Chapter 12: How…?
Kit's body lifted off the ground as she skidded back slightly. Blood blossomed from all the wounds she had as she lay on the ground her eyes blank.
"I may have accidentally killed her…oops," Yuu said smirking.
Inuyasha ran towards the arena but stopped as she seen Kit slowly stand her breathing heavy.
"Think…again I'm still…in this fight," she said weakly coughing up blood.
"How...? How are you still standing?" Yuu roared. He pulled out his Spirit Bow his rage rising.
"I used my Spirit Energy to avoid the fatal wounds," Kit said softly before charging at Yuu.
She suddenly used Spirit Energy flying at Yuu. She leapt over him and blasted him forward with her Spirit Shield. She quickly landed above him her shield to his back her eyes narrowed.
"I win…," she said softly stumbling towards everyone. Coughing up blood once more she fell into Shorin.
Shorin caught her and lay her down blinking some of her wounds healed! "Amazing…," Shorin began softly. "She was able to use her Spirit Energy to heal herself, increase her speed, jump higher, and blast with the Spirit Shield…"
"Well…," Yuu said standing up. "You've won…," jerking his finger towards a door that was slowly appearing behind them he muttered. "The Spirit Staff is in the-" he said suddenly cutting off as a staff flew through his chest.
"Your halfway right," a voice that everyone knew said. "The Spirit Staff is here but it's in my possession, you thought you chased me away but you were wrong.
"Lupin!" Kagome yelled.
"Yes…I have the Spirit Orb, and the Spirit Staff. Now hand over the Spirit Shield and Sword and I might let you live!"
"I highly doubt you'd let us live," Shorin said laying Kit against the wall.
Inuyasha, Miroku, Shorin, and Kagome against him. Sango and Kit were still out cold and were in no condition to even think about fighting. Keiko, Ladon, Yuu, Flash, Rinku were out cold.
"Well…are you surprised?" Lupin said. "Aren't you at all wondering how I was so close to these fools yet also stealing the Spirit Items without them even knowing? Idiots my power is switching my forms not that it will help you now."
"We weren't wondering…," Inuyasha said.
"How could you betray us!" Keiko suddenly said pushing herself to her feet tears in her eyes.
"I didn't betray you because I've never been with you! I've been plotting this for years now!"
Tears ran down her face as Keiko flinched slightly. She was biting her lip as she sobbed slightly. Apparently Lupin and Keiko had been close…or so she had thought anyway.
(I hope you like this twist with the whole character thing.)
Blinking Inuyasha suddenly charged towards Lupin. He pulled out Tetsusaiga and swung. "Wind Scar!" he bellowed then blinked as the blast was met evenly with a sweep of the Spirit Staff.
Kagome ran behind Inuyasha jumping over him and slashing. She slashed at Lupin repeatedly each of their attacks even with each of the Spirit Items clashing. Kagome cried out in fear as the Spirit Orb glowed and sent a blast into her slamming her into one of the stone walls. She slid down it slowly the wind knocked out of her.
Miroku and Shorin charged as Miroku lifted up his hand and blasted a large hole in the roof.
"Thanks!" Shorin yelled as lightning formed in his palm blasting it at Lupin quickly.
Miroku leapt over Lupin and slashed with his Spirit Sword. "No problem!"
Lupin laughed a barrier formed from the Spirit Orb blocking Miroku's Spirit Sword with his staff.
"Pathetic!" Lupin yelled. "I only need these two items to beat all of you at once…"
"Monster!" Keiko yelled and suddenly charged him attacking blindly with two Spirit Swords in her hands.
Lupin blocked with the Spirit Staff then slammed the flat end into her stomach making it extend as she slammed into the roof. He made it decrease as she began falling to the ground.
She got caught as Sango rolled her breathing heavy. She was exhausted but she planned on fighting. "Hey guys…did you miss me?"
"More and more pests keep coming up…," Lupin said his eyes narrowed.
"Not pests…friends," Sango said smiling.
Kagome slowly stood gasping slightly. She hadn't expected the blast to have done that much.
Inuyasha smiled at everyone. Shorin and Miroku were standing by him everyone ready to attack.
"Well…this should be interesting," Inuyasha said smiling as Kagome and Sango stood by each other.
They were working together as a team.
"Well…sorry if I'm not much help but I can't let you have all the fun," Kit suddenly said stepping up beside Sango smiling despite the pain. "Besides, I still have feeling in my body thanks to your healing Shorin."
"No problem," he said smiling.
She grinned as the first wave of attacks came Sango throwing Hirakotsu, and Kit charging in behind it blasting it with the Spirit Shield increasing it's speed.
Lupin caught it his body slowly sliding back as he dug his heels into the dirt. As Kagome came in he parried with the staff slowly getting his footing.
Then the second wave came as Miroku pulled out his sword and Inuyasha pulled out his. They charged and Miroku jumped a blast of lightning just strong enough to make him go higher hit his back. Inuyasha felt one that blasted him forward. He smiled as Tetsusaiga connected with Lupin's side. Miroku came down swiftly then blinked as the Spirit Orb began glowing. He felt a burning in his body as he was slammed back into the ceiling. Crashing into the ground he groaned softly his eyes closed.
"Miroku!" Inuyasha roared then gasped in pain as the staff slammed into his head. His hands slipped of Tetsusaiga as the staff picked his body up and flung him onto the arena crashing through the stone.
Shorin was now above the Lupin and blasted lightning down on him as Kagome leapt back. She had been trying to get an opening to attack.
"Fools…," Lupin said his body protected by the Orb which had produced a barrier around him. "There's no way that any of you will be able to beat me!"
"I think your wrong," Kit said boosting forward and blasting him back into the wall. "Never underestimate us, I've been with these guys for a short time and they've impressed me every step along the way."
Lupin laid against the cracked wall his head down. Slowly he lifted his head smiling. "Well…if I can't defeat you like that...I'll defeat you in a brand new way," he said slowly lifting the Spirit Orb.
He did something unthinkable right then and there…he ate it! As he swallowed he smiled laughing. His body began morphing hideously. Claws suddenly sprouted out of his hands as his body size grew. Three horns appeared at the top of his head more sprouting out of his back. Scales began growing over his skin making it tougher to pierce as the claws shot out of his feet. His teeth grew from normal teeth to long sabers as he smiled.
Lupin had swallowed the Spirit Orb, and was now more powerful than ever.