Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction / InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Inner Demons ❯ Planning ( Chapter 10 )

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By: Tijiya

While Miroku talks Inuyasha into looking for a village to hide in for the night two new foes come into play.

Anime/Manga: Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction / InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Action / Romance / Adventure | Type: Crossover | Uploaded On: 09.29.2006 | Pages: 2 | Words: 2.8K | Visits: 708 | Status: Work In Progress

Chapter Ten

Planning

Morning came quicker than some would have liked. The rays of the morning sun peered down on them through the leaves of the trees. The normal activity was happening among the group as they prepared to leave. Kagome said not a word all morning, but seemed to be in a bit of a lighter mood than the night before. Although the tension between Inuyasha and Kagome was so thick one could cut it with a knife. Kagome took it upon herself to check on everyone's wounds and re-bandage them. Inuyasha stayed a good distance away from her; every time he got close one could almost feel the heat radiating from her.
“Come on, let's get going,” Inuyasha called to the others. Kirara trotted next to Sango with Miroku on the other side. Shippo walked next to Kurama asking him a few questions about fox magic trying to figure out how to manipulate fire to use as a weapon and not just a trick. Hiei took up the rear while Inuyasha led the group from the front. Kagome had tried to take up the rear, but with her mind elsewhere she wouldn't be able to sense coming danger so Hiei didn't let her. Puu, strangely, wasn't perched on Yusuke's shoulder or flying beside him. He was near Kagome if not on her shoulder, then next to her in the air. She didn't question why the spirit beast seemed intent on being around her, truthfully his presence calmed her down and kept her from closing up completely. Kagome was frustrated that she couldn't tell which direction the shards, she so faintly sensed, were. It was at the back of her mind, teasing…taunting her! It was driving her insane!
`I wonder if he even knows where he's going,' she couldn't help but think. They had no leads, no rumors, and he hadn't been on Naraku's trail for a couple of months now! So where did he think he was going? She sighed and looked up at the sky, wrapping her arms around herself when a particularly chill wind blew past them. Sango came to walk next to Kagome noticing her distress.

“Are you all right Kagome?” she questioned.

“Yes,” Kagome replied with a small smile. Sango did not miss the look that her friend sent Inuyasha's way.

“What did he say to you?”

“Nothing of importance,” Kagome shook her head. “He's just touchy because the new moon is tonight.” Kagome lowered her voice to a whisper by the last part. Sango nodded in understanding. The hanyou always was touchy around the time of the new moon; it was the time that he turned human for the night. If they were attacked then the tetsiuga would be of no use, added to that he obviously did not want the newcomers to know his secret. Both girls lapsed into silence thinking along the same lines.

“Maybe we can find a village, or an abandoned hut that Inuyasha can reside within until sunrise,” Sango suggested. Kagome agreed, but if they could not then the hanyou would just have to deal with four more knowing his secret.

Up ahead Inuyasha silently grumbled to himself. Taking in four new members only disrupted the rhythm of things. Everything had been just fine until that punk had fallen into the well! How the hell could he pass through in the first place? Only Kagome and himself should be able to pass through! They didn't even have sacred shards on their person so it made even less sense than before. Knowing that the new moon was tonight only angered him further. He hated the new moon for he turned into a human for the night. His human side was a weakness in him and he hated feeling weak. Sure, before it began to be of little matter as he became friends with the others. Although once four more members were added to the group his defenses were put back into place stronger than before. It was only on a trial basis that they were there, but if Kagome had her way they wouldn't be going anywhere for a long while.

“Any clue to where we are heading Inuyasha?” Miroku inquired. The hanyou in question was silent for many moments before answering.

“No.” It was an answer that Miroku had long expected.

“Well then, to get a lead we must find rumors. To do that we find a village!” the monk said with a grin. Inuyasha glanced at him sideways.

“Are you sure that's not the only reason you're suggesting it?”

“Why, Inuyasha, are you suggesting that my intentions are un-pure?” Miroku gasped and placed a hand on his chest.

“Of course you dirty letch!” the hanyou snapped.

“Well since you think so I will just keep my reasoning to myself,” he sighed. Inuyasha's right ear perked in his direction.

“What other reasoning?”

“Oh, just the fact that being at a village when night falls means that there would be huts to stay within.”

“Fine, when we come across a village we'll stay until morning,” Inuyasha gave in.

I.N.N.E.R.D.E.M.O.N.S

Unbeknownst to the group, two youkai were observing them from afar. One more interested than the other. The room was only illuminated by the light that came from a single candle and the glowing mirror from which the youkai were able to watch the shard hunters. The female lounged on a couch looking very uninterested by what the mirror showed. Her name, Shisma, the blood of the Snow Leopard coursed through her veins. Snowy white cat ears twitched upon a mane of ice blue, almost white, hair. Crystalline blue orbs looked at the mirror through half shut lids. A dark blue marking on her right cheek came from just below her ear and curved up to the corner of her eye. The same was on the left side of her face. Curled around her right, leopard-like leg was a white, blue trimmed tail. She wore a simple white kimono with an ice blue obi. She fiddled with a crescent moon shaped object tapping it lightly with her deadly claws. Her element, snow and ice, gave her a deadly edge.

Not nearly as deadly, however, as the male standing before the mirror. This man simply by the name Dark, coming from Shadow wolf decent. His raven locks were pulled into a high pony tail still coming to rest at mid-back, tied with a dark brown leather strip. His violet eyes shone gold in the dark room like a cats. His ears were pointed, coming up to his forehead. Over his right eye was a scar that looked ages old. He wore simple black hakama tied with a dark brown sash leaving his chest bare save for the red pendant he wore around his neck. All in all he looked rather normal, save for his ears. His element was best suited for the shadows, not only that, but he was also a magic handler.

With a wave of his hand the mirror reflected nothing but the room and its occupants.

“They failed,” Dark spat.

“Obviously, what did you expect from weaklings like that anyway? The snake was a bloody coward once his friends were destroyed. If the hanyou hadn't killed him, I would have done so myself,” Shisma growled. “Besides, the girl wasn't there. What would have been the point?”

“To have less enemies in the way,” he replied shortly.

“Of course, you have a point…..as always.”

“Is that a problem?” he quirked an eyebrow, his violet orbs turned to her form.

“No, but don't get cocky. The group is obviously one not to be underestimated, especially the half-breeds.”

“Why do you mention them?”

“Because, for a half-breed to have lived to their ages is an accomplishment. They obviously have power to have survived,” she pointed out. Dark simply chuckled as if he found this amusing.

“Yes, you are right, but I am not worried about them. They are both brash and hot tempered. If they are riled up enough it would be easy to strike them down when they're attacking blindly.”

“The hybrid and kitsune, however, wouldn't be so easily riled.” Dark made an impatient noise, was she going to point out everything? “The monk would be easier, except his wind tunnel….”

“All right, I get the point!” he growled in annoyance. Shisma smirked, but quieted nonetheless. “We will have to wait until the girl is on her own, then take her.”

“Oh yes, that will be easy.” Her voice dripped with sarcasm. “Inuyasha never lets her out of his sight. On the rare occasion he does, that blue bird is always following her if the other half-breed isn't with her. There is always someone with her, I suppose they don't trust her out on her own.”

“Well then,” Dark tapped his chin with a clawed finger in thought. “We will wait until she leaves with Sango to bathe. The youkai slayer will be easier to take down, or at least knock out, than Inuyasha.”

“Then we will find out if she is the right one,” Shisma said while looking at the pendant around Dark's neck. “But what if she isn't the right one?”

“Simple, we kill her.” His tone sounded as if he were talking about nothing more than the weather. Shisma then stood and put the object she had been previously fiddling with, within the inner folds of her kimono. “Don't let yourself be seen.”

“Heh, you act as if I've never done this before,” she laughed.

“With you, one can never know.”

“Don't worry, I will return with the girl…or not at all,” she said with determination clear in her voice. With that she turned and left the room, her white tail swaying behind her all the while.

I.N.N.E.R.D.E.M.O.N.S

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