Divide and Kill

Disclaimer: Read the one from the last chapter!

Kiyo stepped inside her hut, leaving Riku outside. She poked her head out. "So, what are you scared of? Come in," She said in a bored tone.

Riku glared at her and said, rebelliously, "Why would I be scared of a girl?" he spat out.

Kiyo disappeared inside the house, acting somewhat upset. "Come in already, or you can sleep outside."

Riku slouched a few steps to the house, not really caring. Her room is probably full of make up from these times; maybe I should sleep outside… He thought.

When he walked in, he met a surprise. Spears were pointed at his face, spikes on the floor, axes at his legs, wooden arrows at his torso and a single silver spear, held by Kiyo, at his heart.

He motioned to move backward to back away from the weapons but saw a metal wall behind him. Riku's eyes widened and he cursed at his idiocy. He had suspected, along with Sesshomaru and Kagome, that the residents were a little more dangerous than they seemed, but this was a surprise.

"What the hell is your problem?" he yelled at her, looking around him to try and find an exit, hoping that something was defective or forgotten. There was no opening, he couldn't even escape underground. Riku would have to do something he had done only once before, in his childhood.

He closed his eyes and pressed his palms together, sucking in his breath as Kiyo threw the spear at his heart. A grey aura radiated around him and the spear bounced off, sending its back into Kiyo.

"Damn you!" Kiyo yelled; her beautiful face not so beautiful any more. Her face was contorted into one that was mad, very mad. Her eyebrows pushed together, creating wrinkles, her mouth of perfect teeth bearing them grinding top against bottom, her eyes mad with rage.

The grey aura grew and grew until the whole hut was destroyed, charred with a fire surrounding where the end of the aura had been on the ground, going up to eight feet tall.

Riku walked through them slowly, his eyes burning red as he walked slowly toward Sesshomaru's hut to warn him. After all, they were practically blood, weren't they?

He saw the few remains of Kiyo's burned skeleton, having tried to jump away from the flaming grey aura.

Riku saw the crowd of people gather up to see Kiyo's burned hut but ignored them. He confidently walked through the entrance to Aiitsumo's hut, praying Sesshomaru was there.

"Sesshomaru," he said gruffly as the white-haired demon appeared in front of him, stone-faced.

"Riku, you really must learn to control your temper," Sesshomaru said stiffly, staring him in the eye.

"You have to learn not to play the role of that b------ father of mine. I don't care for authority," Riku said, clenching his hands into fists.

"Come with me and we will alert Kagome. Aiitsumo is with the villagers, looking at your temper tantrum," Sesshomaru said.

"Whatever," Riku said.

The two walked out of the hut, unnoticed from all the attention to the burned down hut.

"Do you want to know why I burned down freaking Kiyo and her freaking hut?" Riku asked gruffly, not going to explain even if Sesshomaru wanted it explained.

"You know I do," Sesshomaru said, eyes on Seiryoku's hut. He glared so deeply at it, wanting to kill the man in it.

Seiryoku irritated him so much. It wasn't just that he was doting upon Kagome from the time he set eyes on her, oh no. Sesshomaru just felt an aura come from him. It was a weak aura, yes, but an aura. It seemed to be tainted, almost demonic, but not quite there. He'd be taken down, for sure.

Riku stayed outside, while mumbling about being stuck as the watchdog, while Sesshomaru went in to get Kagome.

'I'll kill Seiryoku if he has Kagome in the crowd, staring along with the rest of the morons,' he thought brutally.

"Seiryoku," Sesshomaru addressed the man coldly as he saw him. Kagome was nowhere to be seen.

"Sesshomaru, isn't it?" Seiryoku said loudly, clapping him on the back.

He was answered with a blow to the face.

"What the hell's your problem, you freak?" Seiryoku yelled at him, covering his nose, which was now bleeding.

"You," Sesshomaru retorted.

Seiryoku tried to hit him, but Sesshomaru dodged and appeared behind him.

"Where is Kagome?" Sesshomaru asked stiffly.

"Why would I tell a moron like you?" Seiryoku bellowed, aiming yet another hit, and failing, allowing Sesshomaru to pass behind him once more.

Sesshomaru took advantage of his lack of strategy and speed and flipped him onto to the ground, mercilessly stepping on his throat.

"Reason enough for you?" he said gruffly.

"Doushi-chin-kouei," Seiryoku said, not wanting to waste his breath as he gasped for air.

"At the palace?" Sesshomaru asked, not wanting to delay anything.

Seiryoku nodded lightly, eyes fogging over.

Sesshomaru took his foot off of the man and walked away, stopping a foot before the door.

"You don't deserve to be killed by me. Oh, and yes, I am a demon," Sesshomaru said, then stepped out the door to Riku, leaving Seiryoku astounded.

"No one came?" Sesshomaru asked Riku, sure Seiryoku wouldn't try to attack.

"They're morons, the only thing they can do is stare at that," Riku said, looking at the burned down hut no one had touched.

"We have to get to the Doushi-chin-kouei, he's with Kagome," Sesshomaru said, "We're going to have to run."

Riku rolled his eyes. "Is there anything you won't do for her?" he said dryly.

Sesshomaru glared at him, making the air around him cold. "Just run."

Sesshomaru set off at an astounding pace, Riku at half his time, but not far behind since there was such a short distance.

Sesshomaru appeared at the doorway, Riku right behind him, both panting.

Sesshomaru heard yells and saw the two people screaming. The Doushi-chin-kouei was throwing stone daggers at her mercilessly and they seemed to be surrounded by… black. Just black, not an object. It was an aura. It was the Doushi-chin-kouei's aura, and it was showing now, and the aura at least a foot long.

Kagome jumped up, avoiding yet another one, her eyes looking around the room for something to use in defence or offence. They came to rest on Sesshomaru and Riku.

"He's a demon!" Kagome yelled, pointing at the Doushi-chin-kouei.

Author's Note: I am so sorry for the long wait and the short chapter, so I'm going to post another chapter on Saturday or sooner. I hope this was long enough.

I hope everyone enjoys this chapter since, well, I got a few complaints, and thank you for that, I know my story was getting boring, and it's all leading up to the next chapter, or the chapter after that.

Kiyo finally dies and everyone rejoices. Yay! I was just wondering- should I end this story after they do whatever they do to this village and make a sequel or not or keep going? I really care what you readers think.