bazing! another chapter! Anyways, this chapter is a bit shorter then the rest and...eh, not as good, I think (I wasn't really feeling it in this chapter, ya know?) but I tried my best to make it good! let me know if it really not up to par and I'll change it! Also, thanks for those who are enjoying this so far!
DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN INUYASHA
6Inuyasha (revised)
Chapter 4: The Sword
Inuyasha was once again up in a tree, I was bored so I thought I could mess around with him a bit.
"Sit boy!" I said the words and he dropped straight down from his branch, his face pummeled into the ground.
"What in the hell was that for, you wench?!"
"Oh, I was just bored was all" I said innocently.
"Why you, hey-" he interrupted himself by smacking his chest and picking something off of it.
"If it isn't Myoga the flea" then I saw it, a tiny spec in Inuyasha's hand that floated down to the ground.
"So, what did you come for and see me about?" Inuyasha was speaking to the spec now.
"Lord Inuyasha, I've come to tell you that someone is in search of your father's tomb" the spec spoke back.
The flea can talk?!...why am I so surprised, I should be used to this kind of thing by now
"As guardian of his final resting place, I can bear it no longer"
"So you took off and came here instead of!"
"But it's the remains that are important, and they are no longer there"
"Oh…so, where are the remains then?"
"Regrettably sire, no one knows"
"Some guardian you are"
"Inuyasha, they say your father was a phantom beast, the western lands were his domain"
"Can't say I remember it that way"
"What about your mom, Inuyasaha? What was she like?" I curiously asked.
"Oh, she was a beauty beyond compare, gah-" Inuyasha interrupted Myoga by stomping on the flea.
"Just drop it, ok!...she died a long time ago" and he stalked off.
"I'm….sorry.." I said after Inuyasha, realizing that was a touchy subject.
"Yes…lord Inuyasha has always preferred not to speak of her…" now I knew why.
Later that day, I decided to apologize to Inuyasha personally. I easily found him found him up in a tree, as per usual.
Since I was confident in my climbing skills, I started climbing so I was at a level branch with Inuyasha.
"Hey, mind if I join you?" I asked calmly, simply.
"nah…" he sounded dazed. I started staring at the moon, it was remarkable.
"Would you look at that? The moon is really something…" I started off.
"Uh-huh"
I bit my lip; I was never really good with apologizes, let alone touchy-feely crap. I took a deep breath and started again. "…look, Inuyasha, I just want to apologize for-" Inuyasha hurled himself at me.
"Get down!" he harshly whispered as he pushed my head down.
"What the hell?!" I tried to scramble out of his grasp, but it was of no use, so I gave up. Inuyasha was fixated on something else entirely and I instantly knew something was off.
"Something's coming…can't you feel it?" I knew what he was talking about at that moment, the air was thick and ominous, and then I saw it. The clouds pulled away to reveal a wooden carriage being carried through the air by a couple of imps.
"wah…a carriage…and..There's a lady in it?" Inuyasha got up and started walking.
"Where do you think you're going dog boy?!"
Inuyasha completely ignored me, "mo….mother?" he was completely fixated now on the carriage.
I was terribly confused, all I could get out of my mouth was a "….huh?" we both stared at the carriage in the sky.
The lady in the carriage stared down at us and reacted. "it is you, Inuyasha!-" she tried to move while she spoke, but was interrupted by chains pulling her back that were bound around her body; she looked as if she was in a lot of pain.
"Mother!" Inuyasha yelled at once, reacting to her call and her pain.
"Inuysha, this CANNOT be real, your mother's dead, you told me that yourself!" no use, he wouldn't listen. His gaze was fixated on "his mother" and that cartridge. Then the carriage started to ascend higher and higher up into the sky where a large clawed hand descended from the sky and grabbed the carriage, crushing the it and leaving only "Inuyasha's mother" behind. The clawed hand was revealed to be connected to a demonic monster's body.
Inuyasha sprang into action as he tried to liberate his "mother" from the monster's clawed hand, but a fire ball that was shot straight for Inuyasha prevented him from getting anywhere near where she was. I noticed that the fire ball came from a tiny atop of the demon. There was also a man a white haired man standing behind him. I wish I had something to defend myself with.
"Hah! You missed!" Inuyasha boasted. Then I heard the white haired man behind the imp speak.
"Jaqen"
"yes, milord?"
"When we're through, I want him dead" what the hell was he talking about?
"Ye-yes milord" I heard the imp named "Jaqen" reply as if he were frightened.
"It is you…Shesshomaru!" I heard Inuyasha yell out.
"Yes. Indeed, I have quite missed you too, little brother" Brother?
I blinked for a moment. "What the hell…you two are brothers?!" Now that I've gotten a good look at him, he did indeed look similar to Inuyasha. He had the same color eyes and same colored hair.
"A mortal, how interesting"
"What? You've never seen one before or something" I boredly called out to so the man Inuyasha called "Shesshomaru".
"Others would be shamed. But with you, little brother, the girl quite suits you. These human creatures, I would have thought you've had enough of them, or is it a taste from father" Shesshomaru said, ignoring what I previously said and wearing a cocky and sinister smile.
At the word "dad", Inuyasha's face crumpled into a raging scold and tensed up, I could hear him growling.
His mother must be human, then.
"That's not all, is it? You couldn't have come all this way just to tell me that!" Inuyasha was getting worked up.
"Be not a fool, I have no such time to waste. The tomb of our father, where might I seek it?"
"Our father's tomb? Why ask me?!"
"Seen, yet never seen. Protected, yet never known to its protector. No other clues are known." Shesshomaru said in a riddle.
"I've got no idea what you're talking about! Besides, even if I did, there's no way I'd tell you!" Inuyasha pointed a clawed finger at his brother who was still on his henchmen demon.
"I see, then you leave me no choice but to let your mother's suffering convince you" Then, with a snap of Shesshomaru's whip, the demon continued to crush Inuyasha's mother with its hands.
"Do something you dumbass!" I yelled out in desperation, I couldn't watch that woman, whether it was Inuyasha's biological mother or not, be crushed for another moment. Instead of doing anything about it, he relaxed and let out a confident "hmph".
"Nice try, jerk! But she's been dead for years and we both know it! Like I'd really fall for some stupid trick like that!"
"A trick, is it?" Shesshomaru taunted.
"You're the one who's stupid! Recalling spirits from the nether world is a simple task, if you are Lord Shesshomaru! He was even so kind as to give her flesh, and yet her own son would deny it. How sad is it to be mother to one such as you" The imp croaked.
"Inu…yasha" Inuyasha's mother barely managed to say as she struggled against her chains restraining her. Inuyasha tensed up again. "I have come back from Inuyasha, back from the world of the dead." She gave a sad smile in Inuyasha's direction before the chains that were constricted around her pulled so hard to the point her passing out.
Inuyasha could take no more at that point and he once again sprang into action.
"Stop hurting her!" Inuyasha said as he leaped into the air. "Iron reaper, soul stealer!" he yelled out as he cut through the demon's arm, freeing his mother.
Inuyasha's mother fell down to the ground and I knew I had to be there too to check if she was alright.
"Uh, hey lady! You alright?" I asked unsurely.
Inuyasha looked behind over his shoulder to me and his mother. "Kagome! You and her get out of here!"
"I think not" Shesshomaru said before commanding his demon to try and pick me and Inuyasha's mother up. Inuyasha was on the hand in a second, but he was the one to get picked up instead. In response, Inuyasha's mother let out a ball of light that teleported me, Inuyasha and Inuyasha's mother somewhere else.
I came to in a strange, yet beautiful and dream like place with spring time grass and flowers and even a creek with clear blue water. Where the hell am I?
When I finally located Inuyasha, he was with his mother. Then I noticed that she didn't have a reflection in the water and I knew something was up.
"Inuyash- Inu!" I barely managed to whisper. I realized then that I couldn't move. I can't move and I can barely speak. What's going on?! What's happening?
I eventually became unfrozen with the help of Myoga. Right I was became unfrozen, I realized that the place "Inuyasha's mother" had teleported us to was all an allusion and that Inuyasha's "mother" was actually a decoy made to look like Inuyasha's mother only to pry information out of him about his father's tomb, which worked. Now Shesshomaru has unlocked the way to he and Inuyasha's father's tomb. After Shesshomaru jumped into the portal to Inuyasha's father's tomb, Inuyasha and I followed right behind him.
We were sent into a vast world of rock, blue sky, and bones; the bones of Inuyasha's father that made up a great majority of what I saw of the land.
Knowing that Shesshomaru wanted a demon sword that was once Inuyasha's and Shesshomaru's father's that had been embedded deep within the pit of their father's body, we went to the pit of the stomach where the sword was.
Just as we predicted, we found Sesshomaru where there sword was and quickly learned that Shesshomaru was unable to pull the sword out from where it was. Inuyasha was able to pull the sword out, but never ended up pulling it out all the way. Soon after Inuyasha failed to pull out the Tessaiga, the demon sword left behind by Inuysha's father, Shesshomaru started attacking Inuyasha again. I knew I had to do something to help out so I went to the Tetsiga to see if I could pull it out so I could use it to help Inuyasha fight against Shesshomaru. I was actually successful in pulling out the sword, and when I did, everyone noticed.
Inuyasha stared at me wide eyed. "How the hell did you…" then he noticed Shesshomaru walking towards me.
"Shesshomaru, leave her alone! She's not involved in this!" Inuysha tried to get Shesshomaru's attention, but to no avail.
"Hey, buddie. Back off! Who has the cool demon sword and who doesn't have the cool demon sword, hm?" I taunted Shesshomaru, but like always, he acted as if he hadn't heard me.
"For some odd reason, I was unable to draw Tessaga. You were unable to draw it either. It is obvious that she must die"
"I'd like to see you try!"
"Kagome, just shut up and give him the sword!"
"No way in hell am I giving this up to some guy like him! If you want the sword Sesh, you've gotta take it by force!" I said as I swung the rusty piece of medal they called "great demon sword Tessaiga", but it was easily blocked by Shesshomaru's whip. Though it couldn't cut for shit, it held up really well against all of Shesshomaru's attacks. I needed to call Inuyasha in for backup, though. We were partners after all.
"Inuyasha!" I yelled over to him, and as if he'd read my mind, he was there and helping me fight in no time. It was like we were a real team. I would make sure none of Shesshomaru's attacks would get to Inyasha, and in turn he would deal damage with the occasional block. As we were fighting, I wasn't being careful and ended up hurting my leg. I wasn't able to stand up.
"Kagome!"
"I'm can fight! Focus on Shesshomaru!" just then, Shesshomaru stopped fighting started to change form.
"Kagome, give me the sword now!"
"Are you kidding?! No! I can't just sit here and watch you fight without doing anything about it!"
"You're hurt and you can't fight!"
"Can too!" before I could stand up, he pushed me down and quickly grabbed Tessaiga from my hands.
"Just shut up and let me protect you!"
Whoa! Did I hear right? Did he just say he'd…protect me?
Right after he said that, the Tetsiga started pulsing to life. Inuyasha stared at it in puzzlement, probably thinking the same thing I was.
"No more games. Let's see if a half-breed can wield Tessaiga. I shall be the witness" and just like that, Shesshomaru finished his transformation into a great dog demon.
Inuyasha gripped Tessaiga a tightly and leapt brilliantly up in the air, swinging Tessaiga himself for the first time. A he did this; Tessaiga transformed itself from an old piece of junk to a great and powerful looking sword. I was in awe; this must be Tessaig's true form. I couldn't help but stand there and watch Inuyasha fight. He was like a hero out of a story.
Inuyasha cut through Sesshomaru's leg like butter and cleaved it right off with what looked like no effort at all. When Inuyasha was done, he looked at Tetsiga curiously.
"It looks like a fang…" He gently swung the true Tessaiga through the air. "It is a fang! The old man really did leave something worthwhile"
Inuyasha jumped up into the air and attacked his brother again with Tessaiga, making Sesshomaru go back into a little ball of light that ascended up toward the sky and out.
"Whoa! That sword is awesome! Is it really yours now?!" I asked with interested curiosity.
"Of course it's mine!" Inuyasha stated proudly, probably happy that his father left him something left him his sword after death. "I take it back, that thing isn't such a piece of junk after all!"
"You have to let me use it some time!" I stated with great enthusiasm, I just loved swords.
"Pft, there's no way in hell a human like you can wield this!" Inuyasha held his Tessaiga up proudly in the air.
"Who was the one who pulled it out in the first place?! That's right, me!"
"Yeah, yeah" Inuaysha said bordely as he started walking up to me.
"I don't need any help standing, I can get up myself" I contradicted myself as I tried to rise and put pressure on my hurt foot, but the pain was too much and I was forced back down by gravity.
Inuyasha finally reached to where I was and picked me up bridal style.
"Sure you can" Inuyasha said sarcastically.
"What are you doing? Put me down!" I yelled out as I squirmed.
"Stop squirming! You can't walk, so just let me carry you!"
I stopped and narrowed my eyes and looked away as I felt heat rise up to my cheeks, realizing that I was in Inuyasha's arms.
"Uh, thanks…you know, you really gotta stop playing the good guy here!"
"Good guy?! No, no, no! This is just out of pitty!"
Long story short, we bickered for the majority of the time until we found the two birds we rode into the grave. They took us back out of the grave.
Eh, right? but I hoped you liked it to some extent. I promise next chapter won't be so blah. Anyways, reviews are love!