Disclaimer: Inuyasha still eludes my grasp… But I'll get it someday…
Chapter 4: Naraku's WishesYumi blew wind blades at the Soul Eater that loomed over us while Inuyasha and I starting slicing at it. The Soul Eater roared and lunged at us at an amazing speed, Inuyasha and I just barely dodging it. Yumi was not so lucky, and the demon hit him full force. He yelled out in pain as both he and the Soul Eater ran into a tree. Yumi flopped onto the ground in a bloodied pile when the Soul Eater pulled away. Inuyasha started attacking it again while I ran over to Yumi.
"Are you ok?" I asked.
"Ugg… I think so…" Yumi groaned, "I think I knocked out one of its teeth"
I sighed in relief. This Tenbatsu Army was becoming bad news… We needed to get out soon, before we got ourselves killed.
"Greetings, Keeper of the Navigator" came a voice from seemingly out of nowhere. Only when all three of us looked up at the Soul Eater's head did we see where it had come from.
"Yamiko!" I called back "Go away! I'm not in the mood!"
"For what? To lose again?" He sneered "You're pathetic"
I yelled in anger and jumped up, sword raised and grew to 3 times its original size. I slammed it down towards Yamiko, but the Soul Eater had put up a barrier. "I'm not here to fight with you pest" Yamiko said as I fell back down "I just needed to bring this creature to him" A shadow grew behind the demon, until it was easily twice its size. It took him a while, but Inuyasha finally figured out who it was.
"Naraku!" he yelled, getting his sword ready for a grand battle.
"Hello Inuyasha" Naraku said coldly, then directed his attentions to Yamiko "It seems you kept your promises General"
"As agreed" Yamiko said, still smirking at me "A Soul Eater, live and ready to be absorbed, and the life of Inuyasha, ripe for the taking in exchange for the death of one Koji Harumegdon, and my acquisition of the Navigation apparatus he possesses"
"Yes" Naraku agreed, and some of his putrid flesh started to surround the Soul Eater. It looked about in confusion, and then started trashing about as Naraku engulfed its entire body. I watched its last moments in shock, mostly because all spirit demons are, in some small way, connected. I felt its life fade slowly away, and then disappear.
It was like watching family die, and this put me in a very bad mood. Inuyasha was too, but that might have been Naraku showing up in the first place. Both of us ran at Naraku, jumped, and slashed at him, only to be repelled by a barrier. He laughed at us and said "I am more powerful now than ever before you fools! Bow down before my might!"
"I will never bow to you Naraku!" Inuyasha yelled, raising the Tetsusaiga, which turned red, and resumed an attack on Naraku. His sword hit the barrier and shattered it into nothingness. Then, I jumped into action, going in to slice him in two, but an arm shot out of nowhere and caught me. He raised me up to eye level and asked Yamiko "Is this the boy Koji?"
"Yes" Yamiko replied "Eliminate him, and Inuyasha's life is yours"
"Very well" Naraku said, and started draining souls from me. I fought and trashed around, trying to break free, but he had me in a tight grip. The last thing I saw before losing consciousness was Yamiko's leering gaze…
Koji's down and out, so it's up to Yumi (along with Inuyasha) to save him, and keep the Animator out of Yamiko's grasp! That's alot of work for a noob... Next chapter: Koji's Mistress. "What do you mean, you don't know where she is?"