InuYasha Fan Fiction / Fan Fiction ❯ Shards Of Hope ❯ Reactionaries ( Chapter 6 )

Disclaimer: Since I obviously don't own the copyright to Teen Titans or Inuyasha, I'm taking advantage of the Fair Use Clause of the Copyright laws to write a story with them in it. Who knew the government would protect the little guys? Anyway, I hope you enjoy.

 

Chapter 6: Reactionaries

 

The single poison insect easily passed through the invisible barrier and into the toxic miasma that surrounded Naraku's castle. Finding the nearest window, it returned to it's master, hovering in front of him and looking into his eye, transmitting the events into Naraku's eyes as it had seen it. “Hmm… what's this? A portal to a different era… and all that is required is a shard of the Shikon Jewel…” Naraku let the edges of his mouth curl in a smile, “Kagura…”

The demon sorceress of the wind glared daggers at the man, her master… for the moment, “What?” Her voice was filled with barely veiled contempt for her creator.

Naraku continued looking into the eyes of the insect, drawing in more of what it had seen, “I'd like you to investigate…” The image of Sango entering the well flashed between the insect and himself and his smile widened ever so slightly, “…Bring Kohaku along as well.” Kagura scowled, but nodded.

He waited until she turned to leave before continuing, “Do try to find the person who attacked that wretched girl on the other side.”

Kagura perked her eyebrow; someone had attacked one of the girls? Maybe someone who could help…

Naraku went back to looking out the window, “I may have an offer for him.”

 

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Robin got into the limo, once again, to see the girl and her family looking at the TV. The burned ruins of their home and temple were plastered on the television. There was a heartrending silence. Robin slowly reached over and shut it off. There had been… complications. The diplomat had told him they would need the consent of the Japanese government before they would be able to take them to the United States embassy. The fact that Raven had simply disappeared with those three other demons also bothered him immensely, although there was nothing he could do for now.

At the moment, the tired and scared eyes of four people fell on him. Time to go into damage control. “I'm very sorry for your loss, and at the delays that have been happening…” He began, and closed the door.

Cyborg watched it close, and then went back to idly `guarding' the other two people they found in the well. They were friends of the family, and… apparently oblivious to modern culture as the girl, Kagome, had to explain to them what the limo was when they reached it. Or at least, they had freaked out when Kagome and her family were getting inside and the girl said some stuff to soothe them. At the moment, they were milling around, not saying anything, but taking in every bit of their surroundings.

Beast Boy on the other hand was fidgeting, not sure what to do, a confused and hurt look on his face, “Cy, what are we gonna do?” Beast Boy said, shifting uncomfortably.

“What are we gonna do about what?” Cyborg asked, looking over at him.

Beast Boy's eyes went wide for a moment, “About Raven!”

“What about friend Raven?” Starfire asked, floating over to them.

“She said she was a demon…” He said flustered.

Cyborg sighed with frustration, resting his head in his hand, “Look, I already told you, I already explained…”

“But… she is a demon…” Beast Boy said, shrinking away.

“Friends, what is a demon?” Starfire asked innocuously.

Cyborg sighed, “Well explain it…”

“Demons are evil.” Beast Boy blurted out looking at Cyborg with a bit of anger.

Neither of them expected the slap across the face that Beast Boy received immediately after saying that. Beast Boy went wide eyed, hand raised to his cheek as he looked to Starfire who was hovering in front of him, a stern expression on her face, “How dare you call Raven evil!” Was all she said.

“Starfire, calm down.” Cyborg rested a hand on her shoulder.

“Beast Boy has said Raven is evil, Raven is not evil, Raven is our friend.” Starfire said defensively.

Beast Boy shook his head, frowning, “Because demons are evil things…”

She slapped Beast Boy again, tears beginning to well up in her own eyes, “Stop saying that.”

Cyborg cleared his throat; looking at Beast Boy who was standing there, stunning with a large red mark on his face, “Star…generally speaking…” He turned to look at her and found her hands at her sides shaking, her large emerald eyes beginning to water. Cyborg suddenly felt just as uncomfortable as he had been when Raven had disappeared, but forced himself to continue, “… demons are usually considered evil.”

Starfire blinked away a tear, then forced a smile, “Well… that's only usually.”

“Star…” Cyborg sighed and braced himself, “… it's almost always. Outside of Raven, I've never heard of a good demon before.”

Starfire looked shocked, and floated a few `steps' back before landing on her feet and nearly collapsing, “But… but Raven is our friend.”

“I know Star, I know.” Cyborg moved to comfort her, but she pulled away.

She turned around and began cradling herself as she started to cry, “Is that why she ran away?” Her tears stopped and she turned around and pointed at them, “Raven has been our friend, and then you were angry with her and now she ran away and…” She trembled and fell apart, crying again.

Cyborg shook his head and then wrapped his arms around her trying to comfort her, “She'll be alright Starfire, she's still our friend, and she didn't run away, she's still our friend.” Behind him, Beast Boy frowned.

 

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For the first few seconds Inuyasha was too stunned to actually react. The blackness that surrounded him was dizzying. The world had disappeared, leaving him confused and disoriented. Was he under attack? He reached for the Tetsaiga… but nothing… in fact he didn't even realize until then that he couldn't feel anything. He was here… but he wasn't here… it was like being in a void and being nowhere and everywhere at once. “Shippo! Kilala!” He yelled out… or tried to, nothing seemed to happen for a moment, but then he heard Shippo from… what seemed like inside his own mind.

“Inuyasha, what's going on? I'm scared…” Shippo whined.

“I don't know. Where's Kilala?”

An emotionless voice echoed around for a moment, it sounded female, “She can't speak while in this state.”

Inuyasha frowned, a strange action since he wasn't really there, “What did you do to us?”

“Nothing, I'm teleporting you.” The female, he was certain of that now, emotionless voice replied.

“You're not going to hurt us are you?” Shippo asked meekly.

Inuyasha growled, “Not while I'm around.”

Raven's voice began to show frustration, “No, I'm teleporting… I'm moving you from one place to another using my powers.”

Inuyasha was growing angrier with every second, “What did you do to us?”

Raven grimaced “You're fine. It's just how my power works. Your bodies are safe, just be patient.”

“Fix it!” Inuyasha yelled.

“Hey…” Shippo said after a moment

“What, Shippo?” Inuyasha growled irritated that he could not swat the little fox demon on the head for interrupting.

“It's just, I didn't think she could speak like us… she was talking that funny sounding talk back there.”

There was a brief pause as Inuyasha thought it over, “Yeah, you were speaking that gibberish language.”

“We're speaking mentally.” Raven stated passively.

“Oh.”

“But wouldn't we be speaking different languages mentally?”

“I've read your mind, I learned your language already.” Raven replied.

“Wow…” Shippo murmured astonished.

“Wait, you read my mind? Get out of my head!” Inuyasha said, growling.

“Oh please, there was nothing important in there anyway.” Raven said a tad annoyed.

Shippo laughed and Inuyasha growled ominously. The darkness faded and a girl, the female half-demon, appeared in the darkness. Then the black faded into light causing them both to cover their eyes and Kilala to close hers tightly. When they opened them again, they were outside a large building surrounded by men with strange looking clubs with little holes in the front.

Raven raised an eyebrow at the guards who had their guns trained on the half-demon Inuyasha, “They're with me, and we're waiting for Robin and the others.” A look passed between the guards and they reluctantly lowered their weapons. “Have they arrived?”

One of the guards shook his head. Raven frowned, “Tell them to meet us inside.”

Raven turned to leave, but found Inuyasha blocking her path, “Where's Kagome and what did you do to us?” He had a sour look on his face.

Raven looked at him passively, “I'll tell you when we get inside, now come with…”

“No.” He said scowling, and grabbed his sword. The guards raised their guns on him again, but Raven raised a hand.

Shippo grabbed Inuyasha's pants tugging desperately, “Inuyasha! I don't think you should do this…”

Inuyasha looked down at Shippo, “Kilala, get Shippo out of here.”

“Stay.” She commanded, and both of them halted, looking between them

“Inuyasha.” Inuyasha blinked then looked back to the girl. She retained the deadpan expression, touching the charmed necklace around his neck. “Don't make me.”

Inuyasha cringed inwardly, but kept a dour look on his face, “Only Kagome can activate it.”

“Would you really like to test that theory? Or would you prefer going inside and getting some…” she raised an eyebrow, “…`Ninja Food' while we wait for your friends to arrive?” Raven walked away from him without another word. Shippo and Kilala looked at Inuyasha, who stood somewhat stunned, then turned and followed.

Inuyasha blinked twice, noticing that Shippo and Kilala were rapidly catching up to Raven. Shaking his head and becoming conscious of reality again, he raised his arm and began to chase them, “Hey wait for me!”