INUYASHA: SEALED FATES UNLEASHED

By: Lady JenDragon

Disclaimer: Not mine.

Author Notes: I'm trying to get this story done before I finish any of the other ones.

Chapter Thirty

Demon Mayhem

The arrival of KiRaRa and the other demons momentarily shifted the attention to the center of the room away from the conflicting battles. Not everyone was spared by the new arrivals.

As a result of his effort to aid the monk and demonslayer, the curse on the ribbon strengthened its hold, pulling Sesshomaru towards the floor. A pure demonic current passed through the ribbon seemingly burning where it touched his skin trying to force him to his knees in surrender. The pain grew so powerful, eventually his knees bent and he fell to the floor.

'She will pay for this humiliation.' Sesshomaru swore silently.

Sesshomaru restrained himself from outwardly writhing on the floor, the silver collar refusing to break under his fingers. The gold ribbon found the collar after its break and latched onto him once more. The ribbon tightened its grip the more he struggled. He tried with all his might but the curse was too strong. One thing bothered him.

'This collar will not be removed by this Sesshomaru.'

With it, he could not dispose of this celestial demon who dared brag of her sinister plots against demons and humans. The younger sister was also under some kind of curse to prevent any uprising against the elder sister. Clearly, the younger possessed powers to rival her sibling.

"Rin." Sesshomaru spoke evenly and without emotion

Rin clamped her hands over her mouth, watching her master suffer. She ran to Lord Sesshomaru. His eyes glowed a dim red, his teeth bared. His behavior resembled the injured man she found once from her past not wanting anyone to show him caring or pity. Her master would not want that. He needed to be free of the collar imprisoning him to this cold place.

Without thought, Rin kneeled beside Sesshomaru. She stared at the collar and made a silent wish. Truly, she wanted the collar to stop hurting him since he could no longer stand. Sesshomaru's eyes widen only slightly as she reached out. With one hand, she reached out and touched the silver collar. It suddenly lost its luster.

"Good work Rin." Asaia smiled. "Your innocence has made the collar inactive again."

But if the dog demon did not get his inner emotions to transform under control, it would return with a vengeance. They had little time

"How can we get it off?" Rin looked up at the girl. "Lord Sesshomaru is weak."

"The curse upon him is meant to keep him under control." Asaia sighed. "The same is true with my own necklace. Atokiyada likes to be in control."

It was then the ceiling burst apart sending debris everywhere. They barely had time to avoid the falling beams. Asaia tackled Rin and pulled her off Sesshomaru. The Dog Demon became buried in the rubble. But she could see where the tether remained attached to the floor. If they wanted to get his help, they would need Tetsusaiga's aid.

Both blinked at the demons standing in front of Atokiyada's the Dragon. Rin coughed from the dust in the air. Asaia noted the girl was dusty from head to toe. They could clean up later.

"Rin." Asaia spoke evenly. "We need to uncover Sesshomaru."

She glanced up to find the demons surrounding the Dragon in apparent confrontation. The smaller demons would perish so that the stronger demons would be able to put Atokiyada back in her place. But all the pieces were not yet lined up.

And so they began removing debris from the Dog Demon.

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The Large Dragon momentarily halted its advance on the demon cat. KiRaRa stood firm, refusing to back down. The assortment of demons standing behind her all seemed confident they could take the celestial-demon.

Sango felt the combined demon aura almost too much to tolerate. Clearly Kagome was also affected, her eyes wide. Now was not the time to dawdle. Atokiyada's attention was diverted. Glancing around the room, Shippo remained by Miroku's side. The monk was still feeling the effects of his wind tunnel on the Sand Dragons.

"Inuyasha!" She called out.

Immediately he leapt to her side. He nodded he knew what she wanted him to do. Asaia also ran to Kagome's side with her Pearls of Truth. Inuyasha held out Tetsusaiga, quickly she wrapped the hilt with the Pearls.

"Hold on Kagome." Inuyasha whispered.

Kagome nodded her head and held her wrists apart as much as possible. He lifted the sword over his head and swung down. The blade never touched her bindings though they quickly severed. Asaia smiled as Kagome's hands came free. Next, they freed her ankles. The miko was now free.

The small group turned to find the demons surrounded the large Dragon. Clearly Atokiyada was taking her time deciding what to do with them. Inuyasha was grateful for the diversion. Usually at this point they were losing. It was nice for once to have some help.

"Come on!" Asaia urged. "We need Sesshomaru."

Sango and Kagome glanced at one another. Inuyasha paused for a moment then nodded. Then he shifted his wrist watching how Tetsusaiga glinted in the light. For everyone's sake, Kagome hoped he would choose to work with his brother to put Atokiyada back in her place.

"ATTACK!" Came the battle cry from one of the stronger demons.

The aura in the room grew so hot, no one could see what happened next. Bodies flung inward towards the large Dragon and became lost in its developing miasma. Only the stronger demons could survive such conditions.

Jaken kept Rin far enough away and out of harms way. It was then that a new band of Sand Dragons arrived to join in the battle. Six leapt towards the battle blinded in white light and demon miasma.

"It's a real free for all." Sango whispered to Kagome.

"Sure is." Kagome agreed. "Let's get Sesshomaru and put this chick where she belongs."

Sango, Asaia and Kagome led by Inuyasha ran the circumference of the battle towards where Sesshomaru remained secured to the floor. He stood watching the battle from the farthest point his tether would allow. He paid them no attention once they got close to him.

The Pearls of Truth wrapped around Tetsusaiga's hilt was raised and brought down over the silvery ribbon lying on the floor.

Nothing happened.

"What the he…" Inuyasha growled out the last of his words.

"It didn't even cut it." Sango squatted down to inspect it. "There's no luster to this ribbon anymore."

"Rin touched it." Asaia informed them. "Perhaps we should let her wield the sword?"

At that moment, a dark shadow swooped low over the room. Sango, Kagome, Asaia, and Inuyasha had to duck from the thing. Its wings were black, its eyes bright yellow, and its skin was dark green. It had been a while since it was this angry.

Asaia's eyes widened.

"Tir?" Her eyes narrowed in recognition.

Shippo appeared next to Sango's side, yanking on her arm almost too hard.

"What is it, Shippo?" Sango inquired.

But her eyes were on the green and black demon dragon now standing on the floor in front of them to really pay attention to Shippo. Its eye were fixed upon Asaia and seemed to not care about the rest of them.

"It…it's Miroku." The fox demon sounded sad. "It's his wind…tunnel…"

Sango glanced to her left finding Miroku lying on the floor clutching his hand tightly. He rested against some fallen beams, worry on his face. The kind of worry that indicated impending doom was upon them.

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Miroku fell to the floor against the fallen beams, clutching his wrist. Both eyes were wide with fear. His wind tunnel opened up so much larger than before. That meant his life would end soon. It got too much usage and now, he was in danger of killing everyone. Sango sat with him, holding the sutra Asaia gave her flat on his palm. It was the only thing preventing him from suffering the fate of his father and grandfather had before him.

Shippo had disappeared shortly before he fell over. He looked up to find Sango with Shippo heading his way. He noted the demons fighting with Atokiyada in Dragon form and now the black and green dragon holding Kagome, Sesshomaru and Asaia hostage. The dragon did not seem to notice her disappearance.

The pain in his hand made him cringe.

"Where's Inuyasha?" Miroku gritted through his teeth when the two arrived.

"With Kagome and Asaia." Sango could not see them from this vantage point. "Tetsusaiga didn't cut Sesshomaru's ribbon."

"Didn't think…it ….would." Miroku shook form the pain.

"I bet he was gonna take on Atokiyada by himself." Shippo folded his small arms. "He's always trying to show off."

"Is he…crazy?" Miroku looked up to see if he could glimpse any of the others. "She can kill him with a single thought."

"Looks like she's into games." Sango retorted. "Our problem is freeing Sesshomaru and getting through this green and black dragon."

"Games?" Miroku smiled then. "Sango, we need to get to Kagome."

Sango struggled to help Miroku to his feet. Suddenly KiRaRa appeared taking the weight from her. She patted the demon cat in demon form on the head.

"Thanks girl." She whispered softly.

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Tir stood contemplating the strange group.

"What do we do now?" Rin asked in a whisper.

Asaia could feel the tension in the little girl. But her attention was mostly focused on her old friend. If he were going to attack, he would have done so already. Did the Pearls of Truth break Atokiyada's curse over him or just staved off the curse for a short period of time? Sometimes the Pearls of Truth did their own damage to the person.

It was then Inuyasha, Kagome and Asaia realized that the other demons were gone. Only Atokiyada stood in the center of the room now. Demon auras could be felt at a distance and growing.

"What the hell happened?" Inuyasha growled again.

Here he thought they were on the winning side for once. And now they were right back to the usual one-on-one. Not that he preferred it any other way. However, but this was a little more to handle than normal. He narrowed his eyes at his moment of weakness. He would take her down just like all the others.

"Demons are no match for a demon-celestial." Rin pointed out.

"Good job, Tir." Atokiyada spoke as she changed from the dragon to human form.

Tir only snorted, saying nothing more.

"Demons." Atokiyada smiled. "Who do they think they're playing with?"

Kagome noticed Atokiyada seemed unphased by the fact Tir had yet to do anything to them. She wondered if there was something going on with Tir. Was he like this all the time or was it just today? He appeared a little distorted and possibly confused. And they still did not free Sesshomaru.

"Come on." Inuyasha gripped Tetsusaiga. "I can take you!"

He blinked and Atokiyada was now standing toe-to-toe with him. She knocked Tetsusaiga out of his hand, the blade transformed back to its tattered dormant state as it slid across the floor. Gripping him by the throat, she lifted him off the floor.

"Who do you think you are, you little half-breed?" Atokiyada brought him closer to her. "Do you really think you could win against me?"

Inuyasha growled, his eyes growing a slight crimson.