InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Chained ❯ Brood ( Chapter 53 )

A\N: Hey everyone!

Before I forget, last update was not, as I’m sure most of you noticed, chapter 512. That was a mistake--forgot to delete the 1 from 51 and ended up with 512. Anyway, just thought I’d clear that up a little bit before I continue...

-elenacala - oops! I just realised that I’ve been spelling your name wrong for the past I don’t know how many chapters! Gomen! Apparently I’m more ADD than I first thought! ^_^ -- Anyway, a lot of people have been commenting that they like the fact that I’m giving Miroku and Sango more... I don’t know, on-screen time and personalities. I hadn’t actually realised I was doing that, but... Lol, I imagine that the reason it seems that Inuyasha and Miroku don’t have much of a friendship on-screen is because... well, they really don’t seem to. If I remember correctly, there’ve only been one or two episodes where they’ve actually tried to do something nice for each other, and the rest of the time Miroku is ready to turn on Inuyasha for Kagome in a heartbeat, whereas on that one episode “Farewell, days of my youth” we see Inuyasha blabbing on and on about how he knew Miroku was going to betray them and that he was right all along about him. They just seem to be more “travel companions” then friends. With one or two exceptions (Like when Mushin was possessed and Inuyasha grabbed Miroku when he was falling into his father’s grave, and at the end of “Trapped in the forest of despair” or whatever it was called.) So I guess technically that means that, by making them friendly, I’m putting them OOC. ^_^ And don’t worry, Kagome and Sango should make another appearance soon enough... ^_^

-HigherBeing - Lol, yep, I’m the “Chained”. (though I’m not sure what you meant when you said “oh c’mon”) I understand how that could’ve happened. I think it’s happened to me before too! I’ll just be reading a story, then I’ll go to another one and I’ll just be like “woah, this is by the same author?” ^_^ Lol, sorry about Kagome and Inuyasha not meeting... I suppose I could just kill one of them and solve the problem, neh? ^_^ And very much sorry that Sess seems OOC. I really really hate making him OOC. It drives me nuts to think that I might not be portraying him in a way that seems like the actual him! Unless I’ve actually worked my way up to him changing... ^_^ But I suppose you’re right, it’s my story, so I can do whatever I want to him. One of the fringe benefits of an author I suppose! ^_^ -- Lol, yep, maybe... I don’t know yet... guess we’ll just have to wait and see! ^_^

  ~*~   Brood

Naraku frowned slightly as he gazed at Kana’s mirror.

It told him nothing.

The glass was a dark shade of swirling grey, and refused to shift to reveal anything to him.

Which could mean only one thing.

Someone was interfering with the void’s powers.

A very powerful someone at that, to be able to obstruct the mirror like this.

He turned his crimson gaze toward the shielded windows, gazing out at the dark world that surrounded his castle-- the world he had created, but apparently did not entirely control.

‘Someone is conspiring against me.’ He thought with amusement. There was no one left powerful enough in the world to defeat him. He had ensured of that. The only one who stood any sort of chance whatsoever was Sesshomaru now, and, though the demon would never admit it, he knew that Sesshomaru would never put the ningen or toad he dragged along with him at such risk as to leave them unattended for long enough to come and kill Naraku.

It just wasn’t a smart thing to do.

The rest of the demons and people who had ever stood a chance he had overturned and usurped so that they didn’t stand a chance.

There was no reason why he should worry.

So why then, was something nagging at the back of his mind-- as though telling him he had forgotten someone or something and was a fool for doing so.

Why had a feeling of unease settled around him and his castle?

What was coming?

Who could possibly now have the power to awake such feelings within him, when even the greatest and most proud youkai’s had been brought to their knees by him now?

It didn’t make sense.

Not any of it.

What could this new complication that had arisen possibly be, and why was he only just sensing it now?

Naraku narrowed his eyes slightly at the window.

Perhaps, as unlikely as it may be, it had something to do with the half-breed dog, Inuyasha? Or maybe Kikyo... Maybe she had found him again and was seeking revenge... or maybe... someone else had found him now and was healing him.

Which would mean that all his work had been undone... the hanyou would come to fight with him again.

And, as unlikely though it may be, he knew the half-breed would have a chance at winning.

Naraku frowned slightly and glanced at Kana.

Even if she was just a void, it was never good to reveal anything, especially fear, in front of her. He had control over her, yes, but, on occasion, he had learned that she had revealed things with her mirror to people like Kagura without his consent.

It wasn’t a betrayal necessarily, but still not something he was interested in having used to his disadvantage.

He dismissed her and she left without incident, leaving him to go back to his brooding, wondering who or what was coming and, more importantly, how they were managing all of these things. ~*~  

Glossary

Ningen - Human

Youkai - Demon

Hanyou - Half-Demon ~*~

(Written to the background music of Lies by Evanescence , though I really don’t know if that’s at all relevant. )