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The Mute warrior, the Heart of Kagura

Chap. 4

Disclaimer: Own Inuyasha, I do not; as Master Yoda would say.

Inuyasha and co. were enjoying a relativelypeaceful meal near a cliff face. I say relatively because they are damn near always arguing, groping, and punching. Thankfully, it was after the meal that the wind scorcress and her companion found the shard hunters.

Mirokou saw them first. He bolted up and grabbed his staff with his cursed hand and some sutra with his left.

"Kagura" he declared, his voice dripping malice. Ten seconds after that the entire team was ready. Kagome fired off a shot from her bow. Whichwas lucky since more than half thetime her bow is decoration.As you can guess it was blown back by the wind.

"As much as I hate saying it, you can save your energy. I'm not the one you'll be fighting." Kagura said with a sneer.

"You brought Kohaku?" Asked a now wary Sango, since she had absolutely no intention of fighting her brother.

"Great idea, but no. You have a new playmate" replied the demoness.

"You brought another incarnation to be killed, Kagura?" asked the loudmouthed hanyou Inuyasha, who was holding the full size Tetsusaiga in a combat ready position.

"Allow me to introduce you to Leithon" Kagura said as the rear of the feather swung into view, revealing… nothing. No one was there.

Inuyasha was just taking in the breath to laugh when SLAM! Leithon landed on the blunt edge of the Tesusaiga. The great fang was torn from Inuyasha's hands and forced into the ground. Two swift kicks to Inuyasha's center of gravity sent him backing off towards his friends.

"As I was saying, Leithon. I'll be back later to pick up the pieces." Said Kagura as the feather turned away.

Sango recovered first from seeing Inuyasha get his ass handed to him first. "HIRAKOTSU!" she yelled as she sent the giant bone boomerang spinning towards their newest foe. Leithon caught it about three inches from his face. He gave a slightly reprimanding look and sent the boomerang back to it's owner with as much skill as its owner. It caught Sango and pinned her to the cliff face behind her.

"SACRED SUTRAS" Mirokou yelled as he charged at Leithon. Leithon artfully dodged them all so artfully it was almost a mockery. When Mirokou reached Leithon he started using his staff as a bo staff. That seemed to surprise the undead demon, if only slightly. Mirokou got a good stab and a swing in before Leithon began executing his graceful dodges.

Leithon managed to grab the staff and twist it out of Mirokou's hands. Kiara came up behind Leithon and tried to sink her fangs into his neck. Leithon grabbed both her jaws and managed to flip her over his shoulder, which didn't really work since Kiara can fly. The brief rest for Mirokou allowed him to get the rosary off his right hand.

"WIND TUNNEL!" The black vortex began trying to absorb Leithon, who immediately tried to leap out of the way. Leithon prided himself on his quick thinking in life. He was good at seeing patterns and formulating plans quickly. Mirokou got a taste of this since Leithon landed directly in front of where Sango was pinned. He knocked the boomerang out of the way and grabbed Sango's neck and one, held her arms behind her back with the other, and held her away from his body in general.

"Just do it" Sango choked out while Mirokou and Leithon waged a battle of nerves.

"He'll never do it" Leithon thought, "These goody-goods are all the same. And they have all the same limitations".

"What are you waiting for? Just do it" Sango said. Mirokou grudgingly lowered his hand and wrapped the rosary around it. That was all Leithon needed. He pushed Sango away and grabbed both Mirokou's arms, twisting them in such a way as to render both without feeling or movement. Mirokou collapsed on the ground.

"YOU BASTARD" Sango yelled as she swung the Hirakotsu once again. Once again Leithon caught it.

"Stupid little girl should have learned her lesson," He thought as once again he swung the bone back to its owner. Sango managed to dive out of the way just in time.

"WIND SCAR" Screamed Inuyasha, who had pulled the Tesusaiga out of the ground. Leithon leapt out of the way, drawing Kanzaar on his way down. He landed next to the hanyou. Inuyasha swung the Tesusaiga in a chopping blow that could have decapitated Leithon had he not blocked it with Kanzaar.

Leithon took the incentive and separated the swords. He crouched and drove Kanzaar through the open space on Inuyasha's torso like a rapier. Inuyasha stepped back, but the sword still drew blood.

"Damn that was close," Inuyasha thought as he stepped back, rubbing the wound. It wasn't especially deep but it wasn't healing like it should. Inuyasha & co. had just been introduced to another of Kanzaar's abilities: wounds on any species heal at the pace of a human. "Who cares? I've had worse" the hanyou decided.

Leithon halted for a few seconds, letting the implications of the wound sink in. Then he resumed his assault. Fang met fang as Leithon and Inuyasha battled. It appeared to be a decided battle, with Leithon never giving up the offense and never locking blades in any drawn out slashes that serve no purpose.

They continued, Leithon scoring many cuts and stabs on Inuyasha's arms and chest, never being real deep. Finally, Inuyasha lost all his patience and tried to land an overhead slash. Leithon sheathed Kanzaar, grabbed Inuyasha's right wrist in one hand, the collar of his haori and rosary in the other, and slammed his forehead into Inuyasha's with brutal force. Or would have, had Kagome not screamed, "SIT" at the last minute. Leithon released his grips when he felt the magical weight dragging him down. He stepped away from Inuyasha and looked at Kagome. He crossed the distance between them in one leap.

Kiara leapt in, grabbed Kagome in a gentle bite while Inuyasha grabbed Tetsusaiga, raised it over his head. Leithon brought his fist down on Kiara's leg, nearly shattering it. Tetsusaiga came down on the ground and Inuyasha yelled, "WIND SCAR" Leithon knew full damn well what was going to happen.

"Ah hell. I have no intention of killing them. No one will blame me." The demon swordsman thought as he watched the yellow blast of energy slam into the cliff.

The rocks slammed into the earth around Leithon. Soon he was hidden from view.

The weary shard sharks waited for a minute. Confident that Leithon was buried beneath the rock, they began to see to their wounds.

"Kagome, you all right?" questioned the hanyou as he helped Kagome up.

"Yeah, I'm fine" she replied.

"Umm… little help here please." Mirokou groaned as he lay on the ground. Kagome grabbed one of his hands and pulled him up while Inuyasha helped Sango pull the Hirakotsu from the cliff side.

"Mirokou, do you have a problem?" Kagome asked when she noticed that both his arms hung limp at his sides.

"Well… umm… I don't think I can move my arms." The now embarrassed monk replied.

Sango held her hand together and near her breast as she exclaimed," Thank you, kami. Thank you."

"Inuyasha, you're hurt" Kagome said as she noticed the multiple cuts on him.

"Huh? It's nothing." The half(half demon) replied.

"But they're not closing" Kagome said as she began to examine them.

"If they're not closing, they're probably poisoned. We should get a healer to look at them." Mirokou commented.

"Yeah, but Kaede's village is too far away." Sango said.

Inuyasha mumbled something about a healer.

"What was that?" Kagome said.

"I know where a healer is. But we are not going and that's final."

"Where?"

"One of Sesshomaru's forts"

"Let's go" Kagome said as she got her big yellow backpack.

"I just said we're not going, wench!" Inuyasha yelled.

Kagome just said, "Inuyasha" in that one-word-away-from-sitting-you-so-you-better-do-what-I-say tone.

"Feh. All right"

COMEDY BLOCK TIME, BITCHES:

Whose line? Weird Newscasters:

Disclaimer: I do not own Whose Line Is it Anyway?

Phil: All right, moving on to a game called weird newscasters. Sango, you will be the anchor of a news program and Mirokou is your co-anchor.Mirokou you are acting like yourself.Sesshomaru you are doing sports and you think all the teams suck and you could play better.

Sesshomaru: I could.

Phil: Inuyasha you're doing the weather, and you think that everyone is trying Keep Koga away from Kagome. So whenever you hear the music, you can start.

Sango: Hi, and welcome to the 6:00 news. Unfortunately, everything happened at 3:00. However, my co-anchor has a story. Mirokou.

Mirokou: Thank you Sango. And has anyone ever told you how radiant you look under the studio lights. They really bring out you eyes. Eyes that captivate my heart and soul like a Wind Tunnel. Mirokou stares at Sango with a slightly horny look

Sango: This just in: co-anchor fired. Now lets go to Sesshomaru with sports.

Sesshomaru: All these teams suck. I could play better them in my sleep. The Cardinals, they suck ass. And don't get me started on the Astros! I'm not doing any damn reports on suck! Back to you.

Sango: Umm… thank you. Wait… the sports anchor has just been fired. Now lets go to Inuyasha with the weather.

Inuyasha: Yeah, we got some sun here, some rain here, but none of that is important. What's important is that she's MY woman, fleabag. So get your grubby paws off her. You want to fight? Any day of the week, fleabag. Just name the place! Back to you Sango.

Sango: This just in: we're keeping the weatherman. And that's the 6:00 news. Join us in half an hour for the 6:30 news. Good night and good luck.