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The Mute Warrior, the Heart of Kagura

Chap 5

Disclaimer: Me no ownee.

Leithon lay under the boulders, and unbidden memories began to surface.

FLASHBACK, FOOLS

Leithon landed in a tree branch, silently. He got a view that overlooked the river and the destination. His targets were in the small palace across the river. The ruling family of the village. But that didn't interest him now. The most beautiful half (half demon) he had ever seen was bathing in the river. He moved closer to the trunk of the tree, his eyes never leaving her body. She was absolutely gorgeous. Her long black her flowed down her body like an ebony river, hugging her curves. Which were in no short supply.

He watched her bathe. He didn't miss the priestess guards on the riverbank. Wait priestesses? It was a time when demons and humans lived together. It was about four decades before the Ravage, the great war between humans and demons. But that's another story, for another time. A servant came down the riverbank, to get her mistress, he guessed. It didn't matter. He'd seen enough, and not in the sense you are probably thinking.

END FLASHBACK.

Leithon shook the memories away. "Concentrate on the here and now" the thought. Well the now was that he was trapped under several boulders, Kagura had not returned, and there was a wound on his back where a several pebbles had embedded themselves. Since they were still in his back, the wound wasn't closing. When healing is held off in demons, say because they have shrapnel still in the wound, their bodies just give up and heal the wound at human pace, even after the shrapnel has been removed. Leithon remembered. He had nothing else to do.

BACK… TO THE PAST!

Leithon had all he needed to complete the hit. He knew where the chief's family would be about now. Sleeping, mostly. Whoever was head of security was smart. The forest was trimmed so that anyone trying to leap would be very visible, and also have a hard time of it. Leithon slipped on his specially made gloves. They had several claws from multiple demons embedded in them, making them ideal for climbing. They would probably sell good later.

Leithon quickly adjusted to the way you had to slap you hands on the wall to get a grip. In a few short seconds he pulled himself over the wall. He made a quick survey, and saw the balcony that he was using as an insertion point. A quick leap and he was on it. He silently pulled the siding door aside.

He pulled his jiah from its sheath. Leithon entered the sleeping rooms. Three quick stabs in the neck, and one by one, the family died. Then one of those flukes of fate happened. The half he had admired entered her father's room. She had probably heard something. Leithon was shiloueted behind the moon, his features hidden. It was more than obvious that he was the murderer.

"Monster" she said.

"That's in the eye of the beholder, now isn't it?" He replied.

Leithon contemplated killing her, but she was the illegitimate daughter of the chief's wife, and would never be accepted in his stead. He moved ran back to the insertion point and quickly left the area while she screamed and raised the general alarm. He never knew what happened to her. He didn't try to find out. He never went to that village again. Something had clicked inside him that night, seperation of him and his actions that gave him a unwavering dependability that many employers found useful.

THE PRESENT. THEIR PRESENT NOT OURS. BUT YOU KNEW THAT. OR DID YOU?

Leithon remembered good jobs, bad jobs, failed jobs, and most fondly jobs with the two demons he worked with in the later years. He wondered where they were now. He remembered till he heard the sound of voices. Kagura's and Kohaku's.

"Come on, you have a reason to now" he thought to himself. He pushed himself up. Even for a demon, those rocks were heavy. He finally stood up, and squinted in the sudden light.

"Leithon, are you all right?" Kagura asked. Leithon nodded, and began moving towards a nearby stream. Kagura followed him. What? Undead guys who can't talk shouldn't be going off by themselves.

When he reached the stream he unceremoniously pulled his shirt off. Kagura's heart skipped a beat when she saw his chest. It was thickly and visibly muscled. But over that was a plethora of scars. Bite scars, burn marks, cuts, whip marks, stabs, and many others lined his chest and arms. She also noticed that the tip of his left ear was missing, cut or bitten off in a battle past. Kagura saw several stones stuck in his back and the dried blood around them. Leithon began removing them, but it was a hassle, as is doing anything on your back. Seriously, it's a bitch trying to scratch your back. Imagine having to pull stuff out of it.

"Here, let me" Kagura said, and removed the stones. The wounds closed quickly after that. She stopped and admired the muscles of his back. She had begun to lightly run her fingers over it before Kohaku announced his presence with, "What are you doing?"

"Nothing" a slightly embarrassed Kagura said. Leithon gave Kohaku a glance as he pulled his shirt on, a mix of embarrassment and humor.

"Well, what's the plan?" Kohaku asked.

"Find Inuyasha and his friends. Fight them, steal a shard or two if we're lucky. Same as usual."

"Yeah, same as usual. But, I don't really want to fight them, most especially her." Her referring to Sango. Anyone who is reanimated stands a 20 chance of memory fragmentation. The band of seven and Leithon had been lucky, but Kohaku hadn't. And not only that, Naraku had implanted himself in Kohaku's mind. Basically, that means that whatever Naraku tells Kohaku to do, he has to. If he doesn't, the implants take control of his body and cause him a lot of pain. It's just better to comply. But, luckily, Naraku couldn't read Kohaku's mind. The same had been done to Kanna, but on a much more powerful scale. There was really a girl not so much different from Rin in there, but that personality never made it to the surface.

"Since when has it ever been a matter of what we wanted to do?" Kagura asked as she pulled the feather out.

V(look at my border, foolsV

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Inuyasha and co. came to the entrance of the fort. Grudgingly Inuyasha rode Kirara. When I say grudgingly, I mean Kagome told him to. They walked through the gates, giving the guards a nod and a smile. Wait, you're asking me, they walked through the gates after they broke them down, right? Hell no. It is daytime, the western lands are not at war, and three humans, a demon, and a half hardly represent much of a threat. And either way, the forts serve as a form a market for surrounding towns.

They found the healer in a small building on the eastern wall. Well it wasn't so much on the wall or bordering the wall as much as in the wall. Them were some thick walls. The healers "work area" was in the second story. Light shone through a paper window.

"Hmm. I can find no reason why the wounds aren't healing. All I can do is heal them for you." the healer said, "Most odd. How did you get wounded in this manner?"

"We were in a fight with a demon called Leithon" Kagome said before Inuyasha finished saying," None of your business"

"Leithon?" The healer asked, "Black hair, brown eyes, two swords?" Kagome nodded.

"I pity you. Leithon was a mercenary many years ago. The best in the business some said. He and his partners brought down the Stormfire Dragon Urakabine. I know why the wounds didn't close. He used a straight, diamond tipped sword with serrations on each side, yes? When he and his partners fought the Stormfire dragon, they had to bring the heart back as proof. So they did. But the heart kept beating and producing blood. Since Leithon lost his sword in battle so he took two of the dragon's fangs and had them tempered in it's blood. As I recall one of the blades caused wounds that don't heal like they should. The halves of the dragon's soul are trapped in those blades, intensifying their power. If you are his targets, I advise you to leave this fort and make peace with the Kami."

"Feh. I killed worse." Inuyasha boasted.

"No you haven't. Leithon was about as tough to kill as yourself. He did he jobs with the utmost lethality. What's odd, though, is his since of morals. He never killed hostages, and if anyone was going to die indirectly of his actions, more often than not he saved them."

V (I should hire me a border patrol, fools) V

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"Well, what's the plan?" Kohaku asked.

The odd looking team ­­­walked nonchalantly thought the marketplace. But the demons were ever alert, searching the place through sight and scent for their quarry. Leithon and Kagura tagged Sango and Mirokou on the far side of the market, while Inuyasha and Kagome were in the healer's home Leithon quickly pointed to Kagura and Kohaku, then pointed at Mirokou and Sango. Then he tapped his own chest and pointed toward the healer's hut. Kagura and Kohaku nodded and moved out.

V (I'm don't have a sarcastic remark to put here) V

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"Here, Sango, try this on." Mirokou had a small necklace he had just purchased from a vendor.

"No" Sango answered.

"Come on. I insist." The monk finished. Sango obligingly turned around so he could put it on her. Mirokou had been doing less groping and more subtle flirting. And to Sango's surprise, it was working. Sango still had her back turned when a woman wrapped her arm around Mirokou's shoulders in a way that old friends might and a familiar fan opened beside his face.

"How sweet." A too-familiar voice said. Sango turned and felt the tip of a scythe poking her back.

"I'm sorry." Kohaku said.

"We are going to calmly walk outside the fort. No sudden movements, no running, and keep your hands at your side" Kagura said. They began to walk to the gates.

In the healer's hut, Inuyasha suddenly saw a serrated blade swing around his back and stop just before it struck the vitals in his neck. Kagome, who had been looking out the window turned and let out a small scream. The healer turned and tensed. However, a double bladed broadsword that was slightly wider at its tip than its base pressed against the back of Leithon's neck.

"Release my brother." Sesshomaru said. It turned out that under the layer of ice, the layer of pride, and the layer of outright prick; Sesshomaru did have sibling love for his brother. Those of you who have brothers or sisters know what I'm talking about. You'll cry at their funeral but you don't want to go on vacation with them. You love 'em but you don't like 'em. You know what I mean. Leithon moved both of his hands out perpendicular to his body (like he was on a cross).

"Well, Lord of the Western Lands, lets see what you got" Leithon thought. He turned Kanzaar so that Tokijin was caught on it. He swung his arm around while he turned, forcing Tokijin away from Sesshomaru's body and leaving his chest completely open. Leithon crouched and tackled Sesshomaru, forcing both of them out the window.

Both of them fell the ten feet from window to ground. Sesshomaru broke Leithon's fall. Leithon rolled upon landing and stood up. Sesshomaru pulled himself on his feet. Then, deliberately so no one could guess he was doing anything else, he folded his left hand behind his back in a mocker of Sesshomaru's "handicap".

Its comedy block time, beeotches!

Whose Line? Props:

Disclaimer: I am not ABC and do not own Whose Line is it Anyway?

Phil: Okay, moving on to a game called Props. Props. Inuyasha, Mirokou, here are your props Phil hands Inuyasha and Mirokou to dummy Tetsusaiga props Koga, Sesshomaru, here are your props Phil hands Koga and Sesshomaru two dummy Hirakotsu props And you guys can begin.

Mirokou Inuyasha holds the handles of the swords to the sides of his face, blade pointing down: And now we observe the saber toothed dog in his natural habitat.

(SWITCHthis is my whose line border between spoken parts)

SesshomaruKoga holds the tips of both boomerangs behind his head: MAD COW! MAD COW!

(SWITCH)

InuyashaMirokou holds one of the swords near his dick: Were you looking at my porn?

MirokouInuyasha does the same thing: Were you looking at my porn?

(SWITCH)

Sesshomarusets both props flat on the ground and stands on them: Look what happened while my skis were being shipped!

(SWITCH)

Mirokou: I think there are a little too big for replacement blades on my ice skates.

(SWITCH)

Kogaholds one flat against his arm: Want to sign my cast?

(SWITCH)

Inuyashastarts doing curls with one prop in each hand: one, two, skip a few, ninety-nine, one hundred. My workouts done!