InuYasha Fan Fiction / Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ Chaos ❯ Welcome to Makai ( Chapter 9 )

Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha, YuYu Hakusho (As much as I'd love to) or any of the anime/manga characters.

Warnings: Mild Language, Gore, Violence

Welcome to Makai

 

Kagome fell to the ground, her knees shaking at the impact from the drop. Looking around, she found herself in strange surroundings. But, not sensing the people from the office, she slowly allowed her muscles to relax and lowered her sword.

A swooshing sound brought her attention above, where she saw Kagura descending from where she estimated she'd started falling. When the witch landed, she quickly moved to Kagome's side, her eyes darting this way and that.

“Where are we?” Kagome asked as she looked up at the red sky.

“The Makai.”

At that, Kagome's grip on her sword once again tightened.

“How long do you think it'll take?”

“That psychic bitch probably picked our auras up the second we got here,” she snarled.

Sighing, Kagome looked around. In the distance was a large light source.

“Think it's a village?”

“Probably.”

“Should we see about staying there?” Kagome asked as she started moving toward the area.

Suddenly, more power formed above them and they watched as six more people formed, falling toward them.

They landed collectively and Kagura spun, bringing her fans up in a defensive way.

“Koenma wants us to bring you back,” Yusuke said as soon as he shook off the impact of their landing.

“He probably doesn't want me back, because I'll destroy his palace if I'm taken back there.”

“Oh, no. He said we have to bring you back. And I'm quoting him.”

At that, Kagome smirked.

“Your boss isn't as dim as he looks, is he?”

“He has his moments,” the detective said, shrugging. “So, where are you heading?”

“I was hoping to get some sleep so I could get my energy back. Killing that interrogator while I was in so much pain was really draining.”

Kagura lowered her fans, deciding they weren't in any danger from the group.

“You should know the villages in the Makai are rather dangerous for women,” Kurama said as he noticed the lights in the distance.

At that, Kagome hefted her blade over her shoulder like a certain hanyo.

“I think I can handle it.”

“Then let's get moving, or those fools will show up,” Hiei sighed before vanishing.

Pulling a feather from her hair, Kagura put a hand on Kagome's shoulder and suddenly, they were flying. The others quickly took off after the three.

“Beats walking, doesn't it?” Kagura asked as they soared.

“Definitely,” the miko responded, watching as the ground below vanished behind them rapidly.

After a few seconds of their quiet flight, Kagura cleared her throat, getting Kagome's attention.

“The fox wasn't exaggerating about the villages here in the Makai. The Makai was formed about three hundred years ago. It took Naraku roughly four hundred to heal. I've been here for two hundred years alone. The demons are smart, strong, and they work together. Sleeping isn't going to be easy.”

“I'll be alright, Kagura,” Kagome said, lifting her sword. “It's not like I'll be in really deep sleep. I just need to rest to get my energy back. Besides, I trust you and the others.”

 

“You would be wise to remember that demons that group together are more dangerous, onna,” Hiei said as he appeared next to the girls, using a tree limb as a spring.

It had been five minutes since they started walking, or flying in the girls' cases, to the village. By this point, everyone present had tried to tell the miko how dangerous the demons were, and she was out of patience.

“Damnit, I'm just looking for a place to sleep for a few hours! I'm not going to make myself a target or anything like that. Besides, there are plenty of ways I can get myself out of a bad situation, and you guys need to go see if you can find anything out about where Naraku is.”

“And why do you assume he isn't still in the castle?” Kurama asked curiously.

“He never stays where he's been found,” Kagome said, shrugging.

“And you're looking for him because…?” Yusuke prompted, glaring at her.

“If I don't find him, he's going to find me, and that'll give him time to plan out a trap.”

“You've obviously dealt with him before,” Kurama pointed out.

As they landed, Kagome glared at the fox.

“I had friends, I had miko powers that worked, and I wasn't stuck in a world that I'm completely unfamiliar with. And I'm sick and fucking tired of his traps!”

The outburst caused the others to jump back, surprised by the sudden spark of raw hatred in her tone.

“What's with all the noise!?” a voice bellowed from behind them. Kagome turned slowly to find a large humanoid demon leering at her.

“Oh, a bitch! It's been a while since we had some fun.”

At that, Kagome smirked, though her anger showed plainly in her eyes. And, unfortunately for the demon, Kagome still had the Tetsusaiga drawn.

Without a word, she drew the blade back and a vortex of youki engulfed her and the demon. It vanished as quickly as it appeared, with the sound of a gurgled scream coming from within. Kagome stood in the same place she'd been, and the demon was still in the same place. The only difference was that the demon was now headless, and blood was rolling down from midway up the Tetsusaiga's length.

“I'm too pissed to care anymore,” Kagome said, heading for the village while everyone else stood in a stunned silence. “If you see a trail of blood, follow it and you'll find where I decided to sleep.”

And then, she was gone from sight…

 

Kagome POV

The hatred flowing from me was apparently enough to attract every weak demon within the village, since as soon as I got to the middle of it, there were about half the houses' worth of them surrounding me.

“Now's not a good time to piss me off,” I bit out, heading for one of the walls of demons. As I moved, so did they, closing their trap around me.

“You look delicious! You can't just walk through our territory and not expect us to take a bite,” one of the demons said, lust clear in his eyes.

I spun and the demon was dead, quickly and painlessly, as I severed his skull and neck. As the head rolled to the ground, I spun to kill another, and another, until the entire wall of demons was beheaded. All of this happened within the span of five seconds, and I turned to face the other three walls.

“Who's next!?”

“You bitch!” rasped another demon, youki flaring through the space around me.

“We'll kill you!”

“We'll see,” I said, smirking as I began to walk toward them…

 

Kagura POV

As Kagome vanished into the village, the heavy smell of blood filled the air.

“What the fuck's she doing!?”

I turned to the hanyo, glaring.

“She's killing a whole lot of demons. While she's letting some steam go, I suggest we go in there and see what we can find about Naraku's whereabouts.”

“Why the hell's she looking for him, instead of hiding?”

“It's simple. She's been working to get one goal accomplished, with all of this healing and training. She wants to bring his life to an end that involves incredible agony. After what he did to her, it's not surprising in the least.”

Images flashed through my mind and I forced the bile back down that rose as I saw them with a new perspective. I didn't think I'd like emotions when Kagome'd described them, and so far I was right.

“What did he do to her?” the fox asked. “We were told about everything that happened in the Sengoku Jidai, except for what happened right before she was captured here. What could possibly have been done in one week? We need to know.”

“In one day, he killed her entire family, past and present. For her, it was a day, anyways.”

Glaring into the darkness, I could smell more blood filling the air heavily.

“She's motivated by pure hateful revenge, then,” the redhead sighed. “That's dangerous. It leads to mistakes.”

“You seriously underestimate her, fox,” I sneered. “Even dying she beat him. Had you not shown up when you had, she would have most likely destroyed the entire castle with that sword of hers.”

“So it's our fault this guy's alive?” the spirit detective asked.

“Yes,” I said after a moment's thought. “Had you not interfered, she would have killed herself along with Naraku. So, it's your fault he's alive, but because of you, she is too. So thanks, I guess.”

“What exactly was this trap that could have made her lose everything dear to her?”

I glared at the redhead before looking back at the village.

“First, we find a clue of some kind. Then, I'll tell you,” I said before walking into the village…

 

Kagome POV

“So how many of you want to die quickly?” I asked, the Tetsusaiga dragging on the ground to my side.

In answer, the demons roared, and I brought the blade up. They charged and quickly, I spun, beginning my own assault.

As the Tetsusaiga cut through body after body, the scent of demon blood filled the air around me. The thick, bile-inducing scent made my mind reel and I quickly jumped away from the spot, trying to clear my head. Unfortunately, as I pulled away, another group of demons attacked and their blood sprayed onto my body, making it impossible for me to escape the choking sensory overload.

“Shit…”

“Die, you bitch!”

As the last demons attacked, my reflexes seemed to be dulled. I reacted fractions of a second too late, and as the three demons died with a stroke of Tetsusaiga, gashes opened on my chest and across my face. Pain exploded through my body as my knees gave out.

Roars filled the air nearby and, cursing my stupidity, I dug the blade into the ground. Using it as a crutch, I quickly began to move to the forest. I was vaguely aware of the youki behind me, but I didn't stop moving…

 

Kagura POV

“You know, you're quite a strange group, ain't ya'?” the tall lizard demon in the bar asked as the others ordered drinks.

I took a glance at the people behind me and smirked. They really were, though not as bad as Kagome's group had been. A hanyo, an ice maiden, a hybrid, a kitsune, a grim reaper, and a psychic. Something can be said for variety in a group, I suppose.

Youki flared outside and the walls of the bar shook from it.

“Damn! She's really in a mood!” the hanyo yelled, taking a swig of his drink.

The smell of blood had quickly grown, and I sighed. Turning back to the bartender, I let my youki flare.

“So, anything on Naraku?”

The lizard stared at me for a few seconds before shaking his head.

“No, can't say I've heard much. What's a pretty little piece of ass like you doing knowing about unsavory characters like that hanyo, anyway?”

I leaned forward, my fangs clearly showing as I let more youki flare.

“I'm looking to kill him.”

“Oh-ho! We got a comedian! You don't look like you could handle a breeze! There's no way you could beat that scoundrel!”

“I can't handle a breeze, huh?”

The thought struck me as hilarious and soon I was laughing out loud. I quickly reined the outburst back in and smirked.

“That's very amusing. Let me tell you about breezes.”

Faster than he could react, I pulled one of my fans out and swung. He was instantly pinned to the wall behind the bar, his limbs trapped by my youki. I quickly went over the piece of wood and walked up to him, my fan at the ready.

“Now, let's try this again. I don't plan on staying in this hellhole much longer. Where can I find Naraku? And, if you don't know, where can I find someone who does?”

“The demon that runs the inn on the other side of town might know,” he panted. I shut my fan and the bartender fell to the ground with a thump.

“Let's go,” I said before heading to the door. The others quickly followed, and we began heading for the inn. As we walked, I told the story of Naraku's trap…

 

“Kagome had a very close, very loyal group of friends in the past that she regarded as a second family. There was Inuyasha, an inu hanyo that somehow seemed stronger than even the most powerful demons. You know Shippo, Rin, and Kohaku. Rin was a sort of surrogate daughter to Sesshomaru, Inuyasha's older, full-blooded demon brother. Kohaku was the younger brother of Sango, a demon slayer who was as close to Kagome as a sister, from what I saw. And she was the wife of Miroku, a perverted monk that was cursed by Naraku.”

“Quite a large group,” the kitsune observed.

“Yeah. Well, Kagome and Rin were used as bait. Kagome easily destroyed the puppet holding her. She went to where the others were… but she was too late… Hakudoshi killed the slayer just as Kagome showed up, and the monk destroyed him using his curse. Unfortunately, he absorbed massive amounts of poisonous insects called Seimyousho along with the little bastard. The slayer used her dying breaths to tell her love that she'd find him again and Kagome needed to look after Kohaku.”

“That's seriously screwed up,” the hanyo said. With a shrug, I continued telling the memories that weren't mine.

“Sesshomaru saved her from Kanna. But, because he was distracted with the safety of his `daughter', he didn't see the tentacles laced with miasma coming. They pierced his side and even with Kagome's healing, he lost too much strength. As a parting request, he asked Kagome, who would be the most likely to survive, to keep Rin safe and protect and love her as a daughter.”

“Damn that's a lot of responsibility for a teenaged girl to get thrown at her.”

“She can obviously handle it,” I said, shrugging. “Inuyasha absorbed Sesshomaru's sword, then. He used it to blow apart a lot of demon puppets, as well as half of the field the trap was taking place on. The wolf tribe leader Koga showed up, then, having smelled Naraku nearby on a trip to visit Kagome.”

“You say his name like he was an enemy,” the fox said, eyeing me speculatively.

“Naraku had me do something that sickened me even before I got my heart back. He had me slaughter a massive portion of Koga's pack, and make it look like Inuyasha did it. He didn't exactly enjoy me being alive… And he died protecting Kagome's son. You know, having these emotions is really a pain in the ass. I miss being able to just wave everything off,” I sighed.

“One hanyo killed all of these people?”

“Naraku isn't strong without the jewel, but he's a fucking puppeteer, and his traps are incredibly complex. He didn't count on Kagome's guilt, though. Because of all the people that died because of her use as bait in Naraku's plan, she lost it. Power started to rip the entire field apart, and Inuyasha moved fast. He gave the Tetsusaiga to her, and he begged her to run away with the children. They got into an argument, and Inuyasha was too distracted to see Naraku's attack. His heart was pierced, and Inuyasha used the last of his blood and youki to attack Naraku. He killed him, and Kagome ran through the well to her time, with her children.”

“And then she was grabbed?”

“Oh, no. That wouldn't be enough. Naraku wanted her to suffer like he did, eating weaker demons for four hundred years to get back to his previous strength. The bodies of her family members were covering the shrine grounds. Naraku attacked her and when she defended herself, he stabbed her leg to make her immobile. Then he took her to that damned castle.”

An explosive wave of smells filled the air and my head whipped around. I found Kagome just in time to see her stumble away from the village, into the forest. And there was a bright, slick trail of blood behind her.

“Look for more information on that bastard,” I bit out before letting my feather lift me quickly towards her…

 

A/N:

Well, there's chapter 9! Sorry for the lengthy dialogue, but it got my point across. Not much else to say for this one, so as always, review! See you next time!