Chapter 21
With Kakashi as part of their group they headed off to search for the shikon jewel shards after Itachi recovered
As they were walking Shippo asked
"Hey Kakashi why do you always wear a mask?"
"Shippo that's personal!"cried Kagome
"No no that's fine."said Kakashi
"Actually I'm curious also. For as long as I've known you you've always been wearing a mask. Even when we weren't on missions."said Itachi
"Well if you wanna see what's behind my mask I'll show it to you."he said while removing art of the coverig
At that instant the others moved in really close to see
"What I have behind my mask is..."
Kakashi removed it
"Another mask!"he cried showing another mask
Everyone fell down humorously at the joke he pulled
Suddenly their attention ten caught on the village they were approaching
As they came closer they saw so much destruction
Houses were destroyed and people laid dead
"Someone help me!My grandpa is hurt!"said a little girl
They ran up to her and her grandfather
"Here I have some medical supplies."said Kagome
She knelt and treated him
"Who did this old man?"asked Inuyasha
"He...he was a monster."said the grandfather
"Who?"asked Sango and Miroku
"He was tall and menacing. He didn't look human."
"Was it a demon?'asked Inuyasha
"He said he wasn't. He had blue skin and had marks on his face that looked like the gills of a fish. It was as if he was some kind of half breed of a human and a shark."
Itachi and Kakashi eyes widened. Sweat ran down their face
"Hey are you guys alright?"asked Sango
"You look as if you saw a ghost."said Kagome
"We just might have."said Kakashi
"But now's not the time right now. We need to help the people here."said Itachi
After about two hours they were able to treat the wounded and soon were on their way
"Hey so Itachi you didn't mention why you guys acted so weird."said Kagome
Itachi was about to answer until suddenly something approached from the sky and landed in front of them
It was Sesshomau on A-UN with Rin and Jaken
"Sesshomaru!"cried Inuyasha as he was about to draw his sword
Sesshomaru ignored him
He turned to Itachi Uchiha
"Are you the one called Itachi Uchiha?"asked Sesshomaru
"How do you know my name?"asked Itachi suspiciously
Sesshomaru suddenly lunged at Itachi with Tokiin
Itachi jumped up to avoid it
Sesshomaru the flew upat great speed and tried to slash Itachi again
Itachi blocked his attack with his knife
They both landed on the ground
Sesshomaru then shot acid from his hand and Itachi jumped back to avoid it
He then skidded back
"Hey Sesshomaru you're fighting me!"cried Inuyasha drawing Tetsusaiga
Inuyasha jumped up and brought his sword down on Sesshomaru
Sesshomaru blocked his attack
Sparks flew as their blades clashed
They began to have a sword fight slashing,clashing,blocking,parrying,and stabbing
"Who is he?"asked Kakashi
"He's Sesshomaru. Inuyasha's older brother."said Kagome
"I see."said Itachi
Inuyasha swung his sword at Sesshomaru's head
Sesshomaru dodged with great speed and knocked Inuyasha down
He then pinned him down with his foot
"You disgraceful half breed. You don't deserve the Tetsusaiga. After I kill you I will obtain it."he said
Sesshomaru raised his weapon to kill Inuyasha
Suddenly in an instant Itachi was there at an impressive speed and grabbed Seshomaru's arm
"I don't think so."he said in a calm but menacing voice
He then threw Sesshomaru but Sesshomaru flipped himself to land on his feet
"I don't know why you're after me but I cannot stand by when one is about to kill his own brother."said Itachi
"This is none of your concern. We will fight after I kill him."saidSesshomaru
Inuyasha got up
"I don't need help Itachi. Stay out of this!"he cried
"Sorry Inuyasha but I'll have to disagree. I'm a pacifist at heart but for some reason I won't be able to be content until I trade blows with him as soon as possible."
Itachi ran at Sesshomaru
Sesshomaru raised Tokijin and shot a ball of blue energy
Itachi then weaved some hand signs and shot a fireball
The energy and fire balls collided causing an explosion
Theothers covered their eyes from the smoke
Once the smoke cleared they saw Itachi was gone
"Where is he"sesshomaru thought
Suddenly a pack of crows came at Sesshomaru
Sesshomaru began to slice and hack them
But when his blade hit the birds they vanished
Some of the birds then regrouped and formed into Itachi
"You're good but not good enough to defeat me."said Sesshomaru
Itachi then chuckled causing Sesshomaru to frown
Suddenly Itachi disappeared revealing to be a shadow clone
The real Itachi emerged behind Sesshomru
"What!"cried Sesshomaru
Itachi then put two fingers on Sesshomaru's head and focused his chakra
Sesshomaru then went flying and crashed into a tree
Itachi performed a flurry of signs
"Fire Style Phoenix Flower Jutsu!"
He cried
Multilpe fire balls went flying at Sesshomaru
They were so fast and Sesshomaru's position was bad so he couldn't dodge them
He was engulfed by the blasts
"Lord Sesshomaru!"cried Jaken and Rin
Sesshomaru got up injured
"Lord Sesshomaru please stop fighting!"cried Rin
Suddenly Sesshomaru's eyes turned red
He then transformed into his giant dog form
"Oh no."said Miroku and Sango
"This isn't good."said Inuyasha
"You said it."said Kagome
Sesshomaru roared
"So he can transform."said Kakashi
Itachi was then engulfed by a red aura
His Susano form then emerged from his body
A giant red skeleton came from his body
Sesshomaru then lunged at Itachi
Itachi's susano grabbed Sesshomarus throat
Sesshomaru fought back clawing and trying to break out of its grip
Suddenly acid came from his mouth
The acid began to burn away the Susano
"Damn."said Itachi
Itachi then let go of Sesshomaru and backed away
He then shot fire balls at him
Sesshomaru then flew up and was able to maneuver around them
Itachi's Susano then punched Sesshomaru right in the face
As they fought the ground and trees were being destroyed
"This fight is getting crazy!"cried Kagome
You're need some distance."said Kakashi
They quickly moved away
"I need to end this."said Itachi
Itachi then closed his right eye
"Amaterasu!"he cried
The black flames engulfed Sesshomaru
He began to yell and scream and he then turned back to his regular form
"Lord Sesshomaru!"cried Rin as she and Jaken ran to him
"Get back. The flames are dangerous!"cried Kakashi putting his arm in front of them
Itachi turned back to normal
Rin cried out to him,"Please don't let lord Sesshomaru die!"
Itachi was silent
He looked at Rin. There were tears in her eyes. For some reason it reminded him of Sasuke's tears when he was a child.
Itachi then deactivated the amaterasu
"Agh!"he cried as he clutched his eye which was bleeding
Sesshomaru was covered in burnt marks but not serious enough that he won't recover. Besides he had healing abilities
Inuyasha then went up to him
"I think you got some explaining to do