"Inuyasha!" Kagome screamed when she saw him go flying from the powerful kick that seemed to come from out of nowhere. "Inuyasha!" she yelled again hoping that he would hear her and give her some sign that he was alright.
There were a bunch of trees in the small crater that was created when Inuyasha hit the ground. No one could find any sight of Inuyasha and they were beginning to worry. They all knew that the teen was much more skilled in fighting then any of them would have originally thought.
"Come on, get up," Aaron whispered so softly that even a demon would have a hard time hearing it. A thought then suddenly hit him. "Wait a minute," he muttered spinning around quickly and nailing Inuyasha with a kick just as he came out of some bushes directly behind him.
"Argh," Inuyasha said as he once again hit the ground once again. "Damn it, I thought I had him," Inuyasha grumbled as he got off the ground wiping the small amount of blood away from his lip. "What the hell are you?" Inuyasha growled growing angry at the boy before him.
Aaron just chuckled letting his guard down as if he didn't even have a care in the world. "I am just a modern day demon. I am upset though. I had heard so much about you and yet you don't even put up a fight," he growled. "To think though, I am not even as strong as either my father or my mother. My father could kick your ass without even trying which is basically what I am doing. My mother…" he shuddered at the mere thought of what she could do. "Lets just say you don't want to face her," he said watching Inuyasha intently for any sort of movements.
"Yeah right, she couldn't be any worse than Kagome with that damn sit command," Inuyasha growled and attacked while the other demon's defenses were lowered.
"Far worse," he said dodging the attack once again before jumping over towards his sister who seemed to be watching the battle with very little interest. "Do you honestly think that you can defeat Naraku with those pathetic moves? If you can't beat me then there is no way that you will defeat him," he said trying to taunt Inuyasha enough to get a decent fight.
"I will defeat Naraku even if I have to go through you in order to do it," Inuyasha said jumping to his feet and dashing towards Aaron with a speed that he didn't even realize that he had. He didn't know why but he had this huge urge to defeat this guy more than any other demon he has faced.
Aaron almost seemed shocked by the sudden speed increase but it disappeared as quickly as him since he suddenly went at a speed even faster than Inuyasha's. He suddenly appeared right behind Inuyasha before kneeing him in the back pushing him deep within the ground. He jumped away just as Inuyasha recovered and swung at him again.
"Damn you, who the hell sent you. Was it Naraku, was it Sesshomaru?" Inuyasha growled since he hated how he couldn't even land a damn hit on the kid. Hell, he couldn't even keep up with him. The kid moved faster than Sesshomaru.
"Nope, I wasn't sent by either of them. You will eventually find out though, but you will never know if you can't defeat me," Aaron said with a smirk hanging off of a branch that he grabbed onto when he jumped away.
'Why the hell isn't anything working on this kid? Alright Inuyasha, you need to think of something or he is going to continue to make a fool out of you. It is clear that he is toying with you right now and you haven't seen the beginning of his power. I got it!' he thought once again attack but he wasn't expecting to hit.
Aaron saw the attack easily and jumped out of the way. He was laughing at the pathetic fighting display that Inuyasha was showing him. Before he knew it he saw a blast heading towards him. "Shit the wind scar!" he yelled knowing he couldn't move freely in mid air and there was nothing to jump off of. The attack connected and he was sent flying.
"Alright! That's a direct hit" Miroku yelled from off to the side. He looked towards the younger girl and saw that she didn't even seem worried that he brother was hit by that attack. She was still focused on the battlefield as if the battle was still going on.
Rocks were pushed out of the way and Aaron stepped out of them without a scratch on him. He mere dusted himself off before turning his attention back to Inuyasha. Is that all the almighty wind scar can do? That thing couldn't hurt a flea," he said and noticed that Inuyasha seemed slightly unnerved but his escape.
"What the hell! How could have possibly have survived that without a scratch on him?" Inuyasha said putting his sword away because he knew it wasn't going to do him any good in this battle.
"What the hell is this? I have always heard that you were one of the most powerful demons of your time! You aren't anything but a pathetic weak Hanyou!" Aaron yelled growing frustrated that he wasn't getting the battle that he always dreamed of. "I might as well just finish this because it is obvious you are nothing more than a overrated demon!" he yelled making his first attack.
Inuyasha wasn't prepared and got nailed by the attack full force sending him straight into a tree. He was hit hard and couldn't immediately get off of the ground. He was helpless against any other attacks for that moment.
Aaron approached the fallen hanyou with a gleam in his eyes. He couldn't get there before something blocked his path. It was Kagome with a bow in her hand and an arrow already ready to fire. Aaron almost seemed to flinch for a second and stopped all movements to watch her as she stood there.
"Don't you dare come any closer or I swear that I will shoot you," she said with the string pulled back. All that she needed to do was let go and the arrow would go flying at the young demon.
Aaron didn't know what he was going to do. He couldn't just attack Kagome. He knew that her purity arrows would kill him in an instant if they were to hit him. There a lot more to that than just that that was stopping him from attack to young lady in front of him.
"Kagome, move out of the way and don't get in my way. This is my battle to fight and I don't want you to get in my way," Inuyasha said trying to stand up using his sword to help support him because he was slightly injured from the last attack.
Kagome looked at him with confusion in her eyes but something was telling her to just allow this fight to play out and she would help Inuyasha only if he really needed it. She nodded her head before she walked towards the others.
"Thank you," Aaron whispered into her ear as she passed by him. It was only loud enough so that she could hear. Not even Inuyasha with if excellent hearing would have been able to hear it.
Kagome was shocked to hear him say this. Up until now he didn't seem all that friendly and now he was thanking her for staying out of his battle with Inuyasha. Kagome had this strange feeling that the young demon wasn't all that he appeared to be by his previous actions.
Inuyasha managed to get completely to his feet and stared at the demon in front of him. 'My attacks aren't working. He is also just toying with me. What is it that I am going to do? Alright, first I need to calm down and try to think clearly," Inuyasha said taking a deep breath to calm him down. 'It feels like my blood is boiling, giving me a power it didn't have before. Maybe I can use that,' he thought putting away his sword.
'Excellent,' Aaron thought as he felt the power that was coming off of Inuyasha. 'Maybe things will get more interesting from now on,' he thought with a slight smirk. He was glad that Kagome listened to Inuyasha because he needed this battle to continue but he couldn't continue with her in the way.
Inuyasha flung himself at Aaron and the demon couldn't move or maybe didn't want to move as Inuyasha came at him he swung his foot towards his head but Aaron just dodged by ducking underneath it. Aaron came back quickly with an attack of his own but at the last second Inuyasha actually managed to dodge it.
"He dodged it?" Sango said a little surprised as she watched the fight ready to step in at a moment's notice. "Hey Miroku, is it just me or does it look like Inuyasha is actually getting a lot faster with each attack against him?" Sango asked silently not taking her eyes off the battle.
Miroku didn't reply but he knew what Sango was talking about. Inuyasha did look like he was getting faster. Miroku was wondering how that was happening since Inuyasha had been getting his blood kicked ever since the battle.
Miroku's eyes were focused on the battlefield but another part of him was focused elsewhere. Sango had her eyes turned away so she didn't notice the hand that was sneaking closer and closer until… "Ouch!" Miroku yelled swinging his hand to get rid of the pain that was going through it.
"What's with you Miroku?" Sango asked confused as to why Miroku was shaking his hand. She saw him put his hands in font of him with a goofy smile on his face and she just shook her head turning her attention back to the battle.
Miroku looked around for whoever threw that rock at his hand but everyone's attentions were so engrossed in the battle. He saw Yukina standing off to the side watching the battle but when he looked closely he saw a glint in her eyes and he knew what had happened the. He figured that he couldn't do much at that moment so he just turned his attention back to the battle.
Aaron was surprised that he actually missed hitting Inuyasha. He had always prided himself on his aiming yet he ended up missing Inuyasha when he swung his fist at its fastest towards Inuyasha.
"What's the matter, getting slower? I thought that you were faster than that from your previous performances," Inuyasha said not noticing that it wasn't Aaron that had gotten slower but it was him that had gotten faster.
'He is getting pretty strong rather quickly. Maybe this is what I was warned about earlier. I think it is time that I got serious,' he thought as all playfulness left his eyes as he stood up straight and got into a fighting pose. "I think it is time that I stopped playing around," Aaron told Inuyasha.
Inuyasha knew that he wasn't bluffing when he said this. Inuyasha suspected that he had been holding back even though Inuyasha was giving it his all. "Go ahead. The first half was a fluke. I am feeling a lot better now and also a lot stronger," Inuyasha said mimicking his pose.
They started to fight and for a while Inuyasha continued to get his butt kicked by the mysterious demon. They had been going at it for a number of hours by now and Inuyasha was actually starting to fight blow for blow with the other demon.
'Man I have never felt like this in any other battle. I have fought so many demons so why is it that this kid is pushing me to my limits and beyond. I actually think I am getting a lot stronger from all of this,' Inuyasha thought flexing his claws as he watched Aaron. There was something familiar about the kid that he just couldn't place. He intended to find out what it was after he defeated him.
Aaron suddenly vanished into midair and Inuyasha almost didn't notice it. He somehow guessed where it was going to come from and put up his guard a second before it was hit by a powerful blow from Aaron. He flew a few feet before he landed upon his hands and feet.
Inuyasha pounced forward and dashed at Aaron at awesome speeds. Neither Naraku, Sesshomaru, or even Ryuukotsusei who even his father couldn't beat made him feel the way that he was now. He was really excited about this and it was making him feel stronger by the moment.
'Damn, not even I was able to become this strong this quickly and I was always told that I was rather quick to learn,' Aaron thought barely blocking Inuyasha's attack. Aaron still had the advantage of strength and speed but Inuyasha was catching up to him more and more as the time went on. He knew that if he wanted to win that he would have to finish it immediately.
Before Aaron could react, Inuyasha's fist came at him and he was barely able to stop it with both of his hands. With his hands busy, Inuyasha's foot came up and hit in the ribs sending him back a few feet. He held his ribs which were paining him a little because the attack itself was really powerful despite what happened earlier. He was pretty sure that there was going to be a bruise there later.
'Damn it! I'm actually losing. I thought I would actually get my chance to beat up on him for a change. It has been a lot of fun though; at least I have already done my job. I will keep going though. I will not stop until he accepts defeat,' Aaron thought letting go of his side and he lunged at Inuyasha ready to strike him with a finishing blow.
No one could tell what was going on anymore. The two fighters were moving at such an intense speed that it almost seemed a mere blur to them. Sometimes they weren't even sure if the two of them were there anymore. Everyone was amazed at how much Inuyasha had improved within a few hours after getting his ass handed to him by Aaron in the beginning.
Aaron punched with his fist quickly but Inuyasha blocked the punch with his knee before punching Aaron in the face and then jumping up and nailing him in the face with a kick sending him sprawling out on the ground.
Aaron groaned as he got up only to be met with the point of the tetsusaiga. He laughed nervous at the point of it since he knew that it really would do damage to him now. "I uh… surrender," he said with a slightly nervous laugh.
Inuyasha smirked in triumph and put his sword away. "Who sent you to do this?" Inuyasha asked glaring at the demon before him. He had a lot of questions to ask, which was probably the only reason that the boy was still alive.
"We were only following orders. Neither of us had any intention of actually killing you," Yukina said finally stepping forward to help her brother off the ground. She found it hilarious that he had lost. It was just like all the times that he had lost to their father during his training and even afterwards.
"That's right. I was sent her to fight you so that you would grow strong enough to be able to fight against Naraku," Aaron said grabbing his side again as he managed to stand up. He didn't realize how much it was starting to hurt until he stopped fighting with Inuyasha.
"Our parents are currently alive in this time as well as in your time Kagome. They are unsure what happened but the final battle with Naraku is coming soon. He has all the rest of the pieces except for the ones that you have and he will be coming after them. He is even more dangerous now than when you fought him before. Powered by his demons as well as his almost complete jewel shard. He must be stopped though. If he can't then both of our worlds will be in danger," Yukina said in a pleading voice.
Kagome knew exactly what the young girl was talking about. She had no wish to see her home destroyed. Not her family home or her home in the feudal era. Both were too important to her and she didn't want to lose either of them. "We will do what we can," Kagome spoke helping Inuyasha because even he was now starting to feel all of the pain from the battle.
"Thank you," Aaron said as he limped towards the well. He sat on the edge of it. He took his hand and rubbed his cheek over where a bruise was forming. Right where there were blue marking on his face. "We should get going though. We have stayed here far too long," Aaron said and Yukina took her place by his side.
"You got your ass kicked by Inuyasha," Yukina giggled before Aaron brought his fist up and down upon her head before the two of them fell into the well and out of the feudal era.
"Those two were strange," Miroku muttered. 'But oddly familiar. I wonder what other lies they were telling us besides not actually trying to kill Inuyasha," Miroku thought but shrugged it off and followed after the others who were already heading towards the village.
Inuyasha was already trying to show off his knew strength only to get sat by Kagome. In his already injured state, Miroku could only wonder how painful it must have be for Inuyasha.