Sorry once again to take a long time. This week is final exams for me so after this I'm free of school. Unfortunately that doesn't give me a reprieve. On monday, I start work again over the summer but at least this time I won't have school work to compete with. The only downside is I have to get up at like 5-6 in the morning and won't get home until 5:30 at night. But don't worry this story will more along.
Also while guessing a few people mentioned Hiko or asked about him. Yes, I tossed that in there for a reason but he really won't make much of an appearance in the story. He only be mentioned again in like the final chapters if not just the epilogue. As for the groups everyone got to obvious, Sango and Miroku as for the others. Most people were on the right track though I said Sess and Kagura wouldn't fight and I meant it. Now on with the chapter.
Disclaimer: I only have 2 dollars at this point, do you honestly think I can afford Inuyasha or any of the others?
Chapter 42: The Battle – Part 2: Reinforcements Arrive
Inuyasha withdrew Tetsusaiga. "Let's get this fight started! KAZE NO KIZU!" The Windscar tore threw the ground towards one of the army's flanks. Another flank was being torn apart by the energy from Toukijin.
Only two attacks and the yakuza had already lost more than 100 of its men. The battle of the century had finally begun.
"These guys won't be that tough," Inuyasha said already getting a little fully of himself.
"Don't underestimate them, we must be careful," Tai warned him.
"Feh, whatever," Inuyasha said as he swung the Tetsusaiga once again releasing the Windscar upon the yakuza. "This will be over before you know it," Inuyasha said without even watching his attack.
"Inuyasha!" Kagome yelled at him as she watched the battle before her. Inuyasha turned around and noticed that hardly any more demons were killed.
"What the hell?" Inuyasha asked in surprise. "I guess you just want some more."
Before Inuyasha could swing his sword again, Tai stopped him. "Inuyasha, get a hold of yourself. If you were paying attention you'd notice that the more powerful demons are taking the front and blocking our attacks."
"Then I guess it's time to get down and dirty," Inuyasha said as he cracked his knuckles.
"Inuyasha, don't worry about these. We'll take care of them, you go and take care of Kitiara," Tai told him.
"Fine, but first I'll have to clear a path," Inuyasha said as he charged ahead right through the yakuza.
"You ready?" Tai asked the group behind him. Though they hadn't done anything in the battle yet, Kagome, Rika, and Kyo were ready to fight and help. "Then let's go!" Tai said as he charged their enemy right behind Inuyasha.
Kagome in the meantime fired off an arrow she had been waiting. She wasted no time in notching another one and firing it off. Rika did the same but she set her timing so that while Kagome was getting another arrow, she would fire one off and vice versa. Rika felt a little small though with Kagome there. While Rika was lucky if she could take out 3 demons with one arrow, Kagome was able to take out almost 10 demons sometimes with her miko enchanted arrows. Kyo on the other hand was using his kitana to take out any demons that would get close to them.
Tai on the other hand wasn't holding back with them. He was charging through the hordes of demons in front of him. He had trained his whole life for this fight and he was sure as hell going to put that training to good use. He was doing his best take out the easy ones first. While individually the weaker ones didn't pose a threat, as a group they could keep him distracted if he tried to fight one of the more powerful ones.
Inuyasha had done well and was almost to the hill that Kitiara stood upon. It hadn't been hard for him to get through the demons. He had gone where he saw the weakest point in their line and just plowed through the lesser demons. While he was running at the moment towards the hill with no opposition, he could see a couple of demons waiting for him at the base of the hill to block him from getting to Kitiara. When he finally got to the base, Inuyasha stopped and looked at the two demons in front of him blocking his path. "So tell me, are you going to let me through or do I have to kill you first?"
"We are the bodyguards of the yakuza leader," both of them said at the same time. "We have protected our leader with our life for far too long now to just let you pass. If you can not defeat us, you are not even worthy to be on the same battleground as our leader."
"Fine by me, two more bodies isn't going to make much of a difference," Inuyasha said.
Tai couldn't see any of his allies. Inuyasha was too far ahead of them and he couldn't see Kagome of the others because of being blocked by hundreds of youkai. He was a little worried for them. He knew they were all well trained for this, that was except for Kagome who just got some recent training. He knew they could handle some demons but the sheer number could overwhelm them. Tai kept those thoughts in the back of his mind while worried most about the opponents around him. He continued to cut away at them but for every one he took out 3 more took its place. He had been training to fight this impossible fight but part of his ego had convinced him that the fight wouldn't be as hard as he thought it was. His ego was proven totally wrong. This fight was much harder than he expected and he knew he hadn't seen anything yet. Luckily he hadn't stopped his training. He hoped that the other reinforcements would arrive soon to help.
Inuyasha looked on at his opponents. The two bodyguards were putting up more of a fight then he had expected. Together to duo was probably much worse than Naraku but he wasn't that afraid. He had defeated Naraku and he had also come a long way in his skills since that battle almost half a year ago. The two landed on the ground together about 25 feet in front of him.
"Now you will die!" they both yelled as they combined their powers and fired a single deadly, huge fireball at him.
"I was waiting for something like this," Inuyasha thought to himself. Rather than try to dodge the blast, he did the exact opposite and jumped right towards it surprising his opponents. "BAKURYUUHA!!" The pair of demons could only look on in shock as their own energy was turned back against then. They tried to dodge but it did nothing as they felt themselves torn apart by the torrent of energy from Inuyasha's attack. "Now that, that's done," Inuyasha said as he quickly made his way up to the top of the hill on which Kitiara stood.
"So you have finally gotten here," Kitiara stated. "It's nice to meet you face-to-face after so long."
"Same here, it's good to meet the bitch that's been a pain in my ass for the past months," Inuyasha replied.
"Cocky as always. I've seen both of your techniques, the Kaze no Kizu and the Bakuryuuha. They won't stand a chance against me," she said confidently.
"You only saw them because I felt like being generous. I didn't have to use my Bakuryuuha on your pitiful bodyguards but as I said I was being generous," Inuyasha said.
"It didn't matter if you would have shown them or not. They are exactly as I expected of you. You see, I've done my homework before this fight. Your legend precedes you. I know all your attacks. Your Sankon Tessou [aka Iron Reaver Soul Stealer], you Blades of Blood [sorry don't know Japanese equivalent off the top of my head plus I like this name], as well as your two sword's techniques. Tell me what do you know of me?" she said with a large grin.
"I do know that you hide in the shadows like a coward, using your minions to do you dirty work. You're just like Naraku and you'll meet the same fate as he did," Inuyasha said still fully calm. "I'm glad she likes to talk. Gives me time to heal not to mention she doesn't know as much as she thinks she does. She doesn't know about my final technique that I used against Naraku. She'll find out about it soon enough though," Inuyasha thought as he inwardly grinned.
"Before we start our fight I want you to see just how futile your efforts are. Come here," she said as she motioned for him to come closer as she watched the battle below. Inuyasha walked over. He could see the battle raging below. It seemed that everyone was broken up by now. "The simplest strategy always seems to work, doesn't it? Divide and conquer. Now that all of your friends have been separated, my yakuza will make easy work of them," Kitiara said with a small laugh.
Inuyasha watched on in horror. He wasn't really worried about Rika, Kyo, or even Tai. His attention was on Kagome. She was surrounded by demons. Her bow lie beside her in two pieces, obviously broken by one of the demons. At the time, Kagome was keeping the demons off of her by erecting a barrier around herself. Every now and then, she would push the barrier out throwing the demons off of her shield while at the same time trying to put enough power into it to kill some of them. Inuyasha wanted to rush down at that second and just rip each and every demon there to pieces but he had his own fight in front of him. He was torn between ending this fight once and for all or to go down and help the one he loved. Just then he got a smell of the air and just smiled. "I wouldn't be throwing a celebration party just yet if I were you, the fight is far from over."
"What do you mean?" she asked.
Kagome just continued to keep her shield up. She didn't know what to do now that her bow was broken. She hadn't taken that into account when going into this battle. She hoped that Tai or someone would come and lend her a hand. Kagome could feel the demons pounding on her barrier. One of the more powerful ones let loose a hard hitting attack on the barrier. Kagome gave another jolt of energy to keep the barrier up and knocked some away but the hit had cause her to lose her breath and while trying to regain it her barrier fell. She could only look up as the demons which she had kept at about a 10 feet radius from her started to come at her. She couldn't do anything as they started to rush at her. She watched as a ring of fire surrounded her. The fire was so intense. She tried to shield herself from the flames but after a few seconds she realized it was of no use. She noticed that the fire wasn't harming her at all. In fact it was acting as a protective barrier. She slowly rose to her feet. She could see the demons trying to get at her and failing. Then a few of them tried jumping over the wall of flames. The flames rose to stop them and it did stop about half of them. The others that did get over it found themselves shot out of the sky by what seemed to be lightning strikes. Kagome didn't totally know what was going on. All of a sudden two demons jumped over the wall of flames without any resistance. She watched as they landed next to her.
"You never could stay out of trouble, could you Kagome?" a masculine voice asked her. Kagome couldn't exactly place the voice. It had a small bit of familiarity to it but what really got her was the person itself. It took her a bit to realize it.
"Shippo?!" she said more as a statement of shock.
"Yeah, it's been a while hasn't it?" he said. To him it had been hundreds of years since he had seen Kagome so he had changed quite a bit. He now looked to be a young adult.
Kagome then looked to the person with Shippo. It was a young female demon that looked to be about the same age as Shippo. She looked quite beautiful with long black hair which was held back by two pony-tails. Kagome just looked at her. She didn't know quite who the girl was.
"I'm sorry for not introducing myself," the girl said. "I'm Shippo's mate, Souten."
Kagome knew that she had heard that name before. "Do you mean Souten, as in sister to the Thunder Brothers?" Kagome asked as she remembered her run in with the little girl from long ago.
"Yeah that's me," she said politely. "I thought this would be a dead giveaway." She held up the Thunder pike which Hiten had used to try and kill Inuyasha with. "I found it when my brother passed away. It had to be repaired and because of that it's not as powerful as before but it works just fine."
"Speaking of using weapons, I think we should get back to the fight," Shippo said as his wall of flames slowly dissipated. Since Kagome still had no weapon all she could do was watch her foster son and his mate fight in front of her. She was glad that Shippo had found such a wonderful person to be with. Kagome still remember how she had liked Souten from the moment she met her even though the little girl had tried to hurt them.
Kagome was thinking too much about Shippo and Souten that she didn't notice the demons coming at her from behind. Shippo and Souten were too worried with protecting her from other directions to notice as well. The demon was just about to sink it's teeth into Kagome from behind when it was kicked in the face sending it far away and out of the battle if not dead. Kagome felt the strong draft of air from behind her and quickly turned around right into the arms of Kouga, though a little older and more modern looking. He was there with a muscle shirt and denim jeans which she found quite surprising. "So how's my woman doing? You shouldn't be taking part in such a dangerous battle," Kouga told her.
"Thank you for saving me but I'm not…." Kagome was going to tell him that she wasn't his woman but never got the chance to as he was slammed face first into the ground.
Before Kagome could turn and protect Kouga from whatever demon had attacked him, the demon proceeded to stomp on his back while yelling at him, "I thought I told you no more of that! Don't you ever listen!" the red headed demon yelled at him.
Kouga pushed the foot of his back and jump out of the ground, "Ayame, I was just kidding. I was just saying it for old time sakes. I renounced my claim on Kagome a long time ago, you know that."
"Yeah, well still don't do it again," Ayame said to him one last time. Kagome had to smile at this. It reminded her of how she and Inuyasha got along including how Ayame had hit Kouga into the ground, which was like when she 'sat' Inuyasha.
"Well I hope you don't mind," Kouga said to Kagome, "but we thought we should join in on the fun as well."
Before Kagome could respond another voice called out, "Got room for two more?" she looked up and there descending was Sango and Miroku. Kagome couldn't believe it, no more than 10 minutes ago, she was on her own hoping someone would come and help. And now she had more than enough help.
Inuyasha looked on at Kitiara. "See what I told you, their fight is far from over," Inuyasha said. "And I think it's time our's began." With that Inuyasha withdrew Tetsusaiga from it's sheath, which he had put away during his talk with the yakuza leader.
"Yes, I think its time I get rid of you once and for all," Kitiara said as she took a fighting stance.
"The fight is going quite well," a mysterious person said as he overlooked the battle from a distance.
"Yes but it is far from over," a female voice said as she stood next to her companion. "It would be so much fun if we could go out and join them."
"You know as well as I that it is forbidden," the man said.
"Yes, you shouldn't even be here," a third voice said surprising the other two.
"What are you doing here?" the woman asked.
"It seems the same as you, just enjoy the fight," he said. "I should have brought some popcorn though."
"I find it ironic that you told us not to come here yet you are here and that poses even more of a threat then we do," the first man said.
"Yeah, I know but I knew you wouldn't listen and I knew I wouldn't listen to my own words," the other man replied.
"Then why even say it?" the woman asked. The man just shrugged. The woman just sighed at him. "You don't make any sense you know that." The second man didn't reply, he only smiled at her which got her more annoyed.
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Well that's it for this chapter. I decided to end it there with a few mystery characters. But I do have one final thing to ask everyone:
If everyone remembers, way back in Chapter 1, Inuyasha used a new attack to defeat Naraku. It is still open for the attack to be named. English or Japanese names are accepted, though Japanese is encouraged. I hope you guys can come up with some cause if I do it will be pretty lame.
Well thanks to everyone for waiting patiently for this chapter to come. Here's 2 referrals since I haven't given for any while:
The Ad by sailor-scribe storyid=1805186 - Very entertaining fic.
A Couple of Blocks Away by iLOVEcheese storyid=1817285 - Very good story which deserves a lot more reviews than it has.
Well that's about it for this chapter. Join me next time for:
Chapter 43: The Battle - Part 3: Finale