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Complications
(Part 2)

Inuyasha ran towards the scent, his nose and brow wrinkled expressing his fury. Why was there a demon out of all things here?

Inuyasha and Kagome had put their demon fighting days behind them ever since they destroyed the sacred jewel so no other evil demon could get a hold of it. That left demons no reason to attack them, yet why could he smell one now?

He hurried, leaping from tree to tree, the two boys nowhere to be seen.

Kazuki and Hotaka got a little too excited earlier at the mere mention of a demon and wanted to fight it. It was their dream to take on demons and villains together. Inuyasha had fought with them over it for at least ten minutes but when the boys wouldn't back down he tricked them into going back to the cottage by pretending that the scent lead there and then had Kagome lock them in.

"There's no way I would EVER let them fight a demon!" Inuyasha scoffed to himself.

He continued to follow the scent until he came to a small opening in the forest. Inuyasha began to notice that the scent was very different from any other he had smelled before; he could almost swear that there were three different demons in the area.

Walking along the trees quietly he examined his surroundings, looking for any possible hiding places that a demon could be.

THUD!

The silence was disturbed by a large crashing sound, the earth shook under Inuyashas feet. Grumbling noises of a tremendous monster filled the air.

He looked up to find a large shadow descending upon him, the sun behind the creature blinded Inuyasha so he couldn't see what the demon looked like. It hit him across the face and sent him flying into the trees and it cackled.

"You're no match for me... Inu...yasha.." His name was said with a growl.

He got up and yelled at the beast "Who are you and how do you know my name?"

The creature laughed again with a cackling rumble, "Everyone knows YOUR name Inu...yasha..."

"Well I DON'T KNOW YOURS! WHO ARE YOU!?" He extracted his claws. Inuyasha never had his tetsusaiga on him anymore, he never needed it, but now that he did Inuyasha regretted not having it on him at all times. 'Demons are back!' he growled in his mind.

"My name is Kyoufu Oni." He chuckled.

"Well, Kyoufu-Oni, it's time to say your prayers!"

"I don't think so." Kyoufu Oni said cheekily.

For the first time Inuyasha could see the demon as he jumped to lash out at it. The demon had four legs; his front right paw was waving slowly in mid air, the talons sharp and white, his body and main head were green. Inuyasha didn't notice it before but Kyoufu Oni had three heads, all of them with a different scent! The one that spoke was the green one in the middle, the one to the demons right was a maroon colour and the one on the left was black. Kyoufu Oni also had two small purple wings and a long slithering tail. All three heads had blazing red eyes. He looked very much like a hydra dragon.

"Careful." He said casually as his right paw finally stopped dead infront of him. Suddenly Inuyasha was paralysed. Frozen in mid air, he couldn't do a thing.

'Daddy! Daddy.' The echoes of a woman calling for her father danced across his mind. 'Daddy, Where are you?' The voice continued to call until Inuyasha saw something immerge from the bushes.

The woman was tall and petite, her hair hung low over her hips ending in ribbon curls, the woman's eyes were pink and anxious, and her ears kept twitching every time she looked in a new direction.

'DADDY!' She called out again, her eyes began to tear up.

Inuyasha couldn't breathe. He knew who it was the second he saw her.

"Amaya! Get out of here!"

'Daddy!' The voice was fading, becoming quieter. She turned to walk to her right, away from Inuyasha.

"Amaya!" He yelled again.

The woman screamed, three nasty demons came out from the forest and started attacking her. They were green beasts with horns.

Inuyasha yelled out to her time and again but she couldn't hear him. "Run Amaya, RUN!" He yelled, but the demons killed her.

"Why you! WHY DID YOU DO THAT! I WILL KILL YOU!" He tried to claw off one of the demons heads but found himself falling to the ground and landing in front of a mirror.

He stood up once more to fight the beast but couldn't help but stare into the mirror. Something was odd about his reflection. Inuyasha looked into the mirror and saw himself wearing a green kimono and his eyes were a light green as well. He sniffed the surface of the mirror and the reflection copied him. Inuyasha pulled back and was about to address Kyoufu Oni when his reflection started moving on its own. The figure started slashing at demons and bandits, yelling at them to get away. 'You take that one.' He ordered one of his companions who was tan skinned with short copper-brown hair and hazel eyes.

"Rodger that, Kazuki!" The man pounced onto the demon he was directed to.

Inuyasha fell to the ground, "No, no it can't be!" He leaped forward, his hands and claws sliding down the mirrors surface. "KAZUKI!" He called, a tear slid down the side of his right cheek. "NO KAZUKI! RUN AWAY! RUN AWAY!"

But no one in the mirror could hear him. Demons grabbed Kazuki by surprise and started dragging him down to the ground, 'HOTAKA!' Kazuki called out, reaching for his tanned companion who was just finishing off the demon he was ordered to kill.

'KAZUKI!' He ran to his friend's aid, slashing any demon in his way. Hotaka in the mirror started pulling Kazuki but got slashed in the back by a tall ugly ogre. Kazuki screamed as his childhood friend fell to the ground, his blood oozing around Kazuki's feet before his own throat was slit and he too was dead.

Inuyasha hit the mirror with his fists, screaming their names, tears rushing down his face.

A deep evil chuckle echoed in his mind.

"STOP IT!" He screamed at Kyoufu Oni.

Kyoufu Oni did not stop, he laughed until Inuyasha was cowering into the ground, his hands clasping his ears.

"Now..." He chuckled darkly, "it is time to finish you off since you have no hope left."

Inuyasha glanced up to see all six eyes glowing evilly down at him, but he couldn't move. He had given into his despair.

"EEAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH" An ear piercing sound screeched across the land as Kyoufu Oni fell to the ground.

Inuyasha hadn't noticed it before but the rest of the landscape had gone dark, like only in a dream. The world lit up again and he could see his surroundings. The mirror was gone and two small figures were in front of him. When his eyes adjusted he could see that it was Kazuki and Hotaka.

"Leave my father ALONE!" Kazuki yelled.

"YEAH!" Hotaka agreed.

Kyoufu Oni was on the ground, the heads on either side were cut off and he was groaning and squirming, trying to get to his feet.

Inuyasha realised then that it was all an illusion.

Seeing Amaya and the others killed by demons, was all made up, all of it.

He almost grabbed the two boys and hugged them, even Hotaka, but stopped himself when he realised that they were now in real danger.

"Get behind me!" He grabbed their shoulders and dragged them behind him.

The demon attempted to chuckle darkly but the whimpers of his pain still escaped his dragon like jaws.

"I will...De-stro-y Y-you!" He gasped through agony.

"No you won't!" Inuyasha yelled. "After you pulled THAT stunt on me I will KILL YOU!"

Inuyasha went to lash out at Kyoufu Oni when the demon raised his right paw again saying "fear."

Kazuki screamed, his hands clasping his ears and fell to the ground. Inuyasha turned back, "Kazuki are you alright?" But his son couldn't hear him.

"Mummy, MUMMY!" He screamed, "No NO! This c-can't be ha-p-pening!"

Hotaka ran to his friend and shook him, he tried yelling Kazuki's name into his ear but nothing worked.

He was in a trance.

"WHAT did you do to MY SON you PIG!?" Inuyasha turned towards the demon.

Kyoufu Oni struggled to his feet, the chuckle that escaped his jaws was a wheezing one but still dark and powerful enough to strike fear into the heart of a monster.

"You have failed as a father."

"WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY?" Inuyashas fury was at its edge. NOONE calls him a bad father, EVER!

"Your fears, shall be MINE!" He twisted his right paw and all Inuyasha could see were those dark images again. Amaya being slaughtered, Kazuki and Hotaka being slain, it was all an illusion made up by the demon.

Inuyasha blocked out the dark gruesome images as best as he could and yelled at the beast "WHAT TRICKERY IS THIS?"

Kyoufu Oni gasped and thought to himself "No one has ever gotten out of any of my trances, not ever!"

"You better let go of my kid or else you'll PAY!" Without even being able to see anything Inuyasha then slashed his claws in the direction he was facing. The attack hit Kyoufu Oni directly in the face, and he screeched.

Inuyasha could then see again, he looked up as the Demon threw his head back and roared. "You won't get away with that you BRAT!" He lashed forward ready to kill Inuyasha.

"Bring it ON!" Inuyasha positioned himself for a fight but then he noticed that Kyoufu Oni's remaining head looked strange and then the next minute he found it limp at his feet. He looked up and saw that the demon's body was now completely headless and standing on top of the headless body was none other than Hotaka.

He stood with his arms crossed, tall and proud, smirking smugly to himself. "YEAH! That's what you get for messing with my best friend!" He leaned forward sticking out his tongue hastily toward the green limp head resting on Inuyashas feet.

Inuyasha, for the first time, was actually proud of Hotaka. He smiled at Koga's son with thumbs up.

Kazuki came out of the trance and rushed to his dad crying, telling him how he had seen his mother and father be killed before his eyes.

Inuyasha glanced at the demon one last time before turning away and leading the boy's home, he then realised something about the demons name. Kyoufu Oni actually meant "Fear Demon."

...

So his greatest fear was to lose his kids to demons, and he saw Kazuki as his reflection because he feared that his son would turn out like him. That he would be doomed to fight demons his whole life and to be killed by them.

But why was Hotaka in the mirror? Inuyasha thought he couldn't give a rat's ass about Koga's son. Did this mean he his greatest fear was to lose Hotaka too?

He took a look at the copper-brown haired boy and realised that he didn't hate him at all. Inuyasha thought about the memory of Hotaka standing on Kyoufu Oni after he killed the demon.

Inuyasha thought about it and realised that deep down he had always seen Hotaka as a second son.

They walked for a while longer but when they were close to the cottage Kazuki stopped.

"What is it son?" Inuyasha looked at Kazuki who lightly sniffed the air.

"Daddy, there's that funny scent again."