Ok, well, now the delving out of my body has changed. I will go from top to
bottom. I still own my head and most of my torso. My right arm is owned by
Meghan and my left arm is owned by Sarah. The right hand is owned by Ben,
as well as my stomach and left fingers. My butt and other regions are still
my own. My legs are owned by Caitlin and my feet belong to Joe. So, as you
can see, I don't even own myself, so why the hell would I own Inuyasha?!?
ok, read on.
Chapter 20
Kirara, Shippo, Miroku, Sango and Akako raced down the hallways of Sesshomaru's palace, following the scent of Inuyasha, occasionally running into dead ends. Miroku tried to remember their path so they could escape when needed, but it was becoming a very difficult task. Left, left, right, up stairs, left, left, left, right, right, left. When the directions became too hard to follow in his mind, he started using his surroundings. Picture of a demon slaying (very graphically) an entire village, head of a dragon, huge door with screams emanating from it, sword on wall. . . Miroku finally gave up and decided that they would have to depend on luck to get out. But they would surely need a lot of it to get out of this place he thought as they went up stairs that seemed painted blood red. At least he hoped they were painted. . .
Sango was getting tired running through all these passages and fingered hiraikotsu, hoping she would still have strength to use it when the right time came. Then she remembered Kagome's kidnaping and she felt the strength build up in her. She was sure now that fighting wasn't going to be a problem. Plus, she had Miroku and Kirara's help. She took a glance back at Akako and wondered if she could help. They had both, in fact gone to a demon slaying camp together. . . Akako should have strength. She smiled and nodded to herself, sure that their group could take down Sesshomaru. They'd just have to work together, and Sango smiled as she knew that wasn't a problem.
Suddenly, they all heard a scream from Inuyasha. It was faint, but it sounded a lot like his 'Claws of blood' call. They quickened their pace, sensing that Inuyasha needed help. He had to be wounded in order to use that attack. . . they turned more corners and Miroku started paying attention to the turns again. They could at least get as far as the painting of burning children when they tried to escape. Right, right, left, left, left, right, left. . .
***
Inuyasha zoomed towards Sesshomaru as Kagome sat in a corner rocking back in forth. Sesshomaru had taken out his whip and had started trying to hit Inuyasha, but Inuyasha's skills seemed to have improved recently as he was dodging the attacks swiftly. However, he knew he couldn't keep this up for long. Without his sword and the Wind Scar, he was sure he couldn't beat Sesshomaru alone. He chastised himself for leaving Sango, Miroku, Shippo, Akako and Kirara behind, but then he caught sight of Kagome huddled in the corner and decided it was better. 'Who knows how much more he could of done to her if I hadn't gotten here by now. . .' he whispered to himself, dodging and the ducking under Sesshomaru's whip. As it soared again towards him, Inuyasha rolled on the floor and jumped back up. He started panting, growing tired. He definitely couldn't keep this up for long. He again risked a quick look at Kagome and he felt
his strength renewed. The bastard was going to pay. . . his thoughts of
revenge were interrupted by a sharp pain in his foot. Sesshomaru's whip
had skimmed it and had cut it. Blood started to seep out of the cut and
staining the marble floor underneath Inuyasha's feet. Inuyasha half
grinned as he bent over, dodging another attack by Sesshomaru and dug his
claws into the blood. He glared at Sesshomaru and as the whip came
towards him again, he grabbed it with on of his hands. The pain was
unimaginable and immense but he resisted screaming. He looked into
Sesshomaru's unbelieving eyes and then jumped towards him, screaming
'Claws of blood!', now with new blood to use against his brother.
***
Kagome couldn't tell where she was. Her vision was blurry and inside her head, an intense battle was raging. 'Sesshomaru. He is the answer to all of your problems. Inuyasha never treated you well. And he never REALLY said he loved you. Stand up and tell Sesshomaru how sexy he is. . . just look at him. . . he's so strong, and amazing. He can beat Inuyasha so easily. Inuyasha is a weakling. Forget about him.'
'NO! Inuyasha HAS been nice to me, more the Sesshomaru has. Sesshomaru has tried to KILL me! Many times! He may be good looking, but even Miroku-chan is better looking then he is! Well, maybe not that far, but I get my point! I'm me! And Inuyasha DOES love me! I'm sure of it! I think. . .'
'Look at Inuyasha. It's obvious he's going to lose this battle. He can't even fight against Sesshomaru, all he can do is dodge. And Sesshomaru isn't even sweating. But Inuyasha is panting. It's so obvious who's going to win.'
At that point Inuyasha cast a fleeting glance at her. She looked at him and her heart skipped a few beats, or so it seemed. For a second, the real part of her seemed to take over and she stopped rocking and smiled. However, Inuyasha was back to dodging the whip and the battle inside resumed. She rocked for a few more minutes until she heard Inuyasha screaming something. It was unclear, but when she looked up, Inuyasha was running towards Sesshomaru, the end of the whip in his hand, blood trickling down onto the floor. Kagome smiled again, hope rising again in the real part of her.
***
Sango, Miroku, Kirara, Shippo and Akako rushed around the corner to see Inuyasha swinging his arm towards Sesshomaru, Sesshomaru's whip held tight in his other hand. Sesshomaru was frowning, as he was at a slight disadvantage. Not wanting to let go of his whip, he couldn't fight back nor could he go very far as Inuyasha was not letting go of the other end. However, Sesshomaru wasn't worried. At the rate that Inuyasha was losing blood, he was sure he would pass out in a few minutes. Inuyasha, however, thought differently. As long as he could get close to Sesshomaru, then there was hope towards saving Kagome. He hadn't even realized that his other friends had just shown up. Neither, apparently, had Sesshomaru. They were both a little preoccupied.
'Come on! We have to help Inuyasha!' Sango encouraged as Miroku and Shippo fanned out. Sango jumped onto Kirara's back, leaving Akako in the door way of the hallway. Sango flung her Hiraikotsu and Sesshomaru dodged it just in time. Suddenly both of the fighting brothers were aware of the rest of the Inuyasha crews arrival. Sesshomaru growled and tug tightly on his whip, hoping it would come free. Inuyasha held tightly, but as Sesshomaru gave it a second tough tug, the amount of blood on it became too slippery for Inuyasha to hold onto. Sesshomaru grinned as he now had the upper hand. However, now that there were more annoying little disturbances, he decided it was time for more desperate measures.
The transformation began and within seconds a giant dog-like creature stood in the middle of the hallway. Inuyasha opened his Fire Rat Kimono and ripped off a piece of his undershirt. He quickly wrapped up his bleeding hand so as to stop becoming faint from loss of blood. He looked at Sango and Miroku, nodding. Instantaneously they all attacked from different positions and angles. However, Sesshomaru was too strong and knocked Sango off of Kirara with one of his hind legs while snapping at Miroku and nearly taking off his arm. Inuyasha, however, went to his stomach with his claws ready and he dug in. Unfortunately, Sesshomaru was too large and it did little.
'Use Tetsusaiga, Inuyasha!' Shippo cried out and Inuyasha rolled his eyes.
'I can't!' he yelled back, agitated, 'This jerk did something to it!'
'Maybe it's temporary!' Shippo suggested.
Figuring he had nothing better to do, Inuyasha pulled out his beloved sword. It immediately transformed back into it's more useful form. Inuyasha smiled and charged at Sesshomaru, blade swinging, aiming for another leg. As soon as he swung it, though, something like an invisible barrier threw Inuyasha to the ground. The giant dog form of Sesshomaru growled in content as Inuyasha struggled to get up. Jaken's voice filled the hallway in a cackling voice.
'Do you really think Master Sesshomaru would allow you to hurt him again with his father's sword?'
'What did you do you bastard?!?' Inuyasha screamed.
'That is not important. All you need to know is that you can not harm Master Sesshomaru using Tetsusaiga.'
Inuyasha, not wanting to give in, threw himself at Sesshomaru again. Sesshomaru didn't even move but seemed to be satisfied with the effect of Inuyasha being thrown across the room.
'What are we going to do now?' Sango asked. Shippo, hoping to help, and hoping that suprise might help him, suddenly tried using fox fire. Unfortunately, this didn't even phase Sesshomaru as he kicked his giant leg, making Shippo soar through the air towards the wall and knocking Shippo unconscious. Sango recovered and hopped back onto Kirara and sailed towards Sesshomaru, throwing Hiraikotsu, but as it was about to hit Sesshomaru, he turned around and caught it in his mouth, crushing it into 4 pieces. Sango, not phased, continued forward on Kirara, headed for Sesshomaru's stomach. Sesshomaru jumped out of the way and knocked the two to the ground with a swift butt of his head. Akako rushed over to Sango and helped her up, just as Inuyasha screamed out 'Claws of Blood!' again, rushing towards the side of Sesshomaru's head. This time it did damage as blood started to ooze out of wounds underneath Sesshomaru's right ear. Sesshomaru growled and lowered his head, trying to bite Inuyasha. As Inuyasha dodged it another swift blow came down onto Sesshomaru's head right underneath his eye. The jingling of chains from Miroku's staff.
Akako smiled. Everything was going to work out. She looked over at Kagome and went to help her. She put her hands on Kagome's head and suddenly Kagome looked up.
'What happened?' Kagome asked. Akako smiled at her as she told her to lay down and get some rest.
'You might need it later,' Akako implied as Kagome put her head down on Akako's lap.
***
A/N: yup, that's it. Don't worry, there's still a battle going on in the back round. I'll update soon, probably. I have plans for this story. . . oh yes, I have plans. Well, bye!
Chapter 20
Kirara, Shippo, Miroku, Sango and Akako raced down the hallways of Sesshomaru's palace, following the scent of Inuyasha, occasionally running into dead ends. Miroku tried to remember their path so they could escape when needed, but it was becoming a very difficult task. Left, left, right, up stairs, left, left, left, right, right, left. When the directions became too hard to follow in his mind, he started using his surroundings. Picture of a demon slaying (very graphically) an entire village, head of a dragon, huge door with screams emanating from it, sword on wall. . . Miroku finally gave up and decided that they would have to depend on luck to get out. But they would surely need a lot of it to get out of this place he thought as they went up stairs that seemed painted blood red. At least he hoped they were painted. . .
Sango was getting tired running through all these passages and fingered hiraikotsu, hoping she would still have strength to use it when the right time came. Then she remembered Kagome's kidnaping and she felt the strength build up in her. She was sure now that fighting wasn't going to be a problem. Plus, she had Miroku and Kirara's help. She took a glance back at Akako and wondered if she could help. They had both, in fact gone to a demon slaying camp together. . . Akako should have strength. She smiled and nodded to herself, sure that their group could take down Sesshomaru. They'd just have to work together, and Sango smiled as she knew that wasn't a problem.
Suddenly, they all heard a scream from Inuyasha. It was faint, but it sounded a lot like his 'Claws of blood' call. They quickened their pace, sensing that Inuyasha needed help. He had to be wounded in order to use that attack. . . they turned more corners and Miroku started paying attention to the turns again. They could at least get as far as the painting of burning children when they tried to escape. Right, right, left, left, left, right, left. . .
***
Inuyasha zoomed towards Sesshomaru as Kagome sat in a corner rocking back in forth. Sesshomaru had taken out his whip and had started trying to hit Inuyasha, but Inuyasha's skills seemed to have improved recently as he was dodging the attacks swiftly. However, he knew he couldn't keep this up for long. Without his sword and the Wind Scar, he was sure he couldn't beat Sesshomaru alone. He chastised himself for leaving Sango, Miroku, Shippo, Akako and Kirara behind, but then he caught sight of Kagome huddled in the corner and decided it was better. 'Who knows how much more he could of done to her if I hadn't gotten here by now. . .' he whispered to himself, dodging and the ducking under Sesshomaru's whip. As it soared again towards him, Inuyasha rolled on the floor and jumped back up. He started panting, growing tired. He definitely couldn't keep this up for long. He again risked a quick look at Kagome and he felt
his strength renewed. The bastard was going to pay. . . his thoughts of
revenge were interrupted by a sharp pain in his foot. Sesshomaru's whip
had skimmed it and had cut it. Blood started to seep out of the cut and
staining the marble floor underneath Inuyasha's feet. Inuyasha half
grinned as he bent over, dodging another attack by Sesshomaru and dug his
claws into the blood. He glared at Sesshomaru and as the whip came
towards him again, he grabbed it with on of his hands. The pain was
unimaginable and immense but he resisted screaming. He looked into
Sesshomaru's unbelieving eyes and then jumped towards him, screaming
'Claws of blood!', now with new blood to use against his brother.
***
Kagome couldn't tell where she was. Her vision was blurry and inside her head, an intense battle was raging. 'Sesshomaru. He is the answer to all of your problems. Inuyasha never treated you well. And he never REALLY said he loved you. Stand up and tell Sesshomaru how sexy he is. . . just look at him. . . he's so strong, and amazing. He can beat Inuyasha so easily. Inuyasha is a weakling. Forget about him.'
'NO! Inuyasha HAS been nice to me, more the Sesshomaru has. Sesshomaru has tried to KILL me! Many times! He may be good looking, but even Miroku-chan is better looking then he is! Well, maybe not that far, but I get my point! I'm me! And Inuyasha DOES love me! I'm sure of it! I think. . .'
'Look at Inuyasha. It's obvious he's going to lose this battle. He can't even fight against Sesshomaru, all he can do is dodge. And Sesshomaru isn't even sweating. But Inuyasha is panting. It's so obvious who's going to win.'
At that point Inuyasha cast a fleeting glance at her. She looked at him and her heart skipped a few beats, or so it seemed. For a second, the real part of her seemed to take over and she stopped rocking and smiled. However, Inuyasha was back to dodging the whip and the battle inside resumed. She rocked for a few more minutes until she heard Inuyasha screaming something. It was unclear, but when she looked up, Inuyasha was running towards Sesshomaru, the end of the whip in his hand, blood trickling down onto the floor. Kagome smiled again, hope rising again in the real part of her.
***
Sango, Miroku, Kirara, Shippo and Akako rushed around the corner to see Inuyasha swinging his arm towards Sesshomaru, Sesshomaru's whip held tight in his other hand. Sesshomaru was frowning, as he was at a slight disadvantage. Not wanting to let go of his whip, he couldn't fight back nor could he go very far as Inuyasha was not letting go of the other end. However, Sesshomaru wasn't worried. At the rate that Inuyasha was losing blood, he was sure he would pass out in a few minutes. Inuyasha, however, thought differently. As long as he could get close to Sesshomaru, then there was hope towards saving Kagome. He hadn't even realized that his other friends had just shown up. Neither, apparently, had Sesshomaru. They were both a little preoccupied.
'Come on! We have to help Inuyasha!' Sango encouraged as Miroku and Shippo fanned out. Sango jumped onto Kirara's back, leaving Akako in the door way of the hallway. Sango flung her Hiraikotsu and Sesshomaru dodged it just in time. Suddenly both of the fighting brothers were aware of the rest of the Inuyasha crews arrival. Sesshomaru growled and tug tightly on his whip, hoping it would come free. Inuyasha held tightly, but as Sesshomaru gave it a second tough tug, the amount of blood on it became too slippery for Inuyasha to hold onto. Sesshomaru grinned as he now had the upper hand. However, now that there were more annoying little disturbances, he decided it was time for more desperate measures.
The transformation began and within seconds a giant dog-like creature stood in the middle of the hallway. Inuyasha opened his Fire Rat Kimono and ripped off a piece of his undershirt. He quickly wrapped up his bleeding hand so as to stop becoming faint from loss of blood. He looked at Sango and Miroku, nodding. Instantaneously they all attacked from different positions and angles. However, Sesshomaru was too strong and knocked Sango off of Kirara with one of his hind legs while snapping at Miroku and nearly taking off his arm. Inuyasha, however, went to his stomach with his claws ready and he dug in. Unfortunately, Sesshomaru was too large and it did little.
'Use Tetsusaiga, Inuyasha!' Shippo cried out and Inuyasha rolled his eyes.
'I can't!' he yelled back, agitated, 'This jerk did something to it!'
'Maybe it's temporary!' Shippo suggested.
Figuring he had nothing better to do, Inuyasha pulled out his beloved sword. It immediately transformed back into it's more useful form. Inuyasha smiled and charged at Sesshomaru, blade swinging, aiming for another leg. As soon as he swung it, though, something like an invisible barrier threw Inuyasha to the ground. The giant dog form of Sesshomaru growled in content as Inuyasha struggled to get up. Jaken's voice filled the hallway in a cackling voice.
'Do you really think Master Sesshomaru would allow you to hurt him again with his father's sword?'
'What did you do you bastard?!?' Inuyasha screamed.
'That is not important. All you need to know is that you can not harm Master Sesshomaru using Tetsusaiga.'
Inuyasha, not wanting to give in, threw himself at Sesshomaru again. Sesshomaru didn't even move but seemed to be satisfied with the effect of Inuyasha being thrown across the room.
'What are we going to do now?' Sango asked. Shippo, hoping to help, and hoping that suprise might help him, suddenly tried using fox fire. Unfortunately, this didn't even phase Sesshomaru as he kicked his giant leg, making Shippo soar through the air towards the wall and knocking Shippo unconscious. Sango recovered and hopped back onto Kirara and sailed towards Sesshomaru, throwing Hiraikotsu, but as it was about to hit Sesshomaru, he turned around and caught it in his mouth, crushing it into 4 pieces. Sango, not phased, continued forward on Kirara, headed for Sesshomaru's stomach. Sesshomaru jumped out of the way and knocked the two to the ground with a swift butt of his head. Akako rushed over to Sango and helped her up, just as Inuyasha screamed out 'Claws of Blood!' again, rushing towards the side of Sesshomaru's head. This time it did damage as blood started to ooze out of wounds underneath Sesshomaru's right ear. Sesshomaru growled and lowered his head, trying to bite Inuyasha. As Inuyasha dodged it another swift blow came down onto Sesshomaru's head right underneath his eye. The jingling of chains from Miroku's staff.
Akako smiled. Everything was going to work out. She looked over at Kagome and went to help her. She put her hands on Kagome's head and suddenly Kagome looked up.
'What happened?' Kagome asked. Akako smiled at her as she told her to lay down and get some rest.
'You might need it later,' Akako implied as Kagome put her head down on Akako's lap.
***
A/N: yup, that's it. Don't worry, there's still a battle going on in the back round. I'll update soon, probably. I have plans for this story. . . oh yes, I have plans. Well, bye!
