Chapter 16-The Berserk Fury
Less then a half an hour went by as Saito waited patiently for his twin brother Inuyasha to arrive at his castle while he was with his prisoners. During that time he paced back and forth in a manner like an animal would expecting his dead prey to appear before him after being caught by a subordinate. Speaking of his subordinates Saito realized from his now deceased puppets inferior mind that he had left some very important business left out in concerns to his traitorous servants. Something he would have to take care of immediately before his older brother arrived to fight him.
Saito walked up in an intimidating fashion to Kanna and Kagura who were right next to each other as he had intended them to be so he could look at both of them at the same time. "Before Inuyasha gets here I have to deliver some much needed form of retribution to you two traitors," said Saito smiling behind the false figure that was Naraku's baboon pelt and fur as he held a small red diamond shaped orb in his hand that was a small as berry from a tree or bush.
"No. Not that!" said Kagura as she knew what was going to happen as the hand that held her heart and life was slowly enclosing it and would soon cause her great pain.
"It's too late Kagura. You were warned by Naraku about betrayal and now you are going to pay for it at the hands of HIS master," said Saito as he squeezed down hard at first causing Kagura to scream in pain in front of everyone.
Saito released the red diamond shaped orb from his pressure and then reapplied the pressure again causing Kagura to scream once more in pain. Saito did this repeatedly several times before something unexpected happened just as he was about to crush Kagura's heart into powdery dust. "Leave her alone!" said a strong voice right next to Kagura that turned out surprisingly to be from Kanna whose eyes showed a fire and defiance that far out did Kagura on her best day of disobedience when she served Naraku.
Saito paused just as he was about to apply pressure to the fragile looking orb in his hand, but he had stopped at the behest of a voice from someone who he thought would never be able to much less speak like that or even speak up at all. "So Kanna you want me to leave Kagura alone do you? Well you get our wish. However, since I'm going to ignore her I'm now going to turn my attention towards you Kanna...Inuyasha's adopted daughter," said Saito as he raised his left hand and reached to pry Kanna's heart Naraku had placed on her left side.
Before he could execute his plan to cause the young girl pain by ripping out her heart and then doing what he did to Kagura he thought he faintly felt Inuyasha's presence drawing near. 'No he couldn't be here this soon. Could he? No! He shouldn't know where I am. It's impossible!' thought Saito as he his hand was several inches from Kanna's left upper side.
Saito got his answer when his demons he had festering around the castle started going nuts as they were running crazy and scared a powerful force of a presence made itself known to him and his prisoners. 'Inuyasha!' thought Sango and the other in the room as their savior had arrived to save them from their captor.
All of a sudden the large room they were in became dark as a red fog like mist started to consume the room. All of a sudden the double sliding rice paper door parted thus making more red fog like mist enter the room as six beings in robes. There faces were covered in the hoods of those robes carried in a silver-black-red lined mixed colored coffin into the still dark, but seeable room. Just as the druids did this the wind outside had just picked up to the point where the velocity of the wind destroyed the upper half of Naraku's turned Saito's still slightly destroyed castle. 'Damn him and his powers!' thought Saito as the wind vanished and thunder and sparks of lightning filled the clouds above them all.
'My father please...kill him for all of us,' thought Kanna as she wall more then happy to know her father would not abandon her no matter what as the upper half of what was once Saito's castle had been thrown away by sheer power of the wind Inuyasha had created.
Had the castle itself been in full prime condition before the wind came it may have been held off, but that was not the case here though. When the druids had stopped their small advancement they raised the coffin so it was now standing vertically for them all to see. 'What the hell?' thought Saito as he had a good idea of who was in that coffin, but he couldn't understand why it was standing vertical and upright.
The six druids, once were sure the coffin was secured moved in front of the coffin with three to the left and three to the right of it. Each one of the druids was parallel to the other with each of them having their own space to the ones next to them. They then put their hands together to form a closed palm triangular formation and bowed their heads slightly downward. What happened next no one believed would happen in front of their eyes in there or anyone else's lifetime. Red lightning struck the coffin causing it to be consumed in a massive blaze of intense fire that seemed almost unnatural to look at as it seemed to move like it had a mind of it own. Just as everyone was drawn into the unnatural moving flame slowly eating at the coffin the front part of it was kicked down by the one who was inside it...Inuyasha. "Hello Saito. Long time no kill," said Inuyasha taking a few steps forward before drawing his Tetsuigia from his sheath as the combination of the red fog like mist, his blood red eyes with their green like pupils, his silver clothes with the red striped line across the chest and down the legs, and the burning coffin now behind him made him look like an invincible god of sorts.
"I'm so glad your hear Inuyasha as we can finally get down to the business and task at hand here," said Saito as he raised his left arm and hand up with an open palm as if he was expecting Inuyasha to give him something.
"You want these? (shows him the five jewel shards in his left hand) Then trade me their lives for them," said Inuyasha smiling seeing Saito's face contort with disgust and fury, but realizes he can't get them any other way.
"As you wish my older brother. But know this...when I kill you the first group of beings I kill will be them. Starting with your future mate...that demon slayer!" said Saito pointing to Sango who was horrified at the statement, but flattered her that Inuyasha consider her his mate.
Saito then snaps his fingers and the chains around his prisoners are removed and Sango, Kikyo, Kilala, Shippo, and all the others could escape. "Give Kagura her heart," said Inuyasha knowing the wind sorceress couldn't truly be free from Saito until she had her heart in her possession to call her own.
"Very well though I don't see why as she will lose it after I kill her when I rip it out of her and squeeze it right in front of her before she dies," said Saito as he threw Kagura her heart which she barely caught from the shock of it just being given to her by her enslaver.
"Sesshomorru! Get Kilala and the others out of here and get a safe distance far away from this place as fast as you can. When I give Saito the remaining shards he's going to reveal his true form that can only be described in two words," said Inuyasha as he raised his left hand showing all five jewel shards in his hand before he prepared to throw them at Saito to catch.
"What words would those be Inuyasha?" said Sesshomorru as he took out Tokijin while Kilala transformed letting Kanna, Sango, Shippo, and Kikyo to get on,
"Berserk Fury. That is his true name. Inusaito: The Berserk Fury. He just calls himself Saito for short," said Inuyasha calmly as he threw the remaining shards at his younger twin who grabbed them all with ease smiling behind the false bodily form he adopted temporarily from his puppet.
What? Wait! (Kilala takes off) Inuyasha!" said Sango as she is now too high up to get off as Shippo, Kanna, and even Kikyo stops her as Sesshomorru leaps into the air with Kilala his sword ready to defend them should Saito pull a trick or two on them.
"Well Inuyasha should we get started already or do you want to wait and let us catch up on old times?" said Saito in a sarcastic tone while holding the five shards in his left hand and the vast majority of the sacred jewel in the other.
"WAIT! DEATH WAITS FOR NO ONE!" yelled Inuyasha a he was practically pissed at his twin brother's suggestion though he new he was being sarcastic and sent a slash of red energy from Tetsuigia towards at Saito that sent the being flying back into unsafe wall that collapsed upon impact.
A moment passed and nothing happened until the form of Saito still covered in Naraku's baboon fur and pelt leaped out of the rubble and landed just less then 15 feet away from Inuyasha. Not bad Inuyasha, but that was just the pre-test of what I expected of you. Now comes the true exam my brother," said Saito as he revealed the sacred jewel was whole once more only instead of an aura of purity it was a jewel of darkness and despair.
"Save it Saito you're no brother mine. Transform already before I kill you here and now. I would prefer to kill you while you're trying your hardest," said Inuyasha who wasn't fazed in the slightest by Saito in the least as he had made his point and his attack with Tetsuigia just reinforced it.
"Prepare yourself brother...FOR THE END!" said Saito as he called forth the now dark powers of the jewel to transform his current body to its one true form that truly reflected his mind and soul.
The now tainted jewel did just that as all the darkness that was in the once sacred jewel left it and went directly into Saito absorbing it dark power into his body. When done Saito threw the now pure sacred jewel away as if it were nothing, but garbage while his body now was releasing a dark aura of power that rivaled Inuyasha's. "Leave us," said Inuyasha to the six loyal druids that had stayed behind who all bowed to their master and floated away in a calm fashion knowing nothing would attack them as they left.
Almost instantly Saito's baboon pelt and fur were torn asunder as Saito's true form was revealed in all of its hideous glory. Saito immediately grew to an exponential height of over 30 feet his hair was long silverfish white in a mane like Inuyasha's except more wild and animalistic. Also his skin was a very dark tan with some markings on his arms and chest area. He had blood red eyes like Inuyasha's, but with no pupils and his fangs were possibly ¾ the size of his sword. Saito's hands were huge with his claws being only half the size of his teeth. His legs were designed for speed plain and simple as they were pack full of muscle, but were thin enough to allow maneuverability. "INUYASHA! KNOW THAT FROM THIS AY FORWARD TO ME YOU ARE NOT THE GREAT DEMON PHENOM ANYMORE!" yelled Saito though from his size, build, and mouth radius it was expected for his voice to sound like a yell.
Inusaito (or Saito as he was called for short) in his new more dangerous form generated a massive dark energy ball with red lightning snaking around it like a snake would on a tree. Inuyasha immediate gained some distance between him and his brother due to the range Saito was in as it would have killed him had he attacked quicker. Saito had now completed the orb itself and unleashed it upon Inuyasha only to repeat the process two more times at a faster pace then the first. Each ball of energy was the size of a very large boulder with the power of a massive bomb, but surprisingly in Saito's mind Inuyasha stood strong and held firm waiting for the attacks to come at him almost as if to test his strength against the attacks Saito had sent at him. As quickly as 1,2, 3 the three attacks were sent in multiple directions to the right and left of Inuyasha who knocked them all away with Tetsuigia as if they were nothing. "If this is all you got Saito then you are as weak as ever. No wonder father was going to announce me as his successor to his throne just before he died," said Inuyasha casually as if what just happened was insignificant as the weather itself.
"IF YOU HADN'T BETRAYED THE FAMILY I WOULDN'T HAVE HAD TO KILL YOU LIKE THAT! FATHER WAS BLIND TO YOUR LOVE LIFE AND CHOSE TO IGNORE IT OUT OF THE GOODNESS OF HIS PITIFUL HEART!" yelled Saito in his monstrous new form as he summoned a large sword to his right hand that was almost bigger then Saito himself.
Inuyasha was not impressed by this however, in fact he seemed to be just the opposite as the great Demon Lord stood there with cold, dark, and yet serious eyes. "Just because you have a big sword Saito doesn't mean you can wield it like it should be," said Inuyasha getting into a small, but noticeable, yet effective sword defense stance with both hands around the hilt of the blade that was Tetsuigia.
"SHUT UP YOU DOG DEMON LIKE WORM AND DIE! SEE AND REMEMBER WHY I AM KNOWN AS THE BERSEKR FURY!" yelled Saito as he continuous in a berserker like rage that seemed to befit Saito rained blow after blow upon his older twin of a brother who in his sword defense like stance block every shot made at him by Saito until Inuyasha held Saito's blade in a deadlock of sorts less then an inch above his head cutting at least two strands of silver hair off of Inuyasha's head.
"Indeed you do live up to your name as the Berserker Fury my brother however, I find it unfortunate that when compared to me you are nothing more then a child swinging his new found toy wildly. You lack skill and restraint and THAT is in truth your one major downfall," said Inuyasha as he raised his sword upward hard and fast at such an angle that it put pressure on Saito's blade to such a degree it cracked and then it snapped in two like a twig being stomped on by a heavy foot with the upper end landing several feet behind Inuyasha.
"MY SWORD!" yelled Saito in surprise as he looked at his half of the broken weapon before he throws it aside.
"Remember Saito it's not the sword that makes the man, but rather it is the man who is the one who makes the sword. Though from the look of surprise on your face you are still clearly just a child," said a smiling Inuyasha knowing how to push his younger brother of a twin's buttons in making Saito extremely angry as such anger was his weakness as well as strength depending on how it was manipulated within Saito.
"I DON'T NEED A SWORD TO KILL YOU! DIE ALL READY!" yelled an enraged Saito whose mind was so filled with anger and rage he could barely see straight as he sent his claws after him only to have Inuyasha dodge them by moving left and right at beyond human and even demon speeds.
After about a full solid 5 minutes Inuyasha had enough of this and decided to go on the offensive and then using another forbidden secret technique to finish his brother. It was called..."The Exorciser" "You first brother and this time...let your rage die with you when you go to the other world to pay for YOUR sins," said Inuyasha as he prepared himself for this attack as he dodged another serious of clawed attack before slicing off his brother left hand at the wrist in an unexpected sneak attack followed by doing the same with the right hand as Saito screamed in pain while attacking in a pain filled rage.
"The Exorciser" as it was called according his ancestors memories of the technique was the most forbidden secret technique of the two he learned. His 1200 year old predecessor had taught him through his memories and when the merger was complete after the blood ritual. This technique required precise pinpoint precision directed directly at the person's heart, but the kick was it was a technique that was designed to be used only on a family member or members should he, she, or they decide to insurrect the family or end a family duel to the death. The stance itself was complicated, but if used correctly it would destroy the enemy's heart and turn it into powder at the same time thus making the soul leave the body and exorcising it a demonic like way...hence the name it was given. "IT IS YOU WHO WILL PAY FOR YOUR SINS BROTHER! AND IT SHALL BE PAID AS I SPILL YOUR BLOOD ALL OVER!" yelled Saito seeing no other recourse, but to use his mouth as a weapon and generate dark demonic energy.
Of course HAD the 1200 year old predecessor Inuyasha not been poisoned by Saito all those years ago he would have performed the technique himself, but unfortunately for him, that was not the case. Inuyasha took his stance, which unlike his last forbidden technique required the body and the sword to be practically one as if they were the whole exorcising instrument, but in order for that to happen the sword had to be in its sheathe and the sheathe had to be removed from the waist to be aligned in just the right angle so when Inuyasha made that dash at a speed that rivaled that of god he could wield both sword and sheathe to create such a deadly and dangerous maneuver. "Goodbye," said Inuyasha as Saito attacked with his attack while Inuyasha moved in to use his.
Inuyasha ran forward missing the attack aimed at him by Saito that slightly got the back of his hair slightly burning the silvery white color ever so slightly, but it could be cut and no one would be the wiser. Inuyasha then leaped into the air with all his demonic speed and his demonic strength that his legs could give him aiming himself at Saito's chest in the area of where the heart was on the left side. "WHAT? NO!" yelled Saito who just realized he had been sucked into a trap only to realize it was too late.
"THE EXORCISER!" yelled Inuyasha with all the rage and fury that dwelled within his mind, body, and soul as he unleashed his attack spinning with sword and sheathe as one as both were being used in this deadly attack.
A quick second and flash of white light later Inuyasha was now passed Saito with his back facing his brothers back. Only now there was now a massive whole that was twice the height of Sesshomorru and three times the width of Shippo in his balloon floating form. Saito's face was an image of pain that and it was clearly written all over his face with the way he didn't move, his mouth hanging open, and finding it hard to breathe before what happened next that Sango and the others saw surprised them greatly. Saito exploded in a massive ball of energy that rose up in circle like cylinder form that reached up into the sky and was a black color with dark like lightning appearing every few sparks of a moment before it dissipated. It wasn't long before Sesshomorru and the other came over to see Inuyasha still in a crouch like form sword still in one hand while the sheathe in the other in a spread V like formation before the half-demon rose from the ground and turned to them putting Tetsuigia away. When they approach Inuyasha they noticed he was now completely covered head to foot in Saito's blood though it didn't really faze the man in the slightest. Inuyasha! I'm so happy you're alive," said Sango as she leaped off Kilala like the others and ran over to him not caring that he was covered in the blood of his enemy that was family.
"Thanks Sango it means so much that you are saying that to me before...," said Inuyasha who then fell to the ground unconscious due to the output of energy he used to kill Saito.
"Inuyasha!" said everyone as the said half-demon fell to the ground before they could reach his barely breathing blood covered body.
This of course was the only failure of this forbidden technique was that once it was used afterwards your body entire shut down except for your brains, hearts, lungs, and all the other major organs required for someone to live afloat. This is done to administer life support to the body to keep the person's lie intact after using such a technique though it left the person wide open, which was why it was only used on family and at a last resort. "Let's get him back home where he can be treated naturally. Shippo you and Kanna can stay on my shoulders so Kilala can take Inuyasha easier," said Sesshomorru as he helped the best he could with only one arm as helped he pick up Inuyasha as he was now placed on Kilala who didn't at all mind that she was closer to Inuyasha once more.
"Can I come back to the castle with you?" said Kagura who as slightly nervous as she had no other place to go and she was attracted to Sesshomorru.
Sesshomorru was a little reluctant to say anything not because he didn't want to, but in fact for the reason that was quite the opposite. He in fact felt something in himself for the Wind Sorceress and now that she had her freedom the moment of opportunity for her to be with him had now arisen within his grasp. The only problem was he was never open to such emotions before and doing something he had never experience before in this case was quite unnerving. However, he realized that if Inuyasha could do it and be like his father then so could he and make them both proud to finally find that certain someone to be happy with. "Yes Kagura...you may come with us," said Sesshomorru in a kind and gentle voice extending his hand towards the Wind Sorceress, which she gladly took without question.
As they all left this place of death and destruction Kikyo picked up the sacred jewel to give to Inuyasha later to make the wish he so rightfully deserved to make as she then got on behind Sango to assist in her support of Inuyasha. Meanwhile Sango could only think one thought in particular at that moment in time. 'When Inuyasha gets better I'm going to welcome him back to the land of the living in my own 'personal' way,' thought Sango as she now blushed a feverish red as she held Inuyasha with her arms around his sides and her hand grasping his muscled chest as impure thoughts ran crazy through her head as she now mentally smiled, yet her mature half scolded herself for thinking such thoughts even though it didn't decrease her smile and blush in the slightest.
(A/N: Hey everyone sorry it took so long to make this I was racking my brain to get this done just right. I drank so much soda, candy, and listen to rock music to such a degree it should have killed a horse. HA! Seriously though I'm very happy as I am possibly one more chapter away from completing this white knuckled tale filled with romance, action, betrayal, etc. I know I know you're thinking the last chapter is going to be them getting to together and being happy. Right! WRONG! Well not all wrong, but to a degree your thoughts on this subject are wrong as you obviously forgot what I mentioned in one of previous A/N about my brain burning so everyone wins in terms of the voting. I'll give you a hint it involves the question Inuyasha asked Kaede about the jewel so you will have to go back a few chapters to figure it out if you forget. Also I want to just state this story is now with my other story Dog Tired (if you hadn't read it you should) are now a part of the stories listed as a C2 story favorite among many others. (YAY! And my parents said I would never amount to anything. HA!) It will take sometime (once again) to create the next and (sadly) final chapter of this story, but I expect to see a review from almost if not EVERY single one of you. You know who you are and you know of what I am talking about. Seriously though you guys rock! Keep on review as it makes my world go round. HA!)