Author's Notes: Here's chatper 4...
-----Chapter 4: Enemy-----
-Clearing in a Forest-
(ever realize how most all battles in InuYasha take place in, or near, a forest?)
Inuyasha's fighting a large(and slow) youkai, "Hey Kagome. Does this thing have a shard or what?" he questions, easily dodging the youkai's slow attacks.
"Umm, No it doesn't." Kagome responds.
"Too bad." Inuyasha says, drawing his right arm back, "Sankon Tetsusou!" his claw attack shreds the youkai. Miroku takes care of the youkai's remains using the Kazaana. "Hmph. I hate fighting weaklings." Inuyasha adds.
"In that case, You may prefer fighting me." a male voice says.
"What! Who's there!?" demands Inuyasha.
A figure walks out into the clearing, dressed in a black hakama and purple yukata, a round straw-hat pulled down slightly in the front to cover the person's face, a katana at his side held by his sash, and a weed stem in his mouth.
"Who are you?" asks Inuyasha.
Sango notices a symbol on the person's hakama and says, "The emblem of the Bushin-ryu!"
"The what?" questions Inuyasha, looking back at Sango.
"Very good." the samurai says, gaining the group's attention, "I am Tetsuro." He grips his hat with his right hand and throws it to one side, revealing his face and he spits out the weed stem, then adds, "I am a student of the old Bushin-ryu, a youkai who walks the path of the samurai."
"So, What do you want?" asks Inuyasha, gripping the handle of Tetsusaiga.
"I have come for your head, Inuyasha." Tetsuro replies, gripping the handle of his katana, "Shall we begin?"
"Fine." Inuyasha responds, then says to the others, "I'll handle this guy. So all of you stay out of it, got it?"
"Understood." Sango says, flatly.
Kagome nods, then says, "Be careful, Inuyasha. That guy has three shikon shards, one in his left arm and two in his right."
"Okay then." Inuyasha says, "Bring it on!" he draws Tetsusaiga, transforming it as he does.
Tetsuro draws his katana in an upward left-to-right diagonal swing, creating an energy-blade from the sword that flies toward Inuyasha. The hanyou dodges the attack, however, Tetsuro begins swinging his katana multiple times in a type of X fashion, upward diagonal right-to-left and upward diagonal left-to-right swings. With each swing, another energy-blade is launched at Inuyasha. The silverhaired hanyou dodges several of them, however, one finally connects, cutting him between his neck and left shoulder.
"Damn! What kind of attack is that?" Inuyasha questions to no one in particular.
"It is the special skill of the Bushin-ryu." Sango says.
"Correct." Tetsuro states, momentarily ceasing his attack, "This attack is called the Kiken Ha! And, This attack alone is going to be your downfall, Inuyasha!!" he once again begins the same pattern of swings, using the same attack again.
'So, All I have to do is overcome that attack.' Inuyasha thinks, as he dodges several more energy-blades. He uses an opening to get in close to the samurai and swings the Tetsusaiga. Tetsuro tries to evade the attack, however, loses his left arm in the process, the shikon shard falling to the ground. Tetsuro leaps back several feet.
'Got him!' states Inuyasha in his mind.
"Damn you, worthless hanyou!" Tetsuro shouts, gaining a look of rage, "I'll kill you, INUYASHA!!!" he dashes at Inuyasha.
"This battle is over." Sango states, simply.
Inuyasha sees Tetsuro's youki, then notices it colliding with his own, 'That's it!' he thinks, raising the Tetsusaiga, "Kaze no Kizu!" he shouts, swinging the sword downward. Tetsuro is vaporized by the attack. Afterward, Inuyasha raises the Tetsusaiga and lays it on his shoulder.
"Excellent." Debirusuke says, stepping into the clearing(wearing his trademark black cloak), "You are more powerful than I would have given you credit for."
Inuyasha lifts the Tetsusaiga off his shoulder and grips the handle in both hands, "Care to see how powerful I am?" he asks.
"Very well. However," Debirusuke says, then throws his right arm upward, creating a wall of poisonous smoke around the two of them, "This way, We fight one-on-one."
"Fine by me." Inuyasha says, then dashes at Debirusuke and attempts an overhead swing at him.
Debirusuke easily evades the sloppy attack, then uses his youki to knock Inuyasha backward a distance. The Tetsusaiga flies out of his hand and lodges in the ground. "Such a great sword." Debirusuke says, walking over next to the sword, "Inunotaishou's fang. Reduced to nothing more than a club, swung by an undisciplined whelp."
"We'll see about that!" Inuyasha states, leaping upward and drawing back his right arm, "Sankon Tetsusou!"
Debirusuke dodges the attack and retaliates with 'Desutsume', which Inuyasha barely manages to evade. The hanyou lands on the ground.
Debirusuke walks back over to the Tetsusaiga, "Perhaps you will have better luck with this." he says, then jumps slightly off the ground and kicks the sword with both feet(near the ground with his right foot and near the hilt with his left). The Tetsusaiga spins up out of the ground as Debirusuke lands, he then kicks it up further with his right foot(in a vertical motion) and then hits it with a second right kick(a side thrust kick) knocking the sword toward Inuyasha, who catches it.
Outside the wall of smoke, "We should help him." Miroku says.
"Go ahead, houshi." Sango says, "If you have a death wish. That cloud of smoke is created out of poison... a far deadlier poison than that of Naraku's."
Back inside... "No matter what attack you try, Inuyasha," Debirusuke taunts, "I can counter it. Your moves are undisciplined and sloppy, such attacks will never work against me."
"Okay. Try this then." Inuyasha says, raising the Tetsusaiga. Debirusuke grips the handle of Taigaakiba. Again targetting the point where the youki is colliding, Inuyasha starts a downswing, "Kaze no Kizu!"
"Fool!" Debirusuke states, drawing the Taigaakiba from his back, "Makaze no Buresu!" he swings the sword in an upward left-to-right diagonal swipe, releasing an attack almost identical to Inuyasha's. His attack collides with Inuyasha's and causes a rather large explosion.
"He... cancelled it out." Inuyasha says. Before he even notices, Debirusuke hits him with a left body-uppercut hitting his stomach, knocking the breath out of him. Inuyasha starts to fall, but Debirusuke catches him, gripping the hanyou's hair in his left hand, and holds him up at arm's length.
"You pathetic child!" Debirusuke states, "How could you dare hope to succeed where even your father failed, whelp?" he releases Inuyasha(the hanyou lands on one knee). "It is hard to believe that 'you' are the one who defeated both, Ryuukotsusei and Menoumaru." he adds, "Make no mistake, however, I am not like them. I will not fall to the hands of an undisciplined whelp." he then turns and begins walking away. The smoke dissipates and the taiyou vanishes.
"Inuyasha, Are you alright?" asks Kagome, walking up next to the hanyou,
Inuyasha stands, "I'm fine!" he responds, returning the Tetsusaiga to its scabbard. He turns to walk away, stopping just past Sango, "Sango?" he asks over his shoulder, "In the legends about Debirusuke, were there any mentions of him having a weakness?"
"No, None." replies the female slayer, her back remaining to the hanyou.
"I thought so." Inuyasha says. He starts walking again, but stops and asks, "I can't beat him can I, Sango?"
"No, I am afraid not." Sango replies, simply as she closes her eyes.
Inuyasha smirks, "Figures." he says, then continues walking away.
Sango opens her eyes and looks up at the sky above, a seemingly concerned expression on her face.
"What's wrong, Sango?" Kagome asks the female slayer.
"Hm?" Sango responds, blinking her eyes then looking at the other girl. She then turns away, lowering her gaze to the ground, "It's just... I have never been concerned that I may not be able to defeat an opponent. But, He could be more powerful than Naraku and, I just don't--"
"Don't start doubting yourself, Sango-chan." the ravenhaired girl from the future interrupts, placing a hand on the slayer's shoulder. Sango once again faces her and Kagome continues, "You've got to believe that we will beat him... and Naraku."
"You are right, Kagome-chan." the female slayer responds, then she smiles and puts her arms around the young miko.
Kagome returns the hug and kisses Sango, 'We'll win, right?' she asks herself 'I mean, we have to.'
-----!!To Be Continued!!-----
Ramblings: Four down, one to go. However, There is going to be another multichapter story in this trilogy. Next, though, will be the final chapter of 'Why'. It will consist primarily of just what lengths Sango will be willing to go to, in order to protect Kagome.
-----Chapter 4: Enemy-----
-Clearing in a Forest-
(ever realize how most all battles in InuYasha take place in, or near, a forest?)
Inuyasha's fighting a large(and slow) youkai, "Hey Kagome. Does this thing have a shard or what?" he questions, easily dodging the youkai's slow attacks.
"Umm, No it doesn't." Kagome responds.
"Too bad." Inuyasha says, drawing his right arm back, "Sankon Tetsusou!" his claw attack shreds the youkai. Miroku takes care of the youkai's remains using the Kazaana. "Hmph. I hate fighting weaklings." Inuyasha adds.
"In that case, You may prefer fighting me." a male voice says.
"What! Who's there!?" demands Inuyasha.
A figure walks out into the clearing, dressed in a black hakama and purple yukata, a round straw-hat pulled down slightly in the front to cover the person's face, a katana at his side held by his sash, and a weed stem in his mouth.
"Who are you?" asks Inuyasha.
Sango notices a symbol on the person's hakama and says, "The emblem of the Bushin-ryu!"
"The what?" questions Inuyasha, looking back at Sango.
"Very good." the samurai says, gaining the group's attention, "I am Tetsuro." He grips his hat with his right hand and throws it to one side, revealing his face and he spits out the weed stem, then adds, "I am a student of the old Bushin-ryu, a youkai who walks the path of the samurai."
"So, What do you want?" asks Inuyasha, gripping the handle of Tetsusaiga.
"I have come for your head, Inuyasha." Tetsuro replies, gripping the handle of his katana, "Shall we begin?"
"Fine." Inuyasha responds, then says to the others, "I'll handle this guy. So all of you stay out of it, got it?"
"Understood." Sango says, flatly.
Kagome nods, then says, "Be careful, Inuyasha. That guy has three shikon shards, one in his left arm and two in his right."
"Okay then." Inuyasha says, "Bring it on!" he draws Tetsusaiga, transforming it as he does.
Tetsuro draws his katana in an upward left-to-right diagonal swing, creating an energy-blade from the sword that flies toward Inuyasha. The hanyou dodges the attack, however, Tetsuro begins swinging his katana multiple times in a type of X fashion, upward diagonal right-to-left and upward diagonal left-to-right swings. With each swing, another energy-blade is launched at Inuyasha. The silverhaired hanyou dodges several of them, however, one finally connects, cutting him between his neck and left shoulder.
"Damn! What kind of attack is that?" Inuyasha questions to no one in particular.
"It is the special skill of the Bushin-ryu." Sango says.
"Correct." Tetsuro states, momentarily ceasing his attack, "This attack is called the Kiken Ha! And, This attack alone is going to be your downfall, Inuyasha!!" he once again begins the same pattern of swings, using the same attack again.
'So, All I have to do is overcome that attack.' Inuyasha thinks, as he dodges several more energy-blades. He uses an opening to get in close to the samurai and swings the Tetsusaiga. Tetsuro tries to evade the attack, however, loses his left arm in the process, the shikon shard falling to the ground. Tetsuro leaps back several feet.
'Got him!' states Inuyasha in his mind.
"Damn you, worthless hanyou!" Tetsuro shouts, gaining a look of rage, "I'll kill you, INUYASHA!!!" he dashes at Inuyasha.
"This battle is over." Sango states, simply.
Inuyasha sees Tetsuro's youki, then notices it colliding with his own, 'That's it!' he thinks, raising the Tetsusaiga, "Kaze no Kizu!" he shouts, swinging the sword downward. Tetsuro is vaporized by the attack. Afterward, Inuyasha raises the Tetsusaiga and lays it on his shoulder.
"Excellent." Debirusuke says, stepping into the clearing(wearing his trademark black cloak), "You are more powerful than I would have given you credit for."
Inuyasha lifts the Tetsusaiga off his shoulder and grips the handle in both hands, "Care to see how powerful I am?" he asks.
"Very well. However," Debirusuke says, then throws his right arm upward, creating a wall of poisonous smoke around the two of them, "This way, We fight one-on-one."
"Fine by me." Inuyasha says, then dashes at Debirusuke and attempts an overhead swing at him.
Debirusuke easily evades the sloppy attack, then uses his youki to knock Inuyasha backward a distance. The Tetsusaiga flies out of his hand and lodges in the ground. "Such a great sword." Debirusuke says, walking over next to the sword, "Inunotaishou's fang. Reduced to nothing more than a club, swung by an undisciplined whelp."
"We'll see about that!" Inuyasha states, leaping upward and drawing back his right arm, "Sankon Tetsusou!"
Debirusuke dodges the attack and retaliates with 'Desutsume', which Inuyasha barely manages to evade. The hanyou lands on the ground.
Debirusuke walks back over to the Tetsusaiga, "Perhaps you will have better luck with this." he says, then jumps slightly off the ground and kicks the sword with both feet(near the ground with his right foot and near the hilt with his left). The Tetsusaiga spins up out of the ground as Debirusuke lands, he then kicks it up further with his right foot(in a vertical motion) and then hits it with a second right kick(a side thrust kick) knocking the sword toward Inuyasha, who catches it.
Outside the wall of smoke, "We should help him." Miroku says.
"Go ahead, houshi." Sango says, "If you have a death wish. That cloud of smoke is created out of poison... a far deadlier poison than that of Naraku's."
Back inside... "No matter what attack you try, Inuyasha," Debirusuke taunts, "I can counter it. Your moves are undisciplined and sloppy, such attacks will never work against me."
"Okay. Try this then." Inuyasha says, raising the Tetsusaiga. Debirusuke grips the handle of Taigaakiba. Again targetting the point where the youki is colliding, Inuyasha starts a downswing, "Kaze no Kizu!"
"Fool!" Debirusuke states, drawing the Taigaakiba from his back, "Makaze no Buresu!" he swings the sword in an upward left-to-right diagonal swipe, releasing an attack almost identical to Inuyasha's. His attack collides with Inuyasha's and causes a rather large explosion.
"He... cancelled it out." Inuyasha says. Before he even notices, Debirusuke hits him with a left body-uppercut hitting his stomach, knocking the breath out of him. Inuyasha starts to fall, but Debirusuke catches him, gripping the hanyou's hair in his left hand, and holds him up at arm's length.
"You pathetic child!" Debirusuke states, "How could you dare hope to succeed where even your father failed, whelp?" he releases Inuyasha(the hanyou lands on one knee). "It is hard to believe that 'you' are the one who defeated both, Ryuukotsusei and Menoumaru." he adds, "Make no mistake, however, I am not like them. I will not fall to the hands of an undisciplined whelp." he then turns and begins walking away. The smoke dissipates and the taiyou vanishes.
"Inuyasha, Are you alright?" asks Kagome, walking up next to the hanyou,
Inuyasha stands, "I'm fine!" he responds, returning the Tetsusaiga to its scabbard. He turns to walk away, stopping just past Sango, "Sango?" he asks over his shoulder, "In the legends about Debirusuke, were there any mentions of him having a weakness?"
"No, None." replies the female slayer, her back remaining to the hanyou.
"I thought so." Inuyasha says. He starts walking again, but stops and asks, "I can't beat him can I, Sango?"
"No, I am afraid not." Sango replies, simply as she closes her eyes.
Inuyasha smirks, "Figures." he says, then continues walking away.
Sango opens her eyes and looks up at the sky above, a seemingly concerned expression on her face.
"What's wrong, Sango?" Kagome asks the female slayer.
"Hm?" Sango responds, blinking her eyes then looking at the other girl. She then turns away, lowering her gaze to the ground, "It's just... I have never been concerned that I may not be able to defeat an opponent. But, He could be more powerful than Naraku and, I just don't--"
"Don't start doubting yourself, Sango-chan." the ravenhaired girl from the future interrupts, placing a hand on the slayer's shoulder. Sango once again faces her and Kagome continues, "You've got to believe that we will beat him... and Naraku."
"You are right, Kagome-chan." the female slayer responds, then she smiles and puts her arms around the young miko.
Kagome returns the hug and kisses Sango, 'We'll win, right?' she asks herself 'I mean, we have to.'
-----!!To Be Continued!!-----
Ramblings: Four down, one to go. However, There is going to be another multichapter story in this trilogy. Next, though, will be the final chapter of 'Why'. It will consist primarily of just what lengths Sango will be willing to go to, in order to protect Kagome.