Inuforlyf

The Hunt
August 4, 2009

Summery: Kagome and Kikyou's mother is gone, kidnapped. Their father hears this and asks three Inu youkai, his friends, to look for the lady of their village. However, a deal is made. For the youkai to look for his wife, one of the sons of the eldest youkai must wed with one of the two daughters, who are Miko. Miko are known to purify the demons and hold nearly no nice feelings for the youkai kind. Unfortunately they learn a secret that can very well ruin their life if they are to mate with a demon. Hearing they must wed with one they run, thus beginning the hunt.

Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha. This is Fanfiction

Previously:

She shouted once more, backing away and watching the demon come towards her, but the villagers did nothing to help her. Therefore, she got herself devoured.

--8--

"Here's the thing dad, I'm hungry and tired."

"Then we will make camp a little closer to the opening and hunt for something to eat before heading out."

Now:

Sesshomaru's patience was growing thin. He had yet to come across a clue to tell him where the loud mouthed twin was heading. Although he was walking, he was traveling in a fast enough pace to meet up with the two running girls. Sure, the taijiya must have under gone training in speed and endurance but the little princess had not, had she? With his pace, those girls should have been in sight by now, in fact he should have come across them twice.

Of course judging from the appearance in the cave she must have had another companion now. He mentally frowned at the thought. At the rate he was going, why were they out of his reach? He had reached the village the girl's trail had gone through. The kitsune was also with her so the track was clearer. Now, he was going to question the villagers, as soon as they stopped fleeing.

Rin's eyes widened as she watched Sesshomaru's hand rise. It seemed he was going to attack the village with his poison whip but the motion of his hand quickly changed and his hand headed straight for his own neck and Rin gasped.

"Lord Sesshomaru!" The cold prince threw his eyes at the flea demon that was rude enough to speak before he was spoken to and stupid enough to drink the Inuyoukai's blood. "Myouga, what is it that you want?"

"Oh sorry, Lord Sesshomaru, but your blood smells so…"

"Myouga."

"Ah yes, Lord Sesshomaru, I was sent by your father, Lord Touga.."

"I believe I have a fairly good grasp on who my father is; why were you sent?"

"Well there is word that Naraku is on the loose once more. He wanted me to locate your position and report back to him. If I may be so bold as to ask, where are you heading to, Lord Sesshomaru?"

"North."

"Oh so you already knew about Naraku then?"

"What do you mean?"

"Well rumor has it that Naraku was originally from the Northern lands and the secret to defeating him is also in the North, with the reigning Lord. Isn't that why you were heading North, Lord Sesshomaru?"

"There was a questionable act of power in a cave; it was engulfed in flames that appeared from nothing. Tell me what you can of said happening."

"If memory serves me correct such happenings can only be brought about by fire elementals. As rumor has it, there are only six fire elementals in the entire world strong enough to show such a display of power, milord."

"Do you know of any fire elementals who reside towards the North? It seems the disagreement of elements leaned towards the right of the setting sun."

"Only one Lord Sesshomaru, though it is only a rumor but she is said to be one of the four half sisters of Naraku."

"Explain."

"I would like to Lord Sesshomaru but now doesn't seem like a good time."

"The villagers are starting to riot!" Rin exclaimed and Sesshomaru quickly turned to see the humans carrying simple household items and farming tools to battle. Sesshomaru tilted his head to Ah Un who in turn flew into the air away from the village.

With a swipe, a green whip had four of the nearest men headless and the fifth with a head on a bloody hinge, the sixth however promptly relieved himself of waste and non digestible foods. Two men behind fell to the ground in a faint and others fled.

"State your business demon!" A shorter man shouted from the distance. Before the man could blink, a strong grip around his throat cut off his air supply and as he passed out he heard the demon clearly say, "Or what?" And he knew that the village was doomed as he succumbed to darkness.

--8—

Kikyou stood in a heavy coat of slime. She stared straight through the glob demon and watched the villagers stare in shock. Slowly she realized why her anger was rising. There was a screaming child by her side. "Cease your crying girl." The girl continued to yell; cry, and shout, easily letting the noise grate underneath Kikyou's nerves.

With anger burning in her eyes she reached for the girl ignoring the slight glow her hands made. She grabbed hold of the child's collar and swung her towards the villagers ignoring the coat of slime trying to stop her actions. She observed in satisfaction as the child flew towards the villagers, and the shouting decreased in volume.

Something then struck her as odd. If the girl only had to step out, why didn't she in order to escape, why did she merely sit there in despair? She heard a muffled shout from the villagers. She could not care less, she just wanted a place to be in solitude, but instead she became the main attraction of a street brawl. She forced herself to move through the semi transparent slime, she was going to get out the same way the girl had.

She noticed the slime was getting thicker and her skin was beginning to peel off. Her entire form burned and she could only watch as her skin seemed to be rolling off her body, leaving a trail of bloody muscles. She was not to let herself become a freak as the girl, who had exited it a moment ago had. An old woman nursed the girl's wounds, as the girl was skinless only her face stayed intact because her hands were covering it while she cried.

All around her the slime rumbled and there was laughter bouncing off the slime. Her ears swallowed in every unnecessary chuckle the beast made. The laughter grew louder until her body itself was vibrating from the sound. In a desperate attempt to make it stop, she shot her hands up to what she thought was the head of the beast and allowed the hatred she now bore of the noise flow through her. Before she could blink, she was on the rubble of slime and surrounded by scattered mumbles throughout the villagers.

Kikyou could not help but eye the people who were going to watch her die. As she lifted herself from the ground, she took note of the skin of her arms; they seemed to be scrubbed raw pink. Other areas on her were blotches of blood covering muscles. "Miko-sama! Thank you so much." An elder man shouted, soon the rest were shouting their thanks as well. Quickly two sets of arms were on her, helping her. She shrugged them off and tried to stand up straight.

"What was that?"

"We do not know but every moon cycle he came and devoured a child. If we were to argue, he'd take more. Once his body was done digesting he could take in more."

Kikyou turned to the female voice to her left. "All you planned to do was allow this to continue. You disgust me!" She turned to walk on.

"Please no, Miko-sama. We had no choice; how were we to fight back? We have no weapons we are a peaceful village."

"I do not care for your troubles."

"Please Miko-sama, stay in for the night. You can have the best room in my inn!"

"No you must stay in my home. My daughter recently married. It is the larges-"

"No, stay with us Miko-sama!"

"No me!"

"I can house you Miko-sama!"

"Allow my family Miko-sama!"

The shouting slowly became a roar in her ears. "Where is your inn?" A young man smiled at her as she questioned him.

"Right this way, Miko-sama." The villagers quickly quieted down and followed the miko with their eyes, as she disappeared with the man into the inn. Once they were inside the villagers returned to their work only this time chattering away about the savior Kami gifted them.

--8—

Kagura quickly discovered where the witch resided, seeing as she just came from the left twin mountain. She flew into the forest to find the witch. "Ah ha! You thought you could escape, Miyou? Well you were wrong!" Kagura quickly turned to see a flying slug headed towards her face. Obviously, she dunked but soon a foot came crashing through her feather and she fell to the ground.

With a growl Kagura stood up and glared at the old woman. "What the hell was that?

"Oh, you're not Miyou!" The old woman giggled and turned. "Come along then. I know why you're here now."

"Oh, so you knew and you lied about some Miyou person?!"

"Teehee, you catch on quick!"

--8—

"We need some sort of plan." Kagome turned her head to Sango, telling her to continue. "I know you're running from Sesshomaru, but we need a goal. We can't roam Japan with no home and nothing to do. We aren't merchants."

"I agree with Lady Sango. We need some sort of idea on what we are doing, are we just going to travel?"

"Of course not, monk, we have to head north."

"Why the North, Lady Kagome?"

"Well we need to take Shippo home. Who knows when that black fox is going to return and try to attack little Shippo again. After that we can go after Naraku to get him to remove that curse on your hand."

"'Thank you for trying to aid me, however, Lady Kagome, in your condition I doubt we can do much.."

"I did hear some rumors in the village I was staying in before." Sango said as she continued to scrub a hard coral against her Hiraikotsu. "The villagers were talking about some healing springs a bit off to the north in the East."

"Hey! I know about them, Christine always brought me and the kids there to help with the old people who lived around it. She said we were supposed to clean it and help the old people with their houses and stuff like that." The three humans stared at Shippo in surprise. "Why are you guys looking at me like that for?"

"I had forgotten you were so close to us." Sango said bluntly. ** Shippo was at Kagome's head and in fact had been sitting there the entire time listening in on the conversation. ** He gave Sango a large smile and shrugged.

"Well then, Shippo you must know exactly where it is." Miroku recovered from the new information.

"Well I do, but I only know how to get there from my house not from here."

"Well that settles it. We'll head to Shippo's home and to the springs, then back to Shippo's, and from there go off to challenge Naraku!"

"You sure are optimistic." Sango murmured but smiled none the less. Kagome grinned at Shippo. "Though I love your spirit, Lady Kagome, but shouldn't you let your father know where you are heading?"

"Oh yeah, you don't know the story. Well Miroku, my mother is missing…" She continued with her story as the sun set. Sango pulled her weapon out from the stream and kneeled in front of Kirara. Her cat had three full fish bones near her. Sango smiled before nodding to Kirara and standing. She walked to Kagome and the monk. Shippo was near them as well. Kagome was finishing her tale and Shippo looked a bit nervous.

"Oh so that's why Sesshomaru is looking for you!" Sango placed Hiraikotsu on her back. "You do realize the hunt has started, correct, Lady Kagome?"

"Well I know I started it but I still have no idea what it is. No one wants to tell me."

"I want to tell you but we don't have time." Sango said, "We've been here for a little too long, who knows how close Sesshomaru is by now."

"I agree should we head out then? I think it would be better if I were to go on foot." Miroku suggested. Sango raised a brow.

"We'll be on Kirara I don't think you'll be able to keep up."

"My dear Sango, though you do not know this, I am quite fit and I live on running."

"I can only imagine why." Kagome said to the monk's words.

"I'm hurt that you would say that Lady Kagome." He held his chest to feign the pain he "felt" in his heart.

"Are you sure you'll be able to keep up?"

"Positive."

"Alright, let's go."

"Cool! We're traveling through the night, that's so cool. Like a ninja on a mission, like an assassin on the kill, like a bat!" Kagome laughed at the young boy's antics.

--8—

Inuyasha took a large bite from his kill. He noticed his father wasn't eating and looked up. The old man seemed older than usual. The setting sun placed a glow on his face and the man's hair was duller than usual. Was he worried, is he nervous? Inuyasha could not read his father's face; the look of impassiveness was gone. The laugh wrinkles near his eyes looked like war wrinkles and his usual gleaming teeth from a smile were hidden behind a frown. His father was actually serious.

His own kidnapping was a bit of a shock, why were the shadow demons working together? How'd his father find him so quickly and why the hell is he giving away his favorite sword, okay second favorite but still, it is a big deal? Why not give it to Sesshomaru?

"Dad?"

"Onigumo is dead." Inuyasha choked on the boar in his throat. "Naraku is out of hiding and has taken the first move." I knew it was Naraku.

"What are we going to do?" His father turned to him. "You and Sesshomaru must defeat Naraku. But you still have to find the girls first."

"If Naraku's out, shouldn't we go after-"

"He's after the girls."

"WHAT?"

"Onigumo already knew it was Naraku who kidnapped his wife but he also knew the half demon wouldn't dare kill her. She knows a lot and the information she knows is probably keeping her alive. But, if Naraku has Sora, he must know now that it is the girls who have the jewel."

"Jewel? You mean-"

"The Shikon no Tama, said to be made by Lady Midoriko and the souls of hundred of demons. It can grant the holder a powerful wish and give those untold powers."

"Oh, man, so the twins… and Onigumo… and the hunt… and Kouga"

"Kouga?"

"Yeah… you see what had happened was…"

--8—

Kagura now sat in a tree… There was an entire home in this tree. Complete with a living space, a kitchen, and a sleeping area. The tree was large and tall, the old woman walked right into it and Kagura followed ending up in this tree hut. "I can help you however you must help me in return."

"How do you even know what I came to ask?"

"I saw you in the water. Although you do not know it, but what you have come to ask is truly your true desires." Kagura's eyes narrowed into slits.

"No, it is not."

"Oh, but it is. You want to get away from your master and would do anything to be set free. The very thing you will be changed into will grant you a sense of freedom and that is what you want, if not need."

"That is ridiculous. You obviously have too much time on your hands and so you make up stories.."

The old woman fussed with the hem of her apron. "I hate it when people don't believe me. Anyways! It doesn't matter what you think, let's just barter. What do you think you can give me?"

"How much do you want?"

"Give me your first child."

"What?"

"Your first child."

"I don't comprehend."

"The person that comes out of your vagina during labor for your first time! I want it."

"I am still not understanding."

--8--

Sesshomaru walked away from the fire. After bending down and capturing a young girl's handkerchief he wiped his hand free from blood. He sneered at the smell of death overcoming his senses. He breathed out heavily and dispelled the smell from his nostrils. He looked up and Ah Un was not in sight. Sesshomaru nodded and continued to walk into the forest.

Unfortunately, for the villagers, they had not seen a girl in male clothing. They did not even know of the fox but he smelt them both in this village, so he destroyed inhabitants for being liars.

While walking he came across his companions. Rin sat quietly on a log swinging her legs back and forth; the dragon was feasting on some grass. The sun had set during his walk and he frowned. It was this late? He took a breath and the trail seemed to be off.

He turned his nose to the right then back to the left. The trail was heading towards a stream. Sesshomaru was sure he had gone to the stream before heading towards the cave.

Were the girls trying to trick him or did they truly go back to that area. "Stay here," he told the others and sped off to the stream.

The trail was extremely fresh here however it could just mean they dropped by and their scent mixed with the older scent and made it seem stronger. But there was a heavy smell of wolf. There were two foxes and a cat, all demons. Were they the girls' companions or were they following them as well. If it were the latter, this hunt was going to become a bit tiresome.

He did a curt whistle and waited for his companions to arrive. He investigated the scents once more. There was a male scent, human, with the others as well. Only three smells here were familiar, the girl, the kit and Prince Kouga.

Had the stupid wolf figured out of the hunt on his own? He still could not have joined. He had to inform one of the members of the hunt that he was joining. Of course he could always tell the prey at the last minute, but everyone knew it was as if it were a warning for rape. Someone must have told him.

The last time he had met the prince he had said nothing to allow the prince to figure out Sesshomaru was in a middle of a mating hunt. The only others who knew were the two fathers, the girls and… Inuyasha. The half breed must have slipped up. The wolf prince had been on his way to attack the Eastern Lands, had he simply stopped? "Lord Sesshomaru!" A nuisance shouted in his ear.

"Myouga."

"My apologies, milord, however I feel I should tell you, your father is truly in distress. He did not tell me much other than to find you and tell him of your destination. It seems he needs to tell you something of extreme importance and even I am not to know about it."

"Of course not, you are the weakest link of the Western Lands."

"Gasp, my Lord. I understand I am a bit cowardly but my loyalty is to the Royal Inuyoukai of the Moon Clan!"

"Of course, send word to my father that I am not to be followed by fleas and if he wishes to tell me something he should find me himself, lest I kill the messenger."

Myouga took in as much oxygen as he could, to hold back his need to pee himself to sleep. "U-und-understood, Lord Sesshomaru, but you should know before I leave. Your father had sent messages to all the lords. I'm not exactly sure what was in the letters but something must have happened in the house of the Eastern Lord." Sesshomaru nodded.

"Leave." And Myouga hurried off. Sesshomaru stood there contemplating what move he should take. Should he go to his father or should he finish this hunt. Or rather, should he go to the wolf prince to question him? But the thought of attacking his half brother sounded pleasant. A loud yawn came from his left. He looked down to see the young girl nodding off.

"Sleep, we shall travel in the morning."

The girl vigorously shook her head. "If Rin sleeps then we won't be able to find the girl and Rin really wants to see Lord Sesshomaru happy. Rin thinks that if Lord Sesshomaru finds this girl, Lord Sesshomaru will be happy. Why else is he looking for her so hard? The only time Rin looks so hard for something is when she lost her favorite toy and Rin was really sad but when Rin found it, Rin was really happy!"

"Hn, Ah Un." The dragon looked up from his grazing. "Get on," Rin scrambled on top of her ride, "and do not dare to fall off or you'll be left behind.." She nodded and they started to move.

So be it, Sesshomaru went off to continue the hunt. He will find this girl, they will commence the hunt and the mating, and then they will bare powerful heirs in order to keep both the East and West intact.

Inuforlyf

Yay!!! another chapter done. Wooo who. Special thanks to tsukiyomi no miko she bravely decided to become my beta!!!! And for that I have decided to marry her! okay so maybe not marry but she has become one of my favs. So to those who rudely quit on me in the past, blec who needs you I have my tsuiyomi!!!!

For the next chapter Ayame is finally intorduced yes I promise you will get to meet her!!! and inuyasha finds the new and improved Kikyou. Wonder how that'll turn out!!!

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