Damn. Inuyasha cursed silently as he tried to find his way through the flames that surrounded him everywhere.
"Where the fuck did this kami-forsaken fire come from?" he growled.
He did his best to try to pick up a scent, or sense a burst of spiritual energy… when something caught his eyes.
"Kagome! Is that you?!"
And suddenly the flames disappeared, as if never having been there before. But the landscape was charred and covered in soot, the trees and grass completely destroyed.
Inuyasha coughed violently, but it was of no consequence, the air was completely clear of pollution, and he felt better after taking a few deep breaths.
Not disoriented in the least, Inuyasha tried using his senses once more, and he felt the familiar warmth of Kagome's miko energy reach out wrap itself around his. He sighed in relief.
"That's strange, the last place I'd expect her to be was behind me... well at least she's okay."
He turned around swiftly, expecting to soon be wrapped in the embrace of the girl he cared so deeply for.
"Kagome! I'm so glad you're… safe?" he said, bewildered.
What he saw caused his eyes sight to redden, as his beast howled and clawed to be released for his cage.
He watched in horror as Kagome fell lifelessly to the floor, an unnamed demon standing above her.
"How dare you!?" Inuyasha growled. "Don't you dare touch her!"
"Ah, if it isn't Inuyasha. Unfortunately, Naraku has not permitted me to stay here and chit-chat. He's been waiting for Kagome-sama a very long time now. Maybe we will have the pleasure of sparring at another moment in time."
"Who the hell are you?!"
"Very impolite indeed… My name is one that you will not soon forget. It is Jayoku."
"You're as dumb as you look! By the time I'm through with you, not even the whore who birthed you would be able to recognize you. And you will be just as all the other assholes I've defeated, just corpses whose unmarked graves I dance on in my spare time."
"Ha! As if you could defeat me! Inuyasha, I know everything about you. Your strengths and weakness, that might I add, outnumber your strengths by far. Until we meet again."
Jayoku picked up the unconscious miko and slugged her over his shoulder. "I shall be taking my leave of you now."
"You aren't going anywhere with Kagome!"
He immediately unsheathed tetsusaiga and threw it towards the youkai, with every intention of severing his head from the rest of his body.
He watched, pleased, as the sword impaled Jayoku, the blade protruding from his chest. He chuckled.
"Serves you right ya bastard."
He took a step towards the fallen youkai, who still had Kagome clutched in his grasp, much to his annoyance.
A dark, sinister chuckle filled the air, stopping Inuyasha in his tracks.
"I believe I already told you that you cannot defeat me? It was a wasted effort, sorry to burst your bubble."
"H-how are you still alive?" Inuyasha floundered.
"Don't worry about that. I have to admit though-", he winced as he pulled the sword from his back, "that hurt quite a bit."
Inuyasha watched in abhorrence as his tetsusaiga fell uselessly to the floor, the sound of blade hitting ground resonating within his soul. He watched uselessly as Jayoku turned and left, Kagome's helpless form once again draped haphazardly over his shoulder.
"I couldn't save her... I've failed her." Inuyasha gazed upon the face of his beloved as she was swept out of his life.
"NO!"
"Jayoku. I see you have retrieved the priestess. Naraku will be pleased."
"Jashin, how was your battle with the slayer and the monk?"
"Not as easy as I imagined, but it was of no consequence."
"I am pleased to hear that."
"So, you had an unlucky encounter with Inuyasha's blade?"
"Yes, and I probably would have been done for had it not been for father's timely interference." Jayoku grinned.
"Well, let's hurry and return to him. He grows impatient and I fear the purification burns I would have to recover from if the priestess awakens before we get her back to the palace." Jashin said with a laugh.
Jayoku laughed wholeheartedly alongside his brother. The little miko was indeed very powerful, with an attitude to match. But he had to admit her style of dress, while flattering, was very strange, and made her even that more mysterious to him.
So sorry but I am short on time and I couldn't write a long chapter. But the next when will be longer and more eventful.
~Inuyashaloverxox15