I do not own One Piece or Inuyasha… . or I do I?… no
This is a (somewhat late) birthday dedication fic to the owner of the rights to the Crew of the Axe story, where the OC's come from, Kilnorc! Yay!
DJM: -Blows on noisemaker- whoo…
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Scroll Twelve: Battle Agaisnt the Terrifying Wood Golem!
Naraku's wooden monster towered over the trees in Ai forest, at least three times large than all of the other trees despite the monster's wooden appearance. It let out a thunderous roar that shook the entire woods. "Damn, what is that thing?" Inuyasha snarled as he looked up at his new opponent.
"Naraku created it using his new demonic plant powers, does that mean it's one of Naraku's incarnations?" Shippo asked from his perch on Kagome's shoulder.
"I don't think so," Miroku stared up at the monstrous being in horror, "Naraku's detachments are demons from within him, this was just a seed containing his demonic energy."
"Who cares? We smash it and then go after Naraku! Wind Scar!" Inuyasha unleashed his wave of demonic energy at the wooden demon. "What the…" As the dust from his attack cleared, he saw that his valiant attack had no effect.
"The Wind Scar didn't work!" Kirsty shouted, the poisoned Herman still unconscious on her back from before.
"Damn…" The half-demon raised his sword from another attack only to hear a monstrous roar come from the large demon as it lifted it's foot and slammed it down right where Inuyasha was standing, creating a shockwave that knocked everyone in the area back a few feet. The dog demon barely dodged the attack and was blown backwards into a tree by the force of the stomp. "That thing may be powerful but it's slow as hell…"
"Come on guys! Inuyasha can't handle this alone and Miroku still can't use his Wind Tunnel because of the Saimyosho!" Axe stood up and began to charge the demon, swinging his large axe to no avail.
"Hehehehe… I've got an idea!" DJ smirked evilly.
"This can't be good…" Niri sighed
"Don't you need a brain to have an idea?" Devon asked, also charging and slashing at the demon without making a scratch.
"Shut up, baka demon!" The speedy swordsman ran towards the demon, running up it's leg and body ad super speed, going straight up the demon's body and flying upwards off of his shoulder. "Speed-Speed….." he positioned himself above the demon's head, pointing his sword down. "SHATTER!" He plunged his sword straight down on the demon's head.
"Did he do it?" Sango watched the attack curiously.
"Not even close…" Chizuru sighed, seeing the attack had no effect as well.
"Ow… that… hurt…" The swordsman whimpered as the shockwave continued through his own body after hitting the demon's thick skull. He fell over the long distance and fell back to the ground.
The Wood Golem roared and aimed its fist at the fallen warrior, pounding it into the dust only to see that the swordsman wasn't there. "You idiot!" Devon shouted as he had dragged DJ away in time. "You really gotta think before you do stupid shit! If you die, and I'm not the one to do it, I'm gonna be really pissed!"
"Don't expect a thanks, crap-swordsman." The other growled as he stood up.
"Don't expect I'd want one!" Devon channeled his anger. "Tanketetsu!" The shockwave connected with the demon's ankle, leaving only the smallest scar in the wood.
The rest snapped out of their trance and also attacked the demon, figuring the only way for them to stand a chance was to attack together. "Hiraikotsu!" Sango shouted as she threw her boomerang into the bark of the demon, leaving not a single scratch.
"Hit the mark! Go!" Kagome fired her arrow into the demon, only to have her spiritual powers smothered and the arrow itself doing slim to no damage.
"Damn, how do we beat this thing?" Inuyasha cursed, looking over the giant demon.
"Hit its weak points!" Dusty shouted while slashing at the Golem's leg with her scythes.
"It's a log! It doesn't have any weak points!" (Adapted from Galaxy Quest)
"Well do something!" The fox girl used her acrobatic skills in order to dodge a punch and a stomp from the large demon.
"We ready Shippo?" DJ grinned.
"I like what we came up with…" the fox demon smiled broadly.
"Alright, hit it!" Both brown haired males pulled out fans with fox ears on them. "Go Dusty-chan go!"
"Yeah! Go Vassal Dusty!" Shippo cheered.
"That's sad…" Devon sweatdropped.
"No, what's sad is how much better Shippo's fans are…" Niri sighed in embarrassment.
"I'll tell ya what's sad! I'm the only one who seems to remember that we're in a battle here!" Inuyasha shouted while trying to dig his sword into the demon's arm. "Adamant Barrage!" He fired his spears of adamant at the demon's head. The spears took root but appeared to have little effect on the demon's movement or coherency. "Damn…What do I have to do to break through this thing?" The half-demon growled as the demon pulled another trick out, firing a ball of demonic energy from it's mouth. "Arrrrg take this! Backlash Wave!" Inuyasha swung the Tessaiga into the demonic energy ball and redirected it as blue whirlpools into the demon's face, cracking the bark a little but not enough to do any serious damage.
"Even the Backlash wave didn't work?" Niri sounded surprised as she fired several shots at the demon, all bouncing off harmlessly. "That's supposed to be Inuyasha's strongest attack right?"
"Yeah, this isn't good…" Chizuru also tried her hand as slashing the demon with her many knives, none of them was having even the slightest effect.
"We ready this time Shippo?" DJ grinned again.
"NO MORE FANS!" Niri shouted at the fox boy and the speedy swordsman.
"Of course not…" Shippo chuckled nervously. "Fox…."
"Reckless…."
"FIRE!" Both the demon boy and the musician shouted in unison as Shippo's blue Fox magic flames engulfed DJ as he attacked, looking like a one-winged blue phoenix in flight as he slashed down on the Wood Golem's chest, leaving a black mark and nothing more. "Damn… still not strong enough…" he sighed.
"Grrr… we have no choice! Wind Tunnel!" Miroku opened the void in his hand to suck in the demon. The Saimyosho that were hiding in the trees quickly flew into the air void, causing Miroku to feel the poison instantaneously. He grimaced in pain as he tried to keep the tunnel open, the demon slowly sliding towards it.
"Miroku stop! If you suck up too many of the Saimyosho, you'll die!" Kirsty shouted, setting Herman down and running over to the group.
"If I can protect all of you with my death, then my life will be worth something. I'd rather die and have a chance than survive a little longer to be crushed without trying. He winced and collapsed, his Wind Tunnel re-covered in the beads and cloth.
The Wood Golem took advantage of this and aimed his fist towards the poisoned and immobile Miroku. "Miroku, watch out!" Axe threw himself in front of the fist, activating his Rock fruit as well as other defenses. "Tekkai!" The pirate captain flew back as the log-fist connected and broke threw many trees, plowing down a good portion of the forest before disappearing out of site.
"AXE!" Niri shouted as she watched her leader.
"Captain!" Chizuru watched Axe slide off into the forest as well.
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Kagura watched from a safe distance, witnessing trees fall and dirt clouds rise as the towering behemoth of a demon went nearly unscarred from his battle. "Damn… has Naraku really become that powerful?" she watched in horror.
"If a mere demon created by Naraku from a seed can hold off that whole group, then how strong has Naraku himself become? Can even Sesshomaru beat him now?"
The Wind Witch snarled as she witnessed Axe get hit by the strong attack and slide across the forest floor for what seemed like miles. "As long as Naraku has a hold on my heart, I cannot be the wind, I cannot be free. If I can't find someone who can defeat Naraku soon my time may run out…
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"Damn, now Miroku's down too, the idiot." Inuyasha mumbled as he tried to hold off the demon the best he could. "And I don't know where the hell Axe went, we're fighting a losing battle here! Kirsty! See what you can do for Miroku! Kagome, Fire one of your sacred arrows at the demon's chest!"
"Right!" The girls shouted together as Kagome readied her arrow and shot it, a holy aura emitting from it that was quickly becoming engulfed in the Golem's demonic aura.
"Wind Scar!" Inuyasha fired his wave of demonic energy in succession with the arrow, both hitting the demon's chest at about the same time. The Wood Golem cried out in more of a rage than pain as some of the bark from his chest splintered off. "Damn… our strongest attack didn't even have much of an effect. He watched as the demon fired another blast of demonic energy from its mouth at Kagome. "Kagome! Watch out!" The half-demon jumped down and picked up the girl, carrying her out of the way.
"Thanks Inuyasha…" Kagome sighed in relief and looked at the decent sized crater the demonic energy ball had created.
"Shit… what else can we do?" Devon panted, still slashing at the demon with his swords and making no progress.
"Everyone's looking pretty ragged." DJ sighed and looked around, also panting. "We're throwing everything we've got at him and we've still done barely any damage!"
A blue tornado appeared by the demon's head as Koga aimed a shard kick to the Golem's face, hurting his own leg more than the demon and falling to the ground again. "What now muttface?" the wolf demon growled.
"Why do I have to have an idea you scrawny wolf?" The half-demon snarled, firing off another Wind Scar and looking winded just trying to hold the demon back.
"Fighting each other isn't going to get anything done you two!" Kagome shouted, who was now helping Kirsty by Miroku and Herman, using herbs to contain the miasma and Saimyosho poison.
Sango stood up as well, barely dodging another punch from the Golem. She was looking very tired, as was everyone. "None of my plant-killing poisons are working, Naraku's miasma must give it an immunity."
"Damnit, what else can we do!?" Inuyasha swung his sword again in a desperate and futile attempt.
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Axe held his head as he felt blood running from his forehead, anyone else would have been completely crush by such an attack. But thanks to his Tekkai defense as well as the power of his Devil Fruit, he was able to withstand the attack. "Ugh…" he looked at the trail of broken tries and rocks that he had traveled because of the attack. "First step's a doozy…" he rubbed his head and stood up.
"Noble Warrior Axe…" An unfamiliar voice called out and echoed.
"Who's there?!" The pirate captain raised his giant stone axe, which he had remarkable been able to keep a hold on throughout the attack.
"I am Koigokoro, the spirit of love of this forest." The voice replied as a whispy form of an old man appeared in front of Axe.
"Gods, does this lovey mushy stuff in this forest ever stop?" Axe said in a disgusted tone.
"Please listen to me, hear me out. I planted the Yokai Ki no Ai in this forest hundreds of years ago to protect this Holy Land as my chosen domain on the physical plane. The demon Naraku has disrupted this and destroyed my home, bringing evil into this once pure place. The spirits of this forest have chosen you as their hero. We wish to bestow upon you our power."
"Why me? Why not Inuyasha?"
"Because, only you have the potential to use our power to the fullest, Naraku brought you here to corrupt the forest, but in bringing you here, he also brought the one person capable of saving this place and helping to destroy him."
"Sounds like a load of crap to me, but I'll do what I can to help. I believe you mentioned something about power?" The captain chuckled softly.
"Yes, with the power of these spirits your weapon should gain the ability to cut through demonic plants. We are the ones who created the tree responsible for all of this and we are the ones who can take it away. Use your strength and destroy Naraku with this power! We're counting on you Axe." Koigokoro finished and disappeared.
"Hmm… that was some hallucination… I gotta get back to the others and help fight!" Axe used his Soru technique and disappeared, heading back to the battleground.
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"Damnitall! This is getting us nowhere!" Inuyasha shouted while panting, everyone else seemed exhausted and unable to fight any more. "He hardly has any scratches on him!" the half-demon looked up at the Golem.
The huge demon centered its fist in on Inuyasha for while final attack. The white-haired dog demon blinked when he saw Axe standing in front of him, blocking the attack with his giant stone axe and pushing the fist away. "Tale this!" The captain saw what appeared to be swirls of energy appear on his axe that were only visible to him. "Die you bastard!" he swung his giant weapon at the demon's leg, surprisingly it cut all the way through, causing the towering demon to roar in pain and fall onto one knee.
"No way! He cut off the Golem's leg!" Inuyasha shouted in disbelief as he watched the Pirate warrior.
"Hrrrrah! Tomahawk Toss!" Axe threw his weapon at the demon's shoulder, successfully severing the Golem's left arm. The demon let out a shattering roar, clutching his stump (hehe, stump… tree) of an arm. Axe used his Soru speed again and appeared behind the demon, catching his stone axe in midair. "Prepare to die!" He sliced the demon's neck and severed the head from the body. As the pirate captain landed, the Wooden Golem began to disintegrate into ashes. "Well that was weak…"
Inuyasha and whatever other warriors were still conscious enough to watch gaped at the surprising ease with which Axe dispatched the demon. "Do you know how freakin hard we had to hit that thing just to get a scratch!?" Niri shouted. "And you just come along and slice it up in seconds! Why didn't you do that before? Baka!"
"I guess… I couldn't…." he looked down at his axe and the swirls of divine energy still twisting around it. "Maybe it wasn't an illusion after all…"
"Wow, nice job lumberjack Axe," DJ joked as he and Devon stumbled over to where he, Inuyasha and Niri were standing.
"Yeah… but all of the sudden I feel…" Axe fell over midsentence into the dirt, snoring loudly.
"Typical…" Devon sweatdropped.
"Awww, let him sleep… he did save as all." Kirsty smiled brightly.
"I think we could all use a rest… boy do I ache…" DJ sighed.
"…Wimp…" Devon muttered softly.
"Jackass…" The speedy swordsman replied.
"BAKA!" They both shouted at each other at the same time.
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Kagura sighed and closed her fan as the battle ended. "So maybe this Axe person does have enough strength to defeat Naraku…" The wind witch looked at the battlefield and then off to the horizon. "Who knows… maybe Naraku's luck has finally run out…"
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Sorry if this chapter wasn't good, let me know if it was though!
Inuyasha: You humans are way too weak, we have to be going after Naraku now!
Kirsty: Herman and Miroku are coming to…
Axe: With my new power we should be able to take Naraku out no problem!
Niri: Uh… we do have a problem…
Axe: What's that?
Niri: We don't know where the hell he is!
Kagome: Next time! Aftermath! See ya soon!
Naraku: It is almost time for the final phase of my plan…