Chapter 5: The Demon in Him
This is the last chapter of my story! Wahhhh! I am soo sad! I don't want it to be over! I would like to dedicate this to my friend Michelle. She doesn't like anime at all and she was nice enough to read my story and review it too. Thank you Michelle, you are my inspiration, along with sbird. Love Love Love!
"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!
"What is happening?" asked Tamiyasu staring at Inuyasha's transformation. "His blood is changing!"
"Inuyasha…" pleaded Kagome. "…please don't transform into a demon. Fight it. Don't let your demon side take over!"
But it was too late. Inuyasha stood, eyes blood red, violet stripes across his cheeks, growling at Tamiyasu. Cracking his claws his stare looked venomous as he peered at the wicked eyes of his opponent.
"What?" cried Tamiyasu. "His blood has changed. He is no longer half demon, he is a full demon now."
Kagome grabbed the side of Inuyasha's arm. "No…Inuyasha!" she cried. "You don't want to defeat him this way! Please turn back."
But her attempts were futile. Inuyasha was powerless to control his demon nature. He rushed over and took off Tamiyasu's right arm in one swipe of his mighty full demon claws. Turning back to Tamiyasu, Inuyasha smiled and licked one of his claws.
Tamiyasu raised his eyebrows to Inuyasha as another arm replaced the other. "Ha!" he laughed. "What a fool I was. You are no real full demon. You are just a bloodthirsty beast. I will not let you suffer for much longer. Inuyasha, I will put you out of your misery!"
He raised his staff, pulling Inuyasha into midair and throwing him into the cliff over viewing the village. But Inuyasha struck back by taking off another of Tamiyasu's arms before being thrown the cliff again.
Inuyasha attempted to kill Tamiyasu one more time, only to receive the same fate. Laying facedown on the ground Tamiyasu stood tall over him, readying himself for the final strike when Kagome shot a sacred arrow, forcing him to jump out of the way. She rushed over and held Inuyasha in her arms.
"Please Tamiyasu!" she pleaded, eyes streaming with tears. "Don't kill Inuyasha. Don't you want to fight him when he's himself and not this…this…thing?"
Tamiyasu laughed. "Not really. I just want to kill him and I don't care how I do it. Now step out of the way or I will slay you too."
"Master!" called Reiko stepping out of the fog carrying an unconscious young girl flung over her shoulder. "What happened here?" she asked looking from Sango and Miroku trapped by Kumiko's over sized arms, passed Tamiyasu's arm laying limp upon the ground, to Inuyasha, who was still being held by Kagome.
"Don't ask questions," he hissed. "Just get rid of the impudent wench so I can kill Inuyasha!"
"But…" she stuttered incredulously. "I thought that he was the leader of your army. What happened?"
"He betrayed me! That's what happened!" he shouted fiercely. "Now do as I say!"
Reiko set down the girl and ran over, grabbing Kagome and dragging her away from the one sided battle. Kagome struggled to free herself and when she found Reiko at a slight moment of weakness she ran from her grasp. Running back over to Inuyasha she swiftly pulled an arrow and aimed it directly at Tamiyasu's heart.
"Ha!" he laughed again. "A mere arrow will have no effect on me!"
The arrow was shot, flying straight at Tamiyasu surrounded by a pure white light that always came when Kagome shot her sacred arrows. Tamiyasu jumped with surprise as the arrow actually came in contact with his body, but unfortunately it missed his heart and hit him in the shoulder.
"What!" he cried. "A sacred arrow! I knew you were Kikyo's reincarnation but I never imagined that you would gain her sacred powers as well!" He smiled to himself. "It seems that I have misjudged you."
Inuyasha slowly rose from Kagome's arms and growled even more fiercely at Tamiyasu. He was still a full demon but this time it was different. In all of the other which Inuyasha had faced as a demon he had never shown any sign of pain, of fear, but then again no other enemy had ever hurt him this badly in his demon state.
"Inuyasha!" cried Kagome. "SIT!"
Inuyasha was pulled to the ground by the beaded necklace, which Kaede had put around his neck in order for Kagome's safety when they had first met. Now she only used it to punish him when he was being a jerk.
"Damn it Kagome!" he shouted angrily as he got up from the ground, this time he had turned back into a half-demon.
"Inuyasha!" she cried happily, holding onto his arm. "I'm so glad you're back to being a half demon!"
"So Tamiyasu!" he called. "Are you ready to die yet?"
Tamiyasu laughed. "You are quite insolent. But I accept your challenge with open arms. Now is here where your life ends."
"Inuyasha." Kagome whispered. "I know how to get back the Tetsusaiga."
"You do?" he exclaimed. "How?"
"Trust me," she whispered. "Just remember. When I say so go and grab the sword. Got it?"
Inuyasha nodded and went back to the battle. "So what do you say Tamiyasu. Do you want it in the heart or the head?"
"You are incredible Inuyasha," said Tamiyasu. "You do realize that I almost destroyed you in your full demon form and now that you're back to your weaker half-demon form you will be quite an easy opponent."
Kagome silently crept to the place where the Tetsusaiga was held captive within the barrier. She tried to grab it but her hand was deflected, sending her flying backwards. She sat up and noticed that behind her lay the girl which Reiko had brought with her.
Carrying the girl in her arms she returned to the barrier. She knew that the girl was a prisoner in Tamiyasu's castle so she was going to set her free. But first things first, she had to get the Tetsusaiga to Inuyasha.
Pulling another arrow she aimed it at the barrier around the sword. If this didn't work she didn't know what she was going to do. The arrow left the bow and hit the barrier, instantly disintegrating under the arrow's immense power.
"Inuyasha!" she called. "Get the Tetsusaiga!"
Inuyasha rushed over and grabbed his sword. Walking back over to Tamiyasu he pointed it menacingly at his heart. "Now that I have my sword back there is no possible way for you to defeat me!"
"That is it Inuyasha." yelled Tamiyasu angrily. "You will die. I will not hold back anymore. Prepare yourself."
Raising his staff, he moved it in a circular motion above his head making a large psychic energy blast that would surely destroy everything that it touched. With one swing of his staff he sent it flying at Inuyasha.
Inuyasha ran right into the middle and raised the Tetsusaiga. "Backlash Wave." he called, voice echoing throughout the village. A blast of blue light shot out of the Tetsusaiga and surrounded Tamiyasu's attack and sent it swirling in the other direction, at its owner, Tamiyasu.
"Master!" cried Reiko, running into the line of fire trying to protect Tamiyasu.
The blast spared none in its wake. The light was blinding as the bodies of Tamiyasu and Reiko were destroyed.
Inuyasha ran over and grabbed Kagome who would have been hit by the side of the blast. She still had the girl cradled in her arms when the light faded. The girl awoke and stared around at them all.
"Where am I?" she asked drowsily.
"Don't worry," said Kagome reassuringly. "You're safe now. Tamiyasu is dead. What's your name."
"Umm…I'm Kumiko." she said confused.
"What?" asked Kagome staring at Miroku. He looked at her incredulously.
So that demon… he thought to himself. …used this little girl's name in order to trick me and make it easier for Tamiyasu plan to succeed. How dare she.
Writers Note: I'm sorry but I forget to tell you that just seconds after Inuyasha defeated Tamiyasu and Reiko Miroku finally came to his senses and sucked the demon, who's real name was Torial, the legendary demon that could take the form and personality of it's victims (she found this poor soul lost in the forest and just took the name Kumiko from the little girl) which had been put under the same spell that was put on Inuyasha, into his wind tunnel. Oh yeah, and all throughout the battle, for those of you who wondered what had happened to Shippo, he jumped on Kilala and flew overhead a safe distance, out of danger. Don't worry Shippo. It's okay to be scared sometimes.
The little girl looked at her village and saw her parents, the lord and his wife, standing opposite to them. She rushed out of Kagome's arms and ran over to them, tears of happiness streaming from her eyes.
Inuyasha returned the Tetsusaiga to it's sheath started to walk away. "Come on Kagome. Let's go."
Kagome turned to follow but Kumiko called to her and Inuyasha. She ran over to them and smiled.
"Thank you for saving me." she said happily. "May I ask a small request of you?"
"What is it Kumiko?" asked Kagome kindly.
"Will you allow me to accompany you on your journey?" she asked.
"What?" cried Kagome. "Why would you want to do a thing like that? You were just rescued from a wicked place and you want to leave your parents so soon?"
"No…it's not that." she replied sadly. "But it's just…my friend, Akiko's family was just cruelly slaughtered and I must find her. She ran away in the attack and hasn't been seen for many months. I thought that under the protection of you it would be that much easier to find her. And…well…I want to repay you for rescuing me from Tamiyasu."
"No." said Inuyasha stubbornly. "I will not stand for being part of any more charity." He crossed his arms in front of himself and took off again.
"Inuyasha…" said Kagome. "Maybe we should help her. I mean she'll go anyway and this way you we can protect her."
"We?" yelled Inuyasha. "WE. It is going to be ME who will be doing all of the rescuing. And I said no."
"Inuyasha." yelled Kagome furiously. "SIT!"
Once again Inuyasha found himself face down on the ground because of his stubbornness and Kagome's fury.
Slowly raising from the ground he said, "Fine, she can go with us."
"Thank you Inuyasha." said Kagome happily. "Let's go!"
Then off they went once again on their terrifying journey to kill the evil demon Naraku and their quest to collect the jewel shards. But this adventure was far from over.
Inuyasha SomniScoto: Evils of the Misty Mountains End
Well this is it for this story. As I prabably have mentioned in another chapter this is probably one of the most interesting stories I have ever written even though I realize I go a little faster. I'm not sure when the next part of Inuyasha Somni Scoto will be up but sometime in the next year, I have a lot of other stories I am working on, one very important right now and I will probably be posting that one very soon. Anyway I love this story and...well...I still very sad that it is over.