The God of the Demons
The Great Demon Inuyasha: Part 6
By B.C.
The Awakening
"Inuyasha! Get away from him, now!" Kagome yelled. She reached for an arrow, pulled back, and sent its blue glowing hue jetting through the sky at Sesshoumaru. Sesshoumaru moved to his right to dodge it. He then landed on his feet, and gave Kagome a stare.
"I wouldn't do that, unless you wish to join him."
Back by the mound, Azumanera looked horrified, and Sango, who was next to her, looked no better. Suddenly Sango heard a deep sound. It was Azumanera. Her aura was pulsing. It sounded like a deep explosion repeating at its peak. Eventually this loud humming of bass began to shake the earth. Azumanera raised her arms, and put her hands together. A light shined from under her, and she floated once again. All light seemed drawn to her, and streams of fierce energy, fed to her by the incandescent mound, engulfed her entire image.
From a distance Kagome could see that there was something in the center of the mound of light. "Is that…it's the Shikkon shard!"
The light was so incredibly bright that even Sesshoumaru was forced to cover his eyes. Among the earth shaking humming and the indescribable light show, Miroku was able to hear Azumanera's voice. She was praying, and from what he could tell, she was praying to the Shikkon shard. "Why would she pray to the shard" thought Miroku. "No one has ever done that before."
Kagome watched in amazement as the shard floated from the mound to Azumanera. Its light was pure, and bright as the sun. "Was this woman really a Tennyo?" thought Kagome. Azumanera floated over Inuyasha. With loving and peaceful eyes, she looked at the pool of blood that he laid in, and smiled.
"Inuyasha," she said softly, "please stand for me." Her voice seemed to echo throughout the forest, and ring in the ears of anyone who heard.
"Get away from him!" Sesshoumaru yelled and lunged his sword at Azumanera. The sword was caught by pink lightning that then began to surge wildly from the blade. The energy was lashing out in every direction, and sent an incredibly painful pulse through Sesshoumaru. Sesshoumaru pulled back and landed quite a distance away. "Was that a barrier?" thought Sango. The light grew brighter, and Sesshoumaru, who was helpless to stop it, only frowned at what he saw.
In the center of the barrier Inuyasha stood as waves of light and pink electricity pulsed through him. Suddenly there was wind in the giant ball of energy that was Azumanera's giant barrier. The wind swirled around Inuyasha so violently that only his silhouette could be seen. The hut seemed to pulse in sink with the light and wind, and its light grew brighter as well.
"Inuyasha!" Kagome screamed as she ran towards him. Miroku ran after her.
"Kagome stop, please! You don't know if that barrier will affect you!" Miroku pleaded as he tried to restrain Kagome. Seeing Miroku's struggle, Sango hopped on Kirara, snagged Shippo, and headed for them. Kirara landed in front Kagome, blocking her path, and Sango dismounted held Kagome.
"It's okay." she said in hopes of calming her, but inside she wondered, is it really? Azumanera's prayers grew louder, and their echoes began to overlap each other. The wind became so strong that the ancient trees all the way down to their roots began to sway. Then, as though a bomb had detonated, wind and energy from the barrier burst in every direction, and scattered until it could no longer be seen. Then it was calm. The light and the wind insider the barrier dwindled, and there in the midst of the fading light and smoke stood a male silhouette. Once the smoke cleared there stood what could only be described as the Youkai Inuyasha.
Even from a distance Inuyasha seemed taller to everyone. His red fire rat's robe had become sleeveless, and he was wearing fore arm bands that went from his elbow to his wrist, which appeared to be made of thick brown leather. Attached to the leather band on his right arm, only, was a type of linked metal plates, which were large and looked thick with intricate Japanese patterns carved around the edges. Around his waist was a thick dark blue cloth that covered his abs, and tied in the back by thin light blue cording. His pants, which were now black with dark red patterns, no longer fell down to his ankles, instead they were tucked in under his shin plates which were tied on by a thin blue cording. He was wearing sandals (Japanese style) that had many red straps keeping them firmly to his feet. And the purple marks, apparent on Sesshoumaru's cheeks, were now on Inuyasha as well. He had one on each side of his face, one on each bicep of his now exposed arms, and what looked like the outline of a purple diamond on his forehead. His hair was now in a ponytail, but his eyes were unchanged.
"Maybe he's still himself." hoped Kagome, and with that thought in mind she pushed Miroku away and ran to Inuyasha calling his name with each breath she could spare. Azumanera fell to the earth, seemingly weak from the transformation, and fell unconscious. Kagome stopped running when she reached a short distance from Inuyasha.
"Inu…yasha?" she said timidly.
"I'm still here." he said. There was new strength even in his voice. It sounded the same, but different. More serious, perhaps, thought Kagome.
"Thank god. I was so worried." She began to cry as she threw herself at him.
"I'm okay. In fact, I'm more than okay." Kagome could feel his new muscular body as she wrapped her arms around him.
"Kagome look out!" Inuyasha yelled, and quickly swept her up as he dodged Sesshoumaru's whip attack. Inuyasha noticed how quickly his body reacted. He landed near the gang and handed Kagome to Sango.
"Inuyasha." said Miroku.
"I'm okay. Take Kagome and go to a safe distance. Sesshoumaru is mine." He said with a growl in his voice, and he then leapt away. He landed close to the hut, about twenty feet from Sesshoumaru.
"You bastard! How dare you attack me while Kagome is near. I will never forgive you for that."
To Be Continued…
Author's Notes: About Inuyasha's new costume, I know it's hard to get a visual, but to help with that here's what you do: picture a cross between Inuyasha and Mitsurugi from Soul Caliber 2. If you've seen him you'll kind of know what I'm going for. Once again your criticism is always welcome whether positive or negative. Thanks for reading.