Psycho
Demon-Witch: Hey, sorry for the time it's taken me to update, but
please don't kill me. If you kill me, you will never see the end of
the story, and I am sure none of you want that.I got my first
ever flame! Funny thing is though it was anonymous, so if this guy
has an account with he is a coward and the best he could come
up with is 'dumb fic'. How original. If people are going to flame
me, I want them to do it properly, otherwise it is very tedious and
pointless.
I sort of have my own website now… more of a forum
thing. It can be found at www. kuraiyoukai. proboards74. com It's
not very good, but I am still learning. Oh, take all the spaces out of the address.
People were asking about
how Sesshoumaru gave birth. He is a Ukiyo demon, he is not like other
males, sort of like a female as well, and only certain male demons
can be Ukiyo demons. It is hereditary, if you had read closely in
earlier chapters.
Anyway, on with the fic.
Chapter
Twelve
Everyone had taken up a fighting stance when Naraku had
entered the clearing. "Haven't we kicked your ass enough times
already? Stay dead!" Inuyasha yelled, as usual, going in for a head
on attack. Naraku didn't move, only smirked at the incoming attack.
Inuyasha hit the barrier he should have predicted would be there and Naraku laughed at his attempts. "You should know by now that your pitiful attacks won't work on me" he said mockingly.
"That may be so, but at least he doesn't feel the need to hide behind barriers and incarnations, like the coward you are" Sesshoumaru retorted coldly in Inuyasha's defence.
"Bold words coming from the one who was my personal whore for seven months" Naraku said. Sesshoumaru growled, red creeping into his eyes. InuTaisho put a hand to Sesshoumaru's shoulder.
"You will pay for all the suffering you've caused my sons. Death is too good for you, so the best I can do is prolong it" he said. He drew the sword he had had made. It wasn't as powerful as Tetsusaiga or the life-giving Tenseiga, but it would do for now. Naraku laughed.
"You think you can stop me? You who died for a mere mortal woman and her half-breed child?" he said.
"I don't think I can stop you, I know I can stop you. You are the one who failed to keep me under your control, so check the facts before you start mouthing off" InuTaisho retorted. Naraku snarled angrily.
"You will never be able to defeat me, Sesshoumaru will belong to me again" he said. Everyone glared up at him, but none so ferociously as Sesshoumaru. Fire burned in his eyes as he looked at the despicable bastard who had raped him. Kouga looked between Sesshoumaru and Naraku, trying to work out what was going on between them. As soon as he saw the look of pure hatred on Sesshoumaru's face, and felt the demons Youki flare up, he understood, and he felt bad for Sesshoumaru. He too, turned his gaze to Naraku.
"I knew you were low, but this is a new record, even for you, bastard" Kouga said. The others looked at him in confusion. What was he talking about, they were thinking. "Don't look at me like that, I worked out what Naraku did" Kouga said to them.
All attention turned back to Naraku. Sesshoumaru's grasp on his pups tightened. He knew Naraku was here for them, he wanted to train them to be like him: cruel and sadistic. Sesshoumaru would not allow it.
Naraku unleashed his true form, which was a more grotesque version of his previous body. "Can't you be original? You get all these new bodies, yet you're always some sort of ugly spider" Inuyasha said. Naraku smirked.
"I doubt you will be saying that when I take Sesshoumaru from you"
"That ain't gonna happen" Inuyasha growled. InuTaisho stepped in front of Sesshoumaru and the pups, making sure Naraku didn't have a clear shot of them. Naraku laughed.
"How does it feel to be treated like a female dog in need of constant supervision, Sesshoumaru?" he taunted. Sesshoumaru growled, but did not make a move to attack seeing as he still had Taisho and Kaisayoi in his arms. Inuyasha moved to attack.
"KAZE NO KIZU" he yelled. Once again the attack had no effect, and Inuyasha was thrown back by the force of the barrier. As he slid across the floor, he flipped himself back up on his feet to face Naraku again. Kagome tried an arrow, but even her purifying powers could not get through.
"Why don't you try attacking together again?" she called out.
"It's a bit hard to do that when Sesshoumaru has his hands full with two pups" Inuyasha snapped at her.
Sesshoumaru walked over to Sango and Miroku. He placed both pups in Sango's arms, and told Miroku to protect them. He then drew his sword, and jumped over to stand next to Inuyasha. "What are you doing?" Inuyasha asked.
"Helping you" Sesshoumaru said simply. He and Inuyasha attacked together. The attack got through the barrier, but was not enough to destroy Naraku's body. In the distraction caused by the attack, Naraku smirked, and started a cloud of Youki. Sesshoumaru could somehow sense where he was, and where he was heading. 'Oh no' he though 'my pups!' He ran over to where he left Sango and Miroku. They were both unconscious and the pups were gone. He fell to his knees and tears began to blur his eyes. Inuyasha walked up next to him and knelt down. He pulled the now sobbing Sesshoumaru into his arms. "H… he took them" he cried out. Inuyasha ran his hands through Sesshoumaru's hair, whispering comforting words while promising revenge on Naraku for Sesshoumaru's pain.
As night approached, they started a fire and laid Sango and Miroku, who had still not awoken, next to it. Since Sesshoumaru had stopped crying, he had not done much, just sat and stared at various inanimate objects, as though unable to comprehend what had happened. In truth, it was far from that. He was horrified that his pups had been taken from him again, even though he knew they were still alive. Inuyasha had reassured him that they would get the pups back, he had lost too many to give himself hope of their return. He snapped out of his stupor and gazed around at everyone else.
Kagome was tending to Miroku and Sango, bandaging their wounds and Dabbing cool clothes on their heads. Kirara was sitting, curled up, on Sango's stomach. Rin and Shippo were quiet for once, sitting and watching everyone else, much like Sesshoumaru was. Inuyasha, Jaken and Ah-Un were keeping watch on the surrounding area, in case Naraku came to claim Sesshoumaru too.
InuTaisho sat next to Sesshoumaru. He had watched Sesshoumaru in his melancholy state and decided to do something about it.
"We will get them back you know, you shouldn't give up hope so easily" he said sternly. Sesshoumaru snorted.
"What in my life has given me much hope? Every other one of my children was killed before my eyes. That is what is running before my eyes right now. I am terrified the same will happen to Taisho and Kaisayoi" he said bitterly.
"But they are still alive. You know Naraku wants them to live, so he can raise them to be like him. By joining with you, he knows he has created two powerful heirs, who will be beyond his control if you are the one to raise them. Having them is what he really wants, you are an added bonus" InuTaisho said.
"Thanks for that, I feel so much better" Sesshoumaru said sarcastically. InuTaisho sighed. It would be hard to convince Sesshoumaru. He had inherited the family stubbornness, and the fact that his mother had also been stubborn did not help anything.
"You know what I mean Sesshoumaru. He will not kill them, they will be safe" he said. Sesshoumaru smiled lightly.
"I know, and I will do everything in my power to get them back" he said.
"That's better" InuTaisho said. Sesshoumaru shook his head at his father. Sometimes he wondered which was the parent. Sango and Miroku started to stir. InuTaisho frowned. "It's strange that they should wake at the same time" he said.
"I know. Naraku must have planned for this to happen" Sesshoumaru said. Sango was the first to awaken completely.
"Wha... Where am I? Where's Naraku?" she asked, looking around, blinking rapidly. A look of horror crossed her face "The pups!" she gasped. Her eyes found Sesshoumaru. "Where are they? Are they safe?" she asked him.
"Naraku took them" Sesshoumaru said. Sango's hands came to her mouth.
"I am so sorry Sesshoumaru, I truly am, I should have..." Sango began, but Sesshoumaru cut her off.
"It was not your fault. I should not have dropped them on you and expect you to have looked after them. If it was anyone's fault, it was mine" he said.
"That's a load of shit and you know it" Kouga said suddenly. He had not yet left the group. "Naraku is a sneaky bastard. Even of you had kept those pups with you, he would still have them now, and you with them" he continued.
"First thing you've said I agree on" Inuyasha said in mock amazement. "Anyway, point is it was nobody's fault, but we are going to get those pups back" he finished. Miroku woke up then. His reaction was much the same as Sango's. He, too, was apologizing endlessly. Sesshoumaru had to hit him on the back of the head to get him to stop.
"It was not your fault" he said firmly. "All that matters is that I get them back".
"There is no 'I' in teamwork, 'we' will be getting them back too Sesshoumaru" Kagome said. Sesshoumaru blinked. Kagome sweatdropped. "It's just another of those sayings from my time... but the point of it is that you won't be able to get them back alone. You will need and are gonna get our help" she explained. Sesshoumaru smiled.
"Thank you"
Psycho Demon-Witch: Umm… not my best chapter… nor my longest... Sorry it took my so long, please don't kill me. I know I have disappointed many reviewers who were hoping for Naraku to die, but there had to be a twist in there somewhere… please don't kill me.
