InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Till Death ❯ Ch5 ( Chapter 5 )

A/N: OH MY GOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Everybody scream with happiness! I'm posting this story again! Oh my GOD!!!!!!! I'm beaming! I swear I am just like WOW!!!!!!!!! Anyway, I'm going to start posting again! I hope you like this chapter! She deleted it! Oh YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!! ^_^ I'm going to start crying with happiness!!!! I know I wanted an apology but I figured since she deleted her story that I could at least start posting again! Thank you for all the support during this time ^_^!!!!!!! Since so many people were supporting me, THIS IS FOR YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Ch.5

 

They stormed out of the inn, yelps of joy burst through the silence of the unsuspecting town. Along the way many of the crewmembers began to light torches and bombs before throwing them into homes and stores of the villagers. It was utter chaos as the crew pillaged, dogs barked, women and children were crying, the small amount of men in the navy at the post were grunting and fighting, dying almost instantly, but they gave it their best shot.

 

Kagome, Inuyasha, Sango, Miroku and Souta sneaked past the raging crew into a quieter part of the small town, otherwise known as the higher class homes. They crept silently; none breathed a word, all content listening to the thrill of their hearts beating. They all held their swords in front, ready to kill anybody who opposed the swiftly travelling party. They hurriedly slipped through the alleys occasionally a cat would creep through but other than that, no sound was made.

 

 

The waves lapped the beach and seagulls cawed above the dark ocean as seven rowboats slid onto the moist shore. No one noticed as forty odd men made their way into the town, all too busy worrying about the other sixty odd pirates currently raiding their homes or too busy doing the raiding.

 

The men drew their swords as the newly arrived captain glided onto the graveled streets. His piercing eyes glared menacingly into the frantic people of the city before turning to the small band of men at his back. All the men were snarling, glaring at many of the men running around, burning and killing. A cruel smile crossed the captain's lips, “Men, kill all. None deserve to live; we are the strongest, the smartest, the best! Leave Higurashi to me.” He bellowed before the crew went running past him, making him lost in a dark sea. Not once did the grin leave his face.

 

He turned and stalked off to find the feared pirate Higurashi. There was a new boss in town, and they would all know it. He would kill Higurashi Souta; he was born to!

 

 

They broke down the door of the first large house they saw. Maids shrieked in fear, the butlers stood in paralyzed fear as the small group went around. Miroku took the liberty of ushering all the staff members into a small closet, barring it with a chair. It would take too much effort to kill them all. As he looked around he saw that Sango and Kagome had already gone to the lady of the house's bedroom. Jewels were always a favorite with the two girls although they hardly ever wore them. Inuyasha had taken the parlor and dining room, clearing out the entire stock of fine cutlery and china. Souta was creeping up the stairs, searching for a room full of riches. He shrugged to himself and began to gather the silver candlesticks and other precious objects he could find, stuffing them all into a hemp sack.

 

Once that was done he patiently waited for the others to return. First came Inuyasha who simply gave a slight nod in his direction, then Souta came with his sack nearly two thirds full, he gave both boys a short smile before leaning against the door, waiting for his two daughters to come downstairs. Ten minutes later the two girls slid down the banister of the stairs, giggling like children. Both of their sacks were halfway full. They walked over to Miroku and began a conversation, ignoring the other occupants of the room. Unnoticed by the two women, they received heated glares from Inuyasha and Souta for prolonging their raid.

 

They made it to another house where they began to raid until their sacks were nearly full, they quickly made their way back to the inn where they emptied their loot and began a new round. They attacked another house; this one was most difficult. The lord of the house, who was home, was one on the higher ranking members of the navy and six of his men were there having a meeting about strategies. The crew was putting up an excellent fight but was easily demolished by the five pirates. Kagome and Inuyasha took on two each, Miroku and Sango taking on one each, leaving the senior Higurashi the captain. The fight lasted only three minutes but midnight was drawing closer and closer, now it was only about forty minutes away, leaving only twenty for raiding.

 

They hit a final mansion, filling their bags for a second time with all the goods of the rich. They stormed out of house, dead set on arriving back at the ship ten minutes before twelve. Already they had made it a little too close for comfort, leaving only fifteen minutes to go back to the ship, making it twice as hard since they were carrying 15 kilos of goods on their backs, each.

 

None of the pirates noticed the group of gleaming eyes staring at them from the shadows as they scampered back to the ship. It was Souta's job to make sure everything went smoothly as they made their escape, one flaw and it could cost the band of thieves all of their lives. They had all seen it happen too many times before; all because of an arrogant captain who didn't think any thing could destroy them.

 

The crew was just about to rejoin the remainder of the crew when fifteen formless shapes shifted out of the darkness. The five buccaneers stopped dead in their tracks; the opponents seemed to scream death and brutality so fierce that not one of them could ever compare. Fear for their own lives hurriedly rose along with a deep feeling of panic, though they weren't likely to ever admit that. As soon as it came, the fear and panic dissolved to many years of training and preparation.

 

Inuyasha flexed his claws menacingly, an act that would have usually had the opposing men whimpering or running away in fear. Miroku rotated his head, cracking his neck in many places before staring at the shadows with a daring grin and dangerous gleam in his eyes. The two blood Higurashis both moved into a ready position, one foot in front of the other, one hand held in front of the handle of their sword, ready to draw at any sign. Sango lowered her body weight, staring at them with a glare that screamed `don't try me, you're just a pathetic life form.' Not even slightly worried about the men who stood in front of them.

 

Inuyasha heard some muffled sound of clothes ruffling but not one sign of fear. Who were these morons? Didn't they know they stood in front of one of the most powerful bands of pirates ever? The five of them could probably take on a whole fleet of ships and come out unscathed. `Probably just town bakers who think they can stop us from taking their things.' He looked up at the moon, judging from the position this little interval would cost them a good five minutes.

 

One of the forms stepped out of the shadow gaining form hurriedly. His ruby eyes sparkled with dead humor, staring at them before giving a short laugh. “Oh my, let's see, you probably don't remember me or know me but I will introduce myself later. For now let me test my knowledge of you five.” He said before pausing. “Where to start, where to start?” He mumbled to himself. “I know!” He exclaimed. “I'll start on the right and go to the left!” He said amused.

 

“Listen, asshole. We're in a hurry, we don't want to play your twisted games.” Said Inuyasha with a glare. It bothered him that no one cowered in fear at the sight of his deadly claws. Why were they so special?

 

“Oh, Inuyasha, so impatient, as always.” He said gaining the confused looks of the five pirates, who were trying to arrive at their ship. No one had said Inuyasha's name. “I'll explain later.” He continued. “You see, I told you I knew of you.” He smirked while they stared baffled at him. “Your brother has always been better than you and now you have finally bested him. You will become the pirate leader today if you marry our little Kagome.” He said tossing her a baby look.

 

“Wrong!” Shouted Kagome annoyed at the look. “Inuyasha won't become captain today!” She said calling his bluff. For Inuyasha to become captain Souta would have to die, which he wouldn't.

 

“Kagome!” The figure screamed appalled. “Watch your mouth! Hasn't your father ever told you not to interrupt?” He asked. She opened her mouth to give a sharp retort but he clicked his tongue and shook his finger. “What did we just talk about? Good,” He said not waiting for a response. “You're a hanyou pirate. Now you weren't completely wrong when you said we are going to play games, with one exception. Back to the game, as a hanyou you have two sides, dog demon and human.” He explained.

 

“We know that. Skip to the point.” He said rudely. He didn't like having his burdening heritage shoved in his face and didn't like the sound of the `games' they were going to play.

 

“I was telling it to all who didn't know.” He said pointedly. “Well the game we are going to play is called curse! Doesn't that sound fun?” He said gleefully. “I curse all of you except for the one exception.” He told them. He seemed to be offended when he received snorts and pffts in return. “Too bad, I like this game. Back to your curse Inuyasha. Your sword, Tetsusaiga, is now a binding spell.” He said before mumbling something.

 

“There that's done.” He said looking up to find five blank stares. “Confused are we? Kagome, good job not interrupting, by the way. As a reward I'll explain each curse so you don't have to find out on your own. Remember your two halves, every time your sword is removed for more than three minutes during combat you will lose control of one of them. Each time it will be different so you never know, one time you might be savagely ripping up your comrades while the other your getting ripped up because you have no strong blood in you.” He said earning replies of disagreement from the four humans.

 

“Why should we believe you?” Demanded Souta. He still didn't recognize the strange man and was beginning to sweat about the ship's departure.

 

“I said I'd say later. Now remember I said there was an order, but Inuyasha decided to ruin that so I guess I'll start over. Miroku, you're number one!” He said earning a groan from Miroku. “Are you aware of how your father died?” He asked, Miroku shook his head no. “A wind tunnel in his right palm. It finally grew so big that it sucked him up.” He explained. Miroku looked stunned, now that he thought about it, his mother told him a similar story but he dismissed it, thinking it was just a story.

 

He mumbled something then looked up at them. “Explanations!” He beamed, all the while still having a menacing aura around him. “Tomorrow, when you wake up there will be the same hole that destroyed your father on your right palm. I'd get a sealing cloth or you might suck up the entire ship.” He said.

 

“Ah, my dear Sango, how lovely to see you. You've grown into quite a beautiful young woman, a little loose wouldn't you say?” He said making Sango fume. “I haven't seen you in nine years now, I think. Adopted by the Higurashis after your village was destroyed. My dear Sango, fret not, you are the exception. You want to know why?” He asked.

 

“Not really.” She answered.

 

“Souta, have you taught these girls no manners? No more explanations.” He said crossing his arms.

 

“That's okay, we don't really want any more of your nonsense.” Replied Kagome. “And quit acting like a four year old, it's getting old, you retarded old man.

 

“Alright Kagome, if you want to be rude. But I believe it's your fathers curse now. Since I love you so much it's combined with your fathers. But I figure you want to know who I am, correct? I am the pirate king, Naraku. There are spies every where, I'd be more careful. Now Souta, I know you think you are the king but that's gonna change.”

 

Out of no where the remaining forms that had returned to the dark shadows appeared surrounding the group. There was an awkward pause before all the shadows attacked. It was a wonder that no one in the group saw any of their faces. It was a fast battle: the shadow men were fast and clumsy but never seemed to die. The Higurashi pirates dodged and stabbed, all well aimed and forceful, blows that would kill any normal men, but their attacks seemed to bounce off of the dark creatures.

 

They were a black mass of nothing. Darker than the latest hour and faster than a ship on a windy day with beady eyes that bore into you. In fact their eyes were the only part of their body you could clearly see, the rest were blurs or horribly deformed. During the battle Naraku seemed to have disappeared. The creatures seemed to engulf the swords that were thrusted at them before spitting them back out. Inuyasha decided they must have been some sort of demon, for he couldn't pick up one scent off of them.

 

The sweet smell of jasmine filled his nostrils and he heard a gasp escape Kagome. He spared a look at her. No wonder she had been cut, she had been fending off five of them at once, he, himself could barely manage three. He considered going to help her but it looked as though her father would do it. The older man made a slicing motion then gave a sharp knee to one of his opponent's groin earning a loud groan. He gave a sharp kick to one then beheaded him. To the last one he did a foot sweep, tripping the large form. He did a quick slice, stab, and then another stab. Though no moan escaped the demon, he knew it was dead. He hurried over to her side to help her fight. They fought gallantly together, one would fake then the other would slice and the first would stab. Soon the twelve went down to ten, then seven, and then five.

 

“Curse time!” Shouted Naraku. They paused momentarily, confused but a gasp ran through the Higurashi clan as a loud grunt escaped Souta as he fell to the ground. Behind him stood Naraku, smirking maliciously. As Souta fell to the ground he began to choke up dark red blood and he rolled to the side. Tears fell down Kagome and Sango's cheeks as their father rolled to his side, dead. A long sword was stuck straight through his gut, leaving no chance of survival for the once strong and proud man. Kagome fell to her knees, forgetting about the demons surrounding her. Soon she was in a full out sob; her father was dead, dead at the hands of a monster named Naraku. She knew time was ticking away, if they could even escape, though she doubted it. Her life was over, her father was dead and Naraku had planned it all. He knew, he knew he was going to kill her father, that's why he made that remark about Inuyasha being captain.

 

She leaned over gripping the rough gravel with her hands leaving scratches and bloody gashes on her hands. She didn't notice, she was too busy trying to keep her oden supper down. Salty tears slid down her cheeks as she curled into a ball, unaware of what was happening around her. “Curse you, Naraku.” She mumbled half-heartedly.

 

“Farewell, my dearest friends. See ya later.” He said sarcasm running through his silky words.

 

She didn't know how long she cried for, obviously not long because soon Inuyasha was shouting at them that they would miss the ship if they didn't sprint the rest of the way. She didn't move, she refused to move, not for a heartless bastard like him. She felt Sango knell down beside her, “Come on Kagome, we gotta go.” She said through her own tears.

 

“No.” She replied. She felt Sango stand up and a new presence approach. Before she knew it she had been hoisted into Inuyasha's arms and they were in a mad dash sprint towards their boat. Running like the devil was on their heels seemed to be enough as they reached the rowboats as they were about to cast off.

 

One of the newer pirates piped up, “Hey, where's the captain?” After that he was immediately booted off the rowboat into the shark infested water. Whether he lived or died, none of the pirates could say, none really cared. One thought ran through all of their heads, `What happens now that the captain is dead?'

 

A/N: HAHAHA OMG that was soooooooo fun! This is probably my favorite story to write and I was so depressed when I said I wouldn't but now it's back. I hope you enjoyed it because now it's back on the roll again. (I think that's the saying^_^)