InuYasha- Chapter 381- The Protector of the Treasure

Kouga jumped up, dodging the flames by a mere centimeter. His gaze never tore from his opponent, the giant wolf before him. He pushed off the ground, heading towards it again. Instead of hitting it dead on, however, he bounded up, flipping at the wall. His feet pressed up against the cave's ceiling, and he pushed off and down at the wolf below.

"I'll finish you off in one hit!"

Kouga screamed a battle cry as his foot collided harshly with the wolf's back, sending debris and rocks up into the air. In mere seconds, the entire body collapsed under Kouga, turning to rubble under his feet. Hakkaku and Ginta stared on in wonder.

"Am…Amazing- it's in pieces," Ginta commented, staring at what was left of the guard.

"Heh. So much for protector of the treasure, eh?" Kouga stated, looking back at them. He jumped back instantly however when the ground jumped out to grab him. He dodged the blow, but the look on his face displayed pure shock. The ground and walls began to move together, creating a sort of tidal wave onto the demon below. It began to reform into the same three headed wolf as before.

"You damn brat," it spat, as its third head finished forming. "You have Shikon fragments inserted in your legs, don't you?"

"What of it?!" Kouga retorted, anger on his face. "They're a part of my body! You got a problem?!"

The wolf was now complete again, "A part of your body…? That's not the case. Just now, when we touched, I understood. Those fragments of yours…are being controlled by something that shouldn't be in this world."

Kouga felt his senses become more acute. How could he know from such a brief encounter? Kagome's words rang in his head, "Midoriko's will has activated."

"Brat." The guard continued. "The Goraishi you want is also…something that shouldn't be in this world. The souls of the youkai-wolf tribe here are controlling it. It's not a claw the likes of you can mange."

Kouga felt a vein pop on his forehead. "Hah! Like you know that!" He ran at the wolf again, receiving a torrent of flames in response. He dodged out of the way, running under the guard's stomach. He looked up at the giant belly above him. Quickly, he swung his leg up, using the power of the Shikon shards to blast through the wolf, from the bottom up.

"Don't you get it…? It's futile…"

It began to reform again.

Kouga responded, "Getting carried would be helpful, eh?" He grabbed onto the guard's leg, wrapping his arms around it tightly. He lifted it up into the air, grunting under the weight. Then, he chucked it across the cave, shouting out from the release. It smashed into the far wall, erupting in an explosion of fire. The fire stretched back out to Kouga, engulfing him completely. Then, from the flame it reformed yet again, its three heads floating in front of Kouga in mid air.

"You intended to restrict my movement, eh?" it asked, clearly angry. "I'll burn you to a crisp!"

It spat more fire at Kouga, harder and faster than before.

"Just fucking try it!" Kouga shouted, jumping over the flames. He headed back over to the ledge were the deceased wolf youkai sat. He ran across the wall, his entire body horizontal to gravity. The wolf desperately tried to burn him, sending fire after him along the wall. But Kouga was too fast. "Heh! Can't hit me, can you?!"

Kouga bolted across the wall, heading for the mirror with the Goraishi inside.

"Okay! At this rate I'll grab it in a flash!"

Fire shot out as he was but a foot away from the mirror. He jumped back yet again. Damn this was getting annoying.

Suddenly, another piece of the wall began to move. It grew and grew until it was as tall as the wolf guard. Hakkaku and Ginta gasped and began to run away from this as well.

"Yikes!" They shouted.

Hakkaku started, "It's the lower body that Kouga threw earlier!"

"It's coming back!"

Kouga still fought the wolf, this time, cutting off its weapon source. He kicked along its jaw line, splitting off its lower jaw completely. One of them at least.

"Heh! Suck on that!" Kouga spat. He jumped for the mirror, his hand but an inch away from the weapon. "It's mine!"

He looked out of the corner of his eye to see the guard reforming yet again.

"It's reverting again!" Ginta shouted as a warning to Kouga. It lifted one of its heads to the sky, opening its mouth. Balls of menacing light started to form in its mouth.

"Kouga!"

"Quickly! Take the Goraishi!"

The guard released the light, hot white fire shooting from its mouth. But it wasn't aimed at Kouga.

It was at Hakkaku and Ginta.