Inuyasha and Gang © Rumiko Takahashi
Mission Impossible: The Switcheroo
Chapter Thirteen: Black Death
The sky darkened, as Naraku came forth, clad in armour, and demon hordes surround every inch in a thirty foot radius of his body… Kagura lead the hordes, and Kanna riding behind her. Hakudoushi on Entei with Kohaku behind him… A cruel smirk curled on Naraku's lips. He could already taste the blood of the Inuyasha and his friend in his mouth, and the dark red liquid flowing across the lands, telling every living being that he was then the lord of the lands…
Yes, it was sweet being evil…
The others were back from the lake. Why? Because the girl's clothing her getting wet and clinging to their bodies and Miroku was getting a face-full. Miroku had to be beaten unconscious to allow the girls to change, assuming the other two bys were mature enough not to gawk.
But that was hours ago…. However, the monk was still out cold. Inuyasha scoffed at the remark Kagome made about the demon lord's personality softening… Rin remarked that she LIKED this new Sesshomaru, and made Inuyasha blush slightly…
Sesshomaru sighed, as Sephiroth continuously poked his now irritated ears… "For Kami-sama's sake!" He snapped, and her hand snapped back. Well, it wasn't long till the clouds about the sky darkened considerably…
Both brothers' heads went up, as the snarled in unison, "Naraku…"
The final battle had come… Neither party had expected it so soon… especially not from the parents. Apparently, Izayoi had fainted due to the lack of oxygen getting to her brain once she panicked, but Yuki claimed it to be the lack of brain cells…
"This is not good…" muttered InuTaisho. He paced in his little circle, again, and again.
"We know that much, genius…" Yuki said, but we all know that harshness was because she was worried about her little 'Maru-kun'…
"We shall just have to wait, and see… The dead can not tamper with living wars…" InuTaisho sighed, keeping a tight hold on Yuki.
"Brace your self for impact…" Sesshomaru called from Inuyasha's body, drawing Tessaiga from its sheath. It felt great having the demonic sword in his hands, without getting burned for once… He saw Kagome notch an arrow on her bow, Sango prepare Hiraikotsu, and Shippo taking Rin FAR away… Out of the corner of his eye, he saw his brother unsheathe his prized Toukijin; later he thought it was only fair because he had Tessaiga; and Sephiroth brandish a rather large battle ax… How she managed to hold that thing, he had no idea…
The skies darkened with demons from Naraku, lead by Kagura, and Naraku floating in the air with Kanna and Hakudoushi beside him… Kohaku was with Kagura, and uneasy facade settled over his expression. He saw that girl again…The only one that haunted his dreams.
"ATTACK!" Naraku bellowed, as shrieking demons leapt from the ranks and dove downwards towards Sesshomaru and Inuyasha's little army… Sango's Hiraikotsu caught the fangs of one, her boomerang, slicing to and forth along the demon's long sleek body with she felt some one back up against her.
Miroku blushed, as he back up against a familiar demon exterminator outfit. He sliced his staff through a strange worm like youkai, and turned around. "Sango! What are you doing here!" He asked.
"I'm fighting for my life!" She hissed, obviously a bit annoyed. Her hidden blade shot up through that sleek demon's throat.
"Ah, it appears you fight well under pressure…" Miroku said, chuckling, and paling as Sango's Hiraikotsu flew over his shoulder.
"What's that for!" He snapped, which was rather unrealistic of him… Sango gave an in dignified snort, going back to fending for her and that monk.
"Grateful, aren't you?" She muttered, "I saved your hide from that monster…" Miroku turned a shade of magenta pink, and said a small 'thank you' before returning to fight along her side.
Sesshomaru and Inuyasha found themselves surrounded by vicious, but lowly looking youkai. "…We're going to die… Brace yourselves!" Inuyasha called, rubbing his own demonic markings.
Kagura smirked, and raised her fan, signaling for her horde of warriors to attack. The demons charged forward. Inuyasha and Sesshomaru put up a stance, ready to fight when something bright flew past, and the demons shrieked, dieing off.
Kagome smirked, standing nearby with her hands still in the position she let go of the string in. "I thought you might need some help, boys?" She said with a wide smirk. She walked away to shoot off some more demons, when Sesshomaru spoke up to Inuyasha.
"She's really something, isn't she?" Sesshomaru asked, grinning.
"Indeed…" Inuyasha replied, nodding. He watched Sephiroth spin in a circle, slaying off another wave with a strange youki implosion. "And that Sephiroth's pretty good to, eh?" Inuyasha taunted his brother.
Sesshomaru blushed slightly, brushing his brother's hand from his dog ears. "Shut up! Are we here to fight, or chat!" He ran back into the crows of demons with Kaze no Kizu…
Inuyasha smirked, shaking his head slightly, before charging in with his brother. "For honor!" He cried, slicing away at the youkai.
Hours past, and much blood has spilt on the once tidy western lands. Hakudoushi died after being sucked into Miroku's wind tunnel and Kanna when Kagome's arrow was shot through her chest. Kagura was taken pity on by Sesshomaru who remembered her pleads against Naraku…
"Ku ku ku… You think you have won, didn't you?" Naraku laughed, as he burst into his true form…That mutant blob thing with his upper body. Sango scowled, stepping forwards.
"This is my battle… He took away my entire life!" She gave Miroku a glance which softened considerably. "And because he cursed Miroku…" She added, giggling. Miroku blushed.
Naraku burst out laughing. "You!" He roared. "Taijiya, you will never defeat the likes of me!" Naraku's tentacles shot forth. As Sango sliced each one off, they disintegrated.
Naraku was down to his last limbs…Literally. He pulled Kohaku out in front of him.
"Dirty cheat!" Izayoi shrieked, slamming her fist against the skeleton walls…Which didn't do much at all…
"Izayoi, calm down!" Yuki hissed, trying to concentrate on the scene set before them. "Interesting indeed…" She muttered, attention rapt around the scene.
InuTaisho was pacing the floor of his skeleton home, going back and forth, back and forth… What if the brothers couldn't figure out how to use their sword correctly? Would they die? What is going on? What will they do, if the brothers were to die in this final battle…? He cringed. Then it would be their fault… He would never be able to live with that. No parent should have to bury the body of their child, demon, or not…
"We can only hope now, that they will set aside differences… And fight for their survival…" InuTaisho sighed, having a grave feeling wash over him.
Sango gasped, dropping Hiraikotsu, mixed emotions washing over her body. Surprise. Grief. Then anger. She growled; her fists balled up. "How dare you Naraku! You despicable devil!"
Naraku merely chuckled. "Such flattering words, taijiya…" he chortled, not noticing the demon behind him.
"Miroku, now!" Sesshomaru shouted; driving Tessaiga deep into Naraku's spider shaped scar. Naraku hissed in pain, and let go of Naraku, letting Miroku whisk the body away from the cruel master. "You insolent fool!" Naraku hissed, glaring pure poison tipped daggers at Sesshomaru. The now-hanyou merely chuckled.
"Such flattery gets you nowhere, Naraku…" He chuckled, releasing the Wind Scar. A barrier flew up around the evil hanyou. Sesshomaru growled.
'That's strange…' Kagome thought, looking at her 'Inuyasha'. 'He fights like Sesshomaru…And Sesshomaru Inuyasha… Quite strange indeed…' She nodded the thought away. "Blow him to bits, Inuyasha!" She shouted.
"My pleasure." Sesshomaru replied, raising Tessaiga for another blow, which is when one of Naraku's tentacles flew out at him, slicing through the air with a sickening whooshing sound. Everything seemed to go in slow motion as the brownish hued tentacle flew towards Sesshomaru's heart. That was when another sword sliced through the tentacle.
"You are far too powerful to die as such Inuyasha…" Inuyasha said, smirking at his brother, and took his turn hacking away at Naraku's body. Everyone knew Naraku was dieing a half hour later.
He was panting like a tired dog, trying to regain his power, but the combined brothers were unstoppable… Seeing this, he smirked, having a plan. If he died, his death was not being in vain… "If I die, I am taking one of you with me!" Naraku said in a melancholy voice, cackling to the sky as Toukijin's blast with Tessaiga's combined strength flew at him…
His body imploded as the force struck flesh, but something unexpected happened… A hidden blade flew out of the smoke, intent on hitting one of the brothers.
There was a sickening squishing sound, and then a silent thud, as one limp body fell to the ground.
From both realms of living and dead, a strangled cry of pain and agony strung themselves through the air. "NOOOO!" He was dieing… He was really dieing…
To be continued…
Author's review: Please don't kill me! I was busy thinking of an exciting way to make my very first battle scene! We all know how hard it is to simulate a real war through words…. Anyways, evil cliffy! See you next time! Ja ne! I can't believe the story is comming to an end so soon! It seemed like only yesterday... -sob- There is one more chapter to go, then an Epilogue...
M. Hwang S.
