The Ninth Scroll. . .
The Battle. . .
It was a long,dark corridor which they ran down as they took the long path;Kuro-Aki in the back,Shippo infront of her,and Kagome beind Inu-Yasha who lead the way.
The place was consumed by darkness,the only light was the one which they ran towards which was so far away,or so it seemed.To them,hours seemed to go by as they finally got to it.It was a stairway,a royal carpet going up it.Inu-Yasha paused,it looked too suspicious.
"Wait!" said Kuro-Aki suddenly stepping forward,she licked a finger then took a piece of her hair,a tiny strand,and took it out of her skull,not wincing a bit,then slipped it right across where the small entrance to the stairway was and a flood of knives came down.
Inu-Yasha sweatdropped slightly,"Gah!That could have been me!"
"Luckily it wasn't!"said Kagome smirking.
"Let's go everyone. . ." said Kuro-Aki.
The stairway was black and long.It went up in a circular pattern,black crystals jutting out at some ends.It was exhausting but they kept going.The cold creeping darkness shimmered along,even Myoga was a bit frightened of it.Inu-Yasha however,kept a straight face as they went. . .
Finally,they came to two,huge,massive double doors,they shimmered and had strange designs on them,obviously Jaken's work.
"This is it. . ." said Inu-Yasha stepping forward.
"Inu-Yasha. . .are you sure you want to go through with this?"asked Kagome in a whisper.
"I'm sure. . .he will pay for this!" said Inu-Yasha,throwing the doors open,"SESSHO-MARU!"
Sessho-Maru was sitting in a throne-like chair,sipping a glass of some type of beverage,Jaken by his side,both smirking.
Sessho-Maru's expressionless face seemed to make Kuro-Aki stiffen slightly for some unknown reason.
"So good of you to join us.I have to admit,I didn't think you would make it this far,little brother." said Sessho-Maru,sneering.
"Well I did!I've come to settle this,once and for ALL!"replide Inu-Yasha,hand on the Tetsusaiga.
Sessho-Maru drew a blade suddenly,it shimmered,almost as big as the Tetsusaiga,glimmering it was large ofcourse like the Tetsusaiga,glimmering in gold and black as well as hot red fire gems in the hilt and the blade.He seemed to smirk as he stood holding the blade.
"One on one. . .NO interferances. . .we shall keep our nobility,shall we not little brother?" said Sessho-Maru.
Inu-Yasha spat then smirked,"What nobility?Dear brother you lost that a long time ago!"
"Can I trust that they will not interfere?"asked Sessho-Maru,glancing to Kagome and Shippo,as well as Kuro-Aki.
Kuro-Aki smirked,"They won't interefere."
"Good. . .now let's get this show on the road. . ."said Sessho-Maru.
Suddenly Sessho-Maru charged,still in his normal form,holding the blade as he smirked.Inu-Yasha met him half way,when the blades clashed a briliant light went out Inu-Yasha's way and a dark light went out Sessho-Maru's way,Inu-Yasha held his grip,finding it extremely hard.
~There's. . .something strange about this sword of his. . .~ thought Inu-Yasha.
Sessho-Maru kicked his brother away and smirked,"Can't you do any better?"
Inu-Yasha stood again,his tongue ran across his lips,sipping the blood then,he spat it right at Sessho-Maru and reassembled fighting position.
"I'm just getting started. . ." said Inu-Yasha smirking.
Once again the two clashed,swords releasing the same light,but this time,Inu-Yasha didn't let his guard down.He blocked the blade from the left and then jabbed straight forward and backflipped,giving Sessho-Maru a cut in the arm.Sessho-Maru charged again,his foot landing in Inu-Yasha's face,slamming him back as he kept kicking hard in mid air.Inu-Yasha clashed against the wall as Sessho-Maru backflipped.
Kagome gasped,"I. .. Inu-Yasha!?!?"
"Something is strange about the blade which m'lord's brother holds!"said Myoga to Kagome.
Kuro-Aki watched in silence,fist tightened as she watched,"He's right. . .I sense. . .it. . ."
"Tired already little brother?That's okay,I'll tuck you into an eternal sleep. . ." said Sessho-Maru as he walked closer.
"N. . no!" said Inu-Yasha standing and charging,he got kicked back and cut in the shoulder by Sessho-Maru's blade which hacked twice,cutting Inu-Yasha's sides this time,making him fall into the wall again,this time,a puddle of blood forming beneath him.
"Now. . .I'll finish you." said Sessho-Maru,raising his blade to finish off the boy before him.
"NOOOOOOOOO!"yelled Kagome,but she knew she wouldn't have time to intercept Sessho-Maru.
Suddenly Sessho-Maru was kicked from the front and went flying into the wall across with a bang.
CPOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!
"Inu-Yasha!?"gasped Kagome looking over,they saw Kuro-Aki standing there,"K. . .Kuro-Aki risked herself for Inu-Yasha?"
"Did you say Kuro-Aki?"asked Myoga blinking,"M'lord Inu-Yasha was very close to a girl named Kuro-Aki when he was a little whelp,they were like. . .ummm. . .a flea and a dog!"
"Hm?So. . .they were in love?"asked Kagome pausing.
"Yes. .. I guess you could say that. .."said Myoga nodding.
Kagome looked horrorstruck.~No. . .this can't be happening!~
Sessho-Maru stood in silence then looked at himself and looked to Kuro-Aki,eyes turning into little slits,"I thought you said you wouldn't interefere. . ."
"I didn't say that I (puts emphases on that!) wouldn't interefere. . .I said that THEY (emphasis) wouldn't interefere. . ."replied Kuro-Aki.
"Kuro-Aki. . ."whispered Inu-Yasha,he was in a lot of pain,it was that blade.
"Kagome. . .get Inu-Yasha out of here now. . ."said Kuro-Aki.
"Huh?Right!"said Kagome nodding,she ran over to Inu-Yasha and picked him up,suprisingly with ease and began to run out the door,Myoga on Shippo's shoulder who followed.
"NO!"yelled Sessho-Maru running at the door,but Kuro-Aki intercepted and kicked him back.
"You won't touch him. .. over my dead body!"said Kuro-Aki putting the blade to his throat.
"Wench. . .you would give your life up for that low snake???"asked Sessho-Maru.
". . . . . .Yes. . ."replied Kuro-Aki,driving the blade into his stomache,The Tetsunami glimmered brightly and Sessho-Maru remained in silence.
As Kagome got Inu-Yasha outside,her eyes widened as the Seraphim began to shake violently,the crystals began to fall.Rocks shattered and it began to just crumble,the building's tower fell first,then the building beneath it and it all lay in ruins.
"K. .. KURO-AKI!"yelled Kagome,tears in her eyes.
How could she tell Inu-Yasha???How could she tell him that Kuro-Aki was dead?
She looked back,and began to walk towards Kaede's villiage and the forest of Inu-Yasha,so much on her mind,she didn't know what to think anymore. . .
(To Be Continued. . .)
The Battle. . .
It was a long,dark corridor which they ran down as they took the long path;Kuro-Aki in the back,Shippo infront of her,and Kagome beind Inu-Yasha who lead the way.
The place was consumed by darkness,the only light was the one which they ran towards which was so far away,or so it seemed.To them,hours seemed to go by as they finally got to it.It was a stairway,a royal carpet going up it.Inu-Yasha paused,it looked too suspicious.
"Wait!" said Kuro-Aki suddenly stepping forward,she licked a finger then took a piece of her hair,a tiny strand,and took it out of her skull,not wincing a bit,then slipped it right across where the small entrance to the stairway was and a flood of knives came down.
Inu-Yasha sweatdropped slightly,"Gah!That could have been me!"
"Luckily it wasn't!"said Kagome smirking.
"Let's go everyone. . ." said Kuro-Aki.
The stairway was black and long.It went up in a circular pattern,black crystals jutting out at some ends.It was exhausting but they kept going.The cold creeping darkness shimmered along,even Myoga was a bit frightened of it.Inu-Yasha however,kept a straight face as they went. . .
Finally,they came to two,huge,massive double doors,they shimmered and had strange designs on them,obviously Jaken's work.
"This is it. . ." said Inu-Yasha stepping forward.
"Inu-Yasha. . .are you sure you want to go through with this?"asked Kagome in a whisper.
"I'm sure. . .he will pay for this!" said Inu-Yasha,throwing the doors open,"SESSHO-MARU!"
Sessho-Maru was sitting in a throne-like chair,sipping a glass of some type of beverage,Jaken by his side,both smirking.
Sessho-Maru's expressionless face seemed to make Kuro-Aki stiffen slightly for some unknown reason.
"So good of you to join us.I have to admit,I didn't think you would make it this far,little brother." said Sessho-Maru,sneering.
"Well I did!I've come to settle this,once and for ALL!"replide Inu-Yasha,hand on the Tetsusaiga.
Sessho-Maru drew a blade suddenly,it shimmered,almost as big as the Tetsusaiga,glimmering it was large ofcourse like the Tetsusaiga,glimmering in gold and black as well as hot red fire gems in the hilt and the blade.He seemed to smirk as he stood holding the blade.
"One on one. . .NO interferances. . .we shall keep our nobility,shall we not little brother?" said Sessho-Maru.
Inu-Yasha spat then smirked,"What nobility?Dear brother you lost that a long time ago!"
"Can I trust that they will not interfere?"asked Sessho-Maru,glancing to Kagome and Shippo,as well as Kuro-Aki.
Kuro-Aki smirked,"They won't interefere."
"Good. . .now let's get this show on the road. . ."said Sessho-Maru.
Suddenly Sessho-Maru charged,still in his normal form,holding the blade as he smirked.Inu-Yasha met him half way,when the blades clashed a briliant light went out Inu-Yasha's way and a dark light went out Sessho-Maru's way,Inu-Yasha held his grip,finding it extremely hard.
~There's. . .something strange about this sword of his. . .~ thought Inu-Yasha.
Sessho-Maru kicked his brother away and smirked,"Can't you do any better?"
Inu-Yasha stood again,his tongue ran across his lips,sipping the blood then,he spat it right at Sessho-Maru and reassembled fighting position.
"I'm just getting started. . ." said Inu-Yasha smirking.
Once again the two clashed,swords releasing the same light,but this time,Inu-Yasha didn't let his guard down.He blocked the blade from the left and then jabbed straight forward and backflipped,giving Sessho-Maru a cut in the arm.Sessho-Maru charged again,his foot landing in Inu-Yasha's face,slamming him back as he kept kicking hard in mid air.Inu-Yasha clashed against the wall as Sessho-Maru backflipped.
Kagome gasped,"I. .. Inu-Yasha!?!?"
"Something is strange about the blade which m'lord's brother holds!"said Myoga to Kagome.
Kuro-Aki watched in silence,fist tightened as she watched,"He's right. . .I sense. . .it. . ."
"Tired already little brother?That's okay,I'll tuck you into an eternal sleep. . ." said Sessho-Maru as he walked closer.
"N. . no!" said Inu-Yasha standing and charging,he got kicked back and cut in the shoulder by Sessho-Maru's blade which hacked twice,cutting Inu-Yasha's sides this time,making him fall into the wall again,this time,a puddle of blood forming beneath him.
"Now. . .I'll finish you." said Sessho-Maru,raising his blade to finish off the boy before him.
"NOOOOOOOOO!"yelled Kagome,but she knew she wouldn't have time to intercept Sessho-Maru.
Suddenly Sessho-Maru was kicked from the front and went flying into the wall across with a bang.
CPOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!
"Inu-Yasha!?"gasped Kagome looking over,they saw Kuro-Aki standing there,"K. . .Kuro-Aki risked herself for Inu-Yasha?"
"Did you say Kuro-Aki?"asked Myoga blinking,"M'lord Inu-Yasha was very close to a girl named Kuro-Aki when he was a little whelp,they were like. . .ummm. . .a flea and a dog!"
"Hm?So. . .they were in love?"asked Kagome pausing.
"Yes. .. I guess you could say that. .."said Myoga nodding.
Kagome looked horrorstruck.~No. . .this can't be happening!~
Sessho-Maru stood in silence then looked at himself and looked to Kuro-Aki,eyes turning into little slits,"I thought you said you wouldn't interefere. . ."
"I didn't say that I (puts emphases on that!) wouldn't interefere. . .I said that THEY (emphasis) wouldn't interefere. . ."replied Kuro-Aki.
"Kuro-Aki. . ."whispered Inu-Yasha,he was in a lot of pain,it was that blade.
"Kagome. . .get Inu-Yasha out of here now. . ."said Kuro-Aki.
"Huh?Right!"said Kagome nodding,she ran over to Inu-Yasha and picked him up,suprisingly with ease and began to run out the door,Myoga on Shippo's shoulder who followed.
"NO!"yelled Sessho-Maru running at the door,but Kuro-Aki intercepted and kicked him back.
"You won't touch him. .. over my dead body!"said Kuro-Aki putting the blade to his throat.
"Wench. . .you would give your life up for that low snake???"asked Sessho-Maru.
". . . . . .Yes. . ."replied Kuro-Aki,driving the blade into his stomache,The Tetsunami glimmered brightly and Sessho-Maru remained in silence.
As Kagome got Inu-Yasha outside,her eyes widened as the Seraphim began to shake violently,the crystals began to fall.Rocks shattered and it began to just crumble,the building's tower fell first,then the building beneath it and it all lay in ruins.
"K. .. KURO-AKI!"yelled Kagome,tears in her eyes.
How could she tell Inu-Yasha???How could she tell him that Kuro-Aki was dead?
She looked back,and began to walk towards Kaede's villiage and the forest of Inu-Yasha,so much on her mind,she didn't know what to think anymore. . .
(To Be Continued. . .)