(A/N: The chapter you've all been waiting for has arrived. It's the showdown between Inuyasha and Onigumo, the one who started it all. It was because of him that Naraku's reign of terror began and now it finally comes down to this. Can our favorite half-demon defeat the former bandit? Only one way to find out. Enjoy the fight.)
Disclaimer: Let's face the facts, I don't now or ever will I own Inuyasha.
Chapter 14: Fight to the Finish
Inuyasha swung Tetsusaiga, but Onigumo simple blocked it, using his stinger as a weapon. His fist made contact with Inuyasha's gut, sending the half-demon flying back. But Inuyasha just kicked off the rock wall and was at him again.
"Determine, aren't you?" Onigumo teased.
"Shut up and fight!"
Onigumo granted his wish and began stabbing forward with his tail. Inuyasha blocked with Tetsusaiga as if they were having an actual swordfight, with only one sword though. Onigumo's tail was fast. Inuyasha could only block, less he get stung.
"Dance, half-breed." Said Onigumo, laughing.
He lashed out, swiping at Inuyasha's feet with his claws. The half-demon jumped out of the way, just missing the stinger. Holding up Tetsusaiga, he focused his power on his next attack. Tetsusaiga glazed over in shards of adamant.
"Lets see you get by this." he cried. "Adamant Barrage!"
Onigumo growled as the attack approached. He retreated to the end of the ledge, where he was trapped.
"Damn you, half-breed!" he yelled, before vanishing within the attack.
When the attack subsided, Onigumo was nowhere to be seen.
"Did he get him?" asked Toriyasu.
"I don't think so." Kagome replied.
"Correct you are." Came Onigumo's voice. He crawled up from under the ledge, having crawled there to avoid the attack. "Sloppy, half-breed, very sloppy."
"I'll show you sloppy! Adamant Barrage!"
This time Onigumo had enough room to jump over the attack. He landed behind Inuyasha, who spun around swinging Tetsusaiga. Onigumo grabbed the arm holding Tetsusaiga, stopping the attack, as his stinger swung forward. But instead of sinking into Inuyasha's flesh, it collided with Tetsusaiga's sheath, which Inuyasha had whipped out with his free hand.
Onigumo growled and threw Inuyasha against the side of the mountain. After crashing against the wall Inuyasha fell, falling past the ledge to the rapidly approaching ground.
"You're not getting rid of me that easily." Inuyasha declared.
He stabbed Tetsusaiga into the side of the mountain. Sparks went flying and Inuyasha felt like his arms were going to be dislocated, but his fall slowed down and finally came to a stop.
Onigumo looked over the edge at Inuyasha hanging onto his sword, which was buried into the mountain. 'What now, half-breed?'
Inuyasha pushed off the wall, pulling Tetsusaiga free. "Wind Scar!"
The attack slammed into the mountain, sending an avalanche of rocks falling down. Inuyasha jumped from rock to rock as he made his way up the mountain. As Onigumo watched, he had to admit that he was impressed against his will.
"I'm coming for you, half-breed." He said, and began crawling over to him against the wall.
Inuyasha growled as Onigumo approached. His stinger flew out, trying to pierce the half-demon as he jumped from rock to rock.
"Back off!" he cried, passing by Onigumo.
Onigumo just laughed, his arm extending to grab Inuyasha. "You're not going anywhere."
His large hand closed over Inuyasha's leg, pulling him back down.
"Damn it, let go!"
Swinging Tetsusaiga, Inuyasha made a deep cut in Onigumo's arm. Onigumo cried out and dropped him, but now Inuyasha was even further down the mountain, and the avalanche he had started was ending. He began jumping up the rocks again, going for the highest ones possible.
'I'm running out of rocks!' he realized.
He landed on the last one, jumping as high as possible, reaching for the ledge. He ended up hanging on by his fingers, his claws digging into the rock.
'This is not a good position to be in.' he thought.
Onigumo would have smirked if he had a mouth. Instead he crawled back up onto the ledge and stood over the half-demon clinging to the ledge.
"Oh Inuyasha." He said.
Inuyasha looked up and growled in annoyance. Onigumo's stinger suddenly flew forward. Still hanging on by his left hand, Inuyasha swung Tetsusaiga, cutting off Onigumo's stinger.
Onigumo swore, grabbing for his dismembered tail to reattach it. This gave Inuyasha enough time to back flip, which was very difficult, even for a half-demon, since he was hanging onto the ledge by only four fingers, and land on the ledge again.
Whirling around, Inuyasha unleashed Tetsusaiga's power. "Wind Scar!"
"Damn you!" Onigumo managed to get out before he was blasted to pieces, his destroyed body flying off the ledge.
Inuyasha immediately sheathed Tetsusaiga and ran over to his family and friends. "How is everyone?"
"They'll be fine." Kagome replied, who had been doing her best to take care of everyone as well as watch the fight. "Ico and Shippo got the worst. Ico's arm might be broken. And Shippo, he's…"
"I'll be fine." Shippo said through clenched teeth. "This'll heal in no time. I already feel better."
"Glad you're feeling better." Moaned Kouga sarcastically.
Inuyasha turned to him. "How you doing, wolf?"
Kouga groaned. "Well, my muscles have completely cramped up." He replied sarcastically. "So I'm doing great. By the way, did you get Onigumo?"
"No he didn't." They all turned to find Onigumo crawling back up, completely healed. "You can cut me down to size all you want, half-breed, but I'll just keep coming back."
"Damn it." Inuyasha growled, unsheathing Tetsusaiga again. "Why can't you just die?"
"Why can't you?"
Onigumo reached out for the half-demon. Inuyasha batted his giant hand away with Tetsusaiga. Onigumo growled and held up both hands. His fingers turned into tentacles and flew at Inuyasha, threatening to impale him. Inuyasha hopped backwards as each tentacle stabbed into the ground where he had just been standing.
"Take this!" Inuyasha cried, swinging Tetsusaiga, slicing off his fingers.
The tentacles retracted, turning back into fingers. The pieces that Inuyasha cut off flew back to Onigumo and reattached themselves. Inuyasha swore. For once he wished Miroku had his Wind Tunnel again, that would put an end to Onigumo, and he wouldn't need to worry about the regenerating.
"Something wrong, half-breed? You look irritated."
"Shut up! You're a real pain in the ass."
Onigumo chuckled. "Your mate is going to have a real pain in her ass when I'm done with her." he replied, knowing it would infuriate the half-demon.
It did the trick. "Damn you to Hell, you bastard!"
He leapt at Onigumo, bringing down Tetsusaiga, attempting to cut him in half; even though he would just recover. But Onigumo was too fast. He clapped his hands together, catching Tetsusaiga between them.
"Pathetic." He said. "You were better off pinned to that tree."
Inuyasha's eyes flashed with anger. "And you were better off rotting in that cave, or even sitting inside Naraku damned body!"
Apparently, Inuyasha struck a nerve. Onigumo aggressively twisted Inuyasha's arms downward. With a flick of his wrists, Tetsusaiga went flying out off Inuyasha's hands, landing point first several feet away, where it changed back to a seemingly regular old sword.
Now seizing hold of Inuyasha's arms, Onigumo lifted the half-demon in the air. Inuyasha struggles soon ceased as he began crying out when Onigumo began pulling his arms in opposite directions.
"I'll rip you in two." Onigumo growled.
"Inuyasha, no!" Kagome cried.
She closed her eyes and focused on her priestess powers. She held out her hands and sent out a wave of spiritual energy. It slammed into Onigumo with great force, knocking him back several feet. Onigumo quickly recovered, but he had released Inuyasha, which had been Kagome's intention.
Landing on a crouching position, Inuyasha felt his left arm go limp at his side. His shoulder was dislocated, but he would worry about it later. Right now his attention was on Onigumo.
Inuyasha punched the ground as hard as he could with his good arm. The force caused the entire ledge to crack in half. The half Onigumo was on to be precise. The large piece of rock fell off the rest of the mountain, taking Onigumo with it.
"Damn it." Inuyasha moaned, grabbing his arm, he quickly popped the bone back into place, crying out the pain.
He tested out his arm after his quick repair. It hurt like a son of a bitch, but it seemed fine. That was good, considering Onigumo was once again crawling up the mountain.
"Miss me?"
Not even bothering going after Tetsusaiga, Inuyasha charged at Onigumo. "Iron Reaper Soul Sealer!"
Onigumo jumped over him. The two spun around at the same time. Onigumo stabbed forward with his stinger. Without enough time to dodge, Inuyasha grabbed the tail. The venomous stinger was only an inch or two away from him. Onigumo began pushing Inuyasha back until he was at the very edge. And now that the half-demon had his hands full and was backed up as far as he could go, he was unable to block or avoid the powerful punches Onigumo delivered to him.
When Inuyasha fell to his knees, but still managed to keep a hold of his opponent's tail, Onigumo ceased his punching. "What's wrong, half-breed?" he mocked. "Not feeling up to the challenge anymore?"
Clenching his teeth, Inuyasha glared at Onigumo. "Not on your life."
He then surprised Onigumo by jumping in the air and pulling him by the tail. Onigumo dug his eight pointy feet into the ground so he wouldn't slide off the ledge. Inuyasha landed behind him, and immediately spun around. Preparing for the pain to come, he dug his claws into his own flesh, bathing his fingers in his own blood.
"Blades of Blood!" he cried, making a throwing gesture.
The drops of blood flew off his hand and became as solid and as sharp as knives. Not even turning around, Onigumo sprung himself in the air, landing on the side on the mountain, well out of Inuyasha's reach.
Onigumo's arm shot out. Inuyasha prepared to defend against the attack to come, but Onigumo did something he didn't expect. His arm split in two, each half passing by on either side of Inuyasha. The two halves then slammed together and reattached, trapping Inuyasha inside his arm.
"What the hell?" he cried.
Onigumo laughed. "Got you now."
He lifted Inuyasha in the air and then slammed him down, just as he had done with Kohaku, only he did it much harder. He repeated this until Inuyasha stopped moving. He released the half-conscious half-demon and would have gave him a victorious look had he had the face to do so.
"You've bothered me long enough, half-breed." He said. "It's time to die."
He sprung off the wall, flying right for Inuyasha, his stinger raised to strike.
"Father!" Kikyou cried.
She charged forward, ignoring Kagome's cries to come back. But she didn't obey her mother, nor did she go after her father and Onigumo. Instead she grabbed Tetsusaiga, pulling it out of the ground. She then raced in front of her father and held it out defensively.
"Kikyou…" Inuyasha moaned. "Get out of here."
Kikyou ignored him. "Please Tetsusaiga," she whispered, "lend me your power."
The sword pulsed in her hand and transformed. Kikyou held it up at the rapidly approaching Onigumo.
"So you want to die too?" he asked. "Fine with me!"
"Lightning Attack!"
Out of nowhere a bolt of lightning flew at Onigumo, shocking the hell out of him. Onigumo cried out and fell from the sky; his aerial attack turning into a fall.
Confused, Kikyou looked in the direction the lightning had come from. She was surprised to see Souten, who was glaring at Onigumo.
"What are you waiting for?" the thunder-demon shouted. "Kill him!"
Kikyou nodded, and looked at Onigumo. 'Please Tetsusaiga. I know you're my father's sword, but I need your power.'
She suddenly felt an enormous amount of energy fill the sword. Something came across her vision. It looked like two winds blowing in opposite directions.
'I can see the Wind Scar!' she realized. Raising the Tetsusaiga, she unleashed the swords power. "WIND SCAR!!!"
The attack flew at Onigumo, who had not yet landed from his fall and was therefore unable to avoid it. "Damn you!"
The Wind Scar blew him to pieces as the bright light blinded everyone else. It was in that moment that Linca moved from her spot, unsheathing Katou. Her target was Onigumo's core, which had been revealed when he was hit by the Wind Scar.
Linca cut straight through Onigumo's core, slicing it in two. She immediately spun around and unleashed her own attack, which completely obliterated Onigumo's core.
(A/N: Oh yeah! Who liked that? I hope I lived up to the fight I wrote in the first chapter. Did you like the end? You probably forgot all about Souten, didn't you? And I bet you thought that Inuyasha would kill Onigumo, not Kikyou and Linca. BUT is it really over? Only one way to find out, and that's to read the next chapter. But it will cost you a few reviews. Pay up!)