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Shut up or I have you killed off or turned gay
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Scroll Thirteen: Aftermath
The demon swordsman glared at his sleeping rival on the ground and smirked. "So many pranks... so little time." He grinned evilly as he watched DJ sleep.
"I got an idea..." Shippo chuckled.
"So let me get this straight, you saw some ghost of the forest and he gave you this special power?" Inuyasha asked, sitting cross-legged with the Tessaiga in his lap along with the others. After the battle against the Wood Golem they had decided on taking turns getting rest and setting up a camp before continuing to Naraku.
"Yeah, it was really weird. He called himself Koigokoro and said he was the spirit that planted the Yokai Ki no Ai here hundreds of years ago." Axe sat opposite him across the campfire that they had set up to warm the cool dawn air.
"Whatever, it doesn't sound like all that big of a deal to me, nothing's changed." The half-demon scoffed.
"Oh hush Inuyasha, you're just mad because Axe might be stronger than you now." Kagome smiled, slightly amused.
"Oh please! I'm still way stronger than him! I can just reflect whatever energy he sends at me with the Backlash Wave!"
"Yeah right Muttface, you couldn't do shit against his attack. It's not a demonic power." Koga sat of to the side of the three and looked away from Inuyasha.
"What was that ya scrawny wolf!?"
"I ain't telling you squat, ain't worth my time." The wolf demon spat.
"Tell us!"
"No!"
"Damn you!"
"Please Tell us Koga-kun?" Kagome asked in a sweet voice.
"Of course Kagome, it'd be my pleasure to." Koga smirked and moved closer to Kagome, causing both Axe and Inuyasha to fall over.
"You see, demonic power comes from demons and their auras, or half-demons to far lesser extent." He shot a glare to Inuyasha, earning a growl from the dog demon. "This is the only power that can be reflected with the Backlash Wave. Holy powers come from Priests and Priestesses like yourself and Kikyo, these cannot be reflected but are much harder to obtain than demonic powers. However if what Rocky here says is true…" Another identical groan, this time from Axe. "… then he obtained his powers from the spirit of this forest and thus is divine power. Divine power is the rarest and most powerful of the three. It can only be given to certain people whom the spirits choose, like the ancient spirits of the Wolf Demon tribe or the spirit of this forest."
"Ah, I get ya, so since his axe has this divine power stuff, then the Backlash Wave can't reflect it because it's not a demon." Inuyasha smacked his fist into his palm as he began to comprehend.
"Yeah, it's simple enough for even a mutt like you to understand." Koga scoffed and turned away again.
"What was that!?" Inuyasha snarled before their conversation was interrupted by what appeared to be DJ, running away from something at sonic speed. As he slowed down the group saw what appeared to be crayon drawn all over his face, he was also shivering and shaking.
"What the hell happened to you?" Axe raised an eyebrow.
"Baka….swordsman….. kuso…." The speedy swordsman chattered his teeth while shivering, watching Devon and Shippo emerge from the bushes where DJ had run from.
"I gotta admit fox boy, ice down the pants sounded immature but it sure is effective and fun to watch." The blonde swordsman laughed loudly. "And you can write surprisingly legibly on a face too."
"J-Jackass…" DJ shivered again in the cool dawn air in combination with his recent chills.
The others stirred from their slumber as well because of Inuyasha shouting at Koga and DJ yelling at Devon. "Huh? What's going on?" Kagome sat up and yawned from her spot away from the others a little where the girls had slept, not trusting Miroku and a few others.
"What's all the noise?" Herman mumbled as he and Miroku also stirred, antidote having taken its effect and both having recovered from the poisonous insects and Miasma.
"Nothing important, glad to see you up and about Big Red." Axe smirked.
"Glad to be up and about." The lobster merman stretched, looking to Miroku who had recovered from a similar predicament.
"Miroku, if you do anything that stupid again I swear I'll hack your arm off." Inuyasha grumbled.
"I guess that's Inuyasha's version of 'happy to see you're okay.'" Kirsty sweatdropped as she sat down near the fire, closely followed by the other girls.
"Ah my favorite part of the day, when the girls wake up." DJ laughed softly and looked upon the females with an expression of love, blinking as he noticed someone was missing. "Where's Dusty-chan?" he looked up at Niri.
"She overslept… of course…" The sharpshooter mumbled and nodded to the group of trees where the girls had slept.
"I'll go wake her up!" The speedy swordsman said all too eagerly and jumped up, taking off for the trees.
"Don't even try it Speedy." Niri snatched as his collar, causing him to fall backwards.
"Hard to believe the demon love tree's gone…" Chizuru looked to the gaping hole where the tree had been.
"Can't say I miss it…" DJ grumbled from where he plopped onto the ground after Niri stopped him.
"And why is that?" Dusty asked, finally emerging from the girls' camp. "I would think you would be all for a tree that makes people fall in love."
"Fake love only causes pain." DJ looked away, remembering his and Dusty's own experience with the tree in the forest when he was presumed dead.
"I suppose, but it is a good sentiment after all. The tree had good intentions." Kagome sighed, looking with Chizuru to where the tree used to be.
"Who the hell cares?" Inuyasha interjected, standing up. "The important thing is we find Naraku and kill him, demon tree or no demon tree."
"Inuyasha's right, we can't lose sight of our objective. We have to kill Naraku and get back to our own world." Axe nodded in agreement.
"So where do we go from here?" Devon asked. "Naraku just disappeared when he absorbed the demon tree."
"I think we should split up and look for clues." Miroku sighed. "It's the only way we can cover all the ground we need to. Naraku couldn't have gotten too far yet, he's still getting used to his new transformation."
"Well then, how about we split up into groups?" Niri suggested.
"Great idea, but who goes with who?" Axe mused.
"How bout this boss?" DJ grinned broadly in his constructed group of him sitting in between Dusty and Sango.
"How bout no?" Axe sighed. "Devon, you go with DJ."
"What!? No way am I going with that bastard!" The two swordsmen shouted in unison and pointed to each other.
"Deal with it…" The pirate captain sighed. "Anyway where was I? Herman, Chizuru and Kagome go together. Dusty, you Sango, Kilala, Shippo and Kirsty go together too. Koga, Niri and Miroku should go together too. And I'll go with Inuyasha." Axe looked around. "Where'd your friends go Koga?"
"Don't think you can order me around Rocky. Ginta and Hakkaku went to go patrol another part of the forest for Naraku's presence." The wolf demon huffed.
"Captain…" Devon looked at Axe seriously and pulled him closer. "There's something that I remember from being under Naraku's control, I think he wanted me to remember it. I think you and Inuyasha should check the waterfall near the edge of the forest…" he whispered.
"Thanks Dev, will do." The pirate captain smirked softly.
"Feh, let's get moving already,: Inuyasha scoffed, looking annoyed that Axe had taken charge of his group.
DJ and Devon began walking off in their direction. Their glares met and they turned to each other, growling. "WANNA FIGHT!?" They both shouted at each other, pulling out their blades and slashing at each other.
Kirsty sweatdropped and turned around from where she had begun walking off as well. "They're at it already? That didn't take long…"
"Urrrg, you guys are gonna give me a migraine." The captain growled and held his head. "Alright break it up you two! It's obvious this isn't going to work. Koga, you go with DJ! Devon, you're with Niri and Miroku!"
"And that's better… how?" Niri sweatdropped as well while watching the two switch groups.
The groups began heading off into their directions again while the occurrence repeated itself with Koga and DJ. "WANNA RACE!?" Both the swordsman and the wolf demon took of in a gust of wind and a blur.
"Those guys are morons." Axe sighed and hoped to be finally on his way.
Inuyasha gave a soft laugh and grinned. "Maybe we'll get lucky and they'll get killed."
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Naraku smiled as he looked through Kanna's mirror at the group of pirates, demon hunters and demons. Kagura, Kanna, Hakudoshi and Naraku were all in the cave, purple miasma surrounding them. "So they all managed to survive after all… Impressive. I thought as much."
"You mean you had this all planned out from the start?" Kagura stared at her 'father' with a surprised look in her eyes.
"Of course Kagura, it would have been nice if the Wood Golem had killed them all, but not necessary to my plan. I still have one final phase of planning left." The evil demon smirked maliciously. "Now go!" he pointed outwards as the demon detachments disappeared back to the entrance of the cave.
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Kagome, Chizuru and Herman continued on their way when a thick white mist surrounded them so they could barely see the nose on their own faces. "What is this stuff?" The lobster chef questioned, trying to swirl it around with his claw.
"It appears to be mist, Mr. Cook." Chizuru smirked softly.
"Obviously…" Herman sighed. "I mean where did it come from?"
"Oh, well beats me…"
Kagome and Herman nearly fell over, the former looked ahead into the mist. "Guys… I get a bad feeling about this…"
The navigator's eyes narrowed as she looked forward. "DUCK!" She tackled the girl and the merman into the dirt just as a beam of light whizzed by where they had been seconds before.
"What the hell was that!?" Herman stood up and brushed himself off, on edge for another attack.
"I have no idea…" Kagome looked around confusedly. "I'm not sensing any jewel shards so it can't be Naraku. In fact, I'm not sensing any presence or demonic aura at all!"
"That's not good…" Chizuru pulled out her knives and twirled one in each hand, waiting for the attacker to show itself.
Out of the mist a white figure slowly moved towards the group, revealing itself as it got closer. A small girl clothed in white, with white hair and holding a mirror, stepped before the three. "That's Kanna! She's Naraku's incarnation!"
"If she came from Naraku how come we can't sense her when she's this close?" The lobster merman questioned.
"She's made from mu, from nothingness, she can't be sensed, almost like she barely exists." Kagome explained. "It's odd, normally Naraku doesn't send her out to fight, he must really be pulling out all the stops this time…."
"What do you want from us Kanna?" Chizuru questioned, holding her knife firmly just in case.
"Naraku has sent me here to kill you….." The girl said simply in a soft voice as another beam of light shot out from the mirror.
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"We are Fighting Dreamers Takami wo mezashite Fighting Dreamers Narifuri kamawazu Fighting Dreamers Shinjiru ga mama ni Oli Oli Oli Oh-! Just go my way! Right here, right now, GO!" DJ sang as he and Koga continued walking.
"Will you shut the hell up!? You've been singing ever since we stopped running!" The wolf demon snapped.
"Would you rather me go back to singing the Four Seasons song?" The musician stuck his tongue out.
"Fighting Dreamers is fine then." Koga sighed.
"You're just made because I beat you in that race."
"YOU DID NOT BEAT ME YOU LITTLE PUNK!"
"DID TOO YA MANGY WOLF!" The two growled at each other when they noticed the area around them was littered with bones, human bones. "Whatdya suppose happened here?" DJ asked, looking around at the remains.
"No clue…" The demon looked around when the wind in their spot suddenly picked up, causing both speed freaks to look to the sky.
"Does this world get a lot of hurricanes?" DJ asked, still looking up.
"You mean you can't smell that? There's a demonic aura in the air, a strong one." The wolf tribe leader looked around and sniffed curiously. He stopped and growled, his eyes narrowing. "I recognize this scent…"
"I'm flattered you remember me…" Kagura smirked softly. "Last time we did battle I took your jewel shards and nearly your life without even breaking a sweat."
"Not how I remember it, you hag! You just got lucky! Plus I've gotten loads stronger!" The wolf demon growled as he turned to the woman.
"You fought a girl? How unchivalrous." The speedy swordsman commented while staring from Koga to Kagura.
"Shut up you speedy freak! I can fight whoever I want!" Koga snapped, turning back to his 'ally'.
"It is not right under any means to hit a lady!" DJ shouted back.
"Maybe if I stand here long enough they'll kill each other for me…." Kagura sweatdropped.
"I heard that!" DJ and Koga shouted together, looking from each other to the wind witch.
"Hey, speedy bastard, remember when you asked me what happened to the rest of my tribe besides Ginta and Hakkaku?"
"Yeah, why?"
"She killed them…." Koga's eyes narrowed at Kagura.
"I see… well that gives me a reason."
"A reason?"
"An excuse anyway… to fight!"
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Kirsty, Dusty and Sango also continued on their search for Naraku. Kirsty was letting Shippo ride on her back during the long trek while Kilala was in her smaller cat form in Dusty's arms. The fox girl began petting the demon cat softly, a frown forming on her face. "How much longer is this gonna take?" she whined.
"Oh pipe down, we haven't been walking all that long, you call yourself a demon?" Shippo questioned from his perch.
"FOR THE LAST FRICKEN TIME! I AM NOT A DEMON!!!!!!" Dusty snarled as she glared at the small fox boy, who cowered in fear of the female kitsune.
"Hehehe…. So pathetic…" Came a soft voice from the air as Hakudoshi descended on them from his pure white barrier.
"Whoa, who's he?" Kirsty's eyes widened at the boy dressed in white.
"Hakudoshi!" Sango growled as she removed her Hiraikotsu from her back and planted it on the ground near the boy. "What do you want!?"
"Naraku has sent me to kill you all…" Hakudoshi smirked as he eyed the three humans and two smaller demons.
"Hakudoshi? He's the one who hurt Herman!" The doctor pulled out her Sai and pointed it at the boy.
"Yes… hopefully you'll be more entertaining than that pathetic excuse for a crustacean." The demon boy gave the group a cold look.
"No one hurts our Nakama and gets away with it! Right Dusty?" Kirsty smirked to her comrade.
"Uh… right." The fox girl laughed nervously as she looked at Hakudoshi and took out her scythes.
"Foolish humans, this will be no challenge at all…" Hakudoshi twirled his naginata and pointed it at the group.
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Devon led Niri and Miroku through the mountains on the north side of the forest. They walked for what seemed like forever until they came across a large mountainside mansion that looked like it had been abandoned. "Where we going Dev?" The sharpshooter questioned as they reached the entrance.
"Inside…" he said simply and continued walking without a word. Bring the jewel shard to Tschimaru and your brother will finally be free… Naraku's voice still echoed through the demon's head as they continued in the hallway, stopping at what looked like a large gelatinous egg that had recently been broken open.
"What the heck is that thing?" Miroku asked and covered his nose with his sleeve to protect himself from the egg's rancid scent.
"Tschimaru…" Devon whispered and examined the egg. "I had a chance to kill him when I was under Naraku's control, all I had to do was drive my sword into the heart of this egg. I didn't, now it's too late but I'm going to rectify that mistake." He continued out into the courtyard of the mansion. "TSCHIMARU! I KNOW YOU CAN HEAR ME! I HAVE WHAT YOU WANT NOW COME OUT AND SHOW YOURSELF!" he shouted into the air.
"What he wants? What could that mean?" Niri cocked her head to the side in a questioning manner.
"You have the jewel then?" A faint voice came from the shadows of the patio on the other side of the courtyard. A shadowy figure sat calmly, waiting for Devon to answer.
"Right here!" The demon held up the jar that Kagome had until last night. Inside was the glistening pink shard.
"Is that!? Devon no!" Miroku shouted, his eyes widening.
"Good, work demon…. Hand it to me…" Tschimaru's voice came out as he smirked and held out his hand. "And this terrible nightmare will be a thing of the past…."
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(A note, both the songs DJM mentioned where GO!!! Which is owned by whoever owns Naruto and Flow and Four Seasons by Namie Amuro)
DJP: Alright faithful readers and reviewers! The next chapter is a chance for you to show what you want! Whichever of the four fights you saw previewed here that you want to be next, just tell me, whichever fight has the most votes will be the first final fight of Feudal Pirates!
Koga: Kagura! You'll pay for killing my comrades!
Hakudoshi: You humans can't even touch me with my barrier, plus I can still read your minds!
Sango: Damn, he's too good…
Kanna: You will die now…
Herman: Whoa! Who thought a nothingness demon would be this powerful!?
Devon: You have to agree not to hurt my brother and to give him back to me in exchange for the shard…
Kagome: Next time! A battle against Naraku's detachments, see ya soon!
Inuyasha: Damnit Naraku! Where the hell are ya!?