Chapter 6: A Quest
Inuyasha looked flabberghasted.
"I did what now?" he said, his eyes growing wide with surprise.
Kagome said, "He said you chose to become human Inuyasha. Did you do that for me?"
"That is stupid," Inuyasha insisted, "I have always wanted to be a demon."
"Now thats childish Inuyasha," Sesshomaru shouted, his anger rising, "You do not know what your life held for you here, but you must come to accept that this life here is a possible future, and when it comes, you will enjoy it."
The two half brothers looked like they were about to fight. You could see Inuyasha twitching to reach his sword, ready to start a brawl that he most certainly intended to win.
At that moment Litera strode in, taking in all three of them with both of her eyes, and what she did next caught them all off guard. She closed her eyes and lightly hummed, and when she opened her eyes, they were red pupils, her eyes glowing red with a calming emotion that almost certainly stopped both brothers in their tracks.
She spoke quietly then, "Calm yourselves. If what half of what Judor did was a clue, then we have a long journey ahead of us."
The trio looked to her in confusion. She caught the looks and rephrased it, stating, "Judor was hiding something, and I might have an idea what."
"Hiding what?" Inuyasha inquired.
"His master. Usually Judor works with a team and he is the leader, but in this he is partnering up. Otherwise he wouldn't have dared confront me so directly. He also brought several thousand demons with him, something he knew only Miroku could handle, and on this world Miroku is a simple monk, although he has no power left."
Kagome jumped in front of Litera and glared into her eyes, "He has no power?"
"No Kagome, he doesn't. He can't even defeat a lesser demon without his training in the art of demon slaying that he has been learning from Sango." Sesshomaru stated.
"Well that sucks. Looks like the old monk was tired out from the conflict with Naraku." Inuyasha glared at Sesshomaru, "Why did he lose all his power?"
Sesshomaru shrugged, but Litera answered, "because his power was based on the wind tunnel. He wasn't using the power of Buddha, he was using the demonic power given him by Naraku."
Inuyasha and Kagome fell silent, interested in the new information. Litera continued, "Anyway, what I understand is that Judor was hiding something, and I think I know what."
Sesshomaru whispered, "Unless it affects my life, I will not come."
Litera snapped at him, "It will lead to Rin I guarantee that."
Sesshomaru's glare answered the unasked question.
"We will continue on our way to the next village, which is a city guarded by a priestess named Kori. Hopefully, the first item we need will be there."
"What are we looking for Lite?" Kagome asked.
"In the end, we might need the orb of Rhejjice, but until we know for sure, we are going to need to find as many orbs as we can. Just so you understand how important this is," Litera trailed off, collecting her thoughts, and then finished her statement, "each of these orbs is about as powerful as the Shikon Jewel. We call them Tension Orbs."
Judor sat pacing in Moniguo's study. He was unsure of Moniguo's intent on keeping him in here. He was, in a word, anxious. He was completely lost as of what to do next. 10,000 demons? that was some luck. As for his part in Moniguo's plan, he had no clue.
Moniguo entered then, striding in like he was the lord of a palace, and with several armed men accompanying him. They dispersed as he came closer, guarding the door and several possible exits. All were wielding metal arms, an early style of guns, which could shoot 3 bullets a minute.
If Moniguo wanted Judor to be impressed or scared, he was sadly disappointed. Judor's expression showed more boredom than any sense of fear. He knew if push came to shove, he could easily take down everyone in this room, probably without taking a scratch. But Moniguo was up to something, he was always up to something.
He dismissed his extra guards then, turning to face Judor. "They pulled a surprise move on you it seems."
Judor grinned, "And?"
"It seems that they can work together effectively. So we must match that in order to win."
"Heh I could have handled them longer, but I didn't feel like attempting it with my demon helpers gone."
Moniguo smiled, "Of course not, it would have been foolhardy and they hardly need the extra help defeating us. We have an even hand, but in order to win we must outdo them in every way. We must assume they will all be stronger when the time comes, so we must work to be stronger too."
"And smarter."
Moniguo pulled out a knife, "I think I have the smarter taken care of, I needed to know their abilities, that was all."
Judor looked surprised, "Ten thousand demons as a test?"
Moniguo pulled the knife up suddenly and said, "I don't want them knowing what I am doing. So either it killed them or I learned something. by sending that many I put them to the full test. I won't need massive demons to win, they are weaklings, and by the time they get far enough, even 10,000 will not be enough. No, in order to win we need to outsmart them, not overpower them."
Judor winced then, "Not overpower them, why not?"
Moniguo began whittling at a piece of wood he had pulled from his pocket. "because Inuyasha can turn anything we send back at them that much more powerful."
"yes, but only demon energy. I have four other types of energy he can't redirect."
Moniguo continued cutting off huge pieces from his wood, "So you say, but we aren't sure of that. Even if he couldn't I am sure that not many others have those other energies. If it came down to you or Litera, I would be hard-pressed to stay on your side."
Judor put his arm to his weapon, "Oh?"
Moniguo stopped whittling for a second, "I would stay out of it. Litera would hardly hurt me, and I could hardly do anything to help you. So why pull myself into it? No, I think I have a better idea, I am going to bring up not a demon, but a miko to my side."
Judor looked extremely confused, "Oh?"
Moniguo held up his wooden sculpture he had just finished. "Yes I have just the miko picked out. She has outdone Kagome at every turn, and makes Inuyasha weak everytime he sees her. With that, I could easily pull out enough enemies to defeat him. Of course, this is only plan A, I hardly think it will work, but if it kills even one of them, its a success."
He was holding a wooden sculpture of Kikyo.