This is the 6th chapter for my fanfic!
Lady Tsukiyame's grandmother's old enemy Jaakugou is now back and is ready to seek vengeance on the kurai angel demon tribe. Read on to find out what happens in this new chapter.
DISCLAIMER: I don't own Inuyasha, this is just my own OC.
Jaakugou and his fellow snake demon tribe members continued on their way as they traveled through the forests. It would be morning soon, for the fact that it was close to sunrise. The forests will not be dark for too long.
Shortly after arriving in a clearing, everybody stopped as their beloved leader stopped in his tracks. Obviously, something was up ahead—a shadowy strange figure stood before the snake demons, facing them and staring out directly at them as if they were keeping track of them. This person seemed to have been watching the tribe members the entire time.
"Who are you," Jaakugou demanded coldly, "Show yourself! What the hell do you want?"
"It seems to be a venomous spider demon." one of the women said quietly.
"Yeah," one of the men said warily, "Something is obviously off about him."
Everybody agreed, indeed that the creature who began to appear before them was a bit strange. The spider demon male wore a white baboon pelt to conceal his identity. It was no one other than Naraku. A despicable villain, indeed. He was as evil, wicked and manipulative as Jaakugou.
"So," Naraku said darkly, "You must be the great leader of the snake demon tribe Jaakugou, are you not? I take it these are all your fellow tribe members."
"Huh," Jaakugou said confused, "Who are you? How do you know about me?"
"I go by the name Naraku," he began, "I couldn't help but notice you're all seeking to defeat the kurai angels to claim what is rightfully yours."
"What's it to you?" Jaakugou demanded coldly.
"I am someone who understands clearly that you're seeking vengeance on the kurai angels for being denied what you desire. Perhaps I can offer my assistance in helping you de-thrown the lady demoness and claim what you desire."
"You, help me," he said haughtily, "I highly doubt it."
"I have been observing the whereabouts of your enemies for quite some time, now since my arrival in the Lands of the East. I think you will be surprised to know that the granddaughter of the former lady Amaya is now the new Lady and Ruler of her people and the eastern lands. A young half demon woman who goes by the name Lady Tsukiyame."
'I see. So Amaya is no longer in power,' Jaakugou thought to himself, 'Is he really sincere about assisting us? Or is he simply out to claim the eastern lands for himself? I probably should just kill this fool and be on my way.'
"Go on." he said.
"I shall assist you and ensure you claim what's rightfully yours. I would suggest that you take hold of this staff."
Naraku hands the snake demon male something that looked to be glowing with bright, pure blue spiritual energy. A scepter that was at the same time heavenly, sacred and holy. Laying eyes on the staff, Jaakugou couldn't fathom how someone like him can have the ability to possess something like that. Unless Naraku happens to be…
"You must be out of your damn mind!" one woman stated to Naraku.
"Yes," one man pointed out, "Clearly that is a scepter of a holy supreme being from heaven, who obviously utilizes that tool to slay unworldly demons. That staff will be of no help to us."
"Yes," Naraku continued, "This is, indeed a staff that belonged to a highly, holy sacred demon priestess from the heavens from long ago. But with this in your possession, you shall be able to take out all of the kurai angel demons in a short matter of time."
The snake demon tribe members began to wonder exactly what kind of half demon was Naraku. Not only wasn't he fully demon, it was very obvious he wasn't born of a human and a demon, but instead he came from a collection of demons. No wonder everyone got a strange vibe from this creature. Still, Naraku stayed in their presence as he continued on.
"Seeing that the kurai angels are originally from the netherworld. Lady Tsukiyame is, too an unworldly being as she is the daughter of a kurai angel. As you all may not be aware. Angels can only be slain by weapons that are not of this world, and since this is an unworldly weapon. It can work to your advantage." Naraku stated darkly as he informed.
"Creatures of the netherworld?" another woman said surprised.
"It's no wonder they didn't really die during our last battle with them." another man said, remembering the epic battle. Perhaps the snake demons didn't know as much about their enemy as they thought they did.
Everyone was curious about whether or not the spider demon was attempting to trap them and claim the eastern lands for himself, or if he was serious about assisting them in their battle. Nonetheless, Jaakugou took the sacred holy scepter from Naraku. Surprisingly, the weapon didn't reject his touch, but instead it allowed him to take hold of it. All of the tribe members expected the weapon to reject him as he is a full demon, but that wasn't the case.
After accepting the scepter from Naraku, he and Jaakugou seemed to have a deal about teaming up as allies to fight the kurai angels. Still, Naraku does have a cruel and mean streak in him and he is very manipulative and vindictive. Therefore, anyone who allies with him must be careful.
"Let's move my fellow tribe members," Jaakugou commanded, "We've got an important battle. We shall settle the score with the kurai angels once and for all. We will destroy them all and claim what is rightfully ours."
"Yeah!" they all exclaimed in unison.
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As everybody arrived back at The Kurai Angel Homelands the next day with the kills and food, the tribe members all settled in after the long hunt. Being gone for the past couple of days, the hunters and fishers had restocked on more than enough meat, poultry and seafood. The other tribe members that handled the grocery shopping were already back from the demon marketplace. Now that all the households had their own supply of food and beverages, they will all be able to eat.
Lady Tsukiyame observed her gatherers handling all the meat as they made sure to keep it fresh, cold and store it away safely. Everything else that was needed was already put away inside the cabinets and the fridge, along with the meat, poultry and seafood. Once that task was done, the gatherers left the palace. Then her maids and butlers all began cleaning and putting things away. Everyone in the palace had more than enough food and beverages for feasting.
She then began heading back upstairs to her room to get settled, after a couple of long days of handling more lady duties. After doing more work in the den, doing more patrols, mailing off important documents, and awaiting her fellow tribe members to arrive back with the kills, it was nice to finally relax and have some alone time. Stripping herself of her weapons and her clothes, she puts on a black robe, and then heads back downstairs to the private hot spring for a quick bath. Her maids already had it ready for her with the black towels and soaps available for washing up. Walking inside and sliding the door closed, Lady Tsukiyame removes her robe and wraps her hair up in a black towel to get in the water. She relaxed for a couple minutes, before starting to wash up.
While she did so, Lady Tsukiyame's mother Usagi and Lord Izu stood out in the hallway by their bedroom talking about her younger half-sister Yami. It turns out that something important came up and that he wouldn't be able to pick her up from training with Witch Tsuakki.
"You mean you're meeting with Master Gaara tonight to discuss Yami's new weapon?" Usagi asked.
"Yes," Lord Izu answered, "He said he'll be done with it tonight. Her weapon is now forged and ready for her to use and train with him. Plus, I need to find out how she's doing in her training with him anyway. So I must go, now before it gets too late. I also have more errands that I need to run, too."
Looking outside their bedroom window overlooking the palace, she sees it is already late in the afternoon, which means it would be evening really soon. Her daughter just finished handling all her lady duties and awaiting for the tribe members to come back from their hunting and fishing. She was actually watching to make sure everyone in the palace got their work done, while her daughter went off to the hot spring to bathe and wash up, and relax for the day.
But soon, Usagi would have to leave soon to meet up with Jigo Kiki's mother Empress Jigo Yuu to discuss some important manners about some events she had coming up. So there was no way she would be able to pick Yami up, either.
"I'll have to send Tsukiyame out to pick up Yami from Witch Tsuakki's house, then." she finally replied.
"You mean you can't go either?" he asked.
"I have that meeting with Empress Jigo Yuu tonight, remember?"
"Oh yeah, that's right. I remember you telling me about that. It will be fine to send Tsukiyame out to pick Yami up, then."
So with that, they both hugged and kissed each other good bye. Lord Izu left to be on his way and Usagi went back in the room. Lady Tsukiyame was already back in her room, walking out her master bathroom and out by her bed, she noticed her mother standing by the door.
"Tsukiyame, dear," Usagi said, "I need you to go pick up your sister from her training with Witch Tsuakki. Izu is not able to do it tonight and I'm going out for a meeting with Jigo Kiki's mother."
"Yami began her training to master her dark magical powers, I see." Lady Tsukiyame smiled and commented.
"Yes she did," she said lovingly, "She is now becoming a skilled dark magician, in addition to continuing her training with Master Gaara. She's at Witch Tsuakki's house right now."
"Then I will leave, now."
"Thank you, my daughter."
The young lady half demoness got dressed and put her jewelry back on. Then she went did her makeup and fixed her hair back. Now, she was armed with her weapons and was ready to go. Sliding her door closed from behind, she heads back downstairs and walks toward the front door to leave the palace, pass the throne. The guards allowed her to leave and she headed for the exit. Walking down the porch and down the walkway, Lady Tsukiyame noticed it was now evening and it would be dark soon.
The guards at the gate bowed in respect as they allowed her to pass. Witch Tsuakki's house wasn't that far from her homelands, compared to Master Gaara's lair, even though both of them resided in the eastern lands.
Finally making a right to head towards a huge clearing, the dark forests began to appear darker as there was less sunlight shining. More and more trees surrounded the pathway as she was almost at the woman's house. Vultures were steadily flying away in the almost dark evening skies, more sounds of grasshoppers were heard throughout the huge clearing, and there was a streaming river before the young lady half demoness. Noticing the river, Lady Tsukiyame went left to go around the streaming water, coming up to a nice waterfall. Up ahead, she saw a middle class village of dark demon witches and warlocks—a village with a bunch of cave homes. So she walks down the passage way, through the trees to go around the waterfall.
Arriving at the dark demon witch village, Lady Tsukiyame walks up to a lovely huge cave home with windows, and a chimney. As she approached the home, she noticed Rein inside her shop opposite from where she walked, tattooing a client, and then Witch Tsuakki and Yami came to the front from around the back to meet up with her.
"Hi Lady Tsukiyame," Witch Tsuakki greeted, smiling, "Long time, no see! Congratulations on becoming the queen and lady of your people and lands. I'm sorry Hekeriki and I couldn't make it to the celebration."
"Thank you," Lady Tsukiyame said calmly, "And it's not a problem."
"I will see you next time Yami," she said, "Keep practicing. You are getting better at using your dark magical powers."
"Oh, I will!" Yami said happily.
The two of them left Witch Tsuakki's house and began heading back home. Rein waved as they were leaving. She was cleaning up and putting her equipment and tools away. As usual for Lady Tsukiyame, she didn't wave back, but instead smiled briefly. Yami, of course, waved back at her.
Yami rose off the ground and glided in the air with her wings to fly over the waterfall, and to get back to the huge clearing. Lady Tsukiyame wasted no time getting back to the huge clearing through the same passage way she took to get to the dark demon witch village. Meeting with her little half-sister again, they both just kept walking.
Lady Tsukiyame and Yami continued their silent walk back to the pathway back to the homelands. She enjoys the silence, but it seems to throw her sister off as she enjoys talking, while walking and traveling. So Yami breaks the silence.
"So sis, where have you been up to today?" Yami asked curiously.
"Not much." Lady Tsukiyame answered vaguely.
"You are always so vague," she pointed out, "Very typical of you sis."
"Hm."
"Anyways, I'm glad you came Tsukiyame. It's been a very, very long time since we have had a walk like this in the dark forests. We were both very young at the time. I also remember how we would play together sometimes as well as take trips to the beach, and how we used to fight…a lot…like typical siblings. Those days have long since passed and are now gone."
Yami smiled and laughed briefly as she remembered the old times, when she and Lady Tsukiyame were much younger and growing up. Lady Tsukiyame was ahead, glancing back at her little sister. She had always been quite the little kid sister as well as the antagonist as she would try to annoy her at times. The young lady half demoness has always been stoic, calm and ice cube cool as a child. But she's even more stoic, calm and collective now that she's older and a young woman. Yami doesn't bother her at all anymore with her annoying little dark antics as she once did, when she was a kid.
Her little kid sister began whistling in song as she was singing a classical kurai angelic song. It was, in fact a beautiful song she enjoys. Even though the winds kind of through her whistling off a bit, she still continued on with it.
Seeing that they were out for a while, it was now night time. The silence in the dark forests with the sounds of grasshoppers, vultures, and the breeze blowing through the trees and grass was, indeed peaceful, calming and soothing. The young lady half demoness could stay out a while longer in the quiet darkness if she wanted to.
Lady Tsukiyame suddenly stopped in her tracks with Yami stopping behind her, wondering what was wrong. She started hearing, sensing, and feeling something—someone was in the area. After catching her attention, Yami too began to sense and feel the presence. Knowing that they have been around, following them for a while as she had sensed, heard, and felt their presence from very far away, Lady Tsukiyame looks behind them to find two demon males. The two men happened to be members of the snake demon tribe. And they were obviously former residents of the eastern lands, until being banished by the kurai angel's past lady and leader, Lady Amaya. Based on the two men's presence, their intentions were, indeed cruel and evil, and their demonic energy was wicked.
"Sis, what's going on," Yami whispered, "Who are they?"
'Why the hell are they here?' Lady Tsukiyame thought to herself.
"What do you want?" she asked.
"I take it you must be her." one of the snake demon men stated.
"Lady Tsukiyame, are you not?" the other snake demon man said cruelly.
"Who wants to know?" she said coldly.
Both of them began unsheathing their weapons and began charging at the young lady half demoness and her sister. In an attempt to destroy her as it is part of the plan to get to the kurai angel demons. Planning to take out the tribe's beloved leader would ensure that the snake demons can conquer the eastern lands, and destroy the kurai angels.
"Yami, move and stand clear!" Lady Tsukiyame told her.
Yami nodded her head and moved out of the way like she was told. She observed what was going on, and now realizes that these men are members of the snake demon tribe. The same tribe her grandmother banished from the eastern lands long ago. She couldn't fathom as to why the hell they were there and what they wanted with her sister.
Lady Tsukiyame reaches inside her shawl and pulls out two magical pentagram symbols on wallet size sheets of paper. A blood red and black dark magical light manifested around her hand with a dark angelic spirit appearing as she threw the symbols at the snake demon males with such perfect skill, rendering them paralyzed. She then does a small chant to perform the spell and the two demon males turned into piles of bones.
After slaying the two troublesome snake demons, she and her sister both continued on their way back to the homelands. Trouble will soon be arriving in the Lands of the East as Lady Tsukiyame's grandmother Amaya's old enemy is back. Jaakugou has returned and will soon be raising havoc for the kurai angels and everybody in the eastern lands.
This was the sixth chapter. So far the story is going well and I'm liking it so far. Now that Lady Amaya's old enemy is back in the eastern lands, trouble will soon await Lady Tsukiyame and her fellow tribe members.
I will be back next week with the next chapter!
Until then, bye for now!