InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Future Heart, Future Pain, Future Hope ❯ Chapter 34: Future Heart end Interlude ( Chapter 35 )

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

Finally, I hoped that settle some questions for you all. These last few chapters had not been easy needless to say...

Anyhow I don't own squat....

Future Heart End...Interlude

Taro swung at the demons who plagued him in his dreams. His pain manifesting itself in memories of tortures and words, that to this day still haunt his very soul.

“Fucking human wannabe!”

One whip across his backside.

“Stupid brat! Doesn't know his place!”

A claw runs across his skin, leaving a trail of blood.

“You don't belong here!”

Fangs nipping at his tender ear, threatening to eat him....

Waking up now, the youth howled in rage. Although the night had blissful and full of dreamless sleep, just two days ago. They had returned with a vengeance.

Painful, agonizing and full of hatred, that was all they were to him, his dreams. Striding across to a tree, he sends a blast of dark energy towards it, rendering it into ash. Wishing he could do it to those that plague his mind and his soul.

He repeats the action with another tree, and then another until near an acre is cleared. All around him is silence, the animals of the forest making barely a sound as they quake in fear. As the youth now sits amidst the destruction he has caused, his mind cleared for now of the uncontrollable destruction.

Laying into the ashes, he places his arms underneath his head to look at the stars. They were his one link to sanity, his link to things that once allowed him hope.

Flashback...

“And what are those Momma? Those things that shine in the sky?”

“Those are the stars. The stars of our ancestors Taro.”

“The stars of our an..an..”

“Ancestors pup..ancestors.” Replied another voice...a hand gently ruffling the long silky black hair on the little boy's head. He can feel the kiss upon his mother's cheek and he makes a sound of childish disgust...

Making them laugh, the boy is curious about the latter word that his Momma used. So he turns to his Pappa, the smartest and bravest Pappa there ever was.

“What are they Pappa? What are ancestors?”

“They are family pup...family.”

Flashback ends....

“Family...I wonder if you are up there Momma, Pappa...I wonder if you are there watching over me...”

For a moment, a softer Taro appears. Vulnerable, thoughtful, and kind, this Taro is gentle. His gold eyes shine with a soft amber light that radiates innocence and purity....

Something that this particular youth hasn't seen or felt in years....

“SO WHAT DO WE HAVE HERE!” States a booming voice, its harshness, striking a chord in the youth's soul. Forcing himself to shake himself free of his trance of sorts, Taro finds himself face to face with a Ryoukan, a guardian of the forest.

One that is unlike any he has ever seen before, but it matters not. Turning to look away from the demon as it approaches, its eyes on the surrounding destruction. Taro closes his eyes to wait. He can already sense the anger it radiates, as he ignores him in favor if his thoughts, he halfway pays attention as the demon sniffs the trees around.

It doesn't take long, for the Ryoukan to discover the culprit...

“Insolent human, what have you done to my forest!”

Refusing to even remotely answer, Taro simply demonstrates with a single hand. He sends a blast of dark energy towards a tree in his way of the stars and out of the corner of his eye, he watches it turn to ash.

Angry was not quite the word, that expressed the Ryoukan's features the second it was done, he noticed.

It was more like enraged....

With a mighty roar, the fight against the guardian of the forest, begins as hundreds of three eyed wolves are released against the youth.

Jumping high, from his prone position on the ground, dark energy flies all around him. Striking the wolves with intense power, they become fine dust. Still more come....

“I need this...” Taro grins. “Should clear my head up long enough for me to work out my plan....”

The innocence that was there a moment ago...it was gone, replaced.

In it's staid...was now the face of a cold-blooded killer....

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Three hours later...

Although panting with exertion Taro, was filled to the brim with intense energy. The fight had indeed invigorated him. But instead of clearing his mind....

It only made it worse...

Twice during the battle with the Ryoukan, the energy that was like the miko's had escaped from his body. It had confused not just himself, but his opponent in the battle.

Considering each time he was about to let loose a death blow, it was successfully blocked by that luminescent aura of power. In the end, all though the fight gave him the energy needed him, it didn;t satisfy him as it normally did.

The reason?

Ryoukan had fled...

It was still alive, it's instincts although not as strong as other's had flared up. And it had decided to leave and try again, when Taro least expects it. As he thinks he sends forth a blast of energy deep into the sky, its crackling power making a thunderous sound.

To some it is a beacon...to others it is danger...

But to one who watches...it is power....

Power that he can twist and turn to his own hidden agendas....

Setting his own plan into motion, Naraku begins to plan a painful and humiliating trap for this youth. One that can leave him weak and ripe for the taking....or one that can make the lives of his enemies a living hell.

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Okay this part is done...now I must warn you. These next chapters are going to be kind of hard for me to write. Reason being is well...

Let's just say Naraku's plan as I have it, will make what he did to Inuyasha and Kikyo seem like kittens.....

But this ends the Future heart part of the story....a set up if you will with most of the characters getting the beginning of what is going on. The players are gathering....

These next chapters will be in reference to the Future Pain....this is where the action and a lot of sadness and anger will be released....

Two plans will go into effect....

One of a youth....the other of a nightmare...

People will get closer as others are torn apart...