InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ THE WAR OF BLOODY *LOVE ❯ the rising sun ( Chapter 9 )

THE WAR OF BLOODY *LOVE

CHAPTER 9: THE RISING SUN

Kouga sat in his dark office, doing nothing at all. He would occasionally lean back in his chair and release a loud sigh. However, that would be it. His eyes were seeing nothing. They were distant with all the thoughts running through his head. His body, still slightly hurt from the recent battle, and he was still very pissed at Inuyasha. Who the hell would come and fight without feeding? Did he want to die?

Kouga didn't even get a good battle out of him. He was so weak, he couldn't even move fast enough. Then he tried to help that idiot and risked his life! He couldn't believe it. Kouga waited weeks to get another face off with Inuyasha, and when he finally gets the chance, Inuyasha is too weak. Mm. It was just like those vampires: weak and stupid, risking their lives for others. What fools.

Kouga smiled. Nevertheless, he only hoped that he didn't kick Inuyasha's ass too bad. He did want to face him again. He hated to admit it, but compared to the other wolves around here, Inuyasha was strong. Kouga liked to fight with him because it challenged him. However, he would never allow Inuyasha to know that. Kouga leaned back in his chair for the umpteenth time and rested his foot on his desk.

He expected the fight to have lasted much longer than it did. The wolves outnumbered the vampires by many, and it seemed the vampires would be slaughtered. But to Kouga's surprise, they held their fields, pretty well too. Moreover, Kouga was very pissed that his pack lost more men than the vampires did. They managed to take as much dead back as they could to bury them properly, but some of the vampires managed to run off with some of their dead.

That got him very pissed. No matter how careful they were with their dead, the vampires always managed to take some of their dead. In addition, nobody knew where they were kept, and this was due to the fact that they didn't know where the vampire's home base was. If they could only find where that was, they wouldn't stand a chance. These vampires…they were much more dangerous than Kouga wanted to admit.

However, with the wolves having their guns and their wooded stakes, they would be fine. Nevertheless, with the vampires having their guns with their silver bullets, they were a good match and vulnerable all at the same time. They would have to be careful. Kouga sighed once again. He needed to stop thinking about all of this. His mind needed to run away to a more comfortable place.

He allowed his mind to drift to a far better place…or a far better someone. For the thousandth time that night, Kouga thought about the girl he met at that party. Kagome. He didn't even know why he went. He just wanted to let loose for a while. Therefore, he invited himself in…but when he saw her, leaned up against the wall, all by herself, he had to talk to her. She was so beautiful. Her long curly raven black hair, her wonderful complexion, her eyes…those eyes mystified him.

They were so lovely.

He was able to see those smoky blue eyes of hers, and he saw the red-that special red that only seemed to be in her eyes. So…he asked her to dance. But then they were rudely interrupted by that guy…what was his name?-oh yeah, Hojo. Hojo, for night's sake! What kind of name was that? After Kouga punched his ass to next week, he got a little pissed that Kagome went to go help Hojo, but, hey, what could you do? Besides punching him into the punch table.

It was just one of those nights he spent with humans. It was no big deal. Those humans had terrible smells though. It took his best not to gag and punch everybody out. Everywhere humans are, is the smell of sweat and super strong perfume. However, Kagome's smell…it was none of those. Just the right amount of perfume and that natural wonderful smell. He would have to find her again. After all, she was his women now.

She wouldn't get away that easily.

The door opened. A man with short dark brown hair stood at the doorway. When Kouga rested his eyes on him, he bowed. "Sir Kouga," the man said, "Lord Claw would like to see you. He says it is an emergency. And he said now."

"Oh, really," Kouga said. "What does he want to talk about?"

"That is not my place to know, Sir Kouga. He only requests to see you," the man said, still bowed slightly.

Kouga waved his hand in the air. "That is all," he said. The man straightened himself out, turned, and walked out the door.

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Sango and Kagome collapsed on the couch that was in the family room. Luckily, that room was cleaned. Kagome stood up and paced the floor for the hundredth time. Not to long ago, they both came in with the two boys they found in the woods. Yes, the second body found was a boy also. Sango and Kagome hadn't spoken a word to each other yet. They were too wrapped up in their own thoughts.

Kagome was surprised she could even bring the boy in by herself. That was a helluva walk from the middle of the woods to the house. She had to support the boy with her own body and it really wasn't easy. The boy was very heavy.

And she could have sworn, that on the way, he had moved, just a little…

When Kagome glanced at Sango, she saw that she was also having trouble. But either way, they made it back unharmed.

The boys that were found lay on the floor on top of blankets. They to, were in the family room, but on the other side. Kagome stopped her pacing and looked at Sango. She just sat there on the sofa, looking at the wall, her eyes vague with thought.

"Sango…" Kagome whispered. "Are you okay?"

Sango's eyes became clear and she looked at Kagome. She managed a small weak smile that Kagome knew was forced, before she answered. "I'm fine. It's just…"

"You don't know what to do. I know how you feel. But…" Kagome looked at the two boys lying on the floor. "…we should start to tend to them now. They might…get…sick…" Sango nodded and stood up. She shivered. That's when Kagome realized they still had their wet cloths on from the rain. She looked down at herself and saw that she and Sango were dripping on the floor. "We better go change first. Before we get sick."

Sango and Kagome each went to their rooms and changed into some dry pajamas. When they both met back in the family room, they walked over to the two boys. "We need to fix their wounds," Kagome said. "Especially that one," she said pointing to the first boy found. "I saw his wounds, and it was awful. I got his blood all over my jacket."

"But how do we start?" Sango asked. "I mean, we can clean them up and stuff, but with those deep wounds…"

"We'll have to do the best we can," Kagome said. "Okay. I will take care of the first one; you take care of the second one. We need to…um…take off their shirts…" Kagome finished with a light blush.

Sango blushed also. Both nodded in agreement. "I'll go get the first aid kit and the scissors to cut the shirts off. I don't think we should move them, and the scissors will be the fastest way." Sango left the room to get the things. Kagome walked over to the two boys and stood looking down at them until Sango came back. When she did, she kneeled in front of the boys on the floor, and opened the kit.

Sango turned to Kagome and said, "Turn the overhead light on. These lamps are to dim." Kagome walked over to the wall on the left, and found the light switch.

She clicked it on, and never thought of what would happen next.

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Kouga walked out his office and to the hallway. He took a right turn and walked some more. Then, he was met with a door. The door was wide and metal. It seemed strange that werewolves' weak points were metal, and yet, there was a metal door right in front of him. It was one of those heavy ones. There were two guards on each side of it. They were dressed in all brown. They continued to stare at him until he spoke.

"I must see Lord Claw. He request to speak with me." Kouga said, looking back at the men dead on. They knew who he was. Nevertheless, it was their job to guard the doors no matter what.

"How can we be sure that Lord Claw would like to see you, Sir Kouga-meaning no disrespect?" said the guard to the left. Kouga slowly turned his green eyes at him. He took a step forward, getting right in front of the guard. He saw that his long dark brown tail twitched with fear. Kouga smiled at that.

"If," Kouga began, "I don't meet Lord Claw now…you two will be responsible. And trust me. You don't want to be responsible. Now step aside!" Kouga could see fear shadow over the two guards faces, as they quickly aside so Kouga could get through. He could smell the fear dripping from their sweat. It made him sick. Weak. They were weak. He opened the heavy metal door with a loud creak and began descending the staircase.

The staircase was spiral. They were torches pinned against the wall all the way down; making it easy to see so you don't fall. When Kouga reached the end of the stairs, he was met with another corridor. It was a long straight hallway, and Kouga walked down. Then he was met with another door. This one was small, and narrow. It was painted all black. There was only one guard and he didn't hesitate to let Kouga through.

Kouga walked through the door and saw Lord Claw. He stood by the door, until he was acknowledged. The Lord was-as usually- sitting in his throne like chair that was perched on higher ground so he was never beneath anyone. To get to his throne, one must walk up eight steps. But no one has ever walked up those steps before. The chair was quite remarkable; their best designer designed it. The chair was a dark velvet blue, almost black. The lining was a fine gold color, and the hand rest was gold itself. There was a long red, narrow carpet that ran from where Kouga stood, right up in front of the Lord's chair.

The room was dark and only lit by the many torches that were around the room. The Lord's peasants and underlings[isn't that word strange to say?] were all filing out of the room, leaving all of Lord's important men-Kouga of course being the leader of those men. The Lord, at the moment, was talking to one of his advisors. When he was done, the advisor left and the room was quiet, waiting for the Lord to speak.

"Come forth, Kouga," the Lord said.

Kouga slowly walked forth, stopping in front of the steps leading to the Lord. He bowed; one knee on the ground, while the other was up.

"I have come, my Lord. You have requested to see me?"

"Yes," said the Lord. "As well as all the rest of you leaders," he said looking around at the other bowing people in the room. "An important task has come up, and I need all of you to find something very important for me. This task might sound easy enough, but believe me when I say: That this task will be the most important in your life. Do take this seriously, my men. What I am looking for is…a person. And when she is found, she will hold the key to our victory over vampires!"

All of the men in the room cheered loudly. All except for Kouga. This news stunned him. How would a mere human help them to defeat the vampires? In addition, where could she be found? And what significance did she have that caused Lord Claw to look for her in the first place? Where could she be found…? Nevertheless, the Lord would soon explain that information.

"Men, men, settle down now," said the Lord. "All of your questions will be answered. But for now, you must rest and eat. Go now. You will be filled in tomorrow at the same time." Then his face grew dark. "And don't be late." All of the men started to walk towards the door that led to the staircase. When Kouga got up to leave, the Lord called him back. He waited until it was just Kouga and himself. Kouga waited patiently.

"Kouga," said Lord Claw, "this is an important task. You will be the leader in this mission. I trust you enough with it, so do your best. When the information is given to you, you must act fast on it. Understand?" Kouga nodded. But he needed to know…did he dare ask? Yes, he did.

"Lord Claw?" Kouga said. The Lord raised an eyebrow in question. "May I ask…? Why do we need a girl? A…human girl?"

"Because," Lord Claw said, "this girl is special. Very special. She…" he paused for a second. Kouga wanted to urge him on, but you never do that to the Lord. "That's all you need to know. Maybe when the time is right. Until then…" the Lord raised his long, well, muscled tan arm, and pointed to the door; signaling Kouga to leave. When he did that, his long robe that was wrapped around his shoulder, slipped off and revealed something.

Kouga nodded and bowed deeply before he got up and left.

Before he walked through the door, he turned to catch one last glance of the Lord's tattoo.

Then he walked through the door.

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As soon as Kagome flipped the switch, something unnerving happened. The boy, laying on the blankets in front of Sango, the first boy that Kagome found under the mud with the long dark hair, instantly started to hiss and wiggle around on the blankets. Sango jumped back, started as she quickly found her way next to Kagome. The boy continued to wiggled, as if he was in pain.

"What's going on?!" Sango said aloud. "Why the hell is he doing that? Is he in pain?"

But Kagome wasn't listening. Her wide eyes were planted on him, moving as if he were struggling under water. Then, he let out a growl, a deep growl that rumbled in his throat. It felt as if it were vibrating into her very chest. Then, as if this wasn't freaky enough, steam-yes steam-started to rise form his wiggling body. He seemed to growl even louder as this happened, and Kagome and Sango could only stand there and watch horrified.

The steam continued to rise, as if it was water evaporating from his body, and the steam was the evaporated water. He brought his hands up to wrap them around his middle, as if shielding himself from an on coming attack. And that when Kagome saw, through his wet shirt that slid down to reveal flesh, that his skin started to form red welts that seemed to rise up from the rest of his skin.

They seemed hot and seemed to sizzle. His eyes suddenly fluttered open, and then they were open wide in shock of something. His mouth opened wide in a silent scream.

Kagome's eyes opened wide with his.

Kagome couldn't take it anymore. She ran from beside Sango to kneel down in front of the boy and try to help him. She quickly opened the first aid kit that Sango abandoned, and ripped open a swab of alcohol. She held it in her hand and looked for an opportunity to clean up his welts that were forming. He was now curled into a ball, his knees up to his chin, still growling as if he was in pain. His eyes had drifted close again.

Kagome slowly brought the alcohol down to his skin to clean the blood and welts on his skin. She moved slowly, as she was in fear he would lash out at her. But wouldn't he? He was, after all…

A vampire.

Yes. She knew. What else could he be? No mere human had teeth like those. No human's canines reached to the tip of his bottom lip. No human. And he wasn't a human. However, was it not possible that he could be human? That he could just have long teeth? But Kagome had been waiting her whole life for this. Maybe she just wanted it so bad, that she twisted reality for it to come true. But when she turned on the light, and the rays touched his skin and this happened, what else could be the reason? Except for that disease when you're allergic to the sun.

Kagome rushed all thought from her head when the swab in her hand came into contact with his skin. He flinched back and hissed in pain, but didn't move. Kagome continued to wipe his welts, when she heard a moan next to her. And suddenly Sango was there, hovering over the second boy they found outside. Sango, too, had a swab in her hand and was gently cleaning him up. He groaned again and his eyes fluttered open.

His eyes were blackish-violet. And they were clouded over from just waking up. He was unconscious for who knows how long. He blinked a couple of times, and then quickly squinted when his eyes were exposed to the light bulb above him, hanging from the ceiling. Kagome suddenly thought if he was-or was not-a vampire too.

For a second, he took in Sango and what was in her hand, his eyes becoming focused and seeing. But when he looked around him, he seemed not to understand what happened. Then he heard the boy next to him growl again, and Kagome's attention was back to who was in front of her. The boy with the short hair slowly turned his head to look at who made that sound.

His eyes grew large and mean. He looked from the wiggling boy next to him, then to the light, then back to the boy. And he gasped. In a moment, he was up on his feet, his wet clothes slightly leaking from not dying properly, looking around blindly, staggering as if he couldn't stand up straight. Sango had flung herself back in case he would attack.

"The light!?" he barked, his voice raspy. "Turn off the fucking light! NOW!" when Sango didn't move, Kagome bolted to the switch on the other side of the room and quickly turned off the light. Soon, they were all engulfed in darkness, as the fast and ragged breathing echoed through the room and the rustling of the still moving boy slowly stopped and returned to normal.

Kagome didn't waist time in getting to the lamp, blindly groping in the darkness to turn it on. When she did, she shined it around the room and saw Sango glued to where she was standing, her face white with fear. Kagome slowly turned the light to the former screaming boy and saw that he was hovering over the longhaired boy. He had ripped his shirt in half, only to reveal a very red chest and stomach, as if he had been badly sunburned, the welts that covered his arms were scared all over his chest. His eyes were open, but only half; he was struggling to keep them open. His chest heaved up and down as if he forgot to breath.

The lamped wavered in Kagome's hands as if she was going to drop it. She held it tightly, her knuckles turning white when she saw all of what was laying around the welt covered boy.

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Inuyasha's POV

My head felt like a whole bunch of shit.

That was the only thing my brain could come up with to show how I felt at the time. I knew I was alive. I knew it for a long time, actually. Ever since I was plucked from the ground and put somewhere else. I may be half-dead, but I mostly know what happened. The only part I can't remember is between the time when Kouga was stabbing me, and to when I first realized I was being carried.

I would have jumped up and sliced the person's throat, but that was quickly restricted when I couldn't move my-anything. I could barely keep my eyes open now. But I did my best to. It hurt like hell, and my lungs burned from the power I was using to keep them open. My arms and chest were burning as if they were on fire. The only cause of this, I knew, must have been light. Was the person who carried me here finally trying to kill me?

No. If they were trying to kill me, they would have done it long ago. But that still didn't solve the fact that I was now burning from the rays of light touching my flesh. I opened my eyes when it was happening, and it was horrible. My pupils dialated instead of constricted to keep the sun out. They hurt. The word didn't express how it hurt. And then I heard the muffled voice of screaming. I couldn't understand what it was saying, but maybe it was another vampire caught in the light.

Later, the light went out. And then I felt someone over me rip my shirt open. And start to feel on me. Oh, God! Was someone raping me?! But then something-a smell hit me nose. At least that was still working. I could smell my own blood, it was a lot and I was surprised to still be alive. Then I smelled Miroku! He was alive too. I remember drifting off to unconsciousness and knowing he was still laying there.

I smelled other things too, at the time. The smell of strawberries. She was a human. There was another smell. It smelled like-

I shivered…

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Kagome saw it-them. Guns. The boy was taking them out of the longhaired boy's clothes. They were coming from his pants, shirts, belts, straps-and that's not all. The long strap of bullets that ran over his chest. The shorthaired boy was taking them out from everywhere and placing them on the floor next to them. What were they doing with so many guns?

Who did they need to protect themselves from? It must be the people who did this to them-the people who left them in the woods to die. Kagome glanced at her watch. It's been hours since they came into the house.

The sun would rise soon.

_______________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ Okie-dokie. This chappie is Donnie! Hope you liked it. I am half way finished will chapter 10 already. So you will see it within about a day. Or-heck, it could even be today…hahaha. Read and review!!!