A/N: I worked hard on this - Ignore inconsistencies with the actual series; pretend that is the way it is supposed to be (tell me, if it is small enough of a detail I'll fix it!)
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Ultimate Chance, Chapter One: This Creature
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"You do realize that this is almost irreversible?"
"Yes, I am fully aware of the consequences for my actions." Sesshoumaru said, coldly. He had been standing there for the entire night.
"You do understand that you will leave your companions?"
"Yes..." Sesshoumaru said simply, not a common thing for him to do. Although he would not admit it, or show it, he was going to miss Jaken and Rin. Earlier in the day, Sesshoumaru had told them he was setting them free. He had expected their reactions, Jaken stuttering and Rin crying. A weaker man, not demon of course, would have cried. He did ask Jaken to take care of Rin, but he gave no order, as Jaken was already free.
"You... Do understand that you will undergo excruciating pain?"
"I do, it is said that it will be like torture in every portion of your body." Sesshoumaru said, quite aware of the torture that he would soon be enduring. His desire for the Tetsusaiga had grown to unrealistic proportions. This was his last chance of getting it. After the near-defeat of Naraku, Sesshoumaru had heard, Inuyasha and his wench planned to live wherever she came from after all of the shards were collected. Sesshoumaru had to act quickly, or lose Tetsusaiga forever, should Inuyasha choose to take the sword with him.
"He is your brother, do you understand what you must do to complete-"
"I know of this fact, however revolting, it is worth it for the tetsusaiga. It shall be interesting to see the look on his face, though." Sesshoumaru said resisting the urge to smirk. He really didn't want to do it, but it was a small task to obtain his final prize.
"You also know that you may gain some of his feelings, and he some of yours?"'
"Yes, I am sure I can handle my brother's useless emotions." Sesshoumaru said. He was getting agitated with all these questions. This creature obviously did not want his gold to be stolen from him if the customer did not exactly agree with some of the consequences. Creatures of this sort had a fondness for gold and other rare metals. When you first saw them, you would figure their eyes shut, but they had no eyes. Tales say that their eyes were ripped out when they had banded together to steal from a great demon lord. This creature had a large head with shriveled skin; sometimes they would put dead flowers or even animals as hats or for decoration. This creature, gifted in soul gathering like all of them, were good with anything relevant to souls. You could almost call them cousins of the worm charmer.
"Then you are also aware that he will gain your power, and you his?" This creature said.
"Yes, but he will never reach my full power. I, on the other hand, will be capable of reaching past his current power, however weak." Sesshoumaru said confidently. "I would like you too give this to Ryokan(1), tell him it is a reward for helping my father and I, although he may not be able to control it. The imbecile will still take it as his treasure, such a sad fate." Sesshoumaru said coldly, handing over his Tokijin warily to the creature. "Do not dare to attack me; for you will never see any gold if you try." Sesshoumaru said, noting the malicious look on this creature's face. "Also, keep this safe, if I should try to kill 'myself' it will be hard with this useless sword." Sesshoumaru said throwing the Tensaiga to the creature's feet.
"That will be extra gold." This creature said greedily.
"Yes, I am quite aware you crave gold, and I have plenty, but I will give you the password after everything is said and done. Do not be alarmed when I come forward, as the true owner of the Tetsusaiga. It is the least my brother owes me." Sesshoumaru said.
"Very well then!" This creature said, clapping it's hands together dryly.
"Let us leave your cave in secret; my companions might have come searching for me." Sesshoumaru said coldly, turning his back to this creature. "I am paying you good gold for this, hurry up. We must find my brother."
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"Guys, I'll be right back." said Inuyasha seriously, breaking the previous cheerful conversation. "Don't" Inuyasha said, casting a half glance to Miroku, who was opening his mouth to speak. He had to deal with Sesshoumaru alone; Inuyasha knew that his brother would try to get the Tetsusaiga before he left with Kagome. He had decided to just give the tetsusaiga to Sesshoumaru; by Kagome's description, he would not need it in her world. Inuyasha only needed to plan how to give it to him safely.
Sango, Miroku, and Kagome looked at each other in worry; Shippou looked at the gap in the trees in which Inuyasha had shoved through. "Where is he going, Kagome?" Shippou said, and looked at Kagome innocently.
"Oh don't worry about him, he'll be fine!" Kagome said, smiling almost too broad for her face.
Miroku and Sango exchanged looks before rising to follow Inuyasha.
"No, he seemed serious; maybe we should let him handle this alone instead of rushing to his aid..." Kagome said thoughtfully.
"Who said we were going to help him, we're just going to watch." Miroku said smirking. Sango gave Kagome a come-on-you-know-you-want-to look, and then grinned.
Kagome sighed in defeat and pushed herself off the ground with her fists. Shippou bounded next to Kagome too walk at her heels. The small band of eavesdroppers turned on their heels and made for Inuyasha's unknowingly made path.
"He must've been in deep thought..." Miroku said walking too easily in such a dense forest.
"You're right... I wonder if he expected us to follow him." Sango said looking at the ground where Inuyasha had undoubtedly stomped.
"Get down!" Miroku whispered hoarsely shoving Sango rudely to the ground, then grabbing Kagome's wrist as an afterthought. "Oh hello Sango!" said Miroku innocently, "You know it is quite comfortable on top of you!"
Sango shoved Miroku off her and slapped him.
"Shhh..!! Inuyasha is looking around, he might look this way." Kagome, the expert eavesdropper, said hunching over to hide in a large bush, with Shippou at her side.
Sango and Miroku crawled over beside Kagome, and looked out from the bush into the small clearing.
"Look, it's Sesshoumaru!" whispered Kagome. "What's he doing here?" Kagome asked herself, in such a low voice no one heard her but Shippou.
Shippou looked at Kagome. "Maybe they're just going to talk; Sesshoumaru doesn't have either of his swords." Shippou whispered to Kagome, pointing at Sesshoumaru through the bush.
"You're right! Do you see that?" Kagome asked, looking to Miroku and Sango, who had heard Shippou. They both replied with a nod. None of them but Shippou could really see whether or not Sesshoumaru's swords were there, but they took Shippou's word.
The group watched as Inuyasha yelled at Sesshoumaru, they couldn't hear what he yelled from such a distance. Sesshoumaru shrugged, which surprised everyone in the bushes. Inuyasha withdrew the tetsusaiga, predictable. Sesshoumaru then did something very unpredictable.
"Inu...yasha...Se...sshou...maru...?" Kagome stuttered, half mumbling. Kagome's eyes widened at the sight before her. She stood hastily, not caring whether the two 'fighting' brothers saw her or not. Kagome stomped off back to their hastily made camp.
Kagome fumed, clenched her fists, and mumbled to herself. They, Miroku, Sango, and Shippou, followed Kagome, leaving some distance between Kagome and themselves out of fear for their lives.
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Inuyasha sniffed and looked around. He's here, I know it...
Sesshoumaru stepped from behind some shadows and motioned this creature to stop and stay behind him.
"Why are YOU here? You came here for the tetsusaiga, right?" Inuyasha yelled jerking his head to tetsusaiga.
Sesshoumaru raised his hand in surrender, "Inuyasha, my dear brother, I have no weapon, nor armor of any kind." Sesshoumaru said calmly, gesturing to where his two swords were usually sheathed.
Inuyasha withdrew tetsusaiga and rested it on his shoulder. "That's why I'll kill you now, when I have the chance. You were pretty stupid to come here without a sword!" Inuyasha said boldly.
"Then I have no choice but to surprise you." Sesshoumaru said. "And afterwards I shall vomit..." Sesshoumaru muttered to himself, out of character. He cast a glance at this creature and nodded.
((Slight Sho-Ai in this paragraph, skip this one paragraph if you don't like it!!)) Sesshoumaru lurched forward and, before Inuyasha could react, crushed his lips against Inuyasha's brutally, probably bruising Inuyasha's lips. Inuyasha's eyes widened and he gasped, only resulting in pulling Sesshoumaru's mouth closer, if that was possible. Sesshoumaru grinned against his brother's lips. Even if this was gross, Inuyasha's face was still priceless. Inuyasha nearly dropped tetsusaiga, as he stumbled in surprise, nearly falling into Sesshoumaru.
This creature chanted in some odd language, and a white ring formed around the two brothers. The ring's color changed to azure and formed a dome around Inuyasha and Sesshoumaru. Within the dome a white flame appeared and engulfed them. Inuyasha screamed, and Sesshoumaru stifled a scream. Sesshoumaru remained standing, but he clenched his teeth, his whole body shaking slightly. Inuyasha loosened his grip on the tetsusaiga and fell to his knees in pain.
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"Ungh..." 'Inuyasha' muttered, he looked up at the broad noon sky, blinking. He went to sit up, only to find one of his arms missing. "My arm!?!" Inuyasha yelled in disbelief, falling back down to the ground. He carefully maneuvered his one arm to prop himself up. When he looked down, he was draped in his brother's robes. "Ohmygod..." Inuyasha muttered disbelievingly, his perverted side making assumptions. He quickly shook those thoughts from his mind; there was no way he would ever consider doing anything like that. I've been spending WAY to much time with that pervert monk..
He took his hand and slowly leaned back against the ground, and rubbed his forehead.
When he moved his hand away from his forehead and took a closer look at it, it was more feminine than he had noticed before. Inuyasha decided to see if anything else looked different. His arm had purple 'demon scars'(2). Inuyasha stopped there, when he caught a whiff of something familiar, but he couldn't place it, coming towards him. He stood up, but lost his balance and fell. "Is it just me or am I taller?" Inuyasha mumbled, "And my hair combed?!" he added as his hair fell around his face. The smell was so close; he should have been able to see-
"Lord Sesshoumaru!" A young girl said from behind Inuyasha. "I'm so glad to see you! I thought we'd never find you!" The young voice from behind him said, sounding happy and sad at the same time. ((I haven't seen the 'Rin-gets-kidnapped' episodes, so let's just pretend Inuyasha has never seen/met Rin o.o;;))((And yes I almost put "Sesshoumaru-sama!"))
"Eh?" Inuyasha replied weakly, raising an eyebrow at the small girl.
"You've never shown so much emotion in your face before Lord Sesshoumaru!" said a voice that could only be Jaken's.
Inuyasha jumped up and looked around. "Sesshoumaru?! Where is he?! I'm gonna... Oh." He said angrily, but the last part he mouthed slowly, remembering what had happened. "Stupid jerk!" Inuyasha muttered, falling to the ground.
"Lord Sesshoumaru!! Are you alright?!" Jaken squealed, scampering to Inuyasha's side. Rin ran up to Inuyasha with a pale of water and sat it down in front of him.
"'Ere Lord Sesshoumaru, it might help." Rin said cheerfully, plopping down next to Inuyasha, looking up at him admiringly.
Inuyasha looked into the pail of water, and then jerked back at his own reflection. "I look like Sesshoumaru..." His eyes widened.
"B-but lord... You are Lord Sesshoumaru!" Jaken said, and then backed away from Inuyasha. "I-I mean, of course you look like Sessho- I m-mean Lord Sesshoumaru, I wasn't being rude of course you know that already!" Jaken stuttered looking at Inuyasha, as if he were about to be killed, or worse freed again.
"Shut up!" Inuyasha yelled at Jaken. "I'm not Sesshoumaru, I'm Inuyasha!" He yelled. Inuyasha tried to stand up and look intimidating, but failed when he lost his balance and nearly fell. Rin bounded next to Inuyasha and helped him stand as best as she could with how small she was.
"Who are you?" Inuyasha said, looking questioningly at Rin as though he had just noticed her.
Rin told him everything that Sesshoumaru had done for her, and Inuyasha looked to the sky as she spoke.
"Liar. He's a liar..." Inuyasha said solemnly. "He always said he hated humans, and here he is keeping a girl, for god knows what, while criticizing me and Kagome." Inuyasha said still staring at the sky.
"You shouldn't talk about Lord Sesshoumaru that way... Lord Sessho- err Inuyasha!" said Jaken defensively. "I could tell you weren't Sesshoumaru when I first saw your face, you're a bad actor." Jaken said. "Hey! I bet you're the one who 'freed' us! Where's Lord Sesshoumaru?! What have you done to him...? Lord Sesshoumaru!" Jaken cried out looking around as if Sesshoumaru would pop up and slay the imposter.
"Shut up. Do you think I WANT to look like a girl?!" Inuyasha yelled angrily, glaring at Jaken. Jaken charged at Inuyasha angrily. "Hey! I don't know where he is! Do you want to hurt your master's body?" Inuyasha yelled; he didn't like the idea of being burned by a toad's staff, even if he was in Sesshoumaru's body.
Jaken fell flat on his face. "You're... right..." said the green lump on the ground. Rin sat by Inuyasha's side silently. She looked at Jaken strangely.
"Maybe... if we find Inuyasha we will really find Lord Sesshoumaru?" Rin said slowly and thoughtfully.
"But you already found me, I'm..." Inuyasha started, "Oh" Inuyasha said as common sense dawned on him. Inuyasha's mind switched to automatic and went through a checklist of things to keep track of. "Tetsusaiga!" Inuyasha said franticly looking for tetsusaiga. "Kagome!" He said and rose to his feet with Rin's help. "We've got to find Kagome and make sure she is safe.. From Sesshoumaru, who no doubt looks like me." He said coldly, sounding eerily like his brother. Jaken looked at Inuyasha, seeing Sesshoumaru in Inuyasha's eyes for a moment.
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Sesshoumaru sat up suddenly, as if from a bad dream. He looked up at the sky; the sun, which you could barely see, was just beginning to rise. Was he out cold all night? His surroundings were the same; clearing in forest near Inuyasha's camp. Sesshoumaru looked around and saw 'himself' on the ground next to where he was sitting. He got a strange feeling as he stared at 'himself' with no doubt it was Inuyasha. I look better than I thought! He blinked that thought out of his mind quickly, was that how Inuyasha always thought? Sesshoumaru looked away and, using one hand out of habit, pushed himself off the ground. He then realized he had both hands.
"Duh." Sesshoumaru said flexing the arm that was in the place where his would be, noting that that was not something he said everyday. "My hair!" Sesshoumaru squealed noticing his now unkept and tangled hair, noting he never had said that before. He clutched at his hair frantically, as if it would help the years of abuse. "Inuyasha has NO self-control..." Sesshoumaru muttered dropping his hands. His attention turned to Tetsusaiga, and he withdrew it; but it didn't transform. He wasn't discouraged, he knew exactly what to do, and the first step was the ability to wield it. It was also a plus to have his arm, or at least an arm, back within his use.
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(1) The forest guardian dude... Is it spelled correctly?
(2) I don't know what to call them .
A/N: Well that's the first chapter, I WILL have the other chapter up by next week; I'm not going to abandon this like my other flops
Please Review! C&C appreciated, 'cause you know I need help!