InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Cacophile ❯ slain and smithed ( Chapter 4 )

[ X - Adult: No readers under 18. Contains Graphic Adult Themes/Extreme violence. ]

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I woke up to someone shaking me. I saw Kohaku standing over me with a smile on his face.


I sighed and said "This can't be good."


His smile grew and he laughed. "What do you mean by that?"


I stood up and said "When ever you smile it's never for anything good."


Kohaku's smile changed to an expression of pity. "I'm sixteen and a demon's demon slayer yet I still know to smile. You're a free kid. Maybe twelve at most and you just get upset when I smile. You need to learn to have some fun."


I glared at him and said "I'm thirteen and I'm nothing but free. All my life they tried to make me in to a fucking priest. The last thing I want to be is a servant, even if it's of a God, because a servant doesn't have anything of their own. I had to do so much shit to get away from them and I'm still afraid my sister is going to catch me and make me go back with her."


Kohaku shook his head and drew me in to an embrace and began to speak softly in to my ear. "I'll make sure that you don't have to go back to that hell of a place you come from. I've never felt this way for anyone else in my life as I do for you. I know we've only known each other for a day but I will protect you from them."



I looked him in the eyes and said "Let's make sure our sisters, the monk, and most importantly Inuyasha all suffer the most painful deaths we can give them."


He smiled and said "What I had come in here to tell you was that it was almost afternoon and we have to leave the village soon. You slept all day."


I jumped up quickly and Kohaku laughed.


"What is it?" I asked him.


"Maybe you should get dressed." Kohaku said.


I looked down and saw that I was in nothing but a loincloth. I frowned and eyed the kimono as well as my black robe and I couldn't decide which one to wear.


"Those are the only things you have to wear?" Kohaku asked me.


"My other clotheing didn't suit me so I just have the robe and the kimono." I said.


"Wear the robe. It will make you stand out a lot less and as slayers if we're seen at the wrong time then we die." He warned me.


I gave a nod and began to dress. For some reason now it didn't bother me that he was watching. Perhaps what he had said made me feel more secure. He acted way too loveing and sincere for someody just trying to pull a fly by night.


I had dressed, put my sword on my back, and stood up. "I'm ready to go. Lead the way." I said to Kohaku. He gave me a nod and we left the village.


On the way out I had the urge to hold his hand but I fought it. I would make him think I wasn't interested. It was so much fun to play hard to get with all the guys and girls back home.



"So were are we going?" I asked Kohaku as we began to walk up a hill and in to some woods.


"It's my mission to slay the dragon of these woods and have a long bone from it's arm made in to a sword for my master. He wishes for a powerful weapon because he is a powerful demon. The weapon must be made for the warrior." Kohaku said with a smile.


"Then we should put your armor on now to be safe?" I asked him.


"That would be a good idea. Dragons are powerful demons and often have powerful servants." Kohaku said as he began to pull off his kimono and put his armor on.


I chanted a spell and my armor was on me. I drew out my sword and gave it a few practice swings to see how I could maneuver it with my armor on. The armor didn't hinder my performance at all.


"So you're a wizard and a swordsman?" Kohaku asked me.


"Only until I can learn more." I said.


Kohaku gave a nod and I was quiet while he finished changing. Once he stood up he pulled a chain sickle out of a his bag as well as a sword of his own and put the sword around his waist.


"Now to hide this bag. Here's the fun part." Kohaku said with his usual smile.


He threw his chain sickle so that it sank deep in to a tree and the he climbed up it with the bag on his back. He hid the bag in the tree and then jumped down.



When he hit the ground he gave a pull on the chain of his weapon and the sickle came out of the tree. he gave a few quick arm movements and the sickle was in his hand. I watched him do all of this in awe.



"That was amazing." I said.


He gave a small nod and gestured for me to come over to him. I did and he whispered in my ear "Dragons have great hearing. It probably already knows that we're here so watch out for anything that might be coming out of the woods."


"All right." I whispered as we walked through the forest. It was a beautiful place but there was feeling of evil inside it that made me feel comfortable. Evil that wanted to kill me but evil all the same.


I was suddenly pushed to the ground and snapped out of my thoughts by Kohaku. I looked and saw that there was an arrow in the ground by were I was standing.


"Humans make yummy meat for me." Growled a lizard demon holding a bow.


"I think not demon." I said as I sent a burst of flame from my hand and set his bow on fire in his hands.


The demon ran towards us and I was about to burn it to a crisp when I felt a blow to the back of my head. I fell the ground but didn't lose consciousness.


I drew out my sword and cut off the feet of my attacker. He fell to the ground and I stood up.


"Curse you Meat!" The club wielding lizard growled at me. I cut the head off of the fallen demon and heard a hissing sound.


I turned to see Kohaku fighting a large snake demon. I shot a blast of fire at it and it was dead immediately. It was roasted alive.


Kohaku turned to me and said "Thanks. I didn't think you would return the favor so soon."


I laughed and said "You're welcome but that fight made me hungry. I know you don't like meat much but I do."


I walked over to the snake demon and cut a chunk out of it with the spikes on my knuckles. I began to eat the dead snake demon and felt my powers grow even more. I ate until I couldn't hold another bite.


"That's something I've never seen before." Kohaku said.


I laughed and said "Nothing like fresh demon meat."


"My master, Naraku-sama, was consumed by demons as a human and became a great demon. I'm not sure what consuming demons as a human will do to you. How many have you eaten the flesh of and what powers did you develop from it?" Kohaku asked me.



"I've felt my magic grow stronger and my senses are sharper then they ever were. I can smell the dragon now and sense it's powers. We're going to have to fight for our lives to slay it. Not only that but it's real close to us. I would say it’s in the end of that cave there.” I said as I pointed to a cave in the bottom of tree that led deep underground.



“Damn the darkness.” Kohaku whispered as he stepped inside the cave.


I put my hand out in front of me and summoned a fireball in to it. I looked around and saw a large stick. I grabbed it up in my left hand and lit it with the fireball in my right before handing it to Kohaku.


“Thank you.” He said with a smile.


I shook my head and said “Let’s just kill this thing and get the hell out of here. I don’t like what I’m sensing in here. I would save the thanks for if and when we make it out alive.”



As soon as I finished speaking the words I hard a laugh. The kind of laugh that chills even one as evil as myself to the very bone. It could of been the very devil laughing at me and I wouldn’t of been surprised.


Once the laughter had died down a cold growl of a voice said “It looks like I have some humans to play with. Two scared human children. One facing his fears and the other might as well be dead from his fright.”



I looked at Kohaku and saw that he was hardly able to stand. Not being able to see his target scared him. The demon blood and flesh I had consumed had sharpened my senses to the point were I was able to make out the dragon in the distance.


I saw it charge forwards and make a strike. I grabbed Kohaku and ran out of the cave with the serpentine dragon chasing after us. We made it out of the cave and the dragon was in to the light.


I let Kohaku out of my grasp and he stood beside me quickly. He jumped in to a tree and I charged at the dragon.


I ran quickly at it and sliced at it’s short legs. I sank my sword through it’s flesh but was stopped by it’s thickness. I quickly pulled my blade out and jumped back as the creature gave that evil laugh once more.



“Dragon flesh is harder then any metal you can ever hope to possess humans. Your blades can’t hope to cut my skin and even if you can nothing can break dragon bones. I’ll devour you pathetic humans.” The creature growled.


“Kohaku distract it for me, I have an idea!” I shouted in to the trees.



I began chanting a spell as Kohaku jumped from a tree and flung his sickle in to the dragons eye. As the best recovered from the first blow he pulled it out, removing the dragons eye. He ran forwards and struck the beast in it’s other eye, removing it in the same way.


“Back away!” I shouted to Kohaku who jumped out of the way. I flung a storm of wind blades at the dragon. It’s arms, legs, and head fell off and blood spilled from it’s wounds. I smiled at my work.



“You fight like a lover of mine but even she couldn’t do that to a dragon” Kohaku said with a look of shock on his face.


“A lover of yours? Do you mean Kagura?” I asked, feeling a bit of disappointment.


“Yes you must of heard of her from your sister. Kogaome, her name is if I’m right.” Kohaku said.


I gave a nod and said “Yes that’s my sister’s name. I hate to call her a sister but she is.”


Kohaku looked at the dragon and said “Enough about acquaintances. Now comes the hard part of finding a sword smith who can work something out of a dragon’s bone.”


I thought for a second before I smiled and said “I have a deal for you if you’re interested.”


Kohaku gave a nod and said “I’ll listen to anything but I don’t know about doing it or not.”


I looked at him and said “There’s plenty of bones long enough to make a good sword. Let me try to use my magic to make a sword for your master and if I can make one you think he would like then you must introduce me to him as someone who wishes to work for him.”


“You’re far stronger and more worthy to be in my masters presence then I am. IF you can make a sword of royal quality then not only will I introduce you to him as a sword smith but also as a well very powerful slayer. You have three chances to make a sword for him and if you fail then I’ll go to the demon who made the swords for Inuyasha and his brother.” Kohaku said.


I smiled. “Thank you. I’ll be meeting Naraku-sama by the end of the day.” I said.


I used some magic to burn a large piece of flesh in to ash and mixed it with blood. I then summoned put hand to the ground and chanted out a spell to make the earth compress all around the ash and blood but not mix in with it.


Only when I was on the brink of exhaustion did I stop the spell. When I broke the magic spell a large pile of dirt fell to the ground. I fell from my position I was in to laying on the ground.


“Check the pile.” I said to Kohaku.


He ran over and searched the pile of dirt for a while until I heard a gasp of surprise. He reached inside and pulled out a large blood red diamond.


“This is amusing. I’ve never seen any kind of magic like this before. I never thought you could use your magic to create anything. You will make a fine accomplice for Naraku.” Kohku said.


“Now I have to make the sword. This is going to be easy. I just need to have a bit to eat and perhaps a drink first.” I said, eyeing the remains of the dragon.


“Would you prefer water or dragons blood?” Kohaku asked as he pulled out a small bone container and offered it to me.


“I’m only human so I still need water to survive.” I said as I took the container. I drank from it and passed it back to Kohaku. He took it back and finished off the water.


I cut a large piece out of the dragon’s tender inner flesh away from the muscle and used some fire magic to cook it. As I cooked it I noticed Kohaku watching me.


“Did that fight you as hungry as it did me?” I asked him once I had cooked a large chunk of the dragon’s meat.


“Yes it did. I think I might try a bit of the meat. I have gained a great deal of respect for you and I take up most offers from those I greatly respect.” Kohaku said as he looked at the dragon meat.


“Good to know.” I said with a smile as I handed him a piece of the meat. He just smiled like he always did and took a large bite of the meat. His smile grew bigger and he ate the chunk I handed him.


I cooked and ate another chunk myself. As I ate it I felt satisfied as a usually did after a good meal but no more powerful like I did after eating a demon.


I supposed that a dragon wasn’t a type of demon but just a creature of power. I didn’t think something so highly revered by the religious fools back home could be evil enough to be considered a type of demon.


Once I had finished my meal I looked at one of the long bones and smiled. I picked it up with a small bit of difficulty.


“It’s a little heavy for me which means that once carved, especially for a great demon like Naraku must be, it will be light as a feather.” I said as I used the wind to lift the bone several feat off the ground.


“I’m curious to see what you do with this.” Kohaku said, still smiling as always, as he watched me.


I gave a nod and sent several blades of wind at the dragon’s bone, looking very briefly in between gusts, carving it in to a European styles long sword. When I was finished carving outt eh sword I smiled at my work. I then used more magic to stick the diamond in to the base of the handle before bringing the sword to my hand.


It was about meter long with a straight blade that had a point at the end that was sharped to the point of being microscopic. The blade was just as sharp and it weighed very little.


I walked over to the thickest tree I could see and swung the sword at it. It went straight through it and I smiled as I used a bit of magic to create a sheath for it out of the wood and smiled as I put the sword in to it and handed it to Kohaku.


“Let’s go take this to our master. He’s going to be quite pleased with us.” Kohaku said. I smiled myself and said “I can see why you’re always smiling. You have quite the nice life. I think I’m going to enjoy working for Naraku.” I told him.


“Yes I do. Let’s head to his palace right now.” Kohaku suggested..


“Right. Let’s go.” I said as I began to follow him to the place were I hoped to spend the rest of my days.