ok well this story to some people might be confusing...but i dont know how because some people o showed it to loved it...but anywho its alright and once you get more into the chapters you will understand...and the story is i guess mostly about how the dog demons one the wolves land and to the people who want to know where kagome just read and you will find out. well any questions feel free to ask and ill try to awnser them in the best way i can
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Three war ships are anchored at the shores. The dog king along with some others climbs the long stone staircase that leads to the walled city, a citadel hewn from the hilltop rock.
The dog king and his followers enter the throne room. Treasures from various conquests fill the room, statuary and urns and intricate gold work. Armed guards stand at their posts.
Only Naraku is seated, on a beautiful throne carved from solid oak. Two robed nobles are addressing him when the dog king enters…they move away as they approach.
Naraku stands. And the two kings embrace.
Your messenger came two days ago. I know what happened. The dog kings face darkens, his rage barely submerged.
"I want her back" he hissed.
"Of course you do. She's a beautiful woman."
"I want her back so I can kill her with my own two hands. I won't rest until I've burned the wolves to the ground"
"I thought you wanted peace with the wolves" naraku said smiling.
"I should have listened to you"
"Peace is for the women and the weak. Empires are forged by war."
"All my life I've stood by your side, fought your enemies. You're the eldest, you reap the glory…this is the way of the world. But have I ever complained, brother? Have I ever asked you for anything?"
"Never. You're a man of honour. Everyone in my land knows this."
"The wolves spat on my honour. An insult to me is an insult to you."
"And an insult to me is an insult to all dog demons."
"Will you go to war with me, brother?"
The dog king reaches out his hand. Naraku looks into his eyes. Finally he nods and clasps his hands with his brother.
naraku paces the vast, torch-lit room. Nestor sits at a wooden table. Spread out on the table before him is a rough map ofthe dog demons landand environs, painted on a tanned goat skin.
"I always thought my brother's wife was a foolish woman. But she's proven to be very useful. Nothing unifies a people like a common enemy."
"The wolves have never been conquered. Some say they can't be conquered."
"I haven't tried yet Old King Priam thinks he's untouchable behind his high walls. He thinks the Sun God will protect him. But the gods only protect the strong. (points at map) If the wolves falls, I control the wolves"
"koga commands the finest army in the east. And there walls are built to withstand a ten-year siege."
"There won't be a ten-year siege. I'll attack them with the greatest force the world has ever seen. I want all the kings of the dog demons and all their armies. Send emissaries in the morning. Nestor stands and prepares to leave" naraku said
"One last thing. We need inuyasha and his Myrmidons" but the king shakes his head.
"inuyasha can't be controlled. He's as likely to fight us as the wolves"
"We don't need to control him. We need to unleash him. The man was born to end lives." nester said.
"Yes, he's a gifted killer, but he follows no king. He threatens everything I've built. Before me the dog demon was nothing, a province of warlords and cattle raiders. I've brought all the dog demon kingdoms together with the sword when necessary, with a treaty when possible. I've created a nation out of fire-worshippers and snake-eaters. I build the future, Nestor. inuyasha is the past, a man who fights for no flag, a man loyal to no country." Nestor waits a respectful moment before replying.
"Your words are true. But how many battles have we won off the edge of his sword? This will be the greatest war the world has ever seen. We need the greatest warrior."nester said as the king paced around the room.
"there's one man he will listen to" the king said looking at nester
"I'll send a ship in the morning"
A dog demon with golden eyes and purple strips on the side of his face sits on a hillside looking over the sea. Beside him sits his faithful hunting dog, argos. They watch a troop of emissaries climb the steep hill. The emissaries are panting for breath by the time they reach the hilltop.
"Greetings, brother. We were told King shessomaru is here in the hills."
"shessomaru? That old bastard drinks my wine and never pays."
"You ought to respect your king, friend." the emissary said
"Respect him? I'd like to punch him in the nose. He's always pawing at my wife, trying to tear her clothes off."
The emissaries, embarrassed, begin walking away. And the shepherd watches them go.
"I hope the dog kings generals are smarter than his emissaries." shessomaru said looking at his dog.
The emissary turns and looks at the shepard.
"What did you say?" he said as he watched the shepard scratch his dog behind his ears as he wagged his tail happily.
"You want me to help you fight the wolves.?"
"You're…" the emissary exchanges glances with his compatriots. They're confused. Finally the chastened emissaries bow.
"Forgive us, King shessomaru". shessomaru stands and looks down at his dog.
"well im gonna miss my dog"
"The dog king has a favour to ask of you." shessomaru smiles and rubs his dog's head.
"Of course he does."
inuyasha stands in the ruins of an ivy-covered temple on a cliff above the sea, sparring with his cousin shippo Both men wield wooden practice swords. shippo is a talented, lean, flashy young fighter. His sword whirls in the air like a thing alive. inuyasha, by contrast, is the apotheosis of the efficient combatant, wasting no energy, waiting for weakness.
shippo presses in on the attack inuyasha tilts his head to avoid one thrust, side-steps to avoid another. Spying a momentary opening he lunges forward and taps shippo's belly with the tip of his wood sword.
"You're getting fat, cousin."
shippo grins and relaunches his attack, sword spinning with blazing speed. inuyasha ducks beneath an arcing swing and sword-taps shippo on the back.
"Fancy swordplay. The girls must be impressed."
shippo grunts and charges in again. This time a genuine duel develops, featuring splendid repartee and parrying.
"A little nervous, aren't you?" shippo said grinning with a stern look on his face.
"Terrified."
inuyasha raises his right hand and shippo lifts his sword to parry the blow… but inuyasha no longer holds his sword in his right hand. Sword in his left hand, inuyasha taps shippo on the chest. shippo stares down at the wood blade.
"You told me never to switch sword hands." shippo said looking at him.
inuyasha rolls his head to loosen his neck.
"By the time you know how to do it, you won't be following my orders anymore."
Inuyasha tosses aside the sparring sword. He cocks his head as if listening to some distant sound. shippo, oblivious to the noise, practices his swordplay. inuyasha foot curls around the wood shaft of one of the spears lying on the ground. In one impossibly fast motion, he flips the spear into the air with his foot, catches it, and throws in the opposite direction from where he was looking.
The bronze warhead blazes between the temple's walls and drives into the trunk of an old fir. Only now do we see shessomaru, leading a black horse, standing inches from the quivering shaft of the spear blocking his path. He stares at the spear for a moment before ducking his head under the shaft and walking forward.
"Your reputation for hospitality is fast becoming legend." shessomaru said smiling
"I don't like that smile, my friend. It's the smile you smile when you want me to fight in another war. shippo ,my cousin ….shessomaru, king of the southern lands."
Shippo, son of the fox demon tribe leader? The boy nods. shessomaru grips shippo's shoulder.
"I knew your parents well. I miss them." shippo nods again, looking at his feet.
"Now you have this one watching over you, eh? Learning from inuyasha himself … every boy must be jealous….."
"We need to talk" shessomaru said looking at inuyasha
"Tell me you're not here at the dog kings bidding."
Shessomaru hesitates. And inuyasha shakes his head.
"How many times have I done the savage work for the King of Kings? And when has he ever shown me the respect I've earned?" inuyasha said looking at his brother
"I'm not asking you to fight for him. I'm asking you to fight for the dog demons."
"Why? Are the dog demons tired of fighting each other?"
"for now"
"the wolves never did anything to me."
"They insulted the dog demons."
"They insulted onedemon, a man who couldn't hold on to his wife. What business is that of mine?"
"Your business is war, my friend."
"Is it? Am I the whore of the battlefield? Can my sword be bought and sold? I don't want to be remembered as a tyrant's mercenary." inuyasha said getting angery
"Forget the dog king. Fight for me. My wife will feel much better if she knows you're by my side. I'll feel much better."
"Is Ajax going to fight in the wolves land?"
"Of course. You've heard of Ajax, eh?"
"They say he can fell an oak tree with one swing of the axe." shippo said getting into the coversatsion.
"trees don't swing back" inuyasha said
Shessomaru chuckles, but he's alert to the boy's enthusiasm..
"We're sending the largest fleet that ever sailed a thousand ships."
"A thousand ships! Prince koga, is he as good a warrior as they say?" shippo said
"The best of all the wolves. Some say he's better than all the dog demons, too. Even if your cousin doesn't come, shippo, I hope you'll join us. We could use a strong arm like yours."
shippo beams with pride and looks at his cousin. inuyasha wraps his arm around shessomaru's shoulders and leans closer to the king. The embrace is friendly, but there's no mistaking the power in inuyasha's grip.
"Play your tricks on me, if you'd like. But leave my cousin out of it."
"You have your sword, I have my tricks. We play with the toys the gods give us." shessomaru goes back to his horse and mounts.
"We sail for the wolves land in three days." This war will never be forgotten. Nor will the heroes who fight in it. shippo, eager but frustrated, watches him ride away.
inuyasha makes his away across the sandy hillocks. And he spies a woman in the distance.
inuyasha finds his mother, standing in the surf. Her long black hair shining in the sun. She sees a shell that she likes and stoops down to pick it up.
"mother.."
She turns and smiles at inuyasha.
"I thought I'd make you another seashell necklace."she said smiling
"I haven't worn a seashell necklace since I was a boy."
She looks at inuyasha's bare neck.
"Don't you like them anymore?" she said her smile fading.
Inuyasha spots a good shell. And hands it to his mother smiling.
"Oh, that's a pretty one" she said surveys the beach for more pretty shells.
"They want me for another war…" inuyasha said
While his mother bends down and scoops up a silvery shell.
"Are you listening?"
"Yes, my sweet. Another war."
"Shippo wants to go."
"Shippo has never seen war."
She examines the shells in the palm of her hand. Finally she stands and looks at her son.
"If you stay here, with me, with your family, you'll have a long, peaceful life. You'll marry, you'll have children, and your children will have children. They'll love you, and when you're gone they'll remember you. But when your children are dead, and their children after them, your name will be lost." she said as she reaches up to touch her son's cheek. Her eyes are clear, her voice steady. She speaks these lines with no hesitation, no doubt.
"If you go to Troy, no one will earn more glory than you. Men will tell stories of your victories for thousands of years. The world will remember your name." inuyasha stares at her, his eyes burning. These are words he's wanted to hear since the day he was born. His mother waits a moment before speaking again. The words hurt her.
"But if you go to the wolves land, you'll never come home. You'll die there."
"And you know this, mother?"
"I know it.."
inuyasha looks out to the sea. His mother now tears in her eyes, smiles bravely.
"Whenever your father came home from war, he'd stare at the sea, just like that. He never stayed for long."
In the distance inuyasha sees a white sail. He fixates on the lonely spot of white on the endless expanse of dark water.
We soar above the greatest armada the world has ever seen. One thousand ships sail east, crowding the sea, churning the waves with their keels.
The white sails are painted with the signs and emblems of the various nationalities represented in this alliance. One ship sails slightly out of formation. Alone amongst the entire fleet, this ship's sail is black.
Inuyasha stands in the prow of his boat, staring east. Shippo standing behind him, wearing a new shell necklace.
koga, miroku, sango, and an entourage of soldiers walk through the gates. The city is magnificent, a wonder of white-washed walls, lush gardens, and towering statues of the gods. Zeus, Apollo, Aphrodite, and Poseidon stand eighty feet high in the four corners of the main square. The princes' return is a holiday for the wolves. Thousands of onlookers line the road, cheering. Other well-wishers, standing on the roofs of houses, throwing flower petals. miroku holds sango's hand and occasionally whispers in her ear, pointing out various sights, but sango looks nervous. People in the crowd, mystified by her appearance, point at her and whisper amongst themselves. sango holds her head high and pretends to ignore the murmurs and stares. koga looks at her. She carries herself like a queen…but she's gripping miroku's hand with white knuckles.
At the bottom of a long staircase leading into the palace, four guards, wearing battle clothes, are mounted on beautiful white horses.
koga reunites with his wife, ayame pale skinned and green eyed. He holds her to his chest; she closes her eyes, and they stand like that for a long time.
A nurse standing nearby holds koga's ten-month-old son, kona. Now ayame takes the baby from the nurse. koga stares into the boy's wondering eyes and puts his finger in the boy's hand.
"He has a good grip."
"He's just like his father. He even hates peas." ayame said giggling
While this reunion is going on, miroku embraces his father, Priam, king of the wolves. Priam is a regal-looking man with a shock of white hair and sharp blue eyes. And he adores miroku.
"sango? sango of the dog demon tribe?" Both sango and Priam now look at miroku
"Sango of the wolves."
If Priam is disturbed by this revelation, his face doesn't betray it. He leans forward and kisses the former queen on both cheeks. sango didn't know what to expect …. she's flustered and gratified at the same time.
"I've heard rumours of your beauty. For once, the gossips were right. Welcome." he said smiling.
"Thank you, good king."
"Come, you must be tired." He leads them up the stairs and into the palace
kagome, a seventeen-year-old girl with an aristocratic demeanour, wearing the white robes of a temple acolyte, approaches the royal family. miroku smiles when he sees her.
"kagome! Beloved cousin, your beauty grows with each new moon." miroku said smiling as he held onto her shoulders lightly.
Kagome's, cheeks flushing, dips her knees in deference. koga approaches her now, arms open. Kagome's face lights up. She hugs the eldest prince. and Koga kisses the top of her head.
"Did you miss me, little swan?" Kagome nods. koga pinches the sleeve of her robe.
"A servant now?" koga said looking at her clothes
"The young men of the wolves were devastated when she chose the virgin robes." Kagome's cheeks turn bright red as the king said those words.
"Uncle."
Priam laughs and kisses the girl's forehead. He takes three goblets of wine from a servant holding a silver platter and hands them to koga and miroku, keeping one for himself.
"I thank the gods for your safe return."
The king and the princes spill a few drops of wine as they cheered.
"For the gods!"
And they drain their goblets
The meeting hall of the wolves At the far end of the hall, Priam stands by an open archway looking over the city. koga sits at a table that could seat fifty men.
"It's the will of the gods. Everything is in their hands. But I'm surprised you let him bring her."
"If I'd let him fight for her, you'd be burning a son's body instead of welcoming a daughter."
Priam closes his eyes at these words.
"We could send peace envoys to the king"
"You know he. He'd spear your envoys' heads to his gate." koga said looking at his father.
"What would you have me do?"
"Put her on a ship and send her home."
Priam thinks for a moment, staring out at his city.
"Women have always loved miroku and he's loved them back. But this is different. Something has changed in him. If we send her back to that king, he'll follow"
koga stands and joins his father in the archway. He gestures outside. The city of the wolves, teems with life, the citizens going about their business.
"This is my country. These are my countrymen. I don't want to see them suffer so my brother can have his prize." koga said looking out.
"It's not just the her husband coming after her. By now he has gone to his brother, and he' wanted to destroy us for years. Once we're out of the way he controls the seas." koga said
"Enemies have been attacking us for centuries. Our walls still stand."
"Father. We can't win this war."
"Apollo watches over us. Even the dog kings is no match for the gods"
"How many battalions does the Sun God command?" koga said
"Don't mock the gods."
koga opens his mouth to argue but holds his tongue.
"When you were very young you came down with scarlet fever."
koga nods impatiently. He's heard this story before.
"Your little hands were so hot. The healer said you wouldn't last the night. I went down to Apollo's temple and I prayed until the sun came up. That walk back to the palace was the longest of my life. But I went into your mother's room and you were sleeping in her arms. The fever had broken. I promised that day to dedicate my life to the gods. I will not break my promise."
koga took a deep breath. He knows Priam has decided.
For thirty years I've worked for peace. Thirty years. miroku is a fool sometimes. I know that. But I'll fight a thousand wars before letting him die. koga looks past the city to the sea. The waters are empty now, but he knows what's coming.
"Forgive me, father. But you won't be the one fighting."
koga bows and leaves the old king alone in the great hall.
miroku paces about the room. sango stands in the archway looking out to the dark sea. The wind blows through her hair.
"They're coming for me." The wind is bringing them closer. miroku stops pacing and stares at her.
"What if we left? Tonight, right now, what if we went down to the stables, took two horses and left. Ride east, keep riding…"
"and go where?"
"Away from here. I could hunt deer, rabbit. I could feed us."
"this is your home.."
"you left home for me.."
"that place was never my home. My parents sent me there when I was sixteen to marry the dog king, but it was never my home."
miroku, excited with his new-hatched plan, barely listens.
"We'll live off the land. No more palaces for us, no more servants. We don't need any of that."
"and your family?"
"We'd be protecting my family! If we're not here there's no need for a war."
"the dog king won't give up. He'll track us to the end of the world."
"He doesn't know these lands. I do. We can lose ourselves in a day." sango stands and kisses him
on the lips.
"You don't know that king. You don't know his brother. They'll burn every house to find us. They'll never believe we've left… and even if they do, they'll burn you country for spite."
miroku considers her words and finally nods.
"Then I'll make it easy for him to find me. I'll walk right up to him and tell him you're mine." sango wraps her arms around miroku and rests her chin on his shoulder.
"You're very young, my love"
"We're the same age!"
"You're younger than I ever was."
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