Sorry I took so fricken long, it's finally Christmas break and I have January off too. So I have all the time in the world. I promise that I will update more often. If we're lucky, I might finish! (But that's that I said the last time, right?) Just trust me on this one.
I was looking back on the last few chapters and when I saw what I projected to be how many chapters this story would be (which was 10) I just laughed at myself and said "LIIIIEEEESSS!"

Another thing that I forgot to mention at the end of the last chapter in regards to Kazuka taunting Jakotsu's lifestyle, I HAVE NOTHING AGAINST THE LGBT COMMUNITY WHATSOEVER.
I just thought it would be funny to mention.

So enjoy the rest of the chapter everyone!

Inuyasha Regashi chapter 29: Will of the Ancestors

Inuyasha and Kagome continued through the deep cavern under Ryukoushi's castle. Kagome walked as close as she could to Inuyasha as to not get lost. Kagome got annoyed with the darkness and drew out a miniature flash light.
"What does that do?" Inuyasha asked
"it's called a flashlight. Think of it as a miniature candle that doesn't go out." Kagome explained.
Waving around the flash light, they spotted carvings and inscriptions on the cavern walls.
"Look! There is something written on these walls!" Kagome exclaimed. They stepped back to observe the paintings that were on the walls. It was a large portrait that seemed to tell a story. There was a gruesome portrayal of a fierce battle between dragons and what seemed like dogs.
"Inuyasha, do you see what I see?" Kagome asked.
"Yeah, but what does it mean?" Inuyasha answered. Kagome waved her flashlight to the right and something glimmered in the light.
"Something is there! Look!" Kagome exclaimed. She went over to find a tattered and worn scroll.
"It's an old scroll...it looks pretty long...can you read this, Inuyasha?" kagome asked.
"Hmm...it seems to be some sort of memoir or something...it says:

' this is the oracle of Ryuren, great elder of the dragon demon tribe. This is a recording of my people as to what has transpired in this age. Our lord, Ryukotsusei has demanded full authority and has eliminated the council in which I was a part of. We believe that he has gone mad with power lust. Even his son has followed in his footsteps and goes on raids on human villages that are under our protection. Were they not raised in the ancient ways? We are commanded by the gods themselves to guide and protect the humans; alas, Ryukotsusei and Ryukoushi have abandoned the teachings of our ancestors. My people grow weary of Ryukotsusei's tyranny and the young ones plan a rebellion against him. I and my fellow councilmen have urged the young ones not to create trouble for the rest of us, for if they do, Ryukotsusei in his rage will destroy us all. However, one of my fellow councilmen, Ryukan has offered a solution to our problem. He told us of the great Inu no Taisho of the western lands. He told us of his great exploits and how he rules his land with fairness and justice. Ryukan proposed this idea to the people and they agreed that we should ask the Inu no Taisho for his aid. We sent messengers secretly back and forth, formulating our plan. Finally it came together and the Inu no Taisho agreed to help us. He mentioned in his message that once there was a time when he and Ryukotsusei were partners. Alas, he agreed that Ryukotsusei had become greedy and voracious. He even heard rumors that Ryukotsusei was planning to take his lands for his own (not that we can deny that it is true...) so he considered it only because it was a matter of precaution. So on that day, the Inu no Taisho rounded his troops to attack. The battle was gruesome even to the most experienced veterans. Many men died that day. Finally, it was down to the Inu no Taisho and Ryukotsusei. They battled for days. We prayed that the dog demon lord would come out victorious. Alas, he was only able to seal him away in a deep sleep. The last words he spoke were "my fang will return to finish the work'. We thought that perhaps he meant that he would retreat, recover and then return to finish him off. Unfortunately, this was not to be. The mighty demon lord died later that night. We believe that a third of the demonic world was plunged into deep mourning. But this I have a feeling will not be the end of our sorrows. Ryukoushi still lives. we have sent endless messages to the Inu no Taisho's son, Sesshomaru; alas he ignored our pleas and the fact that it was his father's last conquest. he only sought personal gain, much like Ryukoushi. there are rumors that Ryukoushi has discovered the uprising and is waiting for the moment to strike us down. I fear for my life and for the existence of our-'
it stops there..." Inuyasha said.

"oh those poor people!" Kagome sighed.
"yeah. if this fails, which it won't, these people will have to suffer again. and who knows what will happen after that?" Inuyasha sighed.

"SON OF THE GREAD DOG GENERAL..." came a deep and booming voice.
"who is that?!" Kagome exclaimed.
"show yourself!" Inuyasha shouted.
"i am the spirit of the author of the scroll you possess." continued the voice. then, a short, old man appeared with dark gray hair and withered skin. his eyes were red and so were the demon markings on his face.
"so, you're Ryuren?" Kagome said.
"you are correct. I am the elder of the dragon demon clan and part of the clan's grand council."
"so why the visit huh?" Inuyasha asked.
"i only came to beg of you this favor: that you destroy both Ryukotsusei, and Ryukoushi and save our clan once and for all."
"that's it? no special reason, but just to tell me that?" Inuyasha said.
"there is something that you should know; the ceremony of revitalization, Ryukoushi will not succeed." said Ryuren.
"what do you mean by that?" Kagome asked.
"to revive a dead soul of the dragon clan, one must give a part of one's flesh or blood to the one being revived. and the more powerful the demon, the more flesh it will need in order to regain its power."
"yeah yeah, we know about all that. why do you think we're here? my body is up there and it's about to be sacrificed!"
"you flesh will do him no good. in order to revive another member of the dragon demon clan, one must have pure dragon demon blood running in their veins."
"so you're saying that the sacrifice won't work! that's great! now Ryukotsusei won't be revived!" Kagome exclaimed.
"so all we have to do is get my body back, kill Ryukoushi and we're out of here!" Inuyasha said.
"that is not the point. Ryukoushi is making a fatal mistake. Ryukotsusei can still be revived. if Ryukoushi is offered as the sacrifice, then Ryukotsusei will be revived. but the flesh of his son will not be enough, he will lust after the flesh of all of our clansmen. if you do not act quickly, the dragon demon clan will cease to exist."
"so what? we're not going to do that. why would you think that..."
"because I have seen into the heart of the one called Naraku. he plans on allowing Ryukoushi to be sacrificed. once Ryukotsusei is revived, he will absorb him and possess tremendous power."
"i knew there had to be a reason that bastard was hanging around Ryukoushi all this time! there's no way that Naraku would let himself be put under the subjection of someone like him!"
"which is why you must stop him. you must save our clan. please, I beg of you." said Ryuren, bowing low to the ground.
"Inuyasha..." Kagome began.
"i know I know. I'll help you, okay? you don't need to worry. I'll save your clan. just leave it to me." Inuyasha assured.
"but I must caution you: raw demonic strength will not be enough..." said Ryuren.
"why not?!" Inuyasha said frustrated.
"it will take the combination of holy and demonic power defeat him. if you can find a strong holy man in the vicinity..."
"leave that to me! I just so happen to be a priestess and I'm pretty good if I do say so myself!" Kagome offered.
"kind of tooting your own horn there, aren't you Kagome?" Inuyasha mumbled.
"well it's the truth, isn't it? everyone is always ranting and raving at how I'm the reincarnation of kikyo. so if I'm her reincarnation, I should have just as much power as her. or does that bother you?" Kagome said.
"ummm welll..." Inuyasha stuttered.
"if this is the case, then take this..." Ryuren disintegrated into little sparks of light. then, the walls around them began to glow, little sparkles of light combining together to materialize in front of them as a silver arrow.
"what is this?" Kagome asked.
"that arrow contains the life force of all the clansmen that were slaughtered after Ryukotsusei was sealed and Ryukoushi discovered our plot against him. use this to destroy Ryukotsusei and Ryukoushi. you will have very little time, but you must pierce Ryukotsusei before the body of Ryukoushi reaches his heart. if that happens, there is little hope for you." said Ryuren.

"oh...thank you..." Kagome said, gingerly picking up the silver arrow.
"do not fail us..." came a unified multitude of whispers.
"alright then, Kagome. we don't have a lot of time, so let's move out!" Inuyasha said.
"right!" Kagome agreed. she put the silver arrow inside of her quiver and jumped on Inuyasha's back and continued on their journey.

~*0*~

the walls around Sango, Miroku and *Shippo were closing in on them, the metal spikes threatening to pierce them.
"what are we going to do!?" Sango exclaimed.
"how can we stop this?!" Miroku shouted.
" I have an idea, Miroku! lodge your staff in between the walls! Sango, do the same with your hiraikotsu!" *Shippo ordered
the two did as they were told and wedged their weapons in between the walls, stopping them temporarily.
"they won't hold for long, we have to find a way to get out of here and fast!" Sango said.
"hold on, I'm trying to figure something out!" Shippo said.
"Shippo! you can teleport us out of here, can't you?" Miroku said.
"but I've never teleported anyone other than myself before, it may not even work!" Shippo explained.
"just try it!" Sango pleaded.
"urghh...fine, put your hands on my shoulder!" Shippo commanded. as they were talking, Miroku's staff was beginning to bend and Sango's hiraikotsu was starting to shift.
"grab your weapons!" Shippo said. the two grabbed their weapons at the last minute and in a flash of smoke, they all disappeared. *Shippo, Sango and Miroku found themselves in a forest with large trees.
"it looks like we got out, but are we really outside?" Sango said.
"it's probably another illusion." Miroku said.
"in that case, we had better be real careful about what we do next. it could be a trap like the last one..." *Shippo said
"good work though, *Shippo" Miroku
"don't mention it."
they wandered around for a good ten minutes in the deep forest that seemed to have no end.
'it may be my imagination, but I feel as if I have been here before...' Shippo thought.
suddenly, a large rumble followed by the crash of falling timber echoed through the forest.
"what was that?!" Miroku exclaimed
"nothing good I presume!" Sango guessed.
then, large silver disks sliced through the air, bringing down trees with it; one landed in front of them
"oh no, I think I know what this is!" *Shippo said. he remembered the time when he and Inuyasha were trying to get Kagome, Sango and Miroku to safety to recover from mukotsu's poison. then they were attacked by ginkotsu by this same method.
"it must be ginkotsu of the band of seven!" Sango said.
"let's get out of here!" Miroku said. they started running to evade the flying disks that threatened to slice them in half.
"we have to find ginkotsu and put an end to this!" Sango said.
"hey how about this? if we follow where the disks are coming from, we can find ginkotsu!" *Shippo suggested.
"it's dangerous, but I think that will work!" Miroku said.
they all stopped short and ducked, allowing the disk to pass over them. the disk passed over them again in the opposite direction and the launched a pursuit.
they followed the disk to the source and soon found the gigantic suit of armor that was ginkotsu.
"GHESH...so you found me did you?" ginkotsu said in his metallic, monotone voice.
"so that's where you are!" Miroku said.
"now that we've found you we can put an end to this!" Sango said.
"GHESH, and end it we shall; with your bodies sliced in pieces!" said ginkotsu.
"i don't think so!" *Shippo exclaimed, drawing out his scythe.
"Shippo, go on ahead." Miroku said.
"what!? what do you mean?!" Shippo said.
"go on, Shippo. we can take care of this!' Sango said.
"but...but you guys don't stand a chance!" *Shippo said.
"Shippo, it only makes sense that the opponents we face will get stronger and stronger the closer we get to the top of this castle. right now, you are the most powerful one among us..." Miroku turned and looked at *Shippo.
"we know you can do it. don't let us down, alright little guy?" Miroku said winking.
"oh.. Miroku...Sango..." *Shippo muttered with a blush. "alright then! I'll go!" Shippo said.
he ran off in the opposite direction, looking towards where the silver staircase in the sky was.
'you can do it, Shippo; we believe in you.' Sango thought.

~*0*~

Meimei, Jaken and Shippo wearily trudged up the stairs in search of the climate controls.
"how-much-longer-do-we-have-to run-?" Shippo panted heavily.
"oh-quit-your-blubbering-child! you-knew-how-difficult-this-battle-was-going-to be, so-why then-did-you-come, you-weak-little-fox-child!" Jaken spat.
"i-could-say-the-same-about-you!" Shippo retorted.
"come on guys, just a little bit further!" Meimei encouraged. "look! I see a light up ahead!" Meimei said.
up ahead was an opening with a bright light shining from within. they charged in and were engulfed into the bright light.
"what is this place?"
around them, swirls of black and red appeared and merged to form what seemed to be a battlefield full of dead bodies.
"w-wh-what is this place?" Shippo stuttered.
Jaken trudged over and lifted the heads of one of the slain.
"they appear to be children I'm afraid...oh well, such is life..." Jaken sighed.
'but who, why would anyone want to kill children?" Meimei wondered aloud.
"let's get out of here! this place is giving me the creeps!"Shippo said, beginning to break out into a dash until a small arm grabbed his little kitsune foot.
"WWWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AHHHHHHHH! GET IT OFF'A MEEEEE! GET IT OFF'A MEEEEEE!" Meimei ran to help the little kitsune and stomped on the arm that held him captive.
then, other bodies around them stood up with droopy postures and bloodied corpses, an eerie guttural moan rising from them as the slowly advanced towards them.
"the dead are coming to life again!" Meimei said, a shiver running up and down her spine.
the children's corpses then began to float and charged at them with frightening speed. Meimei drew her chakrams and guarded herself as a small child assaulted her with a large stick. she parried it and pushed it back with a kick. Jaken beat back a crowd of corpses with his staff of two heads. Shippo simply ran away.
"where are they all coming from?" Jaken yelled.
"more importantly, what is controlling them? how are they moving?!" Meimei shouted back. as Meimei spoke, one of the corpses lunged at her and bit her in the forearm. she shrieked in pain and slashed back at the corpse with her chakram, causing it to fall to the ground and dissenigrate. Shippo, who was getting tired of running around, stopped and threw his fox fire at them. they burned and turned to ashes before him.
"wow that actually worked!" Shippo said.
"fire? why didn't I think of that before!?" Jaken said. he positioned his staff and yelled.
"NOW! BEHOLD THE POWER OF THE STAFF OF TWO HEADS!" streams of flames torpedoed out of the mouth of the elderly head and burned the corpses into ash. he sprayed the rest of the field and stopped the attack.
"good work, Jaken!" Meimei said.
"well, what do you expect? being under the rule of lord Sesshomaru cultivates a degree of excellent in one such as i. to others it is awe inspiring, but to me it is but a simple matter!"
"Meimei! are you okay?" Shippo asked, running to her and examining the bite mark on her forearm. the bite mark was red and beginning to turn purple.
"there is some sort of miasma from the corpses, I believe. perhaps that is partially why those corpses were reanimated." Jaken hypothesized.
"we have to treat this right away! Shippo said. he dashed away to look for clean cloths to cover her wound until they heard a crunching sound behind them. they all jumped at the sound and guarded themselves. all they saw was a young looking man with a satchel on his back.
"who are you?! identify yourself!" Jaken commanded.
"oh! there are survivors!" the man said running up to them.
"who is this guy? and how is he in this castle?" Shippo said.
"oh! young lady! you are hurt! let me see..." the man dug inside of his satchel and pulled out a roll of clean cloths and a bottle of an unidentifiable liquid.
"if we don't treat this right away, the infection will spread!" said the man, taking out the bottle and pouring its contents on the wound. the wound started to fizz a little and the liquid turned green. but after a minute, the liquid became clear again and stopped fizzing. the man wrapped the cloth around the wound.
"there now! if you change the cloths often, it should heal very quickly. don't forget to wash it as well."
"thank you so much mister!" Meimei said.
"by the way, what is someone like you doing in a battlefield?" Jaken asked suspiciously.
"i am a doctor. I live in a village near by where generals took our children and forced them into a battle here. right now I am looking for survivors of this battle. I believe that if any are still breathing, there is still hope." said the man.
"why do I have a bad feeling about this guy? and why do I feel as if I have met him before?" Shippo thought to himself.
"well I hope you find someone! we'll be off now!" Meimei said standing up and grabbing her weapons. "oh yeah and one more thing, do you know the quickest way to the top of this castle?" Meimei asked.
"castle? what castle? we aren't in a castle, we are outside." said the man.
"IMPOSSIBLE! there is no way that we were transported outside of this castle! what trickery is this!?" Jaken squawked.
"you must be mistaken sir, we w ere just in a castle not long ago until we came through a door over there." Meimei said pointing in the direction in which they came.
"I'm terribly sorry. I can't explain that for you. but you may lodge with me if you need a place to stay..." said the doctor.
"I'm sorry, but we're really in a hurry. thanks again!" Meimei shouted back to them. while dashing away, she tripped and dropped the kori no ishi and it rolled along the ground.
"oh rats!" Meimei exclaimed, dusting herself off.
"what would that be? it looks familiar?" said the doctor.
"oh this? this is the kori no ishi. you see, we were supposed to be in a castle looking for the climate controls so that we could help save my papa. and we only have until sundown to get it there!" Meimei said.
"in that case, I can help you. let me take a look at it..." said the doctor.
"Meimei, are you sure we can trust this guy?" Shippo asked.
"if anything happens to that stone, it is all your fault!" Jaken warned..
"this kori no ishi holds the power to control climates. in the wrong hands it can cause a lot of damage. but I can form a protective spell that can prevent it from falling into the hands of evil." the doctor explained.
"really? you would do that for us?!" Meimei exclaimed.\
"it would be my pleasure." said the doctor. "just follow me, the sutra for the spell is in my hut."
'why is he trying so hard to get us to follow him? is he a friend or a foe?' Shippo thought.
"we can't waste time letting some human tamper with the stone! we have work to do! it doesn't matter to me if your father lives or dies, but it is for lord Sesshomaru's sake that this demon and his clan should be defeated once and for all!" Jaken hollered.
"oh don't worry about it, Jaken! it will only take a second, right mister?" Meimei asked.
"that's right. it won't take long at all." the doctor confirmed.
they followed the doctor to his hut in an abandoned village not very far from the battlefield.
"this is it. make yourself comfortable if you can." said the doctor.
"this place...where are the rest of the villagers?" asked Meimei.
"after hearing about the army that was headed this way, the villagers fled in fear. but I remained here, because as a doctor I have vowed to take care of the sick and injured; even if they are my enemies.
"hmph. self-righteous human ideals..." Jaken grumbled.
"so the spell..." Meimei reminded.
"ah yes...now where did I put that..." said the doctor Turing around and shuffling through some of his belongings.
Shippo sat by the door, the hair on the back of his neck still on end.
"this seems too easy. I really don't like this guy for some reason. suddenly, he heard a noise outside. he peeked out of the bamboo door mat and saw the lifeless forms of human corpses advancing towards their hut.
"UH OH GUYS! WE GOT COMPANY!" Shippo warned.
"what?! there are more?!" Jaken squeaked.
"oh no! *isha-sama, what are we-" Meimei's words were cut short when a large, rough hand slapped over her mouth. at that moment, she came face to face with four curved, claw-like blades.
"what you can do, is just let me slice you to pieces..." said the doctor in a sinister voice.

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