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Fred the Mutant Pickle: Hmm...you cooking? (This is about your review to chapter 12)
-Fred's kitchen-
Fred the Mutant Pickle was innocently whistling a tune while adding various ingredients into his "soup".
'Let's see... some carrots, a few onions, a pinch of salt, a few teaspoons of gasoline, a bottle full of ectoplasm, a few rabid fangirls, a little cyanide... wait, cyanide?...meh.'
Suddenly, in a puff of smoke and a flash of lightning, the once red liquid inside the pot turned swiftly into green. A figure slowly rose from the pot...
"It's alive!!" Fred screamed. "Oh gods, what have I done?!"
The creature inside the pot turned out to be a man-eating imp. It hopped out of the cooking ware, gave Fred a manical grin (and showing a mouthful of shark-tooth like fangs while doing so) and jumped through the open window.
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Fred didn't really know what he unleashed, but whatever it was, it was bad. Very bad.
There would be no dawn for mankind...
O.o Yeah that was weird. Sorry about that. :D And down, you hyper pickle.
Shakujou: Thanks! And how's your fic coming along by the way?
Sangolancer200: Alright, this one's for you. :P
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Inuyasha barely dodged another Flame Strike made by Jigoku, the tunnel of fire missing his face by just two feet. 'Kuso,' he thought, ' if this keeps going on I'll be made into dog roast...' His companions weren't faring too well either.
Kagome quickly ducked and missed a decapitating strike by a hair's breadth, the diamond-sharp arm whistling over her head. Fortunately, the force of his own blow sent Shougan off balance, so Kagome took this time to attack.
"Mizu. Aisu. Senshu. Boruto. Chilling Bolt!" She sent a freezing shard of ice at her attacker...
Who simply sneered and liquefied himself, then solidified afterwards. "What's wrong, wench? Why the surprise? Did you think that we could only use the primary powers of our element?"
He stepped forward and cockily proclaimed, "We, the Four, can do everything you weaklings can do and much more! As we said, you cannot defeat us." He returned to his fighting position and said, "And here is proof. Steam Form!" In a flash of blue energy, Shougan turned himself into a large, rolling cloud of steam.
"Heh heh heh. Did you know, little girl, that steam burns flesh even better than boiling water?" He thought that he could easily scare Kagome away with his show of force. Unfortunately he couldn't have been more wrong.
"Yes, I learned that in physics class at school!" At that, she began chanting her own spell.
"Mizu. Aisu. Kumo. Retsu. Freezing Cloud!" A large cloud of freezing air billowed towards Shougan, who was currently pondering, 'Physics class? Never heard of that before... sounds like a class for bakas! Wa ha ha-' "What the?!"
This time, it was Kagome's turn to gloat. "Did you also know that when steam is cooled, it turns back into water?"
"Kuso, kisama..." His ice-like eyes bore into her. 'Heh, she'll never see this one coming...'
-Meanwhile, Inuyasha's having his hands (paws/claws?) full with Jigoku-
"Kisama! Eat this! River of Lightning!"
"Ugh!" Once again Inuyasha managed to save his doggy hide from being vaporized by lightning with his fast reflexes. 'Doesn't this guy ever get tired? He's been pummeling me like crazy for like an hour! Woah!' He dodged another flaming fist that threatened to give him a little more than a black eye.
"Oi, ugly! Is that it- hey, where'd he go?" Trusting his instincts, Inuyasha whipped around in time to see a foot racing towards his chest.
'Kuso!' he thought again. 'Too fast-' He failed to dodge a punch thrown at his face.
#Thoof!# Everyone heard the sound of flesh meeting flesh as Jigoku's fist met with Inuyasha's face. The hanyou flew into the flame barrier, got bounced off, and then landed heavily onto the ground.
"Inuyasha!!" screamed Kagome in worry. She herself, however, got blasted by a powerful jet of water.
"Heh heh heh, your fight is with me, wench. You humans are too easily distracted.
-Meanwhile, Miroku and Sango are having their own problems-
"Hee hee hee! Die monk! Die die die die die die!!" shrieked the deranged demon Tatsumaki.
'What's with this guy?' thought Miroku as he attempted to fly away from the wind demon's death zone. 'He's completely insane!'
"Wheeeeeee! Time to bleed monk!" He threw out another multitude of blades that Miroku just barely managed to block.
'Grr, he's too unpredictable! I can't tell where his next attacks are!' He suddenly came up with an idea. "Not going where I want you to, huh, Tatsumaki? Try this on for size! Kaze. Atemi. Soujuu. Boufuu. Manipulating Wind!" He sent a gust of wind that enveloped Tatsumaki in his tracks and held him there.
"Ha! Think that's going to stop me, the great Tatsumaki the Gale? You make me laugh! Literally! Wa ha ha ha ha!" And with that, he blew out an incredible gale that utterly denied Miroku's spell from doing anything.
"Nani?!" shouted Miroku. Tatsumaki decided to take advantage of this situation by charging and giving Miroku a horrendous gash that ran from his shoulder to his hips on his back.
"Gah!" he gasped. Tatsumaki then grabbed Miroku, wrapped him in a hug (A/N: No, not that way...get your minds out of the gutters...) and sped down towards the ground in an attempt to throw Miroku into the hard rock. (#1) Fortunately, Sango was vigilant enough to notice this despite the fact that she wad being held by the throat and was starting to choke.
'I've got to save him,' she desperately thought. She stretched her hand out and created a large pillar of mud to cushion Miroku as he fell.
#SPLAT!# The entire arena was covered in mud as the two combatants slammed into the mound at high velocities. Ignoring the mud on her face, Sango cast a worried look to where the pile of mud once was, but her attention soon turned to an emotionless earth demon who stared her down.
"That was not wise human." He threw her roughly down to the ground and began pummeling Sango with his fists. #Bam# #Bam# #Bam# The stone fists repeatedly slammed into Sango's vulnerable stomach, while all Sango could do was feebly ward off the blows with her arm.
"Sango!! Yamero you b######!" A wind blade flew out of nowhere and severed both of Jishin's arms off at the elbow. The demon simply looked up and retreated.
"Sango, daijoubu?" said Miroku worriedly.
'Huh? Who is that..' "H-houshi-sama?" After a moment or two she bolted up. "Are you alright? H-how are you not injured?"
"I managed to turn myself so that Tatsumaki ended up being underneath me. What about yourself?"
"Me? I'm fine-argh!" She tried her best to stave off the numbing pain in her stomach, but failed. Crawling on all fours, she began coughing blood.
"Sango!"
"#cough# it's alright, I'll live. What about the rest of them? How are they holding up?"
"Badly. Inuyasha can't catch up with Jigoku's speed, and Kagome-sama is having trouble against Shougan. She's just not used to fighting hand-to- hand." Sango only replied with a nod.
"It looks like Jishin and Tatsumaki are out for now, let's go help-"
"Sango, look out!" She whirled around and was greeted by a spinning disc that came right for her neck.
"Eek!" she yelped. Fortunately, she managed to duck in time due to a certain monk who tackled her.
"A-arigatou houshi-sama."
"Hai, it's nothing. Looks like our 'friends' here weren't so incapitated after all."
Sango finally managed to get a good look at the two attackers. The first, Tatsumaki, looked somewhat dazed but seemed fine otherwise. The second, Jishin, got his arms back.
"Nani?!" Sango said, horrified. "Your arms were cut off! How are they back to normal?"
The stolid demon simply replied, "Earth regenerates the flesh." Afterwards, he summoned a large rock and hurled it at Miroku and Sango. 'Oh crap,' she thought. 'Good thing Hiraikotsu still has the diamond edge.'
"Hiraikotsu!" The tumbling rock split in half and barely missed the couple.
"Whew! Nice shot," muttered the monk.
As the two warriors rejoined battle, Miroku began to think about a few things.
'Jigoku seems to fight out of pure rage: his anger is what fuels his speed, agility, and strength. Even Inuyasha cannot over come his ferocious attacks.
'Shougan attacks with superior technique: Kagome-sama can't hope to defeat him unless she can force him to fight under the sway of emotions.
'Tatsumaki attacks with the desire for destruction. He puts his speed to devastating use and his insanity makes him too unpredictable for me to fight successfully.
'Jishin fights with heavy, single blows rather than a furious assault. His ability to regenerate his flesh does not bode well for us...'
-Back to Kagome-
By now Kagome was sporting a few gashes here and there, plus a broken foot. She limped painfully as she tried her best to dodge Shougan's next attack.
"Heh, do you like my Waterflow Technique human? (#2) " he mocked. "Your weak human senses cannot see through my technique. For that, you will surely die." He held out his summoned blade horizontally straight outward, then moved to the side and faded from view. He reappeared momentarily later behind Kagome, which caused her to whip around and fire an arrow (which of course, missed completely). He moved to the side and disappeared again, this time coming from the left.
"Die, ningen wretch."
Inuyasha managed to notice this in time. "Kagome!!" But a huge jet of fire stopped him in his tracks.
'Kami no! she'll get skewered!'
"Aieeee!"
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Splash? Where did that come from?
Kagome looked down in surprise and saw that Shougan's arm was plunged through her stomach, and the impact of his blow left her skin and clothes rippling like the surface of a puddle.
"Nani..." muttered Shougan. He decided to take a quick retreat.
"Hmm... perhaps you CAN put up a little bit of a fight." He grinned sadistically. "Oh, this will fun..."
-Now to Inuyasha-
Inuyasha let out a breath of relief when it turned out that Kagome was safe.
Now back to reality...
Due to his lack of attention on his opponent, Inuyasha failed to see the fist that came at his stomach.
"OOF!" he grunted. Before he could recover, Jigoku held Inuyasha's hair in his hands and forced him to stand keeled over.
"Weakling hanyou. You should know your place." #smack# another punch to the gut. "A half-breed like you will never rise up to wield the great might of a full demon." #smack# yet another punch. "You think that sword will get you to that spot, don't you?" #smack# #smack# "Fool! I will teach you to not be so insolent!" #smack# #smack# #smack# After the multiple gut punches, Jigoku picked up the dazed Inuyasha and slammed him hard into the ground.
"Now die, scum." He raised his arm to deliver the final blow, but pause momentarily when he heard a low growl. "Hmm, what was that now?"
Inuyasha's breath came out in sharp, ragged huffs. "Do you...think that...I actually care?"
This made him mad.
"Y-you don't care?" he breathed.
This time Inuyasha looked utterly confused. "Yeah, what's it to you?"
This ended him up kissing the dirt again. "Have you lost all pride as a demon, fool?! You bring shame upon our race just by traveling with these...pests! That girl is your weakness, you baka! And because of that, you will never defeat me!" He tried to punch Inuyasha again, but this time Inuyasha grabbed hold of Jigoku's fist and swung him into the ground.
Inuyasha slowly stood up, whether he was trembling with rage or pain no one could tell. "Kagome and my friends are NOT my weakness, idiot. They are my source of power- so don't even THINK about calling them my weakness. GOT IT?!" He screamed out the last part.
Jigoku simply chuckled as he lay sprawled on the cold earth. "Heh heh heh...yes boy... let your anger consume you. Fight me when you're angry! It's a lot more fun that way."
So the duels of death continued...
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I made this one extra long for the action scenes. Hope you liked it!
Notes: #1 If you have seen Matrix Revolutions, then think about the scene when Smith grabs Neo and flies down towards earth with Neo.
#2 I got this move from Rurouni Kenshin (Aoshi's Kiten Kenbu attack)