Chapter 12-Fighting your friends for love
"No!" said Sango who swung her boomerang she had re-forged after Inuyasha broke it two years ago.
However, just as before Inuyasha got the boomerang with his raised hand as he had turned just at the right moment to catch it. "When will you learn Sango that no matter how much you throw this silly toy at me you will never hurt me?" said Inuyasha as he threw the boomerang into a tree that fell down from the impact.
"It wasn't meant to hurt you just for me to get your attention," said Sango with a smile as she drew her sword.
Inuyasha turned to see that Rin was not their, but now a significant distance away thanks to the assistance of Kagome who had picked the child up and was now running from him. Inuyasha just smiled as he vanished for a moment and appeared before Kagome the next terrifying both Rin and Kagome as he had intended. "Hello! Missed me?" said Inuyasha as he grabbed Rin by the throat and kicked Kagome in the shoulder sending her flying several feet along the ground.
"Why...why are...you...you doing...this?" said Rin whose eyes started to fill with tears as Inuyasha once more raised a clawed hand in front of Rin.
"Ask Sesshomorru Rin. After all...he's the one who's forcing me to send you to the other world...just as my future wife was struck down by him and Kikyo. If I must lose someone close to my heart...then I will take something of his as a form of payment for a debt...that...must...be...paid," said Inuyasha as he struck Rin down with his claws.
"NO!" said Sesshomorru as he along with the others stared at the horror of Rin falling from Inuyashas hands bloody with the look of pain and horror on her face as Rin died as she hit the ground.
Inuyasha looked at a now standing on two legs Sesshomorru who to Inuyasha now looked as if he now understood what it meant to suffer a heavy loss. "Now do you understand Sesshomorru? To know what it means to suffer? To see someone you care about DIE before your eyes? Well you don't have to get used to that feeling for much longer because soon I intend to remove you from this world to join her...just as you wanted me too with Callisto!" said Inuyasha as he drew Tetsuigia from his sheathe.
An enraged Sesshomorru took out Tokijin and began the attack on Inuyasha who easily defended himself against Sesshomorru's attacks. "I...am...going...to...kill...you...Inuyasha!" said Sesshomorru as he tried to push Inuyasha back only to find that Inuyasha wasn't moving back at all, but in fact toying with him.
"How does it feel Sesshomorru? Does it hurt like I said it would? Because if it does then you know...HOW I FEEL!" said Inuyasha as he now went on the offensive pushing Sesshomorru back who could barely defend himself.
With only one arm and eye it was no surprise to the others that Sesshomorru's handicap was hurting him against Inuyasha. But when Inuyasha knocked Tokijin out of Sesshomorru's arm into his own free hand and then kneed him hard in the stomach in a single attack they knew he was in trouble. Sesshomorru was now on his knees in pain and was staring at Inuyasha who was holding Tetsuigia and Tokijin in both hands. "In...Inuyasha," said Sesshomorru as blood came out his mouth from Inuyashas attack with his knee.
"What? You want me to show mercy? To show you my humanity and spare you from death? All so that you may use Tenseiga to bring Rin back to life...right? "No chance of that happening today Sesshomorru. You lost all chance of me showing mercy to you when you and Kikyo took Callisto away from me," said Inuyasha as he raised Sesshomorru's head with both swords that were now overlapping each other like a giant X.
"Inuyasha...I...I'm sorry. What I did was...wrong (coughing blood), but I did it...for the right...right reasons. You of all people should know what it means to do something dishonorable only for it to serve a noble cause," said Sesshomorru only to have the two blades tightened around his neck.
"When you do something dishonorable Sesshomorru...it takes away the nobility of the cause making what was once right...WRONG!" said Inuyasha as he cut Sesshomorru's head off in one clear slice of the two blades.
Everyone watched in silence and horror as Inuyasha put away Tetsuigia and picked up from Sesshomorru's body the blade that could heal a hundred people...Tenseiga. What was more surprising everyone more was that it did not reject Inuyasha as its new master, but in fact glowed as if it had embraced him like it understood Inuyasha. He put Tokijin and Tenseiga away and turned to Kagome and the others went on their guard out of fear Inuyasha would attack them. He eyed them all one by one as if choosing who to attack first, but in fact turned and walked away from them. It was if they meant nothing to him with a little laugh coming out of his mouth as he walked away from them, which caused everyone to feel curious as well as concerned. "Where do you think your going Inuyasha?" said Sango as she got on Kilala and they went in front of him to stop him from walking away.
Inuyasha stopped and looked at Sango with a smile on his face and the sound of laughing exiting it. "Haven't you noticed? Kikyo is not here. She ran from me out of fear of what I can do...to her," said Inuyasha in a very quiet almost whispering kind of voice.
Everyone looked around and found that Kikyo was gone and nowhere to be seen in the entire area around them. "Where did Kikyo go?" said Shippo surprised by Kikyo's disappearing act.
"It makes no difference since I'm going to send her back to hell where she belongs. And then...my vengeance will be complete," said Inuyasha as he started walking in the direction that Sango was in.
"Back off Inuyasha or else!" said Sango as she got off Kilala and readied for Inuyasha with her sword.
"Or else what?" said Inuyasha as he continued walking till he was several feet away from Sango and Kilala.
"This!" said Sango as she went on the attack and slashed at Inuyasha with her sword only to cut air where Inuyasha was before she struck each time.
"Pathetic Sango. Even now you should be able to hurt me at least once. I guess you've become soft during my time gone from you all," said Inuyasha as he grabbed Sango's arm and punched her in the gut.
"Ack!" said Sango as she found her head and free arm on Inuyashas as a means to support her body from the attack.
Inuyasha picked up Sango with his free hand he used to punch her in the stomach till she was face to face with him. "Our time apart may have made you and others soft when it comes to fighting...however, it only makes me...stronger," said Inuyasha as he dodged Kilala's attempt at a surprise attack while still staring at Sango.
Kilala growled furiously at Inuyasha as she tried again and again only to fail every time in striking Inuyasha. "Kilala...stop it. Save your...strength," said Sango and reluctantly Kilala obeyed.
"That's a good Kilala. Now I proposition for you I think you might like," said Inuyasha to Kilala who was still growling a little.
"What is the...the proposition?" said Sango curiously as Inuyashas eyes went from Kilala's back to her.
"I let you go and give you back to Kilala. In exchange you let me leave here so I can pursue and kill Kikyo without you or any of the others interfering or trying to stop me on her behalf," said Inuyasha with a wicked smile.
"What? You know what the price is for killing a priestess like Kikyo Inuyasha?" said Miroku.
"Considering she is already dead and she herself has killed a priestess I don't it matters much," said Inuyasha as he squeezed Sango's wrist to the hand that still held her sword causing it to fall from her grasp.
"We accept. But please reconsider your actions we didn't know what Kikyo and Sesshomorru were planning or that Callisto was a half-breed. Maybe if you told us what she was then maybe things would be different," said Kagome who must have hit a sensitive nerve because Inuyashas smile faded and he became angry.
"I made a promise...to...to her. IF I had broken such a thing to her I would no better then a normal demon or human without honor. I loved Callisto and I love her still. I would never have broken my promise to her even if she had died without anyone of you knowing. As for Sesshomorru and Kikyo...one of them has already felt my vengeance and paid for it with his life. Now...I will make the other see what happens when I become angry at someone whom I once loved and show her what it means to turn that love...into HATE!" said Inuyasha who then threw Sango at Kilala and disappeared from their sight faster then they had ever seen.
(A/N: I was having a hard time on whether to kill Rin or not. I really like the girl because of her innocence and before I knew my mind was already madeup and my hands already typed up her demise. As for Sesshomorru I really didn't have a problem with him because I felt that when I had him betray Inuyahsa with Kikyo that he deserved to die for his transgressions. After all its not like I could have Inuyaha take another eye or arm from Sesshomorru. Anyway review this chapter and tell me what you think. The next few chapters are going to blow you away.)