The Search for the Blood Crystal
Chapter 3: The Test of Skills and a Walk into the Past
(Disclaimer: I don't own Inu-yasha and I take no credit it for any of it. All characters belong to the creators of course. Only thing I claim is characters that have nothing to do with the original Inu-yasha story line.))
With body lowered Kisho kept his eyes focused on his prey, the bird lady youkai. She as well had her things eyes on him. She chuckled some as she opened her wings, "Silly pup, going to lunge for the kill with your clipped claws?"
Kisho smirked some, "You want to see how clipped these claws are?"
"Hmm. . .come boy lets see how well you can fight."
"Ha, yeah lets see," Kisho pushed off down from the wooden stairs he had been standing on. He was even a little bit off the ground giving him airtime longer and he raised his uninjured arm to strike at her. The bird youkai only laughed as she held one of her wings back, "You're so slow. You can't catch your prey that way!"
She swung her feathered arm across his face creating the wind to become like razor sharp daggers blowing across his body. With ease Kisho was blown back. Kisho's body hit the ground with a thump as his body was tossed around like a rag doll until he finally came to a stop under the trees. He was motionless on the ground with his limp limbs rested against the ground. His eyes were shut tightly as he laid there with blood oozing from his eyes where the razor wind had gotten him. She looked at him with a satisfying grin on her face, "Ah, well at lest I get to meal that's part youkai. He shall satisfy me enough."
In her greed she hurried over to the fallen Kisho failing to make sure he was fully unconscious. Her talon hand reached down grabbing a hold of his fine hair and held his body up in the air, "Now where to start. . .I think the intestines sound good." Her talon hand lingered around his midsection, "Now die you foolish boy!"
The talon she was about to cut him with was suddenly cut right through like it was nothing more then the air that lingered in the air. She let go of Kisho with her other talon as she hissed in angry from her cut limp. Kisho stood before her wide-awake again. He held his claws out barred to there fullest. His eyes were entirely red from the hit he received from her and he was surely blind from the attack. He wiped his face of the blood as he laughed some, even in his pain, "I. . .was right. You were so greedy to eat me you didn't even notice I was only faking."
"Fool you shall pay for what you've done to me. I can tell that attack you have taken has taken its toll on your pathetic human body."
Kisho couldn't deny that. He was dizzy already from blood lost, but he kept his stance as he growled some, "Even so my youkai blood will keep me going until your are in little pieces!"
Kisho lunged again, taking his chance since she was down with injuries, but Kisho was still to slow compared to her. Even from the ground she swung her uninjured arm and created the razor wind attack. Kisho couldn't see, but his hearing caught the increase in wind and he used his arms to protecting his face this time. The sharp wind whistled as it blew past his ears pushing him back. His arms were going numb slowly as the sharp wind bounced of his skin, creating a gash in each spot. Kisho had his feet dug deeply into the ground to sustain himself as he used all his energy to stay up. If he were to fall again he wouldn't be able to get up.
'This crazy bitch is going to kill me. If I don't think of something fast I'm going to die without finding the truth! . . .what? I didn't notice that. . .'
As Kisho blocked the attacks with his arms he noticed the attacks weren't hitting his hands or his claws. They remained free of injury and he could tell the wind was bouncing off them all together without harm. The bird youkai laughed in her confidence of winning, "Even if I don't kill you now, you'll die of blood loss, haha!"
He was blind, yes but he didn't need sight since he had his other senses, "Well here goes nothing!"
Kisho swung both his claws together across the winds in a horizontal action in a desperate attempt. In that one moment everything seemed to be silent of sounds as a bright light from his claws engulfed everything. Even though Kisho couldn't see it he could feel its warm rays of light. The bird lay youkai was on her feet again shielding her eyes from the light with her wings, "What is. . .this? This light is to pure to be coming from him."
As the light died down the winds were calm once again and Kisho wasn't even in sight anymore. She tilted her head some side-to-side trying to figure out where he went, "Did that fool get swallowed by his own powers?"
"No! But you're about to feel my wrath." Kisho had jumped into the air when the light show went off and now he was descending with his claws raised, "This time you can't use that stupid wind of yours."
"Ha, you think that's all I can do? Try my Feather Blades!" With a flick of her wings a few feathers detach and flew at him like daggers.
"Stupid bitch this is the end!" Kisho swung his claws and blew the feather blades away with the burning light.
'What! How can this be? He's more human than youkai. He shouldn't be this powerful.' She thought as she started to back away.
Kisho landed in front of her. Where he landed he created a small dent into the solid earth as he looked at her with his red eyes that still ran with blood, "Fear? I can sense fear from you." He growled as he licked the blood from his lips, "Thought you could pick on the people weaker then you, right? Well let me tell you that won't ever happen with me around!"
Kisho swung his claws in a blinding speed just as she was trying to flee. As he swung his claws the bright light bursts from them again tearing through her body with ease. The power had engulfed her entire body, leaving no remains left. It was over in a flash and Kisho stood there motionless for a moment his chest didn't rise or fall from exhaustion as he reminisced in his actions, "Well. . .that went well." Kisho's eyes rolled back into his head and he passed out, slipping unconscious.
*~~~~~*~*~~~~~~*Flashback*~~~~~~*~*~~~~~~~*
Sitting in the tall grasses was Kisho when he was but a young child. He remembered running through those open meadows with another youkai. . .a fox youkai that he could remember. Laughing a playing were good times. His parents sat on the hill watching along with their friends. He remember that one was a monk and the other had a boomerang like weapon. As he turned his head towards the ground his vision blurred as he cried out, "Mother! Father."
"Ah, something's wrong with Kisho!"
"There's someone else here, it's a spell. The weaker ones are just feeling the pressure. There's nothing to fear," The monk said.
Kisho could feel his mother's protective arms around him as he was lifted up, "Yes, but what has that kind of power?"
"I don't know, there are many youkai's in this world." Another women's voice said.
"Feh, I'll take care of it. No one screws with us and gets away with it."
"Inuyasha must you speak like that around him!" His mothered yelled.
He could hear whimpering in the background as if someone was glaring at him with a death look.
"We'll leave him at Kaede's but we'll come back for him."
. . .
*~~~~~*~*~~~~~~*End Flashback*~~~~~~*~*~~~~~~~*
Kisho opened his eyes slowly, to his amazement he could see, almost better then before. He sat up some stretching his stiff muscles. Most of his wounds seemed to be healed except for the ones on his arms. They were wrapped in some herbs and bandages.
"Ah, you're awake," Kaede said from the side.
"Yeah, thanks."
"Aye, you're welcome though I'm not responsible for that."
Kisho glared at her, "Then why are you saying thanks?"
"I'm the one that wrapped you. Kaede helped though!"
Kisho raised an eyebrow to the cheerful girl. She was the one that led him there in the first place, "What ever, thanks."
"You ok? You seem a bit preoccupied."
Kisho was thinking about the dream he had and Kaede noticed the boys change in attitude, "Go, gather some more herbs my dear."
She nodded cheerfully and skipped off through the door. Kisho didn't understand how anyone could be that happy, plus she was his age and it was just strange.
"Kisho, you had a vision?"
"Sort of. . .more like a smack in the face from the past," Kisho said as he laid back down.
"Boy, as I said before I don't know much about this. Your parents left you here and we watched you in this village for a year. They never returned and we've been searching for them all these years. You were sent back through the well to live with your other family."
Kisho laughed lightly, "Ha that never happened I've lived by myself for a long time. I was smart though so I learned fast enough to get into school. . .but I was told I was found by that well in my own time. I visited the temple everyday."
Kaede nodded as she took her seat, "Do you know your parents names?"
Kisho shook his head lightly, "Not really."
"Well, the first letters in the beginning of your name is the first letter in their names."
"A 'K' and a 'I' are in my name so they are. . ." Kisho coughed some as he remembered back to when Sota pushed him into the well, "That stupid brat knew all along, it's those names he said. Kagome and Inuyasha are my parents, aren't they?"
Kaede nodded her head as Kisho looked down at his clawed hands, "I'll find them, even with this new power. No one else was meant to save them but me."
"There are greater evils in this world a fear. Even more powerful then that your parents faced. You still will go on?"
"You bet, I'll slice and dice them with my new abilities!" Kisho jumped up, but a stinging sensation in his legs caused him to fall back down.
Kaede shook her head, "Idiot."
Chapter 3: The Test of Skills and a Walk into the Past
(Disclaimer: I don't own Inu-yasha and I take no credit it for any of it. All characters belong to the creators of course. Only thing I claim is characters that have nothing to do with the original Inu-yasha story line.))
With body lowered Kisho kept his eyes focused on his prey, the bird lady youkai. She as well had her things eyes on him. She chuckled some as she opened her wings, "Silly pup, going to lunge for the kill with your clipped claws?"
Kisho smirked some, "You want to see how clipped these claws are?"
"Hmm. . .come boy lets see how well you can fight."
"Ha, yeah lets see," Kisho pushed off down from the wooden stairs he had been standing on. He was even a little bit off the ground giving him airtime longer and he raised his uninjured arm to strike at her. The bird youkai only laughed as she held one of her wings back, "You're so slow. You can't catch your prey that way!"
She swung her feathered arm across his face creating the wind to become like razor sharp daggers blowing across his body. With ease Kisho was blown back. Kisho's body hit the ground with a thump as his body was tossed around like a rag doll until he finally came to a stop under the trees. He was motionless on the ground with his limp limbs rested against the ground. His eyes were shut tightly as he laid there with blood oozing from his eyes where the razor wind had gotten him. She looked at him with a satisfying grin on her face, "Ah, well at lest I get to meal that's part youkai. He shall satisfy me enough."
In her greed she hurried over to the fallen Kisho failing to make sure he was fully unconscious. Her talon hand reached down grabbing a hold of his fine hair and held his body up in the air, "Now where to start. . .I think the intestines sound good." Her talon hand lingered around his midsection, "Now die you foolish boy!"
The talon she was about to cut him with was suddenly cut right through like it was nothing more then the air that lingered in the air. She let go of Kisho with her other talon as she hissed in angry from her cut limp. Kisho stood before her wide-awake again. He held his claws out barred to there fullest. His eyes were entirely red from the hit he received from her and he was surely blind from the attack. He wiped his face of the blood as he laughed some, even in his pain, "I. . .was right. You were so greedy to eat me you didn't even notice I was only faking."
"Fool you shall pay for what you've done to me. I can tell that attack you have taken has taken its toll on your pathetic human body."
Kisho couldn't deny that. He was dizzy already from blood lost, but he kept his stance as he growled some, "Even so my youkai blood will keep me going until your are in little pieces!"
Kisho lunged again, taking his chance since she was down with injuries, but Kisho was still to slow compared to her. Even from the ground she swung her uninjured arm and created the razor wind attack. Kisho couldn't see, but his hearing caught the increase in wind and he used his arms to protecting his face this time. The sharp wind whistled as it blew past his ears pushing him back. His arms were going numb slowly as the sharp wind bounced of his skin, creating a gash in each spot. Kisho had his feet dug deeply into the ground to sustain himself as he used all his energy to stay up. If he were to fall again he wouldn't be able to get up.
'This crazy bitch is going to kill me. If I don't think of something fast I'm going to die without finding the truth! . . .what? I didn't notice that. . .'
As Kisho blocked the attacks with his arms he noticed the attacks weren't hitting his hands or his claws. They remained free of injury and he could tell the wind was bouncing off them all together without harm. The bird youkai laughed in her confidence of winning, "Even if I don't kill you now, you'll die of blood loss, haha!"
He was blind, yes but he didn't need sight since he had his other senses, "Well here goes nothing!"
Kisho swung both his claws together across the winds in a horizontal action in a desperate attempt. In that one moment everything seemed to be silent of sounds as a bright light from his claws engulfed everything. Even though Kisho couldn't see it he could feel its warm rays of light. The bird lay youkai was on her feet again shielding her eyes from the light with her wings, "What is. . .this? This light is to pure to be coming from him."
As the light died down the winds were calm once again and Kisho wasn't even in sight anymore. She tilted her head some side-to-side trying to figure out where he went, "Did that fool get swallowed by his own powers?"
"No! But you're about to feel my wrath." Kisho had jumped into the air when the light show went off and now he was descending with his claws raised, "This time you can't use that stupid wind of yours."
"Ha, you think that's all I can do? Try my Feather Blades!" With a flick of her wings a few feathers detach and flew at him like daggers.
"Stupid bitch this is the end!" Kisho swung his claws and blew the feather blades away with the burning light.
'What! How can this be? He's more human than youkai. He shouldn't be this powerful.' She thought as she started to back away.
Kisho landed in front of her. Where he landed he created a small dent into the solid earth as he looked at her with his red eyes that still ran with blood, "Fear? I can sense fear from you." He growled as he licked the blood from his lips, "Thought you could pick on the people weaker then you, right? Well let me tell you that won't ever happen with me around!"
Kisho swung his claws in a blinding speed just as she was trying to flee. As he swung his claws the bright light bursts from them again tearing through her body with ease. The power had engulfed her entire body, leaving no remains left. It was over in a flash and Kisho stood there motionless for a moment his chest didn't rise or fall from exhaustion as he reminisced in his actions, "Well. . .that went well." Kisho's eyes rolled back into his head and he passed out, slipping unconscious.
*~~~~~*~*~~~~~~*Flashback*~~~~~~*~*~~~~~~~*
Sitting in the tall grasses was Kisho when he was but a young child. He remembered running through those open meadows with another youkai. . .a fox youkai that he could remember. Laughing a playing were good times. His parents sat on the hill watching along with their friends. He remember that one was a monk and the other had a boomerang like weapon. As he turned his head towards the ground his vision blurred as he cried out, "Mother! Father."
"Ah, something's wrong with Kisho!"
"There's someone else here, it's a spell. The weaker ones are just feeling the pressure. There's nothing to fear," The monk said.
Kisho could feel his mother's protective arms around him as he was lifted up, "Yes, but what has that kind of power?"
"I don't know, there are many youkai's in this world." Another women's voice said.
"Feh, I'll take care of it. No one screws with us and gets away with it."
"Inuyasha must you speak like that around him!" His mothered yelled.
He could hear whimpering in the background as if someone was glaring at him with a death look.
"We'll leave him at Kaede's but we'll come back for him."
. . .
*~~~~~*~*~~~~~~*End Flashback*~~~~~~*~*~~~~~~~*
Kisho opened his eyes slowly, to his amazement he could see, almost better then before. He sat up some stretching his stiff muscles. Most of his wounds seemed to be healed except for the ones on his arms. They were wrapped in some herbs and bandages.
"Ah, you're awake," Kaede said from the side.
"Yeah, thanks."
"Aye, you're welcome though I'm not responsible for that."
Kisho glared at her, "Then why are you saying thanks?"
"I'm the one that wrapped you. Kaede helped though!"
Kisho raised an eyebrow to the cheerful girl. She was the one that led him there in the first place, "What ever, thanks."
"You ok? You seem a bit preoccupied."
Kisho was thinking about the dream he had and Kaede noticed the boys change in attitude, "Go, gather some more herbs my dear."
She nodded cheerfully and skipped off through the door. Kisho didn't understand how anyone could be that happy, plus she was his age and it was just strange.
"Kisho, you had a vision?"
"Sort of. . .more like a smack in the face from the past," Kisho said as he laid back down.
"Boy, as I said before I don't know much about this. Your parents left you here and we watched you in this village for a year. They never returned and we've been searching for them all these years. You were sent back through the well to live with your other family."
Kisho laughed lightly, "Ha that never happened I've lived by myself for a long time. I was smart though so I learned fast enough to get into school. . .but I was told I was found by that well in my own time. I visited the temple everyday."
Kaede nodded as she took her seat, "Do you know your parents names?"
Kisho shook his head lightly, "Not really."
"Well, the first letters in the beginning of your name is the first letter in their names."
"A 'K' and a 'I' are in my name so they are. . ." Kisho coughed some as he remembered back to when Sota pushed him into the well, "That stupid brat knew all along, it's those names he said. Kagome and Inuyasha are my parents, aren't they?"
Kaede nodded her head as Kisho looked down at his clawed hands, "I'll find them, even with this new power. No one else was meant to save them but me."
"There are greater evils in this world a fear. Even more powerful then that your parents faced. You still will go on?"
"You bet, I'll slice and dice them with my new abilities!" Kisho jumped up, but a stinging sensation in his legs caused him to fall back down.
Kaede shook her head, "Idiot."