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A thing mangy dog gallops through the field sniffing the ground, at first the scene seems peaceful tall grass, patches of wildflowers, blue sky above. But as the dog keeps running signs of conflict start to show, a spear half imbedded in the earth, rises at an angle, a bronze helmet cracked and covered in blood the dog continues his search and finally he stops, the fur on the dogs back started to raise and he started to growl, his ears perked up as he see a dozens of crows, they squabble and peck , clustered around something on the ground.
The dog started to growl louder and charged at the crows. The black birds flap away to safety, shrieking in protest as the fled. A dead soldier lays face down in the mudd, what ever armour was know ripped off leaving his body to the elements.
The dog walks slowly to the dead man sniffing his hands wines and states to lick his bloody fingers.
But soon stopped as something in the air disturbed the dog, he looked up and could hear a faint sound of hoof beats and chariot wheels, marching men and the clank of bronze armour and weaponry.
The scared dog runs off abandoning his dead master.
The cat demon army five thousand strong demon's storm into the valley from the south armoured with bronze breastplates, helmets and shields, the soldiers glittered in the morning sun. Riding alongside the infantry are dozens of horse drove chariots each holding a spearman and an officer.
On the opposite side of the valley, three thousand dog demon soldiers march into view. They are less disciplined and there armor and weaponry less impressive but very high in strength.
When the two army's reach the battlefield they stop and stare one another down, two hundred yards away.
Two of the demons emerge from their respective sides and meet at the center of the field.
The two kings stare at each other for several seconds.
The dog king looks up into the sky and smiles watching the crows wheel overhead, cawing
"it's a good day for the crows" the dog king says smiling
"I told you yesterday and I'll tell you again today. Remove your army from my land"
The dog king smiles again and this time examines the valley.
"I like your land….I think we will stay… I like your soldiers too. They fought bravely yesterday. Not well, but bravely" the dog king said smiling
"they will never fight for you" the cat king said giving a dirty look.
"that's what every other said but now all of them are fighting for me" he said smiling.
"you cant rule the world that is for the gods to do"
"I don't want to rule the world I just know what I want" the dog king said turning back.
"I don't want to watch another massacre lets end this war in the old manor….your best fighter against my best fighter" the dog king says turning back to the wolf king.
"and if my man wins" the cat king said smiling.
"we will leave for good" the dog king said smirking hiseyes having mischief bounce around in them glowing in the morning sun.
"Boragruis!" the cat demons step aside and a giant cat demon emerges from there men.
A foot taller then the other demons, his face gouged with old knife scares marched out to his king.
"here is my champion" the cat king said smirking as the dog kings eyebrow raised as the giant got closer.
"inuyasha!" but know one came, the dog demons started to murmur looking for inuyasha.
The dog king frowned.
"boragruis has this effect on many heroes" the cat king said smirking.
"be careful whom you insult old king" the dog king said still frowning
Just then a demon came through and bowed to his king.
"inuyasha is not with the army" he said looking at the demon who has come forth to him.
The cat king chuckled as he looked up at boragruis who chuckles with his king.
"where is he!" the dog king furious
"I have sent a boy to get him" he said
A horse gallops with a boy through the forest and soon sees a camp coming close.
The boy rides into the camp. Scores of tents stand on the banks of a river. The only men around are cooks tending fires and armorers, mending armor and weapons. The boy dismounts at one large tent in the corner of the camp. He pulls open the tent flap and steps inside.
The boy pauses for a moment inside the tent, eyes adjusting to the dim light. Evidently last night was a wild party. Jugs of wine are everywhere, and the remains of a large feast.
Sleeping on a fur rug is a dog demon with silver hair and golden eyes with nothing on head stuffed in his pillow. The boy sidesteps shards of a broken jug. He bends to tap the sleeping man's shoulder.
Before his fingers make contact, a hand shoots out, grabs his wrist, and pulls him to the rug. The boy finds himself flat on his back with a dagger to his throat.
The boy stares into the eyes of inuyasha who seems to have barely moved.
"I was having a good dream" he said whispering "a very good dream" he said glaring
The boy nods, dumb with fear. inuyasha has the lean, efficient physique of a boxer. His face and body are dark from a summer spent in the sun.
"the…king…sent me…he said" but the boy was cut off
"I'll speak with your king in the morning"
"But my lord ...it is morning"
inuyasha frowns. Stood up and walked naked to the tent flap, and held it open and stares at the empty encampment.
"there waiting for you" the boy said.
Inuyasha looked at him and soon turned to his clothes that where hanging and wrapped his red kimono on and took his sword and stuck it in his side rope.
"Are the stories about you true? They say your mother is an immortal goddess" the boy said looking at inuyasha.
"they say you cant be killed" the boy said
"then I wouldn't be packing a sword now would I"
"Thecat demon you're fighting…he's the biggest man I've ever seen." the boy said watching inuyasha stand outside and stretch.
"I wouldn't want to fight him"
"that's why no one will remember your name" and runs off leaving the boy standing alone.
When inuyasha reached the field the soldiers cheered and called his name as he stop's running and walks calmly over to the king.
"Perhaps we should have our war tomorrow, when you're better rested?"
Inuyasha ignores the king and examines the giant.
"I should have you whipped for impudence"
"Who's giving the whipping?" He walks toward the dog king fingers curling over the hilt of his sword. Nestor slides in between inuyasha and the king.
"Inuyasha" Nestor said.
Inuyasha's nostrils flared, eyes narrowed, stares at the king. Neither man is willing to turn away.
"Why don't you fight him yourself? Wouldn't that be a sight, a king who fights his own battles?" inuyasha hissed.
"inuyasha" inuyasha finally turn's and looks at nester
Look at the men's faces.inuyasha surveys the faces of the battle-weary soldiers
"You can save hundreds of them. You can end this war with a swing of your sword. think how many songs they'll sing in your honour. Let them go home to their wives" he said
As the dog king glares at inuyasha undisguised hostility.
"Of all the warlords loved by the gods, I hate him most." the king muttered to nester.
"we need him…my king"
"for now"
When inuyasha was forty yards from the giant, Boagrius turns to his army and shakes his spear over his head. They cheer, slamming their bronze swords against their bronze shields.
hink howinuyasha keeps coming. He looks up at the circling crows. Boagrius turns and throws his spear. The bronze spearhead glitters in the sun, blazing straight for inuyasha.
Inuyasha lifted his arm and the spear broke on the cloth of his fire rat kimono.
Inuyasha kept coming.
Boragruis once again troughs his spear grunt as he through's it. Again inuyasha lift's his kimono up breaking the spear not harmed at all.
Inuyasha keeps coming. Boagrius unsheathes his tremendous bronze sword. He opens his mouth, lets loose a battle cry, and charges at inuyasha.
When Boagrius raises his sword, inuyasha lunges forward with terrifying speed. It does not seem possible that he could close the gap between them so quickly, but he does, thrusting his sword straight through Boagrius' breastplate Blood pumps out, pouring down the polished bronze and the giant topples over.
The dog demon army erupts with exultant victory cries. inuyasha now stands in front of the massed demon troops. He searches from face to face. None of the soldiers are willing to make eye contact with him. Finally the cat king steps out of the ranks.
"who are you?"
"inuyasha, son of a great dog demon" inuyasha said proudly but with a stern look on his face.
"inuyasha. I won't forget the name" offers inuyasha the heavy gold scepter.
"The ruler of the this land carries this scepter. Give it to your king."
"he's not my king" and inuyasha walked off to the west away from the two armies.
And the soldiers watched him leave in silence.
The inlet ends in a natural harbour where several tall- masted warships are beached, sails unfurled, oars locked and rowing benches empty. Dozens of smaller fishing boats are scattered about the harbour.
On top of the highest hill, overlooking all the dog kings land, stands a thick-walled palace. Torch-bearing sentries, wearing plumed helmets and carrying long spears, man their posts.
"Princes of the wolves, on our last night together, Queen sango and I salute you." the dog king said looking at his wife.
king of the dog demons land, stands at the head of a massive table that spans the length of a hall lit by torches. A battle-scarred warrior. The dog king is already halfway drunk.
Beside the dog king sits his wife, sango , wearing a white gown, head bowed, half listening to her husband. Fresh flowers are woven into her hair. Her beauty is so extreme she seems to exist in a separate realm.
The only woman in the room and the only one wearing white, Sango shines amidst the unwashed warriors of the dog kings land and the wolf kings land. All sit at a table laden with platters of roasted game birds, whole fish, octopi, suckling pigs and bowls of fruit.
The dog king holds his gold wine goblet in the air, toasting his honoured guests, koga and miroku . koga is not the best-looking man in the room, nor the largest, but the intensity of his expression, the regality of his bearing, confirms that he is a born leader. miroku is the best-looking man in the room, by a long shot. He's not paying attention to the dog king. He's staring at sango.
"We've had our conflicts before, it's true. We've fought many battles, the dogs and wolves. And fought well!" the dog king practically yelled.
dog soldiers cheer drunkenly. For a moment sango looks up and meets miroku's gaze.
"But I've always respected your father. he is a good man, a good king. I respected him as an adversary, and I respect him now as my ally."
Even more dog demons cheering, this time from the entire assembly.
"koga, miroku, young princes, come, stand, drink with me." koga stands, but miroku does not. He's still staring at sango. koga nudges his brother's shoulder, And miroku stands.
"Let us drink to peace". koga nods to the dog king and raises his cup.
"Peace between wolves and the dogs."
The king and the princes drink deeply and slam their empty cups to the table.
"May the gods keep the demons in the hills and the women in our beds" All the men in the hall cheer and rise to their feet.
"To the dogs and the wolfs!" the guests yell
A band of musicians strike up their instruments; servants roam the hall filling goblets with wine.
polydora, one of sango's handmaidens, leads a dozen attractive young women into the banquet hall.
The warriors howl at the sight of the women. Soon each of the handmaidens is flanked by drunken soldiers.
The dog king grabs koga in a bear hug. koga gamely accepts the embrace. When the king releases him, both men spill a few drops of wine from their cups onto the floor.
They drink the rest of their wine. The dog king grips koga's upper arm. servants refill the cups.
"A strong arm. Thank the gods we made peace … I've seen too many of my men struck down with this arm."
"never again I hope" koga said
Only one man works a sword better than you. The son of a great dog demon the Argonaut.
"inuyasha" koga finished his sentence
"That madman would throw a spear at Zeus himself if the god insulted him."
The dog king indicates Polydora, who stares at koga openly.
"You see that one over there? I picked her just for you. She's a little lioness."the dog king chuckled.
The dog king grins at the girl, who lowers her eyes and smiles. Sango notices this silent exchange but ignores it, conversing instead with another handmaiden who sits beside her.
"Thank you. My wife waits for me in my land." koga said
"My wife waits for me right there." He leans forward to whisper conspiratorially in koga's ear.
"Wives are for breeding. You understand? For making little princes. Come, enjoy yourself tonight."
Sango stands and walks out of the reception hall. He dog king does not notice. But koga does. He raises his cup to the dog king.
You make excellent wine in your land. The dog king laughs and drinks with koga. miroku excuses himself from the dog generals he's been speaking with and heads outside… in the same direction as sango. koga watches with mounting agitation.
The room is lit by a dozen tall candles. sango removes the flowers from her hair and drops them into a bowl of water. She hears a sound and looks up. Miroku stands in the doorway. For several breaths they are silent, staring at each other.
"you shouldn't be here" sango said watching him close the door behind him.
"that's what you said last night" miroku said.
"last night was a mistake" she said
"iv made many mistakes this week" she said as miroku approaches her.
"Do you want me to go?"
His hands are on her now, sliding down her bare neck, down her back, resting on her hips. His mouth is very close to her ear. And sango closes her eyes.
"yes…" she said whispering
miroku kisses her neck, her ears, sango's eyes still closed. The tightness you saw in her face when she sat by her husband's side is gone, replaced by ecstasy.
"where should I go?" miroku whispered
She kisses him back now and there's a hunger in her kisses, something close to violence in her desire. She lifts off his tunic and pulls him nearer.
"away…far away" she whispered again.
In a moment the white gown slips to her feet. miroku stares at her naked body in wonder. He opens his mouth to speak but she kisses him full on the lips. And they sink onto the bed.
As more and more wine gourds are emptied, the scene grows rowdier. An impromptu choir of dogs and wolf soldiers drunkenly sing battle songs.
Polydora sits on the dog kings lap. She whispers in his ear while he laughs and drains another cup of wine. koga sits nearby, half engaged in conversation with several dog generals. He's clearly not happy that his brother's still missing.
sango lies naked on her bed. In the candlelight her flanks are mapped with copper trails of sweat. She watches miroku who stands bedside pulling on his clothes.
"I have something for you." From his tunic he pulls a necklace of baby pearls threaded with silver. He sits beside her in bed.
"Pearls from the sea of my land." Miroku said as he strings the pearls around her neck.
"there beautiful…but I can not wear them….my husband will kill both of us"
"don't be afraid of him"
"I'm not afraid of dying. I'm afraid of tomorrow, watching you sail away and knowing you'll never come back." She said as she runs her fingers across his jaw line.
"Before you came to our land I was a ghost. I walked and I ate and I swam in the sea, but I was a ghost."
"You don't have to fear tomorrow." sango watches him, unsure what he means.
"come with me" miroku said as they stared at each other for a long moment into each others eyes.
"Don't play with me, prince of the wolves. Don't play. " she said looking at him
The sounds of footsteps and laughter outside the door startle them. miroku halfway unsheathes a knife hanging from his belt. Whoever's walking by the door passes without stopping. miroku sheathes his knife, kneels beside the bed and takes her hand.
"If you come we'll never be safe. Men will hunt us and the gods will curse us. But I'll love you. Until the day they burn my body I will love you" miroku said very deep
Sango stares into miroku's eyes, contemplating the impossible.
A group of wolf soldiers lies on goatskins and furs around a bonfire built in the middle of the courtyard. Some sleep; some continue to drink and sing old war songs. koga stands by the fire, conferring with ginta a captain of the elite wolves Guard.
"Make the proper offerings to Poseidon before we sail. We don't need any more widows in Troy."
"goat or pig koga?"
"which does the sea go prefer"
"I'll wake the priest and ask him." ginta said smiling and bowing before he took his leave.
koga sees miroku slinking past the bonfire, sneaking toward his quarters.
"miroku!" miroku turns ,smiles and waves, acting as if he hadn't seen koga before.
koga ambles over to join his brother.
"You should get to bed. We won't sleep on land again for weeks." koga said putting his hand on his shoulder.
"I have no trouble sleeping on the seas. The sea nymphs sing lullabies to me."
"And who sang lullabies to you tonight?"
Miroku freezes for a moment but quickly regains his poise.
"Tonight? Tonight was the fisherman's wife. A lovely creature."
"I hope you didn't let the fisherman catch you."
"He's more concerned with the fish."
Miroku smiles and starts to walk away but koga holds him back.
"you do understand why we are here?"
"for peace.."
"And you do understand that the dog king, is a powerful man? And that his brother, is a King , commands all the Greek forces?"
"What does this have to do with the fisherman's wife?"
koga seizes miroku's face between the palms of his hand. Not a violent gesture, exactly, but not gentle, either.
"miroku. You're my brother, and I love you. But if you do anything to endanger us I'll rip your pretty face from your pretty skull." koga said smiling and kissing his brothers forehead.
"get some sleep we sail in the morning."
miroku, a bit shocked by the encounter, stumbles away.
The wolves ships sails over the waves. On the decks the winds are strong Nobody needs to row. Sailors tend the sails or play dice. koga stands in the bow, leaning against the rail, whittling a wooden lion. And miroku joins him.
"A beautiful morning. Poseidon has blessed our voyage." miroku said
Koga looked up into the sky for a moment.
"Sometimes the gods bless you in the morning and curse you in the afternoon."
Miroku watches his brother work the wood. When miroku speaks again his tone is more sober than before.
"do you love me brother?" miroku said
koga rests his knife on the deck and smiles.
"what have you done now?"
I need to show you something. miroku walks toward the staircase leading inside the ship. koga watches him for a few seconds and then follows.
Miroku pauses in front of his cabin door.
"before you get angry with me…"
"open the door."
Miroku opens the door. Sango wearing a hooded robe, sits on the edge of a hammock, swinging slightly. She stands. And koga stares at her in disbelief. He turns and glares at miroku.
"If you weren't my brother I'd kill you where you stand."koga growled
"koga…" miroku said but koga was already out the door
And then sango looks at miroku.
"we'll never have peace."
"I don't want peace…I want you" He kisses her ...a desperate, hungry kiss, the two of them against the world …then turns and follows his brother.
the dog king, followed by ten soldiers, storms into sango's room.
He finds Polydora polishing the queen's jewellery. The king grabs her arm roughly. Terrifying her.
"where is she" he spits
"who my king?" she said calmly.
The king draws his sword
"I swear by the father of the gods I'll gut you here if you don't tell me." he growled death in his eyes.
The handmaiden tries to speak but no words come out. Fortunately for her, hippasus, a royal advisor, enters the room at that moment followed by an old fisherman.
She left with the wolves, my king. The dog king stares at Hippasus, who swallows and gestures at the fisherman. The fisherman looks as if he'd rather be fishing.
"the old man saw her board there ship"
The king releases the handmaiden and stares at the fisherman.
"the wolves?"
"with the young prince miroku she…"the fisherman was cut off when the king lifted his hand. And the fisherman shuts up.
Everyone watches the king, waiting for an explosion, but the news…strangely…seems to focus him.
"get the ship ready"
koga walks quickly toward the stern, with miroku right behind him. The pilot mans the rudder.
"turn us around we need to go back"
"wait…wait" miroku said as koga spins on his brother
"you fool!" koga pointed
"listen to me"
Koga shoves his brother backwards. The older brother's physical power is obvious. sailors watch in awed silence.
"Do you know what you've done? Do you know how many years our father worked for peace? How many brothers and cousins he lost on the battlefield?" koga spat
"I love her…"
The muscles in koga's jaw bulge against his cheeks.
"Say another word and I'll break your arm. This is all a game for you, isn't it?" koga said even more angry.
"You roam from town to town, bedding merchants' wives and temple maids - - you think you know something about love? What about your father's love? You spat on him when you brought her on this ship. What about love of your country? You'd let our land burn for this woman!" koga said his angry riseing.
miroku starts to speak but koga raises a warning finger.
"I wont let you start a war for her"
"may I speak…What you say is true. I've wronged you. I've wronged our father. If you want to bring sango back to the dogs, so be it. But I go with her."
"they will kill you"
koga laughs bitterly. He grabs the collar of miroku's tunic.
"That sounds heroic to you, doesn't it? To die fighting. Tell me, little brother, have you ever killed a man?"
"no…"
"Have you ever even seen a man die in combat? "
"no.."
Koga's face is flushed with anger. miroku tried to look away but koga wouldn't let him.
"I've killed men, brother. I've watched them dying, I've heard them dying, I've smelled them dying."
"There's nothing glorious about it, nothing poetic. You think you want to die for love, but you know nothing about dying. You know nothing about love." koga countined
"All the same, I go with her."
koga releases his brother. And stares at the sea.
"I won't ask you to fight my war."
koga shakes his head, still staring into the waves.
"You already have."
For a long time koga is silent. Finally he turns to the pilot, who awaits the prince's command.
"lets get home" and koga walks away from his brother.
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