The Next World
Part Four - The Darkness of Kuro
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Inuyasha stands his ground, waiting for the demonic Kuro to get close
to him. The dark woman inches nearer and nearer to him in a slow,
suspenseful manner.
Inuyasha: Bring it on. What's next? THE UNCOOKED DUCK FROM
HELL? THE HAMSTER POOP FROM HELL?
Kuro: Mocking me is equivalent to committing suicide.
Inuyasha: Huh?
Kuro (through her teeth): I kill people who make fun of me.
Inuyasha: Oh. You don't scare me though. I once fought a
freaky topless centipede woman. Now THAT was scary.
Kuro grabs Inuyasha by the throat and effortlessly throws him like a
football. He breaks through a thick stone wall and lands outside in a
yellow lake. Kuro floats out of the arena, hovering above
Inuyasha.
Inuyasha (gagging): YUCK! WHAT IS THIS STUFF?
Kuro: That is the Great Urine Lake of Hell.
Inuyasha: AAAAAAAHHHH!!!
He jumps out of the lake and runs around. Several demons in the area
look at him and laugh.
Inuyasha: SHUT UP! I'LL KICK ALL OF--
Kuro reappears in front of Inuyasha. She hits him in the stomach and
he is sent flying once again.
Inuyasha: I'm beginning to really dislike her. I mean, I didn't
like her before, but...
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In the feudal era, Kagome sits alone on a hill. She has tears rolling
down her cheeks. Shippo, Miroku and Sango watch her from a
distance.
Sango: There is nothing that we can do to cheer her up.
Shippo: Poor Kagome.
Miroku: Hey, anyone else feel that?
A gust of wind blows by them. The gang cough up the dust that was
lifted off of the ground. When it clears, they see Koga the wolf demon
walking up the hill.
Sango: What's he doing here?
Miroku: Ah yes. Taking advantage of the grieving widow, a
tactic that I've used many times in the past.
Sango: WHAT?!
Miroku: Uh...
Sango: YOU DISGUST ME!!!
Shippo: YEAH! THAT'S AWFUL!
Miroku: Shippo, when you are old enough to chase skirts--
Sango: CHASE SKIRTS?! AM I ONE OF THOSE SKIRTS?!
Miroku: No. You're wearing a kimono, silly.
Sango clenches her fist, pulls it back, and punches Miroku right in the
left eye. He tips over like a tree that was recently cut down.
Shippo: It serves you right! And Kagome would never fall for
Koga!
Sango: Yes. The day that happens is the day that Hell freezes
over.
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Inuyasha has been knocked around at least twenty times. His anger and
frustration keep him from feeling any pain. He hurdles through the
air and is headed for some machinery.
Kuro: Uh-oh! He's going to hit the central air-conditioning
unit!
CRASH! Inuyasha collides against the large machine. It shakes
and trembles before releasing a giant wave of cold air that makes its
way all over Hell. The lakes freeze. Noses start to run. Breath
becomes visible. Kuro looks at a thermometer on the side of a nearby
building.
Kuro: Damn! It's 12 below zero degrees now! It's freezing!
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Koga: Hey Kagome. I'm sorry about Inuyasha.
Kagome: You are? I thought you hated him.
Koga gulps nervously, swallowing some saliva and, symbolically, his
pride.
Koga: Yeah...I...will...miss...that...guy...
Kagome: Really?
Koga: Yeah, he was...a...good...guy. May I sit down?
Kagome nods. Koga sits next to her.
Koga: But he wouldn't want you to sit around crying like this.
He'd want you to move on.
Kagome: Maybe you're right.
Koga: He'd want you to be happy. And I can make you happy.
Kagome: Koga...
Koga: I'll make you happy or I'll die trying.
Kagome: I...
Koga: Listen, I may not be a king...
Koga holds Kagome's tear-soaked hands.
Koga: ...but I promise to always treat you like a queen.
Kagome: Koga...
She hugs him tightly. It's a good thing that she can't see Koga's face
because he is grinning from ear to ear. Sango and Shippo are in a
state of disbelief.
Shippo: I don't believe it! She's falling for him?
Sango: No way!
Miroku: I hate to tell you that I told you so, but I told you
so. No, wait, I didn't hate telling you that. I love being right.
Sango punches him in the other eye.
Miroku: Two black eyes...now I look like Hachi.
Koga carries Kagome in his arms.
Koga: I'll take you back to my wolf tribe. We'll all try to
make you feel better, Kagome.
Kagome closes her eyes and nods. Koga runs off and disappears from the
view of the others.
Shippo: This is terrible! Kagome can't be Koga's
girlfriend!
Miroku: True. Who'd wear the pants in that relationship? No
one. They both wear skirts. Ha ha ha!
Shippo and Sango glare at Miroku.
Miroku: I'm sorry to disappoint you Sango, but I only have two
eyes.
Miroku sticks out his tongue. Sango promptly grabs it and drags him
back to Kaede's village. Shippo scurries after them.
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Inuyasha has been beaten into a pulp by the merciless Kuro.
Inuyasha: Don't you show any mercy?
Kuro: Didn't you hear the narrator just now? I'm merciless!
Kuro kicks Inuyasha again. He slides for a distance of half a mile in
the field that they currently stand in.
Inuyasha: So you're just going to beat me up for all of
time?
Kuro: Yes.
Inuyasha: Oh. That sucks.
Kuro: There is no one who can save you.
Inuyasha: I don't need anyone to save me.
He thinks for a moment and remembers how he died. Kotori had run him
through after he shattered Tetsusaiga.
Inuyasha: HA!
Kuro: What?!
Inuyasha closes his eyes.
Inuyasha: My sword, Tetsusaiga, had a spirit of its own. It was
more than a weapon, it was my comrade in battle and my friend in
life.
Kuro: So?
Inuyasha: If it had a spirit, then it died when Kotori shattered
it into pieces. That means...
Tetsusaiga zooms in from the sky and Inuyasha catches it.
Kuro: WHAT THE HELL?
Inuyasha: You bastard!
Kuro: Can women be called bastards?
Inuyasha: I don't know the proper etiquette for using insults.
I just call people bastards whenever I feel like it. Men, women,
boys, girls, dogs, cats, birds, frogs, bugs, cherries, bowls of
stew...
Inuyasha unsheathes Tetsusaiga and the blade transforms within his firm
grasp.
Kuro: I'm not letting you have the chance to use that weapon!
Take this!
Kuro holds up her hand and fires an energy blast towards Inuyasha.
Inuyasha raises his sword over his head.
Inuyasha: Stupid bastard! That's right, I said it again!
BACKLASH WAVE!!
The powerful Backlash Wave struggles with Kuro's hellacious energy
shot. It is only a matter of time before Kuro's power is turned back
against her.
Kuro: NOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!
Inuyasha: YESSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!
Kuro is destroyed by the might of the Backlash Wave. All that remains
is a giant black spot on the ground. Inuyasha puts his sword
away.
Inuyasha: Boo-yah!
He starts to dance, doing the Moonwalk among other things. All the
tortured demons and humans in Hell watch him.
Man: He...he...destroyed Kuro...
Demon: We're free! All hail Inuyasha! Hail! Hail! HAIL!
A revolution starts. The tortured souls turn against their tormentors,
liberating themselves from their cruelty. Inuyasha is lifted off the
ground by a group of people. They carry him while cheering and
celebrating.
Inuyasha: Damn straight! I guess I'm the new boss around here.
The Inuyasha era has begun!
Everyone: LONG LIVE KING INUYASHA!!!
Up above, high in the heavens, a small spirit in the form of a ball of
white light talks with a much, much larger ball of light.
Small Light: Sir...did you see that?
Large Light: No, I've been watching the native tribes take down
a buffalo in America. Of course I saw that!
Small Light: It appears that Hell cannot hold him. What
now?
Large Light: Bring him to me. It's best that we take care of
this situation before our superiors find out.
Small Light: I'm on it!
The small ball of light zips down towards Hell to meet with
Inuyasha...
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Sesshomaru and Kikyo walk through the caves and reach a dead end.
Sesshomaru: I was expecting to follow the smell of waffles to
Osoroshi.
Laughter comes from behind them. Two men stand there. Sesshomaru and
Kikyo turn to the duo. One man is about the same height of
Sesshomaru. He wears a mask over his face that looks like a skull with twin
horns jutting out of the forehead. He has long white hair that flows over
his shoulders and white kimono. Next to him is a large overweight
demon with no hair and a large bottom lip. His only eye is round and
yellow. He wears no top and has brown pants.
Big Man: There are no waffles! We put that sign up as a way to
lure people here!
Masked Man: You fools fell for it.
Sesshomaru: False advertising, how evil. And I knew it was a
trap.
Kikyo: No you didn't.
Sesshomaru: You don't know that I knew that it was a trap
because I didn't allow you to know that I knew because if you knew that I
knew--
Kikyo: Stop. Just......stop.
Masked Man: I am Kamenmaru of the Ketsugun. My associate here
is named Bill.
Kikyo: Bill?
Kamenmaru: He's a foreign exchange demon from Great Britain. I
have more important things to do, like washing my hair and trimming my
fingernails, so I'll let him finish you off.
Kamenmaru disappears in a puff of smoke. Bill smiles at Kikyo.
Bill: You're cute. If you agree to be my woman, I'll let you
live.
Sesshomaru (chuckling): She's already dead.
Kikyo: Ugh, be quiet! Sorry, Bill. But my heart belongs to
another.
Sesshomaru (chuckling): He's dead too...
Kikyo: SHUT UP!
Bill blinks repeatedly as Kikyo bonks Sesshomaru over the head with her
bow over and over and over again. He sits down and waits for her to
calm down. Then, the battle will begin...
TO BE CONTINUED
NEXT TIME: It's Sesshomaru and Kikyo vs. Bill The Foreign Exchange
Demon From Great Britain! Also, Inuyasha is in charge of his section
of Hell...and that catches the attention of the powers from above.
What will the forces of light have to say to him? If the title of the
next chapter doesn't give you a good idea of what will happen, then I
don't know what will. Be here for "The Next World pt. 5: Bring Me to
Life!"