Inuyasha X
Chapter 7
"Betrayed Love"
By MEGAMANX411

Inuyasha was frantically searching for Naraku. He wanted him dead. Now.

"Where are you Naraku?!" he screamed.

The group could hear Naraku's voice, but they couldn't see him.

"Haha.....I see you brought the reploid girl with you..." he taunted.

Zero's eyes widened a little, and he shot a glance back at Iris.

"Iris?" he asked. "How do you know about her?!?"

"My partner told me all about her..and you..." Naraku replied casually.

Zero got angry at Naraku's underlying sentiment. He knew that he intended to use Iris in some way.

"Well, it won't matter, because I'm gonna cut you in two!" he shouted.

"My, my...such strong words" Naraku said teasingly. "I think I'll have some fun with you."

Just then, Zero saw Iris get up out of the corner of his eye.

"What are you doing?!" he screamed. "Leave her out of this!"

Iris had a blank expression on her face. She bent over to pick up a sword that was laying on the ground, and she rushed over to Kagome.

Inuyasha was taken completely by surprise and tried to warn Kagome in time.

"Kagome!!" he shouted frantically.

Zero quickly rushed over and tackled Iris, embracing her.

"Don't do this Iris!" he yelled. "Iris! Wake up!!" he continued. "Listen to me!"

Inuyasha went by Kagome.

"You ok?" he asked.

Kagome nodded.

"Yes, I'm fine..." she said humbly.

Iris got back up, and shoved Zero aside, as she tried to go for Kagome again.

"Iris!!" he shouted. "Stop!"

Zero grabbed Iris from behind, and held her tight.

"Iris, listen to me!" he pleaded. "Don't do this! It's me, Zero! Remember?!"

Iris looked as though she tried to remember, but the gave up.

"You killed...my brother..." was all she could force out.

Zero frantically shook his head.

"Iris, you don't understand!" he pleaded. "If I didn't destroy the colonel, he would've put millions of innocent lives in jeopardy, and besides, he wanted to fight me!"

Iris remained silent. Zero looked as though he were stabbed in the heart.

"Iris! Listen to me!" he screamed.

Iris broke free of Zero's grasp again, and tried going after Sango this time with a sword. Zero ran in, broke the sword with his fist, and grabbed Iris again.

"Stop doing this!" he yelled. "Why are you trying to hurt people!?!?"

Iris didn't respond. Naraku chuckled.

"She remembers little of you, Zero" he said proudly. "Many of her memories have been erased. The only thing she remembers is her vengeance."

Zero's eyes had fire in them. He turned to Naraku with a hardened look.

"You!!" he screamed at the top of his lungs. "Damn you!!"

Naraku kept his face almost completely emotionless.

"My, my, you are quite a bit like Inuyasha" he observed. "Sorry to say that's not really a compliment. I'm also afraid the only way for you to stop Iris would for you to kill her."

Zero shook his head and clenched his eyes tight.

"I...can't..." he whispered.

Naraku tried to further the pain in Zero's heart.

"You've killed her before, haven't you?" he coaxed. "Then why the problem now?"

Zero looked up at Naraku.

"I didn't want her to die!" he screamed. "I can't ruin my chance again to save her!!"

Iris still remained silent. Zero kept trying to talk to her.

"Iris!" he pleaded. "It's me! Remember!"

Sensing that all was not yet lost, Zero resorted to one thing he thought might work. He embraced Iris, and held her tight, bringing her head to his chest.

Miroku's eyes widened a little.

"My, my..." he observed.

Sango rolled her eyes.

"Get your mind out of the gutter Miroku."

Zero backed up a little, and stared into Iris' eyes.

"Iris...I..." he whispered lovingly. Iris' face suddenly brightened up, her eyes widened.

Her body tensed a little, and she looked into Zero's face with dreamy eyes. She let out a smile, and seemed to be blushing. Iris seemed to know what Zero was about to say, because what she said surprised him quite a bit.

"I love you too Zero.." she said quietly.

Zero was utterly shocked by the transformation. His Iris had been restored to him!

"Iris!" he said happily.

Naraku narrowed his eyebrows a little.

"Well...it appears she managed to somehow regain her memory..." he observed. "Then I'll just have to kill her."

Zero gave Naraku a hard stare.

"If you dare..." Zero was interrupted by a foreign noise.

They heard loud rumblimg from the castle.

Naraku smiled.

"Zero, I believe you already know Sigma..." he announced.

"For the rest of you, let me introduce my partner. He took a bit of reconstruction, but he should be fine to kill you. Not only is he a combination of reploid and demon bodies, but he has your sacred jewel fragments."

The entire group was shocked.

"What?" they all said in unison.

Kagome quickly checked her bottle, but the jewel fragments weren't there. Inuyasha gritted his teeth.

"Someone stole the jewel shards!!" he shouted.

Naraku chuckled again.

"Fools..it was the reploid girl."

Zero looked at his love curiously.

"Iris?" he said quietly.

Iris shook her head.

"I don't know what he's talking about...I don't even know what those are!" she protested.

Naraku remained unmoved by the sentiment.

"I doubt she remembers...the fact remains she did it...so I'm going to take my leave, and allow Sigma the pleasure of eliminating you."

The rumbling grew louder and louder, and a large, hulking figure appeared before them. Sigma had come.

"Hello Zero!" he said in a taunting manner.

All of the sudden, Sigma emerged from the castle, his body was a gigantic deformed hulk. Mixtures of robotic reploid parts and demonic hides made up his body.

Zero took a step back, and looked as though he were going to fall over from sheer awe.

"What?" he stammered. "What is that?!"

Sigma smiled.

"It's me, Zero" Sigma said proudly. "And Naraku has given me this body to kill you all."

Sigma turned his head to Inuyasha.

"So, that's what you look like..." he observed.

Inuyasha spat and cocked his head a little.

"Save it pal!" he yelled. "I'm gonna kick your ass to kingdom come!"

Miroku came up beside Inuyasha.

"We won't let you get away with anything!" he shouted.

Sango did the same.

"That's right!" she said as she prepared her fighting stance.

Kilala transformed, and Shippo and Myoga remained beside her. Koga ran off to get Naraku, leaving the rest of the group shocked as he shouted "Later!".

Inuyasha jeered.

"Let him go!" he spat. "It would be better anyway."

Miroku shrugged, and began removing the beads from his hand.

"Well, I'll beat this Sigma person right away with my Wind Tunnel..." he said.

Just then, a loud buzzing noise could be heard. A swarm of insects were approaching. Sango pointed up to the swarm.

"Look! Naraku's poisonous insects!"

Sigma, taking advantage of the situation, decided to attack.

"Heh heh...take this!"

Sigma opened his mouth wide, and shot a blast. It wasn't directed toward Zero, Inuyasha, Kagome, Miroku, or Sango. It was going for Iris. Zero wasn't going to let that happen.

"No!! Leave her alone!!" he screamed.

Zero ran up, and quickly prepared his Giga Attack, Rakuhouha. Zero slammed the ground with his fist, creating a huge shockwave which sent energy flying upward, and countered Sigma's blast.

Zero looked at Sigma with a hard expression of his face.

"Sigma...I swear that I will defeat you!" he said gruffly.

Sigma lurched over, his hulking body reeking of demons. He opened a hatch on his chest, and out poured a strange and deadly attack. Poisonous insects and missles began coming out of his chest! Inuyasha then prepared his patented Wind Scar, while Zero was preparing his Kuuenbu.

Inuyasha swung his sword to create the Wind Scar, and tried to eliminate most of the insects and missles. Zero jumped in with his somersaulting slash to get the rest. Miroku and Sango were trying to get rid of the other poisonous insects around, along with Kilala. Miroku used his staff to bash some, and Sango used her boomerang to crush many of them. Zero ran up to Sigma, and used a rising flame slash, Ryuenjin.

Zero got up high enough for him to actually stand on Sigma's shoulders, and Inuyasha continued swining his Tetsusaiga by Sigma' feet. Sigma quickly shot his hand up, and grabbed Zero. Zero yelped in pain as Sigma tightened his grip. Inuyasha, who was nearby, observed.

"Zero!" he shouted worriedly. "Hold on!"

Sigma coursed electrical energy through his body to his fist to electrocute Zero. Inuyasha leaped up with his Tetsusaiga ready to strike.

"Put him down!!"

Inuyasha struck Sigma's hand with his Tetsusaiga, and managed to injure the limb, even if he couldn't manage to completely cut it off. Kagome assisted with an arrow which also hit his hand. Sango did manage to hit Sigma with her boomerang, but it didn't have much effect, as did Miroku's staff.

Inuyasha looked a little disappointed and upset.

"Damn..that thing is tough..the demon hide and reploid parts make his body really hard to pierce!" he observed.

Miroku came up alongside Inuyasha.

"We need something powerful, and fast!" he said worriedly.

Sango approached behind Miroku.

"But what can we do?" she asked.

Zero's body was tensing, and anger was coursing through him.All he could do was attack, because he had little else on hismind but the battle at end.

"Die Sigma!" he screamed.

Zero rushed back in to fight, not caring that he was hopelessly outclassed. Inuyasha, observing Zero's behavior, was really surprised.

"Jeez..he's more reckless than I thought!" he said.

But then he thought that Zero was showing him up.

"I'll show him!" Inuyasha added.

Inuyasha jumped in again also, not wanting to be shown up by Zero. Zero began slashing at Sigma's feet with his Z-Saber, but it was having little effect. Sigma raised his left arm, and on it was mounted a huge energy blaster. Zero saw the blaster come up.

"What the?!" he said worriedly.

Zero quickly dashed around to try to avoid being hit.He then gave his attention back to the group.

"Everyone!" he warned. "Watch out for Sigma's left arm!!"

Inuyasha, not fully paying attention to Zero's warning, didn't hear his words of advice.

"Why would I..huh..?"

Sigma pointed his gun at Inuyasha, who knew little of it. There's no way he coud brace himself for the blast. Zero rushed in to help.

Zero looked angry.

"Dammit Inuyasha!" he shouted. "Move! Argh...I'm coming!"

Zero quickly jumped up, and used a Kuuenbu, a rising somersault slash, to do some extra damage as he made his way up. Zero latched himself onto Sigma's body, and then made his way over to the gun mounted on Sigma's left hand.

Zero used his electrical stab, Raijingeki, attack to pierce through the gun, and corrupt its circuitry as well. The weapon started on fire, and Sigma tore it off. He flung Zero off his body, and Zero was thrown off to the ground. Inuyasha rushed over.

"You ok?" he asked.

Zero stood up, bearing some pain.

"I've been better," he wheezed.

Inuyasha looked back at Sigma.

"How do we kill this thing?" he asked.

Miroku got an idea.

"We've killed the poisonous insects, I could use my Wind Tunnel!"

Sigma was not about to let that happen.

"I'm afraid that won't work!!" he yelled.

Sigma fired a large radius stun gun at the group. They were all frozen in place.

"Damn!" Zero shouted.

Inuyasha struggled to break free.

"I..can't move..!!!" he said worriedly.

Miroku couldn't asses the situation either.

"What is this?!" he shouted.

Kagome looked with concern as she saw Sigma approaching.

"Oh no!" she warned. "He's coming!"

Sigma just smiled.

"I'm gonna enjoy this...heheh..."