Chapter 1: A "Well Thought Out" Plan
The demon world is falling. The two of the four stones of Yokai have been stolen from their resting places. These stones represent the four major elements of magic and nature: wind, fire, water, and earth. They are extremely powerful and bless certain demons with the power that they hold. Evil is brewing among the demons, for packs will turn on one another, families will kill, and children learn the meaning of war far too young. The demolition of the world and the time of demons can only be stopped by five unlikely travelers who meet in unlikely circumstances. Our story starts in the beginning of a small adventure for two friends, a wolf demon named Kari and a dog hanyou named Kili.
"Come on, we can steal it!" Kili shouted at Kari.
"Don't even bother Ki; they have twenty guards just around the sword. I don't care if they stole it from you or not! We are never going to get past the fifty guards outside and the twenty inside! The odds are thirty- five to one," Kari replied. She always created the plans and diversions while Kili "borrows" the item of their liking. But this time it was different. This sword was stolen from Kili but two weeks ago. It was made from black quartz with a white gold hilt – beautiful but deadly. The demon who had stolen it was Kagura. She had stolen it for her father, Naraku, the most diabolical demon in the world, the one who had stolen two of the Yokai stones.
Before we continue our story with Kari and Kili, I will explain about them and how they came to be together. Kari was a wolf demon in her tribe when she left. Her tribe had been enslaved to serve Nuraku and help him in his quest to take the Yokai stones. Kari barely escaped and is most likely the only one who survived. Kari has long bright purple hair with a single pink streak in the front. She has blue eyes with a violet ring. She is short for most demons but can fight better than any wolf demon. She wears a black and blue top and skirt and carries many weapons. She carries a sword of quartz with a white gold hilt – a sister to Kili's. She also carries twin daggers that are made of steel and white gold with a double blade, a spear made of solid oak with a steal head shaped like a crescent moon, and a bow of the supplest wood and arrows inlaid with water spirit magic to help them fly straight and true. After roaming the lands for a year, Kari came upon a school where demons trained their true nature powers, and her nature powers of the Yokai stones are of water. This is where she met Kili.
Kili is the fastest dog hanyou ever to be founding her region of the world, for she came from the south and Kari from the north. She had lived with her family until war had broken out in the south, and after her parents and her brother had died in the war, she moved north to go to the school of training to develop her powers of fire. Kili has long black hair with flaming red tips and her eyes are crystal blue. She wears a black top and skirt and carries many weapons. She has a bow and arrow that was twin to Kari's and a sword but has different powers inlaid into them, powers as strong than Kari's but of fire. Kili is the one who is not as bright but is fast and sneaky. She can stand right in front of you and not be seen if she wants to. Both she and Kari are quick to anger but can be as sweet as a white rose when they desire. They have been together through thick and thin and have always gotten what they wanted in the end. To survive, they "borrowed" a few things of desire and need, for in these times many people steal to get what they want. But Kari and Kili are not common thieves, they are known as the Double K, for they have "borrowed" many things far and wide, though it is mostly money, food, and jewels.
Now we go back to the situation at hand, the return of the sword to Kili.
"I think I know what I can do, but I have to get farther away from the castle to do it," Kari said suddenly. They had gone back to the inn in which they were staying at to think about what they were going to do.
"Finally! So what have you thought of?" Kili asked eagerly.
"Well, we would have to wait until the changing of the guards, and then I can let some arrows fly from different directions to cause confusion. Then while that is going on you can slip in unnoticed, but once you get inside I do not know how you are going to slip past the other twenty guards."
"I wish we still had Saku..."
"Never wish that! You know what she did to me to get in league with Naraku! Don't even mention her name. Her throat is mine, and you know it."
"She knows it too. Naraku has her in hiding; you will never find her."
"I will, and when I do..."
"Hush, someone is coming over here," she whispered. "No, that is not the best way to shoot an arrow!" she shouted, quickly changing the subject so as to look inconspicuous.
"It is for me, so there!" Kari replied and stuck out her tongue. Three men were approaching; the dog hanyou had long white hair and amber eyes and carried a sword, the wolf demon had black hair pulled back and carried a spear, and the monk had a staff and beads of power around his hand. They approached the girls directly.
"Well, well, look at what we have here," said the one with white hair. "Two young ladies such as yourselves should be more careful where you make plans to steal something of great value. Anyone can be listening."
"Is there a problem, mutt?" Kari asked smoothly.
"What did you call me?" he cried. He lunged at her but the monk held him back and hit him on the head with his staff.
"Inuyasha, that is no way to treat a lady!" he smiled a big, cunning grin at the girls who returned his smile with glares.
"Get off of me, Miroku, and shut up!" Inuyasha replied.
"You two are stupider than I thought," the wolf demon said calmly. "You just gave them your names while acting like idiots. You're real smooth," he said with a smirk.
"It doesn't matter! We got the Double K!" Inuyasha said with enthusiasm.
"Think again, guys," Miroku replied while pointing to the two empty seats that were in front of him.
"Damn! It's all your fault, Inuyasha! If you had just ignored that one little comment that she gave..."
"It is not, Kouga! It's is all Miroku's fault! He held me back."
"It is not my fault that they are smart and we are easily tricked," Miroku chided
"What!" Inuyasha screamed. "I am going to kill you, Miroku!" Outside two girls were laughing so hard they had tears streaming down their faces.
"Hahaha! That was funny! Hahaha! But now I have a great plan! Follow me!" Kari said.
"Haha, okay, hahaha!" Kili replied. The two ran off into the night while the fight ensued inside the inn. They ran until they came to the castle. Kari ran straight up to the head guards.
"What are you doing?" Kili hissed. Kari ignored her and went straight up to the head guard.
"I am terribly sorry to bother you, but there is a major fight going on at the inn. A monk, dog and wolf demon are beating on everyone for no reason. They tried to rape me, but I got away! I think you should take your guards and go stop them! Who knows what they will do next!" Kari cried. She was almost to the point of tears, well, fake tears.
"What! Men! Half of you come with me..."
"No! You are going to need all your men, these guys are big, and one of them has the Tetsusaiga. I could recognize that sword anywhere. If he has mastered it, he can kill you all with one sweep. You have to take all of your men. He might hurt innocents," she added quickly with a few tears.
"Okay, men, you heard the little lady, the towns folk need our help! Come on! You miss, can stay in the guard house where you are safe."
"Why, thank you sir. You are so kind!" she replied as she was ushered into the guard's house. As soon as all the guards had left, she walked out as silently as possible to get Kili. They both went back inside the guard house.
"Fifty down and twenty to go. They shouldn't be a problem. We can take on twenty guards together no problem. They are probably only good with the blade, which gives us the advantage"
"Okay, let's go!" Kili said eagerly.
"Okay, but be quiet."
"Do you really need to ask?" Kili replied.
"Okay, okay, now shut up!" Kari whispered. They snuck out of the guard house and into the palace grounds. While keeping to the shadows, they snuck to the center of the castle without any interruptions.
"It's very quiet," Kari whispered.
"Too quiet for a castle filled with guards, or so you said," Kili replied.
"Shh, I just heard something." They both stopped to listen. Kili sniffed the air.
"I smell something very familiar, and its reeks of Kagura," Kili growled. Something dropped further on in the castle. It was the second sound they had heard. Where were all of the guards? Where was everyone? They crept over toward the noise.
"There is no need to be so sneaky. Come right on in. I would love to have some fun. Hee-hee."
"Kagura!" they both said together. They ran into the room and there she was, flicking her fan around as if it were a harmless decoration.
"So nice of you to drop by. That was a cute little trick telling them that Inuyasha was in town. Your lies and trickery aren't going to work here, Kari."
"Maybe you're right, maybe my lies won't work with you, but my sword will!" Kari yelled, unsheathing her sword.
"Hmm, that sword is pretty, too. I would love to have it and Naraku would, too."
"We have come to reclaim what is rightfully mine!" shouted Kili.
"I don't usually like it when people take stuff from me. It's not nice. I love that sword. I am going to keep it."
"No you're not!" Kili yelled. She pulled out her bow and strung it so fast that any normal demon wouldn't have seen it coming. She let the arrow fly, but Kagura was quicker than any arrow and deftly caught it without so much as a blink.
"Now, that is going to cost you." Kagura said no longer smiling.
The demon world is falling. The two of the four stones of Yokai have been stolen from their resting places. These stones represent the four major elements of magic and nature: wind, fire, water, and earth. They are extremely powerful and bless certain demons with the power that they hold. Evil is brewing among the demons, for packs will turn on one another, families will kill, and children learn the meaning of war far too young. The demolition of the world and the time of demons can only be stopped by five unlikely travelers who meet in unlikely circumstances. Our story starts in the beginning of a small adventure for two friends, a wolf demon named Kari and a dog hanyou named Kili.
"Come on, we can steal it!" Kili shouted at Kari.
"Don't even bother Ki; they have twenty guards just around the sword. I don't care if they stole it from you or not! We are never going to get past the fifty guards outside and the twenty inside! The odds are thirty- five to one," Kari replied. She always created the plans and diversions while Kili "borrows" the item of their liking. But this time it was different. This sword was stolen from Kili but two weeks ago. It was made from black quartz with a white gold hilt – beautiful but deadly. The demon who had stolen it was Kagura. She had stolen it for her father, Naraku, the most diabolical demon in the world, the one who had stolen two of the Yokai stones.
Before we continue our story with Kari and Kili, I will explain about them and how they came to be together. Kari was a wolf demon in her tribe when she left. Her tribe had been enslaved to serve Nuraku and help him in his quest to take the Yokai stones. Kari barely escaped and is most likely the only one who survived. Kari has long bright purple hair with a single pink streak in the front. She has blue eyes with a violet ring. She is short for most demons but can fight better than any wolf demon. She wears a black and blue top and skirt and carries many weapons. She carries a sword of quartz with a white gold hilt – a sister to Kili's. She also carries twin daggers that are made of steel and white gold with a double blade, a spear made of solid oak with a steal head shaped like a crescent moon, and a bow of the supplest wood and arrows inlaid with water spirit magic to help them fly straight and true. After roaming the lands for a year, Kari came upon a school where demons trained their true nature powers, and her nature powers of the Yokai stones are of water. This is where she met Kili.
Kili is the fastest dog hanyou ever to be founding her region of the world, for she came from the south and Kari from the north. She had lived with her family until war had broken out in the south, and after her parents and her brother had died in the war, she moved north to go to the school of training to develop her powers of fire. Kili has long black hair with flaming red tips and her eyes are crystal blue. She wears a black top and skirt and carries many weapons. She has a bow and arrow that was twin to Kari's and a sword but has different powers inlaid into them, powers as strong than Kari's but of fire. Kili is the one who is not as bright but is fast and sneaky. She can stand right in front of you and not be seen if she wants to. Both she and Kari are quick to anger but can be as sweet as a white rose when they desire. They have been together through thick and thin and have always gotten what they wanted in the end. To survive, they "borrowed" a few things of desire and need, for in these times many people steal to get what they want. But Kari and Kili are not common thieves, they are known as the Double K, for they have "borrowed" many things far and wide, though it is mostly money, food, and jewels.
Now we go back to the situation at hand, the return of the sword to Kili.
"I think I know what I can do, but I have to get farther away from the castle to do it," Kari said suddenly. They had gone back to the inn in which they were staying at to think about what they were going to do.
"Finally! So what have you thought of?" Kili asked eagerly.
"Well, we would have to wait until the changing of the guards, and then I can let some arrows fly from different directions to cause confusion. Then while that is going on you can slip in unnoticed, but once you get inside I do not know how you are going to slip past the other twenty guards."
"I wish we still had Saku..."
"Never wish that! You know what she did to me to get in league with Naraku! Don't even mention her name. Her throat is mine, and you know it."
"She knows it too. Naraku has her in hiding; you will never find her."
"I will, and when I do..."
"Hush, someone is coming over here," she whispered. "No, that is not the best way to shoot an arrow!" she shouted, quickly changing the subject so as to look inconspicuous.
"It is for me, so there!" Kari replied and stuck out her tongue. Three men were approaching; the dog hanyou had long white hair and amber eyes and carried a sword, the wolf demon had black hair pulled back and carried a spear, and the monk had a staff and beads of power around his hand. They approached the girls directly.
"Well, well, look at what we have here," said the one with white hair. "Two young ladies such as yourselves should be more careful where you make plans to steal something of great value. Anyone can be listening."
"Is there a problem, mutt?" Kari asked smoothly.
"What did you call me?" he cried. He lunged at her but the monk held him back and hit him on the head with his staff.
"Inuyasha, that is no way to treat a lady!" he smiled a big, cunning grin at the girls who returned his smile with glares.
"Get off of me, Miroku, and shut up!" Inuyasha replied.
"You two are stupider than I thought," the wolf demon said calmly. "You just gave them your names while acting like idiots. You're real smooth," he said with a smirk.
"It doesn't matter! We got the Double K!" Inuyasha said with enthusiasm.
"Think again, guys," Miroku replied while pointing to the two empty seats that were in front of him.
"Damn! It's all your fault, Inuyasha! If you had just ignored that one little comment that she gave..."
"It is not, Kouga! It's is all Miroku's fault! He held me back."
"It is not my fault that they are smart and we are easily tricked," Miroku chided
"What!" Inuyasha screamed. "I am going to kill you, Miroku!" Outside two girls were laughing so hard they had tears streaming down their faces.
"Hahaha! That was funny! Hahaha! But now I have a great plan! Follow me!" Kari said.
"Haha, okay, hahaha!" Kili replied. The two ran off into the night while the fight ensued inside the inn. They ran until they came to the castle. Kari ran straight up to the head guards.
"What are you doing?" Kili hissed. Kari ignored her and went straight up to the head guard.
"I am terribly sorry to bother you, but there is a major fight going on at the inn. A monk, dog and wolf demon are beating on everyone for no reason. They tried to rape me, but I got away! I think you should take your guards and go stop them! Who knows what they will do next!" Kari cried. She was almost to the point of tears, well, fake tears.
"What! Men! Half of you come with me..."
"No! You are going to need all your men, these guys are big, and one of them has the Tetsusaiga. I could recognize that sword anywhere. If he has mastered it, he can kill you all with one sweep. You have to take all of your men. He might hurt innocents," she added quickly with a few tears.
"Okay, men, you heard the little lady, the towns folk need our help! Come on! You miss, can stay in the guard house where you are safe."
"Why, thank you sir. You are so kind!" she replied as she was ushered into the guard's house. As soon as all the guards had left, she walked out as silently as possible to get Kili. They both went back inside the guard house.
"Fifty down and twenty to go. They shouldn't be a problem. We can take on twenty guards together no problem. They are probably only good with the blade, which gives us the advantage"
"Okay, let's go!" Kili said eagerly.
"Okay, but be quiet."
"Do you really need to ask?" Kili replied.
"Okay, okay, now shut up!" Kari whispered. They snuck out of the guard house and into the palace grounds. While keeping to the shadows, they snuck to the center of the castle without any interruptions.
"It's very quiet," Kari whispered.
"Too quiet for a castle filled with guards, or so you said," Kili replied.
"Shh, I just heard something." They both stopped to listen. Kili sniffed the air.
"I smell something very familiar, and its reeks of Kagura," Kili growled. Something dropped further on in the castle. It was the second sound they had heard. Where were all of the guards? Where was everyone? They crept over toward the noise.
"There is no need to be so sneaky. Come right on in. I would love to have some fun. Hee-hee."
"Kagura!" they both said together. They ran into the room and there she was, flicking her fan around as if it were a harmless decoration.
"So nice of you to drop by. That was a cute little trick telling them that Inuyasha was in town. Your lies and trickery aren't going to work here, Kari."
"Maybe you're right, maybe my lies won't work with you, but my sword will!" Kari yelled, unsheathing her sword.
"Hmm, that sword is pretty, too. I would love to have it and Naraku would, too."
"We have come to reclaim what is rightfully mine!" shouted Kili.
"I don't usually like it when people take stuff from me. It's not nice. I love that sword. I am going to keep it."
"No you're not!" Kili yelled. She pulled out her bow and strung it so fast that any normal demon wouldn't have seen it coming. She let the arrow fly, but Kagura was quicker than any arrow and deftly caught it without so much as a blink.
"Now, that is going to cost you." Kagura said no longer smiling.