His name is pernouced; B-ah-ku-ya. It's really hard to spell on a keyboard lol. But man i love this guy.


InuYasha- Chapter 397- Byakuya of Illusionary Dreams

"How interesting," the Dokumizuchi bellowed, still towering over InuYasha and the swamp. "A sword that absorbs youkai power…. But, my youkai poison is endless! Are you able to absorb it?!" Another ball of the poison started to form in its mouth as it spoke.

InuYasha grunted and swung Tetsusaiga down an inch for intimidation. Suddenly, the blade shone with diamonds, layering themselves on the sword. "Bastard!" he shouted, raising the sword again. "I'll bust you apart with all your youkai poison!"

InuYasha… Kagome thought, staring at him. He was so hard headed…

Shippou gasped. "He's using the Kongou Souha!"

Over on the rock, the man also gasped, his eyes wide. "Hey now," he pouted, "That's no fun!" He pulled out a leaf, its greens slick with dew. He brought it to his mouth, blowing on it hard. It soared through the air, bringing a blanket of thick fog over the area.

InuYasha growled. He could now only see the silhouette of the Dokumizuchi.

"Mist?!" Miroku observed, shock on his face. Sango stood next to him, looking around in confusion.

Suddenly, the mist cleared.

Wait a minute. There were five Dokumizuchis! All had their mouths hinged open, poison foaming at the jaws.

"Wha…!" InuYasha exclaimed.

"It multiplied?!" Kagome questioned, worry on her face. InuYasha could barely take care of one of them, and now there were five?!

"Th…this is…" Shippou stuttered, staring at the demons. "InuYasha! Don't get confused! It's an illusion!"

All the Dokumizuchi let their poison go at the same time. InuYasha swung his blade, finally releasing the diamonds. "Kongou Souha!" The poison swirled away on contact, and then reformed away from the diamonds. The poison then turned to spears, heading straight for InuYasha and his group. It also spewed out in different directions, heading towards villages and the country.

Miroku glared. "This is bad! The youkai poison has spread!" He pulled the beads from his wrist, unveiling the hell hole underneath. "Kazaana!" he shouted as the winds began to suck. The poison entered his body, causing him to wince and grunt in pain.

InuYasha looked back at him, using his blade to block the poison coming at him and his friends. "Miroku…"

After a majority of the youkai poison was consumed into his palm, Miroku placed the beads over his wrist again, dropping to his knees. His face was sweating with pain.

Sango kneeled next to him, "Houshi-sama!"

"The poison got to him…" Shippou observed.

InuYasha began to run towards the monk, "Miroku!"

"Wh…" he began, struggling to speak. "Where is the Dokumizuchi?"

The snake like demon had returned to its waters, hiding under the frothy liquid. "Damn you boy…damn you…. You think…you can just finish me like that…do you?" It had a giant cut through its left eye, down the length of its face. The Kongou Souha had done a number on it after all.

That night, the group had retreated to a lonely mountain temple. It was abandoned, obviously. InuYasha sat outside on the steps, holding his sword to him tightly. Inside, Miroku lay on a blanket, a cloth on his forehead. Sango sat right at his side, Kagome a few feet away.

"He has a terrible fever…" Sango sighed. "Say, Kagome-chan? Why do you suppose InuYasha used the Dragon-Scaled Tetsusaiga only once?"

Kagome looked at her, "Yeah…" She didn't know what to say. InuYasha's hiding something….

Outside, InuYasha clutched his sword. I'm sorry Miroku…. If I had used the Dragon-Scaled Tetsusaiga….

"Why didn't you use it?" a voice said, interrupting and reading his thoughts. "The scaled sword…I was having fun watching it, you know." The man stepped out, smiling at InuYasha. It was that same strange guy from before, the one with the ponytail and the eye.

InuYasha stood up, grasping the hilt of his sword. "What the hell are you, bastard?!"

"I am Byakuya," he said softly. Mist began to form around him, giving him a heavenly glow. He held a lotus flower in his hand. "Byakuya of Illusionary Dreams."

InuYasha stared at him, this mist… "At the swamp, the one using that weird illusion spell was you, wasn't it!?" he ran towards Byakuya, pulling his sword out.

Kagome and Sango peeked out from the temple, curious to the noises outside. "InuYasha…" Kagome asked timidly.

She was just in time to see InuYasha slice Byakuya diagonally across, cutting him clean in two.

Kagome gasped. What the hell?!

The lotus flower fell down, encased in flames. InuYasha stared at it and cursed, "Damn! An illusion…"

In a tree a couple feet away, Byakuya looked over his shoulder at the scene behind him. "Sheesh. That was close. Does he typically slice someone up he just met? What a violent bastard."

"There you are!" InuYasha bellowed, sword pointed at Byakuya.

He gasped. "Whoa!" He jumped out of the way, pulling another lotus flower from his kimono. "Calm down," he ordered as the flower spit fire at the hanyou. "I don't feel like fighting."

InuYasha landed across from him, his sword behind his shoulder. "Don't make me laugh ass hole! You're Naraku's underling, aren't you?!"

Kagome, Shippou and Sango gasped, "Huh?!"

Byakuya laughed, "You get it huh?"

"I could fucking smell Naraku's scent from your body!" InuYasha growled.

Byakuya looked at his behind, examining himself. "I see. Better be careful after this."

"Damn you!" InuYasha pointed his sword at his prey again. Something rumbled behind him, causing him to look over his shoulder. Kagome and Sango stared at the noise as well.

Byakuya smiled as he explained, "The Dokumizuchi. It's come for revenge. I let it know all of you were here."

"What?!" InuYasha exclaimed.

"So this time, you better make sure to finish it off. After what I'd just seen…the Dokumizuchi can only be defeated with the scaled sword."

InuYasha's eyes widened.

Only the Dragon-Scaled Tetsusaiga will work?! Kagome thought. But InuYasha was wary of using it…. What was going on with him? What was he hiding?

"That…thing told you that it ate a piece of Moryoumaru's flesh," Byakuya continued. "That's why it cuts and still recovers. So you have to suck in its youkai powers with your scaled sword."

A piece of the Dokumizuchi's snake body made itself visible in the trees.

Shippou cried, "It...It's here!"

Ah, Shit. InuYasha cursed, staring at his sword. I've got no choice but to use it.

InuYasha… Kagome thought, staring at him. What in the world wasn't he telling her? What was going to happen to him if he used it? Why wouldn't he tell her…?


God I love Byakuya. "Sheesh. That was close. Does he typically slice someone up he just met? What a violent bastard!"

Lol.