InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ All Things Come Full Circle ❯ Chapter 16 ( Chapter 16 )

Yes, I am happy to report that I’m still alive and kicking. Now here is the long overdue chapter 16! Enjoy!

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Chapter 16

“Kagura, what do you have to report?” Naraku inquired as he stared down at the wind youkai kneeling before him.

“Inuyasha and his group are growing closer to this castle, as are Kouga and Sesshoumaru. None of them seem to be aware of it at this time, however, it will only be a matter of time before they discover the barrier.”

“I see. Is there anything else I should be made aware of?”

“Inuyasha and his twin seem to be stronger now that they have been together for a time. He also seems to have grown closer to the miko that travels with him.”

Naraku smirked at that information.

“I’m sure Kikyou will be delighted to hear this development. In the mean time, perhaps it is time that we test our little band of shard hunters. Kachuu.”

On cue, a woman stepped forth from the shadows. Her hair was as black as coal and held back in a braid that fell to her waist, and her deep crimson eyes stood out starkly against her pale skin. She wore a short, sleeveless kimono that was a red that matched her eyes and was decorated with black dragon that coiled around her body. There was also a sheathed short-sword strapped across the small of her back. As soon as she was before Naraku, she bowed lowly and remained that way as she spoke.

“How may I be of service to you, Naraku-sama?”

Kagura eyed the new incarnation suspiciously.

‘This one is just like the last, a mind of her own but completely obedient. It seems as though he has perfected the ability of producing detachments. If none of our enemies find him soon, he may grow too powerful to be stopped.’

“Is there something you wish to know Kagura?” Naraku’s voice pierced through her thoughts.

Kagura jerked and quickly replied.

“No, Naraku-sama. My mind was wandering. Did you say something?”

Naraku grinned at her evilly, and Kagura had the feeling he knew what she had been thinking.

“Kachuu will be joining you this time. You shall bring her to Inuyasha and his group, and we shall see just how much they have improved since the last time we faced them.”

Kagura glanced at the woman who was still kneeling before Naraku.

“Will she fare any better than Koorimizu did?” she wondered out loud.

Kachuu was the one to turn and face Kagura with blazing eyes.

“I am far stronger than my sister was. I will avenge her death after carrying out Naraku-sama’s wish.”

“You intend to go after the wolf prince?”

Kachuu nodded.

“Yes, he and the female hanyou. But I will deal with them both after I have filled out my orders and tested the group.”

Kagura tapped her fan against her thigh lightly.

“Shall we go then? Or do you need time to prepare yourself?”

Kachuu stood and walked towards the wind demon.

“I am ready.”

Sparing one last glance at Naraku, who was still sitting with his back to a window on the opposite side of the room, Kagura turned and led Kachuu away and down the hallway towards the exit of the castle. Curiosity got the better of her before long and she broke the heavy silence between herself and the other female demon.

“What does Naraku hold over you?”

Kachuu looked at Kagura curiously.

“I’m afraid I do not understand your question.”

“You’re so obedient, just like the last one. No demons borne of Naraku tend to be completely loyal, but seem to obey him without question. Why?”

Kahuu kept her eyes trained on Kagura for a moment before turning back to the hallway in front of her.

“He doesn’t exactly ‘hold something over me’, as you put it. Both mine and Naraku’s minds are linked in such a way that I know what he desires, and I am compelled to fulfill them as if they were my own. Koorimizu was connected to him in the same way.”

Kagura began to grow nervous. Could Naraku enter this demon’s mind? Did he know that she was asking these questions, and would she have to be careful around her or risk alerting him to her treachery? Deciding that there was too much to be left to chance, Kagura felt it would be better to act as though it was Naraku that was with her, not this new detachment, Kachuu.

By the time Kagura had finished her musings, the two demon women were outside and Kachuu was watching her expectantly. Kagura ‘tsked’ in annoyance and pulled a feather from her hair. It transformed to accommodate both women and after they were both situated Kagura had it take off and directed it towards their target of the group of unsuspecting shard hunters.

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“Inuyasha, I know that you did something. Don’t think that I’ve forgotten.”

Inuyasha looked up at his sister with a large helping of noodles stuffed halfway in his mouth as she towered above him and sent him a hard glare. He frowned in return and quickly swallowed his meal so he could reply.

“What are you goin’ on about?”

Inukigo tapped her foot and crossed her arms over her chest in annoyance as she continued to stare down at him.

“I know you did something to Kouga. He was acting strangely before he left, and I saw the look on your face. What did you do?” she demanded.

Inuyasha stood up so she wouldn’t be looking down on him and rolled his eyes. He had been hoping that she wouldn’t have noticed, but unfortunately for him she had. Now he was going to have to keep denying it or come up with a really believable excuse.

“I have no idea what you’re talking about,” he told her, trying to play innocent.

He noticed Inukigo sniffing the air delicately, and knew exactly what she was trying to do.

‘Good luck trying to find out if I’m lying that way. I’m not lying about anything. She asked what I did to Kouga, and I didn’t do a damn thing. I said stuff to him, but that’s not what she asked me…’

Inukigo frowned, and Inuyasha knew that she had found out exactly what he thought she would. A little perturbed, she was about to say something else, but then Miroku spoke up.

“Inukigo, I can assure you that Inuyasha really did do nothing to Kouga. All of us were here and we can all vouch for that.”

Inukigo stared hard at Miroku and Inuyasha saw her sniffing the air again. He almost laughed.

‘I know that you have a better nose, but if you couldn’t smell a lie off me, then you definitely won’t get anything from him.’

Just as he anticipated, Inukigo didn’t pick up anything and her shoulders slumped in defeat. She sat down in a huff and crossed her arms over her chest.

“He was acting so strangely though. I wonder what was wrong,” she said a moment later, her voice and expression now pensive.

Inuyasha could easily pick up the thick scent worry from her, and wanted so badly to reassure her, but knew that if he said much more on the topic she would smell a lie on him. Sooner or later he’d be sure to mess up. He was relieved when Miroku spoke.

“Perhaps Kouga was just on edge from Sesshoumaru’s presence. He was rather worried about Sesshoumaru trying to harm you again.”

Inukigo seemed to think about it for a moment, then nodded when she agreed with Miroku’s reasoning.

“I guess so,” she replied, though she still looked a little worried despite her acceptance of the explanation.

Kagome chose that moment to interrupt the discussion. Up until now, she, Sango, and Shippou had remained silent in order to prevent drawing attention to themselves. They knew that Inuyasha and Miroku were trying to keep Inukigo from finding out that Inuyasha was the reason for Kouga’s strange behaviour. They also knew that if Inukigo had questioned either of them that they would not be able to keep her from smelling the small lie like Miroku and Inuyasha had.

“Dinner is ready now. Is anyone hungry?”

Inuyasha sent her a grateful look and moved to sit beside her.

“More ramen?” He asked with an expectant grin on his face.

Kagome sighed and shook her head.

“Nuh uh. You already had one cup, and that was just to tide you over. Sango and I made real food, and you’re going to eat it.”

“Aw, c’mon Kagome…”

Instead of replying, she sent him a look that clearly said, ‘I mean it, don’t argue,’ so he shut his mouth and quietly began to eat his noodles. Inukigo smiled and stifled a laugh at her brother’s behaviour.

‘She’s taming him fairly quickly.’

Inukigo plopped down at Inuyasha’s side then leaned towards the large pot of stew that being kept warm on the fire. Her eyes closed as she took a deep sniff and leaned back.

“Mmm…it smells good. The two of you are such great cooks,” she commented, directing it towards Kagome and Sango.

“It’s mostly thanks to Kagome,” Sango replied, “We used her mother’s recipe, and some ingredients from her time.”

Kagome blushed.

“You’re still a better cook than I am, Sango-chan. I probably would have gotten Mama’s recipe wrong if you hadn’t helped me.”

“Hey, I helped too!” Shippou cried indignantly.

Inukigo reached over to the kit that was sitting not far from her and ruffled his hair.

“I’m sorry Shippou, I know that you helped too.”

Shippou tried to retain a tough look that had come to his face, and Inukigo drew back from him before he lost it.

“Well, enough of this sitting around,” she commented out of nowhere, “I say we eat. What about the rest of you?”

Kagome and Sango smiled and agreed with her, as did Shippou and Miroku. Inuyasha sulked silently over the lack of ramen in the meal. After all stomachs were full and the area free of roaming demons, the group decided it would be best to turn in for the night so they would be well rested when it came time to move on in the morning.

Inukigo took guard duty upon herself, something that she had been doing more and more often as time passed. Inuyasha would complain about it occasionally, saying that she was going to wear herself out if she didn’t get a decent night’s sleep every now and then. Inukigo’s reply had been,

“How did you manage before I came along?” and, “I’ll know when I need to take a break.”

She had then softened her tone and continued with,

“I’ll be fine, spend time with Kagome.”

This told him more than anything that her actions were entirely for his benefit. He had given her a small smile and then went off to spend the night with Kagome in her sleeping bag.

That had been much earlier in the night. Now, Inukigo was the only one awake, sitting on a tree branch with her back to the trunk, watching over her sleeping companions and keeping her ears open to the forest around her in case of an attack. But all was peaceful for now, and Inukigo had a small, contented smile on her face as she thought back on the events of the day.

‘Aniue,’ she thought fondly. The idea that Sesshoumaru had once again accepted her was still so new that she could almost not believe it. Even after all day, she still felt like laughing and howling in her happiness. She had been restraining herself ever since morning to keep the others from worrying about her antics.

Her thoughts soon drifted off to Kouga, who’s behaviour was still worrying her. Inuyasha and Miroku had suggested that he was nervous about Sesshoumaru’s presence, and perhaps that was true, but she was sure that Inuyasha was hiding something. Unfortunately she couldn’t prove anything, so she had to go along with their explanation. Sighing and hoping that the wolf demon would be alright when they next met, Inukigo decided that it was quiet enough that she could safely sleep, and was soon dozing lightly on her perch in the tree.

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It was a day later, around noon, and the shard hunters were continuing their search for Naraku. They had no solid lead, just rumours that he may be in the direction they were heading, so they were in no real hurry and walked at a leisurely pace along the well traveled trails in the area.

They were happily chatting amongst themselves, before Inukigo suddenly froze and sniffed, followed shortly by Inuyasha. Shippou took a little longer to pick up on it, but when he did his tail puffed up to twice its normal size, and from her perch on Sango’s shoulder Kirara growled and her fur stood on end.

“What is it?” Kagome asked.

“I smell smoke,” Inuyasha replied, “And blood. There’s a village under attack up ahead.”

“I smell a youkai,” Inukigo added, “It smells familiar,” she took another sniff, “Almost like that woman that attacked before…Koorimizu.”

“Then that means Naraku is involved,” Miroku commented, “We should hurry.”

Inuyasha nodded in agreement and swept Kagome onto his back as Miroku and Sango mounted the transformed Kirara. Shippou clung tightly to Inukigo’s shoulder, and the group was off.

It was a few minutes later before they reached the village, or what was left of it. Most of the huts were already on fire, some at the far end of the village were nothing more than ashes. There were no villagers in sight, and the group hoped that at least some of them had escaped. There were only a few huts that were left untouched, but it was then that they saw the demon.

She glided between the huts, and as they watched she reached out a hand and trailed it along the hut wall as she walked. Flame burst out from the wall and followed the path lay by her fingers as she continued on. Before she reached the next hut, she turned and laid eyes on the group of shard hunters and a small grin came to her face.

“I’ve been expecting you,” she called out, “Though I thought you would arrive sooner. I’ve had to…entertain myself while I waited.”

Inuyasha growled and let Kagome down from his back.

“Stay here, alright. She might be after you like the last one.”

“Okay,” Kagome agreed. She didn’t like it, but knew that she wouldn’t be of much help if it came to fighting up close.

“Kirara, you stay here and guard Kagome-chan,” Sango said as she and Miroku got off of the large cat’s back. Kirara growled her agreement and took up a position beside the miko.

Inukigo gave Shippou a smile and deposited him on Kirara’s head without a word before turning back to her brother, Sango, and Miroku.

“Everyone ready?” she asked.

Inuyasha pulled out and transformed the Tetsusaiga without taking his eyes off the new enemy.

“Of course. Let’s see if we can make this quick so we can work on putting out these fires.”

The others nodded in agreement and charged towards Kachuu, who merely smiled and took a stance as she waited.

Inuyasha and Inukigo bounded out in front of Miroku and Sango. Inukigo reached her first and aimed a strike at the demon’s face with claws outstretched. Kachuu leaned to avoid the blow, allowing Inukigo to run right by her. Inuyasha was directly behind his sister a swept the Tetsusaiga low in an attempt to hit the demoness’ legs, but she leapt over it and him, and landed in front of Miroku and Sango. She unsheathed her sword in the blink of an eye, and Miroku just managed to get his staff in position to block the strike. Both struggled against the weight of the other, Miroku trying to buy time for Sango to attack the woman from behind.

“You’ve left yourself open,” he commented when Sango was ready.

Kachuu smirked knowingly.

“Have I?”

Sango swung her Hiraikotsu horizontally, aiming for Kachuu’s back, but the blow never connected. If Miroku hadn’t seen it, he wouldn’t have believed it. Kachuu was standing with a sword held one-handed preventing his attack, and now she held another at her back with her other hand, blocking Sango’s Hiraikotsu. The speed of the movement had been blinding, and he barely saw when she moved her left hand and pulled a second short sword from the sheath at her back. It had been well concealed, the handle being what was once the closed end of the sheath. However, it wasn’t just the speed that had both Miroku and Sango gaping.

‘What strength,’ Miroku thought, ‘Not only is she keeping me at bay one-handed, but she also stopped Sango without even flinching. We could have a bit of a problem.’

Miroku wasn’t given any more time to dwell on the demon’s power, because she released a blast of fire from both hands, sending both he and Sango flying away from her. Kachuu then turned towards the hanyou siblings, standing tall with her swords blazing.

“I am Kachuu, I have complete control over fire. Your existence has been rather troublesome for Naraku-sama. I shall remedy that.”

She charged towards Inukigo first, who was forced to draw her sword in order to block the lightning fast strikes of the short swords. Though Inukigo was still fairly inexperienced with the Touitsaiga, she managed a few shallow cuts on the fire demoness, but they did nothing to hinder Kachuu and Inukigo soon found that she was losing. It was then that Inuyasha rushed in in an attempt to get Kachuu off of his sister. She saw him coming and stepped back in order to avoid the punch, then ducked low and rammed her shoulder into his side, sending him back into Inukigo and both hanyous tumbled to the ground in a heap.

“To think Naraku-sama worries you will defeat him.”

Kachuu raised both swords over Inuyasha and Inukigo and brought them down just seconds before Inuyasha found his footing, grabbed Inukigo around the waist, and jumped out of the way with her in his arms. He released her quickly and both were ready to continue the fight.

“He has good reason to be worried, and you should be too,” Inukigo retorted.

Kachuu didn’t seem impressed.

“That remains to be seen. Perhaps we shall see if you can back up your claims.”

She was rushing at them again, but this time was interrupted.

“Hiraikotsu!”

Kachuu stopped in her tracks just as Sango’s boomerang crossed her path, narrowly missing the fire demoness. Inuyasha and Inukigo took advantage of her hesitation, both rushing forward and bringing their swords down simultaneously towards Kachuu’s head. She recovered in time to defend herself, and brought up both of her swords horizontally over her head. She struggled a little under the force of both swords, but managed a small smirk.

“Maybe this will prove to be a challenge after all.”

Inukigo frowned and growled, then pulled back her sword in favour of lunging at Kachuu’s face with her fist. Kachuu was faster though, and since she only needed one hand to hold off Inuyasha, her other was freed up to use against the other hanyou. With the short sword still in her grip, she held her hand out to Inukigo’s face while she grinned.

“Boom.”

Fire exploded from Kachuu’s hand and the blast caught Inukigo directly in the face, sending her backwards with a hand covering her face. Inuyasha turned his attention to his sister as she staggered away.

“Inukigo!”

“You should never turn away from your opponent.”

Inuyasha managed to look back just as a fist connected with his face, forcing him back a few steps. He shook his head to clear it, and he saw Kachuu preparing to kick him, but managed to strike out in time to push her away and jumped to put some distance between them. He landed near Inukigo, who was now kneeling on the ground with both hands to her face, her sword back in the sheath at her hip.

“Inukigo, you okay?”

She didn’t reply for a moment, but when she did she still didn’t look up at him.

“I think so, yeah.”

“Inuyasha! Look out!”

The warning came from Kagome, and he looked up in time to see a fireball flying in his direction. He leapt to the side to avoid it, then jumped to dodge another that was hurled at him seconds later. Kachuu was about to throw a third, but it was not to be as an arrow flew from the small hill where the group had first entered the village and took the flame demoness in the shoulder. Kachuu screamed as the purifying energy started to work its way through her body, but she managed to reach back and rip out the arrow before it destroyed her. The damage was done however, as it was clear that her right arm was now useless and her stamina was nearly gone.

Kachuu turned towards Kagome, who held her bow with another arrow pulled back and ready. Her glare burned and flames began to form around her left hand.

“You bitch. How dare you strike me?”

She was about to hurl a huge ball of fire in Kagome’s direction, but Sango’s Hiraikotsu flew at her side, and this time she was unable to move from its path. The enormous boomerang took her in the side and sent her flying into one of the burning huts of the village. There was no sound but the crackling of the fire for a few moments, until Sango ventured to speak.

“Do you think she’s dead?”

Miroku was standing beside her, and was the one to answer her question.

“I do not know. She was weakened by Kagome-sama’s arrow, so perhaps the Hiraikotsu did finish her off-”

As he said this the hut which Kachuu had been thrown into exploded in a ball of flame which threatened to consume the entire village. Miroku managed to throw a barrier up around himself and Sango, and Kirara took flight with Kagome and Shippou, but Inuyasha and Inukigo were both caught in the blast.

When the dust cleared, the village was in complete ruins. Kagome remained in the air on Kirara’s back, scanning the burning landscape. She spotted Sango and Miroku, who had both been protected by the barrier, and she even saw Kachuu, who stood panting in the middle of it all. But Inuyasha and Inukigo were nowhere to be seen. Kagome began to panic for fear of her love and his sister and called out frantically.

“Inuyasha! Inuyasha! Inukigo-chan!”

There was no response for a few very long minutes, but then near the far side of what used to be the village, some of the rubble began to shift unnoticed. It was Inukigo who sat up from the wreckage, with Inuyasha on top of her, unconscious. Her face had been burned badly by Kachuu’s previous attack, which had also singed her eyebrows, eyelashes, and bangs. She had not been harmed in the bigger blast thanks to Inuyasha, who had rushed to her and covered them both as much as he could with his fire-rat haori, but he sported very bad burns on his hands and a few other places that hadn’t been covered. His body had then shielded hers from the debris that flew from the demolished huts in the explosion, resulting in his current state of unconsciousness.

Inukigo sat there with Inuyasha leaning against her and checked him over as much as she could from her position. His hair was singed, and as she felt around his head for injuries she found the lump that was responsible for him being passed out. It was when she happened to look at the top of his head that she grew angry. She growled as she carefully touched the tips of her fingers to the back of one of his badly burned ears. Inuyasha whimpered at the contact and his ears flicked away, drawing another pain-filled noise from his throat. She continued to growl, then glared at the fire demoness who had yet to notice their presence. Inukigo carefully lay Inuyasha to one side, then stood up and unsheathed the Touitsaiga, pointing the sword directly at Kachuu.

“Ooi! Bitch!”

Kachuu turned wide eyes towards Inukigo, seemingly surprised that the hanyous had survived the blast. Inukigo didn’t give her time to process the situation.

“I think that it’s time I put out this fire.”

Wasting no more time Inukigo lifted her sword over her head and brought it down with a cry.

“Kaze no Kizu!”

The blast of power rushed along the ground towards its target, extinguishing the fire as it went. Kachuu watched with horror as certain death raced towards her, but at the last second multiple blades of energy flew in from the side and dissipated the Kaze no Kizu, leaving Kachuu unharmed. Inukigo’s head whipped in the direction the blades had come from, and saw a second demoness sitting on a large feather. She heard Sango and Miroku call out the name, ‘Kagura’ and deduced that this woman was also a spawn of Naraku since she had saved Kachuu. The two women were now arguing as the group of shard hunters stood by and watched.

“I will not retreat. They have not been defeated yet.”

“Naraku ordered you to test them and you have served that purpose, but he wants you alive. He said you are free to do as you please until he summons you.”

Kachuu looked like she was going to protest, but relented and climbed onto Kagura’s feather.

“No matter,” she said quietly, then continued in a voice loud enough for Inukigo to hear, “I will just proceed to take revenge for my sister’s death, starting with the wolf that killed her.”

Inukigo’s eyes widened at the demoness’ words, then ran a few steps towards them.

“Hey, what are you talking about?”

They ignored her and Kagura began to direct the feather into the sky.

“No, wait! Stop!” Inukigo called out after them, though she was still ignored. Growling, she swung her sword in their direction.

“Kaze no Kizu!”

Kagura sensed the attack coming and dodged it, then continued on until they were out of sight. Inukigo watched them go, panic rising in her chest.

‘Oh no, Kouga.’

A groan from behind her drew her attention, and she turned to see Inuyasha sitting up with a hand on the back of his head.

“Shit, what hit me?”

“A hut, or rather pieces of one,” Inukigo told him as she sheathed her sword and walked back to him, “Are you okay?”

“Yeah, I think so,” it was then that he looked up at his sister, “Kami, Inukigo. Are you okay?”

Inukigo put a hand to her face and winced.

“Yeah, it’s not serious. More of an annoyance than anything else.”

Inuyasha stood up beside her and inspected her face.

“It still looks pretty bad,” he said, lifting a hand to her face. Inukigo caught his wrist before he touched her.

“So does this,” she replied, motioning to his hands, “And so do your ears. I’ll drop it if you will.”

Inuyasha reluctantly sighed and nodded. Sango and Miroku walked up to their hanyou companions, and Kagome touched down on Kirara, though she was off as soon as the cat hit the ground and running towards Inuyasha. She hugged him around his waist tightly.

“Inuyasha, I was so worried when I couldn’t see you. I’m so glad you’re okay.”

Inuyasha smiled and wrapped an arm around her.

“I’m alright Kagome. I’m sorry that you were worried,” he then turned his attention back to his sister, “Did Kachuu escape?”

Inukigo gritted her teeth and nodded.

“Aa. She got away,” she then looked at him pleadingly, “Please, Inuyasha, we have to go.”

Inuyasha looked puzzled.

“Go where? What did I miss?”

“Inukigo used the Kaze no Kizu, but Kagura showed up and stopped it,” Shippou replied from where he had set himself on Inukigo’s shoulder.

“Yes, then she said that Kachuu had served her purpose. Naraku had ordered her to test us, and since she was finished she was allowed to do what she wanted,” Sango added.

“I heard her say something about taking revenge for her sister’s death. Is that what has you worried Inukigo?” Miroku asked.

“Yeah. I’m thinking that her sister was Koorimizu. She said she was going to start with the wolf. She’s going to go after Kouga. We have to find him.”

Inuyasha could plainly hear the dread in his sister’s voice, and he was sure that if the smoke hadn’t messed up his nose that he’d be able to smell it too.

“We can try Inukigo. But I’m not sure how well we’ll be able to track him as we are.”

Inukigo’s face fell and she radiated worry. Surprisingly, it was Miroku who spoke to reassure her.

“Kachuu was badly injured by Kagome’s sacred arrow, and that final blast weakened her as well. She will most likely wait until she has recovered somewhat before going after Kouga. That will give us some time.”

Inukigo nodded in agreement.

“I guess so.”

“Let’s go and get everyone patched up. Then we can get moving,” Kagome suggested.

Everyone agreed and they all moved off away from the smouldering remains of the village in search of a place for a temporary camp. However, Inukigo’s mind was not on her current surroundings, nor the members of her group. Her thoughts were on her suitor, who was possibly in great danger.

‘I hope Miroku’s right. Please be safe until we get there Kouga.’

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Ha ha, cliff-hanger! Sorry, but how else am I going to keep you interested after all this time? (I’m evil :P)

This would normally be where I reply to the reviews, but this time I’m just going to use it to apologize for my lack of updates in the last few months. My only excuses are that I have been highly unmotivated lately (I took too long of a break and lost the feel for the story. I think I might have it back now), and I’ve been busy with school.

Thanks to everyone who reviewed way back in August, and I hope that not too many of you gave up hope that this fic would ever be updated. I assure you, I’m not one to leave something unfinished. I’ll get this story finished (eventually).

Shingetsu Inc. has been updated as well, for those of you who have been waiting for a new chapter in that.