((A/N: Konichiwa! Hope you like this part in the story! ^_^ It's another
one of my favs!))
Chapter 6: More than Words: For the Love of a Man
Kagome's chest pounded wildly. A feeling of darkness had overtaken her heart, and somehow she knew that something had gone terribly wrong. She stumbled and tripped time and time again as she raced from the village towards the battle- and her only love.
She skidded to a halt in the mists when she saw InuYasha's face. She nearly cried out for joy that he had not been injured, but in the next split second, her keen eyes spotted the sight of black. His hair, eyes, claws, his ears. All had changed. "..InuYasha," she whispered fearfully, then looked up. It was true. There was not a trace of moon in the sky to be found.
Sesshomaru continued to chuckle at the younger sibling. How perfect! InuYasha in his most vulnerable weakest stage, and Sesshomaru at his best. Even if InuYasha did use the Wind Scar, he would just be able to dodge the attack. He laughed louder again.
~How?~ InuYasha thought as he clutched his sword tighter. His brother was really starting to get on his last nerve, and now he had to figure out a new way to end him..and fast!
Before he could think any further, Sesshomaru jumped off the boulder and swung his claws directly into his face. InuYasha held up the sword for protection and blocked the attack. "Feh! Little brother, if you even thought you had a slight chance of winning when you weren't human, you might as well throw that idea into the garbage now. You are hopelessly overpowered and outmatched." Sesshomaru grinned. InuYasha pushed him back and glared. "Well, I don't need my half demon part to kick your sorry hide!"
Sesshomaru snickered, "Your ignorance really surprises me, InuYasha. You truly are a fool! If I were you, I'd at least have the courage to surrender now..while I was still in one piece."
InuYasha's hair swayed lightly as he contemplated his words. ~Maybe he's right.~ His eyes narrowed and he stared into the ground. ~What's the point in fighting, if I know that I'm just going to loose..?~
~NO, InuYasha!!!~
~Huh?~ he looked up as Kagome's voice flooded into his mind. "Kagome?" ~I thought I told you to stay back at the village!?~
Kagome was on a small cliff on the top of a hill that overlooked the battlefield. She was sitting on her legs with her hands together as if she were praying (a special technique that Kaede had taught her. It allowed Kagome to speak to someone directly into their head). A small stream of tears flowed down both of her checks. ~Yeah! RIGHT! As if I'm really going to just stay back and let you face this all alone? You've got to try a little harder than that to get rid of me, pal!~ She seemed rather upset that he wasn't all too thrilled to see her, but she quickly regained her concerned and sad expression.
~InuYasha. Don't you dare quit on me now! All of this time, through all of the battles and hardships we've faced. You've never once let me quit or give up, even when it seemed completely hopeless to keep trying.~
She thought back to the many times he had nagged at her. ~ "Don't you faint on me, you stupid girl!" "What is it now? Don't tell me you want to go HOME?" "If you think that I'm just gonna stand around here and let you get off the hook that easily, then you're sadly mistaken!" "We've still got more jewel shards to find!!"~ She looked at him, standing up with her hands still together. ~InuYasha, you have my love and strength. Don't ever forget that. I'm right here by your side..~
He was breathless. She had taken him by total surprise with her words and bravery. ~Kagome..~ She smiled and quickly got her bow. ~Now, let's teach that jerk a lesson, k?~ InuYasha couldn't help but smile. ~Heh. You really are something special, you know it?~ He clutched his sword again and grinned. ~Let's do it!~
"You can mumble to yourself all you want, InuYasha, but in the end I will slaughter you no matter how much you beg," Sesshomaru wailed, growing impatient. InuYasha smirked, "Well, that's the difference between us, Sesshomaru. I'm not you, a daydreamer!" He sneered, "Yes, InuYasha. Thank goodness you aren't me. But, I do believe it is YOU who is doing all of the daydreaming! Arggghhh!!" He lounged at InuYasha once more with force, and the two continued to battle.
InuYasha swung his sword, missing again for the fifth time since they had begun again. It seemed like it was 10 times heavier now that he was human, and it was definitely harder to control when he was swinging. His brother smirked then brought his whip out for use. He slashed violently at InuYasha, but it was somehow miraculously blocked every time.
"Give it up!" *hack!* InuYasha gritted his teeth at all of the weight, but sent him back again. *clang!* "Forget that!"
Kagome swiftly found her arrows and took one out of the pouch. She knew that she could hit Sesshomaru with her sacred priestess' arrow, but it was a one shot opportunity. She would not get a second chance. He would've found the direction that the dart had originated and would've also traced her scent. She shook slightly and waited for the right instant to hit the shards in his temporary, human arm.
As the fight grew more dangerous with each passing moment, InuYasha gradually lost his footing. He fell back at one particular blow and was ripped across the chest by Sesshomaru's whip before he had hit the ground. He slammed against the cold and hard rocks with wide, bare eyes. The Tetsusaiga was knocked out of his hands; it spun in the air, landing with a 'shing' in the dirt.
InuYasha was unable to move, but he reached out for it with a hand none the less. Sesshomaru smiled as he landed in front of him. He picked up InuYasha's fallen sword with the human arm and gripped the hilt with unimaginable pleasure. "Tis a fine end for you. Don't you agree? Being slain by your own sword and its new, rightful owner? I've dreamed of this moment for so long.." He closed his eyes, letting the smell of death that entered his nostrils sink in, then opened them again. "Farewell, InuYasha." He raised Tetsusaiga slowly, about to make the final strike.
"NNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!" Kagome's hands worked faster than her eyes could see. It made him stop in his tracks. She prepared the arrow, and it glistened brightly with her tears. She pulled back as tightly as her bow would allow. "Don't you Touch HIM!!!" A powerful purplish fire, surrounded by all of her powers, love, energy, and hatred towards Sesshomaru, formed around the arrow. She yelled loudly as she let it fly.
Sesshomaru was only able to look in the direction of the arrow, just as it hit him in the shoulder. His entire left arm was blown off into bits.
((A/N: Aw, so cool! Heh. Kinda, icky though, but it was the only way to get rid of that bad arm of his! Well, I gotta be going. More chapters coming REALLY soon! Ja matta ne!))
Chapter 6: More than Words: For the Love of a Man
Kagome's chest pounded wildly. A feeling of darkness had overtaken her heart, and somehow she knew that something had gone terribly wrong. She stumbled and tripped time and time again as she raced from the village towards the battle- and her only love.
She skidded to a halt in the mists when she saw InuYasha's face. She nearly cried out for joy that he had not been injured, but in the next split second, her keen eyes spotted the sight of black. His hair, eyes, claws, his ears. All had changed. "..InuYasha," she whispered fearfully, then looked up. It was true. There was not a trace of moon in the sky to be found.
Sesshomaru continued to chuckle at the younger sibling. How perfect! InuYasha in his most vulnerable weakest stage, and Sesshomaru at his best. Even if InuYasha did use the Wind Scar, he would just be able to dodge the attack. He laughed louder again.
~How?~ InuYasha thought as he clutched his sword tighter. His brother was really starting to get on his last nerve, and now he had to figure out a new way to end him..and fast!
Before he could think any further, Sesshomaru jumped off the boulder and swung his claws directly into his face. InuYasha held up the sword for protection and blocked the attack. "Feh! Little brother, if you even thought you had a slight chance of winning when you weren't human, you might as well throw that idea into the garbage now. You are hopelessly overpowered and outmatched." Sesshomaru grinned. InuYasha pushed him back and glared. "Well, I don't need my half demon part to kick your sorry hide!"
Sesshomaru snickered, "Your ignorance really surprises me, InuYasha. You truly are a fool! If I were you, I'd at least have the courage to surrender now..while I was still in one piece."
InuYasha's hair swayed lightly as he contemplated his words. ~Maybe he's right.~ His eyes narrowed and he stared into the ground. ~What's the point in fighting, if I know that I'm just going to loose..?~
~NO, InuYasha!!!~
~Huh?~ he looked up as Kagome's voice flooded into his mind. "Kagome?" ~I thought I told you to stay back at the village!?~
Kagome was on a small cliff on the top of a hill that overlooked the battlefield. She was sitting on her legs with her hands together as if she were praying (a special technique that Kaede had taught her. It allowed Kagome to speak to someone directly into their head). A small stream of tears flowed down both of her checks. ~Yeah! RIGHT! As if I'm really going to just stay back and let you face this all alone? You've got to try a little harder than that to get rid of me, pal!~ She seemed rather upset that he wasn't all too thrilled to see her, but she quickly regained her concerned and sad expression.
~InuYasha. Don't you dare quit on me now! All of this time, through all of the battles and hardships we've faced. You've never once let me quit or give up, even when it seemed completely hopeless to keep trying.~
She thought back to the many times he had nagged at her. ~ "Don't you faint on me, you stupid girl!" "What is it now? Don't tell me you want to go HOME?" "If you think that I'm just gonna stand around here and let you get off the hook that easily, then you're sadly mistaken!" "We've still got more jewel shards to find!!"~ She looked at him, standing up with her hands still together. ~InuYasha, you have my love and strength. Don't ever forget that. I'm right here by your side..~
He was breathless. She had taken him by total surprise with her words and bravery. ~Kagome..~ She smiled and quickly got her bow. ~Now, let's teach that jerk a lesson, k?~ InuYasha couldn't help but smile. ~Heh. You really are something special, you know it?~ He clutched his sword again and grinned. ~Let's do it!~
"You can mumble to yourself all you want, InuYasha, but in the end I will slaughter you no matter how much you beg," Sesshomaru wailed, growing impatient. InuYasha smirked, "Well, that's the difference between us, Sesshomaru. I'm not you, a daydreamer!" He sneered, "Yes, InuYasha. Thank goodness you aren't me. But, I do believe it is YOU who is doing all of the daydreaming! Arggghhh!!" He lounged at InuYasha once more with force, and the two continued to battle.
InuYasha swung his sword, missing again for the fifth time since they had begun again. It seemed like it was 10 times heavier now that he was human, and it was definitely harder to control when he was swinging. His brother smirked then brought his whip out for use. He slashed violently at InuYasha, but it was somehow miraculously blocked every time.
"Give it up!" *hack!* InuYasha gritted his teeth at all of the weight, but sent him back again. *clang!* "Forget that!"
Kagome swiftly found her arrows and took one out of the pouch. She knew that she could hit Sesshomaru with her sacred priestess' arrow, but it was a one shot opportunity. She would not get a second chance. He would've found the direction that the dart had originated and would've also traced her scent. She shook slightly and waited for the right instant to hit the shards in his temporary, human arm.
As the fight grew more dangerous with each passing moment, InuYasha gradually lost his footing. He fell back at one particular blow and was ripped across the chest by Sesshomaru's whip before he had hit the ground. He slammed against the cold and hard rocks with wide, bare eyes. The Tetsusaiga was knocked out of his hands; it spun in the air, landing with a 'shing' in the dirt.
InuYasha was unable to move, but he reached out for it with a hand none the less. Sesshomaru smiled as he landed in front of him. He picked up InuYasha's fallen sword with the human arm and gripped the hilt with unimaginable pleasure. "Tis a fine end for you. Don't you agree? Being slain by your own sword and its new, rightful owner? I've dreamed of this moment for so long.." He closed his eyes, letting the smell of death that entered his nostrils sink in, then opened them again. "Farewell, InuYasha." He raised Tetsusaiga slowly, about to make the final strike.
"NNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!" Kagome's hands worked faster than her eyes could see. It made him stop in his tracks. She prepared the arrow, and it glistened brightly with her tears. She pulled back as tightly as her bow would allow. "Don't you Touch HIM!!!" A powerful purplish fire, surrounded by all of her powers, love, energy, and hatred towards Sesshomaru, formed around the arrow. She yelled loudly as she let it fly.
Sesshomaru was only able to look in the direction of the arrow, just as it hit him in the shoulder. His entire left arm was blown off into bits.
((A/N: Aw, so cool! Heh. Kinda, icky though, but it was the only way to get rid of that bad arm of his! Well, I gotta be going. More chapters coming REALLY soon! Ja matta ne!))