Once again, I apologize for the wait. You know the problem I have… School…
Chapter 79: A Feudal Fairy Tale! The Story of a Schoolgirl and a Half-Demon!
Naraku oversees the chaos going all over the place. Darkling and demons are destroying everything, darkness covering the sky, and gunfire and bullets destroying the land. "Fufufufufu!" he laughs. "My plans have never been this successful! Come to think of it, it's all because that annoying half-demon Inuyasha isn't around! It took a really long time for this to come true, and the wait really is worth it."
FLASHBACK
This is a story that took place 500 years ago, in Feudal Japan…
Inuyasha and Kagome are sitting on the side of a grassy hill, looking at the bright morning scene before them. "No sign of Naraku here either," says Inuyasha. "He's really been into hiding for serious."
The last time they encountered Naraku was when he used the Jewel of Power to gain control of gigantic monsters. With the help of the future companions called the Smashers, and also 3 certain Space Pirates, Inuyasha and his gangs were able to bring his plan to an end. Naraku escaped after that, and he was never heard of ever since. The Smashers and Space Pirates also returned to their own time, and they were never heard of ever since; at least for the Inuyasha people.
And of course, I'm talking about my other fan fiction Feudal Smashers. You should go and read it. It's got lots of good reviews!
"It's been very peaceful ever since Naraku disappeared," says Kagome. "We can have a quiet time with him gone."
"But you can't expect him to go hiding and hatch an evil plot," Inuyasha tells her. "As long as he is living, then there can never be perfect peace. We must hunt him down and kill him!"
"I wonder how are the Smashers?" wonders Shippo, straying from the main topic.
"They're probably back in their time having their fun," replies Kagome.
"You don't meet them when you return into the well?"
"They say they come from the year 2011, but I live in the year 1997. I will have to live for another 14 years before I can meet them. And I'm thinking that perhaps they saw my future form already!"
Suddenly, they hear a loud slap. Shortly after the slap, they see Miroku, Sango, and Kirara coming towards them, and Miroku has a red handprint on his face.
"It was my hand! It is cursed!" Miroku protests to Sango.
"You're both cursed and mentally insane!" snaps Sango angrily.
"Got any incomes?" Inuyasha asks them.
"If it is regarding Naraku, then we have none. However, I have found a place where we can spend a night comfortably," replies Miroku.
"You're gonna come up with that 'there's an evil atmosphere around this house and we must spend a night here in order to purify it' lie again, right?"
"Do not call it a lie, Inuyasha. That's a very unkind word. It is called a smart plan."
"Yeah right…"
Nevertheless, they all go to the place that Miroku believes is a good resting place.
After some walking, they finally come to a large monastery. "What is this place?" asks Kagome.
"It is one of the best and holiest monastery in Japan," replies Miroku. "Supposedly, there is a holy artifact placed here and it contains some ancient secrets. But let's not get into much detail. Let us go ask for refuge."
When they approach the entrance of the monastery, some monks step out and halt them. "No trespassers allowed! Especially demons!"
"Inuyasha isn't a bad demon, so are Shippo and Kirara," Kagome tells them. "They are perfectly good demons."
"We don't care! As long as they are demons, then they are not allowed inside! We will not allow demons to defile this place!"
"Feh! If he wants me to leave, then I'll leave! Besides, I don't like the air of this place," grumbles Inuyasha.
Miroku lowers his head in disappointment. "Oh well… Looks like we'll have to spend the night out in the fields…" He is more disappointed at the fact that he won't get to spend a night with the beautiful women in there. But do monasteries have beautiful women to begin with?
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That evening, they all settle down in an open field not too far from the monastery. After eating some simple meal cooked by Kagome and having a bit of chatting, they all lie down to turn in for the day. Inuyasha sleeps sitting up while keeping one eye open to keep watch for the night.
After about an hour of silence, he sniffs something in the air. "What's the smell? Wait, it smells familiar! I know it! It's the scent of Naraku!"
The others wake up at the sound of hearing his name mentioned. "I can sense a powerful demonic aura too," says Sango.
"Hey! Look at the sky! There's something flying!" points out Shippo. There is large mass of black cloud flying across the sky.
"So he finally showed up! I'll put a wretched end to him!" says Inuyasha, going after the cloud.
The black cloud is, in fact, heading for the monastery instead of towards them. "It's heading for the monastery!" says Kagome. "The people there are in danger!"
"But why would Naraku aim for that kind of place?" wonders Miroku. They quickly go after the black cloud.
The cloud is faster than them though, and shortly after it disappears into the monastery grounds, they hear sounds of screaming and crying. "Quick! We must help them!" says Sango.
They rush through the entrance and see the whole place wrecked up. "What happened here?" Inuyasha asks one of the fallen monks nearby.
"A black cloud came… And a large demon appeared from it…" replies the monk. "It has… entered the holy chamber… to the way… of the forbidden realm…"
"Forbidden realm?" asks Kagome curiously.
"I don't care about that. I'm just going after the demon!" Inuyasha speeds off into the monastery himself, soon followed by the others.
They made their way into the deepest chamber, where they witness a battle between the monks and a large dinosaur-looking demon. "You vile demon! We will not allow you to find out the secret of the Forbidden Realm!" says the lead monk. "Behold our powers of holiness!"
The monks throw sutras at the demon and stick it onto him, and then they start chanting some strange language and the sutras on the demon starts glowing. The demon roars in pain and struggles hard to get the sutras off. "It's useless!" says the monk. "No demon can survive our holiness!"
Inuyasha's gang watches the battle from aside. "Look's like they don't need our help," says Kagome.
As the monks continue to chant, some sort of a barrier appears around the demon and begins electrocuting it with holy power. The demon roars madly and struggles even harder. "I will not be defeated by humans like you!" Amazingly, the demon uses its mighty strength to break through the holy barrier!
"WHAT!" gasp the monks. With one swipe of its claw, the demon knocks all the monks away.
"How is that possible!" gasps Miroku.
The demon turns to a small box at the far end of the room. "Yes! That's the one master sent me for! I will bring it back to him!" It is when he turned around did Inuyasha notice a spider marking on his back.
"That spider mark! He's one of Naraku's spawns! Now we have proof that Naraku is still up to something!"
The demon approaches the box and brings his hand towards it, but is then repelled by a mystical force. "These holy barriers do not work on me! Master Naraku gave me the unique power to break through all kinds of barriers!" He slams his hand down on the barrier hard and shatters, and he is able to obtain the box easily.
"He's taking it away!" gasps Shippo.
"Oh no you don't!" Inuyasha jumps at the demon with claws wide open. "Iron Reaver!" He slashes the demon across his back and makes him drop the box in pain.
"Argh! How dare you!" The demon turns around and swings a fist at Inuyasha, but he is able to avoid it.
Inuyasha lands a few feet away from him and asks, "Hey you! Tell me where is Naraku and what is he up to!"
"Why would I tell a half-demon like you? Naraku is going to begin a wonderful plan that cannot be thwarted! He will become the king of the world if he succeeds!"
"Yeah right! King of his own stupid world! You better tell me or else I'll shred you into pieces!"
"Try and do it!" The demon opens its mouth and shoots out an energy blast. Inuyasha brings up his Tetsusaiga's sheath and it deflects the shot. He runs to the demon and swings the Tetsusaiga at him, but the demon is able to block it using his hands. Next, the demon is able to get the upper hand and he sends Inuyasha flying sideways with a strong punch.
POW!
"Inuyasha!" gasps Kagome.
"I have no time to play with you! I will take my leave now!" The demon then smashes through the ceiling and escapes.
"Don't run!" Inuyasha gets up and follows him outside the monastery.
"Don't follow me! Die!" The demon turns to him and opens his mouth wide, shooting out a large energy blast.
Inuyasha readies his Tetsusaigi. "This is just perfect chance to use Backlash Wave!" As the energy shot approaches, a wind-like aura appears around the blade of the Tetsusaig. Inuyasha then swings his giant sword downwards. "Backlash Wave!" When swung, a column of wind shoots out towards the energy shot.
As the column of wind moves forward, it grows bigger and bigger and shatters the energy shot. "What!" gasps the demon. He is shocked by the power of the incoming attack that he did not run, and the now full-sized tornado hits the demon and tears through his skin until he nothing more than chunks of flesh. "AHHHHH!"
"Inuyasha defeated him!" exclaims Shippo.
Inuyasha sheathe his sword and says, "That was too easy!" He looks at the box on the ground and wonders what it is. "Now why does Naraku send him to get this old box?"
Suddenly, a gust of wind whips by and blows up dusts, blinding them temporarily. When Inuyasha opens his eyes, he sees the box in the hands of Kagura! "Kagura!"
"It's been a while, Inuyasha," says Kagura. "I see that you defeated Naraku's newest spawn. He figured that this would happen, so he sent me to fetch this."
"Where is Naraku? And why does he want that old box?"
"I don't exactly know why he wants it, but he says that he will become king of the entire world once he has it. And I will not tell you where he is hiding."
"Grrrr!"
"I'll take my leave now. Good luck trying to follow me!" She pulls out a feather that instantly grows very big so she can hop on it and fly off.
"Dang that demon! We must hunt down Naraku at all cost!"
"Did Kagura said that Naraku will become king of the world if he obtains that thing?" asks Miroku.
"If he becomes king, then does that mean he can do whatever he wants?" asks Shippo.
"I don't exactly know what he means by that," says Sango.
"We should ask the monks about what that thing is," insists Kagome.
So they return to the monastery and help those who are injured. After some while, everything is fixed and back to normal again. Inuyasha's gang is sitting in a room with the high monk of the monastery. "I thank you all for destroying the monster," says the monk. "But we must now worry about the artifact that is stolen."
"What is inside that box?" asks Miroku.
"You have asked a good question. Inside the box contains the secret to releasing the very incarnation of evil itself into the world?"
"What's that?" asks Shippo.
"Have you heard of the Great War 500 years ago between the Hands and the evil incarnation Darkling?"
They all shake their head as a response, but Miroku says that he heard a little about it.
"It was furious war that lasted for many days. The Darkling are the embodiment of human's evil nature. The most powerful of them all is the Diablo Darkling. He is the ultimate evil being. There is none, I repeat, NONE, in the universe, that can match up to his evilness."
"Not even Naraku is eviler than him?" asks Shippo.
"Yes, Diablo Darkling is the center of all the evil in the world. Now when the war ended, the Darkling were sealed into the Forbidden Realm, an alternate dimension where all the evil beings are banished. It is said that whoever releases the Darkling from their prison, that person will be made king or queen of them all, and will be given almighty power that is capable of destroying the entire world."
"No wonder Naraku wants that thing! But you haven't really said what's in the box yet," says Sango.
"In that box contains a scroll that pinpoints one of the many locations of the Forbidden Realm, and also the password to freeing the Darkling. If this Naraku demon succeeds, then he will become the king of Darkling."
"I can defeat him along with those Darkling!" boasts Inuyasha.
"Have I told you that nothing can ever hurt a Darkling? They are totally immune to all kind of attacks. Not even that demonic sword of yours can do anything to them."
"Nothing can hurt them?"
"The only things capable of killing a Darkling are the Royal Hand Families. They are the ones responsible for putting an end to the Darkling many years ago. Nobody else can ever defeat the Darkling. So it is important that you stop Naraku from releasing them, or else the world will end!"
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In a secret hideout somewhere in a gloomy wasteland…
Kagura steps into Naraku's chamber with the box in her hand. "I brought it here, Naraku. This is what you want, right?"
"Yes, place it here," replies Naraku. "With this thing, I do not even need the Shikon Jewel anymore. Fufufufufu!"
TO BE CONTINUED…
Preview
Inuyasha: We must go to Naraku's hideout!
Naraku: Too late! I am on my way to become the Darkling King!
Inuyasha: I won't let you!
Kagome: Oh no! He's about to do it!
Naraku: Now Darkling! I will give you freedom in return for power! What? Am I worthy enough? I am always worthy! What are you doing? What! Ugh!
Inuyasha: Naraku is… defeated…?
Coming up next chapter: The Chase to the Forbidden Realm! How the King Came to Be!