Chapter 6

A Battle To Remember

"So it does indeed appear that I have an interesting battle ahead of me." Yakunan said, lifting his eyebrows up in surprise. An evil smile spread across his face. "Well then Arashi, I believe I would be interested in battling you again. However I will warn you, I do not play fair.

Then, before my very eyes, he transformed. His large dog form towered over the trees, and his large roar shook the ground beneath the palms of my hands.

"Come now Arashi, get up and fight!"

The words did not come from his mouth. Instead, they seemed to come from his mind.

"Alright!" I said speaking through thoughts, which indeed astonished me. For I had never tried it before.

I stood up, ignoring the pain in my joints. My bangs fell down, covering my eyes, as I summoned whatever power I could to transform.

Wind started to blow around me in a huge tornado-like movement. My lips pulled back from my teeth as they became sharper, and pointed.

Suddenly, the wind swiped me up into the air, as I began to transform.

I landed not 10 feet from Yakunan, as I growled at him, and began lunging at him.

He dodged me easily, as if I was merely a small snake, nipping at his feet.

"Come, COME now Arashi. Is that the best you can do?" He asked in a taunting voice.

I growled sharply, and quickly took the advantage I had, and lunged forward, biting him in the hind quarters.

He let out a roar of rage, and he continuously leaned back towards me, biting into my muzzle and neck. Even through all of this pain, I did not let go of him.

Finally, he thrust himself into the air, with me still attached to him. Then, he threw himself down onto the ground, managing to crush me beneath him.

Quickly, I pulled myself out from underneath him, and retreated backwards.

"Very clever Arashi, I must admit I am impressed."

I let out a sharp snarl, for I did not want to hear him speak.

"I will not go down easily Yakunan!" I snarled in fury, tossing my head around.

"Well that's a shame," he said, sounding surprised, "Because you are already losing."

Quickly, I transformed back into my human form, and grabbed onto Sounga tightly.

Yakunan transformed as well, reaching into his sheath, and pulling out his sword.

"You say that I am losing," I put Sounga into a baseball bat position behind my head, "But you are wrong!"

That is when I made my move. I jumped up high into the air, and landed up in a nearby tree. But before Yakunan could notice me, I quickly hopped into a different tree.

"BITCH!" he yelled spinning around, aimlessly chopping down trees with his sword, "WHERE ARE YOU?"

Come on Yakunan, I thought to myself, as my muscles coiled, ready to spring, Just a little...farther...

Yakunan backed up against the stone wall of the cliff, and I took the advantage I had, jumping out of the trees.

Sounga was poised behind my head, ready to strike.

Yakunan looked up the moment I jumped out from behind the trees.

"And-" I said, cutting myself off as I poised Sounga in front of me now. "DIE!"

The sword came in contact with his flesh-piercing him in his heart.

...

Yakunan's eyes widened, and blood poured from the huge hole in his chest.

His eyes then flickered down to me, as he spoke in a chilling voice.

"You may have won the battle Arashi, but you have not yet won the war. I WILL be avenged."

Instead of asking him what he meant, like I would have, my pride took over me, and I drove the sword further into his heart.

Yakunan choked on his breath, and then-his eyes became lifeless, and his breathing stopped.

Blindly, I pulled the sword out of his chest, and let his lifeless body fall to the ground.

"ARASHI!" I heard voices calling me.

I turned around, only to see the Cullens and everyone else rushing up to me.

"ARASHI! ARE YOU ALRIGHT?" Esme shouted, immediately pulling me into a tight hug, despite that I was a bloody mess.

"I'm fine Esme," I reassured her, dropping the now bloody Sounga onto the ground, and returning the hug.

"ARASHI YOU IDIOT! WHEN ARE YOU EVER GONNA LEARN?" InuYasha shouted, stopping just a few feet in front of me.

"Don't worry InuYasha, I'm fine."

"Arashi," a sweet velvety voice called to me.

"Edward," I sighed in relief, and I rushed from Esme's side, only to be picked up into Edward's arms.

"I'm fine, I'm right here," I repeated over and over again to him, as his arms constricted tighter around me, and his face buried into my blood-stained white hair.

"Are you sure you're alright?" he asked me, his cold fingers stroking through my hair.

"Yes," I repeated, and then chuckled, "Though I may need a bath."

"You would say that wouldn't you." he whispered, and I only chuckled again.

"Yes, yes I would."