Sesshomaru had started traveling with Inuyasha and his friends just because of Chris Belmont. Well, thanks to him anyways, he had known better about the others so well including his younger half brother…
…maybe he's going to change his attitude towards Inuyasha for instance.
"Hey, I can see a village up ahead."
"Oh goody! I can stop running now."
Chris jumped forwards and then he stopped running after he landed down. The others arrived at the village, only to see it's almost barren. People were not everywhere and the rice fields were left, not being taken care of. This is not the sight they supposed to see.
"Where is everybody?" Amar asked.
"Probably hiding behind the walls." Chris joked, but he took back his words when he saw something flying. "Incoming!" He alerted.
Then, something black rushed towards the team, forcing them to split up. Chris jumped over that thing and whipped it with his Vampire Killer whip. It broke, revealing something he had always fighting – Giant Bats.
"Why the heck that these guys always here?"
"Chris! It's a two on two matches!"
"What?!"
"Behind you!"
CRASHAfter he turned back, Chris was trampled over a bigger bat, making him roll over the ground.
"Now I know what the hell do you mean by that."
Two giant bats then hovered around the group.
"Shall I give the orders?"
"Go ahead." Miroku said.
"Okay! Amar and I will go around the second one while the rest of you get the other one! Let's go!"
"Right."
Jumping to the air, both hanyou and vampire hunter threw cross boomerangs at each other, which hit the bat three times and then it broke off to smaller bats. They then flew away before turning back to the original form.
"Three hits mean they break off." Amar said.
"So what would we do now?"
"Count 1 to 3."
Chris did like what Amar said, and each time he hit the bat three times, he switched to Amar Ma'aruf. The hanyou slashed the bat using his Masamune and when his turn was over, the bat took off to the sky and made a drill dive on the partners. But, when it hit the ground, both started using melee attacks.
They threw punches and kicks while Chris used his Grand Cross Item Crush. However, he only managed to hit the grounded bat once before it flew off again to the sky.
"What a waste of hearts!"
"Now you know. Let's stick to the usual slash and whip until we have something or sometime to pull off Item Crushes."
"OK."
Villagers peek around to see the duo fight.
"Well, if this is getting boring, we suggest that we take on something else."
"I know what you mean." Chris grinned again.
Both took their stance and crossed their arms with a magic circle appearing on top of both.
"Dual Item Crush! Hydrant Star!"
Then, thunder started clapping, and droplets of rain fell down. From a drizzle, it turned into a heavy downpour. It lasted for a good minute, not giving the Giant Bat a chance to break down.
Once the downpour stopped, both watched the bad bat perish into burst of flames.
"Yeah! We rock!"
They slapped their hands at each other's, before turning around to see the villagers come out of their hiding.
"Youngsters, those bats are just one of them. They are dwelling in a cave on top of that mountain." An old man, probably the village's headman told the duo.
"We wouldn't expect that the two of us are going there, but we will go there after the others get here."
"The others?"
Sesshomaru, Inuyasha landed on the ground along with Miroku and Sago on Kirara with Kagome. Rin, Jaken and Shippo is not too far around.
"Them." Amar pointed.
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"So you all are traveling in exterminating demons?"
"More like it."
The village's headman was terrified of the bats around the village. They had terrorized the village for more than 2 months. Villagers had to walk to the nearest town to buy food. That distance was a staggering 18 miles back and forth.
"Then again, we should rest. Today's a moonless night. We couldn't see anything in the dark today."
"Oh boy…"
"What is it?" Sesshomaru asked.
"Well, because Inuyasha and I were hanyous, we turn into humans during moonless nights. "
"That's the particular thing that scared me the most."
"Inuyasha couldn't use all of his attacks. I still can use magic and Masamune, but I couldn't use clawing and tail whip attacks."
"Is that so?"
"Well, if I lost all of my magic powers, I mean if I used it too much, I'll turn into a puppy. I almost turned into one when I was fighting you with my mother watching." Amar said.
"You mean that grey fox was your mother?"
"Yep. She raised me when my parents died."
As the sun sets, both Inuyasha and Amar Ma'aruf's body pulsed once. They turned into their human forms. Amar's heterochromatic eyes were still there, but he lost his dog-ears and his white tail.
"Whoa, I never had seen that before."
"That's because you're cooped up in the school's dormitory while I stay in the shrine every moonless nights."
"I know that." Chris snapped.
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That night, everyone was fast asleep except for Chris. He was being alert for the day.
He was taking a deep breath outside when he noticed something had gone inside the house. Chris reached back into the house, noticing something was not in place.
Where's Amar?He ran out, noticing a bat was flying away with Amar Ma'aruf.
Oh no. Not this time of night! I'm not going to assault the area in the dark alone… but I have to do this! For the sake of my partner, here goes!
With that self-motivation, Chris ran to the place where the headman said. Sesshomaru had been awake by then, noticing the vampire hunter had made his move.
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A/N: Some info down here. The secret dialogue maybe?
Amar-chan: I couldn't believe I was taken away just like that.
Chris-kun: That's because your senses are all dead when you sleep in human form.
Amar-chan: Oh. Where did Amar-kun go?
Chris-kun: Beats me. Now on to the next chapter we go! The music Creatures of the Depth (Playstation Arranged Version) should be played when the bats appear! Keep on reading and reviewing! TQ!