Alright I'm now going to finish this story. No I'm not done with my novel, I have decided to scrap the novel and completely rewrite since I've developed a new plot for it and it's kind of making it hard to keep the previous chapters I have for it. Don't know when I'll start rewriting the novel but I have another novel in the ropes that I might publish before the one I'm going to rewrite. But it's only on chapter 9 so it might take a while to get it published. So while I'm working on that I figured to work on some of my fanfics mainly this story so I can get it out of the way. I don't have the other chapters written but I figured to get this one up that way you know I'm still alive and still thinking about these stories. So anyway let's get to the final chapters of Finding Your Voice and Keeping It!

Chapter 37: The Battle Race

"Wait hold on!" Sesshoumaru suddenly spoke up as the group stepped outside.

"What now!" Inuyasha retorted, getting extremely irritated with all this constant interruption. "Can't you people just wait until we get to the station to talk!"

Sesshoumaru shot him a piercing glare, "Don't start with me little brother!"

Inuyasha flinched slightly, not liking the glare his brother was giving him. His stare hardened in return but he just looked away stubbornly and snorted out. "Keh!"

The dog demon just sighed as he shook his head. Why must his young brother be so stubbornly annoying? It must run in the family, considering all of the Morkien men are usually always stubborn.

"So what's up Sesshoumaru?" Rin asked, catching his attention.

"I think we should all split up."

"What why?" Kagome questioned hastily. She appeared beside her sister as she went on with a worried, frightful tone. "Wouldn't it be safer if we stuck together?"

"Not with Genji and those other bastards on the loose." Sesshoumaru commented roughly reminding them of that.

"Yes that is true." Miroku crossed his arms as he met his friends' stares. "If we stay together they'll all ambush us and attack us all." His gaze narrowed with sincerity, "So if we split up we may have a better chance at not getting ambushed."

"True, since then they would have to split up as well." Sango added understanding their logic.

"And one of us at least needs to make it to the station to question Mr. Morkien." Ena commented with a determined expression. "Since we have no idea how long he'll be there for before he either heads home or goes on another mission."

"And we need that information more than anything; we need to figure this whole thing out." Ash agreed with his girlfriend.

"Alright, alright I see your points." Inuyasha replied with minor frustration. He then turned to face his friends, "So then, how do you suggest we split up?"

"Well…" Kikyo began as she counted, "there are enough of us to split of into groups of twos and maybe one group of three."

"No, splitting off into twos is good enough." Sesshoumaru quickly corrected, tossing her a stern expression.

The teens eyed him questionably, finding his sudden words shocking and strange. "But that would leave someone to vend for themselves." Ash remarked with an odd tone.

"Exactly." The dog demon commented assertively, pointing his finger at the cat hanyou. The teens fidgeted and realized that the full demon had something planned, something that didn't involve them.

"What are you up to Sesshoumaru?" Inuyasha eyed his brother suspiciously.

"I'll be the one that vends for himself." Sesshoumaru insisted with a hardened, determined stare.

"What!" His girlfriend yelped out immediately grasping his attention. "No way! You're not going anywhere on your own!"

The dog demon's eyes narrowed, "You do realize that I have enough power to defend myself. I am a full demon and I can fully handle anything those pathetic demons or humans throw at me."

"Wait, now I see where you're going with this." Ash suddenly exclaimed as it clicked in his mind. He caught their stares as he went on, "This Genji character is after you hoping to claim Rin am I correct? So most likely Genji will come right for you and you don't want anyone, especially Rin, to be near you so you can fight him one on one."

His friends blinked gazing at him in amazement; even Sesshoumaru stared at him in astonishment. "Wow," He glanced at his young brother, "You're a much more intelligent hanyou than my brother."

"What!" Inuyasha barked out, tossing his brother a harsh glare. He stomped up to his brother with his fist shaking in fury, "Are you looking for a fight?"

"I was merely pointing out the facts Inuyasha."

"What facts! Those facts are a bunch of bullshit!"

"Guys stop it!" Kagome practically shouted out, shoving the two brothers away from each other. Her action caused the two to immediately stop and look at her as she hardened her gaze on them. "We don't have time for you two to start bickering. So please, just drop it and move on alright!"

Sesshoumaru just looked away while Inuyasha snorted and crossed his arms with minor irritation knowing she was right. The others just released a soft, frustrated sigh. These two brothers were just too stubborn for their own good.

"So Sesshoumaru," Rin spoke up quickly changing the subject. She received his attention as she eyed him with concern, "Is that what you are planning on doing? Allowing Genji to go after you and have a one on one battle with him?"

"Well, I am the one he's most likely coming after."

"True and most likely he's the strongest out of the group that might come after us." Sango commented.

"Heh we could handle him no problem." Inuyasha grunted confidentially.

"But still it might truly be best if we leave him to Sesshoumaru." Miroku replied gazing at the hanyou before meeting Sesshoumaru's stare. "Even if we are together he'll most likely attack you first."

"That is why I'm suggesting I go alone." Sesshoumaru stressed, hating the fact he was repeating himself. He hardened his stare, "Besides I have a score to settle with him and I think it's about time we settled it once and for all."

The younger teens and Rin stared at him once again puzzled by his blunt confession. A light bulb suddenly light up when the boys got what he meant while the girls raised a brow. "What are you-" Rin began to question.

"Alright we understand." Inuyasha intervened, not giving her the chance to finish. His hardened gaze fell upon his friends, "Now we just need to figure out the teams."

"I think the teams are pretty self explanatory." Ash commented.

"Yes, you and Kagome are one team, Sango and I are another, the next one is Ash and Ena and the last team is Kikyo and Rin." Miroku added, pointing at each of them ignoring the girls' confused expressions.

Kagome met Ena's gaze as she questioned, "Are we missing something?"

"Must be a male thing," Ena answered blankly.

"Okay guys let's head out." Inuyasha instructed firmly grabbing Kagome's hand and walked off with her down the sidewalk.

His friends then nodded and separated in different directions. "Be careful!" Rin told her boyfriend firmly as she cupped his warm cheeks. "Don't make me regret parting with you!"

"Don't worry Rin." The dog demon assured grabbing a hold of her hands. "There's no way I'll allow that lowlife demon to get the best of me."

"I know just… please be careful." She pleaded to him.

Sesshoumaru nodded, "I will." He then gave her a quick peck. "Now go."

"Come on Rin." Kikyo voiced in as she grabbed Rin's arm. She gently began pulling her away, "Let's leave this to him."

Rin gave Sesshoumaru one last look before turning allowing the young girl to lead her away from him. His gaze hardened with immediate determination and began walking in the opposite direction. 'Okay, Genji, today's the day we'll settle this once and for all.'

Genji and his men were up on the roof of one of the tall buildings. Sensing and watching carefully before they could make their moves, Genji then scowled when he sensed that the group was separating. He then turned to face his troop, "Looks like they're all going their separate ways."

"They must be heading home." One of his men suggested.

"Then let's separate ourselves." Genji ordered assertively. He then pointed at them as he added with a hard, angry expression, "We need to capture those teens immediately! Master Naraku is getting very impatient."

"What about Sesshoumaru? Wasn't he our main target?"

"Leave that dog to me." His gaze filled with hatred, "Him and I have a little score to settle." He waved his hand motioning them to leave, "So I'll leave the humans and hanyous to you guys."

He heard the group chuckle sounding amused. Genji then smirked humorously, "But remember, don't have too much fun. We still need those annoying insects, so no killing."

"Aww that's no fun." One complained.

Genji merely shrugged, "Go ahead and kill them but I'm sure that won't make Naraku very happy."

The group fidgeted at that remark, they then sighed with minor defeat, "Oh all right no killing."

"But we'll at least get some fun out of this."

His minions laughed as they vanished from Genji's sight. Genji then groaned as he turned his focus downwards onto the streets. 'It's time to settle this Sesshoumaru.' He jumped down with anger rushing through him. 'You're not going to get away with taking my Rin from me!'

"Inuyasha, are you sure we should let Sesshoumaru handle Genji all on his own?" Kagome questioned in concern.

"Don't worry about him, Kagome, he's a full demon. He can take care of himself."

"But still Genji is under the rule of Naraku! Who knows what that demon could be scheming."

"Whatever the case Sesshoumaru is strong enough to handle anything those creeps throw at him. Just have some faith in him would ya?" Inuyasha stressed out not believing what had just come out of his mouth. Never in a million years would he defend his brother like this, but considering the circumstances he had no choice.

Kagome blinked at what the hanyou had just said; it almost seemed unreal. But she exhaled quietly pushing that thought aside. She then lowered her gaze, she knew Inuyasha was right; Sesshoumaru was very capable of handling the situation. But when one is working with Naraku one can never be so sure.

Something then came across her mind, "Say Inuyasha?" She caught his glance, "Why did Sesshoumaru decide to go after Genji all on his own?"

"It's a guy thing." Inuyasha answered simply before added, "The two both liked Rin and Sesshoumaru won her heart but Genji just can't get over it. So this battle decides who the better man is."

"What for Rin!" Kagome asked loudly, shocked about his answer.

Inuyasha nodded, "Somewhat, but it's more for pride than anything else." He then gazed at her blankly, "Though in Sesshoumaru's case he just wants to end this with him before it gets too out of hand."

Kagome lowered her taking that into consideration. "Guess I can understand that, especially with Genji working with Naraku."

Inuyasha looked away, knowing she would disagree with what he would say next. "But once this whole thing with Naraku is situated I'll have to have that battle with Koga as well."

"What!" The miko gaped out loudly. "Why!"

He eyed her knowingly, "You know why. It's because we both like you."

"But you're the one that has me Inuyasha! You don't have to fight him!"

"It's for the sense of pride Kagome."

"Screw your prides! I don't want you two to fight over me!" Kagome pleaded as she eyed him angrily.

"You don't get to decide that Kagome!" The hanyou argued firmly. "If Koga backs out then I won't fight him, but if he wants to fight me I won't hesitate to accept the challenge."

"Inuyasha!" Kagome was about ready to fight with him. But suddenly Inuyasha's ears perked up and he came to a halt. "Inuyasha?" She immediately became concerned, completely forgetting about their argument.

Inuyasha didn't answer he just darted his eyes around with his ears twitching.

'He's hearing something.' Kagome concluded with slight fear. Instinctively she moved closer to the hanyou as she tightly held onto his arm. She glanced around cautiously, 'Where? Where's the demon?'

The dog hanyou strained his ears and senses on his surroundings. Immediately he flinched and quickly grabbed Kagome, "Look out!"

Kagome yelped as he jumped out of the way just as a lightening bolt hit the ground making it crumble. Holding her close he looked up when he heard laughter. There stood a demon with a braided black hair with what looks to be a lightening rod.

"Looks like the doggy as nice hearing." The unknown demon mocked humorously.

Inuyasha scowled and yelled out, "Who the hell are you!" 'I don't remember seeing him in the past few attacks.'

"Heh had a feeling you wouldn't be familiar with me." The demon teen responded smirking at the hanyou. "I'm one of Naraku's newest members of his team, my name…is Hiten." He then charged towards the two, "And today's the day that you are finished!"

Lightening emerged around his rod; Inuyasha gasped and swiftly picked up Kagome, he had jumped away just as Hiten's rod sliced into the ground. The hanyou landed on top of a building and he carefully set Kagome down on the roof, "Stay here."

The miko nodded slightly, "A-Alright."

Inuyasha scowled as he rushed down towards Hiten like a speeding bullet. "AH!" He slammed his claw into the ground hoping to cut the demon, but the demon dodged. The hanyou growled showing his fangs as he gazed at the demon angrily. "We'll see who's finished."

Hiten grunted with amusement, "Looks like this battle is about to get interesting." He smirked and then dashed towards Inuyasha, "Just how I like it!"

"We'll see how much you like it when you lose!"

Inuyasha rushed up towards Hiten at top speed with his claw stretched out. Hiten noticed and jumped back making the hanyou miss. "Too slow!" Hiten shot another thunderbolt right at Inuyasha.

The hanyou quickly jumped out of the way, he then pounced up with such speed that Hiten didn't notice. Inuyasha took that chance to claw Hiten right across the face.

"Whoa!" Hiten flew back slightly. He brushed his fingertips across the wound on his cheek. He grunted with his attention now on the dog hanyou, "Heh nice shot." His gaze hardened, "But you won't get a second shot."

"Wanna bet!" Inuyasha shot back. He jumped up towards the thunder demon attempting to sock him one.

Hiten moved aside and motioned to strike the hanyou with his rod. However Inuyasha was on guard and grabbed the rod then slammed his knee right into Hiten's gut. Hiten gasped out the breath that was knocked out of him. Inuyasha took that opportunity and punched him right in the face. The hanyou then grabbed the demon's rod with both hands and flipped him over. Hiten was forced to release his rod as he was thrown into the pavement.

"Oh way to go Inuyasha!" Kagome cheered with a proud smile. 'That was a very clever move.'

Hiten groaned as he sat up and rubbed his head. He then heard Inuyasha growl with irritation, "Not down for the count yet I see."

The demon watched Inuyasha as he landed on the ground. Inuyasha's gaze hardened with reawakened anger, "But this time…" He tossed the rod aside, "let's fight the old fashion way!" Inuyasha positioned himself ready to fight.

"Heh alright." Hiten got up and copied Inuyasha's position. "Let's see what you've got hanyou."

The dog hanyou growled softly with his eyes filled with determination. 'I need to finish this before this can get too out of hand.'

"Do you think we're being followed?" Sango questioned her boyfriend cautiously. She had her senses on high alert as her eyes darted around the area. Ever since they had separated from their friends she had begun to feel a bit uneasy about something.

"Yes we are." Miroku responded in a low stern voice. He felt her eyes on him, but he kept his hardened stare on the sidewalk. He tightened his grip on Sango's hand as he continued to feel a very uncomfortable aura. "I can feel one closing in on us."

She exhaled roughly as she closed her eyes, "And here I was hoping I was just imaging things."

"Sorry to disappoint you sweetheart."

Sango shook her head, "Don't apologize." She revealed her eyes to him, "It's not your fault."

Miroku gave her a small smile, "I know, but I just hate seeing you disappointed."

Sango returned the smile. But her smile quickly faded when she felt the evil aura coming closer, "Should we confront it?"

Her boyfriend glanced around and noticed that some people were walking along the sidewalks. "Let's wait until we get further away from these people." He looked at her, "I would feel horrible if we ended up getting these innocent people involved."

Sango nodded, "Understand." She turned her narrowed gaze down the sidewalk, "I just hope he understands that."

"Well, knowing his kind probably not." Miroku answered honestly. "But might as well get as far from these people as possible."

Sango nodded before she peeked over her shoulder, "I just hope we can handle this guy."

"Stay close Ena." Ash instructed his girlfriend as he held her close to his side.

Ena looked up at him to find his gaze narrowed with his ears twitching. "You're sensing someone don't you?"

"Yeah." Ash replied as he cautiously glanced around. "So keep your guard up."

The young woman gulped nervously before she began to look around as well. 'Where? Where is he?' "Huh?" Something shiny grasped her attention, it was thin and apparently she could only see it when the sun shined on it. Ena furrowed a brow at the sight before she wiggled herself out of Ash's hold.

"Ena no! Stay close to me!" He exclaimed loudly, panicking as he watched her walk away from him.

She ignored him as she continued her way towards the thin string. 'Just what is that?' When she was near the string, she went ahead and touched it. Ena immediately winced when she felt something cut her finger, "Ouch!" She gazed down at her hand, "What was that?"

"Ena!" She heard her boyfriend call out to her. Her attention was immediately averted to him when he grabbed her wrist and made her look at him. He glared at her, "You idiot! I told you to stay close to me."

Suddenly a feminine laughter echoed throughout the street. The two gasped at the immediate sound and hastily darted their eyes around, hoping to find the source. The feminine voice then chuckled out, "You fell right into my trap."

"Huh?" The two chorused but suddenly yelped when something wrapped itself around their wrists and lifted them up.

"What the-"

"What the hell is this?" Ash finished for Ena with a furious shout. His ears twitched when the feminine laughter became louder and closer. He averted his attention towards the sound only to gap when he saw a young woman floating down in front of him and Ena.

The woman had short black hair that reached her cheekbones and in her black hair was a red hair band. She had a very revealing black tank top on and it was so tight that Ena wondered how she could possibly breath in that thing. Her skirt was pretty short, the length of it only reached her upper thighs and she wore black tights and black high-heeled boots.

"Hehehe well, well, you two were sure easy to catch." She chuckled wickedly. She held out her hands like she was holding something or that something was wrapped around her fingers.

Ena gasped when she saw the multiple strings of some type of rope or hair wrapped around her fingers. 'That string belongs to her? Just what in the world are those things?'

"Who the hell are you?" Ash demanded as he hardened his gaze on the woman.

"I'm Yura, the hair mistress." She introduced before she whipped her hand towards him making something cut his cheek.

He winced as Ena gasped out, "Ash!" 'Wait are those strings actually hair strands? B-But… how can they cut flesh like that?'

"So you better show some respect and come quietly or else I'll have to take you in pieces." Yura threatened in a sweet tone, "Which I would prefer not to do."

Ash scowled as he sharpened his claws, "Like hell I'll listen to you! Electric Claw!" He threw his claw attack at the female demon and the claws shocked her. Ash then swung himself back and hastily swung himself forward and used both of his feet to kick her right in the stomach.

Just as the wind go knocked out of Yura, causing her instinctively release them from their invisible bonds. Ena and Ash gaped but hastily regained their stance on the ground with the cat hanyou in front of his girlfriend. He kept his hardened gaze on the female demon as the shock began to subside.

They kept their focuses on her as they watched her cough as she attempted to regain her breath. Ash and Ena watched her as she gradually raised her piercing glare at them. She scowled, "You will pay deeply for that!"

Then with one swift move of her hand Ena caught sight of a wave of hair like strands coming right for them. She gasped sharply and yelped out, "Look out!" Hastily she pulled Ash just enough to get the large amount of hair to miss them.

"Ena!" Ash gaped out as he glanced back at her, "What did you do that?"

"What do you mean?" Ena shot back a bit offended, "If I didn't pull us aside that ball of hair would have hit us!"

He furrowed a brow, "Ball of hair?"

"Wait… you mean you couldn't see it!"

"Hey, if I could see it I would be here totally confused with what the hell you are talking about!"

"What?" Ena whispered out in surprise, 'How can he not see it? It was literally coming right at us!'

"Hehehe nice dodge girly." Yura called out immediately grasping their attention. She met their gazes just in time for her to swing them another wave of hair, "But you won't dodge the next!"

Ena yelped sharply, "Ash, dodge it!"

Ash didn't think a second thought before he quickly grabbed Ena and jumped on top of one of the buildings. He dodged just in time to have the hair smash into the ground. He gaped, 'Just what the hell was about to hit us?' Hastily he whirled his attention at his girlfriend, "Ena, just what was about to hit us?"

"I told you, it was hair!" Ena retorted in dismay.

"Hair?" Ash repeated before glancing back at Yura. 'Well, she did say she was a hair demon. So I guess that means she can control and manipulate hair. But…' His gaze hardened, 'why the hell can't I see it?'

"La? Well this is certainly a surprise." Yura commented as she eyed the two strangely. "Sure I was told that only mikos and priests would be able to see my lovely hair. But it would seem that you, girl, can see it as well."

Ash gasped and looked at Ena, "Ena?"

Ena stared at Yura with wide eyes, 'Only mikos and priests can see that hair. So then why can I see it as well?'

"Well, this will certainly make this battle fun!" Yura hollered as she threw another wave of hair at the two.

Ena gasped and quickly clenched Ash's sleeve, "Ash, she's throwing another one!"

Hastily Ash grabbed and moved aside and Ena watched as the hair smashed into the building. Then once Ash landed on top of another building and quickly put his girlfriend down, whipped her around and grabbed her by the shoulders. He then stared at her with desperation, "Ena, you be my eyes so I can beat her!"

"What?"

"Please, Ena, I need you to help me fight her!"

Ena stared at him for a brief moment before narrowing her gaze with determination and nodded, "You can count on me!"

Ash returned her determined expression and gave her a nod. Then with one swift motion he whirled around to face Yura with a harsh, piercing glare. "Now!" He shouted before he pounced towards her, "Let's end this!"

Kikyo and Rin cautiously strolled down the streets of Tokyo. Both of them had their eyes constantly scanning the area. They were both feeling very uneasy, not just because they were completely by themselves. But also because they felt someone was following them.

"How long do you think we should wait before we confront this person?" Kikyo questioned the older girl as she continued to glance over her shoulder.

"I honestly don't think we should." Rin replied, receiving Kikyo's attention. She narrowed her gaze slightly, "Even though you and I are mikos, or at least have some type of miko power in us, I don't think we can handle those guys completely by ourselves."

"I think we can." Kikyo answered before peeking over her shoulder, "Especially if there's only one."

"But what if there isn't just one?" Rin quizzed her. "Look, we don't know how many are following us. So I think it'll be best if we just ignore them for now and just focus on getting to the police station."

Kikyo exhaled softly, "Yes, I suppose you are right." 'But how long will we be able to avoid confronting them, since eventually they're going to confront us. So we should be on our guard no matter what.'

Then just as she finished that thought a rush of wind blew past the two girls. The two yelped sharply as they shifted their stares towards the source. There in front of them was some type of rat demon; he stood there with a wicked smile.

He chucked, "Hehehe, what joy it is to be hunting down two lovely ladies like yourselves."

Rin and Kikyo gaped, startled by the sight of him. Kikyo hardened her gaze, "I had a feeling this would happen!"

The rat demon continued to chuckle before he charged towards the girls. "This will be fun!"

With haste the girls jumped away from each other in order to dodge the rat's rush attack. But before Kikyo completely past him she quickly grabbed his shirt and shouted, "Purify!" Once that left her lips purple electricity came out of her hand and shocked the rat demon.

"AHHHH!" The rat demon screamed in agony.

"Oh, nice move, Kikyo." Rin complimented the younger girl in astonishment.

"Come on, don't just stand there!" Kikyo retorted with authority. Hastily she grabbed Rin's hand, "Run!"

The two then bolted down the street, not bothering to look back. But it didn't take long before they heard the rat demon yell with fury. The girls yelped as they jumped slightly, startled, but they only quickened their pace not wanting to be caught by the demon.

"You bitches!" He roared as he stormed after them, "Get back here!"

Kikyo grunted, "Man, at times like these I really wish we were in the Feudal Era."

"What? Why?"

"Because with Kagome and me being mikos we'd be able to carry around our bows constantly." She peered back at the rat demon, "Then we'd be able to purify these monsters with no problems at all!"

"Well, sorry to break it to you, but we're not in that time period. So you are going to have to deal with what we have at the moment."

"I know." Kikyo sighed out with minor frustration. 'But it's still bothers me a bit.'

Sesshoumaru had his hands tucked in his pockets as he strolled down the street. His eyes and nose were on high alert with his eyes constantly scanning the area, searching for any signs of Genji. He knew Genji was following him because he had managed to catch a whiff of it once he separated from Rin, his brother and his friends. But what he found strange was that Genji was not confronting Sesshoumaru.

Sesshoumaru's gaze hardened, 'Just what the hell is that fool doing? Why isn't he confronting me yet? Does he have something up his sleeve or something?' He then shook his head as he suddenly quickened his pace, 'But I won't fight him right here. I'll lead him towards the park, since I don't want to accidentally break or hurt anybody.'

With that thought in his mind he made his way towards the park. But he kept his senses on high alert, just in case Genji decided to make a move. Then once Sesshoumaru made it to the park he strolled over towards the woodland area that was right next to the park. Once he made it to a clearing he turned his piercing gaze towards where he came from.

Sudden laughter echoed throughout the spot. Sesshoumaru's eye twitched just as Genji finally appeared before him. Genji snorted with a slight smirk, "I was wondering when you were going to stop. Since I know a demon like you would have sniffed me out way before you left you tiny little group."

"And I'm curious to know why you didn't come up and just attack me?" Sesshoumaru quizzed right back. "Since knowing a short tempered demon like you, you would have pounced on me at any giving moment. So why didn't you?"
Genji grunted, "Do you honestly think I'm like Naraku who hides behind tricks? Well, sorry to disappoint you but unlike Naraku I don't hide behind traps like that." He then smirked, "And if I want to reclaim Rin I can afford to do such things. Can't have her hate me now can I?"

Sesshoumaru couldn't suppress the furious growl that escaped his throat. "You honestly think," He clenched his fists with fury, "that you can reclaim Rin so easily! Well, think again, Genji," He charged towards Genji as he shouted, "Because you're not getting her!"

Sesshoumaru's claws shined a poisonous green. Genji noticed the claws and hastily jumped away forcing the dog demon to stab his nails into a tree. As a result the tree melted, but Sesshoumaru scowled as he darted his attention towards Genji. He looked just in time to see Genji aim his fire breath right at Sesshoumaru. Sesshoumaru quickly avoid the fire blast and charged his claws at Genji once again. Genji did the same and both of their arms collided with each other and when the two landed on the ground once again their arms began to bleed.

Genji merely snorted with a weak smirk, "Heh, not bad." His expression immediately turned sour, "But don't go thinking you can defeat me so easily." He charged towards Sesshoumaru once again, "Because that won't happen in a million years!"

Sesshoumaru only grunted with irritation and positioned himself, ready to charge or jump at just the right moment. He kept his hardened gaze on his rival, 'We'll see about that.'

Inuyasha and Hiten had been going at it for about an hour or so. They were constantly going back and forth, sometimes Hiten would get a few hits on Inuyasha and sometimes Inuyasha would and vise versa. But neither one of them refused to back down, they just kept coming back at each other with every ounce of their strength.

Kagome watched in awe but instantly cheered, "Come on, Inuyasha, you can beat him!"

Inuyasha's ears twitched when he heard her voice and he suddenly felt more power rush through him. He then scowled as he pulled back his fist and with every ounce of his strength he threw his fist at Hiten, hitting the demon head on in the face. Hiten yelped out in pain and the attack forced him back, causing him to glide on the ground.

"Whoohoo!" Kagome cheered as she lifted her fist up in the air. "Go, Inuyasha!"

Inuyasha panted as he kept his piercing gaze on the thunder demon. He then snarled out, "Do you regret siding with that bastard now!"

Hiten grunted as he sat up while adjusting his jaw and spat out a tooth. He growled as he shifted his glare back on the hanyou, "You'll pay for damaging my handsome face!" With that he quickly got up and darted towards the hanyou with his claw held out, ready to slice Inuyasha in half.

Inuyasha just scowled before he shouted, "Your face should be the least of your worries!" Then just as the thunder demon was about to pound Inuyasha in the face, the hanyou jumped up just in the nick of time. Inuyasha landed behind while also clawing Hiten in the back.

Hiten yelled out agony before swinging his leg around, only to have Inuyasha grab his leg. But before Hiten could do anything about it Inuyasha used both of his hands and swung Hiten around and threw him across the street. Hiten grimaced loudly as he crashed into the brick building.

"Look, I don't have a lot of time to mess around with the likes of you!" He heard Inuyasha bark out. Hiten scowled as he met the hanyou's harsh glare, Inuyasha went on roughly, "So why don't you just give up!"

Hiten snarled, "The day I give up to a bloody half demon…" He shot up on his feet and held out his hand. In his hand a yellow electric ball emerged, he then roared out, "Is the day that hell freezes over!" Then with one swift motion, Hiten threw the electric ball at Inuyasha.

"Whoa!" Inuyasha immediately jumped out of the way. But he didn't have enough time to react when looked over towards Hiten only to be punched in the face. Then hastily, Hiten grabbed onto Inuyasha's sleeve and electrocuted him.

"AHHH!" The dog hanyou screamed out in agony.

Kagome gasped as she shrieked out, "Inuyasha!"

The electrical energy was so strong that once Hiten released the hanyou's sleeve, Inuyasha flew back and smashed into a building. Inuyasha groaned in pain as he sat up and dusted the rumble off of him. Anger rushed through his veins as he tossed his glare at the thunder demon, "You bastard!"

"Hey, just because you threw my staff aside doesn't mean I don't have other ways to release my electrical powers." Hiten remarked in a mocking manner.

Inuyasha scowled furiously at the thunder demon's response. Kagome groaned in dismay as she continued to observe the fight with concern. 'Aw man, there must be something that I can do to help Inuyasha.' She clenched her fist over her heart, 'But what? What can I possibly do?'

Sango and Miroku continued to stroll down the sidewalk, still on full alert. But they were constantly wondering when the person or people were going to attack them. Luckily the two were far enough out of Tokyo so innocent people wouldn't get hurt.

"So," Sango began as she glanced over at her boyfriend, "should we confront our friend?"

Miroku sighed, "I suppose we should or else we'll never get to the station."

Sango nodded in response, "Alright." She glanced over her shoulder, "How should we handle this then?"

"Well," Miroku pulled out a couple scrolls out of the inside pocket of his uniform jacket. "Luckily I have packed a couple scrolls with me that can shock any human or demon."

"Really?"

"Yup, as long as they have impure thoughts," He waved his scrolls towards her, "then this scrolls will definitely work."

"Okay, then let's get this over with."

Miroku merely nodded before the two came to a halt. They then turned to face their stalker, but of course when they turned no one was there. But they knew better, they knew the person was still there.

"Alright, come out!" Miroku demanded loudly, "We know you are there!"

"Yeah, so come on out and face us!" Sango added hotly.

"Hehehe not bad." They heard a familiar male laugh out.

Sango and Miroku scowled as they watched Onigumo come out of the alley. "Onigumo!" The two chorused as they met his wicked, humorous gaze.

"So, you were ordered to take care of us I take it?" Sango commented bitterly.

"Yes, though I would have loved to go after that dog hanyou and that mute girl." He merely shrugged, "But oh well might as well let someone new take care of them."

"Someone new?" Miroku recited, narrowing his stare not liking the sound of that.

"Yeah, my uncle recruited more people and he wanted to see how they would handle that dog." Onigumo openly admitted.

'Damn, can't that coward do anything besides recruiting more minions?' Sango thought with annoyance.

"But, enough about that." Onigumo replied, changing the subject. He then smirked, "I have a task to complete."

Miroku and Sango immediately went into a fighting position. They were ready to counter anything that Onigumo would throw at them. The two knew never to let their guard down, considering he was Naraku's nephew after all.

"Well, if you think we'll be an easy target…" Sango hardened her gaze as she commented harshly, "then you are sadly mistaken."

Onigumo grinned wickedly at them, "We'll see about that." He then snapped his fingers, which caused Miroku and Sango to raise a brow.

Suddenly someone dropped down behind them and captured them in their huge arms. Sango and Miroku yelled in surprise as they were lifted off of the ground. The two darted their attention upwards only to discover Bunka.

"Bunka!" Sango and Miroku gasped out.

"What?" They heard Onigumo speak, grasping their interests. "Did you honestly think I would come here alone?" He chuckled humorously, "Sorry, that ain't going to happen."

"Grr you coward!" Sango roared out with irritation. "Why don't you just fight us yourself instead of always getting assistance? What have you finally come to the conclusion that you can't defeat us on your own?"

"Or," Miroku stepped in as he glared at Onigumo, "can you just not fight efficiently enough?"

Onigumo's expression hardened as he scowled with fury. "Bunka!" He yelled, darting his piercing glare up at him, "Crush them!"

Bunka instantly tightened his hold around the two. Sango and Miroku yelped sharply as the giant human began to crush them. Miroku, however, twitched as he opened one eye as he gradually placed one of his scrolls on Bunka's arm. The scroll immediately began shocking the huge human, Bunka yelled in agony, which caused him to loosen his hold on Miroku and Sango. The two noticed and hastily punched the giant human in the face. That action forced Bunka to release them and Sango took that chance to kick Bunka's manhood. Bunka screamed in completely pain before he fell to the ground to roll in agony.

Onigumo gaped at the sight. That was something he honestly wasn't expecting to happen at all. He then growled when Sango and Miroku turned to face him.

"Now," Miroku began as he went into a fighting stance. His eyes went narrow with determination, "It's your turn!"

"Ah!" Ena yelped sharply as Ash dodged another huge hairball. His action made the hairball crash into the building that they were on.

"Come on my dears!" Yura shouted with amusement. "Just stay still and let me capture you! It would be a lot easier on you."

"Not on your life you ugly witch!" Ash barked back.

Yura instantly twitched with anger and then growled, "You wretch!" She pulled her arm back and then shouted as she threw something at them, "Hold your tongue!"

Ena gasped and reported with haste, "She's throwing another one at us!" 'Can't she do anything else besides throwing more hair balls at us!'

Ash's ears twitched as he heard something coming towards them. He waited for just the right moment before he jumped out of the way. When the hairball smashed into the building, Ash charged up towards Yura at top speed, so fast that she couldn't even see him claw her. But she noticed just in time to have him cut her abdomen, however she left herself wide open allowing him to punch her right across her cheek. The force of the punch knocked her into a building.

Ash sighed as he finally landed back on the road, "Finally, we can take a breather." But he kept his firm grasp around his girlfriend, ready to dodge another one of Yura's hairballs.

"Yeah, but we need to come up with a plan fast, before she comes at us again." Ena reminded him, catching his gaze.

"I know that!" The neko hanyou retorted roughly. He quickly averted his interest back towards the building that Yura crashed into, "So how do you suggest we do that?"

Ena groaned in dismay, 'I honestly don't know.' She subconsciously glanced around her surroundings, mainly at the strands of hair that were scattered high and low. 'But there must be something that we can do!' "Hm?" She hummed as she studied the strands. She then realized something, 'Just where is she getting all this hair? Are they coming right from her own fingertips? Or could they be coming from somewhere else?'

An idea suddenly came to her and she quickly gave her attention towards Ash. "Ash!" She got him to look at her as she continued, "Yura has some strands of hair wrapped around her fingers, can you try and cut those strands?"

Ash furrowed a brow, "Well, yeah, if you can direct me towards them." He then gave her an odd look, "But why do you want me to do that?"

"Well, I want to see if the hair she is manipulating coming from her own hands or something else."

"Something else?"

"You know like a medium of some sort that is giving her hair to manipulate."

The neko continued to eye his girlfriend, still puzzled of what she was implying. Something in his mind suddenly sparked when he finally realized what she was getting at. "Oh!" He peered over at Yura as she started to stir through the rubble that had fallen on her. "I see what you're getting at." He then gave Ena a wondrous stare, "But how am I suppose to cut those strands when I can't even see them?"

Ena instinctively winced when he reminded her of that. "Yeah, that does pose as a problem." 'Ugh, if only Ash could see those hair strands! Then this would be a piece of cake!'

"Grrr you bastard!" They heard Yura roar out. The two immediately darted their focus back towards Yura to find her back on feet. She growled furiously as she gave them a death piercing glare, "You'll pay deeply for that!"

"Oh boo-hoo it's not like I completely harmed you!" Ash retorted back in a mocking manner. 'Even though I wish I did.'

"But you ruined my flawless stomach!" Yura accused as she pointed at him, "And for that you will pay!" Then with one swift motion from her hand a wave of hair from behind Ash and Ena appeared.

Fortunately, Ena noticed and hastily pushed Ash as she screamed, "Look out!"

"Gah!" Ash gaped out as he lost his balance and fell on the ground. He scowled and shouted, "What was that for!"

"Run, Ash!" Ena ordered him in dismay as she watched the wave of hair aim it's way towards him. "The hair is heading right for you!"

Ash gasped and with haste he jumped out of the way. His ears suddenly twitched when he heard a big wave of something rushing towards him. The neko hastily sharpened his claws and yelled, "Electric Claw!" He threw his electric, boomerang claws towards the sound, which surprisingly hit the mark.

Ash, Ena and Yura watched in awe as his attack shocked the wave of hair, causing it to burn. Yura scowled as she watched her hair disintegrate from the neko's attack. "How dare you harm my hair!" She screamed as she angrily clenched her fists and pulled something towards her.

The neko hanyou furrowed a brow, puzzled by her motion. But immediately gasped when he heard something coming up behind him at top speed. With haste he turned around and clawed his way through whatever was being thrown at him. However, the wave of hair that he managed to slice through suddenly grabbed a hold of him. Ash yelped at the sudden action, he then cursed, "Damn it!"

Yura then flew up towards him as she drew a dagger, then with one swift motion she sliced him in the back. Ash yelled out in pain as Ena yelped with fright, "Ash!"

"Heh, that's what you get for being a pest." Yura snorted out before she licked her dagger. "Now just surrender quietly and I won't hurt you or your precious little girlfriend."

Ash snarled as he twitched with anger, "You bitch."

Ena made a distress noise come out of her throat, 'I have to help him!' She hastily looked around hoping to find something that could help her, 'But how? What can I possibly use or do that will help him?'

She gasped when she spotted a rolled up hose next to house, which was conveniently sitting right next to a faucet. Then without a second thought Ena rushed up towards the hose and faucet. Ena connected the hose to the faucet, then with one quick motion she turned on the faucet and aimed it at Yura.

Yura chuckled, "Now don't be like that. It's not like I'm going to kill you," Her expression suddenly turned sour, "no matter how much I want to."

Ash hissed with fury as he slowly moved his wrists around to see if he could wiggle his way out of the hair's hold. His ears twitched when he heard hair demon sigh with frustration. "Well," Yura lifted her hand slightly, "might as well wrap you up and bring you to Naraku." She smirked, "I'm sure he'd be quite pleased with me."

The neko snarled as he sharpened his claws and began to charge them with his electrical energy. "Not…" He then yelled out, "on your life!" Then just as he released his electrical claw attack Yura was suddenly sprayed in the back. Ash gasped as he watched his electric attack hit Yura and with the combination of the water the shock became more painful.

Yura screamed as she continued to be electrocuted. The neko hastily shifted his gaze towards the direction the water was coming from. He gaped when he saw Ena aiming the hose head right at the hair demon, "Ena!"

Ena honestly wasn't expecting that to happen, but she went along with it. She kept her held her ground and continued to spray Yura until she figured that the hair demon had enough. But she instantly averted her stare towards her boyfriend, "Ash!" She noticed his head jerk, but she continued, "Can you get yourself out of her hold?"

"Uh… yeah… hold on a sec." Ash responded with a quick nod. He shifted his focus towards his hand as he used his hand to blindly try grabbing the strand that was holding up one of his arms. After a minute of feeling around he finally grabbed a hold of the single strand of hair. Swiftly he used his other hand to cut the strand, releasing it from its hold. He then did the same for his legs and other arm until he was completely free.

"Alright, Ena!" He shouted as he gave Yura his full attention. "Stop spraying her!"

Ena fidgeted, surprised by his order. But she nodded nonetheless and rushed over towards the faucet and turned off the water. Then just as she turned to see what her boyfriend was going to do, she gaped as she watched him slam his fist against Yura's abdomen. Yura gasped as she felt the wind get knocked out of her, but before she could get the chance to regain her breath Ash punched her right across her cheek. The force of his punch made her fly sideways, but Ash was on his toes. He swiftly grabbed her by the neck and using every ounce of his strength he threw her in the opposite direction. When she slammed into the brick building, she grimaced from the sudden impact. She opened one eye only to spot Ash rushing towards her; however, before she could do anything the neko hanyou slammed his fist against her abdomen once again.

His action made her release her grip on her strands of hair. Ena noticed the strands of hair falling from her fingertips. She gasped at the sight, 'Well, that's one way to get her to let go.' Her gaze narrowed, 'But now we have to see if more will come out of her fingers or if more will come from somewhere else.'

"Hm?" She lowered her gaze and noticed Yura's dagger on the ground. Her eyes went wide and dashed up to it and picked it up, 'Yura's dagger!' She glared over at Ash and Yura, 'Might as well keep this with me, just in case.'

Ash hissed as he watched Yura wheeze, "Regret messing with us now?"

Yura grunted, "You'll pay deeply for that."

"No," Ash snarled as he grabbed her neck and began choking her, "you will pay."

"Kkk!" The hair demon responded as Ash choked her.

"Now, I honestly don't want to kill you." The neko hanyou went on, keeping his grip on her neck. "Because I don't want to stoop to yours or Naraku's level. But if you don't surrender and leave my girlfriend and me alone you will force me to kill you. So," He hardened his stare, "what will you choose?"

Yura returned the stare, but she instinctively peeked over towards Ena. She scowled as called more hair to wrap around her fingers. Ena gasped as she witnessed the sight, 'They are coming from somewhere else! Which means she has some type of medium nearby!'

Ena was brutally snapped out of her thoughts when she noticed Yura swinging her hands back slightly. Then with one swift motion Yura swung her hands forward, throwing a wave of hair towards Ena. Ena shrieked at the sight, which immediately grasped Ash's attention.

"Ena, what's wrong?" He yelled out in concern.

Ena didn't response instead she used the dagger to slice the herd of hair. But no matter how many times she tried cutting them Yura just threw more at her. 'Damn! Just how much hair does she even have?'

Ash gasped once he realized what was going on. He snarled as he averted his focus towards Yura, unfortunately he looked at her just as she punched him right in the face. The punch forced him back, releasing her from his grasp. Yura gasped with relief as she rubbed her neck, "Man you have quite a grip there neko." Her gaze narrowed on him as he made his way in front of his girlfriend. The two met her stare as she went on angrily, "But don't go thinking you've won." She waved her hands forward, throwing another wave of hair in their direction, "Because this is far from over!"

Ena yelped with fright as Ash gasped when he heard something huge flying towards them. He quickly snatched Ena and jumped out of the way just in time to have the wave of hair meet the ground.

Yura scowled before she threw another hairball at them, "Don't you escape me! I will capture you if it's the last thing I do!"

Ash grunted in distaste, 'Damn! After all that we're right back to where we started! Ugh, and this was already annoying at the start!'

On the other side of Tokyo at the police station, Inutashio was at his computer doing some more paper work and research. He was also getting ready to wrap his work up and head home. Inutashio released a rough sigh as he rubbed his shoulder and stretched out his neck.

"Man, who knew trying to figure out one guy would be this much work." 'But I need to figure Naraku out before he causes anymore harm to Kagome or to anyone else. I especially have to figure him out before the reunion this weekend.'

"Oh, Mr. Morkien?"

"Hm?" He hummed as he shifted his interest towards his office door. There stood a female police officer, he then responded, "Oh, Ms. Kurgi," Inutashio leaned back on his chair, "what brings you to my office?"

"Well," She began as she took another into his office, "we have been getting a lot of calls from residents and store owners complaining about a bunch of teenagers fighting one another in different areas."

Inutashio groaned with minor irritation, "Ugh, not more gangs, I'm already having trouble just dealing with this one gang of Naraku's." He then shook his head, "But why are you coming and telling me this?" He furrowed a brow, "You should be telling the chief this."

"I did." The officer replied, as she now stood right in front of his desk. "But as we were looking into the situation and after listening to the descriptions that the residents were telling us, we realized this may be something you may need to know."

Inutashio eyed her strangely, "How so?"

She then pulled out a bunch of photos from the folder that she was carrying. The officer plopped it on his desk as she answered, "It would appear that your son and his friends are the ones involved in the fights."

Inutashio gasped sharply as he hastily grabbed the photos to get a closer look at them. His eyes went wide open when he recognized the teenagers in the pictures that Ms. Kurgi at given him. His gaze hardened as he raised them to meet the officer's eyes, "Gather up all of our strongest police officers! We need to go to these destinations and fast!"

Ms. Kurgi hardened her stare and nodded her head in response, "Yes, sir!" With haste she darted out of the room to do her task.

Inutashio went over towards his hooks and he put on his jacket and gloves. 'I have to get those kids fast! Even though Inuyasha and his friends are strong, but I need to bring the ones they are fighting into custody, since they may be my only led towards Naraku.' He grabbed his keys and walked out of his office, 'And I know my son and his friends, they would never get involved in a fight unless it was completely necessary. I know the only people they would ever fight…are the ones that work for Naraku.'

Inutashio stepped into the station lobby to find all of his finest officers in the room. Once they made eye connect with the detective, they immediately jerked and gave him a soldier salute, "Sir!"

"Good, you've all assembled." Inutashio responded as he strolled over towards them, "Look, we don't have much time. But we all need to separate in four different teams, and each team will go to the destined areas that the fights are occurring in."

"Yes, sir!" The officers instantly chorused.

"Alright, I'll give you the details as we head towards the vehicles." Inutashio urgently added as he made his way towards the garage.

The officers quickly reacted and followed him.

'Just hang on kids, don't let those troublemakers get away.' Inutashio prayed in his mind.

END OF CHAPTER

Alright! I finally got this chapter done! Now I don't have the next chapter done yet, but I am working on it as we speak. I will get this story done and I will get the other stories updated as well! I do apologize for making you guys wait so long, I guess as some point I just lost interest for a bit, because of my personal life and everything. But I'm back and I promise to get to these stories as fast as I can.

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