Author's Note: Whoa! I'm surprised with all this stuff that I come up with, ya know? I'm just on my computer, thinking alone, and then BAM! It all comes to me, I don't know how, I don't know why, but I'm glad it does! Please read and review! Enjoy!
Lady kjerston of the western: Eh, I think you'll be kinda disappointed in this chapter, it's kinda gonna be backwards…. Um, but don't worry, things are bound to go right again!… right? Ack! What will happen? Ha, I can't tell you. And the pickles welcome your arrival! Thanks for your review!
Inuyasha-luver235: Thank you so much! And you forget half of all you thought of at night? Weird! And yet, it's kinda cool! lol, I don't know. And yeah, the Miroku and Sango story will be up soon, maybe as soon as in a day or two. Once I figure out the whole plot and how I'm gonna write it all out, I'll get more chapters done. I already have the first chapter finished, but I won't post it until I have a better understanding of where the story is going. Kikyo can be bitchy sometimes can't she? Yeah, but sometimes she can be nice. Like on the episode when she and Kagome were in a cave together alone and trying to escape, she wasn't bitchy at all! A side of her no one has seen before, lol! It will remain a secret to know when Sango will have her kid. Ya have to keep on reading like everyone else, lol sorry. Thanks for your review!
Akida411searcher: Um… I could've sworn it has been explained little by little throughout the story. Like in chapter seven, "Finally, I will soon accomplish what Naraku could not. And in another chapter, I can't think of it right now, he had said something like, "I'll be stronger and more powerful than Naraku ever was." Hehe, I thought I had gave you all an idea about Taisuke's personality well enough to show that he had only wanted to prove he could be stronger than his older brother. He wants to fight Inuyasha because he knows Naraku was beaten by him, and now Taisuke wants to beat Inuyasha because he wanted to achieve what Naraku could not, and that's destroying Inuyasha!… So, there, get it? lol, I hope so. And I'd be more than happy to read your fic! Thanks for your review!
sweet-girl8270: Thank you very much for your compliments! And I honestly have no idea where I come up with these ideas; I just make up random crap as I type. Kinda weird huh? But it's not like that when I try to get a story started, I usually think for days and days of a new fic. I'm actually working on another one right now. It's a Sango and Miroku story, I already have the first chapter ready, but I won't post it until I type a couple more chapters and figure out how I'll play the whole story out. But don't worry, my new story can be out and posted as early as in a day or two! So be sure to keep an eye out for that please! Thanks for your review!
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Chapter Twenty-two: The Deceptive Moon Won't Guide You Tonight
Inuyasha grunted and tried to breathe consistently, "Fine with me." He said almost too quietly for anyone to hear.
They both waited for the right moment.
As the wind blew a light breeze around them, they gripped their weapons tighter unnoticeably. Then, once it stopped, Taisuke was the one to strike first.
He appeared in front of Inuyasha so quickly that the poor hanyou didn't see it coming as soon as he had wanted. However, Inuyasha was fast enough to bring his sword up and block the oncoming attack. Right now, Taisuke was above Inuyasha in the air, pushing his sword down on Inuyasha's, hoping to pierce through and stab him.
Inuyasha kept his firm hold on Tetsusaiga and pushed up with all his strength, backing Taisuke away from him slightly. And with one final shove that made his muscles ache, he thrust his sword up and completely pushed Taisuke's sword away from him, giving himself the chance to attack.
Inuyasha took the split second he had to swing Tetsusaiga back down and do some damage to Taisuke.
Tasike staggered back, too quickly recovered from the attack and brought his hand before him. Icicles left his hand and flew through the air so fast it that a tense whistle could be heard.
Inuyasha gasped loudly, not expecting Taisuke to have this kind of power… Wait.
"W-What's happening to me?… My power, it's being absorbed by something else…" She coughed and held a hand over her mouth.
Her eyes suddenly widened, "It… can't be…" She narrowed her eyes slowly and growled louder by the second, "Taisuke you fucking traitor!" She hollered at the top of her lungs the best she could…
Of course, since Taisuke absorbed her powers, then he gained all of her fighting abilities and sorceress techniques… Damn, what a sadistic bastard…
Taisuke still seemed as unfazed as he ever was, "So you've figured it out have you." He said in a low voice and Inuyasha barely caught it. He effortlessly brought his sword back into position and tried to strike another time. However now, he didn't aim for Inuyasha, but to the ground instead.
When his large sword made contact with the ground, a massive rock wave hurdled in Inuyasha's direction. The hanyou grit his teeth and raised Tetsusaiga, "Windscar!"
The energy and rocks clashed.
A few long minutes passed and once all the smoke had cleared, Inuyashsa was practically itching to sense Taisuke's ki and if he was still alive or not.
Unexpectedly, Taisuke had appeared just to the right of Inuyasha and he punched him in the face.
Inuyasha flew back… dropping his sword like an idiot.
Kagome and Miroku were on their way to the destination when they heard a deafening explosion type noise coming from just ahead and they both knew what was going on immediately.
Kagome gasped and held both hands over her mouth, "Inuyasha!" She said in panic and ran faster to get to him. Miroku ran faster also to catch up to her, "Wait Kagome! Don't do anything drastic! Letting anything else happen to you is the last thing Inuyasha could ever want." He reasoned with her and just when he said that, they had all arrived.
Kagome dropped to her knees and held onto the edge of the cliff they were on, looking around frantically for Inuyasha. She spotted him and was about to call his name but saw that another man appeared by him and punched him in the face.
"No!" Kagome cried and widened her eyes when she saw that he had dropped his sword.
Inuyasha sat up and coughed loudly, 'Damn, we've just begun to fight and I'm already losing.'
Taisuke only looked at him and shook his head very evidently, "This cannot be. You can't be the one to have destroyed my elder brother." He said with a somewhat disgusted expression on his features.
Inuyasha paid close attention to what he was saying now, "What the hell do you mean by, your broth—" Inuyahsa's heart appeared to stop. He widened his eyes a little bit more and gazed back at Taisuke with disturbing eyes that now understood most of everything that was happening and why.
"Y-You're" He swallowed and took a deep breath, "You're Naraku's, brother?" He asked in a whisper. It was the only person he could think of. I mean, no one had this kind of power and not have this hanyou know about it.
Taisuke raised an eyebrow, "Ah, you've got it. The mystery is unveiling itself in front of your eyes. Isn't it a wondrous feeling?" He said casually and looked toward the sky where you could see only a slit of bright light that was the sun.
"And I know something about you as well, hanyou."
Inuyasha tensed up entirely and also looked at the light that was about to fade. However, in this time he dreaded, he didn't want to seem intimidated by him, but knew he was doing a horrible job at doing so, "Oh yeah? What would that be?"
Taisuke looked back at him and smirked, "By the time the bright star that is our sun sets, and when the moon is imperceptible… you are mortal."
Taikan fell to his knees, hearing everything, "No, he knows our secret!"
Miroku and Kagome looked at him and only saw a human mortal child of dark hair and violet eyes. Sanae cried, "Mommy! What are we going to do?" The dark haired girl ran into her mother's arms and wept.
Kagome shivered from the most fright she had ever felt. 'Damn it, no. I won't let anything happen to them, never.' Kagome squeezed her daughter tight and let her own tears fall.
Miroku breathed heavily and put a hand on his forehead, "What are we going to do now?"
Taisuke started laughing when he saw Inuyasha transform into a human.
It was the first time Inuyasha had seen this guy actually show some emotion and so was socked by this as well as many other things. Like being turned human now, dropping his sword to who knows where, aware that Kagome and his now human children were in grave danger, and that the blue orb was still missing.
Damn, how can someone's life become so screwed in only about half an hour?
Inuyahsa slowly looked down at his human hands that he had seen so many times in his life, he didn't know why he was looking at them now. 'This can't be, no, not now, anytime but now…' He shut his eyes and really felt like he wanted to cry. But he didn't, he didn't even have the time to do it anyway.
"Hm, might as well finish you off right here and now. Then I'll get your friends up there." He said without even taking a glimpse at them at all throught the entire time they had been fighting. He knew they were there all along. He shrugged a shoulder, "That mate of yours can come in handy." Inuyasha right away snapped his eyes open and almost coughed, "You stay away from her." He growled.
Taisuke ignored him, "She has special powers, does she not?" He asked and did in fact take a small glance at her.
Kagome was still on her knees and crying, holding a small girl in her arms.
Inuyasha widened his amber eyes when he saw the look of sudden hint of seductiveness in Taisuke's eyes. He was looking at Kagome quite fondly, yet with questioning look, as if he didn't know why he had found her so intriguing in the first place. Inuyasha looked back at him, to Kagome, then back at him.
Now understanding what was going on, Inuyasha had the most furious look on his face as he walked toward Taisuke, all his fears seemingly to have left, "I said you fucking stay away from her!" He shouted at the top of his lungs and punched Taisuke in the face like he had done him only a couple of minutes ago.
His fist was still making contact with Taisuke's cheek. The demon lord had only turned his head in the direction his head was being punched. His eyes were still open and he still had on that same devious smirk Inuyasha wanted so badly to shred apart.
Taisuke slowly took a hold of Inuyasha's fist and threw him over his head.
Inuyasha landed roughly about twenty feet from Taisuke and was coughing, trying to catch the breath that was knocked out of him.
Kagome heard this and looked around to see that Inuyasha was hit again and lying on the ground.
Before she could even stand up to make a move to go to him, Miroku brought out three sutras and aimed them at Taisuke, 'I can maybe paralyze him for the time being, but if he's as strong as I think he is, he won't even feel these take affect… If they even do take affect that is.' He thought with oncoming misery.
Miroku threw them toward Taisuke and watched them stick to his back.
They were beginning to electrify, but they were soon burnt and just slowly tore off him, flowing to the ground in ashes.
Miroku wiped his forehead of sweat, "That can't be…"
Asoka had the same look of dread on his face, "It' didn't work?" It was the first time he had ever seen his father's powers fail on any opponent ever. He wasn't use to this, was it his turn to take a shot at Taisuke? He held back though, still not sure.
Taikan clenched his clawless fists, "No, what do we do now?" He muttered and looked down at his mother and sister, 'I've got protect them, for Father, I will.' He stopped and looked back down at Inuyasha who was beginning to stand up, now realizing how weak he was though, the young boy had second thoughts coming to mind, 'But… how can I do that when I am a human?' he asked himself in wonderment and desperation.
Kagome's voice caught his attention, "Here, take care of her." Kagome gave Sanae to Taikan, and he gladly accepted her in his arms. "Mother, what are you doing?" He asked and furrowed his eyebrows in worry when he saw her get her weapons together, "I'm going to help him."
Before Miroku could get a word in, Taikan immediately jolted up, "But Mom, you can't fight on your own! We can help you"
"No, I'm going alone, you two must promise me to stay here." Kagome said as she looked toward Miroku to see if he was prepared to go down and help Inuyasha fight. She looked back down at her children when the monk gave her a hesitant nod, and she waited her answer from Taikan now.
Asoka wanted to help somehow, but just stayed out of the conversation. He knew he wouldn't be able to help his friend at this moment.
Taikan had mixed feelings, how could he protect his mother when she would just enter a battlefield like this? He can't be here and still protect his sister while wanting to assist his mother as well.
"All right. I'll stay." He whispered and Kagome smiled. She leaned down at him and Sanae, "I love you both so much." She hugged them with all her strength that she felt was leaving her so quickly. She didn't want to leave them, but she had to help save Inuyasha. 'How did it all come to this? Could this all have been avoided somehow?'
There was no more time to think about that, she had decided.
Kagome stood up next to Miroku. He looked at the kids over his shoulder, "Hide in that cave over there, we'll be back soon." He said in a convincing voice, as if he was telling the truth. The children unwillingly agreed and did as they were told of them.
Once the kids were out of sight, Miroku and Kagome climbed down the cliff much easier than they had thought.
When they had made it to the bottom, they were met with Taisuke's curious dark eyes staring back at them.