The Welder of BlackFire:
Thorn's Past Life-The Alliance Maker
Chapter Six: Sesshoumaru-Thorn's Battle
It had been five days since Thorn had begun traveling with the trio. Dusk was falling that day. The campfire glowed acidically in the fading light, shifting in a cool breeze. The breeze came from the south, but a scent still clung haphazardly to its dancing garments. Thorn looked at InuYasha, wondering if his sensitive nose picked up the same wave of wind as her.
'Do you smell him?' she asked his mind. He glanced at her, golden eyes bright.
'Yes,' were his thoughts. She nodded and stared back into the fire. The sun's rays had faded into just streaks of mango and salmon when she stood up. He was too close to avoid. Thorn knew whom he was coming for. Or, rather, what he was coming for, and rose up.
"Time to go," she told InuYasha, materializing her staff.
"No," he said. "Its time for me to go."
She looked down at him as he began to rise, opening his eyes when he was fully risen, determination shinning of their surfaces.
"I don't want interference," he stated, bluntly, plainly, without room for argument. Her lips drew tight and her jaw hard.
"What's wrong?" Kegome asked. Thorn looked down at her almost pitily, but she no longer seemed to feel such emotions. InuYasha turned and walked into the clearing that he and Thorn had used to train in. Sesshomaru was there, standing on a small knoll, his empty left sleeve blowing in the wind. The two girls and the kitsune watched as InuYasha walked to the center of the field while Sesshoumaru looked down upon him. They all knew what Inuyasha's brother was after. The Tetsusaiga.
"Hmm, I see you still keep the company of humans, how disgraceful," the lord said in his quiet voice.
"Hmm," snorted Thorn from the trees, but her words were blocked out by Inuyasha's snarl.
"Shut-up!" the hanyou cried, his hand on the hilt of the Tetsusaiga. "What do you want?" he growled.
"What do you think I want, Inuyasha?" he asked, a small breeze rustling his clothing and silvery hair.
"Let me guess, you're still after the Tetsusaiga. But I wont let you have it!" the hanyou hissed at his older brother.
"So be it. It looks like I'll have to take it by force," Sesshoumaru said.
"You won't take it at all!" Inuyasha screamed, drawing his sword and lunging at the demon. Sesshoumaru met him halfway, withdrawing his glowing whip and fending off Inuyasha's attack. With an angry growl, Inuyasha slashed again and again, but his mighty sword never even brushed the skin of the youkai after numerous attacks.
"You have failed to release the Tetsusaiga's true power, Inuyasha, and it will kill you," Sesshoumaru said, whipping past his brother with his super speed. With his glowing whip, Sesshoumaru grabbed a hold of the sword, his whip wrapped around its hilt.
Inuyasha stared in disbelief as the whip struggled against his hold on it before gritting his teeth in anger. By holding the sword he was being pulled toward his brother because of his superior strength.
'What can I do? He's so much stronger than I am, and I can't hold him off like this forever.' Inuyasha thought to himself, trying desperately to think of a plan. 'If I let go of the sword to break the whip, the chances are slim that, even if I did break it, I could get to the sword before Sesshoumaru.'
"You know, Inuyasha is beginning to think strategically, with his head instead of his hands, its quite an improvement since he first got that sword, don't you think, Kegome?" Thorn asked, a smirk playing on her features.
"Huh? Ah, yeah, I guess so," she replied, engrossed in the fight. "But we should help him!" she said suddenly, jumping up and grabbing her bow and arrows.
"No, he said not to interfere. Not yet anyway. His life is hardly in danger," the black-clad girl replied.
"What do you mean? Sesshoumaru's got him by the tail and doesn't seem to be about to let go!" Shippo said, bouncing up and down on Kegome's lap.
"Shippo's right, we have to help him!"
"I said no," Thorn said, her voice hard and unmovable. The other two looked at her, dumbstruck. "Let him think on his feet, he will only get stronger if he has a challenge, and /only/ /then/ will he get stronger."
"But he'll die! Don't you care?" Shippo screamed at her. She closed her eyes and lowered her chin, her smirk growing into a full-fledged smile. But she did not answer.
"Don't you guys even think about helping me!" Inuyasha yelled to them, his eyes narrowed in concentration while fighting his brother's strength. "I can take him," he said through clenched fangs.
'Dammit, even with only one arm he's still too strong!' the hanyou thought, still trying to come up with a plan.
"I've had enough of this play, time for the kill," Sesshoumaru said, and gave a final pull with his whip, drawing his brother close. By wrapping his weapon around his wrist, Sesshoumaru had freed his hand and with it ran it through the hanyou's midsection.
"Agg!" Inuyasha managed to cough out before being thrown to the ground. He sat up on an elbow, shooting daggers from his slowly reddening eyes. A growl came from his throat as he struggled to rise.
Thorn walked in and stood in front of Inuyasha, her back to him. His voice is weak and hoarse, but he still managed to utter a sentence.
"I told you not to interfere," his eyes glowing with hate along with the rim of red. She shrugged, with her not looking at him, but staring into Sesshoumaru's golden eyes, but the feeling it gave the Inu-youkai made him feel more like she was staring through them.
"I made no promise," was all she said, and with that she closed her eyes and put him into unconscious oblivion.
"Come get him, Kegome, if you want to make sure he doesn't get trampled. He'll be taking a nap for a little while and I know how much you would hate it if he got stepped on," Thorn said, sarcasm thick on her tongue.
Kegome came as she was bidden and dragged the half-demon away to the edge of the woods, were she tried to bring him back to the present. The staff- welding girl looked at the demon, watching him.
"Why are you fighting for the half-breed, human?" he asked, his golden eyes looking down at her from his position on the knoll, placing the Tetsusaiga in his false human arm, which, until this moment, he had not used. But it was apparent that he had been waiting for the moment to weld the Tetsusaiga and so had been preserving it with lack of use.
"I have my reasons, Sesshoumaru," Thorn said. She brought back her staff and waited. The charge was expected, it showed that he was confident. She dodged the swipe at her throat and pulled her staff under the sword and gave it a powerful twist, wrenching it from his grasp. It flew with a deadly whoosh and landed above InuYasha's pointed ears, its magic dispersing in a milky steam.
She landed in a swirl of dust, staff at ready, glaring at Sesshoumaru. Her movement had brought her staff to the shoulder of his right arm, the only real arm of his left. His speed rivaled that of sound, or even light, and before she could give a stroke he flew. With an angry glare, she threw her hair over her shoulder, which had suddenly appeared in a braid at the beginning of the fight, seemingly proof that she was aware that the battle was going to be serious.
Thorn knew that with his speed and great accuracy, she could not defeat him. She stood up tall, thinking, thinking. Inuyasha woke up, his battle- bloodied body screaming as he watched.
'Do you want him dead?' she asked him, her mind seeping into his own.
"Yes," he croaked. She did not answer.
Sesshoumaru's right hand glowed a sickly green. Poison claw. Thorn narrowed her eyes. She retracted her staff and stood even taller. Her hand went to her throat, to the black iron emblem of a dragon that lay there. Its eyes began to glow an excited blue, just as BlackFire on her back began to hum vigorously. Her hands closed around it and she pulled it from over her head, making her hair cascade over her shoulders and down her back in a thick rope, catching the last ray of light in a golden gleam before it vanished and darkened the sky. The emblem fell to the ground, and with it, it seemed, her human part.
Her skin seemed to tremble: with what? Pain, excitement, fear? No, never fear, and it seemed she was incapable of ever feeling real pain from the emotionless blankness on her face.
"Its too bad really, but now you die," she whispered as her frame shifted and molded. It blackened and shined. Her fingers grew into silver claws and her eyes as fierce icy-blue globes of hate and anger.
The great black dragon reared up and hissed. Its glittering eyes sparkled with glee whilst its azure gaze tore towards the demon before him. A sinister curl fled to the lips of the beast, enhancing its powerful gaze. Its tail twitched, like a cat ready to pounce on its prey.
"Well, she must think you'd be good fun. A game worth playing...?" the chuckling came from the dragon, its tone hinting it knew more than it ever dared to tell anyone.
"Who, what are you?" asked Sesshoumaru, his voice hinting no emotions, even the curiosity and hesitation that coursed through his blood. The dragon's smile grew wider and he stepped forward. Sesshoumaru didn't move, but stood rigidly.
"I am the Slave of the Sword, the Binded One. But my name matters not, for you wont live long enough to remember it...." spoke the dragon, his tones low and brassy, with a dash of anger merging with the seeming innocent words. It stepped forward again, making Sesshoumaru turn grim under his mask of blankness. This made the dragon's eyes dance with laughter that never passed its lips.
"Tell me...I want to know who it is I kill.." replied the silvery youkai, his voice smooth even though he felt there was something powerful about this creature. The dragon's grin widened at this and what could have passed for a chuckle rumbled in this chest.
"What a foolish thought..I am BlackFire," he hissed, the dragon's voice echoing into the minds of all the beings in the clearing.
"Then say good-bye, BlackFire, while you still can," Sesshoumaru answered, his bold answer not echoing true to his emotions. His hand began to glow a sickly green once again whilst the dragons grin grew wider, revealing shards of bony teeth.
The dragon's tail lashed out and struck the demon from behind. But the dog demon's quickness was unexpected and he dodged the majority of the blow. This made the grin on the dragon grow even wider, twisting his face into a contorted mess of features.
"Impressive," spoke the dragon as the Inu-youkai landed and turned back toward his opponent. His eyes narrowed and his right hand continued grow acidically as he charged to attack the large creature.
But BlackFire whipped his tail around behind the other youkai and another attack, this one's power hitting him full-on, proved too much for Sesshoumaru and he was struck down by the beast's tail. The tail deformed, forming a sharpened spike. He pointed it at the throat of the demon and smiled as he inched it closer, the two's eyes bearing onto one anothers. Just as Sesshoumaru was about to dodge the spike, the dragon's eyes darkened and his head jerked to glare at InuYasha. His grin vanished, and with it, it seemed, his easy-going nature. A growl erupted from his throat.
"What do you mean? You said you wanted him dead!" hissed the beast at the hanyou. His face fell before becoming angry once again. "Fine, your wish is granted Mistress," he growled. His tail fell away, but not before striking the full-blooded demon again, sending him flying into far-away woods. His icy glare shone down on the toad-like Jaken.
"Go find your master, and tell him that his brother will not save him next time. I will finish him off then." And with that the little green creature ran.
The fire lizard's tail lashed and his angered glare turned to InuYasha.
"You can try to kill him yourself next time if you insist so much. But if you fail, my mind will not be changed and I will do away with him myself," the dragon growled.
'Your job is done BlackFire. Time to return,' came a sweet voice from the air, hinting of pain and impatience. The dragon's eyes gleamed with anger, their depths beginning to merge a milky gold.
"I'm not done yet, Mistress," came the sweet reply from the sly dragon.
'You are, now as I say, return or the consequences will be painful..' the voice rang with authority, yet every word seemed to pain it. It was female, and reminded the injured hanyou of Thorn's voice.
"I won't go," growled the dragon, backing away and shaking its head. "No."
'I gave you a chance,' whispered the voice. And with that electricity seemed to grow in the air, surrounding the powerful dragon. It screamed and growled in pain and shook its head. Its serpentine body twisted and coiled and rolled on the ground. He leaped up, smashing into a tree, making it splinter and crash to the ground. His body shook with pain and his voice echoed in screeching protest. But slowly the body began to change and Thorn appeared once more, laying on the ground, unconscious. The human, hanyou and kitsune just stared at the body as it lay there. Suddenly, the eyes flew open, glowing a fierce, enraged blue, yet their rage held in check by the black pupils. 'Thorn' got up, a growl in her throat and a glare in her eye. Her body, although seemingly hurt badly, moved easily, oblivious to the pain that so obviously racked it.
"I could have taken him," 'Thorn' said under her breath. She stood up and looked around. She snorted.
"She wasted all her energy on me, now I can't even become a wolf. Dammit," cursed 'Thorn'. But it wasn't her, it's voice was different, rougher, full of spite. It was BlackFire, and the rage that shone in his eyes, Thorn's eyes, shot like daggers. He went over to the trio. He stared down at InuYasha, bloody and scarred, and snarled.
"I could have gotten him. You and your foolish pride." He turned his gaze from the hanyou to the dumbfounded Kegome and Shippo. A sneer pasted her face as her exhausted body stumbled away.
With the help of Kegome, InuYasha stumbled back to camp, of which Thorn did not seem to be located in. They looked around in wonder.
"Where'd she go?" asked Shippo.
"Who cares," grumbled InuYasha. A leaf fell from a tree above them, making Inuyasha look up into the shadows where Thorn lay, sleeping almost peacefully, yet her body strained with what? Pain? No, just tense...not yet relaxed from the battle. InuYasha snorted and sat down under the tree next to the one Thorn was perched in.
Authoress' Note: Hello! There ya go! Another chapter! Okay, this one was more about Thorn/BlackFire than anything. And I wanted to tell you that the battle with Sesshoumaru is not in the series, I made it up so that I could coax BlackFire's real form into the plot. This is way before Naraku gives Fluffy the human arm, but I needed a way for him to get his hands on the Tetsusaiga. -sigh- Trigun is all done! I've seen the whole series (taped it all too) it made me sad. Well, at least Inuyasha is coming back soon! But until then I'll just haveta deal with Fooly Cooly and Blue Gender. Okay, well I'm done then.
Disclaimer:
Me: okay, I'm going to try to do this today. Without help. I would have Inuyasha do it, but he ran off when I threatened him with a wooden spoon, screaming something I couldn't understand, because Trigun is over. I should make Sesshy do it! But he's too kawaii for such minor jobs. So I'll do it. -deep breath- I own only Thorn and BlackFire, not Inuyasha and company.
Thorn's Past Life-The Alliance Maker
Chapter Six: Sesshoumaru-Thorn's Battle
It had been five days since Thorn had begun traveling with the trio. Dusk was falling that day. The campfire glowed acidically in the fading light, shifting in a cool breeze. The breeze came from the south, but a scent still clung haphazardly to its dancing garments. Thorn looked at InuYasha, wondering if his sensitive nose picked up the same wave of wind as her.
'Do you smell him?' she asked his mind. He glanced at her, golden eyes bright.
'Yes,' were his thoughts. She nodded and stared back into the fire. The sun's rays had faded into just streaks of mango and salmon when she stood up. He was too close to avoid. Thorn knew whom he was coming for. Or, rather, what he was coming for, and rose up.
"Time to go," she told InuYasha, materializing her staff.
"No," he said. "Its time for me to go."
She looked down at him as he began to rise, opening his eyes when he was fully risen, determination shinning of their surfaces.
"I don't want interference," he stated, bluntly, plainly, without room for argument. Her lips drew tight and her jaw hard.
"What's wrong?" Kegome asked. Thorn looked down at her almost pitily, but she no longer seemed to feel such emotions. InuYasha turned and walked into the clearing that he and Thorn had used to train in. Sesshomaru was there, standing on a small knoll, his empty left sleeve blowing in the wind. The two girls and the kitsune watched as InuYasha walked to the center of the field while Sesshoumaru looked down upon him. They all knew what Inuyasha's brother was after. The Tetsusaiga.
"Hmm, I see you still keep the company of humans, how disgraceful," the lord said in his quiet voice.
"Hmm," snorted Thorn from the trees, but her words were blocked out by Inuyasha's snarl.
"Shut-up!" the hanyou cried, his hand on the hilt of the Tetsusaiga. "What do you want?" he growled.
"What do you think I want, Inuyasha?" he asked, a small breeze rustling his clothing and silvery hair.
"Let me guess, you're still after the Tetsusaiga. But I wont let you have it!" the hanyou hissed at his older brother.
"So be it. It looks like I'll have to take it by force," Sesshoumaru said.
"You won't take it at all!" Inuyasha screamed, drawing his sword and lunging at the demon. Sesshoumaru met him halfway, withdrawing his glowing whip and fending off Inuyasha's attack. With an angry growl, Inuyasha slashed again and again, but his mighty sword never even brushed the skin of the youkai after numerous attacks.
"You have failed to release the Tetsusaiga's true power, Inuyasha, and it will kill you," Sesshoumaru said, whipping past his brother with his super speed. With his glowing whip, Sesshoumaru grabbed a hold of the sword, his whip wrapped around its hilt.
Inuyasha stared in disbelief as the whip struggled against his hold on it before gritting his teeth in anger. By holding the sword he was being pulled toward his brother because of his superior strength.
'What can I do? He's so much stronger than I am, and I can't hold him off like this forever.' Inuyasha thought to himself, trying desperately to think of a plan. 'If I let go of the sword to break the whip, the chances are slim that, even if I did break it, I could get to the sword before Sesshoumaru.'
"You know, Inuyasha is beginning to think strategically, with his head instead of his hands, its quite an improvement since he first got that sword, don't you think, Kegome?" Thorn asked, a smirk playing on her features.
"Huh? Ah, yeah, I guess so," she replied, engrossed in the fight. "But we should help him!" she said suddenly, jumping up and grabbing her bow and arrows.
"No, he said not to interfere. Not yet anyway. His life is hardly in danger," the black-clad girl replied.
"What do you mean? Sesshoumaru's got him by the tail and doesn't seem to be about to let go!" Shippo said, bouncing up and down on Kegome's lap.
"Shippo's right, we have to help him!"
"I said no," Thorn said, her voice hard and unmovable. The other two looked at her, dumbstruck. "Let him think on his feet, he will only get stronger if he has a challenge, and /only/ /then/ will he get stronger."
"But he'll die! Don't you care?" Shippo screamed at her. She closed her eyes and lowered her chin, her smirk growing into a full-fledged smile. But she did not answer.
"Don't you guys even think about helping me!" Inuyasha yelled to them, his eyes narrowed in concentration while fighting his brother's strength. "I can take him," he said through clenched fangs.
'Dammit, even with only one arm he's still too strong!' the hanyou thought, still trying to come up with a plan.
"I've had enough of this play, time for the kill," Sesshoumaru said, and gave a final pull with his whip, drawing his brother close. By wrapping his weapon around his wrist, Sesshoumaru had freed his hand and with it ran it through the hanyou's midsection.
"Agg!" Inuyasha managed to cough out before being thrown to the ground. He sat up on an elbow, shooting daggers from his slowly reddening eyes. A growl came from his throat as he struggled to rise.
Thorn walked in and stood in front of Inuyasha, her back to him. His voice is weak and hoarse, but he still managed to utter a sentence.
"I told you not to interfere," his eyes glowing with hate along with the rim of red. She shrugged, with her not looking at him, but staring into Sesshoumaru's golden eyes, but the feeling it gave the Inu-youkai made him feel more like she was staring through them.
"I made no promise," was all she said, and with that she closed her eyes and put him into unconscious oblivion.
"Come get him, Kegome, if you want to make sure he doesn't get trampled. He'll be taking a nap for a little while and I know how much you would hate it if he got stepped on," Thorn said, sarcasm thick on her tongue.
Kegome came as she was bidden and dragged the half-demon away to the edge of the woods, were she tried to bring him back to the present. The staff- welding girl looked at the demon, watching him.
"Why are you fighting for the half-breed, human?" he asked, his golden eyes looking down at her from his position on the knoll, placing the Tetsusaiga in his false human arm, which, until this moment, he had not used. But it was apparent that he had been waiting for the moment to weld the Tetsusaiga and so had been preserving it with lack of use.
"I have my reasons, Sesshoumaru," Thorn said. She brought back her staff and waited. The charge was expected, it showed that he was confident. She dodged the swipe at her throat and pulled her staff under the sword and gave it a powerful twist, wrenching it from his grasp. It flew with a deadly whoosh and landed above InuYasha's pointed ears, its magic dispersing in a milky steam.
She landed in a swirl of dust, staff at ready, glaring at Sesshoumaru. Her movement had brought her staff to the shoulder of his right arm, the only real arm of his left. His speed rivaled that of sound, or even light, and before she could give a stroke he flew. With an angry glare, she threw her hair over her shoulder, which had suddenly appeared in a braid at the beginning of the fight, seemingly proof that she was aware that the battle was going to be serious.
Thorn knew that with his speed and great accuracy, she could not defeat him. She stood up tall, thinking, thinking. Inuyasha woke up, his battle- bloodied body screaming as he watched.
'Do you want him dead?' she asked him, her mind seeping into his own.
"Yes," he croaked. She did not answer.
Sesshoumaru's right hand glowed a sickly green. Poison claw. Thorn narrowed her eyes. She retracted her staff and stood even taller. Her hand went to her throat, to the black iron emblem of a dragon that lay there. Its eyes began to glow an excited blue, just as BlackFire on her back began to hum vigorously. Her hands closed around it and she pulled it from over her head, making her hair cascade over her shoulders and down her back in a thick rope, catching the last ray of light in a golden gleam before it vanished and darkened the sky. The emblem fell to the ground, and with it, it seemed, her human part.
Her skin seemed to tremble: with what? Pain, excitement, fear? No, never fear, and it seemed she was incapable of ever feeling real pain from the emotionless blankness on her face.
"Its too bad really, but now you die," she whispered as her frame shifted and molded. It blackened and shined. Her fingers grew into silver claws and her eyes as fierce icy-blue globes of hate and anger.
The great black dragon reared up and hissed. Its glittering eyes sparkled with glee whilst its azure gaze tore towards the demon before him. A sinister curl fled to the lips of the beast, enhancing its powerful gaze. Its tail twitched, like a cat ready to pounce on its prey.
"Well, she must think you'd be good fun. A game worth playing...?" the chuckling came from the dragon, its tone hinting it knew more than it ever dared to tell anyone.
"Who, what are you?" asked Sesshoumaru, his voice hinting no emotions, even the curiosity and hesitation that coursed through his blood. The dragon's smile grew wider and he stepped forward. Sesshoumaru didn't move, but stood rigidly.
"I am the Slave of the Sword, the Binded One. But my name matters not, for you wont live long enough to remember it...." spoke the dragon, his tones low and brassy, with a dash of anger merging with the seeming innocent words. It stepped forward again, making Sesshoumaru turn grim under his mask of blankness. This made the dragon's eyes dance with laughter that never passed its lips.
"Tell me...I want to know who it is I kill.." replied the silvery youkai, his voice smooth even though he felt there was something powerful about this creature. The dragon's grin widened at this and what could have passed for a chuckle rumbled in this chest.
"What a foolish thought..I am BlackFire," he hissed, the dragon's voice echoing into the minds of all the beings in the clearing.
"Then say good-bye, BlackFire, while you still can," Sesshoumaru answered, his bold answer not echoing true to his emotions. His hand began to glow a sickly green once again whilst the dragons grin grew wider, revealing shards of bony teeth.
The dragon's tail lashed out and struck the demon from behind. But the dog demon's quickness was unexpected and he dodged the majority of the blow. This made the grin on the dragon grow even wider, twisting his face into a contorted mess of features.
"Impressive," spoke the dragon as the Inu-youkai landed and turned back toward his opponent. His eyes narrowed and his right hand continued grow acidically as he charged to attack the large creature.
But BlackFire whipped his tail around behind the other youkai and another attack, this one's power hitting him full-on, proved too much for Sesshoumaru and he was struck down by the beast's tail. The tail deformed, forming a sharpened spike. He pointed it at the throat of the demon and smiled as he inched it closer, the two's eyes bearing onto one anothers. Just as Sesshoumaru was about to dodge the spike, the dragon's eyes darkened and his head jerked to glare at InuYasha. His grin vanished, and with it, it seemed, his easy-going nature. A growl erupted from his throat.
"What do you mean? You said you wanted him dead!" hissed the beast at the hanyou. His face fell before becoming angry once again. "Fine, your wish is granted Mistress," he growled. His tail fell away, but not before striking the full-blooded demon again, sending him flying into far-away woods. His icy glare shone down on the toad-like Jaken.
"Go find your master, and tell him that his brother will not save him next time. I will finish him off then." And with that the little green creature ran.
The fire lizard's tail lashed and his angered glare turned to InuYasha.
"You can try to kill him yourself next time if you insist so much. But if you fail, my mind will not be changed and I will do away with him myself," the dragon growled.
'Your job is done BlackFire. Time to return,' came a sweet voice from the air, hinting of pain and impatience. The dragon's eyes gleamed with anger, their depths beginning to merge a milky gold.
"I'm not done yet, Mistress," came the sweet reply from the sly dragon.
'You are, now as I say, return or the consequences will be painful..' the voice rang with authority, yet every word seemed to pain it. It was female, and reminded the injured hanyou of Thorn's voice.
"I won't go," growled the dragon, backing away and shaking its head. "No."
'I gave you a chance,' whispered the voice. And with that electricity seemed to grow in the air, surrounding the powerful dragon. It screamed and growled in pain and shook its head. Its serpentine body twisted and coiled and rolled on the ground. He leaped up, smashing into a tree, making it splinter and crash to the ground. His body shook with pain and his voice echoed in screeching protest. But slowly the body began to change and Thorn appeared once more, laying on the ground, unconscious. The human, hanyou and kitsune just stared at the body as it lay there. Suddenly, the eyes flew open, glowing a fierce, enraged blue, yet their rage held in check by the black pupils. 'Thorn' got up, a growl in her throat and a glare in her eye. Her body, although seemingly hurt badly, moved easily, oblivious to the pain that so obviously racked it.
"I could have taken him," 'Thorn' said under her breath. She stood up and looked around. She snorted.
"She wasted all her energy on me, now I can't even become a wolf. Dammit," cursed 'Thorn'. But it wasn't her, it's voice was different, rougher, full of spite. It was BlackFire, and the rage that shone in his eyes, Thorn's eyes, shot like daggers. He went over to the trio. He stared down at InuYasha, bloody and scarred, and snarled.
"I could have gotten him. You and your foolish pride." He turned his gaze from the hanyou to the dumbfounded Kegome and Shippo. A sneer pasted her face as her exhausted body stumbled away.
With the help of Kegome, InuYasha stumbled back to camp, of which Thorn did not seem to be located in. They looked around in wonder.
"Where'd she go?" asked Shippo.
"Who cares," grumbled InuYasha. A leaf fell from a tree above them, making Inuyasha look up into the shadows where Thorn lay, sleeping almost peacefully, yet her body strained with what? Pain? No, just tense...not yet relaxed from the battle. InuYasha snorted and sat down under the tree next to the one Thorn was perched in.
Authoress' Note: Hello! There ya go! Another chapter! Okay, this one was more about Thorn/BlackFire than anything. And I wanted to tell you that the battle with Sesshoumaru is not in the series, I made it up so that I could coax BlackFire's real form into the plot. This is way before Naraku gives Fluffy the human arm, but I needed a way for him to get his hands on the Tetsusaiga. -sigh- Trigun is all done! I've seen the whole series (taped it all too) it made me sad. Well, at least Inuyasha is coming back soon! But until then I'll just haveta deal with Fooly Cooly and Blue Gender. Okay, well I'm done then.
Disclaimer:
Me: okay, I'm going to try to do this today. Without help. I would have Inuyasha do it, but he ran off when I threatened him with a wooden spoon, screaming something I couldn't understand, because Trigun is over. I should make Sesshy do it! But he's too kawaii for such minor jobs. So I'll do it. -deep breath- I own only Thorn and BlackFire, not Inuyasha and company.