Chapter 3: Omoi, the Demon Seeker
InuYasha jumped into the air and attacked the woman.
"Hope you like the taste of my...Wind Scar!!!" InuYasha yelled, whipping his sword, and cutting
the air with a huge swing
"Foolish, half-demon!" the woman demon, laughed, "Acid Mist Shower!"
The woman demon waved her hands across the sky, and a big cloud appeared, and started
raining a green mist.
"Aghhh!..." InuYasha groaned, as he stopped his attack and covered his face. He tried to cover
his face with his kimono, but couldn't move fast enough, in order to stop the mist from reaching
him. He breathed in, and then fell to the ground.
"Brother!" Sesshomaru whimpered.
"Ha!" the woman demon, laughed some more, "I am Maitaru! And he is Nemkai! We are known as
the "Elite Pure's"! We are full demon's, that have had the honor of being the experiment's of our
master, who has awakened our true demonic powers!"
"We are far more powerful, than any full Demon out there!" Nemkai told the group, "we are far
superior then the rest of you!"
"Like hell, you are!" InuYasha jumped up again, once he regained his senses, and attacked.
"Very amusing!" Maitaru laughed.
"Adamant Barrage!" InuYasha screamed, as Tetsaiga lit up, and crystallized. InuYasha attacked
Nemkai this time.
"Hehe!" Nemkai laughed, playing with his axe in his hand, "God Hammer!"
Right before InuYasha, and the group's eyes, Nemkai's axe, molded into itself, and turned into a
giant hammer.
"What the...?!" InuYasha gasped, as Nemkai jumped at him, swinging his Hammer.
"Haaaaa!" Nemkai yelled, attacking InuYasha with a big swing.
"UGHHH!!" InuYasha grunted, as the attack, rocked Tetsaiga, head-on, and shot InuYasha back.
InuYasha then, collided with a tree, and fell to the ground. Tetsaiga, then turned back into it's
rusted, old self.
"InuYasha!" Kagome yelled.
"Hahaha!" Maitaru cackled, "anyone else wanna try?"
"You old hag!" Sango insulted, as she jumped into the air, on top of Kirara's back.
"Wha?...What did you call me?" Maitaru hissed, "you little brat!"
"Hirakotsu!" Sango yelled, throwing her boomerang.
"I guess your mouth needs to be shut for good, with comments like those! Eternity Stone!"
This time, Maitaru held out one hand, and shot out a grey-like mist, that moved like a laser.
"Hahhh!" Sango yelled. The mist hit Sango and Kirara...and they turned to stone, in mid-air.
They then, immediately fell to the ground.
"No! Sango!" Miroku yelled. He conjured up a spell, and slowed her fall, so that she didn't break
apart, upon hitting the ground.
"What did you do, to Sango?" Sesshomaru asked, shocked.
"I only made her into a permanent stone statue!...Maitaru told him, "...which is what I'm going to
do to you!"
"You witch!" Miroku yelled as he lunged at the woman.
"You foolish humans and Half-Demons, never learn!" Maitaru cackled, "Eternity Stone!"
"You can't use that stone mist of yours, if I suck it up, first!" Miroku yelled, grabbing the beads on
his arms, "Wind Tunnel!"
Miroku opened up his hand and began sucking in all that was around him.
"Foolish Monk! Do you really think that that is going to stop my attack!" Maitaru hissed.
The mist flew right into the tunnel's line...and continued to come at Miroku.
"What?!" Miroku gasped. The mist moved fast, and struck his hand, "Aghhh!"
"Miroku!..." Sesshomaru gasped. The mist covered his hand, and then finished off his body.
Miroku was standing on the ground, mouth wide open, with his hand in full use. The blackness
that emitted from his hand was also suspended in mid-air, and was stoned as well.
"Now, without further delay...I'll finish of you, little girl!" Maitaru shrieked, as she lunged at
Kagome.
"No, Kagome!" Sesshomaru gasped, running to try and cut her off.
"Now! Become stone like the rest of your friends!" she screamed. Her hand lit up with the grey
mist and she shot her hand out to punch Kagome.
Craaaack
"Huh?" Maitaru gasped. Sesshomaru blocked the attack with his hand. Immediately, his kimono
started to harden. He then, pushed Maitaru away.
"Don't...don't hurt Kagome!" Sesshomaru whimpered.
"Hah!" Maitaru laughed, "you may have saved her once, but you can't forever! Nemkai?!"
"Right!" Nemkai agreed, as he lunged at Sesshomaru.
"Aghhh!" Sesshomaru yelled, dodging the attack.
"You can't dodge me for long, you wimpy pup!" Nemkai laughed, swinging away.
"Now, then!" Maitaru snickered, "let's see if we can make a nice statue out of you! Maybe,
something in a nice terror face? Hehehe!"
"Get back, you witch!" Kagome screamed, as she pulled out an arrow and shot it at Maitaru.
"Heh!" she laughed, holding out her hand and stoning the arrow, in mid flight.
"Eh?" Kagome croaked.
"Now, die!" Maitaru boomed, lunging at Kagome. She moved too fast for Kagome to react, and
grabbed her by the neck. Kagome shrieked, but couldn't move. Her face immediately became
stone, then her head, neck and finally, the rest of her body.
"No...Kagome!" Sesshomaru yelled, trying to turn and save her, but got cut off by Nemkai.
"Going somewhere?" Nemkai asked, as he hacked at Sesshomaru. Sesshomaru couldn't move fast
enough to look back at Nemkai, and got cut along his arm. He dropped his sword, and it fell to
the ground.
"Nice job, Nemkai!" Maitaru complimented him, as she dropped Kagome to the ground. She made
a low, thumping noise.
"Ughhh...," Sesshomaru moaned, as he held his arm. It was bleeding a lot.
"Now, we can finish off the last of the wimpy group!" Maitaru announced, "too bad it had to be
the weakest of the bunch!"
"I think it's my turn, this time, to finish off our prey?" Nemkai told Maitaru, "remember that Monk
you destroyed, with the rest of the village, yesterday?"
"Oh, alright!" Maitaru agreed, scowling, "but hurry it up! We need to get back to the master, as
quick as possible!"
"Right!" Nemkai laughed. He looked at Sesshomaru, who was whimpering and crying. Nemkai took
his axe, and changed it once more. This time, he produced a larger axe. It looked like the kind of
axe, that you'd use to execute somebody with.
"Die here, you disgraceful, full demon!" Nemkai insulted, raising his axe, high over his head.
Maitaru smiled.
"No! Someone help me!" Sesshomaru cried out.
Slash
"Aghhh!" cried Nemkai. His axe was knocked out of his hands, and collided, and got stuck in a
tree. Nemkai, Maitaru and Sesshomaru all looked behind themselves, to see who just saved the
day. Standing at the edge of the trees, just before the deepest part of the woods, stood a man,
in a long white and black trimmed kimono. His hair was pure white, slicked back, almost flat on his
head. He had deadly, bright, silver eyes, that shinned in the little bit of sunlight, that squeezed
through the trees. His weapon, which he used to save Sesshomaru, was a long whip, that
retracted, and came back to him. It came back, and attached itself to the handle, which was in
the guy's hand. He put the whip on his belt. After that, he began walking towards them, and
spoke.
"There's one thing, that I can't stand more than anything," he hissed, sounding very calm and
confident, "is when someone picks on a defenseless Demon.
"Who the hell, are you?!" Nemkai asked, annoyed that he got interrupted with his attack.
"I don't see the need to introduce myself to scum like you!" the white haired man, insulted.
"Why, you...!!!" Nemkai yelled, grabbing his axe, from the tree, and charging the man.
The white haired man, reached behind him, and pulled out a sword. It was long, and was slightly
curved at the tip. It also, had a gash in the middle, that was either made like that, or it's had a
long life of punishment.
"I think I've had enough out of you," the white haired man, hissed. He reared back his sword and
took a mighty slash. The ground blew up and a large gash of light, flew at Nemkai. Nemkai
blocked it with his axe, but it overpowered it. It pushed him back, and he stood there a second,
stunned. Before he knew what had happened, the white-haired man appeared overhead, and
came down on him. He went in with a fierce strike, but the interruption of a blast of energy,
made him retreat. Maitaru had saved him. She jumped up into the trees, and so did Nemkai, after
he gained his composure back.
"You may be a strong warrior," Maitaru hissed, "but you are no match for us. We shall be back,
soon!"
The two retreated into the forest and were gone. Sesshomaru got up slowly, and looked at his
comrades, who were still stoned.
"Who are you?..." Sesshomaru asked, sheepishly.
The man in white, put his sword back in his sheath, and turned around. He looked at
Sesshomaru, with a flat, but friendly mouth.
"My name is, Omoi," he told Sesshomaru, "I am the last of a lost family of Demon Seekers."
"Demon...Seekers?" Sesshomaru asked, but just barely, "what are those?"
"They don't do what everyone else does, destroy the Demon," Omoi explained, "we try and seek
out the Demons that are really humans, or misguided Demons and purify them with a special
technique, known as the "Cleansing Touch". It takes all the evil out of the Demon's soul!"
"Does it work?" Sesshomaru asked.
"Usually," Omoi admitted, looking aggravated that that thought had now been put into his mind,
"but then I come across a Demon that's too powerful or refuses to be cleansed! Only one Demon
has slipped through my grasp, and that's the one that gave those two Demons earlier, the power
to turn your friends to stone!"
"Can you help me free my friends?!" Sesshomaru, asked with desperation.
"Can you fight?" Omoi asked, looking at the Demon that was hardly intimidating, "you look like
you're about to have a big cry!"
'I...I can fight...," Sesshomaru, slowly admitted, "...but I'm a little shy!...But you can help me! I
don't have anyone else to rely on!"
Omoi looked at Sesshomaru with a blank expression, and didn't say or do anything for a few
minutes. Finally, he said something.
"I can help you...," Omoi agreed, going on, "...but you have to promise me that you'll stop being
a coward, and not rely on everyone else to do stuff for you! You are strong! You just won't let
yourself know it!"
Sesshomaru looked hesitant for a second, but got a weak determined face.
"Ok...," he agreed, "I'll fight...and I'll try to be strong!
"I want you to do more than try!" Omoi ordered, getting an annoyed look on his face, "you have
to believe that you can win!"
"Ok...then I will win."
"That's sounds better! So, let's go!"
Omoi turned around and walked off into the forest. Sesshomaru, followed close behind. Omoi
was very serious but not stuck up and mean. He was very focused and determined. They walked
along in the forest for a long time, not speaking a word. Ever since they left the forest,
Sesshomaru had looked back, wondering if he should leave InuYasha and the rest of the group.
Omoi had just said, "They'll be fine for now!"
Sesshomaru and Omoi, went on their way, to find out a way to defeat the two Elite Demon's
and their master, who gave them their powers.