Maru-sha: Time for another chapter !

Inu-yasha: whats this one about ?

Maru-sha: it has to do with Akira and his hatred towards Serenity !

Inu-yasha: uh oh ! Do I sense a fight sense coming on ?

Maru-sha: Yep ! So, sort of laugh and enjoy !

The bright sun rose early in the morning and shone into the many windows of the Inu-house. Serenity was still sleeping with her hand hanging off the side of her bed. Randy, who was in his piglet form, 'P-chan', woke up from Inu-yasha's room and felt the urge to hurt Serenity for some reason. He walked to serenity's room, pushed the door open and saw Serenity's hand hanging from the bed. P-chan growled at ran at serenity's hand.

(CHOMP !!!)

"YEEEEOOWCH !!!!" yelled serenity in pain as she flung her hand around trying to get whatever it was on her hand off. P-chan stayed chomped on her hand. "Why you...GET OFF ME !!!" shouted serenity as she bonked P-chan on the head again and again. P-chan squealed and let go of serenity and ran off. "Darn Randy..." thought serenity. Serenity looked at her hand and her eyes widened, she was bleeding. "That wasn't a playful 'wake-up bite'...he really tried to hurt me" said serenity.

(A bit later)

Serenity had gotten dressed and was taking care of her hand by bandaging it up. "There, it should heal in no time now" thought serenity. She headed downstairs to eat breakfast, but no one else was at the table. "Hmm...maybe they're all still sleeping" said serenity. "Oh Serenity, there you are" said Vespa from the kitchen.

"Hi Vespa-san, anything I can help you with ?" asked serenity. "Yes, you can help me chop up these carrots for Ryo-ohki's breakfast" said Vespa. "Sure" said serenity as she came into the kitchen and got some carrots from the fridge. Vespa held a butcher knife in her hand and brought it up to her face to see herself in it. "Kill her..." said a voice in Vespa's head.

"What the ? Who said that ?" thought Vespa. "Kill her now !" said the voice. Vespa's eyes glowed yellow and she nodded. "Vespa, could ya' hand me a knife ? Vespa ?" asked serenity. Serenity turned around and saw Vespa standing over her with the butcher knife in her hand. "V-Vespa...are you alright ?" asked serenity nervously. Vespa swung the knife down at Serenity. Serenity jumped out of the way in haze of red. Serenity put her hand up to her face and felt blood dripping down her cheek.

"Vespa ! What the heck is wrong with you ?!!" shouted serenity. "Serenity, why'd you move ?" asked Vespa in a sick way. "You almost cut me in half, and im bleeding now !!" shouted serenity. "Then...stay right there...I'm gonna make you feel all better !!!" hissed Vespa as she swung the knife at Serenity again. Serenity back flipped out of the way just in time before Vespa was able to cut her.

"That's it, now try to cut her into little pieces" said the voice in Vespa's head. Vespa's eyes glowed brighter and she slashed at serenity many times, missing Serenity each time. Serenity backed away, but she tripped over P-chan. "Randy, out of the way !!" shouted Serenity. P-chan bit onto Serenity's arm once again that day and serenity growled in pain. Vespa stood over Serenity with a twisted grin on her face and raised the butcher knife over her head and swung it down. Serenity quickly raised up the arm that P-chan was on and...

(RIIIIIP !!!)

P-chan squealed loudly and let go of Serenity's arm. Serenity looked at him and breathed in relief. P-chan's bandana on his neck had been cut off and he didn't seem to be hurt. Vespa pulled the knife from the floor where it was embedded from the last swing. "AAAAHHH !!! SHES GONNA KILL ME !!!!" yelled serenity as she ran upstairs and down all the halls banging on everyone's bedroom door. "S-Serenity..." said Koga as he came out of his room. "Koga !! Vespa is trying to kill me !!" shouted Serenity. "Serenity...I can't...fight it !!!" shouted Koga.

Then Koga's eyes glowed yellow, just like Vespa's did. "Koga, no..." whimpered serenity. Koga punched Serenity in her stomach as hard as his strength would let him. Serenity fell to the floor with her eyes wide open in shock and pain. "Finally, the little up-start is dead" said the voice inside Koga's head. Koga proceeded in walking away.

"Breaking Point !!" shouted Serenity as she sprung up and hit Koga on the back of his head. "Did it work ?" thought serenity. Koga turned and kicked serenity in her chest, slamming her into a wall. "I guess not..." thought serenity as she tried to get up. Koga walked over to serenity with a blank look on his face and grabbed her by the neck and brought her up to his eye level. "Kill her, kill her now !!" shouted the voice in Koga's head. Koga gripped serenity's neck tightly. "K-Koga...stop..." serenity breathed out. Koga let serenity go suddenly. "What are you doing ?!! I said kill her !!" shouted the voice. Koga didn't respond.

Serenity crawled away from Koga, got up and ran to her room and shut the door. "Somethings not right...its not 'kill Serenity day' is it ?" thought serenity sarcastically. "Serenity ? Are you alright ?" asked Inu-yasha from in the hallway. Serenity opened the door to her room and ran into Inu-yasha's arms.

"Inu-yasha, somethings wrong ! Vespa and Koga almost killed me, you have to help me !!" cried serenity. Inu-yasha's eyes glowed yellow and he suddenly stabbed serenity in the back with his claws. "Oh no...Not you Inu-yasha !!" thought serenity. "Now, now Serenity, you know little demon girls can fight for themselves !!" shouted Inu-yasha as he shoved serenity away from him and flexed his claws.

Everyone else came out of their rooms and surrounded Serenity, each one of them had a blank expression on their face and their eyes were glowing yellow. "Attack !!!" shouted the voice inside everyone's head. Miroku charged with his staff. Koga attacked with his sword he never used. Shippo, Kamatari, and Mimi attacked with fox-fire. Ryuenja and Randy both used the 'Breaking Point' technique. Sesshomaru began to change into his dog-demon form. Hank used his blue aura blast attack. Inu-yasha ran forward with his claws out in front of him. And Vespa attacked with her electric guitar. At the very last second before impact with the attacks, Serenity pulled out a tiny leaf.

(3 seconds later)

All that was left of Serenity was a smudge on the floor where she was standing. "Good work my minions" said the voice.

(On the roof)

Serenity was huffing her breath in and out rapidly and she was sweating. She fell back on the roof with a thud. "Thank goodness im part fox-demon. Just wait till they find out that was a duplicate of me" said serenity to herself. "Well, well, well...you survived" said a voice. Serenity sat up and looked around. "Whoever you are, show yourself !!" shouted serenity. "Gladly" said the voice. The wind started to blow coldly and picked up quickly, making serenity cling to the roof for her life. In a large yellow aura, someone appeared on the roof in front of Serenity.

Serenity's eyes widened at who it was. "Akira, I thought you were dead" said serenity. "I thought the note I left you long ago signified that was alive and well" said Akira. "So why are you here ?" asked serenity. "Notice that your 'family' has suddenly turned on you and is trying to kill you ?" asked Akira. Serenity growled bitterly. "You !! You're the one who is making them do this !!!" yelled serenity.

"Took you long enough, man you are one slow demon, but that's understandable since you're half-demon. It was quite easy too, maybe they don't love you as much as you think they do" said Akira. "Why you..." growled Serenity. Akira smirked slyly. "Why ? Why are you doing this to me ?!!" shouted Serenity. "For that fluke of a battle the first time I met you !!" shouted Akira. Serenity laughed at the thought of it. "Yeah ! That battle when I bet you in my human form !! Some demon you are !!" laughed serenity. "shut-up !!" yelled Akira.

"You are a million years under-evolved, you primitive little hanyou !!!" shouted Akira as he lunged at serenity. "What do you mean primitive ?!! You were made at least a century ago !!" shouted Serenity as jumped over him and motioned her hands in a way of saying "bring it on". Akira charged his hands with red energy and began punching at Serenity in a rapid succession. Serenity barely dodged the attacks since she was weak from almost being killed earlier. Akira then stopped attacking her.

"You're quite formidable for a hanyou, well done" Akira semi-complimented. Serenity was breathing heavily and was having trouble keeping her guard up. "You are in no condition to fight, in order to beat you with honor as a demon, I shall fight you tomorrow at half past noon on the top of the tallest tower in this city. Come alone and no funny stuff" said Akira.

"You have my word, I will be there" said serenity. "Good, cause if you don't..." stated Akira. Suddenly a large orb of lighting energy was behind Akira. Inside it were Inu-yasha, Sesshomaru, Vespa, Mimi, Shippo, Randy, Koga, Miroku, Kamatari, Ryuenja, and Hank. "If you don't show up, I shall kill them...all, slowly and painfully" said Akira. Serenity nodded bravely and Akira disappeared along with the others.

Serenity fell from the roof onto the ground and began crying. "Im no match for Akira by myself !! Everyone is gonna die !" cried serenity. Serenity felt someone rub up against her side. "Ein, Ryo-ohki !!" shouted serenity as she hugged them. "Akira didn't affect you guys" said serenity. Ryo-ohki meowed and sat on serenity's shoulder and looked as if she was crying.

"He took your 'father' Randy...I know...dont you worry, I'll save them all no matter what !!" shouted serenity. Ein barked at serenity. "What do you mean 'how' ?!! I have to go to the tallest tower in the city tomorrow, that's how !" said serenity. Ein continued barking. "What do you mean 'what if I lose' ?! Must you always think negative like that !!" shouted serenity.

Serenity walked off and went into the house to her room. "Im not gonna lose ! I've got new tricks up my sleeve !!" thought serenity as she held up a pack of cards. "Tomorrow, Akira is gonna meet his match !" said serenity.

To be continued...

Maru-sha: the next episode is gonna be great !!

Inu-yasha: whats up with Serenity and those cards ? She gonna play her way to victory ?

Maru-sha: nope, all that training with Randy paid off !

Inu-yasha: ohhh, I see !! You better hurry up and update then !!

Maru-sha: I will, I will !!