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"Lord Inuyasha!" cried a tiny voice. "Lord Inuyasha! I bring you urgent news!"
Inuyasha looked down to find a tiny flea demon drinking his blood. He instinctively whacked against his chest. As he pulled his hand away, he saw that the flea was stuck to his palm.
"ohhhh," it sighed in agony.
"Well, if it isn't old Myouga the flea," said Inuyasha. "What are you doing here?"
"Flea?" asked the woman beside him. "And it talks? That's so gross!"
Myouga jumped down from Inuyasha's hand to the rocks below
"Salutations Miss, I am-" before he could say another word, the young woman pulled out a can of bug spray from her backpack and mercilessly sprayed him.
"Ewww, get away!" she shrieked.
Myouga dropped to the ground with his head spinning and eyes in a daze. Intrigued, Inuyasha grabbed the can from the girl and examined it.
"Kagome, what is this stuff?" he asked.
Kagome looked down at Myouga and back to the can of bug spray. Maybe she had gone too far by spraying him just because he was a talking flea. Those sorts of things may not be normal in the 21st century, but they were normal in feudal Japan. She was still getting use to the idea of demons existing after being sent back through time through a mystic well. Many things happened to her in the past week, majority of which were demon related.
"Opps, sorry. Maybe that may have been a little much," she said shifting her feet.
"Someone's trying to find my old man's tomb?" asked Inuyasha once all 3 of them were resting in a hut.
"Yes, in fact, they've been looking for quite some time. They even found the mock tomb, where I was hiding. But I managed to escape undetected!" he said.
"Of course you did," Inuyasha deadpanned.
"Inuyasha, I've heard many tales of your father," said the elderly priestess, Kaede. "He was a powerful dog demon that guarded the lands of the west, was he not?"
"I don't know," said Inuyasha with uninterested tone. "I couldn't really tell you. It's not like I remember anything about him anyway."
"Yes, he was a powerful demon indeed. With tasty blood," Myouga added.
Kagome listened in awe, "wow! And what about his mom?"
Myouga started to talked about her, when Inuyasha thumped him on the head with his finger.
"Shut-up, will ya? She died a longtime ago," he snapped.
Inuyasha got up and quickly left the hut while Kagome stared after him. Had she said something wrong? She'd only wanted to know about his mother. She didn't mean to make him upset.
"What's wrong," she asked Myouga.
"Well, his mother died many years ago. He doesn't like to talk about her much."
"But why did he get so upset?" Thought Kagome. "Wait, I remember someone mentioning that Inuyasha was only a half demon. So if his father was the demon, then that means his mother was the human? Is that why he doesn't talk about her? Because he hates her for giving him his human blood?"
"That's terrible," said Kagome quietly. "How can anyone hate their own mother?"
...
Shiori stared up into the nighttime sky as she sat in a grassy meadow. The nighttime air was so peaceful. The moonlight appeared to give her raven colored hair a silver glimmer to it. A warm breeze would have normally been calming, but only seemed to throw off her aura. She sensed a presence as she caught a familiar scent in the air.
"This place," said Sesshomaru. "Why do you come here all the time?"
Shiori didn't said nothing as she continued to stare into the sky. Why did she always come there? Was it the scenery? She didn't even have an answer for herself. Something always compelled her to come to this meadow, especially when she was upset.
"Lord Sesshomaru, why do you seek your father's sword?" Shiori boldly asked.
She looked over her shoulder to find that Sesshomaru was staring at her, not away from her like usual. She felt a slight discomfort staring into those amber eyes. Still, she wasn't going to back down.
"I'm going to take what's rightfully mine," he stated.
"If that's so, why wasn't it left to you by your father along with the tenseiga?"
This time, Sesshomaru was the one who didn't have an answer. His father always had a funny way of doing things. He even managed to hide his tomb in a secret location. Sesshomaru couldn't help ponder if his father did that specifically to keep him from robbing the tomb.
"You know of my thoughts on disrespecting the dead. I'll only go along with you long enough for the plan to be executed, after that I'll take my leave," she said smoothing her ponytail.
"Do as you see fit," he said calmly.
In the distance, a 50 ft demon slowly staggered their way. It had long white hair, huge yellow eyes and a horn in the middle of its forehead. The demon wasn't very smart or strong, but made an obedient servant. On it's shoulder stood Jaken, proudly.
"Lord Sesshomaru! I've returned with the minions you asked for! They should go perfectly with the plan!" he shouted.
The Giant demon knelt down in front of Sesshomaru and Shiori as Jaken slid off his shoulder and landed face down in the ground.
"You have got to be the most uncoordinated thing I've ever met," said Shiori.
"Er, silence you insolent girl!" yelled Jaken. "Have you even done your part of the plan yet?"
"This insolent girl has done as done as she's been asked," she stated.
"What? Then where are they? Where are your minions?"
She frowned, "I prefer not to call them that."
Shiori stood up and put her hands in a prayer's position. A violet light manifested from her hands and quickly spread throughout her entire body. Sesshomaru watched in silence. After about 5 minutes, a shadowy figure emerged from the ground. A woman with long ratty hair crawled towards Shiori from the darkness. Her hair covered up much of her naked body, for her face was completely hidden.
"Unmother, come to me," Shiori said with her hands still in prayer's position. "Come to me."
The woman crawled faster. She dragged herself past the giant kneeling demon, and Jaken before she finally fell to Shiori's feet. She clung to Shiori's left ankle.
"Lady Shiori," said the Unmother. "Lady Shiori, why have you called for me?"
Shiori knelt down and brushed the Unmother's hair off her face. Jaken gapped as he realized the woman had not facial features. Not eyes, nose, or even mouth. Nothing. How did this woman manage to speak just now?
"I have a job for you, Unmother. These men are in search of the Great Dog Demon's tomb. And you are to help them find it."
"But, what must I do? How can I help them?" she said.
"Take the form of his human lover and mother of the youngest son, Lord Inuyasha. We believe he is the key to finding the tomb," said Shiori as she placed her hand on the Unmother's forehead.
Shiori closed her eyes, as she sent a mental image of Inuyasha's mother to the Unmother. She herself had never laid eyes on this woman. She got the image from Sesshomaru. As Shiori transferred her thoughts, the unmother began to change in appearance. Her disheveled hair began to fall in place, and she was suddenly wrapped in a long pink and blue kimono. On her once blank face, appeared 2 narrow brown eyes, a nose, and mouth. Unmother stood up and examined the sleeves of her kimono.
"It's her, that half demon's worthless mother," said Sesshomaru coldly.
"Ah, excellent work Shiori," exclaimed Jaken. "Now listen up, Unmother! You make sure you find the tomb first before you suck Inuyasha of his soul! Is that understood?"
"Yes, Lord Jaken," she replied.
"Good, good! It looks like your carriage has arrived."
A flying wooden rapidly headed towards them. It landed right next to the kneeling demon. The carriage opened from the back and out popped more imp like demons. Though, they made Jaken look like a giant in comparison.
"We've arrived, my lord," they said to Sesshomaru.
Sesshomaru scoffed and he continued to observe in silence.
"Excellent!" sang Jaken. "Unmother! Get into the carriage and let them chain you up. We've got work to do."
Unmother did as she was told and was chained up inside the carriage. The carriage then began to take off, but suddenly stopped.
"Er, lord Jaken?" said one of the demons.
"What, what is it? Can't you see we've got a plan to execute?" said a frustrated Jaken.
"Uh, where's Inuyasha?"
"Um….well…he's," Jaken stammered.
"Oh great! I suppose we should have found out that information before hand!"
"Inuyasha, is west of here. Not far from the place he was sealed," said Sesshomaru. "I can recognize that disgusting scent anywhere."
"You heard Lord Sesshomaru! Move to the West!" ordered Jaken.
The demons in the carriage obeyed and drifted into the sky. The large kneeling demon then placed his hand flat on the ground.
"We may go now, my lord," he said.
Sesshomaru stepped onto the hand, then turned around and faced Shiori. Jaken did the same. Both of them stared at her, wondering what she would do. Reluctantly, Shiori followed them and stepped onto the giant demon hand. It then stood up into the sky and placed all 3 of them on its left shoulder. The large demon began to slowly walk in the direction of the Unmother's carriage.
"Why would Inuyasha stay in the village of the woman who killed him? Ridiculous," Sesshomaru thought to himself.
Shiori glanced over at Sesshomaru; she could feel that he was deeply pondering something even though his expression was the same as it always was. What was he thinking? Could all of this really be worth 1 sword?
The demon finally made it to Kaede's village just in time to witness Inuyasha jumping towards the carriage. He desperately wanted to break the woman free of her captures. Inuyasha had fallen for the trick.
"Mother!" he called as he tried to slash at the carriage; he was knocked back by the demons.
"You filthy bastards!" Inuyasha shouted! "Let go of her!"
Suddenly, the giant demon crushed the carriage and held the Unmother in its grasp. She screamed in pain as he squeezed her body.
"That demon's gonna hurt your mom!" called Kagome.
"Oh no he's not!" shouted Inuyasha as he leapt towards the demon. "Iron weaver soul stealer!"
Just as he was about to slash at the demon's claw, Jaken used the staff of 2 heads to extinguish him. Inuyasha managed to avoid the attack and landed back on the ground next to Kagome.
"Inuyasha!" cried Kagome.
"Jaken," said Sesshomaru. "We'll talk first, kill later."
"As you wish my lord," he replied.
Shiori stared down at the young half demon. She couldn't help but notice his strong resemblance to his father even more so than Sesshomaru. All 3 shared the same amber eyes and long silver hair. So this was Lord Inuyasha.
"What?" said Inuyasha with shock. "Sesshomaru! What are you doing here, you bastard!"
"And I've quite missed you as well," said Sesshomaru cruelly. "Little brother."
"What?" Thought Kagome. "Little brother? Inuyasha has an older brother?"
Sesshomaru looked at Kagome and smirked. So that was the reason he stayed in the human village.
"I see you have a human girl with you. How cunning."
"Yeah!" shouted Kagome. "And what of it?"
"Most would find it disshameful, but she seems to suit you,"
Although Sesshomaru was trying to belittle Inuyasha, it was true that they did suit each other. Inuyasha and Kagome then seemed to take note of Shiori.
"Oh, and who's that? At mate of yours?" said Inuyasha in aggravation.
Though no one was able to tell, Shiori was boiling with rage on the inside. She hated being called Sesshomaru's mate. It was a statement that had gotten old a long time ago.
"Inuyasha," said Sesshomaru ignoring Inuyasha's question. "You've brought shame to our family. You and your filthy human mother. I despise you both."
"Did you come all this way just to fucking say that?" spat Inuyasha.
"Of course not, I have better things to do. I've just come for the location of Father's tomb," Sesshomaru responded.
"Father's tomb? What the hell are you talking about?"
"Is that so," said Sesshomaru causally. "Then in that case, your mother will just have to suffer."
He commission for the demon to continue torturing the Unmother. Her screams of pain were unbearable to Shiori. Why had she agreed to this? Why?
"Bastard! I won't fall for your trick! She's been dead for years!" shouted Inuyasha in defiance.
"Yes, which is why I so graciously called back her spirit and gave her a body." Said Sesshomaru.
"What? That can't be true," thought Inuyasha.
"What an unkind son you are!" laughed Jaken. "Refusing to help your mother as she cries in agony."
"Inuyasha!" cried the Unmother.
Shiori looked at the Unmother's tortured expression and then into Inuyasha's eyes. There was too much despair in the area. It was beginning to take hold of her. What had he done?
Inuyasha, in the meantime, rushed to save the Unmother and cut off the large demon's hand. As he pulled her free, Inuyasha order both her and Kagome to escape.
"You won't get away from me!" said Sesshomaru as he commissioned the demon to attack with its other hand.
"Inuyasha!" shouted the Unmother.
She emitted a large ball of energy from her palms that consumed all 3 of them. Within seconds they vanished.
"What a bother," said Sesshomaru.
"It's really an excellent plan my lord! Just let me take care of everything!" proclaimed Jaken.
"As I've said before, this scheme of yours is beneath me. Should it fail, you will die," said Sesshomaru.
"Er," gulped Jaken. "Yes, milord! Don't worry it won't!"
Shiori scanned the surrounding area. They were close by, she could sense their energy. Unmother was executing phase 2 of the plan. She could take no more of this.
She turned away from them and prepared to leave.
"Shiori," said Sesshomaru without looking at her. "Are you going?"
"Yes, I've done my part. I'll return to you when it's over."
"Very well," he said.
Shiori jumped as far away from the demon' shoulder as she could and landed on a nearby tree branch. She jumped again to the next branch and continued to do so until she was far away from that place of despair. Jaken's plan seemed to affect her more than she thought. Though she didn't realize, Sesshomaru had watched her leave until she was well out of sight.
Chapter 2, I really hope everyone likes it so far, there are some parts where I stuck more to the anime with this chapter more so than the manga, but I'm gonna make sure this story has a good combination of both. Plus my own touch thrown in.