InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Daughter of the West ❯ The Dog's Meow ( Chapter 2 )

[AN: Wow. You guys really like this, hm. That is frigging sweet, man. Hope you enjoy this chapter as much as you did the last! PS I ain't even started yet! Oh, yeah, and Misao, she's probably around seventy-five, which means she'd look like she's seventeen.]

Daughter of the West

Chapter 2: The Dog's Meow

Inu-Yasha and Kagome walked side-by-side, following the path that Aikina took. Kagome could tell that Inu-Yasha still felt uneasy about her and her possible affiliation with Sesshomaru, but they had no other choice unless they wanted to wander around in the woods for the rest of their lives. The sun was already mostly set, and everyone looked uneasy, like they could feel the creatures of the woods staring at them, waiting to come out and attack.

Aikina looked back at them. "We need to pick up our pace. There's a couple of strong demons that lurk in the heart of the forest," she said. Earlier, Kagome had helped her brush the noodles out of her hair. She had great, silver hair, and every once in a while there would be a black streak. She had really nice hair, no matter if it reeked of chicken broth. But she had no time to think about hair. She'd trip on a root or something if she didn't pay attention.

"Do you really think we should be trusting her?" Miroku asked Sango in a whisper. She shrugged her shoulders. "I don't know. Any way we can get out of this forest would be good, though. I feel some really bad energies in this forest," she replied. Miroku nodded. "Yeah, me too. But those bad vibes…do you think they might be Aikina?" he asked. Sango sighed and shook her head. "Just drop it already, Miroku."

What they hadn't realized that Aikina had exquisite hearing. "If you aren't completely sure you can trust me," she said without even bothering to turn around, "You can just fend for yourself against the demons that lurk in these woods." Sango shot Miroku a look and gave him a sharp elbow to the side. "Hey, what was that for?" he asked in a loud whisper. She looked at him and spoke. "It's for being rude to our guide, stupid."

A few minutes later, Aikina stopped right in her tracks, looking back and forth. Everyone else stopped behind her, and Miroku and Sango thought at first that it was what they had said. "Oh, no," Aikina groaned. The group listened, as the trees seemed to move. "What is it?" Kagome whispered to her. Aikina turned and looked at her. "Demons," she replied. Kagome looked around for a moment. Who knows where those demons could be hiding. She took a few steps to the right, a few steps closer to Inu-Yasha.

He looked down at her strangely. "What are you doing?" he asked. "I'm just a little freaked out, okay?" she asked sarcastically. "Looks like we're in for a fight," Aikina said. Inu-Yasha reached down for the Tetsusaiga, Miroku held his staff before him, Sango tightened her grip on her boomerang bone, and Kagome prepared to load her bow. At that moment, they all heard a large growl emitting from the forest.

A few moments later, a mammoth, ferocious-looking boar demon ran out of the woods. Its tusks were covered in dried blood, and it seemed rabid. "I'll handle this," Sango said as she leapt onto Kirara's back. She rode her cat demon into the air, and as she readied her boomerang, three more, much-smaller boars ran out into the open. One was too close to get in for a good shot, so she was forced to swerve upward.

Inu-Yasha drew his sword, and it transformed into the fang. He prepared to use the Wind Scar on the largest boar, when another, even larger boar ran our and rammed him, sending him flying into a tree. Kagome ran to his side. "Inu-Yasha! Are you okay?" she asked. He rubbed a small cut on his forehead. "Dammit!" he yelled, pulling out the Tetesusaiga that was stuck in then ground next to him. He stood up and nodded slightly. "Just stay close," he said. When they turned around, they saw Aikina just as she cut the second-largest boar on the forehead.

When she landed, the beast was bleeding terribly. She was panting. When Kagome looked at the boar demon, she saw that it was not the only wound Aikina had given it. There were many slashes along its sides, but it was just too big. Sango and Miroku had been trying to deal with one of the smaller demons, but along with trying to keep the others from attacking them at the same time, it was impossible to focus.

Kagome pulled an arrow from her quiver and strung her bow. It began to glow with the purifying light and she let it fly. It flew right for one of the smaller demons, and when it hit, the demon was turned t dust. "Yes! Direct hit! Grand Theft Auto has finally paid off!" she shouted in victory. The large demon closet to it, apparently angered by Kagome's actions, charged at the closet thing to it: Aikina.

She quickly jumped out of the way, and in a split second, transformed into a magnificent creature unlike any of the people there had seen. The new Aikina was almost completely white, save parts of her bushy tail and a large streak of black behind each of her pointed, cat-like ears. She had large, dog-like paws that looked quite awkward compared to her sleek, cat body.

In seeing her, the demons all panicked and took a few steps back toward the forest. Aikina let out a low growl, and then a ferocious roar. She charged forward at one of the smaller boar and mauled the beast, causing it to let out a painful squeal. She killed the smaller demon and let out another roar, frightening the demons. They started running for the forest, and she pounced on the larger, wounded demon. She killed the demon in her grasp, but let the last two get away.

She released the dead boar, took a step back, and then transformed into her humanoid form. The blood was now absent from her claws and mouth, but the rest of the group was still amazed and shocked at what they had seen. Aikina walked towards them. "We'd better get out of here. Such a disturbance won't go unnoticed by the forest," she explained. Kagome nodded a little, a blank expression still on her face. "Umm…what was that?" she asked bluntly. Aikina sighed. "Here we go again," she groaned, "I'm half dog demon half cat demon. Okay? Okay. Now we gotta go." Aikina walked in the opposite direction, and reluctantly, the rest of the group followed.