Tari here. It took me a while but I've got a new chapter. Had to dig myself out of that whole. I hope you enjoy it.
Ulla grinned and laughed, "Ah. There we go. My friend's are waking up now."
Shi looked down and scowled. "Stop wasting time," she hissed, "and head back to the demon world."
"Oh, but I'm having such fun," Ulla complained.
Shi's hands reached out, as if to strangle her, when Shippou shouted, "Leave Becca alone!"
Shi glanced at him and then disappeared. Her smoke faded into the atmosphere.
Ulla turned to walk away when her body froze, twitched once, and then turned back around. "Miroku," she whispered.
Miroku looked up and asked, "What?"
Her feet paced closer and closer, until she stood right in front of him. A finger traced the outline of his face as she said seductively, "You're quite handsome. I'm Kate."
Miroku drew back disgustedly.
Kagome now put in, "Where's Becca?"
Kate turned her head towards her and, annoyed, replied, "Don't worry. She's still here. She's just trying to get everyone to shut up. They're loud."
Becca's eyes bugled for a moment before she stumbled backwards, onto the ground, and gasped, "What happened? I felt… In my head… I need to get to the demon world!"
She jumped up and started to run.
"Follow her!" Kagome shouted.
Everyone started to run after her. Inuyasha, being the fasted, kept up for the most part.
Taking a left turn, Becca went straight towards two large oak trees straight ahead. As they got closer, a blue portal appeared between them.
Inuyasha stopped in his tracks as Becca dove right into the portal.
After a moment, everyone caught up. As the group stood there, Inuyasha explained, "That's the portal to the demon world. Becca already went in. What do we do now?"
Kagome looked around at first and then said, "Well, I guess we go in after her and get her out."
Inuyasha grabbed Kagome's shoulders and snapped, "No. Humans aren't allowed in the demon world. If you go in you'll be killed. It's way too dangerous."
Miroku now stepped forward and said, "At least a few of us should go in after her."
Songo just shrugged, but Shippou nodded.
Inuyasha glanced at the group and finally decided, "Alright fine. I'll go in after her."
"No way! I'm not going too!" Shippou and Miroku shouted at the same time.
Inuyasha growled, "No. I'll go on my own. It's safer that way. Plus I'm faster than any of you."
Kagome shook her head and said quickly, "Fine. You have to go though. Hurry and find her."
Inuyasha turned and jumped into the portal, instantly being sent through a spiraling vortex, before landing on a dark black ground. The sky overhead was blood red and then sparce amount of trees were all dead.
"Home sweet home," Inuyasha said sarcastically, before following after Becca's fading scent.
He jumped over rock after rock before coming to rest beside one of the dead trees.
"She's running as if all of hell were behind her. Oh wait…" he continued his chase.
Meanwhile…
Becca froze, her body convulsing. Because she was in the demon world, Shi was trying to take over. No, Shi was what she called herself. Her real name was Malum.
Becca could feel her skin split, letting those two wings come out of her back and the horn come out of her forehead. Then, she was no longer in control.
"Ah, it feels good to be back." Malum licked her lips and took a deep breath of the air that carried the smell of rotting corpses.
Back in the human world…
Kagome sat watching the portal. She couldn't help but think that something happened to both Inuyasha and Becca.
Miroku sat down beside her and said, "Are you worried about them?"
"Yes."
"So am I."
Back with Inuyasha...
Inuyasha breathed in. Becca's scent stopped here, but a new scent came up. It was evil. Malum must have taken control at that point.
If Inuyasha wanted to find Becca, he would have to hurry. Or maybe not.
The sound of a breaking branch sounded behind him.
Inuyasha turned quickly, putting up his guard.
A hunched over worm demon stood there, looking at him. "Don't hurt me," it hissed. "I am but a lowly worm. I smelled blood and so I came. I do not eat living creatures."
Inuyasha stepped towards it and asked, "Did you see Malum come through here?"
"Malum? Ha! Malum hasn't been back to the demon world in many years. She couldn't be-" it's voice cut off.
Inuyasha jumped back as its severed head fell to the ground.
Malum stepped forward and laughed, "The early bird catches the worm."
"You have to come back to the human world, Malum," Inuyasha demanded.
"Malum? I haven't heard that name in years. I had almost forgotten it. I like that better Shi. Yes, call me Malum."
"You have to come back," he repeated.
"Why would I want to go back? I'm finally home in the demon world. I had been denied going home for hundreds of years by the stupid human living inside me. Why should she get what she wants and not I?"
"Because you would kill too many people."
"I'm a demon. You of all people, Inuyasha, should know that. You should know the desire to spill and drink the blood of humans. The desire to dominate. Don't tell me Kagome has tamed you so you no longer feel your natural desires?"
Inuyasha faltered. He quickly drew himself up though and replied, "Don't tell me what I should feel."
Malum merely licked her lips and said, "Follow me." She dashed off.
Inuyasha, with nothing else to do, followed after her.
They soon came to a large cave. Demons live in caves. It must be Malum's home.
As they got closer, before either of them said anything, a loud crash could be heard. Then an angry voice screeched, "Why isn't she here! She should have come back by now!"
A fluid voice replied, "Madam please. The master needs rest and your noise may attract unwanted guests."
The angry voice went on, "If she does not get here within the day, then I will feed you to the worms."
"Madam I'm sorry."
There was another crash and then Inuyasha and Malum were walking through the entrance.
Malum's wings followed close to her back as they stopped before the scene.
A green demon with two horns, a long knife-like tail, and large fangs that hung out of her mouth, stood throwing glass objects.
The target of the objects was a light blue demon that was disconcerting to stare at. Her skin seemed to ripple as if she were made of water, but each time a glass object smashed in her, her skin would become solid and bleed like a normal person.
"Karen. Yulanda," Malum greeted naturally.
Karen dropped what was in her hand, apparently startled, and glared at Malum.
The other demon, Yulanda, grinned and looked at the newcomers happily. "My madam. You have come home." Then Yulanda's gaze stared at Inuyasha. Her eyes pierced straight into his soul. "And you brought a guest."
Karen come forward and said, "Sister. You look the same as ever. It's hardly fair. And you're late!"
"Don't talk to me about being late, Karen. The weak human inside me made some friends and held me back."
Karen then spat, "And who is this. A half-demon?"
"Yes. It's a half-demon. But, for lack of a better term, I shall call him my friend. Now, where's the master?"
Karen now became grave. "He is in his bedroom. He's in a terrible state. Hurry to him."
Malum ran past Karen and stopped beside Yulanda. "Yulanda, treat my friend as if he were family until I give a further order." Then she continued through a door and disappeared.
Yulanda approached him and asked, "What is your name, sir?"
"Inuyasha."
Karen circled Inuyasha interestedly and said, "Inuyasha. I knew your father. He was a great wolf. Too bad he made the mistake of falling in love with a human."
"Tell me," Inuyasha said, "if you two are sisters, then why don't you look alike?"
"It's obviously because Malum was tainted with human DNA. She is the only demon that looks like that. Some may be similar, but never the same."
Inuyasha growled and started to walk where Malum went.
Karen stopped him by saying, "You are not allowed back there. Family only."
Yulanda reached out a hand and said, "I'm sorry, madam Karen, but madam Malum has designated him family until a further order."
"Fine then. He can watch the master suck the life out of that disgrace."
Inuyasha's eyes widened and he asked, "Why is she suddenly a disgrace? Isn't she your sister?"
Karen spat on the ground. "No. Only half of her is my sister. The other, human half tainted her. She is poisoned."
Inuyasha dashed through the door and found Malum standing over an old man. The old man had green skin like Karen, as well as the knife-like tail. He did not have the fangs though. Instead he had shark teeth, like Malum.
"I understand, master," Malum was saying. She stepped forward, down onto her knee, and reached out an arm to the old man.
The master grabbed her hand and bit into her wrist.
Inuyasha gasped as the master started to literally suck Malum's blood out of her. He jumped forward and tore Malum's arm out of the master's mouth.
Malum fell back beside Inuyasha and growled, "What are you doing? Do not interfere. Yulanda!"
The slave demon came into the room and, even without orders, grabbed Inuyasha and held him back. She was stronger than she seemed.
"Yes, madam Malum," was all Yulanda said.
The old man reached out hungrily and Malum replaced her arm back at his mercy.
Inuyasha watched as gallon after gallon of blood left Malum's body to feed the old man.
Just as Malum started to look weak, a loud bang sounded back in the main room and Karen's voice was shouting, "Master! They're back!"
The master released Malum's arm and growled deeply, "We will finish this later. All of you. Go help Karen. When you are done, return."
Yulanda released Inuyasha and Malum led them out of the room.
They found Karen standing in front of the cave talking with a single demon.
Behind that demon was an army. The army consisted of only one kind of demon. It seemed to be a family.
The demon Karen was talking to was yellow. It had thin limbs, sharp claws, sharp teeth, three eyes, and two gray claws stuck out it's back and hung over its shoulders like a scorpion with two tails.
Karen spat, "Leave. My master cannot see you to negotiate and thus you must go until he can, Hitogoroshi."
Inuyasha whispered to Yulanda, "His name is Hitogoroshi?" (Hitogoroshi is translated from Japanese as murderer.)
"Yes it is. He is the head of the Chi family. His brother, Koroshiya (killer), is next in line to be head of the family. They have been fighting with the master's family for generations. Recently they have come to the conclusion that neither are gaining from the war, and so the master called for negotiations as to how to stop fighting without causing a bigger issue. They must give something to each other and the Chi family is obviously tired of waiting for the master to recover. The war could escalate very soon."
Hitogoroshi swung his hand, gesturing at the army behind him, and roared, "We demand to see him now! If he does not come out to negotiate now, then we will destroy you now, and take everything! Choose!"
Well that's it for now. I'll write more soon hopefully. I really enjoyed writing this. I got so into it. Anyways, if you read it all the way through then thank you. Please review! Tari out.