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Chapter: 22 – The Spell of Death

"Where are you going young lady? Get back here this instant!!"

"No! I need to find her! It's important to me mom!"

Ali. The young girl from the first village that Kida had saved. She had seen something. Something dangerous. It was going after Kida and she knew it. It had said her name numerous times. It attacked her village. She was lucky to get out alive. So now; after lots of beatings and yelling from her parents, she was finally making her move. All on her own in the forest to find her way to Kida. Hopefully she wouldn't get hurt, and hopefully, she'll get to Kida in time, before it was too late.

"Ali wait!"

Ali turned around to see her boy friend Jason running up the hill to catch up to her. After taking deep breaths, he began speaking. "Your mom told me that you were going to look for Kida," he said.

"Yes."

"But it could be dangerous. She's a half demon, I'm sure she can handle herself."

"But what if she can't, Jason! I need to be there to help her!" Ali said.

"Well..." Jason put his hand on her shoulder. "If you must, then I'm coming with you," he said as they both smiled.

"Will you not think differently Kida? If you do not love him, then you cannot be with him." Prince Caspian was loosing his patience. He wanted his army to be complete before it was too late. He could not rule and become more powerful without Bankotsu.

Kida was now on her knees crying. She had no idea what to do; what to think. Prince Caspian grew furious.

"Kida! Stand up! Do you not want your love to become real again?! Forever!"

But there was still no response from Kida. Prince Caspian growled with fury. But hurting her would only make things worse. He suddenly stopped. He thought for a moment. He had an idea. The one other way to bring him back to life…Prince Caspian smiled with pleasure and finally had more confidence in himself. He suddenly held his hand in front of Bankotsu's face and lowered his claws. They began turning black as he fired magic into the body of Bankotsu.

"If she doesn't know if Bankotsu is her true love and refuses to believe and kiss him…" he stared saying to himself as Bankotsu's eyes opened! "Then I shall make him kiss his true love."

Bankotsu sat up and through his legs over the bed and stared at the back of Kida's head on the ground. There was no expression on his face for he was only a mere puppet controlled by Prince Caspian. He grabbed the white silky hair of Kida and held it back, pulling her to her knees. Kida's heart pounded as she stared into Bankotsu's fake gray eyes.

"KIDA!!" Inuyasha yelled.

"It's too late Inuyasha!" Prince Caspian yelled.

Inuyasha looked at Kida, her eyes beginning to close, Bankotsu pulling her closer to his face. He growled.

"You bastard! Let her go!" He said as he jolted forward.

"Take another step and she dies!" Prince Caspian shouted quickly.

Inuyasha froze in his steps. Prince Caspian grinned. He then fired something at Inuyasha. They were like two giant staples that pinned his wrists to the wall.

"Inuyasha!" Kagome called as she, Koga, Shipo and surprisingly, Mioga had joined him in the room.

Prince Caspian then fired a cage around Kagome, Shipo and Mioga and straps of electrified chains around Koga so that he couldn't move or attack. They all suddenly saw Bankotsu reach his lips towards Kida's weak body and kiss her. He began glowing massively. Everyone was shocked. Bankotsu pushed her away, not letting go of her hair as he took a deep breathe. He then opened his eyes. They were as black as night. Evil. He looked back down at Kida. She was breathing faintly. Bankotsu reached his other hand for her neck. Once he got a firm grasp, he released her hair. He held her in front of him and squeezed tightly. Kida grabbed his hands around her neck and began gasping for air. But was too weak to pull his hands away.

"No! Kida!!" Inuyasha shouted as he tried to get away. But he was stuck. And soon, the staples holding his arms electrified him. She screamed in pain.

"So can you tell me what's going on?" Jason asked.

"A demon attacked my village. My grandma has the power to see into the future and saw death," Ali said as she ran.

"The death of who?" Jason asked.

"The death of a half demon. She told me that something bad was going to happen to Kida."

"And how do you know where she is?"

Once they got to the top of the hill Ali pointed forward. "She's right over there." Ali said.

"Damn! Look how far away it is!" Jason complained.

They looked beyond the forest to Prince Caspian's castle. They had to go through the dangerous forest before they could save Kida. But how long could that take?

The horrible gagging sound of Kida's suffering made her friends sick; especially since they couldn't save her. Kida opened one eye, staring at the Prince; trying to force out words of aggression.

"I…don't…understand," she said.

"Ah, that's right, you don't know…well, might as well explain since you are going to die anyway…Bankotsu was simply part of my plan…he's not even real."

"What?!" Kida said as loudly as she could.

"I put him invisible because his body was not yet complete; I purposely took you to Naraku so you would have no choice but to come here. Then I made that I could bring him back to life. But you fools fell for my trap…I did not use the Spell of Life on him; I used the Spell of Death. The Spell of Life cannot be performed on a useless corps such as him," Prince Caspian explained.

"He wasn't real?" Kida said with her other eye open now.

Prince Caspian smiled evilly.

"You bastard!!" Inuyasha yelled, jolting forward. But he was still stuck, a simple tug with the urge to be free made his wrists bleed. He growled angrily.

Kida was furious but couldn't show it. Her fear of death overcame it. Kida dropped her hands from Bankotsu's grip on her neck, falling by her knees as they became sore on the ground next to the bed that Bankotsu was sitting on. Her fingers dripped with her blood from her neck. Her eyes closed. Her faced turned purple, a little.

"Bankotsu! Stop! I have something more special planned for her death," Prince Caspian said.

Bankotsu angrily stared into Kida's lifeless face. He let her go as she dropped to the floor. Inuyasha's eyes widened.

"Kida!!" He yelled. Many more calls of her name from her friends filled the room, but Kida didn't move.

"Wow. It's much further then I thought," Sango said while riding on Kirara, along with Miroku. The rest were right next to them as they were on their way to Prince Caspian's castle. They suddenly stopped; turning their heads behind them to a huge and loud roar among the large forest. Trees were rustling; screams of terror came from them.

"Miroku!" Sango said as she gasped.

"Let's go Sango," he said. Kirara turned around but stopped.

"We'll meet you there!" Sango called to the rest of the group.

They all nodded as they separated.

Sniff.

'Another scent of blood,' Sesshomaru thought as he zoomed through the forest. 'But wait. This scent is different…humans!' Sesshomaru turned his head and headed in that direction of the forest.

"AAHH!!"

"I told you it was a bad idea to come through here!" Jason told Ali as they ran from demons.

Blood was spilling out of his arm. Ali stared at it, feeling guilty.

"I can't believe you just did that," she said.

"Why wouldn't I? I wasn't going to let a demon hurt you," Jason said as he held his wound tightly. Protecting his true love heals his pain in a whole special way. But even though the thought of death scared him, he would risk his life to save Ali.

A shriek came from Ali as she stopped. Jason realized why she had screamed. There were demons in front of them. But the ones behind them didn't stop chasing them. They were coming closer!

'I can't believe I'm doing this. But it's what Kida would want.' Came a thought from the trees. And just as the demons were about to attack, a blue blast killed them all. The kids were confused. They turned to their right and saw Sesshomaru flew through the trees and land in front of them.

"Who's that?" Jason asked.

Ali stared at him for a while. "I think he's the one Kida likes," she said.

"You know Kida?" Sesshomaru asked as he turned his head. But Ali screamed as another demon came their way.

"Poison Claw!" Sesshomaru shouted as he shot green poison at the demon and killing it. Jason was astonished.

"Is that a demon?" He asked softly.

"Yeah," Ali whispered.

"Then how come he's protecting us?"

"Because of Kida."

"Dragon Strike!"

Now only a few demons remain. Sesshomaru turned to the two when he heard them yelling again. He thought of Ren. More demons were coming from their sides and front, Sesshomaru panicked. He killed the ones to their right as well as their front. But he turned nervously to their left as a demon came within an inch of Jason.

"Heiakos!" Sango's weapon killed all the demons.

"Wind Tunnel!" Miroku called. Sesshomaru's hair blew rapidly as the strong winds almost pulled him in. He dug his sword into the ground and held onto it until the winds had subsided. He then glared at Miroku. But suddenly noticing that he wasn't trying to suck him in. He was killing all of the demons behind him. He saved him. Sesshomaru was silent.

"Ali?! What are you doing here?" Sango asked as she jumped from Kirara's back and knelt by her and Jason.

"I came for Kida!"

"Well, I'm sorry but this is no time for visiting. Its dangerous out here, you should go home."

"No!"

Ali's high voice startled Sango. "Kida's in danger! I came to save her!"

"What are you talking about?" Miroku asked.

"Someone is going to kill her!" Sango and Miroku looked at each other.

"Where?"

"That big castle at the end of the forest," Jason said pointing.

"We were just there," Sango said.

"We have to go!"

After hearing the location, Sesshomaru was off as well.

"Now it's time for you," Prince Caspian said.

Inuyasha growled. He was in the room alone now; Kagome and Shipo's cage was moved, along with Koga. Bankotsu was watching Kida, hopefully not making it worse. Prince Caspian put his hand on Inuyasha's chin.

"A half demon is still demon. I could use your powers to become even more…AH!" Prince Caspian backed away.

Inuyasha spit blood then grinned. "Ooh, that hurt didn't it?"

Inuyasha had bitten hard down on Prince Caspian's finger almost tarring it off completely.

"You Dog!" Prince Caspian yelled. "I know the perfect punishment for you."

Suddenly, Inuyasha felt an electrified shock that had come from the steel staples still holding his wrists to the wall.

'Damn it! I can't break free!' He thought. The Prince suddenly began glowing. He began morphing into a generous dragon demon! 'He's a demon?' Inuyasha thought.

"Now I will devour you and you powers will be mine!" Caspian shouted.

He aimed his razor sharp teeth for Inuyasha's head. Inuyasha moved his head away but yelled in pain. Caspian's teeth had dug deep into his right shoulder.

"AAHH!!" "Die half breed!" Caspian said as his teeth dug deeper into his flesh.

"Inuyasha!" Yelled a voice.

In the corner of his eyes, Inuyasha saw Sango's weapon slice the back of Caspian. He yelled as he released Inuyasha. Inuyasha's head dropped. Kirara transformed back as Sango and Miroku ran in front of Inuyasha while holding Ali and Jason.

"You humans want to die to?" Caspian yelled.

"Get away; save yourselves," Inuyasha said weekly.

"We're not leaving you," Sango said.

"But guys! What about Kida?!" Ali asked nervously.

Inuyasha's head rose as Sango and Miroku looked at each other then down at Ali and Jason.

"We'll have to split up. Just do what you can to find them!" Kina said.

They had split up into four groups, one with three the others with two. Star Fire and Danny went together, Ed and Al went together, Kina and Sena went together, and Winry, Kohaku, and Akina all went together.

"What is this place?" Danny asked.

He and Star Fire had entered a room with only cabinets in it. Star Fire grabbed the handle of one and pulled. It was locked. Star Fire's eye brows went down. She grabbed it with both hands and pulled harder. For a few seconds she struggled to get it open but it finally did. She almost fell over but caught herself. She looked in the drawer, which pulled out very far, and she screamed. A dead body was in the cabinet. Danny was confused. He fired his ice and kicked the door of a different cabinet. The door broke to pieces. He peered inside.

"Same thing here," he said. "It's a room full of dead bodies, the bodies of the people that Caspian must have killed," he said looking at the door still opened in front of Star Fire. "Or skinned alive," he continued Star Fire was horrified.

"How many hallways are in this castle?! Whoa!"

"What?!" Kina said as she turned to her sister.

"There's an upstairs too," Sena said pointing. She then looked at her older sister as if to say 'can we go? Can we? Huh? Huh? Huh?' Kina smiled. So they climbed the stairs…well flew, they were longer then they thought…There were two hallways. One to their left and the other to their right. They randomly picked the right. They walked down the dark and deserted hallway; it seemed to be getting darker. The Darkness surrounded everywhere. Nothing was visible. As they were walking they heard things crawling around them, but it was too dark to see.

"Hey Kina. Do you think you could create a light so we can see?" Sean asked.

"I'll try." Kina created a crystal in her palm. It worked. She never realized how brightly her crystals glow.

"Uh, Kina."

"Yeah?" Kina followed Sena's gaze and gasped.

Demons!

Hundreds of demons everywhere! Sena quickly blew the ones on the walls and ceiling away while Kina killed the ones floating in front of them. But they kept coming.

"What do we do now?" Sena said nervously. Kina stared blankly at the demons. Sena noticed more coming behind them. "Kina!"

As they closed in on the two, Kina finally made her move. She quickly grabbed Sena and jumped of the ledge to the first floor which was longer then they thought once they began falling. When they hit the floor they noticed the demons not following them. Sena stood but Kina was still on her knees at her sister's height. She put her hand on her shoulders.

"Ok, now we know, upstairs good, downstairs bad," she said as she stood and walked away. Sena followed her.

"Do you know where you're going?" Winry asked.

"Not exactly," Akina said.

"But we need to search everywhere in order to find them," Kohaku said.

They were walking through the hallway when they came to a door with a light on. The door was half way open. They peeped in.

"Hey look, it's Kagome and Shipo," Kohaku said.

"And isn't that Koga in the back?" Akina said.

Koga was all tangled in the back of the room when two men walked in with guns, laughing.

"Well look who we got," Artamus said.

"A delicious wolf for dinner," Thantose said as he licked his lips.

Koga chuckled. "So you two were behind this as well?"

"How could we not? Every traveler who comes here only gets eaten by us!" Artamus announced.

"And our power grows even more!" Thantose said.

"Which do you prefer…" Artamus said as her pointed his cannon to Koga's head. "In the head."

"Or the gut," Thantose said as he aimed his towards Koga's gut. Koga growled.

"We have to get in there," Kohaku said as he turned away towards the girls.

"Hey look," Winry said pointing in the room. "There's another door on the other side wall, if you can find the right door along the hallway wall, then you could get in."

"Good idea," Akina said.

"But…"

"But what?" Winry asked Kohaku.

"You're only a human; you have no weapon or ability to attack with."

Winry froze.

"You'll have to wait here," Akina said.

"What?!" Winry said in alarm.

"Just hide yourself, it won't take that long."

Winry sighed, her heart pounding; but she still nodded. As the two left around the corner Winry sat down and held her legs close to her body.

After a few minutes of waiting, Akina and Kohaku had found the right door, but Winry had driven off. She had noticed a light shining through a crack of a door down the hall and was curious. While she was exploring the two were sneaking into the room where Koga, Kagome and Shipo were in. But they needed a plan of attack. They saw the two men messing around with Koga and really ticking him off but he couldn't stop it.

As the two were tormenting Koga they felt some heat. They turned as saw a fire wall by the door. Then a small hole revealing Akina's head. She stuck out her hand and snapped, sending a line of fire at the two men. They both shot their cannons and broke through the line of fire. Akina closed the hole as the cannon balls continued flying towards them. Then Kohaku's weapon went flying and turned them off course. Artamus and Thantose looked at the fire wall in confusion as they took a few steps forward. But it suddenly faded and Akina and Kohaku burst out.

The men held up their cannons, read to fire. But Akina stepped in and snapped her fingers, knocking them out of their hands. Then took them both on by herself. Kohaku went over to Koga and bend down to his level. He used his large weapon and began cutting the chains.

"What are you doing here?" Koga said.

"What does it looked like?" Kohaku said as he finally cut the lock.

He then helped Koga up, and then swung his weapon at the cage holding Kagome and Shipo. It opened. He ran over to them while Koga went to help Akina' by knocking one to the ground with a round house kick before he bit down hard on Akina's shoulder. She was grateful.

They then left though the door that led to the hallway where Winry was supposed to wait…but she wasn't there. They began to panic as they searched the halls.

"Guys, chill."

Everyone turned to find Winry by a door and almost screamed her name in relief "Shh," she said as she put her finger on her lips.

"Follow me."

Although they didn't want to, they followed her anyway into the mysterious room.

"This way Al," Ed said leading his brother to a room where he had heard some mumbling sounds. The door was open a crack. Ed and Al pressed up against the wall, then Ed peeped in and saw Kida on a bed with Bankotsu standing by her; he was confused.

"Wasn't Bankotsu killed by Kida?" Al asked silently.

"I don't think that's the real Bankotsu," Ed guessed.

"He's evil?" Al said.

Ed looked back and saw that Bankotsu was leaving. He didn't know where he was going or how long he'll be but now was his only chance.

"What do we do brother?"

"Al. He's gone, come on," Ed said.

Al nervously followed. He ducked down as he passed through the door. They snuck in and got to Kida. Ed put his hand on her Forehead. She was freezing.

"Is she dead?" Al asked.

"I don't know," Ed responded.

"Come on, we've got to get her out of…"

Ed stopped in mid-sentence. His neck was being held tightly from behind. He grabbed the arm around his neck but was eventually swung backwards towards the wall.

"Brother!" Al shouted as he looked upon Bankotsu standing in front of him.

He held up his Bonryu and was about to slice through Al's body. Right as he swung blue light shined in front of him. He closed his eyes from the blinding light. When he opened them again he saw cement formed into a miniature wall, traveling up to his Bonryu that had gone over his head. It had stopped him from swinging it. Bankotsu let go of his sword and saw that it was still stuck on the cement. He glared at Ed who was just standing up.

Ed clapped his hands and touched his metal arm to form a dagger on it. He then charged at Bankotsu who dodged every swing. Bankotsu then spun and punched Ed in the mouth, knocking him forward. Ed whipped the blood then got ready to fight again.

"It's too late for her now," Bankotsu said. "She'll be used for Caspian's potion, and only one person can free her…and that person is not you." Bankotsu, along with Kida, disappeared in thin air.

"NO!" Ed shouted angrily.

"What now brother?"

"We have to find where he's taking her," Ed said as Bonryu disappeared. "Come on!" They both left the room and into the halls.

"Heiakos!"

The huge dragon demon was bleeding but not going down. While Sango took on the unstoppable beast, Miroku was trying t unlock the staple cuffs on Inuyasha's wrists; but they wouldn't budge.

"I'm very good with locks." Miroku turned to Jason.

"Ok, give it a try," he said.

Jason reached high towards Inuyasha's wrists, almost couldn't reach.

"How many times do I have to hit this thing?!" Sango said exhausted.

"You fool! You cannot kill me that easily!" Caspian shouted. "Soon my potion will be complete and I will become even more powerful!"

"Miroku!"

"Almost there!" Miroku said to Sango. Jason was almost done with the cuffs. Inuyasha grew impatient and began pulling only to have the sharpness of the cuffs cut his skin. But he had eventually gotten it loose…but only one hand.

While Jason did the other hand, Inuyasha filled his claws with his blood.

"Blades of Blood!" He shouted as he sent red blades at Caspian.

Again, he was busted up, but didn't go down. Caspian growled angrily. He knocked Sango to the ground and glared at Inuyasha. Miroku got in the way of him and Jason. Caspian then looked down at the helpless Ali.

"I still know one thing I can do," he said reaching his long body for her. He grabbed her then disappeared.

"NO!" Jason called. "We have to save her!"

"We will! But we need Inuyasha free first!" Miroku said as Sango walked up to them. Jason continued but couldn't help but think of Ali.

'Don't worry! Hang on Ali! I'm coming to save you!' He thought.

What will happen to Ali?! And Kida?! Who will save her? Who CAN save her?! Find out in chapter 23!!!