Hey, everyone! This is the eleventh chapter! Thanks for reading and reviewing. Now on with the chapter! D.N.A
Nekomaru's Village
Everyone was following Inuyasha trying to catch up with the cat demon that struck him. They followed it using the trail of the large paw prints until they reached the top of a big hill. They stopped and looked to see a village far away. "Could the cat demon be headed towards that village?" Kaname said looking at the village. "It must have. There are no paw prints leading anywhere, but there." Miroku said inspecting the prints on the ground. "Then, that's where we're going, let's go." Inuyasha said running ahead of them. They ran down the hill and towards the village where the cat demon was headed.
As they entered the village, they stopped and looked around shocked. The village was torn apart with the houses burned down and the buildings were lying crumbling. The people were extremely wounded groaning in pain while the children were bruised and crying with their mothers. Kagome walked up to a woman with her child and asked, "Are you okay? What happened?" The woman stopped sobbing and looked at her scared. "Are you one of Nekomaru's minions?" she asked frightened of her. "No, we're not. Who's Nekomaru?" she assured her.
"Oh, good, you're not one of his servants. Nekomaru is a big demon cat that used to be our protector of this village. Our elder, Ronen, has been possessed by Nekomaru. It took his body and became more evil with each passing day. Now, it is demanding a sacred jewel shard that we do not have and is forcing us to obtain the shard at all costs. We haven't slept, eaten, or drink anything for four days." She explained the story to them. "That's awful!" Kagome exclaimed shocked. "Here let me help you." She said getting out her gauzes and alcohol out of her bag.
"So, that cat demon's name is Nekomaru, isn't it?" Inuyasha said thinking things over. "We should stop the demon before he destroys the whole village." Sango said still holding Kirara. "I agree. If Nekomaru took over the village, then he should be staying in that manor over there." Miroku said pointing towards the big manor in the middle of the village.
"So, we're going to beat that Nekomaru, then?" Shippo asked nervously. "What's the matter, Shippo, scared?" Inuyasha taunted the kitsune. "I'm not scared!" he retorted back. "We should go to the manor and defeat Nekomaru as soon as possible." Kaname said before Kagome finished bandaging everyone's wounds. "Yes, we should go." Kagome agreed standing up and picking her bag off the ground. "Right, let's get going." Inuyasha said before they ran towards the manor going to fight Nekomaru.
In the big manor, the cat demon, Nekomaru, the one who fought Inuyasha when he was human was sitting on the mat looking at the crystal ball in front of him. "I see. That weak dog, Inuyasha, has come to defeat me, hasn't he? Fool! He's still in human form and came to have me take his life away! Easy, but I'll have fun and wait for them to come to me. Wait till they come across my demon cat army outside of the manor." He laughed looking at the image of the gang running towards his manor.
They ran towards the manor's entrance while Inuyasha yelled out, "There it is! There's the entrance!" As soon as they were almost reached the door, a group of 33 cat demons jumped out of the rooftops and walls and surrounded them. "What the hell are they?" Inuyasha said stopped running and looked at the demons around them. "Cat demons." Sango said holding her Hiraitoksu close. "This must be Nekomaru's minions the woman was talking about." Miroku said looking at the demons. "They're blocking our way." Kagome said taking out her short bow.
"If you think you're going to pass to see our boss, Nekomaru, then you're dead wrong." A cat demon sneered at them while the others hissed. "You think you could stop us from passing through, think again." Inuyasha mock wielding his Tetsusaiga in his hand. "Go, stop them from passing through!" the cat demon ordered pointing towards them. The cat demons started to pounce on them while everyone started to strike.
Inuyasha struck the demons with his Wind Scar while everyone was fighting with their weapons instead. "Hiraitoksu!" Sango cried out throwing her weapon making it struck the demons hard. Miroku hit the demons with his staff while Kagome shot bows at them. Kaname used her Shikigami and Shippo threw at the demons his big spinning top. "There's too many!" Shippo exclaimed seeing reinforcements coming towards them. "We can't attack them all; we make way for the manor." Kaname said throwing her Shikigami at them.
"Right!" Inuyasha said swiping at the demons. Instead of fighting the demons, they turned around and shot off towards the entrance. "They're getting away!" a cat demon cried out. "Get them!" another demon shouted. They ran after them trying to catch them. They passed through the gate and entered the manor without being attacked by demons. "We made it!" Shippo said relieved. "Okay, let's search the manor and find Nekomaru." Inuyasha said crossing his arms again. They nodded and started to search the rooms for Nekomaru.
In the big room, Nekomaru watched the whole thing on his crystal ball. "Damn it! They failed! Oh, well, I'll finish the job myself, then." He cursed staring at the ball. He took a bite out of his burnt fish and watched them search for him. "If they don't find me sooner or later, I'll ambush them and take his life quickly before the sun rises." With that, he looked outside of his door and saw the night sky slowly dim its darkness.
"Not here." Kaname said searching through the room. Everyone was looking through the rooms in the first floor and the basement while the top floors were uninvestigated. "I should search through the top floor." She said to herself running up the stairs. She rummaged through every room and found some helpful medicines until she came to a decorated door. "This is the last room so far." She said looking at the door. "Kaname!" Kagome called out.
She turned to see everyone running up to her. "Oh, everyone!" she said. "We couldn't find Nekomaru anywhere." Inuyasha told her irritated. "We found some medicines and that's it." Kagome said holding out the herbs contained in bottles. "Did you search through this floor?" Miroku asked her. "Yes, the only room I haven't searched yet is this one." Kaname told them pointing towards the decorated door.
"Huh!" Kagome said shocked. "What happened, Kagome?" Shippo asked looking at her worried. "I sensed the shard of the Shikon Jewel." She replied. "Really?" Kaname asked. "See I told you he has one. Where is it now, Kagome?" Inuyasha asked her. "It's in there." She replied pointing towards the decorated door. "That means he's in there." Sango said holding her Hiraitoksu. "We should be cautious if anything happens." Miroku warned anxiously. "Okay, let's go in." Inuyasha said opening the decorated doors.
The doors opened to reveal Nekomaru sitting in the far end of the room with his back facing them. They walked in while the doors closed behind them. "It's you, Nekomaru!" Inuyasha said to the big cat demon. "I see you reached my room, Inuyasha. In fact, I have been watching you all this time." Nekomaru said still not facing them. "What do you mean?" he asked annoyed. Nekomaru stood up and stepped aside to show his crystal ball sitting on its podium shining brightly.
"A crystal ball." Kaname whispered to herself. "I have enough of you causing problems for me, Inuyasha. So, come here and stand still while I take your life away." He said bearing his gigantic sharp claws. "Yeah, like I would do that." He retorted back wielding his sword. "Then, I'll shall take it myself." He cried out glowing orange. He screamed while the orange aura builds up and became fiercer. His claws grew longer and his teeth became sharper than before. His eyes turned from yellow to bright red glaring at the human Inuyasha.
Kagome watched him transformed and saw the shard embedded in his neck. "The shard of the Shikon Jewel is in his neck!" she told them. "So, it's in his neck, huh? Fine, let's go take it out." Inuyasha said readying for battle. "No, Inuyasha, you should stay back." Kagome told him concerned. "What?" he questioned puzzled. "Remember, you're in human form. You could die easily if wounded badly." Miroku reminded him. "He's right, it's not safe." Sango agreed.
Kagome turned to Shippo and said, "Shippo, please stay with here with Inuyasha and keep him from fighting." He nodded and said, "Okay, I'll stay." They turned towards Nekomaru, who transformed into a big, fierce wild cat, and started to attack. Sango threw her Hiraitoksu at him while Kagome shot her arrows. Miroku was throwing his talismans with Kaname throwing her Shikigami balls. Nekomaru swiped at Sango, who dodged his attack quickly, and blew fire from his mouth at them.
Inuyasha stood on the sidelines with Shippo perched on his shoulder lying against his long, black hair. "This is stupid. Just because I'm now human, doesn't mean I can't fight." Inuyasha muttered under his breath. "You could fight, but you would get killed. Remember that time with the Human-faced fruits and that demon. You would have been killed if the sun didn't rise up early." Shippo reminded him of another time. "Yeah, I guess." He said not wanting to talk anymore.
Nekomaru hit Miroku with his fist as he flew and hit the wall with his back. Kaname ran over to his side and kneeled on her knees. "Are you okay?" she asked concerned. "Yes, I'm fine. He's powerful. In order to stop him from attacking, we should do a combined attack." Miroku told her quietly so Nekomaru can't hear. "Okay, here let me help." She said helping Miroku up from the ground. "Ready?" he asked pulling out his talismans. "Ready." She replied back charging her blue Shikigami.
They both ran in front of Nekomaru, who was distracted by Kagome and Sango. She clasped her hands together and charged her Shikigami. The Shikigami flew towards Miroku, who began to glow blue, and filled inside of his talismans. "You're finished." He said holding his talismans. He threw them towards the cat demon as it turned his head surprised. The talismans hit Nekomaru making him roar and scream in pain from the holy power. It was strong enough to knock him flat on his back. "He's down!" Kagome exclaimed surprised.
After a moment, he jumped off the ground and swiped at the unsuspected Miroku and Kaname. They both crashed into the wall hurt while they panted from the attack. "You think you could knock me down just like that?" he taunted them laughing afterwards. Inuyasha ran towards them and kneeled beside them. "Are you okay?" he asked worried. "I'm okay." Kaname replied sitting up and lying against the wall. "I'm fine." Miroku answered sitting up too. "Damn it! That's cat going down!" Inuyasha said angrily loud facing towards the demon. "Inuyasha, don't!" Shippo warned nervously.
He ran towards the demon with Shippo screaming on his shoulder and lunged forward to attack. Nekomaru saw this and struck him straight on with his clawed paw. He was smashed against it and flew towards the walls. "Inuyasha!" Kagome cried scared and concerned for him watching all of this with Sango. "Inuyasha!" Kaname exclaimed running towards him and knelt down beside him. Miroku walked over and scolded, "You shouldn't have done that, Inuyasha." "Shut up!" Inuyasha yelled back wincing while holding his side.
"Here let me see your wounds." She said pushing his hand away revealing long cuts on his side. "Ouch!" he yelped in pain when she touched his wound. "I'm sorry." She apologized taking out a jar of ointment from her bag. She took a drop of it and started to rub it on his wounds. "Inuyasha, you stupid jerk, you could have gotten us killed!" Shippo yelled at him coming out underneath his kimono. "Shut up, Shippo!" he yelled back mad. "Calm down, Inuyasha." She said closing the lid on the jar. "Yes, you should rest while you can." Miroku said standing in front of him. She took out a roll of gauze and started to bandage his wounds.
Kagome and Sango were Nekomaru with Kirara at their side. "Kirara, go!" Sango shouted throwing her Hiraitoksu. Kirara flew towards him and attacked him first while the Hiraitoksu hit him after. Kagome shot her arrows at him while she fused them with her power of purification. They dodged his attacks mostly before Sango threw her poison power at its eyes making intensely mad. "Damn you all!" he cursed them angrily swiping them at once. They dodged again making his paw hit and crack the floorboard.
Inuyasha covered his arms and started to shiver. "Are you okay?" she asked worried finished with the bandaging. "I'm fine, it's freezing in here." He replied shivering more from the cold. "It is cold outside." Miroku said looking outside to see the night sky. "Here." She said pulling out a blanket from her backpack. She covered him up leaving his head uncovered and pulled away from him after she finished. "Thanks, Kaname." He thanked feeling the heat warmed his body instead of the cold. She smiled and said, "You're welcome." She turned to Miroku and said, "We should help them out." They looked to see Sango and Kagome fighting Nekomaru still. "Yes, you're right." He agreed looking at them.
Shippo was stealing some warmth from the blanket and looked outside to see something. "Hey, look!" he cried out pointing outside. They looked to see the sky was turning from black to blue and saw the outline of the sun coming from the horizon. "It's almost dawn." Kaname said watching it with Miroku. "If that's so, then Inuyasha should turn back to normal." He said both of them looked towards Inuyasha. As the sun rose out of the outline of the horizon, his black hair turned to white, glossy hair with his ears on top.
"Inuyasha?" she asked kneeling down on her knees and shaking him a little. He stood up unexpected letting the blanket drop on the ground. He stretched his arms and let out a huge yawn. He proceeded to crack his knuckles while she gathered her blanket. "That felt great! Now, time to destroy that furball!" he exclaimed excitedly bringing out his Tetsusaiga. They let out a big sigh while he walked over towards Nekomaru. "He'll never learn." Shippo muttered under his breath.
He walked over there and stood right in front of his back. "Hey, Nekomaru!" he called pulling her sword over his shoulder. The cat demon stopped whatever he was doing and turned his head to look at him. "Ah, I see you've regained your form, Inuyasha." He said turning his whole body and attention towards Inuyasha. "That's right, you big furball! I'll chop you up limb to limb!" he shouted at him. "Really now? Well, let's see if you can try." He said unleashing his claws and bore its teeth. "Get ready!" Inuyasha yelled running towards him about to attack.
Nekomaru strike his paw against Inuyasha, but he dodged it and flew towards his head. He let out a series of strikes against Nekomaru's head while he tried to pull him off of him. Inuyasha jumped backwards and landed on the ground unharmed. "Damn you, mutt!" the cat demon cursed him with his head covered with scratches.
He lashed him with his claws while Inuyasha jumped back and wielded the Tetsusaiga above his head. "Take this! Wind Scar!" he cried out thrusting the blade upon the ground sending shockwaves towards Nekomaru. The shockwaves went up through his entire body until it disappeared. Nekomaru stood there shocked until his body collapsed in three parts slashed from the technique. Inuyasha jumped onto his chest and chop the shard out of his neck. The shard came flying out as his hand caught it gently. "We'll take this." He said smiling in victory.
After the whole fight, everyone came out of the manor and saw the whole village surrounding the entrance. "Oh, travelers, thank you so much for destroying Nekomaru!" the woman exclaimed bowing and smiling in gratitude. "When Nekomaru was destroyed, his whole cat demon army was vanished leaving no trace left behind." Another woman explained to them. "Thank you, now we can play again without getting beat up by the cat demons." A kid thanked them bowing. "Because of you, our village can go back to its normal self." A man said bowing also. "From this day on, we shall restore this broken village and turn it into a peaceful town for everyone to enjoy to." An old man declared raising his cane with everyone. "Yeah!" everyone cheered smiling and laughing again.
"We'll I'm glad you're all right." Kagome said brushing her hair back. "Yes, you should have no problems with any demons now." Miroku told them. "I'm glad the village is safe again." Shippo said perched on Kaname's shoulder. "We should head out and keep going." Inuyasha told them being serious. "There's no need, please stay here, eat, and rest as our token of appreciation." An old woman stepped back saying. "But…" Inuyasha started to protest. "You know Inuyasha; it would be rude to refuse." Kaname said smiling. "She's right, it would be rude." Sango agreed smiling along. "Okay, let's stay." Inuyasha said crossing his arms again.
After a full meal and sleep, everyone was up and running while they left the village with the villagers waving good-bye. "That was some meal." Kagome said rubbing her stomach while riding her bike. "It sure was." Kaname agreed holding hers. "I feel great after a nap!" Shippo said stretching his arms.
"I felt great stretching." Sango said looking at Shippo. "That's because you got me to stretch." Miroku muttered unluckily has a red hand mark on his face. She turned to him and said, "You're the one that was chasing the women around the village like an animal." "She's right." Inuyasha said nodding with his eyes closed. "If we're lucky, we might find more shards by sundown." Kagome said pedaling her bike. "Right, let's go." Kaname said walking along with the others towards the forest.
TBC
Chapter eleven is done! What do you think? Thanks for reading all!