Title: Return of the blind swordsman
By: EVL5011
E-Mail: Omnipotentevil5011yahoo.com
AN: So, how were my last two chapters? I'm still new to the whole romance thing. Most readers know that I mainly write excessive violence and action. In conclusion, write to me and make suggestions or just send me comments.
Chapter 5: No rest for the weary
Mekura and Sango both woke up at the same time, as they normally would, they headed out towards the peaceful river. They commenced, their now routine, sword practicing and fighting. Mekura would tie a black blindfold around his head, covering his eyes and easily dodged all of Sango's attacks. After about an hour of this, Sango would put the blindfold on and take lessons. She was a quick study and would occasionally catch Mekura off guard, making him happy. Their peaceful day would be abruptly interrupted by a loud voice.
"I knew that you'd be with that wench!" shouted a loud and familiar voice. Mekura stopped and looked around.
"That voice, its not possible!" Mekura clutched the handle of his sword tightly and ordered Sango to get the others. Mekura stopped her for a second and asked her for the blindfold. He tied the black cloth over his forehead and made sure that the demon didn't follow her. She ran off into the forest, even though she wanted to stay and help him, and made her way towards the village.
"It is possible, you little piece of human excrement!" laughed the voice. To Mekura's surprise, the demon that he had sent to hell was back. The evil demon was intent on killing Mekura and sending his soul back to the underworld.
"I don't know what you did or who you pleaded with to come back here, but rest assured that I will kill you. I'll cut you into so many pieces that it'll be years before anyone in the underworld will ever put you back together." Mekura gritted his teeth in anger and held his katana proudly in the air.
"Brave words from a dead man, but before will begin…" the Hell-Spawn Lizard revealed his favorite weapon and thrust it into the earth. An invisible barrier was erected, surrounding them, keeping anyone from interrupting their match, "Bring it on little man!"
Mekura ran at his opponent and began to slice the torso of the evil demon. It appeared that the skin of the demon had gotten tougher. His blade couldn't even scratch the beasts' scaly body. The Hell-Spawn Lizard laughed mockingly as Mekura unleashed a fury of attacks. The Hell-Spawn lizard swung his sword and cut Mekura across the chest. The large wound burned, causing Mekura to stumble backwards. The lizard grabbed Mekura by the throat brought him close to his face. The demon smiled, revealing all of his sharp teeth, and the thick saliva dripped down off of every individual tooth.
"It seems that this is the end for you." Smirked the demon.
Mekura struggled to break the demons strong grip by slashing away at its arm, but found his that his current situation was sapping all of his strength. Just as everything looked bleak, the demon threw Mekura towards the invisible barrier, knocking the wind out of him. Inuyasha and the others were attempting to break through the magical barrier.
"It seems that your friends have come to help you once more. I see that young demon slayer, the one that was with you a few minutes ago. I'm going to enjoy chewing on her bones, but first I have to savor tearing you limb from limb." The lizard demon turned around and found Mekura wearing a black blindfold. "Oh, you don't want to see me kill you, that's fine with me." The Hell-Spawn Lizard pulled his flaming sword from the ground and taunted Mekura with it, waving it around.
"It seems that some things just don't change…" Mekura held his sword and began circling around the enormous demon.
"What is that?" asked the demon.
"You still have a big mouth!" Mekura smiled and listened to the demons heart beat as it began to pound furiously.
"Enough talk! You die now!" Before the demon lunged forward, Mekura turned the blade ever so slightly causing the bright sun to reflect off of it. The demon became blinded by the bright light and stopped for a brief second. The Hell-Spawn Lizard opened his eyes and noticed something different about Mekura. He had his sword sheathed in its black scabbard.
"You first…" Mekura turned around and removed the blindfold from his eyes. The Hell-Spawn Lizard appeared confused at first and raised his sword high in the air. That's when he knew what had happened. Blood began to seep from dozens of small cuts, the demon moved his arm and watched in shock as his arms fell clean off. The demon fell apart before everyone's very eyes, the lizard looked like a large bloody jigsaw puzzle coming undone. Mekura had sliced through the tender spots on the lizards' body.
"What just happened?" asked Inuyasha. He only saw the bright light, the rest happened so fast that no one had time to see Mekura move.
"From the looks of it, he just killed that demon." Replied Kagome. Inuyasha and the others moved back as the invisible barrier disappeared. They all began walking towards the dead demon and were simply amazed at the well-placed cuts that killed it.
Sango jumped over whatever remained of the Hell-Spawn Lizard and ran over to Mekura, "I'm at a loss for words. I've never seen anything like that, how was that even possible?"
Mekura was about to explain, when the ground began to shake. Large cracks formed around the slain demon and everyone moved away. Fire shoot out from beneath the earth and black smoke darkened the blue sky. An ominous shadow hovered over the dead demon and what appeared to be an arm reached out, touching the pile of flesh. A sudden cry could be heard coming from the dead demon, its very essence rose from its former shell and looked for a means of escape.
"What the hell?" Inuyasha unsheathed tetsusaiga. He was baffled by what was going on. The spiritual essence of the demon pleaded with Inuyasha and the others to help it. But, its pleas fell on deaf ears as the black shadow swallowed it whole and faded away.
"Was that what I think it was?" asked Sango.
Mekura nodded his head and told them what it was, "That was a underworld specter. I'm guessing that the lizard demon made some kind of deal with them and failed. I had never thought that such a creature existed, that is until I died. When the Hell-Spawn Lizard was tormenting me, after he gave me back my sight, I could've sworn that I saw something in the corner of my eye."
After seeing that strange sight Inuyasha and the others went back to the village. All Inuyasha and the others talked about was how Mekura killed the demon. They believed that the worse was over, but it was far from it.
At that very moment, Kagura and her newly acquired puppets were traveling in towards Lady Kaede's village. The wind sorceress was a few hours away from finding Mekura and the others, but as fate would have it her journey would be stopped momentarily. A black shadow materialized before her, it was the same specter that took the lizard demons soul.
Kagura watched cautiously as the dark shadow fully materialized before her, she did not fear it, and its bright red eyes appeared. "You are Kagura the wind sorceress if we are not mistaken?" asked the black shadow.
Kagura raised her fan over her face and prepared to kill the unknown being, but was curious as to how this creature knew her. "Yes, how do you know my name?" she asked in return.
"We know all that there is to know about you and your oppressor, Naraku. We know that he possesses your very essence, your soul. He forces you to do his bidding, are we correct?" asked the voice.
Intrigued, Kagura lowered her fan, "You are correct once again. You would not have made your presence known if there wasn't a reason, right?" she asked.
"You are very intuitive young sorceress. We have a favor to ask of you, if you are interested. We can easily persuade a half demon like Naraku to release you." The black shadow suddenly grew darker than it was and blackened even the earth beneath it.
Kagura thought long and hard about the interesting offer, one thing bothered her though. "Your offer sounds very generous, but I know nothing about you, yet you know so much about me." Kagura patiently awaited an answer from the dark being. She could hear dozens of voices speaking at once from within the black shadow.
"We are one, yet we are many. We come from the deepest bowels of the underworld. We are known only as Akujin." It replied.
"Well, now that I know your name, what is this favor?" she asked with great curiosity.
"We seek the demise of a human named Mekura, he was resurrected by you and your arrogant master. And there is a second person that would make a great addition to our realm, you know him very well. He is a hanyou named Inuyasha. We want both of their souls!" Akujin's tone suddenly changed upon mentioning both names.
Kagura felt the opportunity to good to pass up, but what of Naraku? And what was this sudden interest in Inuyasha and a human? "I'll agree on certain conditions, Naraku watches my every move. He might already know about us talking."
The black specter began to laugh, it sounded like a dozen demons laughing in unison, "From the second we appeared before you, we shrouded this place from him. He cannot see through our magic, he is weak, even with his precious jewel shards." The black shadow drew closer to Kagura and a cold chill went through her spine. "What are you other conditions?" it asked.
"I want to know why you want Inuyasha and Mekura. When I kill them how will you retrieve their souls?" she asked.
The Akujin gave off a loud growl and its eyes burst into two small flames, literally. "Upon their demise, we shall take their souls back to the underworld. And we owe you no explanation as to why we want their souls." From within the black Akujin, a large arm materialized. It was hideously scarred and covered in blood. "Then it is agreed?" asked the Akujin.
Kagura reached out and reluctantly shook the large hand before her, "Yes, I'll fulfill my part, if you give me my freedom afterwards." She felt a dark disturbing sensation as she grabbed the Akujin's hand and sealed the deal.
"Remember this though, if you fail…the day you cease to exist on this mortal plain. We will make your eternal stay in the underworld most unpleasant. Before we leave, we want you to have this…" The Akujin's arm disappeared, and on the blackened earth materialized a strange metallic orb.
Kagura knelt down and picked up the metal orb, "What is this for?" she asked.
"Have you puppets gather around it, those lifeless shells will fuse into one powerful creature, it will obey your commands, your strength and magic alone will not defeat Inuyasha and Mekura." The dozens of voices from within the Akujin could be heard laughing and screaming all at once, before finally disappearing.
Kagura was unsure on what she had just gotten her self into. The wind sorceress figured that her freedom was worth it. The thought of no longer being under Naraku's control was far to tempting to pass up. She examined the highly polished orb and ordered her dead minions to gather around it. Kagura dropped the orb on the ground and walked a good distance away. The metallic orb began to magically hover off the ground and exploded, the shockwave tore the dead into pieces. Their limbs and organs were scattered all over the ground, suddenly the chunks of flesh began to float into the air. The various limbs and pieces of flesh fuse together into a large mass of flesh and blood.
Kagura could only watch as the mass began to spin, finally forming a hideous abomination. It was tall human male with long brown hair. He had one single eye, which was blue as the sky. His body was horribly disfigured, a section of his head was missing, and a large chunk of his upper torso was gone too, revealing broken ribs and his hanging intestines. It turned in her direction, "I am at your disposal…" it muttered while breathing deeply.
With extreme caution, Kagura approached her new toy, "That's good to hear, what's you name?" she asked. She felt disgusted to have such a mangled creature standing in front of her.
"I am Mangala…" it replied while breathing heavily.
Kagura smiled and noticed a rather large weapon strapped on its back, "Mangala, what is that peculiar weapon on your back?" she asked.
Mangala's long arm reached for the weapon, the lower part of his arm had no flesh, and presented it to Kagura. She examined the weapon and heard faint cries coming from it. The weapon was a black sword, heavily decorated with crimson red jewels. She looked at Mangala and asked, "Tell me Mangala, after seeing you. How do you expect to fight with one arm and one eye?" she asked in a mocking tone. "You're some kind of joke right?"
Mangala frowned in anger, "Don't let my unholy appearance fool you, if you wish to waste more time, I suggest we waste it searching for your enemies."
"Fine, we shall she how you fare against Inuyasha and Mekura." She replied. Kagura took the lead and Mangala followed. They both disappeared into the large forest and continued walking towards the small village.