InuYasha- Chapter 364- Transformation
Goryoumaru completed his transformation, turning completely white. Everyone stared upon him as wind blew through the area, unable to believe their eyes. He had grown ten times larger, and had extensions of armor-like skin upon his body. Kagome held InuYasha tighter to her, trying to protect him from the monster before them.
"Do you remember me?" He laughed, smiling wide.
'Houshi-sama that's!" Sango observed.
"Moryoumaru!"
The youkai Hakudoushi created by stitching together bits of other youkai, Kagome thought in disgust. But…He's completely different from when we first met him. Back then, it was like…he was a doll. He was a doll with no soul. Kagome remembered their first encounter with the demon; his eyes bore no light, no sign of life. He was just, hollow, and empty. But now….
"Moryoumaru you were moving with Hakudoushi's power before I'm sure," Miroku stated, standing before the youkai. He stared up at it, accusingly, "However the way you are now, It's like you have a soul in you!"
Moryoumaru laughed maniacally, "Already this body is moving how I want. And now…" He gestured to the jewel shard embedded in his shoulder.
"He's absorbing the Shikon fragment!" Kagome shouted in warning. Kagura gasped. He wasn't supposed to do that!
"I need more power!" he laughed, growing again.
He's using the Shikon fragment however he wants?! Kagura couldn't believe her eyes. He's a youkai that Hakudoushi originally created. In that borrowed form of Goryoumaru, Naraku locked him up. Hakudoushi acted to free him from the prison….Is Hakudoushi also planning to betray Naraku then?!
"Shippo-chan, take care of InuYasha," Kagome grabbed her bows and arrows. "We have to defeat him before he takes in the fragment completely!" She readied an arrow upon her bow, running to the demon. Taking aim, she pointed her arrow directly at Moryoumaru's head.
"Kagome!" Shippo called.
Sango gasped, "Kagome-chan!"
Moryoumaru, thoroughly amused, raised his foot. He brought it down slowly to Kagome. She winced, letting her arrow go.
Hit him, she prayed, preparing for the worst.
"Watch out!" Sango called, diving to her friend's aid. She pushed Kagome out of harm's way, barely dodging the attack herself. Moryoumaru's foot collided with the ground, bring up rocks and dust in its wake. Kagome's arrow brushed by his head, drenching his face in purified light.
"You missed," he laughed.
Miroku pulled the beads from his hand again. "Stand back!" he ordered, opening the hole. "Wind Tunnel!"
Moryoumaru opened his mouth, releasing a horde of Saimyoushou.
"Saimyoushou!" Sango warned.
"Miroku-sama! Close the Wind Tunnel!" Kagome begged.
After sucking in one bug, Miroku happily obliged. The bugs were quickly followed, however, by another tentacle. It was only a foot away from Miroku.
"Houshi-sama!" Sango cried, stepping in front of the attack. She used Hirakotsu to stop the tentacles from striking, but the force pushed both her and Miroku back. The pair slammed into the ground, Miroku stopping Sango's fall.
"Miroku-sama! Sango-chan!" Kagome ran to them, her hand outstretched. Moryoumaru took the opportunity to try and strike her yet again. She closed her eyes tightly, bracing herself. InuYasha jumped up, though badly wounded. He thrust Tetsusaiga into Moryoumaru's body, though it did no damage. Tetsusaiga was still useless in the night.
"I-InuYasha," Miroku uttered, lying on the ground.
The idiot came out, Kagura thought, a scowl on her face. It was about time he tried to fight.
"InuYasha, huh?" Moryoumaru asked, curious by his human form. He slammed him into the ground again, earth moving up around him.
"InuYasha!" Kagome cried.
"S…Stay away Kagome!" he ordered, desperate to protect her.
"How powerless…." Moryoumaru stared down upon him, blackness coating his face. "So this is you're other form, huh, InuYasha…. I shall savor it. You're pathetic death," he smiled. InuYasha only grunted in response.
"Oh no!" Shippo said, "He'll be killed before the night ends!"
Just then, a giant light came from behind Kagome. It shot up, through the limb of Moryoumaru that bound InuYasha. He was instantly absorbed in light, unable to be seen by the confused lookers below. Everyone looked to where the light had come from, shocked at what they saw.
Sesshoumaru stood, Toukijin in hand. His hair billowed behind him, followed by his mass of fur. His arm-less kimono sleeve flapped against his pants. His face remained expression-less, as always.
Sesshoumaru, Kagura thought, surprised.
"InuYasha!" Kagome said, trying to get him to look.
"Sesshoumaru!" InuYasha exclaimed. That jerk…what is he here for…
"There's no mistaking it, Sesshoumaru-sama," Jaken informed, looking upon Moryoumaru more closely. He held a crystal spear in his little green hand. "This youkai has no youki."
Sesshoumaru and Moryoumaru stared at each other, mentally preparing for the battle to come.
