Omg i went to Youmacon!!!! ^_^ yay!! I bought a lot of stuff I didn't need! Can you blame me though? It's the only time of year I get anime stuff, considering F.Y.E. shipped all their anime goodies to another store (this is only in my area). (sad face), and my neighborhood anime store closed! Wahhh!! Oh well, I got a Ranma figure! (smiley face).
Anyway.... Sorry again for the delays! Read and Review! (FOR MY DESCRIPTION ONLY I DO NOT OWN ANY CHARACHTERS OR EVENTS IN THIS STORY)
InuYasha- Chapter 402- Moryoumaru's Goal
Dark clouds of youki swirled around InuYasha's feet as he faced the Meioujuu. The giant, armored youkai spoke, his voice deep and menacing. "Try firing it boy…your Kongou Souha…. And this time you won't be safe!"
"Very funny!" InuYasha shouted, pointing his sword to the sky. The blade instantly got covered with diamonds. "Come on! Don't hold back!"
The air between them suddenly became very tense, each one glaring at each other with demonic eyes. Suddenly, the Meioujuu leaped into the air, getting ready to pounce on the hanyou below it. InuYasha quickly swung his sword, shouting his adamant attack.
"Take this! Kongou Souha!"
As a counter-attack, the Meioujuu began to spin around violently, its head and limbs retracting into its shell. There was only a blur of dark colored spikes as the diamonds crashed into the shell, flying off it different directions as they were repelled. The spears began to fly back towards the ground, towards InuYasha.
Kagome gasped, "Wha…"
"It repelled the Kongou Souha!" Sango shouted in warning, in case the half-demon had been blinded by the light of the sparks and diamonds.
InuYasha grunted as he jumped out of the way of a hoard of spears.
From atop the roof, Byakuya folded his arms inside his kimono. Sesshoumaru just stood, perfectly balanced, on the roof's crease. Both demons stared down at the strange battle below them.
Byakuya smiled, "Heh. Remarkable. I'd heard that the Meioujuu's shell was the hardest of all youkai. It's true, isn't it?"
InuYasha regained his battle stance, his sword now in defense. Bastard repelled my Kongou Souha…
"Do you get it, boy?" the Meioujuu snarled, it's shell still spinning round and round, like Shippou's Smashing Top. "This is my body as it should be."
Shippou stared up in worry, "It's pulled back into its shell."
"We can't make an attack against it!" Miroku realized.
The balls of black energy with the electric youki around them popped out of the shell, surrounding it with a yellow glow.
InuYasha gasped as his expression went sour, "Raimeihou!" As soon as the words were out of his mouth, the youki plummeted downward to him, as well as the rest of the group. Miroku squinted to look closer at them, surprised at what he saw.
"Its jyaki is getting even stronger than it was before!"
InuYasha jumped over a ball as it collided with the earth, shouting in surprise.
Sango jumped in front of Kagome, seeing as another youki ball was heading straight for her. She placed her boomerang in front of them, "Look out!"
"Kagome!" InuYasha called out in worry as he looked over his shoulder. Feeling some kind of force in front of him, he turned. To his surprise, the entire shelled Meioujuu was heading straight for him! The spikes spun too closely for comfort to his face, making his hairs stand on end. InuYasha ran to the right, trying to escape impalement. The shell rolled off the ground like a tire, flying back into the air. InuYasha's hair blew over the top of his head from the force of the wind as he cursed, "Damn it!"
Byakuya suppressed a snicker. "He isn't doing so well, is he? If this goes on…," he frowned, "the Meioujuu might just beat InuYasha."
"So that's why the Meioujuu is staying here, is it?" Sesshoumaru inquired vaguely.
"Huh?"
Sesshoumaru ignored Byakuya's ignorance. Its armored shell is enough to repel Kongou Souha…Moryoumaru is thinking of absorbing that into his own body…. Does this mean he's still after something?!
InuYasha pulled his sword so it was almost covering his face, bracing himself for battle. The shell had produced more ovals of youki, and both were coming at him, fast.
"It's coming again!" Kagome shouted to him.
A real evil glare was on InuYasha's face. "Damn you nuisance!" He clenched the hilt of Tetsusaiga tightly, scales springing up along the length of the blade. His glare deepened as his hair stood up slightly from the demonic aura.
"The Dragon-Scaled Tetsusaiga!" Kagome shouted.
The youki was coming faster, its electricity sparking.
"Wait, InuYasha!" Miroku commanded.
Sango shouted beside him, "The Dragon-Scaled Tetsusaiga is still…"
"Shut up!" InuYasha bellowed behind him. He ran to the youki, swinging his sword down with tremendous force. He shouted a battle cry as wisps of white energy wrapped itself around the shell and its expansions. InuYasha's hands were instantly electrocuted, both from the spark of the youki and the heat from his sword's own demonic power. He glared down at it, secretly willing it to stop burning.
But the Meioujuu was too strong. It broke through InuYasha's hold, diving down at him again. He jumped out of the way in the nick of time. He stood a few feet away, holding Tetsusaiga with only one hand. He rubbed the sweat from his forehead, showing the burn on his palm. "Damn…"
"InuYasha!" Kagome cried out in concern after seeing his hand.
Shippou commented from her shoulder, "I thought so, it's still no good."
"Can't strike anything, eh?" Byakuya asked with a frown. This was getting boring.
"Huh," Sesshoumaru smirked, seeing this new aspect of the sword for the first time. "Seems like he put another peculiar power in Tetsusaiga…. But it's as if he won't use it."
Byakuya continued, "Meaning…for now, his best weapon is his Kongou Souha. And that can't be used once it's been withdrawn into its shell."
"Next I'll smash you!" the Meioujuu bellowed fiercely, going at InuYasha again. Through the head hole, its two yellow and red eyes could be seen, peering down at its prey. Next, its whole body re-emerged, it's claws flexed out to the hanyou. InuYasha gasped in surprise.
"It came out?!" Kagome questioned.
Sango furrowed her brow, "What does that mean?!"
It dared to expose its vulnerable body…is this the Meioujuu's will?! Miroku thought to his self.
The Meioujuu's eyes did in fact have a strange look to them, as if they were half-rolled into the back of its head, the veins showing. "Try firing you Kongou Souha…" it repeated in a shallower voice.
"Feh!" InuYasha grunted, adorning his blade in jewels once more. "You don't have to say anything!"
Byakuya gasped slightly then smiled big, "Ah-haa, so that's what it means…"
I see it now… what Moryoumaru is after! Sesshoumaru and Miroku concluded at the same time.
"InuYasha! Don't shoot!" Miroku commanded from the sidelines.
""What?!"
"This is a trap!" He yelled as loud as he could. "Moryoumaru is probably using the Meioujuu-"
InuYasha cut him off, "I don't know what's going on here but…if I blow it apart, there's no problem, is there?!" He sliced the air with his blade, releasing the spears into the cut. "Kongou Souha!"
