Hmmm, maybe that last one. Not really sure So, without any further delay, I give you the next chapter.
"I still don't see why you always have to do that to me." Inuyasha shot back to Kagome as they made their way down the trail they were on.
"Well, maybe if you weren't such a jerk all the time I wouldn't have to do it so much!" Kagome fired back.
The two of them had been at it for about 15 minutes ever since Inuyasha had caught up from being "delayed". Sango, Miroku, and Shippo were all keeping their distance, paying close attention while, yet again, trying very hard to make it look like they weren't.
"And another thing, do you…" Kagome started hotly, but stopped speaking as the group heard an odd "Crack!" noise up the trail. It probably would have been ignored if was just one "Crack!", but there were at first 3 of them in rapid succession.
Then another burst of "Cracks"
Then another…
Then it was continuous for a short amount of time.
Inuyasha, feeling danger, quickly grabbed Kagome by the arm and dragged both of them into the near woods on their right. Kagome was about to protest, but instead just went along with it, trying to suppress a blush with Inuyasha just lifting her off the ground. Miroku and Sango were not far behind them, taking cover behind some bushes behind Inuyasha and Kagome.
"What was that?" Kagome whispered but Inuyasha quickly put his hand over her mouth, then put one finger over his own. Kagome quickly stopped talking and started looking.
She wasn't exactly sure what she had heard, but Kagome thought she knew what it might have been, but had gotten rid of that idea fast.
"There aren't any guns here in this time." she thought to herself.
But, when she looked down the trail, she had to hold back a gasp.
Kagome saw a man dressed in black camo, holding a gun, with the barrel smoking, standing over what looked like a bear demon on the ground, who had just met with the other end of that gun and had a serious case of dead.
Inuyasha hadn't taken his eyes off him for a second, and was still examining the area from his hiding spot. Whoever he was, he hadn't seen them. That was good. But, looking at the far side of the forest, behind the stranger, made Inuyasha's eyes light up with the realization that this guys fight wasn't over yet, and he didn't have a clue that he wasn't alone.
Not only did this idiot have Inuyasha on this side of the forest, he also had 5 more bear demons behind, lurking in the woods.
And the idiot didn't realize!
After recalling the fight, Kuro realized that the "thing" was probably dead after the first two 3 round bursts. First one to the chest, the second to the head. In fact, Kuro was sure it must have been dead after the third.
However, Kuro was positive that "It" was dead after flipping his M 203 from 3 round bursts to full auto and unloaded the rest of the clip into the monster.
But in afterthought, it may have been a little overkill.
So, with his magazine empty, Kuro inspected the body. Poking it a few times with the end of his barrel.
"Yup, I have no idea what the hell it is…" Kuro murmered to himself, just as he heard the unmistakable "Snap" of a twig behind him.
Cursing himself mentally, Kuro tried very, very hard not to panic.
"What a stupid mistake. Not even rookies let guys-or things- sneak up on them!" Kuro screamed inside of his head. Now he was really screwed. He was flanked by, judging by the sounds and noises that Kuro now started to pay attention to, it was at least 3 that were behind him, one of which was about 5 feet from him, probably just waiting to make his move as soon as Kuro moved.
Kuro's was mind was now working over time for a way out of this. He hadn't reloaded his M 203, another rookie error that he was furious about, and there was no way he was going to get it reloaded in time and live. And firing the grenade at this range was suicide.
By the time he got his Spas 12 from over his shoulder, he'd probably would have been ripped in 2 pieces already.
Taking a slow, but deep breath, Kuro relaxed his muscles for the only move he could think of that might save his life.
But if he lived through it, he was going to hate himself in the morning.
"What does he think he's doing! He should be running." Inuyasha whispered furiously. He wasn't exactly sure what kinds of weapons he had on him, or how he killed the first demon, nor did he care, but he was sure that this guy was going to die soon if he didn't do something. Reaching for Tetsusaiga, Inuyasha readied himself to pounce when the Idiot finally decided to run and he might be able to save his life.
If not, it just proved he was an Idiot.
As he was thinking this, Inuyasha was caught speechless at what he saw happen.
Kuro never was one for fancy moves, they usually hurt too much. But he knew a few.
And this one was hard to pull off, hurt like hell if you did get it off, and would probably get you killed if it didn't work.
Perfect.
After taking a deep breath, Kuro had to count on surprise for this to work at all.
First, Kuro threw his M 203 to the ground and, along with it, threw himself forward in a leap. Knowing that the closest "Thing" would react, Kuro had to count on his own speed for the next part to work.
"It", or corsue, lunged in attack at the sudden movement, leaping after Kuro in mid air.
This was the hard part.
In mid leap, Kuro shot both hands for his 2 Glock 9mms behind his back. As he started to pull them out of his holsters, Kuro had to twist his body in air to bring his back parallel to the ground, and brought both guns to bare as he neared the ground.
With the small amount of room Kuro had made, the beast was now looking down the barrels of 2 guns at nearly point blank range, and snarled furiously at the sight…
…Just as Kuro opened in rapid fire, pouring as many rounds as he could into the face of the monster, with blood splashing back onto him. And just was quickly as Kuro had moved, Kuro hit the ground. Very, very hard.
All of it seemed to have gone in slow motion, lasting forever. But only a few seconds had actually passed.
But it had worked perfectly. Kuro had killed the first "thing.
…Only thing he hadn't thought of was that the dead beasts body would fall right on top of him.
And damn was it heavy!
"Holy shit!" Inuyasha yelled inside of himself as he witnessed the breath taking maneuver. Everyone else in the group had fallen in behind him, watching intently.
"But the fight isn't over yet you Idiot!" Inuyasha nearly screamed out of his mouth, but didn't want to give away his own position.
Yet.
As the remaining 4 bear demons slowly moved out of their cover, they couldn't help but be a little shocked.
Come on, they had just lost 2 of their own warriors. But at least they still had dinner. He had to be dead by the seconds final attack. Right?
Wrong.
Kuro sprang to life, in his own mini trap of surprise against the unsuspecting pack.
He had a few bullets left in his Glocks, and Kuro quickly fired them off at the closest Monster, who had actually been about 5 feet in front on the other three of them.
But, surprise only worked for a short amount of time, and the final three quickly started to charge their prey in more revenge then just wanting dinner.
But, Kuro was done playing around. He hadn't actually waited for the rest to attack as he finished off the 9mms rounds to reach over his shoulder for his Spas 12.
Calmly, even in the face of charging monsters, Kuro leveled the Shot-gun, and waited for the first one to come flying at him…
Only to be sent flying back into the nearest tree after the weapon shot off a defining "Boom"
Kuro's shells weren't your every day hardware store Buck shot, and it showed.
Ignoring their fallen comrade, the final 2 beasts closed in, side by side, in the hope that at least one would finally kill this demon!
But it was in vein. Kuro simply pumped the Shot-gun, fired, pumped, and fired again. Again, sending the 10 foot monsters effortlessly back into the woods, very much dead. The resulting "Booms" echoed off all the trees in the sudden silence that followed.
Kuro, simply stood there, in the middle of the trail, taking in all the carnage that had just happened. Kuro had been in more fights in his lifetime then he cared to admit. He knew how to keep his cool in these kind of situations. Waiting only a few moments, Kuro immediately started scanning the area for any more threats.
He wasn't making the same mistake twice.
Kuro also didn't have to worry about reloading, not yet anyway. His Spas 12 held 8 shots plus another in the chamber to make 9. Six more shots should be more then enough for anything else that came his way.
If it wasn't, he still had his Colt, and then his knife if he didn't get a chance to reload at all.
But if it got to his knife, Kuro had to pity the poor fool who'd be on the other side of it.
However, it all seemed to be for not, since there didn't seem to be anyone in the near area. And Kuro was starting to want some answers.
He was stuck here…wherever here was. With no civilization in sights.
Had yet to see a human.
And was being attack by killer "things!
There had better be a damn good explanation for this. Or at least a very colorful one.
Reaching to one of his ammo belts, Kuro extracted 3 shells, loaded them into his Spas, and walked over to pick up his other guns lying on the ground.
Inuyasha was trying his hardest not to look very shocked. This guy had just gotten himself ambushed, and taken down each attacker as if they were flies with weapons of unbelievable power despite being so small!
Who was this guy?
And why the hell hadn't he noticed the group yet? Sure, they were 20 yards away in cover. But still!
This guy was an unholy balance of being so great yet being so clueless at the same time. What an Idiot! It was like he didn't even know where he was!
As the stranger picked up his gear that he had scattered, and doing something with each one, almost as if he was feeding each one for a job well done, he resumed his trek…
…Right towards Inuyasha and the gang.
Kuro was getting just a little impatient. Once he had finished reloading all of his weapons, he had put his Spas back on his back and holstered each Glock, and returned his M 203 to the carrying position.
So, after one last look at the dead corpses, still not having a clue to what they were. But, the more he looked, the more he felt as if he had some little piece of information stored in the back of his mind that would tell him. But Kuro just couldn't find it.
Kuro was concentrating so hard that he nearly missed the small group of people on his left completely. Somewhat jarred from being brought out of thought, Kuro wasn't exactly sure how to react to the ensemble.
One was dressed completely in red, with what looked like a sword on his belt. He couldn't of been much older then 17, 19 tops. Wait, were those dog ears on his head? He also seemed to be the leader of the group, or at least the head figure since he was closest to Kuro.
Directly behind him, taking cover was a young girl dressed in a school uniform? She only looked to be 16 to Kuro. She also looked vaguely familiar, but Kuro couldn't but his finger on it.
Then there was the other guy, probably around 20 years old, dressed in black and purple holding some kind of gold staff. Riight…
And then there was the other chick, couldn't of been much over 19 herself, in a full black skin tight suit with pink pads. She made it look good too. But what was that on her back, was it a….giant boomerang?
Last, but certainly not least, were the 2 animals. Or at least Kuro thought that's what they were. One was actually standing on two legs, and looked almost like a toddler. The other looked remarkably like a very cute cat. Both of them were standing behind the humans, apparently trying to keep their distance, but the cat looked ready to pounce as well.
It was actually quite a sight to see, and just made one of Kuro's eyebrow raise in a high arch. On the other hand, these were the first humans Kuro had come across in this… situation… It was best to start somewhere.
"Hi, my name is Kuro Hikage, Bounty Hunter. Would someone mind telling me what hell is going on?" Kuro smiled, trying to make light of his situation.
Muwahahahahaha. What will happen next? Will Kuro kill them all. will Inuyasha be the knight in shining armor? Will they be friends? Keep an eye out for my next update. It will be coming soon. RR