Chapter 8: Inuyasha vs Scorpion
Disclaimer: I do NOT, I repeat, DO NOT own Inuyasha, Mortal Kombat, or Ninja Gaiden. Ruminko Takahashi owns Inuyasha, Ed Boon, and his co-creators of Netherrealm studios own Mortal Kombat, and Team Ninja, lead directed by Tomonobu Itagaki owns Ninja Gaiden. However, THIS story is mine, Lord Richard's. Ehem, anyway..
It is the next morning, after a crazy night against those extermination attacks. Somewhere north, Sesshomaru and group encounter tarkatans while on the move. There were at least a few dozen of them, they began to surround Sesshomaru 's group. Sesshomaru simply ignored their presence and continued walking, although he's aware of their recent upbringing.
"Uh, Lord Sesshomaru." Jaken, Sesshomaru's most loyal vassal, called out to him.
"What is it?" said Sesshomaru emotionlessly.
"More demons are approaching us." said Jaken.
"Are you going to ignore them, Lord Sesshomaru?" asked Rin.
Sesshomaru didn't say anything, but he stopped walking. Rin asked what was the matter, then a horde of tarkatans surround them. They growled and snarled at Sesshomaru and got ready to attack. They proclaimed they would rip out their hearts and charged, rushing at Sesshomaru and his group. They unsheathed their blades and swung, but Sesshomaru jumped back and took his sword. With one stroke, he obliterated each and every one of them with the Dragon Strike! More of them appeared and a couple of them snatched Rin and tried to kill her, but Sesshomaru moved so fast, you could see afterimages of himself and he quickly slaughtered them.
"L-Lord Sesshomaru, this has been going on for a couple of days now." said Jaken, positioning his staff. "STAFF OF TWO HEADS!"
Jaken burned down the approaching tarkatans. Two came after Sesshomaru. One on each side. As they were about to slice his head off, Sesshomaru, moving with such grace, jumped out of the way and the tarkatans sliced their own heads off. Sesshomaru then instructed Ah-un to carry Rin and Jaken to a safe place.
"DRAGON STRIKE!" shouted Sesshomaru as he sent a powerful electrical azure dragon straight to the remaining tarkatans. The destruction of the attack wiping away them all. Sesshomaru sheathed his Tokijin sword and began to walk away, but moments afterward a demon puppet of Naraku appears.
"Na-Naraku!" yelled Jaken.
"... Naraku." said Sesshomaru simply.
"Lord Sesshomaru, we meet again." said Naraku.
"Indeed. So, I assume you've sent another puppet to face me?" said Sesshomaru. He then cracked his knuckles, letting his denomic aura seeth through his fingers.
"Hmm.. Lord Sesshomaru, do you wish to slay me that badly? Well in that case, your journey is misguided. I would suggest you head northwest to the lost sea near the continent. There, the final battle will take place." said Naraku, smiling wickedly.
"I don't trust him my lord. He may be trying to lure you into another trap." advised Jaken to Sesshomaru.
"Make your own choice whether to believe me or not, Sesshomaru. However I will say that your life won't be safe from the evils that stand in your way. hmm hmm hmm hmm" said Naraku, chuckling. Sesshomaru responded by leaping foward and cutting the puppet's head off. The puppet's disintegrated body flew away in the air.
"You fool. My life could never be endangered by that of any other." said Sesshomaru.
"What will you do Lord Sesshomaru?" asked Jaken.
Sesshomaru said nothing, but merely walked off.
"Wait where are you going?" Jaken asked.
"I think Naraku made Lord Sesshomaru angry." said Rin.
"NO, he made him happy, of course he made him upset. Why must you keep stating the obvious, idiot?" retorted Jaken, granting him a cold stare from Sesshomaru that made him cringe.
"BE Quiet Jaken! We're leaving." said Sesshomaru.
"Y-yes my lord! Come on Rin!" said Jaken, quivering with fear and scowling at Rin who was sitting on Ah-Un laughing at him.
"The northwest? Well, let's see what kind of scheme you've come up with this time." the demon lord thought.
"What are earth is the 'lost sea'?! I have a very bad feeling about this." said Jaken.
"You always get a bad feeling about something, master Jaken." said Rin.
"Quiet you! I'm just extra concerned about what's ahead us." said Jaken.
Sesshomaru, Jaken, and Rin carry on with their journey.
Open cave valley, 13 miles east of Kaede's village.
Inuyasha and his friends begin traveling again after slaying the powerful oni creature, Moloch. It is now noon.
"Man, what a night. First we had to fight that 'Mileena' woman, 'Reptile', and other demons with Kagura & Hakudoshi screwing up the fight. Then we got stuck somewhere fighting the panther demon tribe. And lastly I had to kill that strange demon that attacked Kaede's village. Dammit! This is getting us no where closer to Naraku." Barked Inuyasha.
"Calm down Inuyasha. We're going to have to save our energy for when we need it." said Miroku.
"The monk is right Inuyasha. We must press forward." said Ryu.
"Who asked you for an opinion?!" Inuyasha shot back. Ryu only glared at the hanyou.
"Struck a nerve did I? Well if you want a fight with me than say so!" Inuyasha mockedly threatened to Ryu Hayabusa who turned with a look of annoyance. Inuyasha put his hand on his sword.
"C'mon now Inuyasha! Don't get so riled up now." said Kagome.
Shippo put his head down and shook it at Inuyasha's immature mannerisms.
Suddenly there was a HUGE EXPLOSION of flames that appeared right in front of them.
"GET BACK KAGOME!" Inuyasha shouted as he unsheathed Tetsusaiga and stepped in front of her and Shippo. Ryu also pulled out the Dragon Sword and stepped beside Inuyasha prepared to fight. Khilala transformed into the massive Sabre tooth cat standing beside Sango who got her Hiraikotsu ready and Miroku who was prepared and stood beside Inuyasha and Ryu as well.
"Look! What's THAT?!" Yelled Kagome.
"Hu- a portal?.. But who is..." said Inuyasha, covering his face as well as the others doing the same at the extremly bright light and intense heat. But Inuyasha could sense a presence.
Everybody looked as the fiery portal bursts in front of them. As it begins to subside they see a figure step out. He looked to stand about 6' tall. He wore cloths as bright as the sun, the color of the finest yellow branded ninja garb, and his eyes were burning and ghostly. He stood before them as they looked at him with great confusion.
"who.. who the hell are you?!" asked Inuyasha. There was a brief silence as the figure before them said nothing.
"Answer me!" yelled Inuyasha, pointing Tetsusaiga at this warrior.
"What manner of sorcery is this? I don't need his assistance to transport myself anywhere." said the figure to himself.
"Uh- who is, that guy?" asked Shippo, feeling intimidated.
"I've never quite seen a clansman or demon slayer like him before, if he even is one." said Sango.
"HEY! Are you going to tell us who you are, or are you just looking for a fight?" said Inuyasha, readying his sword at any given moment.
"Who am I? I am SCORPION! I come from the Netherrealm." said Scorpion.
"Wha- you mean you're a demon from the world of the after-life?" asked Miroku.
"Correct, more specifically I am a revenent, risen up to claim my revenge!" said Scorpion, who stood there as a snake-like appendage started to protrude out of the palm of his right hand.
"Revenge?! For what?!" said Kagome.
"Scorpion, it is-" began ryu, but was cut off by Inuyasha.
"DAMMIT! ENOUGH talking. Are you here to fight us or not?" shouted Inuyasha.
"You wish to feel the WRATH of Scorpion? (gets in stance) Very well. FIGHT!" proclaimed Scorpion.
Inuyasha charged in with his sword. He took a swing of his sword to cut through the hell-spawn, but suddenly Scorpion vanishes.
"What the? Where did he go? I can still sense his aura." said Inuyasha.
Scorpion than appeared to the side of him, much to Inuyasha's shock.
"GET OVER HERE!" yelled Scorpion as his spear pierced Inuyasha's chest.
"Aaahhh! Damn you, bastard!" said Inuyasha.
The spear hit Inuyasha in the chest. Moments afterward, Scorpion pulled him towards striking distance, but Inuyasha countered and slashed his Tetsusaiga through Scorpion's chest and tackled him to the ground. Inuyasha pointed his tetsusaiga towards Scorpion to kill him, but Scorpion teleported and he reappeared behind Inuyasha and landed a few body strikes to his back. Scorpion slapped Inuyasha around to face him and with a grim look on his face, Scorpion hit a stream of wicked combos on Inuyasha. Inuyasha tried to evade most of his strikes and swing his sword down to slice Scorpion in half, but the hell spawn raised his hand up, and an inferno suddenly burst around Scorpion rapidly. Inuyasha was caught a blaze on immediate contact.
"Aah damn you." said Inuyasha, but before he could react, Scorpion teleported again behind Inuyasha, while still caught a blaze and landed a couple of more body strikes, each hit coming with precision as quick as a flash, then he kicked Inuyasha far back, but caught him with another spear and reeled him in.
"COME HERE!" shouted Scorpion, pulling Inuyasha, kicking him in the mid section a couple times then hit him with a takedown. Inuyasha yelped in pain as Scorpion held his legs then slammed his face to the ground.
"My god! Who is he? Come on we have to help Inuyasha!" cried Kagome, reaching for her arrow.
"I agree!" said Miroku, taking his battle stance, preparing to fight. Inuyasha ducked from another haymaker and kicked Scorpion in the back.
"WIND SCAR!" cried Inuyasha as his sword flowed with swirling demonic energy as he shot a powerful BLAST of energy that could creave into the hard ground like a red hot knife through wet butter; at lightening speed, towards Scorpion. But Scorpion teleported away from the 'claw-like' blast of energy. The Wind Scar destroyed the crevice of the valley and destroyed a number of boulders and trees in the distance.
"What kind of energy is that?!" Scorpion said in shock as he hid back and recovered.
"That sword possesses a great power. One that I've yet to ever see before. I shall BURN it to nothingness with my flames!" thought Scorpion, his eyes glowing with rage as he vanished.
Scorpion teleported back, but Miroku stepped in and threw some sutras, but missed. Scorpion then pulled out his sword and swung at Miroku, but Miroku blocked him with his staff.
"No Miroku! Stay out of this!" barked Inuyasha.
"But you've exuasted yourself killng that beast last night. You need assistance." said Miroku.
"Back off!" ordered Inuyasha.
"Die!" Scorpion simply said as he teleports on a rock. He raises his hands up and flames susendly ignited where Inuyasha and Miroku were standing. They jumped away.
"Augh, Where is this fire coming from? Dammit!" said Inuyasha. He and Miroku struggled to dodge the flames. The flames then crept along until it began to spread towards Ryu Hayabusa, Kagome, Sango, Shippo, & Khilala as well, causing everyone to move away.
"I WILL BLACKEN YOUR BONES! YOU WILL ALL BURN FROM THE FIRES OF THE NETHERREALM!" said Scorpion.
"What is Scorpion doing here?" said Ryu, dodging away from the intense heat.
"I would assume you know who this 'Scorpion' is?" asked Sango.
"He's a ninja spectre. I've heard my rumors about him. He haunts the world of the living in need of revenge." said Ryu.
"Revenge against who?! Cried Kagome, eager to hear the secrets.
"The murderer of his clan." said Ryu. Both Sango and Kagome shared glances of shock.
Back to the fight.
"HAAAA!" "HAH!" cried both Inuyasha and Miroku as they charged at the spectre, but Scorpion then leapt up, got between Inuyasha and Miroku and kicked Miroku in the sternum, knocking him back. While he punched Inuyasha square in the jaw, knocking him to the ground.
Blood trickled down Inuyasha's face and lips, while Miroku was sitting there coughing up blood. They then got back up. As Scorpion lunged towards Inuyasha, the hanyou held his hand on his face, clutching it. He then gathered some demonic energy and lashed at Scorpion.
"BLADES OF BLOOD!" screamed Inuyasha as he shot red, razor-sharp energy talons made from his blood, right at Scorpion that took the hell spawn by surprise.
The many blades cut through Scorpion's shoulders, face, and abdomen. He screamed in pain, then Inuyasha ran up to him and threw a HARD right punch to Scorpion's face, sending him flying back. Inuyasha ran up at fast speed and slashed Scorpion a few times. Inuyasha then tried to lunge Tetsusaiga through Scorpion's head, but Scorpion teleported to the side of Inuyasha and does his backflip kick to Inuyasha's face, Scorpion's feet embroided in flames, thus ignitng Inuyasha again as well as knocking him high in the air. He then turned to Miroku suddenly and ran to him to attack again. They went trading, blow for blow. Scorpion then covered his hands in flames and rose one up.
"ARISE!" he said as a ghouling malevolent fire demon rose and grabbed Miroku's legs.
"Wha, what is this thing?!" said Miroku, hesistantly poking his head with his staff.
Scorpion then appeared and landed some combos on Miroku. Throwing a fast stream of punches and kicks to the monk. Miroku desperately held up his staff as he tried to block most of the incoming blows. The spectre continued throwing three bone-busting jabs to Miroku's jaw, than in an instant teleported behind him and hit him with a back fist to the head and he kneed him right in the spinal cord, sending the monk stumbling in pain. But Scorpion again quickly teleported on the previous side he began with and punched the flying Miroku dead in the face, Scorpion's force stopped miroku in his tracks, he then shot a spear to Miroku.
"GET OVER HERE!" he said.
Inuyasha came back into the fray, but Scorpion raised his flame-covered hands up, and fire burst up towards Inuyasha. Scorpion shot a spear through the flames into Inuyasha again, he pulled him through the raging inferno towards him along with a downed Miroku. Scorpion gave them a ghastly stare. His eyes becoming empty sockets of darkness.
"THIS WILL BE YOUR DEATH!" he finished.
As Scorpion prepared to finish Miroku and Inuyasha, Kagome shot her arrow at Scorpion. Scorpion barely dodged it, the entire gang surrounded him.
"Damn mortals!" he said.
Suddenly a portal opens up among them. Through it they see a gray-skinned man with red symbols on his body. He smirked at them through the portal and looked as if he was walking away.
"Now who hell is HE?!" said Inuyasha, getting irrated with all the surprises.
"Huh?" said Miroku.
"He's unfamiliar." said Ryu.
"QUAN CHI!" Cried Scorpion, enraged.
Scorpion left after their confrontation as he quickly leaped through the portal.
"Hey WAIT!" yelled Inuyasha, but it was too late he was already gone.
"Rrgh, just what the hell is going on around here?!" asked Inuyasha.
"I don't know, but that was surely no demon I ever saw before." said Sango.
"But did you all hear what he said before he dissapeared. He yelled out 'Quan Chi'. I wonder who he is to Scorpion." said Miroku.
"Perhaps this 'quan chi' is who the spectre has a vendetta agaisnt." said Ryu.
They all agreed to chat about this later and decided to keep moving. But before they begin traveling, Naraku's puppet suddenly appears before them.
"NARAKU!" Cried Inuyasha, pulling out his sword.
"Inuyasha, I see you've made it this far." said Naraku smiling under the pelt.
"You coward, quit hiding behind your puppets and face us, Naraku." said Miroku.
"That was a very interesting fight you and your comrades fought." said Naraku.
"So, he is Naraku." said Ryu, taking his stance with the Dragon Sword in hand.
"Naraku, we don't have time for your stupid games." said Inuyasha.
"If you want to stop me Inuyasha, come to the lost sea." said Naraku.
"The lost sea? What the hell is that?" replied Inuyasha.
Naraku only bursts into miasma and vanished with a sullid-drenched laugh.
"What does he mean by 'the lost sea'?" asked Sango.
"I have no clue what he's reffering too." said Miroku.
"DAMMIT I'm sick of all of his schemes." barked Inuyasha.
"I think I know what he means." said Ryu Hayabusa.
"You do? Please tell us what you know Ryu." said Kagome.
"From what I know, the lost sea is an island shrouded in fog, surrounded by water that is remote and near the continent." said Ryu.
"The continent?" asked Miroku.
"Yes. However I also heard that at the continent, the lost sea is also where the temple of Raiden is located." said Ryu.
"The temple of Raiden?" asked Inuyasha, confused.
"The temple holds the shrine of the god of thunder and lightening, Raiden. He is also known as the protector of this world." said Ryu.
"Protector of this world? Hah, never heard of him." said Inuyasha, looking away with his arms crossed.
"Once we get there, then we will have our answers. But I must tell you, we have to become stronger. If I'm correct and if Raiden is at the lost sea, then we MUST get stronger. The one you fought, Scorpion, there'll be more like him and even worse." said Ryu.
"What do you mean?" asked Miroku. "That portal I went through yesterday took me to Outworld and I met up with an ally. She told me of the events and what's going on behind the portals and these attacks." said Ryu.
"Wait, so Naraku isn't pulling anything from these portals?" asked Inuyasha, really confused.
"But then how does that explain Kagura and Hakudoshi amongst those two warriors from yesterday?" asked Miroku, remembering how that Mileena and Reptile both escaped with Kagura and Hakudoshi.
"From what I believe, this Naraku person may have crossed some portal and stumbled to Outworld. Perhaps he's bringing over whatever darkness within it to the realm of Earth." concluded Ryu Hayabusa.
"That makes a lot of sense. But what benefits him for it?" asked Sango.
"Well look, we no longer have the time to discuss this. While we've been fighting I have been watching you. I can tell you now that we need to train." said Ryu.
"Hah! I don't need any damn training to defeat Naraku." said Inuyasha.
"I implor you, I'm going to help everyone of you, get stronger. I'm a master ninja I know a lot about the ways of stealth, combat, and the summoning power of chi. I'll help everyone of you get stronger, including the smallest in our group." said ryu, glancinng down at Shippo.
"Who me?" asked Shippo. Ryu then turned towards Kagome.
"You, girl with the sacred powers." he said.
"Me?" kagome asked.
"Your powers are incredible, but you're lacking concentration. When we reach the sea, let us train." said Ryu.
"Sure I.. guess." said Kagome, blushing somewhat.
"What a waste of time." said Inuyasha.
The group proceeded foward northwest, as Ryu revealed the way there.
Meanwhile in Outworld, Scorpion leaped of the portal, into Shao Kahn's throne room.
"QUAN CHI! Show youself! Quit hiding from the shadows and FACE your death!" shouted Scorpion.
Instead, Shao Kahn and Motaro appeared. "Shao Kahn!" said Scorpion, glaring at the emperor.
"Scorpion! you became out-matced by a pair of WEAK, PATHETIC MORTALS!" Shouted Kahn. His voice rumbled the ground as he leaned his mighty head down, looking at the spectre.
"I was decieved by Shang Tsung, I thought I was to be served Quan Chi, but instead I waste my time in Earthrealm!" replied Scorpion.
"I do NOT TOLERATE EXCUSES SCORPION! Now I want to make a deal with you." said Shao Kahn.
"What kind of deal?" asked Scorpion.
While they were talking, a tiny shokan approached them from behind. Without even looking back, Motaro impaled his metallic tail right through the little beast. Motaro proceeded to feast on it. Scorpion and Shao Kahn both shot glances at him, then continued their conversation.
"Scorpion, the next tournament is taking place in Earthrealm on Shang Tsung's island. I have given him another chance to redeem himself after losing to Liu Kang this past tournament. This is the perfect chance for me to take Earthrealm." said Shao Kahn.
"What about QUAN CHI!?" asked Scorpion.
"I will see to it that he competes as well." said Shao Kahn.
"Then I will compete. As long as I get to Quan Chi" said Scorpion.
"Also, I will have you team with Motaro and to search for my new ally, Naraku." Ordered Shao Kahn.
"Naraku?" said Scorpion.
"Yes, he can help you exact your revenge. NOW GO!" said Shao Kahn.
"At LAST! I will gather millions of souls, for you, master Shao Kahn." said Motaro.
Scorpion and Motaro both traveled in a burst of flames to Earthrealm in search of Naraku.
Further away from the gang, back on Earth, Koga is hanging around with Hakaku and Ginta. They were feasting on a boar after hunting it.
"Mmm, hey Koga when do you think we are going to see Kagome again?" asked Hakaku, taking a few bites.
"We can go look for her now. I only came to see if you idiots were okay." said Koga.
"Oh I see." Hakaku replied.
"You were worried about us, huh Koga?" said Ginta.
"SHUT UP! I know you two can look after yourselves." said Koga.
"Sorry man." said Ginta
"Hah, nothing can ruin this day!" said Hakaku.
After he said that, miasma swirlled onto the land, clouds covered the skies, demons swarmed about, then a puppet of Naraku appeared.
"AHH! it's Naraku!" hollered Hakaku.
"Huh?! rgh, what's this? You coming to us? How generous of you, Naraku. Now I can kill you and avenge my comrades, you bastard!" said Koga angrilly and getting in his fighting stance.
"hmm hmm hmm hmm, what are you waiting for Koga? I thought you were seeking vengeance against me. Have you decided to regress your actions?" asked Naraku, with a smug look.
"SHUT UP! HAAAH!" shouted Koga.
Koga ran straight towards Naraku's puppet. Demons lanced foward in attack. One attempted to bite Koga's head off, but he ducked under and thrust hit foot up, uppercut kicking its head off! More demons came head on, causing Koga to jump up. He spinned around, and kicked the demons away, his kicks empowered by the jewel shards. Hakaku & Ginta successfully dodged the onslaught of the beasts. But ran in fear of their numbers.
"YOU COWARDS! Get back here and help me!" shouted Koga, while flailing his arms at his servants in a comedic way.
"Sorry Koga, let's just flee for now." said Hakaku, still running away.
"Wha- You fools!" retorted Koga.
"Koga, LOOK OUT!" said Ginta, glancing back.
"Huh?!" wondered Koga, looking back. Suddenly the demons piled on top of Koga, then the began to melt into miasma. Koga rithed in pain to get the acidic, poison gas off of him.
"Hahh ha ha ha! What will you do now Koga? Your 'loyal' followers have abandoned you. You have been trapped and are slowly being eaten by this miasma. The more you struggle, the more potent it becomes." said Naraku, smiling under that pelt of his.
"What?! Dammit!" said Koga.
"The miasma will disentegrate your flesh, reducing you to bones and leaving only the sacred jewel shards." Naraku continued, approaching the wolf tribe leader slowly.
"Rrrgh... think again, NARAKU!" shouted Koga.
He then sprung up in an instant, splashing the miasma in all directions. Koga then ran so fast and sliced Naraku in half.
"Koga, meet your certain death at the lost sea." said Naraku.
All that appeared left was the gallum, Koga destroyed it.
"The hell is the 'lost sea'?" he asked. He then turned and went after Hakaku and Ginta to punish them for leaving him.
Back at the lair, the real Naraku witnessed his gallum split in two.
"So, Koga has destroyed my puppet. Hmm hmm hmm hmm. Now it begins. They will all meet certain death at the sea." said Naraku.
"Are you sure about this, Naraku?" asked Kagura, who stood in the middle of the dark room and looked down at Naraku, sitting in the back of the room.
Naraku didnt say anything but just looked at her.
Back with Koga they start leaving
"Hah, hah, dammit, it was just another stupid puppet." said Koga.
"That was amazing Koga, the way you jumped out of that miasma and tore Naraku apart! Like a true leader." "Yes it was most impressive." said both Hakaku and Ginta, with LARGE bumps in the back of their heads, curtesy of Koga.
"It doesn't matter, he was another fake... Wait a minute he said the 'lost sea'... Maybe Kagome knows what this lost sea is. Huh... WAIT, I can sense a powerful aura up ahead, it's the real Naraku I'm certain of it, COME ON!" said Koga.
"Huah, here we go again." said Ginta.
Back to Naraku
"Yes, that's the way, Koga. Follow the path laid before you. For in your blinded, misguided determination, it will lead you to me. However, you will follow this trail to your demise!" said Naraku, Kanna having appeared and showed her Mirror to Naraku, revealing Koga coming after him.
Koga traveled on towards the demonic energy he sensed. What he doesn't know, is that this road will lead him to the lost sea, Shang Tsung's island. The land in which the most barbaric tournament of this world is prepared, Mortal Kombat.
