Ch.4 Darkness Begins

"Aw man. I really wish I could get home. I mean, sure I'll be reminded that dad is gone, but at least I won't have to listen to Inuyasha screaming in his sleep." Truth is, I don't quite mind having to put up with Inuyasha. He actually reminds me of the way dad used to play with me. *Sigh* Oh dad… Why did you have to let those evil Thunder Brothers kill you? I know you were much stronger than that. The tears of remembering my father swelled with my eyes.

Wait a second. My body freezes and my ears point forward, towards a growing sound. What is that? It sounds like… the lullaby Dad used to sing to me. "Shippo!" A huge fox ran forward, calling out to me. "D-daddy?" Believing that the unthinkable had happened, and somehow my father had returned to life, I ran into his outstretched paws. The tears rolled down my cheeks. "Daddy! You're alive! I-I thought they killed you! Oh Daddy, don't leave me again!" His paw lifted up and stroked my hair, then my tail.

"I promise, my son. But I must warn you." "Warn me? Warn me about what, Daddy?" His soothing, mind-relaxing eyes, turned the deepest shade of red, as if they were bleeding. "D-daddy?" "You're Daddy is gone… But, you may live with me." Suddenly behind him, a tunnel opened. It started to pull me in, almost as if the tunnel was filled with wind. His dark red eyes starred into mine. He grabbed the container filled with the Jewel Shards, from my back pocket and disappeared into the tunnel, willingly, with a smile that could only belong to a demon.

"Do not forget this kindness I have done for you, Shippo. Your wishes to go home, will soon be fulfilled. And so that you shall not forget me, my name is… Naraku." Instantly everything was dark. The wind stopped pulling me. I couldn't even see my own paw in front of my face. And then, I started to fall. Fall to the hard ground below, which I recognized as my own world, the world I had lived and grew up in. But, that didn't matter at the moment. Nothing was slowing down; I actually started to speed up as I flew towards the ground. I didn't know how, but I hopped that my terrified and saddened screams could reach the other world, could reach Kagome and Inuyasha.

Oh man. Why did it have to be this old dude that found us? I think I would have actually preferred the bad breath, anger management lady. But no. We had to end up with the man who had some secret power hidden within his left eye that told him our next move, before we even knew it. And where is that squirt, Shippo anyway? Could he have been taken out some time ago, before I had woken up from my nightmare? Ugh. That squirt is so gona get it when he comes back.

Exhausted from fighting for five minutes straight against a dude that knew my next attacks; I returned the Tetsusaiga to its original form and laid it down. Kagome, who was, like always, knocked out and wounded on the floor beside me, let out a small groan. I slowly walked to her side and sat by her. "So what now, gramps? Are you going to turn us in to the fez? Or are you going to finish us off, yourself?" All he did was shake his head and stare at something.

What is he starring at? My neck? Ugh… Aw man. It's the pain again. I grip my neck and fall to the floor, shaking because of the pain now flowing through me. "You haven't got past the poison yet, have you?" What? Is the old man talking to me in an actual sincere voice? "P-poison?" My voice was cracking as I started to lose consciousness. "Yes. There is a special kind of poison that comes with that mark on your neck… And if you have that, that must mean that you aren't working for Orochimaru, otherwise he would have caused the venom to kill you by now."

I started to topple over, but within an instant, he was at my side, holding me up. Orochimaru. That was the name of the man, Sesshomouru had attack me. They must be working together. But what could they possibly accomplish? According to my knowledge, Sesshomouru can really piss someone off and make them throw a temper-fit, which I guiltily confess I have done, and Orochimaru can inject people with a poison that can kill people… Oh no. That's not a good combination.

"Come, before that thing gets as bad as Sasuke's. We need to treat it." "Sasuke has one of these things?" I looked down at the unconscious boy on the ground, and sure enough, visible to only very quick eyes, like the eyes of a demon, was the exact mark as on my neck.

Suddenly, blasting into my ears was a scream. A terrified, almost saddened scream. I covered my ears, trying to block it out, but it does no good. I lean down on my knees yelling "Make it stop!" over and over again at the old man. "Make what stop? There is nothing going on." Wait. I know that scream… It's Shippo's.

Again, there is a burning pain in my neck. The old man, took a few steps back, starring in fear at the growing mark starting on my neck, soon covering my body. I let out a low growl, one that I did not wish to produce, and everything became dark.

"Ugh… Again with the head?" I lifted up, to find myself in the middle of Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura's room. A small puddle of my blood covered the floor at the spot my head had been laying.

Suddenly I hear a growl. My head flies up to see Inuyasha, with black marks all over his body, cornering the Kakashi Sensei. "Inuyasha! Stop!" He didn't. He just kept walking toward Kakashi. He lifted up his claws, covered in blood, ready to do the 'Flying Blades of Blood' attack.

"Sit boy!" The necklace lights, to show it heard her voice, but did nothing. "Sit boy!" That time my voice cracked. Once again, it did nothing. I ran at him, my arms outstretched. When I touched him, I knew something happened, for he screamed in agony, and the black marks across him receded.

Kakashi starred at him in wonder, but snapped back into it within seconds. He picked up Inuyasha's screaming, squirming body, and ran down the hall. Instinctively, I followed.

We passed by the old lady. "Kakashi, what is going on? Why are you with two of the criminals?" "Listen, there is no real time to explain. But it is a code red emergency." He flipped Inuyasha's silver hair out of the way and pointed at a new 'tattoo' on his neck. The fear in his voice told me the whole story. "It is a Curse Mark."

Time in the normal world passes by much quicker than in the ninja world, almost two days to every minute. It has now been ten days, almost two weeks, since I was sent back to my world.

I have found three more Shard pieces, thanks to my new friend, Maruko. He is also in search for the Sacred Jewel shards, only he wants to find them to defeat Naraku. Even though I have heard his story about how he got the Wind Tunnel in his hand, I still do not understand why Naruku is bad.

I mean, he did help me get back to my own world like I was hoping for and... well... there is something I haven't been telling him. Every night, after Maruko has gone to sleep, I sneak out and meet up with Naraku. He is just so nice to me. He always changes into Father and treats me as if he was Father. The only thing that I have to do so he will keep meeting me at night, is take him all of the Jewel Shards that we find... I mean, there is nothing bad that he can do, right?

"Hey Shippo! Stop daydreaming! We need to head out, someone stole all of the Shards!" "Huh? You sure, Maruko?" "Of course I'm sure! I had them in my pouch wrapping the Wind Tunnel, and know they're gone!" Oh yea. It was crazy hard trying to get them last night, but it's worth it as long as Naraku is still treating me as if he was Father.

There is a rustle in the bush beside me. "Huh? Shippo, get over here!" I run over and up his shoulder and stare intently at the bush. A man wearing a baboon skin, walks out. N-Nakaku? "Hehe. Well hello little monk..." A glint in his eye was aimed at me. "And hello to you too... Shippo." "Shippo, how does this person know you?" I jumps off of his shoulder and slowly pad up to Naraku. "Why are you here, Naraku? I thought we weren't suposed to meet until night." "N-Naraku? You're Naraku? Hurry, Shippo, get out of the way! I'm going to use the Wind Tunnel!"

I turn my head back toward him, tears filling my eyes. "I can't let you hurt him, Maruko... He's my new Father." I jump up onto Naraku's outstretched arm and sit on his shoulder. "W-what?... *Growl* I don't know what you did to him, Naraku, but you will die right here and now!" Maruko lifted up his arm that contained the Wind Tunnel and started to take the necklaces away.

Suddenly, I felt the same pull that I had felt that first time I met Naraku. You were warning me, weren't you? He nodded his head and leaned down over me, to protect my weak and fragile little body from the intense winds.

"Ok. I know you three must participate in the preliminary matches, but I need you to watch Inuyasha and Kagome."

"Sure! What ever you say Kakashi Sensei! As long as I get to stay with Kagome." "Oh shut up Naruto. All three of us will be with them... Sasuke? Are you feeling alright?" "I'm fine Sakura. Just leave me alone."

A sigh eminated from my mouth. We don't need to be treated like this. I followed by Kagome, walked up the stairs to higher ground above the arena. Sasuke walked passed me because he was in the first round. I froze as the pain returned to my neck. Damn. This thing never quits does it?

I look out to the other side, where some more ninja were getting settled to watch. My eyes caught on one man in particular. He was starring back at me. The mark's pain grew intensly. Crap. I know who that is. That's Orochimaru, the man that cave me this thing.

My glance turned when I felt an arm wrap around mine. "Huh?... Oh... H-hey Sakura." A thin line of blush crossed my face as I looked at her beautiful smile. She leaned into me, and my heart beat faster and faster, until it felt like it was about to burst. "H-hey Sakura, look at Naruto. I think he's trying to get another hit in on Kagome."

Sure enough, he was. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been slapped in the face and fallen over the railing and looked like a complete idiot. She rolled her eyes and turned back to me. "Well don't worry. That's just Naruto being Naruto... Oh look! it's about to start!"

Down in the arena, you could tell things were tense. Sasuke and his opponent, Yoroi Akado, stood face to face, ready to begin. Suddenly Sasuke fell over, grabbing at his neck, screaming, "Ah! Make it stop!" The match had not yet begun, so no one knew what was happening, but I did. I could feel my own mark growing across my body, causing everthing to go almost completly dark.

Sakura shrieked and let go of my arm. Suddenly, with no control over my actions, I jump over the railing and land next to Sasuke, whos own mark has just covered his body.

Everyone was tense and unmoving until the old lady with the bad breath yelled out. "Hurry! They are in control of Orochimaru! If we do not stop them now, they will k-." She never finished. My claws were jammed into her heart, and I was, wickedly, smiling.

I jumped back down and my voice seemed not to even come from me. "None of you shall leave this room. You will all die... Starting with..." Sasuke pointed at Kagome and finished the sentence by running at her, Kunai drawn. "You."

"No!" Within the instant, right before Sasuke killed kagome, Naruto ran between them, taking the knife himself. Brave kid... Sasuke dropped Naruto's lifeless body and, after giving a nod at me, began the blood bath. I followed him, killing every soul I could find. While passing the spot he had been, I noticed that Orochimaru was gone. Coward... Leaving us, inocent people, to kill even more inocent people...

I looked up at the next person in front of me. I could feel myself pause before slicing open her heart. Sakura... Forgive me...

Ok. Well, please do not hate me, but that is the end! Hopefully I will be making another soon. But almost all of my stories end like this and I never come around to finishing them, so if you REALLY want me to finish, tell me and if I get enough, I'll finish... But otherwise, I'm sorry, but I will never finish. I need at least five or six people asking me to finish before I will.