Okay, so I wrote this post-chapter. So sue me. Also sorry for the HUGE break in between chapters. My laptop was taken away for repairs and I was unable to write. You should probably also expect longer breaks in chapter due to my getting Xbox Live back, new games coming out this fall for said Xbox Live and school. Anyway, this is what I wrote in a good couple days.

Cold Snap

Chapter 9

First Interlude, First Fight

A small figure watched the fight unfold from the darkness that enveloped it. There were no distinctive features to the darkness except for the four figures with him and the orb that was showing him the events of his friend's problems and fights. He floated towards the other four unmoving, unconscious figures before him all in various garb. One wore robes of the Fire Rat and another of very weird, rather revealing clothing. The other two were a monk and a demon slayer respectively. He grabbed hold of the red-robed figure's sword and scabbard and focused all of his strength and magic into that one object. And with that, it disappeared with small "poof" of pink smoke in his hands. He pushed away from his company and went back to watch the orb again. "That's the best I can do for you guys. . ."

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"What the hell are we gonna do here guys?" said Sango who was agitated, still trying to defend as best she could with her sword.

"Hurry up!" cried Miroku, who had settled on a staff and had just deflected the huge bear paw that had just swiped at him.

"Snap the hell out of it!" I said to her. I knew she had just had another vision because I had just had one too but we didn't have any time for any of this. "Get me off of here and I'll kill that thing and we can all go home safe tonight!" She nodded with her same look of determination I saw in her our first vision. She struggled her best and got them loose enough (somehow) for me to slip out of the cuffs. Who knows why Miroku couldn't shake them off when this small girl could. Maybe Miroku is more a wimp than I thought. . . but then no, he had just blocked a pretty ferocious swipe from that bear just then. I decided to worry about it a little bit later on.

A sword scabbard on the wall attracted my attention. The ebony hilt on it was nice. It seemed welcoming to me. I quickly grabbed it off the wall and drew the blade of the Katana. It was beat up and old but very usable. I still hadn't figured out what drew me to this particular sword, but I still settled with it as time was very short. I stepped up past Kagome, Miroku and the other girl to square off with the demon.

"So, what kind of fight you wanna put up huh? I don't suppose you wanna lay down and die?" The giant beast roared in my face. "I guess not. How the hell are you even around anyway? Escape from the zoo?" It was one of the things I didn't like about human "civilization" as people liked to call it. People liked to see dangerous animals and other things of the like with no danger to themselves. So, they breed feral demons in captivity and let them out for an hour every day to put on shows. People are sick. What can I say? But then no, the demon in front of me did not have the empty eyes of an animal who had just escaped from captivity, no glimmer of happiness to finally be free or the fear of seeing the outside world for the first time. I saw anger there.

The beast reared on its hind legs, standing up even taller. I didn't have time to think. I reacted and deflected the resulting swipe with the broad side of the blade. "Damnit!" I yelled as the bear reared with surprising speed for another swipe. I jumped out of the way and took my own swipe with the edge of my sword. It cut surprisingly well for the dull blade. But, you know they say about wounded animals being more dangerous. This only seemed to make him angrier. "Alright, what do I need to do to take you down?" The others watched me with exhausted looks as I took a glance in their direction. Its good thing Kagome got me out in time because the other two would have dropped dead by the looks of it. I lunged taking the aggressive role this time. This bear didn't even try to block. He lunged a second after I did and I caught him in the belly and put a huge gash across his naval. He simply clawed my back and put me down to the ground like he didn't even feel the blow I had just inflicted.

"What the hell is the matter with you?" I yelled at the mindless killer as I rolled away and up to my feet. I was actually angry that this monster cared nothing for itself. I had entered the fight hoping not to have to kill the confused bear. I checked my body. I had nothing I could see. My back felt pretty raw though. . . there was no time to check as I had to kill a bear first. Miroku and his girlfriend stepped up in front of me before I could make another move. "You've done a lot already Inuyasha! It's our turn!" Miroku hollered. They advanced on the bear. They're crazy. . . I thought as Kagome moved up to my side. "Get up!" she said harshly as she pulled me to my feet. "Look at your back! What would've happened if you couldn't have gotten away after that attack!"

It seemed like she was actually worried about me as she scolded my fighting. "I had him right where I wanted him!"

"Hmpf," was her response. "Yeah right."

The other two weren't faring very well. They still looked like they were gonna collapse at any moment. The only advantage that had was that there were two of them to divide the demon's attention. Neither of the two were taking any blows straight on. They were both very speedy and were evading well for now although that wasn't worth much (with this type of demon especially). "I gotta get in there. They're not gonna last."

I could feel her aura spike behind me. I didn't wait for her to say anything as I walked forwards once more. "Inuyasha, your back-"

"I'm fine ya stupid monk! Just make sure Kagome doesn't get hurt!"

I squared up with the giant bear, holding my Katana with both hands. "C'mon!" I said calling on his attack. He didn't disappoint. He pounced with a roar while I moved out of the way with a rolling leap to my right and landing onto my feet, steadying my landing with one hand. I lunged, stabbing him in the ribs. Again, the wound did not register. The animal had slowed due to his wounds, but unfortunately, so did I. He pawed my side and I fell to the ground once again, my Katana still inside his ribs and couple of my own broken. Teeth bared, I thought I had lost as the bear reared to stomp my chest and any other body parts he could get to. Quite abruptly, my eyes filled with pink light as I saw an arrow fly through my field of vision. Partially blinded by the afterimage of the light, the bear had disintegrated before my eyes. Dumbstruck, I got up off the floor now realizing that I was still alive. Brushing myself off, I spoke. "Miroku, great job with that purification. That was badass. Thanks for missing me."

"That was not my shot Inuyasha," he said, holding his hands up in front of him and smiling.

"Then it was you?" I asked, motioning to Sango.

"IT WAS ME, YOU IDIOT!" yelled Kagome, while I flinched. I was an idiot because she held the bow that shot the arrow right there in her hands.

"Oh. I didn't know you were such a good shot." This time, she winced. Her head went down to her chest so I couldn't see her eyes.

"That's actually the first time I've ever shot an arrow. . ."

"YOU WHAT! AND WHAT ABOUT SHOOTING AN BOW AND ARROW YOU'VE NEVER USED BEFORE AT ME WHILE USING PURIFICATION POWER SEEMED LIKE A GOOD IDEA TO YOU?"

"YOU SHOULD BE THANKING ME!" she shouted back, equally as loud and defensive. "WHAT WOULD'VE HAPPENED IF I HADN'T HAVE SHOT HIM!" she yelled, referring to the wreckage of the club before us. "I just. . . I KNEW I could make that shot. I dunno how." Her face defused quickly. "Purification power?"

"You don't even know anything about yourself? Miroku said that you were probably dissent from a priestess or something. Well, he didn't actually say that," I said as I trailed off. "All right, whatever. We need to leave. I think I hear the police now," I said, sirens in the distance closing in. "Out the back, or there're gonna try to pin the damage on us since there's no bear left," I finished, beckoning the mess. And when I say us, I mean me.

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We split up each taking a different direction from the scene.

I went home to my brother's apartment and slipped past Sesshomaru's bedroom to get to my own and I let the sword scabbard down and I lay down on my bed to heal as best I could before school the next day. I passed out right then.

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Alright, so it's been a while huh? My schedule's gotten much fuller with school and other things on my plate. I take longer to do school work along with writing which is why I enjoy writing during the summer months way better. Tell me what you thought of the chapter and I hope you forgive me for such a long break and continue to do so in the future.