Pure Anger 21.

InuYasha just sat down beside Sango, when a distant roar made him jump up again. His body froze, and his thoughts turned to the demon he had just killed. Either there was another one, or it was alive again, and he highly doubted that there was two. He jumped up, motioned for Sango to stay behind, and ran out of the cabin, drawing his sword, her protests dying on the wind. He hadn't had a good fight in a while, and he wanted one where it was just him versus the demons, like it was in the old days. That way he didn't have to worry about protecting his love. He smirked, and ran toward the demon he could see in the distance. How badly he wanted this fight...

Upon reaching the demon, he saw that it was the same one he had just killed, the marks where his neck had been sliced in 6 pieces still visible. InuYasha jumped up, and slashed down at the dragon, lightly cutting the dragon's skin. Almost no damage. The dragon didn't even bother roaring. InuYasha landed, and immediately jumped into the air again, as the demons claws slashed toward him, trying to knock him off his feet. InuYasha slashed at the arm as it swept beneath him, and he scored another tiny cut. He loved it. He would drag this fight out as long as possible. InuYasha, in mid air, blocked another swipe as the dragon tried to knock him out of the air. InuYasha landed, and ran forward, dodging the dragons limbs as he went in for an attack. As he made it past the dragons flailing limbs, he plunged his sword deep into the chest of the dragon, ripping his sword out. The dragon roared, and InuYasha jumped backward, out of range of any attack that was sure to follow. He was confident this battle could be won, and it was going to be won by him, but there was just one tiny problem...

Sango chased after him, and slowly fell behind as he out-paced her. She continued running for about five minutes, lugging her heavy Hiraikotsu with her, before finally stumbling upon the scene of the battle. She arrived just in time to see him plunge his sword into the demon's chest, and jump back out of range, laughing at the demons futile attempts to counter attack.

"InuYasha!!!" She called out, and he turned to look at her, surprised. He never saw the attack coming.

InuYasha whirled around as his name reached his ears, carried there by the voice of none other than Sango herself. He wondered for a second what she was doing, he had told her to stay back. Didn't she lis--

InuYasha's thoughts were cut off as he was slammed backward, his vision exploding in a kaleidoscope of colors. When he hit the ground it temporarily knocked the wind out of him, and he struggled to breathe. He was about to get up, when the dragons clawed hand slammed down on his body, pinning him there, it's main talon going straight through his stomach. InuYasha was amazed at the amount of blood that was pumped out of his body, before the pain kicked in. He had no more thoughts after that.

The pain was agonizing. In a second, his demon side awoke, and his eyes flashed silver, the tips of his hair dying red, and silver streaks appearing on his cheeks. In a flash, he cut through the bone claw holding him to the ground, and removed the offending object from his stomach. InuYasha jumped up, now a red blur, and proceded to attack the hell out of the dragon. It took all of five seconds. The demon held it's form for a second longer, and InuYasha hit the ground. As he did so, the whole demon erupted in a blast of blood, and bone, disintegrating into nothing. Blood rained from the sky, soaking everything in the immediate area in thick warm blood. His demon blood felt the pain from the wound, and knew that two things were responsible for the pain he was feeling. One was dead, and the other was...

He whirled around, and glared at Sango.

Sango felt a pang of fear, just from the way InuYasha was looking at her. She took a step backward, and blinked. When she opened her eyes, InuYasha was right in front of her, glaring at her with his slightly glazed over silver eyes. He raised a hand, and Sango wondered if his demon side was taking control. Then she was confused. Didn't he kill his demon side? She had no more time to think of the matter when his hand went around her throat, not squeezing, merely holding her. He brought his face up close to hers, and Sango knew that this wasn't her hanyou. This was something else. Her hanyou would never do this.

"I told you to stay back Sango." He said softly, a slight growl emanating from his throat. "I knew this would happen, I can't fight and watch you at the same time." He said.

He pointed to his stomach, where the large hole was gaping at her, bleeding profusely.

"I got this from being distracted. By you." He said viciously. He released her throat, and drew his hand back, ready to punch her. "You will pay."

Sango saw his arm go back, and she knew she had to do it.

"Sit." She said, getting no satisfaction from the resulting slam, or the blood that soaked the ground. She waited a few seconds, for InuYasha to get up and curse at her, but he didn't.

"InuYasha..." Sango said.

No response. "InuYasha...?"

Nothing.

Sango knew he was either dead, or unconscious, and seeing as he had survived much worse, he was most likely unconscious. She sighed, picking him up as best she could, and dragging him back to camp.

At the camp

Sango dropped him on the floor, and sighed, bending down to remove his shirt. She knelt on the floor, and whipped out her knife, slicing his shirt open from the neck to the hem, opening it up. She spotted the wound, and carefully removed any dirt before beginning the gruesome task of stitching up as much of the wound as possible. When she finished, she got behind him, and pushed his upper body up, propping him into a sitting position with her knee behind his back. She started the awkward task of wrapping his waist up, and when she was finished, she laid him back down gently, ruffling his hair as he did so. She smiled at him, and let him sleep, walking outside.

She had managed to get him back to the neighbouring village, which was Kaede's, and now she stared at the setting sun as it sunk below the horizon. She was deep in thought, thinking about why InuYasha had almost punched her when his demon side was dead, or at least dormant. Also, his transformation into a demon had changed from an insane, red-eyed demon with purple marks on his cheeks, with no control to an intelligent silver-eyed demon, with red tipped hair, and silver streaks on his cheeks, who was in full control of his actions. She wandered around for awhile, letting her thoughts focus mainly on his lapse in judgement. Why would he lash out at her?

Then a terrifying thought hit her. He was a silver-eyed demon, fully in control of his actions, aware of everything that had gone on...did he mean to try to hit her?

That thought made her shiver, and she raised her head. Her feet had taken her to the same forest where he had first attacked her after Kagome and Miroku's death, and it was here that she let out the tears that she didn't know she'd been holding in.

InuYasha groaned, and woke up. He felt a sharp pain in his head, and he closed his eyes, grimacing. When the pain faded away, he realized that he had a bandage wound around his waist. He tried to remember what it was for, and he remembered the fight. Everything was fine until Sango showed up, then he had gotten distracted, and knocked down. He remembered the dragon impaling him with his talon, but everything after that was a faint red haze. He shook his head, and called out for Sango.

No answer.

"She's gone."

InuYasha looked around for the source of the voice, and he heard laughing.

"I'm inside you, InuYasha. Don't tell me you've forgotten me?"

InuYasha growled, and wondered what the hell was going on.

"You're supposed to be dead!" InuYasha growled, standing up, holding his head as a wave of dizzyness hit him. The demon laughed harshly.

"To kill me would be to kill yourself, InuYasha." The demon said. "I AM you, so if your still alive, then so am I."

InuYasha's eyes narrowed.

"Then where were you this whole time?" He asked.

"Recovering from your little stunt by the God Tree." The demon said. "I must admit, you were fairly strong, and you DID win, but I'm a demon after all, and it would be a disgrace for me to die at your hands."

"Aren't you supposed to honor our deal and not bother me again?" He asked.

The demon laughed again.

"You really are stupid, aren't you InuYasha?" InuYasha's growl became a bit louder at the insult. "Demons don't have to honor a deal made between a demon and a half-breed."

InuYasha felt himself getting angry at the demon.

"Or did you forget what happened with Shiori?" The demon mocked, making InuYasha even angrier.

"You bastard!" He said. "I swear, next time I WILL kill you!"

Sango walked slowly back to the camp, her tears dried. She wiped her face one final time as she stepped out of the forest, not wanting InuYasha to know she had been crying. She slowly walked up to the hut and entered, surprised to see InuYasha on the floor, growling, his fists clenched, face and chest slightly sweaty.

"InuYasha!" She cried, running over to him, not knowing what was wrong. "Are you okay?"

She placed her cool hand on his warm, slightly sweaty back, and it seemed to calm him a bit. A few seconds later, he looked at her, looking slightly sad.

"What's wrong?" She asked.

InuYasha shook his head.

"The demons back, Sango..." He whispered, and Sango felt a quick pang of fear, thinking that he might attack her. InuYasha stood up, and she did also. He turned to her, and his eyes flashed pink as he reached out for her.