This is the 15th chapter for my fanfic!
Lady Tsukiyame and Sesshomaru have been searching for their enemy Naraku for a full decade and have yet to find him. She has also been in search to find her other enemy Jaakugou and the snake demon tribe to defeat them. Read on to find out what happens in this new chapter.
DISCLAIMER: I don't own Inuyasha, this is just my own OC.
TEN YEARS LATER
In the bright and foggy unworldly realm, the netherworld with skeletal demon birds flying around were several rows of demon graves located. These are the graves of demon samurai warriors that served under a powerful demon lord, centuries ago. A demon lord that was of high status and ruled in the Axe Tiger, in the northeast centuries ago, holding a powerful throne where he ruled over a clanship of demon samurai warriors. All of whom perished under the rule from being defeated by a more powerful rival demon tribe that later took over the throne.
There was a pure bright blue spiritual portal that appeared before the one-hundred graves, lying across in three rows. A half spider demon wearing a white baboon pelt came out and stood before the tombs of the great and powerful demon samurai warriors. The villain moved closer and casted one-hundred sacred jewel shards in each tomb, bringing the demon samurai warriors back to life.
"Awaken, Samurai of the Axe Tiger clan," Naraku commanded darkly, "I am Naraku. I shall grant you all permanent lives and an opportunity to conquer the Axe Tiger lands once again."
"Naraku," the samurai warriors asked firmly in unison, "What is your purpose for granting us life and a chance to conquer the lands once again?"
"I'm here to grant you an opportunity to not only serve under a powerful throne in the lands of the Axe Tiger, but also a cross-over throne where you will be in service to me to rid my lands of the arch enemies that currently pursue me. The arch enemies to be concerned about are no one other than Lord Sesshomaru and Lady Tsukiyame, whom have the eastern lands and western lands as their domain. In addition, you all will be granted an opportunity to serve under my unworldly kingdoms in the netherworld and underworld." he explained.
"A cross-over throne?" they questioned.
"Yes. You will raid the lands once again and be granted the ever-lasting power you long for."
All the demon samurai warriors began questioning and wondering if what the half spider demon had stated is genuine. Why would they trust anyone to grant them life and the power to rule again like they once did, when they were alive. Especially by a half demon like Naraku, no less. Could the venomous being be trusted? Or was this, indeed a trap to set them all up to be killed? Time can only tell if he is giving them a legitimate offer in exchange for a permanent life to live, fight, and serve under a throne once again.
"It sounds like an offer worth accepting," the samurai warriors all said in unison, "Naraku, you've got yourself a deal."
"Good," Naraku continued, "I shall warn you about our arch enemies Lord Sesshomaru and Lady Tsukiyame. They are both the domain rulers of the eastern lands and western lands, along with the devillesses of the hell demon tribe being the supreme rulers and governors of the unworldly realms the netherworld, the underworld, and the eternal depths of hell. It will be simple to take them out by over throwing them by force into servitude of my kingdoms. However, Lord Sesshomaru and Lady Tsukiyame could prove to be more troublesome as they're not easy opponents to strike down and be put into servitude…"
Naraku continued breaking down the weaknesses of his newest enemies Sesshomaru and Lady Tsukiyame for how they can best be destroyed and overthrown. Stating the facts about them both, the half vermin stands by as he observes the men being revived. As they were fully revived, he hands each demon samurai warrior a saimyosho hive, the insects of hell. These hives would be very useful in their fights with the young lady half demoness and the young lord demon.
All the demon samurai warriors were revived as they were brought back to life. The once dead corpses were immediately restored with flesh and all, rising from out of the tombs gracefully with glowing red eyes. They were all fully nude and unclothed as they rose and stood before Naraku, ready for their first command.
These warriors were all strong and powerful in battling, use of weaponry, hand-to-hand combat, and other various fighting techniques. The half vermin thought right about resurrecting the demon samurais that once lived and served under a powerful demon lord as he knew they would attribute the warrior styles to the building of his cross-over throne he intends to gain. Though, many of them were weak when it came to leadership, Naraku believed these warriors would be useful for taking out his enemies Sesshomaru and Lady Tsukiyame. The young lady half demoness' lands, power and people were about to be conquered. The young lord demon's lands, power and people were also about to be conquered.
"Now, go out and destroy Lady Tsukiyame and Lord Sesshomaru," Naraku commanded, "Do so and we will conquer the eastern lands, western lands, and unworldly realms."
"Yes, Lord Naraku." the samurai warriors said in unison.
"Now, come," Naraku ordered and stated, "We shall head back to the living world. That is where we will find them."
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It has been ten years, since the search for their enemies began, and the journey continues to find Naraku and Jaakugou. Sesshomaru and Lady Tsukiyame continue to search for their enemies' whereabouts as they travel in the feudal lands of Japan as companions.
Naraku has not been found for the past decade no matter where the duo searched to find him. He seemed to have been laying low and not making any moves to manipulate and deceive new victims, or come after the young lord demon and the young lady half demoness. Now, the half spider demon villain is on the move to begin conquering the unworldly realms, the netherworld and the underworld, along with the western lands and the eastern lands. Their enemy has also gained possession of some Sacred Shikon Jewel shards due to the sacred jewel coming back into existence. The sacred jewel has been shattered into many tiny shards, which will bring forth more trouble than she and her companions bargained for. Though, Lady Tsukiyame and Sesshomaru are both very strong and powerful and do not need the power of the sacred jewel, the shards landing in the hands of their enemy could prove to be more troublesome.
"Naraku is on the move, now," Lady Tsukiyame said, "He's probably going to resurrect some unworldly beings in the netherworld and underworld to fulfill his plan."
'That disgusting half vermin's scent is all over,' she thought, 'Naraku has definitely been here.'
Lady Tsukiyame ventured on her own to continue searching for Naraku and Jaakugou. Sesshomaru and Jaken are searching for his father's grave and the heirloom Tetsusaiga that was left behind. Strangely, the search has led to them now traveling outside the western lands to continue finding the tomb. She, of course, had no interest in searching for or defiling the Great Dog Demon's grave to find the heirloom fang. So she had left the group to find out more about Naraku concerning his whereabouts.
She continued circling the area where Naraku was last present as Ah Un came closer to the ground, and landed gracefully in the huge clearing. The young lady half demoness got off the two-headed dragon demon's back and began looking around, after telling him to wait. She began following the half vermin's scent as she continued walking in the sunny clearing to find where his presence could be headed to. Feeling, sensing and hearing her enemy's wicked intentions in the vicinity, Lady Tsukiyame knew about his next move. The smell of pure spiritual energy and demonic energy was present, but stopped where she stood.
"So his presence stops here, I see." Lady Tsukiyame said.
"He has already traveled to the unworldly realms." she concluded.
Now, putting her hands in a prayer position and beginning to chant, a portal opened before the young lady half demoness. It was a portal to the netherworld. Looking behind her at the two-headed dragon demon standing, she called Ah Un over and told him to watch over the portal, until she returns to the living world again. With that said, Lady Tsukiyame had gone inside the portal to find Naraku.
After arriving at the bright and foggy unworldly realm, she gracefully landed on the back of a skeletal demon bird. The skeletal flying bird began heading in the direction she needed to go as she was telling it where to take her, following Naraku's presence. It has been a full decade, since stepping foot into the netherworld during a battle with another formidable foe of hers and her grandmother's that set her and her people up to perish. The foe was no one other than Jaakugou, an arch enemy she is also in search of to defeat.
Lady Tsukiyame finally arrives at several empty grave sites where demons that once lived were laying to rest in peace. She got off the skeletal demon bird to look around the grave site and see what she could find. There had to be about one hundred tombs that were there before her, while observing and looking around. Her enemy Naraku was nowhere to be found, already had left the unworldly realm.
"Naraku was, indeed here," Lady Tsukiyame confirmed, "His disgusting scent is all over. These tombs look to be the graves of powerful demon samurai warriors that lived centuries ago and served under the Axe Tiger kingdom, in the northeast. It looks like he had resurrected them."
'He resurrected these warriors to serve under him and fulfill his plan.' she thought.
Yes, Naraku did resurrect the demon samurai warriors from the Axe Tiger kingdom. The demon warriors were, indeed revived to take out his enemies and serve under a newly built cross-over throne. Meaning, trouble will soon be coming to the eastern lands, the unworldly realms, and the western lands. Lady Tsukiyame, of course, is mainly focused on protecting her queendom and putting a stop to the half spider demon villain. This is her top priority and major concern.
"Take me back to the portal." Lady Tsukiyame told the skeletal demon bird. She turned to get back on its back to leave the grave site.
Heading back to the portal, she thought about the events that occurred in the netherworld with Naraku's resurrection of the demon samurais. She then wondered what his next move will be and where she could search for him. Given what she observed in the netherworld, the young lady half demoness had an idea about where the venomous villain could be headed to next.
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Deep in the forests at a nearby marsh, Naraku stood before the now fully clothed and armed demon samurai warriors to inform them about where to look for his enemies. The half vermin enacted a plan for the warriors to take out Sesshomaru and Lady Tsukiyame, and claim the eastern lands and western lands as his domain to conquer. The afternoon sun shined down on them as their sacred jewel shards gleamed.
All of them stood where the Lands of the East and the Lands of the West meet up, which leads to the eastern lands and western lands. The one-hundred demon samurais were ready to fulfill their new leader's desire to take out the young lady half demoness, and the young lord demon.
'Lady Tsukiyame and Lord Sesshomaru,' Naraku thought to himself, 'They were definitely here. That demon lord's scent and half demon lady's spiritually pure and dark scent is all over.'
"Okay, my men," Naraku began, "You will go forth with the plan. Take your leave and go destroy Lord Sesshomaru and Lady Tsukiyame."
"Yes, Lord Naraku." one of the demon samurai warriors said.
"Now, listen," he explained and ordered, "You will go left to head towards the eastern lands, and you will go right to head towards the western lands. The lands meet up here like a border. You will find the lord and the lady patrolling the lands as usual, and then you can strike them down. Fifty of you will go left towards the eastern lands, and fifty of you will go right towards the western lands. Bring back our enemies' severed heads back as bloody souvenirs."
"Yes." they said in unison and nodded.
Naraku smirked wickedly as there was a malice look in his burgundy eyes. He truly believed his arch enemies would be ruthlessly and mercilessly slain by his newest followers. However, Lady Tsukiyame and Sesshomaru will NOT allow themselves to be slain easily, despite how powerful the demon samurai warriors are. This is what the venomous villain thought as he watched them leave, charging deeper into the forest.
All the demon samurai warriors continued charging in opposite directions, divided in two teams of fifty fighters each to find Lady Tsukiyame and Sesshomaru. They began picking up on the scents of the half demon lady and the demon lord in the area as they headed towards the eastern lands and the western lands.
The warriors that were heading to the eastern lands began increasing their speed as some of them leapt in the trees, continuing with the long travel. They have charged through battlefields, huge clearings, and meadows as they searched to find the young lady half demoness. It was no longer peaceful and silent as the demon samurais' charging filled the calm and quiet forests with loud, noisy violent thumping sounds as they were making their way to Lady Tsukiyame, quickly.
The demon samurai warriors have been charging through the deep forests all day, following the half demon lady's spiritually pure and dark scent. It was now evening as the beautiful sun was already setting, when they finally arrived in the vicinity. As they did so, they came across a passage near a peaceful flowing river as they continued hunting down Lady Tsukiyame.
"Look, here," the leading warrior pointed out, "There is a passage way here and that half-breed's weird scent stops right here. It is unknown as to why this is the case, unless she took flight. But that is not possible."
'I still can't fathom,' he thought, while sensing the air, 'How a half-breed could have such an odd presence. That scent of hers is both spiritually pure and dark angelic.'
"Very odd, indeed," another demon man noted, "If that is the case, then we shall keep searching for that half demon to take her out. We shall move forward with Lord Naraku's orders."
"Yes." the others agreed in unison.
With that said, the demon samurai warriors of the Axe Tiger began making their way through the passage way to keep searching for the half demon lady warrior. They were all dedicated to fulfilling their newest leader's plan to raid the new lands and rid them of their new arch enemies. The passage way was not only short, it also led them further into the eastern lands from where they started. Now, arriving in a clearing, they all started sensing Lady Tsukiyame's presence again. It was rather odd how her scent could stop back at the passage way, and then appear in the clearing. The samurai warriors then knew that Lady Tsukiyame was up ahead, and she was coming in their direction.
"Lady Tsukiyame is in the vicinity," Naraku's dark voice commanded them, "Keep going on ahead and kill her."
"Let's go," the leading warrior told them, "Lady Tsukiyame is somewhere up ahead."
After receiving their leader's telepathic message, that's when the leading samurai warrior lead the demon samurais towards an old battlefield. In the old battlefield walked Lady Tsukiyame and Ah Un as they were on their way back to Sesshomaru and Jaken.
As the enemy's newest servants continued, Lady Tsukiyame and Ah Un were headed opposite from where the warriors were going to return to her companions Sesshomaru and Jaken. They both walked in an evening sunny old battlefield as some gentle breezes came by, blowing through her hair and clothes. This place brought forth vague memories from centuries ago back when her grandmother, former lady Amaya was still alive and ruling the Lands of the East. It was unknown as to why this was the case. The young lady half demoness had no idea what she looked like. However, being in the battlefield where the tribe's battle took place against the snake demon tribe centuries ago came to mind.
She stopped in her tracks as her grandmother Amaya's dark energy was felt. Even though her grandmother was deceased, Lady Tsukiyame could also still hear and feel her presence. It was almost as if the former lady's spirit was trying to communicate with her. Her sadness and anger had also been felt and heard as it was intense.
"What is this," Lady Tsukiyame puzzled, "Grandmother's dark energy is all over the field. Why on earth is the energy so strong and prevalent?"
'Is she trying to tell me something,' she thought to herself, 'If so, what is she trying to inform me about?'
Yes, it was, indeed odd for the powerful half demon lady warrior to be feeling such a powerful demon energy from her deceased grandmother, former lady Amaya's spirit. Being only half demon, Lady Tsukiyame would not expect to possess such psychic abilities as this power is usually had by full kurai angel demons from her tribe. But she could feel the former lady's energy as well as her presence. It wasn't until the young lady half demoness looked to her left and turned to face the army of demon samurai that were coming at them as she drew her Kurai ToksusUsagi.
"Ah Un," she warned, looking away as usual, "Look after yourself."
The two-headed dragon demon heeded Lady Tsukiyame's warning and suspended himself in the air. Suddenly, the young lady half demoness' body became matter less as demonic energy came at her, going through her body like air. There were fifty resurrected demon samurai warriors of the Axe Tiger that charged at her as she was ambushed. She already knew they were in the vicinity as she sensed, heard and felt their presence from afar earlier. Noticing that they all had sacred jewel shards embedded in their bodies, it was known that these warriors were resurrected by her enemy Naraku.
Lady Tsukiyame was completely unaffected by the leading samurai warrior's attack as the demonic energy faded away to reveal her petite figure. Her sword was still drawn as she was ready to destroy all of them for their ambush.
'S-she's still alive,' the leading warrior thought, 'But how? She might be more of a challenge than Lord Naraku anticipated.'
"It looks like you have done a poor job of trying to take me out." Lady Tsukiyame said coldly.
"Hmph," the leading warrior simply said, "I guarantee you I will not miss next time. You little half-breed."
"Ah wait," another warrior was flabbergasted, "How come she is still alive? Wasn't she obliterated in the attack?"
"It matters not! Let's just follow our lord's orders and destroy her."
As they all circled around and charged at her with their weapons drawn, Lady Tsukiyame swiftly leapt in the air to swing her sword to strike all the Axe Tiger samurai warriors down. White energy and black magic appeared as it hurled towards the demon warriors, engulfing and striking them all. The young lady half demoness' attack then dissipates to reveal a lavender barrier with a swarm of saimyosho surrounding and hovering over the barrier. She landed back on the ground gracefully as she stood before the army of demon samurai warriors, wondering what was going on and why they were being protected.
"I see," Lady Tsukiyame concluded, "Naraku has the army under his protection. He sent his newest followers here to kill me, yet this is what he's doing. Perhaps the half vermin resorted to this to keep me from taking out his army."
"Are you ready men," the leading warrior ordered, "Release the saimyosho and neutralize that half demon lady's pure spiritual powers!"
All the demon samurai warriors obeyed their leader and through the hives up in the air as Naraku's barrier dissipated to release more saimyosho insects. The deadly insects began heading towards the half demon lady warrior.
"I think NOT!" Lady Tsukiyame said clearly and coldly.
"Angelic Junsuina!" she cried out her attack. A wave of white pure spiritual energy and black magic with a black angelic spirit appearing as she blocked the saimyosho's attack.
This was the fifteenth chapter!
Lady Tsukiyame now realizes the dirty and wicked attempt of her arch enemy Naraku to have her taken out. The long epic battle between the villain's newest followers the resurrected demon samurai warriors of the Axe Tiger and Lady Tsukiyame and Sesshomaru will continue. Look forward to the next chapter to see what happens.
Until then, bye for now!