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Chapter 2 - Feudal Fighting

Inuyasha and the others were in Kaedes village, waiting for Kagome to return when Miroku said "Huh? What is this?" "Whats wrong Miroku?" Sango asked. "Im feeling a rather strange aura, its definitely demonic but its just feels...odd." He answered. "Maybe it has a jewel shard and thats why it feels so strange." Shippo suggested. "Perhaps...but whatever it is, we should check it out." The monk said.

"Alright, finally, I was starting to get bored just waiting around!" Inuyasha said as he cracked his knuckles and stood up. "How far away is it?" He asked. "Not very far, in fact it feels like its coming this way!" Miroku answered with a worried tone. "Good, that means itll save us the trouble of looking for it." Inuyasha then had a sly grin on his face as he started for the door.

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"So, this is the village that the girl goes too...feh, nothing more than a collection of huts." A female demon said. She was exceptionally beautiful and had long, dark red hair flowing down to her ankels. She also wore black armor and carried an enormous scythe on her back, the blade was dyed a red color almost identical to her hair. "Well what do you expect? Four hundred years in the past isnt a small jump back. Now, all we have to do is make sure that the demons know about our plan." Another demon said. He wore a dark purple and blue coat over a black shirt. He had blue spikey hair pointing in all different directions. He also had two massive appendages protruding from his shoulders which were wrapped in bandages. "Well brother how do you expect to inform every demon on the continent?" A third demon said. He was shorter than the other demon and was also hunch backed. He was losing his hair and had several scars on his face and body. He was wearing what appeared to be armor, similar to what bandits wore in that time period. His left arm was also abnormally large and, like his brother, was wrapped in bandages.

"Thats simple, all we have to do is find the demon with the most influence and tell him of our plan. Once we get him to come, then the rest of his minions should follow, and once they hear the news, it should spread across the continent like a wild fire." The second demon answered. "Now all we have to do is obtain a shard of that sacred jewel and we should be able to lure which ever demon is the strongest out of hiding. And im pretty sure that boss told us that this was the place that we could find them." He then began to undo the bandages around the two appendages. But before he could finish, a burst of yellow energy exploded where the three demons stood.

"So, before I cut you three to pieces, how about telling us who you are and what you want?" Inuyasha asked as he rested the tetsuaiga on his shoulder. "Hm, so your Inuyasha I presume? Well, my name is Raikou of the twin dragons, and this is my brother Ikazuchi the claw." The second demon answered. "And I am Karite the bloody." The first demon also answered. "And what we desire is nothing more than a single shard of the shikon jewel." She then said.

"Yeah right! Like we're gonna hand even one of them over to you!" Inuyasha said. "So you do not have them then? Perhaps we should go ask Kagome where she keeps them. Or perhaps you should go in our place..." A fourth demon said from behind the other three. "What? Kira-nentou? Did leader send you here as well?" Karite said to the figure behind her. "No, but I just wanted to see for myself what it was like here." This demon was very strange indeed. He seemed to be confined to a wheelchair and unable to move any part of his body, including his mouth, anything he had said seemed to be through telepathy. He wore a black cloak that covered his entire body. Both his eyes appeared to have rolled to the back of his head. In fact, if he hadnt been speaking, it would have appeared as though he was dead. "Allow me to introduce myself. I am Kira-nentou the brain."

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Back in the present time, Yusuke and Kuwabara had explained to Kagome, why they had come looking for her.

"So, basically you're saying that the jewel shards are illegal in this time period? And that you two are "detectives" for this place Spirit world?" Kagome tried to understand what she had been told. "Well its not that they're illegal, they're just too dangerous for you to have. And since you've come back from the past with diffrent amounts of shards each time you return, weve been told to give you the choice of either, one: giving us all your shards and staying here in the present. Or two: go back to the past and stay there. Either way, you cant have the jewel shards in this time period. If even a low level demon gets ahold of one of those things, then it could destroy this city." Yusuke explained again.

"Yeah, and that makes more work for us!" Kuwabara added. Kagome looked at the bottle of jewels that she had managed to collect with her friends in the feudal era as she thought about what she had just been told.

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An explosion rang through the area as Inuyasha struggled to fight both Raikou and Ikazuchi. Both demons seemed to be masters of lightning attacks and could move at incredible speed. While the three of them were fighting, Sango and Miroku stood against Karite while Kira-nentou retreated back to the shadows where he seemed to vanish. "I was hoping to be able to fight Inuyasha...but I suppose his two minions should provide me with some fun." She taunted. "Minions!? We are NOT his minions!" Sango retorted angerly. But as she was about to say something else, Miroku interupted. "Hm, for a demon, you are quite beautiful. If not for the fact that we had to fight eachother perhaps I could have shown you around the village, or perhaps-" He was stopped dead in the middle of his sentence as Sangos Hiraikotsu impacted with his head.

Without another word, Karite grabbed the handle of her scythe and got into a battle stance. Both Miroku and Sango followed and also got into battle ready positions, each waiting for the demon to make a move. Finally, Karite dashed forward and spun her scythe around in front of her. This created a wave of energy that began to slice through the surrounding trees as it headed towards the two warriors. "Kirara!" Sango yelled. As she said this, the demon cat emerged from the forest and picked up Sango and Miroku and flew into the air, just as the wave was about to reach them.

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"Take this! WINDSCAR!" Inuyasha yelled the name of his signiture attack. The blast began to fly towards the two targets as they stood there with matching grins. "Brother, if you would please." Raikou said. "Right." Ikazuchi then stood in front of his brother and pulled on the one loose end of the bandages on his arm. As they began to unravel, more and more of the monstrosity underneath was revealed. Finally the last round of cloth had come undone. As the windscar was only seconds away from hitting, Ikazuchi raised his newly revealed arm. A massive bolt of orange electricity then fired from his arm and towards the windscar.

As the two attacks met, they seemed to be in a deadlock until the windscar was overpowered in only a few short moments. Ripping through the waves of yellow energy, the orange bolt found its way to Inuyasha who could only howl in pain as wave, after wave of pain seared into his body. Once the bolt had vanished, the dog demon fell to his knees, still surging with electricity. He looked up to see the source of the attack.

Ikazuchis "arm" could barely be called that by the way it looked. It was covered in orange scale-like plating and had four claw like appendages at the end, two rearing down from the top, and two sticking up from the bottom. But even these odditys paled in comparison to the fact that, on the "palm" of this demented figure, a mouth, still crackling with energy, growled and snarled as it bared its rows of sharp teeth at him.

Raikou began to laugh as Ikazuchi raised his arm for another attack on the injured Inuyasha.

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Kirara was beggining to wear down after being clipped by quite a few of the energy waves, sent out by Karite. She was begining to lose altitude and was bleeding from several areas of her body. "Kirara cant take much more of this, we have to find a way to defeat her." Sango said to Miroku. "I know but she has a longer range than we do, even with your Hiraikotsu I doubt you would be able to hit her. And with a title such as "the bloody" I dont think fighting her in close quarters combat would be very wise either.

"You're right but what else can we do, if Kirara takes even one more hit, then shes finished. We have to land. Kirara, take us down and go back to the village." Sango ordered. The demon cat did as it was told and descended. As she landed, the energy waves had ceased flying at them. "So, which one of you will be my opponent?" Karite asked as she stood her weapon up vertically next to her. "What does she mean?" Miroku asked. "Im not sure. Are you proposing a one on one battle?" Sango asked as she stood ready for the challenge to come. "Yes, now which one of you will fight me? Judgeing from your armor, im guessing that you are the more superior fighter." She said to the demon slayer.

"Sango, I wont let you fight alone! Shes clearly stronger than even the two of us together, so fighting her one on one would be suicide!" Miroku begged as he held her arm to keep her from going. "We'll fight you together!" He then yelled to her. "Hmph, true warriors fight one on one, if you fight along side her, I will kill you the second the battle begins. In fact, I could have killed you a hundred times over by now." She threatened. "What!?" Mirokus eyes widened as he felt a small pain in his cheek. He ran his finger over it to find that he was bleeding from a small cut across his face.

"Miroku, please, let me do this. Trust me, I wont die until we've defeated Naraku. You must have faith in me." Sango pleaded. Mirokus grip loosened as he hung his head slightly. "Well monk, if you are that dissapointed, then I shall be your opponent." A voice said from the shadows. Kira-nentou appeared once again and next to him were several rocks and small trees, floating in mid-air.

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"Now die!" Ikazuchi began to gather energy into his arm and pointed it at Inuyasha, who was still unable to move. The blast fired from his arm and was headed straight towards the dog demon. "Damn, if I could just..." Inuyasha thought as he tried to move. He then managed to get himself to tip over, and as he lay on the ground, the attack passed right over him. "Heh, I love when they struggle." Raikou laughed as he saw Inuyashas desperate manuveur. Ikazuchi growled as he charged another bolt. But before he could fire, Raikou stopped him and said. "No, I want to finish him off." He then reached for the cloth that was wrapped around the two appendages again. But once again he was halted as an arrow pierced his hand. All three demons looked over to see an old woman with a bow, riding a horse.

"Im assuming that you are Kikyo?" Raikou said as he ripped the arrow from his hand. "No, Kikyo was my elder sister. I am Kaede. But make no mistake, I may be old but ye should not underestimate me, as I am still a priestess." She told them as she knocked another arrow into her bow. Out of nowhere, Ikazuchi lunged forward, but stopped short and held his arm as it began to flail around wildly. "Damn it! Raikou, its hungry again, you better not let them out or they'll smell her too." Ikazuchi warned as he seemed to be fighting to keep his arm under control.

"Right, but since the boss isnt here, I suppose it would be okay, as long as she is the only one." Raikou said to his brother. "Heh, good then, I think it was getting sick of just eating animals." Ikazuchi laughed as he let go of his arm. His entire body then began flying toward the priestess as the arm pulled him forward in hunger.

Kaede spurred her horse and managed to avoid his attack as she fired an arrow at him. It hit the beast-like arm and snapped in half as if it was a tooth pick. He began to lunge again, this time with even greater speed. This time the claw managed to rip the horse right out from under her. It began to tear through its flesh and bone but quickly tossed it aside when it realized that it had missed its initial target. Kaede had managed to jump off the horse right as it had been hit. Now standing over Inuyasha, she was standing ready with two arrows in her bow.

"Enough! This time I'll make sure you dont escape!" Ikazuchi then raised his claw in the same stance as before as he readied to fire another bolt of energy. He began to charge the attack but was stopped when another arrow flew towards him. Unlike Kaedes arrows though, this one managed to pierce through his arm. But not only did it pierce it, it also began to eat away at the flesh around where it hit.

"What the hell is this!?" Ikazuchi panicked as he ripped the arrow from his arm. Another arrow flew towards him but Raikou appeared in front of him and grabbed the arrow just as it was about to hit him between the eyes. He tossed it aside and looked to see the origin of the attacks.

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"You arent nearly as much fun as I would have hoped." Karite said with a bored tone as she swung her scythe at Sango again. She wasnt even making an attepmt to look like she was trying. She had ceased using both hands, one now on her hip, and the other on her weapon, and now just clumsily sliced at Sango, not even looking, even when she managed to cut her. At this point, it was a wonder how the demon exterminator was still alive. She had several slashes across her stomach and chest, she was also unable to use her right arm as it had also been severely wounded. Her left leg was also badly injured but she somehow managed to overcome the pain time and time again as she dodged more of Karites attacks. Her hair tie had also been severed so her hair now hung down freely, spilling down over her shoulders everytime she crouched in pain.

Her hiraikotsu had been lodged in a tree since she missed hitting the demoness early into the battle. She had also lost her katana when she tried to block one of Karites attacks and it flew out of her hand into some random direction. The only weapons she had left were her hidden arm blade and her poison powder, neither of which were going to do her any good at this point.

"Well I suppose I should go now, I want to try fighting Inuyasha before Raikou and Ikazuchi kill him. I have to warn you though, this attack is extremely painful, so you should probably brace yourself..." Karite then knelt down and dipped her index and middle fingers into a small pool of blood that Sango had coughed up while dodgeing her attacks. She then pointed the blood covered fingers at her and began to smile slightly, knowing what would come next. "Blood Beam!"

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Miroku and Kira-nentou seemed to be in a dead-lock as basically everything within a ten yard radius had been telepathically thrown at the monk and sucked into his wind tunnel. "Well, its almost time I got going, so I suppose I will end this little game...Creeping eye, white void." He said slowly, his words seemed to echo. His left eye then rolled forward so it was now looking at Miroku. The actual eye itself was black with a white pupil and no iris. Then as it looked into Mirokus eyes, the pupil seemed to expand.

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"Inuyasha, whats going on? Who are these guys?" A confused Kagome asked as she finally made her way to Inuyasha who had finally recovered. "Im not really sure myself, they came outta nowhere asking for a jewel shard." The dog demon told her. Ikazuchi was fuming with rage at this point. "You little bitch! You damaged my arm! I'll make sure that you're the first one I devour!" He then lunged forward with extreme speed and his massive arm charged with electricity.

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