Chapter 10-Enter the Unwelcome Wolf
(Previously in Chapter 9)
"As you wish," said Kagura as she raised her hand to deliver the lethal blow needed to kill a currently crippled Kanna and send her to the next world.
The attack however never came to pass as a powerful demon empowered red blur came out of nowhere slicing Kagura's hand clean off at the wrist while getting some of her face in the process. "This is all you can do Kagura? Blow wind? You are a joke if this is it," said the tall shirtless and muscled figure.
At the same time Kagura noticed the figure had what appeared to be white hair all over his upper body making it look like he was wearing some sort of armor. It fur went all the way down to the waist before she saw red fire rat pants that made Kagura realize just who this person was. "Y-you are In-Inuyasha!" said Kagura as she took several steps back too afraid to do anything else.
"The one and only. Go back to your master and tell him...the next time we meet I will take the sacred jewel shard from his body and the head that goes with it," said Inuyasha smiling facing all of them showing his face was more chiseled and mature looking at them all with golden amber eyes that were surrounded by a circle of what could only be described as the purest color of blood red ever seen...and it scared the hell our of Kagura.
"Wha-what are you?" said Kagura who found herself feeling like she were staring at death itself hen she looked into his unholy eyes.
"I told you before at the Kagura...I am your DEATH!" said Inuyasha as he made a loud cracking of his clawed hand all the while smiling a psychotic smile that would have made even the devil proud of to wish to call his son.
(And now on with Chapter 10)
Kagura took a step back from Inuyasha or at least tried to as Kagura found that her feet refused to move out of pure fear at the enemy she was seeing. "Any last requests?" said Inuyasha while he cracked his right clawed hand making the sickening noise in front of her making her wince every time he did it.
Kagura realized she got herself in something much worse then she had bargained for as to the deal she had made with Naraku in concerns to her freedom. It then dawned on her that this was Naraku's plan from the start in regards to the deal as the spider had hoped that while she kill Kanna as per the agreement of the deal Naraku had also hoped that a rage filled Inuyasha would come at her and kill her body making the heart useless whether Naraku had it in his hands or Kagura herself. 'That snake of a spider demon! I'LL KILL HIM FOR THIS!' thought Kagura as she yelled the last part in her in her.
"Well? SPEAK!" said Inuyasha snapping Kagura out of her own angry thoughts only to focus back on the dog demon terror in front of her whose tail was moving back and forth behind him almost in a violent motion.
By this point Kagura had regained just enough composure to speak to Inuyasha if only to sound like a helpless child in his eyes and ears. "P-please Inuyasha...I...I beg of you to show mercy. I-I was only following orders," said Kagura slightly lying and hoping that the enemy in front of her didn't catch it.
However to her dismay he did. "Naraku's orders huh? Sounds like a lie that is half a truth and we all know those are the blackest of lies. I want the truth NOW as I find your lack of intelligence to be most...taxing on my mental restraints on killing you right now," said Inuyasha cracking his left hand to prove a solid point as he was about 10 seconds away from showing her just what he could do in his new form.
"Alright! Naraku and I made a deal with my freedom being the prize should I win the in our deal," said Kagura with fear ever present in her eyes.
"What sort of deal? Be specific!" said Inuyasha his demon aura showing slightly in front of her and the others making them all wary of Inuyasha at the moment.
"H-he said if I killed Kanna and brought him her head I could get my heart from him and be free from his cruel control," said Kagura finding it was no use lying to Inuyasha.
"I see. Fool! You fell for his trap hook, line, and sinker all because of your foolish belief that you would be able to free yourself by killing Kanna. What make you think I would let you get that far?" said Inuyasha snarling as he flashed his fanged demon teeth ready bite her flesh clean off.
"I realize that now. Please spare me so I may leave in shame and...," said Kagura only to become silent as she felt pain in her side and as she looked down she saw that Inuyasha's right hand and half his arm were inside her left side all the while he was smiled an evil smile at her as the hand inside of her glowed unknowingly to her and the others (except for Inuyasha) red.
"I am getting sick and tired of your sick of your whining! I'll let you live Kagura only to know that this wound will always hurt even when healed as to remind you that I had your life in my hands not once, but twice and I spared you? Why? Because as much as I would like to kill you here and now I have to take care of other matters around me like my little family you knocked out. Considering you didn't kill any of them went a LONG way in me sparring your miserable whining life," said Inuyasha who after speaking in such a eerie tone removed his now blood covered arm from her body letting the blood drip on the ground off of his limb.
Kagura clutched her side in pain and found that she was so shocked and terrified that she could even scream though it was probably for the best as she took to the air with the help of her feather. 'Such power! I can see why Naraku wanted to manipulate him. But it's not possible now nor can I or anyone it seems for that matter kill him. I must get back to the castle and report my findings to Naraku,' thought Kagura as soon out of sight.
'Now that the whiny wind bitch is out of the way I need to go attend to far more pressing issues in regards to my family,' thought Inuyasha turning his head from the sky to the others who were a little worse for wear in his opinion.
He decided to tend to Kanna first as she no doubt reopened and worsened her wounds due to the impact of the ground. "M-master...Inuyasha...I...I...," said Kanna only to be totally silenced in shock the said half-demon who "shushed" her before placing a hand on her stomach trying to sense any problems with Kanna.
"Kanna. Did you think I would let you die like this? Alone?" said Inuyasha finding that some of the smaller wounds had be slightly reopened by the fall, but fortunately the much bigger ones had stayed closed from the healing Kaede and Shiori had done to her body from the wounds that he himself had inflicted upon the poor girl.
"Yes," said Kanna as she dared not speak another word out of fear of being killed by the mighty half-demon only to find herself surprised that Inuyasha smiled at her with a kind smile of sorts.
"Kanna you poor sweet little girl. As long as I'm around neither you or the others that I care about will ever be alone," said Inuyasha as he kissed her forehead before channeling his demonic power in Kanna healing her more severe wounds.
After a moment Kanna was able to stand under the watchful eye of Inuyasha before she dropped her mirror and hugged Inuyasha. Kanna had tears of joy falling out of her doll like eyes for the first time in a long time as she embraced Inuyasha in the hug she was giving him. "Thank you master. I promise to do all I can to make you happy," said Kanna as she let go of the hug to see his matured face with the violet stripes on each cheek that almost looked like war paint to her or marking that indicated he went though a right of passage of sorts.
"You don't have to call me master Kanna as it makes me feel old. Just call me Inuyasha," said Inuyasha as he patted her head before standing up to his full height that was possibly two or three inches shorter then Sesshomorru.
"Of course mast...I mean yes Inuyasha," said Kanna as she followed the half-demon to the others in order to help heal them and help their wounds as they were now unconscious though Inuyasha did most of the work while she watched.
(Moments Later)
When the healing or patching up of everyone was done and the group now moved to a different house for medical treatment slowly entered full consciousness. The first thing that everyone heard was a young half-demon outside running towards a much taller one whom they saw had silver hair, with white fur on the upper body, and a long white tail swaying gracefully behind him. "Daddy! Daddy! I was so scared when that really mean lady came and tried to hurt everyone. I thought she was going to hurt Kanna and then I saw you arrive before I fell into unconsciousness," said Shiori nearly crying she ran up and hugged her surrogate father with all her strength.
"Its okay Shiori daddy's here and no mean lady or any other bad person is going to harm you, Kanna, or anyone I care about. Now let's go see the others shall we," said Inuyasha picking Shiori up and putting her on his now broad left shoulder with the use of his tail that Shiori found was just as soft as the fur she felt on his chest when she hugged him.
When he walked into the large house he saw the group as he had left it as he saw their shocked expressions of his appearance. Kanna of course was the exception to the group as she had been in charge of watching over them as she tended to fix her broken mirror. She had seen Shiori be the first to awaken and possibly being responsible for awakening the others when she ran out of the house calling for Inuyasha or "daddy" as she called him. She had just completed it when he entered the room and walked up to him bowing. "Everyone is up Inuyasha," said Kanna as she gestured her hand to everyone in the room slightly surprised to see Inuyasha and disturbed to see Kanna in the same room as them.
Inuyasha surveyed the room seeing how everyone was doing and gave a smirk as he saw their still shocked faces. From Sesshomorru's all the way to...he frowned as he stared at the newcomer wearing Sango's traveling kimono and then at the rest of everyone once more. He soon discovered that Kilala was not among them yet at the same time her scent was, more on the strange cat demon a few feet in front of him on the right. He had been so concerned for all of their well being he had not considered who the newcomer was or where Kilala had been till now when everything had finally slowed down to a near stand still. "You! Who are you and where is Kilala?" said Inuyasha staring at the cat demon woman in a serious voice as he was in no mood to play games.
Kilala herself was surprised that Inuyasha would say such a thing and not realize that she was Kilala in a third form. Then she remembered that Inuyasha was still missing before she had transformed from the drink the shaman Omen made for her and did not see her in this state till now. "Inuyasha it's me! I am Kilala," said Kilala in a sweet cat demon as she got up and walked over to Inuyasha who now shocked by this news just stared at her in almost sheer disbelief.
"What? How? When?" said Inuyasha with his disbelief in his voice clear as he took a step forward and looked into her eyes to find those same cat demon eyes he had known in the past looking back at him only in a body more human looking, in a well nice kimono, and with one hell of nice figure behind it.
Kilala explained everything about the transformation and how it happened through Omen while the others had slept that night. "So we followed your trail and then the power surge you gave off here where we found Shiori and then Kanna all bandaged up. To be honest the fact that she is still here surprises me a little," said Kilala as it was her turn to look him up and down as she remembered how she felt herself being healed by a strange yet familiar foreign power enter her system healing her body.
Now that she saw Inuyasha in this new form she wasn't surprised anymore by it as it had to have been clearly his. When she just looked at his face she felt she was in the presence of a great warrior almost immediately and when she looked further down she had to (with great difficulty) hold back a blush when she came to him upper and middle body. Kilala could now clearly see even with all the fur on him that his muscles were filled to the top with a form of raw power that couldn't be explained in anyway possible. 'Mental note to self: Get Inuyasha alone later and let our demon instincts take over from there,' thought Kilala as some naughty thoughts of her and Inuyasha together away from the others soon popped into her head almost breaking her concentration in stopping the creeping blush that had now REALLY wanted to come out on her feline face.
"Kanna has proven to me she is trustworthy from what I learned from Kagura and from the fact that Kanna didn't kill you all while you were unconscious while I was outside," said Inuyasha patting Kanna on the head with his right hand all the while making the little girl fidget slightly, but noticeably in front of everyone.
"Inuyasha you can't be serious? Kanna is an incarnation of Naraku. I order you to kill her," said Kagome furiously forgetting the rosary around his neck was gone.
"You? Order me? Have you lost your mind Kagome or are you just plain stupid?" said Inuyasha scowling at the reincarnation of Kikyo while Kanna grabbed Inuyasha's leg out of fear since she didn't have her mirror in hand to protect herself.
"SIT BOY!" yelled Kagome only to find that Inuyasha had not fallen down on the ground as she wanted and then remembered that Kikyo had destroyed the rosary after removing it from Inuyasha, which was why she had gone to see Kaede.
"You were saying?" said Inuyasha with a sneer of a smile as he pointed to his neck area reminding her that he no longer had the rosary around him.
Before Kagome could respond a gust of wind made by a miniature tornado could be felt blowing outside the wooden home. "Hey Kagome are you all right?" said a voice that they had all recognized as Koga of the Wolf Demon Tribe.
"Koga? In here!" said Kagome smiling now while she mentally sneered at Inuyasha whom he knew couldn't hide Kanna form the wolf with her scent being everywhere.
Koga entered the house to find Kagome and the others patched up and looking like they had been in a fight with a super powerful demon. "Whoa! What happened to you guys and where is the mutt? I thought he was supposed to protect you guys?" said Koga with a smirk not sensing the masked presence of Shiori, Kanna, and Inuyasha in the corner to the left of the door.
"Koga Inuyasha is...," said Kagome, but was interrupted by a voice behind Koga making the wolf demon almost jump out of his fur.
"Right behind you," said Inuyasha smiling at the slightly frightened wolf demon who had turned around to get a better look at Inuyasha.
"In-Inuyasha? Is that you?" said Koga who felt himself being slightly taken back by the sheer intimidating power Inuyasha was releasing from himself and he wasn't even trying to be as such...or was he?
"You were expecting someone else?" said Inuyasha smiling seeing the wolf take a small, but noticeable step back from his presence.
"Koga! Kanna is here with Inuyasha," said Kagome suddenly trying to get Koga's now undivided attention back to the task at hand.
"What? Where is she?" said Koga who smelled around frantically for Kanna's scent only to find it right behind Inuyasha's leg and it was then he heard Inuyasha growl at him.
"Don't even think about hurting her. She betrayed Naraku and is seeking my protection, which I am happy to give," said Inuyasha cracking his hands ready for combat.
"Have you gone crazy mutt? She's an incarnation of Naraku's like Kagura. She has to die!" said Koga snarling much like a wolf flexing his claws ready to attack Inuyasha much to the secret delight of Kagome as she and the others watch how this all played out.
"You are a fool Koga to think I would let you get that close to Kanna for such a thing. If you so much as even spit in her direction much less try to kill her...I am going to crush you (pauses) and throw your ashes into the wind!" said Inuyasha as his voice became noticeably darker after he had paused in his speech as his eyes blazed with an intense fire that none of them had ever witnessed before as demon aura rose at first like steam of his body before releasing itself in a fluent wave of energy.
By then Shiori was put down next to Kanna by Inuyasha tail and Inuyasha took a huge step forward maneuvering his body ever so slightly so he would shield the children from the enemy in front of them. "Okay you two stay with me okay its all right," said Kilala as she back the two children up next to her after she had secretly maneuvered herself away from Inuyasha to he little girls he was shielding to provide them extra support.
By this point everyone with the exception of Koga was pressing away from the warriors and more towards the wall. "Heh I'll spit on her as much as I want if I want to. Especially after I have the pleasure of KILLING HER FIRST!" said Koga who was confident that with two jewel shards in his legs he could outdo Inuyasha easily and with Kagome giving the "sit" commands he felt he could mop the floor with the half-demon.
His expectations of victory were destroyed when he attacked as Inuyasha caught his fist and the followed leg attack at his mid-section. It was if they were nothing to him as he had blocked the two attacks without any flinching or showing even the smallest hint of emotion in the process. "If you had about 50 jewel shards in your body I may actually have a fight on my hands, but with only two...I don't even feel the impact from these," said Inuyasha before pulling Koga forward kneeing the demon wolf in the ribs and then when Koga's muscles that were his caught limbs weakened Inuyasha let go of the leg and proceed to spin around and launch Koga out the door into the outside.
Had Koga not been a demon with sacred jewel shards in his legs he probably wouldn't have caught his fall and landed on his feet...barely. "What...what the hell? How are you able to fight me as if I am nothing?" said Koga as he was shocked, embarrassed, and above else angry with all three indicators of how he felt in his voice.
Inuyasha appeared seconds after Koga had spoken with a smile on his face as if this was the simplest thing in the world to understand. "Simple you wolf cub. It is because you are nothing. I can easily crush you and all I would need is one claw from my hand...nothing else," said Inuyasha as he disappeared and then reappeared behind Koga smashing his fist into the wolf's back making Koga fall to his knees in pain.
"Bas...bastard!" said Koga as his legs were numb from the attack while the rest of him registered the pain from the impact.
"Coming from someone like you...I'll take that as a compliment wolf boy," said Inuyasha walking back to the house to the others not stopping to look back even after Kagome ran out of the wooden home to Koga's side.
"Koga! Are you all right?" said Kagome before looking back at Inuyasha glaring at him for hurting Koga.
"Give me an hour or two and I will be," said Koga as he found it still difficult to move the lower half of his body.
Inuyasha ignored them as he reentered the house looking at the others as they slowly got up to meet him. "I take it she went to see you about another rosary Kaede?" said Inuyasha his voice serious as was his face in the concerns he had for this sensitive matter.
"Yes Inuyasha she did. Ye was quite surprised at her for wanting another one made not just for you, but for Kanna as well. Ye still remember it right before Kagura came and attacked everyone," said Kaede as she remembered her brief encounter with her sister's reincarnation.
(Flashback)
"Kaede! Can I talk to you for a moment?" said Kagome who was running to catch up to the elderly priestess tending to the other villagers.
"Of course child ye old priestess has been waiting for you since Inuyasha returned here," said Kaede after finishing her inspection on a slightly wounded villager from Inuyasha's rage enduring destruction.
'I figured that much from the destruction he no doubt caused in his giant demon form,' thought Kagome as she looked around a little seeing some people still wounded while others were mourning the recently deceased.
"What is it you wished to speak about my child?" said Kaede though at the moment she had her suspicions and assumptions about where this conversation was headed.
"Kikyo freed Inuyasha from the subjugation rosary and destroyed Kaede. I need you to make another one if not two more of them that are much more powerful and if necessary more painful when used," said Kagome getting straight to the point of the subject.
"Two? Who would the other one be unless I assume you already know about Kanna?" said Kaede who had already decided to not make another rosary to put on Inuyasha and even if she would it would be of tremendous size to make.
"I do. I want you to make one for her as well. I want her under my control and not under Inuyasha's as she currently is despite her condition. I don't trust the half-demon anymore now then I can 'sit' him or Kanna at the moment," said Kagome with a distinct case of venom in her voice that would have made a snake proud.
"Child ye am slightly surprised at you. Ye would have thought that after all Inuyasha has done for you and the others all this time you would have considered removing the rosary yourself somewhere down the road of life. Preferably sooner then later I might add. But now you want me to make another one for Inuyasha AND Kanna? Kagome you should know that I can't do that," said Kaede slightly shocked that Kagome would want another rosary on Inuyasha when the original Kikyo thought he should be free from such a thing.
"Can't or won't?" said Kagome seriously running in front of the old priestess and looking into her one good eye as if she were accusing her of something.
"Both yet neither at the same time. Inuyasha's current size makes it impossible to make a rosary of that magnitude. Even if ye even dares to put one on Kanna...ye shutter to think the power Inuyasha would unleash on me for doing something like that to the poor girl who only wants to be by Inuyasha's side. No Kagome ye can't and ye will not do it no matter what and you child better not try to make one for either of them or I will be forced to stop you myself. Ye may be old, but ye can still put up a good fight," said a serous sounding Kaede looking back at Kagome with her own eye with equal if not greater form of fierceness then the girl in front of her.
"Why do you protect them? One is Naraku's incarnation and the other is a deformed half-demon monster who can't even control himself from what I'm seeing here," said Kagome who could believe Kaede would not follow through with her request turned demand.
Kaede just scowled at Kagome as if she were one of Naraku's evil incarnations standing in front of her. "Reincarnation of my sister you are Kagome, but only in physical form in my eyes. I protect them because it is what is right not because of what YOU feel is right," said Kaede walking around Kagome and heading back to the medical hut where Kanna and Shiori were.
(End Flashback)
"I see. Kagome will have to be dealt with in a decisive manner," said Inuyasha growling at the thought of him or Kanna possibly having another rosary around his neck as some evil thoughts of what to do to Kagome for her treachery that seemed to be endless.
Miroku however, sensing these evil thoughts and hearing the growl from Inuyasha took it upon himself to intervene on Kagome's behalf. Granted Inuyasha's actions were justified were Kagome had to be punished, but doing it now would prove disastrous for the group as they still needed the girl. "Inuyasha if I may be so bold. I would like to suggest you wait till Naraku is defeated before dealing with Kagome in the appropriate manner that you deem worthy as punishment. As we are we will need at least another two days before we are ready to move out again," said Miroku who silently prayed to Buddha in all his holy glory that Inuyasha would not decide to retaliate for his suggestion.
Inuyasha looked at the monk with menacing eyes and would have said something harsh had it not been for the combined effort of both Shiori and Kanna. Each grabbed either an arm or a leg to calm him down. "No more violence for now daddy. Too much has already happened involving bloodshed. Kagome's punishment can wait," said Shiori as she stared into her father's eyes making his heart soften.
"Please Inuyasha. Do this for them, Shiori, and maybe...even me," said Kanna looking up from her hold on his arm up to the upper body of Inuyasha hoping he would listen to both of them.
"Very well. I will spare Kagome for now for you Shiori, you Kanna, and all the rest of you who wish me to. However, the instant she gets out of line I will not hesitate to split her vertically in half," said Inuyasha as his voice became serious meaning he would do what he said he would do.
Everyone nodded knowing they wouldn't want to get in the half-demon's path of nearly unforgiving vengeance. It was then that Sango got up and came over holding his sheathed sword in her arms and presented it to Inuyasha to take from her. "Here's your Tetsuigia Inuyasha. I held onto it should you need to have it should we have encountered you in your much larger demon form to reverse it," said Sango who found that after Inuyasha took the sword from her she couldn't stop the blush that crept up into her face as she continued to stare at his new features making her think along the lines of Kilala had earlier when feline cat demon had looked Inuyasha up and down before hand.
'Show off,' thought Kilala and Kikyo jealously at the same time as Inuyasha gave Sango at warm smile and kissed her on the forehead all the while making her face redder then a tomato.
'Lucky dog,' thought Miroku as he held back a laugh while Shippo had multiple question marks on his head again as to what was going on between Inuyasha and the female half of the jewel shard hunting group.
Sesshomorru could only scowl at the affection Inuyasha was getting and realized killing Inuyasha when the time presented itself would be more difficult then he had originally thought it would be. 'When this is over Inuyasha your head will be mounted on my wall,' thought Sesshomorru as he continued looking on at the affection in front of him.
(Naraku's Castle)
Naraku was less then pleased at Kagura's results in killing Kanna and even less at the fact that she had survived, had been wound, and was now telling him that Inuyasha had in fact in her own words "perfected" himself in creating a whole new Inuyasha. "Your lack of ability to complete objectives and fulfill your end of deals is most irritating!" said Naraku making his displeasure known to Kagura's still pained state.
"Inuyasha is too powerful to fight alone. Surely you have another reincarnation or plan to at your disposal that can kill him?" said Kagura as she winced for a second as the burning part of her ribs where Inuyasha hit her hard shot up again.
Naraku's face was unreadable as he was now thinking long and hard as he normally did before formulating a plan to kill his enemies in the most ruthless and horrible way ever imagined. It wasn't long before he did have an idea and he knew just who to carry it out for him whom he wouldn't even have to question when it came to loyalty. "You need not worry Kagura I have a plan, but for the moment it doesn't involve you. Leave me," said Naraku motioning her to get out of his sight.
Kagura bowed slightly causing her more pain then she wanted as she turned and left the room limping away with her barely if at all healing wound. After she left Naraku looked to his right and from the shadows a boy in a demon slayer's uniform with mask appeared from the shadows with glazed over eyes. "You called master Naraku?" said the muffled voice of the young demon slaying boy.
"Yes Kohaku. I need you to go where the harpy bird demons were and move them to a much better location to start the process of an accelerated breeding program. I want an army of faster, stronger, and more powerful harpy demons. Don't fail me Kohaku," said Naraku pointing a warning finger at the boy.
"When have I ever failed you master?" said Kohaku as he bowed respectfully to Naraku before he left without another word out of his mouth and faded back into the shadows to set out to complete the task set before him.
(A/N: Hi everybody! (HI VFSNAKE!) Okay everyone it took some doing, but after going to work for 5 hours a day for 4 days a week, drinking caffeine drinks, and listening to bits of anime music videos from involving Aerosmith's Dream On, Metallica's Wolf of Man, and Rob Zombie's Super Beast I made this chapter come to life. Was it any good? Was it bad? (if it is I'm sorry). Let me know. I really need reviews and advice to keep this going. I have an idea how I want to proceed, but I'm not sure. Let me know how I should as I'm curious to know what you are all thinking. Thanks! To those who reviewed.)
