Scroll 4- Tetsusaiga's Abilities Backfired! Inuyasha Transfigured
Wind
glistened through the depths of the forest calmly, the sun's light
flourished through the tall branches that rested upon high trees of
emerald and lime. Yet, darkness lingered in the deepest depths of the
forest. Kanna maneuvered closer towards a broken tree trunk, resting
upon it as if she didn't want to fight just yet. Grasping her
mirror tightly, she then got up and vanished, automatically.
"
Damn. I forgot Kanna can disappear and then re-appear at her own
will." Thought Inuyasha, who held tetsusaiga firmly and pointed it
at the place where Kanna last was. " Where has that child gone to?
She's probably going to appear behind me, in that case.."
Inuyasha moved with quick pace through the forest, still holding
tight the tetsusaiga. " If this is a trap, it's a damn good one.
For one thing, I can't unleash anything from tetsusaiga because
she'll reverse the attack. Second, I'm battling her alone,
without help from Miroku and Sango." Inuyasha thought, increasing
his pace rapidly and dodging tree limbs that blocked his path. Then,
Inuyasha stopped in his tracks; something that festered in the nearby
thickets was not right. Inuyasha was able to sniff a stench that,
while did not register as Naraku's, smelled of something equally
vile. If Kanna had gathered reinforcements, as long as Inuyasha
didn't fire an attack at Kanna's mirror, he assured he would be
safe. Moments lingered by with nothing but an increase in the foul
stench Inuyasha picked up.
" Where ever you're hiding, I ain't
got all day. If you're planning for a surprise attack, you're
doing a pretty bad job with that smell you got."Inuyasha said,
positioning the tetsusaiga towards an opening between the trees. A
voice soon answered from a place in the forest Inuyasha couldn't
pick up; yet it was not Kanna's.
" Confused, Inuyasha?"
Naraku's voice uttered. Inuyasha stared at the surrounding trees,
but the voice couldn't be traced.
" I can't smell him."
Inuyasha thought, continuing to hold tetsusaiga at his side, confused
where Naraku's voice was directed.
" Let me assure you of one
thing, Inuyasha. The jewel is nearly complete, and in less than a
matter of months, the remaining shikon jewel shards that you and your
friends have searched for will be gone." The voice followed with a
heinous laugh, then settled back to a silence that chilled .
"
Damn you, Naraku. No one knows where the final shards have ended up,
but wherever they are across these many lands, I'll NEVER let your
filthy, infested hands claim them." Naraku's voice deepened.
"
Aren't you confidant, huh? Inuyasha, but you simply don't realize
the prediciment you'll carry the rest of your life, Inuyasha.
Between the women who love you, the remaining jewel fragments, and
the quest to destroy me; you'll never be able to make a decision
now will you, Inuyasha?" Naraku's voice darkened to a worse
heinous laugh. Echoing through ()'s heart made his mind enrage with
anger. Holding tetsusaiga even firmer than before, Inuyasha placed
his position into a defensive stance, ready for combat.
" You
filthy bastard!! To think that your comments can boil my blood are
pathetic. Even more despicable than your words is what they're made
of; nothing but discarded and wretched demons." Inuyasha spoke to
the surrounding trees above, as his only clue to where Naraku was
hiding.
" Heh. We seem to be equally matched in words today,
huh? Your pointless of reasoning relationship with two women who will
never forgive you whatever decision you choose, and my body's
construction."
" Shut the hell up, you heinous filth."
"
Well, since being matched evenly in words can't solve this, than
I'm quite sure this will.." Naraku's voice faded quickly, as
Inuyasha held tetsusaiga firmly in his grasp. Out from the trees did
not appear Naraku or Kanna, but thousands of demons. Inuyasha
staggered through the thickets of the forest, closing in on an
opening that he reassured led to open plains.
" I'll at least
be able to move around better out on open territory this way." he
thought, slashing tree limbs apart and jumping with a quickened pace
out onto a grassy plain. Sure enough, the demons pursued his tracks.
" Damn you all!" Inuyasha shouted. " Windscar!!" A strong
surge of light-yellow lighting and wind shot from tetsusaiga, cutting
many demons, yet more kept coming. Nearly over 500 demons had been
slain, and yet more arrived each instant Inuyasha ended his attack on
the proceeding army. The forest looked smaller as Inuyasha moved
farther into the valley's depths, striking an attack almost each
second. Yet, something puzzled Inuyasha as he continued to combat
each instant, setting loose a fierce blow of his wind scar from the
tetsusaiga, he wondered; where had Naraku and Kanna vanished to, had
they simply left a hoard of heinous demons to chase after Inuyasha?
With one strike yet again, more and more followed Inuyasha's path,
as he maneuvered fast across the slope of an open terrain and down
into a another wide open plain.
" If I release my red
tetsusaiga and tetsuaiga's steel shard barrage; maybe I can
evaporate them for good." Inuyasha thought, staggering across the
dew-drenched grass and positioning himself into a stance; ready to
fire tetsusaiga's greatest abilities at the incoming hoard of
demons. A red glow of crimson steel flourished up tetsusaiga's
blade. Followed by a glistening streak of visible shards in
tetsusaiga, Inuyasha waited seconds for the two abilities to connect
in his sword's blade, and fired automatically.
" BURN IN
HELL!!!" Shouted Inuyasha, who fired a shock-surged attack directly
at the path of the forwarding enemies. Abruptly, the demons just
vanished, all of them departed as if they were a mere illusion.
Inuyasha backed up through the grass, tetsusaiga still grasped. A
white figure appeared paces away from tetsusaiga's attack and stood
still, waiting for the blast to hit. Kanna held her mirror firmly, as
the bolt of the red tetsusaiga's ability and the steel shard
barrage engaged into Kanna's mirror. In less than a single second,
Kanna positioned her mirror closer out from her body and directly at
the tetsuaiga's position paces away; the attack burst abruptly out
of the mirror and poured into tetsusaiga, seeping the red-crimson
blade, along with the steel shards to evaporation. The tetsusaiga
transfigured back into a rust-enriched sword; remaining clutched in
Inuyasha's hand.
The wind's stretch across the valley picked
up with each second Inuyasha stared at what had happened to his
tetsusaiga. As the forest now looked like a small series of dots many
paces away, the sky flourished into a dark purple and black
appearance. Inuyasha clutched the tetsusaiga upward, looking at how
the blade had reduced to a firm, rusted sword.
" What's
happened to tetsusaiga!!"Inuyasha thought, looking over the blade
yet again, mesmerized at how the sword's greatest abilities had
been reversed. The emerald grass continued to blow vigorously,
causing Inuyasha to stab tetsusaiga into the ground, holding onto the
blade with all force. A sinister laugh like before in the forest
echoed through the vast plains. Though the tetsusaiga had been
transfigured into it's original form, Inuyasha was only concerned
about facing Naraku. A swirl of majestic purple-electrified miasma
swirled down like a quick-paced tornado. Plummeting closer to the
grass that now blew with immense force, Inuyasha held tetsusaiga with
equal pressure, looking across the almost un0visible plain to where
Naraku and Kanna had landed.
" Damn them." Inuyasha thought,
" What if Kanna's mirror has put tetsusaiga into it's regular
sword appearance form for good. That means, tetsusaiga can never be
transformed into the great fang I know it to be." Inuyasha dug
tetsusaiga out from the earth's dirt soil. Grasping it, he held it
in the direction that Naraku now stood, covered halfway in his baboon
costume.
" Isn't it amazing,? With one backfire from Kanna's
mirror, you've realized the intensity of your situation at last!
With your now rusted, and useless sword, you plan to kill me without
it. I'd say it is you, who now harbors the filthy, infested sword."
Naraku looked down a small hill at Inuyasha, who held tetsusaiga
directly at his position.
" Damn you to hell, Naraku.. Even if I
can't tear you to shreds today; best believe I'd sever you
tomorrow." Inuyasha stood in a defensive stance, the tall dew-wet
grass against his feet. Naraku motioned only paces forward, while
Kanna remained still.
" Let me also ensure you. What Kanna has
done to tetsusaiga can never be destroyed. Once the gallant, famous
sword entrusted to the half-breed is now the pathetic, ability-less
sword. Don't you understand, Inuyasha? What Kanna's mirror has
done has rendered your sword powerless. It couldn't even slice a
tree." Naraku did not laugh, or motion closer; but stood still
while Kanna moved closer beside Naraku. Inuyasha staggered into
attack position, holding the still rusty tetsusaiga at Naraku's
visage.
" Go ahead and fire your strongest attack at us. I
highly doubt you'll succeed.. let alone wish you did it." Naraku
for the first time stood still, with Kanna close behind him. Inuyasha
didn't know whether to attack, or defend. Naraku hadn't moved an
inch, nor had Kanna.
" They want me to fire a blast from
tetsusaiga at them, but why? If tetsusaiga can still be
transfigured.." Inuyasha perplexed over his sword. It had been put
into the form of an original sword, but nonetheless, it still could
be transformed. " What has Kanna done to tetsusaiga!!" Inuyasha
thought over in his mind; transfiguring tetsusaiga with the same
light-yellow blast of power that surfaced when Inuyasha transformed
tetsusaiga into the mighty, steel fang. Naraku stared down Inuyasha
from the hill, waiting for the instant to backfire the attack yet
again.
" Fuck you to hell, Naraku. My tetsusaiga's never been
better, and though you think you've tarnished it's power, I
assure you.. It's still got edge to pierce your heinous-stained
body!!" Inuyasha held tetsusaiga upward, letting a swill of
red-crimson overtake tetsusaiga's blade. Seconds later, a steel
shard barrage appeared on the red-tetsusaiga.
" A simple
windscar's all I need to show them what tetsusaiga can still
accomplish." Inuyasha thought, grasping tetsusaiga, which now was
consumed with a swirl of wind; ready to unleash his windscar. The
depths of the plains howled through the wind's passing travel,
Naraku remained fixated on what Inuyasha would unleash from
tetsusaiga, and with the two abilities of tetsusaiga merged together,
Inuyasha unleashed a powerful impact of his windscar from tetsusaiga.
A strong serge of electrified red power, mixed with thousands of
steel shards burst out of tetsusaiga's blade, forwarding closer
each second through the grass, and proceeding up the hill, directly
at Naraku's position.
" DIE!" Inuyasha shouted paces away,
holding tetsusaiga towards the ground's soil, waiting for the
moment of truth. The blast carried an increased serge of might,
blasting apart the earth and heading close to Naraku.
" Foolish
half-breed.. Parish." Naraku motioned Kanna in front of him.
Directing her mirror upward, Inuyasha stood at a gaze as to what now
would surface.
" Now comes the true results of your mistake.
Kanna will deflect your attack, reverse it's direction towards
you.. and it will begin. You will never be able to wield the
tetsusaiga again." Naraku thought, gazing in a confidant expression
as tetsusaiga's attack burst into Kanna's mirror. The mirror
poured in the tetsusaiga's attack, once again bursting rapidly and
shifting the attack across the plains, faster than it traveled and
directed towards Inuyasha's stance.
" Damn you!!" Inuyasha
shouted. The blast cut through tetsusaiga, splitting the blade apart,
piece by piece. A huge surge of power emerged out of the tetsusaiga's
blade. As the sword's blade crumbled, the surge of power thrusted
it's direction into Inuyasha's body, seeping itself through I and
sending him backward, collapsed on the ground, face in the grass. The
tetsusaiga's blade burst, with it came the only thing that
remained, the handle, which flung itself beside the unconscious
Inuyasha and with that, the tetsusaiga not only had been broken, but
it's actual power lingered inside Inuyasha.
The grass stopped
blowing through the immense breeze. Naraku maneuvered down the hill,
pacing himself a few distances out of Inuyasha's reach. Kanna
followed, her mirror still grasped tightly in her hands. Naraku
looked at the tetsusaiga that lay close beside Inuyasha. It's blade
broken, all that remained was the handle; which fumed with gray smoke
that sizzled through the grass. Naraku motioned his baboon costume
upwards, covering his shoulders.
" Let us see, Kanna what
Inuyasha will do now. Soon to be enraged with countless anger, will
he attempt to destroy everything in his path, or succumb to the fact
that his precious sword with its mighty strengths can never be
wielded again." Naraku spoke in a sinister, yet light-toned voice,
his expression impressed at what Kanna's mirror had accomplished.
Kanna maneuvered closer to Naraku, staring down at Inuyasha who,
for the moment remained still on the emerald grass. Paces away
through the thickets of the plains, a swirl of light magenta light
glowed on an arrow, fired at great pace, it traveled through the now
increased wind rates, and headed straight towards Naraku and Kanna's
position. Sensing something headed for his direction, Naraku turned
around, while Kanna remained facing tetsusaiga. An immediate swirl of
electrification placed a barrier around Naraku and Kanna. The arrow
unable to enter the shield, it bounced of and collapsed to the
ground.
" Foolish wretch. Entering the scheme only has
increased your destruction." Naraku commented, looking across the
vast valley to see a girl running quickly, a bow clutched tight in
her grip. Kagome ran with an increased pace each second, stopping
forcefully paces from Naraku and Kanna.
" Did you really think
you could save him, woman? Unless you can reconstruct the tetsusaiga
in a matter of minutes, I'd say both of you are doomed." Naraku
said, ending with a heinous laugh and glancing over towards (), who
remained still flat on the grass.
" The tetsusaiga's been
shattered!?" Kagome thought, positioning herself into an attack
stance and looking beyond to see Inuyasha on the ground, and beside
him the broken sword. " What have you done to him, Naraku!! Whether
or not I succeed, if Inuyasha can't destroy you.." Naraku let out
a menacing laugh, not showing a bit of worry.
" You're as
foolish as he is. Don't you understand?! Now with less than
seconds, you'll both die." Naraku motioned over at Inuyasha's
position, dis-regarding Kagome's pointed arrow. Kagome looked at
Inuyasha, his body didn't move. Clutching her bow tightly, she
stared down Naraku and Kanna.
" It will not be me or Kanna that
kill you." Naraku hissed to Kagome.
Suddenly, the ground
beneath Kagome, Naraku and Kanna started to shake with might. The
grass now blew as if a thunderstorm had struck. The handle of
tetsusaiga blew in the wind, forwarding towards Kagome's path.
"
It seems as though the tetsusaiga wants Kagome to give it to
Inuyasha. After all, sense a human can wield it but not unleash its
strengths, Kagome can touch it. Yet, is tetsusaiga not fully broken?"
Naraku thought, puzzling the instinct over in his mind. A sharp, long
set of fingernails dug through the earth's soil, ripping piles of
dirt out of the ground. Inuyasha stood up, flexing his claws that had
now grown and faced Naraku, Kanna, and Kagome. His eyes had festered
with dark, red crimson appearances. Purple marks on both cheeks
brought Kagome to reason that despite Totosai's assurance that
Inuyasha would not transfigure after the battle with Ryukotsei, that
Inuyasha had grasped a full -- appearance.
The wind's stretch
moved vigorously through Inuyasha's hair. As Inuyasha looked
Naraku, Kanna and Kagome over, he drew out his sharp fangs and spoke.
" Regardless of the tetsusaiga's destruction, I couldn't
have felt more energized. With the blood that now festers through my
veins, I'll rip apart you three, limb from limb." Inuyasha's
voice was not his own, it flowed with the infestation of someone
Kagome didn't know.
" Interesting isn't it, Inuyasha? Now
with the form you want to have for the rest of your life, why not
start by trying to break my barrier?" Naraku motioned himself, his
shield still up in full blast close to where Inuyasha stood. Angered
with rage, Inuyasha jumped high above the ground, flexing his claws
and heading for Naraku's barrier. With a great might of rage,
Inuyasha dug his fingers through the barrier that blocked his heinous
enemy.
" DIE!! I will slaughter you to your death!!" Inuyasha
howled, trying hard to pierce through a barrier impossible to
shatter.
" Try all you like, even with the new demon power that
travels though you second by second, but you will not manage to lay a
scratch on me, filthy half-breed." Naraku spoke in a normal tone,
Kanna backed behind him. With every force that thrust onto Naraku's
barrier, he could not manage to break through the shield that
out-strengthened him. Inuyasha maneuvered in the air and touched back
towards the ground's surface.
Kagome stood still, holding both
her bow and tetsusaiga's handle. Naraku shifted forward towards
Kagaome, then looked over his shoulder at the enraged with anger
Inuyasha.
" Though your pathetic both half-demon and as
full-fledged demon who can't even rip apart a layer of my barrier,
this girl does not harbor one.. why not use your anger and destroy
her, Inuyasha?" Naraku backed paces through the grass, shifting his
glance back and forth from what Inuyasha would do, and Kagome's
speechless expression..
TO BE CONTINUED..