Chapter Three
Sesshoumaru has begun his hunt for the leader of the demon spiders, right now he considers the possibility that they are the elites of a castle, but doesn't give it much thought, which is why he does little more than track the demon, not send for more troops.
Sesshoumaru and the trackers were some of the most powerful demons in the world, and although the spider demons were naturally incredibly fast, they were slightly slower than the methodical, determined sprint of the pack of dog demons.
They crossed mile after mile in seconds, knowing that the leader was taking them off course many times, but also knowing that they would catch up to him and would interrogate him soon.
They began to smell fear as they neared it, and sneered at his weakness as he quickly veered back on course to his castle, where he might find temporary safety. But then they abruptly halted, skidding several feet and leaving grooves of brown dirt as their claws sank into the ground.
Sesshoumaru snarled as he grew angry that the hunt was cheated upon. Then regained his composure when he heard the thud of one of his men falling.
He didn't wheel around, as that would leave him open to an attack. Instead he kept himself perfectly still, trying to sense the direction or other information about the silent attacker. He inhaled the smell of the blood and fluids from the dead youkai, and was startled to find that the chemicals he detected meant it had been decapitated, and the angle was perfectly level to the ground, since the youkai had fallen directly forward, and no direction of the attack could be determined. The thud was at the back of the unit, which meant that although it was incredibly fast and deadly, it couldn't come face to face with any of his units. The unseen aggressor knew how to kill youkai, few attacks besides instantaneous death could kill them such powerful and quick healing creatures.
"Continue," he ordered them, going in the exact direction they had been traveling; they would eventually come upon the point that the spider they were following, and at the speed that they were traveling, it would force the assailant to follow at a speed that would be difficult to keep such stealth.
As they kept on running, they saw flits of dark shadows behind the trees. It was at such incredibly high speed and agility; they knew even Sesshoumaru wouldn't be able to match it. Two more youkai fell without sound or warning. Although this time, they picked up it's sent, totally alien to anything they had ever sensed before, unlike the spider/scorpion demons.
They didn't stop running, they loyally obeyed Sesshoumaru, none of them ever feeling fear as they were hunted and killed. Two fell again, the ones behind them leaping over the decapitated bodies. Less than half were left, Sesshoumaru knew that none of their weapons would be wielded quickly enough to harm it, they would have make a last stand, using their bare claws and teeth for their only chance of survival…
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