AN: Welcome everyone to my first fanfic on this site! I know many people usually want you to go easy on them, but in my case I don't much care if you like this story or not. I just felt inspired to type this up one day. Anyway, if you like the story, tell me so, and if you have any justifiable criticism, they're also welcome. Also if you see any mistakes anywhere, please point that out! I mean I can't be perfect and have completely no mistakes in this even though I proof read it
Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha, or anything related to the anime or manga. If I did why would I bother typing up a fanfiction? I would be putting all this in the manga!
はじめよ。
Chapter One The Devious Plan
It was just one of those days where everything seemed to going from bad to worse. Though it was just another day of searching for a certain evil hanyou and collecting fragments of the Shikon no Tama while dealing with the crazy interactions between the group, everything appeared horrible for one person in particular. "Hurry it up Kagome! Damn, can't fucking go two steps without you falling behind and slowing us all down!" This was one of the reasons why.
Kagome Higurashi had once again fallen behind her friends as she was experiencing a few difficulties, one that she did not feel comfortable with disclosing with the amount of males there. Today just so happened to be that certain time of the month for this female, and unfortunately she was unprepared for its arrival. So she had been lagging behind, so that if the blood indeed did show itself because she was unable to contain its flow, she did not want anyone to see it, especially not Inuyasha, Miroku and Shippo.
However it was increasingly hard to do so with Inuyasha continually barking at her every second and trying to get her to keep up. "Inuyasha! I'm keeping up just fine! Just keep going on ahead and I'll follow!" Kagome snapped back at the dog demon, not in the mood to deal with his impatience. Truthfully she was amazed that she hadn't sat him yet though she probably figured that because of the embarrassment of her situation she was slowing everyone down just to wait up for her so in a way Inuyasha was right about her slowing them all down, however that did not give him any right to snap at her constantly for it.
"Well if you were keeping up then we wouldn't have to keep stopping just for you!" During the time since they've began their search today, they've needed to stop for Kagome about fifty times already, no exaggeration. Worst was that only half an hour had passed since then. So seeing as Inuyasha was never a patient person to begin with, having to stop fifty times in the last thirty minutes had broken the thin line of patience he did have about forty-nine stops ago.
Taking a deep breath in to calm herself, Kagome closed her eyes and counted to ten in her head mentally before opening them and feeling a little bit more relaxed. "I'm just a bit tired, that's all. Maybe if we could stop for a minute?" If this worked then she could ask Sango to help her in privacy and be able to keep up with the group without fearing of leaking. Of course naturally Inuyasha wouldn't go along with the idea. "Another break?! We just only started walking thirty minutes ago! And you had all night to fucking rest up!"
"I know but I…"
"No! We keep moving! If that's such a problem then use that by-cycle (it's a future word, and even though Inuyasha should know by now what it is, he still has to sound it out just to say it) that you're lugging around!" Indicating to the bicycle that Kagome was pushing, Inuyasha then promptly turned his back on her and then walked off, expecting everyone else to follow, however no one did. "I can't ride my bicycle. It…has a flat." Kagome quickly came up with a lie to suffice as a reason to not ride it. There was no way she was capable of riding her bike in her current condition.
Stopping and turning back around to start yelling at Kagome again, it was fortunate that Miroku and Sango saw it time to intervene before things got too out of hand and someone ended up getting sat. "Inuyasha, it's obvious that Kagome can't walk any further. So why don't we just stop for a moment? If you could wait all night for us to sleep then surely you can wait another minute?" Sango reasoned, sticking up for Kagome's idea, as any good best friend would do, despite she did not know why Kagome needed to stop and rest so soon after waking up an hour ago.
However Inuyasha didn't take this intervention too lightly. Rather it only did more to enrage him. "Yeah and during all this damn time I'm waiting for all of you to rest Naraku's gaining more and more shards and getting more powerful cause of them! It's bad enough I gotta wait so often for all of ya to rest up everyday. So forget it! We are not stopping, especially so soon!" There was a slight growl to his tone, as it was obvious today had not been such a good day for him either. Particularly starting with Kagome spraying him in the face with a liquid that smelled horrible, not only burning his sensitive nose but his eyes as well. He could still smell the lingering odour of that horrible smelling liquid.
It appeared that Sango was about to smash her Hiraikotsu on Inuyasha's head and yell directly into his delicate little dog ears, before Miroku's hand rested on her shoulder to hold her back from physically harming the moody hanyou. "Inuyasha, if the matter is that important to you, then why not carry Kagome? Since Kagome can't continue walking because she is tired and you are unwilling to stop then if she was carried she would not need to walk and you would not have to wait for her to rest."
Inuyasha considered what Miroku had said. It sounded like a logical and not to mention good idea. Even if he was carrying Kagome he could still walk faster than compared to his human companions and Kagome wouldn't always be falling behind. It appeared like a win win situation. "Alright. But I don't want ya spraying me with anymore of that purm-few stuff again!" He pointed an accusing finger at Kagome before walking up to her.
"Perfume. It's called perfume." Kagome corrected as she remembered how she sprayed herself with perfume to hide the smell of the blood from Inuyasha's senses, and accidentally spraying it in his face too when he was getting too close. He still hadn't gotten over that, which was another reason why he was so angry with her. However just as Inuyasha was coming, Kagome began to panic inwardly. Even if the perfume she sprayed on herself masked the smell of blood temporarily, it would not be enough if Inuyasha were to get too close, not to mention if she was riding on him. "No! It's fine! I'll walk faster! Really, just keep going on!" She began backing away.
"Oh no ya don't! I heard that shit fifty times already!" Inuyasha persisted on walking towards her, intending to carry her to speed up their journey. However he froze the moment something caught his attention, and it wasn't the fact that Kagome seemed to be backing away from him that was concerning him. Actually he barely noticed this as he came upon this realisation.
Seeing the hanyou freezing on the spot, Kagome also stopped and stared at him in worry. Did she do or say something to hurt his feelings? "Inuyasha?" Both Miroku and Sango also appeared worry as the robust half demon became so still without any warning. "Inuyasha, is something wrong?"
Just then Inuyasha's face scrunched up slightly before stepping back. "Geez Kagome, if ya bleeding that badly it wouldn't have killed ya to warn me before I got this close." Even though he was about three metres away he still was capable of smelling Kagome's blood and identify where the blood came from, much to Kagome's dismay. It felt to her as if she had just been plunged into cold water; all sound being drowned out with the exception of her increasing heartbeat. Her cheeks burned red with embarrassment with what had been said aloud. "SIT BOY!"
With those simple words, a mystical light glowed around the Beads of Subjugation, increasing its weight before pulling Inuyasha down to the ground. The poor soul had barely even noticed the word had even been uttered until his head crashed into the oh-so familiar ground. Groaning from both pain and anger, Inuyasha pushed himself to his elbows and glared up at Kagome. "What the fuck was that for, bitch?!"
However those were the wrong words. "SIT! SIT! SIT! SIT! SIT! SIT! SIIIIIIIIITTTTTTTT!" With that final screech, Kagome stormed off, leaving Inuyasha twitching in pain in a meter deep hole.
After the exhibition of Kagome sitting Inuyasha, Sango glanced at Miroku. "I should go with Kagome." Miroku nodded in agreement before looking at the hole that Inuyasha was currently laying in. "That would be best. And I suppose I need to be stuck with the task of calming Inuyasha down when he gets out of the hole?" Giving him a look that instantly told him that she knew he was going to be stuck with the hardest task, Sango then ran off after Kagome to help her.
"Wait, I want to help Kagome too!" Shippo stated, trying to run after Sango but to no avail as Miroku grabbed onto the kit's tail to hold him back and then picked him up and placed him onto his shoulder. "Shippo, it would be wiser if you stayed here while Sango tends to Kagome."
Not understanding what was going on, Shippo looked up at Miroku with cute, innocent eyes filled with determination to be there with a female that was as close to him as his own mother. "But if Kagome's injured we should be there for her."
"Don't worry, she's not injured. The type of bleeding Kagome is undergoing contains no pain nor causes her harm in any way." Miroku explained as best as he could without going into any detail, although this only caused Shippo to look at him in confusion. Sighing, Miroku replied with the usual "I'll tell you once you get older." line.
With Sango's help, Kagome was now feeling much more comfortable that there was something to contain her blood flow. "Thanks Sango. Really, I feel so much better now."
Sango smiled at her friend as they were walking back to where they had left the guys on their own. "It's okay Kagome. Though I wish I had known sooner what was wrong; we could have avoided all of that. I'm sure it was hard for you to walk like that while being careful of it overflowing."
"Yeah." Kagome replied distracted as she thought of the argument between Inuyasha and herself. That had only occurred because she was so embarrassed about her problem that she did not want to tell anyone of it and only caused more problems to hide it. She was sure that Inuyasha was still angry with her for it. Although he shouldn't have been so insensitive about it. 'It wasn't like it was something that I could share with a male…besides he should learn to be more respectful of others and how they feel. Sometimes I wish he would realise what it's like being a female and going through all the problems we have to deal with.'
The two females could now see the males up ahead; Miroku appeared to be saying something to Inuyasha who was sitting down cross-legged on the ground and Shippo standing just between them, looking back and forth between the older males.
"They're coming back now. So don't say anything to upset Kagome again." Miroku instructed as he noticed the two girls walking back. Inuyasha kept his back turned towards the monk; though he had been able to hear the two girls and sense them arriving long before Miroku had pointed this out. "Feh." He moved his shoulders to indicate a shrug.
Sighing, Miroku then whacked his staff on top of Inuyasha's head and then used it to push the hanyou's head down. "Inuyasha, do you honestly enjoy getting sat, because you know that if you do say something stupid that's exactly what Kagome will do to you." Inuyasha could be so stubborn sometimes – correction, most of the time – it seemed like a miracle that he was even capable of getting along with his stubborn friend.
Growling in annoyance, in one quick movement, Inuyasha shoved the staff away and stood up to glare at Miroku eye to eye. "Dammit Miroku, you don't think I know that?! I ain't gonna say anything unless she starts on me first!" If someone else had said this it would have been reassuring. Yet when Inuyasha said it, it was something to worry about. Anything could set the demon off, so attempting to judge what of the very few things that would not annoy him today was more than just a difficult task. "Just avoid the topic about her…you know." Again Miroku sighed. He could swear that at the end of all his travelling with Inuyasha he probably would have aged about two decades despite that less than a year has passed so far.
Thankfully the arrival of Kagome and Sango stopped any snappy remark Inuyasha was prepared to say to Miroku. "We're ready to go now." Sango stated, wanting to try and get everyone's attention on the journey ahead as to forget what had just happened. Swiftly reading the hidden intention in that, Miroku smiled as if nothing had happened. "Then we should continue along the way we were going." It was apparent that both Sango and Miroku were trying to push the journey along so that Kagome and Inuyasha could avoid the subject of what had caused their argument previously. Before either of the latter could reply, the monk and slayer had walked ahead, causing the half demon and priestess to walk after them as to not get left behind.
Shippo had jumped into Kagome's arms the moment that they began walking away. "So Kagome, are you feeling better after all the bleeding?" Before Kagome had returned, Sango had given her something that she could use that would weaken the smell of her blood from most demons' sense of smell yet still not be too strong as to annoy sensitive senses. Fortunately it appeared that it was working on Shippo since he couldn't smell any of the blood, however Sango had warned her that it may be possible for someone with Inuyasha's sense of smell or better to still be capable of smelling it if close enough. Albeit Kagome wasn't concerned if Inuyasha had smelt it; he already knew what was going on anyway considering he was the one that so kindly alerted the whole group to this detail. "Yeah I'm just fine Shippo." Kagome replied kindly, ruffling the small boy's head.
Smiling affectionately at this, Shippo then snuggled into Kagome before pulling away enough to look up at her. "That's good. I was so worried and neither Miroku or Inuyasha would tell me what was going on." He pouted with this, still upset that something could have been wrong with his mother figure yet no one wanted to tell him exactly what was happening. "Miroku kept saying that he'd tell me when I was older and Inuyasha said that he'd knock me out if I kept asking."
"Keh." Kagome suddenly looked up at Inuyasha, who was looking in the other direction with his eyes closed, although his ears were twitching to every word that was spoken. She already knew by now that he could hear everything with those ears, and that "keh" of his was a clear sigh of his eavesdropping. "Don't worry about it Shippo. I'm just fine now; it was really nothing. I didn't even feel a thing." Turning back to him she smiled reassuringly. "Why don't you go play with Kilala for a moment while I have a word with Inuyasha."
Glancing at the older demon for a moment and then turning back to look at Kagome, Shippo soon nodded and then leapt out of her arms. He wasn't sure why Kagome had wanted to talk to Inuyasha so suddenly however he had the feeling that it was better if the two of them had their privacy. Without another word the young kitsune dashed over to the small nekomata that was currently walking besides Sango.
After watching Shippo beginning to walk with Kilala for a second or two, Kagome then looked at Inuyasha, who still didn't seem like he was paying her any mind, and then walked over to him. "Inuyasha?"
He opened his eyes and looked at her with an annoyed expression. "What?" He grunted, still peeved about the argument they had before. As far as he was concerned it was completely Kagome's fault, and once again everyone was taking her side like they always did.
Instantly Kagome gathered that Inuyasha was still holding a grudge from the argument from before. Just as expected. Sighing sadly, she then forced herself to remain calm as she said her next words. "About what happened before…I wanted to say that I'm sorry. I was holding everyone up just because I was embarrassed…also I'm sorry about the perfume thing." She had actually already apologised about spraying him in the face with perfume before but she felt like it would help if she said it again now.
Inuyasha stared at Kagome for a moment, noticing how sad she appeared. Honestly, he didn't care about the perfume thing anymore – the only thing he was angry about was that after her holding up everyone because she didn't want to tell anyone that she had a problem she still ended up sitting him just because of it. Though he was feeling slightly guilty that Kagome had gotten upset over him, and he hadn't even said anything yet. That had to be a new record for him. "You don't need to apologise."
Kagome was staring at him in confusion now, expecting him to continue being irritated by her. However his tone and expression had softened somewhat, which made her smile. It may not have been the appropriate time but Kagome couldn't help but feel relieved that Inuyasha was no longer mad at her. They may fight a lot however she would never really want Inuyasha to continue being angry with her, unless she was still frustrated by him in which case she would not be in the mood to care. "So, are you alright now?" There was a bit of hesitance as Inuyasha asked this, remembering the last time they talked about this topic he was sat into a metre deep hole. Sure he acted tough and like nothing can hurt him, but those sit commands were irksome, not to mention painful.
"Oh uh…it's fine." A tinge of pink rose in Kagome's cheek at this question. It was obvious that everyone here, well aside from Shippo who was too young, knew of her situation however it still felt very awkward to be open about it with a male as of yet. Especially when that male just so happened to be the one she loved.
Silence immediately ensued after this. Clearly, the two were feeling very uncomfortable about this; Kagome being embarrassed because of the obvious reasons, and Inuyasha not having any real experience with women and how to react around them when it came to woman problems. Usually he would just solve things by being loud, obnoxious and violently killing demons, however this was something that was natural – strange but natural. So he had completely no idea what to say or what not to say around Kagome, which he was never good at anyway even when it was under normal circumstances.
Fortunately he did not need to dwell on the matter any longer as Kagome suddenly froze on the spot, breaking the awkward silence. "Guys, I sense a large fragment of the Shikon Jewel." Immediately everyone else stopped at this and tensed as they grabbed onto their weapons. Besides Koga and Kohaku, there was no other shards that were left to find that was known as of yet. So as Naraku had the rest of them, whenever a large piece was revealed it always meant that Naraku was soon to appear.
No sooner had Kilala transformed and everyone's weapon was at the ready, Miasma began to exude into the area. Maniacal laughter subsequently followed. "Kukuku so you've finally sensed my presence. After watching you all since you've began travelling I had began to wonder whether you would ever snap out of your own problems and notice that you were being watched." His voice had been projected, so it sounded as if it was coming from everywhere at the same time, making it impossible for him to be tracked by his voice.
Inuyasha began growling, unable to find where precisely Naraku was. Not only was the sound of his voice coming from all directions, but so was his scent. Any lead he would try to follow was most likely to be false. "If you've been watching us for so long then why don't ya come out and fight us instead of hiding behind that stupid smog of yours?!"
"It was much more amusing watching your group go into chaos over a simple matter." The embarrassment Kagome felt before had now been magnified by times ten. It was bad enough that both Inuyasha and Miroku knew of her little problem but hearing that Naraku had just witnessed that whole incident, she was hoping that just now she would wake up and that her and her friends' arch nemesis would not know what time of the month it was for her.
Just to increase Kagome's embarrassment, Naraku began laughing again, causing the young priestess to assume that he had just been reading her mind and laughed to prove that this indeed was no dream. However, whether it was coincidence or the cause of his telepathy, she would never know.
"Naraku, what are you up to? You must be pretty sure of yourself or your plan if you are willing to risk coming out into the open like this." Miroku interjected, ruining Naraku's maniacal laughter in attempt to keep up with the tradition of the villain always having some evil laugh that can send chills up the heroes or heroines' spins. "If I indeed have a plan as you seem to think then I would not so easily disclose that knowledge. However, maybe my refusal to answer is not a matter of simply not wanting to, but rather whether you have asked the correct question."
A puzzle wrapped in an enigma locked in a riddle that was sealed in a conundrum. That was just how simple Naraku could be; just wait until he begins to play with their minds with complex plans that only one as diabolical as he could decipher.
"What the hell are ya on about?!" Inuyasha asked in frustration, not only having an immense hatred for this demon, but also sick to death of all of the riddles Naraku would give them to confuse them and then make them fight his stupid minions while he succeeded in whatever plan of his he had conjured.
"Was I not clear enough or must I use smaller words in order for your slow mind to comprehend?"
There was mirth to that reply, and that only helped Inuyasha to come to a decision. "I'm sick of hearing your damn mocking voice all the time! Screw whatever plans you're up to! I'll just hack ya down to pieces then we won't need to worry about it!" Once again the old faithful 'kill all that you can kill until you can't see anything breathing to kill anymore' plan was his first and last resort. Raising Tetsusaiga up high he then suddenly brought the sword down quickly in order to launch his attack. "WIND SCAR!"
Gold disappeared into the thick dark purple clouds as the Wind Scar appeared to have been absorbed into the Miasma. No sound of collision or glint of the golden attack was evident to alert them of what had happened. It didn't even appear to be coming back at them from being reflected by Naraku's barrier. Strangely, the fact that there was no sign of the Wind Scar was worrying everyone more than if it was being reflected back at them.
"What happened to the Wind Scar?" Sango asked as she, and everyone else, searched this way and that in order to see any sign of the attack that was just launched. "I don't know." Inuyasha replied with confusion as even with his enhanced senses he could still not locate his own attack. Worst was he could feel that the attack hadn't hit a thing, which was awkward as it should of hit the trees of the forest. 'Wait a moment…I can't feel any grass either, actually it just feels like I'm walking on cold glass, and I can't even sense any of the animals that were in the forest.' It just occurred to Inuyasha that they weren't in the forest anymore. "Naraku! What the fuck did you do?!"
"Why, whatever do you mean?" It was evident in Naraku's lax reply that he knew exactly what Inuyasha had meant, and this only proved to further the Inu hanyou's ire. "You know exactly what I mean, asshole! We ain't in the forest anymore! Where the hell did ya take us?!"
A smooth and calm chuckle was his only reply for a minute before it ceased and was replaced by the mocking reply of Naraku. "As interesting as that question is, may I ask who is this 'we' that you speak of?"
Blinking for a moment, Inuyasha stood there dumbfounded before immediately growling in response. "Don't damn act dumb! You know exactly who I'm talking about!" Although surprisingly it felt strange that no one else was responding to all of Naraku's taunts. "What the hell is wrong with all of ya?! Aren't any of you gonna say…some…thing…" His sentence trailed off as he turned around to face his friends, only to see that no one was there. "What the…?" Where was everyone? They were just behind him a moment ago. How could they've all possible disappeared without him noticing?
His thoughts were soon consumed by the evil laughter of his hated nemesis. "For someone who quickly noticed the change in his surrounding environment, I did not think that you were so slow when it came to realising what happens to your friends. Perhaps I gave you too much credit." If his face had been visible at the time there would be a deriding grin on Naraku's face. "Or maybe you do not care for your friends as much as I thought."
That had stirred Inuyasha out of his concern of wondering what was happening to his friends. Instead he turned around and glared in the direction he suspected Naraku to be, which in truth was just a wild guess, and tightened his grip on Tetsusaiga. "What the hell did ya do with them?! If you fucking don't tell me where they are now, I'll fucking come after you, destroy everything in this damn hellhole until I find you then slit you open and rip your fucking insides out!"
"I have done nothing to your friends as of yet. However they are not the ones you should be concerned about at the moment." Despite the threat directed towards him, Naraku managed to remain calm yet deceiving. Rather he had wanted Inuyasha irritated to a certain extent as whenever Inuyasha became too angered the little intelligence he had diminished into almost non-existent so it would be easier for Naraku's plan to succeed.
"What the hell are ya on about, bastard?!" It seemed very much like they were going around in circles. Every time Inuyasha had asked something, Naraku would taunt him then he would yell a threat and then Naraku would respond in a riddle that led Inuyasha to only ask more questions. And unfortunately for Inuyasha, Naraku didn't appear to have wanted to end that cycle soon. "Still you fail to understand. Very well, I suppose that leaves me without a choice than to show you what I mean." Though his words would appear as if Naraku was going out of his way, on the contrary he had actually been hoping that Inuyasha would take the bait so that it would come to this.
Emerging from the clouds of Miasma where Inuyasha had been glaring at the entire time, Naraku gradually made his way to the growling dog demon. If only Inuyasha had known that he had somehow managed to be facing in the correct direction of where Naraku had hidden himself he would have attacked before. However the past could not be changed. "Inuyasha, why do you look so displeased at seeing me. Did you not say before that I should stop hiding behind my "smog" as you call it and come out to face you?" That devious smirk had been plastered on Naraku's face before was now clear in view since he had decided to reveal himself.
Inuyasha continued to growl as the offending hanyou approached him, and no sooner had Naraku's mocking statement ended, Inuyasha wasted no time in raising Tetsusaiga for an attack. "Bastard! I'll fucking waste you here now you stupidly came out! WIND SCAR!" Again the golden attack was launched, carving crevasses into the hardened, black, cold ground as it made its path to the evil demon.
Naraku watched as the attack neared nonchalantly, and simply paced a barrier when it appeared to be about to hit him. The Wind Scar hit the barrier and then rebounded, running back along the crevasses it created and heading straight for the one that had sent the attack.
"Shit." Cursing quietly, Inuyasha quickly leapt out of the way of his own Wind Scar, managing to get out of the way just in time as it had blown up the ground he had been standing on prior to the attack. Albeit he didn't bother to waste time watching as the debris of the ground flew up from the explosion and immediately took the cover of the smoke to charge at Naraku for a close confrontation.
With the dust currently hiding his opponent, Naraku didn't appear to be concerned, as he felt safe behind the powerful barrier he erected. No sooner as he smirked at that thought did his red-clad enemy leapt out of the dust with his large sword held up high. "Inuyasha, do you honestly believe that if your Wind Scar could not penetrate my barrier a measly head on attack would suffice?"
However Inuyasha did not reply, which was unusual to say the least. Instead he continued through with his attack, now bringing down Tetsusaiga's blade with all his might on the barrier. Before contact the white blade began to transform; crimson slowly bled into the white until it fully took over, making Tetsusaiga a completely crimson blade. Seeing the blade changing colour, Naraku's eyes widened slightly as he realised his foe's plan, however it was too late to act as Tetsusaiga stuck into the barrier, pushing down hard on the impenetrable force.
Sparks flew from where the sword made contact on the barrier, yet neither force would give in to the other. Inuyasha continue to push down with every ounce of strength he could muster, gritting his fangs as he mentally beseeched his sword to succeed in breaking this barrier.
It felt as if an hour passed and still neither power seemed about to break. At that moment Naraku felt confident that his barrier would not break as continually forcing his sword to break the barrier was waning on Inuyasha's energy. "My barrier cannot be broken by the likes of you. Waste all your energy on a meaningless task; it would only prove futile." Suddenly Inuyasha's progress began to pay off as Naraku noticed the ripples in his barrier, as it appeared to be weakening. Apparently he had spoken too soon, and even Inuyasha had noticed this. "Can't be broken by the likes of me, huh? The state of your barrier says otherwise."
The barrier continued to ripple and shudder under the force of the Tetsusaiga and both half demons could feel the barrier's strength depleting. Steadily the blade began to seep into the confines of the barrier, and now Inuyasha was smirking. He was about to break the barrier; he was so sure of it. However the sparks from the collision of the two forces ceased and at that moment neither male was sure of what was about to happen.
Then the unexpected happened. The barrier started to regain strength and forced Tetsusaiga's blade away with enough force to send Inuyasha flying as well. Naraku's smirk was back in place whilst he watched Inuyasha grumbling a few curses and pushing himself up. "As I said. My barrier cannot be broken by the likes of you." With his barrier still protecting him, Naraku leisurely floated over to where his enemy was forcing himself up. "No matter how hard you train you will never be capable of reaching the level of power that I, Naraku have acquired."
Inuyasha was sweating and panting deeply as he stuck Tetsusaiga into the ground and pushed himself off the ground. Once he was able to stand on his feet and certain that he could keep his balance he held Tetsusaiga up in an offensive position. "You can say that until your face goes blue and I still won't believe any of that shit. Deny it all you want but I saw the expression on your face back then. For a moment you were actually worried." He managed to pull off a confident smile as he said it, albeit it appeared weaker than usual as he was tired from all the energy he had used up previously. Though his situation looked bleak, for a split second his sword had the opportunity to break the barrier, and both he and Naraku knew this, if only Inuyasha had trained harder he was sure he could have succeeded.
Naraku landed on the ground now, the surface of his barrier a metre away from the tip of Inuyasha's blade. He watched in boredom as the dog demon adamantly stood up in spite of the fact that anyone in his predicament and with a weaker will would of given up by now. Why did he always tend to attract those that had stubborn wills as foes? "It doesn't matter what had occurred before. Right now, even if you could test this little theory of yours about my barrier you would not have the strength to do so. In fact, it is taking you all your energy to just stand and hold that large fang at the same time."
Glaring at the evil half demon, Inuyasha wasted no time in preparing his next attack as Tetsusaiga's blade coated itself with diamond spears. "I may not be able to use the Red Tetsusaiga again against you, but I'll see that this attack finishes you off for good. ADAMANT BAR-" As he swung his diamond sword around, something hard wrapped around his entire body, restricting it from movement. Trying to continue his attack but to no avail, Inuyasha reluctantly looked down to see tentacles from the ground constricting his body. How did he not notice what Naraku had been doing this whole time? "Wha? What in the?!"
"As amusing as it is watching you stubbornly fight a losing battle, I must admit that your puerile antics are beginning to tire me." Naraku allowed his barrier to drop and then twisted his wrist as he slowly clenched his hand, causing the tentacles to tighten on Inuyasha, which caused his grip on Tetsusaiga to lax. Certain that Inuyasha could not break out of his tentacles, Naraku casually walked up to the Inu hanyou with a malicious glint in his crimson eyes.
Inuyasha continued to struggle to get free despite that the tentacles only become tighter and tighter until it felt like it was blocking off the flow of his blood. "Bastard! What the fuck is this?!"
"Inuyasha, do you still fail to see what my reason is for bringing you here, alone?" Seeing the complete and utter hatred and desire to kill in his golden eyes, Naraku feinted a tsking sound as if he were disappointed in how thick headed Inuyasha could be. "I suppose I shouldn't have expected anything more from you. After all, intelligence was always the weakest of your many weaknesses." A menacing growl subsequently followed the insult, however the moment Inuyasha opened his mouth to yell in outrage at the evil hanyou, only a scream of agony was emitted.
The tentacles wrapped around his body had now pierced into his skin, protruding through the other side. His torso had a total of five thick tentacles that had stabbed through both the back and front of his chest and gut. The tentacles around his arms and legs had not only pierced through his skin and protruded out of the other end, but weaved in and out of his flesh like stitches, causing multiple stabs on his limbs. Around his neck was the force of a tentacle attempting to crush his windpipe, although fortunately it had not attempted to stab the hanyou as of yet.
Naraku had now grabbed Inuyasha roughly under his chin and then yanked his head up and forward to cause more pain on the constricted neck of his foe. He stretched his other hand wide open as a harden appendage appeared in his open palm, being formed by his bones. It was blood red and seemed like it had been twisted into shape. The tip was sharp and dripped with a green deadly poison. Wrapping his fingers around it, he held it comfortably, as if it were a pen, then brought up to Inuyasha's forehead and slowly stabbed the sharp tip into his skin.
Grinding his fangs to resist the pain as Naraku carved what felt like kanji into his skull, Inuyasha endeavoured to pull his head away, however the tentacle around his neck and Naraku's hand that held his head to face him was forcing him to keep his head in position. Fortunately there was only a slight tingling of sensation in his forehead after Naraku pulled the pen like item out of his skin, and reabsorbed it back into his own body.
Driblets of blood oozed from the cut, and Naraku watched his handy work before remembering that he still needed to apply the next step to his plan. However he could not resist but to ridicule the demon he had bound, who was glaring with something more than just loath. "Inuyasha, there is no need to appear so distraught. I assure you that this next procedure will not hurt you in the least bit." With that he gently touched the scarred kanji with his forefinger, and then pressed hard on it, causing Miasma to spray out of it as his spell came into effect.
In that instant, Inuyasha let out roar of insufferable pain. It felt as if his blood had suddenly become bubbling hot lava and was trying to erupt through his skin and rip out the bone along with the explosion. If it weren't for the tentacles that bound him to the spot, he was sure his body was about to convulse and then attempt to escape from the layer of skin that covered him. Naraku had definitely been correct; this did not hurt in the least bit. Rather it hurt in the most possible way it could have, not leaving any part of Inuyasha's body free from the pain.
As the pain began to fade away, the kanji in Inuyasha's forehead had now sunk into his skin, disappearing from sight. His eyes slowly began to roll into the back of his head, and his body had felt limp. The tentacles that had convoluted around and throughout his body now withdrew from where they had pierced into his flesh and recoiled back into the ground they had burst from, causing Inuyasha's unconscious body to fall flaccidly to the ground.
Watching the effects of his spell, Naraku chuckled in a deep laugh filled with contempt for the being on the ground and the malevolent mirth of seeing one of his most despised foes reduced to a pathetic heap by his hands. However that joy was short lived, as no sooner had he ceased laughing did he sense a pure energy heading straight towards him. Looking back, he was just in time to see Kagome's Scared Arrow having somehow found its way through his illusion and dissipating the darkness he had created. Not only that but it was heading straight for him.
Without giving the arrow a second to come any nearer, Naraku swiftly surrounded himself in a cloud of Miasma as he used it to escape the purity of the Scared Arrow. By the time it had reached to where Naraku once stood, the evil hanyou was long gone, only leaving a noxious smog of Miasma covering the unconscious Inuyasha. 'This time I suppose I shall allow him to reunite with his friends. However the next time I come, I will be sure that it'll be the last he sees of his friends again.' Those final thoughts had left the forest shivering in fear from the foreboding presence that had left the forest, but without first making a lasting impression.
おわり。
AN: That's the end of my first chapter! So what did you think? Like it, hate it, couldn't be bothered to read it? Please review and tell me what you think. Also if you have any ideas that you would like to see in the fanfic, they're also welcomed!