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The Final Battle: Alliances Across Time
----Chapter Three----
Inuyasha was sitting in the corner of Kaede's hut sulking. 'How dare that little shrimp call me a half-breed mutt, and they say they are here to help us.' He thought to himself angrily. He watched Kaede mix some herbs on the other side of the hut with some help from Shippo. He knew that the little kit was a bit nervous having so many new people around, which was unusual. Usually Shippo was glad to meet new people but Inuyasha just figured it was more reason not to trust them, if Shippo was uneasy then he wasn't going to trust them either.
Just then Inuyasha heard Kagome yell "PERVERT!" followed by a slapping sound. 'That better have been just Miroku, if it was any of those other boys their dead.' Inuyasha thought to himself growling slightly. He could hear footsteps coming closer and Kagome's scent was getting stronger just before the curtain was pushed aside and the girl stormed in with a pissed- off look on her face mumbling something about lecherous monks. Inuyasha relaxed a little, 'Good it was just Miroku. I will have to pound him latter though.' He thought with a sigh.
"Hey Inuyasha, dinner will be ready in a few minuets, why don't you come outside?" Kagome asked sitting down next to him.
"Feh, it depends if that little wimp is out there." He said grumpily.
"Well he wasn't when I came in here." Kagome said looking up at Inuyasha. "Kurama say's that he just has a lot on his mind. Everyone else seems nice enough." She added trying to sooth some of the tension she felt radiating off of him.
"Feh." Was the only reply she got. They sat there in silence for a moment before Inuyasha let off a quiet growl and looked intently at the door. A moment later the curtain was pushed aside and Kurama came into the hut.
He looked around the hut for a moment, noticing that it belonged to a healer and that she was mixing some herbs with the small Kitsune Shippo helping her. As he continued to scan the hut he saw Inuyasha and Kagome sitting in the back corner, not missing the low growl that Inuyasha was emanating. Stepping forward Kurama said, "Sango sent me to inform you that dinner is ready."
"Thank you Kurama." Kagome said smiling slightly.
"It's my pleasure." He said and started to turn to leave.
"Ye are a spirit fox, a type of Kitsune are ye not?" Asked Kaede from the other side of the hut.
Startled, Kurama stopped and looked at her. "How could you tell? Only other demons can tell what I am and that has only happened recently." He said shocked.
"Aye, that may be true, but you and that short fellow are very powerful. Even if I was completely blind I would still be able to sense the power that ye have." She said turning him. "And I also believe that both of ye are not as bad as ye let on, especially the short one."
"Yes, Hiei does have a bit of an attitude problem. Though I have never seen him this bad though." Kurama said chuckling softly. "Nothing gets by you does it?"
Kaede just smiled at him and turned back to her herbs. "Inuyasha, do not fret soo, you and Shippo have nothing to fear from these boys." She said as she started mixing a new batch of medicine.
'So, part of his problem is territorial' Kurama though to himself. In truth he wasn't surprised, after all Inuyasha was part of the canine family as he himself was and territory always plays a roll when strangers were concerned. Kurama looked over at Shippo who was looking at him curiously and smiled. "Would you like to walk with me back to the camp?" He asked the kit.
Shippo looked at him for a moment and then turned to look at Kagome who nodded slightly. "Sure." He said and walked over to him, sniffing slightly. 'Well, he doesn't seem so bad and if Kaede say not to fear him then I guess it's ok.' He thought before jumping up and sitting on the bigger kitsune's shoulder.
"Ready?" Kurama asked, chuckling softly.
"Yep. So, you're a kitsune too huh?" Shippo asked as they walked out the door. "Yes I am." "Then why do you look completely human?" Was all they heard before they were out of hearing.
"Come on Inuyasha, let's go eat." Kagome said standing up.
"Feh, fine." Inuyasha grumbled, he WAS hungry and he could smell the ramen for there, and stood up.
When they got back to the camp Inuyasha noticed Hiei standing by the fire and started growling, drawing everyone's attention to him.
"Inuyasha, calm down. Remember what Kaede said?" Kagome said soothingly and gently laying a hand on his arm.
Inuyasha 'fehed' and sat down on the opposite side of the fire, but not before giving Miroku a good bonk on the head.
"Hey what was that for?" Miroku asked rubbing his sore head.
"How many time do I have to tell you not to touch Kagome?!" Inuyasha growled.
"I didn't touch her." Miroku said defensively. "He's is stating the truth. He did not touch her." Kurama said.
"Yeah, he said 'Why don't you go up to the hut and try and calm him down some lady Kagome, just remember that we leave in the morning, so don't stay up all night'" Yusuke said laughing as Miroku got another whack on the head for his dirty thoughts.
After everyone had eaten and gotten comfortable, Myouga began his tail.
"Yusuke, you wanted to know about the swords Tetsusaiga, Tenseiga and Toukijin am I correct?" He said looking up at the boy's face.
"Yeah old man." Yusuke said looking down at the little demon on his shoulder.
"Please, do tell us about these swords. I am rather curious myself." Kurama said from next to Yusuke. Hiei, who was sitting on the other side of Yusuke, kept a disinterested expression on his face even though he himself was curious.
Botan also looked up from her place by the fire, a few feet away. "What kind of swords are they?" She asked.
"I'm glad you're all so interested." Myouga said getting comfortable. "Well, Tetsuaiga and Tenseiga were both forged from the fangs of Lord Inuyasha and Lord Sesshoumaru's father by the demon Toutousai. So basically they are sister swords. Tetsusaiga was forged by Inuyasha's father to protect his human mother. Lord Sesshoumaru's sword Tenseiga is a sword of healing. It is rumored that it can save one hundred human lives in one swing, as Tetsusaiga can kill one hundred demons in one swing."
They all gasped when they heard this. "Are they truly that powerful?" Kurama asked in aw.
"Yes, and that is one reason why Lord Sesshoumaru has tried on several occasions to take the Tetsusaiga from Lord Inuyasha. But that is were a catch of Tetsusaiga's comes in. You see, Lord Sesshoumaru cannot hold Tetsusaiga because he is full demon. Humans can hold the sword but it will not transform. To wield Tetsusaiga, you need to be a hanyou. The human blood allows you to hold the sword and the demon blood allows you to transform it. That is why it was left to Inuyasha."
"I didn't know that swords could be soo complicated." Botan said, her head spinning from all this information.
"Yeah, I always thought that they were made out of metal." Kuwabara said with a slightly confused look on his face.
"Hn, that shows how much you know about demonic swords." Hiei said from his place by the fire.
"Now what about the other sword, Toukijin?" Yusuke asked, he was finding all this information interesting.
"Ah yes Toukijin, Lord Sesshoumaru's other sword. He had it forged from the fang of the demon Goshinki, the mind reading demon that broke Tetsusaiga. Who was also an incarnation of Naraku." Myouga said, causing everyone to gasp.
"Tetsusaiga is broken?" Kuwabara asked.
"It didn't look broken to me." Yusuke said thinking back to that after noon.
"It's the sword he has on him now right?" Botan asked looking over at Inuyasha.
"Yes it is. He had Toutousai re-forge it using one of his fangs to mend it." Myouga said.
"I have a question then. How did this demon 'Goshinki' break Tetsusaiga?" Yusuke asked curiously.
"Do you really want to know?" Inuyasha asked. He was sitting with his head bowed and arms crossed.
"Yes, please explain." Kurama said looking at the silver-haired demon across form him.
Inuyasha sighed heavily. "Well, it started the day before. We were staying in a village when Kagura..." Inuyasha goes on to explain what happened with Kagura, Kanna, Naraku and Goshinki leaving out how he transformed.
The new members of the group stared at Inuyasha in shock at what the demon had done to the village.
"It's not the first village Naraku has had wiped out." Sango said softly.
"Explain." Hiei said looking over at Sango. He knew that it was important to try and find out as much information on this Naraku person as possible, considering Koenma hadn't given them all that much information.
"Sango..." Kagome said softly from her spot next to Sango. She gently placed a comforting hand on her arm.
"It's alright Kagome." Sango said giving her a sad smile before turning back to the others. "You see, I'm from a village of demon exterminators..." She goes on to tell of how her village was destroyed and how her brother Kohaku is now a puppet of Naraku's.
"That's terrible." Botan said, her head bowed in sadness.
"Yes it is. Naraku like's to play with people's emotions." Miroku said gravely. "Sango and Inuyasha have felt that the most. You see fifty years ago..." Miroku goes on to tell the story for Inuyasha, knowing that he would not want to tell it himself. He also told them about how the witch Urasue had robbed her grave, how she was brought back from the dead using Kagome's soul threw to how Kikyo was kidnapped by Naraku and how she gave him the shards they had gathered. "...and to make matters worse, we were lead into a trap when we tried to rescue her. 'The illusory death'. The only one of us not affected was Kagome who found her sitting in a tree. Kikyo then tried to kill her and stole her jewel shards. The part that we don't understand is she gave the shards to Naraku our worst enemy and the man who killed her." Miroku said finishing the story.
"This Naraku is truly evil." Kurama said, his head was bowed slightly. He was a little over whelmed at how terrible this Naraku really was.
"To hit a girl, never mind killing one, shows he has no honor." Kuwabara said angrily.
"Yeah, he's really starting to piss me off." Yusuke said with an angry look on his face.
"Hn, if you ask me I think this Kikyo person needs to be destroyed too." Hiei said staring intently at Inuyasha, whose head snapped up and started growling.
"What did you just say?" Inuyasha asked growling low in his throat.
Hiei stared at him for a moment before replying. "The woman that you cared for no longer exists. The 'person' that you see now is nothing but a walking pile of dirt and bones that has a grudge, against you apparently."
"I do hate to agree with Hiei, but he is right." Kurama said looking up at Inuyasha sadly. "She wants nothing more than to see you dead. It would be best if she is lied to rest once again. After all, her soul, her spirit, has already moved on to the next life." He said sending a meaningful glance at Kagome who was looking at Inuyasha with a worried expression.
"You know nothing about her." Inuyasha spat at them, standing up angrily. As he turned to walk away, Kagome called his name softly. He paused for a moment and glanced at her before walking off in the direction of the forest.
"Way to go Hiei." Kuwabara muttered as he watched Inuyasha form disappear in the dark.
"That's twice tonight that you have upset him." Botan scolded.
"He needed to hear that though. No matter how bad I feel for him, he needs to understand that and not let his feelings for the Kikyo he used to know interfere with our upcoming battles." Miroku said gravely, which surprised everyone.
"I agree with you whole heartedly. Though, I will not excuse Hiei's early comment was unnecessary." Kurama said looking over at Hiei who just looked away with a soft 'hn'.
The rest of the evening went quickly. Both groups told of some of the adventures that they have been on and got to know each other in general. Inuyasha came back to the village around midnight, well after everyone had gone to sleep. He settled down on the roof of Kaede's hut to sleep for the rest of the night. He hadn't gone too far incase of a demon attacked the village. He also knew that they would be starting out early the next day.
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The Final Battle: Alliances Across Time
----Chapter Three----
Inuyasha was sitting in the corner of Kaede's hut sulking. 'How dare that little shrimp call me a half-breed mutt, and they say they are here to help us.' He thought to himself angrily. He watched Kaede mix some herbs on the other side of the hut with some help from Shippo. He knew that the little kit was a bit nervous having so many new people around, which was unusual. Usually Shippo was glad to meet new people but Inuyasha just figured it was more reason not to trust them, if Shippo was uneasy then he wasn't going to trust them either.
Just then Inuyasha heard Kagome yell "PERVERT!" followed by a slapping sound. 'That better have been just Miroku, if it was any of those other boys their dead.' Inuyasha thought to himself growling slightly. He could hear footsteps coming closer and Kagome's scent was getting stronger just before the curtain was pushed aside and the girl stormed in with a pissed- off look on her face mumbling something about lecherous monks. Inuyasha relaxed a little, 'Good it was just Miroku. I will have to pound him latter though.' He thought with a sigh.
"Hey Inuyasha, dinner will be ready in a few minuets, why don't you come outside?" Kagome asked sitting down next to him.
"Feh, it depends if that little wimp is out there." He said grumpily.
"Well he wasn't when I came in here." Kagome said looking up at Inuyasha. "Kurama say's that he just has a lot on his mind. Everyone else seems nice enough." She added trying to sooth some of the tension she felt radiating off of him.
"Feh." Was the only reply she got. They sat there in silence for a moment before Inuyasha let off a quiet growl and looked intently at the door. A moment later the curtain was pushed aside and Kurama came into the hut.
He looked around the hut for a moment, noticing that it belonged to a healer and that she was mixing some herbs with the small Kitsune Shippo helping her. As he continued to scan the hut he saw Inuyasha and Kagome sitting in the back corner, not missing the low growl that Inuyasha was emanating. Stepping forward Kurama said, "Sango sent me to inform you that dinner is ready."
"Thank you Kurama." Kagome said smiling slightly.
"It's my pleasure." He said and started to turn to leave.
"Ye are a spirit fox, a type of Kitsune are ye not?" Asked Kaede from the other side of the hut.
Startled, Kurama stopped and looked at her. "How could you tell? Only other demons can tell what I am and that has only happened recently." He said shocked.
"Aye, that may be true, but you and that short fellow are very powerful. Even if I was completely blind I would still be able to sense the power that ye have." She said turning him. "And I also believe that both of ye are not as bad as ye let on, especially the short one."
"Yes, Hiei does have a bit of an attitude problem. Though I have never seen him this bad though." Kurama said chuckling softly. "Nothing gets by you does it?"
Kaede just smiled at him and turned back to her herbs. "Inuyasha, do not fret soo, you and Shippo have nothing to fear from these boys." She said as she started mixing a new batch of medicine.
'So, part of his problem is territorial' Kurama though to himself. In truth he wasn't surprised, after all Inuyasha was part of the canine family as he himself was and territory always plays a roll when strangers were concerned. Kurama looked over at Shippo who was looking at him curiously and smiled. "Would you like to walk with me back to the camp?" He asked the kit.
Shippo looked at him for a moment and then turned to look at Kagome who nodded slightly. "Sure." He said and walked over to him, sniffing slightly. 'Well, he doesn't seem so bad and if Kaede say not to fear him then I guess it's ok.' He thought before jumping up and sitting on the bigger kitsune's shoulder.
"Ready?" Kurama asked, chuckling softly.
"Yep. So, you're a kitsune too huh?" Shippo asked as they walked out the door. "Yes I am." "Then why do you look completely human?" Was all they heard before they were out of hearing.
"Come on Inuyasha, let's go eat." Kagome said standing up.
"Feh, fine." Inuyasha grumbled, he WAS hungry and he could smell the ramen for there, and stood up.
When they got back to the camp Inuyasha noticed Hiei standing by the fire and started growling, drawing everyone's attention to him.
"Inuyasha, calm down. Remember what Kaede said?" Kagome said soothingly and gently laying a hand on his arm.
Inuyasha 'fehed' and sat down on the opposite side of the fire, but not before giving Miroku a good bonk on the head.
"Hey what was that for?" Miroku asked rubbing his sore head.
"How many time do I have to tell you not to touch Kagome?!" Inuyasha growled.
"I didn't touch her." Miroku said defensively. "He's is stating the truth. He did not touch her." Kurama said.
"Yeah, he said 'Why don't you go up to the hut and try and calm him down some lady Kagome, just remember that we leave in the morning, so don't stay up all night'" Yusuke said laughing as Miroku got another whack on the head for his dirty thoughts.
After everyone had eaten and gotten comfortable, Myouga began his tail.
"Yusuke, you wanted to know about the swords Tetsusaiga, Tenseiga and Toukijin am I correct?" He said looking up at the boy's face.
"Yeah old man." Yusuke said looking down at the little demon on his shoulder.
"Please, do tell us about these swords. I am rather curious myself." Kurama said from next to Yusuke. Hiei, who was sitting on the other side of Yusuke, kept a disinterested expression on his face even though he himself was curious.
Botan also looked up from her place by the fire, a few feet away. "What kind of swords are they?" She asked.
"I'm glad you're all so interested." Myouga said getting comfortable. "Well, Tetsuaiga and Tenseiga were both forged from the fangs of Lord Inuyasha and Lord Sesshoumaru's father by the demon Toutousai. So basically they are sister swords. Tetsusaiga was forged by Inuyasha's father to protect his human mother. Lord Sesshoumaru's sword Tenseiga is a sword of healing. It is rumored that it can save one hundred human lives in one swing, as Tetsusaiga can kill one hundred demons in one swing."
They all gasped when they heard this. "Are they truly that powerful?" Kurama asked in aw.
"Yes, and that is one reason why Lord Sesshoumaru has tried on several occasions to take the Tetsusaiga from Lord Inuyasha. But that is were a catch of Tetsusaiga's comes in. You see, Lord Sesshoumaru cannot hold Tetsusaiga because he is full demon. Humans can hold the sword but it will not transform. To wield Tetsusaiga, you need to be a hanyou. The human blood allows you to hold the sword and the demon blood allows you to transform it. That is why it was left to Inuyasha."
"I didn't know that swords could be soo complicated." Botan said, her head spinning from all this information.
"Yeah, I always thought that they were made out of metal." Kuwabara said with a slightly confused look on his face.
"Hn, that shows how much you know about demonic swords." Hiei said from his place by the fire.
"Now what about the other sword, Toukijin?" Yusuke asked, he was finding all this information interesting.
"Ah yes Toukijin, Lord Sesshoumaru's other sword. He had it forged from the fang of the demon Goshinki, the mind reading demon that broke Tetsusaiga. Who was also an incarnation of Naraku." Myouga said, causing everyone to gasp.
"Tetsusaiga is broken?" Kuwabara asked.
"It didn't look broken to me." Yusuke said thinking back to that after noon.
"It's the sword he has on him now right?" Botan asked looking over at Inuyasha.
"Yes it is. He had Toutousai re-forge it using one of his fangs to mend it." Myouga said.
"I have a question then. How did this demon 'Goshinki' break Tetsusaiga?" Yusuke asked curiously.
"Do you really want to know?" Inuyasha asked. He was sitting with his head bowed and arms crossed.
"Yes, please explain." Kurama said looking at the silver-haired demon across form him.
Inuyasha sighed heavily. "Well, it started the day before. We were staying in a village when Kagura..." Inuyasha goes on to explain what happened with Kagura, Kanna, Naraku and Goshinki leaving out how he transformed.
The new members of the group stared at Inuyasha in shock at what the demon had done to the village.
"It's not the first village Naraku has had wiped out." Sango said softly.
"Explain." Hiei said looking over at Sango. He knew that it was important to try and find out as much information on this Naraku person as possible, considering Koenma hadn't given them all that much information.
"Sango..." Kagome said softly from her spot next to Sango. She gently placed a comforting hand on her arm.
"It's alright Kagome." Sango said giving her a sad smile before turning back to the others. "You see, I'm from a village of demon exterminators..." She goes on to tell of how her village was destroyed and how her brother Kohaku is now a puppet of Naraku's.
"That's terrible." Botan said, her head bowed in sadness.
"Yes it is. Naraku like's to play with people's emotions." Miroku said gravely. "Sango and Inuyasha have felt that the most. You see fifty years ago..." Miroku goes on to tell the story for Inuyasha, knowing that he would not want to tell it himself. He also told them about how the witch Urasue had robbed her grave, how she was brought back from the dead using Kagome's soul threw to how Kikyo was kidnapped by Naraku and how she gave him the shards they had gathered. "...and to make matters worse, we were lead into a trap when we tried to rescue her. 'The illusory death'. The only one of us not affected was Kagome who found her sitting in a tree. Kikyo then tried to kill her and stole her jewel shards. The part that we don't understand is she gave the shards to Naraku our worst enemy and the man who killed her." Miroku said finishing the story.
"This Naraku is truly evil." Kurama said, his head was bowed slightly. He was a little over whelmed at how terrible this Naraku really was.
"To hit a girl, never mind killing one, shows he has no honor." Kuwabara said angrily.
"Yeah, he's really starting to piss me off." Yusuke said with an angry look on his face.
"Hn, if you ask me I think this Kikyo person needs to be destroyed too." Hiei said staring intently at Inuyasha, whose head snapped up and started growling.
"What did you just say?" Inuyasha asked growling low in his throat.
Hiei stared at him for a moment before replying. "The woman that you cared for no longer exists. The 'person' that you see now is nothing but a walking pile of dirt and bones that has a grudge, against you apparently."
"I do hate to agree with Hiei, but he is right." Kurama said looking up at Inuyasha sadly. "She wants nothing more than to see you dead. It would be best if she is lied to rest once again. After all, her soul, her spirit, has already moved on to the next life." He said sending a meaningful glance at Kagome who was looking at Inuyasha with a worried expression.
"You know nothing about her." Inuyasha spat at them, standing up angrily. As he turned to walk away, Kagome called his name softly. He paused for a moment and glanced at her before walking off in the direction of the forest.
"Way to go Hiei." Kuwabara muttered as he watched Inuyasha form disappear in the dark.
"That's twice tonight that you have upset him." Botan scolded.
"He needed to hear that though. No matter how bad I feel for him, he needs to understand that and not let his feelings for the Kikyo he used to know interfere with our upcoming battles." Miroku said gravely, which surprised everyone.
"I agree with you whole heartedly. Though, I will not excuse Hiei's early comment was unnecessary." Kurama said looking over at Hiei who just looked away with a soft 'hn'.
The rest of the evening went quickly. Both groups told of some of the adventures that they have been on and got to know each other in general. Inuyasha came back to the village around midnight, well after everyone had gone to sleep. He settled down on the roof of Kaede's hut to sleep for the rest of the night. He hadn't gone too far incase of a demon attacked the village. He also knew that they would be starting out early the next day.