• I knew it had been a trap. But if only I had known it had been set by HIM, Naraku

    Naraku was the most foul-hearted demon in the world. He, once a human, had sold his soul to demons in order to be reborn. Now he seeks to find something even more powerful then the scared jewel of four souls, which I have heard to have been destroyed, but I am yet to confirm that. Naraku is after a stone that is said to have the ability to make oneself cloaked in night; to be anywhere and everywhere. To see everything, to hear everything and be everything, this stone is called the lunar diamond.

    Pain wracked through my body as my right arm was twisted until a loud pop sounded through the air. I managed to catch him off guard by jerking on my dislocated arm and throwing him off balance. I jumped back and stood ready for his next move. My left arm, broken and bloody, hung at my side.

    “Well now my little ninja, what will you do now? Your sword arm has gone limp and your other is broken and crusted with blood. No one can save you; well I guess that’s what happens when you travel alone.”

    Damn, he was right. If only I had waited for Ken.

    “I don’t need anyone’s help!” I shouted instead, what was it that my teachers had always drilled into our brains? Never give up, there’s always a way out of everything. I had to get my arm back into place, I had to fight.

    I rammed into the tree next to me. I withheld a scream as I slammed my dislocated arm into it. But, as desired, the arm popped back into place. I bit hard on my lip and stretched out my shoulder, it hurt, but better than being useless.

    “Well, well, that was a cute little trick. I guess they teach you how to prolong your deaths in your village.” Naraku said in a silky voice.

    “No, they teach us how to slay jerks like you.” I grumbled, spitting out blood.
    I slid my broken sword to the side with my foot and drew my dagger. I brought it back behind me and charged him. But as I was in a few feet of him, something hit me. It burnt and stung, like running into a wall of fire. But I couldn’t pull back. I felt energy surge around me and the next thing I knew, I was flung into the air. I quickly kicked my feet over my head so I could land on them. But as I landed, the ground under me crumbled and I heard a snap. Pain shot up my leg and I knew that I had just broken my ankle.
    Damnit, what had happened? I looked over to see that I had landed on fallen branches. Damn trees.

    He glided through the air towards me slowly.

    “Its over” he purred triumphantly. He raised his hand above his head and touched the bones growing spider-like out of his back. It started to shift until it came to a point. Then I realized what he was making. A sword, he was making a sword out of his bone. At last, he had pulled it from himself. The sword was beautiful. The blade glistened in the sun. The smoothed bone looked dangerously sharp.

    “Dammit Misumi, He’s getting ready to kill you with that thing, don’t think about how pretty it is!” I said to myself as I bit my lip. My left arm and my right ankle were useless. There was no one to help me but myself. “Well what did you expect?” I mentally kicked myself “a magical escape like in the fairytales? No, this is the real world, its over” I sighed. Why wasn’t the life of a pampered princess good enough for me?

    Damn father, always being right.

    “Well actually, I bet your dearest mother would pay dearly for your safety” he lowered his sword.

    “My mother would never make a pact with a low-life like you Naraku!” I spat

    “You’re right, besides, if your mother really cared about your safety, would she have really let it get this far?”

    His words weighed down and won over what little strength I had to hold up my head. But he was right; my mother had never shown any affection for me.

    “Ah, that’s what I thought” he raised his sword again. I braced myself, this was it.

    Suddenly, without any warning, there was a blinding blue light. It tore my dagger out of my hand and smashed rocks and trees. I quickly jumped to a safe distance and crouched, trying to see through the dust. I squinted, Naraku had to have been killed, and I knew that if I had been any closer, I would’ve died. But as I looked closer, I saw a figure. Naraku was perfectly fine. Damn barrier.

    “Ah, Sesshomaru, have you stooped as low as to save a mortal girl?”

    I turned my head in the direction that the light had come from. There stood a man with pure white hair. He wore a white kimono and a white fur pelt over his right shoulder. But his swords are what made me suspicious of him.

    He had two swords and they both sang songs to me. One sang a happy song about life and living it to the fullest, the other sang an evil song, one so vile it sent chills up my spine. It sang about the slaughtering of thousands and hating everyone. In all my life with my ability to hear a sword speak, this way by far the most horrible thing I had ever heard.

    “I did not notice, nor do I care about that girl. She is just merely in the way. But really Naraku, such dramatic steps to attempt to kill a mortal.” The man said flatly

    If this man refers to me as a mortal, surely that meant he was a demon. Aww s**t. I needed to get out of here. I sprung up and started to back away slowly.

    Naraku, with impossible speed turned to face me.

    “I don’t think so!” he roared. I saw a flash of ivory flying at me.

    Then there was another flash of blue light. Only, this light wasn’t nearly as strong.

    “Great shot Ahoon!” I head a little voice cheer.

    The flames died down and Naraku’s sword of bone fell at my feet.

    The man in white spun around and looked toward the sky.

    “Rin! I told you to stay put!”

    I snapped my head around. Rin? It couldn’t be.

    “Rin! The flowers have bloomed, but the birds are gone!” I shouted.

    The two headed dragon stopped flying and a small girl popped her head over the side.

    “Misumi?”

    “As much me as I’ll ever be.”

    “Rin, do you know this girl?” The man in white asked

    Rin nodded hard. “Yes Lord Sesshomaru.” She called

    “Then take her on Ahoon and go back,”

    “Yes milord” The dragon started to descend

    “So this little girl means much to the both of you?” Naraku asked curiously “So I guess slaughtering her would be like killing two birds with one stone.” He grinned evilly and started to rise upward.

    “NO! Rin, run away!” I shouted, but it was far too late, Naraku was too close to her.

    Suddenly the demon in white lunged at Naraku, sword drawn. There was another bright light, but when it cleared, Naraku still remained untouched.

    “Fool! You cannot break through my barrier.”

    His power was immense, how could he not break through? Wait, maybe I could help him.

    I reached inside my kimono and pulled out my shuriken. It wasn’t an ordinary weapon, it had been touched the lunar diamond itself. Surely it could defeat his barrier. That man, what had Rin called him?

    “Sesshomaru” I called as he landed “I can break his barrier for you.”

    “I will not accept the help of a mortal” he hissed, glaring at me.

    “WON’T ACCEPT HELP FROM A MORTAL MY a**! This is her life on the line, not yours!” I shouted, but then my heart sank. “Don’t tell me your pride is more important than her life.”

    He was silent for a moment, then he faced me grudgingly “What can you do to break his barrier?”

    “I can throw this.” I lifted the eight-pointed star

    “That won’t work.”

    “Do you have any better ideas?”

    He turned on me with his sword.

    “You will not speak to me like that, or I will kill you, understand?” His tone was dangerous

    “Yea, whatever, but really-“

    “DO YOU UNDERSTAND?” he roared

    “Yes, yes I do,” I squeaked

    “Now.” He said through gritted teeth

    “What? Now what??

    “Throw it now!” he shouted

    Good thing my body reacted before my mind did. I quickly snapped around and mustered ever possible ounce of strength and threw the shuriken.

    Sesshomaru waited a few seconds before leaping after it.

    Naraku, who was busy watching us argue, didn’t notice what I had done until it was too late.

    “Fools” Naraku bellowed “Do you truly think that little piece of metal will make any difference?”

    I gritted my teeth, I sure hoped it would.

    Sesshomaru, far too quick to stay behind the star, leapt over to the top of a tall nearby tree.

    A few moments later, the shuriken make contact with Naraku’s barrier. There was a bright, blinding red light, but like it was made of water, the barrier absorbed the metal star.

    “There’s no way!” I shouted desperately “It should’ve shattered!”

    “I told you idiots, it won’t work!” Naraku taunted “My barrier is invincible”

    But suddenly a bright golden light emitted from the shuriken. It was so bright that I couldn’t see anything.

    “Wh-What’s this?”

    I heard the rustle of branches, followed by the ringing of metal. Then, a bright blue light shone alongside that of my shuriken’s.

    “Fools! Even though you did manage to break through you cannot destroy me!”

    When the lights faded, clumps of Naraku’s body started to rain down. His head landed just a few feet away. I got a queasy feeling in my stomach. That’s just too damn creepy. Then the pieces of flesh started to join together. His head rose out of his shoulders, and then came his chest, then finally his creepy spider-like bottom half. He grinned and popped his neck.

    “Come here my little princess, were not through just yet”
    I instinctively started to run, but forgetting my ankle was broken may have been what caused me to fall.

    “Damnit” I thought when I hit the ground “how in the hell could I have forgotten that I broke my damn ankle?” I quickly rolled on my back and sprung up with my left foot. I hopped side to side to help maintain my balance then gingerly sat my right foot down. Broken or not, I realized I was going to have to deal, because if I wanted to live, I was going to HAVE to use it.

    One of the bones from his back shot out at me. I quickly crouched then pushed off to my left with the help of my right arm. I desperately looked around; I knew I had thrown it in this direction earlier, where the heck was it? I dodged another blow from Naraku, I wasn’t going to have time to call out and summon the blade. I was going to have to find it myself. He lunged at me again and I jumped to my right. But his hand shot out and caught hold of my hair. Damn, well I wasn’t exactly in battle attire. I mean I had on my shinobi shōzoku and I had my hair in the black slip that you put it in to keep it together, but I hadn’t pinned it up very tightly. It must have fell out when I ran into that tree to put my arm back in place.

    Naraku lifted me off the ground and above his head.

    “I have you now.” He whispered. The weaker blue light came again. Naraku dropped me and stumbled back. Then Rin and the dragon swopped down next to me.

    “Come on Misumi, hurry!” Rin shouted, holding out her hand

    “YOU IGNORANT LITTLE PEST” Naraku shouted as he raised his sword, which he must have just picked up, as I realized this was the same spot in which it had landed earlier.

    Sesshomaru started towards us.

    ”Too slow.” Naraku laughed. “Now they will both die.”

    “ONSWAONI COME!” I shouted, extending my right hand. Quicker than the wind, the small dagger threw itself at me. I brought it against Narakus sword, just barely able to stand against his power.

    “You idiot, that little toy wont withstand my sword” I feinted him off to the right and, pushing off with my left foot against Ahoon, brought my right foot across his face,

    “Yeah, but what was that you said? Oh yea, I was trained to prolong my death, remember?” I said sweetly

    “Misumi hurry!” Rin whispered.

    Sesshomaru, appearing out of nowhere, stood over Naraku.

    “Rin, go now.”

    “Yes, milord.” She pulled me up onto Ahoon.
    The dragon-like demon landed for a moment then pushed off. He circled the spot where Naraku and Sesshomaru stood a few times, then took off in the direction of the river.

    I sighed shakily and the exhaustion I had been putting off overwhelmed me. I laid my head on Rin’s shoulder.

    “Rin, are you alright?” I asked

    “Yes, I’m fine. Thank you for saving me Misumi.” She replied happily.

    “It’s what I live for, remember?” I laughed

    “Yes, that was so long ago though. Is Ken still with you?” Rin asked curiously

    “Yea, not for much longer after he finds out that I almost got myself killed.” I grumbled

    “I think it will take much more than that to get him to leave your side.” She giggled

    “I hope so.”




    Chapter 2



    “Look!” Rin exclaimed after a while “There’s our camp-oh! It looks like Kagome’s there!” I leaned over the side of Rin and half-heartedly looked towards where she was pointing. I saw a monk, a squirrel demon, a dog demon, a toad-like demon, demon slayer, and a girl dressed in strange clothing; did that mean she was a priestess?.

    Ahoon gingerly landed next to the group of people. The little toad demon started jumping around and complaining.

    “Rin, you stupid little girl! If anything would have happened to you, Lord Sesshomaru would have killed me! What were you doing anyway? You-“ He cut off when I slid to the ground off Ahoon. I collapsed and started gasping for air. Something was wrong with my shoulder; it felt like it was on fire.

    The girl in green was instantly by my side with a strange white box.

    “Rin, what’s wrong with her?” She asked desperately, sliding my shinobi shōzoku off my left shoulder. The monk came up behind her.

    “Kagome, she seems badly injured, and it looks like she’s hurt everywhere. There must be so many wounds, if you want, I could help you undress- I mean dress her injuries, it would be my pleasure to assist-“ He was slammed in the back of the head with a giant boomerang.

    “Oh no you don’t you perv!” The female demon slayer grabbed his ear and yanked it none too gently. “Get away from her”

    “Oh come on Sango, I was only joking” He laughed uneasily

    “Thanks Sango” Kagome sighed, turning back to me

    “Naraku broke her arm.” Rin whispered

    “NARAKU?!” Kagome exclaimed “He’s here?”

    The dog demon jumped up and grabbed the hilt of his sword. “Naraku? Where?” He snarled. The demon slayer and the monk stopped arguing and came to attention.

    Then it hit me. These were the people I was looking for.

    A strange priestess with strong spiritual power and a pure heart: Kagome.

    “Her outfit sure is strange,” I thought, looking at her more closely. Her kimono was in two pieces and it sure was short. Her shirt was white and she had a green scarf and green cuffs that held tight to her wrists. Her skirt was green and she wore very tall socks that were white and they went to her knees. Her shoes were brown and they covered her whole foot. I looked up to her face. She was really pretty. She had long black hair, I mean it want as near as long as mine, but it was long. She had big, brown eyes and fair skin.
    She smiled at me warmly.

    “I’m Kagome, sorry for not introducing myself right away, but you scared me. You don’t look to well”

    “Misumi” I managed, looking away, I was so embarrassed to be looking the way I did.

    My eyes landed on the dog demon. Half-demon with an iron will and a mysterious sword of fang: Inuyahsa.

    Dressed in the robe of the great fire rat, with hair like snow, eyes of melted gold, and the ears of a dog, he was the son of the great dog demon. Everybody knows who he is. Well actually, I know about all of the people in front of me. He shot me an unfriendly look and turned his back to me.

    My eyes moved to Sango. The last demon slayer of her clan, she was really pretty too. Her hair was very long, almost as long as mine. She was dressed in a single-piece black and pink leather fighting suit and carried her beloved weapon; the giant boomerang. Hiraikotsu I think it was called. Her two-tailed cat, Kirara, jumped up on her shoulder on the instant. Although she looked harmless enough, she transformed into a vicious demon.

    Miroku, A monk cursed to have a wind tunnel, and endless void, in his right hand. Also, I must say the lecturing stories about him must be true.

    Shippo, the little fox demon, I say now that I know who he is, had his father killed by the evil thunder brothers. He wasn’t as big or as strong as Inuyasha: But I’ve heard that he’s just as loyal.

    I had been so absorbed in thinking that I didn’t notice that everyone but Rin, Shippo, and Kagome had left. I blinked a few times.

    Kagome turned back to me and smiled again. “Does your shoulder hurt very badly?” she asked

    I thought about lying, about saying I was fine, but I have never been in so much pain. The world around me was spinning. Shrinking and growing, changing colors and moving. I was dizzy. I tried to answer her, but I couldn’t find my tongue. I felt one last wave of exhaustion before pain set in.




    Chapter 3


    It felt like a demon was in my head and it was wanting out. My brain throbbed painfully and it felt like someone had drove an iron bar strait through my head. My stomach was tied in knots and they were getting tighter and tighter.

    I squeezed my eyes shut and bit my lip to suppress a scream. I felt tears stream down my face.

    Kagome ripped my shinobi shōzoku off my left arm. I heard her gasp loudly. Rin let out a small scream. I didn’t want to look, but I had to.

    I opened my left eye a little and looked down at my arm. I should’ve known that Naraku would have done more than simply breaking my arm. From the elbow up, my arm was purple, poisoned.

    “Dammit, I knew I smelt Miasma” I grumbled, letting out a huff.

    “Don’t worry.” Kagome sighed, “I have an herb that will cure it.” She flipped a latch on the white box and dug through it hurriedly. ”Ah-ha” she pulled out a green plant and twirled it between her fingers. “Okay, now if you will drink this after I boil it, you’ll be cured” she said happily, clapping her hands together

    “Rin, can you get that kettle and fill it with water for me?” Kagome asked as she began to grind a leaf of the plant into a powder.

    Rin nodded hard and ran over to the woodpile and grabbed the kettle. She put it on her head and ran to the river behind us,

    “Misumi, you’ll be all better when I get this water
    Then Kagome
    She will take it
    And she’ll boil it till it’s done then you’ll be all better Misumi, you’ll-“

    Her singing stopped and water roared and splashed. Then I heard her scream. Kagome and I snapped our heads around.

    Rin was being held by the neck of her kimono by a giant two-headed snake demon.

    “Fffooollisssh mooortalll” it hissed. “Nooow I’lll eeeaat yoou.”

    K-Kagome, Misumi” Run said quietly, her face frozen in terror.

    Kagome jumped up and started running toward the river. What was she doing? My question was answered when I spotted the bow lying next to bank. The snake was lashing its tail; I could feel it tensing up to attack. She wasn’t going to make it.

    Ignoring the pain, I sprung up. I felt dizzy, I knew if I did this much longer, I was going to faint, or worse. Die. I took a deep breath and focused on Kagome. I planted my left foot hard and shoved off Ahoon, running as fast as I could in my current state.

    “Onswaoni” I thought, holding my right arm out behind me and like it was there the whole time, the dagger neatly landed in my palm. The demon head that wasn’t holding Rin began choking up fire. Kagome didn’t notice this at first, being too focused on her bow, but she screamed as the first one barely missed her.
    But something told me it wasn’t going to happen again. I came up behind her just as she was almost to her bow. I grabbed her around the waist and quickly jumped to the side as a fireball obliterated the spot where she was standing. Then I dropped her under a tree.

    “Listen, I got this” I said, and then pushing off the tree, I jumped up about even with the demon’s attacking head. Doing a frontwards flip, I slid nicely between his eyes. Right as I passed his skull, I plunged Onswaoni in between his scales and, using my weight and pulling as hard as I could on my little dagger, I slid down his back, ripping him open. Right before I reached the water, I tore out Onswaoni and then stabbed it in sideways. I was pulled to an immediate stop. I quickly swung my legs over my head and pushed off; I flew through the air towards the bank, but I knew I wasn’t going to land. I reached out and caught the edge of a rock.

    I tried to pull up, but the thrill of battle had worn off and the pain shot through my arm. I didn’t have enough strength. I was stuck.

    The monster was thrashing, shaking Rin around terribly. Kagome started to run towards me to help.

    “NO” I shouted “Get your bow and shoot the demon, save Rin!”

    She bit her lip and clenched her fists. She looked like she wasn’t going to listen. But after a moment, she nodded and ran over to her bow. I saw her pull out an arrow and take aim.

    “Fooollissh wreetccchh, yoooou maaay kiilll meee, buuttt nooott beffforee I kill yooouu.” The demon turned on me, I felt him tense up. Aw man, this was it.

    “MISUMI LOOK OUT!” Kagome shouted, but there was nothing I could do to save myself. She let the arrow fly, but she was too late, the demon had already conjured up a fiery death for me. I clenched my eyes shut

    “I’m sorry mother” I thought. Dang, of all the places to try to land, why the one with no damn water around? I looked down; the river went strait down the side of the mountain, cutting off sharp. I had no idea how the hell I couldn’t have noticed it, but I was right next to a waterfall. Where I was, there was a tall bank, but the river bed dropped so suddenly, I think it was about a mile down to the river itself. Maybe….

    I brought my right foot up against the rocks and pushed off hard. I could try. But if I didn’t survive the fall, I would’ve died anyway.

    The fireball flew past me, but I was still too close. It singed my clothes and tore at my skin. I was so close that the wind from it passing caught me and flung me against the rocks on the opposite side of the river. Then everything went dark.