Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha! If I did Kagome wouldn't be the center of mostly all the male attention in the show! Geez I mean c'mon! Kouga, Inuyasha, Hobo -- I mean Hojo! Miroku gropes her sometimes and she always gets kidnapped! Damn! And all Sango has is Miroku and Koranosuke Takeda! And that was only one episode he appeared in! ONE! It's not that I hate Kagome, it's just that I'd wish she would just stop being the center of the attention! And she needs to get stronger too. I'm overreacting aren't I? I'll stop now . . . but I still don't like it.

5th Chapter of this story coming right up!


Second Impressions Go a Long Way

Chapter 5: The Demon and the Slayer's Fight. Pt. I


Kagome and Shippou came back to the campsite from the small hot spring they found not to long ago. Shippou sat on the ground close to the put out fire and Kagome went to her big supply bag and put the lotion and hair products she used at the hot spring in it. She looked around the campsite. Inuyasha was in the same tree he slept in the night before, Miroku was leaning against that very tree with his head bowed and his eyes closed and everything they used that night such as their sleeping bags and such had been packed already.

Inuyasha jumped down from the tree once he knew that they were ready to leave. They wouldn't go very far because they still had Sango to wait for. Inuyasha was mad at his bastard half-brother. But it confused him. Why would Sesshomaru take Sango? That isn't like him . . . hell they never even interacted with eachother. Then something in the Hanyou's head clicked.

'That night sango went away . . . she said she had a fight with Sesshomaru. I smelled him on her. Maybe it has something to do with that fight?'

But no matter how much stuff came to Inuyasha's head, he was still confused about his half-brother's behavior. That was not like the cold, merciless, pig-headed Sesshomaru he was used to seeing, as well as fighting.

"Ready? We'll settle when the sun starts to set. Any objections?" Inuyasha spoke. Everyone shook their heads. He wasn't in the mood to talk. His confusion and Sango getting kidnapped were making him mad enough.

After Kagome got her bag on her back, Inuyasha started walking with the others trailing behind him.


Sango stretched out her muscles and worked out the kinks, determenation written on every feature of her face. Since she woke up she has been getting ready for the big fight that was going to take place soon. She could see Sesshomaru standing on one side of his incredibly big fighting arena, looking as cold as ever. The arena was the same as the land she traveled on with her gang. Dirt and all. It's just the big walls around them that were different. Taking her position on the fighting ground, she turned to face her opponent.

Sesshomaru watched her carefully as she walked to her position on the field. She looked confident, walked confident, even looked laid back. That just made him smirk though. Overly confident people are always the ones who get seriously injured. A perfect example being his dimwitted half-brother. The slayer turned to face him with a determined look.

Sango looked at Sesshomaru's face. He was smirking! The nerve! Sango resisted the urdge to go over there and wipe it off his handsome face. 'We'll see who is smirking in the end of this battle, Sesshomaru.' She ended her thoughts when she saw a . . . a thing come onto the battle field. When she saw the ugly, horrified features on the creature she reconized it to be that toad demon who practically cowars from from a slug and who serves the snobbish demon lord as if Sesshomaru was his master and the toad was the obedient dog on a leash.

Jaken scurried over to the very last spot he wanted to be at now. Why did Lord Sesshomaru have to make him do this? Why not that infuriating human child, Rin? Or one of the house servants? Why not just start when Sesshomaru said they could start? His lord could be most confusing at times.

Sesshomaru glanced at Jaken almost impatiently. The coward. Can't even announce a fight. It was pathetic to be scared. He saw Jaken putting his green hand above his unnaturally round head.

"Ready!" The fighters looked directly at one another.

"Set!" Sango crouched low in her fighting stance while Sesshomaru stood unmoving. 'This is it. No holding back.'

Right before Jaken said the word that would start this fight, he ran as fast as his unusual feet could let him.

"Fight!" Immediatly Sesshomaru charged towards Sango.


"Kagome!" Inuyasha called out as the centipede demon sprayed its acid at her and grabbed her, hauling her out of the way before the acid could touch the girl anywhere.

"Stay here, O.k." It wasn't a question, it was a command. Inuyasha gave his full attention to the filthy beast in front of his amber eyes.

Miroku, who was fighting as well, took out one of his sutras and got ready to throw it at the demon. "Sacred Sutra!" He threw it at the large centipede, but as fate would have it, it missed when the demon moved. It ignored Miroku and went for Kagome, who had the jewel shards in the first place. But before the centipede could do anymore, Inuyasha sliced it in half with the Tetsusaiga and it fell to the ground with a loud "Thud".

Inuyasha sighed irritably while putting his sword back in its sheath. He turned to face the monk with an annoyed expression on his face.

"What the hell happened back there, Miroku?" Inuyasha nearly shouted at the said man.

Miroku bowed his head in shame. He didn't know actually. He usually had more control over the sutras he used. What was exactly wrong with him?

"Inuyasha! Calm down. It isn't Miroku's fault!" Kagome defended the human male of the group. Shippou nodded in agreement from his position on Kagome's shoulder and jumped on Miroku's after.

"You could have gotten killed, Kagome! Why should I-"

"Inuyasha! Sit boy!" Kagome hollered at the dense half demon. She let out a sigh, went over to Miroku and patted him lightly on the back. He looked up with apoligizing eyes. Kagome smiled softly. She understood what was wrong with the monk. He was sad. And when people are sad they are less active then they are normally and are in their own world.


Sesshomaru ran towards Sango and he could see her smirking. He knew the reason behind that smirk and he was going to give her something that would turn that smirk into a rather surprised look. Right when he was just a few feet away from the slayer and like the last two times, he dissappeared.

Sango was tired of it. 'Here we go again with the whole running thing.' She thought in a lazy tone. But the next thing was that he dissappeared. She was expecting that, but he took a different aproach than before. She felt his aura and looked up to see him coming down with a fist. She moved out of the way just in time. Sesshomaru's fist connected with the dirt ground. Hard. Sango's eyes slightly widened at the big dent the force had created in the ground. She quickly got over it and ran close enough so she could attack him.

Sango swung her Hiraikotsu diagnally at Sesshomaru's torso, but unfortunately, he was faster and dodged it. sango wasted no time. She charged towards him, stopped infront of him and slashed out with her hiraikotsu. Just like she planned, Sesshomaru jumped back and, letting out her original battle shout, she threw the boomerang towards him while he was still in the air.

sesshomaru wasn't expecting this. He barely dodged it, but his arm got a minor cut (In this fic, I'm going to let Sessomaru have his arm Inuyasha hacked off.). He growled and brought out his familiar, deadly whip. Sango rolled her eyes just to tick him off. He whipped out at her and she dodged each and everyone of his attacks.

Sango didn't notice it, but after each attack he gave her, he was getting closer and closer to her. Once she noticed though, his claws were pointed towards her face and he brought the hand down. Sango immediatly put the boomerang in front of her and struggled with holding her end. Sesshomaru's claws were slowly cracking her hiraikotsu and her eyes widened in disbelief and panic.

The slayer kicked him in the stomach so he would get off of the weapon she was sporting at the moment. He smirked, even if the kick actually was painful. His hyper-sensitive hearing heard the cracking. Sango didn't belive it and looked shocked. He did the only thing he thought he could at the moment. He punched her in the gut.

Sango was gasping for air when she looked at Sesshomaru's peircing amber eyes. He was laughing at her! Not out in the open though, but she could see the cruel amusment in those orbs. All she could see was red now. She took out her sword and made a move to cut off those damn feet of his, but he moved out of the way. She got up from the crouching position she was in and saw that he was also taking out the regular sword he packed before this fight.

The sound of metal clashing with metal rung through the arena. If you were far away from the fight all you could see are blurs coming from each direction on the field. It would even be hard to belive that Sesshomaru was facing a human. A woman no less.

Sesshomaru really had to bite back a laugh. "Letting your anger get the better of you is weak. You may appear like you are faster, more determined. But your intelligence is lacking, Sango." Sesshomaru said as Sango rushed her sword at him over and over again. She didn't answer him. Instead she tried to punch him in the mouth. He was guessing she wanted him to shut up.

Sango was mad, but that didn't mean she would let her gaurd down. "You know," she panted slightly while Sesshomaru looked like they didn't even start the fight yet. "I like it better when you were silent and cold you bastard!" She was really getting agrivated with that expression on his face. As he caught her wrist, her foot knocked him off his feet.

Before hitting the ground with his back in a very humiliating way, his hands came out and he did a back hand spring while Sango jump a few feet away. He was still smirking. She had power of a demon. He was surprised at the speed she was displaying when they were fighting with their swords. Speaking of which, Sesshomaru looked Sango up and down. She had a cut on her hip and one on her forearm.

Sango didn't feel like fighting with swords so she threw hers to the side and put her fists up.

Sesshomaru saw this and he stuck his sword in the ground so it was standing upright. So his opponent wanted to fight like this? He would follow her. Sure a few punches and kicks were thrown, but they never no weapons with them. He knew she had that hidden dagger in her suit and he didn't care. That would be cheating. The slayer wouldn't stoop that low.


Cliffy I guess. But don't worry. The next chapter will be the ending of the fight. Who will win? I don't know myself. I make it up as I go along.

O.k. Sorry it took so long to update but school hasbeen a bitch. Homework piled up and such. And it's putting me in a mood that I don't feel inspired to write! I'm sooooooooo sorry!

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