InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ The Truth Behind Their Eyes ❯ The Mastermind ( Chapter 10 )

[ T - Teen: Not suitable for readers under 13 ]

InuYasha blushed lightly, then dismissed himself from the table and walked out into the warm afternoon breeze, looking up into the sky. 'Only a few more hours...' He thought, feeling his demonic strength and powers slowly starting to ebb away. His gaze fixed itself upon one of the jade statues. 'Then, I get to meet the ShiShi...'
to InuYasha, a dark shadow lurked at the edge of the village, intently watching him. When InuYasha sighed and walked towards the lake, the figure's eyes never left him.

         Night started to descend upon the village, and the party dwindled to an abrupt stop. Kagome looked around for InuYasha and noticed that he had not returned to the party since he left a few hours ago. She became nervous and decided to go search for him, knowing that he must of transformed by now.

         Suddenly, the door to the building was flung open and InuYasha stood there.

         Sure enough, he stood before Kagome as a human. His golden eyes were now a deep brown, his long thick hair as black as hers, and his claws and dog ears were gone.

         He looked down at her, then his gaze moved past her to the crowd. 'The whole town must be here, hiding from the ShiShi...' He noted, glancing at the faces.

         A loud gasp has heard to the far left of the room, and InuYasha's eyes snapped over to where the old man, Hisoka, stood. The master of the village slowly approached InuYasha, disbelief apparent in his eyes.

         "I-is this... InuYasha??" Hisoka whispered, despair lacing his words.

         InuYasha nodded. "I told you I couldn't you." He grumbled.

         The village gasped a collective gasp, then everything was silent.

Kagome looked from the villagers to Hisoka, then finally rested her gaze upon InuYasha. He just stood there, staring back at the elder.

         Finally Hisoka looked away, the pain and hurt, and utter defeat plaguing his face.

         "I have to ask you and your companions to leave this place." Hisoka's voice was barely above a whisper, but InuYasha easily caught it.

         "As you wish." InuYasha said. Kagome couldn't tell whether the bitterness in his voice was directed at himself or the old man, but she didn't dare ask as she and Sango, Miroku and Shippo silently followed him out, their heads hung low.

gazed up at his latest creation. Since he wasn't able to rid his world of that Hanyou, InuYasha, he had decided to find another way to satisfy his blood lust. And this project had proved quite successful.
great Demon Tower rose above the pale, delicate hanyou as he smiled devilishly. The Tower had collected many souls over the past several months with the village to the south providing a fine place to conduct the gathering. Naraku had cleverly turned their own ShiShi against them. The foolish humans had believed that it was the will of the gods, and Naraku used their ignorance against them to the fullest extent.

         At first, one soul for each of the eight ShiShi had been enough to satisfy Naraku's hunger, but soon his appetite proved to grow. The last New Moon he had ordered his demons to possess the ShiShi as usual, except this time, to kill as many as possible. This had gained Naraku a huge number of souls, nearly wiping out a third of the village.

         Tonight, he would control even more, and a malicious smile spread across the hanyou's face at the gleeful thought.

         Naraku cocked his head to the side as he noticed Kagura coming up to him, apparently finished with her task of scouting the area.

"What do you have for me?" He asked, his face expressing full boredom.
bowed low, then looked up at her master, a wicked smile tugging at her lips.

"I have discovered something I'm sure you would like to know, Naraku." She announced gleefully.
eyebrow cocked at her excitement. "And what would this be?" His asked, his voice flat. He needn't show her his curiosity. It was probably something totally useless...

"InuYasha and his friends have come to the village of Shiro."
not.
spun on the demon, who was still bowed at his feet.

"What did you say?!" He hissed.
seemed a little taken back, but quickly recovered, a smile creeping onto her face.

"He arrived quite recently, his group searching for shelter for the night. The village has explained their situation to them, and are hoping for his help."
sneered at her last statement, ready to punish her for the delivery of bad news.

"But he seems hesitant to help them, something concerning the New Moon. Would you like me to find out what this matter is, Master?"
hurriedly announced the last of her report, successfully saving her from Naraku's wrath.
menacing hanyou glared down at her, then turned away.

"There will be no need for that, Kagura. You have provided me with enough information. You may return to the castle."
her master was done speaking, Kagura summoned her feather and flew off in the direction of his castle. She couldn't help but sneer down at him, fully detesting how humble and lowly she had to act towards him.
watched Kagura fly away, a smug look plastered to his face. How he loved using her...
then remembered InuYasha's sudden presence, and he frowned slightly. He could definitely prove as a threat to his plans, and he couldn't allow that. He would have to take care of InuYasha on his own...


         Night finally settled it's dark curtain over the village, and Naraku laughed harshly as he dropped the barrier that held his demons at bay. He watched with pride and glee as the freed demons sped off into the night to perform their dark, yet greatly desired and enjoyed, task.

and the others made it out of the village safely, without the ShiShi jumping to life. They were walking down a path, a little ways from the village of Shiro when Myoga's demonic ears picked up screams.

He jumped to the brooding, human, InuYasha's shoulder and bounced up and down. "InuYasha!" He cried.
glanced over the demon, ready to flick him off. "So now you show up..." He growled.

"Nonsense." The flee retorted snidely. "I've been here the whole time."

"Feh." Was InuYasha's growled remark.

"Anyway! We have other things to worry about." The flee yelled, panic gripping his body. "As you don't have your demonic powers at the moment, you can't sense it, but-"

"I smell human blood..." Shippo spoke in a spooked voice. "And I hear screams... I can smell their fear!!!" The scared little kitsune buried his face in Kagome's shirt as the girl looked frightenedly up at InuYasha.

"The ShiShi have awoke..." She whispered. The group turned to look back towards the village and saw smoke rising in several spots.

         Without more than a single glance at each other, the group instinctively sped back towards the village. Not a single word was spoken, but they all knew what was on the minds of their fellow companions; they had to help the villagers, despite the odds being stacked against them.
was the first to the village, his friends following closely behind him. He quickly surveyed the area, searching for the nearest ShiShi to destroy, but his gaze never settled on the animated Jade creatures.
sole figure stood in the middle of the chaotic mayhem and InuYasha snarled a single word.

"Naraku."

and the others finally made it to the village, stopping short when they saw InuYasha. Then their gazes landed on the other figure.

"Naraku..." Whispered Miroku, his voice betraying the fear they all felt.

"Don't tell me the tower is his doing..." Sango groaned.

"If so, we've got more than we bargained for..." Shippo whispered.
no, why tonight?!' Kagome screamed inside, fearing more for InuYasha than herself, knowing that he'd never back down from Naraku, even in his current state.
their thoughts were interrupted by a loud, cruel laugh crackling across the air like lightning.
had thrown his head back, and was now cackling hysterically.
was beginning to believe he had lost it when his head snapped back down, his eyes fixing upon InuYasha with a glare so full of evil that is sent a chill down her back, along with her companions.
InuYasha seemed unfazed by Naraku's sudden outburst. He coolly stared back at the man, his gaze never wavering.

"What's so funny?" InuYasha asked Naraku, his voice dripping with hatred.
shivered, his voice frightening her as much, if not more than, Naraku's expression. She silently thanked the gods that she was on his side.
still chuckled quietly, not fully believing the luck that had been handed to him.

"So this is what Kagura spoke of..." Naraku said, a smile tugging at his lips.
sneered and was about to speak, but Naraku cut him off.

"Let me guess. You become Human on the night of the New Moon... Am I right?" Naraku laughed again. "Oh, how fortunate I am..."

"Feh, we'll see just how fortunate you are once I slice that smile off your face!" InuYasha growled, unsheathing the Tetsusiaga.
smirked and raised his hand into the air. He then gave a quick flick of his wrist, and one of the ShiShi appeared at his side.

"Let the games begin." He growled low.
the ShiShi launched towards InuYasha.