So this is the next chapter of Animal Instinct! I would like to say thank you to my very first reviewer:
ShannyHeartsYou...I want to say thank you for reviewing and you influenced me to write this new chapter! So thank you!
Here is a little recap from the last chappie...
My eyes snapped open at the strong, commanding male voice, it made me want to curl up and show my belly to the strong alpha, something I never did to anyone except my father. I stared in fear at the man in front of me, trying to hide the sudden shivering that had taken over my body, this man was terrifying, and not completely human. "Lord Naraku." All of the human's bowed to the terrifying demon, "This wolf bitch, attacked us! We were going to kill it, and give you it's pelt as a gift..." One of the men spoke up, gesturing at me with his spear, I suppressed a growl, I did not want to draw the chilling blood red eyes to my form. The demon named Naraku smiled, and it sent chills down my spine, "No. This wolf will not die, she fits my plans perfectly...capture it." he said, his voice smooth, almost melodic, it was horrifying. The men sneered at me, and I watched as one of them grabbed the spear that was protruding from my leg and twist it sharply. I snarled loudly in pain and anger twisting my body so I could snap at the offending man. I didn't see the one of the others raise a club and swing it viciously at the back of my head, but I did feel the sharp pain of when the club met flesh, I turned back to them, and as my vision grew hazy all I could see was the terrifying red eyes and smile of Naraku. And then blessed blackness.
Ayame was panting, her legs going as fast as they could, her eyes trained on the mountain that Luna's only hope was, the packs would save her, they had too. The flower that they had tried so hard to get, held tightly in a little fist.
SCREECH!
The loud caw of a bird had the young wolf demon looking up in complete and utter fear, she knew that sound, it was a Bird of Paradise! And it was headed strait for her! Letting out a small yip of fear, she ducked behind a large tree. "Come out, Come out little girl..." The giant bird demon cooed, it's voice grating on her ears. Ayame jumped as a loud cracking filled the air, she looked up to see the tree she was hiding behind cracking underneathe the weight of the giant Brid of Paradise, "Found you little girl..." the monster smiled revealing gleaming fangs. Ayame screamed in total fear, she darted around the tree, barely dodging the giant talon that grabbed for her. She ran again, slowly growing closer to the mountain that housed the packs, Ayame sent one franctic glance over her shoulder, only to see the Bird of Paradise looming over her, just smiling at her... "HELP!" She howled, and in a desperate attempt to stay alive she dove into a hollow of a tree just big enough for her. The young wolf demoness shivered in fear as the giant bird screeched in outrage at the prospect of losing it's prey. Ayame's bright green eyes stared at the flower clutched in her hands, drawing strength from the thought of her pack sister, "Some one please help me!" she pleaded silently her eyes twisted shut. The little wolf cringed as a loud screech once again filled the air.
A little earlier...
I came to in an instant, my eyes snapped open in an instant, the whites of them blood red, my lips peeled back in a ferocious snarl. My eyes landed on the same man I had bitten before I had passed out and I lunged. Only to venture a few feet, I snarled at the pain registering in both my wrists and in my ankles. I looked down to see my body chained to a stone wall, the cuffs glowing with an eerie purple light. I could feel my eyes widen in fear, and without my consent a whimper slipped past my lips. The man from earlier grinned, as if he was sensing my fear, "Stupid little bitch! I would have killed you myself if Master Naraku didn't want you for himself..." Suddenly the hatred in the man's eyes shifted, he glanced at my body, leering. "Of course, I can see what he finds so appealing about you..." he whispered huskily, tracing a hand down my arm, I had to suppress a shiver of total revulsion. I Snarled at the offending appendage, snapping my jaws at it, the man chuckled evilly and backhanded me. My head snapped to the side, I glared at the man through hate filled eyes, if I went chained to the wall I would have torn him limb from limb, instead I grinned. "Is that all you've got?" I taunted, hoping he would hit me again, maybe the pain would cause me to lose consciousness, I and I would no longer be objected to this shame. The man raised his hand once again, the loud snap of fist meeting flesh echoing through the small room.
I spat out the blood that was pooling in my mouth, refusing to allow this pathetic human see my pain, I snarled in anger and defiance at the man, baring my fangs. I was a proud wolf and I would not let this human male to break me... I would not! Again and again he used his fists to try and beat me into submission, it would not work, not only was I a wolf, I was an alpha, or a future one, and my wolf was awakening with my pain, only a little more, and I would be strong enough to break the chains that held me.
"Enough"
A dark menacing voice filled the air. My eyes snapped to the form of Naraku, his demonic energy nearly choking me, it's poison palpable. My wolf, that was fighting so ferociously before cowered into submission at the powerful demon before her, still, despite my fear I glared at him, refusing to be the first to look away. Naraku's lips pulled up at the corners, the acton resembling a smile, "Oku, why is the little demoness bleeding?" He asked, moving his eyes from mine to the terrified one's of the human man. The man, Oku, cringed under the blood red gaze, "My lord, the bitch wasn't paying enough respect, glaring at me, so I saw it fit to punish her..." Oku declared as he dropped into a bow. After a few moments of silence Oku dared to look up and straitened, relieved to see the same smile on Naraku's face. If only the idiotic human had glanced at her, he would have known how much trouble he was in. I was shivering in complete and utter fear, right after Oku had bowed, Naraku's demonic aura flared out and his miasma his eyes became cold and deadly.
It happened in an instant, I would have missed it if I had blinked. As the human man had straitened, two bulbous, writhing tentacle shot out from Naraku's form and impaled Oku's frozen form, "Do not touch what is mine, pathetic human." Naraku's voice was calm, collected, as if he didn't just nearly rip a man's face in half. Oku collapsed to the ground moaning in pain, wailing, "I can't see! My eyes! Where are my eyes!" I had to look away from the bloody mess that was once Oku's eyes, now it was only two empty eye sockets. My action caused me to meet the eyes of Naraku and the monster smiled walking towards me, I looked away too afraid to meet his eyes. "Are you afraid of me little pup?" Naraku asked his hand touching my chin, the cold dead feeling of his touch causing my tail to curl under me. Naraku smiled again and released my chin, "Morog, your skills in the black arts are said to be legendary..." Naraku turned away from me, addressing another form in the room. I looked around the imposing form of Naraku to lay eyes on a rather creepy old man. The old man smiled revealing teeth that had been sharpened to points, "Yes, my lord, but for what you require...I'll be needing quite a bit of power to change cage her demon completely." The man's voice was like nails, high and scratchy. Naraku pulled out a small black shard, and I cringed even as my wolf struggled to get closer. I didn't know what that shard was, but it promised power and death. Morog's eyes glittered with greed and lust as he took the shard in his gnarled hands. "This will be perfect, Lord Naraku...just perfect." He crooned, and with that both his and Naraku's cold eyes landed on me, and I had the feeling that something was going to go very wrong.
"Luna!" The loud command echoed throughout the caves in which thousands of wolves gathered. A man with long black hair, pointed ears and steely grey eyes stalked through the caves, irritated growls emanating from his chest. "Where has that little brat gone? She knows that she is supposed to stay within the pack boundaries! I'm going to skin her alive when I catch her!" The man's black wolf tail twitched impatiently, and the black wolves around him cringed at the annoyance flowing off their alpha in waves. "Osamu!" A young black furred wolf demon ran in, bent over, gasping for air, "What!" The older demon growled, his aura flaring with his rising annoyance. "My Alpha! Scouts have just spotted Birds of Paradise circling close to the human village, and there have been reports of a strong demonic aura inside the village as well." The young wolf's eyes were wide and his face was a mask of worry.
"Calm yourself Osamu."
The large wolf demon whirled around angry at the informality of the voice and then instantly dropped to one knee, "Elder." He murmured, his head bowed to the large white wolf before him. "Stand, my son, there is a matter that I feel you need to be informed of...you, as well as the other alpha's. Meet me at the summit as soon as possible.." The giant white wolf then turned and trotted out of the cave, leaving a slightly alarmed, very confused alpha behind him.
Osamu made it to the top of the mountain with little trouble, his grey eyes finding the older wolf immediately, "Elder, what is going on? The Birds of Paradise are acting quite strangely..." A voice belonging to neither Osamu nor the elder permeated the air. Both Osamu and the elder wolf watched as a new demon rounded the summit, a powerful, but lean looking wolf demon with navy blue eyes and brown fur clothing his body. "Takeo." Osamu nodded to the other alpha, showing his respect, he may not like the other wolf, but he did respect him. The brown wolf demon stood there, his arms crossed, a single eyebrow raised, in silent inquiry. Osamu growled at the lack of respect the other wolf was showing there elder, but also looked towards the old white wolf, curious as to what was going on.
"A dark and foreboding aura has surrounded this area, that is the reason of the strange actions of our enemies." The old wolf's voice rumbled from his chest, the message of danger clear in his voice. This caused the two alpha's eyes to widen in comprehension, and they glanced at each other." I advise you gather your pack members in the main caver. We will wait out this evil." The giant white wolf nodded his head regally, he stood up and walked past the two younger wolf demons, disappeared from view a moment later. Osamu and Takeo stared at each other for a moment, their worry clear in their eyes. "Takeo. Gather Koga and your wolves. I will gather mine and meet you in the caves after I find Luna and Ayame." Osamu said, his voice filled with authority. Takeo bristled for a moment, annoyed at being ordered around like a common wolf, but nodded all the same, Takeo turned and dashed down the mountain, a trail of dust behind him. Osamu stood there, watching him leave, using the speed brown wolves were known for, he then sighed remembering his wayward pup, he really wished that she hadn't left the mountain...But if she did, once he got a hold of her he would chain her to the wall and leave her there, it, she was still alive of course.
Unbeknownst to the large black alpha, a small pair of ears had heard the entire situation. Hidden behind a boulder, a small boy around 10 years old growled softly in frustration. The small wolf demon remembered clearly where his fellow cub mates went, and he remembered allowing them to go. The wolf demon looked up, his bright blue eyes seeing the giant forms of the Birds of Paradise circling the forest below. Growling again he darted down the mountain, going as fast as his small legs would carry him, his brown tail flaring out behind him, ignoring the bark of his father, "Koga!" The young wolf demon knew that his friends were in trouble and he would be the one to save them.
I snarled and snapped at the people surrounding me, the large fire in front of me illuminating the small temple I was now housed in. Cloaked figures stood around me, their arms raised in the air, their mouths moving, a soft ominous chanting surrounding me, choking me with the vile taste of black magic. Morog, stood in front of me, his cloak the most elaborate of them all, and his face smeared with a dark red substance, a substance that I knew to be my blood. It had taken a few hours for them to weaken me enough to be able to transport my body, I am quite proud that I hadn't uttered a single sound while they tortured me. Even now, as my body bled from multiple lacerations, even as they pulled the ropes secured around my wrists and ankles, stretching my body even farther that it should go, I didn't utter a single sound of pain, only anger.
Morog smiled, once again revealing his unnaturally sharp teeth, he opened his mouth and began to chant, his voice melding with the others, yet standing out the most. The evil laced in it making my skin crawl. "I call upon the dark powers," The air inside the small room seemed to vanish, the once large bonfire in the center of the room died to embers, yet the heat in the room seemed to skyrocket. I shivered as phantom hands glided over my body, my breaths coming out as short, labored pants. "Using the demon shard and this blessed dagger..." Morog withdrew the black shard, the dark purple aura it emitted growing and pulsing along with the chant. A small figure separated itself from the group, it was a small girl dressed completely in white, her lifeless black eyes stood out from a frame of white hair. The young girl cradled a small mirror in her hands, the little girl's mouth began to move, but no matter how hard I tried I could not hear a single sound, the mirror in the little girl's hands began to glow, the eerie white light so bright that if I closed my eyes I could still see it. Once the glow dimmed, I watched in morbid fascination as a gleaming dagger emerged from the smooth glass, Morog grinned in staring lustfully at the dagger, eager to draw blood. "I will remove this poison blood and birth a new being! Once a demon, forever caged in a mortal body!" Morog raised both the gleaming dagger and the dark shard above his head, his voice raised in pure ecstasy. The chanting grew to an unbearable level, my eyes were glued to the dagger, watching as the small jewel shard melted into the dagger causing it to turn black and pulse with power, I could not look away, somehow I knew that my life was about to end, and I couldn't do anything to stop it.
Ayame stayed there, curled up in the tree, cringing in fear every time she heard the enraged demon screech in frustration. Suddenly there was complete silence, Ayame's eyes opened, "Why is it so quiet?" she asked quietly, silently, cautiously she poked her head out of the small hole, watching, waiting for the bird to fly down and rip her from her safe haven. After a few moments with no bird in sight, the young wolf demoness deemed it safe, she crawled out of her hole, her feet silent on the ground. She slowly crept forward, inch by inch, her eyes always on the sky, she didn't see the large mass of feathers creeping up behind her, it's silent wing beats making it grow ever closer to the little wolf that would be it's meal.
"Ayame!" A young boy's voice called out to her, and Ayame turned, a mixture of relief and happiness on her face and showing in her smile, "Koga!" She yelled happily waving her arm frantically. Koga was running towards her with amazing speed a look of horror on his face, "Behind you!" He yelled, trying to get to her before it did. Ayame's face scrunched up in confusion, and slowly she turned, the slime dropping off her face. "Your mine girly!" The bird of paradise screeched, it's jaws open and its breath reeking of rotted meat. Ayame's eyes widened to an impossible size and she opened her tiny mouth and let out a scream that would deafen anyone within a ten mile radius.
Kouga spat a foul word that he had heard his father say multiple times, and poured on the speed. Just as the Bird of Paradise was about to wrap it's jaws around his pack mate, he jumped into the air, barreling into the side of it, knocking it to the ground. Koga jumped away at the last second, smiling in satisfaction at the loud crunching sound of bone and tree shattering. He landed a few feet from Ayame, he looked back ay her, his stance screaming with pride, and a cocky smirk on his young face, "Hey!" He said, his voice only slightly out of breath. Ayame blushed lightly, she had always had a crush on the older boy, she stared up into his bright blue eyes, drawn to thier deep blue depths, but then out of the corner of her eye, she saw something move. Her face slackned in horror, the bird of paradise was standing up, half of it's body a crushed, mangled mass of blood and gore, how could Koga not see it!? She opened her mouth to say something, to scream a warning, but no sound came out, nothing but a pathetic squeak.
Out of nowhere a large black object appeared, shooting out of the trees like an arrow, and landed in front of the demon pushing Koga towards Ayame roughly. A loud ominous growling filled the clearing, and both of the young demons stared up at thier savior, it was Osamu, and he looked positively furious. "You pups get out of here! Get back to the mountain, Now!" he barked sending a glare back at them. The bird of Paradise screeched in pure unrestrained fury at the new demon, angry at how this once easy hunt had turned to be a fight for it's life. It gathered it's legs underneathe itself and launched itself at the large black wolf demon, only to be knocked to the side once again by a vicious kick. Ayame and Kouga watched in absolute awe or they watched until Osamu looked back at them and growled, his blood red and green eyes narrowed in anger, the older demon's aura flared and he was on verge of changing, "GO NOW!" he roared and watched as the two young wolves jumped and ran off.
Osamu then turned back to the Bird of Paradise, a feral grin on his face, "Where is She?!" he growled his voice deadly. The other two pups were there and headed back to the mountain, the only one that was missing was his daughter. The bird just grinned, and he snarled, "Where is She!?" he asked again, his question barely understandable due to the rough animalistic sound overtaking his voice. The bird lunged, opening it's massive jaws to devour him whole. Osamu roared in outrage, stopping the attack by grabbing the upper and lower jaws of the repulsive demon, "Tell me!" he growled. The bird chuckled, the sound grating on his ears, "You will die, along with the rest of your pack..." The bird's high screechy voice mocked him and Osamu bared his fangs, "Wrong answer." He growled and then he ripped the demon in half, tearing it's jaws apart. Osamu stood there, among the two halves of the bird, covered in it's blood, his chest heaving, not in exaghstion, but in an effort to control his demon. He lost the battle, in a mass of demonic aura and gleaming fangs, the body of Osamu disappeared and a giant black fured wolf appeared. The giant wolf raised it's head and and let out a blood curdleing, heart wrenching howl.
It then turned it's head, it's eyes gleaming with bloodlust. The low growl filled the air once again, and the giant wolf dissappeared, running towards the human village that stuck of black magin and of his missing pup.
The scream ripped unexpectedly out of my throat, just as the glowing dagger burried itself in my chest. I could feel the thick black miasma worm its way through my body, leaving trails of burning fire everywhere it went. I could feel my body thrashing against the chains that restrained it, the skin tearing where metal met skin, my blood pouring down the walls, dying both my skin and the wall red. My head was foggy, my vision cloudy, the flames of the now growing fire and crazed, frantic dancing of the chanters blending together to create a demonic image in my mind's eye. Suddenly all the mind numbing pain was gone, and I was there, outside my own body, watching the sickening ritual continue. I watched in horrified silence as I watched my own body bend almost in half backwards, bones cracking ominously, and a high pain-filled keening coming from my throat. I watched as long tendrils of black magic spread and moved beneath my skin as if something was fighting to get out. I watched as the dagger that held the origin of my curse slowly fall out of the sheathe that was my body, the dagger gleaming and new, the curse left behind in my body, along with the poison shard. The life I knew was now over...
Okay! So, is it better? Is it worse? I really need feedback ladies and gentleman. And I know my story doesn't follow the initial story line, but that's why it's a fanfiction...I will get to meeting InuYasha and the others eventually. But it's you guys and your reviews that push me to write more. So push the button, you know you want tooo!