Chapter 3: The Final Sacrifice

AN: Look who's back! It's me! I actually updated! Yay! It's taken me up to seven months to do it before, but this story is so enjoyable for me! I found another cute thing about them on line, not as good as the other one, but I can't explain it without telling you what the first one was, and it's a major spoiler (and my favorite!). Try to appreciate the humor I've put into this chapter, also. I sometimes find places to put in very obscure jokes and I can't control myself. I always try to put humor into my stories. Humor is the greatest thing since sliced bread, even though it came after humor. Actually, one of my funniest stories was my first Drama/Angst fic. It works, trust me. Oh, I don't own Inuyasha. I wish I had a recording of "Change the World" on CD or on my computer or something, though. I'm ranting too much!

Okay, annon, I doubt you're still going to read this, but I feel obligated to answer reviews, and this may be interesting for all of you, any how. I know that everyone uses Kirara. However, it's not really that there's no "l" in Japanese, it's that "r" and "l" are the same letter, so really they can be used interchangeably. And they don't always use the "r"for English. The preferred name for the main character in "One Piece" is Luffy, not Roofy, and I've seen both Shenlong and Shenron for the eternal dragon in Dragonball Z and I prefer Shenlong and there's also a character in it that I've always seen called Bulma. So it really could be either. I just like Kilala cause it rolls of the tongue easier. And I watch dubs, theory aren't that terrible usually, but subtitled is the best (it's funny cause the Inuyasha subtitles say Kirara). Most of the dubs that truly are bad are for bad shows anyway (i.e. Pokemon, YuGiOh, Dragonball Z but the manga's okay in the latter two). You really have to give them credit, they try their best to keep the storyline and make the dialogue fit mouths. It has to be hard. I really think they are okay considering everything the involved in the dubbing process. Hopefully I didn't offend anyone, I'm just paranoid and I want to make sure everyone understands me. Now, let's find out what's going on with Miroku!...
Sango and Kilala crouched behind the large trees, watching the strange women preparing for whatever they had in store. Miroku lay unconscious under the only tree that did not contain the rotting corpse of a man on it's branches.

One woman, who was obviously a leader of some kind, was still overseeing what the others were doing. She pulled aside another one of the girls who had some sort of herb in a jar and asked, "Is it ready yet!"

"Just a few more preparations, my liege," the woman replied, quickly.

"Well, the sooner the better!" the leader replied. "Time is starting to run out! Make sure the ceremonial spices and incense are all in their proper places."

"They will be shortly."

"Good. How is the sacrifice doing?"

"I... I'm not sure. I think it's almost ready."

"Youthink? This is incredibly important! If the sacrifice isn't in the proper state of mind, this will never work!"

"Sacrifice?" Sango thought, her fear growing with each passing second. "Surely they don't mean..."

"Don't you know what we're trying to accomplish!" the head woman continued.

"Of course, I'm well aware of the plan," the other answered. "I've been one of the organizers since you first..."

"Silence! I'm going to go over the entire thing in detail anyway even though it's kind of pointless because there's no one here other than us!"

"Perfect," Sango thought. "Now I can find out why they took Houshi- sama and what these dead bodies are doing here. I'm lucky that for no reason this lady's about to go over the whole thing."

"Our plan is simple! Soon, we will be all powerful and the pathetic humans will have to not only acknowledge us, but bow down to our every whim! Only this spell can make our one dream come true! Finally, we, the llama demons will get the respect we deserve!"

"Oh no," Sango said to herself. "What sort of spell is she... what's a llama?"

"It all started that fateful day in our old homeland far across the waters. Our mountains were the most serine and peaceful spot on this wretched planet! Then they came. Those horrible humans! They trapped us and tried to use us as their cattle. But we didn't care. They didn't realize that we were living among the commoners of our breed just yet. It was once again more of those humans doings.

"The high priest of one of their tribes thought he should test out a few of his new medicines on some of our ancestors to see if it worked. The effect on our people was disastrous. We began to loose the ability to stay in the same form as out inferiors. The features that made us unique and superior began to reappear, and the humans feared us, calling us 'hideous beasts.' We were driven out of our homeland by those horrible creatures, and forced to hide in the forests on the edge of our beloved mountains.

"One day, the highest ranking elder of our people gathered us all and told us that far across the great body of water was a land where creatures of our sort thrived. However, the ones there were many times more powerful than we llamas could ever hope to become. Also, there were no inferiors of our species for us to be around, so we would seem even stranger. But we knew that we must go somewhere else where we were able to live our lives like we wanted! During the long and perilous journey across the great waters, the elder meditated on how we could increase our powers to be not only equal to, but even greater than the creatures of this land!

"Finally, our people arrived here, and found that the Great Elder's findings were true. However, he was still lost in thought over how we could become the greatest demons in the world! Many months later, he finally spoke to us again. Through his powers of nature, he had finally discovered a way to give us ultimate power!

"What we needed to find first was a clearing surrounded by fourteen trees of this exact width. It took many years, but we finally found this place. It was very lucky that we did, as well, for I doubt there is another spot like this in the world. Without this clearing, our plan would never have even begun! The next thing he instructed us to do was to gather fourteen men with complete devotion to us and sacrifice their life force into our power, leaving them on their respective trees. I have taken the completion of this task upon myself, being the only existing member from out migration. Now that this is almost done, we, the llama demons, shall rule this pathetic world! Do you understand, now?"

The girl sighed, wondering why she had wasted her time listening to a story that she all ready knew by heart, "Yes, my liege."

A large lump had begun to form in Sango's throat. "So... they did mean him..." she thought. "What am I supposed to do? I have to save Houshi-sama but I don't know what kind of a spell they have him under. It would be pointless if I can't snap him out of it."

"This must go off without a hitch!" the head llama continued. "It's a good thing that we still have two months before the forces we've all ready gathered are worthless, otherwise we would have to be much more careful with this"

"I assure you nothing will go wrong," the confused girl replied. "This one appeared to be very eager to go with our scouts. Seeing as it won't last much longer, I suspect he was very amorous in life."

Sango sighed. "Well, that explains why he got trapped."

"Is everything ready!" the leader exclaimed, as she noticed that most of the others appeared to be standing around and watching."

"Yes, my liege," one replied. "We've positioned all of the ceremonial herbs. All that's left is to make sure the sacrifice is mentally prepared."

"Very good," the leader replied, grinning evilly. "Masako, do your job."

One of the girls walked forward and lay down on the slab next to Miroku, leaning over him. Sango felt her face growing very warm. "What is she going to do to him!" she thought as she and Kilala kept watching to see if they could figure out what sort of a spell held their friend under the vixens'... er, llamas' control.

"Oh, monk," the demon whispered seductively, "how are you feeling?"

Miroku exhaled quickly, but otherwise did nothing.

"Good," Masako replied in the same manner. "Is everything to your liking?"

He once again made no movement, although Sango thought she may have seen him smile slightly.

"Perfect," she answered. "And all you care about is us, right?"

Miroku appeared to tense up a little. The woman looked at him questioningly.

"What's wrong!" the leader asked. "Don't tell me he hasn't fallen under totally yet! I thought Kisa said that he should be one of the easiest! Where is that little fool?"

"No, it's not that," Masako replied. "It seems to me like there's something that's keeping him from having his complete devotion to us, like he's in love with someone or something nonsensical like that."

Sango felt her heart beat slightly faster. "W-what does she mean?" she thought, her face once again feeling warm.

"That shouldn't matter! We've had men who were married and had families before and they fell under quickly enough!" their leader retorted.

"I think this case is different," Masako answered, looking at him with a mix of interest and disgust. "It's probably one of those situations where it's something really genuine, you know. That sort of rubbish."

"Well, we'll have to get him the quick way. It's risky, but there's no one else around to mess it up. Do it, now!"

"As you wish," she replied, turing back to Miroku. She leaned down and kissed him for a moment.

Sango started making a very strange face. "Now they're kissing him!" she thought. "What's wrong with these ladies? I thought they wanted to kill him! This is almost worse! ...Did I just think what I think I thought?"

Suddenly, Miroku eyes opened and he lay even more motionless than before.

"Perfect," the demon said, standing up. "He's ready."

"Great," the leader replied. "Let the ceremony begin!"

"I can't wait any longer," Sango thought. "I have to go now! I wish I knew what they've done to him, though."

"Come on, Kilala," she whispered. "Let's save Houshi-sama."

Kilala crouched forward and Sango put her hand on Hiraikotsu as they prepared to enter the opening.

"Places, everyone!" the head demon said as she and the other girls formed large semi circle around the rock where Miroku lay. They folded their hands directly underneath their heads, closed their eyes, and began softly chanting unintelligble words. A strange light began to engulf Miroku as they went on.

Suddenly, the chant became louder, and the light looked as though a rouge ray of the sun had fallen right on top of the monk in this demonically dark place. The leader opened her eyes and raised a hand into the air.

"Now, it is time for..."

"Hold it!" Sango exclaimed, stepping into the clearing with Kilala. "I won't let you do anything to him!"

The leader stared at her in shock for a moment, and then she and the others laughed cruelly.

"Foolish girl! You think you can stop us? You have no idea what you're up against. There's no way you can get this man out of here alive!"

"Well, I'll have to try," she replied, tightening her grip on Hiraikotsu and preparing to throw it at the demon.

AN: Dum dum dum! Evil cut off! What did the demon mean when she/he (I'm not sure myself. I've been using "she" since they're in female form) said Miroku couldn't leave there alive? Can Sango figure out how to break the spell? Will I stop ranting and asking stupid questions? Find out in chapter four! But review first!

Oh yeah. The llamas. I wanted to use some sort of a demon that you wouldn't see anywhere else (in stories), but it wouldn't be stupid either, so I randomly went around and asked my friends to name an animal without telling them why and llama was the best one I got. I had them have two more months because I hate when things are being done at the last second. I know it adds tension, but it's so cliche. Also, I'd really like to know what you think about this chapter, because I feel like there were a few parts that were stupid and/ or weak but I didn't know how to change them. Of course, the romancey stuff kind of bugged me because I usually don't like it unless it's one of the ones on my favorite couples lists, and even still I feel strange writing it and I don't know how well I'm doing with it, not that I've used much yet. Just tell me if you liked it, please!

It's funny (my rant's almost done, I swear!). Did you know that "Sango" is actually the name of a company. Anyway, due to that (I think) it's all ready on my computers dictionary. It really surprised me! Well, chapter four (the biggy in my opinion) will be done shortly! Until then, bye!