Disclaimers: I do NOT own Inuyasha or any of its characters.
Hello folks! Now for a continuation of the previous battle at hand…
But before we do, here's a response to the reviewers:
Fred the Mutant Pickle: You know, funny you should say that… I actually DID get my inspiration for the battle from the Battle of Pelennor Fields. O.o And I can't wait to see the next chapter for your fic Fate!
Shakujou: Thanks! And good luck with your sequel!
k-chan9: Hmm…maybe Kat should try out for the cheerleading team… heh…
Hayai-hakai: Updating!
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When Inuyasha and the gang fought the Four, they thought that the elemental youkais were as tough as they got. That little belief ended after the first five seconds of conflict between them and the demon/monk of Light, Nisshou.
He possessed speed: they could hardly catch up to his blinding agility and his lightning fast attacks.
He possessed technique: every time he seemed to be struck down he would land flawlessly on his feet. When they tried to defend against him, he would quickly find a weak spot in their defense and pummel them for their mistake.
He possessed perception: whenever a strategy was used against him, he would quickly see right through it and develop a counter-strategy.
And above all, he possessed a VERY annoying mouth. Everytime he struck one of them down he would taunt his opposition with something along the lines of, "Foolish demon! You could never defeat me!" or "Filthy beast! The light will not bow to the likes of you!" or something cheesy like that. This easily got on Inuyasha's nerves, and soon the battle became not of weapons, but of words (which will not be expounded upon due to the use of colorful language on Inuyasha's part).
Fortunately, this lull in the fighting gave Miroku and Sango an opportunity to heal the missing hand (although the pair were fairly disgusted when a fresh new hand popped out of the stump abruptly). Sprinting back into the returning action, they readied themselves for combat.
Chuckling darkly to himself, Shougan began musing while the gang put up a desperate fight against Nisshou.
'Pathetic fools! They can't hope to defeat Nisshou! Not at this rate anyway. And even if they manage to win by a lucky fluke, they still have us to fight, then afterwards, the rest of our army. Those fools are doomed. Ha ha ha!'
"Ha! You don't have a chance Inuyasha! Just give up now and we'll make sure you'll get a swift death."
"Shut up!"
"You thought a hanyou like you could defeat us? The first victory was merely a fluke-"
"I said SHUT UP!!" Finally loosing his temper, Inuyasha sent a wall of fire straight at Shougan, who dodged it by a hair's breadth.
'Whew, better not try anything like that again...' he thought. He landed softly and continued to watch the struggle.
By now, Nisshou was finally beginning to show some fatigue; however, considering that everyone else was completely exhausted, it wasn't too much of a progress. So in an act of desperation, Inuyasha tried one last idea.
"Immolate!"
Instantaneously, Inuyasha burst into white hot flames that began to turn the very ground beneath him red with heat. Grinning at the surprised look on Nisshou's face, he charged forward and began attacking with his claws.
'If I can keep him close enough, I might be able to burn him up like one of Sango's meat dishes!' he thought.
And somewhere behind him, Sango abruptly sneezed. 'Did someone just insult me?' she pondered.
-Wherever Naraku is-
The dark shadow that was Naraku slid like a wraith among the rocks, keeping in mind to not be detected. He watched the insuing battle below with a hawk's eye, noting every move that everyone made.
'Heh heh heh... so the rest of the five Elemental Youkai are here. Perfect.'
He lied in wait, chuckling darkly to himself.
-Back to the Battle-
Sango was utterly spent. Despite the fact that all she really did was block and retreat (and pray desperately that Miroku, Kagome or Inuyasha would manage to sneak a blow in), she felt like she was going to collapse sometime soon. She felt her concentration slipping and was awarded by a harsh, flesh-tearing blow to the shoulder.
"Sango!" Miroku dashed towards Nishou and tried to fend him off from Sango.
"Inuyasha!" he cried. "Get Sango out of there!"
"I'm on it!"
He ran over to Sango, picked her up bridal style (which normally would have made her protest), and hopped over to a save haven, putting her to rest against a rock.
"Oi, daijoubu?"
"H-hai, arigato."
They stopped to catch their breath for a few seconds as Miroku fought bravely against Nisshou and Kagome fretfully tried to decide whether to shoot arrows or cast a spell.
"We need to think up of a plan."
"Keh. That's what we've been trying to do."
"Hai, but we need something unorthodox..."
Perplexed, he asked, "Like what?"
"We need to implement everyone in this... I got it!" She sprang up from the ground at a speed that shocked even Inuyasha. She whispered into his ear the ingenious plan she just came up with.
After a few seconds of thought digestion, he brightened up, gave Sango a grin and said, "Heh, I like the way you think! Go tell Kagome, I'll try to relieve Miroku."
And so the plan was set forth.
-Naraku's hiding spot-
'Yes...' he thought. 'They're almost there...'
-Back to the Battle-
As soon as Miroku caught a breather, the plan was set in motion. The first part was...
"Inuyasha! Jump!"
He hopped high into the air, smirking at the grounded monk below him. "Go!" he shouted.
Kagome concentrated her energy into one little ball and ejected it from her hand like a bullet. The little marble of ice sped towards Nisshou's feet and exploded, spreading like a ripple in a pond and adding a frozen layer of ice on the ground.
Knowing that he didn't have a chance of the ground due to the lack of traction, Nisshou did what he thought was the best choice: jump.
Too bad that choice was also a predictable one.
Miroku concentrated on the air particles surrounding the airborne monk and forced them to dance around Nissou, suspending him up in the air.
"Sango! Your turn!"
"Alright! Daichi. Hana. Kongou. Diamond Edge!" Adding a deadly, cut-through-anything diamond edge to Hiraikotsu, she aimed carefully and threw it with all her might.
The boomerang spun towards its target, which at the moment was occupied in the act of getting- the-heck-out-before-it-got-sliced.
20 meters to impact...
10 meters...
5...
3...
2...
1...
#Shlick# The sound of flesh being sliced gnashed through the air as Hiraikotsu happily cut through Nisshou's torso, leaving the misguided Justicar in two neat parts.
"Woo hoo! You did it Sango-chan- eww, somebody needs to clean that up..." said Kagome, beginning to show signs of going green.
The Four could only watch in shocked silence the powerful Nisshou lay sliced in half at their feet.
"T-they beat N-Nisshou..."
"Sugoi..."
"Not possible!"
Silence rended the air, the entire battlefield going silent (including Miroshin, Mirosuke, and the rest of the demons).
One of the Five...was actually dead.
After a few more moments of silence, the first to move was Jigoku.
"Kisama... you worthless ningens... VENGEANCE!" The last part was screamed out, fiery spittle flying about. "WE WILL NOT BE INSULTED BY THIS! KILL THEEEEEM!!!" Rage contorting their faces (all except Jishin of course), they charged blindly.
'Kuso, they're mad, and we're not up for another bout,' thought Miroku. The scroll he had read earlier came to mind.
'The Wrath, the Fury, the Tears, the Breath, the Eye, the Shadow, and the Creation of the gods will bring ultimate destruction to this desolate world...'
'Yes... that's the only way... but how to conjure it?'
The sight of three extremely angry demons and one stolid one spurred him on to think faster.
'Come on, come on...'
If he didn't act fast, they would all be killed.
'Kuso, Miroku! Hurry up damn it!'
In an act of complete desperation, he stretched out his hand...
And everything went haywire from there.
The first thing that seemed to happen was that Miroku shouted, "Jutsu no Kami! Heaven's Breath!"
Afterwards, a strong wind blew down towards the charging demons, which hardly slowed them down. What happened next did.
A flurry of gigantic blades rained down upon them like a locust swarm. Earth and rocks flew everywhere as hundreds and hundreds of blades rained mercilessly on the hapless demons. The screams of both the demons and the humans were drowned out by the roaring of the wind. Then, as quickly as it had started, it was over.
What was left wasn't very pretty.
The ragged forms of the once proud Four lay on the ground, cuts and gashes mutilating the bodies almost beyond recognition. At the sight of the violence, Kagome turned even greener.
"Eww...I think I'm going to puke..."
Even Inuyasha was fazed by the sight of the gore.
Miroku's sigh of relief and exhaustion broke everyone out of their trance. "Minna-san, let's head back." He turned to watch the rest of the demon army flee.
Then something peculiar caught his eye...
He stared at the suspicious shadow that was beneath the corpses of the Five. The blob seemed to become darker and more solid...
"What the..."
Without warning, the dark shadow sprang forth from the ground and consumed the five corpses. After taking a few moments to "digest" the meal, turned towards Inuyasha and spoke in a maddeningly familiar voice, "Oh, Inuyasha. How nice to see you here..."
After taking a minutes to remember who's voice that was, he answered, "Naraku?"
His reply was, "Heh heh heh, how kind of you to remember me after all this time here."
By now, the changes in the once shadow-like body became obvious. The shadow grew into a spherical shape with a vaguely humanoid upper torso and arms inside and energy crackling all around. An eerie light lit up from inside the core and gave the being a slightly glowing look.
Inuyasha didn't even have to think. "Die you b######!" He swung Tessaiga with all his might at Naraku, but was deflected like a fly off of a shoulder.
"Is that all you can muster, Inuyasha? Heh heh heh."
He raised his ethereal-like arms into the sky and proclaimed, "I am the Light. I am the Darkness. I am the Inferno, the Torrent, the Gale, the Roots of the Mountains. I am Life, I am Death.
"I am Invincible."
He threw his head back and laughed, a sound that seemed to multiply itself over a hundredfold as the laughter continued. After a few minutes, the cacophony stopped.
"I'll leave you to your own devices for now, Inuyasha. It's not much fun trying to kill an opponent who's that badly injured now, is it?"
"Kisama... what did you do?"
"Oh, nothing too complicated, Sango my dear. I just absorbed those five demons into me that's all. And before I forget to tell you, I can now control the seven elements of this world. There is absolutely no way you can defeat me now." He arrogantly turned around and glided away.
"Nani?! Get back here you-"
"Inuyasha, calm down," spoke Miroku. "We really do need to rest. Sango's got a nasty cut and my hand still needs to recouperate."
"Alright then. Let's head back."
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Naraku is ultra-uber now! What will the Inu gang do? #Cue dramatic music#