InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ The Successor ❯ Evil, Or Don't Be ( Chapter 4 )
[ T - Teen: Not suitable for readers under 13 ]
By: truemetalofsteel 
Dream figure is revealed, along with lots and lots of my favorite literary device... Foreshadowing.
Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Adventure / Romance / Fantasy | Type: Other | Uploaded On: 04.28.2008 | Updated On: 04.28.2008 | Pages: 1 | Words: 896 | Visits: 172 | Status: Work In Progress
Dream figure is revealed, along with lots and lots of my favorite literary device... Foreshadowing.
Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Adventure / Romance / Fantasy | Type: Other | Uploaded On: 04.28.2008 | Updated On: 04.28.2008 | Pages: 1 | Words: 896 | Visits: 172 | Status: Work In Progress
Opening his eyes, Dillon again found him in the same room from the night before, with the same old man sitting at a desk, working intently on a painting. As Dillon approached, the man was just finishing putting colour on the figure Dillon recognized as Inuyasha, Kagome having already been finished with a beautiful accuracy. Putting down the paintbrush, he turned his eyes upward to face Dillon, gazing expectantly at the boy, his face as emotionless as the last time.
"Uhm... Who are you?" Dillon asked in a stern voice, staring directly into the old painter's eyes.
"That shall be answered later, first I'll tell you why you're here. Pay very close attention to me as I speak to you, boy." He ordered, his eyes seeming to bore deep into the soul of the boy. Dillon opened his mouth to agree, but was cut off when the old man began to speak again. "This man.." He began, gesturing towards the illustration of Inuyasha on the fine parchment, "Is dangerous, he seeks to rule the world, using an ancient artefact known as the Jewel of Four as the medium for his goal. I was defeated long ago in a power struggle over this object, after a priestess released him from his bounds, but he himself was defeated soon after. Now, only my soul still lives on from that time, and I can only contact the living through dreams."
"Okay, but.. If he were defeated, then everything's fine, right? Or else everything would be destroyed already. Plus, I've met the person, he doesn't seem overly dangerous." Dillon replied skeptically, one eyebrow raised.
"Fool!" The old man returned in anger, showing the first emotion so far, "He wasn't able to retrieve the jewel, because he needs the girl for that, but to defeat me, all he needed was himself. Don't you see? Each time that girl goes back, your timestream is altered. I fear eventually, she'll do something that will ruin everything. And the reason he doesn't seem dangerous is the same reason his companions trust him, he's a manipulative wordsmith. He has all of them working for them, convinced they're working for a good cause. What I need you for, is to help me retrieve the jewel and destroy Inuyasha, so that I may keep peace in the world, and eliminate any who may threaten that peace. I am known as Naraku, which the half-breed and the monk have everyone convinced I'm truly evil, when really, I fight for good, and preservation of our world." The old man hung his head, and Dillon was sure he heard a hint of genuine sorrow in Naraku's last few words. From the stories he'd heard just hours before, Dillon was sure this 'Naraku' person was nothing but bad, but now.. His mind was more or less changed.
"So, how am I even supposed to help, I can't do anything." Said the boy, looking upwards, thoughtfully.
"And on that, you are wrong." Naraku stated. "In the small window of time between this dream ending, and you waking up. I will implant an amount of my soul into your body, granting the ability to traverse time as the girl does, I will be able to communicate with you freely, and you will develop some.. Special abilities, that you'll have to discover for yourself. All you have to do is develop the trust of the group, and lead them to me. Now, I bid you farewell. Oh, and.. Over time, you might find yourself undergoing certain... Changes. Whether those are good or bad is up to you."
"Wait.. One more thing." Dillon said, looking up at Naraku.
"Yes?"
"Why did you... Choose me?" Dillon asked, looking back down to naraku.
"I didn't /choose/ you." Naraku stated with a scoff, "You were merely in the right place in the right window of time for me to finally make a move. Now, go." He commanded, then everything faded into blackness.
Dillon blinked his eyes in a tired manner before standing up out of bed, "Odd... I don't feel any different, but there's no way that was just a normal dream." He quickly got dressed and made his way out of the spare room and saw Kagome, just about ready to leave.
"What are you doing up already, it's still early." Kagome asked, picking up her bag.
"I woke up and couldn't go back to sleep." He began, soon adding: "I want to go with you."
"You can't go with me, Inuyasha and I are the only ones who can pass through the well." She assured him, "I'll even show you, follow me." With that, Kagome and Dillon made their way to the well, and Kagome gestured inside it, "Go down the well, nothing will happen."
"All.. All right." Dillon replied, before closing his eyes and jumping down into the well. "...I guess she was right." He whispered to himself before shouting upwards, "Nothing happened!" and giving an odd look when he heard no reply.
"Well, I'll be damned." Kagome said to herself in amazement, in that same spot five hundred years in the future, before descending the well herself.
"Uhm... Who are you?" Dillon asked in a stern voice, staring directly into the old painter's eyes.
"That shall be answered later, first I'll tell you why you're here. Pay very close attention to me as I speak to you, boy." He ordered, his eyes seeming to bore deep into the soul of the boy. Dillon opened his mouth to agree, but was cut off when the old man began to speak again. "This man.." He began, gesturing towards the illustration of Inuyasha on the fine parchment, "Is dangerous, he seeks to rule the world, using an ancient artefact known as the Jewel of Four as the medium for his goal. I was defeated long ago in a power struggle over this object, after a priestess released him from his bounds, but he himself was defeated soon after. Now, only my soul still lives on from that time, and I can only contact the living through dreams."
"Okay, but.. If he were defeated, then everything's fine, right? Or else everything would be destroyed already. Plus, I've met the person, he doesn't seem overly dangerous." Dillon replied skeptically, one eyebrow raised.
"Fool!" The old man returned in anger, showing the first emotion so far, "He wasn't able to retrieve the jewel, because he needs the girl for that, but to defeat me, all he needed was himself. Don't you see? Each time that girl goes back, your timestream is altered. I fear eventually, she'll do something that will ruin everything. And the reason he doesn't seem dangerous is the same reason his companions trust him, he's a manipulative wordsmith. He has all of them working for them, convinced they're working for a good cause. What I need you for, is to help me retrieve the jewel and destroy Inuyasha, so that I may keep peace in the world, and eliminate any who may threaten that peace. I am known as Naraku, which the half-breed and the monk have everyone convinced I'm truly evil, when really, I fight for good, and preservation of our world." The old man hung his head, and Dillon was sure he heard a hint of genuine sorrow in Naraku's last few words. From the stories he'd heard just hours before, Dillon was sure this 'Naraku' person was nothing but bad, but now.. His mind was more or less changed.
"So, how am I even supposed to help, I can't do anything." Said the boy, looking upwards, thoughtfully.
"And on that, you are wrong." Naraku stated. "In the small window of time between this dream ending, and you waking up. I will implant an amount of my soul into your body, granting the ability to traverse time as the girl does, I will be able to communicate with you freely, and you will develop some.. Special abilities, that you'll have to discover for yourself. All you have to do is develop the trust of the group, and lead them to me. Now, I bid you farewell. Oh, and.. Over time, you might find yourself undergoing certain... Changes. Whether those are good or bad is up to you."
"Wait.. One more thing." Dillon said, looking up at Naraku.
"Yes?"
"Why did you... Choose me?" Dillon asked, looking back down to naraku.
"I didn't /choose/ you." Naraku stated with a scoff, "You were merely in the right place in the right window of time for me to finally make a move. Now, go." He commanded, then everything faded into blackness.
Dillon blinked his eyes in a tired manner before standing up out of bed, "Odd... I don't feel any different, but there's no way that was just a normal dream." He quickly got dressed and made his way out of the spare room and saw Kagome, just about ready to leave.
"What are you doing up already, it's still early." Kagome asked, picking up her bag.
"I woke up and couldn't go back to sleep." He began, soon adding: "I want to go with you."
"You can't go with me, Inuyasha and I are the only ones who can pass through the well." She assured him, "I'll even show you, follow me." With that, Kagome and Dillon made their way to the well, and Kagome gestured inside it, "Go down the well, nothing will happen."
"All.. All right." Dillon replied, before closing his eyes and jumping down into the well. "...I guess she was right." He whispered to himself before shouting upwards, "Nothing happened!" and giving an odd look when he heard no reply.
"Well, I'll be damned." Kagome said to herself in amazement, in that same spot five hundred years in the future, before descending the well herself.