Sesshoumaru opened his eyes and showed dark brown orbs instead of golden ones. He blinked, knowing full well that something had happened to him. He raised his hand and saw that his claws were gone, replaced by human nails. He sat up and looked at his reflection now. Maika appeared behind him and ran her fingers through his now black hair.
"Sesshoumaru…what happened?" she asked him. Sesshoumaru frowned.
"I'm not sure. Maybe Inuyasha knows." He said, standing up. Maika sighed and got up, following him. They made sure to pass by without waking up Rin and Jakken and once Maika was outside she checked out the moon. A new moon…that meant that Inuyasha was human as well. She tugged on Sesshoumaru's sleeve and pointed up at the moon. He nodded and understood then kept walking towards his brother's direction. He had no idea what to do about him being a human and he only knew one Hanyou. Inuyasha would know what to do, as much as he hated to admit that. Meanwhile Inuyasha sighed. He hated when he became human. He sniffed the air and sighed. Nothing, absolutely nothing. Kagome sat next to him, knowing full well that Inuyasha was EXTREMELY annoyed with this.
"At least it'll be over soon!" she told him, hoping to cheer him up. She heard a branch break and looked over to her right. There stood a man with long black hair, dark brown eyes, and Sesshoumaru's armor. Kagome blinked. How on Earth could someone have the same armor as Sesshoumaru? Unless…
"Sesshoumaru?!" she cried out, standing up. Sesshoumaru nodded and Maika appeared behind him. Inuyasha stood up. "Hey Sesshoumaru, why are you like that?" he asked him.
"We were hoping maybe you'd know." Maika told him. Inuyasha shrugged. "How the hell would I know? Sesshoumaru is full demon so he shouldn't have turned into a human." He said, shrugging. "Well then I guess we just have to wait and see what happens." Maika told Sesshoumaru. He gave an annoyed growl and sat down, crossing his arms.
'Damn it all. I can't smell anything or sense anything, or even HEAR anything in this stupid human form.' He thought to himself. Choonala jumped out of Miroku's arms and into Maika's and purred. Sango sighed.
"Now with two of them human we better hope that no demons decided to attack." Miroku sweat dropped. "Um…Sango I think you may have jinxed that…" he muttered. A blur went through them taking Sesshoumaru's swords, as well as Inuyasha's Tetsusaiga. Miroku heard it head toward him and held out his staff for protection but the demon took it and threw it behind them. Sango threw her boomerang at it but the demon dodged and knocked it back. Sango was sent flying and Miroku ran after her.
"Sango!" he called out. 'Shit…' Inuyasha thought, getting nervous. The demon finally stopped and stood in front of them. It seemed to be in a cheetah form and growled. Kagome took out her bow but the demon quickly snapped it in half, leaving her weaponless.
"What the hell do you want?" Inuyasha asked it. "Both you and your older Youkai brother are humans tonight. What do you think I want to do?" the demon hissed, cracking its knuckles and showing its sharp claws. Maika stood in front of the group.
"Question. Why didn't you steal my weapon?" she asked it. The demon scoffed. "It's nothing more then a mere stick!" he told her. Maika smirked as she tapped the stick and switched it to a sword. She ran to it, knocking it down for a moment. It soon took out its own sword and with incredible speed, started to attack her. Maika winced as she guarded herself and the others with her sword. She fell to her knees.
'Damn…he's too strong!' she thought to herself. Inuyasha charged at the demon but was sent flying and his body was slammed into a tree, knocking him unconscious. Sesshoumaru got up but more of the demons appeared and held him back.
"FOX FIRE!" Shippo cried out. The demon only knocked it away and Shippo gave a squeal and fell back as it hit him. There soon was a loud crack and Maika gasped, staring at her sword. The demon had broken it!
'Shit…I don't have a weapon anymore…' She heard a couple of thumps and soon saw Sesshoumaru on the ground as well as the others, all unconscious. Maika turned to the demons.
"Naraku sent you didn't he?" she asked. They nodded and smirked. "And now with no weapon it should be easy to bring you back to him." The leader told her. Maika growled loudly. One of the demons suddenly gave a cry as he vanished, Naraku behind him. Naraku stood up and looked at Maika.
"I didn't kill your parents to not have you Maika. Now…if you want their lives spared you'll come with me." he told her, nodding to the others on the ground. Maika growled, her claws appearing.
"You killed my parents?" she asked. Naraku smirked and nodded. "If you need to see for yourself go ahead and check. They're both dead." He told her. Maika felt anger through her body. How DARE he kill her parents and threaten to kill her friends. Her eyes turned to their purple state and growled again, this time fangs showing. A Truth demon had powers besides getting the truth from people. She had used them very rarely though as this meant that she had to let the Youkai from her father take control and that could be dangerous. Sesshoumaru stirred and looked up. He couldn't move at all or speak but could only watch Maika. What was she going to do to him? Maika gave Naraku a slap across the face, leaving scratches on his cheek.
She gave a smirk as he gave a quiet groan. Her claws had given out a poison and if that didn't kill him she had something else to give him. Naraku growled and sent out a couple tentacles at her. She quickly dodged them and charged to him.
"SHADOW'S KISS!" she cried out, her claws turning a deep purple. Naraku froze as the air was knocked out of him. She gave another slice and the Naraku puppet quickly vanished. The others slowly started to wake up now that Naraku's curse had gone. Sesshoumaru sat up, amazed at her powers. He sure had under estimated her. Inuyasha sat up, rubbing his head. "Shit…that hurt." He said. He went over to Kagome and noticed she had fallen asleep. He picked her up and the others slowly started to get up.
"So…what happened?" Miroku asked as Maika returned to her original state. She gave an embarrassed giggle. "Oh nothing! I just got them to leave." She told them. Sesshoumaru raised a brow. Miroku blinked.
"Wait a minute…I thought Sesshoumaru killed you?" he asked Maika. She sweat dropped. "Damn you're slow." She told him. Miroku smiled sheepishly.
"Yeah…so he didn't?" he said. Maika slapped a hand to her forehead as Sesshoumaru sighed. "I am not that cruel, to kill one that I love." He told him. InuYasha nearly dropped Kagome. HIS BROTHER LOVED SOMEONE?! Well I mean it was possible that he could have liked Maika enough to spare her life but to love her? Well…that was new. Sesshoumaru stood up and took Maika's wrist.
"I need to talk to you for a moment." He told her, dragging her away from the group.
"What was that?" he asked her. Maika blinked, confused. "That…shadow's kiss thing." He said, getting slightly annoyed. Maika sighed and rubbed the back of her neck.
"Well…err…it's rather…it's a power I have. It takes the air out of them, suffocating them." She told him. So that was how the Naraku puppet had died so easily. Maika's claws were pretty strong but not strong enough for that. She walked over to her broken sword and sighed. "Great…how am I supposed to fix this?" she muttered. Myoga hopped on her shoulder, taking some blood from her neck before Maika smacked him. He popped back to his annoying chubby self and looked up at her.
"Well…you can get a new one! From Totosai!" he told her. Maika raised a brow and InuYasha nodded.
"Sesshoumaru and I got our swords made from him, I'm sure he can make you one." Maika shrugged. "I guess so. Otherwise I'm completely weaponless. But we'll have to wait until tomorrow morning." She said, yawning. Miroku nodded and the group fell asleep quickly.
InuYasha woke up and sighed happily, his half demon self back again. He sniffed around and saw that Sesshoumaru was still human. Inspecting him, it was kind of odd to see him like this. He had known him all his life as a demon never a human or even a Hanyou. Sesshoumaru growled and swatted him, smacking him in the nose. InuYasha wrinkled his nose and rolled his eyes, poking Sesshoumaru. Rolling over Sesshoumaru opened one eye and glared.
"What?" he asked. "You're still human." InuYasha informed him. That got him up. Sitting up Sesshoumaru looked at himself from his sword and with a groan, fell back down. Damn it….why was he still like this? And how could he change back?! Maika sat up and nudged Kagome and Sango awake. Sango poked Miroku a couple times before he finally woke up and soon the whole group was awake. They all stared at Sesshoumaru and he growled. "What?!" he snapped. Miroku shrugged.
"It's just different, that's all." He told Sesshoumaru.
InuYasha scoffed. "Its not different, it's beyond weird." He muttered. Sesshoumaru glared then grabbed one of InuYasha's ears. "Shut up." He said, tugging on his ear. Kagome laughed a little as InuYasha whined while Sesshoumaru still kept tugging.
"Hey let go! That's not fair! I'm not pulling on your tail!" he shouted. Sesshoumaru smirked then let go. "Make fun of me again and I'll tug harder." He told InuYasha. InuYasha pouted and turned his back to his brother. Maika smiled a little then stood up, slinging Kagome's bag over her shoulder. "We should get going shouldn't we?" Miroku nodded and helped Sango up while Shippo hopped on Kilala's full demon-form.
Okay as lame as that chapter is, its something. . God, again I am SO sorry!