Chapter 13
Izayoi sat at the kitchen Table with Taro on one side and Toshiro and Akia on the other. Saburo sat across from them while their parents and older siblings stood watching. Izayoi watched as Toshiro took a slow breath and closed his eyes putting his hand on her arm. She reached across and grabbed Saburo's hands as she slowly let her eyes close before her powers spiked making Saburo jump and close his eyes. Izayoi turned around in the darkness looking around.
"I'm here and ready, Izzy."
"Okay then, let's go." She spiked her powers even higher as she pushed away the darkness to flew past memories. Memories Saburo held of his entire life. She pushed past the feelings that continued to pull up and block her. "Shiro tell him he has to relax. By the time I maneuver through I'll be too worn for the leader." She said into the nothingness before slowly the blocks started to disappear and she pushed farther until she felt a familiar tug and she looked at what came in front of her. It was a memory of crouching in the trees watching as she ran past before he lunged at her. As he lunged Izayoi grabbed a hold of the memory. She felt a sharp tug back before nothing.
"He doesn't like this, but he's trying, Izzy." She nodded and wrapped both hands around the memory before pulling with everything she had and sending a shock wave of power through. She ran after the wave watching as the red light shot through a line, twisting and turning through into blackness before Izayoi stopped in a hazy white space. She started to hear footsteps making her turn in circles looking trying to find the source until she saw someone walking from the fog. A tall woman with long black hair and black eyes that seemed to laugh at Izayoi walked out to stop in front of her.
"Hello." She said making Izayoi looked at her curious. "Izayoi, right? Daughter of Inuyasha and Kagome."
"Yes. It seems you know me, but I don't know you." She said as the women smiled.
"Well considering you were powerful enough to back track my connection I feel you have deserved a chance to know my name. I am Kira."
"Kira." Izayoi said. "Why did you take control of Saburo?" She asked as the woman walked closer to her.
"Saburo? That wolf pup?" She smirked. "You see you possess extraordinary power from your mother, your extraordinary demon blood from your father that has been passed down from the great dog demon himself. When that is mixed with the blood and power of a full wolf demons who is the first prince it makes a world-renowned being. So much power your body created two beings from it. You see the power of the first mate is when two people share all of their power and combine them in the two. Your family has been wonderful enough to become pregnant on that first mate making the children from the first mate to be extraordinary in power."
"Is that why my brother and I were the only ones to have powers that our mother can barely keep up with?"
"Yes. You see you are both young, more training and you both can be miraculous. Come with me and you can get that training. No one will be a match for you."
"You killed hundreds, took control of a friend to have him attack me and hurt me. You've gone as far as sending your demons after my children. I can't just forget about all of that and go with you to train me to use powers that I will eventually figure out."
"This only continues if you do not."
"Then it will continue and we'll kill you." Izayoi narrowed her eyes as the woman did the same as she started to gather her powers. Izayoi closed her eyes and started to gather her own powers as she searched for the place to attack before realizing she needed to get rid of the fog before she could figure anything out. Izayoi shot her power into the fog hoping it would clear the fog only to have Kira fire at her knocking her back with blinding pain.
"You cannot win against me." Kira said as Izayoi closed her eyes and let her powers flow.
Toshiro jerked back in his chair and was breathing heavy as he opened his eyes to see everyone worried. Looking at Izayoi, he could feel her power swirling before he cursed under his breath and closed his eyes again. He gathered all of his powers in his hands before pushing against Izayoi's shoulder. Everyone in the room felt a throb go through the room before Izayoi and Toshiro pulled back worn out. They looked around as their eyes were returning to their normal colors.
"What happened?" Koga asked as the twins relaxed their breathing and looked around.
"The leader… she kicked me out." Toshiro said and looked at Izayoi as she reached for her head. "You okay, Izzy?"
"Yeah, just a headache." She said as she closed her eyes.
"She attacked when Shiro wasn't there?" Kagome asked as Izayoi nodded. "She could have killed you."
"She wouldn't kill me." Izayoi shook her head and looked at her mother. "She wants to use me and Toshiro's powers. She wants us to go to her."
"What?"
"She needs the powers we have and the kids have."
"You know where she is?" Toshiro asked.
"Yeah. I know exactly where they are."
"We should get everything together and go. The sooner we get to them and finish this the better." Toshiro looked at his parents as Izayoi closed her eyes again and covered her eyes with her hands. "Izzy.." He trailed off as she shook her head.
"I'll be fine, let's just get moving." She said standing up.
"Izzy, you should lay down for a little while. That would have pulled a lot of power to handle." Kagome told her daughter who nodded and walked away. "Shiro you should to, that bolt was a lot." Toshiro nodded before standing up and walking to a bedroom to rest.
"So they found out the info we needed and didn't die, so what now?" Koga asked.
"We should let Sesshomaru and your father know, Inuyasha." Miroku said standing back with his arms crossed. "Once everyone knows what's going on we can make a plan to get the leader and end this before it lasts years like the dragons."
"I'll get a hold of Sesshomaru." Inuyasha said as he left the kitchen to go to the well.
Izayoi lead the way through the forests and over the barren lands with the others behind her. Her eyes narrowed as the others ran as fast as they could behind her, hoping they could end this now. Taro pushed off the ground a little harder to come to Izayoi's side as they ran. He looked over at her worried making her glance at him with a red ring in her eyes.
"How far, Izzy?" Toshiro asked as he ran faster to come to her side.
"A few hours. They still don't know we're coming." She said as they started to slow down.
"We should stop for the night and get them first thing in the morning." Miroku said from the back of a large demon cat. Izayoi looked at her father who gave a small nod and the group started to slow down to stop. Izayoi looked around. Katsu and Nori climbed from Nebi, Sango and Miroku climbed from Lamai, Hanna climbed off Aceton and Cocidus sat on Toshiro's shoulder. Inuyasha let Kagome onto her own feet and the group jumped into action, setting up camp.
"Iz." She heard as she stood looking into the darkness of the trees, lost in her thoughts. She turned looking at Taro walking over. "You okay?" He asked stopping a few steps away.
"Yeah, just thinking." She said looking back into the trees. "It's nothing." She shook her head.
"Mate…" He said trailing off as he reached out making her look at him with golden eyes. He ran his clawed hand gently over her cheek making her close her eyes and sigh.
"It's just… this demon….. She wants me to join her and she would teach me how to use my powers more than I am already. She is going to do everything she can to get me to give in."
"She really messed with your head. Didn't she?" Izayoi looked down before Taro pulled her closer. "Don't worry about this demon. We've kicked demons' asses before, and we'll do it again."
"I'm not worried." She said looking up at him sternly making him chuckle before he kissed her cheek with a grin.
"I know. Try to get some sleep before we have to go kick demon ass."
"You realize you're a demon right?"
"And you're a half demon." The two smiled at each other before moving back into the camp as things calmed down for the night.
The group stopped in the tree line looking out at a field filled with a giant demon army. They all looked at Izayoi as she looked out shocked.
"We need to get through them to get to the leader." Toshiro said looking at the large army.
"Then we'll go through them." Izayoi said reaching for her sais on her back.
"Wait." Sesshomaru said making Izayoi look at her uncle. "This army is too large to defeat and move forward. We will never get to the leaders in time before they flee. A few go ahead and start with the leaders. Hold them in place until the others can get there."
"Looks like I don't get to have fun." Izayoi said turning her golden gaze back to the army.
"Shiro." Kagome said looking at her son. "You, Taro and Izzy go."
"We'll go with them." Katsu said as he and Nori sat on Nebi's back. Sesshomaru nodded as Izayoi crouched on the tree limb looking out at the field before she saw Toshiro and Taro do the same. Suddenly they were off running directly through the army confusing them with Nebi close behind.
"Was that really necessary?" Inu No Toshio as he watched Izayoi pull her sais as she ran cutting through several demons.
"It is for Izzy." Inuyasha said as Sesshomaru watched his niece and nephew run through the army.
"Let them get through and then attack. It will have them completely open in the back." Sesshomaru said. "She is good at distracting the enemy." He said and looked at Inuyasha as he rolled his eyes.
"Only by pissing them off." He said as he heard the angered roars of the demons before they took off getting through about a quarter of the army before the demons realized they were getting attacked.
Izayoi and her group stopped at the edge of a cliff looking across at a ledge where a tall demon with green eyes and white hair stood with a grin. The group jumped and flipped back as two landed in front of them. They looked to see a tall demon with brown eyes and dark blue hair standing with a bright smile as Saburo crouched with glowing green eyes as he growled deep in his chest. Taro watched as his brother's eyes were latched onto Izayoi as she pulled her sais and Toshiro pulled his bow. Katsu and Nori slid from Nebi as she staled forward to stand beside her master snarling at the two demons in front of them.
"I'll take Saburo." Izayoi said softly not taking her eyes from the demon she grew up with.
"What? Iz-" Taro started.
"He's going to come after me any way. Just clear the way to the leader, and we'll finish this."
"No." she turned her golden eyes on him as he looked at her.
"Trust me. Dad and me worked on this." She said as he took a deep breath before setting his jaw and looking back at Saburo. Izayoi looked back and narrowed her eyes at the wolf demon. "You want to play Saburo? Then come get me." She said before she took off down the cliff sliding the entire way down while Saburo followed her snarling. Toshiro let an arrow fly while Shu was being distracted. The demon was able to dodge last minute letting the arrow only scratch his cheek. He lunged at Toshiro only to have Taro come from nowhere and attack him. He turned to glare at Taro as Katsu and Nori jumped in.
"Go help Izzy." Katsu told him as Taro nodded and took off after his mate. He ran down the cliff and saw Izayoi flip to avoid Saburo's claws only to have him flip and kick her in the side hard, knocking her to the ground as the air left her body. Saburo pulled his hand back and thrust it into Izayoi's shoulder making her cry out as the razor sharp claws cut through her flesh and down to the bone. Taro lunged toppling his brother over as the wolf demon snarled back. Izayoi took a breath as she rolled back to her feet and charged in knocking Saburo away from her mate who was about to have claws drawn across his neck. She dropped the wolf demon to the ground and the two spun flipping each other fighting for the advantage as Taro wrapped his clawed hand around Saburo's neck and slammed him backwards on to the ground heard. Saburo jumped to his feet and blinked looking between his brother and Izayoi who stood ready for more.
"What-what's going on?" He asked confused before he saw the blood seeping from Izayoi's shoulder and the blood on his claws, her blood. He looked up with wide eyes. "I…I…"
"It's okay, Saburo." Izayoi said wincing as her knees almost gave out making Taro move to catch her and help her stand up. "She took control of you again." Just then his eyes started glowing then settled back.
"I'm so sorry…. I didn't know…. I can't stop." He said becoming frantic. "You have to stop me." He said looking at Taro who could only stare at his scared brother. "Don't let me hurt her or anyone else." He said dropping to his knees. Suddenly his eyes flashed to glowing green and he snarled lunging at them. Izayoi closed her eyes and quickly pulled from Taro's arms before letting her powers lash out electrifying Saburo until he dropped to the ground unconscious.
"Taro gets him to Katsu and Nori. I'm going to start heading to the leader." She said taking a deep breath before pushing away all of her pain and fatigue as she crouched about to lunge off.
"Iz, you barely got Saburo to stop. You have a major wound on your shoulder and you're exhausted from the fight. How are you going to change in there with the leader and that other guy and just expect to win?" Taro said stopping her.
"Just get him to them and come after me with Shiro. Tell Katsu and Nori to let dad and the others know what is going on." She said before taking off, not letting him say any more on the matter. Taro gave a sharp frustrated growl before lifting his unconscious brother up over his shoulder and taking off to find Toshiro dropping to the ground exhausted as Katsu and Nori stood back leaning on Nebi both breathing heavy.
"Taro!" Nori said surprised as he landed in front of them.
"Where's Izzy? What happened?" Katsu asked knowing that if something happen to the girl Inuyasha would be more than mad.
"She went after the leader and the other demon. She wants you to take Saburo and let the others know that this is going to get out of hand real fast. He should be out for a while, she zapped him pretty good." He said dropping his brother on the ground roughly before looking over at the ledge where Izayoi landed and dropped to one knee.
"She doesn't look good."
"She's not. Saburo gave her a hard time and even caught her shoulder, but you know her." he said watching as Izayoi stiffened and stood back up and walked into the cave. "Take Nebi and find the others."
"We're going to need all the help we can get." Toshiro said standing back up as he kept his eyes locked onto the ledge before he lunged off towards it.
"One thing's for sure. They're Inu's kids." Katsu said with a smirk.
"Nebi, find Inuyasha and dad, make sure you get at least one person from the group to come back." Taro said to Nebi who looked at him and nodded as he draped Saburo over her back and she turned for Nori and Katsu to climb on. "I'll go help them but even the fight with Saburo was hard. Get back here as soon as you can." Katsu nodded and the demon cat took off as they felt the air fill with electricity before the mountains rumbled slightly. Taro turned and took off to his mate and her twin brother to help with what he could.
Izayoi ran in and stopped as she walked into a large cavern lit by roaring flames as a tall woman sat on a thrown with the demon Genji beside her. Izayoi watched as the woman grinned happily and stood to walk over to her. Genji followed close behind until the woman waved him back.
"She will not hurt me… she cannot hurt me. I have control over that wolf demon's mind and more importantly I have my hand in hers." The woman looked at Izayoi as she narrowed her eyes slightly. "you see when you tried to track me down I placed my powers hidden deep in your mind. I can simply turn them and twist them to wither make you in mere pain," she said as her eyes flashed and Izayoi grabbed her head. "Or I could kill you. But what good would that do me. I would lose you're power." Toshiro came to a stop beside his sister as the leader smiled. "And now I have both of your powers."
"You don't have any of our power." Izayoi said as Toshiro watched his sister as he started to form plans and ideas that could win this fight and get them to safety. "You will never have my brother, our children or my powers."
"But I have them in the palm of my hand." She said almost nose to nose with the half demon.
"I'll die before I let you near the pups or my brother." Izayoi growled out as Taro came up to them and stopped beside Toshiro watching.
"Well then, that can be arranged, although I do with you would just listen. Such a waist of such massive and intriguing power." She said as she turned away and Izayoi fell to the ground holding her head.
"Iz!" "Izzy!" Taro and Toshiro called as they ran to her side.
"I'm fine. Just….. End this." She ground out as she took a deep breath and tried to push her powers up into a wall, no matter how thin it was she needed to block the power this demon was sending into her head. She pushed herself to her feet and saw Genji walk down towards them. "Taro can you hold him off until the others get here?" She asked her mate who looked at genji then at her before he gave a small nod.
"Not for long." He whispered, as he got ready to fight as Izayoi nodded.
"Shiro let's get this finished before any more get hurt." He gave a quick stiff nod as Taro and Genji lunged and began their battle while Toshiro and Izayoi closed their eyes trying to pull what little power they had left together to batter the leader. Let's go." They narrowed their eyes with the colored ring around the pupil as they lunged and started pushing their power into their weapons as they attacked with everything they had.
The twins swung and pushed as hard as they got from the leader who seemed to only be messing with them as they wore down. They were slammed back against the wall as Taro avoided another blow from Genji. He glanced over quickly and saw the two slowly getting back to their feet. Izayoi stayed kneeling as Toshiro stood straight up, both breathing heaving with many wounds from the assault this demon was pushing on them. Izayoi watched Kira walked over to them as Toshiro tried to get his breath back. They both had flattened their ears and were now beginning to growl deep in their chest from the anger and frustration they were feeling.
"Now, now, puppies. There's no need for growling." She scolded with a laugh. Suddenly Izayoi dropped her sais and charged straight in. She caught the demon off guard and ran her good shoulder into her stomach and continued to push back jamming the demon into the wall with a slight grunt of pain. She didn't waist her time shifting and trying to dig her claws into Kira's throat when she was suddenly throw to the opposite side of the room with gashes all over her body from the sheer force of the power Kira exerted. Izayoi hit the wall and dropped to the ground. She tried to get back up but fell back to the ground making Toshiro run to her and lift her slightly to see the wounds that covered her body.
"Izzy." He said softly as his brown eyes filled with terror. He know together it was a long shot at finishing her but if Izayoi were to….. not be able to help, there was no way. He looked back at Kira as she stalked over angrily. Taro saw Izayoi not getting up and in the split second of being occupied by his worry for his mate, Ganji caught him in the side with his sword. Taro twisted away but fell back against the rock wall as blood started to seem from the wound. He had used more energy than he had ever used before trying to help Izayoi with Saburo and now fight this massive demon who even gave the great demon lord a hard time. He looked over and saw Izayoi's golden eyes lock with his and for a moment there was no one around nothing there to hurt them and it was just them. they looked at each other knowing that they loved each other no matter what happened, even as they sat on the opposite sides of the room dyeing from their wounds. Genji stomped over and raised his sword to finish Taro only to be surprised at a large sai sticking through him. He turned and looked at Izayoi who was standing behind him with her face pointed at the ground breathing heavy. Toshiro looked at her shocked as Kira stopped in her tracks looking astonished at what had just happened. No one had seen Izayoi move let along grab her said and run the other demon through. Genji stumbled to the side before he fell looking horrified at what had happened.
"Iz." Taro said softly worried she had given in to her demon. His fears were solidified as he saw the flash of red as she shifted her body to turn to Kira. Taro forced himself to his feet with a grunt of pain before he tried to grab Izayoi.
"Don't!" he heard Toshiro call from the other side of the room. "It's her demon working with her powers. They are…. they are incredible." He said before the demon turned and quickly trusted her long claws into his chest puncturing his lung as he fell backwards. Izayoi growl became even louder as she saw Toshiro hit the ground and blood came to his lips.
"Shiro!" Taro called as he was about to run over when Izayoi charged the demon. The two slashed wildly back and forth trying to finish the other before they were finished themselves. Taro ran over to Toshiro as he sat against the rock wall with his eyes closed as he tried to heal himself. "Shiro, just relax. The others should be here soon. He told his brother in law just as they heard footsteps coming into the room. They looked over to see Sesshomaru, Shippo, Kagome and Ayame run in and stop in their tracks. Toshiro started to couch as more blood came from his mouth. Kagome ran over to him not caring the danger as the other followed worried.
"Shiro." She said softly kneeling beside him as he relaxed. She started to try to heal him as they heard a wild snarl making everyone turn and notice Izayoi fighting the demon for the first time. "She's lost." Kagome said as Toshiro nodded.
"Yeah." He quickly took a breath of air and push up to his feet as the others protested and tried to get him to sit back down. "Izzy's going to die if I don't help."
"And you're going to die if you aren't healed." Kagome told her son.
"If me and Izzy are going to die. We're going to take all the demons with us." He said as he slowly and gently grabbed his bow from where he dropped it. "We're not going down until the last one is gone." He said as a trail of blood came from the corner of his mouth. Kagome started to cry as Ayame reached out to stop him when Sesshomaru shook his head.
"We are of the greatest clan in the world." He said.
"He takes after his idiot father." Kagome said before she grabbed Toshiro making him turn to show the irises of his eyes a bright mystifying blue color. "Shiro…."
"Isn't it bad enough mom has to worry about dad and Izzy? You pushing anymore and you will die." Shippo told his little brother before Toshiro shook his head and turned back pulling from his mother's grasp as he charged into battle beside his sister.
"Get things worked out." Sesshomaru said looking at Taro as he stumbled and fell back against the rock wall before sliding to the ground in a grunt of pain. Sesshomaru and Shippo took off to help the two as Ayame and Kagome knelt on eight side of Taro as he pulled his hand away from his side to revile a massively bleeding wound.
"What the hell happened?" Ayame asked as her own motherly fears began to show seeing Taro's face start to go white and he was breathing heavily as he glanced up at her with green eyes that matched her own. She looked back at the white fur he wore and saw it now turned to red as Kagome tried to work fast to stop the bleeding and heal the wound while not hurting him more with her pure powers. "Taro." Ayame said as Taro started to close his eyes. "Taro, open your eyes. Look at me." She commanded and saw him look up at her.
"I'm not that weak, mother." He smirked showing his fangs as he looked back at Izayoi as she was slammed into the ground. "Iz…. She needs more help." He said as he tried to move only to be held firmly in place by Ayame.
"She has Sesshomaru and Shippo helping her and Toshiro. You need to get fixed first." He shook his head as his eyes flashed. "Taro, you get up, you're going to die in a matter of minutes. I'm not going to let my son throw his life away to join a battle that he doesn't need to be in."
"She's my mate!" He snarled at her making her blink in confusion at the anger he threw at her. "I'm supposed to protect my mate, and keep her safe and alive. I need to take care of my mate." He growled as she looked at Izayoi as the girl crouched with a snarl at the demon.
"You are my son, and you have more to think about then just running into a battle. If something happens to Izzy wouldn't it be best to be healed and able to go back to your pups? They will be heartbroken enough to know something happened to their mother, what would happen if something happened to their father too."
"I will protect my mate and pup." He growled low and dangerously as Kagome looked at Ayame desperately trying to calm her son just as the others ran in. Koga and Inuyasha knelt beside their mates while the others stopped behind them and watched the fight while listening to Kagome explain everything that had happened since she arrived. Taro closed his eyes before he opened them completely changed from his normal clear green eyes. He snarled and tried to stand up as Ayame and Kagome fell back from his quick movement. Koga and Inuyasha grabbed him and slammed him back down.
"Taro, you listen to me." Inuyasha started. "You try anything again and I'll kill ya myself. Let Kagome heal ya and then you can take care of your mate. You can't do anything in the shape you're in now. Sit still." Inuyasha snarled at the young demon who looked up at him with his eyes narrowed and his fangs bared. After a minute, he relaxed against the floor and let Kagome start working again as Inuyasha and the others turned feeling the electricity intensify in the room, the air thinned and the snarls from the twins became louder as they landed and crouched glaring at the demons with their eyes filled with their power. Kira looked between the two then at Shippo and Sesshomaru and knew there was no way out, but she would be damned if she were going down without a fight. She pulled all of her energy together and gave one last massive push as Toshiro and Izayoi did the same. The powers clashed causing a bright light to explode through the room blinding everyone as the rumble of the rock all around them was disintegrated.
The group looked over at the scene as their eyes refocused. They saw Shippo kneeling as he breathed heavily with his head bowed. Sesshomaru stood not far from him also breathing heavy as he looked around. Everyone's eyes settled on the three limp bodies in the middle of the room, covered in blood and ruble all three unmoving. Inuyasha, Sango and Miroku rushed over as Kagome tried to hurry up and heal Taro. She glanced over as Inuyasha pulled Izayoi closer to him and cradled her silently while Sango sat next to him doing the same with Toshiro. Hanna stood with Hatsu, Jiro, Akio and Inu No Toshio as they watched. Kagome pushed quickly before turning to look at the group with her first-born children. Slowly she rose to her feet and ran over; praying to anything and everything that they were all right but the look her friends held and the fear Shippo and Sesshomaru showed as they walked over made her heart sink. She dropped between her sister and her mate and looked at the two children in their arms. Tears gathered in her eyes as she saw them still limp. Suddenly she saw Toshiro take a breath. Apparently, everyone did as they looked surprised as they watching him take another and another. Their eyes turned to Izayoi who still hadn't take a breath before Hanna and Jiro helped Taro over to them and sat him in front of Inuyasha. The wolf demon's look of absolute torment broke the other's hearts as he reached out and took Izayoi into his own arms. As he pulled her close to him, Izayoi took a deep gasping breath.
"Izayoi." Taro whispered as Kagome looked at Toshiro as her tears slid down her face. She saw him start to open his eyes and look around groggily.
"Mom…? What- what happened?" He asked as his eyes focused on her ans she smiled brightly taking him into her arms tightly. "Where's the leader?" He asked as he looked at everyone. "Did we beat her?"
"Yeah, you did worse than beat her." Shippo grinned. "No trace of her left. Whatever you and Izzy did, it was powerful." Toshiro looked back at Taro holding Izayoi.
"Izzy…" he trailed off as he tried to move closer to his twin sister.
"She's okay." Kagome said as she tried to wipe away the tears that wet her face. "She'll be okay as soon as we get her back and she is healed."
"I think that's best for everyone." Inu no Taisho said looking around at the group. Everyone was exhausted and barely able to move. Blood stained everyone's skin and clothing, some their own and some their enemies and many had wounds that need to be healed soon or else their lives would be in danger. He saw Taro wince as he tried to move with Izayoi still clutched in his hands, his green eyes still unmoving from her white face.
"We need to get moving if we want to keep everyone alive." Sesshomaru said pushing himself to his feet while Nebi walked over afraid before she nudged Izayoi's cheek with her nose.
"It's alright, Nebi." Taro said softly before he mustered everything he had left and lifted Izayoi and himself onto her back. "Take us home." He said as the others pulled what little power they had left and pushed themselves to the well where they would be treated, healed and reunited with their loved ones they had all left behind in the safety of the modern era.