Time of Heaven and Hell

Chapter Nine

Far away from the Demon Slayers: At Naraku's castle

"My lord, there appears to be some sort of group outside the front gate." Kanna stated to Naraku, bending down to her knees and putting the group of armed men on her mirror.

"So I see."

"What would you have me do my Lord?"

"Let them come in. I will kill them myself." Naraku said standing up and walking to the door, opening it and disappearing in the darkness of the hallway.

The men at the front gate

"Get ready men . . . our fight approaches, do not fail our Mistress!" The leader yelled at the armed group.

The large gates slowly opened, once fully opened, the men cautiously entered looking everywhere for what was to come. Several men lit torch fires.

"Burn it all!" The leader yelled. The men holding the torches ran toward the castle, only to stop in their tracks when the front door to the castle slid open to reveal Naraku.

"Greetings." Was the only word he said before he showed one of his demon forms, large spider like legs came out of his back, raising him off the ground, the bottom of his body was devoured by the demon limbs coming out of him from the different reincarnations that he had absorbed into his body, and his shirt was ripped off. Three of the men got out bows and lit them on fire; they released the arrows at Naraku which were blocked by the barrier that now surrounded him.

"Attack!" The leader called to the men as he got out his katana and charged toward Naraku. He raised his weapon at Naraku's barrier. He slashed down on it but was overwhelmed by a tentacle that came straight at him, hitting him on the side and throwing him far right. Men charged and started to hit what they could. Naraku picked a man up that was closest to him, in one of his long demon arms, the man was screaming as Naraku ripped him in two, throwing the separated body parts to different parts of the grounds.

The men stopped in there tracks in shock, at the blood that was pooling at the bodies separated parts, after standing in place for a minute they proceeded to turn and flee, but it was futile, seeing as Naraku sent out a cloud of miasma, at them. The dark cloud engulfed them, leaving them falling to the ground, and killing them seconds later. Naraku turned back into his human form. He saw that the leader of the band of idiots was still alive, so he went over to him. The leader was inching away, trying to drag himself away from Naraku, since several of his ribs, and his leg were broken. He was panting and groaning in pain.

"Pathetic human, did you honestly think you could defeat me?" Naraku said in a calm tone of voice. The man just stopped to look over his shoulder, with fear in his eyes, only to be pulled up, from his lying position, to turn and look eye to eye with Naraku.

"Who sent you?" Naraku asked, but only got a moan in reply. Naraku dropped the man on his ass, causing him to shout in pain, once he landed.

"I will only ask once more."

". . . .My . . . Mistress." The man said panting heavily.

Naraku sighed, "Who is your Mistress?"

"My lady Kagome." The man said and laid back on the ground.

"So it's that pathetic wench, what does she want?"

"That demon with long silver hair and demon marking on his face, he belongs to my Lady."

"Sesshomaru, well unfortunately for you he is mine, and as for you, please return a message to this Kagome for me." With that Naraku, picked up the katana that lied only feet away, swung it at the mans neck, slicing it cleanly off, as the head rolled to the side, blood sputtered out of the revealed neck.

"Kagura, Kanna!" Naraku called to one of his reincarnations. They both came walking out the front door.

"Yes my Lord?" Kagura asked.

"Kanna find where this winch Kagome resides."

The young girl closed her eyes for a second and the mirror changed in picture, showing a young girl sitting on her knees at a table, eating slowly.

"Kagura, take this vile head to this woman, and make sure she gets the message."

"Yes my Lord." Kagura said, and bowed before taking the head and wrapping it in a cloth, then she took a feather from her hair, tossed it into the air and jumped on to it, flying up and disappearing into the night.

Demon Slayer village

"This is your room; food will be brought for both of you and a baths of course." Sango said, looking at Sesshomaru's dirtied and bloodied cloths, before walking out.

"I have to take a bath!" Inuyasha asked, it sounded like a whine to Sesshomaru.

"Yes, you smell."

"I do not, and I'm a dog, dogs don't take baths. It's . . . its unsanitary!"

"You'll feel better, and smell better." When Inuyasha was about to reply, Sesshomaru cut him off, "Your going to take a bath or you can sleep outside, and no buts."

"I hate you." Inuyasha said hanging his head.

"Yes I love you too little brother."

"I did not say . . ." Before Inuyasha could finish two separate baths were brought in. a servant also brought in different kinds of perfumed soap and two sets of colored clothing.

Thirty minutes later, baths had been taken and food plates were now being taken away. Sango walked back in.

"How is everything?" She asked.

Inuyasha just grumbled and rolled on to his stomach, covered his head and body with his blanket.

Sesshomaru sighed, "Everything is fine, thank you. How long will we be able to stay, if I may ask?"

"Some of us are still deciding on the matter, but I don't believe that you will cause any trouble, I'm sure you been through a lot already, correct?" Sesshomaru and Sango both heard a loud scoff from under Inuyasha's blanket. "I'll take that as a yes." Sango said showing a small smile. "Well I'll leave you two alone for the night, sleep well both of you."

"Okay, good night." Sesshomaru said bowing his head slightly." Once she left, Sesshomaru put out the small fire in the room, letting the room fall into darkness.

"Good night big brother." Sesshomaru heard Inuyasha say softly.

"Good night." Sesshomaru replied back before turning on his side and closing his eyes.

Kagome's residence

A large crash sounded outside, causing Kagome to stand and see what was going on. When she slid open the door she saw a woman on a feather high in the air, she was tossing some sort of air out of a weapon in her hand. After she had scared all the guards away she flew close to Kagome's position.

"I have a message from my Master." The woman called to Kagome before throwing something in a cloth blanket that was round, down at Kagome, where it landed by her feet. The woman then gave a short laugh before flying up into the air and disappearing into the sky.

Kagome bent down and uncovered the cloth bundle only to reveal the head of one of her generals. She gasped and stepped back.

"My lady!" A servant came running toward her, holding her arm until she was steadied on her feet.

"Get it out of my sight!" Kagome said pointing at the head lying on the ground.

"Of course my Lady." The servant said and wrapped the severed head back up and picked it up and ran in an opposite direction. Kagome walked back inside and immediately sat down for her legs felt very wobbly. Another servant ran in and bowed down before Kagome.

"So my general failed in his mission, damn him."

"What would you have done my Lady?"

"Capture a demon."

"What?" The servant said, in shock.

"Yes a full blooded demon, get as many men needed and capture the strongest one that can be found. We will fight fire with fire." Kagome said, a small smile appearing on her face.

"Yes my Lady." The servant bowed and exited quickly.