The Student of the Battousai: Sesshomaru's Return
Chapter 7
Kenshin looked at Sesshomaru's newest opponent. He was no higher than his ankle, and had a ninja suit on.
"So, just who the hell are you?" Sesshomaru growled. The little guy didn't say anything he just smirked under his hood. "Well if you won't say anything, I'll guess you'll just have to die!" Sesshomaru charged and brought down his sword, but the small ninja dodged with ease. The assassin growled, and swung at him again, but the ninja quickly jumped over his head, and landed on his shoulder.
"Can't hit me can you?" he whispered in Sesshomaru's ear. Sesshomaru flicked him off his shoulder, but the ninja quickly pushed of a tree, and threw four kunai at the assassin's chest. Sesshomaru growled in pain, and stepped back. Kenshin watched in awe, and the ninja did a triple flip in one jump, and threw three more kunai. One landed right above Sesshomaru's neck. The assassin gasped, and stepped back two more steps. The small ninja quickly jumped on the star in his neck, and pushed it in farther. Then he flipped backwards, and knocked Sesshomaru down with a running slash. When he saw Sesshomaru was down, he started in the air with joy, and started striking very weird poses.
"I knew I could beat him! No one can beat me!" he said as he struck three more poses. Kenshin found his inner strength and slowly got to his feet.
"Excuse, but just who are you anyway?" he asked the small ninja as he jumped in his hand.
"I am Sushi!" he shouted, and struck even more poses. Kenshin sweatdropped.
"Quite name you got there, Sushi."
"I work for the Meji Government! We've been trying to find this guy for years, but he always managed to give us the slip! But luckily I was here to bring him down!"
"Hey don't take all the credit you little midget," Inuyasha said softly as he slowly made his way towards them.
"Inuyasha you should rest, that you should. Sesshomaru did quite some damage to your body," Kenshin advised. He was right, almost all over him, Inuyasha had cuts, and blood. Kenshin was amazed he wasn't dead yet, or at least too weak to walk.
"And what do you mean don't take all the credit! I was the one who brought him down!" Sushi shouted.
"And if you haven't noticed I was the one who probably weakened him so much that you were able to take him down!" Inuyasha growled.
"Oh really, cause it looks like he was the one who weakened you!"
"Oh shut up you midget! Before I smash you into the ground!"
"HA! I like to see you try!"
"All right I will!"
"Sushi, Inuyasha please stop arguing, it is getting us no where," Kenshin said.
"Where are you guys going?" Sushi asked.
"We are headed to a special place where I can train Inuyasha," Kenshin replied.
"Geez Kenshin, why don't you tell him your sandal size too!" Inuyasha growled.
"Why?" Kenshin asked. Inuyasha rolled his eyes, and sat under a tree. Suddenly, they heard a growl. They all turned and saw Sesshomaru sitting up growling. Kenshin could have sworn his eyes were turning from red to their normal color.
"Damn! Is he invincible!?" Sushi wondered. Sesshomaru slowly got to his feet, and pulled out the star in his neck. Inuyasha wanted to fight, but he was still weak, and the poison in him was slowly getting worse because all the movement he did, it allowed the poison to spread faster. Kenshin was ready to draw, but even he was still a little weak from the fight. Sushi on the other hand was ready for another round.
"That was a nice try, but I will not die so easily," Sesshomaru said softly. As he made his way closer to them, the rain slowly stopped, and the sun was slowly rising. Sesshomaru growled a little.
"I shall finish you another time," he said, and with that, the assassin withdrew. Inuyasha looked at the sun, and felt so much weaker than before. It was like all his wounds had a delayed reaction. Everything started to become blurry, and dark, he couldn't move or even make a sound. He went to a tree for support, but the young swordsman just fell face first in the dirt.
When Inuyasha opened his eyes, he found himself in what looked like a hut. It was midday, and there were people walking around outside. He looked at himself, there were casts on his chest, and legs. There was on around his arm, and his neck.
"What the hell happened to me?" Inuyasha asked no one.
"Oh, Inuyasha you are awake that you are," Kenshin said with a smile.
"What happened to me?" he asked his master.
"You fell! What do you think happened to you?" Sushi replied since he was on Kenshin's shoulder.
"You're still here?"
"Sushi wants to stay with us because he says that it would be easier to catch Sesshomaru since we are his prime targets," Kenshin replied.
"So you're using us as bait, I feel so much better," Inuyasha said sarcastically. "How did I get here anyway?"
"After you fell, I carried you on my shoulders, while Sushi went looking for help. You're lucky that he is so fast, and that there was a small village here with a priestess that is very handy when it comes to wounds."
"Where is she now? I want to thank her," Inuyasha asked.
"She's gone. She had something else to do," Sushi said.
"Inuyasha, once your wounds heal, we will head off, for now just focus on resting," Kenshin said and walked out. Inuyasha nodded, and slowly dozed off.
Surprisingly, they left in only four days. Inuyasha seemed to have healed very quickly, much faster than Kenshin expected. He thought that they would stay for at least a week, but Inuyasha seemed fine after four days. He never did see that priestess since he was always too weak to stay up for long. But every time he woke up, he would find a clean bandage on him. He didn't worry about it too much though. When they were back on the road, a question kept bugging Inuyasha.
"Kenshin," he said.
"Yes?"
"What happened between you and Sesshomaru? What made him like that?" Kenshin sighed.
"Much like the memory of how I received my cross shaped scar, that is a memory I will never forget."
"What happened?"
"Well it started when Sesshomaru first became my pupil, he was young, happy, and excited to begin his training. But unfortunately for him, Hiten Misturugi Ryu is not a style for the lighthearted. When he first started he was so focused, and determined to learn all that he could. He was always staying up late practicing moves he never got right, and advanced moves that he never learned. He always was a fast learner.
"When he was close to learning all the techniques of Hiten Misturugi, we stumbled upon a village decimated by a band of bandits and outlaws. Sesshomaru was in shock at how anyone could do this. He wanted us to go and find the bandits, and outlaws, and make them pay. I told him no. I said Hiten Misturugi is not a style for revenge, we could only burry the dead. I guess that's when Sesshomaru started to question my teachings.
"Months later, two more towns were attacked. Sesshomaru still could not believe we could do nothing. He slowly started to become cold, angry, and full of hatred because of all the suffering he saw. I guess the final straw was when we met up with a girl from a village. Sesshomaru started to fall in love with her, and she felt the same for him. She was the only one I've seen who made Sesshomaru happy again, she made him smile, and she made him laugh. Every chance he could, he would go and see her, but minutes after we finally left, the village was attacked.
"Sesshomaru wanted to get there as fast as he could, he ran with such a speed I had never seen before, but when he got there it was too late. He desperately to find her, but when he did, she was dead. They butchered her right there when she was close to her home. I guess that's when he snapped because after that he walked off, full of hatred. I wanted to stop him, but he refused to listen. I thought he just needed time, but when I went to find him, I saw him surrounded by the bodies of the bandits. They were cut in so many places, and Sesshomaru in the middle of it all, was laughing, he enjoyed it. He enjoyed hearing their cries of mercy, and cries of death as he spilled their blood.
"I wanted to stop him, but he attacked me. I had no choice but to fight. The battle was rough, and hard. Sesshomaru's attacks were fast, and powerful. No matter what I threw, he always managed to counter. It came to the point where our battle caused a fire. Even though the forest was burning, we continued our fight that we did. Until finally, after I used a powerful Dou Rou Sen, I knocked him off a cliff. I couldn't believe it, I thought I had killed him. After that day, I made a vow to never have another student again. And until two days ago, I thought he was dead."
Inuyasha was in shock at what his brother experienced. He had always thought leaving the temple was bad, but his brother lost the one person he loved, and his happiness.
"But I don't understand, how could he continue killing? Doesn't he know that's just what the bandits did?" Inuyasha asked.
"You don't understand Inuyasha, when you spill blood, when kill there is something that awakes in you, and it is always telling you kill, no matter what you do. Unless you have something to shield you from that, a sheath if you will that feeling will take over you. You will never stop killing until you realize what it is you are doing to other people," Kenshin answered.
"I see," Inuyasha said. "Thanks for telling me, Kenshin."
"No problem."
Meanwhile in a hut far away, Sesshomaru was kneeling in front of one man hidden in the shadows, with a boy on one side, two guys on other side, and two women.
"Sesshomaru you have failed me," the man said.
"I know master, I am sorry master," he said with his head down. "I know I can finish them by tonight."
"Do not bother. We have bigger things to worry about than just Battousai."
"But master, he might jeopardize the campaign in Kyoto."
"Do not worry about that Sesshomaru. I will. You on the other hand have another mission. Forget about your master, and your brother, there is only the target. Remember that, and remember my philosophy."
"Yes master."
"You are dismissed." Sesshomaru bowed, and walked out.
'Inuyasha, Kenshin! I will kill you two, one day,' Sesshomaru thought as he walked out.
The trio had been walking for about two hours, and Inuyasha was getting frustrated.
"All right Kenshin! Just where the hell is this special place anyway!" Kenshin just smiled, and led them up a hill, and to a small house.
"It's right here," he announced.
"It's just a house," Inuyasha said.
"Thank you captain obvious," Sushi said to him. Inuyasha growled.
"Well if it isn't my idiot apprentice," a voice from behind them said. They all turned and saw a tall man with black hair, with a katana, and a sake jug.
"Hello master Hiko," Kenshin and bowed.
"I see you have returned after all these years. Come to complete your training?" Kenshin chuckled a little
"No mater, I've come here to train my own student, Inuyasha," Kenshin said, and showed him Inuyasha.
"Well he does look scrawny," Hiko said as he looked over Inuyasha.
"Hey! Just what the hell is that supposed to mean?" Inuyasha growled.
"And feisty too. But then again he is your student after all. Come in you all look tried."
"Let's just say, we've been through hell," Inuyasha replied, and they all walked inside.
AN: Well another fanfiction finished. They finally made it, to where Kenshin will train Inuyasha in the art of Hiten Misturugi Ryu. But poor Sesshomaru, what a rough time he had. And in case you didn't notice I gave you some clues at who is employer is. Now all you guys need to do is guess who it is. Anyway, what kinds of lessons will Inuyasha learn? Will his training end in tragedy like Sesshomaru? Or will he receive a new insight on the world? And what kinds of secrets will he learn about himself. You'll just have to read the next story of Student of the Battousai. See ya next time!
Chapter 7
Kenshin looked at Sesshomaru's newest opponent. He was no higher than his ankle, and had a ninja suit on.
"So, just who the hell are you?" Sesshomaru growled. The little guy didn't say anything he just smirked under his hood. "Well if you won't say anything, I'll guess you'll just have to die!" Sesshomaru charged and brought down his sword, but the small ninja dodged with ease. The assassin growled, and swung at him again, but the ninja quickly jumped over his head, and landed on his shoulder.
"Can't hit me can you?" he whispered in Sesshomaru's ear. Sesshomaru flicked him off his shoulder, but the ninja quickly pushed of a tree, and threw four kunai at the assassin's chest. Sesshomaru growled in pain, and stepped back. Kenshin watched in awe, and the ninja did a triple flip in one jump, and threw three more kunai. One landed right above Sesshomaru's neck. The assassin gasped, and stepped back two more steps. The small ninja quickly jumped on the star in his neck, and pushed it in farther. Then he flipped backwards, and knocked Sesshomaru down with a running slash. When he saw Sesshomaru was down, he started in the air with joy, and started striking very weird poses.
"I knew I could beat him! No one can beat me!" he said as he struck three more poses. Kenshin found his inner strength and slowly got to his feet.
"Excuse, but just who are you anyway?" he asked the small ninja as he jumped in his hand.
"I am Sushi!" he shouted, and struck even more poses. Kenshin sweatdropped.
"Quite name you got there, Sushi."
"I work for the Meji Government! We've been trying to find this guy for years, but he always managed to give us the slip! But luckily I was here to bring him down!"
"Hey don't take all the credit you little midget," Inuyasha said softly as he slowly made his way towards them.
"Inuyasha you should rest, that you should. Sesshomaru did quite some damage to your body," Kenshin advised. He was right, almost all over him, Inuyasha had cuts, and blood. Kenshin was amazed he wasn't dead yet, or at least too weak to walk.
"And what do you mean don't take all the credit! I was the one who brought him down!" Sushi shouted.
"And if you haven't noticed I was the one who probably weakened him so much that you were able to take him down!" Inuyasha growled.
"Oh really, cause it looks like he was the one who weakened you!"
"Oh shut up you midget! Before I smash you into the ground!"
"HA! I like to see you try!"
"All right I will!"
"Sushi, Inuyasha please stop arguing, it is getting us no where," Kenshin said.
"Where are you guys going?" Sushi asked.
"We are headed to a special place where I can train Inuyasha," Kenshin replied.
"Geez Kenshin, why don't you tell him your sandal size too!" Inuyasha growled.
"Why?" Kenshin asked. Inuyasha rolled his eyes, and sat under a tree. Suddenly, they heard a growl. They all turned and saw Sesshomaru sitting up growling. Kenshin could have sworn his eyes were turning from red to their normal color.
"Damn! Is he invincible!?" Sushi wondered. Sesshomaru slowly got to his feet, and pulled out the star in his neck. Inuyasha wanted to fight, but he was still weak, and the poison in him was slowly getting worse because all the movement he did, it allowed the poison to spread faster. Kenshin was ready to draw, but even he was still a little weak from the fight. Sushi on the other hand was ready for another round.
"That was a nice try, but I will not die so easily," Sesshomaru said softly. As he made his way closer to them, the rain slowly stopped, and the sun was slowly rising. Sesshomaru growled a little.
"I shall finish you another time," he said, and with that, the assassin withdrew. Inuyasha looked at the sun, and felt so much weaker than before. It was like all his wounds had a delayed reaction. Everything started to become blurry, and dark, he couldn't move or even make a sound. He went to a tree for support, but the young swordsman just fell face first in the dirt.
When Inuyasha opened his eyes, he found himself in what looked like a hut. It was midday, and there were people walking around outside. He looked at himself, there were casts on his chest, and legs. There was on around his arm, and his neck.
"What the hell happened to me?" Inuyasha asked no one.
"Oh, Inuyasha you are awake that you are," Kenshin said with a smile.
"What happened to me?" he asked his master.
"You fell! What do you think happened to you?" Sushi replied since he was on Kenshin's shoulder.
"You're still here?"
"Sushi wants to stay with us because he says that it would be easier to catch Sesshomaru since we are his prime targets," Kenshin replied.
"So you're using us as bait, I feel so much better," Inuyasha said sarcastically. "How did I get here anyway?"
"After you fell, I carried you on my shoulders, while Sushi went looking for help. You're lucky that he is so fast, and that there was a small village here with a priestess that is very handy when it comes to wounds."
"Where is she now? I want to thank her," Inuyasha asked.
"She's gone. She had something else to do," Sushi said.
"Inuyasha, once your wounds heal, we will head off, for now just focus on resting," Kenshin said and walked out. Inuyasha nodded, and slowly dozed off.
Surprisingly, they left in only four days. Inuyasha seemed to have healed very quickly, much faster than Kenshin expected. He thought that they would stay for at least a week, but Inuyasha seemed fine after four days. He never did see that priestess since he was always too weak to stay up for long. But every time he woke up, he would find a clean bandage on him. He didn't worry about it too much though. When they were back on the road, a question kept bugging Inuyasha.
"Kenshin," he said.
"Yes?"
"What happened between you and Sesshomaru? What made him like that?" Kenshin sighed.
"Much like the memory of how I received my cross shaped scar, that is a memory I will never forget."
"What happened?"
"Well it started when Sesshomaru first became my pupil, he was young, happy, and excited to begin his training. But unfortunately for him, Hiten Misturugi Ryu is not a style for the lighthearted. When he first started he was so focused, and determined to learn all that he could. He was always staying up late practicing moves he never got right, and advanced moves that he never learned. He always was a fast learner.
"When he was close to learning all the techniques of Hiten Misturugi, we stumbled upon a village decimated by a band of bandits and outlaws. Sesshomaru was in shock at how anyone could do this. He wanted us to go and find the bandits, and outlaws, and make them pay. I told him no. I said Hiten Misturugi is not a style for revenge, we could only burry the dead. I guess that's when Sesshomaru started to question my teachings.
"Months later, two more towns were attacked. Sesshomaru still could not believe we could do nothing. He slowly started to become cold, angry, and full of hatred because of all the suffering he saw. I guess the final straw was when we met up with a girl from a village. Sesshomaru started to fall in love with her, and she felt the same for him. She was the only one I've seen who made Sesshomaru happy again, she made him smile, and she made him laugh. Every chance he could, he would go and see her, but minutes after we finally left, the village was attacked.
"Sesshomaru wanted to get there as fast as he could, he ran with such a speed I had never seen before, but when he got there it was too late. He desperately to find her, but when he did, she was dead. They butchered her right there when she was close to her home. I guess that's when he snapped because after that he walked off, full of hatred. I wanted to stop him, but he refused to listen. I thought he just needed time, but when I went to find him, I saw him surrounded by the bodies of the bandits. They were cut in so many places, and Sesshomaru in the middle of it all, was laughing, he enjoyed it. He enjoyed hearing their cries of mercy, and cries of death as he spilled their blood.
"I wanted to stop him, but he attacked me. I had no choice but to fight. The battle was rough, and hard. Sesshomaru's attacks were fast, and powerful. No matter what I threw, he always managed to counter. It came to the point where our battle caused a fire. Even though the forest was burning, we continued our fight that we did. Until finally, after I used a powerful Dou Rou Sen, I knocked him off a cliff. I couldn't believe it, I thought I had killed him. After that day, I made a vow to never have another student again. And until two days ago, I thought he was dead."
Inuyasha was in shock at what his brother experienced. He had always thought leaving the temple was bad, but his brother lost the one person he loved, and his happiness.
"But I don't understand, how could he continue killing? Doesn't he know that's just what the bandits did?" Inuyasha asked.
"You don't understand Inuyasha, when you spill blood, when kill there is something that awakes in you, and it is always telling you kill, no matter what you do. Unless you have something to shield you from that, a sheath if you will that feeling will take over you. You will never stop killing until you realize what it is you are doing to other people," Kenshin answered.
"I see," Inuyasha said. "Thanks for telling me, Kenshin."
"No problem."
Meanwhile in a hut far away, Sesshomaru was kneeling in front of one man hidden in the shadows, with a boy on one side, two guys on other side, and two women.
"Sesshomaru you have failed me," the man said.
"I know master, I am sorry master," he said with his head down. "I know I can finish them by tonight."
"Do not bother. We have bigger things to worry about than just Battousai."
"But master, he might jeopardize the campaign in Kyoto."
"Do not worry about that Sesshomaru. I will. You on the other hand have another mission. Forget about your master, and your brother, there is only the target. Remember that, and remember my philosophy."
"Yes master."
"You are dismissed." Sesshomaru bowed, and walked out.
'Inuyasha, Kenshin! I will kill you two, one day,' Sesshomaru thought as he walked out.
The trio had been walking for about two hours, and Inuyasha was getting frustrated.
"All right Kenshin! Just where the hell is this special place anyway!" Kenshin just smiled, and led them up a hill, and to a small house.
"It's right here," he announced.
"It's just a house," Inuyasha said.
"Thank you captain obvious," Sushi said to him. Inuyasha growled.
"Well if it isn't my idiot apprentice," a voice from behind them said. They all turned and saw a tall man with black hair, with a katana, and a sake jug.
"Hello master Hiko," Kenshin and bowed.
"I see you have returned after all these years. Come to complete your training?" Kenshin chuckled a little
"No mater, I've come here to train my own student, Inuyasha," Kenshin said, and showed him Inuyasha.
"Well he does look scrawny," Hiko said as he looked over Inuyasha.
"Hey! Just what the hell is that supposed to mean?" Inuyasha growled.
"And feisty too. But then again he is your student after all. Come in you all look tried."
"Let's just say, we've been through hell," Inuyasha replied, and they all walked inside.
AN: Well another fanfiction finished. They finally made it, to where Kenshin will train Inuyasha in the art of Hiten Misturugi Ryu. But poor Sesshomaru, what a rough time he had. And in case you didn't notice I gave you some clues at who is employer is. Now all you guys need to do is guess who it is. Anyway, what kinds of lessons will Inuyasha learn? Will his training end in tragedy like Sesshomaru? Or will he receive a new insight on the world? And what kinds of secrets will he learn about himself. You'll just have to read the next story of Student of the Battousai. See ya next time!