The Strategist, the Leader, the Infiltrator, and the Suicide by Coccio

The Last Combatant

The Strategist, the Leader, the Infiltrator, and the Suicide

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Chapter 1: The Last Combatant

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Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha.

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It was a cold night. She shivered as she helped him climbing out of the well. The first thing she saw was that the combatants weren't there anymore. She couldn't trace them anywhere. She then noticed that there was something wrong about this place. The spot, where there used to be a shrine, was vacant, and the well house that used to house the well was not apparent. There was nothing to indicate that there had been a house, a shrine and a well house. There were suddenly trees all over the area, and she recognized that the immense tree was the only thing that was identical with the former vicinity.

"Where are we?" the man beside her asked.

"I don't know; although, I would guess that the well was a passage through another dimension."

The man looked at her quizzically. "You've been reading too many comics, again."

"I was not!" she sputtered, "Can you explain to me how the house, the shrine and the well house disappeared!? They were here when we got here. I mean before we hid in the well."

"We did not. You slipped, and I simply followed you"

"Whatever. Geez, so much for a change of plan. Well, at least, they're not here anymore."

"I'll go and search the surrounding. You'll wait here"

"No way, I'm coming with you. There is no chance I'm going to let myself abducted by some aliens."

He rolled his eyes. "Come on."

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"There's a village there." He pointed to an archaic-looking area with small shacks around the vicinity.

Her eyes widened. "See!? I told you this is another dimension! Look at this place, where are the streetlamps? No cars! No road! No houses! Nothing!" she hissed.

"But there's smoke coming out from the huts. This village is inhabited."

"By aliens!"

He rolled his eyes again. "Really, what if we found-"

"Humans, state your purpose for trespassing!" A male-looking being with white hair, fangs, amber eyes, and small jutted dog ears, looking cross, appeared out of nowhere.

The girl gawked at him bewilderedly. Her finger pointed to the hanyou as she stammered, "See!? See!?"

The man turned his attention to her, trying to calm her with his warm gaze. "He's a demon, or maybe half-demon," he stated tranquilly.

"Yeah. Sure. Of course. Kazuhiko!" She poked him. "We do not have demons. When there actually are some, then they won't need monsters like us."

"Enough of this, humans! And you, wench! Stop gawking and don't point your finger at me!"

"He's right, you know, Kagome. Don't point your finger at him. It'll bring him bad luck."

"Tsk... It looks like he already got it anyway." She pointed to his ears.

"Why, you, wench --"

A girl dressed in tight black suit with shoulder-and-elbows armors emerged from the hut. "Inuyasha, what's going on out here?"

"It's alright, Sango. I got everything under controls. They're just some weird trespassers."

"Weird!? Why, you little mutt-freak!"

"Kagome." Her companion passed her an admonishing glance. "Excuse me, please, but, may I ask in which period we are now?"

The taijiya answered him, intrigued by their clothing and appearance, "In Muromachi period, of course, but this is for Japanese. For foreigners, it might be different." Eyeing them 'Yepp, definitely foreigner overseas; their Japanese is a bit strange too.'

The girl, named Kagome, turned to the man. "Sengoku Jidai!? No way!"

"The way I see it, it probably is true, and you were kinda right anyway." She grinned, and he rolled his eyes once more. "I mean part of it, or do you see here any alien?" She threw a glance to the hanyou. Once again the man, called Kazuhiko, contemplated of doing the eye-rolling while Inuyasha was twitching, taking it as much as he could.

A man, in a monk robe, carrying a staff, emerged from the hut, looking confused. "Do we have visitors, Inuyasha?"

"More like intruders! And one very noisy at that!"

"Inuyasha, please don't be rude. You're in a presence of beautiful ladies." He paused, looking at both strangers taxingly. His eyes gazed lingeringly at Kagome, and his thought scattered for a moment before he fell into a suave mode. "If I may introduce myself, my name is Miroku. As you can see, I'm a monk, and as for my beautiful companion here, her name is Sango. She is a demon exterminator. The half demon here is Inuyasha, the protector of this village."

"I'm sorry; we didn't mean to intrude. We were trying to acquire information because we seemed to be lost literally in epoch. One moment we were in Tokyo, I mean future Edo in the twenty-first century, and here we are in Sengoku Jidai only after one jump through the well."

"One slip," Kazuhiko corrected as Kagome sighed, and then the realization struck her hard.

"Kazuhiko!" She gasped, "He's a hanyou!"

He nodded at her. "Maybe youkai truly used to exist."

Amidst the commotion, they missed the slithering sound coming at them on full speed until the creature itself made its appearance known.

"Give me the Shikon no Tama! The jewel, I can feel its power radiating from you! Give it to me!" Out of nowhere came a Centipede demon and lunged at Kagome.

"What?! Aaahhh!" The monster bit her waist, and a pink jewel stone revealed itself out of her body.

"Kagome!" Kazuhiko roared, but then the girl stood up straight, holding her waist, as a determined look set on her face, biting her lips to contain her pain. "It's okay, Kazuhiko," she calmed him down.

The three friends looked astonished for a moment. They would've never thought that a stranger would be the holder of the jewel. Could this girl who came from the future be the reincarnation of Kikyou?

"What are you doing, wench!? Are you going to let that centipede get away!? It has the jewel! Retrieve it back!" Inuyasha flinched when he saw her eyes stared at him coldly.

"Don't think you can give me orders, bastard!" She charged toward the centipede drawing out her shining katana and slashed it with a vast swiftness, unnatural for a normal human or for a normal fighter to be exact. The girl was indeed powerful, but what had surprised them was that she was able to suppress the aura of her ki, which made her more dangerous than it seemed. Her battle stance, before and after the strike, was elegant and beautiful. As she completed her charge, her hair flew all over the place struck by the gust of the battle. Inuyasha, Miroku, and Sango gaped at her, stunned at her supreme ability.

"Beautiful..." Inuyasha caught himself and clamped his mouth. 'Shit! Shit! SHIT! Did I just whisper that!? Please, don't let anyone hear me!' Apparently nobody heard him. They were too amazed watching the girl except for one who now turned his blazing eyes at him. Once again Inuyasha felt like flinching. 'These humans are probably weirder than I thought.'

She picked the jewel up from the ground. It flickered brightly upon the palm of her hand, and then suddenly a crow demon snapped the jewel away from her, breaking her out of her reverie.

"Damn! Can't you guys stop coming out of nowhere! This is really tiring!"

"It's okay Kagome. I'll get that."

"No! Stay where you are, Kazuhiko!" Her answer surprised the three companions, and they were even more surprised when they saw that the giant man consented.

"Shit! Can't fly --," frustrated, she cursed silently.

"Stupid wench! Jump on my back!" Suddenly the half demon was on her side, squatting down to let her climb on his back. At first dumbfounded trying to understand the purpose of his action, she then reluctantly assented, but when he leaped high into the air, piggybacking her, Kagome could only wonder at the half demon ability. 'Woo... this is fun...' She thought.

'She feels so good, I can smell her excitement.' Inuyasha shook off his thoughts. 'What am I doing!? All the while that demon is getting more powerful. Maybe if she is what I think she is, she can bring him down.'

"You have to shoot it down!" he shouted to her, "Don't you have an arrow and a bow or something!?"

She pondered, 'Arrow?' With a smirk, she answered, "No, but I have something better than that," and drew out her gun. She aimed at the glittering jewel that the crow ingested, invincible to others but not to her, and let out a shot.

"WHAT THE FU--" The sound of the shot exploded right through Inuyasha's sensitive ears. He fell abruptly to the ground and whimpered pitifully that he missed seeing the jewel that shattered in hundred pieces, strewn to all directions in the region.

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"STUPID! STUPID! STUPID WENCH!"

"SHUT UP YOU BOKE! HOW WAS I SUPPOSED TO KNOW IT'S GOING TO BREAK!?" Flushed, she yelled at him. 'What is he doing, accusing me of taking something from him, when the jewel was actually taken from me!? What was that anyway? Maybe it was something that they planted in me. How dare they!' Seething in rage, she seemed oblivious to the wound on her waist.

"Here, let me take care of that." The monk offered his aid. Kagome seemed baffled for a second and followed his gaze. "Oh, it's nothing really, a mosquito bite," she answered, waving her hand in a placating mode.

"Kagome, nobody needs to know that pains turn you on." Kazuhiko took a step forward, ready to tend her wound.

"Kazuhiko! You pervert, just shut the hell up!" she hissed at him, and he, in return, smirked at her. "And you, masochistic girl, acted without plans."

"I did not!" She huffed. "There was no time for it. I executed the best method I thought was best." Glancing at her waist, she winced. "You don't have to sew it, do you?"

"No, it did not go deep, and it's already healing anyway."

All the while as the two visitors from the future were lost in their own world, the three friends were inspecting them from head to toe. The girl, whose name was Kagome, was quite tiny and slim. Her soft and curvy body seemed to never make acquaintance with any hard encounter, which made her combat ability appear more fantastic than ever. Innocence seemed to radiate from her person, adding a touch of childlike trait to her sexy goddess-like exterior. She was young; the youth screamed practically from her countenance, but this sort of youth was a kind that made every men itch. When she walked down the street, they would gape at her. Oblivious to the arousals she awoke, she would innocently stroll down the street, leisurely lose herself in conversation, unconscious that every move, twitch of muscle, soft flows of breathing were very acutely stalked.

Her features were beautifully delicate, an elfin-shaped face with bright smoky blue eyes, which were framed with dramatic long lashes, regally arched brow. She had a cute thin little nose, delightfully curved, sensual rosy lips, long shining silk of midnight-black hair that reached her bottoms. Her slightly wavy hair was beautifully layered, and the front hair was kept from her face with two tiny hairclips.

Her clothing was the most interesting part; she wore a denim mini skirt, beaded black silk cami top, a zipper utility black leather jacket, tight-fitting to the body, black leather biker-gloves, and a tall pair of black flat boots.

It was definitely most inappropriate for Sengoku Jidai, but one male seemed not to mind as his eyes roamed the bare part of Kagome's legs. Normally he would be knocked out by now, but a certain taijiya had her eyes fixed on someone else.

Kazuhiko tended Kagome's wound tenderly. He was unaware of being watched. He dabbed the wound tenderly with iodine doused white cloth, occasionally looking up at Kagome, silently asking her if he was hurting her.

The 6'8 tall man had the most beautiful, gentlest eyes Sango ever saw. The features of his face were strong and handsome. His lips, beautifully curved and dark, were enticing. His jaw-line protruded strength, and he trimmed his hair short and spiky.

He was finely built; his upper body was muscular from the training; the narrow hip and the sleek muscular legs under his jeans advanced with the agility of a panther. He wore a well-fitting long sleeve black shirt under his long black coat, a cigarette tugged behind his ear.

The two strangers turned to face the three companions.

"Now, for a proper introduction..."

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Boke: dummy

A/N: I know this might not seem like a sess/kag fic, but it is. They will meet each other soon, I promise. Please read and review, thanks a lot.