InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Roses Intertwine ❯ Snake hides in the grass ( Chapter 1 )

[ X - Adult: No readers under 18. Contains Graphic Adult Themes/Extreme violence. ]

Disclaimer: I certainly don't own Inuyasha and friends, but I certainly own myself!

Naraku gazed out over the courtyard of his castle; the dead bodies of wolf demons scattered everywhere; the stench of wolf blood permeating throughout the air.

"Kagura..."

"Yes, Lord Naraku?"

"I have something I want you to do."

Naraku told her of his terrible plan and the part she must play.

"Do you understand what you must do?"

Kagura stared at him with a look of disgust. He knew she could not refuse; otherwise he would kill her, for he holds her heart in his hands.

"Yes." She hissed.

"Then go, waste no time." He said, handing her a small pouch.

Kagura turned and left to begin her new mission.

Inuyasha & friends

Inuyasha knelt to the ground, scooped it up in his hand and sniffed.

"Yep, smells like you have a snake on your hands; and from the smell of it, a poisonous one."

Kagome turned towards the villagers and asked, "How long has this snake been attacking your village?"

"It started only a week ago!" A man said.

"My wife was there when it all started, she can tell you better than I can." He turned to a woman who was standing by some nearby rubble and called to her. "Izumi, come over here, tell them what happened."

She walked towards them, eyeing Inuyasha and Shippo suspiciously.

"Tell me what happened here, it'll help us to track the demon down." Urged Kagome.

"Well, I remember watching the children playing around near here; our house is- was- just over there, barely 20 feet from here. I remember they were playing with what I thought was a harmless garden snake, so I didn't stop them. One of them yelled something like 'look what I found' and held up something that looked very small and shiny, like a gem. It glowed with tremendous power. Then the snake suddenly snatched it in it's mouth and it grew 50 times in size! It was so terrifying; I can only thank Kami that it spared the children, almost as if it was showing preference for them. I wasn't so lucky, though. It attacked me and gave me a nasty cut on my shoulder." She pulled away her kimono and showed them her bandage.

"I was bed-ridden for about 4 days; the snake had very strong venom. But luckily, my husband was able to keep me alive long enough for the village healer to give me some antivenom."

"Did you see which way the snake went afterwards?" Inquired Kagome.

"Yes," The woman said, pointing towards the woods near the base of a large mountain. "It escaped that way, near the base of the mountain."

"I can sense a sacred jewel shard; from the same direction too."

Inuyasha nodded and turned towards Sango.

"Sango, you and Kagome scout overhead, see if you can find it. If it's reduced back to normal size, Kagome should be able to see the sacred jewel shard."

"Right, let's go Kagome." And with that, Kagome and Sango jumped on Kirara's back, who lept into the air and flew over the trees to the mountain.

"Inuyasha, what do you plan to have me do?" Asked Miroku.

"You and Shippo stay here; protect the village in case the snake comes back and keep the villagers calm. Meanwhile, I'll see if I can sniff him out, he can't be far."

Inuyasha lept into the forest; leaving Miroku and Shippo surrounded by a herd of villagers.

Miroku turned back towards the crowd.

"Now, everyone listen to me! Where are your holy men?"

The crowd produced a small group of about 5 men.

"W-we are the holy men of the village," Stuttered one of them. "What will you have us do?"

"Here, take these sutras and post them on every house and bless them. It will help to stave off the demon."

The holy men took the bundle of sutras, divided them amongst themselves and ran off to post them on the homes.

A man from the crowd came forward. "What will you have the rest of us do, monk?"

"You can help by going about your daily tasks as if nothing was wrong; we cannot tip the demon off that we are here. Otherwise, he may attack again."

The villagers murmured for a few seconds and dispersed. Eventually, the whole village was going around as if it were a normal day.

"Now what?" Asked Shippo.

"Now," Miroku said as he rested against a tree. "We wait."

Kagome & Sango

"Kagome, do see any jewel shards?"

"No, not from here, go down a little Kirara."

Kirara started descending slowly.

"There!" Yelled the young miko. "Near that path leading to the mountain; the one that splits!"

Kirara flew straight towards the ground; landing gracefully.

They leapt off Kirara as she transformed back into her cute, two-tailed form.

"Kagome, where is it?"

Kagome squinted her eyes and surveyed the land before her eyes came across a small glass shard enshrouded in pink energy.

"There!" She declared as she pointed towards a bush just ahead.

Just then, the two women remembered how scared they were of snakes.

"Kirara," Kagome said in sweet/begging voice. "Can you be a good girl and go get the jewel shard from him?"

The rubbed their heads and laughed nervously as Kirara gave them a classic anime blank stare with a nicely placed sweat drop.

She bound over to the bush and sniffed around for the jewel. She stuck her head in the bush and pulled out the Shikon jewel.

"Wow," Kagome said. "That was easier than I thought"

"Yeah…" Said Sango, suspicion heavy on her breath. "Too easy."

Sango placed her hand on her sword; ready to draw it at a moments notice.

Kirara changed into her fighting form and began to growl loudly.

"What's wrong with Kirar-AAAAAHHHHH!" Kagome screamed as a band of bandits enclosed on them.

Inuyasha

'Damn, where can that damned snake be, it can't be far. It's scent is still fresh; barely two days old- meaning it has to have reverted back into it's original form. Oh dammit all, where is that little bastard?'

Inuyasha's ears perked as her heard a shrill cry resounding through the air.

"Kagome…" He whispered to himself.

"So that's where you are, huh? Picking on the women? Well I don't think so!" And with that, Inuyasha changed course and ran to save Kagome.

Kouga

Kouga lay against the wall of his temporary den; wolves on either side of him.

He looked once again at the injury he had sustained days earlier.

Kouga's flashback

All I have to do is kill this one bird of paradise. Just one blow and it'll be dead; then Kagome and the jewel shard will be all mine. Kouga dodged an attack by said bird of paradise and jumped higher up the mountain. He turned and faced the monstrous bird and saw that it was flying straight up at him. He jumped back down, straight for the bird's mouth where the jewel shard was.

He lodged the javelin between its jaws and screamed, "Chew on this!"

But, to his dismay, the bird of paradise snapped the javelin in half and bit down right on to his arm, dislodging the jewel shard embedded there. The bird swallowed it and added it to it's power.

"Now, after I bite your arm off, I'll tear you limb from limb and feast on your dead body. (Evil laugh)"

Kouga winced in pain as the bird dropped him on the top of the mountain. He looked up in horror as the bird swooped down and he prepared to die.

"Iron Reaver Soul-Stealer!"

Kouga opened his eyes and saw that the bird of paradise now lay in pieces, pulverized by Inuyasha's powerful blow.

-Back to reality-

'How dare he humiliate me that way?! To think I almost died honorably and that filthy half-breed swoops in and saves me like some damsel! That bastard! I won't rest until I wring the life from him with my bare hands!'

Ginta stuck his head in the cave and shouted to Kouga.

"Kouga! Our brothers from the north are here; they wish to speak with you!"

Kouga looked up to Ginta, adjusted his posture and motioned to let them in.

"Send them in!"

Two wolf demons, clad in black furs (a sign that they are of the northern tribes), entered the den and walked towards Kouga.

"Greetings, prince Kouga; how are you today?"

"I am well. Tell me, how are things to the North?"

"They are well. We live in prosperity now, thanks to Ayame."

"I see. Now, what is it you have come to talk to me about?"

"There is rumor that there is a castle just to the east of here that has almost all the jewel shards. The Eastern tribes have banded with the Northern tribes to attack the castle and take the shards for ourselves; they will be distributed equally among the tribes. We have come here to enlist your aid. What say you, Kouga? Will you join us?"

Kouga glanced down at his injured arm; anger filling him from the memory.

"Sorry, not interested. I have other things I wish to do before hunting any jewel shards." He stated coldly.

"Look at his arm." Whispered one wolf to the other. "He obviously lacks the skill to fight if he can become so easily wounded by birds of paradise."

The other wolf nodded and smirked at Kouga.

"I see, Kouga. I respect you decision; we shall leave immediately." He stated with a sneer.

Kouga's tribesmen stared at them incredulously as they left, turning their attention to Kouga as soon as they were out of the cave.

"Kouga! What's wrong with you? Do you realize how useful those jewel shards would be?" Cried one of Kouga's tribesmen.

"Well, I don't care what Kouga says, I'm going to join the others!" A bunch of the other tribesmen rallied with him and challenged Kouga to oppose them.

"I don't care what you do! Go ahead an' leave."

Most of Kouga's tribesmen left; leaving Kouga, Ginta, Hakkaku and a few others in the cave.

Ginta looked shyly over to Kouga and stared for a while, gathering his wits about him.

"K-Kouga, what will we do about the ones that left? "

Kouga looked away, ashamed to meet their gaze.

"Gather their things and toss them in the waterfall outside."

"Y-yes Kouga" Sighed Ginta as he bent to gather the belongings of the ones that had left; the others joining him slowly, one-by-one.

Rose Black

The girl downed what seemed to be her 700th Coke zero that night as she mashed the buttons on her xBox controller; trying desperately to reach a new high score.

Suddenly the phone rang.

"Fuck…" She said as she tried to end this one match with a killer combo. The phone rang again. And again. And again. 'Alll mmosst gggoott itttt' She thought to herself. 'Just one more left and a couple B's and it'll be done'

Left.

B

RING!

(Finger slip) X

"C-C-C-COMBO B-BREAKER! SORRY, YOU LOSE. LOSER!" Came the announcement from the television.

"GOD-FUCKING DAMMIT!" She screamed throwing down her controller.

She stomped to the phone and picked it up.

'This better be important or I swear to god, I will be doing some eviscerations with a rusty spoon today.'

"Hello?" She asked, sounding a bit annoyed.

"Yes, may I speak to a Rose Black please."

"This is she, why? If it's about the stolen kittens, I swear, I just thought they were cute an-"

"No, I am a representative of your grandmothers estate in Tokyo."

"Oh, well what does the old bag want?"

"Well, Mrs. Black died a few days ago, congestive heart failure."

"I see. And what does this have to do with me?"

"It seems she left you some money."

"Oh what, is it another 15 dollar check for pennycandy like she gave me last year for my birthday?"

"No actually. She has left you her summer mansion in Japan and a lump sum of 2.5 billion dollars."

"…"

"Miss Black?"

"(Screaming, glass smashing, foot stomping, etc)"

"Miss Black!? Are you alright?"

"YES! I'M FINE!"

"So, I take it you're excited then?"

"EXCITED! I'M FUCKING ECSTATIC!"

"Well glad to hear it."

"I have to go. I need to rub this in my lousy neighbors face."

"Mr. Johnson , room 16a?"

"Yes, how did you know?"

"Well it seems he died last night. It seems that he became such a douche that he actually turned into a rubber ball of water. It's really bizarre."

"…"

"Miss Black?"

"I… I think I want to have sex with you. Yes. Yes I'm positive I want to have sex with you."

"Miss Black, please."

"I'm serious; I want to have your babies"

"(Chuckle)"

"I'M SERIOUS!"

"Sure you are. Listen, your flight leaves tomorrow at 6:30 PM, you've been emailed with the details. Goodbye (Click)"

"No! Don't go! I WANT TO HAVE YOUR CHILDREN!"

"(Dial Tone)"

"Don't you take that tone with me!"

"(Dial tone)"

"You know what! It's over! Don't talk to me anymore"

She slams the phone down on the receiver and smiles.

"Time to pack (giggles)"

To be continued (:
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