(AUTHOR NOTES)
Sorry for the extremely long wait guys. I hit a snag in the story (There'sa huge gap in the story I've been trying to figure out how to fill) but I'm starting to come up with ideas so you may see some Decepticons in the upcoming chapters (BIG MAYBE) and the story's gonna get a lot more fast pase. I may notbe able to post another update for a while (not as long as this one took I promise) but I promise it to be worth the wait. I may re-write the scene with Sesshy, just cause I look back and think I put him in there just because I wanted the 'bot's to interact with him, but that's probbaly a NO. Enjoy thischapter guys. More characters are going to be introduced soyou may want to read up on some Inuyasha/transformer stuff if your not entirely fimiliar with it. (ESP G1 and later episodes of Inuyasha) If don't think you need to know anything else here's somehelp on deciding that:
If you have no idea who Hakudoushi is or his story(sp?) is start reading into it.
If you can't name 2 of the Prime'spredesessors you loose.
(Chapter 11)
Spike watched the warp gate curiously. Carly was inside the house having tea with Mrs. Higarashi. The Dinobots had finally calmed down and shut up. They sat idoly under the sacred tree. Wheeljack was monitering the gate while ratchet continued to patch Irohhide up. Occassional grones and yells could be herd as Ratchet continued his work on his red commarde as he'd done hundreds of time before.
Sota walked outside the door and then looked around for the Dinobots. After seeing where they were he quietly walked up behind Spike and pulled on his sleave.
"Hm?" Spike looked down into sota's face. "What is it?"
Sota stole a glance bacl towards the dinobots.
Sota shook his head and bowed to Spike in silent appology. Sota walked off towards the tree and up to where Grimlock sat.
"What do you have against humans?" Sota asked his chest puffing out in attempt to make him look intimidating.
Grimlock's optics staring down at him made a shiver run down his spin. His yellow optics were so alien and unfeeling. His sister was out there in the grips of a monster of untold evil and all these guys were doing were sitting on their asses.
Grimlock turned away from the boy, ignoreing his tear swelling eyes.
"You're no heros! All you do is sit around! My sister could be dead and all your doing is gathering dust!" Sota burst. Tear poured down his face. "If you won't do anything that I will!"
The autobots who had tuned in when Sota began crying out watched the scene unfold with hanging jaws. The human boy just stood up to a 'bot most Decepticons couldn't face without shaking. Sota ran into his grandfather's shed and came out carrying an old spear and several slips of papper with strange writtings on them. Sota ran towards the warp gate and was about to run through when a young boy and girl walked through. Sota froze in front of the boy.
The Autobots whom all were lounging around or in conversassion with their commrades, all got to their feet as the appearances of the two children from the warp gate.
Ironhide looked up from his pisition on the ground while Ratchet was patching him up and saw the face of the young boy.
"Katanaude!" Ironhide growled. "Sota! Get away from them! They're demons!"
Sota started. "What?"
Katanaude smiled and reached out the grabbed Sota by the throat. Sota tried to scream, but Katanaude tightened his grip and looked towards his commrade.
The autobots were mobolized instantly. They all pulled out their lasers and pointed them at the two demons, but didn't dare fire incase one hit Sota, but if they did nothing Sota was as good as dead. Spike had run into the house and alerted everyone and they all had come outside and gathered at the front door.
"Sota-chan!" Mrs.Higarashi screamed with worry and tried to go to her son, but was stopped by Spike and Carly.
The demon boy smiled at the sight.
"Kanna?" He asked and held the boy up to the mirror she held. Her eyes were gray and distant without emotion.
Sota's eyes widened with fear as he felt his very soul ripp out of his body. From everyone else's point of view they saw white mist rise from Sota's body and flow into the mirror held by Kanna. Sota's hands went limp and fell to his sides. Katanaude let his grip loosen and the boy dropped to the floor motionless.
"One down, four to go."
Katanaude charged at the autobots and began slashing at them. Even the dinobots felt the need to get involved and began shooting uslessly at the demon child. Katanaude was able to keep all the present Autobots busy with vigerous slashes at aything that got too close or whatever he charged at and now left Carly, Spike, and the the Higarashi's without protection. Mrs. Higarashi ran to her fallen son shrieking and in tears with her father close behind her.
"Sota!" she shrieked and sobbed as she held her son in her arms. He wasn't breathing and was unresponsive to his family's cries and his eyes were blank and disstant. His hands were clammy and he was so cold.
Carly screamed as she suddenly saw the one demon girl, Kanna, standing right next to them. Kanna's eyes were more souless than any cadaver and her pale face was powdery and soft. Her mirror pointed right at the gathered humans. Carly pulled on Spike's sleave and as he looked towards where Carly was indicating he cried out to the Higarashi's in warning.
"Higarashi! Watch out!" Spike cried out in vain.
Mrs. Higarashi and Higarashi senior's cries of terror were cut off at the too fell victim to Kanna's Mirror. Their mist like souls flowed into the vacume of the mirror and were lost within it's pealy depths.
Sunstreaker felt his anger and frustration rise. His fists shook with rage as he realized how out matched the Autobots were to a boy! A boy! Demon or not nothing of organic nature should have this level of power. He was a Trnasformer! Proud cybertronian who'd lived, breathed, ate battle nearly every moment of his life. The fact that not even he could lay one scratch on this small fragile flesh creature was absured and sickining to him. His comrades were all just as frustraited as he was, and it was clearly so, but he felt so angry he lost his concentraiton and ended up punching Sideswipe in the face, sending his brother flying into wheeljack.
Katanaude took the distraction and made his final move. He ran straight at Carly and Spike and right as he was about to reach them a shot rang out and hit the ground just in front of Katanaude, infront of Spike and Carly.
Standing near the warp gate was Optimus Prime, his rifle fixed on Katanaude.
"One more step demon. And than it's goodbye head." Prime's was hoarse with a deadly tint behind his mask.
The demon boy starightened to his full height, never looking away from Optimus,
"Well done metal man, But in vain. " He said with a sneer, "The peices are all in place and you're the one Naraku has to thank."
Prime's reaction was indifferent. He knew the demon was trying to goat him on and than he'd make a crusial mistake and the demon would be the soul victor.
"Explain," Was all Prime said, never moving his weapon or gaze.
"No." Kanna said as she appeared behind Katanaude. "Naraka said to-"
"I know what he said!" Katanaude scowled. "No matter...
"Naraku will see to it your all share the same fate as the humans that lay at your feet."
With that Katanaude grabbed Kanna's arm and the charded Prime, but only ran beneith his legs, avoiding his laser fire, and disapeared into the warp gate.
Prime looked down and saw the three Higarashi's laying, seemingly dead, at his feet.
"No!" Prime nelt down and after a moment he adressed his men. "How?"
"Their souls..." Shippo whimpered as he made himself visable from Prime's shoulder where's been hiding. "Kanna sucked their souls into her mirror..."
Prime took another moment to obsorb the information presented.
"How do we get their soul's back?" Prime asked Shippo.
Shippo looked down gravely at the three lifless bodies. He was all too fimiliar with Kanna and her mirror. Kanna had once tried to steal Kagome's soul only to discover her soul was to big to fit within the mirror at the time.
"You have to destroy the mirror." Shippo sobbed. "But..."
Prime urged the demon child to continue.
"...We'd have to find Naraku first. We'd need an army to seige his castle if we actually found it. Plus Inuyasha's run off, Kagome's been kidnapped, and Sango is injured."
Wheeljack took Shippo's point and continued, "So we're at a steep disadvantage."
"Also Bumblebee, Prowl, Huffer and the Arielbots are injured and waiting for repairs." Prime added. "Perhaps it'd would have been better if we never got involved."
Shippo scowled the autobot. "Don't let what Katanaude said to heart. You've been a big help! We'd all be dead if you weren't there to bring Inuyasha back to his senses!"
The gathered autobots felt they only understood half of the conversation and Prime filled them in on what had happened when they'd met Inuyasha's older half brother, Sesshoumaru. They told about Inuyasha's transformermation and all other happenings.
Sunstreaker scowled. "Who does that brat think he is! He comes over here and acts all heroic then goes on and almost kills everyone!"
"Prime," Shippo tapped the Autobot's helmet to get his attention. "We have to do something, or else Naralu will win. We have to find Inuyasha!"