Chapter 1 of 3 Ryuukotsusei's Revenge Written by: Shawn Stone ----------------------------- Inuyasha sat high up in a tree with his arms crossed inside his cape. He was staring at the stars in the sky above, as he stood guard over Kagome, Miroku, Sango, and Shippo below. He had not been able to sleep. He had been having feelings dreadfulness for the past few nights. He did not know why he was having these feelings, but he felt that he should stay up and keep guard over his friends and his beloved Kagome. Because he wasnt sure where these feelings were coming from, he had not yet told anyone about them.

Suddenly, he picked up the sent of evil close by. He jumped off of the tree to discover a hanyou like himself, only this hanyou had the head of a youkai, and the body of a mortal. The hanyou carried a giant battle axe in his hand, and was apparently watching over Inuyasha and his friends. The hanyou lifted his axe above his head and with all his might thrust it toward Inuyasha. Inuyasha quickly jumped out of the axes path, and drew his sword in doing so. Inuyasha jumped off of the side of a tree, and with a swing of his sword, he chopped off the hanyous head, only to find the head quickly reverting back. Inuyasha was stunned. The hanyou held his axe straight out to his side with the blade part facing forward. He then spun around and slit Inuyasha right through his gut. Inuyasha found himself paralyzed. He lay motionless and full of pain on the ground. The hanyou walked up to Inuyasha. He lifted his sword high above his head and held his pose for a moment. The hanyou stared Inuyasha right in the face, his eyes glowed a fiery red, and he had a wide and sinister grin on his face. The hanyou pulled his axe to the ground where Inuyasha lay, and as soon as Inuyasha was about to be slain, he woke up. "It was all a bad dream," he said to himself. "Why have I been having these nightmares and feelings of chaos for the past few nights?" Morning arrived, and the crew was back on the trail in their hunt for Shikon Jewel Shards. Inuyasha was above the rest of the gang, jumping from tree to tree as they walked. He stopped on a branch and took a long hard glance across the land. "Whats with Inuyasha," said Kagome. "Hes been real quite lately." "Yes, Ive noticed that Inuyasha has been keeping to himself as well," said Miroku. "I think that its best that we dont ask him about whats wrong with him until he has decided to talk about it," explained Mioga. "Thatll be the day," said Shippo. "Inuyasha always hides his feelings and what he has on his mind inside him."

They came across a river and decided to rest for a bit. "Maybe you should talk to Inuyasha Kagome," said Sango. "Of all of us, you are the closest one to him." "Yeah, that thought had occurred to me," remarked Kagome. Inuyasha was resting on a rock staring at the sky. Kagome approached him. "Inuyasha, is there something bothering you?" asked Kagome. "No," said Inuyasha, "why do you ask?" said Inuyasha. "Its just that youve been real quite lately, and you seem to be keeping yourself distanced from us," said Kagome. "Look, theres nothing wrong with me, ok?" yelled Inuyasha. "Ok, jeez you dont have to bite my head off all the time," screamed Kagome. Suddenly, a weakened villager, who was badly injured and massively bleeding, came out of nowhere. The villager collapsed in front of the gang. Miroku and Sango lay the weakened villager against a tree trunk, and Kagome pulled out her first aid kit. They spoke to him as they bandaged and revived him. "Are you ok, what happened?" asked Kagome. "It was horrbile," explained the villager. "there was a massacre, a giant dragon was passing by our village, slaughtering everyone in its path. We called upon all of our warriors, an entire army, but we were powerless to stop the monster. I managed to escape, but with major injuries," the villager explained. "Did the dragon happened to identify himself?" asked Sango. "I did make direct contact with him, but I do remember him calling himself Ryuukotsusei," said the villager. Inuyashas eyes went wide, and his mouth dropped in awe. "Do you know this dragon Inuyasha?" asked Miroku. Inuyasha remained speechless. He seemed to be deep in thought, but he managed to spit out a single word, "Father," he exclaimed. "But your father is and has been dead for several decades Inuyasha," said Shippo. "Nay, the sinister dragon that the villager is speaking of is not Inuyashas father, but his fathers murderer," explained Mioga. "Several years ago, Inutaisho, Inuyashas father, ruled all the land, for he was one of the strongest and most powerful demons around," explained Mioga. "The great sinister dragon Ryuukotsusei, one day challenged Inutaisho. In a great battle to the death, Inutaisho was defeated, but the dragon sealed himself away in defeating Inutaisho. How did he break free of the seal? The spell must have somehow been released, I do not know how this happened, but this is not good," said Mioga. Inuyasha was thinking to himself, "So thats why Ive been having these feelings and dreams for the past couple of days. How is this possible? Ryuukotsusei has been sealed away for some time now, is it really possible that he has been resurrected? The Tetsusaiga was forged from a fang of my father. Now that I have mastered the wind scar, I will use it to defeat Ryuukotsusei and avenge my fathers death," he thought to himself. "Come on you guys," said Inuyasha, "Its payback time," he said.

The 6 set off in the direction that the villager had come from, moving as fast as they could. Suddenly, Inuyashas ears twitched. He picked up the strong scent of fresh blood. He jumped up into a tree high above. "What is it Inuyasha?" asked Miroku. "Im picking up the strong scent of evil and fresh blood in the air, a very strong scent," explained Inuyasha. "Hmmm, I also am picking up a strong sinister force, do you think that its Ryuukotsusei?" he asked. The 6 of them watched as a flock of birds appeared flying their way. All of a sudden the ground began to shake. Inuyasha could see the treetops shaking as something approached. In an instant, a huge dragon appeared before them. The dragon laughed an evil laugh as he spotted Inuyasha, and called out his name. "Ryuukotsusei" replied Inuyasha. "I see you already know who I am Inuyasha," remarked the foe. "I am the great evil dragon that put you father to his demise. I was sealed away in the process, but as you can see, Im back and I have a thirst for your blood Inuyasha," snickered the dragon. "Enough talk lets get down to business," yelled Inuyasha. Miroku ran up to the dragon and drew his wind tunnel. Out of the blue appeared poisonous insects from hell. Miroku crossed his prayer beads back over his black hole.

Nurakus poisonous insects, what are they doing here?" screamed Sango. "Yes, Nuraku and I have become great friends, he was so kind enough to resurrect me, because like me, he is someone who despises you and wishes upon your death. When I defeated you father, it was never intended for him to have a son to fulfill his place, but from what I can see you are no more than a hanyou, a weak and defenseless one at that. Your father was a strong and powerful youkai so defeating you will be no problem," said the dragon. Inuyasha drew his Tetsusaiga from its sheath and morphed it to its fullest form.

Ryuukotsusei blew fire at him. Inuyasha held the Tetsusaiga out in front of him, and it blocked the fire off to the sides of him. Inuyasha jumped up and swung his sword at the dragon. The dragon swung his enormous claw at the sword. He struck the sword, and sent Inuyasha falling to the ground. The sword violently shook with pain. Mioga jump onto Inuyashas shoulder and explained to him, "Lord Inuyasha, as you may recall, Sesshomaru once attacked you with a dragons claw, swiping the sword, vibrating the sword as it is now. Since Ryuukotsusei is so powerful, you cant allow him to strike the sword at all. For Ryuukotsuseis claw are much more powerful than that of the dragons claw that Sesshomaru was using. You are lucky that the sword did not already break from the first blow." "Damn it," Inuyasha protested. "Inuyasha, well distract him while you cut through him with your sword," exclaimed Sango. She drew back her Giant boomerang and threw it forth with all of her might. Miroku could not use his wind tunnel but he was using some of his spells with his stalf in attempt to distract the beast. Ryuukotsusei hit Sangos boomerang and sent it hurling back toward her; she jumped out of its path in time. Inuyasha held his Tetsusaiga out to his side, darted toward the dragon and swung his sword from one side to the other, slicing through the dragon.

He landed on the both feet, and grasped the Tetsusaiga with both hands in case he needed to strike again. Ryuukotsuseis wound was deep, but it was quick to heal. Inuyasha decided that it was time to use the wind scar. He lifted the his sword above his sword high into the air. The wind scar began to reveal itself. He could see the where the two winds connected. Inuyasha dropped his sword to the ground and several streaks of light made their way toward the evil dragon. The Tetsusaigas full power began to merge through the wind scar, but then dissipated. Inuyasha as well as the other 5 of the group were stunned beyond belief. "What, the Tetsuigas full power did not work; But how? The Tetsusaiga has the power to slay 100 demons at once, how could it not bring down this one dragon?" remarked Inuyasha. "You fool, that blade that you continue to assault me with was forged from a fang of your father, was it not? Considering the fact that I devoured your father, that makes me stronger than him, therefor that weapon is useless against me," explained the dragon. "Master Inuyasha, it seems that Ryuukotsusei is immune to Tetsusaigas elite attack, were doomed!" yelled Mioga. He ran off screaming and begging mercy for his life. Inuyasha held his sword out to his side with both hands. "Damnit, I wont allow you continue to live with the pride of murdering my father; I wont give up until I have seen you die, and avenged my fathers death!" he screamed. "Inuyasha look!" yelled Kagome. Inuyasha brought the Tetsusaiga to full view. It had a new ominous red glow to it. "It appears that the Tetsusaiga has deformed to the original fang of Inutaisho that it was forged from," remarked Miroku.

Inuyasha immediately knew what had happened to his sword, and jumped in the air for one last swing at Ryuukotsusei. The dragon spread his wings, and took flight. Inuyasha was now battling Ryuukotsusei in mid air. Inuyasha swung his sword at Ryuukotsusei. The dragon quickly clamped his powerful jaws down onto the sword forcing his fangs through it. Inuyasha couldnt move the sword, but he still had grasp of it. The dragon sunk his powerful fangs deep into the sword. "If Inuyasha cant break free, then the Tetsusaiga may break. If Ryuukotsusei was powerful enough to defeat Inutaisho, then Inutaishos fang might be weaker than that of Ryuukotsuseis. We have to help him," said Sango. She drew her boomerang back again and thrust it toward the dragon. Shippo helped by using her Fox Fire. Sangos boomerang struck the dragon but did not seem to bother him at all. Kagome shot a sacred arrow at the beasts fangs and weakened his bite against the sword. Inuyasha was able to break free of his jaw, but is sent him spiraling to the ground. He was quickly back on his feet. He jumped in the air, holding his sword with the tip pointing toward the ground. His sword made contact with the dragons skin. He gripped his sword with both hand tightly and from the dragons feet, all the way up and out through his head, he sliced the dragon in half. The dragon screeched and moaned in pain. Its flapping wings froze up, and the two half of its body collapsed to the ground, then disintegrated. The poisonous insects picked up a jewel shard from where the dragon lay, and flew off into the sky. Inuyasha slowly floated to the ground, landing on both feet. His sword pulsed a few times then reverted back to its normal full-form. Inuyasha transformed the Tetsusaiga to its normal shape and returned it to its sheath. The other 4 were cheering and congratulating him on his victory. "Well done Inuyasha. You wielded the Tetsuiga magnificently," exclaimed Miroku. "Yeah wait to go." Said Shippo. Mioga come hopping along and returned to Inuyashas shoulder. "And where have you been Mioga? Running off when theres trouble near again I see, Im glad that we can really depend on you," exclaimed Inuyasha. He smashed the flea with his hand. "Please forgive me my lord, I wasnt fleeing, I was simply taking cover, Im sorry I thought that we were all destined to die, you must believe me!" screamed Mioga. "So your father heard you call, and in turn helped you by transforming your sword into its fang form, therefor allowing you to defeat Ryuukotsusei," he said. "Naraku must have used the power of the Shikon Jewel to resurrect Ryuukotsusei," said Sango. "Yeah from the looks of it," replied Kagome. Inuyasha took Kagome by the hand and the two walked off. Inuyasha held her hand. "Inuyasha, what are you doing?" asked Kagome. "Kagome, I was so scared that I was going to loose you back there. I thought that I was going to fail at avenging my fathers death, and die and therefor fail at protecting you," he explained. "Oh Inuyasha, I had confidence in you the entire time," exclaimed Kagome. "Kagome, I dont know what I would do with out you. I I love you," said Inuyasha. "In, Inuyasha. Youve never said that to me before, I L---," "Hey are you two dating now?" yelled Shippo, who was watching from behind a shrub. "Hey cant we get any privacy around here? Come back here you little weasel!" screamed Inuyasha.
END OF CHAPTER 1