Inu-Yasha: A Feudal Fairytale Vol. Z: Hebi's Last Stand
"Why do you bring me her?"
"But master, doesn't it please you?" asked Moshua, on his knees. "I thought you might be able to use her!"
"Well, now that I think of it. Moshua, she will be my bait! I will get Miruko here! His father betrayed me, but now I shall have my revenge! Yes, at last I shall destroy Miroku!" He laughed menacingly.
"Shippou? Shippou?" Sango called out over the fields.
"Wait!" Inu-Yasha stopped. "I hear something." His ears twitched. "OVER THERE!" he yelled, cutting a nearby bush with his sword.
"What is it?" Kagome asked.
"Nothing," Inu-Yasha turned around.
"Inu-Yasha! Behind you!" Miroku yelled out.
"No you don't!" Inu-Yasha swung around, thrusting Tetsuaiga into the heart of a Ryo-Ko.
"What is that?" asked Kagome, disgusted.
"It's a Ryo-Ko, a dragon worm," Lady Keade said.
"Nevermind that! We have to find Shippou!" Sango was angry. She ran on, the others behind her. "I see something ahead!" she pointed out. It was a narrow-mouthed cave.
"Child! Do not enter yet! It could be dangerous!" Lady Keade said, slowly walking up to the cave as if it were a sleeping beast.
"Oh come on, old lady!" Inu-Yasha went up to the mouth. All of a sudden, he was flung back.
"Inu-Yasha!" Kagome yelled.
The creature appeared at the mouth of the cave. However, it was no creature, it was Moshua.
"That's the boy!" Sango said, remembering that she had gotten a look at him earlier.
"It turns out he's not just a boy! He's a demon! Be careful Sango!" Inu- Yasha got up from the ground.
Sango raced toward Moshua, her boomerang extened. "Bone Boomerang!" It hit Moshua hard.
"Ugh! Now you've done it!" he yelled, as he raced towards her.
"Sango!" Miroku yelled. He raced to help her. "AIR RIP!" The hole in his hand opened, and Moshua started sliding in.
"Bone Boomerang!" With Sango's extra hit, he flew into the hell-hole and disappeared forever.
"Now, we have to get to Hebi!" Lady Keade cautiously stepped inside the cave, Inu-Yasha racing ahead of her.
"Shippou? Shippou?" Sango called again.
"Would you shut up? There's no telling what lurks around here!" Just as soon as Inu-Yasha finished his sentence, the cave walls crumbled. From the top jumped down a demon creature. It was a big, slender demon, with wings outspread from his back. In place of his hands were silver sickles.
"Everyone, go ahead! I've got this one!" grunted Inu-Yasha as he brandished his sword against the monsters sickle.
'"You guys go ahead, I'll stay with Inu-Yasha!" Kagome called, as they ran off to find Shippou.
"I told you" Inu-Yasha was interrupted.
"I don't care, you have stayed with me and fought, so now I'll stay with you!" She looked determined.
'Wow! For a human, she has a lot of courage!' he thought, as he blocked a blow from the demon. "Now die, you bastard!" The Tesutaiga transformed. "Ahhhhhhh!" Inu-Yasha cry was overpowered by the demon's wails as the blade was thrust through his stomach.
"You shall not pass!" It whispered between upchucks of blood.
"Oh I won't? Well, here. Maybe this will change your mind!" He shoved the sword into the demon's left arm and severed it from his body.
"You shall not pass!" it whispered even quieter than before.
"Curse you, won't you die?" Inu-Yasha rushed at him, Tesutaiga outheld. Then demon then backhanded Inu-Yasha, slamming him hard against the wall. It leapt upon him, delivering blow after blow from its only arm. Inu- Yasha's blood spread out upon his body.
"Stop that!" Kagome yelled, getting ready to release an arrow. She pulled it back, and then let it fly right into the demon's heart. It paused, then turned around to face her.
"You shall not.." It fell to the floor, a pool of blood around its body.
"Ka..gome!" Inu-Yasha managed to get out. "Hurry, help me up! We have to find the others!"
"Right!" Kagome lifted him up and hurried as fast as she could towards the others.
"Where is he?" Sango asked, frustrated.
"Looking for this?" Hebi appeared behind them, a misty cloud covering his feet.
"Shippou!" Sango saw Shippou trapped in his arms. "Let him go!"
"Air.." Miroku was about to unleash the accursed attack, when Hebi stopped him.
"Now, you wouldn't want to suck in your little rodent, would you?" He looked at Shippou, cackling.
"Boomerang Bone!" Sango cried. Hebi excused himself from the boomerang by darting out of the way.
"You think your mortal attacks will hurt me? I am a mini-god, more advanced than a mere mortal!"
"Well, I'm not pure mortal!" Kagome arrived carrying Inu-Yasha.
"Inu-Yasha, what happened to you?" Lady Keade asked, as she surveyed the cuts and bruises.
"What do you think?" he snapped. "Now, will you give him up willingly, or do I do I have to make you give him to me?"
"Oh please!" he laughed, dodging Tesutaiga with ease. He dodged whatever Inu-Yasha threw at him. "For a stupid half-breed, you sure do a lot of talking!"
"THAT"S IT! No one calls me a half-breed and gets away with it!" He leapt at Hebi thrusting Tesutaiga into his left shoulder.
"AHHH!!!" he screamed. "You bastard! Actually, I'm really surprised you hit me! I have never known anyone to actually take my blood! But it won't matter; no one will be alive to tell what happened! Now you will die!" He pointed his staff at Inu-Yasha. "Shikon Saviour!"
"What the?" Inu-Yasha was showered upon by millions of sharp gems.
"AIR RIP!" Miroku sucked the rest of the small gems into his hand. Inu-Yasha fell to the floor.
"Inu-Yasha!" Kagome ran over to him.
"Inu-Yasha, are you okay?" Miroku asked. Sango's eyes were still on Shippou.
"Kagome! Give me your.." Inu-Yasha stumbled. "Your Shikon shard."
"What? Why?" she asked, clutching it in her hands.
"Don't ask questions! Just give it to me!" he said, as blood trickled down his lips.
"Inu-Yasha, are you crazy? You can't give it to him, Kagome." Miroku said.
"You fools! This is like watching the circus!"
"Darn you! Bone Boomerang!" Sango said, thrusting her boomerang at him.
"Inu-Yasha, are you sure you know what you're doing? Can we trust you?" Lady Keade asked, concerned.
"I don't care! Here Inu-Yasha, take it!"
"Kagome!" she said, astonished.
"I don't know about you, but I trust him. He's trusted us to get this far, now it's time to show him some of that back!"
"Kagome, thank you!" He then clasped the jewel in his hands and put it into his mouth. Immediately, his body glowed. His hair turned a midnight blue. His claws extended and his crimson robes now glowed gold.
"Wow!" Kagome whispered.
"What's this?" Hebi was stunned.
"Well, congratulations! You get to witness the cause of your death, me!" Inu-Yasha walked toward him, Tesutaiga held tight in his hand. Hebi dropped Shippou to the ground and grabbed hold of his staff. Sango ran to help Shippou out of the ropes that bound him.
"Shikon Saviour!" Hebi yelled. The gems pounded on Inu-Yasha, but they had no effect.
He raised his sword. "My Shikon shard is a lot bigger than yours!" Inu- Yasha mocked him.
"How dare you! Shikon Saviour!" Still, no effect.
"I'm tired of your games! Let's get to the real stuff! Yahhhhhhhhh!!!!" Inu- Yasha jumped at Hebi, thrusting Tesutaiga through his temple. There was a splat of blood, and a long wailing cry. His body disappeared, and in a pool of black blood was his robes. His staff shattered, and the Shikon shard fell out of it.
"Uh!" Inu-Yasha fell over, upchucking the shard embedded within him.
Kagome rushed to his side. "I knew you could do it, Inu-Yasha!"
"Kagome, I..I lo..lov.." Hope filled Kagome's eyes. "Thank you Kagome." That was all he said.
"I love you too, Inu-Yasha!" She wrapped her arms around him. Inu-Yasha had a stunned expression on his face, but then relaxed as he felt her lips touch his cheek.
"Inu-Yasha, are you feeling better?" Lady Keade asked, handing him a cup of tea.
"I guess so. Anyway, thanks old woman!" he said.
"Well, that's the first time he has ever said thank you to me!" Lady Keade smiled.
"Shippou! I don't want you running around with strangers anymore, ok?" Sango ordered in a mother-like tone.
"All right!" he sighed.
"Inu-Yasha, how were you able to transform into a god-state like that?"
"How should I know, all I did was eat the thing, and beat Hebi's butt!"
"It was the shard. It gives its user any power it wanted. So, Inu-Yasha must have wished for a god-like power to overcome Hebi," Lady Keade stated.
"Well old lady, I'm glad you're around to explain things!" Inu-Yasha laughed.
As the sun went down, they all sat outside, sipping tea and laughing at each other. It was a happy ending to a mysterious adventure.
"Why do you bring me her?"
"But master, doesn't it please you?" asked Moshua, on his knees. "I thought you might be able to use her!"
"Well, now that I think of it. Moshua, she will be my bait! I will get Miruko here! His father betrayed me, but now I shall have my revenge! Yes, at last I shall destroy Miroku!" He laughed menacingly.
"Shippou? Shippou?" Sango called out over the fields.
"Wait!" Inu-Yasha stopped. "I hear something." His ears twitched. "OVER THERE!" he yelled, cutting a nearby bush with his sword.
"What is it?" Kagome asked.
"Nothing," Inu-Yasha turned around.
"Inu-Yasha! Behind you!" Miroku yelled out.
"No you don't!" Inu-Yasha swung around, thrusting Tetsuaiga into the heart of a Ryo-Ko.
"What is that?" asked Kagome, disgusted.
"It's a Ryo-Ko, a dragon worm," Lady Keade said.
"Nevermind that! We have to find Shippou!" Sango was angry. She ran on, the others behind her. "I see something ahead!" she pointed out. It was a narrow-mouthed cave.
"Child! Do not enter yet! It could be dangerous!" Lady Keade said, slowly walking up to the cave as if it were a sleeping beast.
"Oh come on, old lady!" Inu-Yasha went up to the mouth. All of a sudden, he was flung back.
"Inu-Yasha!" Kagome yelled.
The creature appeared at the mouth of the cave. However, it was no creature, it was Moshua.
"That's the boy!" Sango said, remembering that she had gotten a look at him earlier.
"It turns out he's not just a boy! He's a demon! Be careful Sango!" Inu- Yasha got up from the ground.
Sango raced toward Moshua, her boomerang extened. "Bone Boomerang!" It hit Moshua hard.
"Ugh! Now you've done it!" he yelled, as he raced towards her.
"Sango!" Miroku yelled. He raced to help her. "AIR RIP!" The hole in his hand opened, and Moshua started sliding in.
"Bone Boomerang!" With Sango's extra hit, he flew into the hell-hole and disappeared forever.
"Now, we have to get to Hebi!" Lady Keade cautiously stepped inside the cave, Inu-Yasha racing ahead of her.
"Shippou? Shippou?" Sango called again.
"Would you shut up? There's no telling what lurks around here!" Just as soon as Inu-Yasha finished his sentence, the cave walls crumbled. From the top jumped down a demon creature. It was a big, slender demon, with wings outspread from his back. In place of his hands were silver sickles.
"Everyone, go ahead! I've got this one!" grunted Inu-Yasha as he brandished his sword against the monsters sickle.
'"You guys go ahead, I'll stay with Inu-Yasha!" Kagome called, as they ran off to find Shippou.
"I told you" Inu-Yasha was interrupted.
"I don't care, you have stayed with me and fought, so now I'll stay with you!" She looked determined.
'Wow! For a human, she has a lot of courage!' he thought, as he blocked a blow from the demon. "Now die, you bastard!" The Tesutaiga transformed. "Ahhhhhhh!" Inu-Yasha cry was overpowered by the demon's wails as the blade was thrust through his stomach.
"You shall not pass!" It whispered between upchucks of blood.
"Oh I won't? Well, here. Maybe this will change your mind!" He shoved the sword into the demon's left arm and severed it from his body.
"You shall not pass!" it whispered even quieter than before.
"Curse you, won't you die?" Inu-Yasha rushed at him, Tesutaiga outheld. Then demon then backhanded Inu-Yasha, slamming him hard against the wall. It leapt upon him, delivering blow after blow from its only arm. Inu- Yasha's blood spread out upon his body.
"Stop that!" Kagome yelled, getting ready to release an arrow. She pulled it back, and then let it fly right into the demon's heart. It paused, then turned around to face her.
"You shall not.." It fell to the floor, a pool of blood around its body.
"Ka..gome!" Inu-Yasha managed to get out. "Hurry, help me up! We have to find the others!"
"Right!" Kagome lifted him up and hurried as fast as she could towards the others.
"Where is he?" Sango asked, frustrated.
"Looking for this?" Hebi appeared behind them, a misty cloud covering his feet.
"Shippou!" Sango saw Shippou trapped in his arms. "Let him go!"
"Air.." Miroku was about to unleash the accursed attack, when Hebi stopped him.
"Now, you wouldn't want to suck in your little rodent, would you?" He looked at Shippou, cackling.
"Boomerang Bone!" Sango cried. Hebi excused himself from the boomerang by darting out of the way.
"You think your mortal attacks will hurt me? I am a mini-god, more advanced than a mere mortal!"
"Well, I'm not pure mortal!" Kagome arrived carrying Inu-Yasha.
"Inu-Yasha, what happened to you?" Lady Keade asked, as she surveyed the cuts and bruises.
"What do you think?" he snapped. "Now, will you give him up willingly, or do I do I have to make you give him to me?"
"Oh please!" he laughed, dodging Tesutaiga with ease. He dodged whatever Inu-Yasha threw at him. "For a stupid half-breed, you sure do a lot of talking!"
"THAT"S IT! No one calls me a half-breed and gets away with it!" He leapt at Hebi thrusting Tesutaiga into his left shoulder.
"AHHH!!!" he screamed. "You bastard! Actually, I'm really surprised you hit me! I have never known anyone to actually take my blood! But it won't matter; no one will be alive to tell what happened! Now you will die!" He pointed his staff at Inu-Yasha. "Shikon Saviour!"
"What the?" Inu-Yasha was showered upon by millions of sharp gems.
"AIR RIP!" Miroku sucked the rest of the small gems into his hand. Inu-Yasha fell to the floor.
"Inu-Yasha!" Kagome ran over to him.
"Inu-Yasha, are you okay?" Miroku asked. Sango's eyes were still on Shippou.
"Kagome! Give me your.." Inu-Yasha stumbled. "Your Shikon shard."
"What? Why?" she asked, clutching it in her hands.
"Don't ask questions! Just give it to me!" he said, as blood trickled down his lips.
"Inu-Yasha, are you crazy? You can't give it to him, Kagome." Miroku said.
"You fools! This is like watching the circus!"
"Darn you! Bone Boomerang!" Sango said, thrusting her boomerang at him.
"Inu-Yasha, are you sure you know what you're doing? Can we trust you?" Lady Keade asked, concerned.
"I don't care! Here Inu-Yasha, take it!"
"Kagome!" she said, astonished.
"I don't know about you, but I trust him. He's trusted us to get this far, now it's time to show him some of that back!"
"Kagome, thank you!" He then clasped the jewel in his hands and put it into his mouth. Immediately, his body glowed. His hair turned a midnight blue. His claws extended and his crimson robes now glowed gold.
"Wow!" Kagome whispered.
"What's this?" Hebi was stunned.
"Well, congratulations! You get to witness the cause of your death, me!" Inu-Yasha walked toward him, Tesutaiga held tight in his hand. Hebi dropped Shippou to the ground and grabbed hold of his staff. Sango ran to help Shippou out of the ropes that bound him.
"Shikon Saviour!" Hebi yelled. The gems pounded on Inu-Yasha, but they had no effect.
He raised his sword. "My Shikon shard is a lot bigger than yours!" Inu- Yasha mocked him.
"How dare you! Shikon Saviour!" Still, no effect.
"I'm tired of your games! Let's get to the real stuff! Yahhhhhhhhh!!!!" Inu- Yasha jumped at Hebi, thrusting Tesutaiga through his temple. There was a splat of blood, and a long wailing cry. His body disappeared, and in a pool of black blood was his robes. His staff shattered, and the Shikon shard fell out of it.
"Uh!" Inu-Yasha fell over, upchucking the shard embedded within him.
Kagome rushed to his side. "I knew you could do it, Inu-Yasha!"
"Kagome, I..I lo..lov.." Hope filled Kagome's eyes. "Thank you Kagome." That was all he said.
"I love you too, Inu-Yasha!" She wrapped her arms around him. Inu-Yasha had a stunned expression on his face, but then relaxed as he felt her lips touch his cheek.
"Inu-Yasha, are you feeling better?" Lady Keade asked, handing him a cup of tea.
"I guess so. Anyway, thanks old woman!" he said.
"Well, that's the first time he has ever said thank you to me!" Lady Keade smiled.
"Shippou! I don't want you running around with strangers anymore, ok?" Sango ordered in a mother-like tone.
"All right!" he sighed.
"Inu-Yasha, how were you able to transform into a god-state like that?"
"How should I know, all I did was eat the thing, and beat Hebi's butt!"
"It was the shard. It gives its user any power it wanted. So, Inu-Yasha must have wished for a god-like power to overcome Hebi," Lady Keade stated.
"Well old lady, I'm glad you're around to explain things!" Inu-Yasha laughed.
As the sun went down, they all sat outside, sipping tea and laughing at each other. It was a happy ending to a mysterious adventure.