InuYasha-Chapter 365- Vanished Youki

Sesshoumaru stood, pointing his Toukijin at Moryoumaru. Moryoumaru also held his weapon ready, outstretching a pointed part of his body into the air.

"Kagura, who's that guy?" he asked her.

"He's Sesshoumaru, InuYasha's elder bother," she answered. Sesshoumaru, why are you here? She looked over at Jaken, who held a clear crystal in front of him. She gasped. The crystal of youki is…!

"InuYasha," Kagome directed his attention to it as well. "That's a crystal of youki. The youki…is vanishing!"

That meant Naraku's heart was nearby!

In order to hide his heart, Naraku got his hands on a jewel. The Fuyouheki, which erases the holder's youki. The clue to finding the Fuyouheki is a crystal of youki. If one gets close to Fuyouheki, the youki will vanish…which means…Moryoumaru has no youki! InuYasha concluded, then…

"Moryoumaru is carrying Fuyouheki?" Miroku stated, coming to the same conclusion as InuYasha.

"Moryoumaru you're…!" InuYasha accused, "You're the one with Naraku's heart, right?!"

"What are you talking about?" Moryoumaru asked, confused.

InuYasha's eye brow lowered, "Don't act innocent! The crystal that shriveled looking youkai over there is carrying is the ultimate proof!" InuYasha gestured to Jaken.

"Oh-ho…" Moryoumaru realized, looming over the imp-demon. "How did you get a hold of that?"

Kagura panicked, this is bad. If he finds out that I gave it to them…

"I've got nothing to hide! This was-"

"Shut up Jaken," Sesshoumaru ordered. Kagura gasped. Was he trying to protect her?

Jaken looked up at him questioningly, "Sesshoumaru-sama?"

Sesshoumaru…was covering for me? Kagura wondered, disbelieving.

"After following the disgusting smell that reached me, I found you," Sesshoumaru changed the subject.

"Humph. So what'll you do?" Moryoumaru inquired.

"Kill you."

Sesshoumaru swung Toukijin through the air threateningly. The light yet again spewed from the sword, colliding with Moryoumaru's left shoulder. He laughed slightly.

"That doesn't work anymore," he explained, absorbing the blow. He threw it back at him, causing Sesshoumaru and Jaken to jump out of harm's way. The technique was similar to the Back-Lash Wave.

"Wha…" InuYasha couldn't believe what he was seeing! It was as if he copied Tetsusaiga's attack!

"Heh. You just turned up, swinging your sword with no introduction," Moryoumaru said, "You'll regret that. I can 'eat' the body and youkai energy of various youkai, and it increases my strength. The youkai energy from your sword is nothing more than food to me."

"Eat youkai energy to increase his strength?" Miroku asked.

"The same as Naraku," compared Sango.

"Swing around your sword as much as you like!" Moryoumaru shouted, coming at Sesshoumaru. "I'll consume all of it's youkai energy!"

InuYasha shot up and out of Kagome's grasp, running to Moryoumaru. Just now, when I was squashed by him, my sword pierced his finger. It was because right now Tetsusaiga has no youkai energy and is just a blunt sword. It's a long shot, but…

Sesshoumaru dodged another attack, Moryoumaru's flesh ramming into the ground. InuYasha used it as a ladder, bounding up the demon's flesh. He turned back; "Kagome! Where is the Shikon fragment?!"

"Eh…" Kagome searched. Her eyes laid upon it. "It's in his right shoulder joint!"

InuYasha slammed Tetsusaiga into his shoulder, "Here, huh?!"

Moryoumaru chuckled, his body forming new defenses. A spear shot out from his body, nailing InuYasha in the stomach. He flew back, landing a few feet away from his oppressor. He dug Tetsusaiga into the ground as he clutched his wound with his fist.

"How foolish," Moryoumaru commented. "Even if you had caught me with that blunt sword-"

He was cut off by Sesshoumaru, who was coming at him, fast. Sesshoumaru swung Toukijin down yet again, only to have it blocked by Moryoumaru's deformed arm. His arm absorbed the blow this time, sucking it up almost as quickly as his shoulder had.

"I told you, cutting me is futile."

"Don't get involved Sesshoumaru!" InuYasha barked, "He's my prey!"

"Your 'prey'?" Moryoumaru questioned, locking InuYasha up within his mass of limbs. He crushed him down as he grunted in pain.

"InuYasha!" Shippo cried.

"Humph, just as well," Sesshoumaru scowled. "Jumping round in that disgusting form of yours was getting annoying."

"Wha…" InuYasha growled.

"I'll slice the two of you together!" Sesshoumaru shouted, releasing another blow from Toukijin.

Kagome's eyes widened.

"Don't cut him!" Shippo protested.

Sango joined, "It'll just give Moryoumaru more power!"

Moryoumaru smiled at them all. Such fools…