"Battle of Nori Nanba"
Chapter 1


Our Story begins with a very beautiful young woman in her mid twenties. Nori Nanba was pure of heart and soul and she had nothing of value, and lived within a village with her father. Her father was a doctor of their village, and known through out the land to be able to heal the sickest of all men. Many villages, to come help their sick, called upon her father so knowing her father was something she never got to enjoy, and she was told that her mother was lost in childbirth while having her.

However, the rumors from the people in the village say that her mother was a Goddess of great beauty, and returned to where she had come, and many believed this, for the young girls' beauty was so great that no man could resist her, just as her mother before her.

Nori Nanba not having many friends was much on her own as she was growing up. Her father taught her as much as he could in the art of Medicine while he was there with her, so she could take care of the people in the village while he was away.

On one of her fathers' trips to another village, a group of travelers came upon the village with a hurt young man in their group. He was hurt badly and they were very worried about him, even though the travelers knew of the secret of their hurt companion, this was unlike any wound he has ever gotten and thought he may need help with it.

They sought out the help of the nearest doctor to help them and Nori Nanba was the closest they could find for helping him.

As she was looking at the wound on the young man, knowing that he was not human, she asked them, "What is his name?"

The travelers told her, "His name is Inuyasha."

She then asks them how he received this wound. The young lady that was with him started to tell the story of how he was engaged in battle with his older brother Lord Sesshomaru, and how he caused this wound on Inuyasha.

Nori Nanba was shocked to hear that two brothers would fight like this causing such bodily harm, and almost death to one another. As she listened to the young girls story and tending to Inuyasha's wound, Inuyasha awoke, looking up at Nori Nanba, her knowing he was still in shock from the wound, she asked him, "How are you feeling?"

Inuyasha not really knowing where he was or knowing who this women was that was tending to him, he started to pull away from her. She placed her hand on him, stopping him from trying to get away as she told him, "If you do not lie still you could open the wound worse and bleed to death."

Inuyasha, looked into her eyes, started to feel a calming feeling come over him and subsided to her tending to him, he soon passed out once again.

When she had finished with tending to Inuyasha and his wound, she told the young woman and his friends, "Now he needs to rest and let the wound heal, and you all are welcome to stay at my home while he heals."

"Thank you that is very kind of you. What is your name by the way?" Kagome asks her.

"Nori Nanba," she replied.

The young lady then begins to introduce herself and the others, "I am Kagome, and this is Sango and her friend Kiara," pointing, to the Two Tail Demon Cat at Sango’s feet, "And this Miroku the Monk, and Shippo the Fox Demon, and of course you met Inuyasha."

Nori Nanba looks at all of them wondering how a group like this came about, as she could no longer take the suspense, she ask Kagome, "Why were Inuyasha and his brother trying to kill one another, and how did you, Sango and the Monk come about to travel with two demons like Inuyasha and Shippo?” Nori asks her, not understanding why humans would be with demons from everything her father has told her about how demons are.

Kagome told Nori Nanba how they all came about to travel together, and the sad stories behind each one of the travelers. Nori Nanba was shocked that each one had the same goal, to destroy Naraku the Demon, which has caused them all so much pain. She was saddened by the stories that Kagome told of the wayward travelers, and more sadden by the story of Inuyasha and his older brother Lord Sesshomaru.


As the day moved in to night fall, Nori Nanba stayed by Inuyasha's side through the night to make sure he would be alright, with his high fever, she was worried about him, even though he was a demon, BUT... human as well. As the sunset on the third day of Inuyasha's healing and he still has not awoke, but his wound healed almost to the fullest. Nori Nanba finds herself making friends for the first time that she can remember, and learning that what her father said about demons is not true for all demons.

As Nori Nanba and her new found friends sit having dinner laughing and talking, they hear a noise, turning to see what or who it maybe, they see Inuyasha burst into the dinning area, he looks rested and full of vigor, as he starts to let everyone know that he is starving, and wants food.

Everyone is pleased to see him up and moving around. While greeting Inuyasha and welcoming him back to the living, Inuyasha turns to Nori Nanba making eye contact with her, he walks over to her, putting his hand out to her and helping her to her feet, not breaking eye contact with her.

She feels very uncomfortable with Inuyasha looking it her, like he is. She comes to her feet and Inuyasha takes her into his arms hugging her asking, “Are the angel that saved him from the near death fight I had with my brother?”

As everyone stands watching Inuyasha and Nori Nanba, she answers him, "Yes, I am the one that doctored your wounds, but you healed yourself, being you are what you are."

Inuyasha tells her, “I remember nothing after the fight with my brother, but the one thing I do remember, was I opened my eyes for only a moment and seen an angel by my side tending to him. Telling me to be still and that she would care for me till I was well.” He asks her, “Was that you?”

She did not know what to say to him, she remembered telling him to be still, but the rest she did not remember, he had her all confused, she had never been in the arms of a man, let alone a demon.

With Kagome yelling at Inuyasha, “Let Nori Nanba go.” She yells again, "Can't you see you are freaking her out," and in turn, it breaks the tension.

As they, all sit back down to eat, and having Inuyasha by their side, the group was whole once again. Nori Nanba was listening in to them talking, and thinking to herself it must be nice to have friends this great. Inuyasha turns to her looking at her and smiling; she starts to feel uncomfortable once again, “Please excuse me.” As she rises from the table Miroku and Inuyasha, stand to excuse her.

Kagome, Sango, and Shippo, look at Inuyasha wondering what has gotten into him, this is just not how Inuyasha acts, and come to think of it, Miroku is acting a little strange as well, he has actually been behaving himself around Nori Nanba. They all wonder what could be going on.

That night Kagome and Sango, start to talk about how the guys are acting, and were talking about going into the village to talk to the people, to find out if something may be happening with Nori Nanba and if there has been any demons around the village. Thinking that something may have happened to Nori Nanba to make the guys act different around her.


The next day Kagome and Sango go talk to the people of the village. Finding nothing that a demon has been around, only Inuyasha and Shippo, the villagers ask why they need to know this, and why are they trying to start trouble for Miss. Nori Nanba, “She is the sweetest young women in the village, not to mention the most beautiful, and after she saved our friend you think you would be grateful.” One of the villagers said.

The girls explained, “We are not trying to cause trouble, only trying to figure out why Inuyasha and Miroku are not acting like theirselves around her.”

The eldest women of the village stepped into the crowed telling the tail of Nori Nanba's mother, “Nori’s mother was the most beautiful women of all the land. When she came to our village, every man that came in contact with her fell under the spell of her captivating eyes and beauty, no man could escape the power that she could hold over them, and the power Nori Nanba's mother has could have been passed to her.”

Wondering if this could be true, Kagome and Sango head back to Nori Nanba's home, talking. “Will the guys return to normal when we leave the village and get away from Nori Nanba or will her power that she has over them, hold them to her and they not want to leave her.” Kagome says.

“Want I want to know is does she know she is doing this to them, or is she as lost about it as everyone else, by the look on her face last night when Inuyasha took her in his arms, she looks unsure of what was happening to her or what was over coming Inuyasha." Sango says.

As the two girls are just about to enter the doorway of Nori Nanba's home, they hear a voice behind them. Knowing exactly who the person is, they turn to see Lord Sesshomaru standing there asking them again, “Where is Inuyasha? We have unfinished business, this time I will kill the worthless half breed brother of mine.”

Kagome and Sango back into the house looking toward Nori Nanba, “Lord Sesshomaru is out in front of the home, not to get in his way if he comes in, because he will kill you.” Kagome tells her.

Sango tells Sesshomaru, “We have no idea where he could be; we just returned to the house and have not seen him.” Sesshomaru follows them into the home.

Nori Nanba is sitting at the table as she looks up to see the most beautiful man she has ever laid eyes on. As Lord Sesshomaru's eyes meet Nori Nanba, he pauses not taking another step, their eyes locked upon one another for what felt like hours. As Nori Nanba finally breaks the stare between the two of them, and Lord Sesshomaru acting as if he was put under a spell. He seemed dazed for a few moments.

Lord Sesshomaru finally turns his attention back to Kagome and Sango, asking again, “Where is Inuyasha?”

As they back away from him, Inuyasha runs into the house from the back. Sesshomaru, shocked to see his brother up and moving so soon after the attack from the Tokijin, he looks at Nori Nanba, “Are you the one that aided my brother with his quick recovery?”

His eyes of gold meeting hers once again, not knowing what to say or do and scared to death, and remembering what he had done to his younger brother, a wave of anger came over her.

She steps up to Lord Sesshomaru forgetting everything that she was told about him and his hatred toward the humans, getting close enough to reach out and touch Lord Sesshomaru, and looking him right in the eyes. Nori Nanba tells Lord Sesshomaru, “You should not be fighting with your younger brother like you do. You are all you two have now that our parents are gone and you should be trying to get along, because friends and lovers will come and go, but family is forever. No matter how hard you try to get rid of Inuyasha, you will always be brothers, and that is a fact you will never be able to escape...”

Lord Sesshomaru stands there letting her talk, as in mid-sentence he reaches for her as Inuyasha stops him, “Leave her alone!!”

Sesshomaru turns his attention back to Inuyasha. As Nori Nanba yells at the both of them, “I will not have this in my home. If you two want to kill each other do it in the streets.”

Sesshomaru reaches for Nori Nanba once again. Inuyasha tells him, “If you touch her I will rip you apart where you stand.”

Sesshomaru smiling at the both of them, and starts to back away, “Inuyasha, I will take this up with you later,” he then turns and looks at Nori Nanba, and tells her. “I will see you again real soon.”

As Sesshomaru leaves, Nori Nanba falls to the floor on her knees, weeping and saying, "What have I done, I have not only endangered myself, but my village as well. I have made enemies with a dangerous killer."

Kagome and Sango try to comfort her, as she is in tears, fearful for her life and the villager's lives. Knowing death is just around the corner waiting for the right moment to strike.



The Battle Of Nori Nanba Chapter 2