Rurouni Kenshin Fan Fiction / InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ A Feudal Fairy Tale ❯ Chapter 6 ( Chapter 6 )

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

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Saito dived for his sword, grabbed it and rolled to his feet in a defensive stance. The Darkhound just stood there looking at him, seemingly waiting for something to happen. Saito also waited, figuring it would be better to counterattack then just attack blindly.

He stood there watching it and it watched him, the thing that tore their house apart. The thing that had caused Nayomi and himself so much pain. The thing that had killed her. Five minutes ticked by slowly each feeling like an hour and still neither of them moved.

Another five gone by and still no movement, then another and another until finally thirty minutes had gone by. Then the Darkhound moved, it took a step toward Saito. A cautious step with it's muscles tense, waiting for an attack and ready to counter it.

Saito stood and watched as it took another step, then another each time getting alittle bit closer. Then it rushed at him on silent feet, running straight for him, a growl coming from its throat. Getting ready Saito took the first stance of the Gatotsu.

At the last second it dodged around him, but when Saito turned around it was'nt behind him. He kept turning around but the Darkhound managed to keep behind him. He turned in the other direction but still didn't see it. Then he decided to stay still... this was a mistake.

As soon as Saito stopped moving the Darkhound struck out with its claws. The blow knocked Saito to the ground but as soon as he hit the ground he was up again. The pain from the gashes was astounding, the "Great One" was right, this would be very painful.

Turning to face the Darkhound, Saito found that it was moving again. This time Saito didn't stop moving but kept trying to get the Darkhound in his sights. Finally striking on an idea, Saito decided to run. As he ran he heard the hound chasing him, when it was right on him, Saito attacked with a spinning attack.

The Darkhound jumped over his head but as soon as it landed, Saito had stopped spinning and struck out with all his power behind his sword. It worked, his blade connected with the back of the Darkhound, it hit... and bounced off.

His blade vibrated madly like when you hit a wall as hard as you can. The shaking hilt was starting to make his hands hurt. When the blade hit the Darkhound, it stopped moving, Saito knew why, it was because his sword couldn't hurt it. He now knew he was defeated, it was the end, it was time to die. Coming to this conclusion, Saito sank to the ground, defeated.

The Darkhound watched and after relizing that Saito had given up croutched and pounced. Saito looked up and saw the indestructable mass of fur and teeth coming at him, mouth wide ready to take of his head.

Then Saito relized what he was seeing, the Darkhound's mouth was wide open and since it was in the air there was no way for it to dodge an attack or counter an attack. Finally 'An opening' thought Saito.

The Darkhound was inches from Saito's head, then Saito tightened his grip on his hilt. Then with rage unleashed he moved quickly to the side and positioned the blade so it will cut straight through the mouth of the Darkhound. Since it was in the air the Darkhound couldn't turn, so with it's body weight behind it the hound hit the blade and was cut in half lenght-wise.

The blood flew through the air and landed on Saito, but he didn't mind. It was dead, he had avenged Nayomi and killed the beast that killed her. But she was right, the Darkhound was dead but she wouldn't be coming back. The two pieces of the hound hit the grass with two wet splashes. Saito looked and was ready to walk away but was stopped in his tracks.

He felt a tingling sensation all on his body where the blood had splashed on him, it felt like the blood was starting to get very hot. Then without warning pain took the breath from his lungs, the agony was so strong he didn't even relize that he was on the ground. Hissing came to his ears and he relized that the blood was eating through his flesh.

The smell of burning flesh reached his nose and then his body started to shake uncontrollably. The whole time this was going on the pain was keeping Saito from drawing a breath. He would either suffocate or the acid-blood would eventually eat through to a vital organ. But either way it was slow and painful.

For what seemed an eternity Saito writhed on the ground, his body shaking and grabbing at grass, doing things that he could'nt control. 'So it all comes down to this. I killed it but its blood was deadly. At the very least I avenged Nayomi.' After that he couldn't think as the blood finally reached his heart. Every second was a year of toture as the acid ate through his heart.

And finally his body slowed, the shaking gradually stopped and then he stopped. Hajime Saito, one of the last survivor's of the Shinsengumi was sent to the gods.
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It was deathly quiet where Saito had finally died and not a sound was to be heard, even the wind was quiet. The ground was still soaked with the blood of both Saito and the Darkhound. Then a purple hole appeared a few feet from the fallen fighters.

Out stepped a man with short gray hair. His was average in height and with a lean and muscular build. He had a sword strapped to his back and was wearing strange clothes. When he stepped through he looked around and found Saito.

Sucking air through his teeth, the gray haired fighter whispered a prayer and said "Looks like Washu didn't send me back far enough to save Saito. At least I hope I can still save Kenshin and Inuyasha before its to late." and with those words he flew into the air to the west.
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Misao Shinamori. Thinking about her new name still caused her to giggle with happiness even though it's been her name for awhile. Somethimes she would think it was a dream, but when that happened she would wake up with the arms of Aoshi wrapped around her, then she knew it wasn't a dream. It was real.

A year after Kenshin defeated Shishio, was when Aoshi proposed to her. It was out of the blue, and she could remember it like yesturday.
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She was careful not to spill Aoshi's lunch since her's was the only food he would eat while praying at the temple. She climbed the stairs and found him with his back toward her like always. Even though she knew that he knew she was there, she still felt like saying she had brought his food.

"There you go Aoshi. I'll be back in about an hour to pick up the plate." sighing at getting no response, Misao turned to leave.

She started down the stairs when his voice called to her. "Misao, wait."

She turned back to find him standing with his back toward her. "I know I've been pretty cold toward you and everyone else, and I'm sorry. I thank you all for bringing me food and giving me a place to sleep when it got cold.All of you, especially you." he turned toward her, looking at her with cold, almost dead eyes.

"Especially you." then he was walking toward her. Before she knew what was happening he had her in his arms in the first hug he had given her in almost sixteen years. But this hug was different, it wasn't the hug a man gave a child, it was a hug a man gave a woman.

He looked into her eyes and gave her her first real, man to woman kiss. It felt wondorous having Aoshi's lips pressed against hers, and the way he held her tight made her forget everything but him. After what seemed an hour he moved back and when he did Misao almost collapsed.

"Misao, will you marry me?"

She asked him to say it again, and again, and a thousand more times. Then a short week later they were married.
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Sitting and looking out the window of her, their room she should say, she still remebered their honeymoon and how neither of them had gotten any sleep that night.

Also how much Aoshi had changed over the year, the most astoinding the that happened was when he laughed. It was so unexpected the whole room had gone quiet. Everyone looked at each other and then back at Aoshi and laughed, everyone started patting him on the back congradulating him on his first laugh ever. Misao was so happy she almost cried.

A crash from the kitchen brought Misao out of her thoughts, but she knew it was an accident. In a house with this many people in it, there were bound to be accidents. Misao decided it was time for her to take Aoshi his lunch so she hopped of the window sill and went to her door thinking of what she would make him.

So wrapped up was she in her thoughts that she didn't even notice the wickedly curved sword until it was to late.
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Pulling weeds was slow and labourous work but neccesary for a healthy garden. Again Sango mentally cursed Maroku for leaving her to work on this by herself. She could probably forgive him since he was going to go and get supplies from Kyoto and she really didn't like going into town so he went.

The birds singing nearby calmed Sango as she continued her weed pulling and the occasional forest fox came out of the trees for a look at what she was doing. Afterward she would go in and make dinner for her and Maroku because he was due back today, whenever he went into town he would stay the night and leave the next morning so he should be home in about an hour.

Two years. She almost shivered thinking about it. Two years since that bastard Naraku, or Onigumo or whatever his name was, was killed. Two years since she lost her last friend from the demon slayer village, but two wonderful years with her husband Maroku.

They had found a nice quiet place, from other people on the edge of a sparse forest. More like a cluster of trees than a forest but it was their's. Deciding that she would pull the rest later she left the weeds and the birds. She stopped with a foot in the doorway looking toward the forest, the birds had stopped.

Unsheathing her dagger Sango stood at the doorway waiting for the wolf or wild cat to appear, those were the only things that would make the birds stopped singing, but instead three people came out the forest; a bandaged man, a woman who looked like a whore, and the one from her nightmares.

"Ahh, Sango. So good to see you again after all these years. Did you miss me.?" sneered Naraku.

"Y..Y..Y..ou! You can't be here. You're dead. I saw you die." Sango managed to get out.

"Poor girl. Did you really think that that half-breed would be able to defeat me? Oh you are sadly mistaken because as you can see I'm very much alive."

Sango backed toward the house where her boomarang was, but before she could reach it Naraku nodded toward the man next to him and he tossed something forward.

AS it flew through the air Sango relized it was a body, a body clothed in dark blue robes with a staff clucthed in one hand. AS it landed right in front of her, her worst fears were confirmed, it was Maroku with most of his throat removed.
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Shishio watched as Sango fell to her knees before Maroku. To be honest the monk lasted longer than Shishio thought he would, about ten seconds, that was a huge accomplishment.

But instead of breaking down and crying over her dead husband, Sango stood up and grabbed her weapon. Shishio admired her for that, most women would have broken down but this one was different.

Just as she was about to throw the boomarang a flash of light appeared between them. It widened or turned, Shishio could'nt describe it, and a man stepped out. The doorway closed behind him and he looked at Naraku and Shishio.

"I take it you two are Naraku and Mokoto Shishio?" he asked in a deep voice.

"And who do you think you are interrupting our business?" growled Naraku.

"Business?" he looked around and saw Sango with her boomerang over her shoulder,"Ohh, I see now."

He looked into Sango's eyes and without doing anything Shishio could see fire consumed her body. A scream of mortal pain ripped from her throat as the flames burned through her and quick as that they died leaving only a black smear on the ground.

"Okay now that that's taken care of, I want to ask you to join me and my master, The Great Lord of the Dark, in our fight against the fools who dare oppose his coming. Right now you aren't much use to use but with a little training," a sword suddenly appeared in his hand. Seemingly made of flame each time he moved it through the air it sounded like a furnace roaring to life.

"With a little training you could be very helpful. So how 'bout it? Join us or perish."

"And what would you do to use if we don't join?" asked Shishio.

"You saw what happened to Sango right? Imagine that one hundred fold."

"Okay then. We'll come. But two questions, who are you and how did you make that sword appear?"

"I am Samuel, one of the Great Lord's Chosen. And a made the sword by channeling. Don't worry, all will be explained when you come with me."

With that the doorway appeared behind him again. "Shall we?"
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"Are you guys okay?" Shippo looked back at Kenshin. He and Yahiko had decided to go on ahead because everyone else was going to slow. Kenshin, Inuyasha and Sano were looking back at Kaoru and Kagome, who were a little behind them.

"We are okay Kenshin." said Kaoru.

It had been five days since Kenshin and Inuyasha told everyone that Shishio and Naraku were alive again. Five days since they started their journey toward Kyoto. The plan they came up with was to warn everyone about the revival of their foes, and the ones closest were Aoshi, Misao and the last members of the Oniwaban.

After they went there they would go on to tell Maroku and Sango who were about five miles out of Kyoto. So far the journey has been going smoothly, no armies of demons had come after them yet and they even found a jewel shard on somebodies roof. But one thing's been really getting under Shippo's skin.

Two days after they started they're traveling, with Inuyasha and Kenshin setting a very fast pace, Inuyasha smelled something that almost caused him to transform even though he had the Tetsuiga. A few moments later, Shippo smelled it to, and what ever it was it wasn't human, demon, or smelled like anything else that Shippo knew. But what ever it was almost caused Shippo and Inuyasha to almost leave the group to hunt and kill whatever it was.

"Are you sure? Because we're about to run. Think you can keep up?" said Inuyasha.

"Go on," said Kagome "we'll be right behind you guys."

"Alright." and with that the five guys took off. Shippo liked this part, and liked it even more since he could run his fastest. It surprised him that Sanosuke, Yahiko and Kenshin could not only keep up but that Kenshin was slightly faster than Inuyasha. After learning this Shippo has been wondering what a fight between these two would look like.

Looking back he saw that the women were'nt running yet, but he didn't worry about it. They were only about two miles from Kyoto acorrding to Kenshin and they could run that in about ten minutes, so they should be there in no time.

About a mile away, Shippo felt something bad was going to happen and a few minutes later his suspitions were confirmed.

"I smell smoke." said Inuyasha.

"From were?" asked Kenshin

"Isn't Kyoto that way?" Inuyasha pointed ahead of them and Kenshin nodded.

"Then something bad has happened. I smell smoke and human blood, lots of it. It seems they were attacked by something."

"You think it was Shishio and Naraku?" asked Sano.

"No or I would have smelled Naraku, but let's wait for Kagome and Kaoru just in case.

So they waited about ten minutes before they caught up and Inuyasha filled them in on what was happening.

"Well," said Kagome, "we need to get down there and stop this attack if we can. Or maybe a natural disaster hit Kyoto, like an earthquake or something."

With that decided, they headed out to Kyoto. As they got nearer Shippo could see the smoke coming from over a hill and pretty soon could hear the crackle of burning fires. When they got to the top of the hill where they expected to see a decent sized city, they found burning ruins. Also dead bodies, lots of dead bodies.

"What happened here." said Yahiko.

"No clue. But we need to see if Aoshi and Misao are still alive."

They went down the hill and entered the city. The smoke was thick and the smell of blood was even thicker. Here and there a couple of houses had escaped the destruction and inferno but most were smoldering wrecks. Once in a while a house nearby would collapse and cause the fires to roar back to life.

Kenshin, Yahiko, Sano and Kaoru lead them since they knew where the resturant was. As they rounded a corner Kaoru said they were almost there, but when they got there the building was burned down. Shippo watched as the four looked at the burned building as if it was an old friend. Over the fire a noise came to Shippo's ears, and it was coming from the resturant.

"I think someones in there." he said.

"He's right. I hear it too." said Inuyasha.

They peeked in through the place where the door once stood and found a wreck inside. It looked like everything was smashed to peices. They went further in and heard the sound of low talking, and when they reached it they found a man, a warrior, cluthing a dead body to him. Rocking back and forth whispering to himself.

"Aoshi!" said Kaoru.

"Oh no. I think that's Misao." said Kenshin.

"No." whispered Kaoru.

They all stood there looking at the poor man holding the body to him. Not knowing what to do they stood there, then without warning the wall behind Aoshi broke down. Through the space made stepped something larger than life, a huge man shape over ten feet tall. It was covered in fur, but with human hands and eyes. It wore boots but had a wolf's snout and sharp teeth to match.

It wore chainmail as black as the burned wood around it and the armor on it's shoulders had spikes protruding from it. In it's massive hand it clutched a barbed trident with odd markings on it. It looked around and saw Aoshi sitting there and with a beastial roar struck out with the trident.

The three teeth of the trident hit Aoshi and went straight through him. Skewered on the trident the thing lifted Aoshi like meat on a stick. With another roar it swung the trident and tossed Aoshi off were he hit a wall and went straight through it.

Then it saw them and with a third roar it charged. Kenshin and Inuyahsa both drew their swords, but Shippo had lashed out with his Fox Fire before they even had them cleared. The fire hit the thing square in the face, but it did no visible damage that Shippo could see as it kept charging for them.

It swung with the trident right at Inuyasha who brought the Tetsuiga up to block it. When the two weapons hit, the big thing completed it's swing and tossed Inuyasha out of the house. With a cry Inuyasha slammed into a nearby house right through the door. It turned to the rest of them and struck out again.

This time they ran from the house were they could face it outside. Shippo looked around for Inuyasha and saw something that almost scared him to death. Down the street from the resturant was another of the things, but this one had horse hoofs and wolf claws for hands.

He was about to tell Kenshin when he spotted another behind that one. This one had feathers instead of fur. Inuyasha then burst out of the house with an attack cry. He swung the Tetsuiga with enough power to cleave the thing in two but instead it grabbed the Tetsuiga and wrenched it out of Inuyahas's grip.

Then with one hand it shattered the Tetsuiga into a hundred pieces. With it's other fist it punched Inuyasha square in the chest and sent him flying into another house. This time it was Sanosuke who rushed in with an attack. "Fukainokewami!" he screamed. He hit the creature in it's stomach... and his hand broke. Shippo could hear the bones breaking as he connected with the thing.

With a cry of fury Sano attacked with his other hand and that one was broken as well. With his hands useless, Sano tried to kick it in it's head, but the thing turned it's head and caught Sano's leg inbetween his teeth. Sano cried out with pain at the same time Kenshin rushed forward on silent feet.

"Kuzoriusen!" he screamed.

The thing threw Sano with a toss of it's head and turned to face Kenshin's attack. As Kenshin got close the house that Inuyasha was thrown into exploded, and outstepped a fully transformed Inuyasha. This usually scared Shippo but now he knew that this thing was going to die. As he watched, it stopped Kenshin's sword inches from it's grotesque face, then it grabbed Kenshin.

Shippo watched as this nightmare continued, he watched as the transformed Inuyasha was about to attack the thing from behind when, through the wall next to it another one burst through and knocked Inuyasha to the ground. Shippo looked around and saw that they were surrounded, surrounded by seven of them. Seven and each different from the last.

A scream ripped through the air and the sound of flesh being torn caused Shippo to turn toward where Sano was thrown. One of the things had one of Sano's leg in a meaty grip and another was eating the rest of the corpse. Shippo was appalled by what he saw. He could hardly believe his eyes, he saw that Kaoru, Kagome and Yahiko were throwing up between sobs.

Shippo turned back to the last two who could fight and saw them pretty much spent, they were leaning on each other for support and Shippo was prying for the nightmare to end. As the things started closing in he knew it would. When he died.



The End of Chapter 6. Whooo. This was fun. Pretty Graphic but I had fun. Chapter 7 should be up in a matter of days so just wait for it. Please please please review. Thanks.