InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ High Voltage- Reviving the Thunder ❯ On the Road ( Chapter 2 )

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High Voltage: Reviving the Thunder- Chapter 2: "On the Road"Matoko Shizaki
Inu-Yasha is copyright Rumiko Takahashi and Sunrise Inc. All of the characters have been made up by me except Kaede, Inu-Yasha, Kagome, Miroku, Sango, Shippo, Kiara, Myoga, Hiten, and Manten.
I've been doing research on the Thunder Brothers and I found ONE! Count them, ONE other fic on the Thunder Brothers in existence that's posted on the web. It was touching. I'd like to tell the author that I love it. Anyways, on with the tale!


Azaka emerged from the hut, his backpack slung over his back and his armor strapped on. He glanced around to make sure no one was looking and then opened the door to the mini shrine behind the hut. The boy dropped his sister's pack on the floor and yelled, "You guys can come out now!" The altar cover was pushed off and Aoi, Hiten, and Manten poked their heads out. "So, father doesn't suspect anything?" Aoi asked. Azaka nodded as his sister and the two demons crawled out. "Good thing you came because I couldn't have put up with the stench anymore." Hiten grunted. "Hiten, it's not my fault! I've been dead for five years before now!" Manten whined. "Not you. The girl!" Hiten pointed at Aoi who was adjusting her training armor. "Hmph. I can't say you smell a whole lot better. And humans bathe a lot more then demons!" Aoi spat back. "I'd rather eat you then look at you anymore!" Hiten roared. Azaka and Manten sweat dropped and turned away, trying desperately to mute out the others' voices. "I think they hate each other" Azaka whispered. Manten shook his head. "No, that's just Hiten's way of telling someone he cares." Suddenly, the youngest Thunder Brother was seized by the neck. "What did you say?" Hiten hissed through clenched teeth. "N-Nothing elder brother!" Manten replied sheepishly.

"So, how did you trick father so he wouldn't find out?" Aoi asked cocking an eyebrow at her brother. Azaka smiled. "I told him you were coming on a trip with me." Aoi blinked. "What? Where?" Azaka waved a piece of paper in front of Aoi's face. "I have to deliver this message to a village. The one with the well that boarders the Inu-Yasha Forest." Hiten's ears pricked up. "But But that's where Lady Kagome resides!" Aoi stammered. Azaka nodded. "Exactly." Hiten growled. "Next time I see that bastard halfling I'm going to twist his head off." The demon said. Manten nodded and cracked his knuckles. "Now I have no hair thanks to that midget fox and the girl!" Aoi shoved her face near to Hiten's. "If you harm them in anyway I swear I will flatten your face in!" Hiten grunted and crossed his arms. "Sure you will ningen." Aoi closed her eyes. "Hiten, down!" she commanded. Hiten's face collided with the ground and Aoi pulled him back up by his collar. "Now, are you going to cooperate?!" "Witch" Hiten muttered painfully.

There was a rustling in the bushes that distracted Aoi. Manten grunted and dove his hand into the bush in question. "Reveal yourself!"
he cried. The demon yanked out a figure by their shirt and sent them sprawling across the path. "P-please! Don't hurt me!" the figure cried pitifully. "Witan?" Aoi gasped. The person removed their hands from their head and looked up. "Lady Aoi? Why are you here?" "This is no time for a tea party. Now tell me why you were spying on us or I'll show you the color of your insides!" Hiten commanded removing the Blade of Lightning from his back and placing it to Witan's throat. Aoi smirked. 'I couldn't care less what Hiten does to him' Witan looked up pitifully to Aoi for support. "Tell him Witan." she commanded. Witan swallowed hard, his throat coming closer to the blade. "Well, I heard young Azaka and someone who sounded like Aoi (note: That was Aoi) talking. Then there was the mention of Kagome and Inu-Yasha, some kitsune, and Hiten and Manten who have been dead for years." Witan opened his eyes and looked up at the two demons threatening him. "And who says we'd stay dead, huh?" Manten asked. Hiten pushed his younger brother aside and lowered his blade. "Hn, this human is worthless, not to mention harmless." Witan scrambled to his feet, offended, and balled up his fists. "C'mon I could take both of you!" Witan stammered nervously. "Your death wish." Hiten replied. Aoi pushed them apart and glared at Witan. "Well, we can't very well send you back to the village with the information you have. No one can know that I've raised two convicted demons from the grave. You'll have to come with us." Witan's eyes went wide. "You raised them my lady?!" Aoi nodded. "Don't call me that. I'm not yours." Aoi added as she turned around. "So, how long will this trip take Azaka?" Aoi asked, changing the subject. Azaka counted on his fingers for a little and then replied, "Five weeks." Manten and Hiten groaned. "That will take too long. Our revenge er, message, can't wait that long!" Manten exclaimed. "I have a been way of traveling."

A cloud appeared under Manten, raising him up higher and Hiten summoned the flaming wheels that allowed him to fly. "Hop on." Manten commanded. He helped Azaka and Aoi clamber onto the cloud and Witan climbed up himself. As the group took off, Witan wrapped his hand around Aoi's waist. "Don't worry my pet! I'm here." Aoi glared at the man and shoved him clear off the cloud. "Hey! Wait for me!" Witan broke off in a run after the group as Hiten chuckled. "Good one." he muttered. "Thanks." Aoi replied.

But, the brothers didn't head on down the path. "Where are we headed to?" asked Witan, who they had finally picked up due to the racket he was making. "Towards our old lair." Manten explained. "We have some supplied to pick up." They rose over the tree tops so that Demon's Death Peak and the mountains beyond it could be seen. Sitting along among the sharp peaks was a tall fortress. "Is is that it?" Aoi asked. Manten nodded. "Constructed during one of the past wars. We just took it when peace settled over." Azaka shivered. "The very thought of it send chills up my spine." he exclaimed. "No you see why we chose it, my brother and me. No human does dare dwell near it."

The gates opened and Aoi reluctantly followed Hiten and Manten in. Cobwebs decked every wall, most of the spiders already dead. Manten threw open the doors to the main room and stepped in. There was a low lying table in the corner with a huge knife sitting on it. Barrels full of dead animals, skulls, and other ingredients for potions sat around, untouched over the five years the demons had been dead. While Manten ushered some of the items into a bag at his side, Hiten dug through the cabinet. He finally grinned and pulled out something packaged in cloth and paper. "What's that?" Aoi asked. "Manten and mine's dinner. You are welcome to have some later." he said. Aoi looked down at the package and then back up at the demon. "Uh, no thank you." Manten rolled up the bedding and grabbed a few pots and pans before finally closing his pack and throwing it over his shoulder. "Are you ready elder brother?" Manten asked. Hiten shoved the package, a few throwing knifes, and a tinder box into his pack and nodded. "Then let's go." Aoi suggested. The brothers followed her out back to where Azaka and Witan were waiting.

By the time they stopped again it was late into the afternoon, about dinner time. "We had better not fly around anymore. There are many more villages crowded around this area and none of them our final destination. We'll have to continue on foot." Azaka explained as he watched his sister stir the stew they had brewing over the fire. Hiten, meanwhile, was frying the contents of his package along side of Aoi. Manten dropped the freshly cut bundle of firewood by their packs and sat down. "Is dinner ready yet?" Witan moaned, not willing lift a finger to help. "Why should you care? You haven't helped so you can't eat." Aoi growled. Witan stumbled back, shocked at the young woman's words. "But my bride I" Witan stammered. Aoi shook her wooden spoon at Witan. "Let's get this straight. I am not your bride by choice. It's my father's doing. And second, we're in the wilderness now and those who don't help will not eat. If you want food, hurry and go gets some water." Aoi handed the merchant a leather canteen and he walked towards the stream grumbling.

"How can you marry a loser like that?" Hiten asked poking at the meat with a stick. "If I had a choice, I wouldn't. But, alas, women have no such place to speak otherwise." Aoi sighed. Hiten studied over her troubled face and then shrugged it off. Once Witan had returned, Aoi served out the stew and poured a small cup of sake for everyone. Witan took a sip of his sake and then poked at the meat Hiten and Manten had given him. Bracing himself for a horrible taste, he bit into it but the scowl soon turned to a smile. "Mmm! This is wonderful! What kind of bird is this, Hiten my lad? Chicken? Pheasant?" Hiten shook his head and sipped his sake casually. "No, it's human flesh. A demon delicacy." Witan turned suddenly pale and spit the meat out of his mouth and into the fire. Aoi sniggered and glanced at Hiten, figuring he had wanted one of them to eat it only to explain that they were being a cannibal. As expected, a fanged grin was spread across the demon's face, a pure look of satisfaction.

Hiten had volunteered for the first watch shift and sat poking at the dying embers of the fire as the full moon shone above him. 'Life such a wonderful thing' Hiten thought with glee. The sensation of touch. Feelings. The taste of good human flesh once more. He enjoyed all of it fully. There was a sniff that interrupted him from his thought. He threw the stick he was prodding the embers with back into the fire starting it again and looked down. Aoi had sat up in her bed. "Aren't you cold?" She asked throwing off the covers and standing up.

The young woman was dressed in only a simple white robe that was the under layer of a kimono. She got up and sat down on the log next to Hiten. For the first time, Hiten noticed the chilling cold that stung at his exposed skin. "No" he lied, not wanting a human's help. Aoi shook her head, noticing his stubbornness, and removed the heavy blanket from her bed. She threw it over the demon's shoulders and he clung to it, slightly grateful. "See, your just being stubborn. All of us humans aren't bad you know." Hiten grunted. "Humans are supposed to hate demons. It's the laws of nature." He turned to the girl. "What makes you so different?" Aoi shrugged and glanced blankly into the fire. "When I was little I loved hearing legends about demons. I almost idolized them. When Kagome stopped in our village after killing you, she healed me and all the while she told me the story of your defeat." Aoi paused. "I felt awful hearing about how you cried for your brother. It was so unlike a demon. From that point on, I always visited Demon's Death Peak. I trained there attached myself to the legend dreamed of the day I would find such a worthy opponent." She blushed. "This must make no sense at all, huh?" Hiten didn't reply. His eyes sagged a little and Aoi chuckled. "Why don't you get some sleep. I'll take the watch now." Hiten handed the maiden back her blanket. "Maybe I'll consider holding you in a high regard even if you are a human." he said with a smile. Aoi smiled back and watched as the demon fell asleep. 'Can this be the start of a friendship?'