Student of the Battousai: Sesshomaru's Return
Chapter 5
Inuyasha looked at Sesshomaru with sadness, and confusion in his eyes. Sesshomaru just gave him a dark smirk. A tear rolled down his eye without Inuyasha knowing.
"H-How could you?" he managed to say. "How could you kill all those people?"
"I could careless about those weak people. All I care about is doing my job, and you're in the way of that," Sesshomaru replied, and started to walk towards his brother. Kenshin quickly jumped in front of his young pupil, and locked his sword with Sesshomaru's.
"Inuyasha get away from here! I'll take care of him," Kenshin said. But Inuyasha wouldn't move, he just froze in his spot with shock written all over his face. Kenshin took his eyes off of Sesshomaru, and looked at Inuyasha. Sesshomaru took advantage of that moment, and pushed Kenshin away.
"Bad move master," he said before he ran up to Kenshin, and slashed him across his chest, knocking him to the ground. Kenshin tried to get up, but he couldn't move.
"What's going on?" he asked. Sesshomaru just smirked.
"I covered my sword with a poison my employer gave me. He said that it would make my opponents freeze just long enough for me to kill them. So, now that you're like that, I can finish the job." Sesshomaru started to walk up to Kenshin ready to kill the wanderer when Inuyasha jumped in his way.
"I-I'm not going to let you do that Sesshomaru," he said. "If you want to kill Kenshin then you'll have to go through me." Inuyasha got in a stance with his sword ready. Sesshomaru looked at his brother's sword, he gave him a small smile.
"Your hands are shaking. So even after all these years, you're still that sacred kid who was afraid of fighting?" Inuyasha didn't answer, he stayed in his stance, but he couldn't hide his fear or his shock.
"I-I-I'm going to let you hurt Kenshin. Even if I have to fight you myself," Inuyasha said nervously.
"So be it," Sesshomaru said, and attacked with a downward strike. It was so fast Inuyasha barely had any time to block. Inuyasha pushed up Sesshomaru's sword, and charged in with a fast, but weak swing. Sesshomaru jumped back like it was nothing, and pushed forward so that he was right in front of Inuyasha.
"No way!" Inuyasha gasped.
"Too slow," Sesshomaru said quickly, and side kicked Inuyasha into a tree. The assassin quickly charged towards his younger brother, and attacked with a thrust with god-like speed. Inuyasha quickly dove to the side, and slowly stood up.
"Sesshomaru, stop. You can end this. Please go back to the Sesshomaru I know," he begged. The assassin just scoffed.
"Please Inuyasha, you're so pathetic. You always were, and you always will!" Suddenly he charged in, and attacked with a slash towards his young brother's head. Inuyasha gasped, and jumped out of the way. He attacked with another weak slash that Sesshomaru didn't even bother to dodge. He just raised his sword, and parried. Inuyasha gasped, and received a jab in his face, knocking him down. Inuyasha looked at his brother as he raised his sword.
"Sesshomaru.... why?" was he wanted to say.
"Because, I was hired to," the assassin replied and brought down his sword. Inuyasha rolled back, just narrowly missing the attack, and slowly got up. The younger boy charged weakly, and attacked with weak slashes. Sesshomaru dodged them with ease. Inuyasha went in with a slow stab, and Sesshomaru dodged to side, and round kicked Inuyasha to the ground. With a dark smirk, he picked up his brother by his neck, and started to punch him constantly. Inuyasha raised his sword, and tried to stab him, but Sesshomaru grabbed his sword, and jabbed him to the ground.
"Inuyasha.... stop...he's too strong," Kenshin said weakly. The poison was slowly getting to him; he could barely move his fingers without feeling like he was on fire. Sesshomaru smirked.
"Listen to your master, Inuyasha, and just give up so I can give you a quick death. Inuyasha looked in his brother's eyes, and saw that the kindness, and gentleness that was once there was now gone. Now there was just coldness, and ruthlessness. He then remembered how it was before; when it was only them wandering in the forest after his village was destroyed.
*******
It was hot and dry, and the sun was high at high noon. Sweat streamed down the brows of both brothers as they continued walking.
"Sesshomaru, it's so hot! Can we rest?" Inuyasha whined.
"Not yet. We can only rest when we find a stream. Then we can go swimming," he said with a smile.
"All right! Swimming!"
"So does that mean you want to go on?" Inuyasha nodded, and they continued. As the day rolled on, the heat was slowly getting to the younger brother. He felt like he was on fire, but he didn't want to slow down Sesshomaru so he didn't say anything. Eventually he just fell from exhaustion.
'I have to get up. I won't be weak," he said to himself, but he was just too exhausted.
"Need some help?" Sesshomaru asked and offered his hand. Inuyasha took his brother's hand, and he lifted Inuyasha up on his shoulders. "This'll make it much faster. I can smell water from here," he with a smile.
"Hey Sesshomaru, do think you can go any faster?" the younger brother asked.
"Of course," he replied, and started to sprint.
"Wow! I didn't know you could go so fast!" Inuyasha exclaimed.
"This is nothing watch this!" and suddenly all the forest seemed to just blow by. Everything was a blur, the trees, the road, everything. The only thing Inuyasha could see clearly was his brother. When they reached the forest, they spent the whole day just swimming, slashing, laughing, and eating.
"That was fun!" Inuyasha sighed as he and Sesshomaru dried off under a tree. Sesshomaru nodded.
"Yeah, and when we find a home we can come back here again."
"Promise?" Inuyasha asked, and held out his pinkie.
"Promise," Sesshomaru said, and they pinkie swore.
*******
'Sesshomaru what happened to you?' Inuyasha thought as he got up. Sesshomaru charged, and attacked with a swift horizontal slash. Inuyasha weakly put his sword, and blocked, but was knocked back by the force. The older brother jumped in the air, and shouted,
"Hiten Mitsurugi Ryuu: Ryuu Tsui Sen!" With amazing momentum he came down towards his brother and brought his sword towards his shoulder. Inuyasha brought up his sword to try block, but the strike was too powerful, and his sword was giving way to the power of the attack.
'Oh no. That's enough power and speed to completely cut off Inuyasha's arm!' Kenshin thought in shock. 'How can someone do this to their own brother?' The sword master tried to move, but Sesshomaru's poison was going through his body, and he was still paralyzed.
"Give up brother, you and I both know you can't handle this kind of attack," Sesshomaru said as his sword was slowly pushing down on Inuyasha's sword. Eventually, Sesshomaru managed to land the blow right on his younger brother's shoulder. Inuyasha's block attempt managed to slow down the attack so it didn't cut off his arm. Sesshomaru jumped back.
"I'm surprised, not many people can slow down that attack." Inuyasha didn't say a word; he was just panting, and looking right into his brother's eyes. He remembered when Sesshomaru gave up a fish to him when they were out of food. He remembered when he taught him how to fish, and how to swim. His brother taught him all the basic things he knew, and here they were fighting each other.
"Sesshomaru, what made you change so much? What happened to the brother I knew?" Inuyasha asked.
"He grew up," Sesshomaru replied, and attacked with a fast thrust. Inuyasha managed to parry, but it was weak, and Sesshomaru managed a powerful sidekick to his younger brother's chest, making him fly back into a tree. While Inuyasha was still shaking the cobwebs off, Sesshomaru grabbed him by the neck, and threw him into another tree, back first. As he tried to get up, Sesshomaru grabbed his leg and started to drag him along the muddy ground. Inuyasha suddenly flipped over, and slashed his brother's chest. The older brother stepped back as Inuyasha rose to his feet.
"We can stop this right now, Sesshomaru. There's no point to this." Sesshomaru just chuckled.
"To you this fight maybe pointless, but to me this fight is everything. I've never had to go after a target twice."
"Why do you want to kill Kenshin? He used to be your master, your friend!"
"Key word, used to be. Now I have a new master, and he's much more stronger than that weakling," Sesshomaru replied, and shot forward. Inuyasha gasped, and tried to block his attack, but his arm wouldn't move.
'I can't move my arm!' he thought in panic. Inuyasha was slashed across his chest, and fell backwards.
"Now I have you. Get ready for one of my favorite attacks. Hiten Mitsurugi Ryuu: Dou Ryu Sen!" A blast of pure energy shot towards the fallen brother. Inuyasha tried to move, but he couldn't move. So, he just shut his eyes and readied himself for the impact. He was blown back into two trees, and stopped near a cliff. When he opened his eyes he was saw Sesshomaru coming towards him. His sight was becoming blurred, and soon he fell into darkness when Sesshomaru was right over him.
*******
Inuyasha and Miroku stood in the sparring ring with Totosai watching. Inuyasha attacked with a slow downward attack, but Miroku blocked with a high block from his staff. The young staff fighter then hit Inuyasha's sword away, and attacked with a thrust. Inuyasha knocked it away, and had a chance to end it, but he hesitated. Miroku saw this, and tripped his friend. When he was flat on his back Miroku put his staff near his neck signaling that the match was over.
"Inuyasha why didn't attack when you parried?" Totosai asked as Miroku helped him up.
"Well cause he's my friend," Inuyasha answered. Totosai shook his head.
"Suppose that was a real fight, would you hold back then?"
"I don't know master."
"Inuyasha a swordsman must know when to let go, forget about who he's fighting and just see him as a normal opponent. Forget about past ties, forget about who you two were before the fight, because all that matters is the fight, and you must never hold back because you're fighting someone you know. Do you understand?" The young student nodded.
"Yes master."
"Good, now off you two go, you don't want to be late for lunch do you?" The two boys smiled, bowed, and ran off.
********
'Let go. Forget about past ties. Only the fight matters,' Inuyasha heard in his head. His eyes snapped open, and he saw Sesshomaru seconds away from stabbing him. The younger brother pulled his legs back to his chest, and double kicked Sesshomaru away.
"Nice try, but that won't help you now," Sesshomaru said, and walked up to him a second time. Inuyasha grunted, and fought the intense pain that was running through him as he slowly got up. With a loud yell he charged, and attacked with full force. Their swords were locked together as they held their ground.
"Where did you get this burst of power, and speed from?" Sesshomaru asked. Inuyasha smirked.
"'Cause, I'm putting the past behind me. No more holding back," Inuyasha managed to push Sesshomaru back. "To me, you're not my brother anymore, you're just an opponent."
"Finally, this fight can get interesting," Sesshomaru replied.
"Yeah, well get ready. Cause this fight isn't over yet!"
AN: All right! Inuyasha is himself now. And maybe he'll stand a chance against his brother. But how long can he last against him, an expert assassin? Will the two brothers ever be the way they were before? And who is Sesshomaru's employer anyway? The answers to theses questions and more in the next chapter of Student of the Battousai: Sesshomaru's Return. Oh and sorry for the late update, I had writer's block, but don't worry after this I'll try to update sooner. Well anyway, SEE YA!!!!!
Chapter 5
Inuyasha looked at Sesshomaru with sadness, and confusion in his eyes. Sesshomaru just gave him a dark smirk. A tear rolled down his eye without Inuyasha knowing.
"H-How could you?" he managed to say. "How could you kill all those people?"
"I could careless about those weak people. All I care about is doing my job, and you're in the way of that," Sesshomaru replied, and started to walk towards his brother. Kenshin quickly jumped in front of his young pupil, and locked his sword with Sesshomaru's.
"Inuyasha get away from here! I'll take care of him," Kenshin said. But Inuyasha wouldn't move, he just froze in his spot with shock written all over his face. Kenshin took his eyes off of Sesshomaru, and looked at Inuyasha. Sesshomaru took advantage of that moment, and pushed Kenshin away.
"Bad move master," he said before he ran up to Kenshin, and slashed him across his chest, knocking him to the ground. Kenshin tried to get up, but he couldn't move.
"What's going on?" he asked. Sesshomaru just smirked.
"I covered my sword with a poison my employer gave me. He said that it would make my opponents freeze just long enough for me to kill them. So, now that you're like that, I can finish the job." Sesshomaru started to walk up to Kenshin ready to kill the wanderer when Inuyasha jumped in his way.
"I-I'm not going to let you do that Sesshomaru," he said. "If you want to kill Kenshin then you'll have to go through me." Inuyasha got in a stance with his sword ready. Sesshomaru looked at his brother's sword, he gave him a small smile.
"Your hands are shaking. So even after all these years, you're still that sacred kid who was afraid of fighting?" Inuyasha didn't answer, he stayed in his stance, but he couldn't hide his fear or his shock.
"I-I-I'm going to let you hurt Kenshin. Even if I have to fight you myself," Inuyasha said nervously.
"So be it," Sesshomaru said, and attacked with a downward strike. It was so fast Inuyasha barely had any time to block. Inuyasha pushed up Sesshomaru's sword, and charged in with a fast, but weak swing. Sesshomaru jumped back like it was nothing, and pushed forward so that he was right in front of Inuyasha.
"No way!" Inuyasha gasped.
"Too slow," Sesshomaru said quickly, and side kicked Inuyasha into a tree. The assassin quickly charged towards his younger brother, and attacked with a thrust with god-like speed. Inuyasha quickly dove to the side, and slowly stood up.
"Sesshomaru, stop. You can end this. Please go back to the Sesshomaru I know," he begged. The assassin just scoffed.
"Please Inuyasha, you're so pathetic. You always were, and you always will!" Suddenly he charged in, and attacked with a slash towards his young brother's head. Inuyasha gasped, and jumped out of the way. He attacked with another weak slash that Sesshomaru didn't even bother to dodge. He just raised his sword, and parried. Inuyasha gasped, and received a jab in his face, knocking him down. Inuyasha looked at his brother as he raised his sword.
"Sesshomaru.... why?" was he wanted to say.
"Because, I was hired to," the assassin replied and brought down his sword. Inuyasha rolled back, just narrowly missing the attack, and slowly got up. The younger boy charged weakly, and attacked with weak slashes. Sesshomaru dodged them with ease. Inuyasha went in with a slow stab, and Sesshomaru dodged to side, and round kicked Inuyasha to the ground. With a dark smirk, he picked up his brother by his neck, and started to punch him constantly. Inuyasha raised his sword, and tried to stab him, but Sesshomaru grabbed his sword, and jabbed him to the ground.
"Inuyasha.... stop...he's too strong," Kenshin said weakly. The poison was slowly getting to him; he could barely move his fingers without feeling like he was on fire. Sesshomaru smirked.
"Listen to your master, Inuyasha, and just give up so I can give you a quick death. Inuyasha looked in his brother's eyes, and saw that the kindness, and gentleness that was once there was now gone. Now there was just coldness, and ruthlessness. He then remembered how it was before; when it was only them wandering in the forest after his village was destroyed.
*******
It was hot and dry, and the sun was high at high noon. Sweat streamed down the brows of both brothers as they continued walking.
"Sesshomaru, it's so hot! Can we rest?" Inuyasha whined.
"Not yet. We can only rest when we find a stream. Then we can go swimming," he said with a smile.
"All right! Swimming!"
"So does that mean you want to go on?" Inuyasha nodded, and they continued. As the day rolled on, the heat was slowly getting to the younger brother. He felt like he was on fire, but he didn't want to slow down Sesshomaru so he didn't say anything. Eventually he just fell from exhaustion.
'I have to get up. I won't be weak," he said to himself, but he was just too exhausted.
"Need some help?" Sesshomaru asked and offered his hand. Inuyasha took his brother's hand, and he lifted Inuyasha up on his shoulders. "This'll make it much faster. I can smell water from here," he with a smile.
"Hey Sesshomaru, do think you can go any faster?" the younger brother asked.
"Of course," he replied, and started to sprint.
"Wow! I didn't know you could go so fast!" Inuyasha exclaimed.
"This is nothing watch this!" and suddenly all the forest seemed to just blow by. Everything was a blur, the trees, the road, everything. The only thing Inuyasha could see clearly was his brother. When they reached the forest, they spent the whole day just swimming, slashing, laughing, and eating.
"That was fun!" Inuyasha sighed as he and Sesshomaru dried off under a tree. Sesshomaru nodded.
"Yeah, and when we find a home we can come back here again."
"Promise?" Inuyasha asked, and held out his pinkie.
"Promise," Sesshomaru said, and they pinkie swore.
*******
'Sesshomaru what happened to you?' Inuyasha thought as he got up. Sesshomaru charged, and attacked with a swift horizontal slash. Inuyasha weakly put his sword, and blocked, but was knocked back by the force. The older brother jumped in the air, and shouted,
"Hiten Mitsurugi Ryuu: Ryuu Tsui Sen!" With amazing momentum he came down towards his brother and brought his sword towards his shoulder. Inuyasha brought up his sword to try block, but the strike was too powerful, and his sword was giving way to the power of the attack.
'Oh no. That's enough power and speed to completely cut off Inuyasha's arm!' Kenshin thought in shock. 'How can someone do this to their own brother?' The sword master tried to move, but Sesshomaru's poison was going through his body, and he was still paralyzed.
"Give up brother, you and I both know you can't handle this kind of attack," Sesshomaru said as his sword was slowly pushing down on Inuyasha's sword. Eventually, Sesshomaru managed to land the blow right on his younger brother's shoulder. Inuyasha's block attempt managed to slow down the attack so it didn't cut off his arm. Sesshomaru jumped back.
"I'm surprised, not many people can slow down that attack." Inuyasha didn't say a word; he was just panting, and looking right into his brother's eyes. He remembered when Sesshomaru gave up a fish to him when they were out of food. He remembered when he taught him how to fish, and how to swim. His brother taught him all the basic things he knew, and here they were fighting each other.
"Sesshomaru, what made you change so much? What happened to the brother I knew?" Inuyasha asked.
"He grew up," Sesshomaru replied, and attacked with a fast thrust. Inuyasha managed to parry, but it was weak, and Sesshomaru managed a powerful sidekick to his younger brother's chest, making him fly back into a tree. While Inuyasha was still shaking the cobwebs off, Sesshomaru grabbed him by the neck, and threw him into another tree, back first. As he tried to get up, Sesshomaru grabbed his leg and started to drag him along the muddy ground. Inuyasha suddenly flipped over, and slashed his brother's chest. The older brother stepped back as Inuyasha rose to his feet.
"We can stop this right now, Sesshomaru. There's no point to this." Sesshomaru just chuckled.
"To you this fight maybe pointless, but to me this fight is everything. I've never had to go after a target twice."
"Why do you want to kill Kenshin? He used to be your master, your friend!"
"Key word, used to be. Now I have a new master, and he's much more stronger than that weakling," Sesshomaru replied, and shot forward. Inuyasha gasped, and tried to block his attack, but his arm wouldn't move.
'I can't move my arm!' he thought in panic. Inuyasha was slashed across his chest, and fell backwards.
"Now I have you. Get ready for one of my favorite attacks. Hiten Mitsurugi Ryuu: Dou Ryu Sen!" A blast of pure energy shot towards the fallen brother. Inuyasha tried to move, but he couldn't move. So, he just shut his eyes and readied himself for the impact. He was blown back into two trees, and stopped near a cliff. When he opened his eyes he was saw Sesshomaru coming towards him. His sight was becoming blurred, and soon he fell into darkness when Sesshomaru was right over him.
*******
Inuyasha and Miroku stood in the sparring ring with Totosai watching. Inuyasha attacked with a slow downward attack, but Miroku blocked with a high block from his staff. The young staff fighter then hit Inuyasha's sword away, and attacked with a thrust. Inuyasha knocked it away, and had a chance to end it, but he hesitated. Miroku saw this, and tripped his friend. When he was flat on his back Miroku put his staff near his neck signaling that the match was over.
"Inuyasha why didn't attack when you parried?" Totosai asked as Miroku helped him up.
"Well cause he's my friend," Inuyasha answered. Totosai shook his head.
"Suppose that was a real fight, would you hold back then?"
"I don't know master."
"Inuyasha a swordsman must know when to let go, forget about who he's fighting and just see him as a normal opponent. Forget about past ties, forget about who you two were before the fight, because all that matters is the fight, and you must never hold back because you're fighting someone you know. Do you understand?" The young student nodded.
"Yes master."
"Good, now off you two go, you don't want to be late for lunch do you?" The two boys smiled, bowed, and ran off.
********
'Let go. Forget about past ties. Only the fight matters,' Inuyasha heard in his head. His eyes snapped open, and he saw Sesshomaru seconds away from stabbing him. The younger brother pulled his legs back to his chest, and double kicked Sesshomaru away.
"Nice try, but that won't help you now," Sesshomaru said, and walked up to him a second time. Inuyasha grunted, and fought the intense pain that was running through him as he slowly got up. With a loud yell he charged, and attacked with full force. Their swords were locked together as they held their ground.
"Where did you get this burst of power, and speed from?" Sesshomaru asked. Inuyasha smirked.
"'Cause, I'm putting the past behind me. No more holding back," Inuyasha managed to push Sesshomaru back. "To me, you're not my brother anymore, you're just an opponent."
"Finally, this fight can get interesting," Sesshomaru replied.
"Yeah, well get ready. Cause this fight isn't over yet!"
AN: All right! Inuyasha is himself now. And maybe he'll stand a chance against his brother. But how long can he last against him, an expert assassin? Will the two brothers ever be the way they were before? And who is Sesshomaru's employer anyway? The answers to theses questions and more in the next chapter of Student of the Battousai: Sesshomaru's Return. Oh and sorry for the late update, I had writer's block, but don't worry after this I'll try to update sooner. Well anyway, SEE YA!!!!!