Chapter Fifteen: Inuhidoi
A/N: Edited on 8/30/15
Miroku felt his face go white. He flinched when the sickening crack was heard coming from InuYasha's body.
"InuYasha!" Kagome screamed. She fell down by his side in tears.
"What is going on?" Sango shouted. Sesshomaru got up and glared down at InuYasha's body.
"InuYasha, please be alright." Kagome rubbed his back. Suddenly InuYasha hissed and jerked away from her. Miroku stepped back in surprise, what had broken in InuYasha's body that had no effect on him?
"Get away from me!"
Sesshomaru snarled in InuYasha's face and grabbed him by his arm. "You're not going anywhere half-demon."
Miroku looked at Sango whose attention had been drawn back to the dog demon brothers. Miroku snapped his head towards Sesshomaru.
"Sesshomaru, this is not going to..."
"Silence monk."
"GET OFF ME!"
InuYasha jerked his arm with such force; he threw Sesshomaru about a good ten feet away. Sesshomaru was taken by surprised, but still maintained his landing. InuYasha stood up, his form towering over everyone else. Miroku gasped when he saw those marks of a demon on InuYasha's chest.
"InuYasha..." Miroku felt fear. Fear that InuYasha might hurt someone he cared about. Miroku did not want to hurt his half-demon friend, but he felt like InuYasha was going to lose his mind any minute. "Ugh!" Miroku felt his fear for the safety of his friends take affect as he held his staff tightly. Miroku bit his lip, knowing Kagome would not forgive him after this. Miroku swung his staff full force into the back of InuYasha's head. InuYasha jerked up and then slumped to the ground.
"MONK!" Miroku heard Sango yell. "What the hell are you doing?!" Kagome looked at him in horror, and shoved him away from InuYasha.
"Miroku don't! It's InuYasha!" she cried.
"I know, but he was about to lose..." Miroku started.
Sango grabbed his staff and pulled him back, she got right into his face. "Monk, what has gotten into you!?" Sango snapped. Sesshomaru stared at him. Kouga came up from behind Kagome, followed by Ginta and Hakkaku, and looked down at InuYasha.
"He's out." Kouga said. Kouga looked at Kagome as she knelt by InuYasha's side, she lay on his head crying.
"What's happening to him!?" She sobbed. InuYasha did not move. Kagome put her chin on InuYasha's head and stroked his hair. "Please don't leave me."
"He was about to..." Miroku started, but Sango cut him off.
"What were thinking monk!? That was InuYasha!" She growled and pushed him away. Never had Miroku seen her so angry at him.
"He was about to attack us Sango! I had no other choice!" Miroku yelled. He knew something had spiked in InuYasha's demonic aura but he did not know what, and it sent him into a protection mode. Miroku lowered his staff. Sesshomaru was staring emotionless at him, Sango was glaring at him, and Kagome's eyes filled with tears as she cuddled InuYasha's head in her arms.
"Does anyone know what's happening to mutt face?" Kouga asked. Ginta knelt by Kagome and held her arm steady. Hakkaku looked down at InuYasha, puzzlement filled his eyes.
"This is not a normal transformation for him." Shippo quivered. The young fox demon came on InuYasha's back and looked down. "What's happening to his back?"
Miroku jerked in realization of what Shippo had just said. He saw a purple color that seemed to be taking InuYasha's back over. That only meant one thing, InuYasha was transforming into something, but Miroku did not know what.
"I think something has possessed him." Miroku said. Everyone looked at him.
"What has possessed him, monk?" Sango asked.
"A rather large and powerful demon it would seem. I don't know how powerful of a demon we're talking about here." Miroku shook his head. Sesshomaru walked up to InuYasha and Kagome and looked down at the priestess and pushed her out of his way. Kouga hissed, but made no moves toward Sesshomaru. He grabbed InuYasha by the hair and held him up. InuYasha's eyes suddenly snapped open, and stared angrily at Sesshomaru. InuYasha moaned in pain and made a weak attempt to pull away from Sesshomaru.
"Sesshomaru don't hurt him!" Kagome gasped. She pushed at the Demon Lord's grasp on InuYasha and Sesshomaru dropped the half-demon.
"Don't...get away."
"Whoever this is brother, this Sesshomaru is not afraid to face." Sesshomaru glared. InuYasha made no reply; he rolled over on his stomach and slowly sat up, Kagome rushed back to his side. InuYasha reached behind him and started to scratch his back, again.
"InuYasha please..." Kagome started.
"Get away from me!"
Miroku fell in place behind Sango hoping he would not have to feel InuYasha's wrath. Sango turned and glared at him.
"Don't hide behind me monk." She snapped. Miroku felt anger burn through him.
"Sango you don't understand! If my senses had been correct InuYasha could have killed us all in an instant!" Miroku glared at her. Usually Sango never made him angry, but she was denying his protection over her. It made Miroku boil in the thought.
Kagome squeaked and was pushed back. InuYasha was slowly backing away from them, and Sesshomaru was steadily advancing on the half-demon.
"Give me Tessaiga, InuYasha." Sesshomaru said.
"No, it's mine."
"You can't wield it can you?" Sesshomaru narrowed his eyes.
"I can! Inuhidoi can't!"
Sesshomaru froze. Miroku looked InuYasha in the eye and Sango loosened her grip on her boomerang a little. Who was Inuhidoi?
"Who the hell are you talking about mutt?" Kouga asked. InuYasha suddenly grabbed his own head and slammed his back into a tree.
"Fuck you!" InuYasha whirled around slamming his head full force into the trunk. Miroku could hear InuYasha's skull crack against the bark.
"INUYASHA STOP IT!" Kagome screamed. She raced to his side, but his claws shot out the poisonous blades, creating a barrier between Kagome and him.
"If you want to live, STAY AWAY FROM ME!" And then InuYasha was gone, disappearing into the woods. Silence filled them as they stood on the path. Sesshomaru walked up and glared where InuYasha had been last.
"Stupid half-demon."
Kagome fell to her knees, sobbing. Kouga ran up beside her and took her in his arms. She sobbed in his armor, she could not even look at anyone.
Sango turned to him. "Should we follow him now, monk?" she asked. Miroku looked down at the ground.
"I don't know." Miroku answered. He thought of the dream he had, Tessaiga. Sesshomaru asked for it before InuYasha had disappeared. "Sesshomaru, why did you ask for Tessaiga?"
Sesshomaru glared at him. "Tokijin."
"Oh." So it wasn't based on his dream. Sesshomaru's Tokijin had been bent during the battle with InuYasha. Kirara came up and purred in Sango's ear. She growled and Sango nodded.
"Kirara are you sure?" She asked the demon cat. Kirara nudged against Sango's face and walked by her. She suddenly jumped into the sky and flew off. Miroku understood what Kirara's intentions were.
"Sango, is Kirara following InuYasha?" Miroku asked her.
"Yes, I think it is best if she went alone. InuYasha would smell the rest of us if we got anywhere close." Sango answered.
"Sesshomaru, who's Inuhidoi?" Kagome asked. The tears that had been falling down her face were slowly drying up. Shippo was now on Kouga's shoulder, where the wolf demon still cradled Kagome in his arms.
"This Sesshomaru does not know."
Miroku sighed. Sesshomaru had been their best hope of explaining the current state of InuYasha, but even he seemed puzzled.
"He sounds powerful to me." Hakkaku said.
"And InuYasha is only a half-demon, this guy is turning him into a very powerful demon!" Ginta yelped.
"An 'Evil Dog', hue?" Kouga snorted. "Sounds like an old legend to me."
"Look what it's done to InuYasha!" Kagome snapped. She bit her lip and sighed. "InuYasha would never hurt me, and he..." Kagome reached for her bandaged neck. "I'm sorry I lied to you, Kouga. This wound was inflicted by InuYasha." Kagome held her head when those words fell out of her mouth.
"WHAT!?" Kouga shouted. He barred his fangs. "Why that fucking mutt!" He growled and looked like he was about to dart right after InuYasha, when Kagome pressed her body against him.
"Please don't Kouga; it was Inuhidoi who did it!" Kagome sobbed. Kouga stopped and looked at her in confusion.
"What? You just said mutt..."
"I think this Inuhidoi person has possessed InuYasha." Kagome said.
"Makes sense." Miroku said, "How else would InuYasha know who Inuhidoi is?"
"But who or what Inuhidoi is, is still not known to us." Sango corrected him. "We don't know the extent of this demon's power."
"That power cannot be controlled by a mere half-demon." Sesshomaru suddenly said. He hadn't spoken in a while, he had laid his hand on the tree that InuYasha had banged his head into. "He won't go far with that injury."
"I don't think so Sesshomaru. The wounds inflicted by..." Sango turned and glared at Miroku, "...by you and everyone else, healed rather quickly."
"Demons heal faster then half-demon's, like mutt." Kouga pointed out. Kagome stayed silent. Shippo turned his nose to the air.
"I hope Kirara is okay." The young fox demon mumbled.
"I'm sure she's fine Shippo." Kagome smiled, and then turned her head. "I hope InuYasha is too."