-------------------------------------------------Minor Annoyances, Hellish Battle Part One---------------------------------------
Two day's later, the group was on the road heading for the coastline. Chaos had mentiond that a sacred jewel shard could be found there, and not having anything better to do, Sango agreed, followed by Inuyasha. As they traveled it became clear to Sango that Inuyasha and Chaos were not going to get along well. For the past two day's they had said almost nothing to eachother, opting to use Sango as a middle man. At first it was amusing for Sango to watch, but now, after two day's of this, it was getting boring. Today it was no differnt. For a few hour's now nobody had said anything, just kept to themselves as they walked, then it started raining. Sango carried Kirara and had on her large brim hat to keep out the rain, Chaos had his wing's over his head as a type of shield, while Inuyasha just kept walking, as usual.
"Hey, mutt, dont you want to keep dry?" asked Chaos.
Inuyasha turned to glare at him. "What did you call me, lizard?"
Chaos glared back. "I called you a mutt...mutt."
Inuyasha narrowed his glare. "Are you trying to push something, lizard?"
Chaos also narrowed his glare, coping Inuyasha. "What if I am...dog boy?"
Inuyasha growled. "Then ill gut you...scaly."
Chaos winced. "Ow, that hurt. But you already tried that I believe, and if I recall, it didnt work."
"Humph, ever heard of something called a second try?"
"Yes, and iv also heard of something called a second failure."
"Who said I would fail!"
"Um, let me think about that...O, thats right, I did."
"Was I asking you?"
"Yes you were."
Inuyasha stopped, now confused. "What?"
Chaos smirked, then continued on his way, taking the lead. Inuyasha stood there for a few second's, trying to figure out what just happened. Sango only sighed. These type's of confrontation's were becoming a daily pattern, always leaving Inuyasha confused. Sango walked to his side and placed a hand on his shoulder. Inuyasha gave her a confused look. Sango only smiled, then continued. Inuyasha stood there for a few more second's, before he was rudly interrupted.
"You coming...puppy?" called Chaos over his shoulder. Chaos smiled mentally. He had just found a new name for Inuyasha.
Inuyasha shook his head, pushing those confused thoughts away, and jogged to catch up. "Yah yah im coming scales." Sango sighed again. Seemed like this was going to go on for quite awhile.
Two hour's later of silence, Chaos started humming, further annoying Inuyasha. But Inuyasha didnt say anything. 'I will beat that lizard if its that last thing I do.' But as time passed (namly four minutes) Inuyasha got tired of it.
"Would you mind cutting that out!"
Chaos smirked. "Why, if you say please then-" suddenly, Chaos stopped. Inuyasha was puzzled, but then caught wiff of some demons. Sango, not catching on yet, looked back and forth between them.
"What is it?"
"I can smell demons." said Inuyasha
"I can feel demons." said Chaos, at the same time. Sango got her Hiraikotsu ready, Kirara transformed, Inuyasha pulled out his Tetsusaiga, and Choas summoned his magic.
"Where?" asked Sango.
"About a mile or so ahead, coming this way." answered Inuyasha, who was activly sniffing the air.
"From what I can tell...their small fry's, a few medium sized one's...and two, rather large ones." continued Chaos.
"You can tell all that by just smelling them?" asked Sango.
"No, my sence of smell isnt all that good, just abit higher then humans, but I can 'feel' demon's demonic aura's, something I gained from the dragon in me. So dont worry pup, you still have the best nose around."
"Hmph." was all Inuyasha said as he waited for the attack.
It came two minutes later. Inuyasha was about to attack when BANG, the demon's lit up in a blaze of fire. Their scream's of pain could be heard for mile's around as their flesh was burned from their bones. After thrity second's of burning, the last demon fell, burnt to a crisp. Sango gave Inuyasha a confused look, then looked at Chaos. He was only smirking, before he went to the largest corpse that hadnt burned to ash. He stared at it for a few second's, before kicking it.
"Pitiful. And they call themselve's demons." he said, then shook his head and continued on his way. Kirara went up to the burnt ash that was now fluttering in the air due to a breeze. She sniffed what remained of the burnt body parts, and curled her nose. She then transformed back into her kitten formed and hopped onto Inuyasha's shoulder. Sango walked up to Inuyasha's side, shouldering her Hiraikotsu, while Inuyasha sheathed his sword. He took one quick glance at the body's, then walked to catch up to Chaos, with Sango by his side.
Nobody spoke for hour's untill Inuyasha told them they were getting close to the villiage. Sango nodded.
"It would be good to get out of this rain." said Sango. Mentally, she believed that a good night's sleep in an inn would do good for the 'boys.' Suddenly, Inuyasha stopped. Sango looked at him questionaly.
"This is Shiori's village."
Chaos paused. "Whose village?"
"Shiori's. She's a young demon who Inuyasha saved a couple of month's ago." explained Sango. Chaos thought about it for a second, then nodded.
"Well, I dont see any reason why you couldnt pay her a visit pup. Hell, it might do you some good." said Chaos with a smirk on his face. Inuyasha glared at him, but then smirked himself.
"Well, why dont you come along and see her for yourself, scales. You said yourself you wanted to meet some people who didnt hate half-breed's. Now's your chance." Chaos's smirked faltered. He was always nervouse when it came to meeting new people.
"N-no that's o-ok, I can wait."
"Ahhh, is the lizard shy?"
"N-no! T-that's not it. I-I just think i-it would be b-better if you went alone."
"Nope, your coming to."
Sango sighed. This would keep up for hour's if she didnt stop it. "Your coming Chaos, Inuyasha obviously wants you to meet her. Indulge him for once."
Chaos frowned. "Fine, but he owe's me one."
Inuyasha smirked. Finally, thing's were going his way. Good thing Sango was on his side. As they walked through the village, Sango noticed that it had been rebuilt. It also seemed that it was more livily then before, thanks to its new found commerce in the fishing industry. While Sango was admiring the villiage, Inuyasha was taking in the people. Many were looking at them apprehensively, not trusting any demon since the last one. Other's had look's of curiosity. Still other's had looks of pure hatred. It was these look's that Chaos noticed the most. He hated being hated. But he shrugged it off, pushing forbidden memory's that were welling up to the back of his mind.
A few minutes later, they arrived at the half demon girl's house, outside the village.
"Miss Kasuna?" called Sango. (Sorry, I needed a name for Shiori's mother, and this was the best I could come up with)
After a moment of waiting, a middle aged woman appeared.
"Ahhh, Sango, so nice to see you again. And Inuyasha! Now this is a surprise. Its been to long." said Kasuna. "Come in, come in."
"Thank you." said Sango, nodding her thanks. Inuyasha followed. They both sat down near the fire, as Katsuna gave them eash a bowl of stew. It was then that Inuyasha noticed Chaos wasnt with them. He looked around, then growled. Katsuna noticed.
"Is something the matter?"
"No, no nothing's that matter." Inuyasha looked at Sango. "He ran out on us." Sango only shook her head.
"Well, what can you do?"
Inuyasha growled. 'Rip his chest open, snap his rib's, shred his liver, smash his heart, slice his kidney's, ram his head into a rock, hit him with my wind scar.' (Id go into the bloody detail's, but I think I would go above the M rating if I did)
"Where you expecting somebody else?" asked Katsuna.
"Yes, a member of our group is missing. Dont worry, he'll show up sooner or later."
Katsuna looked confused. "Wasnt there three other's with you?"
Inuyasha looked down at the ground sadly. "Yes, but...we had a sort of...disagreement. We split up."
Katsuan looked at him sympathetically. It wasnt hard to piece what happend together just by the look's on their faces. She shook her head and left the room, having some buisness to attend to.
Just then they heard yelling from outside. Suddenly, Shiori burst throught the front door, pulling Chaos with her.
"Damn you, when I say I want to talk to you, you dont walk away from me!" yelled Shiori. She then pushed him into a cushion, not yet seeing the two guest's, staring wide eye at her for subduing a smart ass like Chaos. She then punched him in the shoulder, getting a faked grimce from the victim.
"Do you understand me!" Chaos nodded meekly.
"Good, now tell me where your from, who your with, what your doing here, what you are, how you are, and then you can go play with me." Shiori stopped, panting for breath. Chaos stared at her, never knowing somebody could say all that with such small lungs.
"Um..im from a forest north of here, my name's Chaos, im with my puppy, my sister, and my cat, im here at their request to meet you, im part dragon, im doing ok, and if you stopping hitting me ill go play with you."
Inuyasha then sprang to his feet and stomped to stand infront of Chaos. "A puppy you call me!"
For the first time Shiori noticed Inuyasha. "Inuyasha!" she yelled as she sprang into his arms. She hit him so hard that he fell onto his back.
"Inuyasha, I missed you so much. Where've you been? Why havnt you visited me? What have you been doing? Are you ok? Are you hurt? Is this dragon taking care of you? Do you need anything? Are you hungry?"
Inuyasha sat up, holding the little ball of energy in his arms. "Hey, slow down. Yes iv missed you. Weve just been busy latly. Alot of demon's have popped up, and its been...tough to keep up with them all."
Katsuna then walked back into the room. "O Shiori your back. Could you go down to the harbor and give this package to the dock master? He asked for it a couple of hour's ago. And bring these three with you. Show them what's new."
Shiori then bounced out of Inuyasha's arm's, grabbed his arm, and pulled him to his feet. "Come on, come on, come see. You too dragon, o and you to Sango."
Sango shook her head. She was curious to see what made the village boom like this, and to know what gave Shiori this new attitude. It was quite the opposite of what she had been like a few month's ago.
As they travled through the village, Sango was amazed by how much it had changed. Before, it just had a few huts, one dock, and a few small fishing boats. Now, it had dozen's of hut's, a few inn's, market's, and atleast eight dock's with large ships coming and going. There were even crowd's walking around, something you dont see unless your in a city or something. When they finally reached the harbor, Shiori ran up to a heavly built man.
"Master, iv brought the salt's you asked for."
The man turned around, glaring at the young girl. "Damnit girl, what did I say about interrupting me when im busy!"
"Im sorry sir, it wont happen again." said Shiori, who was visably cringing. The man roughly took the package from her hand's.
"Now, get out of my sight." Shiori nodded quickly, walking away. Inuyasha followed, anger written all over his face. The only thing that held him back from tearing the man apart was a hand from Sango. Chaos just looked glumly at the seen, memory's once again coming to mind. The three followed Shiori around the dock's. She kept a smile on her face, but it wasnt real. Inuyasha could see that. All was going fine untill...
"Hey, half-breed, get your ass over here and help my men with those crate's." yelled a burly man, who had an aura of authority about him, who was also carring a large hammer on his back. Shiori nodded quickly, and ran to help.
"We'll help to." called Inuyasha. From the look's of things, those crates looked heavy, to heavy for the girl, even with her demon streanght.
"No, your not part of this town, so you should leave, demon. This is the girls job."
"But, can you see that it's to much for her? She's going to need help!" yelled Sango.
"I said no! Or do you need a leason in respect?" yelled the man back.
"No, sir, please dont hurt my friend's, they only want to help." called Shiori. She then looked over at Inuyasha. "Its ok, this is my job. You dont have to help." And with that, Shiori, with much visiable effort, lifted a large crate on her shoulder, and started to slowly walk with it to a nearby storage house. About half way there, she tripped over a stray rope, dropping the crate in the process, spilling large group's of fish everywhere. This enraged the man, who walked slowly over to the girl, who was already surrounded by Inuyasha, Sango, and Chaos. When he reached her, he slowly helped her on her feet, the quickly and brutally, smashed his fist into her small stomach, sending her into the storage shed, eight feet behind her. Instanly, Inuyasha was standing before the man, Tetsusaiga in hand, Sango behind him with her Hiraikotsu, and Chaos with his two fire blade's. The man only grinned.
"Ahh, so a pack of demon's want's to play! Well, if you wanna play, let's go." And with that the man pulled out his war-hammer that he was carring on his back. At the sight of a confrontaition, the sailors and work's that could see what was going on stood behind the man, bringing out whatever weapon's they could find. This only made Inuyasha scowl, Sango more determind, while it made Chaos...excited.
"No...dont...I dont...want anybody...to die." the gang looked over at Shiori, who was slowly getting to her feet, painfully. There were large cut's and lacerations along her body, and her clothing was ripped. Also, her left leg was bent in an odd shape, obviously broken.
"Ahh, I see that wench didnt have enough brain's to stay down. Well, get this through your thick head, we dont want you here. So, we'll just open a door to the underworld for you, if you dont mind, so that you can meet your wretched father." yelled the man with a smirk on his face.
At this remark, Shiori's head shot up quickly, pure hatred shining in her eye's. "Dont you...ever speak...about my father...like that. He was a...great man."
The man scoffed. "Yeah, a great...DEAD demon." At this, many of the sailor's started laughing. This brought tear's to the young demon's eye's, but she held them back, not allowing the man to enjoy her pain. She slowly hobbled over to where Inuyasha was standing. Sango went to help her, but was held back by Chaos.
"Dont."
"But why? Cant you see she need's help!" yelled Sango.
Chaos only shook her head. "She's got to much pride for that. If you help her now, you'd only hurt her more, emotionally."
Inuyasha nodded. Finally, they agreed on something. When Shiori finally reached his side, she leaned on him for a few second's, catching her breath, then stood up-right, her left leg hovering above the ground slightly. She then looked up at the man, glaring at him defiantly. That was the last straw. All hell broke loose.
(Arther's note: If you, the reader's, are quesy around blood, please leave or skip this section of the story. This will be very graphic. Also, im going to split the fight into three section's, each from Inuyasha's, Sango's, and Chaos's point of view's)
Inuyasha---------------------
Boss (Ill just call him that from now on) was the first to strike. He smashed his hammer at Shiori, who only survived becasue Inuyasha scooped her up and placed her on the storage shed.
"Stay here, we'll be back soon." Shiori only nodded. She wanted to help, but in her condition, she would only get in the way. Inuyasha bounded back into the fight. He went directly to the boss. The boss saw him bound toward him, and got his hammer ready. He was pissed that he hadnt been able to kill the girl, and now put that rage into his hammer. Inuyasha took a quick swing at him, slamming him with his Tetsuaiga, smashing him back a few feet. Inuyasha did a quick back flip, reading his sword for another attack. The boss righted himself, and charged at Inuyasha. He moved quite quickly for a large man, but he was also extreamly strong. He raised his hammer above his head, and loward his shoulder as he ran. This caught Inuyasha off gaurd, which gave the boss the time he needed. He brought his hammer down onto Inuyasha, who raised his fang to block it, but was smashed in the gut by the boss's shoulder, which sent him into a nearby piller. Inuyasha grunted from pain, but stood up again, and readied himself for another attack. He then dashed forward, took a quick jump of another nearby piller, and landed behind the boss. He then quickly took a quick slash at the man's back, neatly slicing the skin from the fleash. The boss cried out in pain and surprise, as blood squirted all over the dock. He then turned around quickly and used his hammer as a bat.
This move caught Inuyasha by surprise, and he didnt react fast enought to get out of the way. The hammer smashed into his kidney's, sending wave's of torturous pain throughout his entire body, as blood spewed from his mouth. The attack sent him flying across the dock, headfirst into a mid-sized fishing boat. The boss then ran across the dock, acting as if he didnt have a massive gash across his back, and headed for the boat. When he got there, he found Inuyasha sprawled out in a pile of rubble, blood gushing from an open wound he had sustained from a large chunk of wood. The boss smiled, and slammed the pole end of the hammer into the ground, where a button had been placed. Immediately, at one end of the hammer, a large blade appeared, covered in dried blood. The man smiled again, raised the blade end of the hammer over his head, and smashed it into the Inuyasha. Only, Inuyasha wasnt there any more. He had rolled of the the side, but the power of the smash sent him a few more feet into the dock. Inuyasha slowly got to his feet, leaning on his Tetsuaiga as a crutch, blood still pouring out of his wounds.
"Is...is that all...all you've got?" he asked sarcasm dripping from his voice. This only enraged the boss further, and he tried to pull his hammer from the wood it was encased in. But it wouldnt come out. It was stuck. This gave Inuyasha time to run forward, and slide along the ground, slicing into the man's thigh's deeply. The boss screamed out in pain, as more blood poured out from his wound's. With a final tug, he was able to pull his hammer from it's prison, but the force of the tug sent him back a few feet, giving Inuyasha still another chance. He quickly bounded to his feet, and leaping over the man, he brought his sword down onto him. The Tetsuaiga smashed into the man's stomach, but that didnt kill him, due to his sheer size, it lodged deeply in his fat, but it was deep enought for the sword to slice into the stomach lining, alowing it's digestive fluid's to spill freely into his blood stream. This caused him further pain, as the acid burned through the liver and kidney's, and scalded his spinal cord. Inuyasha had to use alot of his streanght just to pull his sword out, which was now cover'd in melted yellow fat, bubbling red blood, and dripping green stomach acid.
At the sight of their boss being beaten, a dozen men went to help him up. It was then that Inuyasha noticed that a few of them were actually half-demon's, they just looked much more human then he. Because of this, he could see the wind scar, and an idea came to mind. If he could use his power at the right moment, he could catch them all in one move. His simple plan compleat, he waited for the right moment, and it came. The sailor's got in a tight bunch, forming a human wall around their leader, weapons facing Inuyasha. He only smirked, brought his sword above his head, and smashed it down into the ground.
"WIND SCAR!" He yelled, and instantly, five great line's of pure energy was released as the Tetsuaiga's ultamite power was unleashed. But, as alway's, something went wrong. At the exact moment he was about to make contact with the ground, a large ball of fire hit his sword, throwing it off course. When it hit the ground, instead of sending it's energy at the group in front of him, the energy went directly across the bay, and into a certain storage shed with a wounded half-demon on top.
"Shiori!" yelled Inuyasha as the energy engulfed her scream's of fear...
To be continued--------------------------------
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Well, there you go. I hope you are all happy. I wrote this all in a day, and my finger's are killing me. I would have wrote the other point's of view, but that would make the chapter to long. And I wouldnt have been able to give you all the cliff-hanger. I hope this chapter was better then the one's before it. About Shiori, she's about thirteen, I never go to find out her age. So, being a teen now, she want's people to see her as a person, not a half-breed. I hope you enjoyed this. It took me thirteen long hour's to type up.
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