Inuyasha X
Chapter 19
"Critical Rage"
By MEGAMANX411

Naraku stood over Mega Man X, giving him a sadistic smile. X looked up in defiance, wanting only to break free of his bonds and dispense some justice. Naraku made his way over to X's friends at a slow pace, talking to X while strolling there.

"So, X, let's begin!" he taunted.

"Don't hurt them!" X cried. X pleaded and pleaded, but Naraku was unwavering in his cruelty. He finally came over and bent down. He picked up Zero, who was still restrained from Naraku's tentacles, and was fighting to stay conscious from the pressure of being squeezed so tight.

"Let's begin with your friend..." Naraku said with a grimace.

Naraku walked back over to X, and tossed Zero down in front of him.

"...X...h-hel..p..." Zero pleaded.

X went wide-eyed.

"Zero...!" he cried.

Tears began streaming down X's face as he futilely tried to remove the bonds. He could only watch on in horror. Naraku then shoved his foot into Zero's face, causing a massive bruise. He did so again, and again. He kicked him harder this time, chipping off some parts of the helmet. Naraku then transfigured his hand into a massive demon claw.

"Leave him alone!!" X begged.

Naraku scraped his claw against Zero's face, and Zero's synthetic reploid blood began to pour out. Naraku then scratched across Zero's chest, creating deep gashes in his armor, and causing him to bleed more. Naraku dragged his claws across Zero's legs, and enjoyed every minute of it. Zero's cries of pain were not unheard by X, who had to endure every minute of it.

"Stop!!!" he shouted.

Naraku merely ignored X, and went back to his business. He clawed Zero again and again, and armor was chipping, giving way to the innards of Zero's complex machinery, as well as his reploid blood. Naraku kept hacking away, until Zero was a bloody pulp. Zero was still breathing, but it was very strained and hoarse from the massive beating he took. The sound of his best friend screaming in agony was more than enough than X could handle. Naraku stood up straight, backing away from Zero.

"I think I've had enough with him. I'll come back later to kill him. Now who should go next..." he asked aloud in his malicious tone.

"NO!! Don't!! Leave them alone!!!" he begged frantically.

X began tearing, and angrily grabbing at his bonds, which refused to give way. Naraku smirked as he looked at his nemesis, Inuyasha.

"How about Inuyasha?" he asked.

"Stop it!!" X cried.

Naraku picked up Inuyasha, and once again, threw him down on the ground by X. Naraku picked up some rocks, and began his fun. He bashed a rock against Inuyasha's face. Inuyasha's face bruised from the impact, but it wasn't too severe. So Naraku bashed the rock against his face again, and chipped some teeth, causing him to bleed more. Naraku bashed the rock against Inuyasha's face again, and again, and again, until his face was almost unrecognizable from the blood that oozed all over it. Inuyasha's cries of horrendous agony pierced X's mind, torturing him along with Inuyasha.

"Don't hurt him anymore!" he pleaded.

X grew angrier by the moment, but his efforts were futile. He couldn't break free. Naraku once again bared his claws, and then started taking deep gashes out of Inuyasha's skin. Inuyasha, almost completely cut off from all senses due to the massive amount of painkillers his body dispensed, was almost unaware of how much blood he lost and bones were broken. Naraku continued his fun until Inuyasha's chest was almost completely skin-less, and covered in his blood. Inuyasha's cries of suffering were not unheard by X.

"Stop!!" he screamed.

"Stop now?" Naraku replied. "I'm just getting started..."

Naraku went over to pick up Sango.

"No!! Don't hurt her!!" he protested. "I'm warning you!!!"

X kept trying to break his bonds, but they refused to give way. Sango was thrown to the ground with a loud thud, and she looked at X with pleading eyes. X could only look on at Sango as Naraku then picked up her head, and beat it against the ground. He picked her head up again, and slammed it once more into the ground. And he repeated this action. He then unsheathed Sango's sword, and looked at it for a moment. X was utterly horrified from Sango's shrieks of pain. Naraku slowly pulled Sango's own sword against her back, creating a huge cut in it, and her blood began pouring.

"Well, well, excited yet, X?" Naraku asked.

X merely shook his head, tears streaming down his face in agony as he looked at his friends being tortured, utterly horrified at Naraku's cruelty and disgusted with his inability to save them.

"No...please..stop...no more...." X begged.

"Breaking down, are you X?" Naraku replied. "Then perhaps you need more convincing."

"NO!!" X shouted.

Naraku went back by the others, this time picking up little Shippo.

"No, don't hurt him!" X pleaded. "He's just a child!!!"

Naraku gave X an evil smile.

"A child should do nicely!" he said arrogantly.

Naraku once again bared his claws, and dugthem into Shippo's little body. Shippo could barely withstand the pain, and was shrieking at the limits of his voice. X kept trying to get up; kept trying to save everyone, but his bonds held tight. Naraku merely played with X's emotions and threw little Shippo to the ground with a hard thud, and some of Shippo's blood began spilling onto the ground. Narku then turned to Iris.

"Now I suppose it is that reploid girl's turn, eh?" he asked.

"No..please, I beg of you!!" he pleaded.

Naraku smiled at the success of his plan.

"She will most certainly speed things along!" he said.

X shook his head.

"No....you can't...." he whispered.

Naraku threw Iris to the ground, and then picked her up by her head. X looked at Naraku in horror as Naraku dragged a claw across Iris' face, causing big gashes. Naraku then tossed her to the ground, and then grabbed Iris' arm, while he placed his leg against her chest. He pulled, and pulled.

"STOP IT!" X begged.

Iris arm came completely off. Naraku smiled in delight, as he saw his plan was certainly working. Iris' shrieks of incredible pain enraged X even further.

"After I get through with the monk and the girl, you should be ready," Naraku said confidently.

Naraku took Miroku, and grabbed his head by his hair. Miroku was already wincing from pain, but Naraku had more in store. He walked over to the cliff wall, and bashed Miroku's face against it. He then slammed Miroku's entire body against it, again and again. Miroku's battered and bruised body was then cast aside like a dirty rag. He had screamed from all the pain, which had caused X to go ballistic, but unfortunately, X could not find the strength to break his bonds. And then Naraku got his hands on his last subject, Kagome.

X was crying, pleading to Naraku to stop.

"Please, no more..." he begged.

Kagome looked at X with pleading eyes.

"Help..me..." she pleaded.

X looked at Naraku with his eyes full of pleading and rage. He kept trying to break his bonds. Naraku then dropped Kagome hard on the ground with some extra might, and then dug his claw into her back. She had a big cut on her upper back, and she screamed out in pain. Naraku then threw Kagome on a pile with the others.

Naraku smiled, looking back at the heap of wounded flesh and spilled blood that was X's friends. "

Now to finish them all!" Naraku said with an evil grin.

X clearly had enough...he stood there, in his bonds, eyes wincing in incredible rage as tears came down his face, gritting his teeth, heaving breaths and clenching his muscles tight.

"ENOUGH!!!!!" he screamed at the virtual limits of his voice.

X let out a huge war-cry, and shattered his bonds as he broke free in a massive display of power. A lightning bolt struck down above X, and the pieces of his armor began to glow. Soon, shapes of new pieces of armor formed in the pieces of light, and transfigured into armor components, which affixed themselves to X's body. His armor now appeared a black color for the most part, and his armor was slightly bulkier. X looked at Naraku, his eyes almost red from fiery rage.

"Die Naraku!!!!"