Well, here's the ninth chapter. Did you know that nine is my favorite number? Well, it is. Here's the chapter.
A Change in Our Future
Chapter Nine: InuYasha's Anger
I stood in front of the Demon Hunter's Main Headquarters with InuYasha by my side. Both of us looked determined, ready for a fight. I glared at the building and InuYasha clenched his fist. We turned our heads towards each other and I nodded, leading us into the building. I walked past the beautiful tree fountain and past the secretary, and I went right to the sign that says what floor things are on.
"Our destination is floor twenty-six," I said, turning towards the elevator. InuYasha followed and I pressed the button for the elevator to come down. InuYasha watched, amazed, as the doors to the elevator opened. I walked inside, but InuYasha hesitated. "Come on! Hurry!" I hissed, waving for InuYasha to come in the elevator. InuYasha came in and I pressed the button for floor 26.
InuYasha was startled when the elevator started moving, and he grabbed for the nearest railing. I giggled a little bit, and then looked at the silver walls of the moving room.
I turned around to look at InuYasha and smiled as he slowly got used to the elevator. Suddenly it stopped.
I looked up to the number when the elevator doors didn't move again. It was only on floor 19. I gasped.
"What?" InuYasha asked, looking around.
"The elevator's stopped... It might take a while before it gets going again," I said, sighing.
"And we were so determined, too!" InuYasha said.
I closed my eyes. "Sort of ruins the dramatic tension, doesn't it? I suppose we should have taken the stairs."
"Stupid elevator thing..." InuYasha said, sitting down and crossing his arms.
"It does no good to pout, InuYasha," I said, glaring at him.
InuYasha glared at nothing and turned his head sharply. "Hmph!"
Suddenly the elevator jolted up and I fell to the floor by the sudden movement, my forehead hitting the carpeted floor hard. I groaned and pushed myself up, glaring at the floor and rubbing my forehead.
"Are you all right?" InuYasha asked, walking over to me. I stared at him, my mouth slightly open. He actually cared? I nodded and he helped me to my feet, and I brushed myself off.
"Ow..." I said, rubbing my forehead.
He moved my hand and looked at my forehead carefully, moving my hair out of the way. I blushed slightly. He frowned. "That's already making a pretty big bump."
"Too bad we don't have any ice," I said, frowning.
"We don't have time for ice. The doors have opened," InuYasha said, taking my wrist and leading me outside of the elevator. We walked into a huge room, it looked almost bigger than the rooms with the demons, but it was just because there weren't any cages in here that it looked bigger. Ahead of us was a huge chair, turned away so we couldn't see who was sitting in it. In front of the chair was a huge marble desk, and over near the wall was a huge fish tank. Everywhere else there were empty spaces and chairs, and all this other stuff, too, but that's not important.
InuYasha growled and sniffed the air, but then stopped growling after sniffing the air.
"So, you're still alive?" a familiar voice said. I gasped, realizing who it was. The chair spun around and the man sitting in it smirked slightly, which looked out of place on his face. "It's nice to see you again, little brother."
"Sesshomaru!" InuYasha shouted, grabbing for his Tetsusaiga. Indeed it was Sesshomaru sitting in the chair, business suit and all. It looked rather strange on him, but I guess everyone has to make changes.
"You lived this long, Sesshomaru?" I asked. The smile disappeared from his face and he nodded.
"YOU'RE THE LEADER OF THE DEMON HUNTERS?" InuYasha shouted. "I knew I hated you before, but after what your lackeys did to me! I'LL KILL YOU!"
"So you were the hanyou they had caught. You were the very first hanyou to ever get into the dangerous demons floor. Congratulations," Sesshomaru said. "You were also the first to escape from there. It would have been more impressive if you did it without the help of a human, though."
InuYasha growled and took out his Tetsusaiga; the fang transformed into it's true state.
"You still have our father's fang, after all these years," Sesshomaru said, looking at the Tetsusaiga with an emotionless gaze.
"It's only been a few days for us," I said, looking at Sesshomaru carefully.
"Ah, yes... that well..." Sesshomaru said, shifting his gaze to me.
InuYasha growled once more. "JUST SHUT UP AND FIGHT!" InuYasha shouted, running towards Sesshomaru, his sword high up in the air. Sesshomaru quickly took out Tokijin from somewhere under his desk and parried the blow from InuYasha. It looked rather strange to see Sesshomaru in a business suit fighting with a sword.
InuYasha ran towards Sesshomaru and swiped at him with the sword, but Sesshomaru dodged him. They traveled around the room, doing the hit and dodge thing over and over. "QUIT DODGING AND FIGHT!" InuYasha bellowed, taking another quick strike at Sesshomaru.
The inu youkai jumped up into the air and went behind InuYasha, taking his sword out and slashing towards InuYasha. InuYasha quickly blocked it with his own sword, then pushed Sesshomaru's sword aside. InuYasha brought his sword up and then hit the ground, shouting out "WIND SCAR!" The attack tore up the floor and went towards Sesshomaru, who easily dodged the attack. The windows that were hit by the attack broke into thousands of pieces with a loud shattering sound.
Sesshomaru took a few swipes at InuYasha, who jumped back a bit, too. Sesshomaru slashed his sword out quickly, scraping InuYasha's cheek. InuYasha growled and threw out his sword towards his brother, who blocked it and pushed it slightly towards InuYasha.
They both moved closer to try and use their weight to push their sword towards the other and get him.
"What are you doing here?" InuYasha shouted, glaring at his brother.
Sesshomaru glared. "I had to do something to earn money. You can't just kill humans here. They can fight back now," Sesshomaru explained, his glare growing ever more powerful.
InuYasha growled.
"Do you really think I'll buy that?" InuYasha shouted at him, his anger powering his attacks. He kept swinging his sword at Sesshomaru in a reckless style.
Sesshomaru started to lead InuYasha towards his desk. I stared at them, wondering what Sesshomaru was planning.
Sesshomaru knocked InuYasha back and opened a drawer from his desk. "INUYASHA!" I shouted. "LOOK OUT!"
InuYasha jumped towards Sesshomaru, but was stopped when Sesshomaru put one of the Demon Hunter's collars around InuYasha.
"NO!" I shouted, but Sesshomaru had already pressed the button, sending the horrible shocks through InuYasha. Sesshomaru walked over to InuYasha, who was slouching in pain, and hit InuYasha hard with the Tokijin. InuYasha was sent across the room and hit the wall nearest me.
"INUYASHA!" I shouted again as I ran over to him.
"Ka... go... me..." InuYasha muttered as I ran over to him.
"Are you all right, Inuyasha?" I asked as I kneeled down next to him.
InuYasha growled and looked up at Sesshomaru, his glare able to kill. "Sesshomaru... I didn't think you would stoop as low as to use one of these damned collars."
Sesshomaru just blinked and stared emotionlessly at InuYasha. "Do you think that I used that to defeat you, InuYasha?"
InuYasha's eyes widened.
"I used that collar to get you to listen to me. You weren't going to do that otherwise," Sesshomaru said.
I gasped. What was he going to say? What did he mean?
"I'm looking for someone you know too well," Sesshomaru said, going over to his desk and sitting down on top of it. He held onto the remote tightly and his thumb lingered over the button to cause InuYasha pain.
"And who would that be?" InuYasha asked.
"You mean you don't know? He's been running the show since the start. I'd think even you would have figured it out by now," Sesshomaru said, getting off the desk and walking over towards us. I moved a little bit closer to InuYasha, my knees squishing the carpet beneath me. InuYasha cringed a little bit.
My hands moved to InuYasha's neck and I started to fumble with the collar.
"He's still alive. You never managed to kill him," Sesshomaru said.
I gasped just as the collar unlocked itself. Was Sesshomaru looking for--?
Sesshomaru stood right in front of InuYasha now, not three feet away.
"I'm searching for Naraku."
GASP! He's still alive? No way!
And a cookie to Maki, for guessing who was the new president of the company! Here, have a cookie.
Next Chapter: InuYasha and Kagome are both obviously surprised by this, but what is going to happen between them and Sesshomaru? And what will InuYasha do?