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Soulless Knight	By : DragonSorceress42 Category: InuYasha AU/AR > Het - Male/Female Views: 1607 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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A/N:
Good afternoon all you lovely victims, clears
throat, I mean
readers. This is my first fanfic, so I do apologize if it is a bit
out there or choppy. Just read and review; especially if you find
something that needs to come to my attention, thanks. Smiles
and skips from the room.

Disclaimer:
Don't own, never will, that should be enough for y'all.

Soulless Knight

Chapter
1: Aftermath

The cave was dark and damp and he
could hear water dripping from the stalactites; smell the moss
covering most of the floor. But other than this, it seemed clean
enough, at least for a temporary den, as well as the fact that it was
rather large. He really had no other choice, the sun had already set
a while ago, and now a chill was setting into the air.

Kouga
walked over to a large, flat, moss covered shelf that stood near the
back of the cave, almost as if it were meant as a bed. He placed a
sleeping Kagome on the shelf, a snoring Shippo still tucked tightly
in her arms, and she stirred only slightly before shifting to sleep
again. He could still see the residue of tears glistening on her
cheeks, curse that Inuyasha for making her cry, why did he have to go
and die.

Kagome started to fidget in her
sleep again, clutching the little kitsune closer to her chest, as if
he might fade away. He dug his claws into the soft moss before
pivoting around to face the other wolf demons behind him; they were
all busying themselves with setting up camp, only ever quickly
glancing at their agitated leader before returning to their tasks,
but barley any speaking occurred.

At
least a dozen or so of his comrades had managed to survive the battle
with Naraku, all with only minor wounds that would heal within the
next day or two. ‘We
were lucky’,
Kouga thought to himself as he watched a few of his comrades drag in
a couple make-shift litters, one holding the wounded Miroku –
Sango limped alongside, unwilling to leave the hoshi’s side for
even a moment - and the second held the dead body of Inuyasha.

He
would be bringing Inuyasha back to Kaede’s village, he had
promised Kagome, despite what he felt for his now dead rival. Kirara
brought up the rear of the group, in full demonic form, limping
slightly on her left front paw. They placed Miroku’s litter
near where the fire was being started off to the side, Sango
collapsing next to him on the ground, while Inuyasha’s covered
litter was placed just inside the entrance, just enough to be out of
the rain but otherwise away from the living.

Kirara limped over to Sango’s
side and transformed back into her cute, cuddly, and fluffy self.
Kouga watched as she jumped up on top of the taijiya’s belly,
only mewing slightly as she jarred her paw, and then curled into a
ball to sleep. Sango stirred from her obvious reverie at this and
opened her eyes, she placed a hand on top of the little fire cat and
closed her eyes again, mumbling something he couldn’t make out.
Kirara had understood it though, for she mewed lightly again before
closing her eyes to sleep as well.

Ginta
walked over and dropped Kagome’s yellow bag next to the shelf,
nodding at Kouga, before walking around to check some of the more
severe wounds of the others. Hakkaku also walked up to Kouga, with a
somber look on his face, instead of his always cheery and/or
mystified look.

“I smelled a spring nearby,
would you like me to take a couple men and fill the water skins?”
he asked, although he already knew the answer.

Kouga nodded and slid down to a
seated position, leaning his head back against the shelf. “Keep
a look out at all times. If you smell or hear anything odd, come back
at once,” he said. He was unwilling to accept Naraku’s
defeat without some caution, although he knew Hakkaku would not need
reminding of such things; he was as good at running as Kouga, if not
as fast.

Hakkaku
nodded and went to pick out a couple of the less injured men, Kouga
watching as he also managed to drag Ginta along, although this
surprised no one. Ginta and Hakkaku had been inseparable for as long
as he could remember. Pack brothers normally were, and they were
real brothers on top of that; but they had also stuck by Kouga
through his entire reign, even if some of his younger decisions were
a little out of sorts.

Kouga
reached over to Kagome’s yellow bag, grabbed her blanket out of
the top, and shook it out. As he gently lay the blanket on top of
her, her eyes flew open and looked at him for a moment, devoid of
their normal sparkle.

“ Inuyasha?” she
questioned, trying to rub the sleep from her unfocused eyes. Her eyes
finally focused on Kouga, and she looked away, “Oh, it’s
you Kouga-kun, sorry about that.” She muttered with a forced
smile. She shifted Shippo to her lap as she sat up, swinging her legs
over the edge of the shelf.

Shippo woke at the movement and
looked up at his adoptive mother, he noticed the vacant look in her
eyes as she stared across the room, he followed her gaze and spotted
Inuyasha’s covered litter. He looked back up at Kagome, “Youbo,
are you ok?” Deep concern laced his voice as he looked at her
with big green eyes.

Kagome
turned to Shippo and smiled at him, but it didn’t reach her
eyes. “I’ll be fine Shippo, thank you.” She lifted
Shippo off her lap and placed him on the shelf next to her, before
sliding off onto her feet. She straightened her shirt and brushed off
her jeans, “I need some air, I’m going for a walk. Stay
here Shippo, and listen to Kouga-kun.” She said, ruffling the
little kitsune’s hair before starting to walk towards the cave
entrance.

Kouga
spun around and grabbed her arm, pulling her back, into a tight
embrace. “I don’t want you out of my sight. Naraku may
be dead, but there are other dangers out there.”

Kagome
sighed and tried to push him off of her, but his hold was firm, “I’ll
be fine, I can look after myself you know, just let go. I need some
time alone, time to think, I need air.” She gave one final
shove and broke free of his hold, she took off towards the exit again
before he could say another word; she didn’t even pause to
glance at Inuyasha’s body as she passed.

Kouga
looked kind of hurt as he watched Kagome walk out of the cave, he
wanted to follow her and make sure she was ok, but all he could do
was stand there. Shippo jumped up on Kouga’s shoulder and
stared after Kagome as well, “It’s ok Kouga-sama, she
just needs some time, she’ll be ok.”

Kouga
nodded and Shippo jumped down from his shoulder, he dashed over to
Sango and Miroku, laying down between them, only Kirara stirring at
his sudden appearance. Kouga thought on what both Shippo and Kagome
had said, and for once, found he agreed with the kitsune. He would
give her some space, let her grieve, but be there if she needed him.
He walked over and gracefully plopped down by the fire to warm up; he
had to think of something to help her, he couldn’t let her keep
going on like this. He kept an ear out for noises from outside, just
in case.

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It was a little further to the
stream then Hakkaku thought it would be, but the four of them did not
really mind the lengthy walk; it allowed them an escape and to get
some air. Kouga was agitated over Kagome’s depressed state, and
none of the pack knew what to do for him, much less Kagome. Kagome
was their pack sister, and Kouga’s future mate; they would do
what they could to mend her broken heart.

Hakkaku was brought out of his
musing abruptly when Ginta grabbed his arm and pulled him behind a
bush, causing him to land hard on his ass, “Ginta, what the…?”

Ginta
shushed him, frowning slightly, and pointed to his ears to signal him
to listen for himself. He pointed in the direction of the stream.

Hakkaku
perked up his ears and listened for what Ginta meant, at first
hearing nothing. He glowered and was about to admonish Ginta for what
he thought to be a prank - how dare he scare him like that? - but he
stopped with his mouth half open when he heard it. It was the sound
of a little girl humming a lullaby very softly. She sounded very
young, perhaps no more then 6 or 7; her voice, though soft, easily
filling his ears. When he looked, he saw that she was right next to
the stream. He frowned slightly and gave Ginta a curious look. What
would a little girl that young be doing out here alone, at this time
of night?

They
all jumped half out of their furs when the little girl spoke; her
voice was very sweet and almost hypnotic, “You can come out
now, silly wolves, I don’t bite.” She giggled.

Hakkaku
nodded at Ginta as he stood and walked out from behind the bushes,
the other three close behind.

The
little girl was sitting on a large bolder right next to the stream,
looking straight at them and smiling. She indeed appeared to be
around the age Hakkaku had assumed, having waist length, dark
chestnut brown hair; her sapphire blue eyes sparkled and seemed to
dance in the moon light, almost as if they had their own life behind
them. Her body was petite, but perfectly proportioned. She wore a
silver kimono embroidered with blue roses that almost matched her
eyes perfectly, the obi was a reverse coloring. Her skin was pale;
it seemed to glowed beneath the gentle rays of the moon, she seemed
almost ethereal. The gentle smile she wore seemed to light the
clearing in the same glow, almost as if they were no longer on the
earthly plane.

Hakkaku was the first to recover
from his shock; he walked up to the little girl and bowed, sensing
the other 3 doing the same behind him. He was also the first one to
find his voice again, “Forgive us for intruding, we just needed
some water for our pack, we will not be long.” He bowed again
and motioned for the other 3 to start filling the water skins, as
they complied he straightened up again and looked straight at the
little girl, who was still smiling at him. “If you don’t
mind my asking, what is someone so young doing out here alone, and at
night?” Hakkaku blurted out before he could stop himself.

The little girl giggled again,
“What makes you think I would be that brash, wolf? I am never
left alone, even when I wish to be.” She blushed slightly and
nodded to the tree line just behind him, on the other side of the
stream.

Hakkaku
turned around and looked into the dark abyss of the forest beyond, at
first seeing and sensing nothing, he thought the little girl was
joking with him. Then, a pair of burning red eyes appeared where he
was looking, and he heard a very deep, menacing growl emanate
seemingly from all around them. Ginta and the 2 wolf youkai at the
waters edge jumped, all looking at the eyes on the other side of the
stream, but they were too terrified to move.

The
beast stepped out of the forest and up to the waters edge on his side
of the stream, the ground shaking slightly as he walked. He looked
down at them with his huge faceted eyes; they whirled with various
hues of red, like a never ending inferno. The beast was massive in
size; his body was comprised of millions of bright red scales, each
the size of three dinner plates put together. On top of the beast’s
head were two spiraling horns, they looked to be made of diamonds,
and were razor sharp. His foot and a half long claws looked to be the
same, with four claws to a foot; his mouth was full of razor sharp
teeth of the same as well. The coloring is his scales reflected in
his crystal like claws, teeth and horns, making them look as if they
were on fire, the flames dancing as he moved. A pair of massive wings
were folded upon the beast's back; they reached from the base of his
tail, to the base of his skull, tipped with more of the same deadly
crystal like talons. Hakkaku could not see the tail, as the beast was
so large that the second half was still hidden in the dense forest.

The
youkai energy that they all now sensed was so massive and strong that
it seemed to pool around the beast, enveloping the once serene
clearing with terror and dread, it was stronger then anything any of
them had ever seen before. How had Hakkaku missed such a strong aura?
There was no way Kouga would have missed it, how had this beast
stayed hidden? Hakkaku realized that his mouth was hanging open and
snapped it shut; he didn’t dare blink though, or look away.

“Stop it right now, you’re
scaring away my new friends; this isn’t fair, just go back to
hiding,” the little girl plead, a mixture of tears and anger
lacing her words, her ethereal glow had disappeared. Hakkaku’s
attention snapped back to the little girl, who was no longer smiling,
but crying. She was standing right next to him, she was no taller
then his hip.

The beast stepped back into the
forest and lay down, keeping his eyes on the wolf youkai; Hakkaku
found his voice again as the aura dissipated slightly. “We
should go anyway; Lord Kouga will worry if we take too long.”
He bowed to the little girl as she wiped the tears from her face and
gave him a half smile. “Maybe we shall meet again some time; it
was a pleasure while it lasted, milady.” Hakkaku smiled at her
as he straightened up and beckoned to the others, they pried their
eyes from the still glaring beast and followed Hakkaku out of the
clearing and into the woods, back towards the cave.

The
little girl looked back to her beast as soon as they were out of
sight, nodding as if in farewell. The beast chuckled slightly as it
stood and walked away down stream. The little girl smiled back in the
direction of Hakkaku before she walked away, following the river up
stream.

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Kagome
walked blindly into the forest just outside the cave, she wasn’t
sure where she was going, she just needed to get away from his body.
She walked deeper and deeper into the ever thickening forest, she
knew Kouga would worry if she strayed too far, but she just couldn’t
bring herself to turn around. When she finely stopped and looked
around, she realized that she could no longer see the cave, or the
mountain side in which it rested. She backed up against a large tree
and slid down it’s trunk to sit on the ground, she wrapped her
arms around her knees and pulled them to her chest, then she rested
her forehead on her arms and closed her eyes.

She stayed like this for a
while, not wanting to go back; it still hurt. She shifted slightly,
trying to relieve the numb feeling in her rear end, barely
registering the tears that were still falling from her eyes; how long
had she sat there? She suddenly sensed a youkai aura, very close to
her, she opened her eyes and lifted her head to look around. Her
vision was slightly blurry from her tears, she could hardly make out
the bushes in front of her.

The youkai was getting closer,
she wiped her eyes and tried to stand, but her legs felt like rubber
after sitting as she had for so long. She reached behind her back,
only to remember she had left her bow and quiver back at the cave,
she silently cursed herself for being so careless. She looked around
her and saw two fist sized rocks, picking them up, she was finally
able to stand and backed against the tree she had been sitting under.

She
looked back up just in time to see a giant cobra looking snake youkai
emerge from the bushes, “Well, well, well, what have we here?”
The cobra hissed in a raspy voice, it coiled itself within striking
range of Kagome. “Didn’t your mother ever tell you not
to wonder the woods alone little girl? You might run into a big bad
wolf.” He made a raspy noise that sounded like a sad attempt
at laughing.

Kagome
raised an eyebrow, “That was the saddest pun I’ve ever
heard, you should really work on some new material. Besides, I’ve
already met the ‘big bad wolf’, and he’s one of the
nicest youkai I’ve ever met.” She chided, “And he
will come looking for me any moment now.” She added with more
haste then she intended, fear starting to lace her voice. What if he
didn’t come, she had been outright vile to him back at the
cave, she wouldn’t blame him if he didn’t.

The
cobra youkai laughed and flicking his tongue, “Kouga will not
make it before I finish with you, little girl.” He laughed
again at the look of shock on her face, “oh yes, I know who
your wolf is, I can smell his vile stench all over you. I will
especially enjoy watching him find your corpse, right after I’m
done digesting it.”

Kagome
charged one of the rocks with her miko powers, making it glow pink,
before throwing it and hitting him dead center of his forehead. It
sizzled and left a burn mark; he shook his head and hissed at her,
showing the poison dripping from his razor sharp fangs, “Bitch,
you will die slow for that.” He yelled as he lunged at her.

Kagome
tried to jump out of the way, but he was to fast for her. One of his
poison fangs grazed her right leg, tearing through her jeans and
ripping a nice gash on her leg. “AHHHH!” She screamed
as she fell to the ground on all fours, she could feel the effects of
the poison starting to work already, as her vision blurred slightly.

The
youkai wrapped his tail around Kagome’s middle and lifted her
off the ground, she tried to purify him with her miko powers, but
they seemed to just sputter and die. The youkai just chuckled
slightly as he squeezed. “The poison is numbing even your
powers, miko; they can not help you now.”

Kagome tried to struggle as she
felt the air leave her lungs, but her limbs started to feel rubbery
and weak. ‘So
this is how I’ll meet my end, after all we went through against
Naraku, I shall be devoured by a cobra youkai.’
She thought as
the youkai tightened his coils around her, ‘it
seems almost pathetic, in a way. Maybe I’ll get to be with
Inuyasha again, share the afterlife with him as well, that would be
nice.’ Her
vision started to fade at the edges as she gasped for breath; she
gave one last attempt at struggling, before realizing it was a
fruitless effort. Her muscles just wouldn’t obey, and now the
lower half of her body was starting to tingle and go numb, she could
no longer feel the blood she knew was dripping down her leg.

Her lungs started to feel on fire
from lack of oxygen when she saw it; a pair of glowing fire red eyes
at the edge of the tree line, just behind the youkai, watching. The
cobra youkai was so tuned into his kill, that he didn’t even
notice, “I’ll be sure to pass on your tragic demise to
your beloved Kouga.” He laughed again; it seemed to echo
through her ears, causing her to cringe.

The eyes beyond the tree line
moved as the creature stepped out of the shadows to stand directly
behind the cobra youkai, were those wings on his back? “Too
bad you will not live that long, filthy wretch.” His voice was
low and even, laced with the disgust he obviously felt for the youkai
in front of him.

“Why you little…”
The Cobra youkai spun his head around to confront the intruder, but
he was gone. The Cobra youkai spun his head from side to side,
trying to find the youkai who was trying to disturb his meal.

“Up
here, cur.” Both Kagome and the Cobra youkai looked up, just
in time to see the other youkai dive from the sky and sever the Cobra
youkai’s tail with one clawed hand. Kagome fell to the ground,
the severed tail releasing her, gasping for air and coughing. The
Cobra youkai screamed in pain, his tailless stub flailing in all
directions, splattering blood everywhere.

Kagome could feel her
consciousness ebbing away, but she held on with everything she had
left, she couldn’t pass out now. She looked up at her savior,
but all she saw was a blur, her eye sight was still being affected by
the poison.

The
Cobra youkai finally stopped thrashing and looked at his assailant,
“You will pay for that, whelp.” The Cobra youkai wasted
no time in lunging with lightning speed, but he was too slow. The
other youkai dodged by jumped into the air, spreading his wings like
a parachute with ease, and landing just behind the Cobra.

The
other youkai chuckled slightly, “Is that it? A mess of idle
threats and slow reflexes? You are pathetic, a disgrace to youkai
everywhere.” He flexed his claws and gave an almost evil grin,
as the Cobra youkai turned to face him, “I shall enjoy
dispatching you from this plane, there is no room for weaklings here.
Give my regards to the ruler of after realm, for he shall not have
me today.” He jumped into the air, faster then the eye could
follow, he sliced the Cobra youkai in half with one clawed hand, as
he came back down.

The
Cobra youkai screamed as he turned to dust and drifted away in the
breeze, the other youkai landing gracefully where the Cobra youkai
had once stood, folding his wings around himself like a cape. Kagome
could hold on no longer, she just hoped that this strange youkai had
not just saved her so he could finish her off himself, or worse. She
slumped forward on the ground as she lost consciousness.

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A/N:
Well, that took a lot out of me, tee hee, hope you liked it. Bare in
mind though folks, my beta (TheSorrowfulVampress here and on DA) has
not finished with this, but I could not wait to get this first
chapter up and running. So keep an eye out, there will be some edits
to this chapter. But my muse is fleeing for its sanity right now, so
I must go catch her and put the shackles back on, lol. So, for those
who liked it, I will get the second chapter up ASAP, for those who
didn’t, oh well. Shrugs,
Laters.

Oh,
one more thing, for those wondering.

Youbo
= Adoptive Mother in Japanese.
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