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Chapter 23

Inuyasha leaves to go on a journey.

"Now that you know how to wield Tetsusaiga, there's something I want you to do," Zeke mentioned.

"Like what, dad?" Inuyasha asked.

"I want you to travel the countryside and find any demons that are being used as slaves or are kept in jail," Zeke suggested.

"Zeke dear, isn't Inuyasha a bit too young for that?" asked Fiona.

"As long as he has Tetsusaiga, he'll be fine," Zeke replied but then added, "Inuyasha, there's also something I want to give you before you go."

Zeke took Inuyasha into the hut and grabbed a box. "Try this on. It was your grandfathers. He always had two outfits," Zeke said as he handed them to his son.

Inuyasha tried on his grandfather's fire rat outfit. It was a little baggy but he would grow into it.

"Thank you dad," Inuyasha said as he hugged his father.

Inuyasha left later after visiting his grandparents' grave.

The first village he came to, he saw five skinny dog and wolf demons lying in the field as a group of humans attacked them. After fighting off the humans, Inuyasha pointed the way to demon Utopia.

Zeke figured it would take Inuyasha from one to two years to travel the countryside. However, seeing the number of demons directed to the village, he realized he was wrong due to the villages being few and far between.

Two years later, Inuyasha limped towards the next village. He had just ended a big fight with a large group of humans. Luckily, the village he was heading towards held respect for demons. Inuyasha was so weak and wounded that he collapsed as he entered the village.

In the morning, Inuyasha awoke in a small hut. "Where am I?" he asked aloud.

"You're in my hut. I'm the priest of this village," a man replied.

After eating the breakfast, the man prepared for him, Inuyasha left. Inuyasha usually covered five miles a day. Word was traveling fast about Inuyasha, and his actions. The villages that knew about Inuyasha released their slaves or captured demons. Priests, priestesses, and demon slayers tried to stop Inuyasha, but they all failed.

So far, Inuyasha had rescued ten wolf, ten dog demons and six fox demons. At one point on his journey, Inuyasha found an abandoned hut to rest in for the night. As he sat by the fire, he rubbed his aching feet. That night, Inuyasha slept soundly. In the morning, after eating, Inuyasha was back on the road.

Soon after, he came to a village that he heard to have six fox demons imprisoned. He found the hut where the fox demons were being held. He fought off the guards, and then he released the fox demons. Later, the villagers caught up to Inuyasha. He fought his way through the crowd and ran for it.

That night, all the humans got together for a meeting. "Then we all agree. We will put all our money together to hire the most talented demon slayer around," said the leader as the rest nodded and cheered.

The next day, a messenger from one of the villages went to the notorious demon slayer's village to hire their most talented slayer.

"Are you the legendary demon slayer, Songa?" the man asked.

"Yes I am," said Songa.

"You're a woman," the man observed in shock.

"Yes I am, but I'm the best demon slayer around," said Songa.

"Well then. We need you to slay a demon for us," the man requested.

"What kind of demon?" Songa asked.

"A fourteen year old dog demon named Inuyasha," the man mentioned.

"A dog demon. What else can you tell me about him?" Songa asked.

"He's 6'0", has long white hair and wears a red fire rat outfit," the man explained.

"Well, you know you that you need to pay me first," Songa, pointed out.

"Here, this should cover it," he said as he handed her a purse of coins.

"Thank you. Now, tell me were you last saw him," Songa requested as she folded her arms.

"He was last seen heading toward Kaede's old village," the man said as he pointed in the general direction.

"Ok. I'll get right on it," Songa said as she turned her back towards the man.

Soon after, Songa headed off toward Kaede's old village. When she arrived at the outskirts of the village, Songa saw Inuyasha run off into the forest. Songa followed him into the forest and positioned herself across from the sacred tree. Inuyasha had then decided to go for a run, as Songa got ready with her bow and arrow. As Inuyasha passed before the sacred tree, Songa fired her arrow and pinned Inuyasha to the sacred tree.

"There, that should take care of him," she said as she walked away, slapping imaginary dirt off her hands.

Back at demon Utopia, Zeke was starting to worry about Inuyasha. When Zeke heard that Inuyasha was sighted near Kaede's old village, he went to go find him. When Zeke arrived at Kaede's old village and did not see Inuyasha, he went into the forest. Zeke looked all around the forest. Not only was Songa a demon slayer, but she was also a priestess.

Zeke followed Inuyasha's scent to the sacred tree, "hmm, his scent stops here," he observed.

He then turned around to see Inuyasha pinned to the sacred tree. Zeke went to the nearest human village and then grabbed a man by his collar as he growled, "Why is my son, Inuyasha, pinned to the sacred tree?"

"I paid a demon slayer/priestess to kill your son because he killed many humans just rescue useless demons," the man said proudly.

"Where does this demon slayer/priestess live?" Zeke asked as he shook the man violently.

"She lives in a village to the north," the man said in desperation.

Zeke spat in his face dropped him and set off to the north.

"What do you want?" asked an old woman when Zeke arrived.

"I'm here to see the demon slayer/priestess," said Zeke.

"She lives in that hut over there," said the old woman.

"Are you the demon slayer/priestess?" Zeke asked as he stepped into her hut.

"Yes, I am. My name is Songa," she replied.

"I hear you were hired to kill my son," Zeke accused.

"Yeah, but I didn't kill him. I placed a spell on him," Songa explained simply.

"How do I break it?" Zeke asked curtly.

"You can't break the spell," Songa stated.

"Why?" Zeke asked with a growl.

"Don't worry. The spell will brake when fate gives him his future wife," Songa explained, "however long will it take for a girl to find your son and remove the arrow is anyone's guess."

"Am I allowed to tell the demons in my village about this spell?" Zeke asked.

"No, you are not," Songa replied.

Zeke then traveled back to demon Utopia. He hoped that it would not take long for a girl to find Inuyasha and remove the arrow to break the spell. Zeke told all the demons in the village that Inuyasha had been pinned to the sacred tree, but he did not tell them about the spell.

That day, everyone in the village went to the sacred tree. One girl wondered what would happen if she removed the arrow, but she secretly decided to wait until no one was around to remove the arrow. The girl was a fourteen-year-old dog demon named Tristan, who was 5'8", had blue eyes and white hair.