Chapter 7
Izayoi and Toshiro stood looking over all of the papers and reports coming in from demons looking and trying to help find any information on the demons after the three children. Kagome walked by the room and looked in seeing the two trying to put everything together, looking over all of the papers and reports coming in from demons looking and trying to help find any information on the demons after the three children. Toshiro picked up another paper as Izayoi sighed sitting in a chair before putting her head in her hands.
"I just don't think we'll ever find out who they are." Her brother looked at her.
"We'll find them. At least we know where they'll always be. They want the kids so if we keep our eyes open we should see them coming around soon. And that's when we'll teach them not to mess with our kids." He grinned making Izayoi smile as Kagome walked in to see how they were doing on information.
"You two find anything?" She asked looking at them.
"No, nothing we didn't know before." Izayoi sighed looking up at her mother. "But they can't wait too much longer it's already been two months."
"Shiro, Izzy. The demons are on the move." Akio said as he ran into the room. The three looked at each other before running out following Akio. "Taro and the others are working on a plan to get them before they get too close."
"Taro!" Izayoi called as she ran over to him and the others looking over maps and talking about what to do. "Where are they coming from?"
"The report said from the east. All three of them are coming." He told her.
"I know one of them should be dead." Inu said looking around. "He shouldn't have been able to live."
"They're not normal demons. Only those really close to us actually know about the blood mixtures. They are after the kids for the unique mixture; they are obviously not your everyday demons."
"How do we take them down then?" Asked Masaharo as he stood with his brothers.
"They want Izzy and me." Toshiro said looking around at the looks, he was getting. "Just listen. We go out and start fighting like they want then everyone comes in last second and we over run them."
"Sounds like a big risk." Inu said looking at his grandson. "If they see us or sense us it will ruin the plan which means we have to be pretty far away which makes you two in even more danger."
"He's right." Kagome said. "What if we can't get to you on time?"
"We can hold them." Toshiro said as Izayoi watched their father shake his head. "Dad, I know we can. We will hold them until you get there to over run them." Inuyasha looked at his oldest children as they asked to be sent out with no help to hold off a group of demons he, his brother and father had a tough time with.
"Dad, I know they are tough and I know what they can do but we know what we can do too. We fought the one and came home fine. Both of us fighting we'll be able to hold them off and maybe bring them down a few notches." Izayoi said looking at her father as he and Kagome looked at each other.
"You two are putting your lives at risk; you should be talking to your mates, not us." Kagome said as Akia and Taro looked at her then to their mates.
"You really think you can hold them?" Taro asked Izayoi.
"Yeah."
"Izzy and me working together we may get beat if we didn't have you guys as back up." Toshiro said.
"If they can hold them and pull this off I think it's the perfect opportunity to take out at least one." Taro said.
"Then head out and head them off." Kagome said looking at her oldest children. "Just make sure to be careful." The two nodded before running off to get their weapons with their mates' right behind.
"So how far do we need to be away from them?" Koga asked.
"We need to stay here at the castle." Inu said making Koga worried.
"We stay here and they go by themselves to fight. Are we going to be able to get to them before the demons kill them?"
"They say they can do it, Taro and Akina believe they can, so we have to go with their call." Kagome said looking at him as they started walking to find the four saying good-bye.
"You have your emblem?" Taro asked and saw her nod with a small smile. "Be careful and don't be stupid half breed."
"You better be fast, flea bag." She said making him smirk. The twins took off as everyone gathered their weapons and sat."
"How are you gonna know when it's time to go?" Katsu asked standing with the others.
"The mate seal." Taro said walking back into the room with a sword at his hip. "When they're ready for us to come in they'll call."
"Mate seal?" He asked raising his eyebrow.
"It's a seal that each demon creates when they become mates." Inu started to explain as Katsu turned to look at Inuyasha.
"You all have seals?"
"Yeah." Akina said with a small smile as she pulled as the corner of her top pulling it down to show a blue bite mark on the front of her shoulder. "Each person has their mark in a different place. It all depends on the demon really." Katsu looked at Inuyasha and Shippo as they moved their collars aside to show bite marks.
"Why do they look the same but not like hers?" asked Nori.
"Because Shiro and Izzy have special powers." Taro said as he sat down.
"Is yours like that too?" Taro nodded before pulling his top out of the way to show a red bite mark on his upper chest, almost at his shoulder. "So how do they call?"
"They have to be careful of when they call and how they call." Koga said looking at Taro. "If they wait too long and their lives are in danger the seal is set to automatically go off."
"In that case it makes the inner demon rise and takes over to do whatever it has to, to find its mate and protect them." Ayame added. "Some even attack everyone around to make sure no one is hurting their mate. My son seems to have gained that trait." Kagome looked from Taro to Ayame.
"What do you mean?"
"When they first mated Izzy went out to the next village and was attacked forcing her mark to call. Taro went after his brother. It took dad and Koga to hold him down and me to get him to focus." Shippo said as Taro sighed.
"Well I doubt they will let it get that far before they call." Akia said. "We just need to trust them and believe they can do this."
"They can. Izzy and Taro together are a deadly combination." Shippo smirked. "That's probably why they want to fight both of them."
"Well all we can do is wait for now them to call." Kagome said as they all sat talking about what they would do to the demons when they showed up.
Izayoi and Toshiro landed in front of the three demons. They stood with smirks as the demons grinned evilly.
"Well it looks like they've come to us." One demon with violet eyes and long brown hair said.
"What brings you two kids out here?" Asked one with brown eyes and dark blue hair.
"We came to kick your ass." Izayoi smirked.
"You must be the one Genji said could turn demon." Said the demon with brown hair and violet eyes as he looked at the one with white hair and green eyes.
"And you must be the little girl who takes it." Izayoi said making him narrow his eyes and look at the other two. "Aw what's the matter? You have to ask your butt buddies if you're allowed to talk." She laughed making the demon start to turn red. "Oh I think I made him mad." She laughed as Toshiro grinned.
"I think you got to him. I wonder who the leader is. I mean one of them has to give the orders to the others, which would make the other two patsies." Toshiro said as the three glared at them as Toshiro and Izayoi grinned.
"Nozomu. Don't." Genji said as the demon with brown hair and violet eyes charged at Toshiro. "Shu go help him and take care of that puppy. I'll take care of this one." The third demon with brown eyes and dark blue hair went to help Nozomu and kill Toshiro.
"You really think you can handle me all by your lonesome?" Izayoi asked with a smile. Genji glared at her before pulling his sword and charging as Izayoi flipped out of the way making him miss only to swing to try to hit her again. Izayoi moved out of the way and laughed as Genji charged again making her pull her sais. As soon as they were free from their sheaths, they grew twenty times larger. Genji looked at them with a smile.
"So you are special."
"See the thing about my family…. We have a friend who can make weapons for us. These are only one weapon he made for everyone in my family." She smiled. "Too bad you don't have a sword that can handle me." She said as she caught the sword between her blade and the guard, giving a swift twist she was able to twist his sword awkwardly as she used the other blade to jam into his side. As she tried to connect, he twisted free and out of the way.
"You've learned a bit since the last time we fought."
"I've been training to be able to take your head." She said as they charged again clashing over and over again. She looked over to see Toshiro only able to avoid being hit making her suddenly change course running at the two jamming her two sais in the back of Nozomu and out the front of him. The two demons stopped and looked making Shu turn trying to hit her only to have her turn using the body of Nozomu as a shield as Toshiro notched an arrow and shot at Genji as he charged. Toshiro continued to shoot as Genji kept running at them and Shu continued to hack at Nozomu's body to get to Izayoi. He swung one last time and finally connected with her shoulder making her cry out as Genji started chasing Toshiro around.
"Izzy!" Toshiro called as Genji almost caught him.
"Taro?" Akio asked as he saw his brother's eyes turn red before setting to a pink tint and his green eyes went darker. Everyone looked at them as Taro gave a small growl. They looked over to see Akia's eyes go wide.
"What's going on?" Katsu asked as Shippo pulled him out of the way of Taro's claws. Taro looked around as several got ready to tackle him as he grabbed his head with a whimper before looking around at the others staring at him.
"What…what happened?" He asked.
"I think Izzy's hurt." Akia said. "Shiro's frantic. We need to go now." She said before she and Taro took off quickly with the others following.
"What's going on? Izzy's hurt?" Katsu asked running with Miroku and the others.
"They called. Looks like things are running a bit bad for them." Miroku said. They stopped seeing Toshiro kneeling by Izayoi as she tried to fight with one sai. They saw a piece of fabric wrapped tight around her arm and shoulder holding it to her body. Sesshomaru led the group at the last two demons while Taro, Akia, Inuyasha and Kagome ran to Toshiro and Izayoi as they fell back onto the ground.
"You two okay?" Kagome asked as she ran over.
"Izzy's… Shoulder." Toshiro called as they knelt beside the two. Taro sat helping to hold Izayoi in a sitting position as Akia went to help Toshiro sit up.
"Shiro you're bleeding." Akia said looking at the bloodied spot on his side.
"I'll be fine, I can heal it." He said as he put his hand over the wound and started to heal what he could.
"They ran off." Koga said as he and the others joined them. "What happened?" He asked as he looked down at Izayoi wince as Kagome continued to heal.
"This is why I told you not to go after them." Inuyasha said making Izayoi smirk through the pain.
"Yeah but I got one….. My sai is still in him." She said gritting her teeth. They looked over to the side where the body of Nozomu laid with a small sai still sticking out of him.
"You did all that?" Katsu asked.
"I got my sais… in him… Had to use him to block… Another one…"
"Izzy, relax." Kagome said as she stopped the bleeding and started to heal the wound when she saw her daughter's eyes tint pink. "Inuyasha get her other sai." Inuyasha looked at Izayoi before grabbing the sai out of the body and putting both in her one hand.
"Thanks." She whispered as she lay back against Taro as Kagome finished.
"Shiro, how's your wounds?" Kagome asked.
"I'm healed, just completely drained." He said low as Akia had him lean on her. Taro picked Izayoi up in his arms as Inuyasha and Jiro helped Toshiro stand and walk back to the castle. "How's Izzy?" Toshiro asked looking at Izayoi sleeping in her mate's arms.
"She's fine; she's resting and should be fine in a few hours." Kagome said. "When we get back you need to get some rest too. After everything you've used you won't last too much more if you don't relax and get your power back." Toshiro nodded as his father and brother in law helped him walk.