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Chapter 6, Koruka
They'd had no trouble for about five hours when Inuyasha started to become restless and staying on his toes most of the time, Kagome had also noticed that he had become very edgy and jumpy not his usual attitude. They had walked for a couple more hours when they caught sight of the reason for Inuyasha's skittish mood. They came to the place where a small village should have been and saw only runes, they saw a tiny rustle in the straw near one of the flattened farm houses Inuyasha and Kagome readied themselves and Miroku lifted up the straw, underneath the straw was a little kid curled up as if trying to make himself as small as possible. Kagome and Inuyasha growled at the kid, Miroku worried that they would hurt the child and told them they should probably go and see if whatever attacked this village is still around, they went off grudgingly but not before Kagome let her fangs show and one hiss leak out. "So what is your name" said Sango turning to the kid "S...S..S..Saru Miss" the little boy stammered, "what happened here" Miroku questioned "a demon attacked our village he killed my mother and father he looked a lot like a big scorpion and had a spider mark on his back" answered Saru timidly, well it must be another one of those damned incarnations even though we have all of the jewel except for one last shard Naraku has never lost that power thought Miroku silently, "well your safe now we will take you to the next village we see and hope that they will let you stay there" Sango's comforting voice pulling Miroku out of his deep thoughts. "What ever was here has been long gone" growled Inuyasha, Kagome put in that she didn't like the smell of the kid and that maybe it would better to leave him there, "absolutely not this child is defenseless and that demon could be back any second if he even caught the slightest whiff of human" Miroku and Sango argued "Fine feh" huffed Inuyasha and Kagome in unison though Kagome kept muttering how she didn't like his scent and hissed at the boy every time he came near her or Inuyasha [Kagome refused to call him by his name for she had a suspicion that it was not his real name]. They set up camp about a mile away from the wrecked village that night, Kagome and Inuyasha [Shippo had also come because he knew Kagome to usually be sweet and gentle towards children not hiss at them and not call them by their name so he grew a little suspicions to and found a tree of his own to sleep in for the night] refused to come down from a tree that was quite far away from the camp site near a little stream neither of them slept at all that night for fear that their companions would not wake up in the morning. "Damn those hanyou have not taken their eyes off me since we met how am I supposed to kill the mortals and set the demons against each other" thought Saru [who really was the scorpion demon Koruka created by Naraku] but he stopped complaining to himself, a wicked idea had just formed. "Sango I need to take a break and some water" wined Saru, "fine we will stop for a minute to rest and I'll come with you to get some water" Sango said softly and went off with him to the stream "BAKA" Kagome and Inuyasha yelled in unison, 'heh heh I have her where I want her', "Sango I think there is a demon in the water" Saru said backing away from the stream, as Sango leaned down to look into the water Saru behind her began to change to his true form his body started to harden, he had grown a tail, his teeth elongated into fangs, his eyes shrunk to tiny black dotes, he grew six more legs, and an evil aura exploded around him. Sango was leaning down to check for demons in the water when she felt the feel of the aura of the area shift, she glanced down at the water, and saw the reflection not the little boy that she had been walking with only moments ago, but a hideous scorpion youkai about to strike, she rolled aside the moment the poisonous tail came down on her, quickly got up, and pulled off her bone boomerang ready for the next attack. "Heh so you dodged me you will not escape me a second time, my name's Koruka and I'll enjoy killing you as much as I did devouring that tiny village" exclaimed Koruka, "you are the demon who killed that entire village. Kagome and Inuyasha could smell youkai and death all over you but I could not come to believe them because this boy reminded me of Kohaku" thought Sango sadly. The minute Miroku, Shippo, Moyaga, Kagome, and Inuyasha heard Sango's familiar "bone boomerang" they rushed to her aid when they arrived they saw not a little boy having a drink of water but a scorpion youkai with a spider mark on its back and Sango with blood staining her right shoulder, "now do you believe us" shouted Inuyasha and Kagome "yes" screamed Miroku and Sango [Shippo exclaimed that he had known the whole time he got a couple of whacks on the head from Inuyasha for that one], "now that your tiny insignificant argument is over, allow me to show you the end with my deadly sting" Koruko shouted, he race at Kagome tail poised she moved away quickly with the agility of a cat [literally], Inuyasha pulled out a Tetsusaiga that was now as tall as Kagome's hand, and as wide as a banana, Miroku readied his Wind Tunnel, Shippo wanted to use his foxfire but was not sure that was the best idea, Miroku saw Sango straining to pick up her weapon, and prayed that the poisonous sting would not kill her before the battle was over. The battle went on for a couple more hours until finally the Tetsusaiga broke and Inuyasha turned demonic, and he killed the demon then Kagome said "SIT" and he turned back to his usual self, "Gods we now have to visit Toto-sai to get the sword repaired and find a way to heal Sango quickly." That night Sango was running a very high fever and none of the group could figure out a way to bring it down the final decision was that Miroku and Sango would stay behind [Shippo would also stay behind to protect Sango from Miroku when she was so vulnerable] and Kagome and Inuyasha would journey on to the castle [besides they could get there much faster if it was just the two of them, that night they stayed at the camp just to make sure no youkais came to hurt any of the mortals [including Inuyasha] because it was the night of the new moon and his time of the month, "I hate when I'm mortal" grumbled Inuyasha from Kagome's lap "I always feel so weak I hate it feh and why couldn't we leave tonight", "well if you wanted Sesshomaru to see you like this then we can go now "not in all hells will I ever let him see me in this fucking form never."