"What's wrong?" the female centipede demon hissed.
"Surprised to see me?"
Mukade Jourou had returned from the world of the dead to do battle with InuYasha to exact revenge for her death. The question was how did she return? As far as InuYasha knew, centipede demons couldn't raise from the dead. Unless, of course, they had a little assistance.
"I hear that you have shattered the sacred jewel," she growled. "Is this true?"
"Well," InuYasha began, "Technically, yes. But it's not like we're gonna give you a chance to try and find it anyway." He leapt at her and slashed with the Tetsusaiga. She slithered out of the way and returned the attack with a slash from her many hands. She managed to strike InuYasha clear across the face, but that didn't stop him.
The other centipedes joined in the fight too. One lashed its tail at Miroku, who received the blow directly in the back of his head. Sango rushed in to help him to his feet, and hurled her boomerang at it. It hit the creature, slicing its head clear off its body. It wriggled around for a few seconds before it died. Then the others joined in the battle. Centipede parts were hurled around the battlefield like confetti. They were obviously no match for OmegaNihon.
Mukade Jourou's decapitated body falling to the ground signified the end of the battle. InuYasha smiled. "That was fun."
"But where did they come from?" Kagome asked with a touch of fear in her voice. "We killed that centipede a long time ago. How did she come back?"
"I bet the ice demons have something to do with it," Miroku said. "We best be on our guard. If the ice demons knew to send that centipede, they may know more than we think they know."
"You know, Miroku," InuYasha smirked, "Sometimes you have good advice. But other times I don't know what the hell you're talking about."
Miroku rolled his eyes. "The point I'm trying to make is that we should be careful."
After a long pause, Sango said, "We should keep going." The others nodded in agreement and the nine of them set off once more.
While OmegaNihon was walking back home, Kikyou and Jakotsu had a small eulogy for Kaede and buried her and the other fallen villagers that Sekka had claimed. Myouga and Kirara joined them.
"What happened here?" Myouga asked, looking at the graves. There were maybe a dozen and a half.
"We were attacked by an ice demon," Jakotsu explained. "It killed Kaede."
Myouga narrowed his eyes. "I'm sorry to hear that, and alarmed as well. Kagura was attacked by an ice demon not too long ago. I have a strange feeling that there's a connection."
"I wonder if InuYasha has met up with any of them," Jakotsu said, a slight tone of worry in his voice. "I hope he's okay."
"InuYasha can take care of himself," Kikyou said flatly. "So, ice demons, you say?"
Myouga nodded. "Very powerful ones too. Kagura was attacked by the ice ninja, Shimoka. And you were attacked by Sekka. Both of them are generals of the ice demon empire, headed by KooriKisaki, the ice queen."
"What would they want with us?" Kikyou asked. "We have nothing against them. And nothing they would want."
"The Shikon jewel," Jakotsu whispered. "They must be after it."
"Well duh," Kikyou said, rolling her eyes.
Myouga smiled. "You two are acting like an old married couple."
Upon hearing this, Jakotsu picked up Myouga between his index finger and thumb, and squished him. "I was just kidding," Myouga uttered as he floated down the ground.
"If we and Kagura were attacked," Kikyou said, "What says that InuYasha wasn't?"
Jakotsu looked up at her. "Are you saying that you hope he was attacked?" he exclaimed.
"Of course not," Kikyou snapped, "But if they are after us, they'll be after him as well."
"I suggest," suggested Myouga, "that we go talk to Kagura. Maybe we can come up with some sort of battle plan to fight them."
Kikyou nodded in agreement, and Kirara took the three of them to Kagura's quaint little house. They arrived there in a few minutes and found Bankotsu, Renkotsu and Mukotsu waiting there for them. Kagura, Kanna, Hakudoushi and Kohaku were also there, waiting.
"The cavalry has arrived," Kohaku whispered to Hakudoushi.
"This is the cavalry?" he exclaimed. "Now I'm depressed."
"I heard that," Kikyou smiled as she and Jakotsu dismounted Kirara. "So you were attacked by an ice demon too, huh?"
Kagura nodded. "All the more reason to join up to fight them, just in case they try something el-"
"Listen," Kikyou snapped, "I do not need your help to fight these things! We are quite capable of handling this matter ourselves."
Renkotsu shoved Bankotsu forwards a little. "Go on," he smirked, "Tell her."
"Umm, Kikyou?" Bankotsu started, "I've already agreed that we should join together to fight them."
Kikyou narrowed her eyes. "You made a decision this important without discussing it with me first? Fine then. But we'll do as I say-"
"Oh, put a sock in it, you old winge-bag," Kagura snapped. "As long as we are on my property, we follow my rules." Kikyou recoiled, and was silent. "Now, let's go inside where it's warm and discuss this." She led the ten of them into the house.
One the day that OmegaNihon was supposed to arrive back home, they ended up taking a little detour that led them to a familiar area. Well, InuYasha, Kagome and Nobunaga found it familiar anyways. It was the area where they first met. Memories came flooding back of how they saved Princess Tsuyu and her husband from that evil frog demon.
(Kaeru no uta ga.)
It was another demon that had gotten power from the Shikon jewel. Too many evil demons had obtained shards of it to gain power. So many of them wanted it, and would do anything to obtain it. That frog was no different.
(Kikoetekuru yo.)
It had imprisoned several young girls in egg sacks in order to feed on their life force to gain more strength in hopes that it would get more shards of the jewel. (Gwa. gwa. gwa. gwa.) But fortunately, InuYasha, Kagome and Nobunaga stepped in and destroyed the evil creature before it could do any more harm. (Gero. gero. gero. gero) Or so they thought.
"Do you hear that?" Kouga whispered. He looked around at all the others. None of them knew what he was talking about, until InuYasha's ears began to twitch.
"Ya," he said, "Ya I do."
(gwa)
"What is it?" Kagome asked. "What do you hear?"
(gwa)
"It sounds like a frog," InuYasha answered. Kouga nodded in agreement.
(GWA!)
The sound of the frog pierced through all their minds at once. The woman's scream did the same thing. The nine of them looked around frantically and saw Tsuyu's castle high in the mountain, explode into flames. Fear washed over them, especially Nobunaga. They dashed towards the flaming wreckage and saw a ghostly figure of a frog carrying a woman. It leapt from the fire. The woman was Tsuyu, and the frog was the old creature they fought all those years ago.
"Princess Tsuyu," Nobunaga uttered. "We have to save her!"
InuYasha nodded and led the way, following the frog demon and Tsuyu. They chased it to a forest, where there was a marsh. Smaller frog demons tried to slow them down, but failed. One swipe with the Tetsusaiga turned each one of them into a pair of delicious
(well, not really)
frog's legs.
They chased the frog and its captive deep into the marsh. Nobunaga looked to his right and saw a white creature jumping from branch to branch. It was Hiyoshimaru, his trusty monkey sidekick that he had left to watch over Tsuyu while he was with the band. He smiled at him and quickened his running pace.
The mud started to get wetter, which slowed them down. This bought the frog demon just enough time to elude its pursuers and fled deeper into the marsh to its home. It placed the fainted Tsuyu onto a log and prepared to feed on her life force. As it prepared, it started to sing. InuYasha picked up on the song and lead his team straight to it.
"Let her go!" Nobunaga shouted.
The frog demon scoffed. "And if I don't?" it croaked.
"I'll destroy you," was its answer as Nobunaga drew his sword. The frog demon nearly fell over trying to contain its laughter.
"You gonna take that from that frog?" InuYasha whispered into Nobunaga's ears.
He shook his head and stood his ground. "Please don't try to help me," he said. "I must do this on my own."
InuYasha smiled and motioned with his hand for Nobunaga to start the attack. He dashed at the frog, bringing his sword over his head. He tried to land it on the frog's head, but it batted him away like he was nothing.
InuYasha sighed. "This doesn't look too good for us."
"What do you mean?" Kagome asked. "I'm sure Nobunaga can take care of himself." InuYasha pointed at Nobunaga who was already incased in one of the frog's eggs. Kagome sweatdropped. "Maybe you're right," she sighed. "Okay then, you better go help him."
InuYasha smiled and cracked his knuckles. "With pleasure."
Mukade Jourou had returned from the world of the dead to do battle with InuYasha to exact revenge for her death. The question was how did she return? As far as InuYasha knew, centipede demons couldn't raise from the dead. Unless, of course, they had a little assistance.
"I hear that you have shattered the sacred jewel," she growled. "Is this true?"
"Well," InuYasha began, "Technically, yes. But it's not like we're gonna give you a chance to try and find it anyway." He leapt at her and slashed with the Tetsusaiga. She slithered out of the way and returned the attack with a slash from her many hands. She managed to strike InuYasha clear across the face, but that didn't stop him.
The other centipedes joined in the fight too. One lashed its tail at Miroku, who received the blow directly in the back of his head. Sango rushed in to help him to his feet, and hurled her boomerang at it. It hit the creature, slicing its head clear off its body. It wriggled around for a few seconds before it died. Then the others joined in the battle. Centipede parts were hurled around the battlefield like confetti. They were obviously no match for OmegaNihon.
Mukade Jourou's decapitated body falling to the ground signified the end of the battle. InuYasha smiled. "That was fun."
"But where did they come from?" Kagome asked with a touch of fear in her voice. "We killed that centipede a long time ago. How did she come back?"
"I bet the ice demons have something to do with it," Miroku said. "We best be on our guard. If the ice demons knew to send that centipede, they may know more than we think they know."
"You know, Miroku," InuYasha smirked, "Sometimes you have good advice. But other times I don't know what the hell you're talking about."
Miroku rolled his eyes. "The point I'm trying to make is that we should be careful."
After a long pause, Sango said, "We should keep going." The others nodded in agreement and the nine of them set off once more.
While OmegaNihon was walking back home, Kikyou and Jakotsu had a small eulogy for Kaede and buried her and the other fallen villagers that Sekka had claimed. Myouga and Kirara joined them.
"What happened here?" Myouga asked, looking at the graves. There were maybe a dozen and a half.
"We were attacked by an ice demon," Jakotsu explained. "It killed Kaede."
Myouga narrowed his eyes. "I'm sorry to hear that, and alarmed as well. Kagura was attacked by an ice demon not too long ago. I have a strange feeling that there's a connection."
"I wonder if InuYasha has met up with any of them," Jakotsu said, a slight tone of worry in his voice. "I hope he's okay."
"InuYasha can take care of himself," Kikyou said flatly. "So, ice demons, you say?"
Myouga nodded. "Very powerful ones too. Kagura was attacked by the ice ninja, Shimoka. And you were attacked by Sekka. Both of them are generals of the ice demon empire, headed by KooriKisaki, the ice queen."
"What would they want with us?" Kikyou asked. "We have nothing against them. And nothing they would want."
"The Shikon jewel," Jakotsu whispered. "They must be after it."
"Well duh," Kikyou said, rolling her eyes.
Myouga smiled. "You two are acting like an old married couple."
Upon hearing this, Jakotsu picked up Myouga between his index finger and thumb, and squished him. "I was just kidding," Myouga uttered as he floated down the ground.
"If we and Kagura were attacked," Kikyou said, "What says that InuYasha wasn't?"
Jakotsu looked up at her. "Are you saying that you hope he was attacked?" he exclaimed.
"Of course not," Kikyou snapped, "But if they are after us, they'll be after him as well."
"I suggest," suggested Myouga, "that we go talk to Kagura. Maybe we can come up with some sort of battle plan to fight them."
Kikyou nodded in agreement, and Kirara took the three of them to Kagura's quaint little house. They arrived there in a few minutes and found Bankotsu, Renkotsu and Mukotsu waiting there for them. Kagura, Kanna, Hakudoushi and Kohaku were also there, waiting.
"The cavalry has arrived," Kohaku whispered to Hakudoushi.
"This is the cavalry?" he exclaimed. "Now I'm depressed."
"I heard that," Kikyou smiled as she and Jakotsu dismounted Kirara. "So you were attacked by an ice demon too, huh?"
Kagura nodded. "All the more reason to join up to fight them, just in case they try something el-"
"Listen," Kikyou snapped, "I do not need your help to fight these things! We are quite capable of handling this matter ourselves."
Renkotsu shoved Bankotsu forwards a little. "Go on," he smirked, "Tell her."
"Umm, Kikyou?" Bankotsu started, "I've already agreed that we should join together to fight them."
Kikyou narrowed her eyes. "You made a decision this important without discussing it with me first? Fine then. But we'll do as I say-"
"Oh, put a sock in it, you old winge-bag," Kagura snapped. "As long as we are on my property, we follow my rules." Kikyou recoiled, and was silent. "Now, let's go inside where it's warm and discuss this." She led the ten of them into the house.
One the day that OmegaNihon was supposed to arrive back home, they ended up taking a little detour that led them to a familiar area. Well, InuYasha, Kagome and Nobunaga found it familiar anyways. It was the area where they first met. Memories came flooding back of how they saved Princess Tsuyu and her husband from that evil frog demon.
(Kaeru no uta ga.)
It was another demon that had gotten power from the Shikon jewel. Too many evil demons had obtained shards of it to gain power. So many of them wanted it, and would do anything to obtain it. That frog was no different.
(Kikoetekuru yo.)
It had imprisoned several young girls in egg sacks in order to feed on their life force to gain more strength in hopes that it would get more shards of the jewel. (Gwa. gwa. gwa. gwa.) But fortunately, InuYasha, Kagome and Nobunaga stepped in and destroyed the evil creature before it could do any more harm. (Gero. gero. gero. gero) Or so they thought.
"Do you hear that?" Kouga whispered. He looked around at all the others. None of them knew what he was talking about, until InuYasha's ears began to twitch.
"Ya," he said, "Ya I do."
(gwa)
"What is it?" Kagome asked. "What do you hear?"
(gwa)
"It sounds like a frog," InuYasha answered. Kouga nodded in agreement.
(GWA!)
The sound of the frog pierced through all their minds at once. The woman's scream did the same thing. The nine of them looked around frantically and saw Tsuyu's castle high in the mountain, explode into flames. Fear washed over them, especially Nobunaga. They dashed towards the flaming wreckage and saw a ghostly figure of a frog carrying a woman. It leapt from the fire. The woman was Tsuyu, and the frog was the old creature they fought all those years ago.
"Princess Tsuyu," Nobunaga uttered. "We have to save her!"
InuYasha nodded and led the way, following the frog demon and Tsuyu. They chased it to a forest, where there was a marsh. Smaller frog demons tried to slow them down, but failed. One swipe with the Tetsusaiga turned each one of them into a pair of delicious
(well, not really)
frog's legs.
They chased the frog and its captive deep into the marsh. Nobunaga looked to his right and saw a white creature jumping from branch to branch. It was Hiyoshimaru, his trusty monkey sidekick that he had left to watch over Tsuyu while he was with the band. He smiled at him and quickened his running pace.
The mud started to get wetter, which slowed them down. This bought the frog demon just enough time to elude its pursuers and fled deeper into the marsh to its home. It placed the fainted Tsuyu onto a log and prepared to feed on her life force. As it prepared, it started to sing. InuYasha picked up on the song and lead his team straight to it.
"Let her go!" Nobunaga shouted.
The frog demon scoffed. "And if I don't?" it croaked.
"I'll destroy you," was its answer as Nobunaga drew his sword. The frog demon nearly fell over trying to contain its laughter.
"You gonna take that from that frog?" InuYasha whispered into Nobunaga's ears.
He shook his head and stood his ground. "Please don't try to help me," he said. "I must do this on my own."
InuYasha smiled and motioned with his hand for Nobunaga to start the attack. He dashed at the frog, bringing his sword over his head. He tried to land it on the frog's head, but it batted him away like he was nothing.
InuYasha sighed. "This doesn't look too good for us."
"What do you mean?" Kagome asked. "I'm sure Nobunaga can take care of himself." InuYasha pointed at Nobunaga who was already incased in one of the frog's eggs. Kagome sweatdropped. "Maybe you're right," she sighed. "Okay then, you better go help him."
InuYasha smiled and cracked his knuckles. "With pleasure."