By: EVL5011
AN: Only a few people have written to me, you know who you are, with mixed reviews/comments. I appreciate it and thank you for the feedback. So, on with the story…
Chapter 9: Toorima and Koroshiya
InuYasha looked up at the sky while resting on his favorite tree. The young hanyou thought back on how vindictive and maliciously he had treated Kagome. "I guess I'd better go look for her and apologize." InuYasha thought to himself. Just as InuYasha was about to jump down from the tree he noticed the sun reflecting off of something (the guns scope). InuYasha jumped down from the tree and noticed the glare and wondered what it could be. Suddenly, a shot rang out and InuYasha instinctively knew to move. The snipers bullet hit the tree behind him, and InuYasha ducked down as the distant enemy fired another shot at him.
"Sh! I missed him!" yelled Toorima. The two agents noticed InuYasha running over to them. "I thought you never missed your target?" asked Agent Koroshiya. "I normally don't, but this kid is fast!" replied Toorima. Agent Toorima left the rifle on the ground and stood up. The two pulled out strange handguns and aimed them at InuYasha. The young hanyou ran as fast as he could over to the two men and unsheathed tetsusaiga. Both Agents waited for the right moment and just as InuYasha approached the two, they pressed down on the weapons trigger. A burst of electricity fired out from the weapon bathing InuYasha in the process. The hanyou slowed down as the electricity surged throughout his entire body. InuYasha pressed on, while dealing with the pain, and was inches away from the two men. He felt his body weakening as he drew closer to them and finally began to stagger to his knees.
"Fu! I'm out of power!" yelled Toorima. The agent threw his weapon to the ground and searched his armament for something to use against InuYasha. "Sh! I'm out too!" The two agents frantically searched for another weapon and InuYasha slowly began to recover. The hanyou noticed the two men recklessly going through their weapons. InuYasha raised tetsusaiga into the air and swung it at the two men. Toorima and Koroshiya both jumped back and narrowly escaped the large sword.
"Brother are you alright?" asked Toorima. "Yes, lets deal with him the old fashioned way." Replied Koroshiya. The two men unsheathed their combat knives and took defensive stances. "You got to be kidding me!" smirked InuYasha as the two Agents stood their ground. The two agents lunged at InuYasha and caught him off guard, both managed to stab InuYasha on each side of his ribs. The two men pulled out the knives and smiled as InuYasha stood in astonishment with what just happened. "You two are faster than you look, either that or incredibly lucky!" InuYasha turned and faced the two men and held tetsusaiga tightly in his hands. The two men waited for the hanyou's next move.
Just as InuYasha was about to strike the two Agents a dark shadow covered the ground. The three looked up and observed as a winged creature descended upon them. The dark angel landed between the three and raised his head up high and looked at InuYasha. "Brother, I think we'd best retreat for now!" yelled out Koroshiya. The two men ran off into the vast forest and left InuYasha alone with the dark angel. "This day just keeps getting better." InuYasha thought to himself. "you're going to fight me without a weapon?" asked the hanyou. The dark Angel put his arm out and a strange light began to appear next to it. A large scythe materialized out of thin air and the dark angel grabbed it. "You're going to use that on me? I'm not wheat!" snickered InuYasha as he heedlessly dived towards the Akutenshi. The dark angel jumped off of the ground and dodged the large phantom sword. The angel swung the large scythe at InuYasha, while in the air, and struck him in the back.
The sharp blade of the scythe punctured the hanyou's flesh and buried itself within his shoulder blade. The angel landed on the ground and pulled InuYasha towards him. "Arrggghhhh!" screamed InuYasha as the large scythe pulled on his back. The angel violently pulled the blade out of InuYasha and kicked him to the ground. InuYasha fell to the ground and turned himself on his side. The green grass slowly became colored red and InuYasha laid breathing deeply as the angel stood over him. "Well, what the hell are you waiting for!" yelled InuYasha. The angel raised his hand and aimed it at the young hanyou. Its hand began to glow an eerie dark red. "Gouka! Gouka! Gouka!" multiple balls of intense fire shot out of the angels' hand hitting InuYasha relentlessly. The hanyou screamed out in agony as every single shot of fire hit his body. Seven balls of fire entered InuYasha's body and left him covered in blood, the air became polluted with the smell of burnt flesh.
The angel looked down at the defeated hanyou and turned away. The Akutenshi began to walk towards the direction of the two agents. The dark angel disappeared into the forest, leaving InuYasha on the ground. "Kagome…." InuYasha muttered to himself. The young dog-demon turned on his stomach and began to slowly drag his body towards the village. He left a large trail of blood as he clawed towards the village. InuYasha felt the multiple wounds sapping his remaining strength; the hanyou was beginning to hallucinate. He saw the blurred image of Kagome standing over him. "Kagome…" he cried out with his remaining strength.
"InuYasha wake up!" InuYasha opened his eyes and saw lady Kaede and Shippo standing next to him. "Are ye alright child?" asked a concerned Kaede. InuYasha looked around and saw that the Akutenshi was gone. "Where is he?" asked InuYasha. "He's gone." Replied Shippo. "We found you laying here on the ground, we have to take care of those injuries." Lady Kaede helped InuYasha up. The hanyou refused any help and began to follow the scent of the angel. "InuYasha, you can't fight him in your condition! Rest a bit longer!" pleaded Shippo.
InuYasha ignored the pleas of Shippo and staggered towards the forest, while using tetsusaiga as a cane. With blood still dripping from his injuries, he pressed on, and entered the forest. Inside he heard an eerie silence, one that even he had never heard before. The hanyou walked for minutes and stopped next to a large tree. There he leaned against it and rested for a minute, the silence was unsettling. InuYasha looked around and heard a faint sound nearby; it was Kagome. InuYasha began to advance towards the sound and finally came to the Bone-Eaters Well. Next to the well Kagome lay on the ground motionless. InuYasha made his way to her and kneeled down beside her and picked her up in his arms.
"Kagome, are you alright?" InuYasha gently shook Kagome in hopes of waking her. The young girl was still in a deep sleep. Just as InuYasha was about to pick her off of the ground he heard the distinct voices of Toorima and Koroshiya in the distance. He laid Kagome back on the ground and moved towards a large tree; there he remained concealed and waited for the two men to get closer.
"Who was that freak with the wings?" asked Toorima. "That was the Akutenshi. Judging by his black wings and incredible strength, we're lucky to have escaped him." Replied Koroshiya. The two brothers both got closer to the Bone-Eaters Well and noticed that somebody moved Kagome. The two cautiously looked around and drew their combat knives. InuYasha remained hidden behind the tree and just as one of the two got within reach he immediately swung tetsusaiga. Koroshiya jumped back, but unfortunately the massive sword severed Toorima's right arm clean off. The Agent screamed as the sword cut across him. Toorima's arm fell to the ground and the agent stood in shock as his blood ran down his body. The agent slowly turned to face InuYasha, but remained silent. Koroshiya pulled his brother away and quickly threw a white powder over the laceration. Koroshiya threw his combat knife at InuYasha and hit him in the chest. The sharp knife protruded from InuYasha and he staggered backwards. Koroshiya grabbed his brother by the waist and threw him over his shoulder. He escaped from the area and disappeared once again.
InuYasha pulled the sharp knife from his chest and walked back over to Kagome. "I-InuYasha?" Kagome slowly opened her eyes and saw the young hanyou slowly losing consciousness. His warm blood dripped onto the ground and passed out while holding Kagome. Kagome noticed that InuYasha was holding her tightly and she managed to gently lay him on the ground. Kagome stood up and heard multiple voices coming from within the forest; it was Shippo, Lady Kaede, and many of the villagers. All of them had some sort of weapon, Shippo ran over to Kagome and hugged her, and he was relieved that she was fine. The villagers picked up InuYasha and carried him back to the village. Lady Kaede and Shippo both accompanied Kagome back to the village.
"What happened to InuYasha?" asked Lady Kaede as they walked back to the village. "I'm not sure. I woke up with him holding me in his arms." Replied Kagome. As Kagome turned her head back she noticed a severed arm on the ground. "Wait a second!" she asked. Kagome ran over to the arm and noticed two large combat knives on the ground. "What is it?" asked Shippo. "Those weapons belong to two men that attacked me, and that arm…it belongs to one of them." Kagome wondered what happened after they left her lying on the ground. Kagome continued walking with Shippo and Lady Kaede, they made their way back to the village.
The sun slowly went down and the land was once again swallowed in darkness. Kagome, Shippo and Lady Kaede both sat inside of the small house waiting for InuYasha to regain consciousness. The hanyou injuries were near fatal and definitely would've killed any normal man. Kagome explained what had happened to her and told Lady Kaede about the Akutenshi.
"Did you say that you, Shippo and InuYasha encountered the Akutenshi?" asked Lady Kaede. "Yes, once in my time, inside of the military facility, and again in this time. Although, we thought we had beat him, but for some unknown reason he showed up here." Replied Kagome. Lady Kaede walked towards the ancient scroll and handed it back to Kagome. "Do ye know what this is child?" asked Lady Kaede. "No, but when we were at my time it changed" Kagome looked at the scroll and opened it; inside the text had changed again. Kagome was in shock to see that the blank sections were now filled with the current events. Kagome handed the scrolls back to Kaede.
"Kagome, this is the scroll of the Tenshinchigi (gods of heaven and earth). They are considered divine by some, and evil by others." Lady Kaede examined the inside of the scrolls and read through some of the ancient text. "Kagome, you and InuYasha cannot defeat the Akutenshi alone. You must find the Jewel of Junshin (Purity), if you are to defeat the Akutenshi. His body died in your time, but the cursed figure you have encountered was manifested by hatred and the desire for revenge. He will be an unstoppable juggernaut, if you do not find the Jewel of Junshin. Every weapon, spell, and item that you use to inflict damage on him, only makes him grow stronger. You must find that jewel, use it with great haste on him, because if that fails, all is lost." Lady Kaede closed the ancient scroll and put it away in a wooden box.
Shippo listened to the words that Lady Kaede spoke and was about to say something when InuYasha began to move. The hanyou reopened his eyes and noticed that he wasn't outside anymore. He quickly sat up and looked around "Where's Kagome?" he asked. Kagome walked over to him and reassured him that she was fine. "I thought that I had lost…never mind." InuYasha took a deep breath and raised his hand towards his face. He then noticed that he was shaking, he had never shook before, for the first time he was scared. Kagome sat down next to him and watched over him as he quickly fell back to sleep. Kagome and Lady Kaede both gathered some medicinal herbs and applied them to the sleeping hanyou.
Meanwhile, deep within the forest, Agent Koroshiya injected his injured brother with a syringe filled with a strange thick liquid. "Don't worry brother. This will make you feel all better." Koroshiya injected all of the liquid into the spot where his brother's arm used to be. The liquid entered his blood stream and began to make Toorima convulse violently. The Agents injury began to heal and his missing arm regenerated. Koroshiya stood up and grabbed a radio off of his backpack. "Commander, Sir. We need your assistance." Koroshiya released the button on the radio and waited for a reply. "I told you two, that you should've waited until I met up with you. I'll be there in a few minutes." Koroshiya turned the radio off and looked back at his brother. "How do you feel now brother?" asked Koroshiya. "I feel like killing that mangy mongrel! That's how I feel!" yelled Toorima. "Good, now we wait for Commander Ranmyaku. Once the sun comes up, we'll find that girl and InuYasha, and we'll kill them and that cursed angel." Agent Koroshiya and Toorima both sat down and waited for their Commander.
The moon was now over the forest and its shadow eclipsed the small village. Not far from the forest, the Akutenshi stood high above mountains and waited for the morning sun to come up. The angel scanned the forest and felt the presence of three men somewhere deep within the woods. It then looked over to the village and watched as if somehow it knew exactly where InuYasha and the others were. The angel grasped his scythe tightly and leapt into the air. Its flapped its black wings and flew into the vast forest below, disappearing once more.
The two Agents rested against a large tree and fell sound to sleep after an hour of waiting. The two men held their weapons. Both knew that even with their advanced weapons and fighting skills, they were still no match for the Akutenshi or InuYasha. The two lay sound asleep, when a dark silhouette of a person passed over them; Koroshiya felt the presence and immediately woke up. He stood up and looked around, when he felt a powerful blow to the back of his skull, he fell to the ground and dropped his weapon. "You idiots! I should kill you both!" A man in black armor stood behind Koroshiya and turned his attention to Toorima, who was oblivious to what was happening. The man kicked Toorima across the face, wakening him abruptly. "I should kill you two, right here and now!" Both Agents focused their eyesight on the man and realized that it was their Commander. "After all the training you two have undergone, all the people and demons you have killed, I managed to catch you two off guard! What if I was the Akutenshi, or that mutt? You two would be dead right now!" The Commander grabbed Toorima off of the ground and struck him twice across the face. He threw Toorima to the ground and waited for the two to stand at attention.
"Sir! We apologize, but we needed to rest." Pleaded Koroshiya. The commander grabbed him by the throat and punched the man in the stomach. The fierce blow was strong enough that the agent spit out a large amount of blood. "Here! Inject this liquid into your blood stream!" The commander handed the Agents two syringes filled with a dark red liquid. "What is it?" asked Toorima. The commander grabbed the syringe and thrust it into the man's neck. The liquid was sent into his artery and quickly took affect. Toorima fell to his knees and began to violently convulse, his brother watched in horror as his body spasm and grew in size. Toorima arms bulked up slightly and his face distorted as the liquid made its way throughout his entire body. "Well? What the FU are you waiting for? Inject yourself!" ordered the Commander.
Koroshiya reluctantly inserted the large needle into his arm and pressed down on the syringe. The same effect happened on him and seconds later the two men stood up completely changed. "How do you two feel?" asked the commander with a twisted look on his face.
"I feel…stronger!" replied Toorima, his face was changed by the strange liquid and his body was altered. The two Agents were stronger, faster, and far more aggressive. "What was that stuff?" asked Toorima with a crazed smirk. "That was the blood of many youkai and a small amount of that dog-demon. I was also injected with something similar to it, but the sample I received was far better." The commander smiled, as his two subordinates were now ready to take on InuYasha and the Akutenshi. "I highly doubt that liquid will save them from their deaths, but maybe now they have a fighting chance." Thought Commander Ranmyaku
"Now where is that disheveled mutt and his female friend?" asked the Commander. "He was either killed by the angel, but if he managed to survive, he'll be back at the village." Toorima cracked his knuckles and felt the adrenaline coursing throughout his entire body. "So, when do we leave?" asked Toorima. "At day break, in the meantime, rest." The Commander handed the two men strange swords. Both brothers held the swords and watched, as the blades appeared to "cry". The two men practiced a few swings and sheathed their new weapons in black scabbards.