SHISOU (Shadow of death)

Chapter Five: The hanyou Naraku

Long time without a new chapter, long time without writing or doing anything productive at that, I checked back at the old chapters and noticed dumb word corrector changed some of them X.X and also that some other signs transformed into periods, which makes the flow a little harsh, also the points of view are not very different from one another, the quotes are the only difference and the character tempers, I'll try to fix that onto the next chapters and make better AN for I completely sux at this x.xU

Thank you all for the reviews and support, and no more Kill Bill quotes :P nahh! I love that movie, so I'll keep doing the quote thing :P

Disclaimers: I don't own Inuyasha we all know who does, and it's not me --U

------Inuyasha's PoV------

My eyes adjusted to the mysterious light, the scent of smoke and burnt wood reminded me of the fight and also of my promise to Saburo. A stunning pain attacked me; I was wounded and unable to move it also made Kagome notice I was conscious. The sad look on her face instantly told me something was very wrong.

"Maeko-hime . . . she is dead . . ."

"WHAT! How the hell did that happened!" my angry tone only made her feel worse as some tears escaped her eyes.

"She went back into the castle to save her family but it was too late, it all collapsed killing everyone."

"Fuck! That can't be!" Ignoring her I went towards the remains of the castle my face frowned at the stench of Naraku and also some of Sesshoumaru's. The frown eased when a faint scent leaded me away from the castle, it was a child. . . no . . . it was a hanyou, Saburo's son!

"What is it Inuyasha? Something wrong?" her hand was placed softly in my shoulder but I refused to answer afraid I'd loose all of my concentration and traces of that scent. The others soon came after her; Miroku and Sango also noticed I was thinking hard on something.

"I have a promise to keep." That was all I could say before rushing after the source of that scent, I had to see for myself that the princess or the child were safe. The group was following me, it was easy to notice their scent but slowing down was not an option if I had to find the young hanyou. Something made this matter way more personal than I first thought.

"Why does it bothers you that much Master Inuyasha?" the tiny voice of Myoga reminded me I was not alone. Answering his question was hard, mostly because I didn't have the answer yet for myself.

------Sessohumaru's PoV------

"Mother . . . " the child called once again for that human in his sleep, Rin was a bit curious about him knowing he was not a common human. They should be around the same age for a hanyou was not that different to a human child. Soon he was awake, his eyes red from crying and his troth dry from the smoke. With a sad stare he examined all of us not really caring if we were friends or enemies, like if he knew his parents and relatives were all dead and also forgetting he once feared me almost to death.

"Rise now son of Saburo." Reluctantly he did somehow reassembling his father in the process. "Follow after me if you wish to see what has become of your homelands." The look of both hurt and curiosity was evident.

"How did I get out? . . ." he uttered some words about the human lord and the soldiers. The young hanyou was trying to remember why he was alive while the others died. And suddenly he came to a realization. "Okaa-san!. . . She saved me. . ."

"That human also saved this . . . " his eyes regained some strength as I placed the red katana that once long ago was given to Saburo. Again I was set to give the very same object to one of his descendants, unfortunately he was half human.

"You must not let the body of your father to rot in this land for he deserves a proper burial." There was nothing more to say, for he was not my servant or a youkai and my advice was not for him. My mind was busy thinking how to give his father a proper revenge. "Arigatou." Finally proving he had manners he lowered his head a gesture Saburo knew well.

"Rin! Jakken! We are leaving." Enough time was wasted in this procedure, the search for Naraku again became a priority. Another insult was displayed in front of me, Inuyasha had something to do in this and he would also pay at the proper time.

------Naraku's PoV------

It took a while before that bothering dog demon left, allowing enough time to reach the young hanyou who would prove to be useful very soon. So lonely and vulnerable, that Sesshoumaru was not very smart to leave him. The other group was still a few hours away, all I needed was a few minutes alone with the innocent mind and I would have a new ally. At first the disoriented child just stared at the sword in his hands admiring it or more likely remembering. "Father. . . I promise to make you proud." So that was it! His father had been the inu youkai that saved Inuyasha and the human women by scarifying his own live.

After a few minutes the young hanyou walked back towards the castle. "Father. . . Mother. . . What am I to do now?" His eyes turning red again while a few tears escaped, but deep inside I knew there was some hate towards humans.

"Poor child. . ." It would seem his senses were not developed for he only noticed my presence when I placed a hand at his shoulder. A faint smile formed while his fear grew within his stare. "Don't fear me, I don't mean you any harm. . . For I merely have a proposal for you."

"For me?" He blinked twice, as if forcing this idea into his mind.

"Have you ever heard of the Shikkon no tama? It is a powerful element that will grant any wish to the one who posses it."

"Father told me about it, not long ago some strangers came searching for it but. . . they only had tiny parts." Without any doubt that was Inuyasha and his group, this was easier than I first considered.

"That is all you need, a fragment and your deceased parents could both be brought back to life! For the power of that jewel is so great it will be very easy to achieve."

"Where do I get those fragments?" Finally the question I was waiting for and the beginning of my plan. I tightened the hold on his shoulder pulling the young hanyou closer, this time he was not surprised or scared.

"I am afraid that very same group that came to your village is holding the most of the shards, so you will have to take the shards from them." The hold on the sword tightened while he again fought to push that idea into his mind. "Then when you have the shards, bring them to me and I will use them to unite you with your parents once again." It was entertaining to mold his weak frail mind.

"I'll do it!"

------Inuyasha's PoV------

Sesshoumaru's stench was now stronger, as well as the other scent. . . the one I was after and some unexpected bastard; Naraku! My sword was prepared if another fight came up.

"Hey kid!" He was alone, near a used clay puppet that belonged to Naraku and it was broken. "You ok?"

"Who are you?" After all what happened the brat was so confused, after all we weren't introduced before. It would seem Tessaiga was not needed right now for the scent of Naraku was weakening.

"I'm Inuyasha, promised your father I'll make sure you were ok." His confused stare made me think what would Naraku do before I arrived. The young hanyou was visibly fine and there was nothing peculiar in his energy or scent. "Come, let's get outta here kid."

Finally back at the remains of the village the group prepared to leave. The survival villagers were not very friendly maybe even afraid something worse would happen if we stayed. Kagome and Shippou where the first to approach him, the kid was used to humans so there was nothing to worry about. "So, what's your name? I'm Kagome and this is Shippou!" That fox was very happy to have some other kid to bother he even forgot to argue with me.

"My name is Kenshin." Shippou ventured to jump into his shoulder showing him some of those sweets Kagome would always bring for him. "This is candy you want some?" Keiji accepted shyly doing exactly what Shippou did.

"You both look very cute." Kagome smiled widely at the pair.

A/N: Finally Naraku is here! (I just love him! He is so cuteeee!)

Hopefully this chapter is better than the previous the change will be slow and subtle until I can fix it ¬3¬ maybe even forget the whole PoV thing, seems I'm not good at it :P for the time being only the main characters will have pov's (I kno I'm lazy) this chapter is a bit longer than the others but don't worry the story is short, well shorter than the ones I usually do XD and it's already set so don't worry.

P.S. There's some fanart somewhere, I'll probably put the link in the next chapter as I said I'm much better with images than words XP

yours:

zeva