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Disclaimer: Duh! I'm poor! Don't own it. And that goes for every other chapter in this story
Chapter 4: A Sword and a Stick
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Inuyasha got to the village just in time to see the demon fly up into the sky. Shippou wasn't
joking, it was enormous. The demon had apparently been picking up anything in it's path, cattle,
horses, or villagers, lifting them high in the air and dropping them, bashing them into the ground. For the
first time all day, Inuyasha wished Kagome was here to tell him where the jewel shard lies. Inuyasha
sprang into action when the demon flew low enough for him to jump onto his back. Using his 'Iron
Reaper Soul Stealer' attack he sliced through it's wings, sending them both plummeting to the ground.
Inuyasha jumped off it's back and gracefully landed on his feet a few yards from the demon. It was
now wingless, but it still was dangerous.
Reaching for Tetsusaiga, knowing that would easily finish this job, he was met with nothing.
"What the hell?!" It was gone! He looked towards the demon and there was Tetsusaiga in it's sheath,
caught on one of the centipedes spikes upon it's back. "Oh shit!"
The demon speedily charged him. Inuyasha only escaped it by centimeters. He tried to grab
for Tetsusaiga, but it was still was out of his reach. Instead, he got a hand full of an ungodly sharp spike
and impaled his own hand on the spike. "Damn it!" As the demon swiftly moved, the spike dragged
across his right forearm, spilling crimson blood onto the ground. He howled in pain for a moment.
Regaining himself, he used 'Blades of Blood' to try to subdue the demon. It made some damage into
the demon, but it was able to dodge most of them, being able to see the attach coming from a mile
away. "Fuck!"
Once again, as the demon tried to attack him, Inuyasha tried to grab for Tetsusaiga. This time
he came closer but still he missed. Even without it's wings, the demon was incredibly fast. Every time
the demon passed him by, all of his attempts of retrieving Tetsusaiga were met with a spike in his arm or
hand. Trying 'Iron Reaper Soul Stealer' again, it hit him in a few of his many eyes. This seemed to
slow him down, more then any other attack that he had tried. He tried it again, but this time the demon
evaded the attack completely, learning about it's opponent with every strike he made.
He was getting nowhere fast. Quickly, all of his attacks and different strategies were all
memorized by the demon. The more he used each attack, the easier time the demon had deflecting
them. He was beginning to think he was actually in some sort of trouble. Maybe he could've used
Iliana's help after all.
And then, as if someone had heard him, he saw a small figure running towards him. "Oh, no,"
he said quietly, not wanting to attract any attention to the human girl. 'Please, stay back,' he pleaded
with her silently. But, he somewhat knew, even if he pleaded aloud, she wouldn't waver at all in her
pursuit.
"Hiiiii-yaaa!" Iliana cried in a booming voice, unlike the high pitched musical voice Inuyasha had
grown used to hearing. With her war cry, she jumped into the air, striking her bo down upon the
centipede's head, throwing it completely off-guard. She jabbed the end of her bo into the demon's
eyes, bloodying the end of her staff with every ear popped. "Sometimes, you just can't beat a big
strong stick!" she yelled heartedly. As she continued blinding the demon, it tried to impale her on one
of his spikes. Iliana felt a painful twinge in her side. With a cry of anguish she swiftly took her bo in her
hands and blocked against the spike before it could penetrate her flesh any further. Returning to pop
one more eye, she continued to distract the beast by blocking the centipede trying to, what seemed to
her, eat her whole. She blocked his mouth and once was even able to jab her bo inside it's upper
mouth, which made it give an each shattering scream. Iliana shuttered but stood her ground firmly.
"Now's my chance," said Inuyasha running towards her and the demon. With Iliana distracting
it and it not able to see as well as before, Inuyasha easily captured back Tetsusaiga and unsheathed it.
It transformed instantly. Iliana began to loose her battle with the demon right as she heard the
wonderful sound of Inuyasha yelling in triumph. In one quick fluid motion, Inuyasha ran Tetsusaiga up
the middle of the centipede, splattering it's blackened blood everywhere.
Iliana was completely out of breath. She flopped down on the ground, still gripping tightly to
her bo with her other arm wrapped around her wounded side. Besides the hole in her torso, it seemed
she had not been harmed at all. She had her eyes locked on the hanyou's, which his was also on hers.
He walked to her and extended his hand to her. She removed her hand from her wound, which was
now very bloodied, and took his hand. With his help and the help of bracing herself on her bo, she was
able to stand. She smiled a thank you, and she couldn't tell, but it looked like he might have smiled
himself.
Once he was sure she was mostly alright, Inuyasha turned from her, leaving her braced on her
bo, and started to search the grounds. Iliana saw his actions and questioned, "What are you looking
for?"
He didn't answer, he just continued to scour the area. Noticing she was walking around also,
he continued his search faster. A thought crossed his mind of her finding the shard and not giving it to
him, keeping it for herself. He was looking through the bits and pieces of the demon left trying to find
any sign of the shard.
Iliana hadn't a clue what she was looking for, but there wasn't much to look for after this battle.
So, she merely sought out anything that looked like it was out of place. In a pool of the demon's blood,
she saw what seemed to be just a little glimmer of light. She walked up to it, not wanting to draw
attention to herself. She looked closely at the glimmer and found that it shined because the sun was
bouncing off a little sliver of what looked like a piece of a jewel. She reached for it, getting a hand full
of blood along with it. She opened her hand and gazed at the piece of glasslike material. 'This must be
what he's looking for,' she thought excitedly. "Inuyasha?" she said approaching him slowly.
He turned to her and saw her hand was fisted in front of her, covered in blood. 'Oh, no'.
"Show me what you have in your hand!" he said forcefully.
She complied as she reached him. Opening her hand she asked, "Is this what you're looking
for?"
It was what he dreaded. She had a fragment of the Shikon jewel in the middle of her hand,
surrounded my a tiny pool of blood. He considered snatching it from her, but he decided against it. Not
that he couldn't do it, he just didn't want to offend her. In the last day he has grown to like having her
around. He wanted to tell her what it was but she didn't want her decide to keep it. "Yeah, that's it,"
he said softly.
"Well, here," she said bringing her hand up to his chest waiting for him to take it from him.
He was amazed. She didn't even want to know what it was for, only to give it to him. Inuyasha
took the shard from her hand between his fingers. He placed it in a hidden pocket in the lining of his fire
rat coat and looked at Iliana. She, as always, was smiling. "Thank you," he said looking away from
her, almost so soft she couldn't hear."No problem," she said back.
"But you should have listened to me and stayed away! You couldn't be killed!" he shout back
at her.
"Well, excuse me for saving your ass!" she screamed, sheathing with anger. "I told you I can
handle myself! And besides, what do you care if I live or die? I'm not like your sister or anything!" she
said with tone of a little hatefulness in her voice.
"Now, listen here....!" He lost his words fully understanding what she had just said. He
couldn't say anything to make her feel better because that would be emitting that he may possibly need
someone, or that he had family that he didn't despise. He sat in silence, seeing tears welling up in her
eyes and she forced them to stay where they were. He had to say something, anything! "Listen, I just
didn't want you to get hurt. And, I did say thanks for finding that shard," he said glancing at her
bloodied hand. He hoped that would be enough to calm her down.
He was relieved when he saw her look. Her pleasant face turned back to its cheery self and
caring eyes looked up at him. "Ok, I'll let you off the hook this time," she said. "But, only because I'm
tired and sore!" she added.
Rolling his eyes, he nodded his head and turned, kneeling down in front of her. He craned his
neck to look over his shoulder. "Climb on. I can move faster then you and you're hurt."
She gave him a questioning look for a moment.
"Come on! You had no problem jumping on my back just a little while ago."
Giggling a little, she cautiously climbed onto his back and wrapped her arms gently around his
neck. He wrapped his arms behind him around her legs and leapt forward and made off for Keade's
hut.
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And there you have it!! Please Review if you have the time to do so. I got to get out of here and get
some sleep!!!!! I'm excited. Anyways, I'm out of here. Hope you guys liked it! Next chapter will be
really, really, really short!! So bare with me.
Take it Easy as always!
LFA
enough stalling, here it is.
Oh yeah....Please, Please, Please Review!!! I really want to know what you think, I even want to here
constructive criticism if you got it...Anyways...moving on
Disclaimer: Duh! I'm poor! Don't own it. And that goes for every other chapter in this story
Chapter 4: A Sword and a Stick
*************************************************************************
Inuyasha got to the village just in time to see the demon fly up into the sky. Shippou wasn't
joking, it was enormous. The demon had apparently been picking up anything in it's path, cattle,
horses, or villagers, lifting them high in the air and dropping them, bashing them into the ground. For the
first time all day, Inuyasha wished Kagome was here to tell him where the jewel shard lies. Inuyasha
sprang into action when the demon flew low enough for him to jump onto his back. Using his 'Iron
Reaper Soul Stealer' attack he sliced through it's wings, sending them both plummeting to the ground.
Inuyasha jumped off it's back and gracefully landed on his feet a few yards from the demon. It was
now wingless, but it still was dangerous.
Reaching for Tetsusaiga, knowing that would easily finish this job, he was met with nothing.
"What the hell?!" It was gone! He looked towards the demon and there was Tetsusaiga in it's sheath,
caught on one of the centipedes spikes upon it's back. "Oh shit!"
The demon speedily charged him. Inuyasha only escaped it by centimeters. He tried to grab
for Tetsusaiga, but it was still was out of his reach. Instead, he got a hand full of an ungodly sharp spike
and impaled his own hand on the spike. "Damn it!" As the demon swiftly moved, the spike dragged
across his right forearm, spilling crimson blood onto the ground. He howled in pain for a moment.
Regaining himself, he used 'Blades of Blood' to try to subdue the demon. It made some damage into
the demon, but it was able to dodge most of them, being able to see the attach coming from a mile
away. "Fuck!"
Once again, as the demon tried to attack him, Inuyasha tried to grab for Tetsusaiga. This time
he came closer but still he missed. Even without it's wings, the demon was incredibly fast. Every time
the demon passed him by, all of his attempts of retrieving Tetsusaiga were met with a spike in his arm or
hand. Trying 'Iron Reaper Soul Stealer' again, it hit him in a few of his many eyes. This seemed to
slow him down, more then any other attack that he had tried. He tried it again, but this time the demon
evaded the attack completely, learning about it's opponent with every strike he made.
He was getting nowhere fast. Quickly, all of his attacks and different strategies were all
memorized by the demon. The more he used each attack, the easier time the demon had deflecting
them. He was beginning to think he was actually in some sort of trouble. Maybe he could've used
Iliana's help after all.
And then, as if someone had heard him, he saw a small figure running towards him. "Oh, no,"
he said quietly, not wanting to attract any attention to the human girl. 'Please, stay back,' he pleaded
with her silently. But, he somewhat knew, even if he pleaded aloud, she wouldn't waver at all in her
pursuit.
"Hiiiii-yaaa!" Iliana cried in a booming voice, unlike the high pitched musical voice Inuyasha had
grown used to hearing. With her war cry, she jumped into the air, striking her bo down upon the
centipede's head, throwing it completely off-guard. She jabbed the end of her bo into the demon's
eyes, bloodying the end of her staff with every ear popped. "Sometimes, you just can't beat a big
strong stick!" she yelled heartedly. As she continued blinding the demon, it tried to impale her on one
of his spikes. Iliana felt a painful twinge in her side. With a cry of anguish she swiftly took her bo in her
hands and blocked against the spike before it could penetrate her flesh any further. Returning to pop
one more eye, she continued to distract the beast by blocking the centipede trying to, what seemed to
her, eat her whole. She blocked his mouth and once was even able to jab her bo inside it's upper
mouth, which made it give an each shattering scream. Iliana shuttered but stood her ground firmly.
"Now's my chance," said Inuyasha running towards her and the demon. With Iliana distracting
it and it not able to see as well as before, Inuyasha easily captured back Tetsusaiga and unsheathed it.
It transformed instantly. Iliana began to loose her battle with the demon right as she heard the
wonderful sound of Inuyasha yelling in triumph. In one quick fluid motion, Inuyasha ran Tetsusaiga up
the middle of the centipede, splattering it's blackened blood everywhere.
Iliana was completely out of breath. She flopped down on the ground, still gripping tightly to
her bo with her other arm wrapped around her wounded side. Besides the hole in her torso, it seemed
she had not been harmed at all. She had her eyes locked on the hanyou's, which his was also on hers.
He walked to her and extended his hand to her. She removed her hand from her wound, which was
now very bloodied, and took his hand. With his help and the help of bracing herself on her bo, she was
able to stand. She smiled a thank you, and she couldn't tell, but it looked like he might have smiled
himself.
Once he was sure she was mostly alright, Inuyasha turned from her, leaving her braced on her
bo, and started to search the grounds. Iliana saw his actions and questioned, "What are you looking
for?"
He didn't answer, he just continued to scour the area. Noticing she was walking around also,
he continued his search faster. A thought crossed his mind of her finding the shard and not giving it to
him, keeping it for herself. He was looking through the bits and pieces of the demon left trying to find
any sign of the shard.
Iliana hadn't a clue what she was looking for, but there wasn't much to look for after this battle.
So, she merely sought out anything that looked like it was out of place. In a pool of the demon's blood,
she saw what seemed to be just a little glimmer of light. She walked up to it, not wanting to draw
attention to herself. She looked closely at the glimmer and found that it shined because the sun was
bouncing off a little sliver of what looked like a piece of a jewel. She reached for it, getting a hand full
of blood along with it. She opened her hand and gazed at the piece of glasslike material. 'This must be
what he's looking for,' she thought excitedly. "Inuyasha?" she said approaching him slowly.
He turned to her and saw her hand was fisted in front of her, covered in blood. 'Oh, no'.
"Show me what you have in your hand!" he said forcefully.
She complied as she reached him. Opening her hand she asked, "Is this what you're looking
for?"
It was what he dreaded. She had a fragment of the Shikon jewel in the middle of her hand,
surrounded my a tiny pool of blood. He considered snatching it from her, but he decided against it. Not
that he couldn't do it, he just didn't want to offend her. In the last day he has grown to like having her
around. He wanted to tell her what it was but she didn't want her decide to keep it. "Yeah, that's it,"
he said softly.
"Well, here," she said bringing her hand up to his chest waiting for him to take it from him.
He was amazed. She didn't even want to know what it was for, only to give it to him. Inuyasha
took the shard from her hand between his fingers. He placed it in a hidden pocket in the lining of his fire
rat coat and looked at Iliana. She, as always, was smiling. "Thank you," he said looking away from
her, almost so soft she couldn't hear."No problem," she said back.
"But you should have listened to me and stayed away! You couldn't be killed!" he shout back
at her.
"Well, excuse me for saving your ass!" she screamed, sheathing with anger. "I told you I can
handle myself! And besides, what do you care if I live or die? I'm not like your sister or anything!" she
said with tone of a little hatefulness in her voice.
"Now, listen here....!" He lost his words fully understanding what she had just said. He
couldn't say anything to make her feel better because that would be emitting that he may possibly need
someone, or that he had family that he didn't despise. He sat in silence, seeing tears welling up in her
eyes and she forced them to stay where they were. He had to say something, anything! "Listen, I just
didn't want you to get hurt. And, I did say thanks for finding that shard," he said glancing at her
bloodied hand. He hoped that would be enough to calm her down.
He was relieved when he saw her look. Her pleasant face turned back to its cheery self and
caring eyes looked up at him. "Ok, I'll let you off the hook this time," she said. "But, only because I'm
tired and sore!" she added.
Rolling his eyes, he nodded his head and turned, kneeling down in front of her. He craned his
neck to look over his shoulder. "Climb on. I can move faster then you and you're hurt."
She gave him a questioning look for a moment.
"Come on! You had no problem jumping on my back just a little while ago."
Giggling a little, she cautiously climbed onto his back and wrapped her arms gently around his
neck. He wrapped his arms behind him around her legs and leapt forward and made off for Keade's
hut.
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And there you have it!! Please Review if you have the time to do so. I got to get out of here and get
some sleep!!!!! I'm excited. Anyways, I'm out of here. Hope you guys liked it! Next chapter will be
really, really, really short!! So bare with me.
Take it Easy as always!
LFA