Shikon no Miko

By: Karisutaru-chan

Author's note: I do not own any of the characters in this story and it was written just for fun.

RATED R for language and future adult situations. Reader discretion is advised.

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Chapter 15: Rematch Part I

Sesshoumaru drew Toukijin from its place at his side and pointed the blade towards Inuyasha.

"What the hell do you mean it's time to keep my end of the bargain?" Inuyasha asked in an irritated tone.

Without another word, Sesshoumaru charged Inuyasha, sword drawn, and ready to strike. Inuyasha barely had time to draw Tessaiga and defend against Sesshoumaru's attack.

"Temmeeeee!!!" Inuyasha growled just as Tessaiga and Toukijin clashed together. A swirl of youki that was emitting from the swords caused a whirlwind of power to encircle the two estranged siblings. It was a stand off; neither sibling backing down. If you looked closely enough you could almost see a smile on Sesshoumaru's face (almost). It was almost as if he was enjoying this little encounter. Then something happened, something that no one was expecting. Just as the power of the battling swords began to die down, Sesshoumaru took a swipe at Inuyasha with his other hand!

Inuyasha jumped back just as the poison filled claw flew by his face.

"What the hell….you have your arm!!" Inuyasha said more than a little surprised at this new development.

"So you finally noticed did you?" Sesshoumaru replied as he made a move to attack Inuyasha a second time.

SWORDS CLANK

"AAAHHHHHH!" Inuyasha replied as he repelled his brother's onslaught of attacks.

"So this…."

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"…is why…."

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"....you agreed…."

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"…to help us!!!

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"KISAMAAAA!!!"

CLANK, CLANK, SWIPE

Sesshoumaru jumped back in order to dodge Inuyasha's last attack from Tessaiga. He now stood a few paces in front of his younger sibling sword drawn.

"My reasons for helping you are my reasons alone and should not concern the likes of you."

"Keh, keep talking shit and I'll cut both your fuckin' arms off this time and hide them somewhere you'll never find them!!" Inuyasha replied with a smirk on his face.

Needless to say, Inuyasha's remark pushed Sesshoumaru's buttons and his eyes began to turn red.

"Careful, this is how you lost your arm the first time." Inuyasha continued to tease his brother (a/n: I personally think he was really enjoying it).

Without another word, Sesshoumaru began to powerup for his transformation.

"Wh…What's happening?" Shippou asked in a frightened tone.

"Sesshoumaru is getting ready to show his true form." Kagome calmly replied.

Now if you know Kagome well enough (a/n: and I'm pretty sure you do), you would know that she wouldn't have said that. No, as a matter of fact, she would have said something around the order of "Inuyasha!", "Inuyasha, be careful!!" or "Watch out Inuyasha!!" Well, Shippou, Miroku and Sango noticed the difference as well and turned to see what was going to with Kagome and were they ever greeted with a surprise. A subtle purple aura was surrounding here and her eyes were glowing purple as well.

But before anyone could say anything to her, Kagome had placed Shippou on the ground and started making her way over towards Inuyasha and Sesshoumaru.

"Kagome, wait, where are you going!" Shippou called after her, but he was too scared to follow her. There was a lot of youki coming from Sesshoumaru and he wasn't sure his little body would be able to handle it. As a matter of fact, it would have been pretty hard for any normal human to with-stand all of that evil power without being consumed by it. Knowing what his master was up to, Jaken had taken Rin and Aun away from the area a while ago and was patiently waiting for Sesshoumaru to return, so she was safe (a/n: for those of you who were wondering if Rin would finally get to see Sesshoumaru's true form, the answer is no. I decided to stay true to the manga in this aspect because Sesshoumaru hardly ever fights with Rin around. He generally leaves her behind. I think that only time that he fought when Rin was around was at the mountain when he was searching for Naraku).

"Kagome-chan!" Sango also called after her and was about to go after her when she was stopped by Miroku.

"Houshi-sama! Let me go, what are you doing!?!" Sango asked in a somewhat desperate tone.

"Wait, I must see something first." Miroku calmly replied as he removed his hand from Sango's shoulder. "I sensed it earlier when we first met with Sesshoumaru, but it is really intense now. I need to verify my suspicions."

"What suspicions?" Sango and Shippou said in unison.

"That Kagome won't need our help to stop this…"

With that, Miroku, Sango and Shippou merely looked on to see what would happen next.

A/N: Translations of Japanese used in this chapter:

Teme – equivalent to saying "you bastard!" I should just quickly mention that in Japanese there really aren't any curse words as there are in English. The Japanese just talk down to each other if they don't like you (or more appropriately if they are in a higher social status than the person whom they are speaking to). For example: anata, omae, teme, kisama all mean "you" but at different levels. Anata and omae are more endearing terms than temeand kisama.

Kisama – the least enduring term for "you" (worse than teme)