Well, if you hate Isamu, then you'll certainly like this chapter. I don't need to tell you what's going to happen. Read on, and enjoy what happens next.

Randall Flagg2

(1)

Inuyasha surveyed the new surroundings. By no means could he be in the Miyojin house anymore. What he was in looked like a temple of some sort. Everywhere he looked, there were rusty stains. Upon closer inspection, Inuyasha realized it wasn't rust or dried paint. It was dried blood.

Nobody else was in here except him and Isamu. There were no entrances or exits. Everything had been walled in. In the middle of the room, Kagome's father stood.

It was then that Inuyasha realized where he was. This wasn't a temple. It was a dojo of some sort. None that Inuyasha had seen or heard of in his life that was for sure.

"What do you want?" Inuyasha asked, his courage coming back.

Isamu smirked. "I think you know why you're here Masaki. You'd have to be pretty stupid to not know."

"Shut up and answer me!" Inuyasha snarled. In the back of his mind, he was pretty sure he knew what was going to happen, and that was just what he wanted. He only hoped he was right.

Isamu sighed. "Very well then, I will tell you. As I said a moment ago, we are here to finish what we started. I admit it was fun beating you into submission the last time we met, but now that you're a formidable fighter I can really have some fun. This is going to be even more fun then when I took out your friends and my dear daughter."

Inuyasha smirked. "You really want that?" he asked. Isamu only nodded. Without another word, Inuyasha assumed a fighting stance.

"Alright then. Have at you!" Inuyasha roared.

(2)

Isamu wasted no time and charged at Inuyasha. As he drew closer to the teenager, he spun around and launched a kick. If this had been a year ago, Inuyasha would have been unprepared for it, but this was now, and Inuyasha was no slouch as he had been before. With one swift, easy motion he grabbed Isamu's foot and flipped him over. Isamu, never one to lose his grace, promptly shoved his hands out and caught himself on the ground. As he did, he brought his foot up at Inuyasha's face. Inuyasha back flipped away from it. Unfortunately, that gave Isamu enough time to regain his ground.

Kagome's father jumped to his feet and leaped at Inuyasha with a flying kick. Inuyasha ducked to one side and launched a palm strike at Isamu. It struck the doctor square in the face, causing him to stumble back. Inuyasha, seeing his opponent drop his guard, threw a triple kick, striking Isamu twice in the side of his stomach and once in the face. Without wasting another second, Inuyasha leaped into the air and brought his foot slamming home into Isamu's stomach, knocking the doctor down.

Inuyasha was about to give Isamu a kick in the stomach, when the latter suddenly swept his foot in a half circle, knocking Inuyasha to the floor. Quick as a flash, he jumped to his feet and grabbed Isamu's shoulders. Rearing back, Inuyasha launched himself forward and gave Isamu's forehead a vicious head butt. Isamu reeled back, but much to Inuyasha's surprise, he recovered quite quickly. Inuyasha had no intention of letting him attack. Inuyasha tackled his adversary to the ground. Inuyasha reared back, and began to punch Isamu in the face over and over again, each time causing the man's head to crash violently against the floor.

Just as it seemed Inuyasha could pull out a victory however, Isamu grabbed Inuyasha's groin and squeezed it with all his might. Inuyasha howled and fell back. Isamu pounced on him and reared back to punch him, but Inuyasha did a backwards somersault, tossing Isamu off. Inuyasha sprang up and palm struck Isamu in the stomach. Snarling, he sprang up and hit Isamu in the side of the head with a jump kick. Immediately after that, Inuyasha spun low to the ground and did a foot sweep, knocking Isamu down yet again. Inuyasha sat on his chest, wrapped his hands around the man's throat, and began to squeeze.

"I'm going to kill you, you mother fucking son of a bitch." Inuyasha snarled his voice filled with maniacal fury. "Oh yes, I am. I'm going to send you back to hell where you belong. Then I can finally come to terms with myself and-"

Inuyasha didn't finish as Isamu drove his scalpel into his stomach.

(3)

Inuyasha staggered back, blood beginning to rise in the back of his throat. He was rapidly losing his strength, and blood was pouring out of the wound. As he sat back, Isamu stood up.

"Not bad Masaki, not bad at all." Isamu panted. "You really have improved over last time. I must admit, I am impressed with your skill, but I'm not going to lose to you."

"No fair, you cheated." Inuyasha groaned, trying his best to block the blood that was flowing out of the gash on his stomach.

Isamu laughed. "Come, come now, did you really think I was going to play fair? I am a martial artist, just as you are, but I also have a saying and that saying is: win by any means. I knew I was going to lose, so I had to go a step further to ensure your demise."

"Honorless bastard, I should have won." Inuyasha growled, blood beginning to drip from his mouth.

Isamu took out his scalpel. "For a person who feels no remorse over killing another human being, I wouldn't be talking about what is honorable and what is not Masaki."

"That's different!You don't even count as a human you… monster! You're nothing more then a sadistic freak that enjoys hurting others for sport!" Inuyasha said furiously.

"You're no better off Masaki. You killed a human and you feel no remorse for it, just like I did. In a way, we're similar. We've both killed people, we both know martial arts, and we both have had breakdowns, although mine lasted throughout my life and yours was sudden. Yes, we are very much alike!" the man taunted.

Inuyasha began to rock back and forth. "No, I won't believe that. It isn't true, it isn't true!" he moaned.

Isamu towered over him and smiled coldly. "Oh yes it is Masaki, it's more then true. You're very similar to me and you can't stop that! Think of what my daughter would say if she knew you had traits similar to me! Think of what your late friends and your dear brother would say too! They wouldn't be very pleased."

Inuyasha began to sob into his knees, not wanting to live anymore. He couldn't deal with this anymore. He just couldn't. It was too much.

"Please, someone help me. Oh please, please, someone help me." Inuyasha thought.

Suddenly, everything went black and Inuyasha knew no more.

(4)

As Isamu stood over Inuyasha, he was suddenly grabbed by the throat again. Isamu looked at Inuyasha and saw something was very different about the boy. Inuyasha's eyes gleamed with feverish insanity, and his teeth were exposed in a snarl. His face seemed to have gotten tighter, more pulled in. Furthermore, the eyes were far too wild to be normal. Even during their battle, Isamu had not seen Inuyasha look so intense.

Suddenly, Inuyasha slung Isamu across the room. He landed with a crash in the corner of the room. Inuyasha began to walk towards him, that wild look plastered to his face.

"What is this?" Isamu exclaimed. "You-"

"Shut the fuck up!" Inuyasha shrieked, his voice shrill and maniacal. "I don't want to hear anything from you anymore you fucking piece of shit! You stupid ass licking bag of sperm! Mother banging, bastard son of a bitch!"

Isamu's eyes widened. Inuyasha's voice was much different now, savage and cruel, heartless in fact. And furthermore, why was Inuyasha talking like this? Inuyasha had insulted him before, but not this badly. Something was awry here.

As Isamu pondered on what could have happened here, Inuyasha grabbed the scalpel from his hands and jabbed it into his throat. Isamu made a gargling noise then felt great pain as Inuyasha began to twist and jiggle the scalpel around in his throat. Inuyasha ripped it out and made a snarling sound.

"You're enjoying this, aren't you bitch?" Inuyasha hissed. He grabbed Isamu and slashed open his stomach. Inuyasha ripped it all across his stomach and chest. The wounds eventually opened, and Isamu's organs spilled out. Isamu tumbled to the ground. Inuyasha began to savagely slash at the body, cutting open anything he could. All the while he was laughing uncontrollably, his voice having not an inkling of sanity in it.

Then suddenly, something slapped hard across his face. With a yelp, he jumped back. He blinked for but an instant, but that was enough to alter his surroundings. When he opened his eyes again, everything was the way it was before. Isamu had disappeared, as had the dojo. He was back in the Miyojin house. The door he had tried to exit was open. So it had all been a hallucination.

Inuyasha spun around to face his brother, Sesshomaru.

(5)

Sesshomaru wore an expression of deep concern. His palm was red from the slap he had given Inuyasha. Inuyasha didn't know it, but his brother was deeply frightened of how his brother had been acting when he had entered through the door. He had never heard him sound so lunatic, so maniacal. It had been terrifying.

"Inuyasha, what was going on? You didn't come home so I came looking for you. What are you doing here and why were you acting like that?" Sesshomaru said impatiently.

A twisted grin crossed over Inuyasha's face. "Inuyasha isn't here right now, but if you'll kindly leave your name, number, and a message he will get back to you when he finds the time!" he laughed.

Sesshomaru took a step towards his brother. "What do you mean he 'isn't here'? What's going on?" he said, puzzled.

"Inuyasha's asleep right now, so let me introduce myself." the boy said. He bowed and said "My name is Nanashi, and I was born just a minute or two ago!"

To be continued…

I don't really have anything to say, except keep an eye out for the update! Hope you like it so far!

Randall Flagg2