Shadows from the Future
Chapter Sixteen: Naraku Attacks
Keishou's eyes opened as he shot upwards, only to fall back down from the sudden pain he felt in his shoulder. "Damn..." he whispered. "I suggest you don't try that again." said a voice which he instantly recognized as Arasoi's. "Double damn..." Keishou stared at his wound which was neatly wrapped. 'I must've passed out from the loss of blood.' Arasoi stood up and stretched her back. "If you weren't hurt right now I'd kill you, Keishou."
"And why would that be?" He asked as he tried to get up again, "Ow..."
"That wasn't a scratch, jackass, it was a gash! Did you even realize how deep it was?! You could've died! But you had to be Mr. Hero and try to fight through the pain! I could've saved mom alone while you got that cleaned!" Keishou just ignored her. "Are you at least listening to me!?" she yelled while grabbing one of his dog ears. "God! Sometimes you seem as if you not on the planet anymore Keishou!" He shook his head causing Arasoi to let go of his ear. "Why am I not surprised that the first thing I wake up to is your nagging? By the way how long have I've been out? It couldn't have been that long." Arasoi overlooked his first comment and glared at him as if he was insane, "You were unconscious for three days, Keishou." "WHAT?" "Yup, three whole days and you missed a lot!"
"Like..."
Arasoi thought, "Like the fact that Sango and Miroku got together."
"Oh...that's nice." Keishou said not really caring.
"Shippo learned how to spell everybody's name."
"Great."
"Kagome and Inuyasha are mated and-"
"Wait! Wait! Go back one! Mom and Dad mated?" Keishou squeaked and Arasoi looked at him, "Now when you say it like that it sounds creepy." He rolled his eyes at his sister, "How do you know this? Did they just go out and tell everyone they were mated?" Arasoi shrugged, "Not that I know of. I saw the mark on Kagome's neck." Keishou bit his bottom lip in frustration, "We've really been here to long. We have to go home." Arasoi's ears perked in excitement. "I've been waiting for you to say that! When can we go? I miss Papa and Mom!" Keishou's eyes darkened. "That is if we saved her." Arasoi stood up smiling. "Of course we did! Now I'll go tell everyone you're up. Then we'll head off." She started to leave but then stopped. "Oh yeah!" She then threw a pillow at her unsuspecting brother, who then fell backwards onto the floor. "THAT'S FOR LYING TO ME, JERK!"
"The priestess has been killed." Kanna said to her master. "What about the runts?" The young girl looked upwards. "The boy was injured during the battle, and should recover soon. But the girl is fine." Naraku smiled evilly. Soon his plan will come to a close and he will finally destroy that stupid dog Inuyasha. "Excellent."
"So I guess this is good-bye then?" Kagome asked as she and the others said their farewells to the two small half-demons. "Yup, we need to head back to our village." Keishou explained as he looked down at his sister who was packing up her spell scrolls. "You done yet runt? I wanna get going." Arasoi stood up. "All packed! Thanks a lot you guys for letting us stay with you all this time. It's been fun." Kaede smiled at the girl. "It's been a pleasure child." Kagome turned around to the half demon who was sitting in a tree. "Get over here Inuyasha and say good-bye!" she called. "FEH! GO RIDDENCE IS ALL I HAVE TO SAY!" he yelled from his place in the tree. "SIT BOY!" Kagome screamed and watched her mate fall from his branch. "Don't mind him. He'll miss you too." Keishou shook his bangs out from his eyes. "Whatever." "You guys are gonna come back and visit right?" Shippo asked from Kagome's shoulder. Keishou shrugged, "Maybe." He then looked at Sango and Miroku and smiled, a gesture the monk and demon exterminator gladly returned. "So we'll be off then. Thanks again everyone!" Arasoi called as she and her brother set off on the path ahead of them.
"Ugh! Are you done yet? C'mon it's been an hour already! It's the night of the new moon and I wanna go before we turn into our human forms!" Keishou complained as Arasoi was enchanting the well. "I would love to see you attempt to use Priestess magic to connect a path through time, Keishou. Care to try?" She smiled sweetly as her brother turned away. "That's what I thought and it hasn't been an hour yet so stop complaining. I'll be done in a couple of minutes." Keishou grumbled in annoyance as he fell backwards onto the soft grass and looked towards the forest. Something was moving. He sat up on the alert and glared at the forest. Whatever he saw was squirming nearer to them. His mind yelled at him to kill the thing but his curiosity got the better of him so he continued to stare at the weed like creature until the entire monster appeared. Keishou hissed, "Naraku..." Arasoi turned around and saw the demonic creature and stood up. "What are you doing here, Naraku? And why have you been stalking us!?" she demanded. "I'm here for the Tetsusaiga. For you see, the sword that lies on your brother's back is the key to defeating that half-breed father of yours." Keishou pulled out Tetsusaiga from its scabbard. "Well you're not getting this sword and just to piss you off I'll cut you into pieces with it!" Keishou charged at the demon and swung the sword wildly. "KEISHOU! WHAT THE HECK ARE YOU DOING!??" Arasoi screamed from the sidelines. Keishou jumped backwards never taking his eyes off his opponent. "What do you think?!" he yelled. "YOU CAN'T DESTROY NARAKU BY SWINGING AROUND ON THE TETSUSAIGA! YOU HAVE TO UNLOCK ITS POWER!"
Naraku glanced over towards Arasoi, 'The girl seems to know more about the swords power than the boy does. Once I get the sword I must obtain her as well.' Naraku's eyes shone red as serveal demons appeared from out of his back and started to charge at the duo. "CLAWS OF DEATH!" Arasoi screamed killing some of the small demons. "THIS WOULD BE A GREAT TIME TO USE THE WIND SCAR!" she yelled to her brother. Keishou focused he power and saw both the auras collide and form the wind scar. He slashed into the wind thus killing the demons and damaging half Naraku's body. "HEY IT WORKED!" Naraku gawked at the massive blow he took from the boy attack, 'If this is what the boy could do....that means....' He growled in frustration, "THIS ENDS NOW BOY!" Naraku's vine like tentacles shot at Keishou and trapped him to a tree, causing him to drop the Tetsusaiga. Naraku sent another tentacle only to have it sliced off by Arasoi who instantly grabbed the untransformed sword. "Don't even think about it." Naraku was getting now frustrated with this game. "I have your brother captured and I can easily kill him. If you give me the sword I shall spare his life. Choose now, girl." Keishou struggled in the vines that started to wrap around his neck. "ARASOI! DON'T GIVE IT TO HIM! GO TO THE WELL!" he yelled. "BUT THEN HE'LL KILL YOU!" Arasoi yelled back, "HE'LL KILL ME ANYWAY! AT LEAST THIS WAY YOUR SAFE AND SO IS THE SWORD! I RATHER DIE KNOWING THAT!" The vines were getting tighter around Keishou's neck. "GO!"
"Times up."
Naraku shot his tentacle at the unsuspecting Arasoi. "ARASOI!" There was then a loud bang and around Arasoi appeared a barrier, "The Tetsusaiga... it formed a barrier." The demon hissed in disgust. "THEN I SUPPOSE I'LL TAKE THE LIFE OF YOUR BROTHER!" A bight light appear from Naraku's back and shot it self at Keishou. Thinking quickly, Arasoi threw the sword towards the tree her brother was trapped onto. The barrier appeared once more and the energy beam ricocheted off the barrier hitting Arasoi instead.
Keishou watched in horror as the smoke cleared and showed Arasoi's tiny body motionless on the ground. He couldn't feel anything and could only think 'Please let her get up. Please still be alive. Please let her get up.' Naraku smiled wickedly. "I have a better plan." He walked over to Arasoi's fallen body, "DON'T YOU DARE TOUCH HER!" Keishou screamed but Naraku continued. "I shall have your sister at my castle. If you want her back alive come to my castle and bring the Tetsusaiga." He picked up the girl in his arms, freed Keishou from the vines and gave the boy one last glance before disappearing.
"WHAT! What do you mean Miroku and me have to cook tonight!?" Inuyasha demanded as he looked at Kagome. "It's always Sango and I who make dinner every night! It's about time you did something other than slaying demons all the time." Kagome argued before seeing Keishou running towards the hut. "Why is Keishou back here?" Inuyasha groaned, "I thought we finally got rid of this kid!" Keishou stopped in front of the hut panting heavily, "Inu... Inuyasha.... Kag... Kagome... its Naraku... He's got Arasoi." Kagome kneeled down to the young boy, "What do you mean he's got her? What happened?" The young boy took a deep breath and tried to calm himself. "Naraku attacked Arasoi and me. He took her to his castle." Inuyasha crossed his arms, "Why should we care? We got bigger problems with Naraku." Kagome glared at him, "Inuyasha how could you be so cruel!" Keishou looked up at him, "You should care because she's your daughter."
(AN: DUM DUM DUUUM! Ha! Just when you think this stupid story is going to end I spring another thing on you! Alright, if you want to see what happens next REVIEW! Be nice to me, people! I couldn't spell if my life depended on it. So as horrible as my mistakes are it's not all my fault... I think I when I was dropped on my head as a baby it completely screwed up my ability to spell correctly and use proper grammar. I never had a chance!)