For the last time! I don't own One Piece or Inuyasha! Stop stalking me! . .
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Scroll Five: Devon's Betrayal!
"Speed-Speed Dash!"
"Hrrrrraaahh!"
The two wolf demons watched in awe as the two whirlwinds collided, creating a min-hurricane in the area. "Go Koga!" Ginta cheered.
"Yeah! Get 'um boss!" Hakkaku shouted, raising a fist in the air.
The two competitors slid backwards. "Ya know, for a mangy wolf, you ain't half bad." DJ said, out of breath.
"You ain't seen nothing yet, ya speedy bastard." Koga panted and disappeared with a gust.
The two darted around the forest again, barely visible except when they made contact for an attack. "Speed-Speed…. Mach Four kick!" DJ kicked at super speed while Koga aimed a shard kick at the same time. The shock wave resonated a few feet and made a small dent in the dirt and a dust cloud where they collided.
"Urrg… D-Damn you…" Koga spat as he pushed against DJ's leg.
DJ chuckled softly, "Is that the best you can do?" He leaped back and ran in the other direction.
"HEY! Get back here!" The wolf leader shouted angrily and through the woods.
"You're fast, but it's just your legs." The speedy swordsman sighed.
"What's that supposed to mean, you punk?" Koga snarled.
DJ grinned and turned sharply, leaving Koga to continue running straight into a tree in the path. The swordsman laughed softly from a tree branch to the left of the wolf demon. "It doesn't matter if you're fast, if you can't think that fast, you'll never be able to catch me. The Speed-Speed fruit allows me to move any part of my body I want at super speeds, even my brain and heart if I so choose." He chuckled again, taunting the wolf.
Koga yelped and grabbed his nose that he had slammed up against the true. "You really know how to piss me off!"
DJ giggled and jumped down from the tree and ran of again. "Catch me if you can, you slowpoke wolf!"
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"What do we do with him?"
"I say we kill him anyway."
"Inuyasha, sit boy!"
"ACK!" Inuyasha fell whimpering to the ground.
"I assure you he's harmless." Chizuru chuckled as she watched the two talk about Axe.
"Tell that to the two foot long gash in my back!" Inuyasha grumbled as he began to stand up.
"Sit!"
"Eep!" The dog demon was slammed to the ground again. "My back…Ah…my back…"
"I honestly don't know what happened, just a few blurry images of a black-haired man, telling me to kill that Inuyasha guy." Axe rubbed his head, trying to sort out the situation.
"You were being controlled by a demon known as Naraku, he implanted a shard of the sacred Shikon jewel of four souls into your neck in order to corrupt and control you." Kagome explained.
"My neck?" Axe felt his neck and found the spot where the jewel shard was. He growled and pulled out the shard, examining the pink jewel. "Damn that Naraku…"
"About time…" A chilling female voice came from the sky and winds stirred up all around the four. An insect came down and took the jewel shard from Axe's hand and placed it with the woman, who was wearing a striped kimono and riding what appeared to be a giant feather.
"Kagura!" Inuyasha shouted, pulling out his Tessaiga and pointing it at the woman. He attempted to swing the sword but fell over from his wounds, unable to complete the attack.
"Hmph, all bark and no bite Inuyasha." Kagura said coldly. "Dance of Blades!" She aimed numerous wind blasts shaped like blades at Axe.
Axe prepared to dodge but he didn't need to, the blades missed him and landed right beside him, on his giant stone axe. What? Was she aiming for my Axe? The pirate captain stared as the second sacred jewel shard popped out of his axe and landed in Kagura's hands via Saimyosho.
"Well then, now that that's done…" Kagura scoffed.
"Wait!" Axe ordered. "Who are you!?"
"I am Kagura of the wind, Naraku's incarnation."
"Tell me… Did Naraku send me and my crew to this world?" The pirate demanded.
"…Yes…" Kagura looked away calmly.
"Why? For what purpose?"
"I don't know, Naraku doesn't tell me such things." The wind sorceress shrugged.
"Tell me or I'll kill you!" Axe swung his stone axe and pointed it at Kagura, obviously angered at being controlled by the demon.
"A tempting offer, but I have orders from Naraku to take the jewel shards and leave. It would be in my best interest to do as he says." The wind witch said with a hint of resentment in her voice. "See ya…" The feather began to rise along with the Saimyosho.
"You gonna run away, bitch?" A voice came from the woods as a bullet whizzed by Kagura and knicked her shoulder lightly. Niri ran out of the trees, pistol in hand, followed by Kirsty, Sango and Miroku.
The wind witch growled and held her shoulder. "Damn you…" She sent a shot of wind at the newcomers before rising more.
"Wait! Get back here now!" Axe shouted, chasing after the feather, but it was too late, Kagura had disappeared, Saimyosho, jewel shards and all.
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Dusty's scythes clashed on the Demon's swords as the two fought their way through the forest, Dusty was careful to stay away from where Shippo and Kilala were though. "Why are you doing this? We're on the same side, baka!"
"I'm on my own side!" Devon growled his demon transformation making his eyes red and his claws longer. "I am a demon, born alone, fighting only for myself!" he swung his swords as hard as he could and sent Dusty sliding backwards a fair distance with his amplified strength.
"What about Austin? You love that little kid." The fox girl pleaded. "You fight for him above all else, do you even know where he is?"
Devon's eyes widened and flashed blue briefly before turning back to read. "No… but do you? I could use a fresh target once you're dead." He swung his swords again, only to be dodged by the kitsune's acrobatics.
Dusty grinned, realizing she hit close to home. "Don't you remember? You'd do anything for Austin, you'd give your life for him. You aren't alone, you have him and all of your nakama. You have friends, Kirsty, Axe, Chizzy, Herman, me, Niri, DJ… okay maybe not DJ, but still..."
Devon held his head, struggling with the conflict within him. "Shut up! I am a demon, nothing more! I have no friends, I am a beast that seeks only power!" He shouted and swung his swords again, this time sinking into Dusty's shoulder.
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DJ continued running, still being chased by the wolf demon. "Aww, come on, surely you can be faster than that!" He laughed and returned to the spot where Ginta and Hakkaku were.
"AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH!" A scream came out through the forest.
DJ snapped his head in the direction of the scream and narrowly dodged Koga's foot as he caught up with him. "That sounded like Dusty-chan…," he thought for a moment. "Sorry, ya mangy wolf, I've got no time to play with you today, see ya later!" he took off in the direction of the scream.
"Hey! Get back here, you punk!" Koga shouted and ran after him, leaving a whirlwind of debris behind him.
Ginta and Hakkaku blinked and began running after the two at a much slower speed. "Why are we always running?" The black and white haired wolf complained.
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Herman too, had heard the scream. "That was the little one… Hope she didn't get herself into too much trouble." He curled into his defense ball again and began to roll of quickly. He thought back to the terrifying dog person he had seen earlier, he had no idea of who he was or what his intentions were, hopefully he wasn't the cause of her scream, he seemed too powerful. Please be okay…
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Dusty whimpered and backed up from the demon, clutching her shoulder. "Baka Demon…"
"Vassal Dusty! Are you okay?" Shippo shouted, ready to attack Devon.
"Stay back!" She shouted, holding up her scythes to block another powerful swing from the Demon's swords.
"But you're hurt!" Shippo growled, glaring at the Demon. "How dare you hurt her! Fox Fire!" Shippo threw a weak blue flame onto the swordsman, which was repelled easily. "Kyyyaaaa!" The small fox pounced on Devon and was knocked away quickly by the Water Moon.
"Don't interfere! I'll kill you soon enough!" The Demon known as Devon growled at the small fox, which whimpered and fell next to Kilala. He swung his sword at Dusty again, only to be stopped by a gust, which revealed a sword and a red claw blocking the sword from making contact.
"I don't think so…" Herman growled.
"How dare you attack a lady, you baka demon!" DJ shouted.
The Demon swordsman gasped in surprise at the failure of his attack. "I'll kill you too if you get in my way…"
A blue cyclone appeared as Koga appeared within the momentary lapse. "Hmph, so this is why you ditched our fight, you speedy bastard?" He snarled.
Ginta and Hakkaku came by a few seconds later, panting from all of the running. "I promise we'll finish our fight once I take care of this jerk." DJ pointed his sword at the Demon.
"Hehe, you wish." Devon chuckled as the black jewel shard in his neck pulsated, Naraku's voice filling his head. Kill them… Take Koga's jewel shards…The Demon looked at the newcomer wolf. "Are you… Koga?" he asked.
"What's it to ya?" Koga spat.
DJ's eyes widened as he realized what was going on. "Koga… I want you to get Dusty-chan and those two to safety. He's after you, I'm going to stop him before he can get to you."
"Fine with me, just don't get yourself killed, we have a score to settle." The wolf demon leader turned to Dusty.
"Hell no! I ain't going anywhere! I'm gonna kick his ass!" Dusty complained. "DJ, you jerk! You think I can't beat him just because I'm a girl!?"
DJ disappeared and reappeared behind Dusty and whispered in her ear. "Please forgive me for what I'm about to do…" He hit Dusty in the head lightly to knock her out but not hurt her in any way. The speedy swordsman caught her when she fell limp and handed her to Koga.
"Hakkaku, Ginta, grab the mutt's friends and let's go." Koga ordered and ran off with his comrades.
"Herman… I want you to find Axe and the others and get help… just in case this doesn't work." DJ looked serious, never taking his eyes off of Devon's.
"Kid… do you know how stupid this is? If you're sending me away to settle some score with Devon alone, you're more of an idiot than I thought, this is no sparring match, you could be killed!"
"Please Herman, just do this for me, it may be my last request, just make sure you get Axe, just in case. Think of it as my last request."
"Alright kid, just don't die… I don't want any guilt trips on my head." The Merman sighed and began to roll away.
"I always knew you were stupid… but damn speedy, this is a new high even for you."
DJ knelt and sunk his sword into the ground next to him, almost in a praying position. "Dusty-chan… don't think bad of me. I can't stand to see you hurting any more than you already are. Chances are this fight won't end until one of us is dead, I don't want you to have to see that. That's something no one should ever see… One of their Nakama, their friends, their family, getting slaughtered." His mind drifted to the image of his dead sister again. "I will give my life to protect those who are precious to me."
"Are you done yet? You're boring me." Devon got ready to fight.
DJ stood up and pulled his sword up from the ground and pointed it at the other swordsman. "I wish I could say this was going to hurt me more than it was going to hurt you, but I'd be lying." He put on a false bravado. "Bring it on… Demon!"
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DJM: I will give my life to protect you, all of you. That is absolute!
Devon: Insect! I will crush you beneath my heel!
Sesshomaru: I sense Naraku…
Axe: I won't be able to sleep if you die on me speedy!
Dusty: LemmegoLemmegoLemmego! –kicks Koga- I gotta give that Demon and that Chauvinist pig a piece of my mind!
Kagome: Next time! DJ's Requiem and Naraku's return! See ya soon!
Devon: I will become the most powerful demon in any world!