Rurouni Kenshin Fan Fiction / InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ A Feudal Fairy Tale ❯ Chapter 5 ( Chapter 5 )

[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]

I don't own Rurouni Kenshin or Inuyasha or any of the "monsters" (I got those from books)


The scene that met his eyes along with the smell was appalling. Saito looked around the trashed interior of the house and found things all over the floor. Torn books, pots in the kitchen, the flower vase was smashed by the window where it was the last time he came home.

Most importantly was the blood that coated everything. It was everywhere and seemed far to much than what could be in a single human body.

Rushing through the house he found something he was hoping against. In the bedroom that she sleeped in mostly by herself was her."Nayomi." whispered Saito.(I remember he had a wife but I never could find out her name so this is her name.) She was still alive but in a great deal of pain.

Her head moved and looked at him out of her one good eye, the other looked like it was ripped from the socket. "Saito." Her voice was gravely she was clearly in the last few minutes of her life, just barely hanging on. Her two arms were lieing uselessly at her sides.

Her legs had gashes in them where blood was flowing unchecked. And her beutiful face was a mass of bruises and bloody gashes. It hurt Saito to his heart.

"Who did this to you?"

"I never got a good look at it. It moved so fast, the only thing I know about it is that it was black as night." Her answer came out very slowly and seemed to drain the last of her energy. She lost a lot of blood from the cut below her rib cage.

"I'll kill this thing, I will get revenge for your death."

"Don't bother. Killing it won't bring me back plus it's to strong and to fast even for you. Just trust m....." with that she finally slipped into the embrace of the gods where, thankfully, she felt no pain.

Saito put the roses in her lap, said a prayer to the gods to watch over her, grabbed his sword and was out the door. Despite her warning, Saito would find her killer and kill him.

First he looked around outside for any tracks the killer might have left. He circled around the house looking for anything and after about five minutes of searching found claw marks on the wall. He looked at them but they did'nt look like any marks he ever saw before.

He looked around from where the marks on the wall were and looked on the ground and found more tracks leading from the forest. This did'nt help because that was how the creature came in but not where it went after it killed Nayomi.

On his second search he found more tracks this way leading from the house. Thanking the gods he tore of into the forest after it. What ever the thing was it was clusmy in the forest. There were all kinds of broken branches and claw marks on tree trunks among other things.

For ten minutes Saito followed the trail until he heard talking.

"He was not there then." the voice sounded like a man but more like a demon but it was hard to describe.

"But you at least killed the woman?" a strange noise came sounding like the gnashing of fangs.

"Good. The Great Lord of the Dark said she to would be a problem in the future. But we still need to kill Saito. If he is left alive then he will be a big problem later on." Saito had no idea what it was talking about or how his Nayomi could threaten anyone, all she knew was self-defense, but that didn't matter, he had found her killer.

Being as silent as he could Saito creeped up on the thing. As he got closer he saw two things in a shadow covered clearing. What looked like a man and something about the size of a small pony, but was grossly deformed.

Even though he made no sound the man turned and looked at the spot where Saito was crouching preparing for an attack. "Saito" it said, but how it knew he was there Saito could'nt tell. First off it was pitch-black. Second, where the man's eyes should have been was skin drawn tight, and slightly sunken to emphisize the fact that there were no eyes.
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"Okay, we'll help you. With us it would be a lot easier."said Kenshin. They had moved from the forest clearing to the dojo where they heard Inuyasha and Shippo tell their story. Kaoru, overcoming her surprise at finding two demons walk into her house, had gotten tea fixed with Kagome's help.

"There really is no need anymore."said Inuyasha, "with Naraku dead, we don't have to worry about demons coming after us anymore. Plus since the jewel has been cleasned if a human picked it up it won't make them hungry with power."

Yahiko looked away from Inuyasha and Kenshin and took another sip of tea. After hearing their story Kenshin, Kaoru and Sanosuke forced Yahiko into returning the shard of the Shikon jewel. Even though it wasn't his and he had learned it wasn't as valuable as it looked, he still could have kept it.

"Nonetheless, you could still use our help, your friends Maroku and Songo are'nt here to help, there's safety in numbers, plus I want some catching up to do with Shippo." Kenshin looked fondly at the little fox sitting next to him. He looked so much like his father with color and body shape, but his features were more like his mother.

"But..." Inuyasha began.

"Oh give up, you stubborn dog." said Kagome "It'll be fun travelling in a group again. Plus I'd like to travel with another girl again now that Songo is gone." Kagome looked at Kaoru and shared a smile.

Looking defeated Inuyasha said, "Alright I guess if you really want to. But for tonight would you mind letting Kagome and Shippo sleep in your dojo.?"

"You'll have to ask Kaoru, she is the assistant master of it after all." said Kenshin.

"Of course it would be okay. We even have a room for you Inuyasha."

"If you don't mind I'd rather sleep outside. It seems more natural to me and I'm used to it."

With that everyone said goodnight and went to thier rooms. Kaoru and Kagome decided to sleep in the same room while Shippo slept in Kenshin's room. Sano and Yahiko took up their seperate rooms and Inuyasha found the biggest tree outside that he could.

Looking at the sky Inuyasha tried to make sense of the disturbing felling he'd been having since that afternoon. It happened during his and Shippo's training session. Then another feeling that was familiar crept up on him. He kind of unerved him, and then running into someone who actually knew Shippo's parents, it was just weird.

But all this thinking wasn't helping Inuyasha to get to sleep. So after awhile he emptied his mind, closed of all his senses except smell and hearing and began to fall asleep.
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The roar of thousands of demons filled his ears as Inuyasha watched Naraku. With Koga to his left and his brother behind Naraku, they were waiting for his next attack. With the wait Inuyasha took quick glances around the barren wasteland where Naraku was waiting for them.

Sango and Maroku were back to back fighting off the hundreds of demons that came thier way. Shippo and Kirara were near them but having thier hands full. Even in the midst of battle Inuyasha felt proud that Shippo had come so far in his fighting skills.

Glancing to his left he saw Kagome fighting against Kikyo. Even though it tore his heart to see those two fighting, Inuyasha knew now that he loved Kagome and not Kikyo. Now that he knew everyone was still alright he turned his attention back to Naraku.

Naraku was'nt looking as distinguished as he did when the battle started. His fine lordly clothes were in shreds, he was grimy and looked very tired. Then again, he, Sesshomaru and Koga did'nt look so good either.

Naraku glared at Sesshomaru who was doing the most damage with the demon sword Tokijin, but also kept an eye on Inuyasha and Koga.

Suddenly with surprising speed Koga charged at Naraku. Took him about two seconds and when he got there he aimed a punch at Naraku's head. Anticipating the attack, Naraku dodged the blow and let out one of his poisen tentacles to attack Koga. Koga countered with his dagger and got in a defensive position.

Now that his back was turned Inuyasha watched as his brother flew at Naraku, with the Tokijin pointed straight at him. Naraku turned but not before the Tokijin stabbed him in his right shoulder. Sesshomaru then brought his other hand out that contained his whip attack.

As the whip decended Koga charged in for another attack. Inuyasha had thought they both had gone mad, but then suddenly relized that Naraku had forgotten about him completely. Bringing the Tetsuiga in front of him he took the Wind Scar stance.

With all the evil demonic energy around him it was simple to find the scar in the power. With a mighty swing he sliced through it and unleashed the wind scar. The deadly energy flew over the ground in a path aimed right at Naraku. Koga and Sesshomaru both jumped out the way.

Naraku turned again and at the last possible second brought up a sheild to stop the attack. But instead of going over the shield, the power beat against it but didn't extinguish like it used to. When Naraku put up the shield Sesshomaru and Koga both attacked the shield.

Thier attacks were not meant to breack through, but to distract Naraku. It wasn't working but the constant blows did start to weaken the shield. Finally after about fifteen seconds that seemed like an eternity the Wind Scar broke through hitting Naraku square in his chest.

Pushing Naraku along about ten feet the power kept going right through him. Then it exploded, the body of Inuyasha stirred, in his uncoinsious mind he knew he was dreaming about the last fight with Naraku but this isn't what happened. What really happend was it tore Naraku's body limb from limb and with the last of his energy, Naraku unleashed a horrific blast and then died shortly afterward.

But in this dream it exploded. The smoke lay thick were the power had exploded and the sounds of the thousands of demons had finally stopped. Then as the smoke began to clear Inuyasha saw the figure of Naraku standing in the smoke. When the smoke cleared it revealed an extremely clean Naraku, exactly how he looked before the fighting started.

He looked straight at Inuyasha and said, "You didn't really think I would die that easily did you? You damn half-demon!"
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Awakening with a start Inuyasha almost fell out of his tree. 'Oh crap' he thought 'I don't think that dream was just a dream.' "Are you okay up there?"

Growling at himself for not noticing it ealier, he turned to Kenshin who was right under the tree. 'This guys good. I didn't hear or smell him. Truly a great warrior.'

"You were growling and tossing in your sleep. Having a bad dream?"

"Yea. I dreamt about our last battle against Naraku."

Kenshin looked at him. "That's strange." He said " That's exactly what I dreamt about tonight."

"That is strange." Then a thought hit him. " Did your dream end the same way your fight did?"

Kenshin thought about it for awhile then said ." Actually, no it didn't. It ended with Shishio still alive and saying something about not dieing."

That sent shivers up Inuyasha's spine. 'Now I know that wasn't an ordinary dream.' He dropped out the tree and told Kenshin about how his dream was different.

"This isn't good."

"No it's not."

" This can only mean that they really are still alive."

"Well we'er going to have to do something about it right?"

"Ofcourse. But first we'll have to tell everyone else in the morning."
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Saito stood rooted to the spot as the eyeless man watched him. The man was very tall, was deathly pale, wearing a black cloak with a sword at his hip, and armor plates down his chest that looked like snake scales. When his eyeless gaze fell on him, Saito felt fear for what seemed the first time in his life.

"Ah! Saito." it said." I can finally complete my mission now that you have shown up. I was sent here to kill you. It seems you would have been a problem in the future."

"So it was you who killed Nayomi!" shouted Saito. "I'll kill you for this you bastard!"

"Bastard? Well you're right I don't know my father, but it is known that Trollocs don't care for there young, nonetheless I do have a master and his orders are to kill you." When it finished talking it unsheathed it's sword and Saito had to stop himself from gasping.

The handle itself was well-worked leather that had a slightly burnt look to it but the blade itself was darker then the darkness around it. It actually seemed to absorb the little light out of the area. With it's blade unsheathed it advanced toward him.

While it was moving at a very fast pace, the cloak it wore didn't stir an inch. Saito decided that he would stand a far better chance in an open area than in this enclosed space. So he turned around and sprinted as fast as he could. Looking behind him to see if it was following him, Saito saw nothing behind him though.

As he got to the clearing he found the murderer waiting for him. Saito stopped running and when he did he heard the big thing behind him stop also. 'Damn. This is no ordinary human.'

"Enough games Saito. There's no way to escape me or escape the Great Lord of the Dark." it started toward Saito with it's sword at it's side. It was'nt moving fast, rather like it had all the time in the world. Suddenly it quickened it's pace and was in front of him before he even saw it move.

Raising his sword to attack, Saito was ready to cut that eyeless head off. Before the sword moved an inch, the eyeless man knocked it out of his hand, then punched Saito in the ribs and kicked him away like a dog.

When he finally stopped rolling, Saito stopped on his hands and knees and coughed up blood. It felt like his ribs were broken, but they only hurt really bad. He looked up and saw the thing coming at him again and thought, 'Well, this is it. First I pretend to be dead, now I really will die. At least I get to see Nayomi."

As it finally reached him and was about to cut him down, a slash of light appeared behind it. The thing saw it too because it put it's sword back at it's side. The slash of light widened into a doorway and through it stepped a man. He had a imposing figure, not extremely muscular but radiating power. He had a beard, blue eyes and a scar on his left cheek.

"Myrddraal(pronounced: MUHRD-draal). Stop. The Great Lord has changed his mind. He does not want Saito to die the quick death your blade would give him. Instead he wants the Darkhound to kill him." his voice was deep and was filled with arrogance. Also the deep voice of command.

"But..." the Mryddraal began.

"You dare question a direct order from one of the Chosen?" he asked.

"No Great One."

"Good now tell me where are the Trollocs."

"I have set them on the path of Kenshin, Great One."

"Good. Hopefully he is not strong enough to take out seven Trollocs. In the meantime, you will come with me."

"Yes, Great One."

The "Great One" turned to look at Saito. "You, make sure you die horribly and painfully. And you," he turned to the Darkhound "do not fail me."

He turned and stepped back through the gateway he came through. As it closed behind him the Myrddraal vanished into thin air, leaving Saito alone with the darkhound.



That's it for Chapter 5. Next chapter Saito versus the Darkhound. Please read and review.