Uh oh! Fight scene!
Inuyasha
The Wicked Child
Chapter I
Who Are Those Girls!?
He's dead. A wanted criminal that goes by the name Hirohito Onbi is dead, killed by his very own weapon by my hands. The eunuch laid motionless, drowning in his own blood before he left this small world. I'd experienced yet another death before my eyes-- as I did all my life since I've became ninja. Death... I used to absolutely cower in horror just thinking about it. Even to think deeply about it... is mind boggling on it's own. I know someday that I shall die, it's inevitable, so I cannot fear it. I still fear it, but not to the extreme as I used to. Master once told me that a true warrior doesn't fear death, for ninjas are like death itself, move, think, breathe like death. I do not understand what he meant... even to this very day.
As a child of six years, my mother left this world, and foolishly, I actually thought that she will return-- reincarnated as another woman. Eventually, I learned that death was absolute-- no returning, bye bye cruel world. Months later, when I became part of my beloved clan of ninjas, I experienced death once more before my visions, this time in mass amounts. I can remember it like yesterday, it was in the middle of winter training, up in the northern mountains-- way up, and in the middle of a blizzard. Many of my surrogate family died those days in the training and it was horrible. I soon realized that I was crying, and yet, no tears was shed. Why? Have I cried myself dry when Mother died? That must of explained why. I, somehow managed to survived those weeks of absolute cold-- ten to twenty below weather, horrible! Hell's got to be cold! I believe even the friendly snow lynx youkai, the natives of that mountain, couldn't survive that endless white monstrosity. By miracle, I, along with very few others overcame the infinite cold.
Never again.
Sorry for the nostalgia, people. It happens. I was even told that I had a little sister but she may be gone as well. Oops! It happened again. Anyway, my friends and I managed to kill time at a whore-- ahem, harem and got our hands on some quick money. I know some of you out there thought that we were harlots... we wouldn't sink that low. As I said before, everything is not what it seems. And unfortunately for these motley crew of gangsters, they are about to find out...
* * *
"This is an outrage!" A mobster shouted in indignation. "Who've done this to him!?"
"Unbelievable..." Another followed, stricken by awe.
"Your friend is isn't much of a fighter at all." Kagome elucidate calmly, her dagger ready to claim flesh. "You speak of him like he's formidable or something."
"It's you." The mob realized. "You were the broad in green that brought him up here into this room... You're the one that killed him?"
Kagome nodded. "Yes, actually in self defense. You see, fellas, your friend here brought his demise upon himself. Don't you think it's cowardly for a grown ass man to attack a sweet and seemingly innocent young woman?" She made a face.
"You're damn sure aren't innocent, though." Kagura pointed out. "Kagome you'd probably killed more people than wild youkai."
"Yeah." Nazuna tagged along. "Like that time you killed an serial killer and left him for his mother to see. Although she claimed that she disowned him a long time ago." She paused in thought. "Actually I wouldn't blame her, I would too if I had a child that grows up to be a ruthless killer that kills innocent lives for nothing."
"So you're telling me that very chick in blue... killed Hirohito?"
"Yeah, she did. So what?" Kagura challenged. "What are you guys are going to do about it."
The mobsters charged at the trio.
"Good answer." Kagura grinned as she brandishes her fan and prepared an attack. With a whirl of her fan in one hand she summoned a sudden breath of wind. After that initial move she shouts "Fujin No Mai!" At the command a violent small tornado roared to life and caught the angered gangsters in it's wild currents. The whirlwind rip through the corridors, awakening the women the slept in the occupying rooms in horror. The henchmen shrieks as the torrent toss them down to the main floor and they lay on the floor either dead or terribly wounded.
"C'mon, now's the time for our leave." Kagome said as she led her companions through the halls. "And don't let anyone stop you dead in your tracks."
Nazuna trailed behind the other two, noticing the dead bodies of some of the mobsters and the frightened faces of the geishas that just now waken up to a living nightmare. "Well, this is a night that they'll definitely remember for years to come." At the end of the hallway, three men stood before them armed with rifles. "Oh, so they want to play dirty, eh?"
"Then it's dirty the way they shall die." Declared Kagome. Skillfully and gracefully dodging fired bullets, she hastily reached the first gunman and knocks him down by delivering a kick to his chest. As he fell, Kagome impaled her dagger in his throat and presses it in his Adam's Apple. On the gunman was grounded, she twisted the blade in his neck and pulls it out, allowing some blood to spray like a geyser.
Nazuna handled her problem by whirling her flail like a lasso and chunked it at the second gunman. Successfully it hit him in his face, breaking his nose in the process. If that wasn't gruesome enough, the flail and chain fell on his shoulders just in time for Nazuna to apprehend him in a chokehold with the weapon. Without second thought, she whirled behind him and crossed the ends of the flail and breaking his neck in the process as a loud snap was audible.
"Show offs!" Kagura commented. She used her fan to reflect a bullet to the final gunman's eye. The gangster howled in pain for his now missing eye and Kagura closed in on him and slid her fan through his flesh like he was chicken dinner. He now lay lifeless in his blood and his torso was cut in half. "Now that was ugly!"
As they were about to reach the main floor of the harem, several crooks was now aware of their presence and was awaiting them to arrive there with their weapons drawn. Nazuna notices that they were really outnumbered and slows down a bit in her hurry. Kagura was about to unleash another raging whirlwind but Kagome stopped her from doing so. "Why the heck did you stop me for, Kagome?"
"There's some innocent lives down there." Kagome confirmed, quickly dissenting the difference by noticing the men with guns. "Let me handle this."
Kagura reluctantly complied. "If you say so. Just don't come whining to me when someone manages to land a shot on you."
Kagome blushed. "No need to worry. They wouldn't even know what hit them." In a puff of smoke, she was gone. She was employing a ninja technique. Actually, she hasn't really disappeared-- she was invisible! Shortly afterwards, a manslaughter was going on in the main floor. Women and innocent men were cringing in fear of what was going on before their eyes. The desperate shrieks of the mobsters that tried their best to figure what was going on before they met their demise by an invisible saber. Blood polluted the room as the now invisible Kagome slashed mercilessly at the villains. Horrified yells and aimless gunshots were heard along with blood, mobsters, and even heads flying through the air.
Nazuna's face became green at the sight of all the blood and missing heads. "That was uncalled for..."
"You're a ninja and cannot stand the sight of blood?" Kagura inquired the younger girl with a thin lipped smile. "Aren't you used to this right about now?"
Nazuna immediately nodded in response as she sat on the steps. "Not that. I'm used to the sight of all the blood but--" Suddenly, an unfortunate mobster's head fell in her lap. "EEK!! See what I mean!!?" She hastily threw it to Kagura. "Disembodied heads!!"
"EWW!!" Kagura threw it away as well. "Why the fuck you done that for?"
"Emphasizing my point." Nazuna replied a honest answer.
"Don't do that again..." Kagura advised.
"C'mon guys." Kagome's voice confirmed. "The coast is clear."
Kagura and Nazuna immediately followed after her towards the exit. Nazuna however, tried her best to ignore the bloody sight before her. She knew not to be around when Kagome decides to do her invisible raids. "Damn. Cleanup on the entire aisle."
The innocents of the harem were grateful for the defeat of the local criminals but the macabre scene they saw before them unnerved them greatly. This is going to be one hell of a cleanup.
"Who are those girls!?"
* * *
Hours later, about an hour just before dawn, the girls were taking a well deserved break in the forest just outside of town. Kagome went to a spring nearby as Kagura and Nazuna was hold a very interesting conversation as she trained with her nunchaku.
"So, you say not too far from here is a kingdom?" Nazuna queried, careful not to hit her face with her weapon as she talked. "It's better than roaming around the state bashing on low-lives."
"That's right. Beautiful Nakatani kingdom." Smirked Kagura. "Home of the demon slayers clan and some of the most renowned underground fighters."
Nazuna stopped whirling her chucks with little more interest than usual to what Kagura said. "Underground fighters? Oh, you mean The Underworld Battle Cult. Quite gruesome as to what I have heard."
Kagura's eyes glinted mischievously as her smile became wider. "Yea, that's right. The champion takes home a whole shit-load of money. Maybe if we sign ourselves in..."
Nazuna was already in her face. "We kick ass and take all their money! Whoa, I feel kind of sorry for those fighters already. We're going to rob the UBC blind!!" Her smiled widened with Kagura's.
Then, they burst into hysterical, hyena-like laughter.
Kagura stood up and went into a dynamic pose with her fan. "Watch out, mother-fuckers of UBC! We're after that ass!"
"After we're through with them, it's going to be called the 'UB-what?'" Nazuna jibed.
"Girl, I can see it now: Kagura of the Wind, the beautiful mistress working her way to the top. Busting heads and taking names."
"And me: Nazuna of... um... Nazuna whooped their asses!!"
They went into laughter again and slapped hands.
Kagura was the first to calm down. "Nazuna, what interests me even more is that the princess of the Northen Nakatani kingdom donate funds to the UBC and often shows up to watch the fighters." Kagura eyes narrowed. "Most be some bored little bitch..."
"You mean Soichano Hime?" Nazuna wondered. "I've heard of her. You know, she's has the power to do away demons with her spiritual powers. They say that she was a miko. Queen Soichano's barren, so that means that she must have adopted Soichano Hime due to the child's amazing dormant powers."
"And the kingdom up ahead has some pretty strong youkai wondering about there." Kagura considered. "This kid is bad. She took down legions of monsters only using her bow and arrows."
"Hmm... That maybe so, but it may comes as a surprise to many that she is totally inexperienced with hand-to-hand combat." Nazuna elucidated. "Probably a reason why she often visits the UBC. I guess she wants to learn a few good moves."
Kagura's eyes widened. "Is that so? Hmm... Princess Soichano..."
* * *
The steamy waters of the spring eased her muscles. Kagome was resting in it's currents in a peaceful bliss. The rivulet made her feel safe and secure, as if there wasn't any bother in the whole wide world. It was definitely a well deserved break from trekking the high road. She eventually fell asleep...
"Soichano-Hime!" A female's voice exclaimed.
'Where am I?' Kagome wondered.
"Soichano-Hime! It's a horde of youkai! Save us, your majesty!!" The voice exclaimed again.
'Soichano-Hime...?' She watches as a scene unfolds before her. 'The foster princess of the Northern Nakatani Kingdom.' She watches the scenery with slight interest. A tall woman, around her age, emerged from the foyers of a huge castle and glares menacingly at the skies. Her pecan eyes now more narrow than usual. Princess Soichano was a striking youth. Long obsidian hair tied in a long ponytail that reaches well past her hips. Her thin pink lips turned upward slightly into a determined smiled. Her skin was a milky pale color, almost making her look like porcelain art. She was so pretty! Despite her regal garbs, her lovely feminine curves were clearly evident underneath the layers. She had an arrow and bow at ready and pointed it upwards towards the skies. What really struck Kagome was how much this royal teenager resembled her, only the princess held a more serious air.
'What's going on?' Kagome wondered, finding this scenery defying all rationality. 'Why am I here? Where are my friends, Kagura and Nazuna?' She tilted her gaze from the princess and looks towards the skies and gasped. The sky was unnaturally dark and it was overflowing with hungry, unholy creatures-- youkai fairies. Kagome immediately returned her gaze back at Princess Soichano, about to implore her to bolt for her life...
That is, until she looks Kagome dead in the eyes from afar and gave her a warm smile...
'All is well... Big Sister...' Soichano uttered solemnly before releasing the arrows. The arrow was now a brilliant streak of holy plasma as it seared through the dark skies. Kagome and the maid servants watches this in awe. The arrow smite the legion of youkai and exploded on contact, and it was now raining youkai parts.
The princess returned her gaze at Kagome, the previous smile playing on her lips once more. "I'm looking forward to meeting you at last... Big Sister..." She dismissed herself and returned inside the castle.
Kagome was pretty impressed at how the princess handled the demons, but surprise and realization struck her as she processes what the princess referred her as. 'Wait!? What are you talking about princess? How can you be my baby sister? All of my blood relatives are dead.'
The princess' voice was heard once more. "Only time will reveal this mystery to you, Kagome-oneechan..."
"Kagome-oneechan..."
"Kagome-oneechan..."
Kagome-oneechan..."
"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT!!!?" Kagome shouted shrilly as she shot her head up from her slumber. She rediscovered that she was still naked in the hot springs. She sighed in relief, free from the brief confusion and the absurd dream. "That reoccurring dream again, along with that woman... Princess Soichano? What does this mean? My baby sister wasn't even born..."
She lays her head back to the surface of the water, allowing her body to float gracefully due to her lack of density. She was so confused, and yet, the dream seemed so real. Plus, even though Soichano looks too much like her, how can she be her actual unborn baby sister? It's impossible! She finally shrugged, dismissing the dream as an alternate reality, and if it was really her little sister then that means she wasn't seventeen. Soichano obviously seems older than her. No little sister... she was never born into this world.
Kagome began to swim, using her legs to paddle. "The Princess of the kingdom up ahead..." She mused. "I cannot help but to think of Mother when I see that woman..."
An unmistakable sound of shrubbery rustling nearby made Kagome snap out of her musings. She abruptly stood on her feet and glowered at the direction of the sound. "Show yourself, I know that you're there."
"That's mighty clairvoyant of you, my dear." Chimed a male's voice. He emerged from the shrubbery. It was a young man around her age. He was a handsome fellow in violet and black robes. "Well?"
Kagome held her ground as she narrowed her eyes at him, ignoring the fact that she was totally naked and in the sights of a cool young man. "Are you one of those low-lives from them harem in the previous town?"
The boy smirked. "Cunning... I like that. You have the face of a adorable toddler, but that now glistening body of yours is something to kill over. That ass is unbelievable-- quite rare on a lean woman such as yourself."
Kagome blushed a little at the boy's forwardness, but she immediately shook it off. "Nice try, playboy. Now, answer me."
The monk feigned innocence. "I am not a criminal. I was just enjoying the sight of a beautiful demi-goddess in her moment of leisure. Is there anything wrong with that?"
Kagome eyes narrowed. "Hmm... Liar!!" She disappeared in a puff of smoke and reappeared behind the boy with her clothes on and in a fighting stance. "Now, I shall ask you this one more--"
The boy whipped around her and apprehended Kagome in a lock. He wrapped his right arm around her right arms and neck, and his left held Kagome's wrist behind her back. If Kagome tries to struggle free, she'll be sure to feel some pain. "So? You're familiar with the arts?" The boy inquired, sniffing her long raven hair. "You smell wonderful, like an exotic fruit, my dear."
"Is that so?" Kagome responded with a tender voice.
"Yes..."
"Try again, playa." With a great stretch of her left leg, she swung it as though she was about to deliver an axe-kick but the tip of her foot hit the boy in his face. The boy released her and stumbled back in pain.
"Nice trick..." He complimented as he grab a staff.
"Thank you." Kagome merited as she unsheathes her dagger.
"Well then... shall we dance?"
"Let's." Before he knew it, Kagome was already in front of him. He tries to defend himself at the last minute but failed. Kagome manages to knock away his staff and lifted her right leg to wrap around his neck, her thigh crushing his neck and her calf holding the nape of his neck. She applied pressure on her leg and the boy bent backwards as his knees gave out a little. Kagome held her blade at his neck, ready to slit it.
"Did you have a good time?" Kagome queried with a fronted seductive smile.
Miroku smiled back, rubbing her thigh that held him in it's gridlock even though his doom may be impending. "What a beautiful way to die. In your broad lovely thighs, I shall die a happy man."
"Hold it. Chill out with the game-spitting would you?" Kagome beckoned. "I am not truly a killer-- only to the unjust. I just want to know who are you? I've just dealt with a number of hoodlums back at the village."
"Who? Me? My name's Miroku." Miroku introduced. "I just came here for an early morning dip in the hot springs."
"Oh..."
"Listen miss, now that you caressed me with your pretty leg... Will you bear my child?" He asked innocently, garnering a burlesque expression from Kagome.
"WHAT!!?"
Just who is this guy? He's kind of cute but he's trying way too hard for my tastes. Oh well... Kagura and Nazuna are going to be surprised.
END OF CHAPTER I