InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ For the heart of a demon ❯ Chapter 6 ( Chapter 6 )

For the heart of a demon

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Kagura finished commanding the servants to clean up the bodies from the battle. She looked up with Kanna to see Naraku land with Noriega walking up.

"You are still hanyou."

"The obvious again Kagura. I wanted to be in my own place of residence." He held onto the jewel and thought to it. `Heal Noriega and transform me into a full demon.'

A looming deep voice spoke from the jewel to the mind of Naraku. `The inuyoukai you speak will not be healed by this power. Restate your wish.'

Naraku looked to Noriega. "Do you know the type of demon I will be."

"One that conveys your traits. No longer needing to lay in wait, you ill not be a spider. Perhaps even two types of demons, for you are rather complex."

Naraku thought to the jewel. `Turn me into a youkai.'

The jewel disappeared. There was a bright pink light blinding all and when it cleared there stood Naraku. He basically looked the same. If his long black hair were to be moved pointed ears would have been revealed. He retracted his claws. The burnings on his incarnates' backs changed. Naraku had black stripes on his arms and legs.

"You are a bikouinuyoukai Naraku." Kagura said as his black tail moved.

"Feh. A shadow dog demon. Washi." The bird demon landed on her shoulder. "We leave."

"Why?" Asked Kagura.

"I would prefer not to die here or at all. I have been given a thought by the transformation of Naraku and intend to carry it out."

Kagura spoke to Naraku quickly loosing track of her. "What does she mean die? Do you plan to kill Noriega Naraku?"

"If everyone here believes I deeply care for Noriega why would I do such a thing now that I am demon. Around twenty days ago a purified arrow went through her shoulder. She will be dead in a few days unless what she says works."

Kagura was upset. "If she dies, you will make life a living hell again for me…"

"You sound like yourself again Kagura. In five days, she will be sent after."

Washi chirped to Noriega knowing only she would understand it. "What do you think of Naraku as a youkai?"

"He has not been corrupted by the jewel from what I am able to tell. I am no longer having an alliance with him. What is the root of the question."

"When you live again, because you are no failure, could, we go back? He is a friend."

"A means to a mostly one side alliance Washi. As well, now that his nature has manifested itself, what have I told you of shadow demons Washi."

"The are not to be trusted, if they hide things from the light. And inuyoukai can be faithful until they become dogs and have no one for loyalties. But…"

"I am a miko inuyoukai. I fall under no rules. I approach the center of the four lands now. You will not follow me further. Wait in the forest outside of Shino's home. If I do not come after one day I have died of blood loss."

Washi took off. The girl took out a soul disguising her appearance and scent of he blood as another. Now resembling a lizard she jumped onto the massive roof of the castle in the thick of the forest. She sensed guards or people everywhere. She flipped down into the first window from the roof killing six youkai with her claws before she felt her back tear from the tail of a scorpion demon. Noriega put dark energy around his neck and put the other hand to this head closing her eyes to not focus on her pain at hand.

"Tell me where the library index is demon and your life may not be thrown to waste."

The scorpion was petrified. "Spare me!! I am so sorry for att-"

Noriega was cold. "Now."

"Ahh! Third floor! The entire floor!"

Noriega closed the dark energy around his neck severing his head then ran out as fast as all of her injuries would let her and fought her way to the third floor library. She eventually came across an imp and realized that he would know of all of the information in the scrolls due to him sitting at the desk alone. After getting the information she needed she pulled out her youkai whip realizing the opposition was too close to her. Noriega cursed to herself though, remembering that only full blood inuyoukai have poison whips. So once ridding herself of it she slashed those she could then went to the lower level and with a burst of energy took what was needed.

But it was not fast enough. Swords, scimitars, daggers, spears, whips and more all got their best hit on her as she allowed. By time she was running out of the castle she was loosing blood far too rapid. Once she felt that she was in safe range, she sat. Too delirious from blood loss she had no idea of where she was. The only thing left in her was to combine what the scroll had told her to, what she took from the first floor, and…Nothing. She slid down the tree leaving a thick blood trail closing her eyes with one last breath before everything blurred.

"Feh. I feel no difference… A pitty…"

`What is taking my mother so long?' Washi was flying everywhere now. Noriega was a day late. `Noriega is never late, unless…'

The falcon like bird flew faster. He eventually saw her in a pool of blood mixed in with something else too quiet under a tree. He let out a cry, which brought attention.

"…Sounds like that bird Nike had while in this place of residence, but not mine. Are you late for something, Tsume?"

In his home, Tsume looked at the eastern lord. "No…Infact, I do believe from the cry of the falcon something is wrong. Come Unagi sama, the call comes from just inside the eastern border from the south."

A few hours later the two stopped dead in their tracks. They had no idea as to why they were not able to spell it before.

"…Who could do this, to someone as beautiful as Nike, and as powerful as Yaburn no Ketsueki?"

Tsume saw the blood everywhere. "Through her shoulder…I guess, perhaps your ninja issues stays my lord."

"True." Unagi looked up. Large bees mixed in with normal black birds flew off. "Will you bury her Tsume?"

"If I touch the body, her bird will try to kill me. He will bury her." Tsume walked off with a hurt feeling. "Good bye, Nike."

Naraku stood with Kagura as his poisonous bees returned. "You of all people Kagura, should pray that I hear the news I want to hear, now."

"Very wise indeed sama…What news of Nori-"

Naraku's eyes flashed red as he slashed Kagura extremely angry. He walked off turning into a shadow and was soon lost to the forest.

Tsume came back a day later alone. Unagi had returned to his palace. "Washi, let me burry No-"

Washi transformed into his large falcon state calling out loudly to Tsume. He could not sense Naraku looking on. As Tsume reached out again he spoke receiving a talon across him.

"Washi Noriega is dead. Do you plan to guard her corpus until decomposition?"

As a reply, Washi picked up his mother in his talons flying off. Naraku knew she was dead: Noriega could never stand flying.

Three months passed. For his incarnates and anyone living within forty kilometers of Naraku at any given moment it was a living hell. Like before he knew her, but worse. He was a demon now.

She opened her eyes to darkness. There was a small light coming from somewhere, but her eyes felt as if they had not been opened in… Still on her back she spoke with no tone or feeling to her voice.

"Washi. Did I not tell you, that if I were to die, you were not to stay with me."

Washi jumped around and was over come with happiness. He paid no attention to her and wrapped his wings as best as possible around her chirping madly.

"Mother! You are alive! I stayed and when I saw that you did not decompose…I guarded you, and did what I could to keep your holdings in the south from all that you have taught me- I missed you so much!"

Noriega wrapped an arm around him once she completely sat up. "Insolent child."

Washi smiled for a bird youkai. "You missed me as well! Yes! By the emotionless smile oh how I have messed it!"

Noriega stood seeing a new fighting kimono Washi had for her. She changed into it and spoke to him. "You have been mal nourished. I will hunt for you, then we travel to the south to reclaim what you do not hold, and I hold no blame to you Washi."

Noriega left the cave and hunted a lesser demon, a large one for her ward, and a small one for herself. After he ate she wrapped him in her tail ordering him to sleep until fully recovered as she ran off to the southern lands. After seven days she came across a palace half the size of the cardinal lord's and spoke to the guards at the gate. They saw a demon with a bright green tail along with black mixed in in many parts. Her eyes were greenish, as were her markings green and black. She wore a white and black fighting kimono with her sword concealed.

"What business does some demon have with lord Shimata?"

"This demon wishes to ask your lord of some problems on her land, guard."

The guards were a bit taken back by the demon, fear. But still believing her to be a lowly female, they let her in. The green and black inu paid the others in the palace no attention and continued into a meeting room where she spoke with a bear demon that looked human when not in his true state.

"You are a bold young girl demon as is her phoenix-falcon…Whatever your bird youkai is to enter without invitation."

"Perhaps. Before my concern to which you already know, I question you Shimata. How long have you been a lord? Surely no longer than five months?"

The bear demon was very off guard. A low female who none knew of enters his place and does not address him properly. And, he fears her.

"It...It is common knowledge that I have been lord of these lands just under three months and you not knowing this leads me to ask who are you inuyoukai?"

The girl pulled out her youkai whip popping his head off from his neck and forming his soul into a black soul sphere. She easily killed the lesser demons she encountered within the smaller palace and soon spoke to the servants and small solider army around. A member of the army addressed her.

"What of us my lady demon?"

Six neko demons entered. Four male, two female. Noriega spoke.

"While I am away I expect all to listen to the words of these felines. The black male, Souta, is in charge."

Souta spoke. "This is Sakura sama! Remember her name well, for if she finds out we are displeased your death will be a slow one."

The inu girl walked out with Souta soon following. "The rest of your clan will be heading the other lesser lord palaces in the southern areas of my, choice. I also have acquired another noble holding where seven wolves abide by my direction. They are not your enemy and know this."

"Yes Sakura. We expect your return in one year if all is well."

"Yes, as well, Washi will be monitoring you."

Souta nodded his head and spoke before going inside again. "Thank you once again for spearing us from the death the human mikos would have surely brought to my pack of felines. We welcome our debt to you."

Noriega spoke still in the courtyard once Souta was inside. "Washi."

The golden, now near phoenix, falcon chirped. "Yes Noriega?"

"Fly ahead to the northern lord. I need to know where we still stand, since all believe even the soul stealer is dead from inactivity."

One month had passed and Noriega reached the northern palace. She went in through a bedroom window. The wolf demon inside was about to attack, when Washi, who was already with the lord, thought to the lord. The wolf was silent for a while, then looked towards Noriega.

"Washi has changed, now you, but you are dead though Manocuse."

"That name is dead. I know when to kill myself off, Kogua."

He grinned. "So, what do I call you by now? You rarely steal souls anymore either, but of course, you do not like the term, `steal'."

"My name while in the north… You may decide Kogua."

The wolf shook his head with a grin. "Well, since you have changed appearance and you killed human villages in getting here from what my wolves have told me, how about Okadashiwa, the colorful killer." [This one does not mean anything, at least I hope not. Defiantly not colorful killer, just sounded good]

"Very well. Then Okdashiwa wishes to know if we are still allies, or-"

Kogua grinned and pushed Noriega with his tail as he spoke. "- you do not have to kill me. I have done nothing to misguide whatever it is you see in me, in fact, I have aided Washi here in keeping your lands here while you were in the south."

Washi thought to Noriega. `Kogua thinks that you were in the south for up keeping the entire time.'

Noriega put on an emotionless smile. "Very well. Eleven villages though are hardly considered land Kogua. Besides, now I do not want your land as mine wolf."

"You always say now Oka. When will it be never or soon?"
"When I decide that. You are too tense," she tied a note to Washi sending him off. She sat on the edge of the bed. "You should relax before it gives your wrinkles."

Kogua snapped his head towards her quickly. Something was familiar to him. "Where did you hear that foreign term from?"

"A girl who once thought she was human."

Kogua sat on the bed next to her. "So, you really, are, Kagome."

"Hnn. What took you so long."

Kogua smiled. "You have really changed, that is why. You barley smell anything alike, so I figured it was not you. Her odd sayings and words would `pop up' from you at times."

"I am glad you have mated and moved on Kogua."

"Did you ever do anything with that mutt-" A growl from Noriega. "-uh I mean the hanyou dog?"

"No, I killed him four months ago."

Kogua smiled and with his happiness he put his arms around Noriega surprising her, though she showed no emotion, and embraced her. Noriega spoke quietly.

"Kogua, you have never been as foolish as you are acting now."

Kogua removed himself from Noriega still smiling. "Inu baka is dead so I got excited. I am mated now, that does not mean th-"

Noriega's tail shoved Kogua to a wall stunning him. "If you finish your speech I will not hesitate in killing you Kogua."

Kogua smiled to cover his slight worry. "Oh, well…Let me see what I am able to say now…" The wolf yawned. "I am really tired. Usual guest room is always ready for you Oka."

"Very well." Noriega went for the door.

"Okadashiwa? How long will you be staying?"

Noriega kept her back towards Kogua. "We have much business to attend to. How ever long it takes Kogua."

Kagura flew into the compound and approached Naraku inside a small dark room. She bowed before speaking.

"My lord there is word that kaigi no kihou sends after you in four months. As well as this is confirmed, there is word of a deadly lady ruler of some level in the south with immense power, Sakura. Also, there is word of a man or a female, by the name of beautiful killer in the north who some say challenges the northern lord. There is also a woman impersonating the soul stealer in both lands, but she is only seen during the time of night and has blue, near black hair and a white and black kimono. The Sakura woman has black and green hair."

"How long have these been going about as rumors Kagura."

"Fifteen months."

Naraku stood over Kagura. "Fifteen months."

Kagura could not but help to show fear. "Y-yes Naraku sama. I have just now foun-"

Naraku slashed Kagura across her face. "Fifteen months Kagura," He picked her up through the arm. His claws caused dark blood to ooze from the wound. He yelled in her face and threw her down to the ground. "You are to be an informant Kagura!" He kicked her up then threw her through a wall causing wood to splinter into her in some areas. "Fail again and it will be your death."

Noriega woke. She had spent far too long at the northern palace. She went to se Kogua outside with a pack of wolves walking past to the exit of the palace. Kogua excused himself and followed Noriega.

"I think I have only seen you during the morning light five times. I presume you are leaving green lady."

"Very true Kogua."

"Guess you will stop by later."

"Or you will. Washi will see you in three months."

Noriega left the confinement of the palace immediately going for the southern lands. After fifteen days of running, still very much in the north lands, she shook her head.

"Washi, fly off to Myoti's home. I will join you in a day's time."

The voice spoke to her from behind in the forest as the sun set and Washi was in the distance. "Sakura of the South in the north."

"You are no longer hanyou speak now or I will leave." Noriega said only followed by silence. "Then I leave."

Naraku let her go running off too shocked to process anything. He eventually caught up to her in the middle of the night and saw who Noriega truly was (she is black inu at night and green/black inu when there is sun if none had figured this out!) as she slayed a dragon receiving a black orb in her hand.

"I saw you die. As if all the blood left your body."

"Ancient text are literal at times. You are still very poor at games."

Naraku was still slightly confused. "What happened. How can you-"

"Why concern yourself. I have no time for this and if you try to touch me unwanted I will gut you alive and then remove the skin from your flesh."

"When will you have time."

Noriega shook her head. "Still a fool. Come to the floral palace closest to the miti forest in thirty seven days. I will be busy until then."

"And if I send a puppet of mine?"

She coldly smiled. "I would kill you still."

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As well, am I to post the message stating I have no ownership of Inuyasha (I do not own!) every update? I do not know! I am a bit absent minded at times. Oh well =)