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Chapter 4 - The Mad Doctor
Ikazuchi launched himself towards Kagome with rage burning in his eye. She fired an arrow at him but he simply ducked and jumped into the air. He thrust his arm forward with all his strength, attempting to devour the girl with one quick motion. But instead of flesh and bone, the mouth of his arm dug into the blade of the Tetsuiga. It growled and bared its teeth as it bit down even harder. Inuyasha swung his sword, throwing the thunder demon back a few feet. "Grrrr...You bastard! Dont get in my way! You'll die soon enough!" He said as he got ready to charge at them again.
Just as he was about to lunge, Raikou stopped him. "Let me brother, I havent been able to fight at all yet." He said. "Fine, but you better save that girl for me, its drooling with hunger for her flesh. "Right, Ill just have to kill the other two." He said as he readied himself for a fight.
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"Heh...Blood beam." Karite said slowly. The blood she had on her fingers began to glow. It then fired at an alarming rate towards Sango. Luckily, Kirara had emerged from the underbrush and knocked into her master, taking the hit instead. "Kirara!" Sango cried out. But she then noticed that the beam seemed to have absolutely no effect on Kirara. "Grr...Damn beast." Karite cursed as she pulled her hand back. The beam stopped and Sango ran over to Kirara. "Thank you Kirara, but I told you to go back to the village." She scolded.
"Touching. But Im afraid Ill have to speed up your deaths, I can feel Raikous power rising which means I might never get my chance to fight Inuyasha." Karite gripped her scythe and got into a new fighting stance. "Fox magic!" A voice yelled from above. A massive top came crashing down on top of the demoness, creating a small crater underneath it. Shippo then landed in front of Sango with a triumphant smile on his face. "Dont worry Sango, I can protect both of you!" He beat his chest with one hand.
"Well, arent you a cocky little brat." Both of them looked back to the stop where the top had crushed Karite only to see her holding it up with one hand. It quickly changed back to normal with a puff of smoke. She crushed it in her hand, reducing it to dust. "Well, I suppose that fighting Inuyasha isnt so important that I cant take the time to kill a brat like you. Besides Im sure I can have just as much fun fighting that Naraku character that I heard about before we got here. Dont worry though, I wont kill you right away, Ill let you live for a while before taking your head." She smiled.
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"Crushing eye...White void..." Those words echoed as Mirokus vision blacked out for a moment. He soon awoke to find himself outside Mushiins temple. "What?...How did I get here?" He thought to himself. But he had no time to ponder that question as a loud sound caught his attention. The source of the sound seemed to come from the spot where his fathers grave was. He ran over to it and noticed that there was no crater, or gravestone. "What is this?" He thought to himself. But once again his thoughts were interupted when he saw a man running out of the temple, gripping his right arm.
"W-What!? Father!?" Miroku exclaimed as he recognized the man as his father. "How can this be?" He asked him. But his father continued to run, as if he couldnt hear him. He lifted his hand into the air and began to cry out as his wind tunnel opened violently.
"No! This cant be! That day..." Miroku thought to himself as he jumped back to avoid being pulled into his fathers wind tunnel. He then saw two others emerge from the temple. "T-Thats...!" He exclaimed as he saw his own young self and Mushiin running towards where the wind tunnel had already completely engulfed his father.
Before Miroku could witness this any longer, he blacked out once again. He awoke again in the same spot. "What is going on? What happened?" He thought to himself again. Once again he saw his father run out, gripping his arm again. "What!? No! This cant be! Whats happening!?" He yelled into the air as he fell to his knees and watched as his fathers wind tunnel devoured him yet again.
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As Inuyasha fell to the ground, Raikou stomped him into the ground repeatedly with his heel. Kagome and Kaede lay unable to move several feet away. "Well, how does it feel to be unable to do anything? How do you like the taste of despair? HMM!?" Raikou asked as he began to dig his heel into the dog demons chest. Inuyasha howled in pain as blood began to spurt forth from the wound. "Heheh, you really arent as much fun as I had thought you would be. I didnt even need to release my true power to defeat you. Well, I suppose I should kill you now, seeing as you are of no more use to us."
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Shippo, tossed into the air, landed in a puddle of blood as Karites scythe landed another cut through him. Sango was forced to watch the fox demon be slashed over and over again as she had been pinned to a tree with a red crystal that Karite had formed from her own blood. "Ha, I didnt think that destroying weaklings could be this entertaining. But it looks like I should put you out of your misery. One slash is all it will take, just hold still."
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Miroku layed on the ground lifeless as his eyes appeared as empty and dead as Kira-Nentous. "Now, writhe in the agony of your own heart as you witness the person who you held most dear die time and again." Once you are ensnared in this attack, you can never escape, not even I can stop it once it is unleashed.
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"Now, its OVER!" Raikou yelled as he charged his hand with purple eletricity. He was about to thrust it forward when a voice rang in his head. "Thats enough, I never ordered you to kill any of them. Take the jewel shard from the girl and return to me at once. You and the others will be punished accordingly once you return." "Damn, just a second more..." Raikou cursed as he grabbed one of Kagomes jewel shards and vanished in a flash of blue light.
Karite was also on the verge of ending her battle when the same voice entered her mind. "Karite, you will return to me now. I didnt order any of them to be killed. You have defied me too many times child. Once more and I will make sure that you never disobey me again." The voice ordered. "Grrrrrrr...damn it!" She cursed as she also vanished in the same manner as the others.
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Meanwhile, back in the present, the spirit detecives continued their own battles.
Kuwabara, Kurama and Raidou had been walking for several minutes when they finally saw a light at the end of the long tunnel. "This is it, hes in here..." Raidou said as he clentched his fists and gritted his teeth. Both Kuwabara and Kurama were horrified at what they saw upon entering the room. The bloody remains of people were strewn accross the room, demons of all diffrent shapes and sizes could also be seen. Some of them were dead, others injured and others in perfect condition, feasting on the remains of their latest victim.
"Very good my pets, very good indeed, you seem to be getting closer and closer to perfection each day!" A voice said happily as two doors opened on the other end of the room. The man that entered was a human but even one without spirit energy could tell that he wasnt normal. He seemed somewhat young, perhaps in his late twenties. He had on a white lab coat and a belt filled with all sorts of insturments. He wore glasses that glared from the bright flouresent lights overhead, hiding his eyes. His most distinguishing feature though was two long gashes accross his face, each one going from the tip of his ears to the edge of his nose.
He looked over at where the three of them stood, curious as to who the first two where but then delighted when he saw Raidou. "Oh my! My dear Raidou! I thought that when you had escaped, I was never going to see you again! You had so many wounds I was afraid you were going to bleed to death!" He faked concern. "Quiet you FREAK!" Raidou yelled. "Where are they!? Where are my friends!?" He demanded. "Oh dear, well this is quite an awkward situation isnt it..." The doctor said as he ran his fingers through his auburn hair. "I'm afraid you just missed them, my newest beast seemed just a tad too much for them, even your friend Kiyuzo was no match for it, and he seemed like such a powerful fighter too." He shrugged his shoulders and put his arms up as he shook his head in disappointment.
At this, Raidous anger exploded and he dashed towards the doctor with inhuman rage in his eyes. "Darn, I was hoping to use you for more tests but..." The doctor said as he reached into his belt. Raidou was about to maul him when he stopped dead in his tracks. He looked down at his chest and saw a two pronged fork-like tool sticking through him. The doctor then pressed a button on the handle of the tool, causing a surge of electricity to shoot through it, into its unlucky victim. Without even a scream, Raidou fell to the floor...dead.
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Tsukiyomi fired a blast of ice towards Hiei who swiftly dodged it and countered with his sword of the darkness flame. He sliced through the demons left arm, causing it to fall to the floor in agony. It let out a loud screeching sound that began to ring through the entire room. "Hn...Quiet you disgrace, I'll silence you once and for all." Hiei raised his sword above Tsukiyomis head and brought it down with a sickening puncture sound following it.
Yusuke seemed to be performing just as well since he now only had one enemy to pursue. He landed punch after punch on the fire demon as it crumbled to his overwhelming strength. "Well, looks like that did it." Yusuke said as he made sure that the demon stayed down for good this time. He then walked over to Hiei who had removed the bandana around his forehead. "So, can you see what floor their on?" He asked. "Yes, their exactly eight floors above us we should-...hmm?" Hieis face seemed to change. "Whats wrong?" Yusuke asked. "...No...Its nothing." He answered. "Well alright then. So, what are we waiting for? Im sure Kurama and Kuwabara can take care of themselves so lets go on up!" The spirit detective began towards the stairs.
Unknown to them though, both of the corpses left behind were not as lifeless as they had believed them to be...
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"Hah, perhaps that may have been a bit too much." The doctor said with a slight laugh as he kicked Raidous lifeless body until it flipped over. "But...he served his purpose. I now have two new toys to play with!" He clapped his hands together as he turned back towards Kurama and Kuwabara. "Now, let us see how long you can last! ATTACK!" He yelled. All the demons in the room had ceased feeding on their most recent targets and turned to their two new ones. Without hesitation they all began to rush at the two detectives as a steel shudder closed behind them.
"Just as I thought, it was a trap...a very obvious one at that. But I never expected it to be as bad as this..." Kurama said. "What!? You mean that Raidou guy lead us here as a trap!?" Kuwabara yelled in surprise as the demons drew closer. "It appears so, although I dont think that the end result is what he had hoped for." The fox said as he looked at Raidous body. "Well Kuwabara, it appears we'll have to make it through here if we want to even have a chance at getting out of these catacombs. Are you ready?" Kurama asked as he pulled out another rose. "Heh, you know I'm always ready! SPIRIT SWORD!" Kuwabara yelled as orange colored energy began to crackle around his hand.
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"Well, it appears that things have worked out in both yours and Hakkyous favor." The horned lightning demon said to the female demon beside him. "YES! Good, I was afraid that he was gonna get his hands on my cute little Yusuke!" The female demon said with a blush. "Well, I dont think you're going to have to worry about that, the two that fell down into the trap hole are still quite strong, I'm sure that he'll be entertained with them for a while." The lightning demon told her. "Well, looks like their headed up here, guess I should go and work my charm!" The female demon said as she flipped her hair. "No, not just yet, lets see how far the doctors monsters can bring them before dying..." The lightning demon said. "What!? No way! What if they kill him!" She exclaimed. "Dont worry, from what leader and I have seen of his power, his chances of losing are nearly zero, and even on the off chance that he does lose, doesnt that just mean that hes weak? And dont you always tell me that you hate weak men?" He reminded her. "sigh Yeah I guess..." She slumpped forward with a dissapointed expression on her face. "Now...Lets see how far our little human doctors research has come!"
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