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Relic of Dholes	By : LuciferDragon Category: InuYasha AU/AR > Het - Male/Female Views: 1404 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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She was angry with herself for not smelling the other demon right away. Her head had still been engulfed, the carnal side of her consciousness prominent. Her mistake cost them, as they emerged in the shrine. She threw a dagger, stopping the intruder's hand from reaching the relic.
"Not another step!"
"Is this how you greet your aunt?" The demon licked the wound. "Make her bleed?"
She immediately withdrew, fear tearing through her body. "Sakotse? Y-you were banned. You of all people are not worthy of the relics!"
The woman shrugged, brushing her own copper hair from her shoulders. "Once I was released from the western prison, it was only a matter of time before I sniffed them out." She pulled a twin of the relic from her kimono. "Your brother says hello, by the way."
Her heart stopped and she felt weak. "Kishinko? Sakotse, what have you done?"
"What I should have done long ago!" She made a move to strike, but threw power behind her, destroying the shrine in an attempt to dodge Bakusaiga. It reflected off a barrier. One he had never encountered before.
He backed off, but couldn't avoid another similar barrier thrown his way.
Yamika got to her feet, however not in time to save the relic. Sakotse punched her cheek, her body falling back with the force.
Sakotse leapt outside. Immediate sounds of fighting and shouting erupted. The two followed, finding Kagome, InuYasha, and the other two humans from before in a standoff with Sakotse. The two wolves appeared in the courtyard as well.
Yamika's heart skipped. "What are they doing?"
"Being insufferable busybodies." He stood next to her as the two human women signaled to them. "What was that before?"
Yamika gripped her sword in her good hand. "Her defense is her offense. Every dhole clan has an alpha male, female, a general, and a lieutenant. She was our general for a damned good reason."
"So you're saying she's good at barriers?"
"Too good. And she can manipulate just the smallest needed to offense. She is a walking fortress."
He nodded to the others, keeping Sakotse occupied. "They can deal with barriers."
She shook her head. "Not with both relics." She wasted no more time, diving ahead to stand between InuYasha and Sakotse.
"What the hell do you think you're doing, stupid? You're injured!"
Her lip curled but she stood her ground. "Leave, now. She has both of the relics. You will only die, if that is her choosing."
Sakotse grinned. "I think they should stay." With a few fluid motions of her hands, spherical barriers erected themselves around each of them, leaving Yamika on her own. Sakotse only laughed at their muted attempts to break free. "You've made it more perfect than I could have imagined. Thank you for bringing them all here."
"What the hell are you spewing from your traitorous lips?"
Sakotse pulled a mock look of hurt. "Why Yamika, is that any way to speak to your aunt?"
She brandished her sword at her. "Return the relics at once!" She knew it was futile. She had to try. She charged at Sakotse, swiping at air as the woman moved. She let her energy coat her blade, though it made no difference. Nothing could penetrate the barrier, not when it was being enhanced by the relics. Sakotse's barrier warped and shot at her, knocking the wind out of her as she fell.
She stood over Yamika, her smile reflecting moonlight. "You should know better by now, niece."
"Doesn't mean I can't at least try." She got to her feet, whirling around with her sword.
Sakotse only laughed at her, dancing just out of reach of her swings. "My my, what a temper. Your brother tried the same tactics." She clicked her tongue. Out of nowhere she grabbed Yamika by her still-healing wrist and held her up by it.
The pain was dull, but it still thrummed all down her arm. She clenched her jaws and gripped the sword pommel to ignore it. She used the opportunity to stab at Sakotse, but her blade only bounced off.
"So that's why you were favoring this arm. You went and broke your wrist. Pity. This won't be as satisfying." Her barrier extended as chains around Yamika, gouging valleys into her skin and shredding her kimono as it snaked around her body. "Now, be a good girl. This won't take long."
She groaned against the binds. "What could you possibly dream so desperately? You know the consequences of using them."
"I'm more than willing to pay it." She looked to the captured others, still fighting uselessly against their prisons. "Not that you'll see it."
"What?"
"It would ruin it, child." She held up the relics, one in each hand. "Great Spirit of the Dholes! I call upon your power!" The wind picked up around them and the moon darkened in the sky.
Aura dark as night overtook the shrine, making Yamika go cold. Fear simmered in her gut. She tried to look behind her to the others, but her bindings only tightened.
"I have brought your relics together again! Grant me my true desire!"
A pulse extended from the relics. Yamika felt it in her bones. "Sakotse, don't do this. Is the risk really worth it?"
"You know nothing, foolish child!" She sneered, the pulses getting quicker. "Great Spirit of the Dholes, I offer the required payment. Fulfill my desires!" The relics floated from her hands, glowing bright yellow. They became eyes as a corporeal body formed.
Yamika felt cold sweat form over her body. "No…" She struggled as the body shifted to that of a massive canine. Its ethereal hiss hit her like a whip. She cried out as the bindings cut deeper. "Sakotse, stop!"
"Shut up, child!"
A barrier formed around her, rendering her mute like the others. She could still hear, though. The chains fell to dust, but the barrier held firm.
The massive dhole stood in front of Sakotse, head tilted in curiosity. "Daughter, what is it you wish of your sire?"
Yamika pounded against the barrier, knowing it would do no good. "Sakotse!" Out of the corner of her eye she saw InuYasha brandishing his sword again in his barrier. Her eyes narrowed in curiosity. His blade was red, a change from the normal metal. "What the hell?" The barrier was starting to crack. She curled her fingers against the energy ensnaring her, and her heart leapt in her throat. She saw the others looking at him as well. "Is it possible?" She looked back to Sakotse and the Spirit.
"I have suffered for the last time. I am taking my rightful place, and more." She pointed to the eight capsules. "And these beings are in my way. My desire is for them to be sent from this world."
Yamika's legs threatened to give out. No matter the desire, the Spirit had to oblige.
The Spirit looked over the capsules. Its gaze focused on Yamika. She immediately withdrew as far back as she could. "This one is also a daughter." It tilted its nose to Yamika's orb. "Female, are you willing to give me your soul for this?"
Sakotse nodded. "I am."
"Then it is done. These eight will perish from this world."
A loud crack brought their attention to InuYasha's prison. He swung his sword once more, the barrier breaking.
"Too late."
A burst of light from behind blinded them all. Yamika held up her arm, keeping her gaze to the others. She watched InuYasha be thrown back into a tree from the force. Her panic suddenly turned her numb. Everything went quiet around her. The light was becoming too bright and oddly cold. Her vision shifted out of focus. When they focused again, she saw narrowed gold eyes staring back.
"So what do the relics do that would draw such attention to this old place?"
She knew he meant how the forest had taken over the shrine. She had been lucky by being so isolated. "It's complicated." She set her tea down again. "Only because it's not an item for good, or evil. The two relics hold half of the Great Spirit, who takes no sides. It only fulfills the greatest desire of the one that uses it. In a way, it is like the Sacred Jewel was. Only a dhole can use the relics, and only when both are brought together. My brother is in your lands, actually. He guards the western shrine, and the other relic.
"When the relics are brought together by a dhole, that dhole can use them to summon the Great Spirit. The price is steep though, so not many have been foolish enough to use it over the ages." She picked up her tea again, swirling it around. "Not many are willing to sell up their soul to use them. On top of that, the relics vanish once used, and we need to hunt them down again."
"Relying on enhanced abilities is a crutch. They are not worth much if they need to rely on wishes to become stronger."
She tilted her cup to him. "While it is true the relic could enhance the user's abilities significantly, it can grant other desires as well. It is all dependent on how the desire is worded." She smirked. "Ask the wrong way for strength, and it could bite you later."
"And if the desire was to harm someone?"
Her humor faded a bit. "It would do as the user wished. The target would remember nothing, if they survived the desire." She drained some of the tea. "Say someone more powerful than you mocked you your whole life. If you had the target in front of you, you could use the relics to have them make a fool of themselves, and they will remember nothing of the spell. Nothing of their lives sometimes. "
She leaned against the barrier. I don't want to forget. Not so soon… Her eyes still locked on his. "Not yet."
Just before it was too bright to see, she saw him speak.
And then, darkness.
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