R.D.D.G: well here's chapter 3 for Daemon seekers. I have to thank V EPSILON, I hope this is chapter is better. Once more I own nothing in this…
The group walked into the living room to see two girls, and a small titan sitting around one of the couches, which upon closer inspection had a young teenage boy sleeping fitfully on it.
The man, who led the group walked over to the couch and sat down, then remembered that he knew none of their names. "I apologize," he said, "I'm Dante Vale," then he motioned over to the rest of his team. "This is Zhalia Moon," the girl with blue hair bowed her head in acknowledgement, "Sophie Casterwill," the younger of the girls stood extended a hand.
"A pleasure to meet you." She said.
"The titan is Cherit," Dante continued, pointing over to the small flying titan that was resting next to the boy.
"Hi-hoh," Cherit greeted, then looked over at Inuyasha with a knowing look. "Hey, I remember you…"
Inuyasha cocked his head to the side. "You do?" he asked.
"Aye, I gave you your first titan, when you were just a wee lad, Inuyasha." Cherit said.
Then a look of recognition made its way across the young Hanyou's face. "Cherit? You old Titan! How've you been?"
"I have been well," Cherit said flying over to Inuyasha and landing on his shoulder. "Have you been making good use of that titan I gave you?"
"Yeah, Slither's been a big help to me ever since you left." Inuyasha beamed. "He's saved my hide more times than I can count."
"I'm glad to hear it." Cherit beamed, then looked over the gang, "and who are your friends?"
Inuyasha was about to speak when Sesshomaru stepped over towards the sleeping boy. "Introductions can wait, Inuyasha, we need to see to the pup." Inuyasha nodded and looked over at Shippo.
"Hey Shippo can you use my holotome and call Koga?" he asked reaching into his kimono and grabbing said holotome.
"Sure," Shippo said as he took his adopted father's holotome. "But I don't know how to use it."
Inuyasha nodded then looked over at Sophie and Zhalia. "Can you guys help him with the holotome?" Inuyasha asked, "Since I've got to help your friend. However when the process starts I need you guys to move everyone out of the room. Understood?"
The two nodded as they stood to move over near the young daemon and so that the two older Daemon have room to sit and work.
Dante looked at Sesshomaru, "do you need me to do anything, Mr.?"
"My name is Sesshomaru."
"Sesshomaru," Dante corrected.
"You were there when he was hit by the dart correct?"
"Yes, me and Cherit both." Dante answered.
Sesshomaru nodded then turned towards Inuyasha. "We're going to need a scout to keep an eye out for any members of the Organization."
Inuyasha nodded and pulled out an amulet with a red gem in the center and obsidian black snake circling it. "Lend me your eyes! Slither!" Inuyasha said, invoking his titan. And medium sized snake appeared on his shoulders; its head appearing on his left arm which was held out for that reason. The snake turned its head to its seeker awaiting instructions. "Slither, I need you to keep watch for any suits or potential enemies." Inuyasha said.
Slither hissed in understanding before slithering down its master's body and towards the floor where it moved into the shadows and out of sight.
Dante and Zhalia pulled out one of their amulets.
"Help them out, Gareon!" Zhalia said, and Gareon appeared on his mistress' shoulders before turning invisible and crawling away.
"You too, Solwing!" Dante said and Solwing appeared before flying out of a slightly open window.
Sesshomaru watched with disinterest and both him and Inuyasha turned their gaze to Dante. "Where did the dart get him?"
"On the right side of his chest." Dante said before removing both of Lok's shirts, hoping the boy didn't wake up to see that. And as soon as the fabric was off the three noticed the skin around the wound was colored like that of a bruise. Inuyasha and Dante winced at the sight of the wound.
Sesshomaru, who has seen enough of these transformations, knew it was temporary; it was just his new daemon blood taking over his human blood. However, Sesshomaru leaned closer to examine the bruise colored area, there was a lot more than usual. "Was it just one dart?"
"Yes." Dante answered, "Why?"
Sesshomaru didn't answer him and continued to examine the colored areas, which continued to spread. "Brother?" Inuyasha asked loud enough for only Sesshomaru to hear him.
"This is too much daemon blood for one dart…" Sesshomaru explained, pointing it out for his brother to see it. "The hard part of the transformation is going to take place soon. Do you know what to do?"
Inuyasha nodded. "I just need to give him my blood right?"
Sesshomaru nodded. "That's part of it. We also need to stabilize him, which I shall do with Daemon Healer. I need you to hold him down and try to calm him down as much as possible, also set a barrier so that his sudden magical surges don't hurt us and the group."
Inuyasha nodded. "All right. Anything else I need to worry about?"
"Be warned about the screams."
Inuyasha nodded then looked worriedly towards the boy. Like he said earlier, poor pup.
Dante who had watched the two interact looked at Sesshomaru. "Is there anything you need me to do, Sesshomaru?" he asked.
Sesshomaru looked towards Dante. "You can help Inuyasha with calming him down, if you are so eager to help." He said calmly. "A word of caution though, you could be hurt during the process."
"Lok got hurt defending me." Dante said with a determined look on his face. "He's a member of my team and the least I can do for him is help him out when he needs it most."
Sesshomaru studied the younger seeker before him for a moment, before nodding his head and turning his attention back towards the boy on the couch; who was now writhing on the couch his eyes squeezed shut in pain. Noticing this, Sesshomaru pulled out his amulet, which had an aqua blue gem with a cool silver band around it that had an intricate design that is too difficult to describe. "It begins." He said before adding, "Come forth, Daemon Healer!" the amulet glowed and a pale being stood beside Sesshomaru. He had pale blue eyes, which slightly contrasted with his ghost white skin; which is exactly what he looked like, a ghost. He had ghostly white hair that was pulled into a loose braid that went to the small of his back. And he wore white and pale blue kimono; and a thin nearly see through veil covering his mouth. His ghostly eyes stared at Sesshomaru as he awaited his seeker's orders. Looking at Inuyasha and Dante, Sesshomaru asked as the others left the three to work, "Are you ready?"
The two nodded, as the transformation began to fully take place. "Dante, hold him down." Sesshomaru ordered. Dante quickly complied as he moved so that he was holding down the boy as much as he could to prevent a struggle. By now, Lok was screaming in pain, as his canines lengthened into fangs, his ears becoming pointier very much like Sesshomaru's. "Inuyasha, the blood." Inuyasha nodded in understanding, as he quickly moved so that he was next to the boy's mouth, before cutting his wrist enough to draw blood.
Taking his now bloody wrist, Inuyasha placed it near Lok's mouth so that the blood would drip into the open mouth. It seemed to calm down the boy slightly but not enough to stop him from struggling under Dante's grip. After a few minutes, Sesshomaru looked towards his younger brother. "That's enough Inuyasha." The younger daemon removed his wrist and it healed quickly. Sesshomaru looked towards his titan. "Stabilize him." He ordered. The ghostly titan nodded before turning into a ghostly mist and surrounding the boy.
Da-thump! A pulse of Daemon energy hit the daemon lord. "Inuyasha, we need that shield." Sesshomaru said.
"One sec." Inuyasha said as he concentrated his energy on surrounding the four of them. "Honorguard!" He said and a barrier surrounded them.
"How long can you keep that up?" Dante asked.
"For as long as I need to." Inuyasha answered. "Calm him down, Dante."
Da-thump! Another agony filled scream escaped the teen as another wave of energy tore through him. Dante gazed at the pained teen, before noticing his hair grow longer and becoming silver in color. "You're going to be okay, Lok." Dante said soothingly, hoping that the young seeker could hear him amidst the pain. "It's going to be okay." As the foundation operative tried to calm his pained student, one of Lok's hands got free and struck Dante across the chest and Inuyasha at the collar. Dante winced, but quickly managed to restrain the free arm once again.
With the boy restrained, Inuyasha and Dante said soothing words to the teen in hopes of settling down, it seemed to work slightly since the boy began to struggle a little less than what he was doing before.
As the transformation neared its end, there was a scent that made both Sesshomaru (surprisingly) and Inuyasha raise an eyebrow in shock.
"How the hell can this be?" Inuyasha asked his brother in shock as he began to pet the boy's head in another attempt to settle him down.
"I don't know…" Sesshomaru answered, his brow furrowed.
Da-thump! After that last burst of energy, Lok finally calmed down, and Sesshomaru's titan returned to his seeker's side. The transformation was complete. Once he was sure the process was complete, Sesshomaru and Inuyasha examined the boy for any injuries and Sesshomaru contentedly noted that the bruise coloring on his skin was now gone along with the initial wound that caused this entire mess. Lok was now officially an inu daemon. Once he was sure the boy was fine, Sesshomaru looked over to his brother who was breathing heavily the barrier now taking its toll on the young half-daemon. "Inuyasha. Release the shield. It's over." Inuyasha complied and slumped against the side of the chair, tired as hell.
After a moment Inuyasha sat up and looked at Dante who was sitting on the coffee table. "Hey, you okay?" Inuyasha asked as he examined the man for wounds. Knowing full well that he got hit with Lok's claws as well.
"I'm fine." Dante assured.
Sighing, Sesshomaru silently ordered his titan to heal both his brother and Dante, before returning to his amulet. Daemon Healer complied as it quickly healed both of their wounds by placing a ghostly hand on each of the wounds. After the wounds were fully healed, Sesshomaru turned an aqua blue as his titan returned to his amulet.
As the two caught their breath, Dante looked at his student to see how much the boy had changed. And it was quite a lot too. He now had silver hair that went to the middle of his upper arms; apparently inu daemons had long hair naturally. As the boy gasped for breath, Dante noticed fangs in the boy's mouth. Lok's skin had gotten slightly paler, and adorning the boy's face was purple/blue face marks one on each cheek (think Sesshomaru's). Looking down at the boy's hands were claws, one of the hands bloodied from where he had gotten both Dante and Inuyasha.
Dante was so engrossed about the new looks of his teammate that he didn't notice Inuyasha place a hand on his shoulder. Looking over to the half-daemon beside him, he asked, "what?"
Inuyasha chuckled. "I said, good job." He repeated, then looked at the boy thoughtfully. "I wonder…"
"Wonder what?" the three turned around to see the gang walk back into the room.
"Normally the human becomes a half-breed…but…" Inuyasha started.
Sophie cocked her head to the side. "But what?" she asked curiously. After the gang walked back in a moment before.
"He's a full-fledged Daemon." Sesshomaru finished.
Zhalia looked at the two inu daemons with a shocked look. "How is that possible?" she asked.
"I don't know." Inuyasha said standing up. "They must have made changes to the serum…regardless of how they did it, he's a full daemon now…Myoga."
"Yes Lord Inuyasha." Myoga asked from Sango's shoulder.
The Huntik team looked around trying to find the source of the voice. "What the hell?" Zhalia asked.
"That's just Myoga." Inuyasha said extending his hand to flea. "He's a flea Daemon."
"Yes, and I'm also Inuyasha's personal body-guard." Myoga added as he jumped onto the pale hand for all to see.
"Whoa. He's so small." Sophie said in shock as she moved over to Inuyasha's hand so she could see the small daemon.
"Yeah well he does come in handy." Inuyasha said, then added, "Sometimes."
"What did you need me to do, Inuyasha?" Myoga asked choosing to ignore the comment.
"I need you to test his blood." Inuyasha answered. "We need to know for sure if he's a full fledged Daemon."
Myoga nodded before hopping over to the unconscious boy happy that he was able to get some blood without being swatted at. After taking his fill (which isn't much) Myoga jumped back into Inuyasha's hand. "Well this is odd."
"What?" Miroku asked.
"Well, he definitely is a full-blood." Myoga confirmed. "But there's more."
"Like what?" Inuyasha asked.
"It seems that, thanks to the transformation, he now has your father's blood in him."
Now even Sesshomaru perked up at the mention of his father; standing up, Sesshomaru walked over to where his brother stood. "Explain." He said, wondering to himself, how the hell did they get father's blood?
"Of course." Myoga said respectively. "While he still has his mortal parent's genes, it seems that he now carries half of your father's as well."
"In other words…" Sango said looking towards her friend and his brother.
"He's now our brother." Inuyasha finished turning to face the young seeker on the couch.
"And Inutaisho is his father." Myoga added.
"How is that remotely possible?!" Sophie asked. "He's Ethan Lambert's son! How is he someone else's son as well?"
"Daemon blood is more dominant than human blood." Myoga began to explain. "Thanks to the transformation, the boy's daemon blood replaced his human blood making him a full fledged, however he still has his mother's traits and even though he is now Inutaisho's son, he still has traits and is still related to his mortal father…it's rather confusing to explain but that's the jist of it."
The group sat down as the flea explained it to them. All of them were shocked, though it was then that Kagome decided to be annoying again. "Okay, now I'm extremely confused." She said angrily. "What the hell is going on here? What were those things that you guys summoned? What's a holoto…oh whatever it is? What is a seeker? And what the hell is he?!" she asked pointing at Cherit, who huffed and landed on Inuyasha's shoulder. "We're not in the open, so now explain!"
Inuyasha sighed. This was going to be a long night. With that thought in mind, the group with the exception of Rin and Shippo who went to bed, with Jaken keeping watch or else he would have to face Sesshomaru's wrath, sat down and tried to explain to the confused miko the secret world of seekers. Sesshomaru being silent the entire time, he had talked more than enough for one day.
They explained the basics of being a seeker, what a titan is both free titans and those stuck in the amulets. As they explained that, Solwing, Slither, and Gareon moved back towards their respected seekers before returning to their amulets. They explained then the two different groups, The Organization and the Huntik Foundation.
Inuyasha then remembered something and look towards Dante. "Are you guys still looking for more Seekers?" he asked, Dante nodded.
"We're always open to new-comers." Dante answered.
Inuyasha smiled. "Then I want to be a part of the Huntik foundation." He said.
Dante nodded. "We'll tell Guggenheim when he calls." He said then smiled. "Welcome aboard." Then the conversation continued as they tried to educate the young girl about their world. But by the end of the explanation, Kagome stood up angrily. She had enough of secret worlds, she was already a part of one as it was and they still needed to find the shards of the Shikon jewel which she gladly pointed out.
"What happens when a demon gets a hold of the shards?" she asked. "Look I'm a part of your little secret world in the sense that I've got to travel back and forth between this time and yours so that I can save the sacred jewel which I broke. But no more. I'm not going to be sucked into another one of your little worlds. Why would you want to be a part of this?"
"We call ourselves, Daemons." Inuyasha said correcting his friend.
"I don't give a shit what you call yourselves." Kagome said.
"Watch your tongue." Sesshomaru growled.
"Oh make me." Kagome snapped angrily making many eyebrows rise in shock. Apparently this woman doesn't fear death and has a death wish of some sort. "I'm going home for good. Now take me back to Japan."
Miroku nodded as he stood up. "All right. You may go back home, but before you do, you must do something."
"What?" Kagome asked.
"You must give us the shards." Miroku said. "If you are going to be returning home there is no reason for you to keep them."
"And you've got to take this stupid necklace off of me." Inuyasha said indicating towards the beads.
"Sit boy!" Inuyasha went face first onto the ground Cherit taking off in time not to get squashed.
"Oh my!" the small titan moaned as he hid behind Dante.
"If you don't do those two things then you can't go home, Kagome." Sango said trying not to enrage the younger girl further than she already was.
Kagome reached into her bag and grabbed the small bottle she kept her shards in before throwing them at the Inu gang. The Huntik team just watching the event unfold, deciding it was better that they stay out of it.
"To answer your question Kagome," Inuyasha said sitting up once more. "We chose to be seekers so that we can do what we can to help protect people. Sure being a seeker is hard, but is the reward of protecting innocent lives worth the hard life, yeah it is." Then he motioned towards the beads again. "If you're going to leave, Kagome, take them off."
"No."
"Take them off, Ningen." Sesshomaru growled narrowing his eyes dangerously at the girl.
Gulping Kagome nodded and reached over and took the beads from around Inuyasha's head. Finally freeing him from her control.
"I'll take you home, Kagome." Sango said.
"No. let's let her take a more modern way." Dante suggested. "Since it's obvious she hasn't been in this time for a while, taking a modern mode of transportation may be good for her." Sango nodded as she sat back down. "We'll have Guggenheim send you on a plane back to Japan." Dante said. "Till then why don't you go to sleep? It's been a long day…for all of us." Everyone nodded in agreement and they stood and walked upstairs towards the bedrooms.
Dante, Cherit, and Sesshomaru staying downstairs.
"How about you go upstairs and get some rest, Sesshomaru." Dante suggested. "I'll keep watch."
Sesshomaru nodded. "I need to check on Rin." Sesshomaru said before excusing himself.
"Good night."
"humph." With that Sesshomaru walked up the stairs himself. Leaving the young daemon, Cherit, and Dante on their own. Cherit deciding to curl up on Lok's chest.
"Go to sleep, Dante." Cherit said. "You could use the rest."
Nodding Dante walked over to a nearby couch and fell asleep almost instantly. Leaving only Cherit awake in the house.
R.D.D.G: all right here is chapter 3…I hope you guys enjoyed it at least a little bit.
