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Hey everyone! For some odd reason FFN didn't post up the latest chapter (angry face!), so I took the time to revamp it a bit and re-post it. Because of this, and my brand new kitty-kat (insert name here) I'll be posting today and tomorrow. Kitty! I got a new kitten! Oh, I'm so happy! *squeals and kugs name*
So that's last week's update today, and today's update tomorrow. Two chapters in two days. Maybe a third on Friday, since it's the summer and I have NOTHING else to do. Except play DDR Konamix until I can finally get Salamander out of my head. Or playing with my kitty. KITTY!
Chapter of Monday!
Chapter 41:
Fury
"What did you say?" Kouga asked, taking a step back. He clenched his grip on the sword he had picked up from where Jakotsu had left it, trying not to look as nervous as he felt. Inu-Yasha just kept grinning, idly shaking his hands as blood shook off of them. His eyes had turned completely red, with a thin blue iris and where reflecting absolutely nothing but insanity.
"You're scared, I can smell it you idiot." Inu-Yasha said loosely, causing the wolf demon to growl in retaliation. Inu-Yasha chuckled. "You really think you actually have a chance against me, wolf? Look at me! I'm not some weakling threeblood, I'm a pure-blooded demon now! You think Sesshoumaru's bad? He's not even half of what I am. I could pull your entire skeleton out and now even break a sweat. Hell, I could probably do it without you even knowing."
Kouga desperately tried to think of something to say or do to save himself, realizing just what of a situation he had gotten himself into. He looked around, trying to find an opening or a miracle as Inu-Yasha kept talking.
"You piss me off wolf and now I'm going to teach you a lesson. Think I like have you and your stinking men around? Think I like you hitting on Kagome like the horny animal you are?"
"You leave her out of this." Kouga snapped.
"She's mine, dammit." Inu-Yasha growled, his expression darkening. "Or she would have been if you and your men weren't so fucking incompetent and now she's dead! Just a bloodspot on this stupid realm. Because you screwed up!"
"You're her guardian!" The wolf demon retaliated. Inu-Yasha froze and clenched his claws, growling.
"I am really going to enjoy this…" He said, taking a step forward. "I'm going to rip out your heart and tear it to shreds while it's still beating. And then maybe I'll tear you to shreds and stomp all the pieces into the ground. How would you like that, wolf?"
"You're insane." Kouga growled. Inu-Yasha smirked.
"Maybe. But I'm not the one who's going to die, am I?"
With his self satisfied smirk disappearing, Inu-Yasha suddenly sprung forward, claws ready to tear Kouga to bits. The wolf general had just barely enough time to swing out of the way and try to attack him with his sword.
Inu-Yasha grabbed the sword in his hand, clenching onto it as he pulled it right out of the wolf demon's grasp. Tossing the weapon away, and ignoring the deep cut on his palm, Inu-Yasha grabbed Kouga by the throat, dragging him forward until they were nose to nose.
"Inu-Yasha!" Shippo bit as hard as he could on the dog-demon's ear, beating at his head with his tiny fists as well. The move worked, shocking Inu-Yasha so much he dropped Kouga to try and pry the little fox kit off of his head. He finally managed to, ripping out some hair and damaging his ear further as he pulled the writhing Shippo off, but Inu-Yasha was a bit beyond caring at this point.
"You want to die first?" Inu-Yasha smiled. Shippo went completely still and silent for a moment, suddenly realizing just how frightening Inu-Yasha was full demon and up close. Red eyes glaring, Inu-Yasha looked ready to kill Shippo. "Now you li-"
"Inuyashaitskagome!" Shippo blurted out in one fast string, wondering why his heart wasn't exploding yet. Inu-Yasha paused as he tried to pry that sentence apart and then his eyes narrowed.
"Shut up fox." He growled.
Shippo clenched his fists and tried to look brave. "Shut up? She's in danger! You have to save her, not killing other people!"
"Danger?" Inu-Yasha threw Shippo hard against a rock. "Danger? Open your fucking eyes, fox, she's not in danger she's dead! Gone for fucking good! She's not here anymore, and she'll never be back! So just give it up!"
Shippo raggedly picked himself up. "You get out of your denial already! You're nothing but a brooding idiot who thinks everything's their fault because they're screw ups to begin with! Kagome's not dead, she just got kidnapped two minutes ago and if you hadn't been killing everyone you would have noticed!" He tried to catch his breath, wincing as he rubbed the back of his head.
Inu-Yasha's expression changed as he looked like he was having a war with himself. Crouching down and clutching his head he seemed to be muttering as everyone around looked at themselves in slight confusion. Suddenly Inu-Yasha jumped up again and grabbed Shippo's collar.
"Who?!" He snarled. Shippo frantically tried to remember the description.
"um… um… um… well there was two of them, one was all in black and had red eyes and that's about all I could tell and he never spoke and was really creepy and the other guy had dark skin and blue hair and was tattooed and had a spear and was wearing armour and had a funny accent and had a symbol on his chest armour that looked like…. Like…. Like….." Shippo tried to get a good image when he saw Kouga. "Like that!" He pointed at the symbol on Kouga's battered and bloody chestplate.
Inu-Yasha glared at Kouga as the wolf demon ignored the dog and tried to remember the description. The first was obviously a trespasser but the second…. "Mizuki." He suddenly realized right then. "What the hell was that bastard thinking?"
"Who?" Inu-Yasha said, dropping Shippo.
"Mizuki is the head general of Sesshoumaru's army." Kouga explained, his expression as dark as Inu-Yashas. "And that was a trespasser he was with, but it's not ours. The one Sesshoumaru hired had really bright green eyes, not red ones. It looks like Mizuki betrayed us."
"And he's the one that took Kagome?" Inu-Yasha to Shippo, who was once again trying to stand up.
"Yeah." Shippo squealed when he was knocked over again.
"Oy! Dog! Where are you going?!" Kouga said to Inu-Yasha's receding form. The dog demon said nothing.
"Let him go." Netsuna said, jumping down from her perch where she had been watching all this. "He can't go that far and if Kagome and the others are anywhere within twenty miles of here he should be able to find them. So all we need are a few good canines to follow his tracks."
Kouga eyed the cat demon warily. "And where were you the entire fight?"
"Fighting." Netsuna snapped back. "Now do you wanna find Kagome or do you wanna get there to late? Move it, Wolfy." She pushed him forward non-too-gently. Kouga let out a growl but reluctantly waved to the rest of his remaining men, motioning them forward. The wolf soldiers didn't seem to keen on following a nearly-crazed threeblood-now-demon that had killed half their brethren, but one glare from Kouga silenced any hesitations.
"Hey kid, you okay?" Netsuna asked Shippo as the fox kit got lifted up by Kirrara.
"I'm fine." Shippo snapped back, when Miroku put a hand on his head to silence him. The angel looked up at his task in confusion as Miroku shook his head. Netsuna watched the exchange with a slight smile as they started walking.
"Well aren't we the little peace-maker?" She asked, noting also the unconscious Sango leaning against him wrapped in what remained of Miroku's cloak. Miroku's face reddened slightly and he scratched his head.
"Just trying to keep the situation from getting any worse." He said. Netsuna chuckled, as if at a private joke. "Oh, I'm going to miss this."
"Pardon?" Miroku asked.
Netsuna just smiled secretively. "Nothing. If I told you I'd have to kill you."
"Oy, I think she's waking up."
"How brilliantly observant of you. Any normal being would simply think that her moving and opening her eyes were simply another form of sleep."
"You get off from being sarcastic, don't you?"
"I have no idea what you're talking about."
"… I really hate the whole fucking lot of you."
"Watch your language in front of a lady Mizuki, she's waking up."
"Oh, how observant of yo-"
"Using someone's own jokes against them is a low even I didn't think you would succumb to."
"Fuck you."
"Language!"
Kagome's head felt like she had been hit by a ton of bricks going at a few hundred miles an hour. Groaning she tried to sit up, stars flashed before she closed eyes and a sharp pain went through her neck. She let out a slight cry as she fell back to the ground. She could dimly sense two beings near her… one was a demon that felt slightly familiar and another one was something… she couldn't place exactly what it was, not angel, mortal or demon, not even threeblood. She was trying to place it when a hand touched her shoulder. She tried to open her eyes to the dim light of hell, blinking at the spots that appeared. Slowly everything came into focus and she found herself staring into light green eyes. Knowing fully well and for sure that she didn't know anyone with green eyes, except for Netsuna and her eyes were a much more brilliant colour.
The owner of the eyes grinned and looked at someone else Kagome couldn't see. "There, she's awake. Happy?"
Kagome tried to sit up, dimly remembering the past few occurrences before her memory went blank, such as Inu-Yasha going berserk, her trying to reach him when suddenly she felt a strange aura and then she was out like a light.
So that was why they both felt familiar.
She started backing up, ignoring the fact that she was in no definite condition to run away and she couldn't even use her powers down here in Hell. The demon looked at her with a confused expression that reminded her of Inu-Yasha before everything had turned so horrible. He leaned towards her and Kagome realized she hadn't been able to move that far, not as much as she had thought. The demon frowned as he looked at her.
"You look different."
"You saw her in the dark and she has a few new scars, Mizuki." Another voice said, cold and sending a shiver through Kagome. She glanced over to see a black creature, with only brilliant red eyes as a distinguishable feature. Mizuki casually flipped the finger to the other demon and frowned as he looked at the three healing scars on Kagome's face. "Man, I thought you guys were super-heroes or something." He pouted and looked like he was tearing up.
"Mizuki, be serious." The black demon hissed.
"I am serious!" The other snapped back. He went from a kneeling position to a cross-legged sitting, giving Kagome a better look at him. He had olive skin with light green eyes and blue hair tied in a complicated braid that went all the way down his back. His ears and the markings on his face were prominent, the former being jagged and looking almost like fins. He wore loose pants, a sash across his chest and a chest plate of armour that only covered half his torso, giving Kagome a good view of all the tattoos he wore. But the symbol on the chest plate drew her attention, as she recognized it immediately.
"Sesshoumaru!" She gasped aloud. Mizuki blinked, looked down at his chest plate and whistled.
"Right. Forgot that." He said, sounding embarrassed. Kagome looked at the trident-like weapon he held and blanched. "You're that demon that Inu-Yasha fought before we came into Hell!"
"Eh, girl's got a good memory, don't she?" Mizuki grinned like a high-school boy. "Of course, how can one forget my dashing looks?"
"Most people banish traumatizing memories from their mind."
Mizuki shot a glare at the black demon. "Listen, I'm going to stab you any second now."
The black demon shrugged. "Go ahead. It won't make any difference."
Mizuki glared murderously at the other demon before sighing dramatically and batting at his nose, looking at the shadow demon out of one eye, the other squinted shut. "Ne, I don't know what to do with you people. You're so annoying." He whined.
Kagome blinked at the kappa's sudden mood swing before coughing loudly. "Um… so why am I here?"
"Eh?" Mizuki looked back at her and jumped, as if he had forgotten she was there. "Oh, right! You! Well, basically we kidnapped you."
Kagome blinked again.
"Oh don't worry, you'll be perfectly safe and everything, absolutely nothing to worry about. In fact, we did this for your own good, not a good idea to keep you near Inu-Yasha while he's all 'ooh, look at me I'm crazy and killing stuff', you know? Hey, do you smoke?"
Kagome slowly shook her head at the last question, trying to figure out everything Mizuki had just told her. The kappa sighed.
"Damn. Whatta way to die. Well, I suppose you want a more detailed explanation?" The kappa asked, suddenly seeming more serious.
"Well, that would be nice." Kagome said meekly, wondering if she was going to die. Mizuki looked quite serious now.
"Well basically you guys were moving too slow down here. The mortal realm's getting the pojies kicked out of it and it'll be looking a lot like down here soon, except wetter, if something doesn't happen fast. You're supposed to be saving the world, not prolonging it's fate. So, Broody and I decided to, eh, 'speed you up' persay." He explained, glancing over at her to see what she'd say.
"So you kidnap me to make the group move faster?" Kagome asked. Mizuki nodded, sitting up one leg to lean on.
"Well, actually it was more to get doggy threeblood movin', but the group would follow. We knew we had to act when we found out threeblood turned oneblood because he'd be able to withstand the heavy pressure of all the fighting before the big match and the end of the world."
Kagome looked up, startled at the last bit of news. "End of the world? I thought we were saving the world?!"
Mizuki looked at her, serious and pityingly, before placing a hand on her shoulder. "Kagome, was it? I've been with Sesshoumaru-sama my entire life and there are some things we just know. I've been trained for this since the day I could hold this spear." He shook the indicated weapon. "Kagome, I think it's time I told you a little story…"
A swarm of giant insects rose from around the sixth gate, hundreds upon thousands of bee-like demons, heading straight towards Inu-Yasha. He bared his fangs and claws, running faster. The full demon had somewhere to go and nothing was going to stop him.
"Get outta my fucking way!" he shouted, jumping straight into the swarm. Bees and bee parts flew everywhere as Inu-Yasha slashed his way through madly, oblivious to the wounds the bees were managing to inflict upon him in the process.
"The part you already know if that Inu-Yasha's dad, Yasha, was the one that killed Naraku and won the Second Strike." Mizuki began. "But that's common knowledge, known by every angel, demon and dead mortal. What I'm about to tell you is the part they don't know. And you should."
Inu-Yasha slammed into a rock to get the bugs covering him off, ripping away their stunned bodies if they didn't fall off on their own. More began covering him faster then he could tear them off, turning him into a giant, buzzing mass.
"Yasha's father, Inu-Yasha's gramps, was a full demon, a real strong freak, would make Sesshoumaru-sama look like Jaken, that's how awesome he was. Died of a virus, things are funny that way. Anyway, he had children with a mortal before he croaked, one full demon, one full mortal and one half and half. Sesshoumaru, Onigumo and Yasha."
Kouga ran forward at top speed, knocking the bugs away in mid-air. He couldn't see Inu-Yasha anywhere in the mess and kept knocking the bugs back. The wolf soldiers joined in once they caught up, Netsuna helped with her claws and teeth, but all Miroku and Shippo could handle where knocking them back with Miroku's rod, while Kirrara bit with her fangs.
"When Sesshoumaru turned 10, he decided 'screw the mortals' and left on his own, starting a story we won't get into right now. Yasha and Onigumo were okay at the beginning but then Onigumo started to get jealous of Yasha's strength and formed a gang against him and then their village got raided and their mum got killed and they ran away… you know, the whole sappy orphan story." Mizuki made a face. "Besides which, Yasha went to live in the forest and Onigumo started to play the bad guy, dealing with real evil demons and such and finally selling his soul for more power, screwy stuff happened and he turned into Naraku."
Inu-Yasha broke apart all the insects, burning them within a meter range around him with a strange aura. Despite this the bugs kept on coming and he kept on fighting, taking a ton down with him, oblivious to his bleeding wounds. He was starting to look different.
"You mean Naraku is Inu-Yasha's uncle?" Kagome gasped. Mizuki smiled coldly.
"Aye, but I don't think he knows. When Yasha found out about the whole deal he got real pissed and then Naraku tried to take over the world, you know brothers, and the Second Strike happened. At the end of it Naraku did the biggest thing to piss Yasha off and he became the scariest thing to ever live and won the Strike."
Inu-Yasha batted angrily at a few bugs but seemed to ignore them as they piled onto him. Kouga, the wolf soldiers and Netsuna stopped as all the bugs seemed to focus on Inu-Yasha. Quivering, Netsuna backed up to where Miroku and Shippo were watching.
"What is that?" Miroku asked the frightened looking guide.
"Run." Netsuna said. "Just run."
"So what does all this have to do with me?" Kagome asked. Mizuki looked at her from under his hair, as if talking to a child.
"Kagome, what have you learned?" He said wearily. "Yasha's demon blood, Inu-Yasha's demon blood, is one of the strongest forces on these planes. But it's still not enough. We need to do something to make him go over the edge, to make him even stronger. We're using you to get him to Naraku's faster, to end this faster. You know what the final blow was, Kagome? Inu-Yasha's parents died in the Second Strike. Kanake died first. Yasha died second. You and Inu-Yasha are the spitting image of his parents and everything's working out exactly the same. Do you understand now?"
Kagome tried to figure it out, but Mizuki's tone was frightening her. He ran a clawed hand through his hair, before saying it.
"We'll have to kill you."
A giant explosion filled the area with blinding light.
End chapter 41
In case it wasn't clear, in the last section the normal font is what's happening at the sixth gate and the italic font is where Mizuki, Broody and Kagome are. Just clearing that up. Think of one seen playing while the talking is overlaid. That's what I was going for, anyway.
And the next chapter's tomorrow!
Oh, did anyone note that pratically all my male characters are topless now? Mizuki and Sesshoumaru are only covering half their chest with their armour. Kouga would be too, except his chest plate got totally trashed. Inu-Yasha's shirt vanished a while ago and Miroku's not wearing his robe anymore. So basically, the only guys in the story wearing shirts are Shippo, Kuro-Michi (well, he's a trespasser without any real body, kinda like NoFace from SA) and Naraku. I honestly didn't mean to do that. Well, Inu-Yasha and Sesshoumaru, yes, but not the others… *blinks* Well, not too many people are complaining, are they?
See you tomorrow, where BAD STUFF HAPPENS! *dramatic gasp for effect*
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