Chapter 17- battle for survival
"Thats it! I'VE HAD IT!" Big brother yelled, his voice echoing throught the corridors of his castle. I'll kill them! ALL OF THEM!" He then yelled. "Now lets see how you fare against the former owner of my castle!" He then fired a ball of black energy which phased through the wall until it got to the room with the large painting where Hiei and the others were. "What is that thing?" Kuwabara asked as the ball flew into the painting, leaving ripples of dark energy behind. The paintings eye then started to glow red. It then started to detach itself from the wall.
"This doesn't look good!" Kuwabara exclaimed as the newly animated monster roared and lifted its halberd up into a battle stance. " We have to make sure that Kagome gets away! Kuwabara, take Kagome and run! Hiei and I will hold him off!" Kurama yelled.
"Your not going anywhere." Spark said as he stepped back into the doorway and threw Koga halfway accross the room. "I'm starting to wonder why I ever let him live in the first place. I admit, if he had the jewel shards, and if I hadn't transformed he may have proven a significant threat to me. But now I wont even soil my claws on such a lowley creature as him. I'll let the King here handle him. I'll just make sure you dont try to leave.
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"RRRRRRAAAAARRRRR!" Geode threw another punch with his brown-orange aura around his hands. "I'll stay and contend with him! You all go on." Miroku said to the rest of the group. "Ill stay and help too. You cant take him on alone." Sango said, concerned. "No, you're still injured from when Kirara and Shiro bit you, besides they might need you further in." The Monk protested. "Alright, Kirara, stay here and help Miroku." She told the demon cat. "Shiro, you stay too." Touken told his own animal partner. "Ready guys?" Yusuke asked. All of them nodded yes. "Alright, SPIRIT GUN!" Yusuke then blasted apart the stone slab that was blocking the way to the exit. Inuyasha picked up Sango who was still unable to fully run on her own due to her injuries. After the smoke cleared they ran up the stairs hoping to give their friends enough time to escape.
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"This guy just wont die!" Kuwabara said as he pulled his sword out of the dragon kings forehead. "Stop whining! He'll have to die eventually!" Hiei yelled at him while dodging another of the kings slashes. He jumped into the air and cut through the monsters arm. It fell to the ground but a moment later the muscles from the stub where his arm was shot out and reattached themselves to the severed piece. Then they pulled the arm back to the stub and reattached the bones and skin.
Every sign that he had been injured disappeared, right down to his armor being fixed. Then Kurama said "Kuwabara get his head!" He jumped up and ,using his long sword cut off the dragoniods head. The body ceased to move and fell to the ground along with the head.
"Yeah! We did it!" Kuwabara yelled. "No look!" Kurama pointed to the fallen king and watched as its spine shot out of its neck and stabbed into the head, reattaching itself. It then pulled its head back and twisted it back on."We wont last long at this rate." Kurama thought to himself.
"If I had my bow I could help..." Kagome thought while she was staying out of the fray, thinking of anything she could do to help her friends. "Wait a minute..."
"But luckily he became ill and died shortly after."
"Thats it!" Kagome said as she remembered Toukens story about the dragon king. "Kurama!" Kagome called to the demon fox. He he jumped to the side to avoid another of the kings slashes and ran to Kagome.
"That's it! I'm ending this here! DRAGON OF THE DARKNESS FLAME!" Hiei shouted as his Jagan shined through the bandana and the bandages around his arm burned away with black flames. He fired his most powerful attack at the collossus with immense power.
"Hm...Dragon against dragon huh? This should be good." Spark thought to himself. The dragon king then opened his gigantic fanged mouth and fired out a blast of green flames which also formed a dragon and hit the black dragon with just as much force.
"Yes! Of course! That should work. But I may need a few minutes to mix the plants I need together." Kurama said after hearing Kagomes plan. "It looks like Hiei has him occupied but I dont know how much longer he can last!" Kagome urged him to hurry.
"What are they planning over there? Looks like I'm gonna have to step in." Spark thought outloud as he started walking towards Kagome and Kurama. But just as he stepped out of the doorway he felt a sharp pain in his neck. He was then sent flying forward and smashed into the wall on the other side of the room."What? You!" He turned around and saw Koga standing over him with his leg reared back for another kick. Spark quickly transformed and started slashing at him with his claws.
Kagome looked over at where Koga had been laying to make sure he was okay. But when she didnt see him she looked up and saw him fighting with Spark.
"You can't defeat me. No matter how much you increase your power I'll always be ten steps ahead." Spark said mockingly as he was moving so fast it appeared as though there were ten of him surrounding Koga. "I'll never let you win. I'll protect Kagome no matter what!" Koga yelled. All Spark did was laugh at him and raised his claws for an attack. The ten Sparks then charged at him from all sides. He was looking around trying to see if he could spot the real one. They were just inches away when they thrust their claws forward. "Koga!" Kagome yelled out. Her voice echoed in his mind.With that Koga looked towards Kagome then closed his eyes. He then reared his leg back and kicked forward.
There was a loud cracking noise echoing through the entire room. Koga opened his eyes and saw Spark with his eyes wide. his head had been completely spun around by Kogas fierce kick. "Now...now I remember why...I...let...you...live..." Spark choked out as he exploded into a cloud of black smoke and left only the purple armor that he had always worn.
"Its finished!" Kurama said. Kagome turned back around and saw that kurama now had a glass bottle filled with a pink liquid. "Good because I dont think Hiei can last much longer!" She pointed to where Hiei and the dragon king where still at stalemate on their battle.
Even though their attacks hadn't gone one way or the other it was clear that Hiei was feeling the effect of keeping the dragon out for so long. He was sweating, his arm was beginning to burn, his Jagan had stopped shining and he was down on one knee. "Come on shorty you can beat him!" Kuwabara cheered.
"Perfect now I can finally get what I want!" Big brother said while hiding in the shadows.
"You need power. If you dont have it you'll die. If you accept my offer all your enemies will be nothing more than flies to you." A voice inside Hieis head told him. "It's you again. I thought I told you to stay out of my head!" Hiei said to the intuder. "You didnt think I would give up so easilly did you? I know whats happening. You cant defeat him. He's stronger than you. I can help you. Just accept my offer and you will never be defeated again." The voice continued to persuade him.
By this time the green flames had almost completely destroyed Hieis' dragon. "Fine! Do it! Give me the power to defeat him!" Hiei yelled out loud. "Good boy." The voice said still in his mind. Just then big brother emerged from the shadows and threw Volcannons armor at Hiei. The second it made contact there was a blinding red flash.
When it was gone Everyone looked at where Hiei was and were all surprised to see that he was now wearing the red armor that had once belonged the fire master. "Ha! I feel it! the power! I can feel it inside me!" Hiei thought to himself. He then stood up and extinguished his dragon. The green flames then completely engulfed him. "Hiei!" Kurama, Kagome and Kuwabara all yelled in unison.
"Kurama do now!" Kagome said. "Right!" Kurama then jumped onto the dragon kings back,put a needle on the tip of the glass bottle and injected the pink liquid into his neck. The giant dragonoid then stopped his attack and clutched the back of his neck. Then black veins appeared all over his body. He roared in agony as the veins started to swell. He then went limp and dropped to his knees.
"It looks like it worked. He may not have been able to die by a sword but not even the mighty dragon king could defend himself against an illness." Kurama said as he put the glass bottle away. He then rushed over to the green flames that had engulfed their friend. To his surprise the flames then turned from green to black and red. They were then fired at the dragon kings corpse which was completely destroyed along with the wall behind him. "H-Hiei?" Kagome said as she looked at the fire demon wearing the fire masters armor. He merely snickered and drew his sword. Just then a black portal opened at his feet and he fell through.
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Miroku threw another sutra at the giant and burned his armor. But that wasnt nearly enough to stop Geode. He stomped his feet continuously, creating giant stalagmites in an attempt to claim a quick victory. But unfortuatly for him, Miroku wouldnt be defeated so easily either. He was quicker than the average human and was able to dodge the giant spikes as they shot out of the ground.
Kirara picked him up and flew over the stalagmites. This angered Geode even more. "GROUND CRUSH!" The one phrase that Geode could actually speak, his entire body glowed with his yellow/brown aura. He quickly threw his hands over his head and stomped one foot forward. This caused a gargantuan crack to appear and split open into a canyon. Then thousands of different sized spikes and boulders started flying out in every direction. As fast as they were, Kirara and Shiro couldnt dodge all of them.
One spike shot throughKiraras' sholder, pinning her to the wall. Since he was larger it made it even harder for Shiro to dodge them. He got closer to Geode but was hit by a large boulder which smashed him against a wall, knocking him out. Miroku was smaller and more agile than the demons though so he was able to dodge them much easier.
He dropped off of Kirara and and jumped into the canyon.He then used the rocks that were flying out like stepping stones. He got to Geode who still couldnt move out of the stance of his attack Miroku used this opportunity to attack. He wrapped his most powerful sutra around his fist and punched Geode in the face. To his surprise when the helm of his armor exploded there was no one inside, he was complettely made of rock.
Then he was even further surprised when the headless body charged him. It hammered him to the floor and stomped on him. Geode then lifted his foot and picked up Mirokus' smashed body. He then began crushing him in his hands.The monk screamed in pain as his already batterted body was crushed. Geode then threw him into a wall and extended his arms. He then thrust them across his chest which caused two stone slabs to rise from the wall and smash together, crushing Miroku to death. But to his surprise Miroku used the last of his strength to hold his staff out horizontally, giving him enough time to roll out of the way before his staff snapped in two.
Geode was about to finish him off when a voice in his head spoke to him. "Geode, its done, go deal with our friends and make sure they dont try to escape." Big brother said to him. Geode took a large boulder and put it on where his head should have been. Cracks glowing with his elemental color started appearing on it. It then broke apart to form a new helm which he put on and sank into the ground.
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The remaining group was still running up the stairs when they reached a red door that was glowing with heat. "Let me handle this one." Inuyasha said as he tucked his hands into his fire rat kimono and opened the door.When they walked in they could see Volcannon at the end of the room which was made of several rocks floating in a pool of lava. "Somethings not right. This energy is diffrent than Volcannons. It's somehow familiar yet new at the same time." Touken said as he tightned the grip on his swords.
Volcannon then took off his helmet and to everyones surprise it wasn't Volcannon behind the helmet, but Hiei.
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"He's gone. But what happened?" Kagome asked after Hiei had dissapeared. "He decided to join the winning side. Its completely understandable. He needed power. Something you humans could never give." Big brother said. "Now all the pieces are in place for my plan to finally come together, all I need now is your power!" He then said. "I dont understand you! What is it that you want so badly that you would kill thousands of people, and even travel through time for? It cant be just for the power,can it?" She asked. "No. I dont care about the power! I just want REVENGE! But without your powers I can never achieve it so... give me your power! DARK TENDRILLS!" Big Brother then lifted her up and shot his fingers out like tentacles.They didnt stab into her but phased in, probing around for where her power to locate the jewel shards was.
She felt an immense pain as they felt around her soul. "No! Get AWAY!" She yelled. Her hands glowed with white energy and began to burn his black armor as she tried pushing him away. "WHAT? WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO ME? AH-AHHHH!" Big brother screamed in pain as her sacred powers burned away his armor and flesh. "Wait! Frost was right! She looks exactly like Kikyo! She cant be! NO!" He thought to himself.
He dropped her and grabbed the sides of his head as he stumbled backwards. Kuwabara, Koga,and Kurama took this opportunity to attack him from behind. Kuwabara stabbed his sword through his head while Kurama used his rose whip to slash apart his arms and legs, then Koga kicked what was left of his body into the wall. "Did I do that?" Kagome said to herself as she looked at her hands confused at what had just happened.Big Brother then formed a portal underneath himself and fell through. But before it closed the four heroes rushed over and jumped in after him to finish him off.
"She must be related to Kikyo somehow. No one elses power could even scratch me! She was the reason that I couldnt get my hands on the jewel. Her sacred energy acted as an exact opposite of mine. She was the only one that could harm me! I thought that once she died there would never be anyone else that could stand in my way. I guess I was wrong for once. No matter, I'll just have to try that much harder." He thought to himself while he began to regenerate his missing limbs.
"I dont know what happened back there but I'm sure glad it did. Some kind of power came from my hands and seemed to weaken him. It felt like someone elses power was flowing through me at that moment. Could it have been Kikyos'? Well, whatever it was I hope that if the time comes I can do it again." Kagome thought to herself as she was flying through the portal.
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