Christmas time is here again! Time for major updates! Read all of my stories, for they should all be updated on Christmas Day, unless I am held up in typing (likely). If they are not all updated, prepare for the remainder to be updated sometime before the New Year, and if I can really type, then I should have another chapter out then, then I have to have more out for my one-year anniversary with this site. Unfortunately, the first story that I posted, I removed out of sheer embarrassment!
Chapter 8: On the other side of the well
"Who are you?" Kira asked the couple. They were wearing old-style clothes, as if they just walked out of a movie or something.
"Why, I'm Sango, and this is my husband, Miroku," said the woman, "Hasn't your mother told you of us?"
"My mother?" she asked, "My mother died when I was born."
"Oh, I'm so sorry for you," comforted Sango, "How did you find the well, then?"
"Uncle Shessomaru told me of my heritage two and a half years ago, and I was visiting Uncle Souta when Akio here decided to play on the edge of the well, and he fell through," she referenced to Akio as she spoke. "Oh, and for names, my name is Kira, this is Hitari, and this is Yuki," she said a she pointed to each of the demons, respectively.
"You look familiar," said Sango, referencing to Akio, "Who are your parents?"
The demon thought for a second, wondering whether or not his parents would meet if he told. 'Mom and Dad told me that they fell in love a few years after they both had reached the slowing down age 18, and after Mom was turned into a demon. Right now should be 16 or so years after the demise of Naraku, who was killed when Mom was nine or so. The transformation happened when she was ten, so that would make her about 26 now, which is AFTER they fell in love… That means I can tell them!'
"I believe that the name that my parents went by at this time was Rin and Shippou. Does that ring a bell?" asked Akio jokingly.
"Figures," said Sango, "Those two have been together for the past year or so, and they refuse to leave each other's sides."
"What about you?" Miroku asked Hitari, "You look familiar as well."
"Do I really have to tell you?" he retorted.
"Let me guess," started Miroku, "You're the son of Kouga and Ayame, correct?"
"Yes, I am," he agreed.
"What about you?" Sango asked the cat demon. She was having trouble decided who her parents were, and figured that her parents met up with Shessomaru, and not with Inuyasha.
"What, you don't recognize my parents? Of course not. They haven't been born yet, nor have their parent's parents been born yet."
"Oh."
"It really was nice meeting you, but if I don't get back soon, Uncle Souta will call Uncle Shessomaru, and they will start a search throughout the city for his lost niece," said Kira, preparing to jump back down the well. No matter how much she enjoyed the fresh air that she could get in the era, she really didn't want to spend any extra time there. Last time she went missing for only a short amount of time, he had managed to call the police, the news, and everyone he knew, stating that she had been kidnapped.
FLASHBACK:
A ten-year-old Kira had just left Yuki's house, after calling home and saying that she would be there shortly. However, she smelled something good, and followed the scent. She was not aware of her demon attributes, but she did know that she had a keen sense of smell. The chase went on a little longer than expected, but she never did get lost. She passed by a television on the way of chasing the scent.
"This just in, the ten-year-old niece of Shessomaru Taiyoukai has been reported missing only a few minutes ago. Due to the many enemies the family has, we can never be sure if this is a kidnapping or not," the reporter said as a picture of Kira flashed on the screen.
Kira yelped as she turned around and headed home. Not only did she have to deal with a reprimand at home, she also had to deal with her classmates at school, who made a big deal out of the fact that she was 'kidnapped'. After that humiliation, she was sure to arrive home when she said she would.
END FLASHBACK
After telling the story, everyone laughed at her. "To think that the great and mighty Shessomaru would go to such measures to make sure that his niece was intact!" exclaimed Miroku.
"What do you have against my uncle?" asked Kira to the laughing couple at that statement.
"You only know him as your uncle, but we've known him for years as the great and powerful, egotistical lord that he is!" Miroku laughed out, and then added seriously, "He must have really changed, because it seems like just yesterday that he was trying to kill your father and mother. Every time we met up with him, we could guess that a fight was imminent, and only recently has he accepted humans. It is Rin who truly brought out the goodness in him. Before he met her and cared for her, he didn't really care for humans, and he cared even less for his hanyou brother. I think that if he had his way, Inuyasha would have been killed at birth."
"You can't be serious!" exclaimed Kira, "Are you really telling me that my uncle, whom I've lived with my entire life, hated humans and my father?"
"He was truly a cold-hearted being, but recently, he has lightened up, partially because Rin is now a demon, and is in love with another demon. He has been stopping by the village a lot recently, and he is tolerating humans a lot more than he used to. It figures that he would take you in by the time you are born," Miroku said seriously, but then added jokingly, "Still, can you see Shessomaru with a little baby on his lap, trying to comfort her as she falls asleep?" he asked Sango.
"Miroku," Sango warned, "I think you have poked enough fun at Shessomaru as it is. Well, Kira, it was nice meeting you. Please visit again if your uncles will allow it. It was nice to meet the rest of you, as well."
The group headed towards the well, but they were stopped dead in their tracks. The four demons, or partial demons in some of their cases, sensed another demon was near. Hitari jumped into the woods where the demon was, but the other demon pushed him back.
Out of the shadows walked the other demon. It had long black hair that reached the mid-back, and by the clothes and the way it walked, it was definitely a he. He wore a purple outfit, resembling that of Naraku when not in his baboon skin. He looked about twenty, but with demons, one can never be sure how old they really are.
"Who are you?" asked Hitari, preparing to attack once again. Upon the impact of being thrown, he reverted back to his youkai form, which made him resemble his parents more. The other three followed suit, and Sango and Miroku looked at them incredulously.
"I am Karoshima," snarled the demon, "and I am here to have my revenge on the daughter of Inuyasha and Kagome," he pointed to her, "For they killed my brother, Gatenmaru. No one may remember him, so I shall remind you before executing my revenge. Naraku created him, as he did me, and he was a leader of a group of thieves."
"Oh, I know who you are talking about," said Miroku, "He made a toxic cocoon and made Inuyasha's demon blood take over him. I can still remember holding up the barrier to prevent us from being melted in the acid."
"It doesn't matter what you did to him! We spawns of Naraku must stick together. Though it may have happened over 17 years ago, I want my revenge!" he snarled as he charged Kira. Hitari jumped in the way, and kicked the charging demon in the head.
Yuki didn't want to just sit there, so she started her attacks as well, though they wee not very strong. She made a few hits to the gut before she was knocked backwards and out of the battle.
Akio attacked as well, and managed to distract Karoshima while Kira and Hitari made the finishing blows. Karoshima fell unconscious, and Kira didn't know what to do with the body. She had never killed a demon before, and because she grew up with demons, it would be like killing one of her own.
Miroku ended up having to kill him with an ofuda. The sight of a dying demon was almost too much for Kira, but she knew that if her parents could do it, then so could she.
"I am so sorry for the inconvenience that I caused," said Kira as she began to leave the premises."
"Don't be sorry. When your parents were here, we did this sort of thing all the time," assured Sango, "now, don't forget to visit us again. Maybe next time you can meet the rest of the group. We won't tell them about who you are, just that you are friends of Kira, who is the daughter of Inuyasha and Kagome."
"Bye."
After their goodbyes, he four demons jumped through the well, and ran outside the well house, only to find a frantic Souta looking for them.
"Where were you?" he asked, "I was about to call Shessomaru."
"Hi, Uncle Souta, that won't be necessary, we were simply in the Feudal Era. That place is strange," said Kira as she walked away. She never was good at communicating with Uncle Souta.
END CHAPTER
Yeah, I should have gone on a little further, but this was a good enough place to end. I still have to type up two more chapters for a Christmas present for all those who read my stories!
R&R