When Night Falls
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Chapter 14: Regurgitation
The flames of the candle licked at the ceiling which, oddly, was not lit ablaze. The light from the candle was painfully bright, and the entire group had to shield their eyes against the blinding flash.
"Dammit!" grunted Inuyasha, "Where is he?"
"Foolish half-demon, I am right here!"
The entire candlestick erupted in flames, and slowly, its silhouette transformed into a human shape. Instantly, the flames did down, and standing in front of them was demon, covered in sparkling red armor, his long black hair was tied up in a graceful ponytail at the base of his head, not stopping until it reached his feet. In one hand he held a spear, except In place of a metal blade, there was a burning flame.
"I see that you came across my weapons collection," he grinned, eyeing Sango's hiraikotsu. "Too bad, I rather liked that weapon; never seem one like it before. Oh well, once I destroy you it will be mine once again."
"We are not the ones who are gonna be destroyed!" spat Inuyasha, removing the Tetsusaiga from its sheath.
"Oh my!" Hi exclaimed, "Such a beautiful sword!"
Inuyasha drew back in surprise as Hi darted forward and began spinning around him, inspecting the Tetsusaiga from all sides.
"It transforms! And such a sharp blade! I must have this!"
"Get away you bastard!" yelled Inuyasha, swiping at the demon with the sword. Hi jumped back with ease, narrowly avoiding the blade.
"Well, Inuyasha," he grinned, "it seems I have an added incentive to kill you!"
"Shut up and let's fight!" Inuyasha growled, showing his usual patience (or lack thereof).
"Fine," Hi shrugged, "you do seem quite eager to be burnt to a crisp. Anyway, the sooner I will gain that sword." With a great arc, he swung his burning spear around him, and as he completed the circle, the flame at the tip shot forward, essentially transforming his weapon into a long-handled fiery whip.
Swiping it forward, he sent the flame towards Inuyasha, who raised his sword. The flames wrapped around the Tetsusaiga.
"Ha, how you gonna attack me now?" laughed Inuyasha.
Hi merely chuckled and tugged the hilt of his weapon, sending Inuyasha flying in towards him. As Inuyasha grew close, Hi landed a well-placed kick to his gut, sending him flying backwards through many paper walls.
"Ssssssshhhhhhhiiiiiiiiiiiiiittttttttt…" came the collective gasp of the remaining Inu-taichi.
"I'd say so, the fool was asking for it," said Hi, standing behind them and stretching his head over their shoulders.
"Ah!" they screamed scattering to the corners of the room.
"Huh?" asked Hi, looking around at them confusedly. "Oh, yes, we are fighting, aren't we?"
"Dammit! Of course we are!" yelled Inuyasha, shooting through the hole he had just created. "KAZE NO KIZU!"
The Tetsusaiga's attack connected with Hi, sending him flying backwards, through the wall and out onto the castle grounds.
"Heh, for a guy who talks big, he wasn't much of a problem," grunted Inuyasha. At that moment the whip shot through the window, wrapped around his leg, and dragged him out the opening too.
"Inuyasha!" yelled Kagome.
They all quickly hopped onto the transformed Kirara's back and flew through the opening after Inuyasha. They came to a land on the grounds to find Inuyasha and Hi already battling it out. Kagome quickly notched an arrow an shot it towards Hi, who dodged it easily, and still managed to block the oncoming attack of Inuyasha. Miroku, happy to have his shakujou in his hands once again, darted in to aid Inuyasha, slashing with the staff. Sango's hiraikotsu came flying into view, before spinning back to it's owners hand, having missed it's target. Unfortunately, Hi appeared to be a master of being a pain in the ass, and he continued to block and dodge attacks, and rarely going on the offensive himself.
Damn, thought Miroku, what is he up to? He obviously has power, Inuyasha's little experience should prove that… so why isn't he using it?
It became obvious after a while however, that much like Kaze, he was trying to tire them out. Not content to fall into the same trap twice, they lessened their attack. Hi sensed what they were doing, also, however, and he jumped back, returning his whip to spear form. From across the gardens of the palace they stared at each other. In this brief pause, it became clear who was winning. Inuyasha's side was breathing heavily and bruised, but Hi did not have a scratch on him.
"This isn't getting us anywhere," Sango said.
"I know," answered Miroku, "but I have an idea. Everyone, get behind me, I'm using the Kazaana. I'll end this quickly."
The others nodded. The Kazaana had saved them many times before, they had no reason to doubt it.
Pointing his palm towards Hi, Miroku gripped the beads around his arm. "I'm sorry, but we can't waste anymore time on you." With a grunt, he let the gauntlet fly open. The winds of the Kazaana immediately took hold, but something add happened.
Hi actually jumped towards the Kazaana.
"What are you doing?" snarled Miroku.
"I've been waiting for you to use this power, monk!" Hi outstretched his hand revealing something clutched in his fingers. Before Miroku could figure out what it was, Hi hurled it forward.
As the object shot towards him, Miroku realized in horror what it was.
"A shard of the Shikon no Tama!" he gasped. He made a desperate attempt to close the Kazaana, but he was to slow, and the jewel was sucked in. Abruptly, the winds stopped.
"Huh? What's going on?" asked Kagome.
With a grunt of pain, Miroku collapsed to his knees. What was going on? Suddenly, his arm exploded in pain. It felt as though it were on fire, and Miroku looked to his fingers to see a repulsive purple color inching it's way up his arm.
"Houshi-sama!" yelled Sango.
"No! Stay back!" Miroku grunted. His arm was near splitting in pain now. It felt as though something were growing inside of it, trying to rip through his arm and escape. Then, in a great rush, the Kazaana's winds started up again, but this time, in the opposite direction. Everything Miroku had ever absorbed came flying out, the bodies of dead demons surged forward, smacking hard against the walls of the plaza. Miroku's other hand slowly inched forward to close the Kazaana, but not before two more things were released, a large mass of water, and the dead body of Mizu, the water demon. As he finally pulled the prayer beads over his hand, the Shikon shard tore out, coming to a clanking halt at Hi's feet.
"That worked better than I expected," grinned Hi, bending down to pick up the shard.
Sango rushed forward, "Houshi-sama, are you okay?"
"Somewhat… it feels like my arm just vomited though." His grin was full of pain, and his arm remained the sickly purple color.
"Dammit," growled Inuyasha, "now you're really dead!"
"Really?" asked Hi, "Well, we'll see who's dead when this whole place burns down!" With a grunt, he plunged the fiery tip of his spear into the ground. There was nothing but a slight sizzling. "What's going on?" Looking down, he realized the ground was completely soaked with water. "What is this?"
"All that water that Houshi-sama absorbed…" said Sango in awe.
"Heh, looks like you're at a disadvantage!" yelled Inuyasha, "Just try to stop me now!" Running forward he jumped into the air, Tetsusaiga raised above his head.
"Fool, the water is not in the air!" Pointing his spear at Inuyasha, a great flame erupted from it, completely surrounding the defenseless Inuyasha.
"Inuyasha!" screamed Kagome.
"I guess that sword is mine," chuckled Hi.
"Think again!" With a growl, Inuyasha descended from the fire ball, Tetsusaiga still ready to strike, "it takes more than a little fire to kill me! BAKURYUUHA!"
The spiraled attacked shot out from his sword, mixing with Hi's fire as it sped towards the wide-eyed demon.
"GGGAAAAHHHH!" yelled Hi as the attack struck him. His body was instantly charred beyond recognition, and he fell backward, dead.
Wrapping his arm around her shoulder, Sango helped Miroku to his feet, though he soon assured her that he could walk on his own.
"I guess that's it, huh?" asked Sango.
"Yeah…" answered Miroku.
"Heh, he honestly thought he could hurt me with his pathetic fire?" grinned Inuyasha, turning to join them.
"Oh, please," Kagome blurted, "the only reason you lived was cause of the robe of the fire rat!"
"Was not!"
"Yes it was!"
"You don't know what you're talking about wench!"
"Inuyasha, OSUWARI!"
"Gah!"
WHAM!
"Wasn't she worried about him just a couple of seconds ago?" Sango asked.
"I guess they'll never learn…" Miroku sighed.
"Houshi-sama?"
"Yes, my dear Sango?"
"Why is your hand on my butt?"
"Oh dear, this cursed hand! It has been injured, but still it makes me!"
"HENTAI!"
SLAP!
Aki turned and sighed, "How could I have let my village be saved by such dimwits?"
"I know, they are pretty stupid, aren't they?" said Shippo happily as he rummaged through Kagome's backpack for some pocky she might have neglected to tell him about.
That night, as the Inu-taichi slept soundly at Aki's inn, none of them noticed the demon that rode the winds into the castle, before proceeding to devour the bodies of Mizu and Hi, and then taking off northward once more, chuckling evilly.
End Chapter 14
Uh-oh! Now that this mysterious demon has gotten both Mizu AND Hi, this cannot be good! Who is this demon anyway? Continue to read and find out!
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