By: EVL5011
E-mail: EVILWITHAGUN5011@aol.com
InuYasha is the property of the lovely Rumiko Takahashi, and I in no way have ownership. I make no profit from writing this fanfic.
Chapter 3: Tetsusaiga Vs. The Mumei Ittou
InuYasha opened his eyes as the morning sun shined on his face. The hanyou looked towards the forest and jumped down from his favorite tree. He landed on the ground and made his way towards the village. InuYasha ran as fast as he could with a great concern weighing over him. He grew worried that the last two agents were waiting for him and Kagome. He made his way to lady Kaede's home and stopped in front of her door. InuYasha took a deep breath and tried not to look too concerned. He opened the door and entered the small house, and saw Kagome already up. Kagome greeted InuYasha and asked him to join them for breakfast. Kagome and lady Kaede had prepared breakfast; InuYasha looked over at the kettle simmering over an open fire and sniffed the air. He became hungry when the aroma in the air overwhelmed his sense of smell. He quickly took a seat on the ground and anxiously waited to be served.
Meanwhile…At that very moment the masked lieutenant waited by the well impatiently. An arm rose out of the well; it was the other government agent. The agent climbed out of the well and had a large weapon tied onto his back.
"Here's the weapon you requested sir. I hope you know how to use it." Asked the agent as he nervously handed the item over.
"Give it here! Did you get reinforcements Private?" asked the lieutenant.
"Yes, sir! They'll be arriving through the ancient doorway in a few hours. Our researchers finally found a way to use the other gateway. We're supposed to meet up with them at these coordinates." The Private handed the lieutenant a folded piece of paper. The lieutenant snatched the paper and opened it. Inside, it had details of a doorway; it was another method to the feudal era, although this one was much larger. The two then headed south, and entered a dark section of the forest. The two disappeared into the woods and headed towards a small mountain called "Ichibousenri Mountain"(Boundless Mountain).
Kagome and InuYasha finished eating their breakfast and both stood up. Kagome smiled and thanked Lady Kaede for delicious meal. InuYasha just mumbled an insincere "Thank you" and headed out the door. Kagome and InuYasha both stood outside and waited for the two agents to appear. After all, one of them had a shard of the shikkon jewel. InuYasha grew impatient after the first hour and a half.
"Lets go! I guess they want US to find them." Said InuYasha as he grabbed Kagome by the arm. The two walked towards the last place they fought (near the Bone-Eaters Well). They walked through the forest and approached the small well. InuYasha noticed something missing.
"The bodies are gone." InuYasha whispered. He raised his head slightly into the air and caught the scent of two men. He walked by the well and smelled the stench of blood; it came from inside of the well. "They took their dead, and one of them smells different. He smells similar to Kuchikukan, maybe he'll be easy to kill too!" InuYasha said in a smug voice. He followed the scent of the two men into the southern part of the forest.
"Where do you think they went?" asked Kagome.
"I'm not sure, but they're up to something. I was sure they would've come right after us." InuYasha looked into the dark forest and stood in deep thought for a minute.
"Well, lets go." InuYasha ordered, he grabbed Kagome by the wrist, and the two entered the forest. InuYasha smelled the scent of blood on one of them (the private). Kagome and InuYasha ventured through the forest, and Kagome began to notice that no light penetrated through the thick treetops. Kagome looked around and observed many eyes in the shadows following their every move. The two walked for three hours and finally came to a small mountain.
"Their scent is coming from the mountain…Lets go." InuYasha replied. Kagome reluctantly followed InuYasha, and the two began to climb the mountain. InuYasha made the journey up easier by having Kagome climb on his back. He leapt from ledge to ledge, and stopped at a large opening at the middle of the mountain. Kagome jumped off of InuYasha and he sniffed the ground and noticed the scent of blood.
"I smell blood, it's not human though. It's the blood of youkai. This must be the home of a demon clan. I doubt that they could be that stupid to challenge the demons inside." Whispered InuYasha. Kagome followed behind him as he slowly began to enter the dark cave; its entrance was eight-feet high and ten-feet wide. Once inside Kagome noticed a lit torch on the wall of the cave. She grabbed the torch off of the wall and used it to see ahead of them. To her shock the ground was covered in blood, and limbs of youkai lay on the ground. InuYasha walked towards the body parts and picked up an arm off of the rocky floor. Kagome looked around and felt uneasy when she noticed the wall painted with blood and the entrails of the youkai.
"No mere human could've done this! Their arms were cut clean off. I wonder how they did this." InuYasha wondered. He tossed the arm to the ground and continued walking. The cave smelled of blood, and InuYasha came to a sudden halt. He noticed a youkai musha still breathing; InuYasha walked over to the fallen demon.
"Who did this?" yelled InuYasha.
"Two humans…one has…powerful sword…he smells of Tenma…his sword…its so powerful…he...tore through us…" warned the wounded youkai, before it died from its fatal wounds. Kagome looked down as a pool of dark-red blood made its way towards her feet.
"So, one of them has Tenma blood running in his veins? He probably was pretty strong to do this. I wonder what he used to kill these poor idiots? The cuts on the dead reek of demon magic" InuYasha stood up and continued on. Kagome jumped over the thick pool of blood and followed closely behind InuYasha. The two walked past dozens of dead youkai that closely resembled men. InuYasha stopped once again and heard strange sounds echoing from deep within the cave; it was a weird humming.
"What is that sound?" asked InuYasha.
"I don't know, but I feel a strange energy coming within." Kagome answered. The two walked cautiously towards the source of the sound. The two ventured further into the dark cave and felt the ground soft, from the freshly spilled blood. Just as the two approached the bizarre source of the sound, they came to a halt. They stood over a small ledge and noticed multiple voices coming from below them. Kagome and InuYasha peeked over the ledge and saw many men with automatic weapons.
"They brought reinforcements!" whispered InuYasha in an agitated voice, as he looked over the small ledge. He and Kagome did their best not to be seen and moved back a bit into the shadows; Kagome quickly put out the torch. Just as they tried to get a better look at the turn of events, InuYasha heard someone approaching. He slowly crept forward and noticed a lone guard patrolling the cave. InuYasha thought for a minute on how to take the man out without making to much noise. He turned his head and whispered something to Kagome. She was surprised by what InuYasha had in mind and refused; it's too bad her opinion didn't matter to InuYasha. He moved behind her and pushed her into the lone guard, the soldier stumbled back a bit and quickly grabbed Kagome.
"Don't move! I'll shoo…" The soldier commanded before having his head smashed into the cave wall. InuYasha stood over the unconscious soldier with a satisfied smile on his face.
"I can't believe you just did that!" Kagome replied.
"You can't believe what? That I knocked his stupid ass out or that I used you as a distraction?" InuYasha smirked as he waited for Kagome to give him an answer.
"What? You know what I mean! I can't believe you threw me at that man." She quietly yelled.
"Don't get so upset, at least you were useful for once!" laughed InuYasha.
InuYasha grabbed the unconscious man and dragged his body into the shadows. The two felt somewhat safe now, and journeyed in the direction where all the strange activity was going on. They made their way through the maze like cave, and came upon some strange writing on the wall. InuYasha stopped for a second and looked at the writing, but couldn't read it so he continued forward. Kagome, on the other hand recognized the writing from a file she skipped in Kenshi's laptop; too bad that it was destroyed. She noticed InuYasha leaving her behind and ran after him, the two approached a large room in the cave. It was filled with candles, and the floor littered with dead youkai. The two were now standing in the middle of the room and InuYasha put his arm out and stopped Kagome from moving any further.
"What's wrong InuYasha?" asked Kagome as she was stopped by the hanyou's arm.
"We're surrounded…It was a trap." He replied, InuYasha reached for tetsusaiga and felt his fingers brush up against the handle. Just as he was about to grasp the tetsusaiga…
"Unsheathe your sword and both you and your female companion will die." Shouted a masked soldier, the dark figure slowly walked out of the shadows. InuYasha looked around and noticed a strange red beam aimed at his head and chest. Kagome looked at the multiple beams and grabbed InuYasha by the shoulder.
"InuYasha don't move! Those beams are used to aim their weapons for accuracy. Remember Kenshi's weapon and how it tore a hole into that thick tree." Kagome whispered. InuYasha gritted his teeth and moved his hand away from tetsusaiga. The soldier slowly approached the two and raised his hand in the air. A small group of soldiers quickly ran past him and grabbed Kagome and dragged her into the shadows. InuYasha lunged at the soldiers and was struck in the shin with a metallic baton. The hanyou fell to the floor and looked up, one of the nearby soldiers retracted the baton and laughed as he lay on his knees.
"InuYasha! Help!" yelled Kagome as she disappeared into the shadows. InuYasha attempted to stand up and was shocked by a strange club like device. InuYasha fell to the floor; the electrical shock caused him to black out. The lieutenant stood over the unconscious hanyou and ordered the remaining soldiers to take him away. Five heavily armed soldiers picked InuYasha up and took him away. The lieutenant took a deep breath and walked into the direction where Kagome was taken.
"Where are you taking me?" asked Kagome, as she was being escorted deeper into the mountain interior.
"Shut up! And just do as you're being told!" yelled one of the men. Kagome then noticed that she was being lead into a large chamber. She stopped and stood in front of a large doorway, it was strange, because it was built into a wall. The doorway lead into the wall, the team of men ordered her to stay put. They walked towards the exit and stood guard, and loaded "special clips" into their weapons. Kagome stood in front of the "doorway", and wondered if that's how they got here. She slowly cautiously approached the "doorway", and it suddenly flashed a bright white light. The light looked eerily similar to the light in the Bone-Eaters well. She drew nearer to the well and was suddenly stopped; a hand pulled her by the shoulder.
"Its an ancient doorway to this time, its just like yours. Only difference is that this ones much larger." The lieutenant explained to Kagome. "Its advisable that you not enter it." He ordered in a stern voice.
"Where does it lead?" Kagome asked in a curious voice.
"It leads to our time, it'll bring you right back here. Well, not really here, but deeper into heart of this small mountain." Answered the tall lieutenant.
"Where's InuYasha?" Kagome asked with great concern in her voice.
"Right now that's none of your concern…Although, I will tell you what we want with you." He answered, while looking towards the large entrance embedded into the cave wall.
"You know how to locate the shards of the shikkon jewel, and we need you to help us recover them all." Added the lieutenant. Kagome was uncertain of their "real" intentions for the shikkon jewel, she remained quiet as he walked towards the glowing gate. She then noticed a large sword hanging across his back, and caught a small amount of blood on its handle. The large weapon had an eerie energy surrounding it. The lieutenant turned and noticed Kagomes attention on his sword.
"I see you noticed…it's my newest weapon, and "It" was responsible for clearing the cave of those annoying demons. It was once wielded by an Akutenshi (Evil Angel) and now I possess it. The Akutenshi fought a war against many evil gods, and battled valiantly until he killed them all. Unfortunately, three survived and they tricked a powerful Miko into turning him into stone. My superiors want to awaken him and use his D.N.A. to create a powerful army. And to do all of that we need the Shikkon Jewel to break his curse." Smiled the lieutenant.
Meanwhile…InuYasha slowly opened his eyes, and heard the voices of men talking to each other. He then noticed, that they were carrying him. He focused his strength and fiercely shook his legs and arms; that forced the men to drop him. InuYasha stood up and reached for tetsusaiga. The five soldiers reached for their weapons and aimed them at InuYasha. They fired their weapons at the young hanyou; a few bullets managed to hit him in the chest, and InuYasha withstood the pain, as the bullets entered his body. InuYasha raised tetsusaiga and deflected the bullets away from him. The soldiers fired every single round in their automatic guns at InuYasha. A hidden smile rose up on InuYasha's face, he lowered tetsusaiga to his stomach and looked at the five men. They stumbled nervously as InuYasha lifted tetsusaiga into the air and swung it at the five men. Three were cut in half by the heavy sword; one of the two remaining soldiers looked his fallen comrades and ran away. InuYasha stood face to face with a single man; the soldier stood covered with his friend's blood.
"Its your move!" InuYasha uttered, as he stood in a defensive stance. The soldier reached for his metal baton and moved back a few inches. He swallowed his salvia and put all of his weight into his swing, InuYasha deflected the attack and pushed the soldier back. InuYasha raised his hand into the air and slashed the soldier across the face. The soldier dropped the baton and wiped his hand across his face.
"You…made me …bleed?" mumbled the soldier. He managed to catch InuYasha off guard and grabbed him by the throat and started hitting the hanyou in the face. InuYasha thrust his fingers deep into soldiers' ribs; he then picked the man into the air. The soldier released InuYasha and screamed as he was lifted off of the ground. He threw the man against the hard wall and drew tetsusaiga at him. The soldier reached for a small firearm and fired four shots into InuYasha. InuYasha's blood sprayed into the air as the bullets exited out through InuYasha's back. He raised tetsusaiga into the air and sliced into the frail mans body; the soldiers eyes froze as the phantom sword tore through him. The soldiers' body split in two, InuYasha laughed to himself as he put tetsusaiga into its sheath. InuYasha raised his head into the air and caught Kagome's faint scent. The soldier that escaped InuYasha ran into the chamber and stopped in front of the lieutenant.
"Lieutenant sir! InuYasha has escaped. He killed the others, and he's headed this way." Yelled the blood-drenched man. With his back turned, the lieutenant reached for his sword. The lieutenant quickly turned and struck the soldier across the neck. The man's head fell to the ground and his body followed three seconds later. Kagome gasped in horror as a pool of blood poured out of the dead man. The lieutenant ordered the remaining men to seek out and kill InuYasha. The guards left the room and ran towards the last known location of InuYasha.
"I knew I should've killed that freak!" The lieutenant looked at Kagome and had an idea. "I'm sorry to do this, but I need some bait." The lieutenant grabbed Kagome and dragged her towards a large pillar. She tried to fight back, but felt his large hand smack her across the face. He pulled her aggressively and threw her against the large stone pillar. A soldier ran into the chamber and stopped next to the lieutenant.
"Sir! We can't find the half-breed! The other men are still searching for him." The soldier remarked.
"Stay here and guard the girl." Ordered the Lieutenant. "Private, if we are compromised, I want you to take the shikkon jewel that we possess. Then, trigger the timers we've set in the cave, and if something happens to me try to get this sword back to our time. We can't have a powerful sword like this in the half-breeds hands." Screams and gunfire rang through the cave and the lieutenant turned towards the entrance. Before he left, he handed the soldier something and told him to put it away. The commanding officer then wiped the blood off of his sword and exited the large chamber room. Kagome stood helpless as the soldier aimed his weapon at her midsection; he looked at her and felt bad about what he was doing. Kagome looked at his closed hand and noticed the glowing shikkon jewel.
"What's your name?" asked Kagome. The soldier looked around and made sure that there was nobody around.
"What? Nobody has ever asked me that…Its Enzeru," He answered.
"That's a nice name." Kagome added. Enzeru lowered his gun and approached the young girl.
"Your name is Kagome, Right? I don't like what our Agency is doing, but I have to follow orders. I don't know if "YOU" know this, but we're not part of the B.P.P., we're actually higher than that Agency. We're doing this because of the discovery of some ancient scrolls, a shard of the shikkon jewel, and Akutenshi." Explained Enzeru. Kagome felt confident enough to approach him and listen to what he had to say. Just as he was about to tell more on what was "Really" going on, the moment was interrupted by gunfire. One soldier walked into the room firing his weapon into the shadows. The soldier fired his weapon carelessly and tripped over his own feet. InuYasha walked into the room and tore the man with his "Iron Reaver, Soul Stealer" technique. The soldiers' lifeless body lay shredded on the floor, and the soldier that guarded Kagome quickly raised his weapon. Kagome walked in front of him and pleaded that he not hurt InuYasha. InuYasha walked over the dead man and drew his sword at the remaining soldier. InuYasha looked over at Kagome and noticed that she was shielding the soldier.
"Kagome!
What the hell are you doing? They were going to hurt you! Get out of the way,
so I can kill that piece of sh**!" yelled InuYasha.
"No! He's not like
the others! He's just doing as he was told." Kagome shouted at the hanyou.
InuYasha lowered tetsusaiga and approached Kagome; he examined her and noticed that her face was slightly bruised.
"Did he hit you!" yelled InuYasha.
"No! It was his lieutenant." Answered Kagome.
"I'll kill that Chikushoume!" cursed InuYasha. Just as he lowered his guard he felt a sharp pain in his back.
"AARRRGGGHHHHHH!!!" cried InuYasha as he was cut across the back.
InuYasha stumbled forward and turned around. The Lieutenant stood behind him with his sword drawn. The lieutenant wiped the warm blood off of the blade on his black pants.
"Careful…that sword isn't any regular sword, it the Mumei (Nameless) Sword. You don't stand a chance against it." Yelled Enzeru.
"Private! Why the f**king hell, did you have tell the HALF-BREED!" yelled the extremely pissed off Lieutenant.
The lieutenant swung Mumei at InuYasha and struck him across the
chest. The hanyou's blood splattered against the ground. InuYasha felt the
swords edge burn him as it cut his body. The sword pulsed with energy as
InuYasha's blood dripped off of its tip. InuYasha grabbed his chest and felt a
terrible burning as he held the open wound. The lieutenant raised Mumei into
the air and swung with all of his strength. His attack was blocked by
tetsusaiga, but Mumei caused tetsusaiga to
"Cry" as it collided. The lieutenant pushed InuYasha back and reached into a
pocket with his free hand. He pulled out hundreds of small, sharp objects. He
then threw them on the ground; the lieutenant had noticed a barefoot InuYasha.
InuYasha noticed the shimmering objects on the ground, unknown to him what they
were, he ran senselessly towards the lieutenant. The sharp objects pierced the
young hanyou's flesh. His blood soiled the floor, and he ignored the pain and
continued, with tetsusaiga raised in the air he swung the phantom sword.
The lieutenant effortlessly blocked the attack and pushed InuYasha back. The seemingly unstoppable lieutenant cut InuYasha across his stomach. InuYasha let out a quiet cry as the sword seared through his gut. The hanyou seemed to be fighting a losing battle (InuYasha was still inexperienced in wielding tetsusaiga). The lieutenant moved back a few feet and raised the sword into the air, a strange red energy emitting from it, he aimed the sword towards InuYasha. It sent a concentrated ball of energy towards the injured hanyou. The mass of energy hit InuYasha and neutralized tetsusaiga as it struck him. The young hanyou lay on the floor covered in his blood, and with tetsusaiga in its useless form. InuYasha attempted to stand up, but was kicked back onto the ground. The lieutenant stood over the severely injured InuYasha and raised Mumei above his head; all seemed lost, when a shot echoed in the large chamber.
The Mumei Ittou fell to the ground, besides a wounded InuYasha. The hanyou looked up and noticed the lieutenant standing over him. Blood began to run from the lieutenants' forehead; the lieutenant rubbed his hand against his forehead and brought his hand towards his eyes. His hand was covered with blood; Enzeru's hand shook as he held the gun in the air. In that instant, InuYasha reached for tetsusaiga (the blade reverted back); he swung the sword at the lieutenants' legs. The lieutenant fell towards the earth and attempted to reach for Mumei, but found it futile as InuYasha had one foot on his back. The hanyou kicked the dark sword towards Kagome and Enzeru; InuYasha pointed tetsusaiga down and thrust it into the lieutenants' back. Tetsusaiga pierced the back of the commanding officer and made its way to his heart. InuYasha pulled tetsusaiga out and noticed the man muttering something…
"This isn't over yet…we'll awaken the ancient Akutenshi…and he'll destroy you! This was all predestined…I knew I was going to die…I…only regret…not being there…to watch…when you two die…everything is happening…jus…as…it was predicted…hahahaha…. " Laughed the bloody lieutenant. The lieutenant then began to cough up large amounts of blood and stared at Enzeru before finally dying.
Kagome looked away as InuYasha stood over the slain man, unknown to her Enzeru bent over and grabbed the dark sword. He reached into his pocket and pulled out the shard of the shikkon jewel. Enzeru had forgotten that the lieutenant had handed him something earlier. Just as InuYasha noticed what Enzeru was doing…
"You both have three minutes to escape from here! Here! Take this…" yelled Enzeru as he handed Kagome a folded piece of paper. Kagome put the paper away and looked at Enzeru, she noticed the large gate open once again. She looked towards his closed hand and saw the shikkon jewel in it, and noticed the Mumei Ittou in the other.
"What the hell are you doing?" Yelled InuYasha as he put tetsusaiga back into its sheath.
"InuYasha! He's got a shard of the shikkon jewel in his hand!" Kagome yelled. Enzeru quickly put the shard back into his pocket. He then grabbed a small black device from his belt and pressed his thumb on it, and told Kagome what it was.
"Kagome…I'm sorry, but I can't let you have this…I have to take it back with me." Enzeru said in a heartrending voice. "I have to go now…we'll meet again…maybe the terms will be different the next time." Enzeru said as he entered the large gate; Enzeru disappeared into the white light. Kagome looked around and noticed many red lights lining the ceiling and walls of the cave; it was C4.
"We have to get out of here! This cave is going to explode!" Kagome yelled as she ran towards InuYasha. The hanyou had Kagome jump onto his back, and he then ran as fast as he could. He made his way through the winding corridors of the cave, all the time jumping over the dead.
With less than one-minute…InuYasha quickly approached the exit. Kagome noticed a bright light cutting the darkness of the cave. InuYasha ran towards the exit, his feet staining the ground with blood. The hanyou leapt out of the cave and hoped to land on something soft. He noticed the morning sun eating away the dark sky, and directly below him the forest. Kagome turned her head and heard the mountain begin to rumble; multiple explosions tore the mountain into pieces. Rock and dust engulfed the air, as InuYasha dropped down the to thick trees below.
"Hold on tight!" yelled InuYasha, as they approached the trees. Kagome tightly hugged InuYasha as he broke through the trees. InuYasha hit the grassy ground and Kagome jumped off of his back. The hanyou fell over exhausted and tired from his battle. Kagome helped InuYasha up and acknowledged that he wasn't to badly hurt. InuYasha stood up and looked at Kagome. They both looked towards the mountain…
"I don't think this is over…"InuYasha told Kagome. "Lets go home." The two both headed towards the village and faded into the forest. They both knew that Agency still had one shard in its possession, and the Mumei Ittou. InuYasha knew that something had to be done about this new threat. With this long day over, they only had to wait for the Agencies next move.
3-16-04
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I'll try to write the next chapter as fast as I can think of it.