InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ A Killer In Hindsight ❯ Confrontation ( Chapter 15 )

[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]

Disclaimer: I do not nor have I ever owned Inuyasha and co; all rights belong solely to their creator.


Author’s Note: So I was unable to get a chapter out in December, I warned you all. Haha. My job hunt is still not going well, but on the upside I passed my GED test with flying colors (I was way over the average mark, almost perfect scores on every test), I graduate in May, and plans for college in the fall are looking good. I’ll also be leaving for Israel in May, so hopefully those long flights will give me time to write. Thank you all for your patience with me and here is chapter fifteen.

“Speech”
‘Thought’
XXX - break in scene or POV


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The barrage of questions slowed to a stop when the captain’s ears flickered in the direction of the mouth of the cave, his face soon turned as well.


“What is it?” Miroku questioned, his brow furrowed.


“Shhh.” Kouga clapped a hand over his crewmate’s mouth. He too was turned towards the mouth of the cave.


“I hear it.” Shippou whispered.


“What do you hear?” Ayumi asked flinching at the glare Kouga aimed at her.


“Helicopter.” Inuyasha moved to a sitting position.


“Oh thank heavens, they finally sent someone to rescue us.” Ayumi clapped her hands in obvious joy.


“What’s wrong Inuyasha?” Kagome asked, her eyes never leaving the captain’s face.


“I’m going to find out.” Inuyasha suddenly stood and disappeared through the mouth of the cave.

XXX


“What is the meaning of this?” Red eyes glowed in noticeable fury. “They shouldn’t be here; they’re going to ruin everything.” Naraku bellowed, his voice echoing through the cave. “Go, leave me.” He suddenly whispered menace shining through the fury.


Kanna turned from him, her mirror clutched tightly to her chest, she dissipated into the shadows.


XXX


Kagura listened from her spot amongst the trees, just below the mouth of the cave. A wicked smile spread her cheeks and she chuckled cruelly. “It’s time.” She whispered to herself. The demoness quickly took flight in the direction of her partner in crime.


A malicious laugh suddenly erupted from the cave behind her but Kagura paid it no mind, she would put an end to him soon.

XXX


The helicopter’s blades continued to whir as men jumped and ran from the back. Amber eyes watched them from their spot amongst the trees.


“What are you doing here?” Came a vehement whisper. Sharp blue eyes turned to regard the glowing amber orbs.


“Helping you.” The first figure snorted in disbelief.


“Dream on wolf boy.”


“So what are you thinking captain?”


“They’re definitely military but I don’t think they’re here to help us.”


“Why not?”


“You’ve got eyes wolf, use ‘em. They’re heavily armed and that’s the biggest load of dynamite I’ve ever seen.”


“What could they possibly need dynamite for and when have you seen dynamite?” The captain shrugged innocently.


“Beats me but it sure ain’t no rescue mission.” He disregarded the second half of the question.


“We should be getting back.” A non-committal sound came from the half-demon. With a quiet rustle of leaves, they were gone.


XXX


Sato stopped and turned. Another crate was passed in his direction, he ignored it and it fell on his foot. “Shit.” He cursed grabbing at the abused appendage.


“What’s the hold up Sato?” Fushikenwa turned to regard the higher ranking officer.


“Did you hear it?”


“Hear what man?”


“Something in the trees…” He trailed off and he squinted at the offending flora.


“Probably just a monkey. What are you so paranoid about?” Sato ignored his fellow officer. ‘Something was in those trees watching us, I know it…’



XXX


“Why would the military be here?” Kouga continued to question Inuyasha with no response from the half-demon.


“Do you think they have something to do with Naraku? Like he’s some governmental experiment? We know he’s not a demon and he’s certainly not human.”


“Kouga,” It was the first time the captain had spoken since they left the landing sight of the helicopter.


“Yeah?”


“Shut up.”


“O-kay.”


A short while passed and as they neared the waterfall, Inuyasha stopped. Kouga skidded to halt as well when he noticed his companion was no longer running beside him. He turned and gave him a questioning look before he caught the same scent that had made the captain stop. They both turned their faces skyward and watched as Kagura flew by above them.


It took a few seconds before both men were back to running, their pace twice as fast as before.


XXX


Kagura arrived at the falls she knew to be the hideout of her accomplice. It wasn’t long before he showed his face. She watched as he scaled the cliff-face. Even from where she stood she could tell he needed a good bathing, his beautiful black hair was shiny with oil and his face was smeared with dirt. No matter his appearance, she was happy to see him again.



“It’s time?” He asked as he approached her. A wide grin split his face showing pearly white teeth.


She nodded in return. “It’s time.” With that they both took to the air.


XXX


Kouga and Inuyasha came huffing into the cave. “Where’s Kagura?” He demanded.


“What are you talking about? We haven’t seen her.” Kagome came forward; a blush stole over her cheeks as she took notice of his sweaty form.


“Well we just saw her and she was headed in this direction.” Kouga bent over, his hands on his knees, he wiped sweat from his brow with his forearm.


“Oh no.” Kagome’s face went white.


“What? What is it?” Inuyasha asked urgently.


“Bankoutsu just left, he said he was going to look for you since you were taking so long. We told him not to but he went anyway.”



“Dammit.” Inuyasha’s face screwed into an angry mask. Kagome approached him slowly and whispered to him when she spoke.


“Inuyasha, Bankoutsu, Naraku‘s going to kill him isn‘t he?” He didn’t answer.


XXX


“Should we see if there are any survivors Sir?” Sato turned to regard the lower ranking officer.


“It’s not likely there’s anyone left alive but we might as well cover all our bases. Gather a small group, Fushikenwa’s in charge. Go.” A few minutes later he was approached again, this time by Fushikenwa.


“This is bogus; we don’t even have the supplies for a rescue mission.”


“Then we’ll make do. If we find out at a later date that there were survivors and we didn’t do anything to rescue them…”


“So you’re just trying to cover your ass is that it?”


“I know you’re angry, and I apologize, but you are the only one qualified to lead these men.”


“Fine but I’m still not happy about this.” Fushikenwa turned on his heel and stormed away, his rigid shoulders and hard gate were the only signs he had been in a fight with his friend and superior officer.


Sato breathed a great sigh when the younger male was gone. ‘I know you are mad but you may just find the danger you are looking for my young friend.’


XXX


“So what are our plans to deal with the soldiers?” Kouga abruptly interrupted the line of questioning at hand; to go down that path would do no good. Sighing, one of Inuyasha’s large hands passed down his haggard face.


“I don’t know. I’m guessing they’ll find us eventually.”


“But do we want them to find us is really the question?” Eri stepped forward, her face set in hard determined lines.


“I don’t know.” Inuyasha shrugged and plopped himself into a cross-legged position on the ground. “That’s just it I don’t know.”


“Maybe we should confront them.” Hojo offered. “We may not be their intended mission but surely if they know we’re here they’ll help us.”


“Hojo’s right, we have to at least try.” Ayumi’s voice was soft and shaky and it made Inuyasha’s ears twitch.


“Fine, but not all of us are going. Only a small group. If they help us then we’ll bring them here, if they don’t. Well, it goes without saying, don’t come looking for us.”


“So, who’s going?” Shippou’s innocent question echoed in their ears.


XXX


“Okay everybody, listen up. You’re probably wondering why we split you into two groups. The larger group will go with me, we’re hunting for Naraku and the smaller group will be led by Fushikenwa, you’re searching for survivors.”

Fushikenwa turned to Sato, “So where do we start, Sir?” he asked.


“Wherever you want.”


“Alright men,” Fushikenwa shouted “looks like we’re heading north.”

XXX


After having followed the smaller group of soldiers heading north for some time, Inuyasha realized they would only notice the even smaller group following them, if they were intersected. A quick burst of speed and the three of them made a wide arc around the troop.


They burst suddenly from the trees, startling the soldiers into turning their weapons on the group. Inuyasha and Kouga put their hands up in a placating gesture; Miroku was nowhere to be seen.


“Who are you?” Fushikenwa shouted.


“We’re the survivors you’re looking for dumbass.” Kouga’s crass nature startled the soldiers and Inuyasha merely rolled his eyes.


“There’s only two of you?” Fushikenwa’s obvious surprise made the half-demon raise an eyebrow.


“There’s more of us.” Inuyasha’s distrust was evident.


“So, where are you?”


“Oh like we’re going to tell you when you have guns pointed at us. By the way, you want to put those down?” Inuyasha rolled his eyes again at Kouga’s antics.


“At ease men.” Fushikenwa brought his own gun down and the other’s followed his lead.


Suddenly there was a rustle in the leaves and Miroku burst through the offending foliage. Fushikenwa and his men suddenly had their guns at the ready again.


“Whoa, whoa, whoa.” Miroku panted his hands came up in the same placating gesture Inuyasha and Kouga had their hands in before.


“Easy there boys.” Miroku’s obvious nervousness caused his voice to raise a few octaves.


“It’s alright, he’s one of us.” Inuyasha came to Miroku’s rescue.


“You know what, now that I think of it, how do we know you’re not working for Naraku? That you weren’t sent here to kill us? From what I understand he plays pretty dirty.”


“You’re right he does play dirty but if we were sent here by now, trust me, you’d be dead already.” Inuyasha’s tactless manner made Fushikenwa lower his gun slightly; this was obviously a man who did not have the thinking capacity to plan such trickery.



The sudden stench of fear overwhelmed Inuyasha and Kouga’s noses. Turning towards the noticeably frightened Miroku, it was only a matter of seconds before they turned in the opposite direction to where he was pointing.


A hulking purple beast came crashing through the trees. Its enormous frame shook the ground with every step. It resembled a gorilla with its incredibly long arms almost dragging upon the ground. It roared and the soldiers visibly shook in their boots.


‘Another beast, we’re headed in the right direction. Naraku is north.’ Inuyasha was ripped from his thoughts almost violently when the gorilla like beast grabbed one of the soldiers, brought him to its mouth and tore the head off with its’ teeth and with that it dropped the body to the ground.



XXX


Author’s Notes: I finally finished this one and I leave you with a cliff hanger. I’m so mean. haha. Well, it’s almost nine pages on Microsoft, so I hope you’re all happy. I tried to make it longer to make up for last month. If I don’t see you all before then (which I probably won’t) Happy Valentines day. =]


Next Time on A Killer In Hindsight: Bankoutsu’s Betrayal.