Chapter 5

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Shippo screamed, "That's impossible! They can't still be alive!"

"If that's so, then how are they getting up?!" I snapped at him.

I get cranky when I'm scared.

"I don't sense any life in these men, their souls have left them," Miroku said.

"That means they're undead," Sango said.

"Yep, it's a zombie apocalypse," I confirmed aloud.

"Wait, how do you-?" Kagome was cut off by the sudden wave of men running forth and attacking.

"How about you guys take care of this and I just wait for you guys outside the gates, 'kay?" I asked as I turned around to run.

I didn't get very far and only managed to run into a hard, armor-covered chest. I looked up just in time to see the man take a swipe at me with his sword. Using my amazing, adrenaline filled reflexes, I ducked and rolled away.

Just when I thought I was safe, I opened my eyes to see another man standing over me with a spear. I managed to move my head to the left just in time for the spear to be implanted in the ground just where my head was.

He lifted the spear out of the ground and held it up over my head. I screamed as I lifted my arms up in an attempt to protect myself. It was unnecessary though as the man went flying off of me. Sitting up, I saw Sango holding her boomerang.

"Thanks," I said giving a shaky smile as I tried to calm my racing heartbeat.

"No problem," she replied with a small nod, "now, stay behind me," she instructed seriously as she fought off another oncoming attack of zombie men.

"Don't have to tell me twice," I muttered under my breath.

We were soon huddled together, the zombie men all surrounding us. Three of them lunged forward to attack Inuyasha, only to have him slash at them and kick them back. They didn't stay down for long though because soon they were back on their feet.

"Do you see that? Even if you knock them down, they keep reviving right away," Miroku observed.

"How can they keep coming back to life if they were dead in the first place?" Shippo asked.

"It's possible that somebody's controlling them," I replied, "But if that's the case, then how? Are they being controlled with a jewel shard?"

"No, that isn't it. I don't sense jewel shards in any of them," Kagome replied with a shake of her head.

"Then how-?" I paused mid sentence when I saw the men all suddenly float up into the air.

Before anyone could figure out how, they suddenly started to shoot straight down towards Inuyasha. I let out a small screech before quickly clamping my hands over my mouth to silence myself. He managed to push them away, but as he did they started foaming at their wounds. The scene was exactly how the man I saw earlier died. The only difference, was that there was even more blood than before.

Inuyasha stared at his bloodied hand and asked mainly to himself, "What's going on around here?"

All the remaining men standing suddenly fell down with a groan of pain.

"What's making them suddenly collpase like that?" Shippo asked.

Nobody answered him. Even I didn't know what happened, but then again I did only read the first few chapters. As far as I know this wasn't even foreshadowed. And I don't remember reading about this episode in any of the fanfics I've read so far.

I didn't get to think about this any longer before I heard someone yell out in an angry voice, "Inuyasha!"

I gasped, scared that it might be the enemy and quickly spun around long with everyone else. At first I saw no one, but then I trailed my eyes up to look at the top of the wall. Standing there, fist balled up by his sides, was Koga.

"That's Koga, from the demon wolf tribe!" Miroku exclaimed.

I didn't even have the spunk to make a sarcastic remark at how obvious that was because I was too busy worrying about a fight breaking out. Here Inuyasha was, standing in the middle of a sea of dead men from the northern demon wolf tribe. Though Inuyasha wasn't the first to kill them, he still had his hands stained with their blood. To Koga, this looked like Inuyasha had murdered them himself.

"Inuyasha, how dare you do this?!" Koga asked in a strained voice, but there was no denying the anger and grief laced in his voice.

I gulped and took a shaky step back, as if having a little bit more distance between us would help save my life. This movement caught his attention though and Koga turned his head to look at me. Breifly, I saw a flicker of confusion shine in his eyes before they hardened again.

"Before you jump to conclusions," Inuyasha started, "Your pals were already dead by the time I got to the castle."

"Shut up!" Koga yelled, "You can't lie to me, you're covered head to foot in their blood!"

"He's telling the truth, Koga!" I exclaimed, gaining the other's attention.

"She's right! We came here looking for a demon named Naraku and we found the wolf tribe slaughtered!" Kagome put in, trying to reason with him.

"Kagome.." Koga breathed in a pained voice.

"But then they came to life and started attacking us! But they weren't really alive, they were zombies," Kagome explained.

"Kagome, don't even try protecting that curd. The same goes for you, Nanami!" Koga growled at us.

I heard Koga mumble something under his breath before he yelled at us, "How stupid do you think I am, you blood thirsty mutt?!"

"Oh, no.." Kagome said worriedly.

"It looks like we were set up, this is one of Naraku's tricks. It was his poisioned insects that led us here in the first place," Miroku concluded, "The demon wolf tribes were somehow enticed here too, and they were quickly slaughtered."

"I knew it!" I exclaimed out loud causing everyone to look at me.

"That's the whole reason why I came here," I explained to them before looking up at Koga, "After you left, the man that gave you the jewel shard suddenly foamed at the wound and died. It was exactly like what happened to these men. They were already dead, but somehow attacked us before dying again the same way. They were being controlled by someone, Koga, and so was that other man. It was all a trap."

As I said all this, Koga held a blank face. I couldn't tell whether he believed me or not, but I knew he was definitely working it all out in his head.

"Koga, please," I begged, "None of this was Inuyasha's fault. It was-."

I was cut off by Koga, "Shut up! Shut up, Nanami! I don't want to hear this from you! Just because I saved you, that doesn't mean that you can force me to believe such lies!"

His words only pissed me off. I wasn't fucking lying, I was telling the truth! I was too stubborn to admit that his words also hurt me, just a bit. It was a dying wish to think that I could negotiate with him, especially considering what lay before him.

"It's no use, Koga's convinced in having a fight to the death with Inuyasha," Miroku stated.

"You're right, the blood has gone straight to Koga's head," Shippo agreed, "And I don't think there's anything that will get him to back down."

I glanced over at Kagome. She had a worried look on her face, and I knew that she was thinking of ways to get them to stop fighting each other. I looked back towards the wall again, only to see Koga gone. Looking around, I spotted him launching himself at Inuyasha. Inuyasha jumped back, but that didn't stop Koga from lunging again.

I had to think about this. I could try being like those girls in fanfictions who try to break up a fight between two immensely hot guys in hopes that they will stop attacking each other in favor of not hurting the fragile human girl (or beautiful demoness whichever you prefer).

But honestly, I don't think that's gonna work. I mean Koga is convinced that Inuyasha really slaughtered his tribe and wants revenge. I doubt that he would stop the fight just to make sure that a supposedly suicidal girl he barely knows doesn't get hurt.

There's no way that I'm taking that chance, I'm a coward at heart. So should I just leave? This place is really starting to creep me out, what with the dark sky and seemingly purple aura around here. I just know that someone's in that building too and - wait, someone's in the building?

Of course someone's in the building. I mentally face palmed. That would explain everything. If I can find the person who caused all of this, then Inuyasha and Koga won't kill each other! With that, I broke away from the group and ran inside the dark building, going unnoticed by Koga and the others.