Shadows from the Future
Chapter Twenty: The Extreme Sibling Rivalry
The room he was in was large and was poorly lighted because of the fact there was only one candle in the entire room. Miroku rolled over onto his back and looked around until his eyes set on Sango's fallen body, "Sango!" He instantly got up and went to her side. "Sango, please wake up." She didn't move. Miroku held her in his arms, "Sango…" A thought struck him, 'It may hurt but…' Miroku put his hand on an, oh so familiar place where it should most defiantly not be. Sango's eyes quickly opened, she rapidly grabbed her boomerang and rammed him in the head yelling "DIDN'T WE HAVE A LITTLE CHAT ABOUT THIS?!!" The monk was smiling throughout this whole beating until she was done. "WHAT ARE YOU SMILING ABOUT!?" she yelled picking up her weapon about to make her attack again when she was stopped by Miroku holding her in a warm embrace, "I love you, Sango." The demon exterminator dropped her boomerang and rested her head in the monk's chest, he had never told her he loved her before, only that he wanted to "go out" with her. That's how Kagome had put it anyway. "I love you too, Miroku." She blushed and smiled, "And this may not be the best time to ask you this…but… may I bare your child?" Miroku gripped loosened out of shock, "Are you serious, Sango? You want to bare my child?" Sango sat up and nodded, "And be with you always, do you accept my proposal monk?" He smiled, "How could I refuse such a lovely lady?" They leaned in about to kiss until a weapon smashed into the nearby wall causing them to quickly separate and get into a fighting stance. "SHOW YOURSELF! WHO ARE YOU!?" Sango demanded, the figure stepped into the light, it was Kohaku.
Inuyasha felt Kagome in his arms when he awoke. "Kagome, are you alright?" Kagome sat up, "Yeah, I'm fine. Where are we?" Inuyasha stood up, helping his mate up as well. They had landed in the middle of some long hall. "Some part of the castle. Naraku knows we'd beat him if we all fought him together so he separated us." Kagome looked around, "Figures, the coward." She faced him, "Well, I guess we'll have to walk 'til the end then, huh?" Inuyasha nodded and began to walk down the long corridor with Kagome beside him.
"Naraku!" Keishou yelled reaching for his sword but it was stopped by an arrow. It would've surly taken off his hand if he didn't move it, but his focus wasn't on his hand it was on the arrow. "That arrow…" he whispered. "Arasoi…" Naraku voice boomed through the room, "Yes, your sister is mine now. Oh, but don't worry, I believe she enjoys the new amount of power I have given her. Am I right, Arasoi?" Arasoi walked up to her master, her once blue eyes were now a dull purple nearly black. Her long sliver locks were out from its usual braid and hung freely around her face. She was bruised, bloody and scratched all over. "WHAT THE HELL DID YOU DO TO HER?!" Keishou yelled. Naraku smirked, "Gave her absolute power, the wounds you see are only from the fact that she tried to escape. She had to be punished." The young half demon grabbed the Tetsusaiga and charged at Naraku, "NOW YOU DIE!" Arasoi lifted one hand in the air and from her palm a barrier appeared and flung Keishou backwards. The boy landed on his feet and stared at his sister, "Arasoi…she was never able to do that before." Naraku's smirk grew, "That was before her priestess powers were awoken." He turned to the girl, "Kill him."
Arasoi jumped forward and tried to attack Keishou, she slashed her claws across his face Arasoi smirked as she saw the blood run from the side of his face. She charged again towards him but this time he was ready and blocked her attacks with the Tetsusaiga. "Why wont you fight back!?" Keishou continued to deflect her attacks with the sword, "Why should I? I have no reason to fight back and waste my power on you." His sister stopped her assault on the sword, "The only thing protecting you right now is that sword papa gave you. The sword you know absolutely nothing about, other than to use the wind scar that is. Take away the sword and you would be completely venerable to my attacks, wouldn't you?" Keishou didn't answer and tightened his grip on the Tetsusaiga. Arasoi smiled wickedly before charging at the sword. He tried to move it away form her path but she merely kicked the blade out of his hands. It soared through the air until it landed on the floor ten feet away from them, untransformed and useless. Naraku laughed, "Doesn't this scene look familiar? Yes, now I remember. This is reminds me of your father and Lord Sesshoumaru, another sibling rivalry." Keishou growled, "You created this rivalry, Naraku. That's not Arasoi; you took away her freedom and made her into this puppet like thing! She would never attack me on her own free will!" Naraku's smile grew, "Arasoi, kill your brother. I am tired of his constant rambling. I have never understood the logic of a human heart, and I never shall. Since today's the day I complete this Jewel and become full demon!"
Keishou was about to make another attack at Naraku when Arasoi lunged at him and wrapped her tiny arms around his neck, "Arasoi…" he choked and then was thrown against the wall. His eyes were barley opened when Arasoi pinned him to the wall, she grabbed his neck with one claw and held her other claw extremely close to his neck. "KILL HIM NOW!" Arasoi's claws stay at the same distance. "WHAT ARE YOU DOING?" Naraku screamed in frustration, "I SAID TO KILL HIM NOW!" Arasoi's eyes were hidden underneath her sliver bangs, she smirked and quickly let go of her brother. "WHAT!? YOU DARE TO IGNORE MY ORDERS!?" Arasoi didn't seem to listen as he raised her left hand and fired a purple energy blast at the unsuspecting evil hanyou. The smoke soon cleared showing that Naraku's right arm was blown off, "How….dare…" The young girl jumped up and faced him, her now blue eyes shone vigorously in front of his red ones, "No one makes a monkey outta me." Keishou quickly recovered and saw Naraku raised his glowing left arm. He ran to his sister side, moving her out of the way just before the beam hit her. Keishou saw the rubble fall and the smoke rise from the impact of the blast. "Keishou…" Arasoi gasped, her brother continued to look around the room for any signs of Naraku, he was gone. "Damn it…" he hissed and walked a couple feet to retrieve his sword. He then faced his sister. "You alright?" he asked she nodded. "Yeah… just a bit tired." Keishou then put her on his back and ran through the hole in the wall that Naraku's blast had created. "Ah! Keishou! What are you doing?" she questioned. "We're getting out of this hell hole." He explained. "What about Inuyasha and the others?" Keishou jumped over a few pieces of fallen wood, "We can't interfere with their battles. I came here to get you. They have they're own separate fights."
Sesshoumaru and Jaken landed outside Naraku's courtyard to see Kilala growling. "Jaken," Sesshoumaru began, "Is that the demon exterminator's fire cat?" Jaken stopped trembling in fear and looked at Kilala, "Why yes, my lord! That is indeed the fire cat of the demon exterminator which is traveling with Inuyasha! But why would it be here?" Sesshoumaru was already walking inside the courtyard. "Lord Sesshoumaru!" Jaken screamed. "Jaken, wait here until I leave the castle." Jaken looked up to the lord in shock, "But… but… Lord Sesshoumaru … the… the… fire cat!" he stammered before being kicked in the face by his master. "And don't ever mention that half breed to me again." He then left the small demon alone, bruised and running for his life from Kilala.
Ayame jumped backwards towards her mate, "Kouga! It's useless, there's too many of them, and they keep coming back!" Kouga growled in frustration. "Damn, if it wasn't for that stupid kid and the stupid mirror, we'd kill them all by now! Every time we destroy a bunch of them she brings them back with her mirror!" Kanna smiled as she held her mirror. She suddenly saw her mirror smash, "No…" she cried as a tornado of water and lightening attacked her. She was thrown onto the ground with the broken mirror beside her; rapidly the shattered frame of the mirror began to glow and consumed the small girl into it, the mirror then disintegrated.
Keishou landed in front of the spot where the girl once stood. "Well, that was rather easy…" he stated looked back at the two wolf demons, "Why didn't you two do that in the first place? I may have saved you some time." Kouga and Ayame looked at him bugged eyed, "How….what…who?" Kouga stammered moronically. Ayame lightly hit her mate over the head, "Speak in sentences!" She then looked at the boy, "So, you got your sister out I see." She said pointing to Arasoi who was now asleep on the youth's back. Keishou nodded, "Did the others get out?" Kouga shook his head, "Weren't they with you?" Keishou wasn't listening since he was running out of the courtyard. "Where the hell are you going, brat?! WE STILL NEED TO CLEAN UP THE LEFTOVERS!" Kouga yelled. Keishou still didn't answer as he ran past the entrance gates of the castle where he saw Sesshoumaru.
The Dog demon's golden eyes meet the golden orbs that where hidden under the boy's ebony bangs. Keishou felt as if his soul was being examined, it was only until the powerful demon had spoken to him was when he realized that Sesshoumaru knew he was his brother's son. "Is he inside?" His voice was neither soft nor harsh; it held no emotion what so ever. "Yes," Keishou answered timidly. Sesshoumaru then continued to walk into the castle as if he had never met the boy.
'Stupid creepy loser,' Keishou thought as he ran into the forest that surrounded the castle. "KILALA!" he shouted into the night. "KILALA! Oh where is that useless cat!?" Kilala then appeared in front of him, "Kilala! Here, I need you to protect Arasoi for-" He stopped talking to the demon and looked at the trembling figure behind it, "What in the hell is that?" he asked as he set Arasoi's sleeping form on Kilala's back. He walked up to the figure to see it was a small green demon, "Now, what are you supposed to be?" he asked kneeling down to the demon's height. Jaken faced Keishou in utter horror, "STAY BACK HANYOU! DON'T MAKE ME HURT YOU!" Jaken waved his staff in front of the boy, who merely raised an eyebrow, "Alright then." He said grabbing the staff and hitting Jaken on the head with it. "AH! HOW DARE YOU!" Keishou simply hit the small demon again, "I can do this all day," he said, "Now, what are you and why are you here?" Jaken fixed his hat and frown at the young man's matters. "I am Jaken, assistant to Lord Sesshoumaru. Lord Sesshoumaru is the lord of the-" Jaken began but was interrupted by Keishou hitting him again, "AH! WHAT DID I DO!?" he yelped. "I know all that jazz, but why is he here? He has no grudge against Naraku. By the way, you resemble a duck." Jaken was now insulted, infuriated and abused, but had no choice but to comply with Keishou's demands. "He doesn't tell me much, but what I do think is that he wants to destroy Naraku so he can kill his half brother Inuyasha without any interruptions. Now may you be so kindly to return my staff to me?" Jaken asked hoping to get his weapon back. "No." Keishou answered simply before hitting Jaken over the head with it yet again. 'If I'm right," He thought, "Sesshoumaru may just want to help dad. Which is what dad was hoping for, but knowing them both neither would admit they'd ever want to help each other.'
(AN: OH! WHO IS GOOD? You see, I typed this on Microsoft Word, and it says this is 4 pages! So ha! I have finally written morn than 3 pages! Excuse my glee, but I did well, did I not? Now you must all review and tell me how great my 4 PAGES are! Go now and review my lovely readers! )