Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction / InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Inner Demons ❯ Unexpected Inturruptions ( Chapter 13 )

Chapter Thirteen

Unexpected Interruptions

 

Shippo trudged wearily behind Kurama, trying to keep all senses open. His normally perky tail hung to the ground, his pointed ears drooped, his eyes threatened to stay closed each time he blinked. Despite how tired the young kit was, he continued on wanting to be of help in finding Kagome. He was surprised when a pair of arms scooped him up, saving him from what could have been a nasty fall down a steep hill. Kurama glanced at the kit in his arms. Shippo was too tired to protest and insist he help find the trail, instead almost falling asleep the moment he was lifted up. Kurama had no qualms about carrying him; he could go on longer than Shippo. After all, Shippo was still a kit and needed sleep. He soon heard Shippo's even breathing signaling that he had indeed fallen asleep.

`Let me take over red, you need sleep as much as the kit,' Youko insisted. Kurama, however, was hesitant. He heard Youko sigh exasperatedly knowing just what Kurama was thinking. `I was not born during this time period. The Makai barrier had already been placed by the time I was born. I may be old, but I'm not that old.' He let Kurama protest no further and easily gained control over the weary teenager.

Had anyone been watching, it would seem that a bucket of bleach had been dumped over his head. Red hair became silver, his clothing replaced with Youko's preferred white garb. Large fox ears twitched atop his head and a tail swayed casually behind him. Golden eyes opened, taking in the sight for the first time outside of his confines in Kurama's mind. He shifted Shippo in his arms before continuing searching for anything that would lead him to Kagome or her captor.

When a twig snapped he halted, his ears swiveling in all directions trying to discern the direction the sound came from. He growled in annoyance, he didn't need this right now. When he was about to dart off, a leopard jumped in his path with a growl. Several others came out from hiding; he soon realized he was surrounded. It wouldn't have been much of a problem, had he not noticed their glowing white eyes and strange fur color.

`They are under control of a higher youkai,' he thought before expanding his youki in an attempt of locating the master. However, his attempts were in vain as he came up empty handed. Shifting Shippo so he held him in his left arm, he reached into his hair with every intent on slicing through the cats with his rose whip. His movements were quick and fluid, almost invisible to the untrained eye. Unfortunately, he quickly saw that each attack was avoided. His golden eyes narrowed as the cats moved back into formation without a single scratch. The largest cat, obviously a male, hunkered down. Youko readied himself for another round, in which he was certain he would not miss. Both moved at once, lunging at the other. They landed on opposite sides, but only one had been injured. A pained growl left his lips as he landed heavily on the ground. His white tunic became stained with blood from the gash on his left shoulder. The small kit in his arms began stirring due to all of the commotion. Youko saw the hungry look in the largest cats eyes, it was certain only one group would leave alive.

 

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Sango looked down below where Hiei moved through the trees with practiced ease. He refused to ride upon Kirara's back with Sango before darting off leaving her to follow. She doubted he would care if she decided to suddenly turn in the opposite direction.

`So far no sign of anything out of the ordinary,' she thought with a small sigh. `I hope one of the others is having better luck than us.' Kirara reared back, almost throwing Sango off, as a sudden blizzard hit them. The harsh winds bit at her exposed skin, the blizzard was so thick she could barely see. Kirara attempted to maneuver through the storm, but was forced to land. Because of the storm she ended up crashing through the tree tops and landing heavily on her feet. Sango slid off of her before she transformed into a smaller state and curled up in an attempt to escape the bitter cold. Sango picked her up and looked around for Hiei, which wouldn't be difficult. He would be a black spot on a sheet of white.

“Hiei!” she called out when she spotted the black spot trying to find her in the seemingly endless white snow. He landed in front of her, the snow now coming up to his knees. “There must be a youkai around,” she said in a tight voice as the cold seeped through her outfit. Kirara made a small, unpleasant sound.

“We have to get to the end of the blizzard,” he said suddenly.

“What?”

“This is a low class youkai we're dealing with; the span of the storm will only go so far.” Sango nodded her understanding, but the question was how far the storm stretched out. She looked over at Hiei, his skin was a shade paler than normal.

`He may be able to tolerate the storm better than myself, but I fear that this being youkai made he may have just as much a chance as me.' Of course she would not say such aloud, he would deny it. There would be no point in starting a loosing argument. She adjusted the Hirikotsu against her back and tried to shelter Kirara from the storm as much as possible. Without any further delay they began walking in hopes of finding the edge of the storm, before they froze to death.

 

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Yusuke stuffed his hands into his pockets as he and Kuwabara searched for any clue that would lead them to Kagome. Unfortunately they didn't know the area and were most likely lost, great. Puu flew overhead scanning the ground from above.

`Come on, give us a sign if we're close or…' Yusuke's thoughts stopped short as he quickly covered his nose. His expression adopted a rather comical look that had Kuwabara raising an eyebrow.

“What's wrong Urameshi?” he questioned.

“You can't smell that?” Yusuke exclaimed.

“Smell what?”

`Sometimes being a youkai sucks,' Yusuke thought sourly. He couldn't locate where the putrid stench was coming from.

“So the little half breed can smell Kingmar!” A voice cackled. “Poor little half breed, he can not stand it, the effects spread throughout the half breeds senses, eyes, nose, ears! Slowly, but surely.”

“Damn, this is perfect!” Yusuke growled as Kuwabara created his Spirit Sword.

“Too bad the human isn't affected.” A greenish looking creature jumped out from behind the bushes.. Its ears were longer than the normal youkai's, protruding past his head. Its yellowish eyes glowed in the dark, his claws were at least an inch long. The creature lunged at the two, both dodging easily. Kingmar quickly turned around and faced the two, who were ready to attack. “Not so fast!” From its body a grayish type of smoke filled the area. The smoke stung their eyes and nose; they coughed as it entered their throats and made it difficult to breath. “The smoke stings them, blinds them, suffocates them,” Kingmar cackled. “And now…” Yusuke could barely make out the glowing yellow eyes from the smoke. “…Kingmar shall devour them!”

 

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“Hm, maybe I underestimated them,” Dark said with a small grin. The mirror reflected different images at different intervals. “However, I think Kingmar is out of line.” The mirror rippled before showing Shisma standing atop a rock formation, concentration deep within her eyes. “Shisma, once you are through over there I need you to kill Kingmar. I don't need them dead yet, they still have their uses to me.” A simple nod was given before the mirror became dormant once again and the room was sent into its normal darkness. He walked over to Kagome, who was on the couch unconscious. “The time will be soon, dear priestess,” she moaned in her sleep, her expression pained. “Don't worry; it won't be I who will cause them pain. He didn't quite plan on them getting so close to his hideout, thus why he sent Shisma out to distract them. He didn't need his plans ruined, he had worked to hard. He wasn't planning on killing them either; he needed them alive for this to work. There was one thing he needed from one of them, but it would take a while to figure out whom to take it from. “It's surprising that other half breed and Monk isn't among the search,” he mused. “Ah well, the less to deal with the better. I hope you have a good sleep priestess, for it will be the last good memory you will have for a while,” he chuckled.

The Mirror surface rippled to life before showing different scenes, Dark turned around, his smirk vanished.

“Impossible!” he growled as he chucked a glass object at the wall that shattered upon impact.

 

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`We don't have time for this!' Yusuke thought irritably. He forced his coughing down to an absolute minimum, which was next to impossible because of the fog entering his body through any means possible. He would have told Kuwabara to do the same, but if he tried to talk he was certain he'd end up with a mouthful of the fog. He closed his eyes and forced himself to concentrate, something Genkai spent six months trying to beat into his head.

`Come on Kuwabara,' he thought. He didn't have to worry for Kuwabara was way ahead of him. Kingmar stopped for a moment to give a look of confusion, his prey was acting very tame for some reason. Oh well, he was taught to turn an opportunity down. In a split second he became a simple blur tearing at their skin, tearing pieces of their clothes in the process. He grinned as their stances weakened, now that they had bleeding wounds the fog was able to enter painfully.

“Foolish boys Kingmar sees, but complain he not!”

`Does this guy ever shut up?' Kuwabara thought, the imp was so annoying. He looked over to Yusuke, whose eyes were also open by now. He could see the tip of Yusuke's index finger glowing, although the normal force that was behind it was absent. It had the power of a firefly, not enough to do damage. The imp ran another round around them, causing more bleeding wounds so as to weaken them further. When Kingmar stopped in order to prepare for his next round, Yusuke turned around, his finger pointed in his direction and let go of the blast that had been accumulating. Kingmar laughed as he dodged the blast with ease.

“Only the power of a fly, even if Kingmar hadn't moved the blast wouldn't hurt! Stupid boy!” His laughing was cut short as he saw Kuwabara run towards him, his sword in hand. “How can he move?” Looking around he saw that the blast wasn't intended to blow his head off; instead it left a path so Kuwabara was able to deal the blow.

“How?” he muttered before the sword ran him through. The fog slowly disappeared from the clearing allowing fresh air to fill their lungs.

“Damn that guy had been getting on my nerves,” Kuwabara stated as Yusuke nodded his agreement.

 

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Shippo clung onto the older kitsune as he ducked under thick brush and tossed attack after attack in hopes of taking down the leader of the pack. He wasn't sure who this man was, but he had no other choice but to trust him else wise he want to be cat food; As the older kitsune had so kindly put it. He had managed to cut down a good amount of the leader's lackeys, but had earned a few wounds from the leader himself. He had tried to loose them by coaxing the foliage to grow thicker, but the leopards didn't seem fazed as they barreled through bushes and the like. Shippo yelped at one of the smaller leopards managed to snap at his tail and drag him down. Youko wasted no time in cutting down the cat that wanted to have Shippo as a snack. Shippo ran behind Youko's legs as he faced what remained of the pack. The plants thrived in this area, whereas they were mostly dead in the area they had been in before. Thus the reason why Youko had been running, he wanted an area where the foliage grew thick and strong yet left enough room to move. The leopards moved aside so the leader could face him one on one. Shippo moved back so as to give Youko enough room. The large cat snarled before charging, he wasn't able to get close as Youko snapped his whip in his direction. He tried charging the right side of the kitsune, but was rewarded with a cut along his right paw.

He moved back, a tan light surrounded him as parts of his body shifted, lengthened, and formed. Once the light had receded, a very leopard looking man stood before them. The face remained the same as before, animalistic as ever. His body was covered with the same brown/tan fur. His legs were shaped differently than humans, they were able to bend in a way that humans could not. His fingers were tipped with deadly looking claws; in his hands was a large spear that glowed at the tip.

Youko's eyes narrowed, the transformation wasn't natural. He wasn't given time to ponder it any longer as the leopard charged him, spear in hand. Youko leapt to the side in order to avoid it. Each blow with his rose whip was blocked by the spear; it was much stronger than it looked. The hilt was steel instead of wood; however it was enchanted to look as such.

Shippo could only watch as blow after blow was dealt, both sides gaining serious injuries.

`I have to do something!' he thought. The only question is what could he do? An idea formed in his mind, could it work? Only one way to find out. He closed his eyes and concentrated on bringing his energy to the palm of his hand. It grew warm as a blue fire lit up on his palm, he smiled triumphantly. Normally he could just use an illusion of fire; it didn't feel warm like this or anything. He turned to the fighting pair and took a deep breath. `One shot!' he thought. The flames shot out from his palm to the man-cat, who yowled in pain as it came in contact with his skin. Youko took the opportunity to slice him clean in half before he had the chance to regain composure. As expected, once the leader was cut down the rest retreated. He went over to Shippo and lifted him up.

“I have to find Kurama!” he exclaimed as Youko began walking.

“When you wake you will be with him,” Youko said calmly before lifting a white flower with purple tips up to Shippo's nose. His eyes opened and close drowsily before he finally drifted off to sleep.

 

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Hiei stopped and looked back when he felt a sudden energy spike. His eyes narrowed, if his assumptions were correct, then whoever had formed this blizzard was there.

“Keep going straight, you'll reach the edge quicker,” he stated.

“Where are you going?” Sango questioned.

“Just get going unless you want to freeze,” he snapped before darting off. Sango glared at his retreating back, she considered following him, but Kirara was in no shape to stay out in this blizzard and neither was she.

Hiei kept silent as he came closer to the eye of the storm, it became harder to see the further in he got. The winds tore at his clothes and bit at his exposed skin.

“Come back, I'm done with the girl. Take her back to the two that remained behind, don't let yourself be seen if you can help it.” He looked around, but couldn't see the source of the voice.

“What about Kingmar? You said he was out of line,” Shisma said. All Hiei could see was her, no one else was around. So where was the voice coming from?

“I underestimated them all; Kingmar is no longer a problem. Move quickly unless you want to be killed, the hybrid is behind you.” Shisma nodded and lowered her arms causing the blizzard to die down.

“Sorry, I have no time to play today,” she said before running off. Hiei growled and drew his sword before rushing after her; he wasn't going to let her run off. “Didn't I just tell you,” she growled impatiently before turning around and pulling out her strange shaped weapon. “I have no time to deal with you!” A shower of icicles came rushing at him, tearing skin any time they came in contact with him. This gave her the opportunity she needed to get away.

 

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“Inuyasha, I will tie you to a tree if I must,” Miroku warned. Ever since the others had left to search for Kagome, Inuyasha hadn't settled down. If he wasn't up and pacing he was fidgeting.

“I should be out there looking for her!” Inuyasha yelled.

“In this state you would be of little help,” Miroku reasoned. Inuyasha simply shot him an icy glare.

“Don't worry Inuyasha; I'm certain they'll bring her back safe and sound.”

“I ain't…” Miroku shot him a knowing look forcing him to swallow his words. Of course he was worried! He didn't know where she was, what was happening to her, or if she was even still alive! Miroku wasn't going to let him deny it. Inuyasha plopped down on the floor, looking at the screen of the hut wishing Kagome would suddenly walk through it.

`Inuyasha,' Miroku thought. `I hope you sort out your feelings for Lady Kikyo and Lady Kagome before you loose Kagome for good.' Miroku knew that Inuyasha had mixed feelings and didn't know which female to choose, but if he waited any longer Kagome might choose to give her heart to another. She may already have her sights set on another and they would be none the wiser. They weren't sure of what she did back in her strange era; she could have a betrothed for all they knew.

The others had been gone for a while now; sunrise was only a few hours away. Miroku was strongly considering just thwacking Inuyasha over the head hard enough to send him to dream land. He froze when he sensed a strong youkai energy come towards the village before quickly vanishing. He knew Inuyasha had felt it too since he had rushed outside despite still being human. When Miroku ran after him he was surprised to see Kagome in the hanyou's arms.

 

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Tijiya: Kagome is found, but certainly there must be something wrong. What will happen now? Well, you'll just have to wait! I thank all of my reviewers who have supported me thus far! Thanks for continuing to read my story.

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Q & A Corner

 

Q: What is Puu? A phoenix, or a youki that can turn into a phoenix?

A: Well, this is set after the chapter black sega, in which after Yusuke revives for a second time Puu is also re-born as a phoenix. I just have him able to change sizes, I think it would be hard to hide a giant phoenix in a house.

 

Q: Got any pairings in mind?

A: Yes, I have the main paring set in stone and a few side ones as well.

 

Q: Will there be a face-off with Naraku?

A: There will, but not in this book. Yes, this is only book one.

 

 

 

Disclaimer Corner

 

Inuyasha © Rumiko Takahashi

Yu Yu Hakusho © Yoshihiro Togashi

Dark and Shisma © Tijiya