Lone Wolf

I stand alone…..

By Crystal Arrow

Disclaimer- You will notice that there are a lot of original characters in this story, along with the characters from Inuyasha. Please get it through you thick skull that I don't own any of the Inuyasha characters, but all of the original characters, which I am hoping you're able to discern on your own.

Chapter Three: Road to Destruction… The betrayal.

The class landed in a lush green landscape, some students softly, others not quite so lucky. I landed rather roughly, but alright, unlike others who had rocks and stones stabbed into their legs and feet from the hard ground beneath the green grass. I heard our master shouting at us to remain calm. I rose above the rest and looked around. The Master shouted for me to stay down until the situation was taken in, but I didn't hear him. I was being over ridden by senses I never felt before, powerful auras all around me, that nobody else seemed to notice.

I heard shouts from new people. Looking in their direction, I saw Kagome Higurashi, the all mighty ill one, standing well and healthy minus a few scrapes and bruises. I realized she had a powerful aura, as well as all of the group she was with. A guy with dog ears had the most powerful aura, followed by some type of priest with a rosary wrapped about his hand. There was also some semi-powerful auras coming from some type of oddly clad woman with an oversized boomerang, a child with a tail, and a cat with two tails. However, the two most powerful auras I felt came one from a hiding place in a tree, and the second, the monstrous beast that the group Kagome is with was battling before my martial arts class was dropped between them and the beast.

The master continued to shout for order as my classmates began screaming in fear and confusion. The beast was huge, possibly twenty feet tall, and appeared to be some odd cross between a human, a snake and a bear. I felt his aura grow dangerously, this was followed by the painful screams of my friends. Miniature versions of the beast before us had sprung up out of nowhere, and begun to hack away at everything in sight. I looked and saw the Kagome and her gang fighting off the monsters. I yelled to her, "What is going on and where are we!?!?!"

She shot an arrow at an approaching monster and yelled back, "We're being attacked by Naraku's spawned demons, we're in the past." And with that she turned away and continued fighting.

I was in complete shock, demons weren't supposed to exist, we were supposed to be home in the future, not fighting to survive in the past! I looked around to see what demons were most dangerous at the moment, only to find that none attacked me. Surveying my surroundings, I noticed that any mini demons that approached me would immediately shy away in fear. They were afraid of me? Taking advantage of their fear for me, I charged into the largest fray of demons attacking with all of my strength. Within minutes, they had all run away back to their master and disappeared. Taking in the damage, I saw that most of the students were injured in some way or another, a few were unconscious, but none dead, good. I found Kai, and stood by her, helping her stand. She had a gaping wound in her torso, but she wasn't loosing much blood.

Looking up at the demon, I saw him look straight at me. He seemed to be sniffing the air, he was confused, as if he was getting two different readings for one thing. He stared right into my eyes, as if to peer into my soul, then he just started laughing. It was frightening for everyone, especially when he abruptly stopped, and simply glared at everyone. Out of nowhere people just started falling to the ground, dead. I gasped in shock, scared and confused of the world before me. The demon's eyes roamed over the students, only six remained standing. His visions roamed until it locked on me, not specifically on me, I found out, but Kai.

Kai collapsed to the ground screaming in agony. She would respond to nothing as she kneeled on the ground, clutching her chest. I can't take this! "STOP IT!!! STOP IT NOW!!!"

The demon only glanced at me, an evil smile dancing in his eyes. Tears now streamed down my face. I roughly shook her, trying to get her to respond to me, but she just kept screaming. I could feel her life force leaving her as her sister, Mai, kneeled beside me crying over the pain she saw her little sister in. I continued to scream for this to stop, making the demon just laugh. "STOP IT, PLEASE!!! STOP IT, NOW!!! ……….I'LL DO ANYTHING, JUST LEAVE MY FRIENDS ALONE!!!!!" I screamed.

Kai stopped screaming, unconscious. I looked up to the sneering demon as I panted for breath. "Anything?" he asked, his voice an oblivion of obvious evil.

I swallowed the lump in my throat, tried to kill my fear. "Anything, please, just leave my friends alone, I'll do anything."

Mai stared at me as she took Kai in her lap. The demon grinned darkly, then abruptly grabbed me in his large hands, then vanishing into the surrounding forests. I didn't fight back as he carried me faraway from the clearing in which we had fought. I already knew his intentions, but I couldn't fight back, I wasn't strong enough, and I didn't want him to hurt my friends. The demon stopped in a small dark clearing, completely shadowed by the overhanging foliage. From where I landed not so gracefully on my stomach, I turned on the ground to look up at the large demon just as he shrunk to the size of an exceptionally tall human, minus the deformities from his demon side. As he grinned darkly, he knelt beside me and roughly pulled me to him. As he slashed at my uniform, my mind left the clearing, back to the battle grounds.

The other aura, whose was it, it was similar to that of the dog demon with Kagome, yet much more powerful and refined. I know he was watching the battle, uncaring of the results. He wanted something out of it that he could get no matter who won or lost. I wonder what it was?

Within my mind, I found that I had returned to the battle ground. Kagome and the others worried as to what would happen to me. I saw Mai, still on the ground, shaking Kai into wakefulness. As Kai finally awoke, Mai quickly explained to her how I had traded myself for Kai. Kai stared at her, shocked. "She gave herself for me?"

"Yes, we have to go save her!" Mai answered.

Kai looked up at her. Mai watched as determination set into Kai's eyes. Kai stood up and straitened her uniform. She looked down at Mai and answered calmly, " No we don't."

Kagome ran over to Kai, "What do you mean, she gave herself for you, you have to save her!"

"It was her choice to surrender herself, who said I ever liked her anyways? She was always strange, all she ever brought was trouble!" Kai shouted in return.

Everyone was truly shocked, those who knew Kai knew that Aiko was her best friend. They were always together, they stood up for each other, did everything together. "But Kai…"

My eyes shot open in hurt and pain, how could Kai betray me? I thought she was my friend! Why, Kai…Why? I cried out in pain of betrayal as the demon groped me in earnest and lust. Kai!!

Aiko's link to the clearing snapped in her distress. That was when Kai returned to her senses. She suddenly grew weak and collapsed on the ground. From the shadows, Naraku laughed evilly, "Ku ku ku ku, this should be fun." He released the last of his control over Kai and disappeared into the darkness.

"Kai!!!" Mai shouted in worry. She knelt beside her sister as Kai grabbed her head. She was crying. "Kai?" Mai asked softly.

Between silent sobs, Kai cried, "What have I done? I didn't mean it, Aiko… what have I done?"

Author's note:

Sorry this chapter was shorter than usual and a bit sketchy, but things in this chapter were supposed to happen quickly. I'll try to get the next chapter up soon, please review!

~Crystal Arrow