Evil Empire

By: Omnisentinel

Chapter 1:

Back at Taijiya village, Sango and Miroku walked around the quiet village, both enjoying the tranquility. All was well; it had been a few weeks since the demise of Naraku. The Shikon Jewel was completed and finally purified. Sango walked closely to Miroku. The young monk smiled happily, grabbing Sango's hand.

"I'm so happy that whole ordeal is over." Miroku quietly said.

"I know it's been so long since I've felt so at peace." Sango stopped, and embraced Miroku, resting her head on his chest.

Just as her words left her mouth, beyond the village walls, something within the forest startled all the birds, scaring them. The birds and crows, took flight, flying over the two lovers, freezing them with an unsettling feeling.

Miroku squeezed his shakujou tightly, "I feel something approaching."

"I know, I sense it too, but it's not a demon. It's unlike anything I've ever sensed before."

Miroku and Sango both headed to the edge of the forest. A cold breeze howled and the forest became eerily silent. The leaves in the trees remained still. Miroku looked deep into the forest, catching glimpse of two objects moving at an incredible rate.

"Are they demons?"

The two figures became more and more visible as they got closer. Simultaneously, the two figures ran out from the shadows, and into the light.

"It's a man and a woman." Sango whispered, noticing the strange clothing that they were wearing, but before she could say anything else, three sharp throwing spikes pierced her shoulder, pushing her back. Miroku watched helplessly as her blood spattered on his face.

"Sango!" he cried out as he tried to catch her, before being struck from behind, and pushed away from her.

"I almost feel bad to have to kill the two love birds my sweet Izanagi." Izanami placed her foot on Sango's back, pinning her down.

"I know. They looked so happy. It's a shame to have to ruin their happiness." Izanagi pushed Miroku down to the ground, kicking him a few times in the ribs.

"Who are you two? And why are you doing this?" Miroku asked.

"Do you think we should let them know?" Izanagi looked at Izanami, waiting for her response.

"Yes, I think these two should know who's going to kill them." replied Izanami.

"I am Izanagi, and the beautiful creature you see before you is my lovely wife Izanami. We're doing this because your friend Inuyasha inconvenienced our employer and now that we've answered your questions, we're sorry, but you two have to die now." Izanagi and Izanami both reached to their backs, slowly unsheathing razor sharp swords.

The tip of both of their swords grazed the throats of both Sango and Miroku, leaving an invisible cut. A small trickle of blood seeped from the fine cut and trailed down their necks, it seemed that all was lost, when both Izanami and Izanagi leapt away as Kirara jumped at them, nearly striking them with her sharp claws.

"It seems that Chimera failed to tell us about their pet." Izanami grumbled.

Sango and Miroku both stood up, the two looked up angrily at their adversaries.

"Go get Inuyasha Kirara. We'll keep these two occupied for as long as we can." Sango retrieved her hiraikotsu and looked over to Miroku, "Are you ready?" she asked. Miroku nodded and the two engaged their enemy.

Miroku swung his shakujou at Izanagi, but the male adversary was quick and agile, and easily avoided being struck.

"Nice try monk, but you'll have to be quicker than that if you want to land a hit." Izanagi smiled. The two men fought relentlessly, quickly separating from the women.

Sango stared at Izanami, "You don't have to do this."

Izanami slowly walked backwards, keeping one arm near her back, holding her sword tightly, "That's where you're wrong little girl. I want to do this. I want to have the head of the legendary demon slayer."

"Legendary? What do you mean?" Sango asked.

"Me and my husband are from your friend's time, we're from Kagome's era, but enough talk, fight me!" Izanami swung her sword at full force, slicing a few nearby tombstones in half, as Sango instinctively leapt out of harms way.

Sango did a back-flip and distanced herself enough to throw hiraikotsu at Izanami. Hiraikotsu flew at Izanami, slicing her stomach as she tried to avoid it.

Izanami ducked the boomerang as it returned to Sango. She looked down at her stomach and rubbed the blood in between her fingers, staring at it as if she had never seen her own blood before. Izanami gritted her teeth as she looked back to Sango. "You bitch! You cut me! I'll carve my name into your skull for that!" She barked.

Meanwhile, Miroku found that battling Izanagi was going to be more difficult than he had first anticipated. The young monk found himself on the defensive.

"You should just let me take your life, it's inevitable. You're going to die. I'm sure that your bitch is dead by now, why don't you just give up and join her?" he chuckled.

Miroku felt anger like he had never felt before, just the mere thought of losing the woman that he loved and cherished ran rampant through his mind. Burning into his soul, he lunged at Izanagi and caught the cocky young man off guard and knocked him off balance. The two tumbled onto the ground and Miroku shut his fist tightly, raising it high, and smashing it into Izanagi's face.

"Don't you dare talk about Sango that way!" Miroku hit Izanagi in the face, breaking his nose and causing a small stream of blood to flow from it.

Izanagi grabbed Miroku by the wrist and gave him a sinister smile. A loud 'bang' rang through his ears. Miroku weakened, the young monk felt cold, his body went limp, and he fell to the ground. Izanagi wiped the blood from his face and held in the other hand a gun.

"Foolish monk, did you really expect to beat me?" Izanagi looked down at the fallen monk and pointed his gun at Miroku. "Don't worry monk, if Izanami hasn't killed your woman yet, I'll make sure to keep her alive long enough to have fun with her."

Miroku's eyes began to glaze over and Izanagi squeezed the trigger, firing four bullets into his body, ceasing his life.

The gunshots echoed across the village and Sango looked over her shoulder, uncertain of what she just heard, when Izanami backed away laughing. Izanami shed a tear during her laughter.

"Did you hear that demon hunter? That was the sound of a monk dying."

"What?" Sango asked.

"Your dear monk is dead. Izanagi has just finished him off. I wish I could've been there, but I guess killing you alone will have to suffice for now."

Sango darted towards Izanami and swung at her with hiraikotsu. Izanami effortlessly dodged the attacks and waited for Sango to tire, before finally managing to get behind the demon hunter and elbowing her behind the neck. Izanami wrapped her arm around Sango's stomach and firmly placed her swords blade across her neck.

"You put up a good fight, but I'm afraid this is where you join your monk friend." Izanami teasingly slid the blade across her neck, trickling a small amount of blood.

Sango shut her eyes, feeling the cold steel grazing over her soft skin. A small drop of blood ran down the blade and fell down to the earth.

End.