The Agency
By: EVL5011
E-Mail: Omnipotentevil5011@Yahoo.com
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters of InuYasha. They are the property of the lovely Rumiko Takahashi and I in no way profit from writing this.
AN: I got a few (Yay! Man that sounded gay) E-mails. A large amount was positive, for some reason a few people liked chapter 4. Thanks for the feedback, I really appreciate it!
Chapter 6: Altered Destiny and many doors
Kagome finished reading the ancient scroll and set the old paper down. The old scroll lay on the table and began to glow with a bluish fluorescent light. InuYasha, Kagome and Shippo stared at the scroll and in an instant it burst into a bright blue flame. The paper became consumed with the blue light and as quickly as it happened the blue flame disappeared. The scroll lay on the table changed. Kagome picked up the scroll and held it in her hands once more. The text was now completely changed; InuYasha peeked over Kagome's shoulder and looked at the ancient scroll.
"Everything that was written on the scroll has changed." Kagome said to InuYasha.
"What's different?" asked InuYasha as he tried to read the text on the old scroll. Kagome read the scroll out loud to InuYasha and Shippo. It read: The young hanyou battled the Akutenshi's warriors and was on the brink of death, when two young Miko's saved his life. The two young Miko's left the chamber and made their way to their destiny. A powerful group of Griffin soldiers engaged the unstoppable Akutenshi and were all struck down. The two young Miko's entered the room and encountered the Akutenshi.
"Is that it?" asked InuYasha.
"Yeah, it stops there…the rest of the scroll is blank." Replied Kagome.
"Does that mean that the outcome is up to us?" asked Shippo.
Kagome looked at InuYasha and Shippo and set the rewritten scroll down. Kagome nodded her head in agreement to Shippo's question.
The three noticed a set of metal doors inside of the room and walked over to them. Once there the three stood in front of the doors reluctant to proceed. They stood there silent as they contemplated entering the next room. The silence was shattered by faint gunfire and screams. InuYasha grabbed tetsusaiga and looked at Kagome and Shippo.
"Are you ready?" InuYasha asked in an overwrought tone. Kagome and Shippo both nodded their heads in agreement and watched as InuYasha pushed the doors open. Shippo peeked inside of the room and gasped in shock. InuYasha and Kagome both looked inside and found dozens of slain men and women. Some were soldiers and the rest were researchers. The ground was painted red and the walls had bloody handprints everywhere. They walked through the room and noticed the same cuts and lacerations on the dead as before. Kagome and Shippo walked further into the room and examined the bodies to see if there were any survivors. InuYasha looked down at the dead and raised his head when he heard someone's faint breathing; there was indeed one person alive. InuYasha called Kagome and Shippo over, the survivor was a soldier. Kagome kneeled down beside the bloody soldier and removed his mask; to her shock it was Enzeru.
"I-I warned you not to come here…Kagome I-I'm sorry…I shouldn't have taken the shard…" Enzeru gasped for air as his lungs slowly began to collapse. The soldiers' eyes had tears running down his face.
"Where is the Akutenshi?" asked InuYasha. Enzeru swallowed the large amounts of blood filling his mouth and looked at InuYasha.
"He's not to far from here…me and the rest of the Griffin Unit…we tried to stop him…b-but, none of our weapons seem to hurt him…n-now its just six Griffins left…even with my alterations I couldn't stop him…" Enzeru closed his eyes and reopened them. The dying soldier faced Kagome and grabbed her hand. "I'm sorry Kagome…please believe that…" Enzeru released Kagome and his hand fell to the ground. InuYasha looked down at the dead soldier and helped Kagome up off of the ground.
"Lets go kill that Akutenshi!" shouted InuYasha as he looked down at the bloody ground. The three walked towards the nearby door and opened it. Once the door opened the sound of gunfire and screams filled the room once again. InuYasha and Kagome looked inside of the room and noticed six men in black fighting a winged figure. The six men were what remained of the altered Griffin Unit. The last six men battled the winged figure and appeared to be losing. InuYasha felt a cold chill run down his back as the Akutenshi effortlessly pushed back the six soldiers. The Griffin Unit was being pushed back into a corner and InuYasha knew that one does that when he's ready to finish off his enemy. The Akutenshi had the soldiers cornered and lowered his sword to his waist. The winged angel sheathed the Mumei Ittou and raised his hand, aiming it at the tired and bloody soldiers.
"Shounetsujigoko! (Burning Hell!)" shouted the Akutenshi in a cold emotionless voice. The soldiers looked at the ground underneath them and noticed a circle of fire appearing around them. The flames grew higher and engulfed the six men in an intense heat. Their screams filled the room and InuYasha, Kagome and Shippo looked on, as the six men were burnt alive. InuYasha couldn't stand just watching and ran into the room.
"InuYasha don't!" cried Kagome. The young girl tried to stop InuYasha from running to fight the Akutenshi, but was to slow to react. The young hanyou unsheathed tetsusaiga and stopped mere yards away from Akutenshi. The dark angel turned around and stared at InuYasha. The angel's dark hair hid most of his face as he turned to face InuYasha. The Akutenshi spread his black wings and looked InuYasha in the eyes. The dark angel aimed the palm of his hand at InuYasha and the young hanyou knew that he would have to act fast.
"GOUKA! (Hellfire)" shouted the Akutenshi. A massive ball of fire shot out of the angels' hand. The ball of fire exploded against the floor melting the surface. InuYasha drew tetsusaiga and took a defensive stance. Kagome and Shippo entered the room and pleaded with InuYasha to stop. InuYasha looked back and noticed the two in harms way.
"GOUKA!" shouted the angel. Another ball of fire shot forward hitting InuYasha in the chest as he looked away. Kagome and Shippo ran over to InuYasha ignoring the threat that could easily kill them. The Akutenshi watched as Kagome and Shippo tried to drag InuYasha to safety. Kagome stopped when she noticed a flame surrounding them.
"Shounetsuj…" The Akutenshi was interrupted mid-sentence. The dark angel turned around and noticed two young girls.
"Kagome…Shippo get InuYasha to safety. We'll hold him back as long as we can." Yelled Kasumi.
The two sisters watched as Kagome and Shippo picked up InuYasha. They ran behind the two Miko's and entered into the next room. Kagome looked back as Aya shut the door behind them.
"It seems its just him and us." asked Kasumi in a nervous voice. The Akutenshi grabbed his sword and began to walk over to the two girls. Kasumi and Aya looked at each other and began to focus their strength. They both began to glow with a bright white light.
"Moukougeki!" the two girls shouted simultaneously. The Akutenshi was pushed backed several feet and fell to the ground. The two young Miko's felt their hearts race as they summed up more of their power to subdue the Akutenshi. The angel stood up, seemingly unfazed, and raised his sword into the air.
"TEIRYUU!" the two young Miko's shouted out. The angel was pushed back an inch and continued forward to the two girls. He stood face to face with them and swung the sword at the two. He struck them against stomachs severely injuring the two. Both Aya and Kasumi fell to the ground, now at the mercy of the Akutenshi. The dark angel stared down at the two girls and sheathed his Mumei Ittou. Kasumi and Aya noticed the Akutenshi's lips begin to move as he uttered another set of magic words.
"Kokushibyou (Black Death)" The words echoed in the two girls heads. The two felt their bodies begin to violently spasm as the Akutenshi walked away from them. Aya and Kasumi both began to bleed from the nose, mouth, and eyes. The two girls began to gasp for air as their lungs tightened and their hearts came to a halt. Aya and Kasumi both died a quiet and painful death, the two girls flesh turned into a dark black and blue. Their bodies lay there motionless, both dead in a matter of seconds. The dark angel exited the room and followed behind the three interlopers.
Kagome and Shippo entered another room and didn't stop to look back. They stopped in a room filled with monitors and sat down on the cold floor to rest. InuYasha slowly opened his eyes and realized that the Akutenshi was nowhere to be seen.
"You're awake!" Shouted Shippo in a cheerful voice.
"What happened?" asked InuYasha. The young hanyou put his hand on his chest and felt a sharp burning pain. "Arrggghhhh!" cried InuYasha as his hand went over the injury inflicted by Akutenshi. Kagome opened InuYasha's haori and revealed a large section of his chest had been burned.
"Oh, my god!" Kagome gasped as she stared at the horrible burn. Kagome stood up and looked into her backpack for some medical supplies and found a few herbs for burns. She put them over the seared flesh and bandaged the wound. InuYasha stood up and looked around and examined his surroundings.
"Where are we? And where is the Akutenshi?" InuYasha asked.
"I think this is where they monitor all the rooms. Aya and Kasumi are fighting off the Akutenshi. I hope that they're all right." Answered Kagome.
"Kagome! Look, Aya and Kasumi!" Shippo pointed at a monitor. Kagome looked at the monitor and realized that the two Miko's weren't moving.
"Are they all right?" asked InuYasha who was unable to see which television monitor they were on.
"No…they're both dead." Replied Kagome. InuYasha found the monitor and soon realized that the two young girls were now dead.
"Lets get out of this room, we'll be sitting ducks in here." ordered InuYasha. The three looked around and had four doors to choose from.
"Which one do we go through?" asked Shippo. Kagome approached the four doors and noticed the handles on all four turning. Ten soldiers burst into the room and quickly grabbed Kagome. The soldiers aimed their weapons at InuYasha and Shippo, while using Kagome as a shield. The ten soldiers slowly walked back and took Kagome away.
"Kagome!" InuYasha screamed. The hanyou staggered towards the doors and felt a terrible piercing pain shoot through his right leg. InuYasha fell to the ground and noticed four men in dark green uniforms standing over him.
"Move, and I'll shoot you again!" yelled a nearby soldier."
"InuYasha are you okay?" asked Shippo. More soldiers joined the four men, and they were all heavily armed.
"InuYasha, I presume. You have caused a lot set backs in our plans. Because of your meddling, we lost our two most promising Miko's. We have also lost our Elite Griffin Unit and many of our best soldiers," Yelled one of the men.
"You may or may not know this, but we are the four Generals that you have heard so much about. I am General Yoji, to my right is General Boukun, to his left is General Taishou, and finally is General Futeki. And now that you know who we are, I regret to say this, but you will die now." General Yoji laughed. The four Generals exited the room leaving an injured InuYasha and Shippo with eleven soldiers. The soldiers aimed their weapons at the bloody InuYasha and Shippo, when a closed door suddenly exploded. The force knocked down half of the soldiers to the ground. InuYasha and Shippo looked towards were the door used to hang and noticed the shadowed figure of the Akutenshi.
"Aim at the Akutenshi!" Yelled out one of the soldiers. The Akutenshi entered the room and reached for the handle of his sword. The soldiers fired their weapons, not giving the Akutenshi time to react, hitting the angel in the stomach, chest, face, legs, and arms. The angel's body unscathed by the bullets grew angry at the attempt to kill him. The Akutenshi raised one of his hands and aimed it at a group of soldiers. InuYasha grabbed Shippo and pushed through the soldiers. The hanyou made his way out of the room, leaving the soldiers to deal with Akutenshi. InuYasha quickly limped through the long corridors and didn't turn back.
"SHOUKYAKU! (Destroy by Fire)" echoed through the long corridors. InuYasha continued running and heard the agonizing cries of the soldiers. Shippo covered his ears as the shrieks of the dying men echoed around them. InuYasha and Shippo both came to a stop at a large chamber, the scent of the four Generals and Kagome was in the air. InuYasha and Shippo both heard a strange sound; it sounded like something metallic walking, and out of the shadows appeared General Boukun. The General was wearing abnormal metal armor…
"So you managed to escape my men? You won't easily get away from me. This armor is made of nearly indestructible metal. I'm glad to say, that you're going to be the first subject to witness its power!" roared the crazed general.
InuYasha held tetsusaiga firmly in his hands and swung the phantom sword at the general. Tetsusaiga hit the armor with great force, but didn't even scratch the surface. The General swung the large metallic arm striking InuYasha across the face. The hanyou fell to the ground and wiped the blood dripping from his mouth.
"You Son of a Bi***! I'll kill you!" yelled InuYasha. Shippo hid behind a rock and watched as InuYasha tried in vain to kill General Boukun. The power hungry man struck InuYasha multiple times as he lay on the ground.
"Hahahahaa…you can't hurt me you mangy mongrel. Its time to end this!" General Boukun reached to his back and pulled out a strange weapon. InuYasha noticed the General wielding a strange weapon; it was emanating strange pulses of energy into the air.
"In case you're wondering what this is, it's a experimental particle rifle. Its powerful enough to burn through ten feet of solid steel." Laughed General Boukun. The General aimed the rifle at InuYasha and gave a sadistic smile as the hanyou desperately searched for a means of escape. The Generals smile disappeared as something entered the melee. The Akutenshi looked at the General and raised his hand into the air. The General trembled at the sight of the dark angel and aimed the rifle at him instead. The weapon charged the particles in the air and lit up the surrounding walls. The General pulled back on the trigger and fired a blast of concentrated energy at the Akutenshi. The beam of light cut across the dark corridor striking the Akutenshi dead in the heart. The angel was thrown back several yards and crashed into a solid steel wall.
"See that! Even the Akutenshi doesn't stand a chance against our superior weapons!" General Boukun laughed, as the Akutenshi lay motionless against the wall. InuYasha used this moment and struck the General with all of his might. The General's armor remained unscratched, but the weight of the metal caused him to lose his balance. General Boukun fell on his back and was unable to stand back up.
"Noooo…I can't stand up!" yelled the General. Boukun flailed his arms in an attempt to get back up. InuYasha and Shippo both left the madman alone. The two approached a small elevator and entered inside. The small room had only two buttons: one pointed down and the other up. Just as Shippo pressed on the button pointing down, he noticed the Akutenshi standing back up. The General managed to turn his body on its side and noticed the Akutenshi walking over to him.
"Help me! Don't let the Akutenshi kill me!" pleaded the General "Don't leave me here with him! I'll give you anything! You stupid half-breed! Come Back!" The Akutenshi stood over the General and watched as the elevator door slowly began to close.
"NOUSHI! (Brain Death)" was uttered by the Akutenshi. The General's cries then became silent. The Elevator door completely closed and descended down. The elevator shook as the Akutenshi tore open the metal grates and looked down at the descending elevator.
And thus concludes this chapter.