Hey guys, back with more and a sore bum. I've been sitting till for a couple hours now without realizing it. I need to go out. Oh well, that'll have to wait. New chapter coming up and this one might have less description. Then again, maybe not.
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The Deal
After a long explanations from both Sesshomaru and Nurarihyon, the two sat there pondering over what the other had said.
"I would've thought the Blade of Demons was destroyed years ago. I didn't believe it would be able to last this long," he said, seeming very surprised.
"I don't see why. No one really wants it gone, normal Humans are just scared of it when it's in the hands of another Human who serves a Demon that they don't like it. Humans see it as a symbol of power, as long as it's not in the wrong hands. And what you mentioned earlier, about that being the cause of time crossing over like this. It's not like there wasn't connection between these two eras before," Sesshomaru said, Nurarihyon looking at him.
"So there's more connections like this?" he asked, the Demon in front of him nodding.
"At least two that I know of. One that Jess uses, and one that another Human uses to past between the different times. She's the descendent of a priestess with incredible powers, making it easy for her to come to our time. Anyways, about that boy…" Sesshomaru trailed off when he heard people on the other side of the door.
"Oh, don't mind them. They might be too curious for their own good, but they're loyal. Anyway, my grandson might be more helpful than any of the Demons when it come to Humans. Seeing how only a fourth of his blood is demonic," he explained, Sesshomaru nodding s he got up.
"I want to make sure she's doing OK. If I know Jess right, she'll be out of bed by now looking around. And those two girls don't have a chance when it comes to making her relax," he said, Nurarihyon nodding.
"I would like to meet the girl myself. So I'll come along. Karasu Tengu, you can take this imp with you and show him around. Jaken, was it?" he ordered, both of them nodding as Sesshomaru opened the door. Then, almost on cue, all the Demons who were eavesdropping fell to the floor and looked kind of nervous.
"Is this really how they behave around you?" Sesshomaru asked, just to be sure. But the old man was just smiling and nodding, leading the way to where Jess was. And right as they were walking near where she was, the yelling of a woman could be heard.
"We already told you to stay put! If you keep moving around like this you'll just reopen the wound again!" It sounded like Yuki Onna to Sesshomaru, another set of footsteps walking towards them.
"Grandpa, what's going on?" a boy asked, Sesshomaru turning to see Rikuo. He wasn't in the clothes he were in earlier, but a black kimono with a blue cloak over.
"Oh, hello Rikuo. I was leading this Demon, Sesshomaru to meet the Human who's traveling with him until I heard Yuki Onna yell. I wonder what's going on?" he asked, the door being opened with a lot of force as his answer.
"I only do what my Master tells me to, not some Demon who disguises as a Human to walk around the public," she snapped back, not noticing Sesshomaru.
"And if I tell you to rest until that wound of yours has healed completely?" he said, making her turn in surprise and almost looking ashamed of herself. She's loyal, I can already tell. But a bit too loyal I think. He thought, Sesshomaru walking towards her. "Get some more rest. You won't be able to do much with that wound keeping from moving too much," he ordered, handing over the sword he had kept for a while.
"Thanks, Sesshomaru," she said, bowing. Yuki Onna and Kejoro came out, noticing the sword and looked shocked.
"That's the Blade of Demons! How can someone as young as you have that sword? And how is it still around?" Kejoro asked, Rikuo looking confused.
"I have one question, what are you doing at my house? And this late, shouldn't you be over at the place your class is staying?" he asked, Jess sighing.
"You're asking the wrong person for that question, and I won't say anything about the sword unless I trust you or Sesshomaru tells me to," she added to the two girls. Sesshomaru merely closed his eyes, Nurarihyon laughing.
"Why don't we all just go and rest a bit. You can contact your friends and tell them where you are so they won't worry about you," he offered, Jess nodding. Although they're going to worry anyway. She added, but didn't say it.
Kagome and the group were by the river, Miroku trying to catch fish for their breakfest. Kagome said she wanted to explore the town Jess was in, just to make sure it was her era and Jess wasn't pulling some kind of joke. Then again, I haven't seen her humor side since she's been with Sesshomaru. I wonder if sheeven has one. Either way, I hope she's OK. She thought, gettingup from the ground and walking voer to Miroku.
"Catching anything?" she asked, Miroku smiling and nodding.
"Yes, should start making the fire now. Or InuYasha might gett annoyed that we're wasting time on something so simple," he said, Kagome nodding as Kirara in her big cat form and Shippo came with the fire wood.
"Good work, you two. Now we can start the fire," she said, clapping her hands as they started pile them up. Sango was furter up the river, getting some clean water for their journey. InuYasha was up in the tree, just watching them as they got all the food ready.
"Hey, aren't you going to help out? You're always so lazy, InuYasha. Maybe it's because you're a Half-Demon," he said, both Kagome and InuYasha looking at him.
"What is that supposed to mean, Shippo?" the scary thing was how close they sounded. You would've guessed it as just one person if it wasn't for the different voices. Shippo sweated a bit, Kirara turning back to her smaller form.
"I mean that because he has a mixed blood of a Human and a Demon, his laziness has rocketed," he said, not realizing what he was saying.
"And which side of it would be lazy?" she asked, Shippo innocently saying the Human side, Kagome closing her eyes.
"I'm guessing you won't be stopping me this time?" InuYasha asked, Kagome nodding as he beat the living crap out of the young fox. Miroku sighed as he brought over the fish and sat down by the fire.
"I won't start saying he should stop, because that was an insult to Humans. Anyway, we shouldn't start throwing stuff on the fire so we have to start it over again. And you should watch what you say Shippo," Miroku advised him, Shippo crying from the beating he just got from the angry Half-Demon.
After a few minutes, all fo them sat there and each had their own fish. Sango had offered letting Kagome take Kirara with her in case something happened. Kirara didn't mind either, she was all for the idea.
"Thanks a lot, Sango. I guess we'll have a solo job this time, Kirara. You guys sure you'll be alright?" she asked, all of them nodding and telling her they'll be just fine on their own. Myoga was jumping on InuYasha's head, trying to get their attention.
"Lord InuYasha, I have some information to you concerning Sesshomaru. It seems he's not around here anymore. My guess is that he went through that crack and ended up in that era where both Kagome and Jess lives. I don't know what he's doing there,but it can't be good," he told them, INuaysha looking bit unhappy.
"Don't worry, we'll be fine. Since Jess is still injured, I think Sesshomaru won't be bothring anyone for a while. Seeing how he hasn't even been seens for a while after what happened to her," Kagome pointed out, Kirara jumping to her. She knew they were going to leave soon, so she wanted to be ready.
"Either way, be careful. We might have had a deal not too long ago,but he's not someone you should trust so easily. Besides, Jess looked perfectly healthy to me yesterday. So just keep your guard up," he warned her, Kagome nodding as she got her bag and went to where thecrack was.
"Well, shall we start going? She might be going there now,but we might find some useful information here as well. Seeing how the Demon Nurarihyon might havesomething to do with this," Miroku said, putting out the fire after he had eaten.
"I'd suggest going to an old villagewith a lot of history from when Nurarihyon was around. I don't know any other place where there might be some clues to him," Myoga said, Sango looking tense suddenly.
"What's wrong Sango, is there's something on your mind?" InuYasha asked, Sango nodding.
"Don't you think it's a bit odd that we haven't heard anything from Naraku in a while? Isn't there a good chance he's involved in this as well?" she said, both of them thinking for a second.
"You're right, he's been way too quiet lately. We should try and figure out what he's got to do with this. Until we know more, we should all stay on our guard and expect him to start acting soon," the monk said, Shippo jumping on his shoulder.
"Maybe we should tell Koga about this as well. He hates Naraku just like all of us, and he's concerned for Kagome as well. Maybe telling him would be a good idea," he added, InuYasha not saying anything to that.
"You're right, we should probably split up then. Me and Shippo will go to the mountains and tell Koga what's going on, while you two go and see what you can find out about Nurarihyon. That way, we'll have more time to find Naraku," she said, Miroku and InuYasha nodding.
"The less I have to see that wolf mutt the better. Although he isn't gonna be happy about Kagome being on her own," he added, Sango nodding.
"I can take care of that myself. Come on, Shippo," she said, the fox jumping to her as they left. Miroku and InuYasha headed the opposite direction.
Sango and Shippo reached the base of the mountain after a while, Sango realizing just how long it was now without Kirara to help her travel. Shippo and walked a bit himself, but for the most part he was on her shoulder.
"Koga, are you here? I need to tell you something!" she called, hearing people from her right. She looked over there, seeing the two Demon wolves that always follow Koga around.
"Oh hey there. You're a friend of Kagome, aren't you?" one of them asked, Sango nodding as Shippo asked the question Sango was about to ask.
"Where's Koga, we need to talk to him," he asked, both of them sighing. They explained Koga had lost Kagome's scent and went to find InuYasha to get some asnweres about where she is. Sango sighed, hearing someone behind her.
"Maybe you can tell me instead. And you shouldn't yell that loudly, some very strong Demons might have wanted a snack and a Demon Slayer is always on the menu," the person advised her, Sango instantly recognizing the voice.
Koga was the leader of the Demon Wolf Tribe of the Easter Mountains. He had at some point needed Kagome's ability to see Jewel Shards to fight Demons known as the Birds of Paradise. Seeing how loyal she was to her friends, letting Shippo escape as they were held against their will. After that, he's constantly flirted with her and gotten on InuYasha's nerves.
He also swore revenge on Naraku, who tricked him by killing all his comrades and blaming InuYasha. He used a Dark Jewel Shard and was tricked into fighting InuYasha so they could kill each other while one of his incarnation, Kagura, sat and enjoyed the show. After Koga found out that Naraku was the one who killed all his comrades, he swore that he would kill him if it was the last thing he did.
He also had a role concerning the Blade of Demons. After all four Shards of a necklace needed for bringing out the full power of the sword, four Fire Birds flew from it and went to each their own Demon. One of them went to Koga. He was supposed to protect Jess if needed and could not hurt her no matter what. However, when Jess was on the verge of death, he lost the ability to use the bird and it was used to save her life just barely.
"Well, first of all, we should explain the situation. Then I'll tell you why you can't smell Kagome's scent anymore. Sound like a deal?" Sango said, Koga jumping down and nodding. As she explained, the two wolf Demons, Ginta and Hakkaku kept butting in and asking questions. Koga told them off every time as well, Sango getting annoyed. When she was finished and told him where Kagome had gone to, Koga went from sitting quietly to yelling.
"Well let's go and make sure she's safe!" he said, Sango sighing.
"Kagome's time doesn't have Demons, as far as we know. But I have sensed some Demonic aura from the opening between the two times. However, Kagome said she wanted to do this on her own and Kirara went with her just in case," she explained, Koga cooling down a lot faster than she would've thought. She got up and was about to leave, before Koga asked another question.
"What about Jess, I haven't been able to sense her since the fight and the bird left. What happened to her?" he asked, Sango turning with a worried look.
"I want to know just as badly as you do, but I don't have any idea of how to figure out unless we ask Sesshomaru directly. And I have no idea where he is either," she said, Koga shaking his head.
"There's one Demon we could ask, A wolf Demon to boot. He swore his loyalty to her after she beat him in a fight, so he should know what's going on. And I just so happen to know where he is," he said, picking Sango up and jumping quickly through the forest. Both Ginta and Hakkaku called for him to slow down, Shippo just going after them at his own pace.
Sango hadn't moved this fast through a forest before like this. She had in the air, away from the trees. But when she was Kirara were in the forest, she moved slower to make sure she didn't get scratches from the branches. But she didn't care too much, seeing how they got to their destination rather fast. As he put her down, a big, black Demon wolf walked out of the shadows and growled at them. I recognize him, he helped during the fight 7 days ago. She thought, Koga moving towards him without too much care.
"Hey there, big guy. Thought I smelled you here. I've got some questions for you concerning your Mistress," he said, Black Fang looking annoyed.
"Sorry, but even though you helped a lot when she was in trouble, I can't tell you much about what's going on at the moment," he said, Koga shaking his head.
"It's not what's happening now we want to know. It's what happened to her after the fight. I wasn't even able to smell her until yesterday. So, what happened to her?" he asked, Sango leaning into the nearby tree.
"She was unconscious for 7 days, she only woke up yesterday. She went to her own time to rest a bit, and ended up coming back here today and pushing herself too far. The only other thing that I know is that there was a Demon who said he was from the Nura Clan and said he could help her. I stayed behind while Sesshomaru and the rest went there," he explained, Sango looking worried.
"I sure hope she's OK," she said, Shippo, Ginta and Hakkaku arriving at the area after his explanation.
"Koga…stop running…so far…ahead of us," they asked, but at the same time told him. He looked at them not really paying attention to what they said. Shippo sighed and jumped on Sango's shoulder.
"Learned anything useful?" he asked, Sango nodding. "Maybe we should get going and meet up with InuYasha. He and Miroku might've found something too," he suggested, Sango agreeing and was about to leave, but once again stopped by Koga.
"And tell that mutt to stay away from my Kagome. I'll be heading to her era and checking on her personally," he said, both Ginta and Hakkaku yelling at him and saying it would be way to stupid. Black Fang got easily annoyed, walking away while the two were arguing with each other and Koga, who didn't say a word. Sango and Shippo were leaving as well, their ears ringing from the sound.
"Honestly, those two are so loud and yet Koga doesn't even take their advise. He's going no matter what because of Kagome. I have to admit, I wish someone was that protective of me," Sango sighed, Shippo looking at her with a confused expression.
"Doesn't Miroku care about you like that? Sure, he's a womanizer, but he's always worried about you as well," he said, Sango slightly blushing.
"How do you know?" she asked, Shippo smiling.
"It's pretty obvious that you're the one he cares more about. If he didn't, why is he always ready to leave any girl he's with to help you," he added, Sango feeling a bit annoyed at the last part. Well, he does have a point I guess. I don't think I can recall a time where he just left me when he knew I was in trouble. I guess the stupid monk does have a comforting side at times, when he's not being a lecher. She thought not saying another word on the matter.
InuYasha and the gang re-grouped in the village he and Miroku were exploring, though Kagome and Kirara were still in the other era.
"So, what do we know so far?" Sango asked, Miroku sighing.
"Not much, even though this town has a lot of old history, the only thing it had about this Nurarihyon is that he led the Night Parade, like Myoga already told us. The only way to learn more is to wait for Kagome to get back and hope she knows something," he said, InuYasha looking a bit annoyed.
"Why does that stupid wolf have to get involved with every little thing? It's not like he can actually do much in Kagome's era," he said, almost sulking.
"Not as little as you think either, Half-Breed. You're just jealous because he's with Kagome and you're not," someone said from the tree beside them, all of them looking up.
"Like you know anything, puppet. You're following a cold-hearted Demon who's just using you like a tool," he said, Jess narrowing her eyes and jumping down, almost hitting him into the head.
"Don't insult my Master. You'll regret it," she said, InuYasha ready for a fight.
"Why are you here? We heard from Black Fang that you had gone to your own time to rest up and heal over at some place called the Nura Clan," Shippo asked, Sango nodding.
"You didn't mention that," Miroku said, surprised by what he was hearing.
"We didn't see a point in telling you yet. Anyway, you plan on answering?" she explained, Jess sighing.
"Sesshomaru wanted me to tell you a bit about the Nura Clan, who's current leader is Nurarihyon," she started, everyone waiting with hopes for answers.
OK, I'll stop here so I won't bore you with a long explanation this week. Anyway, leave a review and I'll see ya next time!