Chapter 2:

Battle:



Inu Yasha dodged a violent pinch to the face, and countered with a kick to the side of Sesshomeru's body.

"Iron Reamer Soul Stealer!" He shouted, and flashes of light went through the shadows. Sesshomeru seemed to be dodging Inu Yasha's attacks with ease. *How does he always do that? I'm never able to hit him, but when he hits me, he usually causes a fatal blow...*

He took his attention away from his annoying brother, and backed up into a tree, half of the small demons close behind him. Miroku was violently fighting off the other half of them with his staff, and Kagome was able to shish kabob a couple and bind them to a tree. at least a dozen dead wolf demons had been killed by her arrows.

"Now, Miroku!"

Miroku pulled the glove covering the Wind Tunnel in the palm of his hand off, releasing a wind powerful enough to suck in a hundred demons at once or more.

"No! Sisters! Brothers!" Damaru yelled in anger. She shot a lightning bolt at Miroku's wind tunnel, blocking it, and shutting it, before it was able to suck up any of them. "You will not hurt my friends and family. You will not harm them. I will leave them out of the fight if promise to leave them be."

She howled. The wolf demons retreated into the woods, now hiding from the action. Miroku fell to the ground, unmoving, as if his whole body was suddenly made of stone.

"Miroku!" Kagome yelled, racing up to his side.

"Damn you! Bastard!"

"We won't leave your kind alone until you leave our kind alone!" She shot an arrow towards the wolf. She dodged it.

"As much as you may be Kikyo, girl, I have had the training of Lord Sesshy. This will show you that you will never win!" The wolf shot towards Kagome, rendering her helpless.

"Inu Yasha!"

"No. Kagome! KAGOME!" He jumped out of the may of his brother's deadly punch, and toward Kagome. Before Damaru could hit, he had moved her away. Kogome was safe, but unconscious. "What did you do to her? Bitch! What did you do to her?!"

"She's temporarily paralyzed. An effective attack that can only be used once. She will be okay. Unharmed when she awakes. Demo, I cannot tell you the outcome of your friend... the monk..." Their attention turned to Miroku, lying, paralyzed, on the ground.

"I thought you said it could only be used once! It's two people down!"

"That was from shock- shock from his wind tunnel being clogged. Now how about a fight!"

"Grr..." Inu Yasha leapt up to the flying wolf, and made a swipe at her but missed. He tried every attempt he could to hit her, but was proven unsuccessful. Obviously, she HAD had training by Sesshomeru. She was able to dodge every attack he tried. That was when Inu Yasha realized why. All this time, he had never realized that he attacked in patterns. His eyes widened. *How could I have not noticed this all this time? How can I be attacking in patterns? I'll have to try attacking simultaneously. I don't know if he'll be able to see through my attacks or not...*

Inu Yasha moved away, and Sesshomeru used the chance to attack. He dived toward Inu Yasha, and Inu Yasha went to dodge, but was too late. But wait! Inu Yasha wasn't hit! It was Shippou's top! His spinning top fox magic worked! Even on Sesshomeru.

"Ha! Cool! Fox Magic works again!"

"I wouldn't get cocky, kitsune."

"Nani?"

"Hn... It almost tricked me. Damn fox..." He simply touched the top, and it returned to it's truly smaller form. He put his eyes back to Inu Yasha, now realizing that Shippou was of no threat.

Miroku began to stir slightly. He moved his arms and legs, and shifted the weight from his back to his side. Shippou rushed up to him.

"Miroku! Miroku! Inu Yasha! I think Miroku's waking up! Miroku! Miroku!"

Inu Yasha ignored Shippou and continued fighting, although heard him perfectly. But, even if Miroku awoke, there would only be so much he could do. That wolf demon would pick him off just as easily, even without that attack. Obviously, she was a lot stronger than Miroku, which was beginning to scare Inu Yasha. Miroku may not have been able to pull off his wind tunnel again if she were to keep zapping him, and the last thing Inu Yasha wanted was for anyone to get hurt during a personal battle between he and his brother...

Kagome was still down, and fox magic was proving itself unworthy fast, so Inu Yasha figured he'd have to do this on his own...

"Lord Inu Yasha!" Myoga landed on his shoulder. "Songo and Kilala are coming to help you!"

"Myoga? What the hell are you doing here?"

"You're my master, are you not?"

"I meant on my shoulder, it isn't the safest here..."

"Don't be so sure... Look," he pointed towards the sky. Sesshomeru was retreating! And the wolf demons and Damaru were leaving as well. Kouga was smirking as he leapt into the air to join them, following his new friends.

"Where the hell do you think you're going?"

"If you're getting help, than so are we." Sesshomeru replied.

"What!? We're already out numbered! It's you, plus the minor wolf demons making about fifty- four, versus the six of us when Songo and Kilala show up!" Myoga was enraged.

"Hn..."

"You know you can't beat us, that's all..." Inu Yasha said, crossing his arms over his chest.