InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ The Other Side of the Story ❯ The Demon Slayer ( Chapter 2 )

[ P - Pre-Teen ]
By: Veema
The man who saved Rin slowly begins to remember who he is and Inuyasha joins in on the myster once he sees the strange man who looks like his brother.

Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Mystery | Type: Alternate Universe | Uploaded On: 07.19.2005 | Pages: 3 | Words: 6.3K | Visits: 391 | Status: Completed

So what's the big mystery? You'll have to keep reading!
Chapter 2
I don't own Inuyasha
"You think you died?" Rin asked confused. She observed him closely. His armor was piled in a corner and broken with a hole in it. He was dressed as if he had gone out to battle, but not like a regular warrior. He was dressed like a demon slayer. His clothes were practically damp and had random holes on it, which appeared to be teeth marks and one hole in the center of the chest that was identical to the one in the armor, which was as long and wide as a sword. "You died?" she asked again.
"I figured you wouldn't believe me...I barely believe it myself."
"No" she said casually "I believe you. You are not the only one to die and come back. I have died before." She smiled happily to assure him, but he was even more confused by her words. He thought it to be impossible.
'Maybe I have died. If she has died, then maybe we are both dead. Perhaps I'm not even alive at all.' "Girl, how is it that you have died and have come back to life?"
She smiled. "My lord revived me."
"Revived?" 'I see. She must have been close to death. She hasn't died. No mortal man has the power to resurrect the dead. She must be confused.' "Girl, tell me, why is it that you were in that demon's forest? You could have been slaughtered if I was not there."
Rin gasped at the sudden realization of how long she had been gone. "Oh no! I have to get back!" As she tried to leave, he grabbed her arm.
"No, you mustn't leave yet. It is too dangerous. The night is coming. It is not best that we go out now." He let go of Rin once he realized that she was beginning to calm down. "Besides, it is too dangerous for you to be on your own. Those demons will kill you."
"I am not afraid!"
A sudden burst of anger flashed in his eyes and he snarled angrily. A look of disgust came to his face. He didn't raise his voice at her though. He spoke in a quiet tone, but there was still so much anger and insult in his voice. "I am not afraid of any wretched demon." Rin put her head down, feeling ashamed of insulting him, as if he was Sesshoumaru. He didn't calm down though. "Demons are muck under my feet. They are the worst type of scum. I would never insult the human race by quivering in fear in the presence of a demon. I would rather die then have a fear for them. The world would be a better place if all demons were gone. They're not even worthy enough to be breathing the same air as we humans." He turned his head from her. "They truly are the lowest of creatures."
"But" Rin said quietly and fragile, still feeling ashamed of how she insulted him. "I like demons. I would rather be around them then humans."
"That's ridiculous."
"But..." she hung her head down low. "Bandits killed my parents and brothers." Rin sat down and cuddled into a ball. "I'm not scared of demons, but I'm still scared of bandits. I still have nightmares about the night they killed my parents and brothers. It still scares me sometimes."
He looked back at her. She looked so sad and pathetic in his eyes. "Well, demons killed mine." He looked at the palms of his hands and began to remember. He was beginning to remember each second a bit from his past. "I know that I am a killer. I don't kill men, but I kill demons. I slay them. I slay every demon that I meet in hopes of riding the world of their disgusting presence. That is what I do, girl. That is what I do."
'I had better not say anything else about finding Lord Sesshoumaru tonight. He won't let me go back into the forest alone. If he goes with me, he'll meet Lord Sesshoumaru and decide to fight him. If he does, then it'll all be over.' "Sir, do you know where you live?"
He stopped gazing at his hands. He felt a power in them so greatly. "I think I do. We'll go there in the morning. We'll try." He turned away from her again. "Get some rest. It's far."
Rin nodded and rested her body on the floor and tried to rest. "Oh, and my name is Rin."
"Rin?" He closed his eyes. 'I'll protect you then, until I get you home.'

"There's a village up ahead" said Miroku. The group had been traveling all day and they were now relieved that they could possibly rest somewhere. "I think we'll be able to find shelter there."
Inuyasha eyed him suspiciously. "You mean you're gonna pull the same stunt you pull every night?"
Miroku laughed a little bit in an attempt to pretend like he had no idea what he was talking about. "Oh Inuyasha, I have no idea what you are talking about."
"Yeah right..." Inuyasha smacked his cheek and as he pulled it away, Myouga started to float safely into Inuyasha's palm. A few seconds after his landing, he popped into place. "Myouga, what are you doing here? You knew we were about to seek shelter and food, so you stopped by?"
"Master Inuyasha" Myouga said desperately and almost suspiciously "why is it that you are heading out this way to this village?"
"Because it's the closest one." Inuyasha paid Myouga no mind.
"But Master Inuyasha, there are far better villages to stay at. Don't stay at this one!"
"Is there something wrong?" asked Kagome. "This is one of the largest villages that I've seen. With a little more technology, it might as well be a city." When no one understood her term, she shook her head and sighed. "Never mind." 'I don't even know why I bother sometimes...' "Anyway, this'll be a nice place to visit. It looks really nice, Myouga. I'm sure there will be nice warm beds to stay in." Kagome could hardly contain her happiness. "Let's hurry and go there!"
"No!" Myouga said. Everyone began to get suspicious of his reaction to traveling to this village. It wasn't natural at all.
"What's wrong?" Sango asked.
"Keh" was Inuyasha's reply. "I don't care what his problem is. We're going to this village and that's final!"
'Oh no!' As they continued to press on towards the village, everyone noticed how nervous Myouga was. Everyone but Inuyasha was concerned. Inuyasha didn't care about Myouga's problem, whatever it was. He was suspicious for a while, but he decided to let it go.
When they entered the large village, a boy spotted them and began yelling in horror. “Demons are here! Demons are here!”
“Don't be scared” Sango said. “These demons are good and we go around the country side fighting demons.”
”Liars!” screamed the boy. His mother quickly came out and started yelling at Inuyasha and his friends, but not in fear. She was very bold. Unlike the boy, she wasn't scared at all, and once she was done yelling, other villagers had come out, and most of them had swords and arrows, along with bows. Even the children were armed with rocks and sling shots.
“Kill them!” one villager shouted.
“They might be the ones who have murdered Lord Inochi!” Another blurted out.
“That's impossible!” Myouga shouted. “Lord Inochi cannot be dead!” Myouga began to sweat as he felt Kagome, Sango, Miroku, Shippo, Inuyasha, and even Kirara staring at him questioningly.
“You've been to this village before?” Inuyasha asked.
“No, of course not, Master Inuyasha!”
“Don't come here, Myouga!” one villager yelled.
“Thought you didn't know these people” Inuyasha said.
“Those demons killed Lord Inochi!”
“No” Miroku replied, trying to look as innocent as possible. “We haven't murdered anyone. We don't even know who you are talking about! We honestly don't. We've never even been to this village before.”
”He's telling the truth!” Kagome tried to plead with them, but those people didn't want to hear what they had to say. They didn't trust demons. Even though Sango claimed that they went around destroying demons, they still didn't believe they were good. Even though someone could easily look at Miroku and tell he was a monk, no one cared. They didn't trust them.
“Leave them alone” said one villager. This villager was probably in their mid-forty's. He was beginning to go bald at the top of his head. He was well dressed in expensive looking clothes his eyebrows were incredibly thin. He had strong cheekbones, which gave him a sinister look to him. Inuyasha thought it would be best not to trust him. “Do not accuse them of crimes they didn't commit. Lord Inochi's death is serious and in time, everything will be alright. Whenever we apprehend the real criminals, they will pay. Until then, we must not accuse every demon we see of committing a crime. They clearly had no quarrel with Lord Inochi.” Everyone began to calm down with his words of wisdom. Kagome was grateful, but Inuyasha thought there was something strange going on. “Now, if you would excuse me, I've got a funeral to prepare.”
”That's impossible!” Myouga yelled. “It's not true! Lord Inochi cannot be dead!” Myouga sounded desperate and yet so sure of himself. “He can't be dead!”
The man narrowed his eyes in towards Inuyasha. “You almost look like him…” he let his spoken thought fade away. Inuyasha's ears perked up, hearing his words. He knew it was directed towards him, but he let it go. There must have been plenty of people who looked like him, at least in the face. “You can come in and stay the night in the castle if you want.” The man had an evil smile on his face. He was up to something. All of the surrounding villagers were angry at this comment. “We usually do not let demons in this village. You see, Lord Inochi despises demons and trained this village a long time ago to become a village of demon slayers.”
“Demon slayers?” Sango asked.
“Yes, demon slayers. We don't take too kind to demons, but I do believe that demons and humans can get along for certain causes.” He turned from them and started walking. “Oh, and my name is Kakihara.”All of the villagers were upset, and Shippo was afraid that one would leap out at him at any moment.
“Thank you” said Kagome. “We really needed a place to stay.”

It was the approach of dawn, but in the demon's forest, it still looked as black as night. Sesshoumaru washed his bloodied sleeve in a stream that they had managed to find anxiously, even though he had tried to hide it. “And you just let her go off on her own?” He was mostly embarrassed that he had to be assisted by Rin. She had even tried to protect him from that demon. `I've got to find out why this happens to me. I refuse to live my life supported by weaklings.' Rin wouldn't have been missing if Sesshoumaru wouldn't have wanted water so badly.
Jaken had been saying apologies for a while now. “Lord Sesshoumaru, I am sorry but she insisted and before I knew it, the girl had run off on her own to find some water. I am so very sorry my Lord! If you want, you can rest and I'll find her.”
”I don't need rest Jaken. I'm fine.” Sesshoumaru pulled his arm out of the stream. Most of the blood had managed to get off, but he really wasn't checking for that. He was amazed by his new grown arm. There was always a plus for his unreasonable death, but Sesshoumaru didn't think it was worth it. Then again, it would be great battling with two arms again, not that he needed it. `She's not dead. I don't smell her blood.' He stuck his hand back in the stream to finish cleaning it. `Foolish girl.'

In the morning, Rin was awakened by the touch of the man who had saved her earlier. “Can I go to my Lord now?” she asked almost annoyed. “He was sick and I was helping him.”
“Rin, I do not know who would lack enough sense and send a small girl out on her own in the demon's land, but I advise you not to do anything stupid. I am not going to turn my back on anyone, especially it they are in need, but I wish to return home. I am still tired and I don't know if I can defend you against many demons, Rin.”
“But…never mind.” She decided to let it go. `Lord Sesshoumaru, I'll come back later.'

“This place is huge” said Kagome to Sango as she woke up in the morning. “Isn't this place beautiful?” They were staying in a castle, not a mansion like Miroku usually scams for. It was gorgeous. It was definitely something Kagome would see in a fairy tale. The food was great, and no one had eaten that well in a long time.
“It is” Sango said. “But I do find it strange how much these people hated demons. They were about to attack even Shippo, and we both know he wouldn't hurt anyone or anything. My village didn't act so hostile towards demons, especially if they weren't doing anything. These people didn't care.” Sango looked around for Kirara, but she wasn't anywhere to be found. `I wonder where she went. She might cause a big disturbance if she left to search around.'
“I noticed” Kagome said. “I think we should go. I'm still surprised that they let us stay the night.”
“I don't think we can trust Kakihara. There must be a reason why someone like him would disagree with all of his villagers and former Lord's teachings. I think he has something planned for us, and I would rather leave before I we get trapped in his little plot.”
Kagome nodded. “We should get Inuyasha.” Kagome and Sango began to get undressed. Kagome had worn her pajamas and Sango had worn a white robe to bed. As they were naked, Miroku slid the door open and he was able to see Kagome's and Sango's naked body. “Get out of here, Miroku!”
Miroku didn't go anywhere for a second, but Sango gave him such an angry glare that snapped back into reality and stopped focusing on Sango's breast. “Sorry, this wasn't my intention!” Sango and Kagome began throwing any object that they could get their hands on. To avoid danger, he quickly ran out. “I just came to tell you that Inuyasha left last night. He didn't want to stay in this place. Shippo and Kirara left with him.” He had to yell from behind the door. He didn't want to get in trouble with Sango any further. “I think it's the aura in this place. I don't think Inuyasha felt well in this environment. It feels very pure here.”
The door slide open and Sango and Kagome stood in front of him angrily. “You shouldn't barge into people's rooms, Miroku! It isn't proper.”
“Oh Sango, I told you it was an accident. Besides, I believe that it is best for us to leave as soon as possible. I sense something strange about this place. I believe there is something bizarre going on around here. Myouga claims not to have ever came here, and now his story keeps changing. I don't know what is wrong, but we've got to question him. Someone's life is at stake, if he's still alive.”

“What's taking so long?” barked Inuyasha to Shippo as they were keeping a good distance between them and the village. “I want to leave. We've got to stop fooling around so much and find the jewel shards. If we stop at every place that looks good, then we can kiss the Shikon Jewel goodbye!” Inuyasha suddenly became aware of a presence from behind. Inuyasha turned around and saw a man with a small child standing next to him. “Rin?” `That's the girl that travels with Sesshoumaru. What is she doing here?'
`A demon' thought the man. `A demon near my home; what demon would ever be so bold?' He unsheathed his sword that was around a sash that he wore around his waste. “Stay here, Rin!” He began to charge at Inuyasha, ready to strike him and all of his demon friends down.
“And who's this guy?” Inuyasha unsheathed the Tetsusaiga and prepared himself for a fight. He figured it wouldn't be that long. He just needed to get in a few punches and he would be down. He didn't plan on killing him, but Inuyasha did intend on defending himself.
“Wait a second!” Rin yelled. He wasn't listening though. `That's Inuyasha up ahead. I've got to stop them from fighting somehow.' Rin started to run towards Inuyasha, but she couldn't catch up with her new friend. He was faster than any human Rin had ever seen.
“Ahhhh!” He jumped up in the air and swung his sword forward to slash Inuyasha in half with one swing, but Inuyasha blocked his attack with the Tetsusaiga and an electric current surrounded their swords as they clashed. `He's a strong half breed. Who would have thought?' Hejumped away and prepared himself to strike him again.
“Stop it!” Myouga cried, but no one was paying attention to his words.
“Look I don't know who you are but…” Inuyasha got a good look at his sword. `What's going on? His sword is a fang.' “Where did you get that sword?”
“This thing?” He gazed at it for a moment as his memories; all of them began to flow back into his mind. “This was left to me as a child in order to protect myself and slay demons and I am going to destroy you, demon, you and your friends!”
“We didn't do anything!” Shippo yelled.
“All demons are the same and need to be eliminated!”
His sword began to pulse and so did the Tetsusaiga. Inuyasha put his sword away, feeling that the Tetsusaiga didn't want to strike down this man. `Why did the Tetsusaiga pulse when his sword did? Why does he have a fang sword? Who is he?' “Alright, you had better start explaining yourself. Why do you have that sword? That's a demonic sword and you shouldn't be able to wield it.”
“I have many skills. I can do things you wouldn't be able to imagine.” He charged and Inuyasha again and swung his sword forward to strike him, but Inuyasha caught the sword with his hands and actually had to struggle to keep it up in the air.
`This guy, his strength is unnatural. He shouldn't be able to go toe to toe with me and live. Right now he's doing a pretty good job!' “Who are you?”
He was only holding his sword with one hand, while Inuyasha was using both of his to defend himself. He held out his left hand, which was the free one and held it back a little towards his face as it began to glow a bright blue. The way he did it reminded him of…Inuyasha gasped and said “Sesshoumaru?” in confusion. It was so strange. Now that he got a good look at his face, he looked like Sesshoumaru, as if he was a human. The face was generally the same. `How is this possible? Am I really staring into the face of my brother?' “Are you…” he couldn't even ask. The thought was too strange. He was beginning to lose his grip on the sword because he couldn't focus about the battle anymore. Seeing his brother standing in front of him as a human was unbelievable. `What happened to him?' “Sesshoumaru?”
“No” he answered. “I'm you executioner!” He pressed his hand forward on Inuyasha's chest and Inuyasha cried out in pain. It wasn't Sesshoumaru's poison, it was something much worse. He had incredible spiritual powers and Inuyasha could feel his skin beginning to burn off, and rather quickly. “Die, half breed.”
Kirara couldn't sit there and do nothing. She transformed into a giant cat demon and charged forward to the man in order to stop Inuyasha. He decided not to fool with Inuyasha at the moment and kicked Inuyasha, pushing him to the ground. He had his sword free, but he decided to put it back in its sheath. “Come on and challenge me, you pathetic demon!” Before Kirara could do anything, he placed his hands against her skull and began to burn her. Kirara cried out in pain and struggled to get away, but he held on tightly.
”No, Kirara!” Inuyasha jumped to his feet and punched the man in his face, knocking him back but he flipped and landed gracefully on his feet. “Yeah, that's definitely Sesshoumaru, but how?”
“Master Inuyasha!” Myouga said, screaming in his doggy ears. “That's Lord Inochi!”
“That's Lord Inochi?” he asked surprised. “Why does he look exactly like Sesshoumaru?”
“Enough talk” Inochi said “I'm going to get rid of every disgusting demon there is, and I'm going to start with you and your friends.”
“Disgusting?” asked Inuyasha angrily.
“Yes. You're soulless creatures that are from the depths of Hell. You're lower than insects!”
“Insects?” Inuyasha couldn't believe how much like Sesshoumaru he sounded. `He sounds just like him.' “If demons are nothing but insects, then why are they much stronger than humans?”
“It is a shame how weak some humans can be, but I've been given immense spiritual power, and I do plan on using it to destroy the likes of you along with every other demon that plagues this land with their disgusting presence!” Even his voice was like Sesshoumaru. Even though he was angry and disgusted, his voice didn't really have to rise to let out its emotion. “Prepare to die!”
”Wait!” Rin finally caught up with him. “Don't fight Inuyasha!” She had to catch her breath. “He's a good demon!”
“There is no such thing.”
“I'm a good demon!” Shippo said. “Me, Inuyasha, and Kirara are all good demons. We fight demons who are hurting poor, defenseless people. I have never hurt a human in my life.”
“You are just a child. Just wait until you're older.” The spiritual powers surrounding his hand went away. “I will let you live as of right now and I also invite you in my castle for now.” Myouga jumped off of Inuyasha on to Inochi. `I am curious to know of this name that they all speak of. The half demon and the girl both called me Sesshoumaru. I wish to know more of him.' “Come.”
Inuyasha had his doubts. “I don't trust him.” `His spiritual power is even stronger than Kagome's and Kikyou's! I've never heard of anyone else with such strong spiritual powers. It doesn't rival theirs, it's much more powerful. It seems impossible.'
Shippo was looking over Kirara's wounds. She had been burned on her head and was in pain. “I think if this guy wanted us dead, then you'd still be fighting him, Inuyasha, and I don't think I can put my vote of confidence in you after how badly he was beating you.”
Inuyasha knocked Shippo upside his head. “Shut up, Shippo! I had everything under control!” Inuyasha noticed Rin, who was just looking on, observing everything. “And why are you with Inochi? Why aren't you with Sesshoumaru?”
“Lord Inochi?” she asked confused. “Oh, you mean him.” She smiled. “He saved me when I was alone in a demon's forest. I haven't gotten the chance to look for Lord Sesshoumaru yet.”
“Is that so?”
She nodded.
`Something's wrong, and I'm going to find out what.'
To Be Continued….
A/N: So Lord Inochi has all of these cool spiritual powers and his hatred for demons is strong. What's the mystery? You'll have to read next time.