The best of the best: prelims
8. Inuyasha vs. Sesshomaru
(in the ring)
Announcer: And, for the final match of the preliminary round, Inuyasha vs. Sesshomaru!
(Inuyasha and Sesshomaru enter the ring)
Inuyasha: I have a feeling the pairings were rigged, but hey, I'm not complaining. So, it's just you and me, eh, big brother?
Sesshomaru: I am ready when you are. Don't whine when your head goes rolling.
(sidelines)
Sasuke: They're brothers? No wonder they hate each other, huh, Itachi?
Itachi: Indeed.
Jakotsu: Oh, they're both so cute… (goes into mental overload)
(other contestants sweatdrop and edge away)
Karasu: So, who will win?
Kenshin: This one thinks Inuyasha.
Aoshi: Sesshomaru. He has a far fiercer aura.
Sasuke: Inuyasha, definitely.
Itachi: Hah. Sesshomaru will win. Older means wiser, and stronger. (Sasuke gets a ticked off mark)
Grimmjow: Will you two shut up? They're starting! (earns two death glares from the Uchiha brothers)
(in the crowd)
Kagome: Go, Inuyasha!
Jaken: Will you shut up, wench? Lord Sesshomaru is far stronger than that insolent half-breed! Gah! (gets stepped on)
Rin: Are you alright, Master Jaken?
Jaken: ow…
(in the ring)
Inuyasha: (draws Tetsusaiga) Hah! (slashes at Sesshomaru)
Sesshomaru: heh… (blocks with Tokijin) You're as slow as ever, Inuyasha.
Inuyasha: Feh. Try this: Wind Scar!
Sesshomaru: Dragon Strike! (counters the Wind Scar with blue energy beams. Dragon Strike is going towards Inuyasha)
Inuyasha: Heh. Figured you'd try that. Take this, Sesshomaru! Backlash Wave! (Cuts the energy of Dragon Strike, sending it back at Sesshomaru, who barely manages to dodge, getting a few injuries)
Sesshomaru: You've improved, little brother. But not enough! (charges in, slashing Inuyasha)
Inuyasha: ghh… (strikes back, knocking Tokijin out of Sesshomaru's hands and into the crown, narrowly missing Jaken "eep!")
Sesshomaru: Heh. I don't need Tokijin to defeat you. Poison claws! (slashes at Inuyasha, claws glowing green)
Inuyasha: yai! (dodges, barely) Not bad, Fluffy-sama!
Sesshomaru: (stops, then glares at Inuyasha) What did you call me?
Inuyasha: You heard me, Lord Fuzzy-maru.
Sesshomaru: (snarling) No one calls me Fluffy! You want fluffy, Inuyasha? You'll get fluffy! (eyes go red, claws lengthen, fangs extend.) Die! (voice becomes more like a growl as Sesshomaru transforms into a giant white dog)
(in the crowd)
Jaken: Oh, Lord Sesshomaru's mad now…
Rin: I've never seen him this angry before!
Kagome: Oh, Inuyasha, I hope you know what you're doing, baiting your brother like that…
(sidelines)
Itachi: What? He transforms?!
Karasu: A dog demon… Inu youkai…
Kurama: And quite a powerful one at that. Inuyasha's in for it now!
Sasuke: I take back what I said about Inuyasha winning. He's doomed!
Grimmjow: I hate dogs…
(in the ring)
Sesshomaru: rrr… (lunges at Inuyasha, injuring him)
Inuyasha: Whoa! Ow… maybe goading him this much wasn't a good idea… too late for that now, though. If I'm going down, you're coming with me! (dodges Sesshomaru's jaws) Yai! (curses for a bit)
(Sesshomaru snarls viciously, then charges again)
Inuyasha: Down, boy! Ow! (gets bitten, then flung across the arena by the giant dog) Oh, --, if I didn't know better, I'd say that big fleabag was smirking at me… focus… ready, aim, FIRE! (hurls Tetsusaiga at Sesshomaru, just as the big dog lunges at him) bingo! Uh oh… Gah! (gets crushed by Sesshomaru's paw)
(The Tetsusaiga strikes the dog demon in the chest just as Inuyasha collapses from pain)
Sesshomaru: … (resumes normal form, Tetsusaiga sticking out of chest) ghh… (collapses onto ground)
Announcer: Both contestants are down, and neither is moving! Hang on… (checks pulse for each one) Scratch that, both contestants are dead! Karasu, instead of fighting the winner of this match, you will move straight to the semi-finals.
(sidelines)
Karasu: hmph. Oh well. I was hoping to fight Sesshomaru… sigh
Itachi: they… killed each other…
Miroku: Inuyasha is dead?
Sango: snap out of it, this is just some strange nightmare… wake up…
(in the crowd)
Kagome: Inuyasha!! (starts sobbing, leaning against poor Koenma who had been watching the fight and minding his own business)
Koenma: eh… um…
Rin: Noooooo! (bursts into tears)
Jaken: Lord… Sesshomaru? (faints from shock)
Koenma: Um, Miss Kagome, could you get off me? I can't revive them if you're sobbing on my shoulder.
Kagome: oh, sorry. (sniffs a bit, then gets back up, calmed down) If you're going to revive them, please hurry.
Koenma: Don't worry, I just need to wait until Yukina finishes healing your hanyou… (goes over and revives Inuyasha and Sesshomaru, the latter of which is still unconscious and is carried off to the medical section for healing later)
Inuyasha: Man, I could have sworn I was dead…
Kagome: You were.
Inuyasha: What? But then… where's Kikyo? How am I still here?
Koenma: I brought you back to life.
Kagome: (ticked off, big time) Inuyasha… SIT BOY!
(Inuyasha does a face plant)
END
A/N: Ok, I'd hoped for a longer fight, but I was running out of ideas to keep things moving. Sorry, Sesshy and IY fans. There was just no way that those two were going to finish the fight any other way. One had to die, and that one would just refuse to die unless he took his brother with him. The quarter finals start next time! See you then! Oh, and I'm going to try to add a little aftermath of the prelims section, too. Tune in soon!