This is the 5th chapter for my fanfic!
DISCLAIMER: I don't own Inuyasha, this is just my own OC.
In a cave, further away and outside of the eastern lands appeared a bright white barrier. This barrier was put in place to keep everyone away and out of the cave. But inside lies a black pulsating pearl. Inside this pulsating pearl is an evil snake—a black demon serpent.
A bright white light emerges as the black demon serpent breaks out of the seal that was placed to lock him away. The black pearl then vanishes, along with the bright white barrier around the cave, and the demon transforms back to his humanoid form. It was a snake demon male, whom was tall and athletically built with long straight black hair pulled back into a low ponytail, fair skin, and evil gold eyes. He is wearing an olive green and gold metallic printed hoari with black hakama pants laced up at the ankles, and some black gold sandals. His sword was sheathed at his right side, in his black obi. It was no one other than Jaakugou, the leader of the snake demon tribe from the eastern montane rock outcroppings. The old enemy of Lady Amaya, Lady Tsukiyame's grandmother. He's now back, after being sealed away for centuries, which means trouble will soon await the eastern lands once again.
"Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha!" Jaakugou laughed evilly and devilishly, "Free, at last!"
"I'm coming for you, my lady," he stated wickedly and darkly, smiling, "And when I do, I will destroy every last one of you."
The young snake demon male soars right out of the cave as he leapt up into the night time sky. He couldn't fly, but he sure was able to jump and leap very high and move really fast. Continuing through the dark evening forests, he would reach the eastern lands really, really soon. Filled with rage and vengeance, Jaakugou increased his speed rapidly.
He sped up as he continued his way into the dark night time forests, on his way to find the kurai angel demons. However, he needed to search for his fellow snake demon tribe members and prepare for battle to claim the eastern lands. Being determined to make the former lady Amaya and her tribe members pay for what had happened in the past, Jaakugou doesn't care who he will have to kill and get by along the way. He will ensure that he seeks revenge and lays claim to what he believes to be rightfully his.
As he was on his way, there were some samurai soldiers that looked to be setting up camp for the night in an open clearing. They were fighting in an important long battle against their current enemy camp, and were defeating them to protect their country, the people in their communities and villages. As usual for any samurai warrior or warlord, they were boasting about the victory they were destined to achieve, after the battle ends. Sitting in a crowd around a campfire, feasting and praising the words of their leader, the soldiers were ready and prepared for what was next to come.
"Let's eat and feast my men," the leader boasted loudly and proudly, "As we prepare for battle. We shall defeat this enemy as we head out to fight in the open field tomorrow!"
"We're all grateful to have such a wonderful leader to follow." one man stated proudly.
"Yes and we shall have victory." another man said.
"Tonight we rest and tomorrow we claim our victory!" the leader shouted happily.
All of the samurai shouted and cheered happily as they continued on with their feast and brief celebration. The men were all feeling very high and on top of the world right about now. They would most certainly defeat their enemy. Everything was going very smoothly and peacefully, until their feast came to a screeching halt. The samurai all took notice of a shadowy figure ripping apart a soldier with its bare hands. Two more men were then next to fall dead at the hands of this shadowy being. Then the men all noticed Jaakugou, the snake demon male as he made his way into their campsite. All of them were very angry and fearful at the same time, after seeing Jaakugou approach them with evil and wicked intentions.
"Why you," the leader exclaimed in anger," How dare you attack our men and come to our campsite!"
"W-wait, boss, he's not human!" another man pointed out. The men didn't realize Jaakugou was a demon, until he came into view.
"We'll slay you, you filthy disgusting vermin!"
The samurai leader then unsheathed his sword and charged at the snake demon male. He was ready to attack and kill him. However, before he could succeed in doing so, Jaakugou quickly took the human male and some of his men out with one stroke of the retractable blades from his sword. After seeing the men being slain before their eyes, they began feeling very low. Thus, they began becoming fearful.
"Ugh!" one of the samurai yelled angrily, "You won't get away with this!"
"Let's kill him," another man commanded, "This demon shall perish."
All of the samurai soldiers began charging at Jaakugou in anger with their swords, ready to slay him for killing their men. Jaakugou smiles evilly as he leapt up over the humans. He then slaughters all the men with his retractable blades, shooting out at them at a distance. After the slaying, the young snake demon male kept going.
"Ha, ha, ha, ha," he states wickedly and evilly, "I'm gonna get you Lady Amaya!"
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The next morning, the beautiful sun shined down from the clear blue sky, no clouds were present at all, and the beach was calm, soothing and peaceful. The ocean was flowing back and forth, rushing to the shore, making the brown sand lukewarm, moist and wet as usual. There were birds chirping and flying up in the sunny sky with the cool breezes blowing through the trees and wild flowers. It was not only quiet and relaxing, the scent of the water and wild flowers was delicate and wonderful. The beach is now filled with lightness with the daytime skies. With it already being daytime, the full moon was setting.
As the moon set, the sky got darker and darker. The sun then looked like a hot ball of fire up in the sky and the moon began turning red once again. The ocean started rushing back and forth, wildly and roughly from above with more waves. The more the ocean rose up towards the sky, the redder the moon became as it continued setting, and the bigger the waves had appeared in the ocean. The water has become even more wild and rough, rushing to shore from above. It looked as if the moon and the ocean were joining in broad daylight with the flaming sun being present. It is still really dark as they were joining as one, like the dark feminine warrior and the dark masculine warrior coming together in peace and love…
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Lady Tsukiyame opened her eyes to find that everything was normal. The beach was flowing calmly and peacefully, rushing back and forth to the shore. The setting moon was normal and it was bright and sunny with clear blue skies.
Now being the new lady, leader and ruler of her tribe and lands, she has presumed major responsibility as a great and powerful daihanyou. Therefore, she doesn't feel the need to waste time focusing on or worrying about something as foolish and silly as another dream—a dream she just had about the tsuki and the umi once again. Still, she couldn't see why this was happening again and she felt slightly uncomfortable.
Standing in the brown wet sand and looking out at the gorgeous beach, Lady Tsukiyame couldn't help but wonder why she would suddenly have that same dream about the tsuki and umi. Just simply thinking about it casually, it seems that this only happens, when she comes to the beach. Not liking this feeling one bit, she thought it would be best to not come to the beach…at least not for a while, knowing she is always compelled to go there.
The young lady half demoness then turns to walk away, leaving the beautiful sunny beach to head back to the palace. The beach was right behind the palace as it was close by. So she didn't have far to go at all.
"We need more food," Lady Tsukiyame states clearly, "I need to send some tribe members out for hunting and some tribe members out for grocery shopping. And I must sort through my mail and important business documents."
Arriving back to the palace in a short matter of time, Lady Tsukiyame heads inside and was on her way upstairs to her small office den—formerly her mother's. Usagi had the small office den redecorated and rearranged for her daughter a few days, after her taking the throne as she had wished. The den is now hers and it is decorated to fit her preference as the new lady.
The walls were now painted black with some gorgeous silver sheer curtains over the ceiling-to-floor window, and a nice silver kurai angelic print circle throw rug in the middle of the hardwood floor. One small white kurai angelic stone and clear glass top table with clear glass vases filled with black fake decorative flowers were on each side of the window. Lady Tsukiyame's new light walnut desk with two nice black office chairs faced the window, opposite from where her mother's desk used to be. There were three pictures in silver picture frames on the black wall that represented the kurai angel demon tribe with one of them being a picture of Lady Tsukiyame. Lady Tsukiyame's new picture was a gorgeous huge one that was up on the wall by the window and her desk. Usagi's picture was now out in the hallway with Amaya's picture.
Taking in the sight of her now new office den, Lady Tsukiyame walks over to her desk and takes a seat in her chair. Noticing the mail neatly stacked on her desk along with the important documents, she began opening her mail to read. Anything that needed to have a signature, she had signed it and then put the mail away in a separate pile. All the mail that was signed will need to be delivered back to the senders.
Now that she had finished going through all her mail, she began viewing all of her important documents. Taking the time to clearly look over them and read them, she understood the importance of the information that was provided in the documented letters. Most of the letters were business related as well as some regulatory policies and procedures, and peace settlements for the Lands of the East. The young lady half demoness wastes no time reading through the huge pile of letters. A lot of the documents needed signatures. So Lady Tsukiyame signed them as she placed them all in a separate pile on her desk, opposite from her mail. Spending an hour on sorting through her mail and documents, she rises from her chair as she prepares to leave the small office den.
Heading back downstairs to the meeting room pass the kitchen and near the back porch. She continues down the hallway, until she arrives at the council meeting. Sliding the door open, the young lady half demoness finds her council members waiting at the table to begin the brief discussion. Obviously, the meetup is not a real emergency as they're meeting with Lady Tsukiyame to discuss the hunting grounds for food. Taking a seat, the short discussion begins with her council members.
"We are now low on food," Lady Tsukiyame calmly states, "Today we will have to send some people out for grocery shopping and for hunting."
"Yes, of course, my lady." one kurai angel demon man said.
"What should we do to inform everyone?" one kurai angel demon woman asked.
"We need the following," she began, "More brown rice, black forbidden rice and white rice, noodles, beans, soy foods, lots of water, potatoes, fruits and vegetables of all kinds, especially dark leafy vegetables and dark colored berries, lots of sushi and seafood…"
The list goes on and on for all the food the kurai angel demon tribe members will need in their homelands and households to eat. They will also need some good clean fresh water to drink as well as some more herbs and plant foods to make natural spices, sweeteners, vinegars and cooking oils to prepare meals, desserts and snacks, white wines, dark wines and sake, and more chopsticks. They need everything from fruits and vegetables, to rice, noodles, beans, and soy foods, to water and beverages, desserts, lots of sushi and seafood, poultry, some beef and red meat, and deer meat.
After providing all her council members with this list of foods that are needed for their people, Lady Tsukiyame then instructs them on what to do. The short discussion ended, after she told them how to inform everyone.
"I will have you three hand out grocery lists to some of our tribe members to do grocery shopping at the demon marketplace." Lady Tsukiyame ordered three women in her council.
"Then I will have you three instruct some of our tribe members on where to hunt and fish," she continued, "The hunting and fishing ground for the sushi and seafood, poultry, beef and red meat, and deer is further east of here. There you will find an open field with nearby lakes and rivers."
She explained as she ordered three women and men to handle the hunting, and the grocery shopping. The council meeting was now over and everybody prepared to leave the room and began working on their assigned tasks.
The three women that were instructed to handle the grocery shopping gathered some of the women and men in the homelands. Each of them received a grocery list and were then instructed to go to the Kurai Angelic Demon Marketplace in their homelands. Some women and men in the homelands were also instructed by the three men on where to go for the hunting and fishing. They were well prepared and ready to hunt and fish with their weapons and powerful claws.
"I wonder if we'll ever be able to feast on humans again, like we've had done in the past?" one of the men asked.
"I highly doubt it," one of the women replied, "Former lady Usagi never allowed it. So I highly doubt that Lady Tsukiyame would ever allow it, either. Assuming that it is because she's half human."
"I don't think that's the case," another woman commented, "Lady Tsukiyame doesn't seem to really care for humans at all. It's very obvious that she hates them. She always have."
"Regardless, I can't stand to have anything but human. And you won't believe it, but I have already taken steps to curve my appetite of them long ago. Since Usagi banned our consumption of them." the man countered.
The three of them were on their way to the demon marketplace as they were some of the tribe members that were instructed to do the grocery shopping. Former lady Usagi stood by as she observed everyone heading out to complete their assigned tasks to replenish the food that is needed. There were mostly women than men doing grocery shopping, and there were also mostly men than women hunting and fishing.
Back when Usagi was in power centuries ago, she outlawed the consumption of humans shortly after she had feelings for Tsukiyame's human father, Lord Osamu. The ban wasn't just for her tribe members, it also applies to all demons residing in the eastern lands. Though, Lady Tsukiyame could care less about demons feasting on humans as she understands that sometimes full demons have a need to do so, she has no interest in overturning the ban. The diet of her fellow tribe members is healthy and it is fine just the way that it is now. So there is no need to change anything or to allow human consumption. She finds it to be unnecessary.
It will probably take up to two to three days for the tribe members to arrive back, after finishing their hunting and fishing. The reason is because the hunters and fishers need to ensure that everybody back at the homelands has more than enough food to eat that will last them awhile, until their next hunt. Regardless, the shoppers, hunters and fishers will be coming back with all the food supply really soon.
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Meanwhile, the kurai angel demons traveled deep in the dark forests to head towards the open field further east. The small group was mostly men and some women. After arriving at the open field, the group had separated to go to the nearby lakes and river streams to fish for seafood. So after the fisher men and women were gone, the hunters began settling in the field, ready for the big long hunt for food.
"What else are we bringing back to the homelands, besides seafood and poultry?" one of the men asked.
"We're bringing home some beef, red meat, and deer meat," one of the women replied, "Everything will obviously be wildly caught, killed and fresh."
"When are the deer going to come?" another man commented.
"First, we'll hunt some deer," the other man said, "Then we'll hunt some boars, bovines, and poultry. We may be camping out here for a couple of days, until our hunt and fishing is successfully completed."
After waiting out in the grass for a while, a heard of deer and boars began emerging from out of the dark forests to feast on some grass. Holding out quietly, the tribe members all had their bow and arrows handy. They also have their powerful claws and were all prepared for the killing. Soon, everyone was off the ground and were suspended in the air with their wings. These people were so quiet that the deer didn't even notice their movement. The deer and boars noticed the kurai angel demons just in time to start fleeing the open field.
"Move now!" one of the men commanded.
Everybody followed through and began firing their arrows at the fleeing deer and boars. The kurai angel demons shot their arrows with such great skill that the deer and boars barely missed being struck down. Still, a lot of them weren't that lucky as they ended up being slain for food. The others just kept running with some of the men and women following behind them to finish the hunt, briskly catching up to the heard. As the hunt continued, more arrows were fired as there was a larger heard of more deer and boars appearing out of their homes in the dark forests.
Soon, they were all done with the hunt for deer and boars. Now that they had plenty for their homelands, the tribe members moved onto continuing their hunt for some wild cattle, steers and cows, wild chicken, turkey, duck and geese. Knowing they will need to hunt at a different location as these animals resided in another area of the forests, the tribe members continued on to the next part of the open field by the lake.
Fishing at the nearby lakes and rivers was going really well for the fisher women and men. So far the tribe members all managed to catch wild seafood of all kinds with their fishing nets and rods. A lot was caught from different kinds of fish to shrimps, to clam, crab, lobsters, seaweed and sea vegetables. There was plenty for everyone in the homelands. Though, the tribe members do plan to fish for more food, they have been out at the lake and rivers all day. Therefore, they will be heading back to the field to reunite with the hunters and will set up camp for the evening and night. The hunters are also not done with the hunting as they need to find more kills for meat, which means searching for food will continue.
Everyone finally meets back up again in a very short matter of time to start camp fires for the night. That evening they had feasted on their cooked meals for dinner and drank some water at the nearby river. While eating, all of them made conversation amongst each other.
"So exactly how much seafood did you guys catch?" one of the women in the group asked, noticing the fishers' huge stacked sacks filled with seafood from behind.
"Hundreds," another woman commented, "Or perhaps close to thousands."
"And you're saying you want to catch more tomorrow?" she asked questioningly. It seemed as if the fishers had already caught plenty.
"Just a few more," the woman said, "You know many of our fellow tribe members love chowing down on a lot of seafood, including our new lady and leader. We have to make sure there's plenty for everyone to last us a long time, before our next hunt."
"Yes that is true," she said smiling, "Yeah I know what you mean. We also like to eat a lot of poultry, too as well as some beef, red meat and deer. Our hunt also continues tomorrow as we need to hunt for more poultry. We already have plenty of beef, red meat and deer, unless someone says otherwise. There has to be plenty to last us a long time, before our next hunt comes up."
"Yeah we do enjoy poultry, but not as much as we do seafood."
"That is true. I'm sure the grocery shoppers are just about done with their shopping at the marketplace."
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The forests have already been graced with the presence of the darkness as it was already night time. Starry, clear blue skies with a full moon shined down on the dark forests. The breezes were light and cool as they blew through the trees and grass, where there were some snake demons out in a meadow, near a marsh with lit camp fires. Some of them were lying down, sleeping deeply under the moonlight, while others were up sitting by a camp fire.
Lady Amaya banished the snake demons from the eastern lands centuries ago, after the epic battle and now they are residing in the meadow. This meadow is outside the eastern lands. With nowhere else to go, this was the first place they had traveled to—now living outside in the forest. Due to their heinous betrayal, they shall never return to the lands again.
"Ugh," one of the snake demon males said repulsed, "Centuries ago, centuries ago that wench took back the lands. She took what was rightfully ours!"
"Thinking about that bitch really makes my blood boil." another snake demon male sitting opposite from the tribe member seethed.
"Same here." another male voice said. Both of them turned to find the snake demon male standing behind them.
Feeling very resentful, the three continued discussing the lady demoness and the epic battle that took place with them and the kurai angel demons. They couldn't think of anything more, but to take the lives of all of them with their bare hands. Though, they were basically homeless now, they were still a really strong, powerful bunch of venomous beings. Nothing hasn't changed much about the tribe, since the kurai angels fought against them.
Suddenly, the discussion ended and everybody was awoken by a noise. Someone landed on their feet, and was standing opposite of the marsh with the river being behind them. The person then leaps over the marsh to be before the snake demons. It was no one other than Jaakugou, their leader. Everyone was shocked to actually see him again as he had been sealed away for years. They never thought they'd reunite with their beloved leader again.
"Jaakugou, y-you're still alive," one snake demon male said surprised, "We thought you were-" he was cut off.
"Dead," Jaakugou finished and concluded, "I see."
All the men and women rose up from out of their slum bags and off the ground. They began welcoming their leader. Ready and eager to fight alongside him once again. Seeing that they were all filled with rage and vengeance. They wanted nothing more, than to see to it that the kurai angels suffered greatly.
"W-we're glad you're back, boss!" another snake demon male said.
"Yes." everybody said in unison.
"Well, well, well my fellow tribe members," Jaakugou said darkly and grinned, "We shall reign on the eastern lands and destroy every last one of them."
He turned and glared back behind him, "The lady demoness must pay and those fools shall perish!"
They were all boasting as they began shouting in excitement, strapping on their armor and their weapons. The eastern lands were…their home at one time and if it weren't for the banishment, they wouldn't have lost their home. Being all fired up, everyone was prepared to leave the campsite in the meadow to fight, heading back in the direction of the eastern lands.
This was the fifth chapter. So far the story is going well and I'm liking it so far. Now that Lady Amaya's old enemy has returned, trouble will soon await Lady Tsukiyame, her fellow tribe members, and the Lands of the East.
I will be back next week with the next chapter!
Until then, bye for now!