Author's Note:
Running out of ideas… please help… thanks… Hope you enjoy this chapter. Slight chance of nudity in this one… don't worry though I have my reasons.
Chapter Five: New Swords forged, and old servants revealed.
With Inutaisho was leading the gang, they stopped at the foot of the mountains where Totosai, the Demon Sword smith lived. At the foot of the mountains all humans had to stay behind, or be burned alive. The only people who went up were Inunotaisho, Sesshoumaru, and InuYasha. Jaken was left to look after Rin. Before they left however, Sango asked Inuyasha something.
"InuYasha, could you give these to Totosai to repair them," said Sango handing InuYasha the four pieces of the once whole Hiraikotsu.
"Don't worry Sango, I'll make sure the old geezer fixes it," said InuYasha with a smirk. As they climbed the mountain the soil under there feet got hotter and hotter leaving a yelping InuYasha now and then, due to his bare feet. As they arrived at the entrance their deep inside the whale cave was Totosai… busy forging a sword. At the sound of foot steps Totosai turned his head… only to see Inutaisho at the front accompanied by his sons.
"In the all the great lands… is that you… Inutaisho?" asked Totosai, setting his hammer down and ignoring the still hot piece of metal.
"Of course Totosai… and you do remember my sons, correct?" replied Inutaisho gesturing to each.
"How could I forget?" said Totosai, with a scared look on his face.
"With those sons of yours fighting constantly, and one of them trying to kill me before, why would I forget that?" inquired Totosai, and turned back to his work when…
"You know that my fangs are now being used by my sons correct", said Inunotaisho as he pointed to his bear hip where his swords would usually be, but then replied, "and that my other sword Sou'unga is in Hell." Totosai just looked back and then remembered something.
"Inutaisho, there may be a way to get Sou'unga, but we do not know its exact location," said Totosai, grabbing some metal off of his shelves.
"Totosai, I do know where it is," because I put it there while I was in Hell," said Inutaisho.
"Inutaisho, I need two of your fangs again… would that be all right?" asked Totosai hold the clamper.
"And for the need of what?" replied Inutaisho, but continue talking after a brief sound silence, "I already have two fangs for my sons, I don't need two more in this world!"
"You are mistaken Inutaisho," said Totosai, putting down the clamper and scratching his bald head, with what little hair it had.
"These two swords are just a one time use only, said Totosai, before finishing, "once they are used once they will disappear without a trace behind."
"What kind of swords would they be?" asked Inutaisho. Sesshoumaru, and InuYasha merely watched as they sat down onto the floor watching the two old friends argue.
"Well of course I was thinking… what if one sword is used to open the gateway to hell so then you could retrieve Sou'unga, then when you are done then you would use the other sword for closing the gateway," said Totosai, holding the clamper open again.
"Yes, but I don't want Sou'unga anymore," said Inutaisho.
"The sword has left too much pain in this world, but I need a sword that will exceed it's power as well as this Helsaiga the sword that I have heard of that already exceeds Sou'unga," said Inutaisho.
"I will commission you to create another sword with the help of two fangs this time, but one sword only," said Inutaisho before opening his mouth. Totosai took the clamper, and got the largest fangs from his mouth.
"Are you sure, you don't want the powers to be balanced," said Totosai before Inutaisho could leave. Inutaisho stopped suddenly as Sesshoumaru and InuYasha, looked confused… at their father.
"So be it, but this time the balance will be quite different," said Inutaisho who went back into the cave and gave up two more fangs.
"I want one to be large sword, maybe even larger and powerful than the Tetsaiga!" yelled Inutaisho. He then told Totosai how he wanted the even more powerful sword to be, what it looked like, and what capabilities it were to have.
"I wanted the second one to be a smaller, more compact, like a dagger," said Inutaisho, and then explained the same detail, and abilities of the second sword.
"Inutaisho, if you want these swords to be perfect, no weakness, or flaws, then I will need at least a few weeks to make sure they are up to your standerds," called to the walking Inutaisho, who was leaving the cave.
"So be it, I will be back soon," said Inutaisho.
"Hey dad, I need to give these to Totosai, for my friend Sango," said InuYasha holding up the parcel. InuYasha ran in and gave the parcel to Totosai and told him to repair the Hiraikotsu.
Minutes later… On the way down the Mountain.
"Father, why need another sword?" asked Sesshoumaru, who put his left hand to Tensaiga's sheath.
"Yeah, why in the seven hells do you need two more?" asked InuYasha who had just unstrapped the Tetsaiga, with the sheath.
"My sons…" said Inutaisho, before finishing, "I do not need your swords, for they are yours now, for even I do not deserve them."
"I am already dead, and therefore you have inherited what you need," said Inutaisho before turning away from his sons. The sons merely glanced at one another as a silence moment took hold.
"We will wait a few days for those swords to be finished," said Inutaisho.
"Father, shall we return to the group," asked Sesshoumaru.
"Yes, but first I must check and be sure if this evil really is my brother, and if he has been revived," said Inutaisho, his eyes suddenly red, "go back without me, I will be back by tomorrow at dawn." He glowed his deep red once more and transformed into his true form. The fluffly thing in his human form was still there on his body. His eyes, like blood had a bright blue orb within them, and his demon markings was a violet lightning bolt shaped on his cheek. He ran off towards the East where he could sense, and smell the scent of his own kin. He even passed through the barrier, but as he passed through he realized he was back in the Land of the West. He went to the stone castle that was once his home, but as he barged through the doors he saw a horrific sight… his brother, and someone who InuYasha had said they had killed many seasons ago… Naraku.
Hours before Inutaisho arrived.
"My plan worked perfectly," thought Inu Tatmaru.
Flash Back… hours after the Naraku's Defeat.
As the staggering InuTatmaru finally found the Castle of the Western Lands many dog demon soldiers came up to him and asked who he was. At the sound of his name the gaurds attacked, but they were all killed… how?... Inu Tatmaru will never know. That day as he recovered he heard a voice through his head…
"I, Naraku have revived you, you must now serve me…" said the voice.
"Where are you… coward," said Inu Tatmaru.
"In your head, and if you so dare to disobey me, I will kill you," said the voice once more, but with malice in their voice.
As the servants came they asked what had happened, and where was Sesshoumaru the real lord. InuTatmaru lied and said that both InuYasha, and Sesshoumaru were dead, meaning now he could claim the lands on his own. He finally could have what was rightfully his!
End of Flashback…
"You mean my plan has worked perfectly," said Naraku inside Inu Tatmaru's head. Inu Tatmaru felt a surge of pain as if something had just grabbed his heart and squeezed.
"I warned you did I not?" asked Naraku, snickering evily.
"Now has my body been finished yet?" asked Naraku.
"The body needs a few more adjustments and then it will be complete, but how will you get your soul from my body to yours?" inquired Inu Tatmaru.
"Quite simple," said Naraku, "Send out a few of your gaurds to hunt down some of my incarnations that I had released in my previous body."
"Tell your gaurds to hunt down the following…" said Naraku before finishing, "Kagura, Kohaku, and…. Kanna, but they all must be alive!"
"DOG DEMON GAURDS," roared Inu Tatmaru.
"HUNT DOWN THE FOLLOWING ALIVE!" yelled Inu Tatmaru.
"KAGURA, KANNA, AND KOHAKU," said Inu Tatmaru. Without even looking up every guard in the castle left with a few weapons to capture what their new master had ordered.
"If anyone fails the will die at the end of my Helsaiga painfully," said Inu Tatmaru before finishing, "well, what are you waiting for?... GO NOW!" As the demon gaurds scrambled to get out the door in search of two demons and one human, Inu Tatmaru made the final touch on Naraku's new body. The spider burn mark on the back of the body…
In a village not too far from the Castle…
"Kanna, is this how we will live the rest of our lives?" asked Kagura, waving her closed fan around, as passing villagers brought food to them, and children played, without a care that they were demons.
"I don't know," replied Kanna dully. She held the mirror up to the moon, but at that moment screams could be heard all over the village.
"Evil is among us," said Kanna as she turned her head.
"Miss Kagura, we need your help," screamed a little girl who was hugging her dead parents lying on the ground impaled by swords. At the sight of this Kagura immediately opened her fan and waved it at theDog Demon guardsthat had appeared.
"Dance of the Dragon!" screamed Kagura, as tornados appeared and trapped the murderous Demons inside. While this was happening Kanna, was walking around stealthily absorbing the souls of theDemon guardsthat had appeared from behind Kagura. Out of nowhere a chain sickle appeared and cut another one of the guard's head off. That guard was directly above Kagura at the time, but as Kagura looked as the chain flew back to the hand of the user she realized who is was… Kohaku. All this time, Kohaku had been living in a nearby hut, recovering from Naraku abusing, however he only remembered those like Kagura, and Kanna.
"Kohaku?" asked Kagura, but Kohaku did not answer as a guard grabbed him from behind and through him to the ground… Kohaku was unconscious, as well as Kanna, who had her mirror lying on the ground crack as well as her bleeding head. The last to stand was Kagura… she was surrounded and her fan, and even the flying feather from her head...was gone. She had no weapons left…
"How am I going to get out of this one?" She thought. Too late… as one of the guards rushed forward with their sword, and using the flat of the blade hit her on the head… she was knocked out. As the opened her eyes, her vision blurred… at first she thought she saw InuYasha, looking at her, but as her eyes focused she realized it couldn't be him. When she tried to move her hands, she couldn't… they were chained down to a table with her lying down… Her kimono was cut in half… revealing the top part of her body. As the man, who looked like InuYasha spoke, she realized the voice… was familiar… as her eyes opened up with terror she knew… what was about to happen… Naraku was going to take her heart again.
As Inu Tatmaru spoke with Naraku's voice he noticed the terror in her eyes, and began quickly. Drawing his left sword with his right hand he stabbed into Kagura's sternum, in between her breasts and started cutting. There blood started gushing from the wound, and Kagura's screamed… she screamed until she couldn't anymore as the blood flowed over the sides of the table. Finally the cut was complete and Inu Tatmaru took his sword over to a table. There lay a piece of cloth he was going to use to clean his blade. Afterwards he sheathed his blade. As soon as he returned to a bleeding Kagura he placed his hands on both sides of the skin where he cut. Carefully peeling them open he cut muscle tissue away, revealing veins and arteries that were connected to the hear. As he got closer he ripped the more and more flesh out until he came to the heart. At this time he unsheathed the other sword and cut the heart out...and then placed her heart onto Naraku's new hand where the hand absorbed the heart. Then sewing her skin back together, he retied the top part of her kimono… and left the room… minutes later Kagura opened her eyes and turned her head.
Shocked with emotion, Kagura saw the same thing had been done with Kanna seeing that her bottom kimono was bloody. However Kohaku was nowhere in sight… meaning he was a prisoner to Naraku, and this Inu Tatmaru. "How was she going to get out of this?" she thought. She watched as the door opened and Inu Tatmaru returned to torture her to tell him of any weakness that Sesshoumaru and InuYasha had, but before she could answer or scream at the work torture, she heard someone crash through the door that Inu Tatmaru had just come out of… with a sense of gratitude she passed out.
End of Chapter
Sneak Peak of Chapter Six
Kagura, Kanna, and Kohaku escape from the help of a certain someone, but before they get away… Naraku gets the shard from Kohaku's back which kills him… How will Sango react to this tragic news? Find out next time on… New Enemies, and Unexpected Allies.