Disclaimers: I do NOT own Inuyasha or any of its characters.
Yep, it's chapter 5 of my little ficcie! :D Now for some replies to my reviewers...
Fred the Mutant Pickle: Thanks! :D and I'm not sure about Miroku's mother, I'm only saying that Miroku's void killed her because a lot of other people are saying so. :/
Kaylana: Rofl, gotta love idea thievery. XD And what's bishie torture? I'd like to know in case I ever need it.
K-Chan9: XD I R T3H SUP3R UB3R N1NJ4!!! F34R M3!!!
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Don't ask...
Good luck with your future fics!
Tache: Thanks! Now keep reading slave! cracks whip...just kidding, rofl.
Dante Gemini: Good lordy, 3 straight through reviews! Thanks! I reviewed one of your fics btw.
Once again, thanks to all my wonderful fans! hands them all 12-foot pies
P.S.: about the uber ninja thing, K-Chan9 calls me this in the real world since she's one of my best friends. Call her hyper, but I've always enjoyed hyperactivity. reaches for large packet of sugar
Remember: ""= speech
''= Thoughts
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It was high noon in the Water realm of the Void, although one would need superhuman senses of sight and feeling or have an acute sense of time to tell where the sun was, thanks to the thick fog that surrounded the area.
Miroku absolutely hated bogs. He'd been in bogs before, but none quite as fetid, humid, smelly, and...boggy...as this one. He could neither see nor feel the warming sun or see clearly past ten feet from him without the use of the Truesight spell. Deciding it was a good time to reactivate it, he drew himself away from the ever-pulling mud and muttered out a few words:
"Kaze. Shin. Genzou. Meikai. Truesight!"
Feeling a little more relieved at the clear-as-day view right in front of him, he slogged through the mud with his Father and Grandfather, doing his best to ignore the stagnant water that splashed up at his face every time he took a step bigger than a shuffle.
"Remind me, otous-san: what in Kami's name are we doing here?"
"We're trying to intercept a small group of manufactured youkai that are marching southwards."
"And what's the point of that if this Akuma character can simply pop some more out of the air?"
This time Mirosuke chimed in, "Well, we've been doing this for the past twenty years and it seems to be keeping the demon forces at bay. Plus, we've been getting bored lately."
At this, Miroku could only sweat drop.
"Shh, here they are... wait, what the?!"
Unfortunately, there were not just a few demons marching, crawling and flying through the swamp:
It was literally a small army, three score strong at the least- numbers they were hardly ready for.
"A small group you say, father?"
"Be quiet, and listen: both of you cast Wind Walk and get out of here. I'll cause a quick distraction and follow you."
"No! I'll do the distracting, you do the running."
"Will you both shut up! They'll hear us if you-"
"Keep shouting like that?"
Not bothering to look at who finished the sentence for him, Miroku went about to go on when he realized that the voice was a tad too low and gravelly to be human...
"Heh heh heh, look at what we have here... Oi! Lads! We got humans, three of 'em!"
Before it could say anymore, the oversized Rat demon fell backwards like a cut tree with a shiny new hole between its eyes.
"AMBUSH!!!" screamed one of the insect demons, flapping its wings wildy.
Sighing, the trio of monks pulled out their weapons and began chanting their spells.
This was going to be a long day...
-In the real world-
The seemingly deserted castle loomed overhead like an ancient guardian, the dying grass leaves in the courtyard seemingly bowing to the great structure. The walls were cracked and had foul moss and mold creeping all over it, giving the castle a dead look.
But the Inu-gumi knew better. They had cornered Naraku at last: after several years of hard work, the half-demon Naraku was to be destroyed.
"Come on," Inuyasha muttered, his enormous sword Tetsusaiga drawn out and girded for battle. "We wouldn't want to keep that b##### waiting now, would we?"
Nodding, they all went inside.
'Just wait a little longer, houshi-sama,' thought Sango. 'This is the day I avenge you.'
-Inside the Castle-
The innards of the castle looked even more abandoned than the outside did: the wooden beams were rotting, the floor was extremely creaky and there were skeletons of former servants decorating the walls here and there.
"Eww... the least Naraku could have done was keep these dead people outside the building. Hasn't he ever heard of sani-"
"Oi wench! Shut up will ya! I can't hear Naraku over your squawking."
"What?! Why you-"
"Kagome-chan," interrupted Sango, thereby preventing another argument in which Inuyasha gets sat. "I think Inuyasha's right. We need to watch out for Naraku in case he attacks...right...now?" Looking over Kagome's shoulder, she saw a baboon pelt slide though the rotting doorway.
"Naraku!"
"Heh heh heh heh, so...the little fools have followed me all the way here."
Before he could continue, Inuyasha interrupted the demon with a swing of his sword and a, "Shut up and die you b######!"
Easily dodging the swing, Naraku taunted, "Is that all you can muster, little mutt? Or has your little wench made you soft?"
Gritting her teeth in anger, Kagome went for her bow and drew an arrow across the string.
"I've told Inuyasha and I'll tell you:
I AM NOT A WENCH!!!!!"
She fired her purifying arrow at the baboon shaped cloud of poison, the beam of holy light shattering Naraku's barrier. Widening his eyes in surprise, he quickly attempted to spear Inuyasha and Kagome simultaneously but failed spectacularly when Sango used her enormous boomerang to slice off both of Naraku's offending tentacles.
"Oh, what's wrong, Naraku? Loosing your touch because a little 'wench' like me hit you with a little bitty arrow?"
Joining in the taunting, Inuyasha threw at Naraku, "Come on, Naraku, is a mere HUMAN taking you down? I thought you were tougher than this baboon face!"
Shippo chimed in, "Baboon face! BABOOOOON FAAAACE!!!"
Glaring dangerously, Naraku decided to spread a cloud of acidic miasma against the quintet of heroes, the noxious fog melting the castle as it traveled.
"Hah, I was waiting for that!" yelled Inuyasha. Gathering up the youki energy from the cloud into his sword, he concentrated momentarily then released the energy into one blast:
"BAKURYUUHA!!!!!"
The energy ripped through Naraku like a hot knife through butter, although the demon managed to avoid the brunt of the attack...just barely. Limping around with half his body gone, Naraku the literal half-demon (as most of his body had been wiped away) sputtered through the air and swiftly created an escape route...
An escape route that was black...
Was shaped like a hole...
And sucked air through it.
Sango thought, 'why does this look so familiar?'
Before she could get any farther, Naraku had leaped through the hole.
"Come on!" Inuyasha shouted. "After him!"
Having no time to think, everyone held hands and jumped through the hole...
And fell though eternity.
-The void-
Everyone was screaming something in various pitches as they fell through the inky dark well.
(A/N now guess who's saying each quote!)
"$#$ && &#$ !!!!!!!"
"AIEEEEEE!!!! I WISH I WAS HOME!!!!!"
"KIRARA!! WHERE THE HECK ARE YOU!!!!!"
"MOMMMMMMYYYYYYYY!!!!"
Suddenly, a huge foggy patch appeared under them.
"Hey, it's a cloud that we can bounce on!"
"Idiot! You can't bounce off a cloud! You'll fall right through it!"
"What did you say wench!?"
"Guys, hold on!"
Kirara managed to get a hold of herself and transformed, grabbing onto Sango who in turn grabbed Kagome. Shippo turned into a huge pink balloon and caught Inuyasha before he fell several hundred feet into the fog.
Falling softly, they landed like feathers in the murky wood...
Right into a middle of a battle.
Sighing, Inuyasha drew Tetsusaiga and yelled out, "Kaze no Kizu!"
Where he was met by the curious glances by the fighting demons.
'What the,' he thought. 'Why didn't the Scar of the Wind work?' Before he could continue his train of thought, a demon with hundreds of blades covering its arms and legs leaped at him, intending to rip him apart.
"Oh ho, a little faster now are we? I like this!" Grabbing the demon by the arm (and carefully avoiding the blades), Inuyasha twisted it until the arm came off the demon and then skewered it on its own arm through the chest. It gurgled a little, then tettered over to the muddy ground. Turing around quickly, he spotted Kagome, Sango, Kirara and Shippo...
About to be mobbed by a pack of demons.
"Kagome!!!" He screamed. He couldn't bear losing her, not in this weird foreign land...
"Kaze no Kizu!!!" Screamed out another voice. An oddly familiar one at that...
Inuyasha watched in silent horror as the enormous blades of wind ripped through the crowd of demons and into the little group that was his only friends in the world... the attack that saved their lives countless times was about to shred them to meat...
"KAGOME!!!!!" The mud settled down quickly revealing dozens of shredded demons, a few trenches...
and his friends, not a hair on their heads touched.
"Wow, Inuyasha, did you do that?"
Dazed, he said absentmindedly, "No..."
Sango asked, "Then wh-"
She was cut off when a figure stepped out of the mist and spoke in a mischievous, oddly familiar voice:
"My, my Inuyasha. Looks like you're not the only one with Tetsusaiga's powers now, are you?"
"M-Miroku?"
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Bla ha ha! Fear the ebil plot twists!!!
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