Chapter 2

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Midoriko's cave

Inuyasha, Kagome, Sango, and the others were standing in front of the Doom Slayer with shocked expressions. He was bulky, and every inch of his being was meant for combat. Kagome widened her eyes when she saw his gun.

'He's a time traveler like me?!' The girl thought as Inuyasha placed himself in front of her as he unsheathed his Tessaiga.

"Kagome stand back! I'll take care of him!" Inuyasha shouted as Myoga jumped on his shoulder shaking his head

"Milord Inuyasha, you must not fight the Doom Slayer!" the flea said shaking like a leaf "The Slayer is just too powerful for you!"

"Calm down Inuyasha" Miroku said grabbing Inuyasha's arm "Think for a moment, he killed so many demons and absorbed their strength along with your father's power"

Myoga nodded in agreement "And he also has So'unga...even though I can't see it"

Sango took a few steps forward and knelt in front of the Doom Slayer "Slayer, my name is Sango, I am the last Demon Slayer alive..."

The Slayer slowly turned in her direction, his gaze was piercing her very being. He was clearly wondering what happened.

"We were asked to kill a demon at the castle of noble, what we didn't know was that everything was a trap. A demon called Naraku planned to draw out the best exterminators out of our village before attacking it with a horde of demons. Then he took over my dear brother Kohaku and used him to kill my father and the others at the castle and also severely wound me...then Naraku let Kohaku free only to be killed by the soldiers of the castle...I miraculously survived but I didn't know that it was Naraku's doing, and so he approached them saying that Inuyasha was the responsible for the destruction of our village and gave me a fragment of the Shikon Jewel in order to make me ignore the pain and fight until my death..." Sango explained as in a second the Slayer placed himself in front of her.

"Fragments?" He asked clenching his fists

Kagome turned pale and really wanted to be somewhere else in that moment. "You see...it's a bit complicated...when Kikyo died, she burned the jewel along with her...and then I...ended up with it inside my body in the future...I ended up in this era and...I kinda broke it sending fragments of it all across Japan..."

Both Inuyasha and Miroku paled at the rage that was coming from the Slayer and got on a defensive stance, ready to...fight?

Slowly the rage disappeared as the Doom Slayer walked towards the fragments of the jewel, he picked them up and then put them in his dimensional pocket. Kagome widened her eyes when the fragments completely disappeared from her sight. "Wait! What are you doing?!" The girl shouted

Miroku took step forward "Slayer, Naraku has already collected many fragments of the Jewel, he wants to recreate the jewel and corrupt it for his evil goals...we've been collecting the Fragments for a while a soon or later, we'll encounter him"

"AND THEN I'LL KILL HIM FOR WHAT HE DID TO ME AND KIKYO!" Inuyasha proclaimed

"Yes, but the more powerful we are the better, Naraku isn't a common demon and he's really powerful...we should join our forces, we know how he works and together we'll bring him down" The monk said calmly without making any movement, He didn't want to startle the great Warrior.

The Doom Slayer looked at them without uttering a word.

"Slayer, 60 years have passed since you decided to wait, there is no reason for you to come back this early" VEGA said calmly

The Slayer shook his head, the Shikon Jewel is just as dangerous as the crucible, left unchecked it can also cause an apocalypse. Miroku and the others didn't know how to do now that the Slayer refused the help them

"I think that those people misunderstood your actions, Slayer" VEGA remarked as the Slayer noticed the troubled expressions of the strangers. "If you really are interested in recovering the Shikon Jewel and to defeat the demon named Naraku, then you should start to gather the fragments and then neutralize that demon"

"I work alone" The Doom Slayer said as he started walking towards the exit.

"What about Midoriko?" Kagome said as she placed herself in front of him not letting him pass through "You worked with Midoriko, didn't you?"

The Slayer started glaring at the girl in front of him "That was a long time ago"

Kagome could feel fear filling her being but she will not desist, this guy just took her fragments and from what the others said taking them with brute force isn't an option since he would probably kill them all...if she can't take them back with the force then she'll convince him to come with her! "I can't let you go! I don't care that you are the Doom Slayer or whatever, we worked hard to collect those fragments and I can't stand the idea of you taking them away from us!"

"Slayer, I don't think that we'll be able to leave without killing them all" VEGA remarked. The Slayer disliked the idea, he can kill the half-demon without any regret but the others were humans, none of them are corrupted and one of them is one of the demon slayers that he created himself. Now that he looked closely at the girl in front of him, he could feel a lot of Spiritual Power. "Or perhaps you could just join them, they aren't too strong but they are not weak, they could be useful"

The Slayer didn't like the idea of using someone but he still preferred that to kill them all. The Doom Slayer slowly nodded agreeing to join his forces with theirs.

Sango smiled, The Doom Slayer...The Doom Slayer just agreed to help them! Naraku...you'll have a not very pleasant surprise the next time they'll each other...

"Then it's the time to introduce myself" VEGA said through the speakers of the armor

Everyone looked around "Who's there?" Inuyasha shouted

"I'm VEGA the artificial intelligence who formerly controlled the UAC facility on Mars" VEGA said politely "I would show myself but I don't have a body, I'm speaking through the Slayer's armor"

"WAIT" Kagome shouted "FROM MARS? LIKE THE PLANET MARS?"

"Exactly Lady Kagome Higurashi, resident at the Higurashi Shrine in Japan" VEGA replied

"How do you know that?!" Kagome asked a bit creeped out

"My database has all the information of mankind" VEGA said

Kagome was shocked but nodded "Just to know...from what year do you come from?"

"I was built in the 2195" VEGA replied "The Slayer instead comes from a placed called Argent d'Nur the capital of an ancient civilization that came before humanity"

"""2195?!Before Humanity?!""" All of them asked shocked except Sango

"Yes, the slayer was..." VEGA started saying before interrupting himself when he noticed that the Slayer's parameters indicated that he really didn't like the fact he was talking about his past "I'm sorry, but I already told you enough"

'That sounded like an open injury' Miroku thought before nodding "Now I feel more safe with a competent warrior by our side..."

Inuyasha shot him a glare "What are you trying to imply?"

The Doom Slayer left the cave followed by his new companions. He kept walking until he reached the village...he looked at the destroyed houses and various graves made by the people he just met. He felt immense anger filling his entire being...this was all because of Naraku...the same demon that wants to taint the Jewel that hosts Midoriko...he is a threat and the Doom Slayer will come for his life...

Inuyasha was glaring at him by the distance, he really didn't like the Slayer but that person was just too powerful...also, he had the feeling that VEGA would give him quite the advantage.

Miroku was very interested in learning more about the Slayer...though he also wondered what he was hiding about his past. The monk was also very interested in VEGA and the meaning of Artificial Intelligence.

Shippo was extremely scared of the Doom Slayer, he was creepy, you could tell what type of person he is just by looking him. Though he liked VEGA, he sounded like a polite person.

Of course, Sango was happy to have the Doom Slayer with them but this temporarily happiness disappeared when she remembered what happened to her family and to all the people of her village...then rage and hatred filled her being when she remembered Naraku...she will make him pay.

Kagome was amazed, The Slayer was someone who traveled through time like her! She was eager to ask him some questions about the future though she doubted that he would give her answer...maybe she should ask VEGA...

Since it was deep in the night when Myoga caused the Earthquake, the group was starting to get sleepy and so were heading inside. Inuyasha was about to enter Sango's house when he noticed the Doom Slayer standing on top of a watchtower "Oi! We are going to sleep!"

"Don't bother him" Sango said calmly "The Slayer doesn't need to eat or sleep"

Inuyasha shrugged and entered the house "What kind of person that guy is?"

"He's the perfect warrior" Sango said "He can't get tired, he doesn't sleep nor eat"

"he's just a freak" Inuyasha said crossing his arms "Everyone lacks on something"

Sango remained silent for a few moments before nodding "He has no peace"

Kagome tilted her head confused "What do you mean by that?"

"In my family, the tale of the Slayer is handed down to generation to the other." the demon slayer started explaining "The Doom Slayer chose the path of perpetual torment in order to keep fighting the demons in hell, he never stopped fighting"

"You mean the Underworld? Did he fight inside the Underworld?" Miroku asked

Sango shook her head "No, do you remember when VEGA spoke of Argent d'Nur? Well, they were brought down by Hell or as my father called it, Inferno, a dimension of world eaters demons who seek to consume everything. The Slayer almost brought them to extinction..."

"You mean he killed them all?" Kagome asked.

"Almost, they brought down an entire temple on him hoping to contain him, they succeeded but at some point, the Slayer broke out and that's where he appeared here..." The other woman replied with a serious tone.

"But what about the thing VEGA was about to say?" Miroku asked as he brought his hand to his chin

"I don't know" Sango replied shaking her head before sighing "There are only three people who know the full story: The Slayer, VEGA and Midoriko"

"Speaking of Midoriko! What connection she had with the Slayer?" Myoga asked as he popped out of Miroku's clothes.

Inuyasha narrowed his eyes at him "Where did you run off this time?" he asked as he grabbed the flea demon and squeezed him.

Sango blinked a few times before shrugging "The only thing I know is what the Legend says. Midoriko and the Doom Slayer were unstoppable together"

"Though from what you said a few moments ago, Midoriko and he shared a close relationship" Kagome remarked

Sango shook her head "I don't know..."

Shippo crossed his arms "You are all forgetting about something!" He shouted causing the five of them looked at the small kitsune "Kirara got wounded!"

Sango widened her eyes and immediately got up and left the house followed by Kagome Miroku and Inuyasha. They all started looking for the Nekomata when they noticed that Sango was staring at something, the four of them reached and widened their eyes when they saw the Doom Slayer carefully treating Kirara.

Sango was the most shocked of the group, normally Kirara doesn't let complete strangers that could be a threat come near her and yet she was letting the Slayer taking care of her, she slowly approached them without uttering a word. The Slayer didn't seem to mind her presence, she started stroking her partner's head as he kept treating the Nekomata.

"So you also know how to heal them?" The demon slayer asked as the other Slayer nodded.

"Back in the days, Midoriko and The Slayer used to take care of Kirara whenever she was injured in battle" VEGA replied for the Slayer as Sango widened her eyes in shock.

"You mean that Kirara fought alongside Midoriko and you two?" She asked getting another nod from The Slayer.

"Correct" VEGA said "This is the reason why the Slayer has a certain amount of trust in your regards, Kirara would never be the partner of someone evil"

Sango slowly nodded before giggling a bit "You could have told me something like that Kirara..." she whispered as the Nekomata started purring.

"By tomorrow morning she should be fully healed" VEGA said as the Slayer got up "you all should get some rest, the Slayer is eager to start looking for the fragments and to eliminate Naraku"

Inuyasha laughed at that "You may be a silent freak but you sure know what to do! Don't worry tomorrow we'll leave this village"

"Inuyasha! Sango hasn't fully recovered from her injuries!" Kagome scolded him

"No, he's right Kagome" Sango said shaking her head "I made you all stay here for several days because of my injuries...thank you for worrying about me but I'm ready to leave"

"Are you sure, Sango? We don't mind staying another day" Miroku replied as Kagome nodded in agreement.

"Yes, I'm sure, tomorrow we'll leave" Sango said before looking at the Doom Slayer who just nodded.

With that being said, the group returned inside and went to sleep with the exception of the Slayer, who remained outside to guard the village...

The next day

When everyone woke up, they all gathered their things in order to leave without leaving anything behind. They weren't surprised when they found the Slayer already waiting for them.

"Good Morning Slayer!" Kagome greeted him waving her hand.

"Already creepy in the morning I see," Inuyasha said as he walked past him "Come on, we have stuff to do!"

Miroku sighed "Inuyasha if I was you I would treat the Slayer with more respect" he said before starting walking towards the exit of the village.

Sango bowed her head a bit at the Slayer before joining the others.

When everyone was outside, The Doom Slayer lifted a massive boulder and placed on the entrance of the village.

The group was perplexed by this action but understood that it was from keeping away any scavenger. They started their march looking for the castle of Naraku though Sango didn't seem to remember where it was...

"You have fully recovered and yet you still don't remember where the castle was? Defeating Naraku should be also your objective, this is why you'll join us for a while" Inuyasha said with his arms crossed.

"I'm sorry to interrupt your talk but weren't you already together as a group?" VEGA asked

"Well, Sango hasn't joined us yet, this is only Inuyasha's rude way to ask her to join us" Kagome replied as The Slayer stared at Miroku who immediately understood that the Slayer was thinking that he just tricked him and so immediately placed himself in front of Sango

"Milady Sango, we know a lot of things in Naraku's regards and I'm quite sure that Together we'll corner him. If we collect all the fragments of the jewel, he will be forced to send someone against us so until then please be patient"

The demon slayer slowly nodded "fine but...why are you touching me?" she asked as she pinched Miroku's hands which were touching her legs.

Kagome giggled a bit before Shippo in his balloon form flew towards Kagome

"Shippo did you find anything?" The girl asked as the kitsune turned back into his original form

"There is a giant lake further on in that direction with a massive temple inside of it!" Shippo said

"There are no recorded temples built in the middle of lakes in this area," VEGA remarked "There's 50% of possibility of that being Naraku's castle"

That's all the Slayer needed to hear. He started walking towards where Shippo came from without waiting for the others.

"Oi! Naraku's is my prey!" Inuyasha shouted as he ran after the Slayer

The group marched towards the lake though they immediately started seeing signs of a flood pretty much everywhere. Nothing new to the eyes of everyone until they saw some kind of procession going on...then they heard the farmers...

"Behold the child sacrifice..." one said

"I wonder what child it is this time..." another said

"A child sacrifice?!" Kagome said horrified

"What a barbarous cruelty!" Miroku added

"Please, Milord Reconsider this..." One of the people behind the Sacrificial carriage said to the head of the village.

"It's only natural for us to give up our firstborn children to protect our village" The Chieftain replied still looking at the ground

"What's so natural about that?" Inuyasha said appearing sitting on the carriage "These sacrifices for your God? I bet he's just some hyped-up demon" He declared making gasp all those who heard him "A demon is taking advantage of his newfound strength from a jewel shard!" he added as he jumped down "Don't even try hiding anything from us!"

"W-Who are you?" The Chieftain said

"Look at his ears! Are you a demon?" A man asked from behind.

"Listen well, this is a peaceful village protected by our Water God, demons are not welcomed here!"

"Are you for real?! I-" Inuyasha was about to say before Miroku hit him with his staff

"Please, don't mind him, our company is not hostile, if you'll allow me, I'll exorcise this village"

"Are you really that powerful?" A man asked Miroku

"An exorcism is the thing our village needs!" Another one added

"Don't be so easily deceived men! They are conniving impostors!" The Chieftain scolded his men

BANG! BANG!

Gunshots filled the air as everyone got down on the ground in fear. Inuyasha had a pained expression caused by the loud noise that affected Inuyasha's ears

"WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT?!" he shouted as he looked in the direction of the noises. He saw the Doom Slayer standing in front of the carriage with his super shotgun pointed at the sky. "WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!"

"I'm sorry but the Slayer cannot tolerate this behavior, he will personally take care of this situation" VEGA said as the Slayer first reloaded his gun and then picked the child inside the Carriage, he observed him for a few moments and then placed him on the ground. After that, he placed a hologram inside the carriage and lifted it with one hand "The Slayer wants to know where he should take this"

"Quickly! Kill him before he enrages the Water God!" The Chieftain shouted as a farmer armed with a scythe slowly approached The Slayer

BANG!

With another shot, the Slayer destroyed the scythe of the farmer who stumbled a bit before falling on the ground in shock.

"I'll take you there!" Another farmer said as he walked past the Chieftain "Follow me!"

Inuyasha and the others were shocked by the Slayer's behavior and were about to follow him when someone asked them to come with them...

Later...

The Slayer observed through the scope of his rifle the hologram he placed on the boat that was about to arrive on the water temple

"Slayer, while being able to make the hologram move, I can't project it at a distance superior to 15 meters" VEGA warned him

The Slayer didn't care, they will not have the time to do anything when they will find out...Though he noticed something that caught his attention...

In the meantime, Kagome and the others were following the kid that 'hired' them.

"Your friend caused a lot of troubles...but even if he saves my friend...The water God will destroy my village!" The boy said as the others nodded a bit embarrassed, they finally reached the water temple and Inuyasha immediately jumped in front of the entrance, he knocked out the guards in front of the main gate and then destroyed it. He unsheathed Tessaiga and ran towards where he could hear someone shout enraged. Inuyasha guessed it was the Water God who just discovered that he has been tricked.

Inuyasha broke inside the room and saw the so-called Water God shouting to his servants, he immediately jumped high up in the air and attacked him with a vertical slash, to everyone's shock the Water God, even though he was distracted, managed to block Tesseiga with a trident and also nullified Tessaiga's demonic powers.

"What?!" Inuyasha shouted in shock

"Fool! A demonic sword like yours can't hope to compete with my holy trident!" The Water God said before looking at the group "The people of the village sent you, didn't they? After dealing with you, I will send them another flood!"

Kagome was about to fire an arrow at him when she saw something that caused her the widen her eyes "INUYASHA! SIT!" she shouted as the half-demon fell on the ground with a loud thud. "EVERYONE GET DOWN!" she said as he pushed Miroku and Sango on the ground while Shippo and the kid of the village did the same...

Suddenly, a storm of bullets shredded the paper wall behind the Water God and the demon itself, who immediately returned to his snake form before getting ripped apart by the bullets, his organs were now scattered all over the floor. The snake demon tried to breathe but since its lungs were now were pretty much gone it failed. The wall fell apart revealing the Doom Slayer holding his Chaingun in its mobile turret mode.

Kagome slowly got up still shaken by what just happened, she saw the Doom Slayer slowly reaching the demon snake and stepping on its head before crushing it under his armored boot.

Inuyasha also got up and looked at him with an enraged expression "Damn you! You were so determined to kill that bastard but we arrived before you!"

"We were busy saving the real Water Goddess" VEGA replied as a small woman crawled on the Slayer's shoulder "We would like to introduce you to the water goddess Suijin, she was sealed by that demon but the Slayer found her on the way here" with that said the Slayer grabbed the trident and handed it to the Goddess, who immediately grew in size until she became just as high as Kagome.

"Thank you, Doom Slayer and VEGA, you have my blessings" she said before looking at the bloodied floor and the corpse of the snake demon "Daija...you fool...did you really think that you would have got away with that?" she added before looking at Kagome and the others "You also have my thanks, I will make sure to give you all a proper reward"

The Water Goddess gave everyone many treasures and valuable objects though she looked conflicted when it came to the Doom Slayer since he refused all of her gifts...

"I'm sorry, your majesty, but the Slayer is not interested in things like treasures and things like that" VEGA said "if it doesn't help him kill demons, he's not interested"

Suijin raised an eyebrow "Is that so?" she said before nodding "then, I'll give you a blessing, water will never oppose you again, it will help you achieve your goals" she said as she gestured the water near the temple

The Slayer walked towards it and to everyone's surprise, he started walking on the water. The Slayer really likes this but he immediately thought about the possibility of needing to go underwater. As if it was reacting to his thoughts, the water gentle brought him underwater where he felt like he was in his natural habitat...He reemerged and walked towards the Goddess and gave her a nod.

"The Slayer thanks you for your gift" VEGA said as the Water Goddess seemed to be pleased by that

"Come on! We have to find Naraku" Inuyasha barked as he started walking away as Kagome sighed

"I'm sorry for him" She said as the Water Goddess nodded and the group restarted their journey...

After several days of traveling, the group came across a small town. Miroku, as usual, went to the most luxurious house and started saying that he felt an evil aura over it and so proceeded to do one of his fake exorcisms...

Inuyasha for once felt quite happy by the fact that nobody was staring at him for once, everyone was too focused on the Doom Slayer, he was just...impossible to ignore...

Kagome and Sango, who just came back from killing a lizard demon, were walking beside them though the Slayer noticed how the girl from the future was immersed in her school book.

"Slayer, since we are going to travel with this people probably for a long time, I suggest starting making casual conversation with them, in order to build trust" VEGA said

The Slayer remained silent for a few moments, he never been very good with words, the only one who he saw as a partner was Midoriko...and even then she was the one who did all the talking as the Slayer listened to her...

He slowly nodded and looked at Kagome "School?"

Kagome blinked a few times, as she slowly looked at the Slayer surprised by the fact that for the first time, it was him that started the conversation. She nodded with a smile "Yes! While I come here to gather the shards of the jewel, I also have to keep up with school...though it's really hard since I'm missing quite a few lesson's..."

The Slayer nodded in understanding "Maybe VEGA could help you..."

Kagome's eyes lit up "Do you really think so?!"

"Yes, miss Higurashi, after all, I possess all mankind's knowledge" VEGA replied "I used to tell Midoriko a lot of things several centuries ago"

"Thank you!" Kagome said as she, without thinking, hugged the Slayer. She felt like she was just hit by a lightning bolt as she felt a massive amount of power coming from the Slayer's armor. "Are all those souls?"

"No, that is just power or as we call it, Argent Energy, there are no souls in the armor, just their power" VEGA said

"I see...but to have that much power..." The girl said

"The stories about the Slayer are no exaggerations" VEGA concluded for her "Anyway, Miss Higurashi, if you need help with your homework just ask"

Kagome nodded with a smile on her face "Sure thing!"

"Okay Slayer, now why don't you talk with Sango? You must be her idol...her role model" VEGA said to the Doom Slayer.

Role Model? Idol? The Slayer was no role model, far from it, maybe he was one when he was the leader of the Night Sentinels but now? He is the farthest thing from a role model...anyway, what he should speak about...? He looked at her weapon...uhm...maybe...

"Nice weapon" The Slayer said as Sango had a similar reaction to Kagome...with the exception that she actually blushed a bit as she scratched her the back of her head

"Thanks...it's a family heirloom..." She said slowly nodding before throwing a glance at him "Want to try it?"

Now, that's more the Slayer liked it. He slowly nodded

"Kagome we are out to practice a bit" the Demon Slayer said as the other girl just nodded from behind her book.

The Doom Slayer and the demon slayer walked out of the town and went in a more isolated area where they could not harm anyone.

"This place should do" Sango said before handing her weapon to the Doom Slayer, it wasn't a surprise that the Slayer was able to lift it with ease, he just started analyzing the weapon and after a few moments launched it with his full force. The spinning boomerang cut down several trees before returning in his hands...

Sango thought he was going to throw it another time but was surprised when he just returned it to her.

Hiraikotsu was an excellent weapon but it didn't fit in the Slayer's tastes "If you want to make it stronger, I can help you with that" he said calmly

This seemed to have picked VEGA interest, he wondered how the Doom Slayer would make Hiraikotsu even stronger...

The demon slayer remained silent for a few minutes, before shaking her head. "I'll keep it like this, for now, I don't want to fight Naraku with a weapon I'm not familiar with..."

The Slayer understood what she meant even though he never experienced something like that, even though he was used fighting with a sword or his bare fists when he woke up in the UAC facility he was immediately able to use all of their weapons without any problems.

"I'm sorry to interrupt your conversation, but Mister Miroku looks like he's about to leave us with a Tanuki" VEGA remarked

Sango turned around and ran towards Miroku. "Miroku, where are you going?"

The monk looked at her with a surprised expression, that became even more surprised when he saw the Slayer approaching him. "What brings you two here?"

"We were practicing and VEGA said you were leaving us" Sango replied

"Unfortunately, yes, I remembered that there was something I have to do back at my home that can't wait" Miroku replied looking a bit stressed. "I'll be back as soon as possible"

Sango raised an eyebrow "Are you sure you are alright?"

Miroku remained silent for a few moments "Yes, I should be back in a day or two" he said as the Tanuki turned into a giant yellow gourd "Let's go Hachi!" he said before taking off

"He lied" VEGA said immediately causing Sango to widen her eyes "His heartbeat, and his parameters in general showed high levels of stress"

"What?!" The demon slayer said "We must follow him then"

"I'm sorry, but mister Miroku didn't seem to want to involve us in his personal affairs" VEGA said. Sango wanted to say something but chose to remain silent.

The Doom Slayer and Sango returned to the town and found a very worried Kagome looking around the area looking for something. As soon as she noticed them she run towards them.

"Guys! Have you seen Miroku?!"

The Doom Slayer and Sango nodded "Yes, he said that he had something that needed to take care of" Sango said as Kagome sighed in relief

"Is that so? Did he tell you when he'll return?" Kagome asked as both of them shook their heads.

"there is no point in waiting for him" Inuyasha said as he joined the conversation "Tomorrow we'll return to our march, if he really wants to fight Naraku he will rejoin us later" he said as he started walking inside the house where they would sleep for the night...

The next day

Of course, The Doom Slayer didn't sleep at all, he didn't need it. When everyone woke up, he was already waiting outside for them. Kagome and the others thanked the owner of the house and then returned to their march.

This time everyone remained silent, it seemed like the absence of the monk really impacted the group...and there was no way in hell that the Slayer would start a new conversation...

"Slayer, there's a small demonic presence on that tree, it's been following us for a while" VEGA said as the Slayer slowly nodded and took out his pistol and fired in the direction of the small demonic presence.

A rather large insect flew away from the tree with a badly injured wing, the Slayer was about to kill it when Kagome stopped him

"wait! That's one of Naraku's insects! if that was following us then Miroku could be in danger!"

Everyone widened their eyes, except for the Slayer. "But how can we find him?" Sango asked

"We just follow that" The Slayer said before running after the injured insect. The other members nodded before starting to follow him.

The group ran for hours non-stop even though the night was upon them, then they saw a swarm of Naraku's insects attacking a strange-looking creature that was desperately trying to get away from them.

"Help me! Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeelp me!" The creature shouted before crash-landing in front of the group and turning into a Tanuki.

Sango and The Doom Slayer recognized the tanuki, it was the one that was with Miroku. The slayer used his pistol to kill off the insects along with Inuyasha.

"Thank the heavens! I have found you!" Hachi said as he got up "Milord Miroku is in danger, he needs your help!" he shouted.

Kagome and the Others calmed him down and asked him what happened. Hachi told them about the ambush for Miroku and that he was injured and couldn't use his Wind Tunnel to defend himself. Of course, the others immediately ordered him to tell them where Miroku was. Hachi turned again into his yellow gourd form before letting the group mount on his back except for the Slayer who preferred running...or so he wanted to...instead, Kirara turned in her beast form and allowed him to get on her.

The Slayer patted her head as he felt a wave of Nostalgia washing over him, he almost couldn't remember the last time he mounted Kirara when Midoriko was still alive...

The two groups flew towards Miroku's direction when a wall of demons appeared in front of them, the Slayer quickly grabbed the BFG ready to reduce those bastards into a pile of bloody pulps, Kirara immediately recognized the weapon and placed herself in front of Hachi in order to stop the group from getting in front of the Doom Slayer. She knew that everything that stands in front of the Slayer will die and she didn't see Sango turn into a bloody pulp.

"What are you doing Kirara?!" Inuyasha shouted as he was about to swing his sword

Then his ears picked up a strange sound that he never heard, it was slowly growing in volume, he found the origin of the sound, it was the weapon in the Slayer's hands.

The Demons were now incredibly close but the Slayer was calm as if he was already tasting what was going to happen. He pointed the BFG at them and fired...

What followed was obvious, The BFG projectile simply went through the horde before exploding in a green explosion...unrecognizable parts of demons fell down along with a rain of blood.

Kagome looked at the Slayer with a shocked expression. It wasn't like when Inuyasha killed demons with Tessaiga...this time it was more brutal and merciless and a lot bloodier

Sango, on the other hand, was amazed, it was way better than the stories she grew up with, he was a force of nature, a god of war...

Inuyasha was having a lot of mixed feelings, he was surprised from the display of power and was happy that the Slayer was on their side even though he was a freak...but a part of him perhaps his demon part was scared...

Someone who was visibly scared though were Hachi and Shippo who were shaking like crazy as the fox demon covered his eyes and ears. Kagome tried her best to comfort him.

"You were right, Naraku is after Miroku" Inuyasha said growling a bit "that bastard..."

"there it is, Mushin's temple!" Hachi shouted as the Doom Slayer looked down at the temple. He spotted Miroku creating a barrier with his prayers while being surrounded, the slayers touched Kirara's head before jumping down.

The yokai immediately started staring at him while Miroku almost fainted.

"You baaaaastard!" Inuyasha shouted as he also landed next to the slayer.

"You protect the monk, I will go kill the one behind this" The Slayer said before Miroku slowly stretched out his hand

"Slayer, there is a monk in the temple...please don't hurt him...he's being possessed" Miroku whispered as the Slayer slowly nodded before ran through the horde of demons with his shotgun in hand.

Of course, the demons tried to stop him but they all found themselves turned into a pulp or with a bullet hole in their face. The slayer was able to recover a BFG round with one of his runes, he was standing in front of the temple while Inuyasha and the others battled against the Yokai.

The Doom Slayer saw the monk with a big knife and several talismans in his hands

"Slayer, look at his breath, based on the database those should be coming from a Kokochu" VEGA said as The Slayer nodded. He looked at the monk as he grabbed his Plasma rifle before shooting a stun grenade at the monk.

The grenade was effective to some extent, the monk was clearly knocked out but the demon parasite inside of him were still trying to fight. It was in this moment that the Slayer saw him...it was a small yokai, he had gray skin with long ears and a small mouth. He had a pair of big red eyes and was wearing a blue kimono that looks similar to those worn by a Shinto priest. The thing looked panicked, the slayer didn't blame him, after all the yokai don't now about the futuristic weaponry let alone plasma weaponry.

The Slayer picked up his heavy assault rifle and put three holes in the yokai's head. Then he grabbed the jar that fell from the roof of the temple and used it to free the monk, who started sleeping.

Suddenly the earth began to shake as a giant wave of demonic energy killed the remaining demons. The slayer looked in the direction of the origin of the waves and saw Inuyasha with Tessaiga in his hands, he knew that the half-demon just used one of Tessaiga's techniques...

The battle was over, The Slayer won and Miroku was saved...