This is the 11th chapter for my fanfic!
Lady Tsukiyame's search continues for her enemies, and along the way, she discovers a powerful demon lord is also in search for one of her enemies Naraku. Read on to find out what happens in this new chapter.
DISCLAIMER: I don't own Inuyasha, this is just my own OC.
One evening, everything suddenly became dark as there was a huge twirling black cloud of poisonous miasma hurling in the sky. It was no one other than Naraku. He was heading towards an open field where there were some samurai warriors practicing and exercising.
All the samurai were outside in the open field, conversing amongst themselves as they were exercising, and practicing their training at the command of their leader. In case of an important serious battle, the men would need to be prepared to fight against an enemy. Some were running laps around the field. Others were stretching with assistance. There were also men training for new fighting techniques with their weapons, taught by their superior with a few more guys walking around.
"So, ah, when do you suppose we'll master more techniques to utilize in a future battle?" one samurai asked, running beside another warrior.
"I don't know," he said, "Whatever our leader has in mind."
Both of the samurai warriors continued on around the field as they conversed amongst themselves. Everybody else was also at work, training and practicing. Their beloved leader stood by briefly as he observed and watched the area as his men trained. They were continuing, until the sunset.
The samurai training came to a screeching halt as a huge black twirling cloud began hurling towards the samurai warriors from the sky. As the cloud came, everything was being destroyed in its path as all the men freaked out, fleeing to the forests to get away. Poisonous miasma got closer and wiped all of them out.
"You foolish mortals shall all perish!" Naraku said darkly and wickedly.
He continued soaring through the forests inside the miasma cloud as all the human samurai were slaughtered, laughing wickedly and darkly. All the living creatures in his wake were killed with the ground, trees and grass all being destroyed, leaving the scenery lifeless and smoked up. Naraku was, indeed on the move as he headed back up into the sky.
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It was now night time as the night of the new moon came, covering feudal Japan in complete darkness with no moonlight. Lady Tsukiyame was continuing with the search for her enemies for Jaakugou and Naraku. She walked silently and quietly in the peaceful dark night time forests as the warm gentle breezes came by and blew through her hair and clothes, causing them to bounce back and forth. Sounds of fireflies, crickets, grasshoppers, and vultures flying around in the moonless starry sky were heard. Slight sounds of wolf howls were also heard from afar.
The young lady half demoness continued walking for a while longer, and as she did so, she came across a scent—a familiar scent. The scent appeared suddenly, and she knew that it was her newest enemy, Naraku. That is when she looked behind her. It wasn't just Naraku she sensed, Lady Tsukiyame also sensed miasma and human death.
'He must've slew some humans passing by.' Lady Tsukiyame thought casually.
She started going in the direction of the scent. As she followed, less sounds of vultures, wolves, and other night creatures were heard. Her walk was long, peaceful and silent with the surroundings now looking to have been destroyed by Naraku's miasma. The trees, the grass and ground, everything was completely gone due to the cloud of miasma passing by. His scent was still present, even though Naraku wasn't there.
Finally arriving at an open field to find the destruction that took place, the young lady half demoness began hearing, feeling and sensing some humans from further away. She ignored them and kept going, continuing with the search.
Now leaving the destroyed open field, the young lady half demoness kept on in the direction of the scent to find where he had gone. Lady Tsukiyame was now beginning to head down a pathway that was also destroyed by Naraku's miasma. She kept walking to find that the sight of the miasma destruction stopped and ended where she stood silently. Further away and up ahead, she noticed a raggedy old secluded house surrounded by green luscious grass and trees, and a flowing river. Her super vision is so superb, the young lady half demoness spot that place out at a much further distance, than the average demon and half demon. After spotting this place, she began making her way over there, following her enemy's scent. Lady Tsukiyame walked and walked as the moonless night-time silence was soothing, calming and peaceful to her umi nature as a young woman.
Lady Tsukiyame arrived back into the grassy and leafy forests that were still present to continue her search for Jaakugou and Naraku. As she walked down by the flowing river with spaced out trees nearby, the presence of humans became apparent as they were closer than ever, now hiding behind some trees. Sensing, hearing, and feeling them and their energy, the young lady half demoness stopped in her tracks.
"I know you're there," Lady Tsukiyame simply said, looking away, "So you might as well come out of hiding."
Five human male bandits came out from behind the trees and appeared before her as she turns around. Lady Tsukiyame knew at that very moment about their sick and wicked intentions. All five of the humans grinned and laughed wickedly as they continued to approach the young lady half demoness.
There was no sign of fear in her expressionless eyes at all, whatsoever. She wasn't afraid by any means as she remained calm, collective, and ice cube cool. Why would she be? They were only humans—weak humans, nothing more. The men were all beginning to close in on her.
"What do you want?" Lady Tsukiyame asked.
"Wow, aren't you a prestigious one," the leader said wickedly, "Where are you coming from?"
"It doesn't matter, let's just take her along with us," one man said in a lustful tone, "Want to come with us gorgeous?"
"Do you think she's a dark, wicked samurai," another man asked, "What kind of woman carries swords around and dresses in armor?"
"It matters not, we shall kill her and strip her of her money, weapons and armor" another man stated wickedly.
The five human bandits all drew their weapons, prepared to take Lady Tsukiyame away with them by force, while also attempting to rob her. They were all making their way towards her by the flowing river, and spaced out trees where they hid earlier.
"Hold on my men, let's not be in a rush to kill her," the leader said wickedly, "Let's enjoy her first."
"Let me have her, boss!" one man said.
"No I'll be the first to have her!" the leader states.
'These fools intend to have their way with me and kill me, do they not? Not that their killing methods would have any effect on me.' Lady Tsukiyame thought.
"I'll bet a little high class piece like you would love to have a little fun. A little gold-digging, high price whore like you," the leader said wickedly with laughter, as he was placing his hands on her shoulders, "I'll have you for sure."
"Take your fucking hands off me." Lady Tsukiyame demanded in a cold, firm tone.
"You shut the hell up, stupid wench. A woman should hold her tongue, unless spoken to by a man." the man stated evilly.
He raises his hand to strike Lady Tsukiyame. She then grips his wrist firmly and body slams him into the ground. She then slams him up against a tree with her hand holding his throat, crushing his windpipe.
"Don't like my presence, huh? Then maybe I'll solve your problem by hacking out your eyes, and stabbing my blade into your crotch." Lady Tsukiyame said devilishly with her other hand on her sword.
She's had enough of this nonsense. She's not going to allow this man to degrade her and talk to her in such a disrespectful manner, nor was she going to allow them to continue attacking her. She will kill every last one of them if they keep attacking her. She will not be taking this kind of stuff from anyone, especially not from men. Lady Tsukiyame is not a whore and she's not a gold-digger, either—she's neither one of those things. She comes from wealth and power; she is very respectable and classy.
Lady Tsukiyame throws the man's lifeless body up into the trees. The four bandits were rising up in anger as they watched their beloved leader die. Both anger and murder tugged at the men's hearts as she had killed their leader ruthlessly.
"Why you, you killed our leader," one man yelled as he was charging at Lady Tsukiyame, "You won't get away with this wench, I'll kill you for sure!"
The man goes through the young lady half demoness' body like air, as if it wasn't even there, even though it was visibly seen. Her body was matter less and the man kept on trying to strike her down and kill her, going through her body every time. The man suddenly felt an excruciating pain from his back to his chest and had a horrified look on his face. Lady Tsukiyame pierced his back and her hand shot out through his chest. She pulls her hand back and the man's body falls to the ground. The other three men were horrified, after seeing the other bandit die. Her eyes were cold and expressionless as the men's eyes met with hers.
"What the hell! You're not human!" one man said out of fear and anger, "We'll slay you, you demon wench!"
All three of the men charged at Lady Tsukiyame, ready to slay her. She pointed her finger at them and a black magical light manifested around her hand as she stared at them coldly. The men all turned into black ashes as they were destroyed by her dark magic. After glancing down at the black ashes on the ground, the young lady half demoness was ready to continue with the search for her enemies.
'Pathetic worthless humans.' she thought to herself.
As she followed Naraku's scent, she began leaving the area, walking down the flowing river, and crossing a small bridge to head back into the dark deep forests. Traveling in the dark forests, it started getting windy suddenly as the young lady half demoness was getting closer to a dock where there were some boats available. The winds occurred due to the waters rushing back and forth. Lady Tsukiyame was not in the mood to transform and take flight, so she made her way to the dock to find a boat. No one was there. She selected a boat, casting it away from the dock, and began steering it away with the oar. Naraku is clearly on the move, while it is still uncertain where Jaakugou and the snake demons could have gone. Further searching needs to be done to discover where he could be going. The silent ride down the river, while looking up at the moonless starry sky reminded the young lady half demoness of when she used to travel on the night of the new moon.
It was long ago, when she was just a child. Her sister Yami wasn't born, yet and it was after her father died. It ended up being just her and her mother, before marrying again. That night, she and her mother would go on a mother/daughter trip as it was important to her mother to spend one-on-one time with her. When Lady Tsukiyame was a child, they used to go alone on the trip twice a year every spring and summer on the moonless night. They would visit Horai Island, which is a place where only half demon families resided in complete isolation from the outside world that shuns them for being who they are. Back then, the isolated island was a completely peaceful and harmonious place to live freely and happily, when they would visit on their mother/daughter trip. It was located west from the Lands of the East near the western lands. Each time they would visit Horai Island, Lady Tsukiyame reluctantly went with her mother to the island on their trip. The purpose was to allow her daughter to see and meet other half demons like her, which was not something she cared about at all. Lady Tsukiyame had no interest in going to the island whatsoever.
It is not that she has hatred towards most of them, or that she even dislikes most of them. Her feelings towards most other half demons are neutral. But to her, most half demons if not the majority tend to be weak and insufficient as they never rise to their true potential to become strong and powerful. The young lady half demoness is not a weak or insufficient half demon as she is very strong, great and very powerful. She has no desire to be compared to other half demons that are not in her position of power as most of them are pathetic to her for this reason. But she knew it was her mother's way of showing her how other half demons live, and what their lives are like in this isolated place. Of course, it varies from person to person. Some half demons live great lives, while others live horrible lives. When Lady Tsukiyame got older, she didn't go to the island anymore as she was old enough to make the decision on her own to not go. She never really wanted to visit in the first place, even though her mother did. Coming back to the present, Lady Tsukiyame continued down the river in the boat.
Suddenly, a brief telepathic conversation began between the young lady half demoness, and her mother Usagi. They talked and conversed for a while as her mother wanted to know how things were going on her daughter's search.
'How are you, daughter,' Usagi asked and wondered, 'Is the search going okay? What have you found so far on the snake demon tribe, and their newest ally?'
'I am fine,' Lady Tsukiyame said and began, 'Naraku still has yet to be found. As for the snake demons, it is uncertain where they have gone. Since Naraku has made enemies of the snake demon tribe, he is no longer an ally of them. He is on the move, now and I'm searching for him.'
'Are you going to come back home to inform our army about what you found,' her mother asked, 'Or will you just continue in defeating them solo?'
'They will be destroyed,' she simply said, 'I will see to it that the score is settled with them. Once this is over, everybody in the homelands will be informed about the defeat of our enemies Naraku and Jaakugou.'
'You have been away from the tribe for a while, now. I have been wondering how you were doing. I'm glad you're okay. Though, I am still disappointed in your decision to go at it alone, you decided what was best to be done to deal with the disturbance. We will be awaiting your safe return.'
'Farewell for now, mother.'
The brief telepathic conversation ended shortly afterwards, and the young lady half demoness continued riding down the river silently to keep searching. Her mind was now quiet and serene, after telepathically communicating with her mother Usagi. The long boat ride was silent and quiet in the peaceful dark moonless night as more warm gentle breezes came by and blew through her hair and clothes, causing them to bounce back and forth. There were sounds of fireflies, crickets, grasshoppers, and vultures flying around in the forests in the moonless starry sky.
Finally arriving at another dock, Lady Tsukiyame gets off the boat, and begins walking back into the forests. Some warm gentle breezes came by and blew through her hair and clothes, while she was leaving the dock, and walking into the dark deep forests. Silently walking, wondering where else to search for her enemies, she arrives in a clearing as more spaced out trees appeared before her.
The moonless night-time starry sky was beginning to get lighter as the morning will be coming, and the new moon will be ending. Continuing her long silent walk in the forest, the young lady half demoness came across a rocky stream where she began rinsing her hands of the human death scent. She hated the smell. There were headwaters slightly high up before her. Lady Tsukiyame leapt over the headwaters briskly, making her way over the stream, and continuing deep into the forests. The forest became more spacious with spaced out trees as she walked with a streak of light hitting her from the morning sunrise. Her beautiful dark tan skin, very dark silver hair, and lilac eyes became more radiant. It was even more hot and humid than before with more gentle warm breezes occurring, blowing through her hair and clothes. Turning around and glancing behind her, Lady Tsukiyame found the old raggedy secluded house surrounded by green grass and trees. It became more bright and light outside with more winds occurring as the sun shined down on her. She started heading in the direction, following Naraku's scent as it was still present.
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"Let's go, Jaken!" a lord's voice called out.
"Uh," another voice replied, "Coming, my lord."
Sesshomaru and Jaken were both traveling in the deep forests, searching for his newest enemy Naraku. He began walking ahead with Jaken following after him, and now rushing to walk beside him, wondering where they were headed to next.
Both were traveling long and silently for a while. Naraku has yet to make an appearance. The bright morning rising sun shined down on them through the trees with warm gentle breezes coming by, blowing through Sesshomaru's hair and clothes, causing them to bounce back and forth. The young lord demon continued walking as he followed a familiar scent.
'I wonder where that venomous half-breed has gone to?' Jaken thought to himself. He didn't dare ask Sesshomaru.
'Fool,' Sesshomaru thought, 'This area reeks with the scent of that lowly half demon.'
"He is close by." Sesshomaru said quietly.
Sesshomaru and Jaken kept walking silently in the peaceful forests as he preferred it to be. As the long walk continued, the young lord demon stopped in his tracks suddenly. His attention was now averted to another familiar presence—a presence that was pure and dark. The same presence that was at the sacred mountain. It was both spiritually pure and dark angelic.
Jaken did not know his lord stopped walking, causing him to lightly bump into his legs, "Eh, huh…Lord Sesshomaru, what is it?"
'That scent,' Sesshomaru thought, 'Why is it here?'
"U-uh," Jaken said, "It's that weird presence again."
Jaken then began to take note of the familiar unknown pure and dark scent as well. He also wondered why it was there as his lord did. The pure and dark presence was coming from the direction they were both headed in to search for Naraku.
Sesshomaru began leaving once again and Jaken followed behind him, after noticing him leaving. Both of them walked into a spacious clearing with spaced out trees as a clear pathway was found before them. The pure and dark scent was still present as the young lord demon continued traveling in the forests. All of a sudden, it became more bright and light as less trees were present, and more morning sunlight shined down on them with more warm breezes coming by with the trees and grass blowing, along with Sesshomaru's hair and clothing.
Following the presence as it was mixed in with his enemy's scent, they both arrive at a huge clearing where an old raggedy secluded house surrounded by trees and grass was present. Naraku's presence was, indeed there without a doubt. But he was nowhere to be seen.
There, Sesshomaru finds the young woman whose presence is both pure and dark—spiritually pure and dark angelic demon. Jaken also stood by, wondering who the woman was and why the hell she was there as Sesshomaru did.
'A demon lady,' Sesshomaru thought, 'No, wait a minute, she's-'
"A half-demon lady?" Sesshomaru said.
"Who the hell are you," Jaken demanded and stated, "What are you doing here?! And what are you after? If you're a pawn of Naraku understand you're no match for Lord Sesshomaru."
Now knowing she wasn't alone, the young lady half demoness glances and then turns to face them. Lady Tsukiyame knew Sesshomaru was already there, sensing, hearing, and feeling his presence in the forest. This happened to be the same unknown demon lord that was in her dream she had a while back. She wasn't expecting to have an encounter with the powerful demon lord, let alone see him in person.
Before them stood a petite slim young woman in predominantly black clothing with very dark silver hair, lilac eyes, dark tan skin, and armed with two swords. It was obvious that she was half kurai angel demon and half human, her dark clothing and gorgeous hair bounced in the warm winds as Sesshomaru's did. The young half demon lady warrior was gorgeous and very beautiful for a half demon. The young lord demon was staring at the woman and she was staring back at him. It was as though fate brought the two powerful royalties into each other's presence.
'This woman, she has a pure scent as well as a dark scent,' he thought, 'It's obvious she has dark angelic heritage. Her hair is very dark silver, her eyes are lilac, she's dressed in black attire and she's tanned, but she doesn't have black angel wings. She's only a mere half demon, yet a powerful lady. What is she doing here?'
'How is it that this demon and I are encountering each other?' Lady Tsukiyame thought to herself.
Sesshomaru moved further and closer to the half demon lady warrior, Jaken followed behind him and they were now staring face-to-face with her. Lady Tsukiyame wondered why he was there as the encounter was unexpected. It was not yet known that they were both in search for the same enemy. They both held the same expressionless look in their eyes as they stared at each other. Another warm breeze came by and blew through their hair and clothes as they stood there in the huge clearing and some clouds passed by in the sunny morning sky. The young lady half demoness hadn't taken her eyes off him and the young lord demon hadn't taken his eyes off her.
"What business do you have here?" Sesshomaru inquired. That is when a huge thumping noise emerged from behind the old raggedy house.
A three-eyed big-lipped demon with tentacles charged out, destroying the house completely. Lady Tsukiyame and Sesshomaru were now facing the very demon that looked to probably have been left behind from Naraku's body, even though it wasn't clear if it was.
"Naraku," Sesshomaru said coldly, raising his glowing green poison claws, "So we meet again!"
After briefly glancing at the demon lord's words, Lady Tsukiyame thought to herself, 'He knows of Naraku? How is that the case?'
"Taking on another shapeshifting form again, are we filthy vermin," Lady Tsukiyame said coldly, "You have brought your presence before me once again, have you not Naraku?"
"Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha," the three-eyed big-lipped demon laughed and stated wickedly, "So you're Naraku's rivals! Unfortunately for you he's not around. He's moved on after discarding me from his body, hoping I would take you out."
'So that's not him, then,' Lady Tsukiyame thought, 'How did he even end up here? Is this another plan of Naraku to continue his escape?'
"Is that so," she stated coldly and clearly, "Then I will see to it that you cease to exist."
"Both of you shall be taken out!" the demon said.
Both of the two powerful royalties dodged as the three-eyed big-lipped demon lunged his tentacles at them. Sesshomaru drew his green energy whip to slash the tentacles that were coming at him, while swiftly moving and lumping off the demon's other tentacle coming from behind with his poison claws. Lady Tsukiyame leapt in the air, drawing her Kurai ToksusUsagi. White energy and black magic appeared around her blade as she obliterated away the tentacles that were circling and coming at her. Landing back on the ground gracefully, both of them fought as the demon continuously attacks them.
More tentacles were shot out at the young lady half demoness and the young lord demon. That is when something began shining brightly in the center of the demon's body. Lady Tsukiyame noticed and wondered where it came from.
"That light," Lady Tsukiyame said, "It is pure bright blue."
"Hn." Sesshomaru said.
Suddenly, the three-eyed big-lipped demon's body became shielded by what appeared to be a pure bright blue spiritual barrier. How was it that the creature is possessing that shield was unknown? That is when he laughed pettily and darkly, shooting out more tentacles to try and kill Sesshomaru and Lady Tsukiyame as Naraku ordered.
"Hmph." Sesshomaru said.
"Suddenly a pure spiritual barrier manifests around your body," Lady Tsukiyame said casually, "This is Naraku's doing, is it not?"
'Naraku is such a cunning coward,' Lady Tsukiyame thought to herself, 'Rather than face me head on. He leaves behind this lowly demon as a pawn to do his dirty work to try and take me out, so that he can keep escaping. Just like he did with the snake demon tribe.'
"You fools will never defeat me!" the three-eyed big-lipped demon exclaimed. It attacks once again by shooting more tentacles through the spiritual barrier towards them.
Though, the demon was released from the half spider demon's body as an unneeded part of his body, Naraku had the creature under his control for a brief period. With this temporary control, a pure bright blue spiritual barrier has been erected at Naraku's command with the holy scepter to enable his newest rivals' defeat by the demon, whom is his newest pawn. The creature was discarded to do his dirty work. Most likely, the venomous villain was hiding somewhere watching the fight take place from afar as usual.
Sesshomaru draws his green energy whip and slashes the tentacles away, and then moves briskly towards the demon to try and strike down the barrier with his whip. But he could not break through it as it is impenetrable to demonic attacks. Lady Tsukiyame obliterates more tentacles away with her Kurai ToksusUsagi.
"Stay out of my way, half demon," Sesshomaru said coldly, eyeing the half demon lady from behind, "This is my war. You will not get involved!"
"I don't think so, dog lord," Lady Tsukiyame stated coldly and nonchalantly, "I'm not going anywhere. If anybody's going to settle the score with this scum, it will be me."
Not liking that response one bit, Sesshomaru turned around and glared at the half demon lady warrior, while she narrowed her eyes at him. That is when more tentacles were shot out at the two powerful royalties. Immediately, they dodged the attack with Sesshomaru shifting as the demon tried to strike him, missing him every time. Using his energy whip again, he slashes more tentacles away.
It was about time for something to be done to destroy Naraku's temporary pawn. So Lady Tsukiyame whipped out her kami-angelic spiritual symbols on wallet size sheets of paper. Right before the three-eyed big-lipped demon was ready to send more tentacles out at them through the spiritual barrier, she leapt in the air with one twirl. The symbols were shot out at the creature from her hands, completely breaking through the barrier, and purifying the demon in the process. It was instantly destroyed.
The short battle was now over as both warriors stood silently, until Jaken finally came into the picture. Seeing that the young lady half demoness was a bit odd to the green imp demon due to her unusual nature as a half demon, he couldn't help but wonder what her deal was.
"Lord Sesshomaru," Jaken wondered, eyeing the half demon lady, "Is she some kind of wicked dark magician with spiritual knowledge? She slew that demon with such-" he was cut off by Sesshomaru's death glare. Jaken knew right then and there to shut his damn mouth!
"Naraku," Sesshomaru said, "He is still escaping."
"Hmph." Lady Tsukiyame said. She also wondered where else to search.
He then looks over his shoulder at the mysterious dark half demon lady that stood opposite of him and his faithful retainer Jaken. More warm gentle breezes came and blew by through their hair and clothes as the sun became hotter as the time went on.
"So lord," Lady Tsukiyame began, looking away, "How about you tell me what you know about Naraku?"
"What?!" Sesshomaru questioned, turning and facing her.
"Huh?" Jaken said surprised.
"Tell me everything you know about him," she demanded and insisted, "It's pretty clear you have been pursuing Naraku long before I have begun pursuing him. Now, what do you know about him?"
This was the eleventh chapter!
Lady Tsukiyame now knows she is not the only one that is in search for her newest enemy Naraku as she learns Sesshomaru is in search for him as well. Look forward to the next chapter to see what happens now that the two powerful royalties have met and encountered each other.
Until then, bye for now!