InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Mika- the Inu Ookami Hanyou ❯ Sango's Dream ( Chapter 19 )

Sango's Nightmare

 

As she entered the tree lined tunnel of the forest, it shifted slightly as she caught Sango's essence. Mika raced toward the demon slayer as quickly as she could while maintaining her connection to the essence. Quickly Mika noticed the erratic movement of Sango, as if she was unsure of where she should be or she was running from something.

 

“No, not running from it, but toward it,” Mika thought as she felt another essence enter the dream, an innocent essence of misery and pain, Kohaku. As she ran toward her friend, she continued to contemplate what the demon slayer's brother's essence was in the dream. Then it dawned on her, “Naraku sent him here to die! But why would he do that? Unless he's testing the theory that if you die in you dreams that you die in reality. I need to stop him from getting killed, or it will all be over for him!” Spurred by the new found evidence, Mika streaked toward the two essences, hoping to stop the bloodshed.

 

Sango and Kirara flew around the area that she had just spotted her brother. “Kohaku…are you there? Brother…It's me…Sango. Please… come out to me!” Sango yelled into the surrounding dark forest, tears spilling onto her cheeks as her thoughts of her brother flooded her mind.

 

“I have to find you, brother. You are all that I have left and I don't want to let you go,” she thought. Suddenly a horde of demons flew straight at the duo as Sango released her Hiraikotsu on the demons. As the large boomerang sliced through some of the demons, Kirara clawed and bit into more before being caught broadside by a snake demon. She fell heavily onto her side, quickly changing back into a small cat as the venom from the snake bite ran through her body. As Kirara fell from the sky, Sango fell from her friend, landing heavily onto her side as well, losing her Hiraikotsu into a nearby tree. Sango tried to regain her footing quickly, however a twisted ankle prevented her from staying upright. It just would not hold her weight. Seeing the downed demon slayer as easy prey, the demons focused their attacks on her as Mika silently entered the clearing. Taking stock of the situation, Mika whistled toward the demons, getting their undivided attention.

 

“What do you think you're doing to the demon slayer?” Mika asked, walking further into the clearing toward the demons, with her hands in her pockets, looking as human and innocent as possible.

 

A huge one eyed demon looked at Mika, taking the `innocent' bait, failing to notice the hilt protruding over her shoulder, as he replied, “We're here to put her out of her misery. I see that you're just human and easy pickings, so leave before we decide to eat you as well.” He turned back toward Sango as the moon slowly moved out from behind a cloud, catching the mother of pearl crescent moon of the pommel of her sword.

 

Reaching carefully toward her sword, Mika called out to the demons, “Are you willing to bet on that?”

 

Ugly turned his head back toward the advancing insane human. At first he saw a human dressed in a blue shirt with black slacks raising her arm to her shoulder, and the next he saw her change into black leather with metallic blue armor and the sword over her shoulder. His eye widen in horrific realization to the demon before him. “Yo…you're…you're the witch that killed my brother!” he roared. The attention of the remaining demons changed from Sango to the new threat as Ugly moved threateningly toward Mika.

 

“Which one was you're brother? I've killed so many demons and don't remember seeing one as ugly as you. Refresh my memory,” Mika replied nonchalantly as she pulled her sword from its sheath.

 

The Cyclops demon charged Mika, swinging his claws at her unprotected stomach. Mika blocked the blow by parrying his claws and slicing deeply into the abdomen of the offending demon. He howled in pain as he swung again, catching Mika across her lower back, leaving four deep nasty scratches across it. Mika yelped at the contact, but continued to attack the Cyclops. The vitriol dripped off her claws, leaving little burn marks in the grass as they fought. Seeing that she was physically weakened from her previous fight, Ugly feigned an attack to the right, drawing Mika toward his strong left arm. Falling for the maneuver, Mika blocked his right arm, but failed to see the left handed upper cut to her chin. Mika reeled back from the force of the punch, loosing her grip on her sword. Seeing his opportunity to be rid of the annoying hanyou, Ugly kept advancing toward the prone figure, a sneer across his lips as he flexed his claws.

 

“Today, I will taste your life's blood on my lips as you die by my hands,” he said as he grabbed Mika by her throat.

 

Seeing spots in her eyes, Mika gasped for air as the demon brought her closer to his gaping mouth, thoughts of escape eluded her mind. “This is it? This is how I'm going to die?! I don't think so!” she thought as she slowly brought her left hand to his chest. As she felt his teeth a mere hair's width from her neck, Mika shoved her vitriol covered claws into his chest, forcing as much acid into his system as she could. As the claws penetrated his bare chest, Ugly threw the hanyou away from his burning body, screaming in rage and pain as the acid ate his internal organs, flowing through his blood as liquid fire. Unnoticed by either Ugly or Mika, Sango had managed to regain her footing, hobbling precariously closer to the fighting duo.

 

As the demon screamed, Sango slid her Katana from its sheath and cleaved the demon's head from his shoulders in one fell swoop. “Rot in hell you bastard!” she said as she spat on the writhing corpse. Sango moved closer to Mika's sprawled body as the demon corpse grew rigid and cold as the last few heart beats pumped the vitriol through the body. Once reaching the young hanyou, Sango placed her hand on Mika's chest making sure that she was still breathing.

 

“Mika…Mika…are you okay?” Sango asked as she gently shook the young woman. When she got a weak groan, Sango started examining Mika for broken bones or sprains. One she was convinced that no bones were broken; she quickly cleaned and wrapped the wounds on her back. A few minutes later, Mika slowly opened her eyes as she realized that Sango had rolled her onto her side so that she could address the wounds on her back.

 

“How bad do they look?” she croaked, as she shifted a little to a more comfortable position.

 

Sango finished her wrapping of the wounds as she replied, “They'll heal in a day or two. They were really just superficial, from demon and hanyou perception. Do you feel okay, other than the claw marks?”

 

Mika slowly moved onto her feet and stretched her arms and legs as carefully as she could without disturbing the wounds on her back. “Everything feels as if I got hit by a Mack truck, but I'll be okay.”

 

“A Mack...what?” Sango asked quizzically, unfamiliar with the term.

 

Mika shook her head as she recalled what she had said, forgetting the era in which she was traveling. “It's a large cart about the size of a large hut on wheels. They are very common in my era. How are you feeling? Do you feel that you can make it a ways from here to a new, non demon location?” Mika asked as she remembered the reason for taking on the demons.

 

Sango nodded her head as she replied, “While you were distracting the main demon, I was able to splint my ankle until I could get back to Kaede's village or meet up with the others. Kirara, however, needs some antidote for the snake venom that she was injected with. I know that Kagome always carries some, but I've not seen her for a while.” Mika carefully scooped up the two-tailed cat into her arms as they moved from the clearing after retrieving both her Nueva Luna and Sango's Hiraikotsu. Slowly Mika led the way out of the forest back through the tunnel of trees. She assisted Sango as best she could who limped beside her on her good leg, while draping her arm over Mika's shoulder for support.

 

Once they cleared the timberline, Sango gasped at the beauty of the glacier fed lake as it lapped at the rock strewn shore line. “What is this place? It's gorgeous!” she squealed in delight as the starry sky lighted the area.

 

“This is Opal Lake. I've come here to go hunting with my father before he passed away. Let's get you to my camp so that we can tend to those wounds,” Mika replied in a hushed tone, not wanting to give more away of where they are than she had with her semi statement previously. “Too much information right now is not a good idea,” Mika thought as she guided Sango toward the light of the camp fire.

 

As Mika and Sango approached the camp fire, Kagome shrieked, “You're back! And you brought Sango!” She rushed toward the two women, but stopped short once she saw Mika's bandaged body, helping Sango move toward the fire. “What happened?” she asked as she took Sango's other arm and assisted her to another log by the fire.

 

“Sango was attacked by a horde of demons while searching for Kohaku. She fell heavily to the ground after Kirara was struck by a snake demon. Speaking of which,” Mika replied as she extracted the hurt kitten from around her neck. “She took a bit of snake venom. I think that she should be fine after a little while. I think that there might be some anti-venom in my rucksack some where, in the medical kit. Now if you two will excuse me, I have others that I need to find and bring here.” Mika moved away from Sango and Kagome as she looked at her watch, eight hours and counting. “Scheiße, this can't be happening. I'm already running out of strength and I've not even gotten to Miroku yet,” she thought as she moved farther along the rocky beach, mentally preparing herself for what she considered a challenge.

 

As Mika walked away from the two women, Sango looked at Kagome with questioning eye. “What is going on, here? I thought that we were all at Kaede's hut tonight. Why are we here? And how did Mika get here?” Sango asked.

 

After obtaining the anti-venom from the medical kit, Kagome replied, “I'm not sure. Something about showing us what she is willing to give up for her friends and family. She was kind of vague when she pulled me out of my dream of math class.”

 

Sango arched an eyebrow as she asked, “Math class? Isn't that one of your era's little torture devices like home work?”

 

Kagome giggled, knowing that her homework and school were the main reasons for her numerous departures from her friends from the feudal era, or a huge fight with Inuyasha when he suffered from the rare `foot-in-mouth' disease, which flared up on a pretty regular basis. As the night wore on and the two lost sight of Mika, they comforted each other until the next arrival.

 

Slowly Mika entered the ever present tree lined tunnel as she stretched out her senses for the next member of her party, the hentai. As she stretched out her senses, Mika was knocked back by the monk's spiritual power as if she'd been sucker punched in the gut. “Great…just great! This one doesn't want to be found. I'll just have to approach in a different manner, although I really don't have time for this!” Mika thought. Once she regained her footing and caught her breath, Mika readjusted her senses and gently sought out the monk as a mere whisper, barely making her presence known to the hentai. Once she was locked onto his essence, with a sly smile, Mika quickly followed the tunnel into the darkness.