Disclaimer: This is the last disclaimer in the story; I do NOT own Zelda or Inu Yasha characters, though I do own these new Shadow characters.

Chapter 9: Fighting the dark shadows

Link ran as he got his sword and sliced through as many Shadows as he could. But more just kept coming. Kikyo used her arrows to kill them, which was at least enough to kill them.

Kikyo followed Link as he ran. But a black orb got stuck on her.

"Hrk!" She screamed as she clutched her chest.

"Priestess!"

The orb was still there, and Link pulled it out with his hands, threw it and sliced it gracefully as he jumped.

"Huff… Huff… thank you…" Kikyo thanked and Link gave a smile.

They were trying to escape, but they were completely lost. The temple was somewhat complicating. Then they ended up on a locked door.

"Dammit! It's a dead end!" Link complained as he tried to get the door open while the Shadows were getting closer to them. Kikyo shot her arrows, but when she did, all the Shadows fell on the ground.

"Sooooo… I guess you were strong enough to fight my minions, so-called Hero Of Hyrule." A voice said from nowhere. He sounded EXACTLY like Link's.

"Who's there?" Link yelled.

A dark figure appeared. He was just all shadowy version of Link. He had red eyes.

"Sheesh, I never thought the Hylian hero would be a wimp." The figure insulted.

"Who are you…!" Link demanded an answer.

"Who? Me? I'm Link… or the Shadow Link as you may call it. I brought these shadow infections to kill everyone in this era… including you." The dark figure replied with a smile.

Kikyo shot her arrow at him, knowing he was part of evil. But Shadow Link simply flicked it away and the arrow hit the wall instead.

"Are you Naraku's incarnations?" Kikyo questioned as she was aiming.

"Naraku? I dunno who he is. I take orders from no one." Shadow Link answered with a naughty smile.

"Ganon… what about him?" Link added.

"Ganon? HA! I take no orders from that so-called King of Evil! I should be the King of Evil!" Shadow Link merely laughed.

"Enough jokes!"

Link sprinted towards Shadow Link, but his attacks were somewhat useless.

"Well then, I guess not even the Hero of Hyrule can kill me… such a shame for a hero!" Shadow Link insulted and threw a big ball of dark energy at Link. Link quickly dodged, but it bounced, and Link used his shield to defend it.

"Whatever. This is waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too boring. I'm gonna leave you here… so, chow."

Shadow Link bidded a mean farewell and disappeared.

Link heaved for breath, and unsheathed his sword.

"Priestes…? Are you all right?" Link questioned as he turned to Kikyo. But she was facing a door… and was about to open it.

"Priestess…?"

Kikyo opened it.

The room was somewhat empty. Link followed and looked around. There wasn't much, but a room was a room, so anything was able to happen.

But there was actually ANOTHER door in that room.

Man, there's so many doors. I'm gonna get sick if I open more of these. Link thought of complete lazyiness as he opened the door.

Inside was an old man.

"E-excuse me…?" Link called.

The old man looked VERY old, and weak. He was coughing.

"Youngster… why are you here…?" The old man coughed as he tried asking the question.

"Well, I… came by accident." Link replied as he rubbed the back of his neck.

"So it seems… those monsters… they will kill me soon…" He moaned.

"Take it easy… all that is to be done to avoid this death you want to avoid is to get out of this forsaken place." Link suggested with some confidence, trying to cheer the old man up.

"No… please… when you come back… give my granddaughter this… and tell her… that her grandfather always loved her… and cherished her… I will no longer live even if I escape…" the old man insisted as he showed a pendant.

"But you…"

"Please… set me free… tell my granddaughter that I got killed… not by a demon… by… something… I feared…"

The old man died, as blooed stained out of his shirt.

Link looked sadly at the dead man. He didn't know what to do, but he determined to give the pendant to his granddaughter. Her painting was on it.

Link sighed and put the pendant in his pocket. He then saw the Priestess walking away.

"Priestes…? Where are you going?" Questioned Link.

"I'm heading out…" Kikyo answered as she kept on walking.

Link was about to follow her, but the priestess cut him off and said, "your friends are on the other entrance. Go there."

"What? But don't you want to see Inu Yasha?" Link offered, but the priestess stopped.

"I won't see that traitor… I see no reason on seeing him." Kikyo rejected the offer the young Hylian gave.

"Aw come on! Inu Yasha must still-"

"NO! And that's final."

"No! Priestess! Please understand! Can't you see it somewhere… in your heart… to forgive him…? How much feelings he still has for you…. He suffers more than anyone does… because he desires to see you…"

Kikyo stopped. She had one single tear falling on her cheek, but she decided not to cry.

"Link… even if you try to convince my heart to forgive him… that won't happen…"

And Kikyo walked away. Link felt some sadness for her, and he decided not to try. Maybe she'll never forgive Inu Yasha after all…

"Priestess… maybe you wouldn't have a big heart like other people I know… you don't forgive ever so often… especially the one you loved… I wish not to insult you…" Link tried not to insult her.

It did, and probably made her feel worse.

"And let him betray my trust once again…?" Kikyo wondered.

"It was… nevermind…" Link stopped, "Farewell again, priestess."

Link walked away and left the temple. While he was on his way, black orbs were shown everywhere.

"Uh oh…"

Link ran unsheated his sword and ran away, fending off the black orbs.

He saw his companions, and ran towards them as he rushed and gasped for breath.

"Link? You came back! It's glad that you're safe!" Kagome exclaimed.

"Inu Yasha! Wind scar this temple right now!" Link panicked as he gasped.

"What?" Inu Yasha wondered.

"THESE MONSTERS! NOT DEMONS! THEY'RE ALL IN THIS TEMPLE! DESTROY THIS TEMPLE! FOR HUMANITY'S SAKE! NO TIME TO EXPLAIN!" Link panicked even more.

Inu Yasha cocked one eyebrow in confusion. But his Wind Scar was powerful enough to destroy a big building. He used his Wind Scar and the temple collapsed.

"There. Now tell me what happened!" Inu Yasha demanded as Link turned to him and the others.

"There were monsters… they infected humans and demons into becoming into another!" Link explained quickly.

"What? Demons and humans?" Sango wondered.

"Yes! They ripped their chest opened and tainted their insides… and they looked completely black all over!" Link replied with lots and lots of things in mind.

Kagome thought that was really gross.

"Sorry if it's disgusting, but-"

Suddenly, Link was hit by some sort of a beam and sent him flying.

"Sheesh… did you really think that killed me?"

It was Shadow Link. His hand had a hell fire.

"Who are you?" Inu Yasha demanded an answer.

"Ohhh… a weak half dog demon asking me questions? That's something VERY new…" Shadow Link insulted with an evil grin.

"Why you…!"

Inu Yasha tried using his Iron Reamer Soul Stealer, but Shadow Link got his sword and swung at Inu Yasha, flinging him straight to a nearby tree.

"Heh. He was just talk and size… How stupid." Shadow Link yawned from boredness.

Miroku readied his Wind Tunnel. As soon as he opened it, Shadow Link was sucked in only by an inch. Then he made black orbs.

"That won't do!" Shadow Link smirked.

The black orbs went into the Wind Tunnel. When the monk closed his Wind Tunnel, Miroku suddenly clutched his head and screamed in pain.

"Miroku! Are you all right?" Sango questioned worriedly.

"Heh. Too bad that even I can't recover him." Shadow Link said with pity for the monk. He then fell unconscious.

"You! Hiraiko!" Sango threw her boomerang, but Shadow Link caught it.

"A human trying to combat me? Ridiculous… humans… such pity creatures…" Shadow Link sighed.

Kagome and Sango took this hard.

"What? It is true… they're sooooooo predictable… I laugh at their existence." Shadow Link insulted as he went floating high in the air. As he did, he made more Black Orbs.

"Watch me infest every living thing alive!"

Shadow link threw all those Black Orbs at a village and a forest.

From their Black Orbs went inside every humans' bodies from the village and the demons' from the forest. They all became totally black all over…

Sango attempted to get her boomerang back, but unfortunately, Shadow Link got it before her.

"Well, I guess I can use this as my birthday present… I'd like to see you dead from these things… and let me throw this at your corpses…" Shadow Link smirked as he took Sango's boomerang.

Sango wondered what to do. She had a sword, but she wasn't much of a swordsman compared to Inu Yasha or Link. But it was better than fighting with her fists.

Kagome wasn't much of a help either. She didn't have her bow and arrows with her right now, because she just came back from the well and didn't pick up her weapons. Sango was the only fighter remaining…

One shadow infested human walked to Sango and attempted to scratch at her, but Sango sliced the Shadow human. She fended off more, but the one she killed just came back to life. She sliced once again, but it just kept on resurrecting.

"What's the matter? Can't kill them?" Shadow Link put his tounge out and insulted.

"Kagome! Run away!" Sango warned as she tried to fight the Shadows, and when Kagome tried to run, she fell unconscious. Shadow Link caught her by his arm.

"I see she's the descendant of that priestess I saw earlier… let's see what she has…" Shadow Link muttered.

He put his hands near her, but on her. When his hand pointed at her pocket on her skirt, the little jar of Jewel Shards came out.

"What the hell is this? Oh well, I have no use for it…"

He threw it to the ground.

"You have no use… I better kill you."

Shadow Link laid her on the ground and unsheathed his sword. Just then, Inu Yasha came and rescued Kagome in time.

"What? You woke up quite early!" Shadow Link exclaimed, surprised.

"Shut up! You have no right to talk!" Inu Yasha shouted.

Miroku and Link also awoke. They stood up.

"Ugh… what happened to me…?" Miroku wondered.

"Uh oh… Shadow Link is making more…!" Link stopped.

Sango fought the Shadows with her sword, but one of them hit it with its arm. Though it was a sacrifice, the arm at least somehow managed to get the sword flying.

Sango now had no weapon. She was next to useless now…

"Oh no! Sango!" Miroku called.

"You're not dead, monk? You're giving me troubles…"

Shadow Link threw a big shockwave at Sango, which hurt her horribly. That made her unconscious once again.

"That was easy…"

Suddenly, Miroku came to Sango's aid. But Shadow Link got tired and bashed over Miroku with his head. Miroku was also now unconscious.

"Take this guy away." Shadow Link ordered one of the infested demons.

The big demon rammed into him on the ground. He did it continuously.

"I guess that's enough…"

"Well, get those four." Shadow Link pointed at Link, Inu Yasha, Kagome, and Shippo.

"Retreat!" Inu Yasha yelled as Inu Yasha took Kagome on his back and ran as fast as he could while Link used his Pegasus boots as he held Shippo's hand to run away (who was about to get sick after that)

Shadow Link tied Miroku up as well with those black ropes.

"I look forward to infecting you both… oh I'll enjoy every moment of you suffering." Shadow Link smirked as he made an evil grin.

TO BE CONTINUED…