InuYasha- Chapter 379- Strange Fragment

"Just the arm?!" Kouga exclaimed, staring at the enormous limb before him. The dead Orochi demons glowed below the grasp of the arm.

But there's no mistake…Kouga thought, envisioning the spawn of the demon he despised so much. This thing smells of Moryoumaru.

The arm twitched, making an interesting sound. In the center of the forearm, an eye appeared, shining in the mid-day light. It searched around the scenery, setting its sight on Kouga. It bent itself at the elbow, showing the severed end of the arm. It grew larger in size, splitting into four sections. The piece ripped into four separate parts, opening the arm completely. Each piece had layers upon layers of large, sharp looking teeth, glistening with what appeared to be saliva.

Kouga took battle stance at the sight of such a strange creature, getting ready for battle. The mouth of an arm thrust itself down at him, taking a bite out of the ground where he had just stood. Kouga jumped out of the way, rocks and debris following after. Acid poured from the teeth, causing the rocks to liquefy under its grip.

The rocks are melting?! Kouga thought, looking back at the corpses. This is…the Orochi tribe's poison!

"InuYasha! Over there!" ordered Kagome, pointing at the two scared wolf-demons before them. Hakkaku and Ginta were sitting on the ground, panting and gasping for air. A few wolves did the same, scattered around them.

"Kagome-nee-sama!" Ginta said in surprise upon seeing her. InuYasha let Kagome down in front of them, her bow in hand.

"Just you guys, huh?" InuYasha asked, disappointed.

"Where's Kouga-kun?" Kagome inquired, asking the serious questions as always.

"Well, he…" Hakkaku and Ginta took the time to explain their encounter, and the reason for Kouga's disappearance.

Kagome gasped, "He's chasing after Moryoumaru's smell?"

"Yeah that's right, that darn Kouga…" Hakkaku panted.

Ginta closed his eyes in frustration, continuing Hakkaku's sentence "is forever leaving us behind."

Realizing that this group had left them alone as well, the two called after them;

"Hey just a sec!"

"Wa-a-ait!"

Kouga bounded away from yet another blow from the mouth youkai. The teeth smashed together in another failed attempt.

"Humph. Seems it wants to eat me." Kouga said, jumping faster. "Just try it!"

He ran at a wall of rock, the side of a cliff. He ran up it swiftly, jumping back off just in the nick of time. The mouth demon collided into the rock, its pieces of mouth spread out flat upon the wall, one piece onto the ground. It bit down, scrapping the rock into its mouth in furry. Suddenly, it collapsed into the ground.

Tentacles spewed from the top of the arm, spreading out far, trying to grasp the fleeing Kouga.

"Heh! You're not going to get me!" Kouga exclaimed, jumping back yet again. The fragments in his legs glowed brightly. They released a kind of electric energy, shocking Kouga. He looked down at them, fear and shock displayed clearly upon his face.

What…? I can't move my legs!

The tentacles wrapped around the wolf demon's leg, pulling him down. Kouga began to be dragged against the cliff, sliding against the rocks to the demon below.

Suddenly, a sacred arrow pierced through the air. It collided with the tentacles at the base of Kouga's feet, destroying them completely.

"Kouga-kun!" Kagome called, bow in her hand.

"Kagome…"

The arm had re-gained its original form, no longer taking the form of the giant mouth.

Kagome and Shippou gasped, staring at the limb in shock.

"I-It's just an arm!" Shippou stated, staring at it, awe struck.

InuYasha shouted, "It's Moryoumaru's arm! It's definitely him! From the smell!"

The arm realized it was outnumbered, and shoved off the ground, into the air. Kouga and the others watched it fly into the sky, a few stray rocks falling down after it.

"It's escaping?!" Sango asked.

InuYasha jumped up fast, unsheathing Tetsusaiga. "You fucking wait!" He instantly transformed it, covering it in diamond. "Kongou Souha!"

The spears of adamant shot out from the sword, flying through the air at the speed of light. He watched them run their course, not hitting anything. The sky and ground was free of pieces of demon's flesh, meaning only one thing.

"Damn! It got away, huh."

Kouga punched him on the back of the head, "That's because you got in the way, Dog-Turd!"

A bump formed on InuYasha's head.

"Shut up!" he retorted. "Just who had been grabbed and dragged along, eh?!"

Kagome went up to Kouga, "Are you okay, Kouga-kun?"

He stared into her eyes, holding her hands in his, Miroku-style. "Sure. Thanks to your arrow, I was saved Kagome."

"Hey!" InuYasha shouted, his face angry.

Shippou decided to interrupt this nonsense, "Why was it just the arm?"

"Moryoumaru was originally a being made from pieces of dead youkai after all," Miroku tried to reason. "He's probably working to get a hold of more youkai energy."

InuYasha looked at Kouga, "It means that if we haven't come, Moryoumaru would have taken the Shikon fragments in your legs. Get that, you idiot?"

"It's not just Moryoumaru either," Kagome put in, "Midoriko's will is also…"

"Midoriko?" Kouga asked, blinking down at her, "Who's that?"

After an explanation, Kouga continued, "A miko from a long time ago's soul is trying to get the jewel together?!"

"To destroy Naraku," InuYasha added, crossing his arms.

At that time…when I suddenly couldn't move my legs….Was it because of that? Kouga's brow lowered. At that rate, I was going to be eaten. What a fucking joke.

"How Midoriko will act is something even we don't know. So…be careful Kouga-kun." Kagome said softly, looking at him with worried eyes.

"Don't worry, Kagome," Kouga responded. Something got me. Whether it was that miko's soul or not…