Chapter 4: A Step Into Battle
Well, here I am again with the fourth chapter of The Evils of the Misty Mountains. I would like to thank sbird for being really supportive with my story even though it is currently not doing to well. I love her so much, my sister-wife. So I've decided to dedicate this chapter to her, thank you for reading all of my chapters and inspiring me to write the best I possibly can. I know you probably won't like this for reasons of making your face turn a darker color then it is meant to be(for people who aren't following me I mean for making her blush). So on to the story.
But Inuyasha's eyes stayed to the wound on Kagome's arm. "Kagome…did I do this to you?"
"It's not that serious," she said. "Are you okay?"
He looked to his feet. "Kagome…I…I…"
Tamiyasu stepped onto the balcony once again and looked down upon the dungeon floor. Inuyasha stared up to him, eyes blank and no regret or remorse upon his face as he stood over Kagome's dead body.
"Good job Inuyasha!" said Tamiyasu. "Now come!"
Inuyasha jumped onto the balcony and followed Tamiyasu. This is perfect! Tamiyasu thought. He killed his beloved Kagome and felt nothing! He will easily defeat that stupid village!
He entered the hall and beckoned Inuyasha to follow as they accompanied Reiko to a smaller building behind the main shrine. Stepping inside they noticed that it was filled with many demons, Tamiyasu's army.
"We will demolish every inch of the village and kill every soul within it." Tamiyasu called. "Then Kumiko will have no where to go but my arms. She will then become my bride."
"We leave at daybreak," he ordered. "And you will take orders from Inuyasha and myself from now on."
The sun slowly made it's way into the sky, sending light to replace the darkness and making the moon run back to it's hiding place until the following night could free it once again. Casting long shadows upon the ground stood an army of demons marching into battle, following their leaders Tamiyasu and Inuyasha.
Peering off into the distance they could see the little village that they were planning to attack, peacefully slumbering. No one there had any knowledge of an ambush. The only ones awake were the lord and his wife who had recently become separated from their daughter and had been pacing back and forth in their palace, awaiting her return.
Tamiyasu stopped his army at the edge of a palace walls. With a wave of his hand he sent them into the castle, the plan burned into their minds, following Inuyasha. And as they disappeared he raised his staff and moved it in a circular motion, as a smoke screen blossomed from the end of it covering the village.
Smiling to himself he listened to the distant sound of the battle that was raging within. It was impossible for them to fail, not when Inuyasha was on his side. "Reiko!" he yelled sharply. "Bring me the girl!" She nodded silently and slowly walked away.
The deathly silence that followed chilled Tamiyasu for an instant, as he peered blindly through the smoke. There was no way of knowing how the battle ended. Footsteps rang throughout his ears as Inuyasha suddenly appeared out of the smoke.
"Inuyasha! Good show!" said Tamiyasu happily.
Then hundreds of footsteps broke the silence once again. The army from the village stood behind Inuyasha as the smoke began to settle.
"Wha…" stammered Tamiyasu. "This can't be. Inuyasha! You're under my control! How could you betray me? It's impossible!"
More footsteps. Out of the fog stepped Kagome, covered in her own blood, badly injured. She stood to the left of Inuyasha and glared at Tamiyasu.
"The wench?" yelled Tamiyasu. "You…you're dead! How…"
The silence was almost overwhelming. Then another Kagome, the only injury of hers was a small cut on her arm, came out of the smoke and stood on the other side of Inuyasha and also glared towards him.
"This makes no sense!" yelled Tamiyasu. "There are two Kagome's? But she's dead! And Inuyasha is under my control. What the hell is going on?"
"Well Tamiyasu." said Inuyasha crossing his arms. "So how does it feel to finally fall into another's trap?"
"Trap? What?" exclaimed Tamiyasu, stunned.
"You tricked me into coming to your castle so you capture me and put me under your control. And I have to admit it worked. And then you sent me to kill Kagome but I snapped out of it before I did any real damage. So we tricked you. Shippo!"
The badly injured Kagome smiled and in a puff of smoke turned into a small fox demon child, Shippo.
"Shippo is a fox demon and can transform. So he pretended to be Kagome's dead body while the real Kagome hid in the hole in the ground that Shippo had made to get into the dungeon." He laughed.
"But…but your eyes." stammered Tamiyasu.
"Oh yeah, that's right." said Inuyasha reaching into his kimono and pulling out two little acorns and throwing them to Shippo. "Those illusion acorns were perfect."
Tamiyasu smiled. "Very clever half-demon. That was an ingenious plan. So now you plan to kill me am I right?" he asked calmly.
"You better believe it. You're going down!" growled Inuyasha. He was infuriated; a smile wasn't exactly the reaction he wanted.
"INUYASHA!" called Miroku's voice as he, Sango, Kumiko, and Kilala emerged from the smoke. They landed beside him and got off of Kilala. "What happened here?" he asked staring at all of the dead bodies.
"It's a long story." said Inuyasha.
"So Inuyasha." Tamiyasu taunted. "Prepare for your death!"
Inuyasha drew the Tetsusaiga. He glared at Tamiyasu, trying to hide this fear of him that he could not explain. His gaze seemed to see through Inuyasha, right into his very soul. He had never felt this way before. It was freaking him out.
"You hide it well, half-demon," said Tamiyasu smiling broadly. "But you do have fear. But never before have you feared a foe right? You had only feared for Kagome's safety, but now you actually fear me."
"Feh," laughed Inuyasha. "Don't flatter yourself!" He ran foreword and tried to strike but Tamiyasu put up a barrier around himself.
"Now what are you going to do Inuyasha?" asked Tamiyasu. "What are you going to do about my barrier? You cannot attack me but I can easily kill you!" He waved his staff once again but this time instead of producing smoke a violet cloud appeared out of it and circled Inuyasha from above, sending meteors crashing down upon him.
"Inuyasha!" cried Kagome.
Slowly Inuyasha emerged from the rubble and pointed his sword, which was now red, towards Tamyasu's barrier. "Tetsusaiga!" he yelled swinging the sword violently and sending a blast of light toward Tamiyasu, instantly disintegrating the barrier.
"Wind Scar!" he called, sending a violent attack towards Tamiyasu. It hit his body, sending him flying backwards as well as emitting a heavy smoke covering all in sight. He squinted through it to see what had happened but was caught by another meteor strike.
Tamiyasu stepped out of the wall of smoke and smiled even more broadly. "Impressive half demon, that sword of yours is quite formidable, it can even destroy powerful barriers. But what will you be able to do without it?"
He raised his staff and at once the Tetsusaiga flew out of Inuyasha's hand and into a far corner of the battlefield. Inuyasha ran to grab it but was deflected by another barrier.
"Damn it" shouted Inuyasha. "I can't get the Tetsusaiga."
"So let's see how powerful you are without your precious sword." said Tamiyasu, holding out his staff in front of him menacingly.
"Oh no!" cried Miroku. "Inuyasha isn't holding Tetsusaiga! Without it he might transform into a full demon again! I must help."
Kumiko stepped in front of him. "I'm afraid I cannot allow you to interfere!" she said viciously.
"What do you mean? Kumiko?" said Miroku taken aback.
Kumiko smiled back at him as she transformed. She was clearly a demon, with red eyes and rose hair. "What's the matter Miroku?" she asked looking at the shocked expression on his face. "Did you think that you had found your dream girl?"
Miroku's expression turned from shock to hatred. "You used me. You played with my emotions!"
Kumiko laughed aloud. "It was so easy. I only had to use the form of a beautiful young maiden and you instantly fell into my trap."
Miroku glared at her, grinding his teeth. "You will pay! You wench! Wind Tunnel!"
Sango watched in terror. She had never seen Miroku this angry before. He even scared her. She hardly felt sorry for him though; he deserved what he got for being such a fool. But she decided to fly overhead on Kilala, just in case.
Kumiko, in one swift movement, smacked Miroku's hand away from herself and pinned him to the ground using her arm, which had stretched and was now long enough to pull Sango from Kilala's back and trap her in the same grasp she had Miroku.
"Lord Tamiyasu. I have eliminated all of the interference. Now you are free to kill that half demon and that odd human!" she called.
"Did you hear that Inuyasha?" taunted Tamiyasu. "Now I am free to kill you and poor Lady Kagome. But whom to kill first?"
"Tamiyasu," Inuyasha yelled. "I don't need the Tetsusaiga! I'll be able to kill you on my own strength." He swiftly ran up to Tamiyasu. "Iron Reaver Soul Stealer!"
But Tamiyasu was way too quick. He grabbed Inuyasha's hand before his attack could hit and sent him flying into one of the nearby houses. Inuyasha, slowly rising from the rubble, was hit once again and sent flying into another house.
This time Inuyasha couldn't get up, no matter how hard he tried, all of his strength had left him.
"Inuyasha!" cried Kagome, rushing to his aid.
"Now, that Inuyasha is finished it's your turn Kagome." said Tamiyasu, raising his staff for the attack of his last victim.
Inuyasha! she thought desperately. Inuyasha…please wake up!
Then an odd chill was sent through the midday air, a pulsing chill as the all too familiar beginning of Inuyasha's terrifying transformation to a full demon began. His eyes began to change red and ever so slowly his claws and fangs lengthened.
No Inuyasha. Kagome thought helplessly. Please don't transform into a full demon! Please!
Yay! I absolutly love cliffies! He he he! Well there is only one chapter to go until this fanfiction is finished. sobs uncontrollably I liked this story, probably the most interesting one I have ever written. I know it goes a little fast but I still love it so I refuse to criticize it. But if anyone else has a problem with anything, I mean anything in the story please tell because I always like hearing about how I can improve. It helps my writing skills develop. Anyway R&R! I want to know what you guys think.