Kitty-chan: Finally! Another chapter! Sorry the last one took so long. I kicked myself into gear for this chapter. Wanted to get it done already. XD only a few more chapters to go, actually... sad, isn't it? Well, I hope you are enjoying the ride so far. Well... right off the bat, I'll say I don't own Inuyasha or any of the characters in this story. They are purely the property of Takahashi Rumiko-sama and VIZ. Oh! I noticed I haven't done personal feedback in a while, so here's teh feedback! Woot.
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It wasn't much surprise that Inuyasha was suddenly nowhere to be found as Inutaishou bellowed his name in an odd sort of rage. He wasn't quite sure what to make of the situation. Here, he had a son with a missing limb. The younger of the two had been blamed for the removal of said limb. It was clear by the younger's vacancy that he was indeed responsible. But to the father of the two sons, he seemed to be at a loss as to how to react. After all, normally such a crime would call for death at his hands. But considering that he had gone through the trouble of coming from death to try and get his sons to get along, he didn't seem like the kind of guy that would kill his own son.
He apparently thought he would figure it out once he caught up to the fleeing half-breed, for he immediately took off after him, growling savagely and muttering his son's name under his breath in dark tones. Inuyasha seemed to have a healthy lead on the father, but Kagome and the others had to wonder if Inutaishou was merely playing with his son in some form of cruel torture. After all, Inuyasha was never able to keep up with even Sesshomaru, and clearly, Inutaishou was faster that Sesshomaru. Or perhaps Inutaishou was simply giving himself time to think of what he would do to the hanyou once he caught up with him.
These questions really didn't seem to be bothering Inuyasha, however. The look on his face communicated that he truly thought his father was going to rip him limb from limb. He ricochetted his body back and forth across the large bone-like structures that jutted upward from the ground, attempting to zig-zag his way out of his father's line of fire. After a few moments, realizing that his father was not even close to breaking a sweat and though his panic he was just this side of hyperventilating, he looked down to the spectators.
"Hey, you guys! Damnit, are you my team or what? Help me out here!"
There was very little overall response. There really was no lack of eagerness to help, there really wasn't. But the thought of crossing his father on what he saw as a complete atrocity between his sons didn't really appeal to them. They had heard what this demon was capable of, considering he had borne the two mighty sons, and the desire to help Inuyasha was rather overruled by the desire to keep flesh firmly on bodies.
Inuyasha growled as no one seemed to leap to help, and then turned his anger on Sesshomaru. "Damn you, Sesshomaru! You seemed to leave out one huge bit of information!"
Sesshomaru's face took on an innocence that Kagome swore was alien. "Why, Inuyasha... I have left nothing out. You simply cut off my arm, what excuse could there possibly be for mutilating your dear brother so?"
"You bastard!" He screamed, launching himself at his brother.
SMACK
Inuyasha was launched back onto his butt as his face planted itself against a rather decorative plate of chest armor. Rubbing his abused nose, Inuyasha looked sheepisly up at his father. Inutaishou glared down at him with an anger Inuyasha had never seen. Kagome swore Inuyasha would keel over any minute from the sheer fierceness of the glare being sent down at him.
"Inuyasha..." he growled in a tauntingly sing-song voice. "Mind if I ask you a few questions, son?"
Inuyasha barely gave his father enough time to finish his sentence before he was on his feet, running toward his companions. "It wasn't my fault! That bastard Sesshomaru did everything! It was purely in self-defence!"
Inutaishou seemed not to have heard a word since most of it was drowned out by Inuyasha's direction and his speedy retreat. So, as expected, Inutaishou gave chase.
Inuyasha's eyes darted around the area, searching desperately for a way out. They were inside the pearl of their father's grave, so there was very little chance that there was anywhere in the area that Inutaishou would not be able to find him, leading the half-breed to one conclusion; he had to get out. But how, he had no idea. Not only that but the last time they had escaped from this place, they had ended up in a rather random place. They had been in a marshy area when they went in and ended up on the hill overlooking Kaede's village when they left. Although, his mind reasoned, anyplace would be better than here. Inuyasha continued to look around. The last time they had been here... how had they gotten out? Ah yes!
He spotted a pair of the large skeletal birds off to the side and made a dive in their direction.
SQUAWK
Kagome and the rest of the travel parties gave small jumps as the surprised cry of a bird rang out, bouncing off the large bones and eventually reaching them.
"What was that?" Shippo inquired quietly.
"What the hell!"
The group turned to look behind them as the anrgy cry of Inutaishou followed the bird's eruption. Within seconds, a small ivory form shot upward from the bones, a small red dot seated aboard its back. The group paused for a moment before Sesshomaru's quiet snickering broke the silence.
Kagome squinted. "Is that... Inuyasha... riding one of those birds?"
Sango also narrowed her eyes in n attempt to clarify the picture of the retreating form. "I think it is... he's trying to get back to the real world."
A loud roar was heard next, causing the entire group, specifically Sesshomaru, to press their palms to their ears. The giant form of Inutaishou's true form rose from the bone piles, small bits of ivory shards falling from his body. He shook himself and roared again, this time fluctuating the tone a small amount within the course. Once finished, he launched himself into the air, following the path of the bird and within seconds, both had vanished.
Sesshomaru chuckled.
Jaken looked back to his smirking master. "Sesshomaru-sama... what did your father say before he left?"
Sesshomaru shrugged slightly. "He's pissed. He says Inuyasha can't run away for long."
Kagome growled at him. "You jerk! How dare you do that to him! You know very well that Inuyasha cut off your arm in self-defense! You losing your arm was completely your doing!"
Sesshomaru looked to her and his smile vanished. "What would a human know of it? Besides... It's time for a little payback for that."
Kagome's eyes gave a small roll and she waved her arm in the direction where Inutaishou and Inuyasha had recently vanished. "Let's move it. We're gonna lose track of them!" She paused as Sesshomaru seemed to be less than interested in following. "You wanna see your father if he catches Inuyasha, don't you?" Sesshomaru rolled hs eyes. "Then at least get us out of here before the exit location moves again."
Sesshomaru growled. "No human commands me." He countered. But despite his crude comment, he leaned down slightly, his body growing about fifty times his normal size, fur covering his body to become the powerful body of his giant dog form. Shortly, the group found places on the dog's giant form, clutching tightly to his fur or, in Rin's case, sitting, rather comfortably, on the top of his head and holding onto the fur above his eyes. This seemed to anger him slightly, as he let loose a growl that vibrated in their chests, but he didn't make any effort to move the small child. He bent down slightly, betraying his intention of leaping upward toward the exit. This gave the group enough warning to solidify grasps, and brace for the jump. Within seconds, Sesshomaru had launched off the ground, soaring toward the exit, several small screams coming from his pelt.
There was a rush of wind as they exited the pearl's dimension and a bright light that blinded them to the scene change as they found themselves on a large stretch of land, a single large building in the near distance. Kagome sat up, panting and glanced around. "Okay… where are we?"
Jaken sat up as well and began jumping up and down, attempting to access the situation overtop the long hair of his master. "Uhhh… I believe we are…" he trailed off. The jumping wasn't giving him enough of a view.
A loud slap was heard a yelp following close behind.
"Keep your hands off me, you Senpai!" Sango sat up near Kagome, her arms crossed, and a blush coloring her cheek, a grimace covering the rest of her face.
Miroku sat up next to Sango, a red copy of the slayer's handprint covering the entire left side of his face. He chuckled slightly, but stopped when he noticed the surrounding area. "Is that a castle?"
The building was not a typical castle as Kagome would've expected. It seemed to be a simple, yet large, squarish building, a giant pointed Japanese roof atop it's stone structure. There were several windows, though all of them were dark, and the front door, large, wooden and doubled, was wide open. Kagome thought she heard Sesshomaru choke on his own saliva for a moment.
"Damn those two…" he growled.
Kagome looked down at him. "Huh? What's wrong, Sesshomaru? Where are we?"
Rin suddenly sat up, recovering from the ride and squinted into the distance to see the castle. She placed a hand over her eyes as if it would confirm her sighting. "Ah! Sesshomaru-sama! It's one of your castles! I like this one! This one has a slide!"
Jaken seemed rather upset. "Rin, you fool! That is a banister! Not a slide!"
Sesshomaru suddenly and rather angrily plopped onto the ground before his dog form vanished with an explosion of smoke. There were several disapproving shouts as the riders were unceremoniously dropped several feet down to the ground, but Sesshomaru barely noticed them, stomping angrily toward his castle.
Kagome sat up, rubbing her posterior, and looked after Sesshomaru. "What a jerk."
Miroku sushed her immediately, and the group sat in silence for a few moments. "Did you hear that?"
There was complete silence for a few minutes, Kagome shaking her head. All heads turned toward the castle.
"Damnit, Inuyasha! Get back here!"
"AGH!"
Several crashes were heard and Sesshomaru's paced toward his castle quickened by about five times. The group turned to each other for a moment, before leaping to its feet and dashing toward the castle.
"Hey!" Sesshomaru shouted, barging loudly into the castle's main hall. Quite a feat since the doors were already open. He came in upon a scene that brought some satisfaction that if his castle was to be destroyed, it would be in the name of Inuyasha's death. Inuyasha was against a wall, squatted down on his haunches staring at Sesshomaru, while Inutaishou was looming over his son, a chair in his hands, held firmly by the backrest. Sesshomaru gave a sigh, and looked to the ground. He didn't say anything after a moment, and Inuyasha, who really didn't have any interest in what his brother had to say in the first place, darted off to the side, out of swinging range of his father's chair. Inutaishou, after a few seconds, noted that his son had taken leave, and so glanced to the side to see Inuyasha heading for a few doors against the adjacent wall.
"Inuyasha! You can't get away from me!" Without any hesitation, he took the chair in one hand and with little more than a grunt, chucked it at full force at his own son's head. Just as the travel parties made it into the entranceway, the chair made a sickening impact against Inuyasha's back, splintering into about seven different pieces and the momentum of the throw sending Inuyasha flying directly into on of the open doorways. The sound of shattering glass made Sesshomaru wince as Inuyasha's fall was broken by something that hardly was meant for such a job. A few seconds later, Inuyasha stumbled out of the doorway, picking pieces of glass from his robe and hair.
He looked up at his brother, but seemed to be silently snickering. Inutaishou had paused in his pursuit to chuckle as well, holding his hand over his mouth. Inuaysha seethed, pulling a porcelain saucer from inside his robe. "Tell me, Sesshomaru… what in the hell does a 'Lord of the West' need with all those damn tea sets! And inside glass cabinets!" He plucked a cracked teacup from where it hung on his ear, and with a grunt threw it full-force at Sesshomaru. Sesshomaru held up his arm and the cup shattered against his kimono. He growled.
Inutaishou, now that Inuyasha was mostly ceaned up, shot after him with a growl. "Inuyasha! Come here, now!"
Inuyasha's eyes nearly popped out of his head as he turned around and dashed away from his father, toward a corridor that lead to the bedrooms.
"Get back here!" Sesshomaru shouted, running to the entrance of the corridor. It was almost cartoonish how Inuyasha dashed into a bedroom, his father in tow, then, a few seconds later, shot across the corridor to another room, Inutaishou on his heels. The group watched the two of them zig-zag through the rooms, several times, crashed heard in the room. Sesshomaru, after a few seconds, took off after them in an attempt to stop them if only to save his castle. A new voice and new noises were added.
"Agh! Get off that!"
A crash followed.
"Damnit! My bed!"
Inuyasha tumbled out of one of the rooms wrapped in the cloth that made up Sesshomaru's canopy, a bedpost still attached to the corner of the cloth. He lay still after falling to the floor for a few seconds, becoming nothing more than a pile of cloth on the corridor floor. Sesshomaru stalked out of the room, towering over the cloth and Inutaishou followed. After a second of pause, the two of them each grabbed a piece of the cloth and picked it up, dumping Inuyasha roughly from within. He didn't even pause to recover before he took off toward the group, running at top speed. Inutaishou gave chase. Sesshomaru stayed in the corridor, satisfied that they were no longer in the bedroom area.
Inuyasha didn't seem to know where he was going, for the wall he was headed to, didn't have a door. He continued to run at full speed.
Kagome found herself muttering, "Um… Inuyasha… the wall…"
Inuyasha continued to run, hearing his father closing in on him. At the last possible second, Inuyasha veered off to the left and made a dead run for the staircase leading to the second floor. However, Inutaishou, not having been privy to Inuyasha's decision to veer away from the wall, and his attention firmly on Inuyasha, trusting that if Inuyasha were to jump over something, he would know in advance, did not quite get the memo that they were headed directly for a stone wall.
BAM
Kagome swore she saw the wall yield and turn to a concave wall rather than a straight one under the stress of Inutaishou's impact. His head slammed first into the wall, sending dust, pieces of stone, and powdered mortar fluttering about the area. The rest of his body seemed to simply halt after that and collapse into a heap on the floor below his head. Once his cramium had been adequately removed from the stone, it joined the rest of the body in a pile on the floor. He sat slumped against the wall for a long few moments, small specks of silvery light dancing about in his vision in the small area that wasn't black with half-consciousness.
By the time he came fully to, Inuyasha had already vanished up the stairs, and all was quiet on the second floor. Sesshomaru, rather than tend to his father's wound, stood in the back of the travel parties and smirked up at the ceiling, knowing that once Inutaishou caught Inuyasha, which he most certainly would, Inuyasha would be meat on a stick.
Inutaishou stood, growling and shaking powder from his hair. "What the hell is that boy?" He demanded in a tone that usually accompanied one who was in for murder. The group, though some felt they were betraying Inuyasha, pointed at the staircase in unison. Once again, they were caught in an odd position. They wanted to help Inuyasha, but fear of his father kept them quiet. That whole issue of the desire to keep flesh firmly on bodies and such.
Inutaishou vanished up athe stairs and there was much ruckus as he began opening and slamming doors, looking for his younger son. Finally, he entered the room directly above the living area they now stood in. A loud yelp was heard and at the same time,
"Found you!"
Sesshomaru chuckled loudly. "That damned half-breed is in for it now."
Kagome glared at him.
The rest of them were hardly concerned about Sesshomaru's speech. They were more concentrated on weather or not the ceiling above them was to cave in due to the amount of action happening upstairs. There was much pounding and crashing as they apparently kept the fighting contained within the room Inuyasha had been hiding in.
"It's not my fault, damnit!"
CRASH
Sesshomaru shook his head.
"Oh, so I suppose Sesshomaru's arm just fell off on its own, did it!"
BUMP
Miroku chuckled, then straightened his face when he recognized the look Kagome sent him.
"No! He was-!"
Inutaishou cut him off.
"You cut off his bloody arm!"
SLAM
"It was a matter of self-defense!"
BAM
"Self-defense against your brother!"
There was a loud thumb directly above them.
"Yeah, but… AGH! STOP THAT!"
Sesshomaru smiled triumphantly as Inutaishou seemed to have caught hold of Inuyasha by some means, judging by Inuyasha's protesting screams and curses. Kagome, on an impulse, took several steps back, and the others soon followed.
"GET OFFA ME!"
"Not until you and I have had a good long talk about this!"
"There's nothing to talk about, Damnit! Now get… the hell… OFFA ME!" There was a loud grunt, but after about a half-second of pause, they heard another exclimation from Inuyasha.
"OH DAMNIT!"
With a deafening explosion of stone, mortar, and dust, Inuyasha came flying down through the ceiling above them to land solidly on the floor. He lay there for several seconds before he seemed to spot Inutaishou looming above him through the hole in the room above them. His orange eyes wide, he leapt to his feet and took off to the side once again. Inutaishou dropped down and headed after him once again.
Sesshomaru stared up at the hole, then at the stone on the floor. He held up a finger and quietly muttered, "Could you guys possibly not destroy my castle? I still have to live in it, damnit."
Inuyasha weaved his way through the small group of people, then took off into one of the side rooms, which appeared to be a dining room of some kind. The group moved to see into the room, spotting the red blur that was Inuyasha dashing this way and that, crouched beneath the table and weaving about between the chair legs. Inutaishou, who was far too large to exercise these meneuvers, was simply kneeling on the table, and plunging his hand toward the floor in an effort to snag a part of Inuyasha's kimono or hair as he darted about. Kagome couldn't hold back a chuckle.
Two dog demons playing a typical game of cat and mouse.
Inuyasha, finally having had enough of this foolishness, darted away from the dining area and back into the main living area, at the entrance of which stood the travel parties and one pissed off Sesshomaru. Inuyasha made a break for the doorway, but never made it into the main hall, for something- or someone- had grabbed the back of his kimono, and was holding him in place.
He craned his neck to see Sesshomaru glaring down at him, and with a yelp from Inuyasha, Sesshomaru asserted his fist directly at the back of his bother's head. Inutaishou stalked angrily out of the dining area and stopped before Sesshomaru. The travel parties, practically feeling the anger seething off of him, took several paces away from the three to watch from a safe distance. Sesshomaru looked proudly at his father and held Inuyasha up at his father's eye-level. Inuyasha looked perfectly the role of a disobediant pup, complete with a metaphorical tail tucked tightly between his legs. He stared wide-eyed at his father, as the latter gave him a typical I'm-so-disappointed-and-angry-at-you-right-now look.
Inuyasha didn't make a move until Sesshomaru slammed him into a hard chair and Inutaishou leaned in at his son, blocking any method of escape. Inuyasha seethed at his brother, but Inutaishou established a firm grip on the top of his son's head and forced him to look back at him. "Inuyasha…?" Inuyasha flinched, but didn't say anything. After a moment, Inutaishou spoke again. "You cut off your brother's arm…" His orange eyes flashed with rage. "Why did you do that to your brother?" he growled in a tone that hardly fitted the question.
Inuyasha stared at him for a moment, then sat up straight and pointed at Sesshomaru. "That bastard started it! He wanted Tetsusaiga and he couldn't touch it, so Kagome pulled it out, and then I used it and that bastard got pissed off and attacked me, then I used my sword and the only way to stop him was to cut off his arm, so I did and he still tried to attack me, so I cut him again on the chest and-" At the end of his rant, before he had even taken a breath, he turned in his seat, and leaning over the arm, shouted, "Sesshomaru, you bastard!"
Inutaishou clamped a hand over his son's mouth. "Inuyasha… shut up for a moment… cause I didn't understand a word of that." He paused. "Explain that to me again… I know I didn't hear what I thought I heard…"
Inuyasha proceeded to take a breath and repeat his story, this time, slower, and pausing to take breaths every once in a while. Once his story was done, Inutaishou turned to Sesshomaru. Sesshomaru froze, realizing that the tables had suddenly turned. Inuyasha wasn't the only one in trouble. In fact, Sesshomaru might be the one truly in trouble.
Oh damn this straight to hell…
Sesshomaru turned to leave, but he was caught firmly by a grip on a large portion of his hair and held still. Inutaishou gave the hair a yank and pulled Sesshomaru close, a wry smile on his lips. "Am I hearing that you attacked him first…?"
Sesshomaru said nothing for a moment, attempting to conjure and answer. "I was simply attempting to retrieve your sword, Father. We were never told that the Tetsusaiga explicitly belonged to Inuyasha."
"But the cutting off of your arm happened after you found out Inuyasha was the only one who could wield it…?"
"Well… yes, but…"
Sesshomaru yelped slightly as Inutaishou used the grip on his hair to punch him in the back of the head, sending him to his knees next to the chair. Inuyasha smirked.
"YOU TWO ARE SUCH IDIOTS!"
Kagome sighed and rubbed her temples. Why did they persist in this? This was still going nowhere.
Kitty-chan: Woot! Finally done with this chappy. Enjoy and review! See ya next time!