Hitukiri Batosai no Kikyo
8
The two samurai walked slowly toward the palace, never letting down their guard. Inuyasha couldn't help but feel as though they were being followed. Despite the fact that he was holding Tetsusaiga, he still felt completely unarmed. Something about the distant sunset gave him an inauspicious feeling.
Suddenly he felt a sharp pain in his hand as he heard Tetsusaiga hit the ground. He looked and sow an arrow on the ground. He guessed that was what had caused him to drop his sword. His sword! He started to reach for it.
Suddenly someone or something practically flew by and grabbed Tetsusaiga from in front of him. He hadn't even seen which direction it had went.
"Inu, what's wrong?" Sesshoumaru asked.
"Someone's here!" Suddenly there was a laugh from the shadows. A young woman stepped out.
She had raven black hair and dark eyes, like Kikyo's. However, there was something much different in her eyes. A certain gleam that Inuyasha had seen but once before - the first time he fought Kikyo. She was holding a bow and had a quill containing arrows on her back. Inuyasha guessed she had shot his hand and grabbed Tetsusaiga.
"So Inuyasha, we finally meet," she said in a vengeful voice.
He couldn't have been more confused. "Who are you?"
"And what do you have against Inuyasha?" Sesshoumaru said as if reading his thoughts.
"Konichiwa Sesshoumaru-san," she said. It was like the two were old friends.
"You know her?" Inuyasha asked.
"I was about to ask you the same thing." He thought a moment. "But now that you mention it..."
"What is it Sesshou?" Inuyasha asked.
"She just seems so familiar.." he mumbled. "It doesn't matter."
"I wish to challenge you Inuyasha," the woman said. Inuyasha guessed by her wardrobe that she was probably a ronin.
"But you took my sword!"
"And..." She tossed the bow and quill behind her and took out a small katana of her own. "Is the great Inuyasha afraid of fighting a woman?"
"You're on!" He took the sheath of Tetsusaiga and held it in front of him. "Even if you did steal my sword. I can still beat you!"
"Inuyasha! Don't get yourself into something you know you can't handle!"
"Come on Sesshoumaru. This little girl looks younger than Kikyo! I doubt this'll last two minutes." Though his attitude certainly made him sound confident, he wasn't too sure of the out come of this match.
The young woman looked to Sesshoumaru. "Sesshou-san, you may proceed to whatever business it is you have here."
'Sesshou-....san?' he thought. 'She acts like she knows me, so why can't I remember her.. Oh well.' He pushed the thought to the back of his mind. "Are you sure you'll be all right, Inu?" he asked.
"Yeah yeah.. Go. This is gonna be easy.."
"Okay..." he said hesitantly. "Just don't get yourself hurt." He quickly went off to "visit" the emperor.
"Are you ready?" the woman asked, raising her katana.
"Whenever you are," Inuyasha replied, lifting his sheath.
The young ronin attacked first, thrusting her sword at Inuyasha. He lifted the sheath to block, and was surprised at how light her attack was. For a while Inuyasha could keep up with her even with a mere sheath vs. her katana, but after a while the battle became much more intense, and it became clear that Inuyasha was trailing. He managed to hold his own for nearly half an hour against her persistant attacks, but he soon realized that he'd gotten himself in more trouble then he knew.
"Have you given up?" she asked. Inuyasha was down.
"Are you kidding?" he said rising to his feet. "I've never lost a fight and I don't plan to start now." He raised his sheath and smirked. "I don't see why your so determined to beat me."
She dropped her sword slightly. "Hmpf! You evil murderous bastard!! You killed the person who mattered most to me! Now you shall die as well!!"
Inuyasha just continued to smirk. "No need for name calling. Who'd I kill anyway?" He was shocked at the impact his words had, not on the girl, but on himself. He was overwhelmed with the guilt of it all. He had killed so many people. All of them had had friends and relatives that had felt the same way when they lost their loved ones as he had felt when he accidently killed his best friend.
After a few seconds he remembered that he was still in a battle and looked up to the girl. His words apparently had no less ill effect on her, for she was staring blankly into the distance as though remembering something long passed. Inuyasha now had a sinking feeling about the whole battle, and he knew it would probably be better for the both of them if he ran, but he couldn't give up his pride.
"Hey! We gonna finish this thing or not." His attitude wasn't quite as cocky now.
The girl turned her attention back on him. Her eyes were filled with hatred and rage. "Now," she said in a low eerie voice. "You shall die!"
"Whoah!"
Inuyasha did his best to block and dodge, but he was still cut indirectly by at least every other attack, and even took a few direct hits. Within a few minutes she had him down.
Inuyasha lay on his back, his kimono drenched in places with blood. 'Well..' he thought as he awaited death, 'at least I won't have to face the fact that I was defeated. And look, the kimono isn't even stained.' He smiled at what he figured would probably be the last happy thought he would ever have. Then he looked up to the ronin who would hand him his first and only defeat. She held her sword high above her head, its blade reflecting new moonlight. 'This sucks. I can't repent for killing Miroku if I'm dead.' He thought a moment as the girl was making up her mind as where she should strike him first. 'I can't repent in this life, but maybe with Kannon's mercy I can in the next. As for now, at least I know what I want my final words to be.'
"I'm sorry.." he nearly whispered. The girl suddenly stopped, obviously shocked.
"What?!"
Inuyasha began to cry tears of both sadness and anger. Anger at his helplessness in both this battle and his fate. He yelled as though trying to speak to the dead. "Miroku! I'm sorry!"
The young girl's eyes became wide for a moment before being refilled with the hatred she had for Inuyasha. Tears streamed from her eyes. "Die you wretched beast!"
Inuyasha knew he was looking his death in the eye. He had become so weak from their fight that he was barely concious as he saw the katana blade coming at lightning speed toward him. He saw something flash before him. After that - darkness. Pure, unnatural darkness.
Aimi: shudders delightedly Ooo-ooh.. This is where it gets really good. Enter Miroku's spirit. O.O Oops! I wasn't supposed to tell you that yet..
8
The two samurai walked slowly toward the palace, never letting down their guard. Inuyasha couldn't help but feel as though they were being followed. Despite the fact that he was holding Tetsusaiga, he still felt completely unarmed. Something about the distant sunset gave him an inauspicious feeling.
Suddenly he felt a sharp pain in his hand as he heard Tetsusaiga hit the ground. He looked and sow an arrow on the ground. He guessed that was what had caused him to drop his sword. His sword! He started to reach for it.
Suddenly someone or something practically flew by and grabbed Tetsusaiga from in front of him. He hadn't even seen which direction it had went.
"Inu, what's wrong?" Sesshoumaru asked.
"Someone's here!" Suddenly there was a laugh from the shadows. A young woman stepped out.
She had raven black hair and dark eyes, like Kikyo's. However, there was something much different in her eyes. A certain gleam that Inuyasha had seen but once before - the first time he fought Kikyo. She was holding a bow and had a quill containing arrows on her back. Inuyasha guessed she had shot his hand and grabbed Tetsusaiga.
"So Inuyasha, we finally meet," she said in a vengeful voice.
He couldn't have been more confused. "Who are you?"
"And what do you have against Inuyasha?" Sesshoumaru said as if reading his thoughts.
"Konichiwa Sesshoumaru-san," she said. It was like the two were old friends.
"You know her?" Inuyasha asked.
"I was about to ask you the same thing." He thought a moment. "But now that you mention it..."
"What is it Sesshou?" Inuyasha asked.
"She just seems so familiar.." he mumbled. "It doesn't matter."
"I wish to challenge you Inuyasha," the woman said. Inuyasha guessed by her wardrobe that she was probably a ronin.
"But you took my sword!"
"And..." She tossed the bow and quill behind her and took out a small katana of her own. "Is the great Inuyasha afraid of fighting a woman?"
"You're on!" He took the sheath of Tetsusaiga and held it in front of him. "Even if you did steal my sword. I can still beat you!"
"Inuyasha! Don't get yourself into something you know you can't handle!"
"Come on Sesshoumaru. This little girl looks younger than Kikyo! I doubt this'll last two minutes." Though his attitude certainly made him sound confident, he wasn't too sure of the out come of this match.
The young woman looked to Sesshoumaru. "Sesshou-san, you may proceed to whatever business it is you have here."
'Sesshou-....san?' he thought. 'She acts like she knows me, so why can't I remember her.. Oh well.' He pushed the thought to the back of his mind. "Are you sure you'll be all right, Inu?" he asked.
"Yeah yeah.. Go. This is gonna be easy.."
"Okay..." he said hesitantly. "Just don't get yourself hurt." He quickly went off to "visit" the emperor.
"Are you ready?" the woman asked, raising her katana.
"Whenever you are," Inuyasha replied, lifting his sheath.
The young ronin attacked first, thrusting her sword at Inuyasha. He lifted the sheath to block, and was surprised at how light her attack was. For a while Inuyasha could keep up with her even with a mere sheath vs. her katana, but after a while the battle became much more intense, and it became clear that Inuyasha was trailing. He managed to hold his own for nearly half an hour against her persistant attacks, but he soon realized that he'd gotten himself in more trouble then he knew.
"Have you given up?" she asked. Inuyasha was down.
"Are you kidding?" he said rising to his feet. "I've never lost a fight and I don't plan to start now." He raised his sheath and smirked. "I don't see why your so determined to beat me."
She dropped her sword slightly. "Hmpf! You evil murderous bastard!! You killed the person who mattered most to me! Now you shall die as well!!"
Inuyasha just continued to smirk. "No need for name calling. Who'd I kill anyway?" He was shocked at the impact his words had, not on the girl, but on himself. He was overwhelmed with the guilt of it all. He had killed so many people. All of them had had friends and relatives that had felt the same way when they lost their loved ones as he had felt when he accidently killed his best friend.
After a few seconds he remembered that he was still in a battle and looked up to the girl. His words apparently had no less ill effect on her, for she was staring blankly into the distance as though remembering something long passed. Inuyasha now had a sinking feeling about the whole battle, and he knew it would probably be better for the both of them if he ran, but he couldn't give up his pride.
"Hey! We gonna finish this thing or not." His attitude wasn't quite as cocky now.
The girl turned her attention back on him. Her eyes were filled with hatred and rage. "Now," she said in a low eerie voice. "You shall die!"
"Whoah!"
Inuyasha did his best to block and dodge, but he was still cut indirectly by at least every other attack, and even took a few direct hits. Within a few minutes she had him down.
Inuyasha lay on his back, his kimono drenched in places with blood. 'Well..' he thought as he awaited death, 'at least I won't have to face the fact that I was defeated. And look, the kimono isn't even stained.' He smiled at what he figured would probably be the last happy thought he would ever have. Then he looked up to the ronin who would hand him his first and only defeat. She held her sword high above her head, its blade reflecting new moonlight. 'This sucks. I can't repent for killing Miroku if I'm dead.' He thought a moment as the girl was making up her mind as where she should strike him first. 'I can't repent in this life, but maybe with Kannon's mercy I can in the next. As for now, at least I know what I want my final words to be.'
"I'm sorry.." he nearly whispered. The girl suddenly stopped, obviously shocked.
"What?!"
Inuyasha began to cry tears of both sadness and anger. Anger at his helplessness in both this battle and his fate. He yelled as though trying to speak to the dead. "Miroku! I'm sorry!"
The young girl's eyes became wide for a moment before being refilled with the hatred she had for Inuyasha. Tears streamed from her eyes. "Die you wretched beast!"
Inuyasha knew he was looking his death in the eye. He had become so weak from their fight that he was barely concious as he saw the katana blade coming at lightning speed toward him. He saw something flash before him. After that - darkness. Pure, unnatural darkness.
Aimi: shudders delightedly Ooo-ooh.. This is where it gets really good. Enter Miroku's spirit. O.O Oops! I wasn't supposed to tell you that yet..