Disclaimer: I own Masaru, his powers, Huca's powers, and any other powers
that the characters don't normally show.
OK, so people are reading this. I want to take a vote. Ha ha, I'm going to make people review!! NEWS: This is a repost; I decided to make the chapter longer. It ends in another cliffhanger!! Ha ha ha!!!
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Should I make the continuation of this story R rated?
Should I keep it a PG-13 and leave everything up to your imagination?
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Give me some suggestions if you don't like those two.
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Love Has No Boundaries
Chapter 15: The Battle Continues
Kagome slowly opened her eyes. She placed her hands beneath her and began to rise. Sharp pain jolted through her arms and they quickly buckled, throwing her back onto the ground. She lifted her head as she tried to make sense of the situation. The last thing she remembered was slinging arrows at InuYasha. However, she couldn't remember why. Her eyes fell upon InuYasha. He was standing over her. She managed to get into a seated position and let her eyes fall to his. He had a menacing look on his face. Was he growling at her? What was going on? She ran her eyes down his body and gasped as she saw his blood stained claws. He flexed them just to watch her shock.
She ran her eyes back up to his eyes and studied his face. He was himself, but why did it feel as though he had attacked her? She broke her gaze and studied the area surrounding them. There was no one else in sight. She then took a quick glance at her own body and noticed the various scratches and scrapes. She managed to pull herself to a standing position.
"InuYasha?"
His only response was to take a step back and growl louder. This puzzled her. As she was trying to figure out what was going on he leapt forward, claws outstretched. He took a swipe right down her chest ending at her stomach and leapt back a few feet from her. She was knocked back onto the ground. Her eyes fell upon his once again. He looked as though he was waiting for her to get back up so that he could continue the fun he'd started.
"InuYasha, why are you doing this?"
"You're in the way. You know that I was meant to be with Kikyo. You're just making things more confusing for me. The way I figure it, if I get rid of you, then I can be with the woman I was meant to be with and be happy."
"You won't be happy though. She doesn't love you like I do. She wants you dead. Think about it; she never accepted you for who you are. Don't you see?"
"Ha! Trying your mind tricks on me, eh? It won't work. Wake up! The only reason I've been keeping you alive was because of the jewel shards. You don't love me, so get that delusion out of your head."
Tears clouded her vision. Was this true? She didn't want to believe it, but with the way he was acting she might as well accept it as fact. Grunting in pain, she managed to stand up. She kept her gaze on the ground and hung her head low. "Fine InuYasha. If you want me to leave, then I will go." She turned around and walked off toward the Bone Eaters Well.
"I want you dead!"
She stopped dead in her tracks upon hearing that declaration. "Kill me then. If I can't be with you, then I don't want to live. I want you to know one thing before I die." She turned around and looked into his eyes. "I love you with all of my heart. I always have and I always will. I would have made you happy. I hope you will be happy with Kikyo." She fell to her knees, shut her eyes, and waited for the inevitable.
His blow came swift. Pain ricocheted through her body. Opening her eyes she found that InuYasha was cradling her in his lap. He held her close to his body. She glanced up into his eyes. He was staring at something behind them. Were those tears on his face? She tried to wiggle out of his grasp, but only succeeded in making him hug her body tighter. He began to growl, scaring her. In one fluid movement she managed to push him away from her, sending herself to the ground.
Miroku appeared at the scene and noticed InuYasha cradling Kagome to him. He looked around, noticing Masaru, but not seeing Huca. He heard a cry of pain from somewhere behind him and ran to find the source.
Kagome bit back tears of pain as she slowly rose to her feet. She gave her body a quick glance and winced as she noticed all the blood.
"Bitch, what was that for?" InuYasha stood up.
"Bitch? You're the one trying to kill me. You said that I was in the way of you and Kikyo." She glanced around. Finding her bow and arrows a few feet away, she took the few steps towards them. Bending down to gather her gear, she realized that she had gained a few broken ribs. Fighting back the pain, she straightened back up, strung an arrow in her bow, and aimed at InuYasha.
"What are you talking about? I would never try to kill you."
Masaru watched the display and mentally patted himself on the back. The dream sequence that he had just fed Kagome worked like a charm. "The only thing keeping her alive right now is the revenge she seeks on InuYasha. After she kills him, she will die. Two down; now to finish the rest of the group," he thought. He turned around.
Miroku and Huca burst through the woods. At a quick glance, they noticed that Kagome had an arrow pointed at InuYasha, and Masaru was walking away from the scene. Miroku gave Huca the signal to get behind him. Once she was out of the way, he released the prayer beads from his right hand and let loose his wind tunnel. Masaru was caught by surprise and skidded a few feet before placing a shield around himself. Miroku replaced the prayer beads once he noticed that his wind tunnel wasn't having any effect on the demon.
Huca took the opportunity to run over to Kagome and InuYasha. She stopped just behind Kagome and once again entered her mind. Instead of Kagome's mind being blocked, it was clouded. Huca saw images of InuYasha hurting Kagome, trying to kill her. Huca sighed, raised her hands, and sent a wave of energy through Kagome's mind. Huca watched as the clouds slowly dissipated.
"Kagome snap out of it! InuYasha would never hurt you," Huca pleaded.
InuYasha looked on in a mixture of wonder and dread. Was this some sort of trick? He guessed that it was. "Why would I want Kagome dead? I love her. Wait, where did that come from? Ah hell, I might as well admit it to myself. All I have to do is convince her that I love her. How the hell am I going to do that?" he thought.
"He wants me dead, Huca. Just look at the blood on his claws." Kagome dropped the arrow and let the bow fall on the ground. She was crying uncontrollably as she fell to her knees. "Why InuYasha? Why?"
InuYasha took a step toward her, but she erected a wall of energy before her, stopping him in place. "Kagome?"
"Don't come any closer. I told you that you could kill me, however I wish to know one thing first. Why didn't you react when I opened my heart to you?" Kagome kept her gaze on the ground as she spoke.
"Kagome, what are you talking about?" This puzzled InuYasha. When had she opened her heart to him?
"Kagome, that never happened. Masaru was projecting images into your head. Get a hold of yourself." Huca tried her best to calm her friend.
"Huca stay out of this! He wants to kill me, and he'll get his wish. InuYasha, I've always known that you would never love me, that I could never piece together your broken heart. Ever since Kikyo came back into the picture, I knew that it would never be the same between us. Perhaps I'm too young to know what love is or how one is supposed to know when they are in love. That is why I am a fool. Like I told you before, if I can't be with you, then I don't want to live." Kagome tried to control her tears, which were now flowing like rivers down her cheeks.
Huca took a step forward. "Huh, seems like I'm not having any effect on her. I don't want to do this, but I think this calls for some extreme measures," she thought. "Kagome..."
InuYasha made a motion for Huca to stop whatever she was about to do. "Kagome, I didn't know you felt that way. I don't know where you got the notion that I want to kill you, but believe me when I say that is far from the truth. I have one thing to say however, I l..." His statement was cut short by a loud crash.
Miroku cursed to himself as he peeled himself off of a tree. "Damn it, Washu was right. I should have stayed there, but then I wouldn't be able to face myself. This has to end," he thought. He took a quick glance at InuYasha and noticed that Kagome was on her hands and knees. "They still haven't gotten through to her. I need to buy some more time, but I don't think I can last much longer," he thought.
"Huca, try to help Kagome. I need to help Miroku, he's badly injured." He gave Kagome a solemn look, but she wasn't paying attention to him. He jumped into the air, but an arrow caught him in his chest, sending him crashing to the ground. He growled as he stood up and pulled the arrow out of his chest. His eyes fell upon Kagome once more to find another arrow pointed at him. "Kagome, don't do this."
Huca didn't have time to react before Kagome let an arrow fly into InuYasha's chest. "I have no choice now. This calls for desperate measures. Kagome, I'm sorry in advance. This had better work," she thought. Gathering all the energy she could muster, she closed her eyes and relaxed her mind. This would drain her energy, but right now she could care less. She raised her hands, palms facing Kagome. She decided to start off slow, so she released a small amount of power and sent it sailing toward Kagome.
Kagome felt the power enter her, but pushed it down and away from her body. She kept the arrow trained on InuYasha, watching his expression. He looked sad and hurt. Huca steadily increased the flow of energy entering Kagome, until Kagome dropped the bow and arrow and clasped her hands on her head, dropping to her knees once again.
"InuYasha, go help Miroku. I'll take care of her; just go!" Huca yelled.
InuYasha didn't give it a second thought as he leapt in the air, pulling Tetsusaiga from its sheath. He landed just behind Masaru. "Kaza No Kiza!" he yelled as he swung Tetsusaiga back and whipped it forward, letting go a torrent of energy. The attack only succeeded in surprising Masaru, however. Glad for the help, Miroku slowly backed off as Masaru turned his attention to InuYasha.
"Ha ha, you think you can defeat me?" Masaru smirked.
"Grr, you know it!" InuYasha's growl became more menacing.
Huca had almost broken through Masaru's barrier inside Kagome, when Kagome rose into the air and was once again slammed into the giant boulder. Masaru smiled and sent another wave of energy at Kagome. This time it was focused on her head, and he sent it banging back against the rock, making her loose consciousness. Masaru lifted his mind out of Kagome's. "That was for killing my grandfather and making my mother suffer."
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"Washu, we need help. Now!" Tenchi had transformed into his Juri battle gear, as had Ayeka, but even with his Light Hawk Sword, the demon's kept coming. The battle seemed to be getting worse by the minute. Aisha had to transform back into her humanoid figure, as she was unable to keep her tiger form up. Kiyone was having the most difficult time of the bunch, but early on Ayeka had positioned herself so that her shield of logs protected Kiyone. Ryoko looked like she was having fun blasting demons. Her disappearing trick also seemed to work wonders, until she came up against another demon with similar powers. Finding that she no longer had the element of surprise on her side, she decided to change it into a game of tag. Thus she went sailing through the trees yelling, "Catch me if you can ugly!"
"I'm working on it," Washu said.
"There he is, that's Domon!" Rain pointed to a picture of her partner on Washu's computer screen.
"That looks like Gene," Melfina said, pointing to the other gentleman.
Washu pressed a few buttons and the two men appeared in her laboratory. Melfina ran up to Gene and wrapped her arms around him. He smiled and ran his fingers through her hair. "What happened Mel, I was looking for you?"
"When we returned to the Outlaw Star, it had been taken over and we were captured," Jim said.
"Rain, are you ok?" Domon ran his eyes over his partner.
"Listen Domon, they need our help. Do you know where the corelander is?" Rain asked.
"Of course I do." He turned his attention to Washu. Forgetting all the usual questions, he asked, "What's the problem?"
Domon and Gene listened intently as Washu told them what was going on. Gene turned to Jim. "Jim, Mel, do either of you know where the Outlaw Star is?" In response they shook their heads no. "Huh," he turned his attention to the big screen just over Washu's computer. "Looks like Susuka and Aisha are already in the fight. We need to find the Outlaw Star and see if we can't gain control of it again."
"Washu can find it," Melfina said.
"Can you transport me to my corelander? I know exactly where it is," Domon asked hopefully.
"As I've told your partners, I am a genius! I can do anything. Tell me where this corelander of yours is and your as good as there." Washu turned back around to her computer.
After about ten minutes, the corelander had been located and both Domon and Rain were transported to its location. Washu also managed to find the Outlaw Star and transported Melfina, Jim, and Gene to its location. She smiled at her accomplishment and returned her attention to the battle.
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It took Gene and Jim a considerable amount of time to override all the changes that were made to the Outlaw Star. They finally managed to change the pass codes with the help of Washu. Once inside the ship, Melfina positioned herself in the tank and took control over the ship. Both Jim and Gene jumped into their seats. Gidium blinked to life and greeted his crew, sounding as happy as a computer could possibly sound.
"Gidium, prepare for take off. We need to help some friends of ours," Gene said.
"May I presume that we will be leaving this planet soon?" Gidium asked.
"After we take care of some demons and get Susuka and Aisha back," Jim stated.
"Engines at full capacity. Radar indicating the fight is just to our east," Melfina said.
"Alright, take us there!" Gene roared.
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Both Rain and Domon dawned their Gundam fighting gear and charged toward the battle scene. Once there, they had the element of surprise and began picking off demons by the hand full. Soon there after, the Outlaw Star showed up. It wasn't long until that battle was won.
Masaru sensed that his diversion had failed and decided that he had better finish off this battle as soon as he could. InuYasha tried the Kaza No Kiza on Masaru a second time, but was met by Masaru's barrier once again. InuYasha swung Tetsusaiga back and when he swung it forward, it released a torrent of energy causing Masaru's barrier to fail. InuYasha smiled as shock crossed Masaru's face.
Masaru took a couple of steps back. "There is no possible way that a hanyou could have such power. I'd better stop this fight before it gets any worse," he thought.
Kagome blinked back into consciousness. It took a few minutes for her eyes to adjust to her surroundings. Finally the blurriness cleared; her eyes focused on Masaru and a very pissed off hanyou. "Good he still has Tetsusaiga. Let's hope he keeps it with him," she thought. She shakily rose to her feet.
Huca noticed Kagome stirring and ran over to her, stepping in Kagome's path. "Kagome, I don't know how you are still standing after that, but you need to stay put. Let InuYasha handle this."
"No Huca. He needs my help." At that moment she collapsed to her hands and knees.
"Kagome, trust me on this. I don't think he would be very happy if you continued to hurt yourself."
"Feh!" Kagome gasped as realized what she had just said. Huca shook her head.
InuYasha charged Masaru and got knocked back by a wave of energy. InuYasha shook it off and charged once again. This time Masaru let InuYasha get close enough so that he could grab hold of Tetsusaiga. The sword sent a shock through Masaru's hand. The demon released the sword and backhanded InuYasha with his free hand.
InuYasha went sailing through the air and landed a few feet from Kagome and Huca. Tetsusaiga landed a few feet in the opposite direction. Masaru glided over to InuYasha and noticed that Kagome was back on her feet with an arrow trained on him. She let it fly. Masaru deflected the arrow as it got dangerously close to his chest. Immediately afterward, he noticed that she had succeeded in blowing a small hole into his chest. He smiled. "She has some spunk after all," he thought.
InuYasha opened his eyes and watched as Kagome sent an arrow flying toward Masaru. He quickly got to his feet and slowly approached her. "Kagome?"
"InuYasha let me help you. Together we can defeat him, I just know it."
"Kagome you're hurt. Get away from here, NOW!" he shouted; tears began to weld up in his eyes.
"I can't.."
"Touching conversation, really it is! If you ask me, it's rather boring." Masaru sent another wave of energy coursing toward Kagome, but she deflected it with one wave of her bow. Masaru took one step back in shock and then smiled as he sent his mind into her stomach and found that the other sack had burst sometime during the fight. "Good, this is going better than I planned," he thought. He stepped forward and sent a wave to InuYasha, who was once again knocked back a few feet.
InuYasha grunted. He tried to stand up, but was pushed back onto the ground when Masaru straddled him, placing his hands around InuYasha's neck. He growled and grabbed hold of Masaru's hands, trying to pry them off. His efforts had no effect and red slowly began to bleed into InuYasha's golden eyes. Masaru looked into InuYasha's eyes and was dumbfounded at the site. Was it possible that a mere half demon could transform? He watched in horror as InuYasha's eyes turned completely red, and red lines formed on each of his cheeks.
OK, so people are reading this. I want to take a vote. Ha ha, I'm going to make people review!! NEWS: This is a repost; I decided to make the chapter longer. It ends in another cliffhanger!! Ha ha ha!!!
HERE IS THE VOTE:
Should I make the continuation of this story R rated?
Should I keep it a PG-13 and leave everything up to your imagination?
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Give me some suggestions if you don't like those two.
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Love Has No Boundaries
Chapter 15: The Battle Continues
Kagome slowly opened her eyes. She placed her hands beneath her and began to rise. Sharp pain jolted through her arms and they quickly buckled, throwing her back onto the ground. She lifted her head as she tried to make sense of the situation. The last thing she remembered was slinging arrows at InuYasha. However, she couldn't remember why. Her eyes fell upon InuYasha. He was standing over her. She managed to get into a seated position and let her eyes fall to his. He had a menacing look on his face. Was he growling at her? What was going on? She ran her eyes down his body and gasped as she saw his blood stained claws. He flexed them just to watch her shock.
She ran her eyes back up to his eyes and studied his face. He was himself, but why did it feel as though he had attacked her? She broke her gaze and studied the area surrounding them. There was no one else in sight. She then took a quick glance at her own body and noticed the various scratches and scrapes. She managed to pull herself to a standing position.
"InuYasha?"
His only response was to take a step back and growl louder. This puzzled her. As she was trying to figure out what was going on he leapt forward, claws outstretched. He took a swipe right down her chest ending at her stomach and leapt back a few feet from her. She was knocked back onto the ground. Her eyes fell upon his once again. He looked as though he was waiting for her to get back up so that he could continue the fun he'd started.
"InuYasha, why are you doing this?"
"You're in the way. You know that I was meant to be with Kikyo. You're just making things more confusing for me. The way I figure it, if I get rid of you, then I can be with the woman I was meant to be with and be happy."
"You won't be happy though. She doesn't love you like I do. She wants you dead. Think about it; she never accepted you for who you are. Don't you see?"
"Ha! Trying your mind tricks on me, eh? It won't work. Wake up! The only reason I've been keeping you alive was because of the jewel shards. You don't love me, so get that delusion out of your head."
Tears clouded her vision. Was this true? She didn't want to believe it, but with the way he was acting she might as well accept it as fact. Grunting in pain, she managed to stand up. She kept her gaze on the ground and hung her head low. "Fine InuYasha. If you want me to leave, then I will go." She turned around and walked off toward the Bone Eaters Well.
"I want you dead!"
She stopped dead in her tracks upon hearing that declaration. "Kill me then. If I can't be with you, then I don't want to live. I want you to know one thing before I die." She turned around and looked into his eyes. "I love you with all of my heart. I always have and I always will. I would have made you happy. I hope you will be happy with Kikyo." She fell to her knees, shut her eyes, and waited for the inevitable.
His blow came swift. Pain ricocheted through her body. Opening her eyes she found that InuYasha was cradling her in his lap. He held her close to his body. She glanced up into his eyes. He was staring at something behind them. Were those tears on his face? She tried to wiggle out of his grasp, but only succeeded in making him hug her body tighter. He began to growl, scaring her. In one fluid movement she managed to push him away from her, sending herself to the ground.
Miroku appeared at the scene and noticed InuYasha cradling Kagome to him. He looked around, noticing Masaru, but not seeing Huca. He heard a cry of pain from somewhere behind him and ran to find the source.
Kagome bit back tears of pain as she slowly rose to her feet. She gave her body a quick glance and winced as she noticed all the blood.
"Bitch, what was that for?" InuYasha stood up.
"Bitch? You're the one trying to kill me. You said that I was in the way of you and Kikyo." She glanced around. Finding her bow and arrows a few feet away, she took the few steps towards them. Bending down to gather her gear, she realized that she had gained a few broken ribs. Fighting back the pain, she straightened back up, strung an arrow in her bow, and aimed at InuYasha.
"What are you talking about? I would never try to kill you."
Masaru watched the display and mentally patted himself on the back. The dream sequence that he had just fed Kagome worked like a charm. "The only thing keeping her alive right now is the revenge she seeks on InuYasha. After she kills him, she will die. Two down; now to finish the rest of the group," he thought. He turned around.
Miroku and Huca burst through the woods. At a quick glance, they noticed that Kagome had an arrow pointed at InuYasha, and Masaru was walking away from the scene. Miroku gave Huca the signal to get behind him. Once she was out of the way, he released the prayer beads from his right hand and let loose his wind tunnel. Masaru was caught by surprise and skidded a few feet before placing a shield around himself. Miroku replaced the prayer beads once he noticed that his wind tunnel wasn't having any effect on the demon.
Huca took the opportunity to run over to Kagome and InuYasha. She stopped just behind Kagome and once again entered her mind. Instead of Kagome's mind being blocked, it was clouded. Huca saw images of InuYasha hurting Kagome, trying to kill her. Huca sighed, raised her hands, and sent a wave of energy through Kagome's mind. Huca watched as the clouds slowly dissipated.
"Kagome snap out of it! InuYasha would never hurt you," Huca pleaded.
InuYasha looked on in a mixture of wonder and dread. Was this some sort of trick? He guessed that it was. "Why would I want Kagome dead? I love her. Wait, where did that come from? Ah hell, I might as well admit it to myself. All I have to do is convince her that I love her. How the hell am I going to do that?" he thought.
"He wants me dead, Huca. Just look at the blood on his claws." Kagome dropped the arrow and let the bow fall on the ground. She was crying uncontrollably as she fell to her knees. "Why InuYasha? Why?"
InuYasha took a step toward her, but she erected a wall of energy before her, stopping him in place. "Kagome?"
"Don't come any closer. I told you that you could kill me, however I wish to know one thing first. Why didn't you react when I opened my heart to you?" Kagome kept her gaze on the ground as she spoke.
"Kagome, what are you talking about?" This puzzled InuYasha. When had she opened her heart to him?
"Kagome, that never happened. Masaru was projecting images into your head. Get a hold of yourself." Huca tried her best to calm her friend.
"Huca stay out of this! He wants to kill me, and he'll get his wish. InuYasha, I've always known that you would never love me, that I could never piece together your broken heart. Ever since Kikyo came back into the picture, I knew that it would never be the same between us. Perhaps I'm too young to know what love is or how one is supposed to know when they are in love. That is why I am a fool. Like I told you before, if I can't be with you, then I don't want to live." Kagome tried to control her tears, which were now flowing like rivers down her cheeks.
Huca took a step forward. "Huh, seems like I'm not having any effect on her. I don't want to do this, but I think this calls for some extreme measures," she thought. "Kagome..."
InuYasha made a motion for Huca to stop whatever she was about to do. "Kagome, I didn't know you felt that way. I don't know where you got the notion that I want to kill you, but believe me when I say that is far from the truth. I have one thing to say however, I l..." His statement was cut short by a loud crash.
Miroku cursed to himself as he peeled himself off of a tree. "Damn it, Washu was right. I should have stayed there, but then I wouldn't be able to face myself. This has to end," he thought. He took a quick glance at InuYasha and noticed that Kagome was on her hands and knees. "They still haven't gotten through to her. I need to buy some more time, but I don't think I can last much longer," he thought.
"Huca, try to help Kagome. I need to help Miroku, he's badly injured." He gave Kagome a solemn look, but she wasn't paying attention to him. He jumped into the air, but an arrow caught him in his chest, sending him crashing to the ground. He growled as he stood up and pulled the arrow out of his chest. His eyes fell upon Kagome once more to find another arrow pointed at him. "Kagome, don't do this."
Huca didn't have time to react before Kagome let an arrow fly into InuYasha's chest. "I have no choice now. This calls for desperate measures. Kagome, I'm sorry in advance. This had better work," she thought. Gathering all the energy she could muster, she closed her eyes and relaxed her mind. This would drain her energy, but right now she could care less. She raised her hands, palms facing Kagome. She decided to start off slow, so she released a small amount of power and sent it sailing toward Kagome.
Kagome felt the power enter her, but pushed it down and away from her body. She kept the arrow trained on InuYasha, watching his expression. He looked sad and hurt. Huca steadily increased the flow of energy entering Kagome, until Kagome dropped the bow and arrow and clasped her hands on her head, dropping to her knees once again.
"InuYasha, go help Miroku. I'll take care of her; just go!" Huca yelled.
InuYasha didn't give it a second thought as he leapt in the air, pulling Tetsusaiga from its sheath. He landed just behind Masaru. "Kaza No Kiza!" he yelled as he swung Tetsusaiga back and whipped it forward, letting go a torrent of energy. The attack only succeeded in surprising Masaru, however. Glad for the help, Miroku slowly backed off as Masaru turned his attention to InuYasha.
"Ha ha, you think you can defeat me?" Masaru smirked.
"Grr, you know it!" InuYasha's growl became more menacing.
Huca had almost broken through Masaru's barrier inside Kagome, when Kagome rose into the air and was once again slammed into the giant boulder. Masaru smiled and sent another wave of energy at Kagome. This time it was focused on her head, and he sent it banging back against the rock, making her loose consciousness. Masaru lifted his mind out of Kagome's. "That was for killing my grandfather and making my mother suffer."
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"Washu, we need help. Now!" Tenchi had transformed into his Juri battle gear, as had Ayeka, but even with his Light Hawk Sword, the demon's kept coming. The battle seemed to be getting worse by the minute. Aisha had to transform back into her humanoid figure, as she was unable to keep her tiger form up. Kiyone was having the most difficult time of the bunch, but early on Ayeka had positioned herself so that her shield of logs protected Kiyone. Ryoko looked like she was having fun blasting demons. Her disappearing trick also seemed to work wonders, until she came up against another demon with similar powers. Finding that she no longer had the element of surprise on her side, she decided to change it into a game of tag. Thus she went sailing through the trees yelling, "Catch me if you can ugly!"
"I'm working on it," Washu said.
"There he is, that's Domon!" Rain pointed to a picture of her partner on Washu's computer screen.
"That looks like Gene," Melfina said, pointing to the other gentleman.
Washu pressed a few buttons and the two men appeared in her laboratory. Melfina ran up to Gene and wrapped her arms around him. He smiled and ran his fingers through her hair. "What happened Mel, I was looking for you?"
"When we returned to the Outlaw Star, it had been taken over and we were captured," Jim said.
"Rain, are you ok?" Domon ran his eyes over his partner.
"Listen Domon, they need our help. Do you know where the corelander is?" Rain asked.
"Of course I do." He turned his attention to Washu. Forgetting all the usual questions, he asked, "What's the problem?"
Domon and Gene listened intently as Washu told them what was going on. Gene turned to Jim. "Jim, Mel, do either of you know where the Outlaw Star is?" In response they shook their heads no. "Huh," he turned his attention to the big screen just over Washu's computer. "Looks like Susuka and Aisha are already in the fight. We need to find the Outlaw Star and see if we can't gain control of it again."
"Washu can find it," Melfina said.
"Can you transport me to my corelander? I know exactly where it is," Domon asked hopefully.
"As I've told your partners, I am a genius! I can do anything. Tell me where this corelander of yours is and your as good as there." Washu turned back around to her computer.
After about ten minutes, the corelander had been located and both Domon and Rain were transported to its location. Washu also managed to find the Outlaw Star and transported Melfina, Jim, and Gene to its location. She smiled at her accomplishment and returned her attention to the battle.
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It took Gene and Jim a considerable amount of time to override all the changes that were made to the Outlaw Star. They finally managed to change the pass codes with the help of Washu. Once inside the ship, Melfina positioned herself in the tank and took control over the ship. Both Jim and Gene jumped into their seats. Gidium blinked to life and greeted his crew, sounding as happy as a computer could possibly sound.
"Gidium, prepare for take off. We need to help some friends of ours," Gene said.
"May I presume that we will be leaving this planet soon?" Gidium asked.
"After we take care of some demons and get Susuka and Aisha back," Jim stated.
"Engines at full capacity. Radar indicating the fight is just to our east," Melfina said.
"Alright, take us there!" Gene roared.
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Both Rain and Domon dawned their Gundam fighting gear and charged toward the battle scene. Once there, they had the element of surprise and began picking off demons by the hand full. Soon there after, the Outlaw Star showed up. It wasn't long until that battle was won.
Masaru sensed that his diversion had failed and decided that he had better finish off this battle as soon as he could. InuYasha tried the Kaza No Kiza on Masaru a second time, but was met by Masaru's barrier once again. InuYasha swung Tetsusaiga back and when he swung it forward, it released a torrent of energy causing Masaru's barrier to fail. InuYasha smiled as shock crossed Masaru's face.
Masaru took a couple of steps back. "There is no possible way that a hanyou could have such power. I'd better stop this fight before it gets any worse," he thought.
Kagome blinked back into consciousness. It took a few minutes for her eyes to adjust to her surroundings. Finally the blurriness cleared; her eyes focused on Masaru and a very pissed off hanyou. "Good he still has Tetsusaiga. Let's hope he keeps it with him," she thought. She shakily rose to her feet.
Huca noticed Kagome stirring and ran over to her, stepping in Kagome's path. "Kagome, I don't know how you are still standing after that, but you need to stay put. Let InuYasha handle this."
"No Huca. He needs my help." At that moment she collapsed to her hands and knees.
"Kagome, trust me on this. I don't think he would be very happy if you continued to hurt yourself."
"Feh!" Kagome gasped as realized what she had just said. Huca shook her head.
InuYasha charged Masaru and got knocked back by a wave of energy. InuYasha shook it off and charged once again. This time Masaru let InuYasha get close enough so that he could grab hold of Tetsusaiga. The sword sent a shock through Masaru's hand. The demon released the sword and backhanded InuYasha with his free hand.
InuYasha went sailing through the air and landed a few feet from Kagome and Huca. Tetsusaiga landed a few feet in the opposite direction. Masaru glided over to InuYasha and noticed that Kagome was back on her feet with an arrow trained on him. She let it fly. Masaru deflected the arrow as it got dangerously close to his chest. Immediately afterward, he noticed that she had succeeded in blowing a small hole into his chest. He smiled. "She has some spunk after all," he thought.
InuYasha opened his eyes and watched as Kagome sent an arrow flying toward Masaru. He quickly got to his feet and slowly approached her. "Kagome?"
"InuYasha let me help you. Together we can defeat him, I just know it."
"Kagome you're hurt. Get away from here, NOW!" he shouted; tears began to weld up in his eyes.
"I can't.."
"Touching conversation, really it is! If you ask me, it's rather boring." Masaru sent another wave of energy coursing toward Kagome, but she deflected it with one wave of her bow. Masaru took one step back in shock and then smiled as he sent his mind into her stomach and found that the other sack had burst sometime during the fight. "Good, this is going better than I planned," he thought. He stepped forward and sent a wave to InuYasha, who was once again knocked back a few feet.
InuYasha grunted. He tried to stand up, but was pushed back onto the ground when Masaru straddled him, placing his hands around InuYasha's neck. He growled and grabbed hold of Masaru's hands, trying to pry them off. His efforts had no effect and red slowly began to bleed into InuYasha's golden eyes. Masaru looked into InuYasha's eyes and was dumbfounded at the site. Was it possible that a mere half demon could transform? He watched in horror as InuYasha's eyes turned completely red, and red lines formed on each of his cheeks.