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-=-=-=- 11. Full Moon Concoction -=-=-=-
"What do you say, Inuyasha? Rock?" Hreru whispered, smirking.
"More like a pebble." The hanyou replied and picked up a small stone, flicking it onto the pile of bodies.
"What on earth are you two-"
"Shippou! Shut up you idiot!" Inuyasha snapped at him as quiet as he could bear. "Just watch."
All eyes were on the charred remains when the wind slowly began to pick up around them, arms of the bodies rose high into the air separating into swirling funnels.
"Here we go!" Hreru grinned, lowering Kassatsu to his side. Inuyasha did the same with Tetsusaiga.
From the center of the pile rose a hump, created out of human bodies. It looked as if the creature was hiding beneath them, but a second look showed that the bodies were actually the creature's skin. Surprised faces of the dead were swallowed into the massive bulk of an ash built mass. Gilded scythes formed, folded under two glassy arms that sprouted from it's sides. A head stretched it's way past the canopies of the trees, large faceted eyes searched, a beak accompanied by two rather large fangs and antennae flicked impatiently on it's head.
"That's one ugly mother." Inuyasha laughed. "Looks like a mantis."
From the throat of the creature strummed a sound like a cricket though a much larger, vibrating sound. It unfolded two large plates on it's back, releasing massive paper-like wings which it used to lift itself off the ground. The remaining bodies were swept away into the cloud of ash that now swarmed the bug's black body.
"I am Tou." A screech escaped it's beak.
"EPHRINE'S HENCHMAN!?" Hreru yelled, just to hear his own voice over the creature's wing beats.
"Indeed. You must know what I am here for then?"
"I'VE GOT A PRETTY GOOD IDEA!"
"Good." Tou began to lower himself to the ground and before touching base, six legs grew from his thorax to support him. The wings were now put away and everyone could hear once again. "I suppose we should get this started then." Tou buzzed.
Inuyasha stepped forward, Tetsusaiga enlarged immediately. "Lemme squash this bug." He sprang.
"NO! Inuyasha! Wait!" Hreru shouted.
"I got this!" Inuyasha swept his sword forward, the blade only to be stopped abruptly by Tou's scythe. "What the hell?"
"Little fool." Tou snickered and sent Inuyasha crashing into the miko home with a slight movement of his body.
"Inuyasha! Are you alright!?" Kagome and the others ran to him.
"Stay out of this. You'll only get yourself killed." The giant mantis hissed. "As for you, Wolf Demon." Tou lunged at Hreru, swinging a deadly blade his way.
Hreru growled, stopping the arm with Kassatsu, his toes digging deep into the dirt.
"Stronger than I thought." The other arm joined in. Hreru couldn't stop this and was knocked aside into a pile of wood.
Inuyasha was back, coming down with Tetsusaiga and nailing Tou right in the head. Light from the sword struck down his body, but he did not separate. Instead, Tou pulled himself back together and slammed the flat-sides of his claws shut catching Inuyasha right in the center of them.
"Inuyasha!" Hreru yanked Kassatsu up from the ground and cut two of Tou's legs out from underneath the mantis. Tou screamed, dropping an unconscious Inuyasha and crashing sideways to the ground. Hreru caught Inuyasha in his arms, Miroku taking him from him.
"Get as far away from here as you can!" Hreru ordered.
"But, Hreru. Sango and I-"
"No, Monk. If I get mad, I'm afraid I won't be able to control myself."
Miroku said nothing and dragged Inuyasha away from the battleground only to stop a few feet away.
Hreru turned back towards the hobbled Tou, narrowing his eyes. "Now it's just you and me."
"I'm pleased." Tou cackled and scraped his scythes across one another creating a sawing sound. After this, he had regained his footing with the remaining four legs. Tou screeched, launching his bulky body forward with scythes arched in front of him.
Hreru took off, dragging the tip of Kassatsu behind him in the dirt.
The first swing was made by Tou. One sharp blade dodged by Hreru merely cutting a few strands of his hair, the other scythe came around again, but he had seen it and knocked it out of swing with his sword. The impact of the larger blade sent Kassatsu ringing and Hreru landed safely out of range, glaring at his enemy.
"Losing your edge?" Asked Tou and he licked his weapons with a slender tongue that darted in and out of his beak.
The Wolf Yokai closed his eyes as if he thought of nothing more, sheathing Kassatsu without a word.
Tou tilted his head to the side curiously. "I wouldn't have expected you to give up so easily."
"I'm not."
"Then why do you sheathe your sword?"
"Waiting..."
"Waiting?"
The wind was howling now and an abnormal blue light flickered violently around Hreru. His narrowed eyes blazed a deep hate, the blue of them swallowed by honey yellow and his claws grew longer, turning black. He opened his mouth to show Tou his canines which were now lengthening, the wolf's grimace melted into a smirk, a thick black tail curled around his legs and his once Elven-like ears had grown longer and more wolf-like.
Tou suddenly stopped his laughing and watched. "I've never seen a Yokai transform. Not after a full moon." He sounded slightly amused, never shifting his gaze.
"You learn something new everyday, ne?" Hreru chuckled lightly and tossed his cloak into the air where the wind carried it away onto a nearby tree branch. Hreru looked over his claws for a moment, taking the transformation in full. He ran his fingers through the silky black fur of his wolf tail and then turned back to Tou, sneering sourly as he arched his fingers.
"I am curious to see how much power you currently possess, Wolf."
"I'll have to show you then." His tail swept the ground and Hreru bolted forward, armed with his claws.
(A/N: Tou- Sickle)
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Enchained: Oo! One of the first forms of Hreru! Will he be able to defeat the giant Tou or will Inuyasha and the others step in? Find out in "Ch 12: Haste!" Review! Review! Review!
Enchained: I'm so sorry I haven't updated in such a long time! Been busy as always...
-=-=-=- 11. Full Moon Concoction -=-=-=-
"What do you say, Inuyasha? Rock?" Hreru whispered, smirking.
"More like a pebble." The hanyou replied and picked up a small stone, flicking it onto the pile of bodies.
"What on earth are you two-"
"Shippou! Shut up you idiot!" Inuyasha snapped at him as quiet as he could bear. "Just watch."
All eyes were on the charred remains when the wind slowly began to pick up around them, arms of the bodies rose high into the air separating into swirling funnels.
"Here we go!" Hreru grinned, lowering Kassatsu to his side. Inuyasha did the same with Tetsusaiga.
From the center of the pile rose a hump, created out of human bodies. It looked as if the creature was hiding beneath them, but a second look showed that the bodies were actually the creature's skin. Surprised faces of the dead were swallowed into the massive bulk of an ash built mass. Gilded scythes formed, folded under two glassy arms that sprouted from it's sides. A head stretched it's way past the canopies of the trees, large faceted eyes searched, a beak accompanied by two rather large fangs and antennae flicked impatiently on it's head.
"That's one ugly mother." Inuyasha laughed. "Looks like a mantis."
From the throat of the creature strummed a sound like a cricket though a much larger, vibrating sound. It unfolded two large plates on it's back, releasing massive paper-like wings which it used to lift itself off the ground. The remaining bodies were swept away into the cloud of ash that now swarmed the bug's black body.
"I am Tou." A screech escaped it's beak.
"EPHRINE'S HENCHMAN!?" Hreru yelled, just to hear his own voice over the creature's wing beats.
"Indeed. You must know what I am here for then?"
"I'VE GOT A PRETTY GOOD IDEA!"
"Good." Tou began to lower himself to the ground and before touching base, six legs grew from his thorax to support him. The wings were now put away and everyone could hear once again. "I suppose we should get this started then." Tou buzzed.
Inuyasha stepped forward, Tetsusaiga enlarged immediately. "Lemme squash this bug." He sprang.
"NO! Inuyasha! Wait!" Hreru shouted.
"I got this!" Inuyasha swept his sword forward, the blade only to be stopped abruptly by Tou's scythe. "What the hell?"
"Little fool." Tou snickered and sent Inuyasha crashing into the miko home with a slight movement of his body.
"Inuyasha! Are you alright!?" Kagome and the others ran to him.
"Stay out of this. You'll only get yourself killed." The giant mantis hissed. "As for you, Wolf Demon." Tou lunged at Hreru, swinging a deadly blade his way.
Hreru growled, stopping the arm with Kassatsu, his toes digging deep into the dirt.
"Stronger than I thought." The other arm joined in. Hreru couldn't stop this and was knocked aside into a pile of wood.
Inuyasha was back, coming down with Tetsusaiga and nailing Tou right in the head. Light from the sword struck down his body, but he did not separate. Instead, Tou pulled himself back together and slammed the flat-sides of his claws shut catching Inuyasha right in the center of them.
"Inuyasha!" Hreru yanked Kassatsu up from the ground and cut two of Tou's legs out from underneath the mantis. Tou screamed, dropping an unconscious Inuyasha and crashing sideways to the ground. Hreru caught Inuyasha in his arms, Miroku taking him from him.
"Get as far away from here as you can!" Hreru ordered.
"But, Hreru. Sango and I-"
"No, Monk. If I get mad, I'm afraid I won't be able to control myself."
Miroku said nothing and dragged Inuyasha away from the battleground only to stop a few feet away.
Hreru turned back towards the hobbled Tou, narrowing his eyes. "Now it's just you and me."
"I'm pleased." Tou cackled and scraped his scythes across one another creating a sawing sound. After this, he had regained his footing with the remaining four legs. Tou screeched, launching his bulky body forward with scythes arched in front of him.
Hreru took off, dragging the tip of Kassatsu behind him in the dirt.
The first swing was made by Tou. One sharp blade dodged by Hreru merely cutting a few strands of his hair, the other scythe came around again, but he had seen it and knocked it out of swing with his sword. The impact of the larger blade sent Kassatsu ringing and Hreru landed safely out of range, glaring at his enemy.
"Losing your edge?" Asked Tou and he licked his weapons with a slender tongue that darted in and out of his beak.
The Wolf Yokai closed his eyes as if he thought of nothing more, sheathing Kassatsu without a word.
Tou tilted his head to the side curiously. "I wouldn't have expected you to give up so easily."
"I'm not."
"Then why do you sheathe your sword?"
"Waiting..."
"Waiting?"
The wind was howling now and an abnormal blue light flickered violently around Hreru. His narrowed eyes blazed a deep hate, the blue of them swallowed by honey yellow and his claws grew longer, turning black. He opened his mouth to show Tou his canines which were now lengthening, the wolf's grimace melted into a smirk, a thick black tail curled around his legs and his once Elven-like ears had grown longer and more wolf-like.
Tou suddenly stopped his laughing and watched. "I've never seen a Yokai transform. Not after a full moon." He sounded slightly amused, never shifting his gaze.
"You learn something new everyday, ne?" Hreru chuckled lightly and tossed his cloak into the air where the wind carried it away onto a nearby tree branch. Hreru looked over his claws for a moment, taking the transformation in full. He ran his fingers through the silky black fur of his wolf tail and then turned back to Tou, sneering sourly as he arched his fingers.
"I am curious to see how much power you currently possess, Wolf."
"I'll have to show you then." His tail swept the ground and Hreru bolted forward, armed with his claws.
(A/N: Tou- Sickle)
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Enchained: Oo! One of the first forms of Hreru! Will he be able to defeat the giant Tou or will Inuyasha and the others step in? Find out in "Ch 12: Haste!" Review! Review! Review!