Full-Demon Inuyasha and the Man Once Known as Battousi Duke it Out!

"What the hell is this?" The bandit took two large steps back and stared on at the person now in front of him.

"Kagome! You never said anything about this!" Kazuki also took to large steps back. "Does he have freakin' rabies?"

"Sit boy! No!" Kagome's incantation seemed to be not working. The demon advanced forward towards her and the thief. The thief shouted and pushed Kagome to the ground. He tried to make a run for it but the demon jumped in front of him. He screamed then became silent when Inuyasha dug his claws into his throat causing instant death. "Inuyasha stop it!"

"Kenshin! Now we have to do something!" Sanosuke ran in front of Kagome so if Inuyasha were to try and attack he would go for him first. "Get out of here! All of you!" Kagome ignored Sanosuke and tears formed in her eyes. She continued to say sit boy but it was useless. Inuyasha charged at Sanosuke and got a fist in the stomach. He clutched his stomach and howled. The pain only lasted for a few seconds then he was up on his feet again. He slashed at Sanosuke's arm causing severe wounds. Sanosuke let out a devastating scream and fell to the ground. "Kagome…" He was barely able to talk. "Get out of here and take your friend…go back to the restaurant and tell our friends not to come near…" Kagome didn't want to leave but she knew she would probably only get in the way. She ran grabbing onto Kazuki and they headed back to the restaurant.

When they were away from the battle Kazuki stopped running. "You go on ahead, I'm going back!"

Kagome stopped and panted. "No way! Come on let's go!" She grabbed for his arm but he had already started running back to the fight. Kagome started running back to the restaurant. She decided she needed to tell the men's friends not to come first. Then she would come back and if she had to… "No Kagome, you are not doing that! Inuyasha will pull through, don't worry!"

Kazuki ran back to the fight. There were dead bodies everywhere, all of them bandits. "Wait, where's what's his name, Sanosuke!" He looked around and saw Sanosuke by Kenshin. "Good…Inuyasha left him alone, but why is Inuyasha doing this…" Inuyasha finished with the last bandit and brought his attention to Kenshin and Sanosuke. He let out a laugh and made his way over the dead bodies towards them. Kenshin stood up from Sanosuke's side and withdrew his sword. "A reverse blade!" Kazuki was surprised that the man once the Battousi would own a reverse blade sword. Kenshin flipped the blade of the sword. "Not anymore…wait! Kenshin! Don't kill him! Something's wrong with him!"

"I can't let you hurt anymore people. It is obvious these lives mean nothing to you and because of that I must go against my vows and stop you." Kazuki realized that Kenshin either couldn't hear him or he was deciding to ignore him. Kenshin wielded his sword at the demon and missed him. The pattern went on and on getting nowhere.

Kazuki ran over the Sanosuke to see how bad his wound was. "Crap, it's pretty bad." He saw Kagome's backpack right next to him. "Wow, that's convenient." He searched through it finding a first-aid kit. He found some bandages and a squirt bottle with rubbing alcohol. "This is gonna hurt." He squirted the alcohol on Sanosuke's arm. Sanosuke screamed at the sudden pain. "Yeesh! You get clawed by a demon and you still scream because of this?" He forced a chuckle and started cleaning the wound.

"Kenshin?" Sanosuke looked at Kazuki half conscious.

"No…Kazuki." Kazuki caught Sanosuke when he fell into his arms unconscious. Kazuki stared back at the battle. The same thing was going over and over still. "Kenshin can't win…"

Inuyasha was tired of playing defense. He grabbed Kenshin's shoulders and head butted him. Kenshin staggered back nearly falling over. When he looked up he no longer had violet eyes. They were now yellow. "Die!" Kenshin charged at Inuyasha managing to cut his side.

"Now what's going on!" Kazuki stared on and realized Kenshin was no longer Kenshin. "This is way too fudged up."

Kenshin slashed Inuyasha across the face. Inuyasha howled and clutched his face. He scowled at Kenshin and began chasing him. Kenshin ran off and they both were out of sight. Sanosuke stood up in a cold sweat. He became light-headed and fell back. Kazuki was barely quick enough and caught him. "Kenshin…where is he?" Sanosuke looked at Kazuki.

"I don't know, he ran off with Inuyasha. It was weird though. His eyes were yellow!"

Sanosuke got up and he leaned against a wall. A shocked look was on his face. "He's the Battousi again. But he said he couldn't do that anymore!"

"I'll pretend I understand that. Anyways it was right after he was badly knocked in the head."

"That must be it! Come on kid let's go! You have to help me find them." Sanosuke tried running after him however he had a deep wound on his leg that he must have received while Kazuki was absent.

"I'll go, when Kagome comes back because she's a stubborn bitch tell her not to follow!" Kazuki grabbed Kagome's bag and sprinted off at full speed before Sanosuke could protest.

The Battousi couldn't evade the demon. Whenever he thought he had lost him the demon was back on his trail. He slid to a stop then dashed back at Inuyasha. He slashed him in across his front side. Inuyasha ignored the wounds becoming less and less likely to become his old self. He grabbed Kenshin and jumped as high as he could. Next he threw Kenshin towards the ground he followed pursuit and punched him into the stomach. A huge crater formed from the impact of the two fighters. They continued to fight on…

Kazuki followed a blood trail of footprints caused by one of the warriors---or both. "They're gonna kill each other. Why?" Soon the bloody footprints became a trail. "Oh god! That can't be good!" He lifted his head and noticed that everything was passing by him faster and faster. "Holy crap, am I running that fast?" He discarded the thought and continued to run. He decreased his speed when he could hear fighting nearby. He turned the next corner and he saw big puddles of blood glistening in the moonlight. The two fighters were still battling covered in sweat and blood. They were panting and barely clinging to life but they still continued to fight. "They're gonna end up dead! You buffoons! Stop it right now!" To the Battousi and Inuyasha they were in their own little world fighting to the finish. Nothing mattered more to them then killing the other. Kazuki searched through Kagome's bag to see if there was anything in there that would help. The first thing he pulled out was the little jar of Jewel Shards. He remembered what Kagome had just told him yesterday.

The jewel shards have the ability to increase the strength of demons and humans. This is why they are so desirable and wanted by humans and demons.

"Maybe if I…" Kazuki put the bottle back remembering his own shard. He took off his necklace, pierced his back with the piece, and slowly inserted it. He could feel a new power rage over his body. He didn't bother thinking twice before he jumped into the battle being hit by both Inuyasha's claws and Kenshin's sword. Inuyasha got him in his lower back and Kenshin cut across his chest. He was bleeding terribly but surprisingly he felt no pain. He grabbed both Inuyasha and Kenshin by the heads. He rammed their heads together making them go unconscious. He picked them up and dropped them. He clutched his back.

Sometimes the Jewels are tainted and need to be purified.

"The jewel was tainted…what's gonna happen now…" Kazuki's eyes went blank and emotionless. His eyes went back to normal and he shook his head. "Whooh, lightheaded there…better get you guys back!" He picked them up again and ran back to where Sanosuke was waiting.

When he arrived back he saw Kagome tending to the wounds Kazuki had not taken care of. She looked at him and frowned. When she saw Inuyasha she nearly screamed at him. Actually, she did. "You killed them!" She ran over to him and slapped him across the face leaving a red handprint. He set them down gently and pointed to Inuyasha chest. It was moving up and down slowly as he breathed. She turned red in the face. She grabbed the Tetsuseiga off the ground and placed it into Inuyasha's hands. She grabbed her backpack off Kazuki's shoulder and pulled out some towels. She began cleaning off Inuyasha carefully not trying to hurt him. She could sense the jewel shard in Kazuki's back but decided that it wasn't important at the moment. Kazuki grabbed a towel out of Kagome's backpack and started wiping the blood off of Kenshin and cleaning out his wounds. "Thank you Kazuki…" She didn't look at him and she smiled. Tears were still sliding down her face.

'She really cares about him…' He looked at the sword placed in Inuyasha's hand. "So, I'm guessing the sword stops him from…what exactly happened?"

Kagome looked at Kazuki. The smiled disappeared from her face and was replaced by a shocked look. "Yes but you're hurt!" Kazuki looked down at the large cut across his chest. It was still bleeding and he could still feel blood trickle down his back from Inuyasha's attack. "You used a jewel shard… here, let me take it out." She reached for him but he pulled away.

"No…I need it…if I don't have it the wounds are gonna hurt like hell."

"Fine, but once you heal take it out!"

"Okay, this makes a lot of sense, but just to be sure explain things to me." They turned to Sanosuke who was still sitting down and prompted up against a wall. Kagome frowned knowing she had to explain a whole bunch of crap again. She told him about the jewel shards and Inuyasha's transformation but that was it. "Okay…I guess that makes a little sense. How's Kenshin doing?" Sanosuke placed his arms behind his back and closed his eyes. "The sun's coming up. They must've been fighting for a long time."

Kazuki looked at Kenshin and lifted his arm. He felt his wrist for a pulse and there was one. "He's alive." He continued to clean out the wounds.

"I know that, but how is he?" Sanosuke opened one eye and looked at Kazuki.

"Do I look like a doctor? He's alive and that's good enough!"

Kagome finished up on Inuyasha. She grabbed another towel and crawled over to Kazuki. She grabbed the spray bottle and sprayed his back. For some reason he could feel that and he yelped. "Hold still!" Kagome held onto his shoulder. "Please take off what's left of your shirt. I didn't get all the wound!" She laughed nervously. Kazuki ignored her not wanting her to touch him. She seethed and took hold of his shirt starting to pull it off. "Fine then be that way!"

"Whooh! Whooh! Let go! Stop it!" Kazuki turned around and was red in the face. "God damn it I don't need your help!" She paid no attention to him and tore off his shirt. "I liked that shirt!"

"It was torn anyways!" She sprayed the bottle again. She took a towel and began wiping the blood off. He was still a little pink in the cheeks. He finished up with Kenshin. He heard snoring and looked over at a sleeping Sanosuke. He sighed and waited for the girl to finish. A few minutes passed and she still wasn't done.

"Are you done yet? I got things to do."

Kagome blushed. She had been done for at least a minute. "Um, ya, lay on your back or something so I can get your chest." He reluctantly obeyed and got on his back. She did the same thing she did to his back. When she finished she wrapped bandages around his back and chest. She stood up and brushed herself off. "I'll wake up Sanosuke. You carry our two mummified friends." She went over to Sanosuke and woke him up. "Come on, you show us where you want your friend dropped off." He nodded and Kagome let him lean on her for support. His leg was still wounded so he couldn't walk properly yet. Kazuki picked up Inuyasha and Kenshin and they headed back to the Dojo.

Next time on Inuyasha(or Rurouni Kenshin)! Everyone's happy to see Kenshin back to alive. The group decides it's best to keep their transformations a secret so know one worries. Inuyasha has to fight some personal demons of his own still though, and a few ninjas! Next time Aftermath Problems and Benefits. See you soon!