I'm back! I got great reviews for my last story, so I hope you will like this even more. This doesn't tie into "Mortal Feelings," just to warn you. Sorry if the title sounds a little corny, but I liked it and it seemed fitting. You'll find out what I'm talking about later on. Here you go with chapter one of "His Light." Enjoy!
Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha or any related characters; they all respectively belong to Rumiko Takahashi.
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There was absolute stillness in the night, the moon showing brightly in contrast to the darkness of the sky. Stars shone brilliantly and twinkled above in the heavens. Flowers blew their sweet scent in the gentle breeze, grass moist with fresh dew. Nothing dared to shatter the silence, not even the late night owl, who swept across the skies in absolute silence. The whole world seemed to be at absolute peace…
"DAMN YOU TO HELL, DEMON!"
…well…almost.
There was a sudden rustle in the wind as a shadowed figure rose over the trees. The figure became a silhouette against the full moon and revealed itself to be some sort of giant eagle, its red eyes sweeping over its enemies. The one that had damned it to hell, Inuyasha, tore into a running leap at the demon, drawing the Tetsusaiga out of its sheath and raising it over his head.
"Get a load of this!" He swung the mighty blade in a downward motion with all his strength.
"WIND SCAR!" Five white-hot blades of pure demonic wind flew from the Steel Cleaving Fang's tip, sailing towards the eagle demon. The eagle let out a shrill cry and summoned a whirlwind of its own demonic aura to create a shield against the attack, canceling out the demonic wind scar. The demon's eyes grew wide as he cried out once again, its wings glowing a brilliant gold around the tips of each individual feather. There was a burst of flames behind Inuyasha as he heard Kirara cry out and fly up to where he was, her owner Sango and her friend Miroku upon her back. Sango slid her bone boomerang off of her shoulders, throwing it in an arching motion.
"Hiraikotsu!" The boomerang flew from her fingertips and closed the distance between it and the demon, only to have the eagle swoop its wings and send a bright gold wave from its wings straight for its opponents. The Hiraikotsu was flung back at Sango, who fell off Kirara. The two tail cat demon swooped down to catch her, safely tucking her owner into her fur as Miroku kept her on Kirara's back. The wave of demonic aura hit Inuyasha dead on, sending him crashing into the ground. Kagome ran and knelt at his side.
"Are you alright?" Inuyasha snorted, cringing as he stood.
"I'm…fine…Kagome." A crimson stain formed around Inuyasha's chest, sliding down all the way to his left thigh in a diagonal motion. He shut one eye in an attempt to block out the pain quickly spreading all throughout his body. Kagome was worry-stricken, but nodded. Se raised her right hand to the sling of arrows behind her back, pulling one out and drawing it across her bow. Raising the bow to aim at the eagle, she released the arrow in a blue wave of her priestess powers. The arrow pierced through the eagle's right wing, blood pouring from the wound as the demon cried out in agony, its wings failing it. The demon plummeted to the ground, landing in a heap. Shippo came out of his hiding spot in the hollow of a log and went over by Kagome. The monk Miroku went over to the body, poking the back of its head with the sharp end of his staff. He suddenly hit his knees, clutching his right wrist and crying out in pain. Despite the rosary doubled around his wrist to seal the Kazaana wind tunnel, there was a dark aura emitting from the hole in his palm. The aura drifted like smoke to the dead youkai eagle. The eagle began to rise again, everyone tensed, preparing for another battle. The eagle's body glowed a sickly neon green color as any features that looked even remotely close to an eagle's seemed to be lost in the green light. There was a shrill cry that escaped its throat as its shape began to change into what looked like something almost human that stood before them. When the light subsided, everyone took a second to let their eyes adjust to the dark once again, but all gaped at someone that they had hoped they would never see again…someone they thought for sure they had defeated a long time ago. Inuyasha was the only one that had seemed to find enough air in his lungs to speak to the "celestial maiden" before them, growling only one word…
"Kaguya…"
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Well, bet you didn't see that one coming, did ya? I know that she was destroyed and Miroku sucked her into his wind tunnel when she was that big black cloud, but all will be explained in the next chapter. Stick around!