Author's Notes: Here's the second chapter of Why. Hope you all like it...
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Chapter 2: Because I Love Her
~Valley of the Dead~
The group's walking through a valley... Kagome looks at Sango, who's already dressed in her battle-attire, and thinks 'I wonder why Sango-chan's wearing her armor?'
"Egh. Why are there so many corpses around here?" wonders Miroku aloud.
"This place is known as the 'valley of the dead'." Sango reveals, after surveying the landscape.
"Hey Kagome." Inuyasha says, "Are you sure you sensed a jewel shard in this direction?"
"Mm Hm." Kagome responds, nodding her head once, "It was definitely in this direction."
"So, Where is it?" Inuyasha asks, grouchily, "This place is boring!"
"Um..." Kagome says, looking around, "It's--"
"Right here!" a voice says.
The group look directly infront of them on the path and see Debirusuke, wearing his black cloak and holding a jewel shard in his right hand between his index finger and thumb.
"You again!!" Inuyasha shouts, "So, You gonna stick around and fight, this time?"
"Yes." replies Debirusuke, calmly and simply. He then turns to one side and lays the jewel shard down on a nearby rock, then turns back to the group, "And, To make the battle more rewarding... If the lot of you defeat me then, you can take the jewel shard."
"But first..." he adds, pulling a shuriken out with his right hand. Debirusuke, without looking, throws the tiny dagger to his right... pinning a saimyoshou to a tree, "I do not want Naraku's insects reporting back to him of what happens here."
A standoff ensues, lasting for several minutes, then Debirusuke says, "Well, If none of you are going to make the first move... I will!" he dashes toward the group, almost fast enough to be mistaken for teleportation. He uses his right foot to kick Shippou, knocking the kitsune several meters backward.
"Shippou-chan!" Kagome says worriedly, running to check on the smallest member of the group.
"You bastard!" Miroku shouts, swinging his staff at Debirusuke.
Debirusuke back-dashes out of the way, Miroku runs at him and tries again to hit with his staff, this time with an overhead swing. Debirusuke turns to his own left, avoiding the attack, and lifts his right leg. With a quick and powerful right side-thrust kick, Debirusuke knocks the monk back into a tree.
Miroku raises up and shouts, "Everyone! Move away! I'm going to use my Kazaana!" the others listen and Miroku grabs the prayer-beads around his right arm. He pulls away the prayer-beads and holds his right hand out toward Debirusuke, "Kazaana!" wind starts being drawn into the hole in Miroku's hand.
Debirusuke grins and angles his body toward Miroku, allowing himself to be pulled by the Kazaana. Upon reaching Miroku, and before being pulled into the Kazaana, Debirusuke grabs the monk's right forearm with his left hand and holds it upward... making the Kazaana useless.
"Pathetic, houshi!" Debirusuke states, then he nails Miroku with a right punch, knocking the monk unconscious. The Kazaana stops pulling in air and Debirusuke releases his arm, then stands up straight.
Debirusuke leans back slightly and catches an arrow as it flies by him. The purity arrow vaporizes and the black-clad warrior looks toward the one who fired it, Kagome. He curls his right arm, placing his hand next to his head, and swings his arm in a left to right sweeping motion, shouting, "Desutsume!" releasing a claw attack that hits the ground infront of the fifteen year old girl, knocking her back.
"KAGOME!!" shout Inuyasha and Sango simultaneously, Sango runs over to see if the other girl is okay.
"Damn you! Try this!!" shouts Inuyasha, leaping up in the air and drawing back his right hand. "Sankon Tetsou!" he swings his arm from right to left in a sweeping motion, releasing his own claw attack.
Debirusuke dodges the attack by jumping back out of the way of it. "Hiraikotsu!" he hears from off to his right and ducks as the large boomerang flies over him.
The Hiraikotsu flies up then makes it's return-pass, flying back toward Sango who catches it with her right hand, 'He's fast!' she thinks.
Inuyasha tries a downward swing with the Tetsusaiga but, all he manages to hit is Debirusuke's black cloak. "What!?" Inuyasha growls.
"Inuyasha! Above you!" shouts Sango.
Inuyasha looks up and sees Debirusuke, his taiji-ya uniform now fully visible. Debirusuke grips the handle of the katana on his back and pulls it from its scabbard, performing a downward slash at Inuyasha. The hanyou dodges the attack, but notices Debirusuke's sword is different... similar in appearance to the Tetsusaiga.
"What the!?" Inuyasha says, his golden eyes widening slightly.
"Oh, Forgive me." Debirusuke apologizes, lifting his sword and holding it out pointedly at Inuyasha, "Allow me to introduce... Taigaakiba!"
'A fang... like the Tetsusaiga!' Sango thinks.
"Uhh..." Sango hears and turns to see Kagome starting to come around.
"Kagome-chan, Are you alright?" asks Sango.
"Um, I think so..." Kagome replies, checking herself, "Yeah, I'm okay. What's going on?"
"I do not believe Inuyasha can win." responds the demon slayer, looking toward the fight. She then looks back at Kagome, "I have to help him. Will you be alright here?" Kagome nods. Sango smiles at her and leans close, placing a kiss on the girl's left cheek. She stands and runs to help Inuyasha.
Debirusuke deflects a swing of the Tetsusaiga, just as another katana nearly connects with his side. Debirusuke leaps into the air, avoiding Sango's blade. Inuyasha drops to one knee, breathing heavily.
"What's wrong, Inuyasha?" asks Sango.
"I don't know." Inuyasha replies, trying unsuccessfully to stand up, "His sword... it only hit once. I--uh..." he falls unconscious to the ground, releasing the handle of Tetsusaiga. The sword detransforms.
"Heh heh heh." Debirusuke laughs, after landing several feet away from Sango, "I guess I should have explained..." he smirks, lifting his sword again, "The Taigaakiba drains energy from the spirit of anyone in which the blade cuts. Care to try your luck, Sango?"
"Fine." responds Sango, as she throws the Hiraikotsu.
Debirusuke dodges to the side, avoiding the boomerang. However, As soon as he does, he has to block a swing of Sango's katana using the bracer(like a gauntlet/sheild) on his left arm. Debirusuke attempts a horizontal swing with the Taigaakiba at Sango's abdomen. The female demon slayer jumps back, avoiding the blade, and attempts another swing with her own katana. The silverhaired taiyou leaps over her, but a chain wraps around his waist and he's jerked down into the ground. The blackhaired slayer dashes at him and tries yet another swing with her katana. However, Debirusuke manages to duck under the swing, moving quickly around Sango, he spins clockwise and cuts across the female slayer's back, then jumps back several steps.
"Damn!" Sango says, dropping to one knee and using her katana to keep from falling on to the ground.
"Oh no! Sango!" shouts Kagome worriedly.
Debirusuke dashes at the injured slayer, drawing up the Taigaakiba. Just as he is about to swing his sword, he notices something flying toward him from his left side and jumps backward, just as a purity arrow flies by. He turns to see Kagome, standing with bow in-hand, 'The girl from the future?' he thinks, then notices a wound along his abdomen, 'How could she have launched an arrow at that speed!? If I hadn't sensed it at the last moment...'
"You leave her alone!!" the young miko from the modern world shouts, aiming another arrow at the taiyou, "I won't miss again!"
'Is she saying she tried to miss me?' wonders Debirusuke, 'No! Impossible!' "Go ahead and try, little girl!" he says.
Kagome launches another arrow at the taiyou, but he leaps into the air and avoids it. However, He's again jerked downward into the ground by the chain that he hadn't removed from around his waist. Suddenly, The ground blows away, the shockwave knocking down Kagome, and reveals the taiyou, a little more demonic in appearance(the pupils of his eyes now narrow slits and his fangs are longer, as are his claws... also, two black stripes now are apparent on each side of his face, similar to Sesshoumaru's blue stripes). He notices that it was again Sango, now lying on her back and holding the chain(she turned and fell back while pulling on the chain to increase the momentum). She falls unconscious due to the wound from the Taigaakiba.
"Enough games!" Debirusuke states, then leaps into the air, "Now you die, SLAYER!!" he turns the Taigaakiba pointed downward and comes down at Sango.
"STOP!!!" screams Kagome, now up sitting on her knees. The taiyou doesn't stop and she closes her eyes, turning her head away.
"Why?" asks Debirusuke.
"Huh?" Kagome looks back to see that the blade of Debirusuke's sword has stopped just inches above Sango, the taiyou standing above the unconscious slayer, a foot on the ground to either side of her.
"Why do you want me to stop?" he asks again, still looking down at Sango, "Why would you ask me to spare the life of someone who has betrayed you and your friends?"
"Because I..." Kagome starts but doesn't finish, the others are starting to regain consciousness(except Sango of course).
"Well, If you cannot answer then..." Debirusuke says, drawing his sword up above his head. He thrusts the sword downward at the unconscious slayer.
"Because I love her!!" shouts Kagome, tears rolling from her eyes.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~----!!To Be Continued!!----~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Ramblings: CLIFFHANGER! So, If you want to know what's going to happen, you'll need to tune in next time. Til then!
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Chapter 2: Because I Love Her
~Valley of the Dead~
The group's walking through a valley... Kagome looks at Sango, who's already dressed in her battle-attire, and thinks 'I wonder why Sango-chan's wearing her armor?'
"Egh. Why are there so many corpses around here?" wonders Miroku aloud.
"This place is known as the 'valley of the dead'." Sango reveals, after surveying the landscape.
"Hey Kagome." Inuyasha says, "Are you sure you sensed a jewel shard in this direction?"
"Mm Hm." Kagome responds, nodding her head once, "It was definitely in this direction."
"So, Where is it?" Inuyasha asks, grouchily, "This place is boring!"
"Um..." Kagome says, looking around, "It's--"
"Right here!" a voice says.
The group look directly infront of them on the path and see Debirusuke, wearing his black cloak and holding a jewel shard in his right hand between his index finger and thumb.
"You again!!" Inuyasha shouts, "So, You gonna stick around and fight, this time?"
"Yes." replies Debirusuke, calmly and simply. He then turns to one side and lays the jewel shard down on a nearby rock, then turns back to the group, "And, To make the battle more rewarding... If the lot of you defeat me then, you can take the jewel shard."
"But first..." he adds, pulling a shuriken out with his right hand. Debirusuke, without looking, throws the tiny dagger to his right... pinning a saimyoshou to a tree, "I do not want Naraku's insects reporting back to him of what happens here."
A standoff ensues, lasting for several minutes, then Debirusuke says, "Well, If none of you are going to make the first move... I will!" he dashes toward the group, almost fast enough to be mistaken for teleportation. He uses his right foot to kick Shippou, knocking the kitsune several meters backward.
"Shippou-chan!" Kagome says worriedly, running to check on the smallest member of the group.
"You bastard!" Miroku shouts, swinging his staff at Debirusuke.
Debirusuke back-dashes out of the way, Miroku runs at him and tries again to hit with his staff, this time with an overhead swing. Debirusuke turns to his own left, avoiding the attack, and lifts his right leg. With a quick and powerful right side-thrust kick, Debirusuke knocks the monk back into a tree.
Miroku raises up and shouts, "Everyone! Move away! I'm going to use my Kazaana!" the others listen and Miroku grabs the prayer-beads around his right arm. He pulls away the prayer-beads and holds his right hand out toward Debirusuke, "Kazaana!" wind starts being drawn into the hole in Miroku's hand.
Debirusuke grins and angles his body toward Miroku, allowing himself to be pulled by the Kazaana. Upon reaching Miroku, and before being pulled into the Kazaana, Debirusuke grabs the monk's right forearm with his left hand and holds it upward... making the Kazaana useless.
"Pathetic, houshi!" Debirusuke states, then he nails Miroku with a right punch, knocking the monk unconscious. The Kazaana stops pulling in air and Debirusuke releases his arm, then stands up straight.
Debirusuke leans back slightly and catches an arrow as it flies by him. The purity arrow vaporizes and the black-clad warrior looks toward the one who fired it, Kagome. He curls his right arm, placing his hand next to his head, and swings his arm in a left to right sweeping motion, shouting, "Desutsume!" releasing a claw attack that hits the ground infront of the fifteen year old girl, knocking her back.
"KAGOME!!" shout Inuyasha and Sango simultaneously, Sango runs over to see if the other girl is okay.
"Damn you! Try this!!" shouts Inuyasha, leaping up in the air and drawing back his right hand. "Sankon Tetsou!" he swings his arm from right to left in a sweeping motion, releasing his own claw attack.
Debirusuke dodges the attack by jumping back out of the way of it. "Hiraikotsu!" he hears from off to his right and ducks as the large boomerang flies over him.
The Hiraikotsu flies up then makes it's return-pass, flying back toward Sango who catches it with her right hand, 'He's fast!' she thinks.
Inuyasha tries a downward swing with the Tetsusaiga but, all he manages to hit is Debirusuke's black cloak. "What!?" Inuyasha growls.
"Inuyasha! Above you!" shouts Sango.
Inuyasha looks up and sees Debirusuke, his taiji-ya uniform now fully visible. Debirusuke grips the handle of the katana on his back and pulls it from its scabbard, performing a downward slash at Inuyasha. The hanyou dodges the attack, but notices Debirusuke's sword is different... similar in appearance to the Tetsusaiga.
"What the!?" Inuyasha says, his golden eyes widening slightly.
"Oh, Forgive me." Debirusuke apologizes, lifting his sword and holding it out pointedly at Inuyasha, "Allow me to introduce... Taigaakiba!"
'A fang... like the Tetsusaiga!' Sango thinks.
"Uhh..." Sango hears and turns to see Kagome starting to come around.
"Kagome-chan, Are you alright?" asks Sango.
"Um, I think so..." Kagome replies, checking herself, "Yeah, I'm okay. What's going on?"
"I do not believe Inuyasha can win." responds the demon slayer, looking toward the fight. She then looks back at Kagome, "I have to help him. Will you be alright here?" Kagome nods. Sango smiles at her and leans close, placing a kiss on the girl's left cheek. She stands and runs to help Inuyasha.
Debirusuke deflects a swing of the Tetsusaiga, just as another katana nearly connects with his side. Debirusuke leaps into the air, avoiding Sango's blade. Inuyasha drops to one knee, breathing heavily.
"What's wrong, Inuyasha?" asks Sango.
"I don't know." Inuyasha replies, trying unsuccessfully to stand up, "His sword... it only hit once. I--uh..." he falls unconscious to the ground, releasing the handle of Tetsusaiga. The sword detransforms.
"Heh heh heh." Debirusuke laughs, after landing several feet away from Sango, "I guess I should have explained..." he smirks, lifting his sword again, "The Taigaakiba drains energy from the spirit of anyone in which the blade cuts. Care to try your luck, Sango?"
"Fine." responds Sango, as she throws the Hiraikotsu.
Debirusuke dodges to the side, avoiding the boomerang. However, As soon as he does, he has to block a swing of Sango's katana using the bracer(like a gauntlet/sheild) on his left arm. Debirusuke attempts a horizontal swing with the Taigaakiba at Sango's abdomen. The female demon slayer jumps back, avoiding the blade, and attempts another swing with her own katana. The silverhaired taiyou leaps over her, but a chain wraps around his waist and he's jerked down into the ground. The blackhaired slayer dashes at him and tries yet another swing with her katana. However, Debirusuke manages to duck under the swing, moving quickly around Sango, he spins clockwise and cuts across the female slayer's back, then jumps back several steps.
"Damn!" Sango says, dropping to one knee and using her katana to keep from falling on to the ground.
"Oh no! Sango!" shouts Kagome worriedly.
Debirusuke dashes at the injured slayer, drawing up the Taigaakiba. Just as he is about to swing his sword, he notices something flying toward him from his left side and jumps backward, just as a purity arrow flies by. He turns to see Kagome, standing with bow in-hand, 'The girl from the future?' he thinks, then notices a wound along his abdomen, 'How could she have launched an arrow at that speed!? If I hadn't sensed it at the last moment...'
"You leave her alone!!" the young miko from the modern world shouts, aiming another arrow at the taiyou, "I won't miss again!"
'Is she saying she tried to miss me?' wonders Debirusuke, 'No! Impossible!' "Go ahead and try, little girl!" he says.
Kagome launches another arrow at the taiyou, but he leaps into the air and avoids it. However, He's again jerked downward into the ground by the chain that he hadn't removed from around his waist. Suddenly, The ground blows away, the shockwave knocking down Kagome, and reveals the taiyou, a little more demonic in appearance(the pupils of his eyes now narrow slits and his fangs are longer, as are his claws... also, two black stripes now are apparent on each side of his face, similar to Sesshoumaru's blue stripes). He notices that it was again Sango, now lying on her back and holding the chain(she turned and fell back while pulling on the chain to increase the momentum). She falls unconscious due to the wound from the Taigaakiba.
"Enough games!" Debirusuke states, then leaps into the air, "Now you die, SLAYER!!" he turns the Taigaakiba pointed downward and comes down at Sango.
"STOP!!!" screams Kagome, now up sitting on her knees. The taiyou doesn't stop and she closes her eyes, turning her head away.
"Why?" asks Debirusuke.
"Huh?" Kagome looks back to see that the blade of Debirusuke's sword has stopped just inches above Sango, the taiyou standing above the unconscious slayer, a foot on the ground to either side of her.
"Why do you want me to stop?" he asks again, still looking down at Sango, "Why would you ask me to spare the life of someone who has betrayed you and your friends?"
"Because I..." Kagome starts but doesn't finish, the others are starting to regain consciousness(except Sango of course).
"Well, If you cannot answer then..." Debirusuke says, drawing his sword up above his head. He thrusts the sword downward at the unconscious slayer.
"Because I love her!!" shouts Kagome, tears rolling from her eyes.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~----!!To Be Continued!!----~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Ramblings: CLIFFHANGER! So, If you want to know what's going to happen, you'll need to tune in next time. Til then!