Mesu and Inuyasha stood together, facing a demon as tall as the trees themselves and as wide as an elephant. "Damn it!" she growled. "How'd a demon like that get this close to the village?" Inuyasha looked around, noticing a baboon-like figure lurking in the shadows. "Naraku!" he hissed, glaring at the large demon. "This must be his doing." "Damn it! I left Ten'nen in the village!" Mesu cursed. "And I left Tetsusaiga." Inuyasha stated. They looked at each other and smiled. "Barehanded?" she inquired. "Barehanded." He agreed. They smiled at each other again and bared their claws at the demon. Together, they lunged at the demon. They tried many times to kill it, but their claws couldn't penetrate the demon's thick hide. "I'm gonna try my arrows." Mesu cried to Inuyasha. He nodded and kept the demon busy as she prepared her bow and arrows for battle.
Naraku watched from the trees as notched and readied to fire. "Now Gouki," he whispered to the demon. "Attack the girl. Enrage Inuyasha." He commanded. Gouki nodded. "Kato." He called to another demon hiding in the shadows. "Yes sir." Kato replied. "When Inuyasha releases his demon form, you release your illusion." "Yes sir." Kato said.
Mesu pulled back her bowstring to release her arrow when Gouki grabbed hold of her. "Mesu!" Inuyasha cried as Gouki lifted her from the ground. She screamed as Gouki began to tear off her outer robes. This infuriated Inuyasha. He leapt towards the demon that dared to touch Mesu, only to be swatted into the ground. "Inuyasha! NO!" Mesu cried watching her love getting stomped into the ground. She squirmed desperately to free herself from Gouki's grasp, but his hold on her was too strong. Growling fiercely, she bit into one of his massive fingers. The large demon howled in pain. "Stupid Bitch!" he bellowed, hurling her into a tree. Inuyasha snapped when he heard Mesu crash into the tree. He picked himself up out of the hole he was in and faced Gouki. "You stupid fuck. How dare you touch what's mine." He growled in a sinister voice. Mesu lifted her head weakly. "Inuyasha?" she managed to choke out. He raised his head to look at Gouki. She gasped in horror at his appearance. He had become full demon.
"Shit." She cursed as she slid her back up the tree to stand. "Sango warned me about this." She looked towards Inuyasha and Gouki, watching in horror as Inuyasha slaughtered him mercilessly. She staggered over to him and wrapped her arms around his chest to stop his mutilation of the demon's corpse. "Inuyasha, please stop. He's already dead." She cried with tears in her eyes.
"Now Kato. Release your illusion." Naraku said with a wicked smile. "Yes master Naraku." Kato replied pointing his palm towards Mesu and Inuyasha. "Illusionada." He said, casting his illusion.
Mesu gripped Inuyasha tighter, trying her best to return him back to normal. "Inuyasha." She whispered, but because of Kato's illusion, Inuyasha heard Naraku's voice. He turned around quickly to face her, but only saw Naraku. "Where's Mesu?" he growled, pushing her to the ground. "I am Mesu." She said. Still he heard Naraku's voice. "Don't fuck with me. Where is she?" he asked again, flexing his claws. "Inuyasha, I am Mesu." She insisted. "Lying Bastard!" he yelled swiping at her. He cut into her, making a deep gash starting at her left shoulder, going down across her chest, over her heart, and under her right breast. She screamed in agony as she fell to the ground, blood spilling all around her.
"Dispel your illusion now Kato." Naraku ordered. "Yes sir." Kato said, snapping his fingers. Then the two disappeared.
Inuyasha looked to the ground where Naraku should be lying, only to find Mesu, bleeding, but not moving. Almost instantaneously, he returned to normal and fell to the ground beside her. "Mesu." He cried, lifting her into his arms. "Oh Gods, what have I done?" he asked no one. Mesu's blood seeped into his robes. "Wake up Mesu. Please wake up." He pleaded to her still form. He picked her up and ran back to the village. "Yujin! Yujin!" he cried, sprinting to her hut. "What's all the commotion?" she inquired, exiting her home. "Please, you have to help Mesu." He replied breathlessly, holding Mesu out to her. "By the Gods!" she cried. "Quickly, bring her inside." Inuyasha rushed in, laying Mesu on Yujin's futon. Yujin immediately went to work on her. "I-is she gonna be all right?" he asked as Yujin stripped her of the rest of her robes. "This wound is very deep. And it's very close to her heart." Yujin replied. "That doesn't answer my question!" he yelled at the elderly woman. "Calm down Inuyasha. With a little help and a little time, she should be fine." She answered. "It's all my fault." He said, plopping down beside Yujin. "How so?" Yujin, as she tended to Mesu's wounds. "I did it to her." He replied. Yujin looked up from Mesu at him. "You? But why?" she asked in shock. "I-I thought she was Naraku." He replied, hanging his head. "It must've been an Illusion Demon. So it wasn't your fault." Yujin stated, returning to her work. "Yes it is! I still did it to her!" he screamed. He buried his face in his hands. "She'll never forgive me." "Don't say that Inuyasha." Yujin said as she wrapped Mesu's wound. "You know that it doesn't matter what you do or how stupid you are. She'll always forgive you." Yujin finished with Mesu's wound and turned to Inuyasha again. "She should be fine now. She's a strong girl, so she'll heal, in time." Yujin said softly. Inuyasha just nodded. "Take her to her hut. But be very gentle with her." Yujin instructed. Inuyasha picked Mesu up gently and carried her out. Then he took her to her own hut and laid her on her futon, covering her with a soft blanket. "You rest now. I'll be here if you need me." He said, sitting beside her. He took her hand in his and just sat there in silence. After a while, he fell asleep. Mesu opened her eyes and looked at Inuyasha. It made her wound ache just to look at him. As she closed her eyes again, two large tears rolled down her cheeks.
YAY!! Chapter Nine is here. I'm so proud of my self. I hope all of ya'll are enjoying my story. I know I'm enjoying writing it. Be on the look out for Chapter 10. It's coming soon. See ya.