Author's Notes: hello, again... erm, anyhoo, Shadowfox's Restoration is complete! in other words, the chappies SHOULD be correct now... hopefully... as many of you noticed, the fourth chapter was horribly confusing and it should be better now... as i said before: hopefully... anyhoo: behold Shadowfox's newest addition; it's Ninth and final chapter... lol... you really thought this was the final chapter, didn't you! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! yeah freakin' right... well, enjoy anyway...
Disclaimer: I'm bored... and i don't own anything except for some scrambled eggs, the occasional spork, a hairbrush, and several rubber bands...oh... and an evil cat and desperately stupid dog...
Shadowfox Chapter Nine: Confrontation of the Taken
A dark cloud approached the massive shrine of Yokohama. It hovered and writhed, appearing to live. Dull brown eyes, belonging to a young boy, were watching the barely awake city from a scaled back. Those same eyes narrowed into a corrupted, soulless glare.
Sango looked up suddenly. She could feel a vast demonic prescence.
"Do you feel that?" Miroku asked beside her.
"Yeah..." Shippo trotted over from the throng of children.
Ayame looked deep in thought. Inu-Yasha's amber eyes turned fearsome, glaring towards the shrine door. Kagome sighed darkly.
Tomoe stood, "Mai!" She commanded. The dragon stepped forward: "Yes, M'lady?"
"Warn the villagers." The High Priestess retrieved her quiver and longbow from the corner.
"Hmmm..." Kitsune mused out loud.
Ayame turned to him, "What is it?"
"Most of the demons seem generic and low-class... But..."
"'But'...?" Kagome pressed.
"But there are some stronger demons mised in with" A cold smirk replaced the look of thought. His vivid blue eyes flashed.
"What?" Ayame asked him. With good reason, too. With oddly shining eyes and a murderous smile, he looked insane.
He laughed bitterly, "Well, if it isn't our friend, Kagura... and her sister, Kanna..." His eyes flashed againbloody, crimson red, "Brilliant!"
"What's so freakin' 'brilliant' about us being attacked!" Ayame snapped at him.
"Hmmm..." He pondered again. He traced his finger in the shape of a circle on the floor and called the sacred object forward: "Black Mirror."
An oval of darkened glass coalesced forward from nowhere, "It seems there's something else there, too..." The Shadowfox continued.
Kaogme gasped, horrified, and Sango took the mirror in her hands to stare in disbelief.
"No..." The Slayer breathed, "Not Kohaku..." (see I coulda left the last chappie off here and really left you waiting.. haha)
Kagura muttered a few choice curses under her breath. They were waiting for Naraku's signal to attack.
'Ugh... How I despise that bastard...' She turned to her sister, "Kanna! What about now!"
"Not yet, Kagura..." Kanna's soulless voice drifted back to her.
"Dammit..." The wind sorceress spat, "Hurry up, already..." She looked towards the hypnotized taijiya boy. 'Hmph... I almost wish he'd wake up...I'm so tired of his dull bumbling about... And perhaps he'll help them defeat that damn Naraku...'
Kanna's mirror flickered. Her master's blood-curdling voice came forward, along with his image in the glass: "Kanna. You, Kagura, Kohaku and the demons may attack now." The Maiden of the Mirror bowed her head respectfully. "Yes, Naraku-sama..." She turned to Kagura. The wind witch guessed the message.
"Is it time now, Kanna?"
"Yes..."
"Hm..." A cruel smirk played across the demoness' features, "So it begins..." She laughed coldly and threw open her bladed fan.
The hovering demons charged.
"They're attacking!" Inu-Yasha snarled. He drew Tetsusaiga and it transformed in a flash of demon power.
Sango was actually ahead of them all as she shot outside, looking to be on the brink of tears.
"Hiraikotsu!" She screamed and launched the massive boomerang into the air. Kirara raced to her side and Sango leapt onto the cat's back, preparing to catch her weapon.
Kagome shot a purifying arrow into the clouds of demons and allowed herself a small exclamation of pride when the demons split. Fighting a group of them was far better than fighting a huge swarm.
"Wind Scar!" She heard the attack behind her, and the demons to her left were shredded.
"Wind Tunnel!" Miroku ripped the prayer beads from around his cursed hands and the monsters screamed out curses towards the monk as they were pulled into the black hole.
Meanwhile, Sango had her eyes on only one thing. She directed Kirara into the very center of the mass of demons. She tore through them with anything immediately available: Her sword, Hiraikotsu, the switch-blades on her arms, even her hands. She had to get to him. Finally, she saw the boy. He turned and scowled at her. She pulled him forcefully from the back of the demon snake holding him.
"Kohaku! WAKE UP!" She shouted at him, tears blurring her eyes for a moment. Then, her expression turned to one of surprise. His response to her begging had been his long chain scythe wrapped around her leg, tugging her from her beloved demon cat's back.
She felt herself falling, and then the fur of her trusted Kirara underneath her. The mighty youkai neko glared up at Kohaku and the demon snake he rode. She growled menacingly.
"Easy, Kirara..." Sango said, stroking her friend and trying to catch her breath.
"Sango!" She heard Kagome call her, "Are you okay!"
"Yes... I'm fine, Kagome!" The Taijiya called back shakily.
Sango watched as her companion launched another powerful arrow towards a demon that appeared in front of her. While waiting to find Kohaku again, she noticed a powerful demon below, ripping apart beasts in its way; tearing through anything in its path. It took her a moment to realize who it was.
"So..." She said, still very breathless, "It seems the Shadowfox brother is no lightweight..."
Kagome watched, slightly enviously as Tomoe shot six arrows forward. The younger priestess looked on as the streams of light lashed out viciously towards the demons. She watched her friends fight... That is, until she realized, she was supposed to be fighting too...
Sango was knocked on the ground abruptly. She immediately threw up her arm in front of her face as a defensive reflex. She gasped as she felt a familiar blade slash through her sword-guard.
"Kohaku! Stop it!" Her words rang out pointlessly against deaf ears.
Kitsune and Ayame worked well together, their movements fully coordinated. They shapeshifted simultaeneously as they lashed out viciously in response to Kagura's malicious wind attacks. Shippo watched, amazed. He'd never seen grown foxes fight... Ever since his parents were murdered. She launched his Spinning Top Attack towards a smaller demon that strayed too close to him.
Inu-Yasha found himself facing Kanna. Her mirror flashed its unearthly light, and he knew what was coming. He swung Tetsusaiga just as her mirror glowed. He found himself quoting Kagome: "Please work!"
Miroku cursed under his breath. He'd been forced to his knees by a thick-armed demon's hands on his staff. Numbness was spreading throughout his hands and arms. He was about to pull something stupid, which probably wouldn't work, like a drop kick or flip or something. He was saved by a flash of silver hair and thick steel.
"Thanks, Inu-Yasha..." He choked out, pulling himself to his feet.
"Whatever..." The half-demon slashed through a demon, further staining the Tetsusaiga's already blood-covered surface.
"Kagome!" Inu-Yasha called her, "Shoot an arrow at the big cloud of demons up there!"
"I can't!" The priestess called back, "Kohaku and Sango are up there!"
It was at that precise moment that a stroke of good or bad, depending how you see the situation, luck happened to float their way. For it was at that exact time that Sango hit the ground, pinning her little brother underneath her. His chain sickle had done some real damage to her body, but she wouldn't release him.
"Wake UP, little brother!" She screamed at him.
"Kagome, shoot the damn arrow!" Inu-Yasha shouted.
"Okay..." The jet of light pierced forward, in ressurected brilliance, and at that moment Inu-Yasha swung Tetsusaiga and called on its ultimate technique.
"BACKLASH WAVE!"
Everything vanished in blinding light. The demons evaporated and Sango felt her brother stolen from her again.
Author's Notes: Soooooo whaddya think? ((YAWN)) I'll have a new chappie of AWBH on Thursday.. I know, I know, Naoko-chan, I promised it on Wednesday... But I dun feel like typing it... ((Sigh)) oh well... and yeah, the battle scene sucked ass... I dunno where my head is today... Probly the fact that I didn't sleep last night...((YAWN)) Sometimes, being a nocturnal insomniac really sux... and yeah, I know, the parts with Kagura and Kanna were really cheap... The next chapter will be better... promise... hopefully... and you may have noticed I deleted that Author's Note that was formerly chapter eight. I had to do that because it violated one of the Writing Guidelines and Naoko-chan recently had one of her fics deleted and I REFUSE TO LET THEM TAKE MY MASTERPIECE, SHADOWFOX! ((head slams on desk and starts to sleep))
Kitsune: O.O... I think she's dead... ((pokes DSK with stick))
DSK: Murffle! ((shoos away Stick of EVILLLLLLL))
Kitsune: Time for REVIEW RESPONSES!
Review Responses (well, what the hell'd you expect!):
Rachel: Hee sorry for the disappointment.. lol here's ya goooooo!
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