Hello! I am already thinking about the sequel to this, and I am
really excited to write it! So I'm going to try and hurry up with this
story so I can right the sequel! I don't own Inuyasha! (The show.)
Chapter10
The Story of the Spider Demons
Sango and Miroku were luckier than Kagome and Inuyasha. They had found a hut, with a nice amount of firewood and a lot of flint. Kirara caught a wild boar for them all and they had eaten like royalty. Now they were all lying around the hut stuffed.
"That was a wonderful meal. Thank you Kirara," Miroku chuckled, patting his stomach.
"Meow!"
"Yes, thank you Kirara. I hope the others were this lucky."
"Meow!"
There was a moment of eerie silence, but Sango spoke up.
"Miroku..."
"Hmm?"
"When the jewel is complete, will you keep wandering around from village to village?"
"Hmm. I haven't really thought about it."
"Well, Kagome and I have. Every chance we get, we go to the hot springs and talk. It's like we're the only two who want to plan ahead."
"I know Sango... I often here what the two of you speak of and..."
WHAM!!
"What do you mean, you often know what we speak of?! We only talk about it in the hot springs! You disgusting pervert!!" Sango screamed.
"I am sorry Lady Sango. Please forgive me."
"And stop with the Lady act! You are not a gentleman!!"
"Well then Sango, would you rather me act like Inuyasha?"
Sango thought for a moment and then sighed. "I guess not. But that still does not give you permission to spy on us!"
"A thousand apologies. Well, please continue with your discussion. I do not overhear everything."
Sango sighed. "Well, Kagome often tells me of her plans after the jewel is complete. She wants it to be just like it is now. She wants to cross times and see both her family and her friends. She wishes for us all to build our own hut in the village so that we can play and hang out. She says she gets tired of staying in Kaede's small hut."
(Kaede does have an EXTREMELY small hut. It only has one room in it.)
"I see... She truly wishes for us to spend our entire lives with each other. She wants Inuyasha to stay with us as well. Even though, I am afraid that if Inuyasha does not stay with us, then she will not stay with us either. I am also afraid, that since Inuyasha is a half-demon, he will out live us all and be left alone after we all die."
"Miroku! I didn't mean plan ahead all the way until we die. I just meant after we complete the jewel. You're such an idiot..."
Miroku cleared his throat in defense.
"Well, what do you wish to do after the jewel is complete?"
Sango blushed deeply.
"I plan to have Kohaku back after the fight with Naraku. So, I want to go to the place where my father and comrades were killed and give my father a proper funeral. I want to have someone bless their souls, like you, since you're a monk. And I want to make the place where they were killed a burial site. After that, well... Only Kagome knows what I really want."
Miroku eyed her suspiciously. 'It's not worth pondering about,' he thought, shaking his head.
The two sat quietly once again thinking.
"Hey Miroku... Aren't you bored?"
"With all the excitement of almost completing the jewel, who would be?"
"No, I mean bored right now just sitting around."
"Well, actually, yes."
"Let's play a game Kagome just taught me!" Sango said excitedly.
Miroku grinned slyly.
"I hope it's that twister game. It is often fun when in some positions."
"Grrrr. You're hopeless!"
Sango grabbed her things and headed outside.
"Where are you going Sango?"
Sango glared at Miroku and said, "I'm going to the river to wash some of my supplies. I'm not washing myself so there's no reason for you to go!"
"Don't be silly. I will assist you..."
"I said NO!" Sango glared at Miroku and walked out of the hut fuming.
'He's such a pervert! That's going to be the death of him someday!'
* * *
(Late evening)
Sango scrubbed the blade of her sword delicately, trying not to cut herself. She was no longer angry with Miroku. She was never angry with him at all. She just wished he wouldn't act like such a... such a perv! Sango sighed and pulled the blade of her sword from the water, the evening sun reflecting off of the sword. The reflection hit her eye and she blinked. But there was something, something that she saw when she looked at her sword. There was something, or someone behind her. Sango slanted her eyes and looked behind her.
"Who's there?! Show yourself!"
There was a rustle in the bushes and three men appeared. They seemed to be wearing all black uniforms, with a large spider on the front and back of their shirts. They also had a small print of a black spider on their foreheads.
Sango gasped. "Who are you?!"
The first spider man stepped forth and bowed.
"I did not mean to frighten you, Lady Sango. We have come far from the east to see you."
"How do you know me?" Sango's hand slowly etched toward her boomerang, but stopped as the third spider man began to speak.
"I suggest you do not do that. We are only here to help. You do not recognize us, because at the time you were at our village, we were not in. We were being held hostage by a large group of bandits. They captured all of us and asked you to destroy our Spider Lord, Black Widow. We were all greatly depressed when we heard of her demise, but rebelled against the bandits, getting our village back."
The second spider stepped forth and began to tell his story.
"After that, we ate each and every ones flesh right to the bone. But one escaped. We never did forget about that one. He was the leader of the bandits. They had tried many times before to conquer our village, because they heard of our treasure and generosity. We were not kind to the bandits though. They were rude and dishonest. So we did not trust them with our treasure. We gave them nothing and in return, they gave us war."
The second one stepped down, obviously he had told his fill of information and the first spider demon stepped forward again.
"In our first war, the leader also escaped. His name we did not catch, but I remember seeing his face. His army was the most successful. They found half of our treasure, and claimed it for themselves. His army stole every one of our maids, for they were young women without homes, so we welcomed them into ours joyfully. We never saw any of the women again. I remember burning him to the bone and burning his back with the sign of the spider. Right before he was to be hung though, one of our own betrayed us and led him to safety.
"We looked for him for years, but were never successful. The number of men we sent looking for him was too much, so we ceased after ten years. That was about fifty-one years ago, and we thought he would be dead by now, but stories of how he became a demon discouraged our thoughts. Ever since we have been looking for someone who could defeat him. We have ears everywhere and we found out that the slayers, who killed our lord, were returning to our village for safety. We were overjoyed, and sent after you."
"Why?" The question seemed so plain and simple after the spider demons long explainations. "Why would you all be happy about us coming to your village, if we were the ones who killed your lord? Wouldn't you rather kill us?"
"Not at all. After all, we are reasonable people. We understand that if you knew the bandits were your true enemies, you would not have killed our lord. Besides, if you are coming to our village, then you will probably draw other demons. Sure enough, one of those demons will be the bandit who robbed our village. We will kill him and have our revenge."
Sango sighed heavily. "Our best fighter, Inuyasha, is not in the best condition as of now. We are all very strong, but Inuyasha is the one who fights the best."
The first spider walked toward Sango, which made her tense.
"Do not be afraid my lovely." His hand stroked Sango's face and she blushed. "I give you my word we are telling you nothing but the truth. WE will kill the demon.
Tarantula, which was the first spider demon, did not seem like a demon at all. His eyes were a lime green and he had black bangs were sprawled all over his face. He stood there with his hand on her face until he heard a loud yell.
"Sango! Sango where are you? Huh? Sango!! Look out! Those demons!"
Tarantula looked over his shoulder at the monk running toward them. He removed his hand from Sango's face and sighed.
"As soon as you get to the village, tell them who you are and then tell them to send you all to Tarantula's hut. You all will be treated like kings."
"Why don't you just take us to your village now?"
"Because we must go other places before we journey home. Farewell, my lovely Sango."
And with that Tarantula, Ganta, and Benton, all disappeared. As they left, Ganta glanced down at Sango and then glared at Tarantula.
"I suggest you not get too close to this human. Remember what happened last time..."
Tarantula glared at Ganta and replied, "Just because you are the second leader of the village, do not think you can run me. I am, after all, the first leader."
Ganta glared at Tarantula, but followed his orders. 'Just remember what happened to the last maid you fell in love with. She was kidnapped by that Oni guy... That's why you are so miserable now!'
Meanwhile below the trio of spider demons, Miroku stood listening to Sango's explanation of what Tarantula and the other's had just told her.
"I think I've heard of them. I hear their wars are large and violent and they mostly end up disastrous. I believe what the spider told you, but we should be careful."
Sango grabbed her things and the two began to walk back to the hut.
'I have also known them for often falling in love with humans. I think I will keep a close eye on this Tarantula guy.'
"Miroku! Hurry up!" Sango yelled over her back smiling warmly. Miroku's head snapped up and he saw Sango smiling at him. Miroku ran up to Sango and put his arm around her shoulder.
"Uh, Miroku...?"
"I just want to... hold you like this... So I don't loose you."
Sango looked at him strangely, but then decided not to yell, or threaten him. Besides, she kind of liked it this way.
Chapter10
The Story of the Spider Demons
Sango and Miroku were luckier than Kagome and Inuyasha. They had found a hut, with a nice amount of firewood and a lot of flint. Kirara caught a wild boar for them all and they had eaten like royalty. Now they were all lying around the hut stuffed.
"That was a wonderful meal. Thank you Kirara," Miroku chuckled, patting his stomach.
"Meow!"
"Yes, thank you Kirara. I hope the others were this lucky."
"Meow!"
There was a moment of eerie silence, but Sango spoke up.
"Miroku..."
"Hmm?"
"When the jewel is complete, will you keep wandering around from village to village?"
"Hmm. I haven't really thought about it."
"Well, Kagome and I have. Every chance we get, we go to the hot springs and talk. It's like we're the only two who want to plan ahead."
"I know Sango... I often here what the two of you speak of and..."
WHAM!!
"What do you mean, you often know what we speak of?! We only talk about it in the hot springs! You disgusting pervert!!" Sango screamed.
"I am sorry Lady Sango. Please forgive me."
"And stop with the Lady act! You are not a gentleman!!"
"Well then Sango, would you rather me act like Inuyasha?"
Sango thought for a moment and then sighed. "I guess not. But that still does not give you permission to spy on us!"
"A thousand apologies. Well, please continue with your discussion. I do not overhear everything."
Sango sighed. "Well, Kagome often tells me of her plans after the jewel is complete. She wants it to be just like it is now. She wants to cross times and see both her family and her friends. She wishes for us all to build our own hut in the village so that we can play and hang out. She says she gets tired of staying in Kaede's small hut."
(Kaede does have an EXTREMELY small hut. It only has one room in it.)
"I see... She truly wishes for us to spend our entire lives with each other. She wants Inuyasha to stay with us as well. Even though, I am afraid that if Inuyasha does not stay with us, then she will not stay with us either. I am also afraid, that since Inuyasha is a half-demon, he will out live us all and be left alone after we all die."
"Miroku! I didn't mean plan ahead all the way until we die. I just meant after we complete the jewel. You're such an idiot..."
Miroku cleared his throat in defense.
"Well, what do you wish to do after the jewel is complete?"
Sango blushed deeply.
"I plan to have Kohaku back after the fight with Naraku. So, I want to go to the place where my father and comrades were killed and give my father a proper funeral. I want to have someone bless their souls, like you, since you're a monk. And I want to make the place where they were killed a burial site. After that, well... Only Kagome knows what I really want."
Miroku eyed her suspiciously. 'It's not worth pondering about,' he thought, shaking his head.
The two sat quietly once again thinking.
"Hey Miroku... Aren't you bored?"
"With all the excitement of almost completing the jewel, who would be?"
"No, I mean bored right now just sitting around."
"Well, actually, yes."
"Let's play a game Kagome just taught me!" Sango said excitedly.
Miroku grinned slyly.
"I hope it's that twister game. It is often fun when in some positions."
"Grrrr. You're hopeless!"
Sango grabbed her things and headed outside.
"Where are you going Sango?"
Sango glared at Miroku and said, "I'm going to the river to wash some of my supplies. I'm not washing myself so there's no reason for you to go!"
"Don't be silly. I will assist you..."
"I said NO!" Sango glared at Miroku and walked out of the hut fuming.
'He's such a pervert! That's going to be the death of him someday!'
* * *
(Late evening)
Sango scrubbed the blade of her sword delicately, trying not to cut herself. She was no longer angry with Miroku. She was never angry with him at all. She just wished he wouldn't act like such a... such a perv! Sango sighed and pulled the blade of her sword from the water, the evening sun reflecting off of the sword. The reflection hit her eye and she blinked. But there was something, something that she saw when she looked at her sword. There was something, or someone behind her. Sango slanted her eyes and looked behind her.
"Who's there?! Show yourself!"
There was a rustle in the bushes and three men appeared. They seemed to be wearing all black uniforms, with a large spider on the front and back of their shirts. They also had a small print of a black spider on their foreheads.
Sango gasped. "Who are you?!"
The first spider man stepped forth and bowed.
"I did not mean to frighten you, Lady Sango. We have come far from the east to see you."
"How do you know me?" Sango's hand slowly etched toward her boomerang, but stopped as the third spider man began to speak.
"I suggest you do not do that. We are only here to help. You do not recognize us, because at the time you were at our village, we were not in. We were being held hostage by a large group of bandits. They captured all of us and asked you to destroy our Spider Lord, Black Widow. We were all greatly depressed when we heard of her demise, but rebelled against the bandits, getting our village back."
The second spider stepped forth and began to tell his story.
"After that, we ate each and every ones flesh right to the bone. But one escaped. We never did forget about that one. He was the leader of the bandits. They had tried many times before to conquer our village, because they heard of our treasure and generosity. We were not kind to the bandits though. They were rude and dishonest. So we did not trust them with our treasure. We gave them nothing and in return, they gave us war."
The second one stepped down, obviously he had told his fill of information and the first spider demon stepped forward again.
"In our first war, the leader also escaped. His name we did not catch, but I remember seeing his face. His army was the most successful. They found half of our treasure, and claimed it for themselves. His army stole every one of our maids, for they were young women without homes, so we welcomed them into ours joyfully. We never saw any of the women again. I remember burning him to the bone and burning his back with the sign of the spider. Right before he was to be hung though, one of our own betrayed us and led him to safety.
"We looked for him for years, but were never successful. The number of men we sent looking for him was too much, so we ceased after ten years. That was about fifty-one years ago, and we thought he would be dead by now, but stories of how he became a demon discouraged our thoughts. Ever since we have been looking for someone who could defeat him. We have ears everywhere and we found out that the slayers, who killed our lord, were returning to our village for safety. We were overjoyed, and sent after you."
"Why?" The question seemed so plain and simple after the spider demons long explainations. "Why would you all be happy about us coming to your village, if we were the ones who killed your lord? Wouldn't you rather kill us?"
"Not at all. After all, we are reasonable people. We understand that if you knew the bandits were your true enemies, you would not have killed our lord. Besides, if you are coming to our village, then you will probably draw other demons. Sure enough, one of those demons will be the bandit who robbed our village. We will kill him and have our revenge."
Sango sighed heavily. "Our best fighter, Inuyasha, is not in the best condition as of now. We are all very strong, but Inuyasha is the one who fights the best."
The first spider walked toward Sango, which made her tense.
"Do not be afraid my lovely." His hand stroked Sango's face and she blushed. "I give you my word we are telling you nothing but the truth. WE will kill the demon.
Tarantula, which was the first spider demon, did not seem like a demon at all. His eyes were a lime green and he had black bangs were sprawled all over his face. He stood there with his hand on her face until he heard a loud yell.
"Sango! Sango where are you? Huh? Sango!! Look out! Those demons!"
Tarantula looked over his shoulder at the monk running toward them. He removed his hand from Sango's face and sighed.
"As soon as you get to the village, tell them who you are and then tell them to send you all to Tarantula's hut. You all will be treated like kings."
"Why don't you just take us to your village now?"
"Because we must go other places before we journey home. Farewell, my lovely Sango."
And with that Tarantula, Ganta, and Benton, all disappeared. As they left, Ganta glanced down at Sango and then glared at Tarantula.
"I suggest you not get too close to this human. Remember what happened last time..."
Tarantula glared at Ganta and replied, "Just because you are the second leader of the village, do not think you can run me. I am, after all, the first leader."
Ganta glared at Tarantula, but followed his orders. 'Just remember what happened to the last maid you fell in love with. She was kidnapped by that Oni guy... That's why you are so miserable now!'
Meanwhile below the trio of spider demons, Miroku stood listening to Sango's explanation of what Tarantula and the other's had just told her.
"I think I've heard of them. I hear their wars are large and violent and they mostly end up disastrous. I believe what the spider told you, but we should be careful."
Sango grabbed her things and the two began to walk back to the hut.
'I have also known them for often falling in love with humans. I think I will keep a close eye on this Tarantula guy.'
"Miroku! Hurry up!" Sango yelled over her back smiling warmly. Miroku's head snapped up and he saw Sango smiling at him. Miroku ran up to Sango and put his arm around her shoulder.
"Uh, Miroku...?"
"I just want to... hold you like this... So I don't loose you."
Sango looked at him strangely, but then decided not to yell, or threaten him. Besides, she kind of liked it this way.