Growls met the laughter that met Kagome's exclamation. They glared as the white-haired pre-teen walked up, observed as his body grew taller, and his white hair grow longer. Black strands twisted within the white, as those hyacinthine orbs, bled into a sickly red. Pulses of power expounded from the now young male, and both Usagi and Kagome gasped.
"He has the jewel!" Kagome exclaimed, as Usagi peered into the demon's eyes.
"He has two hearts." Usagi hissed out. Hakudoshi laughed again, as he heard the two statements.
"Correct." He answered, as a barrier surrounded him. "I'm sure I can tell a little story before I destroy you." Hakudoshi commented while Hotaru and Usagi shared a glance.
"Why do the damn evil guys always feel the need to explain why the hell they want to kill the good guys and take over the world?" Hotaru asked her hime. Usagi raised an eyebrow at the language, but shrugged her shoulders.
"Maybe they are assuming we are now listening, as opposed to before when no one listen to them." Usagi answered.
"See, that is where they are mistaken, assuming we are listening." Hotaru stated.
"Indeed." Usagi responded. Hakudoshi stopped his narrative for a moment as he noted the whispering between Usagi and Hotaru.
"Are you listening to me?" Hakudoshi asked coldly. Usagi and Hotaru shared a smirk before answering.
"No." Usagi answered.
"What'cha going to do, cry about it?" Hotaru inclined. This caused the group to snicker, as Hakudoshi grew red in the face.
"No, I am going to KILL YOU!" Hakudoshi yelled out, both girls flipped back from the blast impact and shared a glance.
"What is he, the third or forth one to say that to us?" Hotaru inquired.
"Are you kidding, try the forth or fifth thousand!" Usagi explained as they cartwheeled out of another blast.
"Do you think it's something about us?" Hotaru asked, as they got a breath for Kouga had kicked at the barrier.
"No, I just think it's them." Usagi commented loudly drawing Hakudoshi's attention back to them.
"Yeah, you are right." Hotaru chimed, slicing away the tiny blast that had been fired at them.
"Stop ignoring me!" Hakudoshi cried out, trying to stab at them.
"Or you'll what, have a temper tantrum?" Hotaru taunted.
The other members of the group watched the two girls make Hakudoshi bluster in anger.
"What in the world are they doing?" Kagome cried out in fear, as the two split in a V-shaped formation to avoid another hit.
"Trying to upset him so he will lose focus." Kouga answered, as he flicked a perceptive glance at InuYasha. "I do that all the time to mutt-face here." Kouga remarked, jerking a thumb to InuYasha. Three growls met his comment, Kouga merely held his hands in surrender.
"Since, no one can make purchase through that extremely tough barrier they are trying to make him drop it." InuTashio picked up the explanation. A growl from Sesshomaru, alerted them to a blast coming a little to close to Usagi.
"Hey Usa-hime?" Hotaru yelled out over the screaming of Hakudoshi.
"Yeah Hota-chan?" Usagi called back.
"Can we stop playing with him?" Hotaru yelled loud enough to draw Hakudoshi's attention.
"Yeah, this isn't fun anymore." Usagi cajoled.
"Playing!" Hakudoshi exclaimed, as a power started to surround him. "Don't underestimate me!" He chimed, and dove at the two females.
"Underestimate?" Usagi parroted as they landed again.
"No, you misunderstand, we know how weak you are." Hotaru added.
"Die!" Hakudoshi yelled, powering up a rather large blast, drawing energy away from his shield. Hotaru flicked a meaningful glance at InuYasha to have the red Tetsusaiga ready.
"Heard it!" Usagi chimed back to Hakudoshi's 'die,' comment. An angry yell had the ball of energy expanding more. He released it at the unsuspecting blonde, who threw up a shield a little too late. As the dust cleared, bruises and blood were seen clearly on Usagi. "That was a mistake." Usagi stated calmly.
Hotaru yelled for InuYasha to swing, and ducked as a white blur flew over her heard. Glancing back she saw a blood red eye in her vision. Her conscious kicked in, as her mind identified Sesshomaru standing protectively beside Usagi. Hotaru gulped at the gaze on Sesshomaru and thanked whatever star that was protecting her, that she had never crossed the Taiyoukai. Warm arms slipped around her, and she turned to catch Kouga's blue eyes. "Don't worry." Kouga whispered comfortingly. Hotaru nodded, and they turned back just in time to see Hakudoshi trying to bring his shield up again.
InuTashio nodded to the two priestess, who had notched arrows. He waited as Kagome and Kaede fired, blocking the return of the shield around Hakudoshi. InuTashio struck with his blade out, the same time as InuYasha struck. Angry yells met their strikes, and they were thrown back by the force of the power that was excluded. Masses of demons appeared and started attacking as Hakudoshi went through a shape change.
As the sickly pink light died away, the group held a collective breath. Hakudoshi had inherited Naraku's full demon form as well as his heart. As he roared, one of his spindly limbs shoved the Tetsusaiga away from InuYasha and injuring him. His spider form had many eyes, one sure to be the jewel in disguise, but it was hard to tell with the two jewel identifiers busy.
However, three responding roars and a loud growl had all freezing, as the demonized InuYasha rose up, the jagged lines pointing to his eyes that promised death. On either side of him was a large dog, his father and brother, stood there. The only difference was InuTashio was without a crescent moon, and had blue stripes on his cheeks. Behind him stood a bloody tigress, whose claws were out with promise.
As a demon Usagi could not identify the jewel, for her eyes became tainted that rejected her pure powers. The demons all shared a nod, knowing they would have to keep Hakudoshi busy, until Kagome could pinpoint the jewel. Be until that time, Usagi was going to extract revenge for the blast from before. Sesshomaru picking up on her thoughts by how she moved, would happily obtained one of those beating hearts. Meanwhile InuYasha was making small purchases with the legs being ripped off, but regenerating.
However, since the demons were young, they could not control their demon form, quite like InuTashio. He pulled back his blood lust, and instead studied his opponent. A large spider tattoo on the large spider demon had InuTashio curious. As such he was the only one who heard where the jewel was when Kagome yelled it out. He darted forward and raked a claw down Hakudoshi's face, pulling the jewel out.
InuYasha turned to the jewel as he heard it drop, picking it up, he dropped it in Kagome's hands, before his demon blood urged him back into battle.
Weakened, Hakudoshi expounded poison miasma, which everyone was susceptible to. Usagi refused the warning given to her, and raced forward stabbing one paw through the spider mark. Her claws gripped a heart and she yanked it out, before succumbing to the noxious poisons. InuTashio also pulled back and reverted to human form to protect the returned Usagi, as he noted the furious gaze on his son's face. An arrow flew through the miasma, purifying the toxins. InuYasha roared a thank you to his soon to be mate, and continued attacking. InuTashio realized that Hakudoshi wasn't going to be defeated by two demons, they needed the fangs to channel their massive energies. Gazing at Usagi who was out, he was relieved by a protective Hotaru who nodded, as Kouga landed beside her.
InuTashio rushed over to were Tetsusaiga laid, and hurled toward his son who caught it midair. Then he rapped on Sesshomaru's right forward ankle, with a glare his eyes told Sesshomaru to revert. The two brothers stood facing the extremely weakened Hakudoshi. Who glared at them and vanished from in front of them. He reappeared behind Hotaru capturing Usagi and then behind Kagome, capturing her as well. He took the two jewels from the girls and tossed them aside. Angry at the treatment of their females, their swords glowed with their feelings.
Apparently, Hakudoshi had forgotten that the ginzuishou could only be wielded by Usagi, who had awoken the moment, she felt the power of part of her soul go missing. Standing weakly up with Kagome she focused on the battle, the smaller demons had been destroyed, but as consequence everyone was tired and couldn't help the two brothers.
In a last ditch attempt as the ginzuishou had nullified the shikon no tama's power, which Kagome had gotten during the battle. Kouga had tossed over his jewels, when he leapt to protect Hotaru. Usagi had given her shards to Kagome at the very beginning of this battle. So, Hakudoshi threw a powerful blast at InuYasha, which no one could intercept. InuYasha stood there with a gaze of concentration. Switching his grip, he swung the Tetsusaiga back. "Backlash Wave!" InuYasha yelled out, as Sesshomaru peered at it. It wasn't powerful enough and he surrendered his pride long enough to throw a combination beam into the roaring energy.
Fire, Ice, and Wind all struck Hakudoshi, whose body was shredded away with no resistance. However, the energy also, struck the two jewels, causing both Kagome and Usagi to collapsed. The jewel's shot forward to the two girls, healing them, but letting them sleep. Yet, they let out a powerful healing wave before they deactivated. A tired group made camp in the grounds of their victory. Sleep came to them fairly easily, and their dreams untroubled.
There only one chapter left to be done. Look no more evil! Anyways, Please review. Much Care,
WCB.