A/N: I'm kinda very excited to present to you the latest crazy product of my brain doing literally ANYTHING not to work on my ongoing stories.
Tessaiga falls from Inuyasha's hands during a battle and his youkai takes over. Will Kagome and co. survive the outcome?
Tessaiga Falls
They were fighting a boar youkai who was much stronger that they had predicted. It had a small palace in the woods and now they were fighting in front of it. Right now Miroku was sprawled under a fallen tree, Sango trying to lift it so he could crawl from under it. Luckily the bark wasn't thick or heavy enough to do more harm than bruising Miroku's body and pride while also keeping him pinned down. Shippou and Kagome were crouching behind a big boulder, the miko with her bow ready. Inuyasha was engaging the boar in a fight, Tessaiga cutting the air and occasionally wounding the bigger youkai. The hanyou was wounded here and there, but it didn't stop him. He had to finish this fast and help his friends, so he was pushing the boar back with the sheer stubbornness and speed. The miko could see her friend was slowly getting tired.
Tessaiga was huge, but the boar's spear was even bigger, giving him a wide range. Suddenly the youkai sprang forward, dwarfing the hanyou who didn't have time to jump away. Kagome screamed when she saw the spear tear a deep wound in Inuyasha's right bicep. The hanyou tried to grab Tessaiga with his left hand, but it already slid out of his limp fingers and transformed back to its rusty self. Inuyasha staggered back, miraculously avoiding another spear thrust and dipping his claws in his blood to send Hijin Kessou at the boar's eyes. One of the blood blades cut the shard of the jewel the youkai had between his eyes and the boar roared in pain, taking a few steps back.
Shippou darted out his hiding spot to collect the shard for Kagome, but the youkai already wiped the blood from his wounded eye and nose, his other eye easily spotting the kitsune/
"That's mine!" he screamed and charged at Shippou like a real boar. Kagome called to him to flee, but the boy froze in fright. The second the spearhead flew forward to pierce his little body a blur of red and silver came to shield the child. Shippou stared at the tip of the spear, red like the robe it was piercing, mere centimeters away from his face, Inuyasha grunted in pain and fell to his knees, his hands gripping the shaft of the spear buried in his gut. Kagome's cry of his name mixed with Sango's call of her weapon's name. Both the huge boomerang and a sacred arrow hit the youkai who disintegrated with another roar.
"Inuy-" started Shippou weakly. His hanyou friend didn't reply, but fell to his side. Kagome and Sango were already running to them when the youki of their friend shifted. "-asha...?"
"He's changing!" called Miroku, still pinned under a tree. "Get back! Give him Tessaiga!"
The fear of Inuyasha turning full youkai came back after many months - it didn't happen since his battle with Ryuukotsusei. Instead of running away like any sane being should Inuyasha's friends refused to leave him to his youkai side and started to look for the fallen sword. Sango grabbed it, but it was already too late.
Inuyasha slid the spear out of his body and sat up, focusing his eyes at Shippou and Kagome who were the closest to him. When Inuyasha didn't attack Shippou dared to utter his name.
"Yes, this one is Inuyasha, son of Touga, the Inu no Taisho of the Western Lands, brother to Lord Sesshomaru of the Western Lands," Inuyasha smiled. It was more creepy than his best snarls. Inuyasha's rough, deep voice caused Sango to stop sneaking closer and the rest simply stared at him.
In a single fluid move Inuyasha stood up and caught Kagome's hands.
"Don't be afraid, my lovely intended mate, this one is not badly wounded. Yet if you require to check this one's scratches to calm yourself, this one will allow it."
"Um..." Kagome blushed and managed to nod at his words.
"And my brave beta," the hanyou-turned-youkai focused his red eyes at Sango, who bit her bottom lip and hugged Tessaiga to her chest a little tighter. "Your courage and strength make you an excellent beta, you have nothing to fear from this one. This Inuyasha is most pleased by your performance this afternoon."
Sango, who had never before got a compliment from the gruff hanyou, could only stare at him as he made his way to Miroku. He flexed his claws.
"Ah, the unfortunate mate of my beta," he sighed and easily picked the tree to throw it away. He grabbed Miroku by the collar of his robe and put him on his feet. "Your wisdom and prowess with dealing with humans are brilliant and appreciated, but you should try to stay away from dangers like this. This one doesn't want any harm to come to his pack."
"Thank you, Inuyasha..." uttered Miroku. Inuyasha turned around to look at everyone.
"Let's enter our now home before we take over this domain. You earned your rest and this one wishes to indulge himself with a cup of steaming ramen." After those words Inuyasha walked to the mansion, leaving his stunned friends behind.
"You know what?" said Shippou after a moment of silence. "What about... not giving Tessaiga back to him?"
"But we should. I'm not sure what's wrong with him, but he can snap any minute," Sango shook her head.
"And we don't know if this isn't just a plot of the youkai blood to devour his human heart," added Miroku and put his finger to his chin. "Just think about it - what if he's just playing to convince us not to give the sword back to him?"
Everyone looked to still silent and motionless Kagome, who turned a radiant smile their way.
"Do you think we can wait with giving him back the sword after eating lunch...?"
A/N: The sole purpose of this pointless story was because I wanted to play with another approach to full youkai Inuyasha. I may or may not write a second part to this story.
What do you think about this? Is this tweak of this motif worth anything?