Chapter 9: A Lover's Promise
Inuyasha sat down by the fireplace, awaiting his dinner. He just been into a lot of drama with Hanon and her ex-boyfriend, but in the end Hanon had chosen him. He was glad he was finally able to tell Hanon how he felt. He didn't know what he was thinking when he kissed her, at first he thought she was going to tell him to sit. Instead she had kissed him back, Hanon had sent Yugi home and now they decided to keep there kiss and Yugi and secret. Hanon sat in the middle between Sango and the little brat Rini, the newest member of the group, she had been raped and completely used by Naraku. Inuyasha sat on the left side of Miroku had sat in the middle between Inuyasha and Shippo. Sango stood and passed out sticks that held mouth-watering fish on them. Sometimes if they were lucky, Miroku could sweet talk Lords of castles (otherwise known as LIE) and tell them that a dark demonic aura is approaching, the Lords then grow scared and offered to let Miroku and them stay and eat in the castle like pigs, while the Lords, servants in the castle are scared out of there minds. Inuyasha took his fish from Sango and began to eat it without a second thought. The others soon grabbed there's and there was very uncomfortable silence, luckily Shippo managed to grab Inuyasha's attention.
"There is one more fish left" said Shippo about to grab before meeting angry eyes with Inuyasha. They both stood on both sides of the fish, glaring at each other that would get it first. Getting sick of the silence Inuyasha spoke.
"Look Shippo I'm bigger than you so I get more food than you" he said, Shippo who happen to be three inches tall, was only eight. An orphaned fox-demon, his father was killed by the Thunder Brothers and Inuyasha killed them to help get Shippo's revenge.
"But I'm a growing boy so I need more food than you" said Shippo, and reached for the fish, Inuyasha beat him to it and before Shippo could grab it Inuyasha pushed him down. Inuyasha grabbed the fish,
"Nice try Shippo, as if you could ever win against me, humph that'll be the day" said Inuyasha chuckling. He was about to start cramming down the fish when Hanon spoke up,
"Inuyasha sit boy" she said, Inuyasha fell to the ground and he could feel body ring like he was some kind of metal and had gotten hit and began to vibrate. The fish flew out of his and into the air.
"I got it!" yelled Shippo as he jumped up in the air to try and reach for the fish, Inuyasha got up faster and this time punched him down. He caught the fish and shoved it in his mouth.
"Nice try" he said following the last of the fish. Shippo sat on the ground and began to cry, Inuyasha frowned at his weakness. Oh boy, what a baby he thought to himself. Rini came up beside him and gave him her fish.
"We'll be able to eat our fill tomorrow Shippo" she said handing him the fish. Shippo took the fish and went to eat it somewhere else. Inuyasha only grunted,
"Why do you have to act so childish Inuyasha?" asked Hanon, she said eating her fish.
"I had it first any way it'll teach him to be strong, he can't keep crying to get whatever he wants" said Inuyasha. Hanon frowned,
"He's just a kid, listen Inuyasha either you star being nice to Shippo or…" she paused, "What's that sound?" she asked Inuyasha pricked his ears; he heard it was loud and big, so big it felt like the earth was shaking.
"It is a demon, and by the sound it's making it's a pretty big one" said Inuyasha, he turned to Sango as she clasped her hirikotsu and Kilala began to transform into her true size. Hanon stood and she seemed like she was ready to test out her new demonic strengths. Rini pulled out the same bow and arrow she had used on Inuyasha only this time she had more.
"Yes, let's run" said Miroku, everyone stared at him.
"What, you can't just eat and run you coward!" yelled Inuyasha,
"If the demon is truly big than we are no match for it, it's irrational, it's impossible, it's also against my religion" said Miroku.
"You oughta be arrested" Inuyasha commented.
"You know if it's big than it probably has a jewel shard" said Rini slyly. Miroku's face brighten,
"Well if there is a jewel shard involved I suppose I could help" he said and began to run in the direction of the demon.
"Hey wait up!" yelled Inuyasha and put Hanon on his back and they began to follow Miroku. When they got near the demon Inuyasha picked up a familiar scent. This scent, it's belongs to Sesshomaru thought Inuyasha. Inuyasha slowed his pace as he set his eyes on the huge demon in front of them. Inuyasha's eyes widen as he saw Sesshomaru sitting on the shoulder of the giant beast. Rin and Jaken sat down beside him, Inuyasha watched as Hanon got off his back and ran toward the demon.
"Sesshomaru!" she cried out happily and pulled out a yellow cloth, he then remembered that Hanon had been wearing that when she had first appeared with Sesshomaru. The giant demon stood still, Sesshomaru jumped off the demons shoulder leaving Rin and Jaken behind. He landed in front of Hanon and Inuyasha swore he saw a deep connection between them, a connection he didn't like.
"Here you go Sesshomaru, I knew you would want it back" she said, her voice was sweet. Inuyasha could feel his anger beginning to rise as she gave him a hug? Sesshomaru didn't hug her back, instead he stared down at her, his hands at his side. I mean hand cuz I already took a good chunk out of his left hand with my sword he thought to himself. Hanon broke apart from her hug and stepped back, looking a little guilty. Inuyasha walked over to them and stood in front of Hanon keeping her away from Sesshomaru.
"Sesshomaru, by whom do I owe the honor of this visit" said Inuyasha, gripping his sword.
"I am not here for you Inuyasha, I come only to give Hanon a gift" he said, passing Inuyasha towards over Hanon. He pulled out two blades, they were small and very shining, Inuyasha's eyes widen at the type of sword these were, Katana. A truly remarkable weapon, it was a 24-karat gold-plated very famous samurai sword is one of the best looking Katanas he had ever seen. It differs from other standard katanas he had seen; it was a long graceful sloping hilt and 24-karat-gold decorative plating that extends outwards about six inches from the hamachi (the little step between the tang and the blade). The tsuka (binding on the hilt) is a high-quality binding cord that provides the right balance between grip and comfort. The sheath was beautiful, a dark leather black with gold trimmings.
"You got TWO Katana swords!" said Sango, her voice full of surprise and happiness,
"You know of these Sango?" asked Miroku who had gathered around to look at the amazing swords.
"Yes, many demon slayers long for these swords, there rare and only true warriors are able to control there power, my guess is Hanon has that kind of power to use the Saber Twister" said Sango.
"The Saber Twister?" Hanon gave Sango a confused looked, Sango smiled.
"The Saber Twister is the true power of these Katanas; each Katana has a special use of the Saber Twister. You have two, from what I can see this one has a Kaze symbol, and this other one has a Mizu symbol for water" she continued "With two of these swords combined then you'll have tons of power creating two Twisters of these elements instead of one" she finished. Inuyasha stared at the swords, unbelievable, could it be possible that these two small swords have enough power to destroy Naraku?
"Know this as well, the Katanas can overcome the great Tetsaiga," said Sesshomaru. Inuyasha stared at Hanon who was clutching her new gift close to her.
"Only full demons can wield her swords, humans and half breeds cannot touch it without being wounded" Sesshomaru added, Inuyasha growled at his rudeness to his kind.
"Sesshomaru, I love them there amazing and now I'll be a better fighter, I just don't know where to put them" said Hanon. Sesshomaru stared at her for second then pulled out a blue Kimono. Hanon gasped, and held it in her hands and then hid it from everyone.
"Wait just a sec, I'm going to put it on then you guys can see it" she said happily and ran behind a bush. For minuets there were loud grunts and leaves rattling until finally she came out of the bush. Inuyasha could feel his eyes widen as Hanon stepped into view, the kimono she wore was a light blue, it was short (probably so she could fight in it) and had a large purple ribbon hand tied around her waist, she had made a perfect bow at her back. Her sleeves were as long as Inuyasha's only she had light purple butterfly designs on them, and she wore long light purple stockings, but she wore what looked like bandages at her feet. Kind a like Kouga's feet, since she was a demon (a cat none the less) she probably needed to be bear foot so she could fight better. The stockings went up to her knees, the kimono was not as short as Inuyasha had thought, it ended at the same length as Hanon's skirt she had just took off(but was still pretty dang short). Hanon had her Katana's at her sides and she didn't bother to pull her hair back like most maidens would have done. She truly was beautiful; she stared at Inuyasha and began to blush, Inuyasha turned away feeling his face growing hot.
"It's so cool, thank you Sesshomaru!" she said and leaped into his arms. Inuyasha wanted to pounce on him. Sesshomaru didn't hug her back, or even smile, he just looked at her. They both looked like they were reading each others minds.
"Your welcome" he said and turned around to leave, Inuyasha could feel himself calm down.
"All of that chaos just so he could give Hanon some swords and a new kimono? Can you say issues?" said Rini obliviously jealous. Hanon only rolled her eyes, Sango and Miroku exchanged looks, while Shippo only nodded with Rini.
"It's getting late" said Sango, "we should get some rest" Miroku nodded and the others began to follow.
"Hanon" said Inuyasha stopping her dead in her tracks.
"Yes" she replied, staring at Inuyasha. He stared into her eyes,
"What's going on between you and Sesshomaru?" he asked, he saw her eyes flash then they became angry.
"Inuyasha nothing is going on, Sesshomaru is like family to me" she said, Inuyasha saw the hurt in her eyes.
"We just got done fighting and you're already starting stuff" she added, her voice sounding innocent. Inuyasha knew she was right, they had just got done fighting he was already making her upset. He walked over to her and hugged her.
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to jump to conclusions" he whispered into her ear.
"Its okay" she said smiling, Inuyasha stared into her beautiful eyes.
"Aw isn't that just sweet" said a voice; they turned to see Kagura staring at them.
"Just what do you want?" Hanon sneered, she must have still been angry about how they failed to clue her in on Naraku's plan to trick her. Kagura laughed,
"Relax, I'm not here to fight I'm just here on business" she said, and pulled out a shard of the scared jewel.
"Naraku wanted me to give this to you" she said and handed it to Hanon. Hanon stared at it, Inuyasha had no idea what was going on.
"Why are you giving me this?" asked Hanon, Kagura smiled.
"Well if you really want to know, Naraku never told me to give this to you, I'm sick of him and I decided to choose a path and it is to destroy him, so I'm giving you this it will make you stronger than you already are" she said, holding her fan in front of her face.
"Take your shard" said Hanon and tossed it back to Kagura.
"That was a mistake, if you think I'm lying your wrong, but you'll be sorry when-"
"When Kagome comes, is that what you were going to say?" said a voice, Inuyasha looked up and saw Kagome. She gave an evil smile and held her new weapon close to her, a long staff with what looked like a broken heart, with a black glass ball of dark purple energy sparked inside.
"Kagome" said Kagura and fell to her knees to bow, disgusting, Kagome had become Naraku's 'woman' as Miroku would put it. Worse she had grown powerful; the staff she held could call forth lighting, and deadly dark magic attacks. He turned to see Hanon who was not pale this time, instead her eyes glisten with anger as she watched Kagura bow down to her like some god.
"Your pathetic, do you honestly think you'll get the attention you desire by fear?" asked Hanon, voice getting stronger, louder and angrier with every passing word. Kagome laughed,
"Yes, and I see there is no need to worry about me Hanon, I'll do things my way and you can do things your way after all I'm that girl you knew, I destroyed that worthless weak side of me, and Naraku helped bring out the real me, you'll never see that half-witted human again" she growled. Hanon stiffen,
"Your right, I will never see the old Kagome again, because this time I will not hold back," Hanon said, and then Inuyasha watched as Hanon pulled out her Katana's.
"I will kill you!" her cry echoed through the night. It was going to happen, something Inuyasha hoped would never happen. Hanon and Kagome were going to fight in a duel to the death, he stood there motionless as they began to fight in what would be an endless battle.