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.
SECRETS OF THE HIGURASHI FAMILY
Mart could only stare at the weapons as Sango continued down the line, "Before I was interrupted this staff belonged to a Monk named Miroku who was not of Monkly thinking. He was very lecherous but he was loyal to his companions," she said holding the staff carefully and handed it to Mart. Mart held it up to look at it better and she could feel the pulsing power of it also. "This staff holds a lot of power," she said and Sango opened her eyes wide, "You can sense this child?" she asked and Mart nodded, "Well that changes everything you must be very powerful to pick up that sort of power." she said and Mart only shrugged, "Well anyways Miroku was indeed powerful even for a low level monk the thing that made him unique was the wind tunnel." "The wind tunnel?" Mart asked, "Yes it was a curse given to him by Naraku and Miroku was the third generation of monks in his family that received it. He joined the quest to destroy Naraku in hopes of killing Naraku and being free of his curse."
Mart could only nod in understanding before Sango moved on to the next weapon and Mart could sense the evil angry energy from the sword, "This is the Tokijin the sword of Sesshoumaru," with that Mart refused to touch it, "It was created to rival the power of the legendary Tetsusaiga since he did not have a sword that can kill." Sango said shaking her head, "The sword was fashioned from an ogre's tooth the one that destroyed the Tetsusaiga," "Tetsusaiga?" Mart asked, "Yes did not those two demons tell you of the two legendary swords," and when Mart shook her head Sango sighed, "The two swords where of great power forged from the fangs of the great dog demon himself. He made it so the two sons could not kill each other. Then came the day that the sword Tetsusaiga was broken from the ogre I mentioned earlier. It was later repaired with the fang of Inu-Yasha and became stronger. Originally the sword was meant to keep Inu-Yasha's demon blood in check as well," Mart began to think about all this for it was a lot of information stuck in her head.
Sango seeing this as a sign to continue walked towards a bow and a quiver of arrows, "These are the arrows of Lady Kikyo," she turned to make sure Mart was paying attention and she was, "Lady Kikyo was Lady Kagome's incarnate meaning former life. Kikyo was a powerful priestess who guarded the Shikon Jewel until she was tricked by Naraku who disguised himself as Inu-Yasha and killed her. She thought it was Inu-Yasha who did it to steal the Shikon Jewel but it was Naraku as with Sango the owner of the boomerang who was also tricked to thinking that Inu-Yasha killed her family. But in the end she found peace after she was destroyed again." "What do you mean?" Mart asked, "Kikyo was brought back to life by the witch Urasue by using her bones and graveyard soil. And since she did not have a soul she walked the earth without a soul. So in order to survive she collected the souls of dead women." Mart stared at her thinking before answering, "So this Kikyo was some kind of zombie then?" she asked, "That is correct," Sango replied, "I seem to get the impression that every here was connected to this Inu- Yasha what makes him so important to this whole story?" Mart asked, "I am getting to that," Grandmother Sango answered before picking up the bow and arrows.
"Kikyo and Inu-Yasha where lovers in the beginning but because Kikyo was taking care of Naraku who at the time was called Onigumo he grew a lust for the priestess and desired the Shikon Jewel. Being evil he gave his body to demons to gain a new one since his body was badly burned and he no longer could walk. And when he did gain his new body he used sorcery to trick Kikyo into thinking that it was Inu-Yasha who was the trickster betraying her like that." And she went on to explain the whole thing with Kagome and the Shikon Jewel.
When she was finished Mart was staring at her dumbfounded, "You mean this well here was some kind of time capsule?" she asked, "Yes it was and since Kagome was from your time she had to travel in between times collecting the shards of the jewel as well as comeback and pass all her classes I am amazed at the fact that she passed at all." Sango said and Mart was thinking hard, 'So this Kagome was some kind of time traveler and by traveling through time she was able to collect the shards of the Shikon Jewel and fight Naraku at the same time. If what Sango was telling me is true then she and this Inu-Yasha was connected in some way.' Her eyes widened at the realization, 'I remember the smaller of the two spirits telling me that because of Naraku Kagome was killed during the dreaded war of demons. If what Grandmother Sango says is true then she was not of the past but of the future. Kagome was the one who made Ellison not able to feel his full power for the full time that he was walking the earth,' Mart began to remember something that she saw when she saw Sango waving a hand in her face, "Mart are you alright?" she asked the dog demon's eyes focused.
"Grandmother Sango you said that Naraku was badly wounded and killed by Kagome right?"
"Yes,"
"Well I remember something I saw when I was first turned into a demon," Mart said looking determined "What is it child?" Sango asked, "Naraku at the time held a great anger for the human race and by harboring it his body made the jewel around his neck glow darker." She said and Sango's eyes widened, "Jewel? What jewel?" she asked, "The one I told you about the Shikon Jewel earlier you said that thing attacks demons from miles around right?" she asked and Sango nodded, "Well during my time Naraku was kind of weak since there where not enough demons to fuel his body so when I woke up I found that he was whole again. Even though he was full demon he needed a complete body to be able to do his dirty work," Mart said and Sango began to understand what she meant. "You are saying child that Naraku was not complete in your time?" she asked and Mart nodded, "He seemed in pain a lot and when I was a demon I could smell the blood on him as well as the lack of flesh." She said and it was then that Sango began to think, "I think I know why, demons live a long time for eternity so it took a while for Naraku to gain back all those demons while remaining hidden. Tell me did he still have his children with him?" he asked, "Yes he did I could smell the scent of Naraku on them, as well as seeing another like myself." She said, "Oh who was it?" "I think his name is Kohaku or something," at that Sango's eyes became as large as saucers, "Kohaku? Are you sure it was him?" she tried to make sure and the demon nodded, "But he smelled like a demon why is there something the matter," and then Sango told her of the demon exterminators and about the original Sango and Kohaku. She told of the adventures that the Inu gang had till the last battle.
"So all this over one little jewel?" Mart said after Sango finished her tale, "Yes all that over a little jewel." She said and Mart sighed, "Then I know my mission then," she said and Sango looked at her funny, "What mission is that?" she asked, "To destroy the Shikon no Tama the Jewel of four souls." She said and the old priestess's eyes widened in shock, "Why child surly you must reconsider," she said, "No!" Mart barked, "That jewel is the reason that Inu-Yasha and his friends suffered, it was the reason nearly the entire human race was killed by me and my friends and it is the reason why all this suffering is taking place. Grandmother Sango the jewel is evil even when purified it draws evil to it, it has to be destroyed for good so that way the balance will be restored. That is why Kikyo destroyed it in the beginning with her body. She wanted to make sure that the jewel will never cause harm to anyone ever again. All it does is cause suffering for everyone or anyone who wields its power." she then clenched her clawed fist, "So I will make it my mission to destroy it once and for all and I know how to do it too." She said and as she said it she heard it again. The calling that was beckoning her to the well house in the first place.
Walking away from Sango Mart walked towards the well, "Where are you going child?" Sango asked, but Mart did not listen instead she walked over to the well and stopped. "I hear it again," she said not looking, "Hear what?" Sango said getting nervous, "The calling it is coming from this well the whole time," she said as she looked in and saw how deep it is, "The bone eaters well," Sango said as she slowly made her way to Mart her old legs aching with the strain of walking to the well. "The Bone Eaters well?" she said, "The one you said led Lady Kagome to the past?" she said, "Yes," Replied Sango, "The Bone Eaters Well is the portal between this world and that of the past but then one has to have the Shikon Jewel to cross the time gates." Sango said, "Then what is down there that is calling me," Mart said crossly, "I think I know what it is," she said and she grabbed a rope from the end that Mart did not even notice and began to pull up the contents from the bottom of the well.
"This is what must have been calling you young dog demon." She said as she pulled up a box. "What the hell is it?" Mart said and the old priestess opened the box to see two bundles wrapped tightly and a necklace. On the end of the necklace was a tooth. Sango pulled out the necklace with the tooth, "This was the tooth that you lost one day during one of your battles. It was here in Japan the day you came and slaughtered our people that day a single tooth was found when one of the Japanese military jets fired a missile into your mouth," she said and Mart put a hand to her mouth and with her tongue felt where her tooth is now on her right side. "That fang has longed since grown back Mart but do you remember that day," Sango asked and the dog demon nodded, "I remembered that day it was the day that they forced me to wear that necklace. And I broke free of the mind control for the first time." Mart told her as a matter of fact. She then reached out and grabbed the necklace she then put it around her neck. The tooth around her neck glowed a bright blue, "It pulses with your power child take heed of it," she said as she grabbed the two bundles, "I think they where calling you as well," she said and handed Mart the two bundles.
Mart could only gaze at the bundles, "Open them," Sango said and the girl did as she was told and opened them to reveal the broken pieces of two swords. One was really old looking while the other was clean and without a scratch on it. But they where broken into many pieces. Mart grabbed one of the broken pieces and felt along the broken edge, "What are these?" she asked, "They are the fangs of the great dog demon Mart whom he passed to his sons' Inu-Yasha and Sesshoumaru. The piece that you are holding belongs to the Tenseiga the healing sword of Sesshoumaru," she said and Mart carefully placed the piece back. She then took another piece from the other pile, "It looks old are you sure this belonged to the Tetsusaiga?" she asked, "Yes," replied Sango, "The Tetsusaiga was disguised as an old and useless sword but when put to use it transforms to its true form and kills at least a hundred demons with a single stroke." She said and Mart held the piece for her to see. Just then the door opened and in ran a wolf demon.
Mart looked at him and found that he was very old like Jaken and Myouga but his hair was not as white but starting to grey. "Stripe what are you doing here?" Sango asked the old wolf, "I am sorry to disturb you Lady Sango but there are some guests outside the temple that wish to come in." He said, "What are they here for to pray?" she asked knowing that many people come to the shrine to pray for their families. "No ma'am they are here about the Tetsusaiga and the Tenseiga saying they need it for their friend. They are here with the Preventers ma'am," he said, "The Preventers?" Sango asked, "Yes ma'am they are accompanied by demon cubs claiming to be the Shadow Assassins." He said and Mart's eyes lit up at the mention of this. "What do these cubs look like?" she asked the wolf demon stripe, "They look like a wolf, a fox, a hyena, and a tiger," he said and Mart's eyes lit up, "I know them," she said happily and was about to run out when Sango put a hand on her shoulder, "Wait child if you say is true then you should wait." She said and Mart only nodded, "Stripe greet our guests and tell them to wait by the tree I will be with them shortly."
"This sucks!" Justin complained as they climbed the long stairway up the hill to the shrine itself his legs where not one to give out. "Quit your complaining Steven at least this is not like climbing a mountain or anything." Said Jimmy as he trailed behind the hyena and rolling his eyes. The group landed their shuttle in the ocean somewhere away from the city. Luckily they got out fine even though it was kind of cramped in the gundams. Good thing there where emergency pods for everyone and after hiding the gundams the group set out to find the Higurashi Shrine. They managed to find it after getting a map from one of the local venders and thanks to Heero knowing the language they found it. Now they where climbing the steps to the shrine itself and since the demons and Wufei could wield magic they could sense the strong power ruminating from the place it made them weary. But some people tend to ignore it and complain like a certain Hyena.
"The climb is so high I wish I could jump the way up," Steven complained, "Shut the hell up Steven it would be rude to jump to the top besides hyena you need to strengthen the legs." Justin teased as he poked at Steven's skinny legs. They Hyena could only shiver at the coldness of Justin's claws because it was snowing and he forgot to wear something warm. Behind them the gundam pilots could not help but smile at the antics the boys where giving. The only one not saying anything was Charlie who was the eldest of the boys. Heero and Duo noted the serious look on his face as he got ahead of the group and managed to beat them to the top.
A guard an old Wolf demon like Charlie stood at the gate. His hair was staring to grey and Charlie could guess that he was really old. 'I guess demons age slower then normal since they are immortal' he thought as he approached the demon. "Um excuse me," he said in English not knowing Japanese the wolf looked up at him and said something that Charlie could not understand. "Um I do not speak your language sorry," he said and the wolf only looked at him confused, "Let me handle this Charlie," Heero said as he came up behind the boy. "Excuse me," he said bowing to the guard, the wolf had a stripe of hair on his head but he bowed none the less showing kindness. "How can I help you?" he said in Japanese, "We are looking for a sword or swords known as the Tenseiga and the Tetsusaiga and we are hoping that you have them?" he said politely. At the mention of the swords the wolf's eyes lit up and he ran towards the well house. "What was that all about?" Charlie said and Heero shrugged.
A few minutes later the demon returned and spoke to Heero, "The head Priestess wishes you to wait by the big tree over there," he said pointing and Heero nodded and translated for his friends. They all crossed the snowy courtyard to a large tree. The tree had a patch on it that looked like it was burned or worn out with a string of paper tied to a rope around it. At the base of the tree was a small fence the wolf told them to wait before going back to his post.
They had not long to wait before someone came for them. Looking up they saw that it was an old lady wearing a red and white outfit. Her white hair blended in with the snow but her eyes held a deep brown full of wisdom and knowledge of the things that no one has seen. She approached the group with great caution. "Welcome to the Higurashi Shrine I am Lady Sango head priestess here. What do I owe the honor of having you here," she said bowing to them. "We are here looking for the swords." Heero said but was cut off, "I know why you are here and I am sorry to say that the swords can not help you," she said and the all looked at her in shock, "What do you mean?" Charlie yelled when Heero translated, "It means," she said in English, "That the swords can't be wielded by just anyone," she said, "Besides why should we give them to you?" she demanded, "We need it to help a friend," Charlie said, "Kouga told us to come here," and with that the woman's eyes shown with surprise, "Kouga! Kouga the wolf demon he spoke to you?" she demanded and Charlie nodded, "What else did he say to you?" she said and Charlie smirked, "He told me that to defeat Naraku we need the power of those swords as well as finding our friend Mart." he said and Sango only nodded with a smile, "Well then why don't you tell me the reason you are searching for your friend?" she said and it was Justin who answered, "Mart is our friend and we need her help if we are going to defeat Naraku besides she is all that we have left of where we came from." He said with tears in his eyes.
Mart watched this from the safety of the well house her eyes full of tears as she saw them for the first time in five hundred years without the seeing them through the eyes of another. She could not see how handsome they all became and she was proud of them. Without noticing the tooth around her neck began to glow bright blue.
The skies around them grew dark and Sango suddenly got her arrows from near by. "Get ready I think we are under attack again!" she shouted for the others to get into positions. She called for Kaede, "Take care of our dog friend she is still not strong enough to fight yet. She is still gaining strength after her last two battles. She could hear Sango yelling at them to go but Steven stood his ground his staff in his hand. "I will not leave for Mart needs us and she was always there when we needed her and now it is time to return the favor!" he shouted, "Besides in order to save her we need those swords." He said and the others took battle positions as well. The humans that Mart noted that where with the boys ran into shelter. That shelter being the well house.
Kaede led the gundam pilots into the well house where her grandmother insisted they be safe. Opening the door she showed them in and then shut the door. Heero was the first to notice the figure in the house with them. The others took note of his pale face and his wide eye expression as he stared at her. Duo having not noticed with the others yet began to wave a hand in front of Heero's face, "Yo buddy are you alright in there?" Duo asked, "It is her," he said and Duo wondered what he was talking about till he turned his head in the direction he was pointing.
Mart could only stare as Heero pointed to her and she was shocked as ever to see the same man that was her host for some time. "You," she said stepping back, "You are awake," he said as he came down, "I will not hurt you," he said, "I know," Mart said coolly, "You are Heero Yuy right?" she said and Heero nodded. She then walked right up to him and to his surprise as well as the others hugged him. "I am glad you are still alive," she whispered. Heero was so shocked by this he did not move. "Don't worry I am not that type of girl I was just worried that you have died after the separation." She said and Heero began to relax. That relaxed time was short since there was a battle going on outside. Mart quickly ran to the doors but found that she could not go through, "What the hell?" she said trying to open them. Trowa was the one who opened the door but found the battle to be gruesome. Closing it again he wondered why Mart can't open them till he saw a piece of paper on the wood.
"It is a sealing spell." A small voice said and they all turned to see Toji on the roof boards, "It is so that Mart can't get out and hurt herself more." He said pointing to Marts bandages and sling. "But I was suppose to be healed already why aren't I healed then Toji?" Mart yelled at the bat.
Toji flew down and landed on the lip of the well. "I do not know why, why don't you ask Myouga," he asked as he pointed on his shoulder and the flea demon made himself known. The Gundam Pilots where surprised to see a demon get that small. "Tell me what?" he asked, "Tell her why she is not fully healed yet?" Toji said and the flea took his usual position on the shoulder. Sitting cross legged with his arms crossed. "Well Mart it seems that when we found you, you had no soul," he said and Marts eyes widened, "But what do you mean I have no soul?" Mart yelled, "Well it seems the only reason you where strong in other peoples bodies is because you fed off of their life force." Myouga answered the dog demon. Mart took a step back, "To answer the question the demon's soul is the source of their powers and it would seem that you are without it." Mart looked down sadly, "Then I guess I am nothing but a zombie then like Kikyo," she said but Myouga laughed, "The only reason why Kikyo walked around was because of that witch Urasue and because her soul was reincarnated so Kikyo had to feed off of other souls in order to live. But you on the other hand did not get that chance since you are still living. Because of that you do not need the souls of the dead to survive." He said, "The side effect to that is that you can't heal." Myouga said that as a matter of fact and saw that Mart's eyes began to fill with tears again. (I make myself sound like a sap but it is necessary for what happens next).
Heero could only stare at the empty shell that was once the great and powerful Moro no Kimi, "I have another question Myouga," she said with her head hanging, "What is it child?" the old flea asked, "Well how come I can turn into a dog like before?" she said, "That is because that is your physical body what you really look like," the flea answered, "Oh," Mart replied, then the house shook again as they all looked outside to see the fight still going on.
Jimmy shot another arrow as a demon came in for the kill. Leaping out of the way he managed to finish it off with a swipe of his claws. Dodging another strike from another demon he side stepped the demon only to have it fall to Charlie. "This is ridiculous!" he shouted as they both leaped away just as another demon this one a moth managed to land in front of them with a sword. Charlie used his Kodachi to send that one back to hell.
Further away Justin was having a hard time keeping the demons at bay. He was already wounded and his side was bleeding badly as well as his shoulder was dislocated. "Shit!" he cursed and then struck another demon down. Leaped out of the way of a missile from a mobile suit as it came into view. The explosion caused the ground to shake and many birds flew out of the way. Panting he did not notice the centipede come out till a strong wind sent it flying in the opposite direction and Steven landed in front of him. "Are you ok?" he asked, "No," Justin said before burning another demon with is fox fire behind Steven.
Behind them was Kaede who was firing arrow after arrow. "Why don't they just leave us alone it is as if they want the entire Higurashi family to die." She yelled and another demon helped her by pushing her away from a few bullets that some of the enemy demons fired at her. "I do not know," Jaken said even in his old age he could fight really good compared to when he was with his lord. The toad held up a gun and fired off a few shots in the direction a couple of soldiers went. "We can't keep this up for long," he stated and Kaede nodded, "Grandmother is nowhere to be found but I think she is safe for now." She said hopefully for the fight had started as soon as one of the scouts gave the alarm. Just then another demon came at them this one was that of a lowly rat demon but was killed by another arrow. Turning Kaede spotted her grandmother along with some of the older demons beside her. "Make sure they do not find the well house!" Sango shouted and Kaede nodded getting up she and Jaken headed towards the well house to make sure that no demon gets there. 'Even with the protective wards around the well I don't think it will last for long with all this abuse,' she thought.
An explosion rocked the ground behind Kaede and she and Jaken where thrown to the ground along with everyone else. Getting up Kaede ran towards the well only to trip and fall in pain. Looking down she could see her leg was at an odd angle. "Shit my leg is broken," she said to Jaken who only nodded and handed her his staff for support. Getting up Kaede and Jaken headed towards the well house.
A dark figure stood at the gate of the temple. Her white robes blew with the harsh hot winds of the fires that burned the gates. Kanna stood tall as she walked through the courtyard her mirror in hand. There where bodies everywhere both human and demon. Looking at them she walked passed until she saw more of the battles as they tried to get at her only to have their attacks aimed back at them or their souls being sucked out. Kanna was rather pleased to see that this was going so well. 'The destruction of the Shadow Assassins is not at hand,' she thought as she walked towards a large tree where surprisingly it was still standing. Smiling to herself Kanna walked over to where a few small demons where sprawled out on the ground too weak to fight. As the fights began to get more intense. "Well it seems I still get your souls after all." She said to them and they painfully looked up at her as she turned her mirror at them.
TBC
HABITAT: Urban areas, deep forests and high mountains all terrain demon.
SECRETS OF THE HIGURASHI FAMILY
Mart could only stare at the weapons as Sango continued down the line, "Before I was interrupted this staff belonged to a Monk named Miroku who was not of Monkly thinking. He was very lecherous but he was loyal to his companions," she said holding the staff carefully and handed it to Mart. Mart held it up to look at it better and she could feel the pulsing power of it also. "This staff holds a lot of power," she said and Sango opened her eyes wide, "You can sense this child?" she asked and Mart nodded, "Well that changes everything you must be very powerful to pick up that sort of power." she said and Mart only shrugged, "Well anyways Miroku was indeed powerful even for a low level monk the thing that made him unique was the wind tunnel." "The wind tunnel?" Mart asked, "Yes it was a curse given to him by Naraku and Miroku was the third generation of monks in his family that received it. He joined the quest to destroy Naraku in hopes of killing Naraku and being free of his curse."
Mart could only nod in understanding before Sango moved on to the next weapon and Mart could sense the evil angry energy from the sword, "This is the Tokijin the sword of Sesshoumaru," with that Mart refused to touch it, "It was created to rival the power of the legendary Tetsusaiga since he did not have a sword that can kill." Sango said shaking her head, "The sword was fashioned from an ogre's tooth the one that destroyed the Tetsusaiga," "Tetsusaiga?" Mart asked, "Yes did not those two demons tell you of the two legendary swords," and when Mart shook her head Sango sighed, "The two swords where of great power forged from the fangs of the great dog demon himself. He made it so the two sons could not kill each other. Then came the day that the sword Tetsusaiga was broken from the ogre I mentioned earlier. It was later repaired with the fang of Inu-Yasha and became stronger. Originally the sword was meant to keep Inu-Yasha's demon blood in check as well," Mart began to think about all this for it was a lot of information stuck in her head.
Sango seeing this as a sign to continue walked towards a bow and a quiver of arrows, "These are the arrows of Lady Kikyo," she turned to make sure Mart was paying attention and she was, "Lady Kikyo was Lady Kagome's incarnate meaning former life. Kikyo was a powerful priestess who guarded the Shikon Jewel until she was tricked by Naraku who disguised himself as Inu-Yasha and killed her. She thought it was Inu-Yasha who did it to steal the Shikon Jewel but it was Naraku as with Sango the owner of the boomerang who was also tricked to thinking that Inu-Yasha killed her family. But in the end she found peace after she was destroyed again." "What do you mean?" Mart asked, "Kikyo was brought back to life by the witch Urasue by using her bones and graveyard soil. And since she did not have a soul she walked the earth without a soul. So in order to survive she collected the souls of dead women." Mart stared at her thinking before answering, "So this Kikyo was some kind of zombie then?" she asked, "That is correct," Sango replied, "I seem to get the impression that every here was connected to this Inu- Yasha what makes him so important to this whole story?" Mart asked, "I am getting to that," Grandmother Sango answered before picking up the bow and arrows.
"Kikyo and Inu-Yasha where lovers in the beginning but because Kikyo was taking care of Naraku who at the time was called Onigumo he grew a lust for the priestess and desired the Shikon Jewel. Being evil he gave his body to demons to gain a new one since his body was badly burned and he no longer could walk. And when he did gain his new body he used sorcery to trick Kikyo into thinking that it was Inu-Yasha who was the trickster betraying her like that." And she went on to explain the whole thing with Kagome and the Shikon Jewel.
When she was finished Mart was staring at her dumbfounded, "You mean this well here was some kind of time capsule?" she asked, "Yes it was and since Kagome was from your time she had to travel in between times collecting the shards of the jewel as well as comeback and pass all her classes I am amazed at the fact that she passed at all." Sango said and Mart was thinking hard, 'So this Kagome was some kind of time traveler and by traveling through time she was able to collect the shards of the Shikon Jewel and fight Naraku at the same time. If what Sango was telling me is true then she and this Inu-Yasha was connected in some way.' Her eyes widened at the realization, 'I remember the smaller of the two spirits telling me that because of Naraku Kagome was killed during the dreaded war of demons. If what Grandmother Sango says is true then she was not of the past but of the future. Kagome was the one who made Ellison not able to feel his full power for the full time that he was walking the earth,' Mart began to remember something that she saw when she saw Sango waving a hand in her face, "Mart are you alright?" she asked the dog demon's eyes focused.
"Grandmother Sango you said that Naraku was badly wounded and killed by Kagome right?"
"Yes,"
"Well I remember something I saw when I was first turned into a demon," Mart said looking determined "What is it child?" Sango asked, "Naraku at the time held a great anger for the human race and by harboring it his body made the jewel around his neck glow darker." She said and Sango's eyes widened, "Jewel? What jewel?" she asked, "The one I told you about the Shikon Jewel earlier you said that thing attacks demons from miles around right?" she asked and Sango nodded, "Well during my time Naraku was kind of weak since there where not enough demons to fuel his body so when I woke up I found that he was whole again. Even though he was full demon he needed a complete body to be able to do his dirty work," Mart said and Sango began to understand what she meant. "You are saying child that Naraku was not complete in your time?" she asked and Mart nodded, "He seemed in pain a lot and when I was a demon I could smell the blood on him as well as the lack of flesh." She said and it was then that Sango began to think, "I think I know why, demons live a long time for eternity so it took a while for Naraku to gain back all those demons while remaining hidden. Tell me did he still have his children with him?" he asked, "Yes he did I could smell the scent of Naraku on them, as well as seeing another like myself." She said, "Oh who was it?" "I think his name is Kohaku or something," at that Sango's eyes became as large as saucers, "Kohaku? Are you sure it was him?" she tried to make sure and the demon nodded, "But he smelled like a demon why is there something the matter," and then Sango told her of the demon exterminators and about the original Sango and Kohaku. She told of the adventures that the Inu gang had till the last battle.
"So all this over one little jewel?" Mart said after Sango finished her tale, "Yes all that over a little jewel." She said and Mart sighed, "Then I know my mission then," she said and Sango looked at her funny, "What mission is that?" she asked, "To destroy the Shikon no Tama the Jewel of four souls." She said and the old priestess's eyes widened in shock, "Why child surly you must reconsider," she said, "No!" Mart barked, "That jewel is the reason that Inu-Yasha and his friends suffered, it was the reason nearly the entire human race was killed by me and my friends and it is the reason why all this suffering is taking place. Grandmother Sango the jewel is evil even when purified it draws evil to it, it has to be destroyed for good so that way the balance will be restored. That is why Kikyo destroyed it in the beginning with her body. She wanted to make sure that the jewel will never cause harm to anyone ever again. All it does is cause suffering for everyone or anyone who wields its power." she then clenched her clawed fist, "So I will make it my mission to destroy it once and for all and I know how to do it too." She said and as she said it she heard it again. The calling that was beckoning her to the well house in the first place.
Walking away from Sango Mart walked towards the well, "Where are you going child?" Sango asked, but Mart did not listen instead she walked over to the well and stopped. "I hear it again," she said not looking, "Hear what?" Sango said getting nervous, "The calling it is coming from this well the whole time," she said as she looked in and saw how deep it is, "The bone eaters well," Sango said as she slowly made her way to Mart her old legs aching with the strain of walking to the well. "The Bone Eaters well?" she said, "The one you said led Lady Kagome to the past?" she said, "Yes," Replied Sango, "The Bone Eaters Well is the portal between this world and that of the past but then one has to have the Shikon Jewel to cross the time gates." Sango said, "Then what is down there that is calling me," Mart said crossly, "I think I know what it is," she said and she grabbed a rope from the end that Mart did not even notice and began to pull up the contents from the bottom of the well.
"This is what must have been calling you young dog demon." She said as she pulled up a box. "What the hell is it?" Mart said and the old priestess opened the box to see two bundles wrapped tightly and a necklace. On the end of the necklace was a tooth. Sango pulled out the necklace with the tooth, "This was the tooth that you lost one day during one of your battles. It was here in Japan the day you came and slaughtered our people that day a single tooth was found when one of the Japanese military jets fired a missile into your mouth," she said and Mart put a hand to her mouth and with her tongue felt where her tooth is now on her right side. "That fang has longed since grown back Mart but do you remember that day," Sango asked and the dog demon nodded, "I remembered that day it was the day that they forced me to wear that necklace. And I broke free of the mind control for the first time." Mart told her as a matter of fact. She then reached out and grabbed the necklace she then put it around her neck. The tooth around her neck glowed a bright blue, "It pulses with your power child take heed of it," she said as she grabbed the two bundles, "I think they where calling you as well," she said and handed Mart the two bundles.
Mart could only gaze at the bundles, "Open them," Sango said and the girl did as she was told and opened them to reveal the broken pieces of two swords. One was really old looking while the other was clean and without a scratch on it. But they where broken into many pieces. Mart grabbed one of the broken pieces and felt along the broken edge, "What are these?" she asked, "They are the fangs of the great dog demon Mart whom he passed to his sons' Inu-Yasha and Sesshoumaru. The piece that you are holding belongs to the Tenseiga the healing sword of Sesshoumaru," she said and Mart carefully placed the piece back. She then took another piece from the other pile, "It looks old are you sure this belonged to the Tetsusaiga?" she asked, "Yes," replied Sango, "The Tetsusaiga was disguised as an old and useless sword but when put to use it transforms to its true form and kills at least a hundred demons with a single stroke." She said and Mart held the piece for her to see. Just then the door opened and in ran a wolf demon.
Mart looked at him and found that he was very old like Jaken and Myouga but his hair was not as white but starting to grey. "Stripe what are you doing here?" Sango asked the old wolf, "I am sorry to disturb you Lady Sango but there are some guests outside the temple that wish to come in." He said, "What are they here for to pray?" she asked knowing that many people come to the shrine to pray for their families. "No ma'am they are here about the Tetsusaiga and the Tenseiga saying they need it for their friend. They are here with the Preventers ma'am," he said, "The Preventers?" Sango asked, "Yes ma'am they are accompanied by demon cubs claiming to be the Shadow Assassins." He said and Mart's eyes lit up at the mention of this. "What do these cubs look like?" she asked the wolf demon stripe, "They look like a wolf, a fox, a hyena, and a tiger," he said and Mart's eyes lit up, "I know them," she said happily and was about to run out when Sango put a hand on her shoulder, "Wait child if you say is true then you should wait." She said and Mart only nodded, "Stripe greet our guests and tell them to wait by the tree I will be with them shortly."
"This sucks!" Justin complained as they climbed the long stairway up the hill to the shrine itself his legs where not one to give out. "Quit your complaining Steven at least this is not like climbing a mountain or anything." Said Jimmy as he trailed behind the hyena and rolling his eyes. The group landed their shuttle in the ocean somewhere away from the city. Luckily they got out fine even though it was kind of cramped in the gundams. Good thing there where emergency pods for everyone and after hiding the gundams the group set out to find the Higurashi Shrine. They managed to find it after getting a map from one of the local venders and thanks to Heero knowing the language they found it. Now they where climbing the steps to the shrine itself and since the demons and Wufei could wield magic they could sense the strong power ruminating from the place it made them weary. But some people tend to ignore it and complain like a certain Hyena.
"The climb is so high I wish I could jump the way up," Steven complained, "Shut the hell up Steven it would be rude to jump to the top besides hyena you need to strengthen the legs." Justin teased as he poked at Steven's skinny legs. They Hyena could only shiver at the coldness of Justin's claws because it was snowing and he forgot to wear something warm. Behind them the gundam pilots could not help but smile at the antics the boys where giving. The only one not saying anything was Charlie who was the eldest of the boys. Heero and Duo noted the serious look on his face as he got ahead of the group and managed to beat them to the top.
A guard an old Wolf demon like Charlie stood at the gate. His hair was staring to grey and Charlie could guess that he was really old. 'I guess demons age slower then normal since they are immortal' he thought as he approached the demon. "Um excuse me," he said in English not knowing Japanese the wolf looked up at him and said something that Charlie could not understand. "Um I do not speak your language sorry," he said and the wolf only looked at him confused, "Let me handle this Charlie," Heero said as he came up behind the boy. "Excuse me," he said bowing to the guard, the wolf had a stripe of hair on his head but he bowed none the less showing kindness. "How can I help you?" he said in Japanese, "We are looking for a sword or swords known as the Tenseiga and the Tetsusaiga and we are hoping that you have them?" he said politely. At the mention of the swords the wolf's eyes lit up and he ran towards the well house. "What was that all about?" Charlie said and Heero shrugged.
A few minutes later the demon returned and spoke to Heero, "The head Priestess wishes you to wait by the big tree over there," he said pointing and Heero nodded and translated for his friends. They all crossed the snowy courtyard to a large tree. The tree had a patch on it that looked like it was burned or worn out with a string of paper tied to a rope around it. At the base of the tree was a small fence the wolf told them to wait before going back to his post.
They had not long to wait before someone came for them. Looking up they saw that it was an old lady wearing a red and white outfit. Her white hair blended in with the snow but her eyes held a deep brown full of wisdom and knowledge of the things that no one has seen. She approached the group with great caution. "Welcome to the Higurashi Shrine I am Lady Sango head priestess here. What do I owe the honor of having you here," she said bowing to them. "We are here looking for the swords." Heero said but was cut off, "I know why you are here and I am sorry to say that the swords can not help you," she said and the all looked at her in shock, "What do you mean?" Charlie yelled when Heero translated, "It means," she said in English, "That the swords can't be wielded by just anyone," she said, "Besides why should we give them to you?" she demanded, "We need it to help a friend," Charlie said, "Kouga told us to come here," and with that the woman's eyes shown with surprise, "Kouga! Kouga the wolf demon he spoke to you?" she demanded and Charlie nodded, "What else did he say to you?" she said and Charlie smirked, "He told me that to defeat Naraku we need the power of those swords as well as finding our friend Mart." he said and Sango only nodded with a smile, "Well then why don't you tell me the reason you are searching for your friend?" she said and it was Justin who answered, "Mart is our friend and we need her help if we are going to defeat Naraku besides she is all that we have left of where we came from." He said with tears in his eyes.
Mart watched this from the safety of the well house her eyes full of tears as she saw them for the first time in five hundred years without the seeing them through the eyes of another. She could not see how handsome they all became and she was proud of them. Without noticing the tooth around her neck began to glow bright blue.
The skies around them grew dark and Sango suddenly got her arrows from near by. "Get ready I think we are under attack again!" she shouted for the others to get into positions. She called for Kaede, "Take care of our dog friend she is still not strong enough to fight yet. She is still gaining strength after her last two battles. She could hear Sango yelling at them to go but Steven stood his ground his staff in his hand. "I will not leave for Mart needs us and she was always there when we needed her and now it is time to return the favor!" he shouted, "Besides in order to save her we need those swords." He said and the others took battle positions as well. The humans that Mart noted that where with the boys ran into shelter. That shelter being the well house.
Kaede led the gundam pilots into the well house where her grandmother insisted they be safe. Opening the door she showed them in and then shut the door. Heero was the first to notice the figure in the house with them. The others took note of his pale face and his wide eye expression as he stared at her. Duo having not noticed with the others yet began to wave a hand in front of Heero's face, "Yo buddy are you alright in there?" Duo asked, "It is her," he said and Duo wondered what he was talking about till he turned his head in the direction he was pointing.
Mart could only stare as Heero pointed to her and she was shocked as ever to see the same man that was her host for some time. "You," she said stepping back, "You are awake," he said as he came down, "I will not hurt you," he said, "I know," Mart said coolly, "You are Heero Yuy right?" she said and Heero nodded. She then walked right up to him and to his surprise as well as the others hugged him. "I am glad you are still alive," she whispered. Heero was so shocked by this he did not move. "Don't worry I am not that type of girl I was just worried that you have died after the separation." She said and Heero began to relax. That relaxed time was short since there was a battle going on outside. Mart quickly ran to the doors but found that she could not go through, "What the hell?" she said trying to open them. Trowa was the one who opened the door but found the battle to be gruesome. Closing it again he wondered why Mart can't open them till he saw a piece of paper on the wood.
"It is a sealing spell." A small voice said and they all turned to see Toji on the roof boards, "It is so that Mart can't get out and hurt herself more." He said pointing to Marts bandages and sling. "But I was suppose to be healed already why aren't I healed then Toji?" Mart yelled at the bat.
Toji flew down and landed on the lip of the well. "I do not know why, why don't you ask Myouga," he asked as he pointed on his shoulder and the flea demon made himself known. The Gundam Pilots where surprised to see a demon get that small. "Tell me what?" he asked, "Tell her why she is not fully healed yet?" Toji said and the flea took his usual position on the shoulder. Sitting cross legged with his arms crossed. "Well Mart it seems that when we found you, you had no soul," he said and Marts eyes widened, "But what do you mean I have no soul?" Mart yelled, "Well it seems the only reason you where strong in other peoples bodies is because you fed off of their life force." Myouga answered the dog demon. Mart took a step back, "To answer the question the demon's soul is the source of their powers and it would seem that you are without it." Mart looked down sadly, "Then I guess I am nothing but a zombie then like Kikyo," she said but Myouga laughed, "The only reason why Kikyo walked around was because of that witch Urasue and because her soul was reincarnated so Kikyo had to feed off of other souls in order to live. But you on the other hand did not get that chance since you are still living. Because of that you do not need the souls of the dead to survive." He said, "The side effect to that is that you can't heal." Myouga said that as a matter of fact and saw that Mart's eyes began to fill with tears again. (I make myself sound like a sap but it is necessary for what happens next).
Heero could only stare at the empty shell that was once the great and powerful Moro no Kimi, "I have another question Myouga," she said with her head hanging, "What is it child?" the old flea asked, "Well how come I can turn into a dog like before?" she said, "That is because that is your physical body what you really look like," the flea answered, "Oh," Mart replied, then the house shook again as they all looked outside to see the fight still going on.
Jimmy shot another arrow as a demon came in for the kill. Leaping out of the way he managed to finish it off with a swipe of his claws. Dodging another strike from another demon he side stepped the demon only to have it fall to Charlie. "This is ridiculous!" he shouted as they both leaped away just as another demon this one a moth managed to land in front of them with a sword. Charlie used his Kodachi to send that one back to hell.
Further away Justin was having a hard time keeping the demons at bay. He was already wounded and his side was bleeding badly as well as his shoulder was dislocated. "Shit!" he cursed and then struck another demon down. Leaped out of the way of a missile from a mobile suit as it came into view. The explosion caused the ground to shake and many birds flew out of the way. Panting he did not notice the centipede come out till a strong wind sent it flying in the opposite direction and Steven landed in front of him. "Are you ok?" he asked, "No," Justin said before burning another demon with is fox fire behind Steven.
Behind them was Kaede who was firing arrow after arrow. "Why don't they just leave us alone it is as if they want the entire Higurashi family to die." She yelled and another demon helped her by pushing her away from a few bullets that some of the enemy demons fired at her. "I do not know," Jaken said even in his old age he could fight really good compared to when he was with his lord. The toad held up a gun and fired off a few shots in the direction a couple of soldiers went. "We can't keep this up for long," he stated and Kaede nodded, "Grandmother is nowhere to be found but I think she is safe for now." She said hopefully for the fight had started as soon as one of the scouts gave the alarm. Just then another demon came at them this one was that of a lowly rat demon but was killed by another arrow. Turning Kaede spotted her grandmother along with some of the older demons beside her. "Make sure they do not find the well house!" Sango shouted and Kaede nodded getting up she and Jaken headed towards the well house to make sure that no demon gets there. 'Even with the protective wards around the well I don't think it will last for long with all this abuse,' she thought.
An explosion rocked the ground behind Kaede and she and Jaken where thrown to the ground along with everyone else. Getting up Kaede ran towards the well only to trip and fall in pain. Looking down she could see her leg was at an odd angle. "Shit my leg is broken," she said to Jaken who only nodded and handed her his staff for support. Getting up Kaede and Jaken headed towards the well house.
A dark figure stood at the gate of the temple. Her white robes blew with the harsh hot winds of the fires that burned the gates. Kanna stood tall as she walked through the courtyard her mirror in hand. There where bodies everywhere both human and demon. Looking at them she walked passed until she saw more of the battles as they tried to get at her only to have their attacks aimed back at them or their souls being sucked out. Kanna was rather pleased to see that this was going so well. 'The destruction of the Shadow Assassins is not at hand,' she thought as she walked towards a large tree where surprisingly it was still standing. Smiling to herself Kanna walked over to where a few small demons where sprawled out on the ground too weak to fight. As the fights began to get more intense. "Well it seems I still get your souls after all." She said to them and they painfully looked up at her as she turned her mirror at them.
TBC