her craving for human flesh and burned everything in her path with her poison.
That did not stop there oh no she moved on to other places in the world feasting on flesh. Those that made her that way tried to control her and found that she was hard to control. Try as she might she could not escape their grasp as the military men who forced her into this body took hold of her again. This time they placed beads around her neck to control her. It worked at first but Mart's will was too strong and so the head of the department a cornel by the name of Narakita Arashitomi placed a special set of beads around her neck. Mart struggled under the force of the beads but they where too powerful for her. Then Narakita said the magic word, "Sit!" he said and Mart fell face first to the floor. The dog demon was very angry and tried to fight it off but to no avail. Narakita smiled at that.
The next thing that Mart remembered was opening her eyes to a world that is totally new and looking down at human hands. She saw herself look into the mirror to find to her horror that she was in another body.
The events that happened where a blur, but she remembered them clearly how she slaughtered man, and animal alike; wiping out nations with her human as a host. She felt like a parasite leaching off of others and so she was desperate to get out. What she did not know was that by struggling she was killing her hostess or host. The man in front of made her go through several bodies just to try and control her. Mart would have none of it! And was then had enough as she killed the last of her hosts and broke for it. The rest of the Shadow Assassins followed her to the icy lands of the Artic where Dr. Stewards the man she come to know as the creator of the serum that turned her into this monstrosity shot her with one of his sacred arrows. She felt relief was over her as she fell into the pit of blackness called sleep.
It was not an ordinary sleep no for as long as she was locked away Mart could remember the ghosts the two spirits that came to her every day and taught her the ways of being a 'demon'. During her time of rest Mart learned the art of combat and how to use her new found powers plotting revenge for the past five hundred years. But it was when she met her new host that things changed.
She felt herself being freed from the ice and free from the spell that held her. When she turned she came face to face with the same man as before but his scent was a little different. Mart had never felt more alone in her life. She saw that her friends where gone and so she was alone to face the man that called himself Mark Ellison. Angry she charged at him but he subdued her with the word 'Sit' and she plunged to the floor. Smiling the man known as Ellison walked up to her and aimed an arrow at her heart.
When she was asleep she saw herself through the eyes of another one was totally new to her as she never been in a male body before. Even though she could not move on her own she was aware of his know bouts. It was funny the only side effect that she had of sharing her body with this male is seeing into his memories.
She found that he was like her in many ways. He was strong willed and against Ellison as well but like her he was a prisoner. Mart vowed that day that she will be free and fight this one off on her own with or without help from anyone. She saw the man 'Heero' was his name fight in a war since he was a child he had killed at the age of six and continued the path of an assassin. She saw him in his memories fly a gundam to his first kiss with a girl and later develop a brother and sister relationship with her. She felt his need for a family and wanted to be one for him. She saw a lot of stuff about him and wanted to be part of it. Mart wanted to help him so bad that she unknowingly comforted him when he was feeling down after he ate people. She knew that he was sharing memories with her as well and did not mind even though most where bad but she treasured them and in a way rubbed it off on him. He could feel her anger as well her need for revenge not just for herself but for all those that have died because of the one they call master. This lasted for about two years till the day that they fought a familiar opponent.
It was one of those cold winter days in that base when Mart was forced to fight Charlie and Heero was forced to kill Duo. The pair did not want to do it but where forced to because of the voice inside their head controlling their bodies. Both where horrified at the chaos that they did to their friends and Mart feared for Duo when they poisoned him and he lay dying by the gundam known as Wing Zero. When the Wing Zero came to life she was happy when it fired its buster rifle at her she could finally rest in peace as her world went black.
END OF FLASHBACK
Mart found herself only wrapped in a sheet as she stared at the mirror of herself now tall and beautiful. She must have grown the past five hundred years for she was aware of how much time has past thanks to Heero. She stared at herself and found that her eyes where a deep golden color slited like a cats but none the less the mark of a demon.
The ghosts taught her a lot of things as well during her sleep in the case of philosophy of a dog demon beside the art of war. She was good in many things now but she needs to brush up on her language skills. The ghosts spoke English with a bit of a Japanese accent but fluent enough. Mart understood them but they forgot to teach her some of their language. Sure she had taken them during high school and a bit in college but she was not fluent enough to fully understand them.
She was so lost in thought that she did not notice Jaken come back into the room and saw her on the bed looking out the window. The little toad demon then walked up to her carefully and the dog demon as expected turned to him. "Hello your name is Mart is that correct?" he said and saw a bit of confusion on her face, "Can you understand me?" he asked, "I only understand very little," was the reply and Jaken was taken by surprise at this girls speech. Then he switched to another familiar language. "Do you understand me now?" he spoke in English trying it out since Kaede failed to take note of that, "I do thank you," said Mart.
"You are very polite for a dog demon addressing a toad demon," he said, "I was not always a demon you know," she replied to Jaken's remark, "You weren't always a demon?" Jaken asked, "No I was human before," she said and Jaken asked another question, "How old are you Mart?" "five hundred and twenty years old," was the reply and Jaken's blood went cold at the sudden realization. "Mart are you familiar with a demon named Moro no Kimi?" Jaken asked, "Yes," Mart replied, "Tell me about it then," he said calmly, "I am she," was Mart's answer.
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