-Ten-Faced Paladin
Inuyasha Maximum By Ten-Faced Paladin Chapter 5: Hidden Power of the Shikon Jewel
Wolfang and Growlor sat in contemplative silence. They had returned to Kaede's cabin after their latest battle with the Predacons. Grandscythe now had a new buddy to work with him, Transquito. They had made a big show of getting Kagome for some kind of purple crystals. When they left, Growlor had asked what the big deal about a few crystals was about. Kagome and the others decided to tell their story when they got back to the cabin. A lengthy explanation later, the two Maximals were stewing on what they now knew.
"Wow," Wolfang finally spoke. "That's one heck of a story."
Gorwlor's head was hung low. It was like he had taken the story to heart.
"It's pretty bad," he spoke. "I can tell how much pain Inuyasha feels."
"Like hell you can!" Inuyasha snapped from his corner where he was brooding about telling his story.
"You'd be surprised," Growlor snorted in a very Inuyasha way. "Along with the beast mode I got from you, I got a bunch of your instincts and memories to go with it. Enough to make my alloy reaver spark stealer anyway."
Inuyasha humphed and went back to his corner. Kagome eyed the two Maximals hopefully, wanting them to join with them. Both of them were good friends even if they had just met. Miroku and Sango also thought that the two Maximals would be valuable allies in their search. Wolfang looked up from here he was staring into the fire.
"So, just to recap," he sighed. "Fifty years ago there was this jewel of four souls that could amplify the power of demons and wicked humans. It as protected by a human priestess named Kikyo, Kaede's older sister."
"Aye," Kaede nodded, no one noticed how Inuyshas flinched at his old love's name.
"While doing this task, she met our friendly Inuyasha who wanted to become a full demon with it, and against all odds, they fell in love," continued Growlor. "So much that he'd become human for her."
"That's right," Shippo confirmed.
"Okay," Wolfang nodded. "On the day of the wish, Naraku, who was a bandit fused with hundreds of demons, disguised himself as both of them and attacked them, making them believe that one betrayed the other."
"The same Naraku that cursed Miroku's family and had an army of demons destroy Sango's village," addedGrowlor
"You would be correct," Miroku nodded grimly.
"So, in her final moments Kikyo sealed Inuyasha to a tree," Growlor sighed. "Fast forward fifty years, and Kagome comes into the picture who turns out to be Kikyo reborn along with the jewel inside of her."
"That's right," Sango nodded.
"Okay," Wolfang spoke up again. "So when a crow demon got a hold of the jewel, Kagome managed to kill it and break the jewel scattering the pieces. Now it's a race with Naraku to collect the shards and put them back into one jewel."
"Think you're pretty clever don't ya?" Inuyasha growled from his corner.
The two Maximals stewed over the info again. They both looked at each other and then to the new friends they made. Everyone was in quiet anticipation for their next words.
"Well I'm in," Wolfang grinned.
"Don't think I'm going to sit this out," Growlor smiled. "I want to take a crack at this Naraku guy myself."
Kagome smile brightly as she bowed in gratitiue, "Thank you so much. We could really use the help."
Before any kind of conversation could take place, a tiny voice came up from Wolfang's right shoulder, "OW!"
Wolfang immediately slapped his shooulder where the voice had come from. He brushed through the fur on his shoulder before her managed to pick something out. He held it out in his hand so he could see just what it was.
What it looked like was a tiny flea. It seemed to have tufts of grey hair on the sides of it's head and was trussed up in tiny clothes. It as also as flat as a pice of paper at the moment.
"Oh, ow," it whined. "My poor mouth."
"Ew," Growlor grimaced. "What the frag is that?"
"Ahem," the tiny creature coughed as he popped himself back to normal. "I, am Lord Inuyasha's servant Myoga."
"Oh," Wolfang nodded. "Flea youki, right?"
"Yes," Myoga nodded before he turned to the others. "I'm glad to have caught up to you all. I have come to inform you all of a powerful demon that has rcently arisen. A village near the mountains has been made victim of a vicious crow demon and has been victimized for some time."
"Is there a reason I should care?" asked Inuyasha.
"You should," Myogo replied. "This great crow demon is showing signs of unusual power and strange abilities."
"Do you think it's a jewel shard?" asked Sango.
"Perhaps," Miroku nodded. "We should head out to that village and investigate."
"Heh," Inuyshas smirked as he stood up. "Then what are we waiting around here for? we got a jewel shard to grab."
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A short time later,the group as travelling along the road that Myoga said would lead them to the village. Inuyasha was, as usual, leading the way. Miroku wasn'tfar behind him while Kagome and Sango were just behind him. Sango was in her sinple kimono while Kagome was walking her bike with Shippo in the basket. Wolfang and Growlor were a bit behind them. They weren't used to the planet they were on and decided to let the locals lead the way. Myoga was riding on Wolfang's head.
"You metal men are quite mysterious," Myoga commented to the to Maximals. "Your disguises are also quite convincing."
"Thanks," Growlor grinned, as well as a dog could anyay. "I got mine from Inuyasha's dog part."
"Yeah," Wolfang nodded. "Mine came from a wolf demon."
"Curious," Myoga pondered. "And you use these forms to protect yourselves from the harsh elements of our world?"
"Something like that," Growlor replied. "The only weird thing is that there shouldn't be anything that would warrant us to need a beast mode but there's something out there that's making us take one."
"Hmm," Myoga pondered at the information. He looked up and saw their destination looming on the horizon. "Oh! There's where we need to go!"
Everyone followed the tiny flea's directions and they made it to the village in question. Everyhere they looked the mood seemed pretty grim. The houses looked like they had to go through several repairs and even though children were playing, they weren't far from their homes. The adults seemed to be pretty depressed.
"Oh man," Kagome frowned sadly. "This has to be the place."
"Oh it is," Inuyasha growled. "This place reeks of demon."
"Is that what that stink is?" asked Growlor. "I thought someone forgot to take a bath or something."
Kagome couldn't help but giggle at the comment. Sango and Miroku both smiled. Inuyasha seemed to ignore the comment or didn't hear it. Regaining himself, Miroku turned serious as he faced his friends.
"I suggest we make our stay here," he said seriously. "Follow me."
Miroku led the group stright through the village. They walked past all the homes until they reached the largest house in the village. Miroku seemed to look at the house aprasingly before he started walkning towards it.
There was an old man out front who was tending to some plants he was growing. When he saw Miroku coming forard, he wiped his hands before stepping forward and boing politely to him.
"Hello monk," the man greeted. "How may I help you?"
"Greetings," Miroku nodded. "I have been told that a demon has been terrorizing your village. Am I mistaking?"
"Sadly you are not monk," the old man sighed. "I may be the village headman but I am powerless to do anything about it."
"I see," Miroku nodded. "It all becomes clear now. This dark aura I sense around your home no doubt stems from the despair you feel from the situation."
"A dark aura!" the old man moaned in despair. "Oh why must so much misfortune befall our village."
"Fear not friend," Miroku smiled. "I will exorcise this dark aura posthaste."
Miroku then stepped to the house with several paper slips in his hand. He walked around the house while placing the slips over all doorways and windows.
"What's he doing?" Wolfang whispered to Shippo.
"He calls it 'purifying the house' but what he's really doing is getting us a nice place to stay for free," Shippo explained.
"Cheapskate," Inuyasha growled silently.
A short time later, the friends were staying in a nice room with beautiful decorations. The old man as so delighted to be rid of the 'dark aura' that was in his home, he even let the 'pets' come into his home.
"My skills are impressive aren't they?" Miroku smiled.
"To con artists maybe," Kagome frowned.
"Anyway," Growlor spoke up, getting everyone to return tp what was important. "What about that demon that hangs around here?"
"I asked our host about that," Sango replied. "He said that it always comes at night. It doesn't seem to come at a specific time, but it always comes and attacks without warning."
"So it's a waiting game," Wolfang sighed as he lay down on the floor.
The friends did wait with that in mind. Inuyasha seemed tense and ready to jump at anything. Sango made small talk with Kagome while Miroku taught the to Maximals how to play shogi. They proved to be formidable foes in the game. The sun sank under the horizon line as the day ended. Shippo watched through the window as people were quick to get into their homes before the sun vanished altogether.
"Is this thing ever going to come?" Inuyasha growled in annoyance.
His answer was a high pitch screech which echoed through the air. It was quickly was followed by screams of the villagers. Inuyasha was first to his feet as he raced for the door. Sango quickly she her kimono for her battle armor underneath as she followed with Miroku. Wolfang and Growlor looked at each other and nodded as they ran with Kagome.
"WOLFANG MAXIMIZE!"
"GROWLOR MAXIMIZE!"
It was two robots that ran with her when they got outside. Everyone was met with a rain of black feathers as a black mass was seen flying around in the sky.It was a little difficult to see with the flying feathers and the night sky.
"Kagome!" Inuyasha called. "Can you sense a jewel shard?"
Kagome closed her eyes and began to concentrate. She remained still for a moment before gasping as she opened her eyes.
"There are!" she cried. "Two of them. They're in it's beak!"
"Then the bird is dead!" Inuyasha grinned as he drew his Tetsusaiga.
Wolfang and Growlor stepped onto the soil and aimed their weapons up at the demon.
"Lobo Blaster!" Wolfang raored as he drew his weapon.
"Inu Cannon!" Growor called as he pointed his left arm upward.
The two weapons fired but there were complications from the moment the attacks launched. Growlor's laser burned through the feathers, but lost power as it went and soon disappated before getting close. Wolfang's missle was sufficiently stopped after it hit too many feather and exploded.
"Slag!" Wolfang hissed.
The demon seemed to take notice of those who attacked him. It shrieked loudly, echoing through the air again. That was when thee feathers began to take direction. They began to glow and starting shooting at the group who attacked it. Wolfang drew out his shield to block the feathers while Growlor used his right hand to get them out of the way. Inuyasha and Sango used their own large weapons to block them. Miroku, on the other hand, gripped the beads on his right hand,
"Wind Tunnel!" he roared as he pointed his arm upwards as the beads came free.
Soon, all the feathers that were raining from the sky were being sucked into the vortex. Soon the feathers that were polluting the air were gone and safely in Miroku's pocket dimension with all the other demons he had drawn in throughout the years.
The demon shrieked in frustration as it began to turn around for another run at it's opponents. Sango turned to Kilala and the feline instantly changed into it's giant for as she leaped onto her back.
"Let's go Kilala!" Sango spoke as they took off into the air.
The demon shrieked as it faced the demon slayer. Sango was ready for it as she gripped her weapon.
"Hiraikotsu!" Sango called as she hurled her weapon.
The weapon cut through the air at the demon. It shrieked again before trying to get out of the way. It only partially suceeded on that front. The Hiraikotsu smashed against the demon's beak and chunks of it came fall ing to the ground. Among the pieces was a sprkling object that Kagome immediately noticed.
"The jewel shard!" she gasped as she pointed to the falling pieces.
"I got it!" Wolfang called as he raced towards the pieces.
Wolfang dashed forard and made his way to the demonic pieces. He grabbed the parts and siffed through them to find the small crystal. He did manage to see it and he grabbed it in his hand, smirking victoriously. His smirk then shifted to one of shock when his body began to sieze up and his onboard systems began giving off emergency lights.
"Gaah!" Wolfang groaned as he dropped to his knees.
Another shriek ripped through the air and Wolfang, with some effort, looked up to see the demon beginning to make a pass at him with it's talons forward. Sango was giving chase.
"Gah," Wolfang grimaced as he began to try to move. "Computer, full system scan!"
"ACKNOWLEDGED," Wolfangs onboard computer spoke calmly. "OUTSIDE ENERGY SOURCE DETECTED. SYSTEMS SHUTTING DOWN TO ICORPORATE NEW POWER SOURCE TO BASIC SYSTEMS."
"Just my basics?" Wolfang groled. "Slag, no wonder I'm getting stiff, my energon resistance systems were shut down! Computer! Reroute new power to all systems!"
"ACKNOWLEDGED," the computer repled.
As the demon came closer, Wolfang's systems were coming back online and his energon resistance systems came back online. Wolfang immediately leaped to the side to avoid the razor sharp talons. He managed to do that, but the demon's wings did manage to hit him as it went past.
"Graaah!" Wolfang cried as he was launced into the dirt.
"Wolfang!" Kagome cried. She and Miroku ran over to the fallen Maximal.
They both tried to rouse Wolfang but he was out cold from the assault. Inside the Maximal's systems, all hell was breaking loose for lack of a better term.
"SYstEMs DeaLT MaSSive IMpACt DAmAGe. ReBoOT To AVoid PermAMENt DaMAge?"
-Yes,- was wolfang's subconcious reply.
"ACKNOWLEDGED," the computer spoke, already showing signs of repair.
One by one, all of Wolfang's systems were being brought back online. What was also happening was that the energy from the shikon jewel shard was being drawn into his systems. His body was using the energy to activate his systems and incorporate the energy siganture for future use. Everything was going fine until the energy was put towards to reactivating his programing.
"ALERT!" the computer spoke. "CORE PROGRAMMING COMPRIMISED!"
-Wonderful- Wolfang groaned.
"ALERT! OPTIMUS PRIME DIRECTIVES COMPRIMISED!"
-Huh?- Wolfang pondered. -What are those? When did I get those?-
"NOTICE. OPTIMUS PRIME DIRECTIVES MUST BE DELETED TO ENSURE SYSTEM SAFETY,"
-Do what you have to do,- Wolfang replied.
"AUTOBOT DIRECTIVE...DELETED."
"OMEGA LOCK DIRECTIVE...DELETED."
"VECTOR PRIME DIRECTIVE...DELETED."
-Okay,- Wolfang sighed. -What were those directives for?-
"NOTICE!" the computer spoke. "NEW DATA RECOVERED. READING. RECOVERED PROGRAM IS HEREBY THE CYBER KEY PROGRAM."
-What!- Wolfang gasped. -The lost weapon from the war?!-
"NOTICE!" the computer alerted. "PROGRAM IS COMPRIMISED BY NEW ENERGY! PROGRAM MUST BE REWRITTEN FOR PROPER USE!"
-You've got to be kidding,- Wolfang gasped.
"INITIALIZING PROGRAM," the computer spoke.
Outside in the real world, Growlor had seen what had happened. Ha was about to race oveer when his data storage suddenly got a new rush. He couldn't make heads or tails of it. It was written wrong. Like it was coded or something. He wasn't the only one either, from where they were licking their wounds, the Predacons were getting a similar rush of strange data. Even the stasis pods that had yet been found by either side were getting the data downloaded.
With Wolfang, his body suddenly came back online. Instead of his eyes coming back on their usual color, they were a bright yellow.
"Wolfang?" Kagome asked with concern.
"Get back," Wolfang growled slightly. "Please!"
Kagome and Miroku stepped back as wolfang slowly began to stand up. As he did, yellow energy began to flare from his joints. He was realeasing a low growl as he did so. When he was back on his feet, the energy flared out to engulf his entire body.
"What's happening?" asked Kagome in fear for her friend.
"His battle aura is intense!" Miroku gasped.
Wolfang looked up into the sky as his aura flared brightly. His growl turned into a full out roar as the aura began to glow brighter. He pointed his arms into the sky before finally speaking.
"SHIKON JEWEL POWER!" Wolfang roared as the aura shot into the sky.
Sango, who was battling the crow demon, was stunned to see the pillar of yellow energy race into the sky. The demon seemed to be throwing a fit as a small yellow light could be seen glowing on it's beak. On closer inspection, one would be able to see smoke rising from where the second shard was imbedded in it's beak.
Also, deep within his castle, Naraku was holding the almost complete jewel in his hand with a grip like iron. The jewel as giving off waves of yellow energy. Naruku's face was in a grimace as he watched the spectacle happening. This was something he hadn't been expecting.
The pillar of energy that was rising off Wolfang finally disappated as it cut through the clouds. Above him, sometheing similar of a star shone brightly. It as then that something seemed to reply to Wolfang's actions. Everyone's eyes were trained to the sky as something began falling down towards Wolfang. When everyone finally saw what was coming, they were, needless to say, surprised.
"A giant jewel shard?" Shippo gasped from his place on the window sill.
That was what it looked like. It was about the size of a watermelon and as a bright yellow. It was also going right for Wolfang.
The shard came down the sky and seemed to slow down as it came closer. It almost came to a stop as it came behind him. It suddenly turned and it's point attatched itself to the base of Wolfang's spine. The shard then seemed to turn into energy and was absorbed into his body. Wolfang's calves then opened at the back as two wheels folded outward that were attatched to his ankles.
"Speed of the ookami tribe!" Wolfang called as the transformation was completed.
The demon finally calmed dowwn as it felt it's second shard still with the metal man. It shrieked loudly before it flew at Wolfang to reclaim what it thought belonged to it. Wolfang looked up to see the demon coming and he decided to put his new power into action. He bent at the knees slightly before the wheels on his ankles began to spin and he was off like a shot, leaving a trail of dust.
"By the gods!" Miroku gasped.
"He's as fast as Koga," Kagome gaped.
Wolfang kept a cautious eye on the demon as it flew closer. The demon shrieked as it flew closer with murderous intent. Wolfang drew his gun as he accelerated his speed. The demon aimed to bite him, but Wolfang surprised it as he leaped straight over it's head, his speed giving him height and distance. As he flipped over, he pointed his gun at the demon's back and pulled the trigger several times. The missiles fired and exploded against the demon's back, leaving a total of three gaping holes along it's back.
The demon shrieked in pain as it lost control of it's flight and came crashing to the ground. Wolfang skidded to a halt as he landed on the ground next to Inuyasha.
"Maybe you guys aren't totally useless after all," Inuyasha smirked.
"I knew ya loved me mutt," Wolfang smirked, slipping a little deeper into his 'Koga' personality traits.
"Don't push it you mangy wolf," Inuyasha growled as he raced forward.
The demon was struggling with it's wounds as it tried to take off again. Inuyasha quickly stepped up with his blade already giving off whisps of air.
"You're not going anywhere you damn buzzard," he growled. "Windscar!"
Inuyasha slashed his blade and unleashed the three streams of energy at the demon. The demon only had a moment to shriek one last time before it was engulfed by the attack. There was a loud explosion as it as torn to shreds. Bits of bird demon crashed against the ground as the indscar vanished leaving it's trdemarked results. Three gouges in the ground. The head of the demon came crashing into the ground. It's eyes were glassy and the beak was mostly gone.
"Now that's a face only a Decepticon can love," Growlor grimaced.
Kagome walked quickly over to the head and began looking at the beak. After a moment, she reached over to the head and pried something out of it. A purple light sparkled in her hand. When the shard was freed from the demon's fleash, every pice of the demon suddenly dissolved into dust, leaving only bones.
"Woah," Wolfang gaped as he stepped forward. "Do you guys do this sort of thing all the time?"
"Pretty much," Kagome shrugged. "Do you still have the other jewel shard?"
"Right here," Wolfang smiled as he gently took Kagome's hand and dropped his piece into it.
"Thank you," Kagome smiled. "See Inuyahsa? I knew they would be helpful."
"Feh," Inuyasha snorted as he hefted the Tetsusaiga over his shoulder. "I was the one who killed it."
"Only after I got it to stop," Wolfang snickered.
"What was that?" Inuyasha growled.
"Boys," Kagome sighed. "Even from different worlds they still all have to act macho."
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Over the hills and watching the village, Kikyo was gazing unblinkingly at the scenery. Her souls skimmers flew past her, waiting for when she would need more souls. What her attention as placed on was the incredible aura that had came out of the village and the shard of heaven that had come down from the sky.
She knew plenty about the shikon jewel. What she wanted to know was how the shards could be used to call down pieces of the heavens.
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Within the deep forests, Sesshomaru felt the upsurge of energy. Wordlessly he stood up before looking to Jaken and Rin.
"We're leaving," he said without a tone of emotion.
"Mi lord?" squeaked Jaken.
"Is something wrong Lord Sesshomaru?" asked Rin curiously.
"I have felt something make itself know," Sesshomaru spoke cryptically. "I must find out what it is."
Sesshomaru then began walking away from the clearing where their camp had been set. Rina nd Jaken quickly tried to keep up with him. Sesshomaru's steed Ah-Un loyally followed behind them.
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Within his castle, Naraku gazed at the shikon jewel with an unblinking stare. When it had erupted with the yellow energy, his skin paid the price for it. It was bright red and stinging like nothing he had felt in a long time.
"You called me?" a new voice asked.
Naraku turned his gaze to the woman in the kimono. She had her hair tied up and a feather was in it. Her eyes were red and she had pointed ears.
"Ah, Kagura," Naraku smirked. "There is a new force out there which resonates with the jewel shards. I must know what it is. Take Kana with you."
"Of course Lord Naraku," Kagur nodded as she left.
To Be Continued.
Hello folks! It's me again. Now you see what happens when the jewel shards did to a Maximal. There will be more explanations as the story progresses. Now, Naraku and Sesshomaru are getting a clue on the transformers. Who knows what will happen next?