Title: Return of the blind demon slayer.
By: EVL5011
AN: After much deliberation, I've decided to write the continuation to "...only human." Why? you may ask, two reasons. First, I had a good amount of reviews on the first one. And second, I just had to develop the relationship between Mekura and Sango. A few people actually commented on the previous story not having any real romance between them. How come? Because I'm not used to writing romance. I'm more used to senseless violence and gore, I guess I have to broden my horizons. Enjoy the story!
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Chapter 1: Resurrection
A week hadn't passed after the death of Mekura, the blind demon slayer. The demon slayer was only eighteen years old when he died. His body received an inconceivable amount of wounds and injuries, before finally dying in Sango's arms. Mekura's body was buried at his village alongside with his fallen friends and family. Sango, the female demon slayer, had remained silent for days. She hid her emotions from Inuyasha and the others. Sango had not yet recovered emotionally from her loss. For many nights she would sit outside and stare at the moon, with a beautifully crafted black onyx sword, the sword that had slain countless demons.
Unknown to Sango and the others, in cover of darkness, Kagura and a puppet of Naraku were standing over the grave of Mekura. Kagura waved her magical fan across the grave, "dance of the dead…" she muttered. The evil wind sorceress and Naraku's puppet moved a few inches away, a dirt covered hand burst out of the soft soil and gradually pulled itself out from beneath the ground. Mekura's body was partially draped in a dirty white cloth. The thin armor that protected his torso had been removed. He only wore the tattered pants he died in and the cloth that he was wrapped in. Mekura stood before two of the most evil demons he would ever encounter.
"So this is the demon slayer that managed to injure you?" asked Naraku. The half demon glanced at Mekura and then at Kagura, "I find it hard to believe that his clan fought skillfully even after death. You do know what will happen if you're wrong about his fighting ability?"
"Believe me, he fought like no other person I've seen before. He was blind, but he fought with such skill that I strongly believe that Inuyasha and the others would be no match for him." Kagura felt confident that by reanimating Mekura, like they did Kohaku, that he would easily kill Inuyasha and the others.
Naraku approached Mekura and began to rejuvenate his decomposing body. A black mist surrounded Mekura and began to seal the open wounds. The dirt and worms fell off of his body, and was completely healed in a matter of minutes. Naraku then withdrew his hand from beneath the baboon hide. He held in his hand two small shards of the shikkon jewel. Using his powers he magically inserted the shards deep within Mekura's heart. The lifeless organ began to fill with blood and his heart began to beat once more.
"Do you know where you are?" Naraku asked into Mekura's ear, but the demon slayer remained still. "I might have to bring back his memories. Something is strange about him, he is resisting my control." thought Naraku. The evil hanyou placed his hand near Mekura's forehead and noticed a bizarre reaction. Mekura raised his head high and began to sniff the air.
"What's he doing?" asked Naraku, but before Kagura could even answer him, Mekura's fist found itself lodged deep with Naraku's face. Mekura removed his fist from the puppets head, the puppet burst into ash and disappeared, with his fist covered in blood he turned to Kagura.
"That's not possible…" Kagura drew her fan and was about to attack Mekura, when the revived slayer glanced at her with his unseeing eyes. She waved her fan across the air and launched an attack. Mekura instinctively leapt into the air and landed behind Kagura. She turned around and found herself staring the slayer in the eyes.
"Obey me!" she used her magic in hopes that she could control Mekura, but found the slayer reluctant to submit, " Its impossible, no one can have a will that strong!" She pulled out a small feather and retreated. She looked down at Mekura and knew that Naraku wouldn't be pleased with the turn of events. Kagura would have to wait for the right time to retrieve the two shards buried within Mekura's heart.
Mekura stood alone in the middle of the large graveyard, all of his memories had not fully returned to him. He listened to the environment around him and began to walk blindly across the land. Some unknown instinct or force was telling him to walk. He began walking towards Lady Kaede's village and faded away into the thick fog covering the hidden village.
The following morning, Sango opened her eyes and stared aimlessly at the ceiling of the small house. She got out of bed and got dressed, as she put on her clothing she stared at something leaning against the wall. She had her eyes fixed on a black onyx sword, it appeared to call her, and Sango walked over to the katana and picked it up. She pulled the sword out slowly and admired the craftsmanship. She sighed quietly and placed the sword underneath her arm. Just as she exited the small house, Inuyasha greeted her.
"Why don't you go visit his grave? It'll make you feel better." Asked Inuyasha, the hanyou was gravely concerned for her. She hadn't spoken to anyone since that fateful day.
Sango looked up at Inuyasha and reluctantly nodded her head. She felt ready to accept the harsh reality and was prepared to leave Mekura's weapon at his grave. Inuyasha asked Sango to wait a few minutes while he tell the others. It only took the hanyou two minutes to speak with Miroku and Lady Kaede. Inuyasha and Sango both left the village and began their long journey.
After traveling for hours, they finally arrived at the abandoned village, and found that Mekura's grave had been disturbed. "Who could of done such a thing?" Sango dropped down on her knees and examined the ground. She found the footprints of three people, Sango would soon find out what had happened.
"I think I know…I smell the stench of Kagura, Naraku and someone else. I don't recognize the third person, his scent reeks of Naraku's magic." Replied Inuyasha. Suddenly Inuyasha knew how the third person was. He began removing the dirt at an incredible speed and froze when he finally found the grave empty.
"You don't think…" Sango knew what Kagura and Naraku had done. She looked at the faint footprints and noticed that two of them had just disappeared. One set of footprints remained, if they had revived Mekura why didn't he leave with them?
Inuyasha and Sango both decided to follow the footprints and left the large burial site. They ventured across the land following the peculiar scent and footprints. They found that the trial lead them across a large wasteland. The terrain was rumored to be the hunting grounds for many demons.
"Where could he be headed?" Inuyasha looked around trying to figure out if it was in fact Mekura they were pursuing. "If it is Mekura, why the hell would he travel in this direction?"
"Maybe he doesn't know where he's going." Replied Sango.
Inuyasha lead the way, following the strong scent of demon magic. The two entered the dangerous wasteland, both not knowing what they'll encounter, and came upon the skeletal remains of men and women. Sango looked up at the sky and noticed black clouds hovering over the vast wasteland. It was an unsettling sight, the black clouds swallowed the morning sun, and they pressed on.
"I wonder what kind of demons roam this miserable area." Inuyasha couldn't begin to imagine the creatures that lurked in the shadows. Focusing his attention on the fading scent, another smell caught Inuyasha's attention. He stopped and looked around, whatever it was it was strong.
"What do you smell?" asked Sango.
Inuyasha inhaled the strong scent and felt certain of what he smelled, "blood." He replied. Inuyasha ran towards the across the muddy ground and through a small area covered with dead trees. He and Sango came to a halt, before them lay three dead demons. The creatures had been killed by what appeared to be a crude axe. The weapon was made of a sharpened stone, a dirty white cloth and a large piece of lumber.
Inuyasha knelt down and picked up the weapon, smelling it, "We're on the right trial."
"You mean to tell me that Mekura came through here?" asked Sango. She felt relieved knowing that it wasn't him lying on the ground dead.
"Not only that, but this happened a short while ago. The blood hasn't even had enough time to dry." Inuyasha dropped the weapon on the ground and continued following what they hoped was Mekura's scent.
Inuyasha and Sango finally came to a large hole in the earth and were certain that the trail ended there. They both dropped down ten feet and landed on the moist ground. It appeared that someone was definitely down there. Sango and Inuyasha walked quietly into a small tunnel and heard the faint voice of someone talking.
Sango listened carefully to the voice and recognized the voice instantly, "Its him!" she ran past Inuyasha and dashed through the narrow tunnel. In the distance was the shadow of someone, the person was huddled up against a corner, and was muttering incoherently.
"Sango wait!" shouted Inuyasha as he finally caught up to her. They both stood there, staring at the persons back, "Is it him?" Inuyasha whispered.
Sango walked closer and placed her hand on the persons shoulder, "Mekura? Is that really you?" The person stopped talking and raised his head up and could be heard sniffing the air. The person lowered his head and whispered.
"L-Lotus flowers?" the person placed his hands over his head and trembled. He could be heard weeping quietly and then muttered something else, "I-It can't be…"
"Its me, Sango. Inuyasha is here too!" she removed his bloodied hands off from over his head and turned him around. Mekura's eyes had tears running down his cheeks as he stared blindly into her beautiful eyes. Mekura placed his hand on Sango's cheek and fell back. He appeared to have suffered some injuries from killing the three demons.
Inuyasha and Sango picked him up and walked out from the dark confined space. They left the wastelands and journeyed back to Lady Kaede's village. Mekura had remained had fallen into a deep sleep. Sango and Inuyasha arrived at the village and tended to his wounds, no one was quite sure how to take Mekura's appearance. Inuyasha and Sango both walked outside and spoke, as Lady Kaede treated the wounds on Mekura's back and chest.
"Sango, I know that you must feel overjoyed, but if Naraku and Kagura had anything to do with him being alive again. You know all to well that there's a reason for them bringing him back." Inuyasha thought carefully about what he was telling Sango, "One thing concerns me though, why did he venture so far away from his village? And why wasn't Kagura or Naraku with him?"
"Maybe, he escaped from Naraku and Kagura." Replied Sango. "If he was under Naraku's control, why didn't he just come here first and kill us?"
"I'm not sure, but I have a feeling that we'll soon find out." Inuyasha walked back inside with Sango and they both sat down beside Mekura. The two of them wanted to be there when he'd finally wake up.
AN: Chapter two will be up soon, so don't worry about the wait. It might just be up in less than two days.