-1InuYasha- Chapter 385- Datsuki
"Heh heh heh," Mujina laughed. "That hanyou…couldn't have survived through that!"
Shippou looked on in horror at the destroyed remnants of the trees. They lay on their sides, barely even bound together by burnt bark. They were completely un-rooted from the cracked ground. It was annihilated…
Mujina stared at her blade again, that sickly smile on her face. "I have most certainly taken the strength of the Kaze no Kizu!"
It's…it's my fault that InuYasha was….
"Why
did you do it Mujina?! Didn't you only want to take the youkai
energy from Tetsusaiga?!"
"Heh," she said, turning away. "I
don't remember making any promises like that. Besides, we don't
need too powerful of people, now do we? In order to control this
world, anyway."
Shippou felt the anger and sadness churn together in his stomach, "Con…control this world?! You…you told me you wanted to make that sword stronger so you could strike at your father's enemy!"
"My dad kicked the bucket a hundred years ago," Mujina infirmed, her smile widening. "By food poisoning."
She tricked me! Shippou thought, clenching his eyes and fists. "Sorry about this…even though you're a girl…I'll punch you!" He ran at her, his fist raised. "This is for InuYasha! Who died so miserably!"
A foot collided with his head, smashing him flat onto the ground.
"Why you!" a familiar voice shouted gruffly. "Just who "died so miserably", anyway?"
Shippou looked up at InuYasha, relief clearly displayed on his face. "InuYasha! You're alive!"
"And not only that, but I heard what you said," InuYasha continued, but was cut off by the surprised Mujina.
"You bastard," she declared, jumping in front of him. "You were struck by the Kaze no Kizu! Why are you still alive?!"
InuYasha scoffed again, "Bah. Why don't you try firing it at me once again?"
"You don't have to tell me to!"
Another blast came from her sword, going at InuYasha full throttle. He merely stood there as he watched the attack near him, coming dangerously close to his face. Shippou cowered at his feet, scared out of his wits.
"Heh. Your style is poor, and the speed of the wind is slow," InuYasha informed, a smug look on his face. He thrust Tetsusaiga deep into the ground, grazing a few hairs off Shippou's head. He placed his hand on the blade, holding it steady as the Wind Scar hit it hard. Once the attack cleared, he spoke again, "Sure it may have absorbed the power, but you're too pathetic to use it!"
Mujina grunted in response.
InuYasha looked down at the kitsune below him. "So what are you going to do, Shippou?"
"Eh?"
"She tricked you, right?" He lifted the demon up with his toes, suspending him into the air. "Will we kick her?"
Miroku stepped in, followed by the rest of the group, "You'd kill her, InuYasha?"
"Even if she's youkai," Kagome chipped in, "She's just a girl…"
InuYasha snorted. "That's why I'm telling Shippou to decide, for once."
"There's no other way but to kill me," Mujina offered, turning away. "I've taken advantage of his kindness, more than I should have."
"Mujina…" Shippou uttered.
She sighed, "It was just for a little while…but it was fun to have met you."
"InuYasha!" Shippou yelled, making his decision. "I'm the one who made all the traps and thought it all up! If you kill Mujina, you'll have to kill me too!"
InuYasha raised his brow to this as well. "Oh…?"
Shippou ran to the youkai girl kneeling on the ground before him. "Mujina! Get out of here! I'll hold him back here!"
"Shippou…. Thank you Shippou…" Tears formed at her lids, as she wiped them away daintily.
With those tears…I'll forgive you.
He stepped in front of her, spreading his arms wide for protection. "Go on and go, Mujina!"
Suddenly, Shippou was lifted into the air again. Mujina's fangs were bared into a truly malicious smile, as she lifted her sword to the kitsune's neck.
"Hanyou…if you want me to spare Shippou's life, bring the transforming sword."
"Huh?!" Kagome and Sango exclaimed.
InuYasha cracked his claws. "Oh please. Isn't it about fucking time you showed your true form?"
He ran at her, causing her to yell, "You damn bastard! You'd hit a fragile little girl?!"
"Fragile little girl?! Don't make me laugh!" He slammed his fist into her cheek, causing her to disappear into a cloud of that familiar transforming smoke. She re-appeared as a demon that slightly resembled Hachi Amon, only bigger and wider.
Shippou's eyes were as wide as apples. …HUH?!…
"Wah…" Miroku observed.
Kagome gasped, "A saint tanayuki?!"
"You damn hanyou!" the new Mujina shouted. "Say hello to my true form!"
"Ah shut up! You smelled like an old man from the beginning!"
Smelled like an old man?! Shippou thought, his depression and disbelief growing. That's right…the smell in the den that seemed like her fathers…was her own scent…..
InuYasha walked up to him from behind. "So what're you gonna do, Shippou?"
"Huh?"
InuYasha smiled, "This jerk made a fool outta you, right? Kill him?"
"It really doesn't matter anymore…"
InuYasha gripped the hilt of his sword. "That so? Alright then," he drew Tetsusaiga, pointing it at Mujina.
"Heh…You'll kill me then? You fool! The energy from your transforming sword has been absorbed by my Datsuki!" He slid his tongue onto the blade, licking it while smiling.
Miroku agreed, "Th…that's true…"
"The strength of InuYasha's Kaze no Kizu has weakened!" Kagome warned.
"InuYasha!" Shippou shouted is despair.
InuYasha stared at Mujina. He swung his sword down, barely even tapping Datsuki. The sword easily split clean in half. Mujina stared at his sword, then at InuYasha, then at his sword again. InuYasha swung Tetsusaiga behind his neck as he kicked Mujina up out and away.
"Get lost!"
"I'm sorry-y-y!" Mujina yelled as he disappeared into the atmosphere.
The group stared down at the broken Datsuki, the youki pouring from the blade. Most of the energy pooled its way back to Tetsusaiga, re-absorbing itself back into its original holder.
"Oh…" Sango mumbled in awe.
Kagome gasped, "Its youki is returning!"
"Well, that's to be expected," InuYasha said, re-sheathing Tetsusaiga. "My Tetsusaiga is also a sword that can take the youkai powers of its enemies."
Shippou stuttered behind him, "U-um…InuYasha…It was my fault…"
"Hm? What are you saying Shippou?" InuYasha smiled at the kitsune full-heartedly. "It doesn't really bother me at all!"
A second later, Shippou was in Kagome's arms, sporting a bump on his head.
"Hey…you said something then did something totally different, though."
InuYasha held his fist in front of his face, proud of the blow. "Bah."
"At any rate, InuYasha," Miroku said, turning the group back to more serious matters as always. He sat on a rock, holding what was left of Datsuki in his hands. "This "Datsuki" sword…"
"Yeah," InuYasha agreed, crossing his arms. "The user wasn't to blame, but the sword itself."
Should we check this out…?
