Author: WooHoo!!!!! Spring Break rocks, I might be able to get more than
one chapter done in a few days...[grins sinisterly] or I could not....bwahahaha
bwahahaha MWAHAHAHAHAHA [slaps self, coughs, and regains composure] sorry
about that.
BTW, switched the rating to R because I got a review from someone who was obviously not old enough to read the fic, therefore, it's now rated R due to weak graphical nature and (most likely) dramatic and heavy violence and gore (and this is my romance fic lol)
Also, I got my first flames a few days ago, so I truly feel like a writer; however, unlike those who have already flamed me, I would appreciate it if anyone else who flames me would do so with courtesy. Tell me what's wrong, no need to try to bash me into the ground, call me gay (yes it happened in one of the flames), or be overly...evil. And for goodness sake, this is a fan- fic, not an essay please, no more grammar flames.
[deep breath] now that that's done...
Chapter 8:
The dog's howl pierced the clear sky, echoing down the base of the plateau. As if on cue, the breeze picked up a little, blowing the greenery on the side and top of the plateau to one side. Inuyasha was now ready, and Kouga wasn't planning to disappoint his once rival.
As he heard the pups signal, he got up from his meditation style sit and looked up the side of the cliff going to the plateau. It was a jump of about 150 feet straight up, made easy by pieces of rock protruding from the cliff almost all the way up. Finding a path would be easy work, but then again, this way would be much more fun; and crouching down about 5 inches Kouga leaped with enough strength to reach the first rock about 50 feet up. As he left the ground, the winds of his take off created a violent circle which would have lifted almost anything not rooted strongly in the ground to lift up a few feet.
His feet touched the first rock for just a second before he jumped up further, utilizing little energy to save for what he hoped would be an impending fight. He made his way up the cliff swiftly and easily, jumping from rock to rock with practiced ease, and he got near the top 3 scents hit his nose: Inuyasha, braken berry juice, and seed. A small smirk crossed Kouga's face, sometime he'd have to ask Inuyasha about it, but that would be something to save for another time.
He made his way all the way up, and passed the edge of the cliff, with 30 feet of hang time left in his jump. He looked down from his place in the sky to see a smiling Inuyasha looking up at him, cracking the knuckles on each hand.
Kouga touched ground fully crouched, allowing himself to be shrouded in the dust that he had spurred. He had practiced this kind of entry before during his training when he got bored, and begun to stand up in a way so that the dust had just begun to dissipate when he had almost fully stood up. A strong breeze blew the dust away just as Kouga got to full stature and whipped through his tail and hair, and running over his skin. A smirk was on his face as he saw Inuyasha, who's hair was also being blown by the breeze.
'That could not have turned out any better' Kouga thought to himself 'I must look really cool.'
'I bet he thinks he looks really cool' Inuyasha happened to think at the same time 'but, feh, I've seen better'
"Long time no see Muttface" Kouga allowed his husky voice to travel on last breaths of the dying winds.
"Likewise Fleaboy" Inuyasha retorted. All this time on the mountains had not wasted on only worrying about Kagome and whacking off, plus he figured Dingobreath and cowardly wolf were kinda old and weak.
Kouga's eyes widened and his jaw nearly dropped. "F-F-Fleaboy???? You actually came up with a new insult?"
Inuyasha grinned, trying to hold back his flaring pride "yeah, you got something to say about it you rabies infested wolf-whore?"
Kouga froze out of shock, and after taking a few seconds to regain his composure, clapped a little. "Niiiiiiiiiccccccceeeeeeeee"
"Anyway, Spot" Kouga turned around looking to the sky, shutting his eyes and trying to find Lilian's scent on the winds "I need to talk to you"
"Sure" Inuyasha smirked "we can...talk" Without warning Inuyasha began to close the distance between them quickly and raised his right hand above his head, near the end of the approach.
Kouga's 6th sense reacted, jolting him out of his fixation. He turned to see Inuyasha above his, Tetsusaiga still sheathed, and his right claw raised above his head to strike. He quickly rolled over his right shoulder, avoiding the blow, then jumping back a few yards and landed in a pouncing stance.
Inuyasha turned slowly, a grin on his face. "You didn't expect to only talk did you?"
"Heh" Kouga chuckled "No, not really"
"Then let's talk" with that Inuyasha was moving again, but this time Kouga was ready, he crouched down lower and awaited his rivals approach.
Inuyasha came with a right cross slash to the mid-section, and even though Kouga didsee it, he didn't move. The distance came closer and closer to zero with each passing moment, Inuyasha's claw moved swiftly to the torso of Kouga's armor, and just before contact was made Kouga darted to the right, leaving Inuyasha to spin a half circle from the momentum.
"I see you got your speed back, excellent"
Kouga pounced at the distracted hanyou, gaining some height instead of going straight across the ground, he pulled his right leg back preparing to make Kagome a very sad and lonely woman.
Inuyasha darted back just enough to avoid the strike, leaving Kouga with his back turned do to the extra energy from the kick. In an instant, Inuyasha attacked once more, slashing across with his left claw for the back of Kouga's head. Kouga heard the blow coming and ducked low to the ground to evade it.
As if planned, Inuyasha followed up with a quick overhead slash toward the ground. Kouga rolled forward just before the attack landed and Inuyasha's hand hit the dirt hard, spurring a little dust into the air. Kouga launched himself back at Inuyasha with his back turned, as soon as his feet hit the ground from the roll, he turned at the last second, and kicked with his left leg.
Inuyasha, spun around the kick and curled his first into a ball during the spin, coming around with a spinning back fist aimed at the hook under in the back of Kouga's head. Kouga quickly grounded his foot, and rose his right arm to block, making connection at both wrists.
Both fighters jumped back a moment after impact, sliding at their toes as they slowed to a stop.
"Hey puppy, I need to ask you something" Kouga shouted falling back into pouncing position.
"What?" Inuyasha shouted back, not leaving his ready stance.
"What did you do to make Kagome fall in love with you" Kouga shouted, pouncing once again at Inuyasha. He pulled back his right arm to punch, and let loose the blow as he made his downward descent.
Inuyasha grounded himself, and caught the blow his left hand. "I'm going to pretend you didn't just ask me how to make my mate fall in love with you"
Inuyasha struck with his right claw upwards, trying once again to slice off the wolven battle armor.
Kouga caught the strike at the wrist and held it tightly, still suspended in the air. "Not for her, I need to know because there is another human woman..."
Inuyasha twisted his right hand and pulled it away as soon as Kouga's grip on it weakened, He clenched his left hand around Kouga's fist and tossed him over his shoulder.
Kouga landed a short distance away, crouched over and sliding on his feet and right hand. "...but she doesn't seem to feel the same way about me."
"So you need my help then."
"Yeah, you are the only youkai...well hanyou, that I know of who has made a human fall in love with them"
Inuyasha took a moment to ponder this situation while still in fighting stance.
Time stood still for Kouga as his once rival weighed whether or not to help the only other person that had competed with him over Kagome's heart. Kouga wasn't honestly sure he had good chances with the hanyou the more he thought of it, but he would not give up yet. He would beat the secrets out of Inuyasha if he had to, even if it meant facing off against Tetsusaiga.
After a moment forever etched into sands of time, Inuyasha spoke "How bout this? If you can beat me, I'll tell you what I did, and even help you get her to fall in love with you."
"And if you win?" Kouga hesitated
"Nothing, but the offer will still stand until you win, so you can come to fight me anytime."
"Deal" Kouga smiled, things were going his way, and he planned to keep it that way. "I don't think that it'll take more than one try though." He slunk back into pouncing position.
"Bring it on Balto" Inuyasha responded, grinning like a fiend.
Kouga wasted no time getting to Inuyasha, in what seemed like the blink of an eye, he was in before on his target. His left hand soared through the air, grazing the silver hair of a hanyou that barely moved his head in time.
Inuyasha jumped back to gain distance, but Kouga pursued punching quickly with his right arm. Inuyasha avoided it by rotating his body to the right, and the to the left to avoid the next strike from the other hand. He felt his feet touch the ground again, and jumped further back, still pinned on the defensive.
Instead of following Inuyasha again, Kouga jumped upward, and arched his body back while pulling his right arm back as far as it would go. His descent was quick and it was well aimed, if Inuyasha hadn't darted off to the right, he would have been in a world of pain. When the blow struck the ground, the plateau seemed to shake, but it didn't stop Inuyasha, who had immediately charged back in, his right arm held high.
"Sankan Tensou!!!!!"
He slashed at through the air, and brought it down to hit across Kouga's upper back, but he propelled himself off to Inuyasha's right. He witnessed in amazement at the streak of amber energy left in the air from his opponents youki, and felt the blazing heat that it left in the air for a few moments.
'Note to self,' he thought 'do not get hit by that, cut + burn = ouch'
Inuyasha turned through the swing, and during the turn jammed his left claws into his right forearm.
"Hijin Ketsou!!!!!"
He completed the turn and landed square on both feet, sending the crescents of blood red youki soaring at the unprepared wolf.
Kouga pulled both his arms up to brace for the oncoming impact, knowing that there was little else he could have done. The four blades collided hard against Kouga's arms and armor, but did not cut, sending the wolf back faster than he wished to be moving.
Kouga grounded his feet in the ground and slid back a few yards then let down his arms to see Inuyasha traveling quickly along the ground, propelled by a single forward leap. His 6th sense went off, and Kouga ducked low, avoiding another burning Sankan Tensou aimed at to slash across his chest. His sense went off again, as Inuyasha followed up with yet another Sankan Tensou, slashing up the leg and chest; he jumped back to avoid the strike, feeling the heated residue.
As Kouga jumped back, Inuyasha quickly crossed his arms over his chest and dug into both shoulders, then fired two Hijin Ketsous at his retreating opponent.
Kouga's feet touched the ground with just enough time to jump up while still moving backwards, the flying blades of youki passed underneath his feet bringing over a temporary sense of relief. His calm was interrupted by his 6th sense alerting him of present danger, he diverted his attention away from Inuyasha for a moment, to the oncoming cliff behind him.
He gauged his distance from the cliff, and when he touched ground again, brought his feet down into the ground hard, and bent over, grounding his hands into the ground too. He stopped just short of the cliff and looked up to see an attacking Inuyasha.
He sidestepped downward claw strike, and jumped back towards a more secure location on the plateau.
Inuyasha followed him quickly, and struck again across the face.
Kouga ducked again, but rather than jumping back stepped in towards his rival. He brought his fist back as he stepped closer, and focused his youki into it.
He let out a cry as his fist lit up brightly with a pale light of concentrated youki. He jumped upwards attacking with a jumping uppercut.
Inuyasha rolled over to the side just enough to avoid the blow, but the awkward dodge prevented him from counterattacking.
Inuyasha jumped back and Kouga landed on the ground allowing the energy, that had now moved to cover his whole forearm, to dissipate. Both fighters looked at each other, with wide grins on their faces, they had hoped for a good fight, but this was more than they had hoped for.
"I think it's about time to take off the kid gloves" Kouga said. He began to focus his youki to both hands and feet, causing them to glow faintly in readiness, prepared to explode with power on command.
"I agree" Inuyasha said. He stood up straight, the grin on his face getting wider. Inuyasha's right hand slowly crossed his body and made it's way to the tattered hilt of his deceased father's gift. He gripped tightly on the hilt, and in a brilliant flash of light, Tetsusaiga was released in all it's transformed glory. He held out the sword to his right and looked at Kouga, who was trying to not outwardly tremble from the blaring volume of his 6th sense. Kouga had seen this blade in action before, and he knew that unless he wished to be yet another trophy on the hanyou's list of victories, he'd have to avoid that blade at all costs; that and the mysterious technique that he had seen so many times before.
"Let's" Inuyasha continued.
Author: Alrighty then, that's done. What did you think, was the fight interesting thus far? Seriously, tell me because there is quite a bit more to go and I'd hate for you to read it if it bored the crap out of you.
Until next update, chaoness
BTW, switched the rating to R because I got a review from someone who was obviously not old enough to read the fic, therefore, it's now rated R due to weak graphical nature and (most likely) dramatic and heavy violence and gore (and this is my romance fic lol)
Also, I got my first flames a few days ago, so I truly feel like a writer; however, unlike those who have already flamed me, I would appreciate it if anyone else who flames me would do so with courtesy. Tell me what's wrong, no need to try to bash me into the ground, call me gay (yes it happened in one of the flames), or be overly...evil. And for goodness sake, this is a fan- fic, not an essay please, no more grammar flames.
[deep breath] now that that's done...
Chapter 8:
The dog's howl pierced the clear sky, echoing down the base of the plateau. As if on cue, the breeze picked up a little, blowing the greenery on the side and top of the plateau to one side. Inuyasha was now ready, and Kouga wasn't planning to disappoint his once rival.
As he heard the pups signal, he got up from his meditation style sit and looked up the side of the cliff going to the plateau. It was a jump of about 150 feet straight up, made easy by pieces of rock protruding from the cliff almost all the way up. Finding a path would be easy work, but then again, this way would be much more fun; and crouching down about 5 inches Kouga leaped with enough strength to reach the first rock about 50 feet up. As he left the ground, the winds of his take off created a violent circle which would have lifted almost anything not rooted strongly in the ground to lift up a few feet.
His feet touched the first rock for just a second before he jumped up further, utilizing little energy to save for what he hoped would be an impending fight. He made his way up the cliff swiftly and easily, jumping from rock to rock with practiced ease, and he got near the top 3 scents hit his nose: Inuyasha, braken berry juice, and seed. A small smirk crossed Kouga's face, sometime he'd have to ask Inuyasha about it, but that would be something to save for another time.
He made his way all the way up, and passed the edge of the cliff, with 30 feet of hang time left in his jump. He looked down from his place in the sky to see a smiling Inuyasha looking up at him, cracking the knuckles on each hand.
Kouga touched ground fully crouched, allowing himself to be shrouded in the dust that he had spurred. He had practiced this kind of entry before during his training when he got bored, and begun to stand up in a way so that the dust had just begun to dissipate when he had almost fully stood up. A strong breeze blew the dust away just as Kouga got to full stature and whipped through his tail and hair, and running over his skin. A smirk was on his face as he saw Inuyasha, who's hair was also being blown by the breeze.
'That could not have turned out any better' Kouga thought to himself 'I must look really cool.'
'I bet he thinks he looks really cool' Inuyasha happened to think at the same time 'but, feh, I've seen better'
"Long time no see Muttface" Kouga allowed his husky voice to travel on last breaths of the dying winds.
"Likewise Fleaboy" Inuyasha retorted. All this time on the mountains had not wasted on only worrying about Kagome and whacking off, plus he figured Dingobreath and cowardly wolf were kinda old and weak.
Kouga's eyes widened and his jaw nearly dropped. "F-F-Fleaboy???? You actually came up with a new insult?"
Inuyasha grinned, trying to hold back his flaring pride "yeah, you got something to say about it you rabies infested wolf-whore?"
Kouga froze out of shock, and after taking a few seconds to regain his composure, clapped a little. "Niiiiiiiiiccccccceeeeeeeee"
"Anyway, Spot" Kouga turned around looking to the sky, shutting his eyes and trying to find Lilian's scent on the winds "I need to talk to you"
"Sure" Inuyasha smirked "we can...talk" Without warning Inuyasha began to close the distance between them quickly and raised his right hand above his head, near the end of the approach.
Kouga's 6th sense reacted, jolting him out of his fixation. He turned to see Inuyasha above his, Tetsusaiga still sheathed, and his right claw raised above his head to strike. He quickly rolled over his right shoulder, avoiding the blow, then jumping back a few yards and landed in a pouncing stance.
Inuyasha turned slowly, a grin on his face. "You didn't expect to only talk did you?"
"Heh" Kouga chuckled "No, not really"
"Then let's talk" with that Inuyasha was moving again, but this time Kouga was ready, he crouched down lower and awaited his rivals approach.
Inuyasha came with a right cross slash to the mid-section, and even though Kouga didsee it, he didn't move. The distance came closer and closer to zero with each passing moment, Inuyasha's claw moved swiftly to the torso of Kouga's armor, and just before contact was made Kouga darted to the right, leaving Inuyasha to spin a half circle from the momentum.
"I see you got your speed back, excellent"
Kouga pounced at the distracted hanyou, gaining some height instead of going straight across the ground, he pulled his right leg back preparing to make Kagome a very sad and lonely woman.
Inuyasha darted back just enough to avoid the strike, leaving Kouga with his back turned do to the extra energy from the kick. In an instant, Inuyasha attacked once more, slashing across with his left claw for the back of Kouga's head. Kouga heard the blow coming and ducked low to the ground to evade it.
As if planned, Inuyasha followed up with a quick overhead slash toward the ground. Kouga rolled forward just before the attack landed and Inuyasha's hand hit the dirt hard, spurring a little dust into the air. Kouga launched himself back at Inuyasha with his back turned, as soon as his feet hit the ground from the roll, he turned at the last second, and kicked with his left leg.
Inuyasha, spun around the kick and curled his first into a ball during the spin, coming around with a spinning back fist aimed at the hook under in the back of Kouga's head. Kouga quickly grounded his foot, and rose his right arm to block, making connection at both wrists.
Both fighters jumped back a moment after impact, sliding at their toes as they slowed to a stop.
"Hey puppy, I need to ask you something" Kouga shouted falling back into pouncing position.
"What?" Inuyasha shouted back, not leaving his ready stance.
"What did you do to make Kagome fall in love with you" Kouga shouted, pouncing once again at Inuyasha. He pulled back his right arm to punch, and let loose the blow as he made his downward descent.
Inuyasha grounded himself, and caught the blow his left hand. "I'm going to pretend you didn't just ask me how to make my mate fall in love with you"
Inuyasha struck with his right claw upwards, trying once again to slice off the wolven battle armor.
Kouga caught the strike at the wrist and held it tightly, still suspended in the air. "Not for her, I need to know because there is another human woman..."
Inuyasha twisted his right hand and pulled it away as soon as Kouga's grip on it weakened, He clenched his left hand around Kouga's fist and tossed him over his shoulder.
Kouga landed a short distance away, crouched over and sliding on his feet and right hand. "...but she doesn't seem to feel the same way about me."
"So you need my help then."
"Yeah, you are the only youkai...well hanyou, that I know of who has made a human fall in love with them"
Inuyasha took a moment to ponder this situation while still in fighting stance.
Time stood still for Kouga as his once rival weighed whether or not to help the only other person that had competed with him over Kagome's heart. Kouga wasn't honestly sure he had good chances with the hanyou the more he thought of it, but he would not give up yet. He would beat the secrets out of Inuyasha if he had to, even if it meant facing off against Tetsusaiga.
After a moment forever etched into sands of time, Inuyasha spoke "How bout this? If you can beat me, I'll tell you what I did, and even help you get her to fall in love with you."
"And if you win?" Kouga hesitated
"Nothing, but the offer will still stand until you win, so you can come to fight me anytime."
"Deal" Kouga smiled, things were going his way, and he planned to keep it that way. "I don't think that it'll take more than one try though." He slunk back into pouncing position.
"Bring it on Balto" Inuyasha responded, grinning like a fiend.
Kouga wasted no time getting to Inuyasha, in what seemed like the blink of an eye, he was in before on his target. His left hand soared through the air, grazing the silver hair of a hanyou that barely moved his head in time.
Inuyasha jumped back to gain distance, but Kouga pursued punching quickly with his right arm. Inuyasha avoided it by rotating his body to the right, and the to the left to avoid the next strike from the other hand. He felt his feet touch the ground again, and jumped further back, still pinned on the defensive.
Instead of following Inuyasha again, Kouga jumped upward, and arched his body back while pulling his right arm back as far as it would go. His descent was quick and it was well aimed, if Inuyasha hadn't darted off to the right, he would have been in a world of pain. When the blow struck the ground, the plateau seemed to shake, but it didn't stop Inuyasha, who had immediately charged back in, his right arm held high.
"Sankan Tensou!!!!!"
He slashed at through the air, and brought it down to hit across Kouga's upper back, but he propelled himself off to Inuyasha's right. He witnessed in amazement at the streak of amber energy left in the air from his opponents youki, and felt the blazing heat that it left in the air for a few moments.
'Note to self,' he thought 'do not get hit by that, cut + burn = ouch'
Inuyasha turned through the swing, and during the turn jammed his left claws into his right forearm.
"Hijin Ketsou!!!!!"
He completed the turn and landed square on both feet, sending the crescents of blood red youki soaring at the unprepared wolf.
Kouga pulled both his arms up to brace for the oncoming impact, knowing that there was little else he could have done. The four blades collided hard against Kouga's arms and armor, but did not cut, sending the wolf back faster than he wished to be moving.
Kouga grounded his feet in the ground and slid back a few yards then let down his arms to see Inuyasha traveling quickly along the ground, propelled by a single forward leap. His 6th sense went off, and Kouga ducked low, avoiding another burning Sankan Tensou aimed at to slash across his chest. His sense went off again, as Inuyasha followed up with yet another Sankan Tensou, slashing up the leg and chest; he jumped back to avoid the strike, feeling the heated residue.
As Kouga jumped back, Inuyasha quickly crossed his arms over his chest and dug into both shoulders, then fired two Hijin Ketsous at his retreating opponent.
Kouga's feet touched the ground with just enough time to jump up while still moving backwards, the flying blades of youki passed underneath his feet bringing over a temporary sense of relief. His calm was interrupted by his 6th sense alerting him of present danger, he diverted his attention away from Inuyasha for a moment, to the oncoming cliff behind him.
He gauged his distance from the cliff, and when he touched ground again, brought his feet down into the ground hard, and bent over, grounding his hands into the ground too. He stopped just short of the cliff and looked up to see an attacking Inuyasha.
He sidestepped downward claw strike, and jumped back towards a more secure location on the plateau.
Inuyasha followed him quickly, and struck again across the face.
Kouga ducked again, but rather than jumping back stepped in towards his rival. He brought his fist back as he stepped closer, and focused his youki into it.
He let out a cry as his fist lit up brightly with a pale light of concentrated youki. He jumped upwards attacking with a jumping uppercut.
Inuyasha rolled over to the side just enough to avoid the blow, but the awkward dodge prevented him from counterattacking.
Inuyasha jumped back and Kouga landed on the ground allowing the energy, that had now moved to cover his whole forearm, to dissipate. Both fighters looked at each other, with wide grins on their faces, they had hoped for a good fight, but this was more than they had hoped for.
"I think it's about time to take off the kid gloves" Kouga said. He began to focus his youki to both hands and feet, causing them to glow faintly in readiness, prepared to explode with power on command.
"I agree" Inuyasha said. He stood up straight, the grin on his face getting wider. Inuyasha's right hand slowly crossed his body and made it's way to the tattered hilt of his deceased father's gift. He gripped tightly on the hilt, and in a brilliant flash of light, Tetsusaiga was released in all it's transformed glory. He held out the sword to his right and looked at Kouga, who was trying to not outwardly tremble from the blaring volume of his 6th sense. Kouga had seen this blade in action before, and he knew that unless he wished to be yet another trophy on the hanyou's list of victories, he'd have to avoid that blade at all costs; that and the mysterious technique that he had seen so many times before.
"Let's" Inuyasha continued.
Author: Alrighty then, that's done. What did you think, was the fight interesting thus far? Seriously, tell me because there is quite a bit more to go and I'd hate for you to read it if it bored the crap out of you.
Until next update, chaoness