Author's Note:
Ready? I hope you love this chapter… by the way, I may hold this story on ransom until I get more reviews. I am sorry for doing this, but it is the only way for the story to get better. Thanks again fans.
Chapter 3: The Truth of Shippo
"How in the seven hells did you obtain Sou'unga?" asked InuYasha looking at the blade in the light of the fire.
"And why does such a blade of destruction heal?" asked Sesshoumaru sheathing his blade.
"What did you do to is Shippo?" asked Kagome watching him return the sword to its sheath.
"This all started when Totosai told me a premonition that someone had toldto himeons ago, about how one with small power would grow to be someone great one day," said Shippo looking into the fire remembering when Totosai had told this to him at his death.
"He even gave me two of his fangs and told me to begin… I never knew what the fangs were for until I finished, which was when I realized what they were fore," continued a sad Shippo remembering the fine blades he had created, but no one to compliment his great work.
"What happened next?" asked Kimko eyeing the blade that Shippo now held in his hands.
"Nothing, until years passed I finally decided to have to guts and go into hell for the first time in my life; mind you that these swords can be used over and over again, but they can also be used for weapons," replied Shippo his eyes flaring with fire.
"I walked through the burning grounds noticing all the dead enemies we slayed, even Naraku who was chained to a rock tormented by the devil himself," he continued.
"Finally, embedded in a rock wasthe sword…the sword that I remembered as Sou'unga," said Shippo looking down at the handle of his blade. He unsheathed his sword once more and stabbed it into the ground. He was redoing what hehad done beforebefore... a reactment of that day.Grasping the handle of the blade he pulled, but it would not budge… finally, Shippo called out with tears in his eye, "Totosai, you were like another father to me… I will AVENGE YOU!" Finally, the blade was pulled free, and the evil that dwelled within was gone and diminished to the greatness of justice.
"However, as I pulled the blade out, not only did that release an evil aura around the area, but it also drew demons to it's evil powers…" noted Shippo as he continued his story.
"I ran, drawing the second blade, which was more like a dagger for my size and struck downward… thus causing a shockwave, and a rip between worlds."
"I ran through the portal and sealed it just as a demon arm appeared in the portal… I instinctly struck down, chopping the arm off," said Shippo.
"That was when I realized that Sou'unga was still with me… and that now that I had it, I had to change it… reshape it… and finally, give it new powers," recalled Shippo as his eyes unfocused…
BANG!... CLANG!... BANG!... FOX FIRE!…………
"I have to hurry, the aura may have alerted demons…" thought a young demon hammering a blade known as Sou'unga with a very tiny hammer. Finally, the blade was newly changed, and the blade no more sending out an evil demonic aura. The blade had changed as well. The blade no longer silver radiated red like a fire blazing in a field of dry grass… the hilt had remained the same, and the grip was now black leather. The end of the handle now had the head of what looks like a fox head at the end. As the young demon placed the blade on the ground, the head of a snake demon appeared in the doorway of Totosai's once home…
"Ah, I see I have found a blade of fine steel, and lunch," said the demton licking his jaws of the dried blood that had already dried from another meal.
"You will not defeat me…" yelled the fox demon picking up the still hot blade of Sou' unga.
"Oh, I think I will," replied the snake demon opening his mouth… but he wasn't spitting out acid, but people… the undead of humans were helping the demon! The undead samurai were raising swords… more like half blades, since the blades had been digested in the snake's belly.
"DIE!" cried the young demon swinging his blade. Lights of violet erupted from the blade wrapping themselves around the demon and the samurai slaves… as the light cleared, nothing remained, but a swirling mass of dust.
"I guess this blade is more powerful than I though," said the triumphant young foxdemon holding his blade in the air.
"I Shippo, the fox demon will avenge my foster father… Totosai," said Shippo sheathing the blade.
end of flashback
"Uh, Earth to Shippo," called out InuYasha shaking the young fox demon from his trance.
"I'm sorry, I was just thinking," said Shippo.
"About what?" thought Kimiko, but that question was not answered, for InuYasha immediately stood up drawing his blade.
"Draw your weapons everybody," he commanded. Everyone was immediately alert, as something from the North headed towards them, a dragon of some sort.
"Don't even worry about it," said Sesshoumaru, who hadn't even drawn his weapon…"it is only Ah Uhn." The two head dragon landed beside there master. Ah and Uhn had gotten quite large. Though dragons they no longer had a cup around their mouths, and they were much bigger, and longer.
"Ah Uhn has come to deliver a message," said Sesshoumaru patting the dragon heads as they both growled.
"What, the castle is on fire?" mockingly asked InuYasha.
"That is exactly what he was telling me," snapped back Sesshoumaru. This left an embarrassed InuYasha who was looked at everyone… finally someone broke the silence with a laugh.
"Nice going InuYasha," said Kagome looking at the moon. Only a few more minutes, and the new moon would be over. However, a blast of energy appeared out of nowhere creating a crater in the middle of their camp. InuYasha had barely been able to grab his son and his wife away from the blast in time. Everyone else was also able to get away, but as the smoke cleared Hato stood where she was holding a blade in front of her. Though the blade glowed a deep blue ice, Kagome could sense an evil presence within the blade…
"Shippo… why does that blade seem to feel like your blade?" asked Kagome as she passed out. InuYasha though in his half demon form rushed to his unconscious wife's side.
"Kagome don't worry everything is going to be all right," whispered InuYasha, but Hato had obviously overheard.
"Nothing is ok InuYasha… for you see hasn't Shippo told you yet?" asked Hato holding her blade out further giving InuYasha a chance to finely inspect the blade.
"Even though Sou'ung was sent to hell, did you not know of the terrible secret?" she continued looking into InuYasha's eyes. Finally, InuYasha's eyes widened with horror, for he knew what this meant.
Sou'unga had a twin blade thatthere greatfather, Inutaisho had never found…
End of Chapter
To be Continued
Author's Note:
Review please, for it is going for a good cause. I may also postpone the story, so if I get more reviews I will write faster, but for now since I don't get many reviews I decided to give it a rest a bit, and post a new chapter up once a week... but could you wonderful fans just leave a review anyway. Once, i get a ton on this one and the first series story, I will write faster, and it will get better. First one to review this story, will be dedicated for their wonderful help in my next chapter. Thanks again and review please, I want to get back to my Harry Potter, and the Half-Blood Prince... it's a good book.