InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ The Darkness of One's Heart ❯ Chapter 2

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THEpiro16 - I thought of another thing you should know!! Umbri has a ton of enemies, and is known by many common youkai, and a few lesser lords, and one youkai that was related to a Taiyoukai. She didn't like the any of the lords much, and they felt the same way about her, and the one that did like her, liked her a little too much. (hint, hint, wink, wink, nudge, nudge)

The Meeting

In front of Umbri two groups of youkai, both were well armed and looked dangerous. Or at least one of them did. One was a group of nobles by the looks of it. Umbri remembered seeing them before, while she was still under Akuma's control. He made her study each and every powerful lord there was and made layouts of their castles so she would know how to get around in them when the "takeover" took place! This was the lord of the western lands, Intaisho, his mate, Sakura, and what looked like three of their best generals. They were surrounded in a circle of magic, one that greatly lowered the senses, strength, and speed of the ones it was cast upon. This type of magic was considered for the weak of mind and body to use it against enemies! It was completely dishonorable, not even the wickedest of men or youkai ever used it! It was outlawed! This made Umbri's eye's flash red, and she could feel the darkness in her heart trying to take over, and Brion fighting for control. But Umbri wasn't even close to becoming mad. No. This always happened whenever she had the slightest "bad" feeling. (Anger, hatred, jealousy, ect.) Which was nearly all the time. Plus it would take a lot more than this to get the darkness in her heart to take over. So she just ignored it, than she set her sights on the group that would use this terrible magic. It was a pack of wolf youkai, about seven had human forms, and eight were lesser wolf youkai. (They only have a beast form, you know they look like regular wolves, but they have three eyes, and they also have poisonous fangs) From the looks of things the nobles were doing well even though they lost most of their power, they had a few slashes, but were losing strength quickly. The generals were a lot worse. They couldn't battle any more and were just lying on the ground as the lesser wolves started to bite, claw and rip at them. Just than Intaisho was separated from Sakura, and she fell. She was desperately trying to get up, as the wolves started circling her. And Intaisho could do nothing but watch, because he had fallen to, and was being held down. Just then the pack leader stepped forward. "Intaisho we think you have ruled the western lands for far to long. It's time for a change in leadership, and that change will be made today. You and your mate will not live to see the next sunset. But before I kill you perhaps my men and I should have a little fun with her? Hmmm. What do you think of that? Then I can send you to hell together." Intaisho let out a vicious growl that made the ones holding him down shiver. "YOU WILL NOT TOUCH MY MATE!!!!! AND IF YOU DO THAN I SHALL HAUNT YOU UNTIL THE DAY YOUR IN HELL WITH ME!!!! AND WHEN YOU GET INTO HELL I'LL BE WAITING RIGHT THERE FOR YOU AND WHEN I'M DONE WITH YOU HELL IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE A PARADICE!!!!!!!!!" Roared Intaisho. "Heh, we'll see about that." The pack leader said as he started making his way to Sakura. That's when Umbri decided to step in. "You will not put a hand on her." Umbri said, in such an icy voice that hell itself would have froze over, but it was also impossible to miss the murder it her voice as she said it, her face remained impassive and her eyes had a hard steel look to them. The pack leader looked over at her and took a step back. The way she talked, it was like she knew, that when they fought she was going to kick their ass's. "Oooo and are you going to stop me?" "Yes." After that one word answer Umbri attacked. Three of the humanoid wolf youkai had foolishly stepped outside the magic barrier when they thought the fight was over and the danger had passed. That was their last mistake. In seconds they were dead. They were dead before they hit the ground, their blood stained Umbri's claws, and she looked at the other two humanoid wolf youkai that were still in the barrier, holding Intaisho down. She charged at them, and soon they to were dead. "Go over and protect your mate, if you can try to escape." Umbri said in a monotone voice, as if nothing was happening at all. As she said this she had been helping Intaisho to his feet and pushed him towards Sakura. Intaisho wanted to ask her many questions, but his mate's life was in danger and that came before all else, so he did as Umbri asked. Umbri then turned to the leader who had a stunned look in his face. He couldn't believe that a teenage girl had just killed his most powerful men. That wasn't possible. He knew he was in trouble, but didn't know what he could do. Than he saw where Umbri was standing and smirked. Umbri had walked right into the middle of the magic barrier. "Tell me my fine lady, what is your name?" "My name is of no concern to you, for you will not be able to remember it when you are dead." Umbri said. Her voice still in a monotone. The lesser beast wolf youkai that were left started circling her, but stopped when they're master looked and growled at them. "Let me deal with her, go after the nobles before they're strength comes back. While they're still in this weakened state you should be able to defeat them." He then turned back to Umbri. "I was planning to play with Sakura, but I think you would be even more fun." Umbri did not react like he thought she would. In fact she still looked kind of bored, like someone just happened to threaten to rape you every day. He thought she would have just started to cry and beg him not to do it. He obviously didn't know much about Umbri. "I cannot tell you how many times I have heard the "I was going to play with her but you look much better" line. I mean really. Do all you crazy youkai think alike? And what do you think I am? A toy??? Wait don't answer that. I don't want to know what you think about. Wait, are able to think can't you? Oh why do I even ask myself such dumb questions? Of coarse you can't." Now the wolf youkai was truly in shock. `Did she just insult me??? What is wrong with this female? Nobody gets away with insulting me, nobody.' "You'll die for your words wrench, incase you've forgotten your in my magic barrier." "Well no actually I haven't forgotten." Just as Umbri said this she took out a dagger she had on her belt and threw it at him. The dagger hit him right in the center of the forehead, and he died instantly. Umbri calmly walked up to him took the dagger out of his head and looked around for the nobles of the west. They were nowhere to be seen. Neither were the lesser wolf youkai. Even though Umbri had been in the magic barrier for awhile now she knew that the nobles of the west were in it for longer and it would take awhile for their powers to return. The generals were dead there was nothing she could do for them. They died from poison. `Hmm the wolves teeth must be poisonous. I recognize this poison! This is one of the poisons that Akuma used to train me. He wanted me to have a little immunity to it. I'll be able to take in a lot more of this poison than the nobles can, especially in their current state. I guess I'll just have to go after them and make sure those damn wolf youkai don't kill them.' And with those thoughts in mind Umbri raced through the forest.

Sakura P.O.V.

`I wonder who that young girl is. She saved my mate's life and my own, not to mention my honor. I hope she's ok. But the way she looked before battle, it was frightening. The only other I've seen that looked that intense was Intaisho. I wonder who trained her, obviously someone with great skills. She killed nearly half of them by the time we lef- wait what's that smell? Oh no it's the smell of wolves. Intaisho and I are both to tired to put up a real fight what should we do? "Intaisho do you smell it?" "Yes. They are surrounding us." "What should we do?" "I don't know."

Normal P.O.V.

As soon as Intaisho finished his sentence wolves sprang at them on all sides. They both dodged gracefully and continued running. Soon they came to a large rock, at least 50 feet high. "Hurry on the rock." Intaisho yelled. The wolves were right on his heels. He couldn't wait to get his powers back, than these wolves would be sorry that they ever tried to kill him and his mate. And he would get revenge for his generals. As they got to the rock he helped Sakura get up, but as soon as he was about to jump up the wolves grabbed him by his shirt and held him down. Intaisho rolled to the left ripping his shirt and freeing himself from the wolves. But now he was separated from the rock and he wolves were circling him again. He could see the poison dripping from their teeth and was starting to wonder if this really was going to be the end. One wolf leapt at him he tried to dodge but ended up falling down. Anther wolf leapt at him and he knew that there was nothing he could do to stop it, but if he had to die he wasn't going to die cowering away, no, he was going to go with honor. He closed his eyes and waited for the blow to come. But it never came. He opened his eye's again to see the same strange girl that helped them earlier in front of him arms out in front of her and two wolves biting them, leaving very deep and painful looking gashes. "Ya know, even if you don't think you can win it doesn't mean that it's hopeless, and it also doesn't mean that you should give up. Because you haven't truly lost until you lose hope." With that said she threw the wolves off of her and into trees, snapping the trees in half, along with the two wolves backs. From that moment on the wolves ignored Intaisho and focused on Umbri. They all came at her ripping, clawing, biting scratching, and poisoning. Umbri was already tired and moving slow thanks to the magic barrier but now the poison and blood loss, were starting to take effect. She was starting to get even slower and her vision was blurred. She could feel the wolves tare at her with everything they had. But slowly she was starting to kill them one by one soon there were five left then for then three then two then one and then finally there were none. Umbri was breathing heavy now and her already blurry vision was getting blurrier. Soon she couldn't even feel the pain in all the gash marks she had coving her body. She felt herself slowly going into darkness. She had to get away. If any of her enemies saw her like this who knows what would happen to her. And even though she just saved their lives Umbri didn't trust the nobles either. No she had saved others lves before and they had betrayed her just like all the others had. There were only two groups of allies that she thought she could trust, but one was much to far away for her too make it in this condition. In fact they could have been less than 20 steps away but Umbri would have doubted she could have made is. But she could always try for the other group. Umbri slowly started to try and walk away. Her vision was getting darker and everything she heard sounded funny, she couldn't really understand anything. But than she thought she heard someone call to her. She slowly turned around and saw Intaisho looking at her. They made eye contact for only a minute, than before she knew it, everything went black.
Intaisho P.O.V.

After the young girl had defeated all the wolves she started to get up. I saw all the gashes on her and had to stop a gasp from escaping my throat. Deep bloody gashes covered her entire body. She was losing massive amounts of blood; it was a miracle that she hadn't passed out from blood loss. But blood loss wasn't her only problem, oh no, she had taken a ton of poison into her body. I didn't understand how she could be alive, non-the less walking around. So I called to her. "Wait!" She kept on walking for a bit I think the poison is messing with her hearing. But slowly she stopped and turned around. As she turned around, her and I made eye contact for the first time. Her eye's, they wee the saddest things I have ever seen. With the poison in her body she wasn't able to hide the emotion in them. I could see right into her soul, and what I saw made my heart break. Her soul was sad, she had gone through many hard things in life, there was also betrayal, anger, and one other emotion that was just as strong if not stronger than the sadness, it was loneliness. This poor creature had been through so much in her life. Although she acted tough her spirit was ready to break. She did not want to live, but yet she still fought to stay alive. Why? I don't know. I found myself wanting to heal her spirit, but I knew that it would not be easy. No, it would be extremely difficult. She has lost her trust in others and in the world. I will bring that trust back and I will not leave her until I know that she will be all right. After all she saved my mate and myself, I think it's the least I can do. Then she started to fall, I ran to catch her and found that my powers have returned. I caught her easily and held her bridal stile. I then noticed my mate at my side. We looked at each other for a moment, and then quickly started toward our home. We both knew we wanted the same thing, and that thing was to help this girl. I didn't know her name yet, who her parents were, or where she came from but I knew I would learn soon enough. This girl will want to live again! By my life I swear it!