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Chapter 10: Gojou, the Demon Hell Pet of Hatred

"Damn it, I have lost their scent again" growled a frustrated prince wolf youkai as he came to a winding halt.

Where the hell are they? That stupid flee-bitten mutt, probably got himself in a whole ass load of trouble like always. Kagome I hope you are alright.

"Kouga, wait up!" yelled two voices behind the prince.

Kouga turned his ice blue eyes to see two of his men, Ginta and Hakkaku, desperately trying to catch up with him. A few moments later the two were standing before the proud wolf prince trying to catch their breath.

"Kouga we have been searching for about two months now. Isn't it about time we returned home?" asked Ginta.

"Kagome-sama means a lot to all of us but if you are gone to long the pack may begin to riot," added Hakkaku.

"I know but something is no longer right in the air. You two have sensed it haven't you? I think that bastard Naraku is behind it. I am doing my half ass duty by finding it and they all know that!" growled the irritated prince.

This sudden outburst left the two men to ponder what had just been said. It was true for a month or so a sudden evil aura had been sweeping through out lands and secretly had been scaring the wits out of all of them. Kouga had been so desperately trying to find his love and the evil aura that had appeared sometime after her disappearance only confirmed his fears.

"Listen I need you two to alert the neighboring wolf tribes an upcoming battle against a great evil is approaching. If anyone tries to resist they will be held as traitors against me."

The two wolf youkai nodded there heads in approval but before they could set off a strong wind began to blow through the treesof the forest sending decaying leaves falling downward.

Kouga sniffed the air and in an instant he began running upwind towards the unmistakable scent.

"That's Naraku's scent," said an alarmed Hakkaku, "should we follow Kouga?"

"What other choice do we have," replied Ginta, "he has been so overwhelmed with all this crap in his head that he is bound to need help."

Without second thought the two faithful men followed the swirling tornado, their leader, into almost certain peril.

"Here he comes, naïve wolf," muttered Kagura as she flew over the forest. The brisk autumn wind was colder especially now. From Kagura's view, most of the leaves had fallen from their adoring trees and the first signs of snow were expected any day now. Soon past the lifeless landscape appeared her master's castle nestled in a hidden valley. Swooping down she noticed Naraku and Kanna towards the back of the castle standing in front of the edge of the forest.

What is he up to now?

Naraku caught sight of her quickly, "Kagura land here now."

Doing what she was told, she landed beside her master without a word of disagreement.

"I have assigned Kanna a task that must be accomplished. You are to help her with it understood?"

"Yea I understand," sneered Kagura.

Quietly she followed Kanna inside the only door in the back of the castle.

"So what is it we need to do Kanna?" asked Kagura.

"Shut the door first," she replied lifelessly.

"Alright"

It was heavy but Kagura managed to shut the door almost fully until, "Kagura leave the light?"

"Leave the light? The whole castle is lit with torches what is that suppose to mean?"

Curiously Kagura peered through the crack in the door when she heard Naraku speak to someone.

"Gojou it is your time to rise out of the forest".

There was a moment of silence until a deep dark voice was heard, "Naraku you have freed me from my wretched prison from which drained my being, you have fed me, rejuvenated me, but I am still not full. For I have yet to consume the land and its inhabitants nor have you brought forth my brothers."

"Patience my pet, you will have your full and your brothers back," replied Naraku.

"Patience is a virtue, for which I will be damned to have," spat back Gojou.

"Indeed but tonight I bring you a being of your liking, one so full of you that his heart is set on revenge for me. At the very sight of me you will be able to taste the anger pulsating through his veins and in the days to come you will be able to set reign to the land and find the rest of your captive brethren."

"Sounds to my liking Naraku, but what other chooses do I have to accept. You are my earthly master for which I am bound to obey until Myoujou instructs other wise."

Kagura turned to meet the lifeless eyes of her sister Kanna. "What is that? One of the pets of hell"

"Yes the first of five, Hatred," she replied.

Quickly she turned back to Naraku's conversation with Gojou but it had stopped. Instead the rustling of the forest could be heard as the creature named Gojou came closer to Naraku. Stepping forth out of the forest was a beast eight feet tall resembling that of a Minotaur from Greek legends. Gojou's head was that of a bull with golden eyes and long yet sharp black horns. His abnormally muscular body was covered in almost no armor for his body was as tough as diamonds. He wore a light brown sleeveless cloth that extended past his lower stomach to his knees as a descent loin cloth. A thick dark brown belt was worn around his hips with a circular red jewel in the center. His body was a deep dark brown accompanied by a long cow like tail and hoofs for feet. Oddly enough his hands closely resembled those of humans as he gripped a huge battle ax. The ax was about six feet long with its silver blade as long as four feet wide.

"Each one is more cunning than the next," spoke Kanna suddenly.

Kagura turn back to her sister curiously, "Kanna what do you know about these creatures?"

Kanna was not one to reply. Slowly she began to walk down one of the many hallways with Kagura following closely behind.

The setting sun left a dim amount of light on the land. Soon darkness would cover the earth only to be broken by the soft glow of the moon's shine. A young yet beautiful demon slayer watched the sun disappear along the horizon with delicate eyes. Like the land she too had become overcome with certain darkness, darkness to her heart. For being so young of a woman in her late teens her life had been marked by the most tragic events.

"Lady Sango?" called a young man's voice.

She turned to see it came from inside the temple.

After the given information from Kagura the group of four; Sango, Miroku, Shippo, and Kirara journeyed to Master Mushin's to seek information further containing the legendary miko and the five hell creatures. They had searched countless scrolls and there were still hundreds more. Sango had recently returned from slaying a demon but she was yet to go inside, sitting alone on the temples steps, in the back near, Miroku's father's grave.

"Sango? What are you doing out here? Your bond to catch a cold or worse in this weather," said Miroku with concern as he approached the demon slayer.

She did not respond so the monk slowly sat down next to her. Silently the two watched the final glimpses of the sun before the world was set into a slight darkness as the moon already begun to show. Much to Miroku's surprise Sango scooted over to close the small gap between them as she rested her head on his shoulder. Miroku responded by wrapping his arm around her and resting his head on hers. Silence still lay between the two but Sango was the one to break its hold.

"Miroku I am watching that hand of yours. Don't think you can get away with it."

"Don't worry I am not but may I say you do have a very nice body," he replied suavely.

Sango's hand was soon to meet Miroku's face. Kirara and Shippo who had been watching the scene unfold from one of the doorways to the temple shock their heads.

"What an idiot Kirara. That may be one of the very few perverted comments he has said these past months but this was definitely the wrong time to do it," replied Shippo as they watched an angry Sango stomp furiously away from a hurt Miroku.

"Meow," Kirara responded.

"Please Sango wait. I am sorry that is not what I wanted to say," pleaded a desperate monk.

"Is that all you think about Miroku?" she screamed as she turned to face him.

Soon Master Mushin and Hachi, who had been inside rummaging through scrolls, joined Shippo and Kirara outside to watch Miroku and Sango's quarrel.

"What did he do this time?" asked the raccoon dog.

"What do you think?" replied Shippo.

Master Mushin began to chuckle, "Like Father, like son".

"No. I um. I think about you,"Miroku replied.

A dark blush covered her face and she turnedaway from himquickly.

"Oh I see," Sango said as she began to further walk on the grass away from the temple.

"Sango not like that please", pleaded Miroku as he continued to follow her.

At this time he ran to the young woman before she could go any farther. Standing in front of her he began his apology, "Sango I am sorry. That was neither the time nor place to say such a thing. I only wanted to see what was wrong. I have been happy because you have been happy these past couple of daysuntil today. I know you Sango, I know you hide it but it just reminded me of how things use to be and I stopped thinking."

He slowly brought his arms around his love showing a side of him rarely displayed.

Sango returned the embrace, "It's just when Hachi mentioned something about Kagome I got to thinking about everything that has happened."

"It's ok", Miroku replied tightening the embrace.

It was true Sango's heart was clouded by a certain darkness but Miroku, her moon, was able to lighten it for her.

"Aw now ain't that sweet," said Hachi.

"Shut up Hachi," replied anannoyed monk.

"Yes master"

Sango and Miroku began to walk back towards the temple but stopped suddenly.

"Do you feel that," whispered Sango.

"Yea it is one heck of a demonic aura," replied Miroku.

Instantly Kirara transformed into her larger form and ran to her master with Shippo in tow.

"What is that?" asked the kitsune.

"I don't know but whatever it is I have a bad feeling about it," answered the monk.

Quickly the three piled onto Kirara's back ready to do battle with the source of the aura.

"Be careful Miroku," shouted Mater Mushin as the four rode off into the night sky.

"Something dreadful is headed this way Hachi we need to hurry with those scrolls."

Lovely Winds' Lovely Seas

Hey everyone I hope you all enjoyed that chapter. I had a small problem writing it but things in there needed to be said. Let me know what you think about it or the story in general(whether good or bad). Please review, it really does make me write faster. The next chapter(containing the second part of Kagome'sprophecy)is already typed and shall be out shortly.

Translations:

Gojou-Hatred

Myoujou-Lucifer