~*~ ... Outside the ice fortress ... ~*~
Standing in the cold snow was starting to take its toll on the group of InuYasha and Jakotsu's friends that had come to rescue them. But they didn't have time to worry about that now. They had a job to do.
Miroku was busy thinking about the current events and barely noticed that his bag had started to move and squirm. He finally broke free of his thoughts and opened the bag to reveal Shippou, who was gasping for air. "Shippou?" he exclaimed. "What are you doing here?"
"I told ya, I wanted to help," the little fox demon answered.
Miroku sighed. "Well I guess now that you're here, you should make yourself useful." Shippou nodded and jumped out of the nice warm bag right into the freezing snow.
Meanwhile, Kouga was frantically searching the area with his eyes. He could smell his half brother and his pack of wolves. Ginta and Hakkaku, along with Kouga's own pack of wolves, had also joined in this fight. They too could smell their leader's brother. It made all of them very uneasy.
Ginta leaned over and, into Hakkaku's ear, whispered, "You ready for this?"
Hakkaku scoffed. "Course I am," he said with a cocky tone. "This ain't gonna be too hard, ya know."
Ginta's eyes narrowed. "Don't you remember all the other times we fought Fuyuka and his Kooriookami tribe?" Hakkaku just stared blankly back at his fellow wolf. Ginta sweatdropped.
~*~ ... Inside the ice fortress ... ~*~
The ice queen looked out from her tower window to the team of her enemies. A few humans and a few demons were all that would stand in her way? She scoffed at the thought. What a pitiful excuse for a rescue team. How would they possibly hope to beat her and her army of superior demons with a small group of nobodies?
But as she was taunting them with her mind, she soon became highly aware that she didn't feel all too normal anymore. She had to get out of there immediately. Resisting the urge to panic, she calmly got up from her seat at the window and walked down the winding staircase to the main hall where her troops were waiting to launch the attack. She walked over to Gyouka and pulled him aside. She explained to him what was going on, and told him what she wanted him to do.
"Start the attack now," she said. "That way, it will create a distraction and I will be able to get out of here." Gyouka nodded in agreement and shouted out to Sekka to start the attack now. Then he took his queen to a secret door and led her through it.
"What's all that about?" Manten asked Yura, but she didn't have an answer.
"Ladies and gentlemen," Sekka's voice boomed, interrupting their thoughts, "Let the slaughter begin!" The army of ice demons and their allies, with the added help of Hiten and Manten's little sister, Souten and her pet dragon Kouryuu, rushed out to meet their enemies.
~*~ ... The fight ... ~*~
No time was wasted to begin the fight. Hyoukoumori ice bats sprayed out a cold mist to limit their enemies' vision. Yukikyuu snowballs gathered in mass amounts to attack as a single unit as opposed to individuals. Toukaibutsu ice demons, with their 'mother' Icykal, were completely ready for their first real fight. And the Kooriookami clan faced their mountain clan counterpart head-on.
Standing right in the front of the baddies army was Naraku, with Goshinki and Musou by his side. An evil grin washed across his face as a look of anxiety and hurt washed over his enemies. They knew now that he was with the ice queen and her army. They knew that he would have to be stopped too. Hakudoushi tightened his hold on his staff, Kagura flicked her wrist, opening her fan, and Kanna gripped her mirror. The fight had started.
Fuyuka and Kouga stared directly into each other's eyes. Memories of their past came flooding back to them. They balled their hands into fists, clenched their teeth and ran straight to each other. Kouga swung a punch at his brother, but missed. Fuyuka ducked out of the way and threw a punch of his own. However, his little brother had gotten a lot faster due to certain 'enhancements.'
The other wolves started to fight as well. The ice wolves leapt at the mountain wolves with claws extended and teeth bared. The two clans bashed furiously at each other, scratching out eyes, biting through flesh, ripping each other to shreds. The surrounding white snow began to turn blood red.
Ginta and Hakkaku saw the bigger blue wolf leap at them. After that, it was a blur. Icehaken swiped them across their faces with his claws, cutting them. They fell to the ground in pain. The blue wolf walked slowly to them, taunting them and savoring the moment.
"Little pups like you," he snarled, "belong not in a battle like this."
Meanwhile, Nobunaga's hands became tied due to the evil ogress Urasue. She was frantically throwing magic spells at him to get rid of him as fast as possible. To her, he was just a nothing; a little bug that had to be squished immediately. But she was wrong. Little did she know, this bug could sting.
Nobunaga unsheathed his sword and made a mad dash to his enemy, slashed his sword and ripped the ogress in two. But even that would not kill her.
"Fool," she cackled. "You cannot beat me. For even though I have been cut into two pieces, I am still as stron-" He silenced the old wench by kicking her head clear across the battlefield. One down...
"Tell me," Musou smiled wickedly as he threw a punch at Renkotsu, "Where is the maiden Kikyou? I would much love to see her again."
Renkotsu rolled his eyes as he dodged the punch. "What is it with you guys and Kikyou, anyways?"
"She's cute," Musou smirked. "And very good with her ands, if you get my meaning."
"Actually," Renkotsu said with a straight expression, "I wouldn't know anything about that..."
"I should very much hope so..."
The two combatants continued their fight and conversation about Kikyou, who was still lying in a hospital bed, hooked up to life support equipment, struggling to stay alive. Musou, like Naraku, had a wicked lust for Kikyou, because he was also born from Onigumo, the evil bandit that Kikyou just couldn't resist helping in his time of need. It was an act that would totally screw her and her friends over in the future. And it did.
Musou frowned. "This fight, it's going nowhere."
"Agreed."
"Then let's spice it up a bit," he said with an evil grin.
Renkotsu looked down to the ground in disgust. "Sorry to disappoint you there," he said, then shuddered, "But I don't swing that way, if you get my meaning."
Musou slapped his forehead. "Not that you idiot," he exclaimed. "I mean, this..." Something then happened that Renkotsu did not expect. Musou's hands grew and took the shape of claws. Three more pairs of legs sprouted from his body, which had begun to take a longer, more insect-like shape. He had transformed into a giant, hideous scorpion creature. He towered over Renkotsu and clicked his claws together rapidly. Renkotsu just smiled.
Sesshoumaru and Jaken were the first two of KooriKisaki's enemies to fight the Toukaibutsu ice demons. From their deformed heads they shot bursts of freezing gas that would encase anything it touched in ice. Fortunately, Jaken's staff could dispel the attack, and Sesshoumaru was faster than the frosty demons. The only real problem was that there were just so many of them.
"Lord Sesshoumaru," Jaken whined, "What are we to do? We cannot fight monsters like this."
"Stop complaining, Jaken," Sesshoumaru whispered. "They are just simple blocks of ice that can be melted."
"But m'lord!" Jaken protested. "We have no access to large amounts of fire!" Sesshoumaru stared at his bumbling sidekick in disbelief. Then it hit him. "My staff!" he exclaimed. "My staff can produce a great amount of-"
"Yes, yes," Sesshoumaru shouted, frustrated. "Just blast the damn things!"
Jaken nodded and, from his staff, blasted a huge flame at the ice demons. They all melted on the spot. But it wasn't over yet. The mother ice monster, Icykal, crawled slowly to them. Massive appendages jutted out from its body that acted as legs. It also had a pair of front mandibles that were like claws. It stared at them with its blood red eyes. And then, with incredible speed, it brought its claw right on top of Jaken, pushing him into the snow. Sesshoumaru shook his head with disappointment.
"S-sorry, m'lord," Jaken stuttered as the monster lifted its claw of off him. "I'll get it next time..."
It was nothing more than a big purple object to Juuroumaru. Goshinki could not do much, fighting wise. But his mind-reading abilities were a pain to get around. And something about that smirk on his face was not quite comforting.
"Little brother," Goshinki growled, "What a shame that Fate has pitted us against one another."
Juuroumaru could feel the familiar chill in the air. Not the chill that was caused by the snow and icy wind, but that other one. The one that came from his own little brother, Kageroumaru.
Standing in the cold snow was starting to take its toll on the group of InuYasha and Jakotsu's friends that had come to rescue them. But they didn't have time to worry about that now. They had a job to do.
Miroku was busy thinking about the current events and barely noticed that his bag had started to move and squirm. He finally broke free of his thoughts and opened the bag to reveal Shippou, who was gasping for air. "Shippou?" he exclaimed. "What are you doing here?"
"I told ya, I wanted to help," the little fox demon answered.
Miroku sighed. "Well I guess now that you're here, you should make yourself useful." Shippou nodded and jumped out of the nice warm bag right into the freezing snow.
Meanwhile, Kouga was frantically searching the area with his eyes. He could smell his half brother and his pack of wolves. Ginta and Hakkaku, along with Kouga's own pack of wolves, had also joined in this fight. They too could smell their leader's brother. It made all of them very uneasy.
Ginta leaned over and, into Hakkaku's ear, whispered, "You ready for this?"
Hakkaku scoffed. "Course I am," he said with a cocky tone. "This ain't gonna be too hard, ya know."
Ginta's eyes narrowed. "Don't you remember all the other times we fought Fuyuka and his Kooriookami tribe?" Hakkaku just stared blankly back at his fellow wolf. Ginta sweatdropped.
~*~ ... Inside the ice fortress ... ~*~
The ice queen looked out from her tower window to the team of her enemies. A few humans and a few demons were all that would stand in her way? She scoffed at the thought. What a pitiful excuse for a rescue team. How would they possibly hope to beat her and her army of superior demons with a small group of nobodies?
But as she was taunting them with her mind, she soon became highly aware that she didn't feel all too normal anymore. She had to get out of there immediately. Resisting the urge to panic, she calmly got up from her seat at the window and walked down the winding staircase to the main hall where her troops were waiting to launch the attack. She walked over to Gyouka and pulled him aside. She explained to him what was going on, and told him what she wanted him to do.
"Start the attack now," she said. "That way, it will create a distraction and I will be able to get out of here." Gyouka nodded in agreement and shouted out to Sekka to start the attack now. Then he took his queen to a secret door and led her through it.
"What's all that about?" Manten asked Yura, but she didn't have an answer.
"Ladies and gentlemen," Sekka's voice boomed, interrupting their thoughts, "Let the slaughter begin!" The army of ice demons and their allies, with the added help of Hiten and Manten's little sister, Souten and her pet dragon Kouryuu, rushed out to meet their enemies.
~*~ ... The fight ... ~*~
No time was wasted to begin the fight. Hyoukoumori ice bats sprayed out a cold mist to limit their enemies' vision. Yukikyuu snowballs gathered in mass amounts to attack as a single unit as opposed to individuals. Toukaibutsu ice demons, with their 'mother' Icykal, were completely ready for their first real fight. And the Kooriookami clan faced their mountain clan counterpart head-on.
Standing right in the front of the baddies army was Naraku, with Goshinki and Musou by his side. An evil grin washed across his face as a look of anxiety and hurt washed over his enemies. They knew now that he was with the ice queen and her army. They knew that he would have to be stopped too. Hakudoushi tightened his hold on his staff, Kagura flicked her wrist, opening her fan, and Kanna gripped her mirror. The fight had started.
Fuyuka and Kouga stared directly into each other's eyes. Memories of their past came flooding back to them. They balled their hands into fists, clenched their teeth and ran straight to each other. Kouga swung a punch at his brother, but missed. Fuyuka ducked out of the way and threw a punch of his own. However, his little brother had gotten a lot faster due to certain 'enhancements.'
The other wolves started to fight as well. The ice wolves leapt at the mountain wolves with claws extended and teeth bared. The two clans bashed furiously at each other, scratching out eyes, biting through flesh, ripping each other to shreds. The surrounding white snow began to turn blood red.
Ginta and Hakkaku saw the bigger blue wolf leap at them. After that, it was a blur. Icehaken swiped them across their faces with his claws, cutting them. They fell to the ground in pain. The blue wolf walked slowly to them, taunting them and savoring the moment.
"Little pups like you," he snarled, "belong not in a battle like this."
Meanwhile, Nobunaga's hands became tied due to the evil ogress Urasue. She was frantically throwing magic spells at him to get rid of him as fast as possible. To her, he was just a nothing; a little bug that had to be squished immediately. But she was wrong. Little did she know, this bug could sting.
Nobunaga unsheathed his sword and made a mad dash to his enemy, slashed his sword and ripped the ogress in two. But even that would not kill her.
"Fool," she cackled. "You cannot beat me. For even though I have been cut into two pieces, I am still as stron-" He silenced the old wench by kicking her head clear across the battlefield. One down...
"Tell me," Musou smiled wickedly as he threw a punch at Renkotsu, "Where is the maiden Kikyou? I would much love to see her again."
Renkotsu rolled his eyes as he dodged the punch. "What is it with you guys and Kikyou, anyways?"
"She's cute," Musou smirked. "And very good with her ands, if you get my meaning."
"Actually," Renkotsu said with a straight expression, "I wouldn't know anything about that..."
"I should very much hope so..."
The two combatants continued their fight and conversation about Kikyou, who was still lying in a hospital bed, hooked up to life support equipment, struggling to stay alive. Musou, like Naraku, had a wicked lust for Kikyou, because he was also born from Onigumo, the evil bandit that Kikyou just couldn't resist helping in his time of need. It was an act that would totally screw her and her friends over in the future. And it did.
Musou frowned. "This fight, it's going nowhere."
"Agreed."
"Then let's spice it up a bit," he said with an evil grin.
Renkotsu looked down to the ground in disgust. "Sorry to disappoint you there," he said, then shuddered, "But I don't swing that way, if you get my meaning."
Musou slapped his forehead. "Not that you idiot," he exclaimed. "I mean, this..." Something then happened that Renkotsu did not expect. Musou's hands grew and took the shape of claws. Three more pairs of legs sprouted from his body, which had begun to take a longer, more insect-like shape. He had transformed into a giant, hideous scorpion creature. He towered over Renkotsu and clicked his claws together rapidly. Renkotsu just smiled.
Sesshoumaru and Jaken were the first two of KooriKisaki's enemies to fight the Toukaibutsu ice demons. From their deformed heads they shot bursts of freezing gas that would encase anything it touched in ice. Fortunately, Jaken's staff could dispel the attack, and Sesshoumaru was faster than the frosty demons. The only real problem was that there were just so many of them.
"Lord Sesshoumaru," Jaken whined, "What are we to do? We cannot fight monsters like this."
"Stop complaining, Jaken," Sesshoumaru whispered. "They are just simple blocks of ice that can be melted."
"But m'lord!" Jaken protested. "We have no access to large amounts of fire!" Sesshoumaru stared at his bumbling sidekick in disbelief. Then it hit him. "My staff!" he exclaimed. "My staff can produce a great amount of-"
"Yes, yes," Sesshoumaru shouted, frustrated. "Just blast the damn things!"
Jaken nodded and, from his staff, blasted a huge flame at the ice demons. They all melted on the spot. But it wasn't over yet. The mother ice monster, Icykal, crawled slowly to them. Massive appendages jutted out from its body that acted as legs. It also had a pair of front mandibles that were like claws. It stared at them with its blood red eyes. And then, with incredible speed, it brought its claw right on top of Jaken, pushing him into the snow. Sesshoumaru shook his head with disappointment.
"S-sorry, m'lord," Jaken stuttered as the monster lifted its claw of off him. "I'll get it next time..."
It was nothing more than a big purple object to Juuroumaru. Goshinki could not do much, fighting wise. But his mind-reading abilities were a pain to get around. And something about that smirk on his face was not quite comforting.
"Little brother," Goshinki growled, "What a shame that Fate has pitted us against one another."
Juuroumaru could feel the familiar chill in the air. Not the chill that was caused by the snow and icy wind, but that other one. The one that came from his own little brother, Kageroumaru.