Chapter 7-The will of a Demon Slayer broken
(A/N: Thanks to all who reviewed. It has come to my attention that some of you think the story is a little...fishy as was the term used. Personally I don't know what your talking about as one person it was original and thats what I was going for. Tsubaki next to Naraku the most powerful villian the group has ever faced and I thought since people don't really use her...I would. Keep on reviewing because this is goingto be a long story with eventually long chapters. Please Review...I'm so lonly. LOL!)
"Jeez and I thought Sesshomorru was the ruthless one in the family when it came to the battlefield," said Sango in surprise after she heard Koga's story.
"But why hasn't Kogas wounds healed or at least started to heal?" said Shippo curiously.
"Didn't you pay attention you stupid fox? This room cripples ones powers and abilities whether their human or demon. That includes the ability to heal my wounds in case you haven't noticed," said Koga who winced in pain from his wounds.
"HEY! Keep it down in their!" said the guard outside.
Kagome and the others grumbled a little, but they decided it was for the best since they were all tired. It slowly, but eventually became dark in the room indicating it was night time as the prisoners finally went to sleep in their dark prison. However, the demon slayer couldn't sleep as she feared for her little brother Kohaku. After all he was still missing and she feared what Inuyasha would do to Kohaku once he found him. It was then she sat up and looked around the dark room with the feeling someone was in the room that shouldn't have been. It was only till it was too late and someone grabbed her from behind and covered her mouth to prevent her from talking did she realize she was right. "Squirm and I'll break your spinal cord. The General wants to talk to you alone in a private place. He sent me here to retrieve you," said the dark voice behind her hear that she could tell right away was a demon.
Sango only nodded as the demon quietly left the room with her tightly bound in his armored arms as the guards outside opened and immediately shut the door. The demon soldier removed her from his grasped and she immediately spun around to face the creature. "What makes you think I would willingly talk to that beast you call a General?" said Sango in a whisper as to not alert her friends out of fear of the repercussions if she didn't.
"I didn't expect you to, but...General Inuyasha thought that you might want to consider his offer since he has information that is of a...personal nature to you," said the demon soldier that got Sango's full attention.
"What did you just say?" said Sango in clear surprise.
"Just follow me and behave yourself and maybe you find the answers you seek," said the demon soldier as he walk with her behind him.
"Why not bring an escort with you? I could just strike you from behind and you wouldn't be any the wiser," said Sango when they were away from the prison cell where her dear friends were.
"If you did that you would be killed eventually by another demon and you would never know what General Inuyasha wants to speak to you about involving a certain...someone," said the demon soldier as they turned a corner till they saw a surrounding area with a figure standing their.
As they got closer Sango noticed it was more like a circular arena for training in an enclosed environment with a waterfall surrounding it in a circular river of water. The demon slayer walked up the steps into the smooth, tiled, and circular arena towards the figure that she now stood in front of with his back turned to hers. "Welcome to Sango. You are the first prisoner to ever set foot in my personal training circle. You should consider this to be a great honor for you," said General Inuyasha who turned to face her.
Sango notice Inuyasha wasn't wearing the silver armor that he did when they first met after his disappearance. He was wearing something similar to his old clothing except the color was blackish red. She also noticed he had thin metal gauntlets covering most of his hands and wrist with the exception of two fingers on each hand. "Your lackey said you wanted to see me," said Sango getting right to the point.
Inuyasha nodded and then motioned for the guards around them to leave the area so no one outside the arena would hear them. "You get right to the point Sango. That's what I like that about you, but enough with the formalities because like you said I do in fact have important stuff to tell you," said Inuyasha with his dark voice Sango was still not used to.
Their was a small pause as he stared from the waterfall back to her with a wicked smile on his face as if it were all a joke to him. "Well? Out with it," said Sango getting impatient when she saw his smile.
"I'm sorry I just find that the question I'm going to ask you is quite humorous...well at least it will be to me, "said Inuyasha as his smile increased even more.
"A...question? I don't want to answer your damn question I came here for a damn answer," said Sango who was becoming angrier with every passing second.
"Really? What makes you think I'll answer it?" said Inuyasha who liked pushing her buttons like this as he walked closer to her till they were several feet away.
"This!" said Sango as she tried to punch him, but he blocked with his one metal gauntlet at the base of the wrist causing her to hurt her hand.
She swore several times in pain as Inuyasha chucked at her misfortune. "Care to try again in a less...painful way or will you just answer my question?" said Inuyasha calmly as he examined his metal gauntlet.
"What's the question?" said Sango not taking anymore chance on trying to hurt him again since it was clearly impossible.
Inuyasha smiled as if he had conquered another enemy in battle as he walked away from her with his hands now behind his back. "The question I want to ask you is...would you spy on Kagome and the others for me?" said Inuyasha who turned to see Sango's mixed expression of surprise and disgust.
"Never!" said Sango as she ran at him and tried to once more land some sort of attack on him, but he grabbed her arm she tried to punch him with and using her own momentum flipped her onto the ground.
"Really? What if I told you I had something you wanted that I could grant you if stay loyal me?" said Inuyasha as he kneeled down and now stared into her eyes as she stared into his red filled ones.
"You have nothing I want," said Sango as she tried to kick him, but he blocked and caught her leg.
"Don't be too sure of that Sango. I know what you want and it just so happens he is my possession," said Inuyasha as then threw her across the arena and she landed hard near the edge of it.
"You...have...have..." said Sango, but was cut off by Inuyasha who finished her sentence.
"Kohaku! That was the word you were going to use right?" said Inuyasha he stared at Sango as she slowly got up from the ground.
"How did you find him?" said Sango curiously.
"Well...I never found really. My master and queen Tsubaki found him right after the fight with Naraku right before she recruited me. I don't know whether he was alive or dead when she found him or I know is that he was around when I became Supreme General of Tsubaki's armies. Fortunately for you Sango, he does remember who he is and shortly after Tsubaki recruited me he was put under my command. I made him second in command of my armies shortly after we went into battle and I must say he is a very skilled child. Your family would have been proud of his skills...since I taught him all he now knows. I know I would, "said Inuyasha as he smiled at Sango's mixed horrified yet somewhat happy face.
"What's the deal I have to make to get Kohaku back?" said Sango who snapped back to reality over her brother being alive.
"Who said I would give him back to you? You act like he was your property," said Inuyasha who frowned at her for making that statement.
"Kohaku is my brother!" said Sango angrily.
"And he is my second in command!" said Inuyasha who was starting to show some anger to her.
"Just tell me what the damn deal is?" said Sango knowing she wasn't going to win the argument.
Inuyasha paused for a moment as he stared at her. "You overheard Tsubaki talking to me about by campaign right?" said Inuyasha.
"Yeah...so?" said Sango who hated waiting Inuyasha right now she almost wished she was a demon so she could kill her captor.
"What you don't know is that the campaign is being done on the Western Lands. Ring any bells in that fragile head of yours Sango?" said Inuyasha as he slowly approached her.
"Sesshomarru! Your going to attack Sesshomarru," said Sango as she struggled to stand on her two legs from the pain she was inflicted before by Inuyasha.
"Yes Sango and the campaign starts in a few days. If you prove your worth to me by spying on your friends, who will no doubt try something...I will order Kohaku to stay here. I may have him even visit you here in this circle...under guarded conditions of course," said Inuyasha as he put a gentle clawed finger under her chin.
"How will I know you will keep your end of the deal?" said Sango in almost a whisper.
"I always live up to my end of the deals I make. Otherwise what's the point of making them if I break them? A deal is a deal no matter how you look at it and I always honor my deals. The only question is...will you honor yours?" said Inuyasha in a whisper as his lips moved so close to Sango's that she could have sworn she could have tasted them with her tongue if she tried.
Then in a cruel gesture, Inuyasha moved away suddenly snapping Sango out of what seemed like a split second dream. "You have a...a deal...Inuyasha, "said Sango as she regained her composure and hoped she wasn't blushing.
"Good. Serve me well Sango and I may let Kohaku go so you two can leave when this ALL over," said Inuyasha as he walked up to her again touched her forehead with the tip of his claws before she knew what he was doing.
"What are you...?" said Sango only to feel suddenly rejuvenated by his touch.
"We can't have you go back to them all damaged now can we? You'll find Sango, that just because I'm a powerful half-demon, who kills constantly in battle, doesn't mean I don't know how to heal people," said Inuyasha as he put his extended hand gently down to the side of Sango face that was filled with confusion as she shivered from the cool metal of the gauntlet covered hand
"I still can't understand you Inuyasha. First you're a cruel and sadistic bastard, then the next...your being nice by healing my wounds you inflicted on me. Why?" Sango said as she touched his clawed metal covered hand with her human one.
"I'm a sinner on the battlefield and a saint to everyone else. That is why," said Inuyasha in a small whisper as he slowly, but gently removed his hand from her face.
She could only nod as two soldiers appeared out of the quiet silence and stopped at the steps of the circular arena. "I suppose I should get back to them and sleep before they wake up," said Sango who turned and walked away from Inuyasha as the two soldiers walked her back to the cell.
When Sango disappeared from sight Tsubaki who had watched the entire conversation appeared behind the waterfall with a pleased look on her face. "You could always be very persuasive when you had to be my General," said Tsubaki as she walked up the stone steps to her General.
Inuyasha turned to her with a pleased look on her face. "I told you they would be useful," said Inuyasha in a darker voice then before.
"So far only ONE has been useful to you as a spy, but she won't stay loyal for long once she has Kohaku in her arms," said Tsubaki as she was now by his side.
"The rest will fall in line. Kilala is loyal Sango and will follow her no matter what. Miroku is a different story. Though the monk loves her I find his duties as a holy man might get in the way and will be dealt with if that happens. Shippo will join me when he is older; after all he is still young. Kagome will not follow me and may end up with the wolf that is in there with her, but I can use that to my advantage if need be. After all he will want his lands protected and I can do that...for a price. If Kagome does fall for Koga she will follow him as he will follow me. Kikyo...well she has to die some day. No matter what the outcome is I will have over 90 of them at my command. Overtime they will get used to it and forget why they resisted in the first place," said Inuyasha who turned to stare at Tsubaki.
"Good. Now my General...lets go to bed. All this scheming has tired me out," said Tsubaki as she hugged him on his left side and slowly massaged his ribs making him growl with happiness.
Unfortunately for Tsubaki Inuyasha snapped out of the happiness he felt and let go of her due to a pain in his chest he was feeling. "The...pain!" said Inuyasha as he found himself on his knees struggling not to black out.
"Again Inuyasha. What is causing this problem inside you? Ever since you brought the girl and her friends here you've been having problems. I hope they're not going to stop you on your campaign against Sesshomarru?" said Tsubaki coldly at Inuyasha.
The very mention of Sesshomarru caused Inuyasha great anger for his older brother immediately removing the pain in his chest and he rose from the ground. "No my queen. When I return from the campaign to the Western lands I will have my foolish brother kneeling before you in a pool of his own blood as he begs for mercy. The little child that walks with him will be your obedient slave and the toad will make a good meal for the troops," said Inuyasha as he felt strong again.
"That's my General. Soon the campaign will begin and soon all four lands will be ruled by me and held in your half-demon claws," said Tsubaki as she put a hand in his broad shoulders.
"Soon my queen. The key word is soon," said Inuyasha as he stared at her with his red glowing eyes.