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The Princess And The Pup Ch. 13
The Mastermind
"Why do you insist on carrying me!" Sango shouted at Inuyasha, who was just as reluctant at the situation.
Inuyasha groaned. "Why do you insist on wanting to crawl?" The half-demon glanced at the monk walking to his right. "Or would you rather have the pervert over there carry you?"
Miroku picked a hand over his heart and feigned an innocent and hurt look. "You have such a lowly opinion of me, Inuyasha. Why don't you trust me?"
The half-demon let out a small growl. "I don't trust anyone, and you better keep your hands off Kagome."
The princess to the half-demon's left flushed a little to the awkward memory of the monk's wandering hands…
Inuyasha noticed Sango being quiet again. She must have decided that Inuyasha was the lesser of two evils. That not really much of a choice, though, is it? A half-demon or Miroku…
"When do we'll get out of the forest, Inuyasha?" Kagome asked curiously, looking up at the canopy of the woods that only allowed limited sunlight.
The half-demon was silent for a moment, trying to figure out the answer of that question for himself.
"My best guess is that we'll have to make camp tonight and we'll be out by tomorrow." Inuyasha replied, honestly.
The monk was about to complain about the forest but was stopped by disapproving grunts from Inuyasha and Sango in unison. The half-demon and demon-slayer realized what they had done almost started to argue but the chuckles coming from Miroku and Kagome interrupted them.
"This would be an interesting adventure, eh?" The monk laughed heartily, annoying everyone except Kagome who was laughing, too.
"That seemed practiced, Inuyasha." The princess stated only to get a scowl from Inuyasha but Kagome's was oblivious to it.
The laughs died out and calm came over the group once again.
"What are you planning, Inuyasha?" The amber-eyed man thought out loud.
The man had his residence just inside the king's rule…not that the king had any power over him. If anything, he ruled the kingdom, not Roba.
Contrary to popular belief, Roba was not that prejudice to demons. The whole genocide of demons that the king began years ago was just the amber-eyed man's original plan to find him.
"That wasn't my greatest idea." The man admitted, still embarrassed at the simple plan that he had thought of in a moment of weakness.
But now, I have the perfect plan…
The man placed the unconscious body over his shoulders on the fancy chair that was at the head of the room. The person he had set down eye's opened slowly and when he spotted the amber eyes, began to squirm uncontrollably.
"Except your fate like the weak human I know you are."
The amber-eyed man, with one quick swipe of his razor sharp claws, ripped the flesh on the man's chest leaving five deep gashes. The man let out a painful scream and then began to gurgle the blood that was filling his throat.
"May your last few moments be enjoyable."
The amber-eyed man took the bottle of wine on the table next to the chair and poured a glass. He raised the glass as if to toast the dieing man.
"Know in your death, that this is the beginning of Inuyasha's demise…" The amber-eyed man offered like it was going to comfort the man.
With a loud, breathless gasp the man in the chair finally died. His head fell limply to the side.
"To you!" The amber-eyed man declared and down the glass of wine. He crushed the empty glass in his hand letting the pieces fall to the floor.
"Just a short time, Inuyasha, and your fate shall be in my hands…"
Darkness had befallen the group while they grew ever closer to the end of the forest. As soon as the last ray of sunlight had escaped them, Inuyasha insisted they make camp.
"We're stopping now." The half-demon demanded as he started to observe their current surroundings for a place to stop.
"Why are we stopping?" Sango immediately disagreed. "If you're right about being out of the woods in the morning then why stop now? We could keep going and reach the edge of the forest by sunlight."
"Unlike you and me, normal humans need rest." Inuyasha replied, speaking of Kagome and Miroku.
"I'm fine, Inuyasha. We could keep going if you're worrying about me." The princess told the half-demon. "I've gone many a night without sleep."
"Well…" Inuyasha was saying but the monk decided to interject.
"I am feeling awfully tired." Stated Miroku with a yawn. He walked straight to the nearest tree and sat himself under the safety of the branches.
Everyone stared at the monk before the decided they might as well stop. Kagome seated herself under the tree right across from the one Miroku sat under but Inuyasha was in quite a situation…he still had Sango in his arms.
"Where to you want me to put you down?" Inuyasha inquired of the demon-slayer.
Sango raised an eyebrow and looked over her options.
"Set me down by you and Kagome. I'm not going near him." Sango answered, but not without a glare at Miroku, who just rolled his eyes while he continued in his new objective to start a fire.
Inuyasha complied to the demon-slayer's wishes even if wasn't going to get her to refer to him by his name. The half-demon set Sango off to Kagome's right, leaving him enough space to sit between them.
"I don't trust you, either." Inuyasha acknowledged when he saw the demon-slayer's look she was giving him. "I'm not going to let you go near Kagome."
"You're awfully protective of Kagome, Inuyasha." The monk stated.
Inuyasha and Kagome reddened.
"Hey, bite me, monk!" The half-demon shouted.
"Shut up!" Sango bellowed, irritated. Why can't the half-demon keep his damn voice down!
"No, and you can shut up!" Inuyasha retorted. "I don't know why you have such a big problem with me! I could've killed you and I didn't! No, I let you live and you still act like a bitch!"
"Shut up, Inuyasha." The princess said, not bringing her voice any higher than her normal tone.
Inuyasha crossed his arms and shut his mouth…but not before sticking out his tongue at Kagome childishly.
The footsteps of multiple guards rang through the corridors of the castle. Many shouts reverberated in the halls, telling one demand or another.
"This is no time no mess around, men!" One guard, apparently the captain, yelled over the others. "Our king is missing!"
One soldier after another ran down the corridors until they came to a door. The captain opened hit swiftly and saw the empty room.
"Nothing here!"
The men followed their captain down the hall to the next door. The captain had his hand on the doorknob of the next room they intended to search when a bloodcurdling scream came from down the corridor.
Without an order needed, they began to sprint down the hallway. The scream came from yet another of the castle's normally empty rooms.
The captain swung the door open. When they opened into the dark room the light that the opened door allowed in shone on the back of a man with a red haori. His odd silver hair down to his waist was overshadowed by dog ears atop his head. The man swung around to show his bright amber eyes.
The man smiled revealing his fangs and jumped out the window that was on the wall just behind. After the distraction of watching the dog-eared man jumped out a window, they noticed their murdered king…
"Just a short time, Inuyasha, and your fate shall be in my hands…" The man had no shorter finished his sentence than they king's men burst into the room.
He couldn't help but smile at his plan that was working down to the T. To the next phase, he turned to the window closest to him and bounded through it, proving he was a demon.
The man landed on the ground four stories below him. He ran out the door and turned right as to be hidden by the castle's barrier wall.
"It's all going according to plan…" He congratulated himself as he reached the forest area closest to the castle. His chest heaved up and down but not from the sprinting he just did but from the excitement.
The amber-eyed man sat himself down to calm his breaths. Once he had regulated his breathing he began to…chant?
It must be a chant because the man began to glow with a red aura. His long silver hair shortened back to his head and spiked itself in the air. When he opened his eyes they were no longer amber…but violet eyes.
His smile widened. "I'm coming for you, Dad…"
Not the longest chapter but I have to get to homework that was assigned last Wednesday, which was the last day of school we have had until tomorrow.
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