Their eyes swept the field there were still bodies everywhere. "Search for the general InuYasha." Taro commanded. Then they each swept one part of the battlefield.
"No one won this battle," Cat mused as she searched the corpses, "There's a part to the story they left out. I mean look at the bodies. Both camps are still here, but empty. There are also the same amount of demon corpses as humans." There was a silence and then Cat continued, "My father isn't here. I don't know how but I know."
"Taro!" Okono yelled. Both Cat's and Taro's eyes turned to Okono. He stood in front of a corpse, with the armor of a general. Taro ran over with Cat following behind. Taro slowly approached the corpse and Cat kneeled next to the corpse.
"This armor, it's defiantly the armor of General InuYasha." Cat confirmed. Taro turned away and cursed under his breath.
"Now I have nothing to go off of, my dream was here, he was here!" Taro ranted. Taro silenced himself, "That dream, I was over there." He pondered as he walked over to the cliff edge the sunset was as red as blood. There was something wrong here.
"Taro! This isn't his corpse!" Cat yelled.
Taro turned around fast, and there he was the demon from his nightmares. The sunset the same as when in his dream. The demon's shadow stretched and shadowed Taro. The figure's face shadowed which was what Taro feared most about this person.
"You!" Taro whispered under his breath. The figure said nothing but merely smiled and laughed. This can't be happening. Taro thought.
The demon stood there and Taro's insides trembled. All of their surroundings around them turned black. Taro in his heart knew it was only time before the demon would rip his claws into him when a voice spoke to him, My legacy. Strike him, but do not kill him. Free him from his never ending curse. Taro suddenly felt a new power overcome him.Taro drew his sword, then a new sensation he had never felt filled him and his sword seemed to become one with him.
Taro turned his sword toward to the demon, who stood there still unintimidated. How do I strike him without killing him? Taro swung the sword at the figure and to him surprise the ground shook and hit the figure causing him to fly and hit the ground.
Then the figure got up and charged at Taro and the claws ripped into Taro's arm. Taro felt pain surge through him along with anger. Use your senses not your instincts. The voice said. Taro tried to sense something and then finally felt that the figure felt anger, sadness, heartbreak, despair, and loneliness all rolled into one.
Once again the demon charged at Taro, Taro slipped the sword back into the cast then picked up a stone with pretty heavy weight and waited for the demon to dig his claws into Taro's chest. Even more pain surged into Taro upon impact; "Forgive me." He yelled then Taro slammed the rock into the demons head causing it to collapse on top of him.
Then the surroundings start to come back into view. Quickly Cat ran over and pulled the demon off and looked over Taro and said, "Are you okay?"
Taro nodded yes then sat up. Then the demon sat up rubbing his head which now had black hair, they watched his hair slowly turn white. "Oww…What happened?" He opened one eye and then the other. "How did I get here? Last I remember was battling a demon." Taro saw Cat's face started to light up.
"General InuYasha?" Cat asked hopefully. The man looked at her stared for a few seconds then looked at the others.
"What happened, why is he a mess?" InuYasha asked.
"You attacked me." Taro said dryly.
"Why did I attack you…wait a minute. That demon she did something…placed something on me." He paced back and forth, "Something's missing here." Taro pulled himself to his feet his body aching with every move.
"That battle is long over, demons are winning currently." Okono said.
"No not that." He yelled, all of them jumped. InuYasha looked at Cat and said, "You."
"InuYasha!" a voice yelled. They all turned toward the voice and there stood a group of demons. InuYasha turned to face them and a glare appeared on his face.
"Sesshomaru." He growled. Slowly the crowd parted and appeared the familiar demon.
"So you didn't die. How is it you haven't gotten yourself killed, without your precious miko here to stop you." A growl rolled up in his throat.
"What did you do with her?" InuYasha yelled.
"Absolutely nothing, she merely ran away. And that boy there who brought you to your senses, would be her son." He mocked. InuYasha turned to the boy and stared him in the face.
"He looks just like her." He whispered.
"InuYasha!" Sesshomaru called. InuYasha turned back to the demons. "You will come with us."
"Or what?" he yelled back. Then Sesshomaru snapped his fingers and demons held Cat, Okono, and Taro in a death hold.
"Or the miko's son and the demon slayer's son die." Sesshomaru smirked, he snapped once more and Cat appeared behind Sesshomaru.
"Let me go!" Cat yelled fighting their grips. InuYasha grimaced then looked at Taro and then Okono and knelt to the ground.
"Fine." He growled. Demons came and tied his arms behind his back and tied his feet. The demons behind Okono and Taro let their arms go and hit behind their heads causing Taro feel power in him overflow.
"Oh I see now. Demons! Take care of him while we head back to the fort." Sesshomaru ordered.
The demons charged at him and Taro merely ran into them pushing them aside. Then everything stopped and started to turn black, something slowly he felt something wrap itself around his neck. Then last thing he saw was Okono lying on the ground next to him. "Taro!" Cat's voice called.
"No." Taro gasped. But the new weight on his neck pulled him down with more force he had to fight with. Slowly the footsteps grew faint and a pair stopped and looked back and then continued.
