Inuyasha was halfway across the lake, moving with such graceful speed he could walk on water, when the red eyes grew large with menace. It raced out from the trees, a mass of silver fur flapping in the breeze. It's fangs and claws scraped the ground as it raced out on all fours. But its tail, it withered and struck the air like angry snakes, cutting the heavens like a whip cracking at a horse. Inuyasha slowed down taking in the massive size of the demon before him.
"Ookami youkai… A wolf demon…. Che!"
He leapt in the air raising his Tessaiga but the wolf demon swished his tail through the air sending Inuyasha to the woods with a bone-slicing CRACK!
"Inuyasha!" ricocheted Kagome's voice from across the lake.
"Kirara (Kilala)!" called Sango as the two-tailed cat demon raced for her.
Sango and Miroku leapt onto Kirara's back as they helped Kagome and Shippo on. Shippo pointed one fuzzy finger out to the lake.
"Look! He's still coming this way!"
The ookami youkai was still in fact rushing across the lake, eyes fixed on them, fangs bared. Kirara took off into the sky when jumping from behind the wolf demon; Inuyasha called out "Wind Scar!" The blow pounced at the creature and it let out a low moan, like a howl, as it turned on Inuyasha.
"Come on baka. I'm ready for you!"
The youkai open its mouth wide, letting out a strong stench that made Inuyasha's nose twitch.
"Wow! You're in need of a serious mouthwash. We can fix that!"
The evil youkai began to attack as Inuyasha stopped treading water and sank to the depths below the surface. The monstrous thing attacking Inuyasha got a swallow of water as it tried to bite the hanyou. Inuyasha swam to the surface, his Robe of the Fire Rat and hair flaying about him. Breaking the surface he laughed at the wolf creature still snapping at the water.
"Refreshing isn't it?" he asked and the demon turned its head to face him. All seemed calm as the water sloshed about them, until a shriek from Shippo broke through the silence.
"Inuyasha! Look out!"
Too late…
The whipping tail smacked the half-breed from behind, flying him to the awaiting jaws of the ookami. But before it could catch Inuyasha, Sango had Kirara swoop down and she sent her boomerang, Hiraikotsu, flying at it. The ookami youkai's tail swished at Kirara, narrowly missing, and Inuyasha landed in the lake with a splash.
Tangled in shredded robes, Inuyasha struggled on the bottom of the churning lake. The youkai bent it's head into the water, snapping at Inuyasha.
"Leave him to me," demanded Miroku, speaking for the first time since Kagome arrived.
Grasping the chained glove, he ripped it from his hand, revealing the swirling black vortex in his palm. Water, fish, and shimmering silver wolf hair flew into the void.
"Be careful not to suck up Inuyasha!" Shippo yelled but Miroku didn't hear him over the rushing hurricane of the cursed wind tunnel.
As all the water began to disappear and the muddy bottom became visible, they could see a tangled, unconscious Inuyasha, trapped under the paw of the ookami youkai. Then slowly, they both began to lift until the paw covering Inuyasha was released. Like a kite caught in an updraft, the hanyou rose up faster than the demon and Miroku stared in horror.
"He's going to get sucked up! Stop!" Sango panicked.
Miroku quickly tried to place the glove on his hand, so fast his hand kept slipping from his glove, until… Slurp!
He got it.
Kirara slipped down to catch Inuyasha who was slowly recovering from almost drowning.
The demon was temporarily forgotten until his tail swept Kagome off Kirara's back! She shrieked in terror as it slipped her into its jaws and ran back into the forest.
"Kagome!" Shippo cried and was about to dash after her but Sango held him back.
"We have to get Inuyasha to safety first. I have a feeling if it wanted to kill her it would have. She'll be fine, Kagome's stronger than you think."
Whimpering for Kagome, Shippo listened to Sango and they flew to a clearing until Inuyasha would come to. Late afternoon had fallen when Inuyasha gained consciousness, scanning the group for Kagome. He sat up and looked around the forest, sniffing the air and wiggling his ears.
"What a birthday. Where's Kagome?"
They all looked grim as Sango told Inuyasha what had happened and his face reddened with rage and his claws dug at the soil.
"BAKAYARO! It took Kagome and I let it!"
Inuyasha rose to his feet, not realizing his shredded robes were removed and his back was whip-lashed by the demon's tail.
"But I won't let it get away with this; I'll kill that damn kisama if it's the last thing I do!"
"But Inuyasha, your wounds aren't quite healed!" cried out Myouga, who was hiding the whole time.
Inuyasha didn't listen, but grabbed his Tessaiga and took off into the forest. Miroku watched him leave and began to laugh. Sango and Shippo looked mortified. He smiled at them before he whispered.
"You would think he'd want his newly repaired robes to save Kagome or he's going to give her a shock!"
Sango and Shippo rolled their eyes and replied, "Hentai…"