Sorry again for taking so long. Jeez high schools a bitch. I'm a freshman so I've been a little overwheled. I'll get used to it and get back in the swing of things )I hope). and I got another boyfriends so I've been talking to him a lot. Soooo please forgive my lateness! And I have soccer and after school stuff...man I'm busy. Oh well just read and review and enjoy!
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InuYasha- Chapter 398- Tetsusaiga's Accidental Backfire
The small portion of the group stood, anxious. They could all feel the Dokumizuchi's presence, its demonic aura swirling in the air. On top of that, tension was thick between InuYasha and Byakuya. Just who did this guy think he was? And he seemed to know something about the mysterious heat coming from Tetsusaiga's blade….
"InuYasha," Kagome said, trying to break the tension.
InuYasha thought of the Dokumizuchi's attacks, "All of you, get somewhere the youkai poison can't reach you!"
"Kagome-chan!" Sango called, heading back towards the shrine.
Kagome hesitated, "Ri…right…" As she ran towards the shrine, she stared over her shoulder at the scary man standing before InuYasha. She looked him over, that man, Byakuya….. He provoked the Dokumizuchi…to get InuYasha to use the Dragon-Scaled Tetsusaiga….
Just as she was thinking it, the scene played out before her. The giant snake demon burst out from the trees, standing tall over InuYasha. The hanyou transformed his sword, making the scales appear on the glistening blade.
"Boy…" the Dokumizuchi spat, "your bones will be turned to powder by my youkai poison!"
"Feh!" InuYasha retorted, "Then I'll just absorb every bit of your poison!"
The Dokumizuchi released ten times the amount of poison it had before, pouring in upon the land. "Just try it!" it screeched as its acid fell. More trees disintegrated from it, the air becoming thick with its vaporous air.
InuYasha stood his ground, staring at his sword. Please work Dragon-Scaled Tetsusaiga…
The blade absorbed the poison with ease, torrents of it flowing into the blade.
The Dokumizuchi just smiled. "As I've told you boy, my youkai poison is endless!" It released another batch of poison from its mouth, heading straight for InuYasha. As the poison hit his blade, he struggled to keep his ground. His hands shook in pain.
Damn Tetsusaiga got hot! But what happens after this…? I have to find out!
He didn't let go, nor did he release his ground. He didn't sheath his sword, and he didn't run away. He faced the Dokimizuchi with a determined face, his brow lowered. After a second though, he grunted and looked down at his shaking hands.
Byakuya stared at his with his arms crossed. Hmm? His hands are burning? Feh. Before, that's why he undid the transformation, is it?
Inside the shrine, Sango tried to help Miroku out of bed. His face was pain stricken as he slung his arm around her shoulder, "The…Dokumizuchi…?"
Sango looked over at Kagome, "InuYasha is stopping it, but even here isn't safe."
Kagome clutched her bow tightly, "Can you move Miroku-sama?"
"Kagome…" Shippou said wearily. He was up by the bars of the shrine, looking through to the battle outside. Kagome went over to him, peering through the bars as well.
"?!" The blade is…
Outside, InuYasha held Tetsusaiga tightly in front of his face. The blade had turned black, most likely with demonic aura. He growled, Gah…what's going on this time…?
Tetsusaiga's blade turned black?! Kagome thought as she gasped.
"Da…Damn it!' InuYasha cursed. Demonic energy began to swirl around Tetsusaiga as the Dokumizuchi laughed.
"It seems that…your blade has been breached by my poison. That's proof from the blade…its unable to absorb the poison it's been flooded with."
Byakuya just had to comment, "What up? Is that all your sword can do?"
InuYasha glared over his shoulder, "Ah, shut up!" He looked back at his sword. It's not as if…my Tetsusaiga will loose to something like this! He began to run at the Dokumizuchi, blade outstretched. "Besides!" he yelled, "I don't think it's my style to just suck up bits and pieces of youkai power!" He jumped right into a cloud of poison.
"You fool!" bellowed the triumphant demon.
"InuYasha?!" Kagome gasped. Her, Shippou, Sango and Miroku had made it out of the shrine and were watching the battle with curious eyes.
Byakuya looked over at them, "What with you people? You'll die from the youkai poison if you just stand here."
"You shut up!" Shippou shouted from atop Kagome's shoulder. "InuYasha isn't gonna give up!"
InuYasha…Kagome thought worriedly.
Please Tetsusaiga! Don't back away from just a handful of poison! InuYasha pleaded with his sword. He was still running at the ball of poison, his blade still out behind him. The others gasped when they saw the black of the blade.
Miroku coughed, "The youkai poison has wrapped around the blade…"
"It's growing fast!" Shippou observed.
InuYasha cried out in a battle call as he swung his sword down into the demon. He sliced through the poison, through the demonic aura, right down the middle of the Dokumizuchi. InuYasha ran down the side of its body, slicing it completely and cleanly open.
"Ah!"
"He did it!" Kagome smiled.
InuYasha landed, his face clouded by his swords demonic aura. The Dokumizuchi's body fell behind him, lifeless.
Byakuya sighed, "One blow, eh?"
InuYasha grunted in pain and aggravation. "Damn it! The youkai poison still…!" Suddenly the energy released from the blade, pouring into InuYasha himself. It ran from the blade to its master, sinking into him fast.
Sango and Miroku gasped.
"InuYasha!" Kagome cried. She ran to his side, seeing as he had fallen to the ground. There were giant gashes in InuYasha's body, where the poison had hit him hardest.
Byakuya chuckled, smiling maliciously on the side.
