At Least We Have Each Other

By: Escachick357

Ch. 7- Fighting in the Castle

Disclaimer- I don't own Inu-yasha. And if I did, I'd be rich as hell.

A/N: Hey, sorry for not updating for a while. I had work, writer's block, and now I'm back in school. I'm going to try to update after this chapter really soon. Okay? All right. R/R but don't flame me.

In the shadows around the outside of Sesshoumaru's castle, 4 tall figures stood whispering. "So, boss. Are we going to attack them?" One of the figures asked. "Yes. It's what Lord Bardo wishes." The tallest figure answered, "And we must not disobey him." The others nodded and climbed up the wall of the castle and onto the roof. They all jumped onto the next balcony and ran into the room it led to: the dining room.

Unfortunately for the 4 figures, nobody was inside, in fact, the entire castle was silent. "Dammit!" The boss yelled. Him and his men wandered out to the hallway quietly, not even seeing a single servant. The boss ran to the nearest window, opened it, stuck his head out, pulled out a strange wooden whistle, and blew into it hard. A loud, high-pitched sound filled the air and many winged demons filled the sky and landed on the castle.

Hitomi opened her eyes and quickly sat up after hearing the whistle. She looked to her side and saw Hiroshi, still sound asleep. She went over to her twin and started shaking him, "Hiroshi, wake up." She shook as she got the words out. Hiroshi opened his eyes and asked, "What?" "I...heard a loud whistle. I think the castle is going to be attacked." Hitomi stuttered. "It was probably just the wind." Hiroshi said sitting up.

Suddenly, the two hanyou children heard something land on the roof. They both jumped up, grabbed the Tetsuaiga and Kagome's bow and arrows, and ran out to the hallway. Down the hall, they saw Sakura holding Coal, both looking afraid. "I heard a whistle in the wind and the landings on the roof. Akira and I both woke up, but not Satoshi. We can't wake him up." Sakura softly cried. "Where is Akira?" Hitomi asked.

"I'm here." Akira answered as he opened the door to the room that Sakura and Satoshi shared, "I can't wake up Satoshi." Hiroshi opened the door to the room and saw Satoshi laying in his futon in a very deep sleep. "Have Coal wake him up." Hiroshi told Sakura. "What?" Sakura asked cluelessly. "You heard me! Just cast a fire spell on him!" Hiroshi nearly yelled.

"But won't that...hurt him?"

"Not if it's just a small one. Now do it!"

"Okay."

Coal disappeared into the room, blew a tiny bit of fire on Satoshi, and woke him up screaming.

Satoshi's screams didn't last long. He heard the youkai on the roof. He quickly grabbed his staff and threw Sango's boomerang at Sakura. Akira ran into his room to grab his gloves. Once he came out into the hallway, a hole appeared in the ceiling and some winged youkai that were HUGE jumped inside the castle. Sakura, Satoshi, Hitomi, Hiroshi, and Akira screamed in terror. "We have to fight!" Hitomi screamed.

Everyone nodded and headed towards the large youkai, their weapons drawn. The youkai were tall and strong, but had no skills in fighting. The children, however, had experience in fighting. Hitomi and Hiroshi were always fighting with the kids at school, Sakura had practiced the boomerang since she was small, Satoshi had been practicing spells since he was old enough to talk, and Akira had been fighting since he was old enough to walk around by himself. 20 youkai were killed in a minute by the 5 of them and Coal.

After a while, the stronger and more experienced of the youkai appeared in larger armor. There were only 3 of them, just enough for 2 kids on one. It wasn't easy. Hitomi and Hiroshi had to worry about fighting both the front and back of their youkai. Sakura and Satoshi did the same to their youkai, but Akira had to fight with Coal.

Akira was busy using his fists on the front side of his youkai, while Coal transformed into her bigger self and attacked her youkai by the outside of the neck. Blood flowed heavily as the youkai grew weak and fell to the ground, dead, just like his other 2 companions.

When the 3 experienced youkai died, Hitomi, Hiroshi, Sakura, Satoshi, Akira, and Coal were out of breath and tired. They were so tired that they all had to lean against each other while taking deep breaths. Suddenly, the 4 biggest figures came up: the ones that blew the whistle and had an order from Bardo. The children and Coal shook as they came near. The youkai were tall, pig-like youkai with muscles as big as the small Tetsuaiga that Hiroshi held. (A/N: Try to imagine those monsters from Zelda: Ocarina of Time that are in the Sacred Forest Meadow when Link is an adult and you got the 4 youkai) They came closer and raised the maces that they held.

The children and Coal knew that they wouldn't have a chance at fighting them, so they did the only thing they could do...scream for help. As soon as the screams left their mouths, Sesshoumaru, Jaken, and Rin ran. Rin ran to the children while Sesshoumaru and Jaken fought the pig youkai. The pig youkai were more skilled than the last youkai that the children and Coal fought, but Sesshoumaru and Jaken were a lot more skilled than them.

The pig youkai fell to the ground, nearly dead. A hologram of Bardo appeared in the air and grunted, "Stupid Pigs! You'll do better in Hell!" Then with a magical wave of his hand, the pigs disappeared. Bardo smiled and looked at the kids, "Well, you seemed to have missed my present from last time. Well....here it is again!" "Rin! Get them and yourself out of here. NOW!!!" Sesshoumaru yelled. "Hai, Sesshoumaru-sama." Rin answered and pushed the kids and Coal in front of her, towards the exit.

Bardo yelled his magical spell that crystallized the children's parents. The spell got closer as the as the children, Coal, and Rin got closer to the exit. Finally the exit came. Akira was the first out, then Satoshi, then Sakura and Coal, and then Hitomi and Hiroshi. The 6 of them looked behind them and saw the entire castle crystallize. Rin was only 4 steps away from the exit, but became crystals. The children and Coal stared in both shock and fear.

From inside the castle, Hiroshi, who had the best hearing, heard Bardo from the castle shout, "Damn! I missed them again!" Then all of them saw Bardo appear out of the top of the castle, a huge scowl on his evil face. "Bardo! What have you done to Uncle Sesshoumaru, Jaken, and Rin?!?" Hitomi screamed at the evil man that was now floating in the sky right above the castle. All Bardo did was laugh.

"Bardo! Prepare to die!" Hiroshi screamed, readying the Tetsuaiga. "Yeah!" Hitomi yelled, taking out her bow and arrows. Sakura, Satoshi, and Akira followed by taking out Miroku's staff, Sango's boomerang, and Akira's fists. Coal grew bigger. Bardo laughed, stuck his hands out in front of him, and called out a different spell, that the kids and Coal didn't understand. A yellow light appeared and surrounded them. Hitomi and Hiroshi felt their bodies going numb and saw Bardo disappear into thin air. Then they slipped into the world of unconsciousness.

****************3 hours later******************

"Who are they? And why would they travel to the castle that Sesshoumaru lives in?" A deep, male voice asked. He didn't get an answer because a softer voice was busy whispering prayers over the 6 unconscious bodies. After a while, they all opened their eyes and saw the faces of a man and a woman. At first, nobody said anything until Satoshi broke the silence, "Who are you?"

End Chapter 7

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A/N: Okay, that was it. Sorry if you thought it sucked, but I'll try to make the next chapter better. And if I don't update soon, you can blame it on my stupid high school. R/R if you want, but be nice. Oh, and here are some Japanese translations:

Hai = yes

-sama = some name ending.