(A/N: I know you've all been anxious to see the Shikon Hunters fight Onigumo, so I shall deny you no longer. Though this chapter isn't much of a fight as it is a beating, but… well, you'll see what I mean.)

Disclaimer: No, no, no, I don't own anything.

Chapter 13: Arrival

Onigumo blinked in surprise. "What? What do you mean you know how to kill me?"

Linca didn't reply. She seemed to be looking for something. Something her nose and ears had picked up, but her eyes had yet to discover. Katou pulsed with demonic energy as she suddenly charged forward and jumped high in the air.

Her eyes scanned the forest, looking for her new target. Now that she knew how to kill Onigumo, she was simply going to remove an obstacle to make getting the job done easier.

'There!'

She locked onto what she was looking for. The Saimyōshō hive, hidden amongst the trees. She swung Katou, unleashing her power. Several trees were obliterated, along with the hive. Onigumo merely glanced at the destruction, not seeming to care that much.

As Linca came down from her jump, she saw something approaching and she mentally smiled in amusement. She was curious as to how this would turn out.

When she landed, she calmly sheathed Katou and turned her back on Onigumo, much to his surprise.

"Hey, where do you think you're going?" he demanded.

"You're not worth my time." Linca replied. "Not when someone else wants to kill you."

Not quite understanding the last part, Onigumo became enraged as Linca called him unworthy of her time. He made a move for her.

"Why you-"

"Iron Reaper Soul Stealer!"

Turning to the source of the voice, Onigumo's eyes widened as sharp claws slashed at his face. The attack delivered by none other than Inuyasha.

But the half-demon didn't even stop to witness the damage he did to the demon. He ran right by Onigumo and over to the others.

"Kagome! Are you- Kikyou? What are you- All of you are here? What the heck's going on?"

Kagome dropped the barrier, allowing Inuyasha to come closer. He wrapped his arms around her, forgetting all the questions he had just asked as a new one popped into his mind.

"Kagome, are you alright?" he asked, holding her tightly.

Kagome nodded against him. "I'm fine, now that you're here."

"Did he do anything?"

Kagome shook her head and Inuyasha sighed in relief.

"Father?"

Inuyasha let go of Kagome and turned to the others. "What the hell are you all doing here?" he cried. "I thought I told you to wait back at the village."

Kaori gulped. "Are you going to tell our parents?"

"No need." Came the angry voice of Sango, causing the twins to tense up. They turned to find Kilala floating over to them with Miroku and Kohaku on her back, Sango already jumping off and running over to them. "We told you to stay home."

"It was for your own safety." Miroku added.

Kaori and Ico looked at their feet shamefully, but Shin just crossed his arms. "You're not my father." He muttered.

"No but I am." Said Kouga, climbing up the ledge with Shippo close behind.

"We had to come." Cried Toriyasu. "We couldn't just sit and wait around."

Shippo gave his own son an angry look. "Toriyasu, you shouldn't be here."

An impatient growl came from Linca, getting the others attention. "I think you've established that none of them should have come. Can you have this family conversation later?"

Inuyasha glared at his niece. "And just what are you doing here?"

Linca wasn't intimidated by his glare or harsh tone. "Shouldn't you be worrying about Onigumo?" she asked, uncaringly.

That brought everyone back to the situation. They all turned to Onigumo, who hadn't moved from his spot since Inuyasha struck him. He was looking at the ground with his shoulders slumped.

"Alright, you bastard." Inuyasha growled. "Now you're going to pay for what you did."

Slowly Onigumo looked up at him. His borrowed face was torn from Inuyasha's attack and hanging halfway off his face. He reached up and peeled it off, tossing it over the edge. If he hadn't been faceless again, they would have seen a very angry expression on his face.

"That is the second face that has been destroyed." He growled. "I've had enough of your meddling. It's time for you all to die."

He crouched down as his body began to change. His human legs were sucked up into his body as 4 long pointy insect-like legs grew out of his torso. The large scorpion tail once again grew out of his rear as his 6 large spikes grew out of his shoulders, three on each arm. And speaking of his arms, they extended to twice their length before his hands became the large demon hands that had struck Linca. The Shikon Hunters had seen this form once before, but only in small portions. This time he completely transformed himself into his demon form.

"Keh, so you've transformed." Said Inuyasha, unsheathing Tetsusaiga.

"I've had enough of you getting in my way, half-breed." Onigumo replied. "You and your hybrid bitch of a daughter."

Kagome gasped in outrage as Kikyou growled at him. Inuyasha looked angrier than either of them, fire burning in his yellow eyes. "You miserable son of a bitch. You attack my village, kidnap my mate, hurt my friends and family, and insult my daughter and me. You are going to pay. I'll see to it that you are killed and burn in Hell with that bastard Naraku."

Onigumo laughed. "Brave words, for a half-breed. You didn't do so well the last time we fought. Let's see if you'll do any better."

Inuyasha growled. "You guys stay out of this." he told the others. "He's mine."

"Hold up, mutt." Cried Kouga. "We came all this way to stop this freak. We're not going to just sit back and do nothing."

Inuyasha looked back at Kouga. The angry look on his face caused the wolf-demon to recoil. "I said stay out of this."

Kouga gulped and nodded. "Yeah, sure."

Inuyasha turned back to Onigumo. "I hope you're ready to die."

"You're a fool." Onigumo replied. "Once I'm through with you, I'm going to kill all your friends. And as for your mate, I'm going to do things to her that she will never forget." He turned to Kagome. "My Kikyou."

Tetsusaiga pulsed in Inuyasha's hands as his anger hit its peak. "How dare you. First off, she is not Kikyou, she is Kagome. Second, she is not just something that you can just take and do with what you please. And third, she is my mate, and no one else's. And I'll make you pay for every sick perverted thought that has ever run through your head."

Onigumo chuckled. "Well I have quite a long list. Care to hear a few things I have in mind so you can tell me if she's any good at them?"

"Shut up! Wind Scar!"

Using his legs like springs, Onigumo jumped over the Wind Scar and stuck to the side of the mountain. One of his long arms got even longer as he reached for Inuyasha. The half-demon jumped out of the way and swung Tetsusaiga, cutting off the arm that had been reaching for him.

Onigumo angrily leapt off the wall, landing right in front of Inuyasha. With his remaining hand, he caught Tetsusaiga as Inuyasha swung the Phantom Sword.

"You have a real temper." Onigumo mocked, as his severed arm reached for his dismembered limb and reattached itself. He used said arm to bring his fist flying at Inuyasha.

Releasing Tetsusaiga with one hand, he caught the incoming fist, which was difficult considering it was five times bigger than his own hand. Onigumo smirked as his scorpion tail made a move to stab him.

"Hiraikotsu!" cried Sango, throwing the large boomerang, not caring that Inuyasha wanted to fight Onigumo on his own.

Releasing Inuyasha, Onigumo dodged the giant boomerang. Inuyasha turned angrily to Sango. "I thought I told you to stay out of this!"

Miroku stepped forward. "Inuyasha, don't be a fool!" he shouted. "You can't beat him on your own."

"Shut up! I can too!"

Onigumo shook his head. "How very annoying."

One of his hands split into several tentacles and flew at the others, excluding Inuyasha. His intended targets attempted to fight off the tentacles from weapon to tooth and nail, but Onigumo refused to release them.

"Let them go!" Inuyasha shouted. "I said this was between you and me!"

"And so it is." Onigumo replied. "I'm simply making sure they won't interrupt again."

Lifting Sango and Miroku in the air with his tentacles, he slammed them into each other before tossing them against the wall. They both appeared to be knocked out from the impact.

Kilala sank her fangs into one of the tentacles holding her, but it didn't even loosen. In fact, it tightened, along with all the other ones wrapped around her. The demon cat roared as it tried to break free, quite unsuccessfully. Finally, she went limp and transformed back into the miniature version of herself. Onigumo then tossed her aside like a piece of trash, leaving her desperately gasping for breath.

Next he focused on Kohaku. He lifted him high in the air and then slammed him to the ground. He repeated this two more times before finally releasing him. Kohaku attempted to get to his feet, but he collapsed.

Turning his attention to Shippo, he pinned the fox-demon against the wall. Another one of his tentacles shot out and stabbed him. Shippo cried out in pain as Onigumo removed his tentacle, stabbing him several more times before letting him fall to the ground. Shippo now had several large wounds in his chest. Nothing that wouldn't heal completely, but still as painful as hell.

Last was Kouga. Onigumo brought him up close and stung him with his scorpion tail. Kouga clenched his teeth as he fought down the pain. But then he felt something being pumped into him. Almost immediately he felt his strength drain.

If Onigumo had a mouth, it would be in an evil grin. He tossed Kouga over to the others before turning to Inuyasha, laughing at the horrified look on his face. "Don't worry half-breed, they'll survive. I wouldn't want them to miss the show."

Kouga made an attempt to stand up but couldn't. "What the hell did you do to me?"

Onigumo chuckled. "It's my poison." He replied, shaking his scorpion tail. "It will leave you paralyzed for hours. But I'll kill you before you recover. Once I take care of the half-breed here."

"Bastard!" Inuyasha shouted. "Why'd you drag them into this?"

"I didn't want them interfering." Was Onigumo's answer. He looked over at Linca, considering her for a moment.

"I'm curious to see how this turns out." said Linca. "I won't interfere."

She meant it too. She was actually interested in seeing the two fight it out. Of course she would never allowing Inuyasha to die by Onigumo's hands or vice versa. She would step in if it ever came to that. But it may be fun watching them try to kill each other.

Onigumo seemed to take her word for it. He glanced over at the Shikon Hunters' kids. They still didn't seem like they were in any condition to fight. Good, one less thing to worry about. But then there was Kagome. She could still fight.

Inuyasha noticed Onigumo looking at Kagome. It was hard to tell since he didn't have a face, thus making it hard to tell exactly where he was looking. But Inuyasha knew.

"Don't you touch her." he growled.

Onigumo just laughed. "Don't worry, that's later."

Inuyasha completely lost his temper. "I'll kill you first!" he cried, and charged into battle.

(A/N: Onigumo is really brutal. I hope you all remember his demon form. His demon form reminds me of the Scorpion King, except he's got those big old demon claws rather than pinchers. Anyway, the showdown between Inuyasha and Onigumo is up next. I promise to give you a good battle if you give me lots of reviews.)