(:Disclaimer:) I don't own Inu Yasha. He owns me.
(:A.N:) Hello again! Chapter twelve was fun, wasn' it? I like writing fighting scenes, even though I'm really not that good at them. ::laugh:: Anyways, we'll be seeing quite a bit more of Kyozame (aka Mr New Demon, as I call him) in future chapters, and maybe even in this chapter. (I don't even know myself). Anyways, the next chapters will be good ones, so be sure to pay close attention!
Haunting Me in Dreams
Chapter Thirteen : Pain
By : Feng Shui Goddess
I searched frantically for the Shikon no Tama everywhere I could think of. I checked on the ground, to see if it had perhaps fallen out of my pocket while Kyozame and I were fighting. No luck. With no sign of the Shikon no Tama anywhere, I then knew that there was only one thing that could of happened. Kyozame stole it. I ran after his scent, looking for a sign of him. I was running in the same direction that I would of traveled anyways, so I wasn't going too far out of my way to search for the demon. 'How could you have let him take it from you so easily?' I asked myself, 'I was so reged in battle, I didn't even notice. I could of easily killed him...' I smiled at the thought of this, and felt confident about getting the Shikon no Tama from him. With my new spur of confidence, I ran even faster than I already was, jumping from branch to branch on the surrounding trees. The forest animals ran quickly as I approached them, of fear that I'd run them over. As I got closer and closer to my home, I became less optomistic on locating Kyozame tonight. Suddenly, I smelled something familiar, and heard something running on the forest floor. I dropped down to the ground, and continued following my sences until I found someone. Kyozame was sitting on the base of a large tree, clasping the Shikon no Tama as if his life depended on it. He turned and faced me, smiling that same cunning smile that he had used earlier. "Temeee..." I scowled. He laughed, "oh, Inu Yasha? You found me that fast? I'm impressed, boy. I suggest that you give up your hopeless mission to become full demon, because I, using the Shikon no Tama, will easily tear you to shreads." I scowled, disregarding his shallow comments. "You're all talk, Kyozame. Enough of your foolish mockery. I'm here to get what is rightfully mine back!" He gazed at me with his glazed eyes, "rightfully? I'm sorry, child, but the Shikon no Tama has never been rightfully owned. It has been stolen from many many demons over the past years, and no one has ever rightfully owned it." I let out a confident laugh, "how about this? If I win it in a battle, is it rightfully mine, so to speak?" Kyozame stood up, "so you are challenging me?" I smirked, "duh. You just caught that now? Hopefully you won't be this slow in battle!" Kyozame laughed, "true, but allow me to do something first."
Kyozame made a large gash in his arm, and put the Shikon no Tama inside, his skin quickly regenerating to cover both the wound and the Shikon no Tama. I quickly ran over to him and attempted to retrieve the jewel back from him, but as I approached, a shield appeared over his body, preventing me from getting close to him. I gasped as he started to transform. His silver eyes turned bright red, and his muscle mass quickly grew. His black hair became stark white, and his fangs grew one fourth in size. He seemed to look older, and more mature. Once his transformation was complete, he charged at me with full force, knocking me back against a tree. I impailed his shoulders with my claws, tearing up his skin. As he continued to push me into the tree, I lifted my legs up against the tree trunk, and pushed his body away from mine. Released from his grasp, I swung a punch as hard as I could towards his face, making his seem disoriented for a second. I crept towards his backside, about to attack, when I noticed something. 'He has a metal plate surrounding his heart. His weak spot must be his heart! If I can manage to get his chest plate off, then I'll have access and be able to inflict more damage!' I smiled to myself at my brilliant new plan, not noticing Kyozame's hand moving swiftly towards my stomach. Before I could pull back or move, his hand went through my body, making me scream in pain. My eyes started to flutter shut for a minute, but I quickly stopped, knowing that I had a battle to finish. As he finally removed his hand from inside of me, I shot him an anger filled glare. "Did I hurt you, boy? I'm terribly sorry," he mocked, making my anger increase. I slammed his head into a tree while he was busy laughing at his own dumb joke, making his eyes go wide. I reached towards his chest plate, but he quickly tore me away from his body, sending me falling towards the ground. While on the ground, Kyozame pushed his foot through the healing hole in my body, making me scream uncontrolably. He laughed, applying more force. I felt so weak, I couldin't move. It felt as if a thousand knives were stabbing me at once. My eyes fluttered shut, and my vision got dark. I could see a golden light out of the corners of my eyes, but as I tried to look at it, it disappered. Giving up, I let my eyes close, looking up at Kyozame's joyful face.
~*Dream*~
I opened my eyes to find myself at a familiar location. I knew all the scents and sounds around me, so I felt safe. I was at my father's home, only it was before father had abandoned Mother and me. I looked over to my right to find Mother and Father talking while walking through the garden. They both looked so content, and happy to be with eachother. Suddenly, I heard someone approaching me. I turned to see my half brother, Sessho Maru, looking at me with a friendly smile on his face. "You're here, Inu Yasha. I thought I heard Father say something earlier about you going to drop by today. I'm glad you did." Sessho Maru was being kind to me, just as he had done when I was a young child. I looked at him with sorrow in my eyes, "I'm glad to see you're doing well, Brother." He slowly approached me, and whispered into my ear, "so, do you want to finish where we left off last time?" At first I wasn't sure what he was talking about, but then I remembered about the battle we had enraged in last time I was here, about a month ago. I sighed, "I'm sorry, but I'm not up to the challenge today, Sessho Maru." He looked at me with worry in his eyes, "are you feeling alright, Inu Yasha? You're usually the one to jump right into battle. Are you ill?" I nodded 'no,' and looked down at the ground. "Then what's wrong? Do tell me, Inu Yasha," he beckoned. "It's wrong, I just didn't get much sleep last night, and when I'm tired, you'll surely win the battle." I was lying, of course, but Sessho Maru didn't need to know anything about my life with my mother. After all, he was not one to approve of humans, despite the fact that our father was currently married to one. "Is it about Hotaru's illness?" he asked, looking concerned. I looked down at the ground, scuffing my feet. "You don't care about my mother, Sessho Maru. I know how badly you think of humans." He glared at me, "are you judging me, Inu Yasha? Your kind is not one to judge people like me." I started filling with anger. Sometimes my brother acted kindly to me, but other times he acted hateful. I had mixed feelings about my brother, just as he had them towards me. Of course, I was quite used to our arguements. After all, we had been having them since I was very young. "Of course, Sessho Maru. I would never jump to conclusions towards someone with your kindness. You love humans. As a matter of fact, it's hard to get you away from them," I said, sarcastically. Apparently Sessho Maru wasn't very delighted by my humor, as he slapped me across the face, making me cry. Mother ran up to me, hearing me cry. She rubbed the red mark on my face, punishing Sessho Maru. Needless to say, I went to bed happy that night.
~*End of Dream*~
(:A.N:) Well, that's it for the thirteenth segment of this story, and I hope you enjoyed it. Poor Inu Yasha... *snif* I do hope he has a quick recovery, don't you? I threw in the dream at the end because I thought it would make a nice additon. What did you think? Please review! Thank you! -Mae-
(:A.N:) Hello again! Chapter twelve was fun, wasn' it? I like writing fighting scenes, even though I'm really not that good at them. ::laugh:: Anyways, we'll be seeing quite a bit more of Kyozame (aka Mr New Demon, as I call him) in future chapters, and maybe even in this chapter. (I don't even know myself). Anyways, the next chapters will be good ones, so be sure to pay close attention!
Haunting Me in Dreams
Chapter Thirteen : Pain
By : Feng Shui Goddess
I searched frantically for the Shikon no Tama everywhere I could think of. I checked on the ground, to see if it had perhaps fallen out of my pocket while Kyozame and I were fighting. No luck. With no sign of the Shikon no Tama anywhere, I then knew that there was only one thing that could of happened. Kyozame stole it. I ran after his scent, looking for a sign of him. I was running in the same direction that I would of traveled anyways, so I wasn't going too far out of my way to search for the demon. 'How could you have let him take it from you so easily?' I asked myself, 'I was so reged in battle, I didn't even notice. I could of easily killed him...' I smiled at the thought of this, and felt confident about getting the Shikon no Tama from him. With my new spur of confidence, I ran even faster than I already was, jumping from branch to branch on the surrounding trees. The forest animals ran quickly as I approached them, of fear that I'd run them over. As I got closer and closer to my home, I became less optomistic on locating Kyozame tonight. Suddenly, I smelled something familiar, and heard something running on the forest floor. I dropped down to the ground, and continued following my sences until I found someone. Kyozame was sitting on the base of a large tree, clasping the Shikon no Tama as if his life depended on it. He turned and faced me, smiling that same cunning smile that he had used earlier. "Temeee..." I scowled. He laughed, "oh, Inu Yasha? You found me that fast? I'm impressed, boy. I suggest that you give up your hopeless mission to become full demon, because I, using the Shikon no Tama, will easily tear you to shreads." I scowled, disregarding his shallow comments. "You're all talk, Kyozame. Enough of your foolish mockery. I'm here to get what is rightfully mine back!" He gazed at me with his glazed eyes, "rightfully? I'm sorry, child, but the Shikon no Tama has never been rightfully owned. It has been stolen from many many demons over the past years, and no one has ever rightfully owned it." I let out a confident laugh, "how about this? If I win it in a battle, is it rightfully mine, so to speak?" Kyozame stood up, "so you are challenging me?" I smirked, "duh. You just caught that now? Hopefully you won't be this slow in battle!" Kyozame laughed, "true, but allow me to do something first."
Kyozame made a large gash in his arm, and put the Shikon no Tama inside, his skin quickly regenerating to cover both the wound and the Shikon no Tama. I quickly ran over to him and attempted to retrieve the jewel back from him, but as I approached, a shield appeared over his body, preventing me from getting close to him. I gasped as he started to transform. His silver eyes turned bright red, and his muscle mass quickly grew. His black hair became stark white, and his fangs grew one fourth in size. He seemed to look older, and more mature. Once his transformation was complete, he charged at me with full force, knocking me back against a tree. I impailed his shoulders with my claws, tearing up his skin. As he continued to push me into the tree, I lifted my legs up against the tree trunk, and pushed his body away from mine. Released from his grasp, I swung a punch as hard as I could towards his face, making his seem disoriented for a second. I crept towards his backside, about to attack, when I noticed something. 'He has a metal plate surrounding his heart. His weak spot must be his heart! If I can manage to get his chest plate off, then I'll have access and be able to inflict more damage!' I smiled to myself at my brilliant new plan, not noticing Kyozame's hand moving swiftly towards my stomach. Before I could pull back or move, his hand went through my body, making me scream in pain. My eyes started to flutter shut for a minute, but I quickly stopped, knowing that I had a battle to finish. As he finally removed his hand from inside of me, I shot him an anger filled glare. "Did I hurt you, boy? I'm terribly sorry," he mocked, making my anger increase. I slammed his head into a tree while he was busy laughing at his own dumb joke, making his eyes go wide. I reached towards his chest plate, but he quickly tore me away from his body, sending me falling towards the ground. While on the ground, Kyozame pushed his foot through the healing hole in my body, making me scream uncontrolably. He laughed, applying more force. I felt so weak, I couldin't move. It felt as if a thousand knives were stabbing me at once. My eyes fluttered shut, and my vision got dark. I could see a golden light out of the corners of my eyes, but as I tried to look at it, it disappered. Giving up, I let my eyes close, looking up at Kyozame's joyful face.
~*Dream*~
I opened my eyes to find myself at a familiar location. I knew all the scents and sounds around me, so I felt safe. I was at my father's home, only it was before father had abandoned Mother and me. I looked over to my right to find Mother and Father talking while walking through the garden. They both looked so content, and happy to be with eachother. Suddenly, I heard someone approaching me. I turned to see my half brother, Sessho Maru, looking at me with a friendly smile on his face. "You're here, Inu Yasha. I thought I heard Father say something earlier about you going to drop by today. I'm glad you did." Sessho Maru was being kind to me, just as he had done when I was a young child. I looked at him with sorrow in my eyes, "I'm glad to see you're doing well, Brother." He slowly approached me, and whispered into my ear, "so, do you want to finish where we left off last time?" At first I wasn't sure what he was talking about, but then I remembered about the battle we had enraged in last time I was here, about a month ago. I sighed, "I'm sorry, but I'm not up to the challenge today, Sessho Maru." He looked at me with worry in his eyes, "are you feeling alright, Inu Yasha? You're usually the one to jump right into battle. Are you ill?" I nodded 'no,' and looked down at the ground. "Then what's wrong? Do tell me, Inu Yasha," he beckoned. "It's wrong, I just didn't get much sleep last night, and when I'm tired, you'll surely win the battle." I was lying, of course, but Sessho Maru didn't need to know anything about my life with my mother. After all, he was not one to approve of humans, despite the fact that our father was currently married to one. "Is it about Hotaru's illness?" he asked, looking concerned. I looked down at the ground, scuffing my feet. "You don't care about my mother, Sessho Maru. I know how badly you think of humans." He glared at me, "are you judging me, Inu Yasha? Your kind is not one to judge people like me." I started filling with anger. Sometimes my brother acted kindly to me, but other times he acted hateful. I had mixed feelings about my brother, just as he had them towards me. Of course, I was quite used to our arguements. After all, we had been having them since I was very young. "Of course, Sessho Maru. I would never jump to conclusions towards someone with your kindness. You love humans. As a matter of fact, it's hard to get you away from them," I said, sarcastically. Apparently Sessho Maru wasn't very delighted by my humor, as he slapped me across the face, making me cry. Mother ran up to me, hearing me cry. She rubbed the red mark on my face, punishing Sessho Maru. Needless to say, I went to bed happy that night.
~*End of Dream*~
(:A.N:) Well, that's it for the thirteenth segment of this story, and I hope you enjoyed it. Poor Inu Yasha... *snif* I do hope he has a quick recovery, don't you? I threw in the dream at the end because I thought it would make a nice additon. What did you think? Please review! Thank you! -Mae-