Chapter Fourteen-The Spirit Crystal and the Demon
!Warning! Some scenes are found not suitable for children. This story includes violence, mild language, and adult content. Reader discretion is advised.
Inuyasha woke up completely naked and with Kagome's head on his chest and her arms wrapped around him. It took a little while for him to remember what happened and he only hoped that she remembered too. Kagome stirred and opened her eyes and looked at Inuyasha. They stared at eachother for a second, then Kagome smiled and gave him a tender kiss on the lips.
"Morning Inuyasha,"she said as she got her clothes.
"Morning,"he got his pants and put them on and got up. He could hear Kenta and Shippo running down the hall and Mazuki yelling after them for some reason. They walked out to join the others in breakfast.
Miroku was talking with the lord of the castle and telling him that they were about to leave. The lord left them and Miroku gave Inuyasha a sly smile.
"Sleep well Inuyasha?"
Inuyasha growled at him,"Don't push it, monk!" Miroku only smirked.
Naori and Mazuki returned from the springs and were wrapped in thier bath robes. They giggled a little when they saw Kagome and Inuyasha. They shot the girls a look and the girls quickly went to change. They finished thier meal and were on thier way in search of the last crystal, the Spirit Crystal.
They had walked several miles and were back in the tall grass. Evening was coming and they had barely anything to eat. Finally on a stroke of luck, Inuyasha smelt running water and they hurried off to a stream filled with fish. Inuyasha and Miroku speared some while the others made a fire. The fish sizzled as it cooked and Kenta and Shippo ran off to play. Naori and Mazuki were laughing and talking about some funny memories.
"Hm?"Naori looked towards the woods on the other side of the stream.
"What is it?"Mazuki asked.
"I smell blood,"Naori put down her fish.
"Do you know who's it it?"Mazuki asked in a panic thinking it was her brother's.
"It's nobody we know, and it's human,"Naori stood up,"Lets go see what it is."
"What about the others?"
"They're too busy to notice that we're gone, c'mon." Mazuki and Naori ran into the woods, following Naori's nose. They jumped over tree limbs and roots and finally Naori had to sniff the ground to pick up the scent."This way." They traveled the smell until-
"AAAAAHHHHH!"Mazuki and Naori both fell in a covered hole and landed with an "Oof!"
"Ow, my butt,"Mazuki slowly got up and dusted off the bottom of her kimono,"Where are we?"
"Looks like a tunnel. I can smell human blood everywhere, it's sickening!" Naori covered her nose with her hand. The smell was so strong that even Mazuki could smell the decay. She took out her mask and put it on.Naori looked at her,"Lucky you."
Mazuki shrugged."C'mon, let's see who's behind all this."
Shippo and Kenta came up to camp when they smelled the fish. They sat down and each took one and munched down. Miroku looked behind them,"Where's Mazuki and Naori?" Shippo and Kenta shrugged and continued eating.Miroku blinked,"Weren't they with you?" They shook thier heads.
Inuyasha stood up,"I smell human blood." The others gasped and Sango grabbed her boomerang.
"Let's find the girls." They followed after Inuyasha who was on thier scents.
Mazuki had her boomerang right infront of her incase a demon tried to attack, but there wasn't enough room to throw it. They walked down the eerie path and noticed a lot of human skeletons. Naori growled as they walked by.The smell of demon was everywhere and it was mixed with human blood.Suddenly thier crystals were glowing.
"The crystal! It's here!"whispered Mazuki.
"C'mon lets find this demon and get the crystal,"whispered Naori.
"Shouldn't we get the others?"
"If we go back, who knows where the demon will move to or how many victims it had, besides we can take it."
"But this is the Spirit Crystal, we have no idea what kind of powers it gives demons."
"Uh, maybe spiritual powers. Besides we got spiritual powers too, it's in our blood."
"But we never trained with our spiritual powers."
"Then we'll just have to kill it the old fashion way." Naori gripped her fist.
Mazuki rolled her eyes,"Whatever." They continued walking down the tunnel. The tunnel widened as they walked further. Mazuki told Naori that they were probably going towards the nest. The ground was covered in dry blood and Naori grabbed Mazuki's shoulder.
"What?" Mazuki looked back at her.
"I hear voices,listen." They both were quiet, straining thier ears for any sound. Mazuki could also hear it, it was screams and begs from someone.
"Please, I beg you! Don't hurt me! I'll do anything! Please! NO!" Naori and Mazuki both gasped as the sound of ripping flesh and screams filled the cave.
Thier hearts pounded so hard it hurt against thier ribs. The smell of blood and decaying flesh was too much for Naori and she turned her head to vomit. Mazuki was real close to throwing up too.
"I think we should get the others,"said Naori wiping her mouth with her sleeve. Mazuki nodded and they quietly turned around and began to walk the other way.
"Where do you think you're going?" A female voice that was colder than ice sent chills up thier back. Naori swallowed hard and could feel Mazuki shake. They slowly turned around and met a female with black wings, leather boots, and wore bones as her clothes. She had black eyes that could stop a tiger in it's tracks and carried a bow and arrows.
"You!" Naori gasped,"You sent our parents to the wierd demension! I'll kill you! I'll kill you!" Naori lunged for the demon. Mazuki screamed and the demon grabbed them both by the neck. They choked as she squeezed the air out of them. Naori sank her claws in the demon's arm. The demon smiled.
"Is that suppose to hurt? I feel no pain. Now, it's time to go to sleep,"she squeezed harder. They couldn't make any noise and thier eyesight was fading. They became light headed and with a final breath, passed out in the hands of the demon that nearly killed thier parents.
Inuyasha and the others ran through the forest. Suddenly Inuyasha threw his arm out and caused the others to stop at a large opening."That's where thier scents stop."
"They must've followed the smell of human blood, or went to play and fell in,"said Miroku.
Inuyasha clenched his fist,"I smell demon down there too. C'mon, the girls could be in trouble!" Inuyasha jumped in with the others on his tail.
They choked on the smell of decaying flesh and blood. They covered thier mouths and noses and continued on. They passed several skeletons and Kagome gripped Inuyasha's hand. Sango grabbed the holder of her hiraikotsu, ready for any attack to come thier way.
"This way, hurry!" They ran flat out. They came to an opening with a room that could fit a high school. On the floor were the bones of humans and animals. On the wall hands and feet chained, were Mazuki and Naori. They had thier eyes closed and the crystal around thier neck was glowing at maximum.
"Mazuki! Naori!" They all ran towards them only to have an arrow miss them only by inches. They all turned around and saw a demon with black wings.
"Who the hell are you and what have you done to them!" Inuyasha screamed.
The demon smiled and she swooped down infront of them with a crack of the bones beneath her feet."I call myself Death because I bring death to all who cross my path and the two girls have had thier souls sucked out of them dry." She smiled at the last part and showed a row of pointy, blood stained teeth.
"You're lying!" Sango shouted. Her eyes were wide in fear.
"Oh am I?" She raised her arm and showed them the silvery Spirit Crystal. The crystal glowed and silvery blue figures like ghost came out with black chains wrapped around thier arms, legs, and neck. Sango gasped and Kagome fell to her knees as the souls of Mazuki and Naori sucked back in the crystal.
"You bitch!" Inuyasha took out Tetsaiga and slashed at the demon.
Death flew in the air and sent an arrow his way. She has dark spiritual powers! Inuyasha jumped back as the arrow crashed into a skeleton, busting it into pieces.
"Hiraikotsu!"Sango's giant boomerang was flung at the demon at a speed they had never seen before. Death watched the boomerang close in on her and she grabbed it. Everyone gasped and she sent it back at Sango.
"Sango!" Miroku tackled Sango out of the way as her hiraikotsu smashed into the ground.
"Wind scar!" Inuyasha slashed the demon with one of his best attacks. The attack crushed Death against the wall. As the smoke cleared, Death stepped down with not a scratch on her. "How can that be!"
"I'm surprised that you even got me at all,"she dusted off her shoulder. There was a huge gash in the wall where she hit."Hm, I know about the whole thing. I know that you guys are from the past and were brought here by those girls and a little boy. I was the one who attacked thier parents and I know all about you."She smiled that mad smile that raised the hair on Inuyasha's neck. "Inuyasha, you're a hanyou just like Naori and you have the Tetsaiga that was forged from your father's fang. You were sealed to a tree by Priestess Kikyo and were discovered fifty years later by Kagome Higurashi." Her eyes followed to Kagome,"Kagome Higurashi, you were born in a different time and get from your era to this era by using the Bone Eaters Well. I also know that you had the Shikon No Tama in you and later destroyed it." Her black eyes landed on Sango,"Sango, the demon slayer, you were the only known female demon slayer in the entire history. You had a younger brother named Kohaku who was killed and you were forced to fight him because he was brained washed by Naraku. You married and had two kids later. All your life you have been taunted because people thought you were unwomanly since you did a man's job. And Miroku, you have a windtunnel in your right hand because of the curse brought down on your grandfather by Naraku. You are a womanizer and marry Sango and of course have two kids. You are a monk in the ways of Buddha"
"Thanks for the pep talk, now prepare to die!" Inuyasha charged and slashed at Death, who again took flight and sent arrows raining down around him. Kagome shot her sacred arrow at her and pierced her right wing.
"Got her!" said Kagome. Death looked at the arrow and glared at Kagome.She ripped the arrow out of her wing and crushed it in her hands.
"You wench, you damaged my perfectly beautiful wing. For that I'll have to kill you." Death swooped down at her and Kagome screamed. Death drew an arrow and shot it at her. Inuyasha rushed to Kagome but he would be too late; he was too far away and the arrow was too fast.
Kagome put up her hands to shield herself and could feel the arrow coming closer. Her spiritual energy shielded her from the arrow. The arrow shattered and Death landed."Oh yes, that's right, you are a priestess or atleast only the reincarnation of one. You are nothing but the shadow of Kikyo." Kagome knew that she was just trying to get under her skin, but it was working. Kagome was real sensitive about the subject of Kikyo. Death took a step towards her with her bow raised, Kagome also rose an arrow.
"Say goodnight bitch!" Kagome and Death let thier arrows fly and they collided in midair and sent the others flying back from the blast. From the dust rose Death and then Kagome, not a scratch on them.
A/N: I know people think that Kagome is my favorite since in this book she kicks some ass, but actually my favorite character in this book is Naori, my fav character in the gang is Sango, and my all time favorite character, who I worship, who I want to be his bitch, who i have a shrine about, SESSHOUMARU! Drool.