CHAPTER 10

Inutaisho had wasted no time in going to the canyons. There were hoards of demons and winter had finally come so it had begun to snow when he left his cliff. Looking down into the canyon he saw it there. The demon dragon was devouring demons as it fought looking like it was increasingly becoming stronger and stronger. Ryukotsei had lived in the canyons even before Inutaisho had been around. But as the earth stood still in the quite winter evening Inutaisho had to be cautious. He needed to take down Ryukotsei in fear he would be the one to consume the new powers of his infant child.

He stood from up on one of the edges looking down at the fearsome demon. The corpses of demons lay around the dragon's feet along with the bones of ones he had killed previous years.

"Ryukotsei!" Inutaisho bellowed from up high; making him look much larger in stature and in power to the demon below. He had never fully fought on Ryukotsei but now he had mentally prepared himself. He had taken the sword Tetsusaiga from within the sheath and pointed it down at the dragon demon. The demon looked up at Inutaisho with a cackled laugh, "You dare challenge me?!""The great and powerful Ryukotsei?!" The demon replied as its enormous twisted figure turned all the way around and swung its serpent like tail at Inutaisho, which easily avoided the blow and landed, through the air, on the back of the demon. Ryukotsei turned its head like an owl to get a good look at the challenger who had just dodged the attack.

"Well, well if it isn't the western dog lord" the dragon said with another roaring laugh. Now by standing on the demon it was bigger than Inutaisho had expected. The scales acted like a barrier on his sword since when he landed he tried stabbing into the skin of the powerful beast. The head was larger than him as well, so Inutaisho had only one option, he needed to become a monster to kill a monster.

He leapt off of the back of the dragon and transformed into his own type of creature which gave him his feared name in the first place, a dog demon. His fur was silver and his teeth were as white as the snow that had built on the ground.

He slammed his paw, which had sharp nails, onto the snowy floor below him to show how tough he really was going to be for Ryukotsei. With both of the demons at their full strength and stature, the bystander would say that their power looked equal. Inutaisho and Ryukotsei stood face to face now. Inutaisho growling as the demonic saliva dripped from his mouth like acid on the ground and Ryukotsei readying himself to strike.

No demon really had to say why they wanted to fight another demon so fighting was a demons way of life initially. Ryukotsei did not ask why the great demon of the west was there to attack him, and he didn't care, in the end his goal was to devour the great demon so that he could be the most powerful demon in those parts.

Inutaisho was not going to let this one get away from him. He was about to use all of his power to be sure that Ryukotsei stayed as far from his child, in death, as possible.

Ryukotsei casted the first move. He lashed out with her serpent tail again just barely missing the side of Inutaisho's head. As a counter Inutaisho leapt and attack with his right paw slashing away at the body, tearing the scales away and leaving the neck of the beast bloodied.

The fighting went on for a while, each throwing a punch while the other dodged. And actually being able to land blows to one another. It was up until finally Inutaisho had gotten the demon where he wanted him. The sun had set and the clouds were beginning to move to unleash a full moon in the sky. Under that moon Inutaisho lunged to attack but was lashed on his right arm by the demon as it moved away. He howled with pain. Blood ran down the nearly broken limb, but he was still able to use it.

His whole body stood on edge, when the full moon was uncovered by the clouds. It was the energy which surrounded the moon that threw Inutaisho off from trying to throw the finishing blow to the mighty Ryukotsei.

Izayoi had just lain to bed. She had been feeling uncomfortable all day so she returned to sleep early. But the moon had come out, the full moon and Izayoi began to feel an uncomfortable pain below her stomach. She didn't even have to think twice, her child was coming tonight. But she was surprised she had yet to see Inutaisho there. She thought that being a demon he would have sensed something was wrong and came to be by her, but he was not there. She told herself that she needed to hold off for him. That she needed to wait for him, so she tried to hold off as long as she could.

The maids had come into her room upon hearing her distressing calls. They had to move quickly so they led her to the birthing room they had made months ago. Laying her on the bed there all she had were silk sheets hanging down to shield her from on lookers and a small window set above her head in which the rays of the moonlight shone right down on her from above.

"please hurry my dearest," Izayoi said in a soft tone, she was in too much pain to use her normal voice. She had hoped that Inutaisho would come to her soon. She did not know how much more she could take of this.

"There it is," Ryukotsei hissed. The demonic power was a faint one, but it was coming off of the mansion to the far reaches of the rest and Inutaisho was certain it was coming from Izayoi. His hunch was Izayoi was close to giving birth. He had lost track of the days and so he hoped that his mere 'hunch' was nothing ore than a mistake. But it had been a good thing that Ryukotsei had devoured so many of the demons that none dared to venture to the aura, though Ryukotsei on the other hand was amused by the aura and wanted it for himself. Inutaisho was not going to stand for it though.

While Ryukotsei had been mesmerized by the aura Inutaisho took the paw that had been on the injured leg and slammed Ryukotsei into the side of the cliff, one of the claws stuck into the monsters belly. Upon pulling out Inutaisho's claw did not go with him but instead stuck the now injured Ryukotsei to the ledge having his blood draining from the pierced chest.

Inutaisho was run down. His energy drained a bit during the battle so he returned back to his human looking form. His right arm had practically been shot from the battle. The blood streamed down his arm from inside the sleeves of his kimono. The dragon demon went into a hibernative state. The blast of the fang had caused him to suffer too much damage. Inutaisho had vowed to come back and finish the job but there was a more important matter for him to get to. The moon was full and his baby was almost here.

From out of nowhere something came bounding along from the ground and onto the shoulder. Inutaisho looked over and there was another one of his 'partners'.

"Myoga?" he asked, almost as if his voice had been calm, but that had been far from the truth. Inutaisho was out of breath and almost out of time.

Myoga had always been the demon to flee any danger that came his way and Inutaisho figured as much that the little flea had witnessed Inutaisho's fight between the dragon demon Ryukotsei.

"My lord we must heal your wounds at once, or thoust your body will fail on you," Myoga said with the same worried voice as ever. He was only helpful when it did not concern bloodshed or any fighting.

"I can't, I must get to Izayoi. He said, and with that he took off like a bullet. He had one more thing that he needed to do before he went to get his woman. He had to speak with Sesshomaru once more. And with the baby here and his blood being drained, time was limited and he needed to get back to the mansion as fast as he could.

But with himself being in a frenzy he couldn't appear to anyone like he was. He needed just a moment to think, somewhere quiet where he could be on his own.

Inutaisho did not know where his feet were taking him to but he somehow ended up on the edge of the west lands where the shoreline met the ocean. He stood there on the shore and looked out at the ocean. The winter winds had made it dead silent behind him and the waves of the ocean had made it peaceful. He was able to calm himself within a matter of seconds. Myoga had remained on his shoulder the whole way and was taking in the sea breeze.

But Myoga turned and looked behind Inutaisho and was so scared he fled into the neckline of the lords kimono. Inutaisho didn't need to turn around. He already knew he was there.

"Sesshomaru…"Inutaisho said. There was a silence between them talking and Sesshomaru said back to Inutaisho, "I am here for the tetsusaiga," He bluntly said. The two stood there, son and father. Sesshomaru awaiting to hear what his father had to say.

ATTENTION

I am going to probably have this story wrapped up by the next chapter, but if there are enough people wanting me to, i can continue the story up to the time of Izayoi's death once she flees from the fire. But i need to have some people willing to read more. Let me know through a message or reviews thanks!

~~KAZU~~