Hello, and welcome to chapter seven of Mysterious Hanyou. I thank all those who have been reading my little fanfic, and all the people who have been giving me reviews and like my story! ^_^ it really makes me happy that people like my story…it makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside…o.o okay. Okay. I'm over it. First a disclaimer (as usual)
Disclaimer: No, Inuyasha doesn't belong to me, but YES Inuko DOES belong to me. Take her and suffer my wrath! But as for IY & crew…I don't own them…Rumiko Takahashi (and affiliated companies) do…*snaps fingers* darn…
Wait wait, more author notes! for good reason too! Instead of ending this, and then continuing it in a sequel, I think I'll just continue it, dividing it into Sagas and such. Like, this would be the "Hidden Family" saga, or it's just going to stay as the "Mysterious Hanyou" saga...i don't know, i'm horrible with titles. And then Saga II would be "Growing Feelings" etc., etc. I want to know what your take is on this. Please tell me what you think. onegai? *does super-kawaii sad puppy eyes*
ALSO: You know how Kouga has that sword that he never uses (as far as I've seen, anyway)? Well, it's going to be used in this chapter, dang it! ^_^
Side note part II (added 2/15/02): Depending on how I feel, this chapter can be full of angst, tears, and (later) Sesshoumaru, or it can be full of joy, victory, and teeny tiny little twin youkai pieces. ^_^; So, just giving you a small warning. Oh yes. Another warning. Guess what? Harsher language.
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Mysterious Hanyou
Chapter Seven: Fight to the Finish
By: Akiko
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*Bang* oops…katie died.
Oops. Okay. That's not true.
Okay. I'm OVER IT!
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Inuko stood as still as stone, her face frozen in an expression of horror…so many dead bodies; the stench of blood and death drenched the air. Kouga was by her side, his piercing blue eyes narrowed in anger. Sure, he didn't particularly like humans (except for Kagome), but this wasn't right; this was pure slaughter.
"You…" Inuko snarled, her golden eyes practically glowing with anger, "HOW COULD YOU DO THIS TO INNOCENT PEOPLE!??!"
Jiro stifled a giggle. Really, this hanyou girl was just too amusing sometimes…
"Well, we can do this to innocent people because…" Jiro trailed off, waiting for his brother to complete the sentence.
"Because we can."
Kagome, who was standing behind Inuko, glared angrily at the twin youkai. Did they really think they could get away with this?!
"How dare you attack these defenseless villagers," Kagome said, her voice a dangerous murmur, "I won't let you get away with this…This is unforgivable!!"
The others nodded in agreement, and watched on as the would-be priestess readied her bow, plucking a sharp-edged arrow from her quiver. She pointed it threateningly at Taro and Jiro, her eyes speaking volumes; the normally soft, warm eyes almost glowing with power and anger.
"Like you could do anything, little girl," scoffed Jiro, "You're about as harmless as the kitsune."
"WHY YOU--!" Shippou exclaimed, offended that he was called 'harmless'.
A hand covered his mouth, muffling the little fox's tirade. Miroku frowned at Shippou; now was not the time to blurt out immature comments. That would only get the small child killed.
"Kagome…" Inuyasha muttered, his hand on the hilt of the Tessaiga. "Let me take care of this…"
The schoolgirl nodded in agreement, her lips set in a straight line. She tentatively returned the arrow to its quiver, but she still clenched the bow in her left hand, ready to fire at anytime.
The white haired hanyou-boy stepped up in front of the group, his lips turned up at cocky smirk. He'd take care of this, without having to involve Kagome or his friends.
"Look, you bastards," Inuyasha started, keeping his voice even, "I don't care who the hell you are, or what you're doing here..."
"But for hurting innocent people, you're going to die!"
And with that, Inuyasha leapt into the air, pulling Tessaiga from its sheathe, letting it transform into the demonic blade. He brought it down hard, but the twin youkai dodged to either side of the huge sword, both smirking identically at Inuyasha.
Inuyasha growled to himself; he hadn't expected to miss. These guys were fast...
"All we want is the hanyou-girl. Just give her to us, ne?" Taro suggested, his blood red eyes roving over Inuko's body.
The hanyou-girl only snarled in reply, taking another step back. She was about to yell something when suddenly...
"NO F**KING WAY!" shouted Kouga, leaving the group in a stunned silence. He glanced around, trying to fight down the urge to blush, but he continued with his little outburst. "WHY WOULD YOU WANT A PIECE OF DOG-TURD ANYWAY?!!?"
'I love Kagome. I love Kagome...' Kouga thought, desperately trying to convince himself.
Inuko fixed an angry stare on Kouga. How could he?! Insulting her in front of their opponent?! She narrowed her golden eyes, and gave him what he deserved. A swift kick to the shin.
"OWWWWWWWW! WHAT THE ***K WAS THAT FOR?!?!?!" the wolf howled, obviously in pain. Which is just what she wanted.
She smirked triumphantly as he stared angrily at her. Heh. She won this round.
'That jackass...' Inuko thought, staring into piercing blue eyes.
'Why that little...'
"Um, hello? You're SUPPOSED to be paying attention to US!!" Jiro hollered, his patience running on low. "JUST GIVE US THE DAMNED HANYOU!"
Inuko took a step forward.
"Well, this 'damned hanyou' isn't going without a fight!" She cried, charging at Jiro. She leapt into the air, aiming her deadly claws for Jiro's throat.
"SANKON TESSOU!"
Jiro jumped off to the side, missing Inuko's would-be brutal strike. But, the blue-haired youkai just barely missed it by millimeters, having his neck nicked in the process. He held a hand to his neck, putting pressure on the little cut. Jiro hadn't expected that this hanyou-girl would actually be able to land any hits on him...but then again, after the last battle, he should have known better...
'Dammit....'
'Jiro! Are you all right?!'
Taro ran to his side, his crimson eyes full of concern. His brother was hurt...even if it was just a little cut, their bond was so deep that he could practically feel the stinging scratch on his own neck.
"Don't worry about it," Jiro said, trying to reassure his brother. "Now. We have a hanyou to be getting."
'Should we do it?'
The twins traded looks and nodded, smirking to themselves. The secret smile and the smug look didn't go by unnoticed however, and the entire group seemed to back up a bit. Something was going to happen, something big, and something bad...
They were right.
Something bad WAS going to happen...
[a.n.: small yaoi/incest thing...i don't know. probably too many of those odd pics of Amiboshi and Suboshi (i love them to death though)]
Jiro and Taro stared into each other's eyes, drowning in them. Jiro's eyes were practically sparkling stars with excitement; they would finally be able to get their hanyou!
He leaned forward, and planted a soft kiss onto his brother's lips.
Seven pairs of eyes widened in shock, and disgust.
Even Kouga couldn't seem to handle this.
Inuko turned to everyone, horror evident in her golden eyes.
"D-d-did he j-just k-k-k-k--" the hanyou-girl tried to choke out, unable to complete her sentence.
"Oh dear lord...he...just...kissed...his...BROTHER!!!!!" Sango commented, rather loudly, too.
The two were still lip-locked when Inuko glanced back over at them; she just couldn't take this anymore. So she decided to run for cover.
And next thing he knew, Inuyasha had a quivering sister hiding behind him.
"Eh?! What the hell do you think you're doing?!" Inuyasha shouted at Inuko.
She glared at her brother. What, does he just expect her to sit there and WATCH those two make-out?! THAT'S JUST TOO DISGUSTING FOR GOODNESS' SAKE!!!!!
"WHAT?! DO YOU THINK I WANT TO WATCH THEM KISSING!?!?!?" Inuko shot back.
"..."
"..."
"Good point."
"HA! (stupid author's note: it's a pun!)"
"Shush."
"You can't make me."
Kouga groaned and closed his eyes. He didn't want to stick around for another argument between those two, but he didn't want to leave Inuk--Kagome behind...
'What the...' Kouga thought, spinning around to face the two youkai. His blue eyes widened in horror.
"Holy--"
"SHIT!!" Inuko and Inuyasha exclaimed in horror, feeling the powerful, black,
aura washing over them.
Miroku grunted a bit; this youki was strong...damn it! What the hell happened?!
As if hearing his thoughts, Sango replied, "They combined into one to form...this...thing..."
It was true. While everyone was distracted by the bickering between the hanyou twins, Jiro and Taro combined into one demon, twice as powerful, twice as fast, and twice as dangerous as before. [an: this new thing well be referred to as Jaro. You know, Jiro and Taro combined? Their consciousness is still intact as 2 seperate people, just in one body ] Jaro had a black pair of bat-like wings protruding from his back, and fangs extended from his mouth. His hair was a crimson red now, and if it were possible, it looked like his eyes were even more of a blood-red....
"Wah!" Shippou cried in fear, drawing Jaro's attention.
Jaro grinned at the little fox, scaring the living daylights out him. He looked at his new hands; there were long, razor sharp nails on every single one. Lethal claws that could probably slice through everything.
'Wanna test them out?' Jiro asked Taro.
Jaro smiled sinisterly, revealing the answer.
With a flap of black wings, and in a blink of an eye, Shippou was knocked off of Miroku's shoulder with an iron fist.
"Urgghh...." Shippou groaned, before passing out from the impact.
"Shippou-chan!" Kagome and Sango cried, rushing to the fallen fox's side.
Kagome picked up the lifeless kitsune and cradled him in her arms. Tears welled up in her eyes at the sight of the beaten fox. A waterfall of tears cascaded down her face, dripping onto Shippou. He was still breathing, but just barely...His little body couldn't possibly handle that hit...
How could they do that? To an innocent fox cub?
"That is unforgivable."
They all turned to Inuko, who was clenching and unclenching her hands in pure anger and hate. Her eyes were hidden by wild white bangs, but when she looked up, everyone, Jaro included, were shocked at the hate and blood-lust in the hanyou's eyes.
"For that," She stated, her voice icy cold.
"You will die."
Inuko rushed past Kouga and the others, grabbing the wolf's sword while she was at it. She dashed towards Jaro, holding the blade tightly in her hand. They wouldn't get away with this. They would die and go to hell, and be tortured for eternity for what they did. For all that they've done.
She leapt up, the sword aiming for the throat of the demon (if you've watched Rurouni Kenshin, think Hiten Mitsurugi style, Ryu Shou Sen). And in an instant it could have all been over, with a decapitated demon.
But it wasn't. And it seemed that all timed stopped, with gasps of horror and looks of alarm frozen on everyone's face like water on a cold, winter day.
Kouga's sword clattered to the ground.
"Inuko-chan..." Kagome whispered, holding Shippou even tighter.
"Masaka...(I think it's something like "It can't be" or "Impossible"...)" Kouga gasped, not believing that this had really happened.
"No..." breathed Sango, while Miroku wrapped an arm around her, trying to comfort her.
But how could he comfort her, when he was having difficulty accepting this himself...?
"No..." croaked Inuyasha. His tongue seemed to be as dry as sand-paper at the moment.
"Inuko-chan...iie (no)..."
All eyes turned to Inuyasha. Was he...crying?
"Iie...my sister...not when I've just gotten you back..."
Memories flooded through his mind. Now, now he remembered most everything. Bits and pieces were still blocked out, but now...
"INU-CHAN!!!!!!!!!!" he howled in such despair that he barely recognized his own voice.
As Inuyasha cried out his anguish, Jaro only smirked in pleasure. They might have killed one hanyou, but the other still remained...
The cruel demon threw Inuko away to the ground, where the others immediately quickly rushed to her side. They all held back more gasps of horror when they saw the extent of her wound. She was bleeding heavily from a gaping hole from her chest; it was even worse than the previous wound. And this time...they all had this bad feeling...
"Heh...*huff* heh...You can't...just...kill me....yet..." Inuko panted, trying to sit up. She wasn't going to give up; she was going to kill those rat bastards!
"What the ***K DID YOU THINK YOU WERE DOING?!?" scolded Inuyasha and Kouga, not realized they had said it in unison.
"Heh...heh..."
She only laughed, slowly falling back to the earth, unable to support herself.
The wolf quickly caught her, and let the hanyou use his lap as a pillow. If she was going to...die...she should at least be comfortable...
"Miroku-sama! What can we do for her!?" Kagome asked frantically, her eyes filled with panic and tears. If they could do this to Inuyasha's sister...then what would happen if Inuyasha tried to fight...?
The monk avoided her gaze, his eyes seemed to be saying that Inuko was resigned to the fate she was given. That there was nothing more that could be done.
"Kagome...there's nothing else I can do."
At this, Inuyasha jumped to his feet, his golden eyes glaring accusingly at the houshi.
"WHAT THE ***K ARE YOU SAYING?! THIS MY SISTER, DAMMIT!" He shouted, not caring if he was feeling the same thing. There was always hope...right?
Sango shook her head; she knew well the feeling of losing a loved sibling. But, what was there left to do? Stick in a Shikon Shard, and let her live out the rest of her life depending on its power? She didn't even want that for Kohaku. She'd rather have him dead than have him be a mindless puppet...But, if there was a way to bring him back...
The exterminator shook her head. That was impossible. There was no way the dead could be brought--...Okay. Kikyou was a completely different case. There was no possible way for the dead to be brought back by human methods...
"Why do you look so sad, huh Kouga? Isn't this one less piece of dog-turd in your life?"
Kouga looked intensely at the hanyou with his piercing blue eyes. How could Inuko do this at such a time?
"How could you say such a thing?" He said, his voice a husky whisper.
"Feh! I'm not going to die anyway, wolf-boy..." She teased, trying to get him to lighten up.
Inuko noticed the expressions of everyone around her. Why did they...
"Why do you all look so sad?"
Kagome choked back a sob, and looked away, trying to hide her tear-streaked face. They had just met but...
Sango stared at the hanyou, her gaze soft. If she was dying, then at least she'd be able to say good-bye...
Miroku stared at the ground, unable to look at Inuko. He would see Inuyasha in her face, and Inuko in his. He balled up his cursed hand into a fist. Why did so many of their loved ones have to die?!
Kouga held Inuko close. Her breathing was getting shallower...There wasn't anything else they could do...But why should he care?
'Because you care for her...' a nagging little voice told him. 'Tell her...'
The wolf-prince shook his head. No! NO! Dammit, he loved Kagome...okay, fine, he did think *SOMETHING* of the hanyou lying in his lap, but just as a friend and nothing more. And even if he thought of her as more than a friend, it was more like a little sister above all else...
Inuyasha was standing, his blood boiling with rage. His demon half was lusting for revenge and blood, but...but...would Inuko want to see him like that in his last moments? He grasped the hilt of Tessaiga. He'd get his revenge. He'd get his revenge with his father's sword.
And without warning, he leapt at Jaro, drawing the demonic blade. He'd use its power to its fullest extent...
"KAZE NO..."
Jaro's eyes widened. What the--
"KIZU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
The furious cry was lost to the night sky, as he released the Kaze no Kizu with all the anger in his heart.
All that was left, were deep scars left by Tessaiga.
All that was left, were grieving friends, and a lifeless body.
Kouga gathered Inuko into his arms and stood.
"Inuyasha. I'm sorry," he stated quite simply, barely any emotion in his voice.
But as gold clashed with blue, Inuyasha realized that Kouga may have cared more for his sister than the wolf himself might have known.
The remaining hanyou replaced the sword into its sheathe, and quietly, solemnly walked up to Kouga. He brushed a stray, white hair out of Inuko's face. She was still warm...
"No...Dammit, NO! SHE IS GOING TO F**KIN' LIVE!"
He spun around when a warm touch on his shoulder. He was surprised when he saw Sango's sympathetic brown eyes.
"There's nothing we can do, Inuyasha. Just leave things be..."
There's nothing we can do...
There's nothing we can do...
'There's nothing we can do...' Inuyasha thought, mulling over the phrase over and over again. His golden eyes widened.
"There's nothing *we* can do..." he whispered, "But there's something Sesshoumaru might be able to do about it."
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That's it for "Fight to the Finish". So what do you think? I hope you all liked
it... Review, please? And don't worry, I'm still going to keep writing. ^_~
