Chapter 24: Don't Underestimate the Little Things
The moment Inuyasha hit the ground, a huge cloud of dust and debris exploded upward, hiding the battle from view. The sound of metal hitting against metal echoed throughout the forest. The dust quickly cleared, revealing to Inuyasha what he had expected all along. Sesshoumaru stood in front of him, face straight and devoid of emotion like always, and wielding Toukijin against Tetsusaiga.
Sesshoumaru pushed off, tossing Inuyasha back a couple yards. Before Inuyasha even landed on the ground, Sesshoumaru was charging at him.
Inuyasha flipped his body around so he was upright and facing his brother directly. His feet barely touched the ground when he sprung back into the air, a head on collision course with Sesshoumaru.
They locked swords again and both landed on the ground. Swords still pushing at each other. They stood there for several minutes. One pushing on the other and vise versa.
Sesshoumaru sneered when he heard his little brother growling. "Do you think, because you beat Ryukossei that you can beat me..You're a worthless mutt. You should have never been born!"
Inuyasha pushed off and clashed swords yet again. "Is it the fact that I'm half human that bothers you, or is it that our father loved my mother and not yours?!" For the first time in all his life he finally saw an emotion on his brother's face, and it was anger.
"SHUT UP!" Sesshoumaru gave Inuyasha an extremely hard and powerful head butt, causing the hanyou to stumble backwards for a few steps. He then started swinging and slicing with his sword. Not caring who or what he hit.
The spontaneous assault had taken Inuyasha completely by surprise, resulting in one of the worst things that could happen to him. He lost his grip on Tetsusaiga. The next heavy blow sent the sword spinning threw the air, landing in the ground a good 150 feet away. The amount of force used to unarm Inuyasha caused him to loose his balance, the next cleave Sesshoumaru dealt sent Inuyasha flying backwards a few feet and sliding for a few more feet on his back.
Inuyasha looked up at his older brother. There was a happy yet sadistic grin on his face. He watched as Sesshoumaru raised his sword for the final blow. "The bastard is really going to kill me!? All these years and I thought it was just play fighting DAMN!!!"
"Finally..Little brother..Now you'll die." For the first time since he could remember, he was happy. He was finally riding himself of the worthless mutt his father favored. The son of the human bitch he loved so much. Sesshoumaru, Lord of the West was going to be free from the annoying pup that used to follow him around as a child. 'No more!'
Kagome watched on, terror stricken, as Sesshoumaru readied for the final cut. She was horrified when she looked over and saw Inuyasha looking at her, a calm, peaceful smile on his face.
"I love you Kagome!"
Those four words had her mortified. He had said them as a goodbye. Kagome loved hearing those words from her mate, just not in that fashion or in this situation. Upon hearing those words, Kagome snapped. She started growling loudly as she squirmed and wiggled against the whip in an attempt to free herself. She didn't care how much it hurt or how deep the whip cut into her flesh, she wanted free, she wanted to save her mate, no matter what.
The whip started to tighten, securing her to the tree further, only encouraging her on. Kagome started to toss her head around wildly, causing a few of her tears to fly around. A few of them landed on the whip, instantly purifying it and causing it to deteriorate. Kagome stopped thrashing about the moment the ship gave way and she fell to the ground on her hands and knees. Without a second thought, Kagome reached into her skirt pocket and pulled out the dark blue jewel and threw it straight at Sesshoumaru.
Surprisingly, Sesshoumaru caught it, still hold onto his sword too. He examined the round jewel casually. "What the hell is this little thing?......It's just a stone."
Inuyasha quickly looked at the jewel in his brother's hand then over to Kagome, who looked to be praying. 'Most likely casting the spell.' He looked back to his brother and scoffed. "Keh! Don't you know by now big brother.You shouldn't underestimate the little things." He heard the jewel start to hum and it started to glow, putting off a dark blue light. Without hesitating another second, Inuyasha flipped around and rushed to Kagome's side, who was still chanting.
Everyone watched as the light grew larger and larger. It consumed Sesshoumaru completely yet it kept growing and it was growing faster by each second. Inuyasha covered Kagome and himself with his fire rat coat in hope that it would do some good.
The moment the light hit Kagome it dimmed to a light glow then a wave of light washed over the whole land and faded, leaving a bright ball of light that was surrounding where Sesshoumaru, Kagome and Inuyasha had stood.
Sango and Miroku could only look at the dark blue sphere and wonder and hope their friends were ok. Shippo on the other hand went nuts.
"KAGOMEEE!!! OKAAAAA!!!"
Sango held the kitsune and tried to comfort him. Shortly after she got the boy calmed down, they all watched speechlessly as the blue sphere slowly faded away, leaving only a crater behind.
Miroku walked up to the crater to investigate. To his surprise there was nothing, no bodies, no jewel, no swords, no plants.just nothing. He turned to look at Sango and just shook his head.
"No..It can't be..they can't be.." Sango's voice was shaky and almost whispered. She then broke down and started crying along with Shippo. Both relying on the other for comfort and solace. They were both bawling and hollered out in unison. "KAAGGGOOOOMMMMMEEEEEE, INNUUUYYYYAAAAASSSSSSHHHHHHAAAAAAAA" Those two words echoed over the forest for miles on end.
The moment Inuyasha hit the ground, a huge cloud of dust and debris exploded upward, hiding the battle from view. The sound of metal hitting against metal echoed throughout the forest. The dust quickly cleared, revealing to Inuyasha what he had expected all along. Sesshoumaru stood in front of him, face straight and devoid of emotion like always, and wielding Toukijin against Tetsusaiga.
Sesshoumaru pushed off, tossing Inuyasha back a couple yards. Before Inuyasha even landed on the ground, Sesshoumaru was charging at him.
Inuyasha flipped his body around so he was upright and facing his brother directly. His feet barely touched the ground when he sprung back into the air, a head on collision course with Sesshoumaru.
They locked swords again and both landed on the ground. Swords still pushing at each other. They stood there for several minutes. One pushing on the other and vise versa.
Sesshoumaru sneered when he heard his little brother growling. "Do you think, because you beat Ryukossei that you can beat me..You're a worthless mutt. You should have never been born!"
Inuyasha pushed off and clashed swords yet again. "Is it the fact that I'm half human that bothers you, or is it that our father loved my mother and not yours?!" For the first time in all his life he finally saw an emotion on his brother's face, and it was anger.
"SHUT UP!" Sesshoumaru gave Inuyasha an extremely hard and powerful head butt, causing the hanyou to stumble backwards for a few steps. He then started swinging and slicing with his sword. Not caring who or what he hit.
The spontaneous assault had taken Inuyasha completely by surprise, resulting in one of the worst things that could happen to him. He lost his grip on Tetsusaiga. The next heavy blow sent the sword spinning threw the air, landing in the ground a good 150 feet away. The amount of force used to unarm Inuyasha caused him to loose his balance, the next cleave Sesshoumaru dealt sent Inuyasha flying backwards a few feet and sliding for a few more feet on his back.
Inuyasha looked up at his older brother. There was a happy yet sadistic grin on his face. He watched as Sesshoumaru raised his sword for the final blow. "The bastard is really going to kill me!? All these years and I thought it was just play fighting DAMN!!!"
"Finally..Little brother..Now you'll die." For the first time since he could remember, he was happy. He was finally riding himself of the worthless mutt his father favored. The son of the human bitch he loved so much. Sesshoumaru, Lord of the West was going to be free from the annoying pup that used to follow him around as a child. 'No more!'
Kagome watched on, terror stricken, as Sesshoumaru readied for the final cut. She was horrified when she looked over and saw Inuyasha looking at her, a calm, peaceful smile on his face.
"I love you Kagome!"
Those four words had her mortified. He had said them as a goodbye. Kagome loved hearing those words from her mate, just not in that fashion or in this situation. Upon hearing those words, Kagome snapped. She started growling loudly as she squirmed and wiggled against the whip in an attempt to free herself. She didn't care how much it hurt or how deep the whip cut into her flesh, she wanted free, she wanted to save her mate, no matter what.
The whip started to tighten, securing her to the tree further, only encouraging her on. Kagome started to toss her head around wildly, causing a few of her tears to fly around. A few of them landed on the whip, instantly purifying it and causing it to deteriorate. Kagome stopped thrashing about the moment the ship gave way and she fell to the ground on her hands and knees. Without a second thought, Kagome reached into her skirt pocket and pulled out the dark blue jewel and threw it straight at Sesshoumaru.
Surprisingly, Sesshoumaru caught it, still hold onto his sword too. He examined the round jewel casually. "What the hell is this little thing?......It's just a stone."
Inuyasha quickly looked at the jewel in his brother's hand then over to Kagome, who looked to be praying. 'Most likely casting the spell.' He looked back to his brother and scoffed. "Keh! Don't you know by now big brother.You shouldn't underestimate the little things." He heard the jewel start to hum and it started to glow, putting off a dark blue light. Without hesitating another second, Inuyasha flipped around and rushed to Kagome's side, who was still chanting.
Everyone watched as the light grew larger and larger. It consumed Sesshoumaru completely yet it kept growing and it was growing faster by each second. Inuyasha covered Kagome and himself with his fire rat coat in hope that it would do some good.
The moment the light hit Kagome it dimmed to a light glow then a wave of light washed over the whole land and faded, leaving a bright ball of light that was surrounding where Sesshoumaru, Kagome and Inuyasha had stood.
Sango and Miroku could only look at the dark blue sphere and wonder and hope their friends were ok. Shippo on the other hand went nuts.
"KAGOMEEE!!! OKAAAAA!!!"
Sango held the kitsune and tried to comfort him. Shortly after she got the boy calmed down, they all watched speechlessly as the blue sphere slowly faded away, leaving only a crater behind.
Miroku walked up to the crater to investigate. To his surprise there was nothing, no bodies, no jewel, no swords, no plants.just nothing. He turned to look at Sango and just shook his head.
"No..It can't be..they can't be.." Sango's voice was shaky and almost whispered. She then broke down and started crying along with Shippo. Both relying on the other for comfort and solace. They were both bawling and hollered out in unison. "KAAGGGOOOOMMMMMEEEEEE, INNUUUYYYYAAAAASSSSSSHHHHHHAAAAAAAA" Those two words echoed over the forest for miles on end.
