Winner Takes All
Walk Away
Disclaimer: Knock Knock.
Who's there?
Imal Awyer
Imal Awyer who?
I'm a lawyer who will take all your money if u don't say you don't own Inuyasha.
:sobs: ok, I don't own Inuyasha. Happy?
AN: Back quicker then I expected. I just wanted to write this now. I'm in the mood I guess. Oh, I want to try posting another story (lol, I can't update this in less than a month, how can I keep up with 2?) but I just want to see if you's think it's a good idea. Check my profile for the summary's. Tell me whether I should start a new one or not. If I should, which one?
PREVIOUSLY:
He called in the previously mentioned toad and told him of his plans. 'This could be interesting.
NOW
Naraku swept into his castle with Kagura and Kanna close behind while Bankotsu and his brothers were putting away their horses. Naraku walked into his study, Kagura close behind him with Kanna ahead of them both, reaching his desk first.
"Master, you have received an important letter," Kanna stated, picking up a small envelope, not unlike the one Sesshoumaru had received. Naraku snatched the paper away from her and quickly scanned it.
"Kagura, tell Bankotsu to stop unloading the horses. Restock our supplies. You two and those brothers will come." Naraku said, tossing the letter aside.
"But master, where are we going?" Kagura asked.
"To get my power." He said, and walked out of the room.
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After 24 hours of fighting, Miroku found himself fighting back-to-back with Inuyasha, twenty-six of their army had injuries – the same amount as the Eastern army. After another three minutes of fighting, Miroku found himself exhausted. They had battled most of yesterday and all through the night. Miroku had used up all of his ofuda and was currently bashing wolf-demons on the head with his staff.
"Inuyasha, we can't beat them, they're to strong." Miroku said as he knocked a wolf away from him.
"Baka! Of course we can!" Inuyasha yelled as he swung his sword around. Unfortunately it was blocked by non-other than Kouga, Lord of the Eastern Lands.
"It seems this battle's becoming as the many before it, a stale mate." Kouga said, twisting his body and aiming a lethal kick at Inuyasha's head. Inuyasha blocked it by grabbing his leg and throwing his opponent away from him. Kouga flipped backwards and landed –ironically cat-like – on his feet.
"He's right Inuyasha," Miroku said. "We should call a truce, before anyone else gets hurt."
"Ginta!" Hakkaku cried as his best friend and brother was hit by someone from the northern army. Said person struggled to stand up from his position on the ground but failed.
"Kouga, we should retreat at once. We can always fight another day." Hakakku yelled, dragging his brother to his feet. "Before anyone else is maimed."
Kouga looked at Inuyasha and Miroku and heard them debating the very same thought.
"Hey dog-breath, wanna call a truce? Revenge is a sweet better served cold." Kouga said, calling his army back to their original side of the field while Inuyasha's troops backed off to the opposite side.
"Alright Kouga-coward, next time, you'll wish you'd battled now, when you might have stood a chance." Inuyasha called. "But then again, I'd have one anyway."
Kouga growled at him as his army started to move back to his kingdom's borders. Inuyasha glared at him with his fierce fire-gold eyes and signaled his soldiers to retreat.
"Next time Kouga, I'll have you." Inuyasha muttered. And turned swiftly on his heal and marched back to his army, to get reports from Miroku and Sango.
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Later that day Inuyasha returned to his castle. An old miko with a black eye-patch named Kaede had healed most of the wounded and the rest were healing well. Sango and Miroku were sorting out the many problems into sections. Important, not-important, and just stupid. Unfortunately for Miroku and happily for Sango, they were on the opposite sides of a very long table. Sango then reached for the next letter in her pile, and yep, you guessed it, it was the same as Naraku's and Sesshoumaru's. She immediately stood up and showed the letter to Miroku.
"This should be shown to Inuyasha immediately." Sango said to him as he looked over the envelope.
"I agree with you, dearest Sango, let's go now." He said and stood to walk next to her. She glared at him, silently warning him that if he even thought of doing anything inappropriate, he would find himself incapable of moving for a number of weeks. Miroku just smiled pleasantly and lead the way. They walked down two of the long, richly decorated halls that were of a deep crimson and cream colour. Windows gave a spectacular view of the gardens, stables and training grounds. Miroku and Sango spared not a glance as they hurried to the hanyou-lord's dojo. He had muttered something about practicing their when they'd arrived back.
The dojo was a typical round room, about the size of a hockey field. It had few windows, all very high up and bullet proof. Well, they'd need to be, to withstand attacks that could have the force of a bullet. The walls were painted a bright red with red mats and a red ceiling, in case of any 'spills' – i.e., they'd blend in. Along one half of the wall was a choice of many types of weapons. On the opposite side had three doors, an entrance/exit, one leading to the showers and another to the mini-kitchen, just in case someone got hungry during training. At the moment, our favourite inu-hanyou was fighting using a katana. He had all the obstacles moving, meaning there was arrows firing out of the walls, dummier popping out of the floor, walls and ceiling, knives, logs and other random obstacles were constantly being thrown every-which-way and fire shooting out of the floor. Traps were being set everywhere, and if he hadn't been a hanyou, he would have been chopped, burned, sliced, diced, squashed, scratched and more than likely dead.
All of a sudden it all stopped.
Miroku had pressed 'the big button'. Basically, it stopped everything in the dojo.
"Miroku! What the hell are you doing!?" Inuyasha yelled as he dropped to the floor. He sheathed the katana and turned to face them, shirtless with a sheen of sweat covering him.
"Lord Inuyasha, Sango-chan and I found an important letter that we needed to show you right away." Miroku stated, calmly giving the letter to the glaring hanyou.
"Keh!" was all he said as he tore open the seal and started to read. As he finished, he looked up at the expectant faces of the monk and taijia. "You two, get Kaede, and pack your bags, we're leaving." He said and without another word, strode out of the dojo.
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At that exact same time, Kouga was given a message from Hakakku. It held all the details for the 'challenge' that had been prepared for them. He quickly gathered his closest pack with him and set off.
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Kagome awoke that morning to a painful throbbing in her head – the after effects of crying herself to sleep. She pushed herself up and off the futon and turned to face the mirror. Her eyes were slightly bloodshot and puffy with tear streaks remaining on her face. She walked out of her room and into the bathing rooms. It was linked with ten other rooms and contained two hot springs and three change rooms. Each hot spring had a small waterfall running into it and had rocks around them to make them look more 'natural'. It also ensured more privacy. She stepped into the water and quickly washed herself. Afterwards, she had on a light blue kimono with black roses on it. She was doing her hair into a high pony-tail when she was interrupted by another miko-in-training.
"Kagome-sama! My that kimono looks beautiful on you! Oh! I was supposed to inform you that Kikyou-sama wants you at sunset in the entrance, she said something about meeting your future owners." The hyper nearly-miko said.
"Thank-you, tell her I'll be ready." Kagome replied and quickly fixed a black rose clip into her hair. She stood up and quietly left the room, heading to the weapons room to pic up her belongings. If I have to stick around with those Lords, I'm gonna have to bring a means to defend myself, I don't trust them as far as I can throw them. She thought as she continued on her way.
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Gonna stop there as I want to start a new chap for this next section. Don't forget to tell me which story sounds interesting.
Too my Reviewers:
LuV SeSsHy AnD InUyAsHa – hey jess, thanx for the reviews. Sorry about the whole too detailed thing, it won't be like that in anymore chapters (I hope). And it's more than likely inu/kag, though nothings impossible.
kags-and-inu – hey!! I haven't heard from you for ages!!! Soz, my sis beat u, lol. Can't beat family. U gonna update soon? Hope I hear from you soon.
Powerfulcheese – hey thanx for the reviews. I'm trying to update but I find myself always procrastinating. I still wanna know if you're the person I think u are or if u happen to have just a really weird coincidence for a name
Greekapino – thanx , it came from a dream I had. I'm trying to update as I said before, but I've also had a lot of work to do (Michel's Patisserie!!! Yah!)
Slowlytheblooddrips – thanx again for reviewing. I really, really liked your story Beauty And The Hanyou, I hope you write some more soon. And yeah, it prob will be inu/kag, but it could go either way, still undecided.