INUYASHA: SEALED FATES UNLEASHED

By: Lady JenDragon

Disclaimer: Not mine.

Author Notes: 2010's just as crazy as 2009 was. Can't I catch a break? Ugh! Read.


Chapter Twenty-Nine

Bring the Demons

Kagome felt Inuyasha close by. Yet she could not see him from where she hung on the wheel. Miroku and Sango were there. Yes, she could feel them close. And so was Asaia.

'Asaia?' Kagome shook her head. 'Why can I feel her? Her presence is the strongest of them all. I can clearly feel her here. Why is that?'

As if she felt this way before. Deja-vu washed over her. Had she felt Asaia before? Racking her memories quickly, she could not remember anything off hand. There was nothing that would have allowed her to feel the same way twice. Nothing she could remember off hand anyway.

Four demons, appeared to her they were beige colored Dragons, sauntered into the room from the western doors where Atokiyada usually appeared from and disappeared to. They took up guard on either side of the threshold.

'Strange.' Kagome frowned. 'She's preparing for them!'

She glanced at Sesshomaru lying quietly on the floor, his arm spread from his body palm facing up. Her eyes followed the leash-looking rope from where it was anchored to where it disappeared beneath him near his waist. His swords, Tenseiga and Tokijin, were gone now from their sheaths. Atokiyada must have removed when she was asleep.

Kagome frowned in disappointment. Not that Tenseiga would be useful in a situation like now. This would be a good moment to point out that this was a good opportunity to have Sesshomaru and Inuyasha working together to rid the world of this crazy lady. However, that task might prove to be a bit daunting.

Clearly Sesshomaru was in no position to do anything that might be of help at the moment being tied down like a dog. And Inuyasha was a bit hot headed to allow it to happen again like before even if the planet would be saved.

Kagome sighed. They needed to all work with Asaia. Though she was only a small child, she would have some power once she too was released from her curse. Asaia would know how to weaken her sister…hopefully.

It was then she looked at the dragons clearly paying her no attention. They stood on their hind legs, a sword in one hand, or paw, and a spear in the other that sat on the floor. Something was off about them. These were different than some of the other demons she met. It almost looked like they were made…of sand. Sand Dragons? She looked at the floor finding particles of sand dispersed across the shiny tiles.

Without Sesshomaru, they would be limited until they could get him free. Then again she was not in any kind of position to help Asaia. How could she help Inuyasha and the others when they got here? They would need to free them both before any confrontation could happen.

Odd, there was only four sand dragons here to 'protect' the doors. Did Atokiyada intend to confront them when they came in to rescue her? Would she try something else to weaken Inuyasha first? 'Wouldn't surprise me if she did that! She's just that type!'

None of it made sense anymore.

It was then the entire eastern wall exploded. The blast splintered the wood beams, pulverized the plastered walls, and collapsed the threshold. In the settling debris, she felt the shield holding something back.

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Inuyasha led the charge into the room, Tetsusaiga drawn and held out in front with both hands. Miroku and Sango flanked him. Asaia, Shippo, Jaken and Rin came up behind them. The human-celestial did as she spoke, keeping them shielded until they got through the door.

The attacks not only broke through the wall, but took out part of the next room too. It was quite an expansive room. Kagome was off to the right seemingly hung on some type of wooden-spoke wheel. She was bound by the hands and ankles.

That made him mad.

Then there was Sesshomaru lying on the floor seemingly being useless. 'Figures he'd let me do all the work and then claim the victory for himself!' Yet, something felt off. It was not like Sesshomaru laid down often. Surprised by his own intuition, Inuyasha realized there something shiny around his brother's neck. A collar?

'Now that's ironic.' Inuyasha smirked.

"Watch out, dragon demons!" Came her warning.

Asaia was right. There were four Sand Dragons lying in wait. They pounced immediately upon the explosion anticipating their maneuver. He leapt towards them to engage them head-on.

"Inuyasha!" Sango called out. "Get Kagome! Miroku and I'll take care of these!"

Inuyasha altered his course and landed next to Kagome. Asaia was immediately next to him, wrapping her pearls around Tetsusaiga's hilt.

"Hurry!" Kagome urged holding her hands out. "I don't know where she went. Atokiyada left around an hour ago, I think."

Kagome glanced over Inuyasha's shoulder to where Sango, Miroku and Shippo were taking on two of the Sand Dragons. Jaken seemed to be holding his own with the single Sand Dragon he was battling. Rin knelt beside Sesshomaru holding the ribbon rope in her hands anxiously waiting for it to be cut. Her heart went out to the little girl.

"She left?" Inuyasha frowned. "The coward."

Inuyasha lifted Tetsusaiga over his head to bring it down over the bindings.

"Quickly." Asaia looked around. "She won't allow us too much time to free them."

"She sent the Sand Dragons." Inuyasha pointed out. "She's too chicken to take us all on."

"Never underestimate her." Asaia warned softly.

Kagome agreed and then looked up realizing the fourth dragon had disappeared. Quickly glancing around Kagome found nothing odd. Then a shape left her shadow. Her eyes followed it to its source. She let out a bloodcurdling scream.

Suddenly Inuyasha and Asaia both froze.

They turned to where Kagome was staring with large eyes. There was quite a large Sand Dragon, about seventeen feet long staring down at them from the western door. Its bright yellow eyes glared at them fiercely. All four paws were massive in size and fanned out on the floor. It had large wings and a long tail that tapered to an angled fan.

"When did that get here?" Inuyasha asked not lowering Tetsusaiga.

"I told you not to underestimate her." Asaia spoke softly.

"Let's get it done then." Inuyasha growled.

Kagome frowned. "Asaia, isn't that…?"

"Yes." Asaia nodded. "My sister has taken shape of a Sand Dragon."

Inuyasha leapt into the air to attack her head-on.

The large Sand Dragon lifted one paw and quickly deflected him. Inuyasha easily landed and repositioned himself and launched back at the Dragon. Again he was easily deflected. Another attempt went unsuccessful.

"There he goes again." Kagome tried to loosen her bindings. "He'll never learn, will he?"

Asaia had to jump out of the way to avoid the dragon's large tail slamming into the floor. It turned to follow Inuyasha's every movement. Kagome realized that without Tetsusaiga, she could not get free. Unless Asaia had a magic knife somewhere, she hoped.

"Asaia…!" Kagome cringed as Inuyasha nearly missed being clawed to death. "Can you cut these?!"

"No!" Asaia shook her head as she got back on her feet.

Asaia returned to Kagome and placed her hands over the bindings. She could feel the power put into the bindings. Like Sesshomaru, only a powerful demon could release her. Then again, a powerful miko added to a full demon could help out. But Sesshomaru was the only one in the room that fit the bill.

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Sango ducked and rolled to the right. Herykotsu circled the room before returning and slicing the one dragon in half. It fell into a pile of sand on the floor. She sighed a bit of relief finally able to get in an attack on the damn thing. It was certainly more difficult to deal with than the ones at the bottom of the mountain.

Then it began to rebuild itself from the piled sand grains.

"Great!" Sago realized why there were only four dragons left in the room.

Atokiyada certainly chose her defense wisely. How were they supposed to battle something that could replenish itself with sand? Her eyes widened at the idea that occurred to her. If only it would work if everything else failed!

Problem with the plan…where would she find what she was looking for?

At that moment, Shippo and Miroku backed into her cornered by another Sand Dragon. She caught Herykotes easily. The second dragon they had to deal with since they got into the room. And Inuyasha was not faring well with the granddaddy dragon he was fighting. She knew they were all getting tired quickly.

"Any ideas?" Miroku queried out of breath.

The Sand Dragon seemed to hesitate, deciding what to do with them. The second Sand Dragon finished forming and joined the other one. Shippo cringed behind Miroku's leg.

"What now?!" He wanted to know shivering. "They're going to eat us!"

"Miroku! I'll take them out with Herykotsu. Once they turn into a pile of sand, use your wind tunnel to get rid of the pile. It's the only way to get rid of them!"

Miroku thought about it for a second.

"Agreed." And Miroku moved off to get into position.

Sango lifted Herykotsu and launched it. She leapt to get out of the way of the Sand Dragon charging her. Hoping the plan would work, she took out some of the seals Miroku gave them all before they charged the room. Pivoting to the left then right, she was able to lay one on the forehead of one Dragon's head before getting out its way.

The seal disintegrated on contact.

Now that there was a plan, Shippo used his Fox magic to confuse the other Sand Dragons momentarily. He used the multiplying leaf trick to cover the sand dragons to hide their locations until everyone was in place. The Dragons quickly shook the leaves covering them then roared. Shippo cringed and ran.

Herykotsu sliced through the first Sand Dragon turning it into a pile of sand. But it quickly reformed itself as the second Dragon nearly turned Shippo into a crispy fox demon. He leapt out of the way and found solace behind Sango.

"This isn't working!" She whispered.

The diversion gave Miroku just enough time to get behind the forming Dragon and open his wind tunnel. It would not suck the creature in…leaving Miroku baffled. Even Sango could not believe what she was seeing.

"Is she that powerful?" Shippo stared at Miroku dumbfoundedly.

Suddenly the two Sand Dragons were sliced by a bright yellow-white flash. Both turned to sand piles instantly. Sango blinked taking a step back in surprise. She launched Herykotsu again in case they reformed again. But she did not have the chance to wonder. Miroku did not miss the opportunity and used his wind tunnel again. This time the sand piles disappeared into his hand.

Closing his hand, Miroku wrapped the beads holding the menace closed tightly. He could feel the pain in his arm beginning. It was always like this whenever he eliminated a powerful demon. His task completed, he began walking over to Sango. His vision blurred and he felt light headed.

Sango glanced at Miroku in time to watch him lose unconsciousness. Miroku hit the floor, lying on his back. Shippo immediately leapt over to the monk to check on him.

"What's wrong with him?" Shippo looked up at the demonslayer. "He seems fine."

"I don't know." Sango shook her head.

Then she turned to find Sesshomaru standing watching them. His two fingers were held up where the whip she witnessed before originated. He helped them to eliminate the dragons? Then again, they did share a common enemy.

The silver ribbon rope suddenly sparked, sending a charge through the dog demon. Sesshomaru attempted to keep his face expressionless despite the pain he must be in. Sango backed away from him to avoid meeting the same fate. She watched as Sesshomaru fall backwards onto the floor, his eyes now closed.

"Whoa!" Shippo folded his hands. "Guess she's got him on a tight leash."

Another time his comment would be funny to her but not now for some reason.

"He must be powerful enough to fight off her command." Sango suddenly felt lost. ""

"Master!" Jaken called out in a squeaky voice.

Sango looked up to find the green Imp running from the Sand Dragon he had been fending off, the Staff of Two Heads held over his head. She could see the fear on his face. He, too, had the same problem as they did getting rid of the Dragon. Oddly, Rin had gone to hide somewhere. Sango could not find her anywhere.

Inuyasha bounced past her. "Coming through!"

The large dragon suddenly shadowed her. Sango looked up to find it staring directly at her. She slowly got to her feet, finding Herykotsu had yet to return. What the hell was she supposed to do now?

Seconds passed like an eternity.

"SANGO!" Kagome's voice screamed.

The large Sand Dragon dipped its large head towards the Demonslayer. Sango felt her heart stop, her life flashed before her eyes.

Then the ceiling exploded.

The wood beams splintered and crashed to the floor. Kagome's eyes widened, tearing her eyes from the beam falling on her. Inuyasha arrived in time to catch it before it crushed her. Asaia stood with Rin using her hand to create a shield from the falling debris. Jaken was clunked on the head and fell over then subsequently buried. Sesshomaru became buried in the rubble seemingly unconscious. Miroku and Shippo were able to dive out of the way before they were to be crushed by three beams falling in the area.

The smoke cleared.

Where Sango was once standing now stood KiRaRa and about 50 demons.

Kagome blinked, Sango standing next her seemingly surprised she remained alive. Inuyasha stood dumbfounded at the new arrivals. Shippo and Miroku glanced at one another. Asaia smiled with Rin holding her hands anxiously.

"So that's where she went." Sango stated the obvious.