Friend or Foe
disclaimer: I don't own Inu Yahsa. There, ya happy?!?!?!
ch.2
"SIT BOY."
It rang through the woods. The most accursed words known to Inu Yasha. He hit the dirt.
"YOU WENCH!"
"You did not just CALL ME A WENCH. SIT BOY!"
Again he hit the dirt.
"Poor Inu Yasha should just learn. Kagome won't put up with his bickering." Miroku was stating while he, Sango, and Shippou watched their regular dinner show. "You know I wouldn't argue with you, Sango, especially if you wanted to go off with me into the woods. You know, away from the child." He motioned to Shippou. He then very quickly got a blow to the head.
"Idiot," muttered Shippou, "and by the way, I'm not a little kid."
Even Kagome and Inu Yasha stopped their fight to laugh. Suddenly, Kagome froze.
"What's wrong?" asked Sango.
"I sense a jewel shard. Over there." She motioned to the north.
"Let's go get it then!" Our favorite hanyou said as he popped up.
Across the wood, (where Kagome pointed to) a demon was standing in a field. She was wearing a deep blue kimono. She had gold/red hair that was shoulder length and tied back out of her way. The most startling thing about her appearance were her big, deep brown eyes. They seemed to be filled with knowledge that spanned over thousands of generations, but of corse, this is the way of horses. She looked about in her young teens. She was surrounded by six huge demon horses. They were all surrounded by a field of dead, chidarake demon horses. She looked on with tears in her eyes.
"Inu Yasha. Romolib, We must find him after the ceremony." She said to the demon horse closest to her. "I think it is time to begin."
The horses gathered around her in a circle.She bowed to each of them, and they bowed to her in return. She then raised her head and a clear, pure note escaped her throat. The yokai horses slowly joined in.
"We're getting closer." said Kagome
"Good, i can smell the demon now." Inu Yasha said in his confident voice. He was confident, but there was something wrong with this scent. There was human in it, but it wasn't a hanyou.
The group arrived at the wasteland. The sight before them was not a pretty one. Dead horses lay everywhere. Not normal horses, but huge, muscular horses.
"There are no humans anywhere. Why would someone attack a herd of horses? Why not just steal them?" Kagome asked.
"Humans didn't attack these horses. It was all the work of demons." The houshi explained.
"Yes, but still, why would they do this. I mean, they didn't even eat the horses, they just killed them." Said Sango.
"I'm sure Naraku was behind this." Kagome said rather pensively, for she liked horses. Even if she didn't ride them.
"They're not regular horses. I'm surprised you can't tell, Sango. They're demon horses" Said Inu Yasha.
"You're right!"
"Well don't sound so surprised," he muttered.
"Anyway, I've heard of this. This is the herd of demon horses that is owned by a horse demon. She isn't violent unless you try to steal or kill her horses. Why would Naraku attack her herd."
"I don't know, but there's the jewel shard." Kagome motioned up across the field.
Suddenly, they heard the note. The clear, pure note of the youkai and the horses.
"DON'T LISTEN!" Miroku yelled over the sound, "IT'S A RITUAL OF SENDING THE HORSES TO THE AFTERLIFE, BUT IT DRAWS IN THE HEARERS TOO! COVER YOUR EARS, HURRY!"
But it was almost too late. Slowlly, they lifted thier hands to thier ears. Even with thier ears covered, they could feel the note. It soaked into the very bones of thier body. The note made them feel like it was ok to rest. It's ok to let go. Slowly they drifted off. Falling into an unconcious rest.
"Kagome," Inu Yasha started meekly, "don't let go." He crawled beside her. The note was still reaching his sensitive ears. He slowly drifted away ,but before he lost conciousness, he could swear the horses were glowing.
"I knew someone was listening." Said the demon as she examined the bodies. "Look at this one, some miko with strange clothes, and this fire cat. Ahhhh! Look at that fox demon! He's so cute! (GASP) A dog hanyou. Is this the same one? The one that Naraku talked about?"
Where am I? Why does my head hurt this bad? What's that smell? It smells like horse, but it has human in it. It's really close. Inu Yasha popped his eyes open. There, right in front of him. It was a demon. Inu Yasha jumped back, disturbing Kagome.
"What's going on?" She said rather sleepily.
Miroku and Sango started to awaken also. They looked around to see what had awoken from such a pleasent sleep. The horse demon stood cooly, leaning on one of the horses.
"I smell Naraku on her!" Inu Yasha snarreled. He swiftly took Tetsusaiga and held it at a fighting stance. "Who are you?" He asked.
"That doesn't matter. Are you Inu Yasha?" She said icily.
"What's it to you?"
She flung herself at him. "You killed my herd. Now you must pay!"
She caught him in the shoulder. He then turned and tried a kaze no kizu. She got a direct hit. When the smoke cleared, she was still standing.
"Inu Yasha, don't you think you should try asking her about what she's talking about instead of taking your regular kill first, ask later approach?" Asked Miroku, who would hate to see this pretty girl hurt.
"I don't know if you're blind, but I'm a little busy dodging her attacks."
"Was it not you who worked for Naraku and attacked my herd?" She said not letting up on the attack.
"Are you joking?!? I don't work for Naraku! I'm after Naraku!"
"Why should I believe you, and anyway, why are you near the spot where my herd was killed! And why were you listening to the ritual! No one outside of the horse demons are entitled to hear that!"
That was it! Something had been bothering Inu Yasha. He stopped fighting. The dead horses were gone.
"Inu Yasha! Watch out!" Kagome started. The demon was about to attack the hanyou with his guard down. "SIT BOY!"
Inu Yasha hit the dirt.
"HAHAHAHAHAHA." The demon laughed. " You were defeated by a human! Nothing against you." She said turning to Kagome. "You have considerable miko power to bring down that hanyou. He's pretty strong with his frog poker."
"Don't call the tetsusaiga a frog poker!" He said, getting ready to fight again.
"Sheathe your sword. I'm not going to attack anymore right now." She said sitting down on one of her horses.
Kagome examined the demon. She didn't know why, but she liked her right off. The jewel shard! She had forgotten the jewel shard. She looked to the demon's right hand. She wasn't even using it, but stranger than that, it was pure.
"Can I have that, that thing in your hand?"
The demon's first reaction was to attack. Naraku was interested in whatever that was, but she too liked the miko right off. "Sure." She said as she handed it over.
Kagome looked it over. It was pure!. "Do you mind if I have it?"
"Not at all."
"What's your name?" Asked Miroku.
"I am Seiryokuteki Uma (spirited horse), but you may call me Kuteki, and you," she said looking smugly at Inu Yasha, "may call me Lady Uma. These," she said motioning to the horses," are Romolib, Terodi, Seti, Yebis, Zerna, and Lozith."
"How do you do." Said Inu Yasha, mocking her.
"Just fine, if you quit mocking my master."
Hahaha. cliff hanger. kinda. anyway please review.