This is Chapter 5! In this chapter you meet Jarato The Stealer of Souls. You also get a little bit of fight action! I hope you all enjoy. Please read and review. I love reviews and it helps me write chapters more swiftly!
An Unexpected Trip
Chapter 5: Jarato The Stealer Of Souls
The demon watched the town. It was quiet. To quiet. His crimson eyes scanned the huts. He smiled, his white fangs shining. He slowly walked into the village.
"We have to get out of here, Kagome." said the monk.
The group crept out the door slowly followed by Logan. Inuyasha was rolling his eyes but he didn't complain. They tiptoed threw the village towards the green forest. They had nearly reached the edge.
"Where do you think you are going?" said a voice. It laughed.
The group turned to see a man standing on the tiled roof of a hut. He smirked revealing sharp white fangs. His hair was short and spiked with a small rattail. Crimson eyes peaked out from the wisps of hair. His long white tail poked out from his black pants. He wore no shirt and on his chest was a scar shaped like a cross. Strapped to his waist was a small silver flask.
"You sure look odd!" he said pointing to Logan. He let out another high-pitched laugh.
"Who the hell are you?" asked Inuyasha. He clenched his teeth together angrily.
"Who am I? Hmm...let me think! I am Jarato The Stealer Of Souls!"
"What are you here to do? Steal our souls you idiot?" said the hanyou.
"I'm not an idiot! I'm a demon." the soul stealer laughed at his own joke. "I'm here to take your Jewel Shards. With those I can steal many more souls and my power will triple!"
He did a back flip and laughed some more. Jarato grinned widely.
"Another power hungry tyrant." sighed Miroku.
"Don't even try to touch Kagome!" yelled the half-breed.
"I won't hurt her. That is if she hands over those Jewel Shards!"
"I'm not giving them to you! You'll just go hurt people with them!" Kagome said.
The soul stealer's smile turned to a frown. His eyes glowed an even brighter red than that of before.
"Hmmm. Not willing to give them up?" he said, his voice growing deeper. "Then I guess I'll have to take them by force!"
Jarato's eyes turned completely blood red. His fangs and claws grew longer. The his white hair and tail spiked. It wasn't a big transformation but he still looked dangerous.
Jarato jumped off the building and lunged at the group. Sango unstrapped Hiraikotsu and threw it at him. He smacked it with his hand and kicked her in the face. Sango collapsed on the ground.
"Sango!" yelled Miroku. He charged at the demon with his staff.
With a sigh the soul stealer delivered a hard blow to the monk's face. Kirara came to the rescue. Miroku landed softly on her back. She stood protectively guarding Sango. Shippo ran and hid behind them.
The demon grinned and turned to Inuyasha, Kagome, and Logan. Inuyasha unsheathed the Tetsusaiga and Logan drew out his metal claws. The soul stealer laughed.
"You think you can beat me with a silly little sword and your finger nails? Remember I have five Shikon Jewel Shards!"
"Kagome, can you see where they are?" asked Inuyasha.
"They are in his legs, arms and one is imbedded in his forehead." she said after looking at him for sometime."
"Damn him."
"What's so special about it?" questioned Logan.
"They improve his speed and his strength!" the hanyou yelled back at him.
The demon grinned and raced towards them with incredible speed. Inuyasha lashed out with Tetsusaiga. Jarato did a back-flip and dodged it. Inuyasha struck out with his claws but missed. The soul stealer hit him in the back driving him into the ground.
"A little help here!" Inuyasha yelled at Logan angrily.
Logan jumped at Jarato, catching the demon off guard. He stabbed him threw the back. The soul stealer cried out and slashed him across the face. It quickly healed over. Jarato's back leaked out a dark crimson blood that was nearly black. He let out a growl and arched his spine. The marks began to heal over.
"What the hell!?" Logan said, infuriated.
"Healing ability! It came from one of the souls I stole. What an odd coincidence!" the demon laughed wickedly.
"Tetsusaiga!"
Inuyasha slashed the Stealer Of Souls across the back. Blood gushed out of the open wound. Jarato turned and put some of the blood on his hand.
"You will pay for that, mutt!" he said angrily. "Black Blood Blaze!"
A black fire came around his hands. He ran swiftly at Inuyasha. The bloody claws penetrated his chest sending the black fire into his body. He was sent sprawling to the ground. Kagome ran over to Inuyasha and tried to wake him up.
"Now the Jewel Shards are mine!"
Jarato ran at Kagome. Logan jumped out and slashed at him. Jarato lunged out of the way, doing handsprings towards the schoolgirl. He landed softly in front of her.
"I'll be taking those now!" he said gleefully.
He slashed Kagome across the chest taking her necklace. He pinned her down and grabbed her bottle of shards.
"Thanks, sweetie."
A black fire erupted around his entire body. When it was gone his place had been taken by a giant white wolf with crimson eyes. It howled and sprang off into the trees.
"Is everyone ok?" Kagome asked.
Sango and Miroku had woken up. Kirara transformed back into her cat stage. Kagome examined Inuyasha's body. He groaned and slowly opened his eyes.
"Damn it! We have to go after him!" he growled.
"Inuyasha don't be crazy! Your hurt and so is everyone else! We need to rest."
"If we just sit here Jarato will get away with the shards!"
"I've got a cut across my chest and it hurts really horribly, so I'm not going anywhere until I get it bandaged up!" Kagome said firmly. "It could cause an infection!"
"I'll fix it!" said the lecherous monk, Miroku.
"Hentai!" yelled Sango as she slapped him.
"Ouch! I didn't mean it like that!"
End Chapter
I based Jarato off of Sora from .hackSIGN, Sesshomaru, and Koga. By the way, he has Sora's wicked cool laugh. I hope hentai is the right word for Miroku. It ended somewhat odd, but you will get some background history on Jarato in the next chapter. Please give me some advice and tell me what you like and don't like! Review please! Thanks!