The Agency
By: EVL5011
E-Mail: Omnipotentevil5011yahoo.com
AN: To summarize everything that has happened in a few words: Kagome, InuYasha, and Shippo escaped the hidden military facility hidden inside of a large mountain. They retrieved a single jewel shard from the shadow Agency. The four antagonists (The Generals) have met with terrible deaths, and the seemingly invincible Akutenshi has appeared in InuYasha's time after dying in the present. Our heroes went on a quest to retrieve a strange jewel, which might be able to finally stop the Akutenshi. And finally, we have one less agent (Toorima), which died at the hands of the Akutenshi. That about sums it all up.
--Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds-- Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Enjoy!
Chapter 11: Skirmish
InuYasha faced the Akutenshi, and ignored the large of amounts of blood he had lost. The hanyou refused to lose to his opponent, not now, not ever. He raised tetsusaiga into the air and stared death in the eyes. His enemies' sole intent now was to kill him, every encounter he had with the angel resulted in a stalemate or was interrupted. Hopefully, with any luck, he could end it here and now.
InuYasha ran at a blinding speed towards the menacing angel. He swung tetsusaiga with all of his remaining strength. The phantom sword struck the angel on the side of his neck, but as before the sharp sword didn't even scratch his opponent. The Akutenshi retaliated by striking InuYasha with the scythe. The hanyou jumped back, but didn't escape being cut once more. The blade sliced across his scarred body and left a large laceration across his arm. InuYasha felt his body weakening with every passing second. Even he couldn't continue to fight, all seemed hopeless.
InuYasha put tetsusaiga back into its scabbard and jumped into the air. The angel watched as InuYasha descended upon him. The hanyou used his sharp nails to injure the angel, but failed to do any damage. The Akutenshi remained unhurt, growing tired of InuYasha, the angel made his weapon disappear. InuYasha was surprised by this and remained still, as the angel waited for his next move.
"A-Are you taking pity on me?" asked InuYasha in a furious voice. The angel then fired three balls of fire at the hanyou, hitting him with each one. InuYasha stumbled back and clutched his injuries. The angel nodded his head and walked over to InuYasha. "Gekidoku! (Deadly Poison)" A dark black mist shot out of the palm of the angels hand and surrounded InuYasha. The hanyou was choking on the thick mist and began to cough up blood. The poison was overwhelming and InuYasha fell to the ground. "Y-You cough-cough fuing Chikushoume!" Blood saturated the ground as InuYasha gasped for air. The hanyou lay on the ground clinging for his life. The thick poison mist slowly dissipated into the air as InuYasha's lungs filled with the vile mist.
Kagome reached for her bow and fired an arrow blindly at the angel. The Akutenshi turned just as the arrow was about to hit him and caught it in mid-air. Kagome reached for another arrow and carelessly dropped the few arrows that she had left. She bent down and picked up an arrow and noticed that the Akutenshi was just a few feet away. Suddenly, everything froze again, and the same bright light blinded her once more. The Miko Reiko stood in front of her; the light hid the Miko's face. Kagome approached the Miko in hopes of catching a glimpse of her face. The heavenly looking Miko gave a hidden smile and kept her face concealed by the light. "Kagome you have acquired the jewel of Junshin, use it against your enemy before it's to late." The Miko began to fade away once more, but not before Kagome asked a question of her. "Reiko! How do I use the jewel to defeat the angel?" asked Kagome. "The angel despises the purifying ability of the jewel, use it as a weapon, before he becomes immune to its power. It will weaken him long enough that InuYasha can inflict bodily damage on him." The Miko began to disappear and was gone once more.
Kagome looked around and realized that she only had a few seconds to act, before time was completely restored. She searched for the Jewel of Junshin inside of her backpack. Once she felt the jewel in her hand, she noticed that it was warm to the touch. It pulsed with a warm energy and Kagome held it tightly in the palm of her hand. The Akutenshi was ten feet away from her and was frozen where he stood. Kagome walked over to the angel and stood behind him. Time returned back to normal in a matter of seconds. It was just enough time for her to hold the jewel next to the angels back. Once the angel regained movement, he realized that something was different. Kagome was no longer in front of him; he looked around and felt her presence behind him. He turned around, only to have the jewel staring him in the face. The Akutenshi jumped back, repulsed by the sight of the jewel, and fell to his knees.
Gathering the nerve to walk up to him she approached him with the jewel held firmly in her hand, the angel appeared to be in great pain as she drew closer. The angel looked up revealing his face to Kagome. He revealed no emotion in his face, and his eyes stopped Kagome where she stood. His long cold stare revealed that he had black eyes, eyes so black that not even light would pierce the darkness within them. In that very moment his eyes changed from black to blue, Kagome felt the jewel had something to do with this change, and to Kagome's surprise the angel smiled. Shocked, she moved back and knew that something was happening to him. Just as she was going to get closer InuYasha ran towards the Akutenshi. The hanyou knocked Kagome down and unsheathed tetsusaiga. The young dog-demon swung his mighty blade striking the Akutenshi across the chest.
InuYasha felt the large blade cut the Akutenshi. What happened next caused InuYasha to remain still for a second, blood dripped onto the ground, the seemingly invincible angel was bleeding. InuYasha took advantage and raised tetsusaiga in the air and was ready to kill the Akutenshi at long last. Just as his sword was seconds away from killing his enemy something stopped him. "InuYasha!" Kagome yelled for help and the hanyou turned his head to see what was going on. The hanyou saw Koroshiya and another man holding Kagome hostage. Koroshiya held a sword across her neck and threatened to slit her throat. "We meet at last InuYasha." Commander Ranmyaku smiled as Kagome cried out for her hero. InuYasha lowered his guard for a moment, and the Akutenshi pushed him away. The injured angel leapt into the air and escaped his demise. "Noooo! Y-you let him escape! I'll kill you for that!" InuYasha's yellow eyes burned with anger as the two men laughed. "Make a move towards us and we'll kill her. If you don't think we'll do it, just try us." The commander walked towards InuYasha, who had no choice but to remain still, and punched him across the face. InuYasha, who was already badly hurt, fell to the ground. The commander kicked the bloody hanyou and took tetsusaiga (which reverted back to its useless form). The commander threw the sword across the village and continued beating on InuYasha.
"Arrggghhhh!" The commander stopped for a second and turned around. Koroshiya stood perfectly still as a large blade protruded from his chest. Kagome lay on the ground in front of the bloody agent, she quickly ran away, and took cover inside a nearby hut. Large amounts of blood dripped from the sharp piece of metal, and the Akutenshi appeared behind Koroshiya. The angel pulled out the blade and grabbed Koroshiya by his short black hair. "Denkou Gai Atakku! (Lightning Scythe Attack!)" The Akutenshi's massive scythe became a blur as he held it in his hand. Lightning surrounded Koroshiya; the agent was engulfed in white streaks of light, and exploded in to tiny pieces. Koroshiya's body rained all over the terrain and covered the earth with blood, bone, and various organs. The Akutenshi's scythe reappeared in his hand; the angel began to run over towards the shocked commander. "No, oh god, please, don't!" the commander was petrified with fear, as the angel got closer. The commander desperately searched his metal armor for a weapon, and luckily, found a small handgun. He closed his eyes and blindly fired at the angel, unloading the entire clip at him.
With his eyes closed, the commander heard something fall to the ground; he reopened his eyes and saw that it was the Akutenshi. The angel was on the ground bleeding from the chest and stomach. The Commander gave a nervous smile and searched his body for another clip, when InuYasha grabbed him by the ankle. The hanyou applied all of his strength on the Commanders leg, and crushed the bone. The commander cried out in pain and fell on the ground face first. InuYasha stood back up, his body drenched in blood, and staggered over to where Kagome hid. "Kagome are you hurt? Come on, lets get out of here!" For the first time, Kagome heard InuYasha show some feelings. She ran out into the open and embraced the bloody boy. InuYasha was overwhelmed with a strange feeling, when she hugged him. "Jump on my back!" InuYasha knew that he wouldn't get very far in his condition, but hopefully it'd be far enough. The two fled the area leaving the two enemies to kill each other.
"Damn it all to hell!" the crippled Commander looked down at his shattered leg and attempted to stand up. With the sharp pain shooting through his entire appendage he stood back up. Even with his strong armor, only his body was protected from injury. He frantically searched his pockets and pulled out a vial of black liquid. He pulled the lid off and drank the thick substance. It caused him to cough up blood and nearly swallow his tongue. The liquid had strange healing properties; his leg quickly began to heal. The unknown chemical repaired the shattered bone. The Commander looked over to where the angel lay. He began to search his pockets for an extra clip of ammunition. "I'll finish you off once and for all!" The man aimed his weapon at the fallen angel and pointed the gun at its head. Just as he was about to pull the trigger the angel raised his head. Staring down the barrel of the gun the angel grabbed the Commanders leg and tripped him. The angel stood back up and looked down at the Commander. The angel picked him off the ground and tightly clutched Ranmyaku's throat. Tears ran down the commanders' face as the angered angel stared him with an intense hatred.
The angel grabbed the commanders' right arm and with his immense strength tore it off. The muscles were exposed, the bone and sinew dangled from his shoulder. Ranmyaku cried out in terror as the angel threw his arm to the ground. Blood drenched the ground and the Commander was going into shock. The Akutenshi began to take pleasure in dismembering the Commander and then the evil being then tore his other arm off. The Commanders muscles tore clean off as the angel held the other arm in his hand. The angel dropped the bloodstained Commander on the ground and made his scythe reappear.
Unable to crawl away and escape, Commander Ranmyaku lay on the ground helpless. "This is how it ends?" asked the bloody Commander "Sh! Even after being injected with demon blood, I still didn't change my fate." Thought the dying Commander. "Go on! Do your worst!" Yelled out Ranmyaku. The angel stood over him and watched as Ranmyaku squirmed in pain. "Toko Gouka!" (Endless Hellfire!), a near infinite amount of fireballs shot out of the Akutenshi's hands, hitting the Commander countless times. Ranmyaku's screams were heard throughout the forest. The miracle liquid that Commander Ranmyaku drank was potent enough that he remained alive for a good five minutes. Ranmyaku's strong armor shielded him from the first five bursts of fire, but didn't withstand the relentless assault. His body was battered by the attack and by the time the Akutenshi was done, nothing remained on the ground. The Akutenshi turned around and walked away, leaving nothing but a crater. The Commander was incinerated into nothing, not even his ashes were left.
InuYasha and Kagome were now a few miles away. The two stopped by a small river and heard the distant cries of the doomed Commander. Kagome ran to the river and wet a small rag she had in her bag. InuYasha sat down on the ground and rested. His injuries took a great toll on him and shortly after, he passed out on the ground. Kagome ran over to the bloody hanyou and wiped off the blood from his injuries, she then bandaged him up. Kagome applied various medicines from her time on his wounds and hoped that he could make a full recovery.
Kagome watched as the sun hovered overhead. It was still early in the evening and she felt as if she hadn't rested in days. Kagome reached into her bag for the Jewel of Junshin and examined it. The jewel was beautiful, it gleamed in the sun, and it left her hypnotized by its brilliance. The day was passing by quickly and Kagome knew that the Akutenshi wouldn't be far behind. Her and InuYasha were sitting ducks out in the open, and she still wasn't one hundred percent sure on how to use the jewel. Kagome watched as the sun slowly went down, it was dusk, and InuYasha was still sound asleep. Kagome went through her backpack and found the last ancient arrow. It was the only other weapon, which seemed to harm the Akutenshi. Kagome felt tired and began to fall asleep, she moved closely to InuYasha and held her bow and arrow tightly. She knew that InuYasha wasn't in any condition to fight, at least not at the moment.
A couple of hours passed and Kagome finally woke up. She looked around and realized that it was pitch black. The day went by quickly and she had fallen asleep for more than an hour. "I'd better wake InuYasha and see how he feels." Kagome examined InuYasha, who was still in a deep sleep, and woke him gently. "InuYasha? How do you feel?" asked Kagome. The hanyou slowly opened his eyes and looked at Kagome. "Like I've been beat to a pulp, how do you think I feel?" even in his condition, InuYasha found the strength to be ill mannered to Kagome. "You don't have to be such a jerk, I was just concerned about you. After all, you were hurt by his Gouka attack and you were nearly poisoned to death!" Kagome felt hurt by InuYasha's words and wondered why she even worried about his well being. "I'm not even sure why I bothered to wake you." Kagome blurted out, she turned around and walked away. She searched for a spot on the ground and went to sleep. InuYasha sighed and felt it best not to say anything else. The two fell to sleep and soon forgot about their troubles.
Meanwhile, a great distance away, the Akutenshi sat on a rock on top of a large hill. The angel wiped off the dry blood from its injuries. It sat there feeling great hatred towards InuYasha and Kagome; it knew that Kagome had in her possession the only thing that made it vulnerable. It had to kill her and destroy the Jewel of Junshin, only then could it cause more devastation on mankind. It had already rid itself of the bothersome Agents, some villagers; all that stood in its way was Kagome and InuYasha. The angel watched the sky and fell to sleep; even it needed to rest. The angel knew that by morning, he and InuYasha would both be sufficiently rested to battle once more.
AN: That ends this chapter; "The Agency" is coming to an end. I'm thankful to say that I have received a few letters, and most of them were positive. I hope to get more once I'm done with the final chapter. After "The Agency" comes to an end, I'll be writing another fanfic. This one won't have a sci-fi feel to it, as this one did in the first few chapters.