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Chapter 44

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"So Kagome, how do you want to do this?" Ikuto had a bright smile on his face. Everything was going according to plan. "Are you going to shoot me with your arrow anytime soon or am I just going to steal them from you and ram one into your heart?"

"I'd like to see you try, Naraku!"

"Come on Kagome, I really don't like you calling me that. That isn't my name. Just believe me when I say that I've gone crazy and I just want to destroy you and all your little friends."

"Ikuto would never do something like that."

"Oh please! Do you know how long I've been waiting to knock Inuyasha out of the picture? Everything is going great now, since he's about to die."

"You're not making any sense. Why would Ikuto kill Inuyasha to have me and then kill me?"

Ikuto shrugged his shoulders. "That's where the whole crazy thing comes into play, Kagome. You see, crazy people don't make sense. I don't need to. I'm insane."

"I've heard enough!"

"Really? It sounds to me like you're beginning to understand, Kagome. I mean, if you really thought I was Naraku, then you would have shot me with your sacred arrow."

Kagome wasted no more time and fired an arrow right at Ikuto, but he acted fast and moved out of the way quickly. Kagome had time to fire another, but Ikuto was able to move out of the way again. She tried again, but it failed again.

"Three strike and you're dead." Ikuto ran to Kagome grabbed her bow. "You know you're not strong enough to take me!" He snatched it out of her hands and threw it behind him a great distance. He smiled and pushed Kagome, knocking her down. "Don't think you're going to survive this, because you're not going to last until morning, like your dead friend, Inuyasha."

"No!" Kagome couldn't stand up with him just hovering over, so she began to scoot away from Ikuto. He only laughed at her, but once she was far enough, she got back up to stand. "Inuyasha isn't dead. He'll be okay. He's alright now and he'll last until morning. I believe in him, and when he's better, we'll find the real Ikuto and kill you!"

"Really?" The smirk on his face became diabolical and he raised his hand up into the air. The next thing Kagome knew, she was once again back on the ground, holding her hot face. "Get up, you pathetic girl! It's no wonder why none of you can defeat Naraku! You're pathetic! Inuyasha has to waste his precious time always saving you, so he can't do anything better like killing Naraku, and now look what's happening. He's dying, and it's all your fault!"

Kagome was holding her cheek with one hand. Her face was hot and she could still feel his touch on it. She was in pain and in a state of shock for a brief moment. 'This can't be Ikuto.' She got back up again and wiped the blood away from her mouth. 'He can't be Ikuto.' She looked straight ahead so she could see her bow, but in the way was Ikuto. 'He's too fast. He's super fast. His strength and speed aren't like any man. It can't be Ikuto.' It made her happy. With all of the talk from the demon, she herself was beginning to doubt.

"Come now Kagome, it's time to die." He motioned her to come forward with his hands, but Kagome of course wouldn't actually come forward. He was a bit disappointed, so he decided to grab her. She tried to run away, but he was much too fast.

He held her tightly with a possessive embrace. The way he held her, Kagome could tell it was with desire. When she looked into his eyes, there was much love in it, love for her. 'But Naraku wouldn't look at me this way. Naraku might look at Kikyou this way, but not me. I don't understand. The way he looks at me, it's as if he knows me, the way Ikuto does. I can see it in his eyes, but it can't be Ikuto, but it's not Naraku. He talks as if he's Naraku, but he knows so much, as if he was actually there. Naraku could have tapped into Ikuto's brain for information or something like that, but these are the eyes of experience. He knows the feelings. He knows everything.' Kagome felt the tears wallow up in her eyes. 'It can't be him. I guess he's had supper strength before, but he's not like that. He wouldn't dare be like that! He wouldn't do that! It can't be!'

"Kagome," his grip tightened on her and his eyes burned into hers. "Kagome, I loved you! I wanted to give you everything, and you threw it back in my face! You loved Inuyasha, even though he clearly doesn't love you back. You'll always be second best to Kikyou in Inuyasha's eyes. You can't cut it for him, but you were always perfect for me."

"Stop this!"

"No, you don't understand! You were the one, Kagome. You were the person I was destined to be with. You were supposed to be mine and mine alone. Now you have to die! Now you and everyone else you love will die!"

"You don't have to-"

"Silence!" He grabbed her neck with one hand and began to choke her. Kagome grabbed Ikuto's hand and tried to pull it away, but she couldn't even move Ikuto's arm at all. He was far too powerful. "Die Kagome!" He lifted her body up into the air and she began kicking, trying just to get free.

'Inuyasha...' From the lack of oxygen, her sight was beginning to leave. Things were getting blurry and she could feel her life slipping away. She couldn't hold on. He was much too powerful, and Inuyasha couldn't save her. 'This is the end?'

"Goodbye my sweet Kagome."

"Ikuto."

Ikuto dropped Kagome's body and she began coughing harshly as she held her sore neck. "You've arrived?" Ikuto turned around and prepared himself for a good time. In front of him, was his brother, who had his death glare face on. Jamon was with him, holding a sheathed sword and another object that was being covered by a handkerchief. "You brought the imp along?"

Jamon became highly offended. "Who are you calling an imp?"

"Silence" Suno commanded, and Jamon reluctantly obeyed. Suno glanced over to the sacred tree to see his sleeping daughter.

Ikuto noticed Suno's concern for his little girl and decided to use it to his advantage. "I knew you'd come once I took the little kid with me. I'm a bit surprised that you got here so quick, but then again; I suppose this was the obvious location to go to first. You've luckily saved Kagome's life for the moment."

"Get out of here now Kagome," said Suno sternly to her. "You'll only be in my way."

Kagome raised her tired body off of the ground and she backed away from Ikuto a good distance. 'That was a close one.' "I can't let you face him alone! He's far too dangerous! I can help you."

Suno completely ignored Kagome's offer and reached into his coat pocket. "Ikuto..." he pulled out a small silver lighter and Ikuto didn't think anything of it. Suno held it forward and aimed it at his brother. Kagome found it strange since he couldn't really do anything since he was so far away from Ikuto. Suno had a plan though. He didn't need the help or the understanding of anyone else. "Ikuto," he said again. He moved his fingers in the proper position and a flame appeared.

Ikuto did nothing.

Suno had his proof. He quickly grabbed the wrapped item in Jamon's hand and revealed that it was a gun. "You didn't flinch." Suno pulled the trigger, and the sound of the gun awoke Rina out of her sleep. She opened her eyes in time to see her uncle's body falling down towards the ground and the smoke still coming from her father's gun.

"Daddy?" she asked, very afraid and very confused.

"How could you?" Kagome saw that the body fell. She would expect a human body to fall with a blow to the head, but not from a demon. "You...how could you..."

"Relax," Suno reassured "that wasn't my little brother. My little brother, no matter how old he gets, he'll always have a fear of fire and will flinch every time he sees one. He can't help it; it's just the way he is."

"So..." Kagome looked at the body that wasn't moving on the ground. It certainly seemed like it was a human then. No human could survive Suno's deadly aim. 'How could he take such a risk though? He just knows it's not his brother? I wouldn't be so confident if I was Suno. He didn't know it was a demon; it could have just been someone posing as Ikuto.' "Suno..."

"Daddy?" Rina was crying. She didn't understand what was going on. She just knew that her uncle was on the ground, supposedly dead, killed by her father. "Why'd you do that?"

"Rina!" Just as Kagome attempted to run to Rina, she was stopped when she felt a powerful tug on her foot that made her fall. "Ikuto?"

"Not quite..." The bullet had ripped right through his head and there was a hole in it, but it began to heal right up, as if Suno never shot the bullet. "You people can't just die like my master intended?"

"Master?" Kagome asked. "That would mean that you're not Naraku, but an incarnation!"

"Preciously." He let her go so he could get up. Once the two of them stood up, the demon began to smile. "I have no name, just in case you were thinking about asking. My master was so excited that he only concentrated on his own ambitions and didn't give me a name. It doesn't matter though, I have enough of Ikuto's memories to be him. I think I'll take his name."

"Daddy!" Rina ran to her father as fast as she could. He didn't want her to, but he didn't protest at that moment. She was crying, and he hated when she cried. "What's going on?" She hugged his leg as she waited for an explanation.

"That's not your uncle, Rina. It's something else. It's not even human."

"That's right" the demon nodded. "I'm a demon, born from Naraku, and Ikuto."

"What do you mean by that?" Kagome asked. "You can't possibly mean that. Ikuto and Naraku? It doesn't make any sense whatsoever!"

"Sure it does" he exclaimed. "The day Ikuto lost his memory, Naraku made him drink a demonic concoction, me. It was my beginning, but I didn't have enough genetic material to actually be a real person. Naraku only donated the demon part. It was Ikuto who supplied the rest. Ikuto began to get sick because he had me inside of him. I had to borrow some of his strength in order to release myself, and that's why he had none. It was all a matter of time before I made my move. I had to just wait until Inuyasha became human so I could do what my master intended me on doing. Since Inuyasha is gone, I will kill the rest of you now, and when I'm done with this little blood bath, I'll go back through the well and tell Naraku Ikuto's dirty little secret!"

"You know? Tell me!" Kagome commanded it. She needed to know the truth.

"So," Suno interrupted Kagome's quest for knowledge "you're the reason why Ikuto yelled in such agony. He yelled when you ripped out of his body."

"Such a smart boy you are. I'll have to kill you next."

"So where is my brother?"

"For all you know, he's dead along with Inuyasha, but I'd rather not say whether he is or isn't. It's not your concern, since you will be dead in only a few moments."

Suno placed his hand on his daughter's head. When she looked up at him, he knew what he had to do. "I want you to get away Rina." He had to protect her, no matter what. If he failed, then she would go next. "You'll be in my way."

"But daddy..." She started crying harder. "I'm scared something bad might happen to you! Don't fight him daddy!"

Suno took off his suit jacket and handed it to Jamon. "Get away with Rina and Kagome. If anything happens to them, you'll be fired and killed if I can get away with it, and believe me when I say that I have enough resources to."

"I won't let you down Mr. Kazasami." Jamon set the sword down, since he saw that Suno was cracking his knuckles, preparing for a bare fist fight. "I leave it just in case you'll need it."

Kagome ran over to them, but she had no intention on leaving. "I can help you."

"You can help me by staying out of this Kagome. Now be off."

"I'm not leaving you! This is my house and my concern! You don't need to be dragged into it. You can leave right now. You know this isn't your brother and your daughter is safe. This isn't your concern anymore. Don't take the risk of losing your life!"

"Believe me Kagome, I'm not." He loosened his tie and took it off. He didn't even bother to give it to Jamon. He just threw it down. He was so upset. Kagome insulted him. Suno stepped forward to the incarnation with a death glare on his face and a smirk that could be felt instead of seen.

"You dare challenge me?" asked the demon. "You know good and well that I'm stronger than you! I've got the strength and speed of a demon and the knowledge of Ikuto. You'll never beat me. With my strength, I'll just have to hit you one time and it'll be over for you."

That was when the felt smirk manifested on Suno's face. "That's if you can hit me at all."

"Be careful, Mr. Kazasami!"

"I don't wanna leave!" Rina shouted with tears coming down her face.

"He can handle himself, now let's be off!"

Rina didn't want to, and she was scared, but regardless of her doubts, she ran with Jamon to a safer location. They weren't going to leave Kagome's property, but were just going to be out of the way. Rina left willingly because she did believe in her daddy. She was scared, but if her daddy thought everything was going to be alright, then that was all the reassurance that she needed.

Kagome however decided to stay.

Suno didn't care too much. His daughter meant all the world to him, and as long as she was safe, he would be alright and able to focus on the battle at hand with whatever that demon was.

"Are you ready mortal?"

"You are the one trying to kill me. Whether I'm ready or not shouldn't be your concern, but rather whether you have the strength to carry out your desires."

That angered the demon. He started growling, and by his demon-like sounds, Suno could tell that this demon was definitely not human. "How dare you presume to think that you are my equal? I am better than you and I shall win!"

"You're just as hot-headed as Ikuto. If you wanted true power, then you should have designed yourself based off of me, and not my inferior little brother."

"How dare you hold yourself so high? You're just a mortal!"

"Which will only make your loss even harsher on you."

"Shut up!" The demon charged at Suno, and Kagome got out of the way so she wouldn't be in Suno's way. She was worried at first, but once she saw that the demon missed, she could breathe easily. She became worried once the demon attempted to attack him again, but she decided to build up a faith in Suno once he easily dodged the next attack.

'Suno is awesome!' She observed his movements. If she hadn't already know that he was Sesshoumaru's reincarnation, she would have been able to tell right there and then. Suno dodged the demon effortlessly, and so gracefully. Suno's movements mimicked Sesshoumaru's so much. Everything was the same, right down to his eyes. There was such arrogance in him, but not only that. There was an annoyance, as if he was just so superior. There was a lot of pride, as well as determination. 'This is really weird! He's so much like Sesshoumaru. Ikuto and Inuyasha don't fight the same.' Suno got tired of dodging and gave the demon a spinning round kick right in its face. 'We'll I guess they're not exactly the same. I've never seen Sesshoumaru do that before!'

"Do you see now?" Suno asked the demon. "You may be supernaturally strong, perhaps stronger than me, but it's not going to matter if you can't lay a finger on me. Your technique is good, but mine is flawless."

The demon had been knocked down, but he quickly got up, not wanting to look weak when being compared to a mortal. The big problem was that, he did look like a fool. It only added to his rage. "I'll rip you apart!"

"Unless you have telepathy, I'm afraid that there's no way for you to do that."

"One direct hit in the right spot and you're dead!"

"If this hit you refer to has nothing to do with physical contact, then I suppose my life is coming to an end."

"Stop being so sarcastic! You only talk big to anger me!"

"Your own weakness makes you angry. Being a fool is never easy. I bet its frustrating."

"Ahhhh!" He started attacking Suno once again, but Suno could anticipate the demon's attacks so well. The demon did have all of the knowledge of fighting that Ikuto had, and even though Ikuto was great, Suno's skills were far superior to anyone else's. The demon was incredibly strong and fast, but Suno was a trained and very skilled warrior.

"Is this the best you can do?" Suno had to keep fully aware and stay really focused on what he was doing. The demon was very fast. It was a good thing that it was moving just like Ikuto did. Suno had trained with Ikuto for so long that he knew Ikuto's every move. Ikuto could fight good and he was a great warrior, but sometimes he was dense and wasn't aware as he should be, so although Ikuto had an idea and some experience fighting his brother, Ikuto wasn't able to see any flaws in Suno's moves and never studied his brother's movements well enough for Ikuto to memorize what his brother would do. Therefore, the demon was at a disadvantage. 'I'll just have to end this before I get tired.'

"I'll kill you!" The demon threw a punch, but Suno grabbed the demon's arm and was able to redirect his energy and use it against him, and flipped the demon, making him land on his back. The demon became even more frustrated and sprang back up on his feet. "You die!"

Suno made a run for the sword that Jamon had left on the ground. The demon attempted to stop Suno, but the demon couldn't get to Suno in time. The demon reached out to hit Suno, but Suno unsheathed the sword and before the demon could strike Suno, its right arm was cut off.

"That's amazing!" Kagome began cheering for Suno. Things were beginning to look up. 'Maybe he can defeat this demon, and everything will work out.'

The demon oddly enough, didn't start bleeding. He backed away from Suno, growling once again in frustration. He couldn't believe that Suno was doing so well. "You may think you're so powerful, but you're nothing compared to me!" Where his arm had been cut off, his body resembled clay, and even more so when it began to grow back. It grew back quickly, but it was so strange to Suno, that it seemed to take a long time. Watching the demon put itself back together was fascinating.

"That's an interesting trick you have there."

"No matter what you do, you'll never be able to defeat me."

"That's remarkable, since I appear to be winning."

"Not for long!" The demon charged Suno once again, but he got out of the way.

"I've had enough of you." Suno started attacking instead of being defensive. Now the demon had to dodge, and he was having a hard time keeping up with Suno's speed. One false move and Suno would have chopped off another body part. That part didn't matter so much, but if Suno attacked the heart and had a direct blow to it, then the demon would fall.

'I cannot let this mortal defeat me!' The demon's attention was taken away once it realized that the night was ending, and the dawn swept across the land. Because of his hesitation, he lost his left arm. "You fool!" He yelled, seeing his arm drop.

"You're the one with the missing arm."

Though he was upset, the demon was able to find a smile and start laughing. "You think you've done something, but the truth of the matter is that Inuyasha is dead. He couldn't have lasted until now. It's been too long."

"Inuyasha's not dead" Kagome yelled. "If you really think that he is, then you truly are a fool."

"Believe what you want to girl, but your Inuyasha is dead." He grew his hand back and continued to fight Suno. 'You'll die this day!'

As they continued on fighting, Suno started hitting harder, but that was because he was trying to finish the job before he became tired. The demon's strength was far greater than Ikuto's. Suno was the only one handing any blows and they were all effective. Still, the only thing that seemed to be doing was making the demon more aggravated. 'He's losing his focus because he's losing his battle with me. If I was fighting the real Ikuto, this would have all been over by now, but not this demon. I've got to watch what I'm doing, or I'll be killed. If I can keep him distracted by frustrating him, then I'll be able to take him down.' "Are you a half breed?" Suno asked him, with a smirk.

This made the demon pause, and in that moment of distraction, Suno rammed the sword straight through the demon's chest, only missing its heart by an inch. 'That was close. If I wouldn't have caught that he was trying to stab me there at the last second, he would have succeeded.' The demon finally was able to make contact and pushed Suno, and given the demon's strength, Suno was pushed back a far distance, and landed awkwardly. His foot touched the ground and twisted a bit, but then he completely lost balance and landed roughly on his back, and then upon impact, his head flung back and hit the ground as well.

"Looks like I've hurt you, Suno." Suno didn't respond back. He needed a moment to regain his composure. He did hurt himself. "I knew you were smart, but I didn't think you'd realize, or care."

"So you are a half demon?" Kagome asked.

"Of course I am. I couldn't possibly have so many of Ikuto's genetic makeup and not be a half demon. I am unfortunately a half demon, but I've still got enough power to destroy all of you." He pulled out the sword and broke it in half with his bare hands. "Now that you are unarmed…" With those words, a wicked smile came to his face. "Unarmed?"

"No!" Kagome yelled. She ran to her bow, and the demon made no attempt to stop her. She wasn't a threat. 'I've got to help Suno!'

Suno was still on the ground. He felt terrible, but once he saw the demon coming his way, he attempted to stand up, but his left leg was injured, and he dropped down on his knees. 'I've been injured. I've twisted my ankle.' He attempted again and was able to stand up straight, but if he tried to walk on that leg, he would limp and if he were to fight, he might not be able to win. 'Still, I cannot back down to this abomination. If he were to possibly kill me, then he'd kill Rina.'

"It's all a matter of time."

Although his chances were looking grim, he still smirked. "Oh is it? That's a lot of big talk from some abomination that isn't even a full fledged demon."

"What was that?"

"Is that why you waited for Inuyasha to become a human? You were too afraid to face him while he had demon power."

"Inuyasha is a half breed as well!"

"So other half breeds aren't even your equal? How pathetic you truly are!"

"I'll make you regret those words!" Instead of charging at Suno, he started to run away from Kagome and Suno.

"Where are you going?" Kagome positioned herself to fire her arrow. "I can't believe he's running away!"

'He's not running from me' Suno realized what was going on and started running, but with his twisted ankle, he fell down.

"Suno!" Kagome ran to his side, but by the time he reached her, he was back up on his feet and started running as fast as he could, still limping. 'Rina…' Kagome followed by his side, making sure he didn't fall again. They headed to the front of the house, where the demon had run off to. 'The coward!'

"Oh no! Rina!" Kagome gasped once she saw the demon holding Jamon up in the air, chocking him with one hand and with the other, he was holding Rina up by the back of her pajama top.

"I was going to kill them after I defeated you, but since you've really pissed me off, I'll do it now!"

"Curse you" he said low and dangerously. Suno wasn't going to let his daughter die so easily.

He dropped Jamon, who had lost consciousness. He didn't let go of Rina, who was crying and screaming. "Daddy! Please save me daddy!"

"Let the girl go!" Kagome commanded. "How could you be such an evil coward?"

"Don't talk about me Kagome, because it makes me angry, and when I'm angry…" he wrapped his arm around Rina and held her head with his free hand. "Well, when I'm angry, I do crazy things, and we wouldn't want me to go nuts and just snap the little girl's neck now would we?" His eyes were full of rage and his face was twisted.

"Are you so weak that you hide behind a child?"

"Daddy!" she screamed again. "Please help me!"

"Don't worry" the demon assured. He dropped her, much to Suno's and Kagome's surprise. "I'd rather kill her this way!" The demon raised his leg up in the air and prepared to crush Rina's head in. "Say goodbye!"

"No!"

"Ahhhh!" Rina closed her eyes, but instead of feeling pain, she jumped, hearing the noise of an explosion. When she opened her eyes, she saw that the demon who her father said wasn't really Ikuto was gone and there was lumps of muck everywhere. "Ahhhhh!"

Kagome had luckily fired her arrow before the demon was able to kill Rina. Suno was glad. Kagome could see the relief on his face. "Thank you" he told her quietly, not with much emotion at all. He meant it though.

'He's thanking me?' "I don't think it's over" Kagome warned.

"She's got to get out of here." Suno ignored her warning and started walking straight to his daughter. Rina got up and ran into his arms.

"Daddy, I was so scared!"

"Rina, go to my car. Go with Kagome."

Kagome could see that Suno was clearly tired. "But you need my help! I know you've got a lot of pride, but-"

"This isn't about my pride. Get Rina out of here, and get to safety yourself. After the attack you inflicted, I'm sure he's weakened. Don't insult me by worrying."

'He's really like Sesshoumaru. He's cruel and cold, and it sounds like he even robbed Sesshoumaru's dialect, but still, he's different. He's human, and he lets his human heart show. He loves his daughter and shows so much concern for Rina. Sesshoumaru, he protects Rin himself, but Suno…he's concerned for my safety as well.' "I thought you didn't like me."

"I don't." Kagome was surprised with his answer and it shocked her.

'Then why is he so concern for me?'

"This isn't the time for that conversation." Suno saw Jamon twitch slightly. "Jamon, what are you doing?"

He opened his eyes. "Mr. Kazasami?" He wearily stood to his feet and started to run over to his employer. "I am very sorry that I was not able to protect her! Please don't fire me, or kill me!"

All of the pieces of the demon that was spread around began to come back together, and very quickly too. "Go to the car with the girls."

"And leave you behind?"

Rina was still crying, and she couldn't bear to leave her daddy. "But papa, please-"

"Go Rina" he said sternly, and then the discussion was over. 'Be safe.' Rina, Kagome, and Jamon started to leave, going down the long steps, out towards one of Suno's many cars. They were all worried about Suno and wondered if he'd be alright, but they did as he said. They all caused him enough trouble. If Suno wanted to fight alone, then they should respect his wishes.

"You really are pitiful" Suno told the demon, with his voice full of disgust as his body finished forming. He hadn't regained his skin tone and looked like clay, and he had no clothes on whatsoever and the spider-mark on his back could be clearly seen.

"I'm not pitiful, but you are dead!" Once again, the demon began to attack Suno, but this time, Suno had a very difficult time. He couldn't move on his leg like he wanted and he ended up stepping away from the demon, in order to try to catch his breath. 'He's nothing but a disgusting fool! I must defeat him.' The next time the demon ran to Suno, Suno used that opportunity to his advantage and punched the demon in the face as hard as he could.

The demon fell on the ground, surprised that Suno had so much power, and surprised that he was able to move so fast with an injured leg. "Well, you certainly are strange. Too bad you have to die!" He sprung back on his feet, and had a wicked smile on his face. "It's time to die."

"It's time to die now? Go ahead and try your best." Just as Suno tried to move forward to strike the demon, he felt a tug on his good leg. There was something grabbing him, holding him back, and since whatever it was grabbed his good leg, he began to lose his balance and began to fall. Unfortunately for Suno, the demon took full advantage of that situation and finally got a very powerful, and very effective punch in on Suno, right in his gut.

"Did I hurt you?"

Suno's whole body went into a state of shock for a moment. He could feel that something wasn't right within his body, and his legs began to quiver until he lost the ability to stand. He dropped to his knees and tried to block out the pain, but it was too late. He covered his mouth and began coughing and he could feel some liquid leaving his mouth and going onto his hand. Once he looked at his hand, he saw that it was his own blood, and it wasn't a small amount. His hand was completely covered with blood. 'Internal bleeding?'

"Internal bleeding?" the demon bragged. "This means that you're dying. Poor little Suno's going to die."

'If I don't get medical treatment soon then I'll die.' Suno's vision was beginning to blur. Suno saw that what had grabbed him were the body parts that he had cut off of the demon. They moved on their own and attacked him. 'He's playing dirty.'

His two body parts turned into muck and jumped on to the demon's body and formed in perfectly. "It's too bad, but before you go, I'd like to do one little thing." The demon punched Ikuto and knocked him off of his knees and onto his back. "I'd like to rip off your arm." Suno couldn't really defend himself. Whatever had happened within his body, it was serious. Suno could do nothing as he placed his hand on Suno's left shoulder. "You know, Inuyasha cut off Sesshoumaru's left arm. That's why I had a great idea to do it to you. I know it'll be terribly painful if I just rip it off. Now watch!"

Suno gritted his teeth, feeling the demon squeezing his shoulder. He wasn't going to yell out in pain, like the demon wanted. He wouldn't let him have the satisfaction.

"Say goodbye to your left arm, Suno!"

"Leave my brother alone!"

The demon let go of Suno, once he was punched in the face and knocked several feet away. When the demon got the chance to see who it was, it was Ikuto and Inuyasha. "You're still alive!"

"Of course I am!" yelled Inuyasha. "Did you really expect me to be killed by a weakling, coward like you?"

"And you locked me in the bomb shelter under our house!" Ikuto yelled. "Inuyasha was able to follow my scent once he turned into a half demon and freed me. By then I had gained enough of my strength back! Inuyasha and I were able to get back here quickly, since Inuyasha just ran roof top to roof top."

"And now you're going to pay!" Inuyasha unsheathed a fully transformed Tetsusaiga. "Now let's fight!" Inuyasha charged the counterfeit Ikuto, with only the objective of killing him. "You'll pay for what you've done!"

Ikuto wanted to fight the imposter as well, but he saw his brother on the ground bleeding, and couldn't help Inuyasha right there and then. "Suno?" Ikuto gently lifted Suno's head and held him, the way Suno held him the day the two of them became orphans. "Suno, are you alright?" Ikuto's question was answered once Suno started coughing blood up again. Ikuto knew what that meant. "Suno...you of all people aren't supposed to lose…remember?"

"He cheated" he replied weakly.

"I know, but demons don't play by our rules, Suno." Ikuto was shaking. He didn't know why. He wasn't the one with the terrible wound, and yet he was terrified. "You can't die, Suno. If you did, then Rina would cry." Ikuto's voice was quivering from despair and fear. He hadn't felt that way in a long time. He felt like he was about to lose everything. "You know that Sarah would be angry and wouldn't forgive me, because she'd be a widow again." Ikuto saw that Suno's eyes were beginning to drop. "You can't die because I…" Ikuto bit his lip. "Brother…I…"

"Ikuto…" Suno managed to slightly smile. "You'll be fine."

"Brother?" Ikuto began to shake his brother's head, once he saw that he was having a hard time staying awake. "Come on! Stay awake! You've got to stay awake! Don't die on me Suno! Don't leave me!" Suno opened his eyes wide and struggled trying to stay awake. "Inuyasha, he needs help! He needs medical attention now!"

"This'll only take a second!" Inuyasha tried to slash the demon in half, but he dodged Inuyasha.

"He'll die!" Ikuto herd someone behind him and turned to see Kagome with her bow and arrow tightly in her hands. "Kagome?"

"He did this to Suno?" When she saw his slight nod, Kagome placed her herself in the perfect position and prepared herself to fire her arrow.

"Stay focused" Ikuto warned. "Don't let anger…" Ikuto had a hard time speaking with his brother in such horrible shape. "Don't let anger rule you. Make sure you get him."

"Right!"

The demon jumped up in the air, avoiding one of Inuyasha's blows, but Inuyasha had no problem with that. He could still fire the wind scar up into the air. "You fool! Feel my wind scar!"

"Now Kagome!" Ikuto commanded, and she obeyed. She fired her arrow, and the arrow joined Inuyasha's wind scar in hitting the demon. There was a great explosion and a burst of pink light from Kagome's sacred arrow. There wasn't even a shred of the demon left. They had completely annihilated him. Now there was nothing left of him but the memories.

"That'll teach you!" Inuyasha barked. "Naraku can't kill me, even if I'm human."

"Help!" Ikuto yelled. "I need some help here." He continued shaking Suno over and over again, just trying to keep him awake. "Just stay with me!"

"…Ikuto…"

"Stay with me!"

To be continued….

A/N: Okay, I know that some of you love/hate Suno, but it would totally affect everyone if he died! Will he be okay? Will he? Well, you're going to have to review to find out, and I mean you all better review! I wrote all these freaking pages so I wouldn't have a cliffy in the middle of the battle! I know I had a bad cliffy anyway, but oh well! I wrote, so you review!