InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ The Children of Mars ❯ A soul lost... Forever? ( Chapter 1 )

The children of Mars.

 

Author Notes: This is set not long after the series, Inu-kun and Kagome are travelling separately, but Miroku and Sango aren't too far away. Naruku is still at large but has been hiding and plotting no doubt again, I promise this won't be like most vampire / werewolf fic's, InuYasha will NOT turn out to be a mysterious half and half, and gain uber-powers, and he will have his ass kicked sometimes.

 

Chapter One: A soul lost… forever?

 

** FLASHBACK **

 

Kagome snuggled down further into her sleeping bag, watching InuYasha sat on guard by the campfire, with Tessaiga clutched to his chest through half closed eyes. Smiling slightly as she saw his eyes droop, she knew he'd been tired but he was being too stubborn to admit any weakness. Men.

 

As the bushes behind him rustled gently, she glanced up into them and saw a set of red glowing eyes staring intently in her direction, opening her eyes wide, she quickly stammered, `Inu… InuYasha….'

 

Looking up quickly, and seeing the panicked look on her face, staring over his shoulder, he jumped up just as the dark furred shape barrelled into him, knocking him forwards, and carried on running over his back.

 

`Kagome, move!'

 

InuYasha swore as he grabbed the back leg of the creature, and pulled it backwards sharply, and strained to reach his sword a few feet away where it had been knocked when the wolf had knocked into him.

 

As Kagome made to move to retrieve her bow and arrows which were stood next to a nearby tree, she felt a hand curl gently around her neck and pull her irresistibly backwards, and then a hypnotic voice whisper into her ear.

 

`If you move my sweet, I'll break this pretty little neck of yours, and we wouldn't want that now would we?'

 

`Who are you?' she started, as she felt her body droop down into the touch of its own accord.

 

`I? I am your salvation, your enemy, and your dreams… and you will soon serve me as have thousands before you' the mysterious voice went on, as the felt a slight pressure of one of the finger nails pressing against her neck, and starting to pierce the skin.

 

She looked up at InuYasha, now grappling on the floor with the huge snarling beast, with its drooling jaws only inches from the dog demons face, and then was dragged abruptly back to her own situation as she felt a slimy tongue slide along her neck, and then jaws clamp down sharply, and begin sucking on her life-blood, she made to swing her hand up to hit it away, but found she could barely move, and was only moments from collapsing under her own weight if not for the hand snaking around her chest to support her.

 

InuYasha snap-punched the jaws in front of him closed, and then raised his knee sharply into its abdomen, and received a clawed paw across the stomach in trade, which would have disembowelled him had he not moved at the last second, but instead left a deep cut. Growling, he then dug his own claws into the back of its shoulder, making it howl in pain, then slammed his head forward into the bottom of its jaw, making him reel backwards as the wolf rolled off him onto his back.

 

Leaping forward and snatching up his sword, and quickly unsheathing it, it exploded outwards in an aura of power, and he swung it round at the rising wolf, pointing it inches from its heaving throat, and placed his other hand over the cut through his fire-rat robes, then uttered the line from the picture box Kagome had shown him.

 

`Go ahead punk… make my day'

 

The wolf shifted slightly, and started morphing slowly, fur growing backwards in its body, and muscles contorting painfully as it writhed around, its guttural growls converting to human curses, while it rose slowly to its knees, his black hair waving gently in the wind, the violent silver streak standing out in the moonlight.

 

He cleared his throat hesitantly, as if he'd not spoken in a while, and uttered `This could either really good or really bad……'

 

`What do you mean?' said InuYasha, his ears twitching as his face moved smoothly to a confused look.

 

`Well, how attached are you to your little girlfriend… like if she was dead, could I take you home?'

 

`Why would she be dead, baka? I stopped you getting her didn't I? And I'm not sure how many men I've had to say this too… but I am not gay!' he exploded, going slightly red, and lowering his sword to his side.

 

`Well, I'm not sure if you've noticed yet, but I'm no threat to her, it was the vampire who was having a meal of her neck I was trying to stop… baka. But it's a shame you're not claimable, those ears are to die for!' The werewolf said with a slightly evil grin.

 

The afore-mentioned ears flattened to the Hanyou's head as he spun around to the spot Kagome had been, and saw her in a small heap on the floor, with a small amount of congealed blood on her neck.

 

`Crap, Kagome.' He cried, and jumped down next to her dropping his sword behind him, pulling her head onto his lap, checking for a pulse, feeling a steady pulse he sighed in relief. Then hearing a zapping from behind him, which led to an object pressing into his lower back, and slowly drifting lower, he reached around behind him and grabbed the face pressing into his butt.

 

Hearing the muffled voice ask `How do I work this sword?'

 

`What the hell are you doing you hentai…? Get away from my ass!' the confused hanyou said as he pushed the face away, and turned to watch the lean figure pounce playfully back onto the sword, which threw him off again with an air sizzling zap!

 

`Really… how do I work it, this is fun!'

 

`You don't work it… I do, and in case you haven't noticed, we have to get Kagome to a healer or something to help her!'

 

`That's what I'm trying to do' said the werewolf brightly. `Give me the sword and she'll have all the help she needs, I promise.'

 

InuYasha picked up the discarded sword and said questioningly `OK, just tell me what to do… I still don't trust you'

 

`Oh it's simple' he said, as he pulled a sharp wooden branch from a nearby tree. `You slice her head off, I'll stick this through her heart, and then we'll get outta here and go somewhere nice. Sound good? OK go!'

 

InuYasha dug the sword into the ground next to him sharply, and said `We are not killing her! I want to make sure she's OK and wake her up, how would decapitating her help?'

 

`Ahh you haven't realised yet have you? That was a vampire that bit her, which means that she's going to become one of them. She's already dead, she was dead as soon as that filthy creatures lips touched her neck. We'd be doing her a favour, plus lets face it, she's just a human, there's plenty left.'

 

InuYasha was left speechless at this, and as the werewolf started talking again, he swung a fist at the face in front of him, almost casually, and felt it connect with a satisfying thump. It was then a surprise when the werewolf didn't move an inch, but instead, reached up and pushed his hand to the side, and carried on as if he hadn't been interrupted.

 

`So as I was saying, we need to get rid of her, before she wakes, otherwise she's just going to try to kill us both, and I'm not in the mood to deal with a vampire with its first bloodlust'

 

`You… you damn baka, you can't expect me to kill her, there has to be a cure or something'

 

`Well the only cure we've ever found is death, which to be honest is all we've ever needed. In an hour or so, she'll awaken, and she'll be under the control of the vampire who sired her, and extremely strong and relentless for her search for blood. There is no choice. I would say I'm sorry, but to me all humans are worthless, I still don't know why the elders are so fussy about this one staying alive, but if it was up to me, I'd use her as tomorrow's meal.'

 

InuYasha paled at this, and realised they were miles from anywhere, and there was no way to get her anywhere safe.

 

`There has to be something, otherwise we'd be overrun by vampires, wouldn't we?' InuYasha asked desperately.

 

`Well, there is one thing, but its only a technicality, but if you destroy the vampire who created her, she'll get her own will back, but I'm afraid she'll always be a vampire now' explained the werewolf, `But I suppose the elders wouldn't want her destroyed until they find out whats happened, they think shes important anyway. We could take her to one of our interrogation cells I suppose… They're secure'

 

InuYasha looked up at this and smiled grimly, `Well, that'll do, and I suppose I owe you for trying to save her' he said with a grimace.

 

`Well we'd better go, we'll need to get her locked in before she awakens… and don't worry, you can repay me sometime, I'm sure I can find a use for you' he said flirtatiously, `Oh, and my names Tiber by the way, I already know your name, I've heard a lot about you, but you fight better than I heard'

 

`Don't get any ideas wolf, I'm not interested, and I was trained by a lot better than you' said InuYasha with a begrudging smile, now which way….'

 

** FLASHBACK ENDS **