InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Mika- the Inu Ookami Hanyou ❯ Failed Kidnapping ( Chapter 8 )

Failed Kidnapping

 

Mika excused herself from the group, her mind reeling with the revelations she'd just had. “Now what do I do? I've just been told that not only am I from this era, but that I'm actually a demon who's father may just kill me because of the human blood in my veins! Great, if things weren't already complicated enough.” She moved some distance from the cave entrance to think a little more clearly.

 

Back at the cave…

 

As Mika thought about the revelations, Kagome, Shippo, Sango and Koga watched quietly. “What do you think is going through her mind?” Kagome mused.

 

“Probably the same things I did after I lost my family and village through Naraku. I was lost for a bit, even with your help, Kagome, as well as that of Inuyasha, Miroku and Shippo. She'll need some time to accept what's happened,” Sango replied.

 

Kagome thought back to their first encounter with the demon slayer. She'd been badly injured in the fight at Naraku's castle, both emotionally and physically. Sango had falsely accused Inuyasha for the villager's death when it had been Naraku's doing. She had fought Inuyasha with all her remaining strength and a shard of the Shikon no Tama. In the end, they were able to remove the shard and get her to realize she'd been fooled by Naraku.

 

Outside the cave…

 

Deep in thought, Mika wandered a bit farther from the cave, trying to explain what had happened. As she moved farther away from the cave, she thought, “The demon part of me I guess I've always suspected. How else could I explain my acute senses of smell and hearing? Maybe that also explains my love of the outdoors as well.” Mika continued to wander, deep in thought until she heard a branch snap nearby.

 

“What was that?” she thought, as she scanned the area of the crackling sound. Mika spotted the cracked branch a few feet up a nearby tree where a hawk had landed. As a weight lifted from her shoulders, Mika breathed a sigh of relief as she thought, “It was only a hawk. I'd best get back to the others.” She turned back toward the cave and slammed into the chest of a creature she'd not seen.

 

“Excuse me,” she murmured as she backed up, shaking off the shock of someone having snuck up behind her without a sound. As she backed up a bit she looked at the creature and saw not a man, but a horrific looking demon. His skin was a deep red and well muscled with four arms and bull like horns atop his head.

 

As he grinned as he said, “No need to excuse your self. I'm taking you to my cave for dinner.” He licked his lips at the thought of a young human dinner.

 

Getting the idea rather quickly, Mika retreated a few more tentative steps as she retorted, “I'm not hungry. You're going to have to find another date!” Mika quickly took stock of her surroundings, looking for a weapon or escape route. She also noticed that through her wandering she'd moved out of sight of the cave and her friends. “Great! Now what can I do?”

 

As if on queue, a voice sounded from behind the demon, “She's not on the menu, creep!” The demon turned, eyes wide in shock as Koga kicked him square in the face, knocking him to the ground. “Try picking on someone your own size!”

 

Sango and Kagome rushed toward Mika as another four armed demon moved up behind her. Sango threw her Hiraikotsu, cleaving the demon in half as Kagome notched an arrow, looking for any more demons.

 

The demon Koga knocked down quickly regained his footing as Koga moved toward Mika, placing himself between the girl and demon. “I was looking for a quick snack. Now it looks like I'm getting a four course meal, with you, Wolf, as the main course!”

 

“I'd better tell you then that I'm stringy and not that tasty,” Koga retorted as he held his ground to the oncoming demon.

 

With the others fighting the on rushing demons, Mika watched in amazement as well as dejection. She'd been able to take care of herself for a long time and felt almost helpless with the others fighting. As Koga jumped, kicked and scrapped with the demon, Mika realized that there was something not quite right about the whole fight. She looked around the battle ground and noticed a young child perched in a tree high above the fight.

 

As Hakudoushi realized he'd been spotted, he called out, “You're a lot brighter than I gave you credit for Girl! I'd planned on taking you without a fight, but I see from the battle below, that's not going to happen.”

 

“What do you want with me?”

 

Hakudoushi smiled as he replied, “You'll see soon enough.” He leapt from the tree, brandishing a naginata toward Mika and landed a few feet from the shocked girl. “It would be easier if you'd just give up and come with me.”

 

As Mika moved into a defensive stance, she retorted, “I'd rather do this the hard way if you don't mind.” Hakudoushi's smile quickly turned to a frown as he lunged at the girl. Mika side stepped the lung and grasped the handle of the weapon. As he passed the girl she quickly disarmed the young demon, knocking him to the ground in a move that took less than a second.

 

Brandishing the blade to the throat of Hakudoushi, Mika looked into the eyes of the demon. As she searched Mika noticed the split soul and evil that poured from the demon. Mika continued to searching his soul, all the while an evil smile creped across Hakudoushi's face as he said, “Are you finding something of interest in my soul, young Girl?”

 

“You're an evil, twisted bastard without a heart. I should just kill you,” Mika replied as she added pressure to the blade at his neck.

 

Hakudoushi laughed as he replied, “You can behead me all you want. It will not kill me.”

 

In disgust, Mika beheaded the demon spawn and whipped the blood on his clothes. As she walked away, the bodiless head floated from the ground as he evilly laughed, “I told you it wouldn't kill me!”

 

Mika whirled in shock as she brandished the naginata. “How can this be? I just cut off your head!”

 

Kagome rushed to Mika's side as she replied, “He's part of Naraku. Without a heart, he'll never die!” She let fly a sacred arrow at the floating head. As the arrow reached the head, a barrier appeared which deflected the arrow away from the intended target.

 

“Until next time,” Hakudoushi said as he vanished into thin air.

 

Kagome and Mika looked around the clearing, noticing that all but two or three minor demons remained. Both girls moved toward the remaining demons and assisted Sango and Koga in the clean up.

 

“We need to leave this place,” Koga surmised as the final demon fell. “If Hakudoushi found us that easily, then Sesshomaru shouldn't be that far behind.”

 

Kagome looked at Mika as she replied, “I agree with Koga. By ourselves we're no match for Sesshomaru. I think that we should go to Totosai's and wait for Inuyasha and Miroku.”

 

Once the group agreed, Sango, Shippo and Kagome swung onto Kirara as Koga carried Mika on his back. As they traveled, Koga glanced back at his niece as he commented, “You were pretty good in that fight. Where did you learn to move like that?”

 

Somewhere in the forest, far from the others…

 

As she told Koga of her martial arts training through her father's Navy Seal contacts, as well as some one-on-one training with her father, Inuyasha and Miroku speed after Sesshomaru. “What is it that he was after?” Miroku yelled as they ran.

 

 

Inuyasha glanced at Miroku as he replied, “I'm not sure, but I think it has to do with Mika. You go find the others while I track down Sesshomaru. Make sure that their safe.” With that said, Inuyasha leapt into the tree tops, bounding agile from tree to tree.

 

Miroku thought a second as he continued to run, before he yelled, “How am I going to find them, Inuyasha?!”

 

As he continued on his way, Inuyasha replied over his shoulder, “Head toward Totosai's. I'm sure that scrawny wolf would go there.” In a flash he was gone and Miroku headed toward Totosai's.

 

On the scent trail of Mika and Koga…

 

Sesshomaru moved with grace and purpose as he again followed the trail of the mixed breed scent, after following many false trails. “Why does that girl look so familiar?” As he got lost in his thoughts he realized that the fang Inuyasha had loosened fell out. He removed the fang from his mouth and looked at it closely before discarding it. “What good is the fang it's not where it belongs?” He continued on his way, oblivious to the flying bull, overhead.

 

After a few minutes and an hour for good measure, Totosai retrieved the discarded fang. “Oh, what luck this is!” he thought as he alighted back on the bull and moved off toward his home.