Title: Return of the blind swordsman
By: EVL5011
E-Mail: Omnipotentevil5011yahoo.com
AN:
Chapter 3: Memories resurfaced
Sango and Mekura both sat side by side, the female demon slayer couldn't take her eyes off the young man. His face remained unchanged and she so badly wanted him to smile. She contemplated on telling him about the note Miroku had found. Sango knew that Mekura might not recall exactly what happened on that sad day. Finally, after much deliberation, she took a deep breath and placed her hand on his. He turned his head and knew that something was on her mind.
"Mekura, I have something I want to tell you." Sango felt that it would be best to tell him everything. The male demon slayer turned his full attention to her and listened, "I know that you don't remember a lot of things. I'm not even sure that you remember the situation when we first encountered each other. What I want to say is, I was drawn to you from the first day I met you."
"Sango?" but before he could even reply she continued.
"And I think that you felt the same way. I don't know if this will help you remember anything…here take this." Sango reached into a hidden pocket on her clothing and pulled out a white piece of paper that was covered with faint traces of blood.
Mekura felt the paper, feeling its texture, in his hand detected the scent of a flower, "I-I remember…" Mekura felt a flood of smells, voices and feelings returning to him. "I remember that day, we were fighting hordes of demons. We stood victories, and that bitch Kagura reanimated my fallen comrades. We repelled their attack…and I was wounded on the side, by a spear. I fell to my knees and remember you and Inuyasha calling my name, but suddenly everything went silent."
"I didn't speak to anyone after that day." Sango replied. "I didn't even want to see them bury you." Sango noticed Mekura's expression change into that of fear, "What's wrong?"
"I remember something else after I died…" he felt an overwhelming feeling of terror and fear consuming his very essence, "it was so quiet…it seemed like an eternity. After a while I could begin to hear faint voices. They cried out, they sounded as if they were in agony…it was like the nightmare I had earlier."
"But that was only a nightmare." Replied Sango.
"No, it wasn't. I had awoken in hell, and just like my nightmare the sounds and feelings were all too real. I feel as if I'm caught in between these two worlds." Mekura stood up and felt his heart beating faster than ever. The sheer thought of returning to that "world" was unbearable to think of.
"Don't say that! I can't stand the thought of losing you again!" Sango stood up and hugged Mekura tightly. Her tears ran down her face and fell softly on the green grass. "Lets just make the best of the time we have together. Forget about Naraku, he doesn't know where you're at. As long as you're with us, nothing can separate us ever again." The two young demon slayers began to walk back to the village. They had both agreed that Naraku's demise could wait a few days. They wanted to let their relationship flourish.
A few days later, Mekura and Sango were both up early. The two shared a passionate kiss, after getting up, and walked towards the forest. Sango and Mekura were both honing in their fighting skills, Sango would throw her boomerang at Mekura and he would easily leap into the air and avoid the massive weapon. They would practice the entire day, and Inuyasha and Miroku would follow closely behind them and watch. That same day as Mekura was teaching Sango how to fight blindfolded, Mekura suddenly collapsed. Inuyasha and Miroku both ran out from their hiding spot to help Sango wake him.
"You little piece of insignificant shit! I don't know how you managed to escape from me again, but this time I'll inflict a pain so terrible that you'll wish you had never killed me!" shouted a loud voice. Mekura moved his head and slowly opened his eyes, only to find himself able to see again. The snarling Hell-Spawn Lizard stood in front of him, holding a sharp knife in its scaly hand.
Mekura began to breath more rapidly and noticed his arms and legs were shackled once more, "Nooooooo! Not this hell again!" he shouted at the top of his lungs.
"Oh, yes! This hell again! I'm glad that you came back. Now, where did we last leave off, before you so rudely disappeared on me?" the large demon scratched his head and smiled. "Now I remember! I was doing this!" The demon thrust the knife violently into Mekura's stomach and took immense pleasure in tearing out one of his vital organs. The demon held in his large hand Mekura's kidney. The Hell-Spawn Lizard examined the organ and frowned, "Shit! This isn't what I was looking for, lets try that again!" the demon threw the knife away and dug his fingers deep into Mekura's chest. The lizard grabbed onto Mekura's chest bone and tore open his chest, the blood poured out from like water from his body.
Mekura gave out a loud cry and looked down at his revealed organs. His heart steadily beat and the foul demon gave a most sinister smile. The demon appeared to be enjoying what he was doing and ran his sharp nail down Mekura's exposed flesh. Mekura felt the pain too intense, and wished for some means of escape. Suddenly, he could hear a faint voice echoing in his head. The Hell-Spawn Lizard appeared to have heard it too, and began looking for the unknown person.
"Who is that? I recognize that voice. It's the voice of that female bitch, the one that was with you when I died." The lizard looked around and became enraged when he couldn't find the source of the voice.
It then dawned on him what was happening, "Now I understand how you keep disappearing on me…" The large demon began to fade away and Mekura watched as everything turned dark.
"MEKURA! WAKE UP!" shouted Sango. Mekura opened his eyes and heard the voices of Sango, Miroku and Inuyasha.
The second Mekura opened his eyes something strange happened. He could see a strange white light. He rubbed his eyes and found that he had brought something back with him, his sight. Sango and the others noticed that Mekura was acting strange, from their point of view it looked like Mekura was examining the room.
"Hey! Mekura you all right?" asked Inuyasha in a loud and annoying voice.
Mekura looked at Inuyasha, he recognized the voice, but was strangely surprise to finally see his face. Mekura then turned his attention to a monk that appeared "lecherous" in his opinion. Finally, he stopped short of breath as he looked at the most beautiful female that he had laid eyes on (remember Mekura lost his sight in battle, he wasn't blind all of his life). He gave Sango a long unblinking look and said, "Sango? Is that you?"
Unsure of what was going on Sango replied, "Yes, don't you recognize my scent or voice? Are you okay? You're acting real strange, what just happened?"
With a sudden smile, Mekura hugged Sango tightly, "I can see!" he blurted out. Everyone in the room was shocked.
"What! How? When the hell did this happen?" shouted Inuyasha. The hanyou separated the two and looked into Mekura's eyes, "They look the same to me."
Mekura explained his horrible nightmare, and told them that he believed the experience was so excruciatingly painful that he must've kept his sight due to the shock. Inuyasha and the others found it hard to believe, but they had seen stranger things happen in the past.
"Mekura? You said that you had that nightmare again?" asked Sango in a low tone.
Mekura lowered his head and responded, "Yeah, I don't think that it's a nightmare after all. I hadn't slept in since you and I talked. You know, about what happened the day I died, I was extremely tired today and the constant practicing caused me to collapse. The fatigue was unbearable, I suddenly found myself in that World again."
"What world?" asked Miroku, who suddenly found the account intriguing.
"It was hell." Mekura replied.
"I think I know why you keep falling into that world." Miroku sat down on the floor and began to explain what he thought was happening. "Since Naraku and Kagura couldn't control you, I believe that without them manipulating you, you'll constantly lapse back into the underworld every time you fall asleep. Maybe without them, you're stuck in between our two worlds. The world of the living and the world of the dead."
"If that's what's happening, I have to finish what Naraku and Kagura started." Mekura stood up and took a good long look at the faces of his friends. "Sango, I'm sorry, but I wasn't meant for this world."
Before Sango could even respond, Inuyasha grabbed Mekura and pulled him back, "Wait! What the hell did I tell you before? You still have two shards in your heart. I'm not going to let you walk to your death. You'll wait a few more days, at least until Kagome gets here. Then we'll all go together, as much as I hate to say this…we'll go as a team."
Mekura nodded his head in approval and sat back down. The next few days would be hell for him, literally! With a few more days to wait, Mekura made wanted to make use of his time and spent it with Sango.
Sango moved over next to Inuyasha and whispered, "Thanks", into his ear. She now had a few more days to spend with Mekura. Inuyasha mumbled a vague "you're welcome." And left the room with Miroku, leaving Sango alone with Mekura. Inuyasha and Miroku both began to walk into the forest, and Inuyasha glanced quickly at the small house. Even without his keen senses, he knew what was going to happen between the two demon slayers.
Mekura stared deep into Sango's beautiful brown eyes, and drew her closer to him. He began to kiss her long neck, and gently smelled the intoxicating scent on her body. Sango felt her worries fade away, as Mekura ran his fingers through her long hair. The two were soon locked in each others loving embrace and found themselves in bed. They both caressed each other, as two people in love would, and slowly began to undress. Mekura and Sango spent that day together. Both of them expressed their desires and made passionate love that day. They were no longer friends anymore. They both shared a special bond with each other, a bond that could never be taken away from them.
Later that evening, Naraku waited patiently for Kagura. The evil hanyou was extremely angered. The thought of losing two of his jewel shards was hard for him to accept, especially the part when Mekura put his fist through his puppets head. Naraku watched as the door in front of him opened and Kagura stood before him. She appeared to be concerned, mainly for her part in losing the jewel shards.
"What news do you have for me?" Naraku asked. His eyes remained focused on Kagura as she nervously spoke.
"I couldn't find him, but I did find out where he was." She replied. "When he escaped from us, he headed into the wastelands. I found three dead demons, other creatures in that area told me that he had killed them single handily. They also told me that a hanyou dressed in red and a female demon slayer had found him and carried him out."
"So, Inuyasha and Sango got to him first? Is that what you're trying to tell me?" shouted Naraku
Kagura felt tense as Naraku cursed at her and threatened her life. She moved back, in fear that he would strike her down and spoke, "I'll find him. If he's with Inuyasha and the others it won't be long before they start searching for us."
Naraku stood up and turned around, he held back his urge to kill Kagura for failing, and remained silent for a minute. "Kagura I'm giving you one chance. I want you to retrieve my jewel shards or Mekura. I don't care what you have to do, but get it done." Kagura agreed and was about to leave the room when he said something else, "Kagura if you fail me…just pray that you don't."
Kagura gulped and quickly left the room, unknown even to her, the Hell-Spawn Lizard was pleading with the rulers of the underworld to send him back. The enormous lizard demon wanted to personally drag Mekura back to hell. The rulers of the underworld agreed, on one condition. They stated that if he fails, he would take Mekura's place in hell and be tormented for all of eternity. The rulers of the underworld disappeared and granted the Hell-Spawn Lizard his wish. But, before he was sent back a black shadow appeared before him.
"Get out of my way you little worm!" shouted the lizard demon. The black shadow remained unfazed by the hulking demons' threat and drew closer to him.
A distorted voice began to speak, it was the shapeless shadow, "There is one thing that you should know before you leave. If Mekura kills you, he will ascend to the heavens, we will lose his soul. We cannot accept that, I strongly urge that you do not fail. We can't lose a soul as powerful as his." The ominous shadow faded away into thin air. The large Hell-Spawn Lizard disregarded the warning and awaited as a large flaming portal opened in front of him. The large demon entered the portal and was taken back to the world of the living.
With all the pieces in play, Mekura and the others would have to fight hard if they wanted to come out victorious. They had Kagura to deal with, what could she be planning? And, they had the Hell-Spawn Lizard resurrected. Both of the two threats would eventually find Mekura and the others, fate was a fickle bitch that night. Everything would fall into place in less than a week.