The Broken Mirror Chapter Four
"No, no, no and a thousand more times no." Inuyasha stated irritably.
"Inuyasha we can't just leave her here." Kagome argued. Ever since she had woken up Kagome and Inuyasha had been arguing on what to do with Kanna.
Inuyasha had demanded that they leave her here, claiming that Naraku, whether or not he had abandoned Kanna, could still track them through her. And Kagome insisted that they could not just leave her alone.
"Sure we can, it's very simple, We walk away and she stays here. We can do it right now." He said.
"Inuyasha how can you be so mean?" Sango asked
The half demon looked at the demon slayer with a shocked look on his face. He then turned to Miroku hoping for support. However Miroku seemed to have taken sides with Kagome and Sango.
"AHHHH YOU PEOPLE ARE INSANE! DON'T YOU GET IT! SHE'S ONE OF NARAKU'S TOOLS! WHY THE HELL WOULD YOU WANT HER AROUND US!" Inuyasha yelled.
Kanna sat far from the group while they argued about her fate. But not so far they couldn't see her. She was still somewhat jittery from her dream. She was trying to ponder the reason behind it. Could it have been a manifest of some new guilt of what she had done when she had been Naraku's dark enforcer? Or could it simply have just been a random event generated by her new emotions?
However, regardless of what her dream had meant, right now she needed to focus on the matter at hand. What were these people going to do with her?
She was torn. Part of her hoped that they would leave her behind. Then she could return to her master. She hoped that if she returned to Naraku then he might posses the power to return her to normal. And then another part her hoped that they would take her with them, for some reason she felt…scared of being left alone. Fear was an emotion that she definitely did not like.
She watched as the hanyou continued to argue about leaving her here. She then saw the dark haired miko Kagome yell something at him and Inuyasha crashed into the ground over and over again.
Kanna felt a shudder run down her spine as she watched Inuyasha hit the ground. For some reason that was beyond her; she felt sorry for him.
"Why do you keep watching them?" Asked a voice from out of nowhere.
Kanna felt herself jump in surprise. However the surprise was quickly replaced with anger. She spun around and bared her teeth at the source of the voice. It turned out to be the little fox demon. The small child seemed to frozen in fear momentarily while Kanna hissed at him. However his fear quickly faded and he gave a sigh of relief.
"Pfff for a second there you almost reminded me of Inuyasha." He said as he looked at Kanna.
"Do you like sneaking up on people?" Kanna growled as she settled back into her sitting position.
"Sometimes, especially on Inuyasha… but he always hits me when I do." Shippo said as he continued to stare at Kanna. He did not know why he had been so scared of at first. This version of Kanna was far less scary then her original form.
"Then why do you keep doing it?" Kanna asked, still sounding annoyed.
"Because it's funny and Kagome always backs me up."
Kanna stopped hissing but her expression didn't change. "So you annoy your own leader because you believe you can always get away with it? Feh, some ally you are."
Shippo was surprised by this, mainly because she called Inuyasha their leader and she made his 'feh' noise without realizing it. "If that's gonna be your attitude then maybe we should ditch you after all." He said bitterly
"Fine go ahead. I don't need any of you anyway." Kanna said as she got up and started walking away.
"Well I guess that takes care of the issue." Shippo mumbled to himself before rejoining the group. He saw they were still arguing. "Hey just so you know Kanna already left."
"What?" Everyone asked. "Why didn't you stop her?" Kagome added.
"Because for once I agree with Inuyasha. She's with Naraku so why should we let her stay near us?" The fox demon answered.
This surprised everyone including Inuyasha, normally Shippo never agreed with him.
"Well if she's out on her own then she can get back to Naraku." Sango stated. "And in her current state Naraku might be able to learn a few things about Inuyasha, like maybe even what happens on the new moon."
Inuyasha and Shippo paled, having never thought of that. "While I don't want her around us, but I definitely don't want her around him even more." Inuyasha claimed.
"Where did she go?" Kagome asked.
"Uh... I think that way." Shippo said pointing to his right. He hadn't really been paying too much attention when she left.
"She shouldn't be too hard to find. After all she does smell like Inuyasha now." Miroku reminded everyone.
Kilala sniffed the ground in the direction Shippo pointed in and found Kanna's new scent. She mewed to let everyone know she was that way and headed off to catch her. Everyone followed, they were not about to allow Kanna to escape.
(Kanna's POV)
Once again I'm alone, only this time by choice.
I could not believe how easy it had been to escape these people. And they were supposed to be my masters greatest adversaries. They were a bunch of misfits.
It still strikes me as amazing that now I can finally make choices of my own. I don't need Naraku's permission to do anything. I don't need Naraku to give me orders so I can occupy my time. I don't... I guess I don't really need Naraku for anything now.
Once I realize that I came to a stop. It was as if my mind had just connected everything together.
If I didn't need Naraku anymore, and that dream last night made me uncomfortable, just why exactly am I thinking about going back to him? Looking behind myself towards where Inuyasha's group was, I sighed. "I guess I don't have anywhere to go."
"I've got somewhere you can go." An eerie, and almost sinister voice suddenly said from out of nowhere.
My body moves without my prior knowledge, with my new claws ready to tear and my new fangs showing in a menacing way with a growl included. My new dog ears search for the source of the sound while my legs get ready to spring into action at any second. I have no time to wonder just what is going on before I react to what happens next.
The ground underneath me shakes and I leap away and onto a tree branch, landing with much more ease than I would expect of myself. From out of the ground first come two spindly arms with hands that only have four fingers on them, both reaching out for something, likely me had I still been standing there. Next the head comes out, and an ugly one at that. It looks like some twisted combination of a snake and a worm, with a vague human touch to it, especially regarding the teeth which had been twisted into an ugly grin. The eyes and the fingernails are both as black as ink.
"Ah, you're quicker than I expected." The worm demon tells me, with a quick lick of it's lips. I remain silent, but no less hostile. "Guess it's my own fault for warning you, little half breed."
He went back underground, but something deep down tells me this isn't over just yet. I see a small bulge in the ground move towards the tree I'm in and hit it. The tree suddenly becomes unbalanced, as if uprooted, and starts to fall over. Thinking quickly, or maybe not even at all, I jump onto another one, wondering what this creep is doing.
I see his head poke out of the ground again and look at the damage he caused and then myself. He didn't look happy I got away and tried his underground attack again.
'This demon obviously can't reach me so he's trying to get me back on the ground. He doesn't move fast but he still uses a lot of force upon impact. Problem is I don't think I can rely on the trees forever. Maybe I need to attack him next time he's exposed.'
The tree I'm currently in falls down too, only this time I land on the ground after I jump off. I stomp my foot a few times, hoping that will catch his attention. It works, for I see the mound of dirt heading my way. I carefully step off to the side, trying now to make enough noise to alert him of my repositioning.
He falls for it, and rises like a shark out of water to catch a hapless swimmer to catch me where he thought I was. Only too late does me see me on the edge of his vision. I sneer and flash my claws. And without realizing it, I call out my attack too. "Iron Reaver Soul Stealer!" The worm doesn't stand a chance and falls to pieces at my claws. The head even separates from the neck.
The body lies still on the ground, and I stare at my blood covered hand. "What the? Did I really do that? Did I just... use one of Inuyasha's attacks? Just what did he do to me?"
And then I just realized what the Demon had called me earlier…he had called me a 'half-breed'
(Normal POV)
The group manages to catch up to Kanna. She must have been running for a while to have such a head start. And apparently speed was another thing she got from Inuyasha, albeit not that much. When they saw her, she was leaning against a tree trunk just looking at her right hand like it had grown a face or something. She must have realized they were there but she did nothing to try and run away.
"Did something happen here?" Kagome asked.
Kanna slowly turned to see them. "Yeah, just killed a big worm. I... still don't know exactly how I could do that, and I don't like not knowing things." She then looked solely at Inuyasha. "I... think I used one of your abilities to do it."
Inuyasha frowned. 'Great, not only does she look and smell like me, but now she can do what I do? We have to decide something once and for all.'
"You're not hurt are you?" Kagome asked.
"Feh. Like anything that weak could be a threat." Kanna scoffed in a way so much like Inuyasha everyone else couldn't help but chuckle at it. "What do you want anyway? Upset I wasn't killed yet?"
"What do you mean?" Sango asked.
"It's obvious I'm not welcome with your guys and I don't really have a reason to go back to Naraku anyway so what am I supposed to do?" Kanna asked angrily.
"You can be with us. We won't kill you." Kagome countered, and then gave Inuyasha a look that told him he better agree.
"Why not? I'm your enemy aren't I?"
"Right now you're just a lost and confused child in need of some help. What kind of people would we be if we refused to offer?" Kagome replied kindly.
Kanna found her resolve weakening. Kagome's words were touching her deep down in a way she didn't understand, but Kanna found herself wanting to be around the miko more for some reason. Before now, Kagome had just been another adversary, but since her transformation, she found herself somewhat drawn to the miko.
"You swear you mean me no harm?" Kanna asked. Kagome and Sango nodded, but the rest didn't. "What's in it for you? You expect me to tell you Naraku's weakness?"
"That would help." Miroku stated.
However before she coulld open her mouth both Inuyasha's and Kanna's ears twitch all of a sudden, and soon everyone else can hear a low rumbling coming from underneath them. Everyone backs away and the tail of the worm demon Kanna bursts out of the ground. Kagome screams in surprise and Inuyasha shields her from any possible harm.
The tail looks ordinary but ends with a blunt club-like appendage and small barbs under it. It starts thrashing around trying to hit anything it can. When it grazes against a tree pieces of bark go flying off.
Kanna looks to confirm the damage she did to the head, only to see it start to regenerate slowly. 'Dang, guess a worm doesn't die that easily. Better strike a more vulnerable spot, if possible.'
Sango threw her hiraikotsu but the club part of the tail deflected it without receiving any damage. Miroku threw three sacred sutras and one managed to connect, making it twitch in agony but remain relatively still.
Finally Inuyasha pulled out Tetsusaiga. He was having enough problems today and right now he did not need to add a worm demon on top of it. The worm head poked out the ground and its still had that twisted form of a smile on its face. "Kukukuku looks like I am going to have full meal today. Three Humans, a fox-brat and two half breeds." Its said as it eyed Inuyasha standing before him with his sword raised.
"So you want to die first? Fine." It said as it lunged at Inuyasha with full force. The demons mouth was open and ready to engulf Inuyasha. However the Hanyou did not move an inch.
Instead he simply raised his sword above his head both hands grasping the hilt tightly. He waited until the Worm was just above him before he brought his blade down.
"WIND SCAR" The mystic engergy of the sword came straight at the worm-demon who did not have enough time to move out of the way of the attack as the energy engulfed it. The worm-demon let out a final yell as its body disintergrated.
Kanna stared in amazement; and yet she did not know why. She had seen Inuyashas attacks before...and felt them. However then she had alwasy felt that the power of the Tetsusaiga was nothing compared to the power her master wielded. But now...now she could help but marvel at its power.
Inuyasha shethed his sword. And then he turned his attention back to Kanna. "Now then you talked about Narakus weakness.
(+Here is the newest Chapter of the Broken Mirror. I am Sorry that it took so long to post...however things have been alittle hectic and I have had to deal with a few things. But at least it is now posted+)