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(A/N: This chappie might be a bit confusing)

-=-=-=- 12. Haste -=-=-=-

"Wha?"

"Inuyasha! Are you alright?" Miroku and Kagome were standing over him.

"Uh... Yeah?" He sat up, rubbing his head. "OW!"

"Perhaps you should lie still for a moment."

"Where's the mantis!?"

Just then a wave of dirt blew over them, covering the entire area with a thick cloud of dust. Violet liquid hissed as it poured over the earth. Tou stumbled backwards, a large gaping hole in his stomach.

"REEEEAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!" Tou screeched and swung his scythes at the air. He was blind with anger and pain.

Hreru stood before him, hot blood covering him from head to toe, streaming down his face, adorning those hateful yellow eyes. His tail swished once, clearing the area around him of dust and allowing the others to see what was going on.

"BASTARD!!!" Tou's scythe lashed out and struck the ground Hreru had recently stood on, then the other scythe came and again and again and again, but every time Hreru dodged. This made the mantis even more furious than before.

"WHY WON'T YOU STAY STILL!?"

"Hm. Maybe I will." Hreru laughed and stopped suddenly right at Tou's feet.

"You're too cocky in this form, Wolf." The mantis had his chance to swing everything he had at Hreru and he did. Tou wrenched back his scythes, swinging forward. Hreru didn't move until the very last second. He disappeared suddenly, causing Tou's weapons to collide against one another, cracking the steel-like blades.

"Now's our chance!" Inuyasha leaped up, arming himself with Tetsusaiga. "Let's go!" He ran forward, his friends shouting after him.

"The scythes can be shattered! Inuyasha! Strike Tou's weapons!" Miroku yelled. The wind continued to howl, stirring up around them as they tried to enter the battle. Miroku and the others were blocked by the dust storm. "Inuyasha! Where did you go!? Hreru!"

"Somebody answer us!" Shippou joined in.

Sango and Kagome came up beside them. "Let's take Kirara above the field. We should be able to see what's going on!" Said Sango.

"We cannot. The wind is too strong." Miroku shielded his eyes with his sleeve. "I could use my Wind Tunnel, but Hreru and Inuyasha could get caught in it." He gripped his Rosary Beads.

The wolf smirked. Tou struggled to his feet, gasping for air. Flaps of his exoskeleton rising and falling like plastic mail. He was in immense pain, but oddly, he no longer complained of it. His body began to convulse violently as his skin slowly folded over the wound. He was healing himself! Unfortunately, Hreru wouldn't wait around long enough to see him finish and ran forward, his feet never seeming to touch the ground.

Just as Hreru had reached Tou, a wall of violet mist sprung up in front of him; the mantis had suddenly vanished into thin air. His scent was completely masked and Hreru could not tell where he had gone.

"Hreru!" Inuyasha called and broke through the dust barrier. It seemed that they were now in the eye of the storm. Dust was completely trapping them from escape, the violet mist now combining with the dirt.

"On the verge of insanity..." Tou whispered from all directions. "Break down..."

"Why is he talking like that?" Asked Inuyasha, now walking up to Hreru cautiously. The Wolf Yokai's back was facing the Hanyou's and he did not answer. "Hreru? What's the matter with you, man?"

"Darkness on the brink... Light fading into shadow..." Tou continued.

"Hey! Moron! Answer me!" Roared Inuyasha. "I hate being ignored dammit! Say something!"

"Swallowed by hate... Driven by revenge..."

"Inuyasha! Inuyasha, it's a spell!" Miroku shouted into the storm. "Don't listen to him! Tou is chanting a spell!"

Inuyasha immediately pulled out Tetsusaiga. "A spell, eh? Well, no spell's gonna stop me!"

"It's not you!" Hreru hissed.

"What? What're you talking about?"

"Not for you..." If felt like his head was being split in two separate halves, one complete agony, the other a serene lust. His eyes flared a bright red and red marks trailed jaggedly down the sides of his cheeks. "Inuyasha!" The Youkai snarled and wrapped his hands around the Hanyou's throat, lifting him into the air.

"What're you doing!? Put me down, bastard!" Inuyasha kicked him in the stomach, but the expression across Hreru's face did not change. Instead, his scowl was now a psychotic grin. Hreru's claws punctured Inuyasha's skin, the sudden pain, making him drop Tetsusaiga.

Just then, a large boomerang emerges and slams Hreru in the back. Inuyasha and Hreru toppled over, the Wolf unconscious in his lap.

"Are you alright?" Sango stepped out, picking up her weapon.

"What happened?"

"Nothing, Inuyasha!" Miroku grabbed Hreru and dragged him off.

"What-"

"You can finish him!" Sango winked, vanishing into the dust.

This left Inuyasha blinking in confusion. After quickly recovering from that little incident, Inuyasha brandished his sword and searched the dust for Tou. "Come out, come out, wherever you are, little buggy!"

A blade slashed down in front of him and Inuyasha reacted by shattering the scythe then the next one that appeared behind him. Tou's head suddenly loomed over him, his fangs outstretched. The Hanyou swiftly sliced the fangs and followed after with a clean cut of the mantis's head. Tou's body crashed to the ground, but all was not over yet!

"Holy shit!" Inuyasha gasped. From Tou's body emitted a plume of the violet mist, now floating towards him. Inuyasha didn't have to think twice before getting out of there.

The last thing that he saw was his friends dropping to the ground, and Inuyasha stumbled. Mist swallowing him. He was completely numb and growing tired until everything went black....

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Enchained: Eep! Oh no! Everyone blacked out! What will happen to them? Please review to find out what happens next!