Everyone sat outside Ashley's room in a quite hush as they waited for her to wake up. Sesshomaru was as stumped as the others about what had happened with both Ashley and Jeff and he couldn't wrap his head around why there would be a second Ashley. He had informed his father of the current situation who told him to watch the girl until he was able to arrive. They waited what felt like days.
" I cant take this anymore! I say we blast threw the barrier and get some answers now before anything else weird happens." Inuyasha suggested as he paced with inpatients.
" that would be great Inuyasha except we could hurt Ashley in the process and then have no answers at all." Kagome answered to his terrible idea.
" I know but I hate waiting." he complained with a look of worry.
" we all do Inuyasha you just have to be patient like the rest of us." Miroku replied.
" actually that will not be necessary." Sesshomaru butted in.
" what do you mean?" Inuyasha Miroku and kagome said in union.
" I mean shes awake." Sesshomaru said Cooley motioning toward her bedroom door that had lost tho glow and began to creek open. Everyone stopped and stared at the door not knowing what exactly to expect when it opened. When the door fully opened Ashley stepped out of the room she reached her arms high up in the air as all over her friends followed her every movement with their eyes. She stretched her arms as high as she could as she squinted her eyes and yawned loudly. When she was done she opened her eyes to see everyone staring at her as though she had two heads.
" uhm good morning everyone..? what are you all doing here?" Ashley asked curiously looking around the room.
" well we were waiting around for you to get up so we could have a great game of monopoly." Inuyasha answered sarcastically waving his arms in the air.
" whats his problem?" Ashley asked curiously turning her back to him to speak to Rin.
" oh nothing hes just cranky that's all." Rin replied smiling as she saw Inuyasha's frustration level begin to rise.
" so are we really playing monopoly I want to be the race car!" Ashley exclaimed raising her fist in the air.
" oh my god why are we wasting our time with her!" Inuyasha almost screamed now. Causing Ashley to again look around the room in confusion.
" uhm hey guys wheres Jeff?" Ashley asked looking over everyone to see if he was hiding somewhere.
" well we were hoping you could tell us, since your a part of all the weird things that have been happening today." Inuyasha urged hoping to finally get some sort of answer now.
"What do you mean I've been sleeping off my cold all and and boy do I feel better." Ashley said triumphantly.
"Were getting no where with this.." Inuyasha sighed giving up on getting an answer from this women.
" she clearly has no memory of anything that has happened." Sesshomaru pitched in.
" Maybe I can clear this up a little bit." announced Ino no Taisho as he entered the room. " you see ashley and jeffs souls have bonded, so her body has slowly been changing over the past few years.
"So what the fuck does that have to do with Jeff disappearing into that strange world?" Inuyasha asked looking from person to person now that he was more confused then when they had started.
"Absolutely nothing." Sesshomaru answered his question. " it was just pure coincidence that they both happened at the same time."
" that's kind of hard to believe that this is all just a big coincidence Sesshomaru?" kagome questioned.
" well now that we know whats going on with her I think father can explain best what has happened to Jeff since he was there when it happened." Sesshomaru explained before looking to his father to finish.
" so you did figure it out." Inu no Taisho smirked as he looked at his eldest son.
They all remained silent and listened carefully so they were able to fully comprehend the situation they were faced with. " many years ago before even Sesshomaru was born I fought the toughest battle of my life as was the tradition of the great dog demon family. Once at my peak I marched to Mt. Hatake to battle with the dreadful demon that lived within the mountain the most powerful demon known in history. This is the story of the Great Dark Dog Demon. The legend that fills the history books even today." Inu no Taisho spoke in a vigorous tone just as Sesshomaru remembered he did when he would tell Sesshomaru this story all those years ago.
" this demon was formed as far we know as far back as the beginning of time itself." he began. " there were three original dog demons, the most famous of course being master Hatake the lightning god the most powerful demon of the time that lead the single handed war against the wolves and crushed their attempt to conquer into our western lands. He battled ruthlessly with the three leaders of the wolf clan and defeated them all at once. This battle went down in history as the beginning of the great dog demon era. But what didn't go down in history was what was to come after this fight. Master Hatake had two older brothers master Itachi and master Sasuke. These brothers grew jealous of their youngest brothers power he had far surpassed any demon belonging to that world and was the clear choice for the ruler of the western and eastern lands that would now be governed solely by the dog demons. But before this new rule could be established both of Hatake's older brothers approached his thrown one day. Asking why he should be the leader of the new land when the two of them together could clearly over power him. Hatake replied by telling them that together they were about as powerful as himself but apart they were weak, this angered the brothers. But then he came to his own conclusion to fairly solve the problem. He called his angered brothers back to his thrown room the next day and he told them his plan. He said " I am not much of the ruler type my brothers but clearly this is the responsibility you each want so I have chosen to give you Itachi the entire western lands and you Sasuke everything to the east. This pleased both brothers so for the next hundred years they ruled in peace while Hatake retreated to the largest mountain in the world that resided on the border between both lands what is know today as the spot where Mt. Hatake once resided. He built a small shrine at the foot of the mountain. Hatake happily lived in his shrine where he worshiped a simple tree that he found magnificent power in some say the tree of legend was said to be the tree of life. But one day Hatake felt a very uneasy presence approaching his shrine when he ran outside to see what it was he saw the two largest armies the world had ever seen marching toward each other around the mountain each led by one of his brothers they intended to fight to the death until one ruled all the land. Hatake quickly tried to talk some sense into his two elder brothers and stop the war but he failed and as the battle began and he watched in horror as thousands of lives were lost and blood flowed as though it rained down from the sky. Finally unable to take the fighting anymore Hatake ran as fast as he could to the top of the mountain and he used his unrivaled power to call all attention to himself as outrageously powerful lightning struck the powerful demon at the top of the mountain everyone stopped and watched in awe as they witnessed the great demons power first hand. Unknowing that it would be the last thing they ever saw. Even his brothers watched in amazement as he seemed to harness the power of the lightning that continued to flow down from the sky and into his body. He moved his arms drawing a circle of bright blue energy before drawing five symbols in a pentagon shape inside the circle all watched waiting to see what he would do but before they knew what had happened a flash of blue light had engulfed the battle field. As quickly as it covered the battle grounds the light returned to its point of origin at the top of the mountain all except two small strands that attempted to pull away from where Hatake had once stood screaming in defeat as their souls were sealed inside of Hatake's body. When all was over no one had survived. But a new creature had been born the legendary dark dog demon that would one day destroy Mt. Hatake. The sons of the great demons eventually grew old and had children of their own and continued to rule the land but once they felt the were strong enough they would all head to Mt. Hatake in search of the greatest challenge of all. None survived none returned and this custom was passed down for hundreds of years. Until that fateful day that I marched to Mt. Hatake myself." Inu no Taisho finished his history lesson before beginning his actual explanation of what had happened to Jeff.
Jeff was pulled threw the rip in time when he regained his senses he realized everything had gone dark he couldn't move his body at all he was being crushed the air was moist and he felt like his life was ready to end. Suddenly two large glowing red eyes opened in front of him slightly illuminating the black clawed hand clutching his body and showing the bared teeth of the snarling monster.
" you tell me who you are now." the creature demanded squeezing harder Jeff winced as the sound of his bones cracking could be heard echoing threw the inside of the mountain. " NOW." the monster demanded.
" Cough..my na..cough name is Jeff Taisho." Jeff managed to spit out attempting to sound proud of his heritage.
" Taisho huh? HAHAHA." the monster chuckled upon hearing this. " then tell me young Taisho where did you acquire so much power that I could sense you threw time and space." the demon asked curiously loosening his grip on the small demon.
" I'll never tell." Jeff said smugly as he jumped from the demons grip and drew his sword slashing up the demons face cutting into his left eye with the large black fang. When he hit the dirt and landed on his feet after assaulting the demon he almost collapsed barley able to hold up his own weight.
" oh you will little demon although your power resembles my own you have no way to control it all nor are you able to even call upon it all." the giant dog snickered.
( hes right his energy feels just like mine.) Jeff thought while quickly regaining control of his body just in time to dodge a clawed hand from the giant demon that had swiped for him. Jeff jumped in the air and kicked off of the stone wall behind him lunging toward the demon with his sword raised red energy glowing around the dark black blade. This surprised the demon it wasn't often anyone had tried to fight him in close combat in his previous battles with the dogs. Jeff saw his chance while he was caught off guard he channeled all of his energy into the blade causing it to shrink in size and glow with static blue energy the sound alone that emerged from the blade was enough to make the great demon wince in pain. Jeff took his opportunity and swung his sword with all of his might " Lightning Blade!" he screamed as his blade made contact with the demon ripping a large gash down the demons left side from shoulder to hip he sliced the unsuspecting demon.
" ARGG! the demon screamed as he whipped his head around and opened his mouth releasing an extreme amount of red energy from his mouth that shot Jeff threw the wall of the mountain and into the outside world. " the little bastard has hurt me more then any other before him I knew he would be strong, I must kill him now." the demon spoke aloud to himself.
As Inu no Taisho approached the mountain where his most glorious battle was to take place he saw a giant beam of red energy blow threw the side of the mountain. This caused him to stop in his tracks. As he watched the beam of energy completely annihilate everything in its path as far as the eye could see except for one lonely standing tree at the base of the mountain.
" SHOW YOUR SELF WRETCHED DEMON!" Inu no Taisho screamed at the top of his lungs and waited for a response but none came. He then pulled out his sword Sounga he raised his weapon of the nether world and with one hand swung it in the direction of the mountain and just barley uttered the words. " Dragon Twister" sending a enormous ball of destruction hurling toward the mountain.
Inside the mountain the demon sat in pain thinking of finishing off his opponent when suddenly he felt the attack nearing him. " who dares to intrude on my battle this way." the demon spoke angrily to himself. Before opening his mouth to release another large amount of energy shooting threw the side of the mountain hurling the ball of destruction back toward Inu no Taisho. Who quickly avoided the deadly blast.
" show me your true form demon." Inu no Taisho demanded.
" very well." came a deep dark toned voice from within the mountain. Before the mountain exploded into rubble and a smoke screen took over the land. Inu no Taisho did not budge he waited calmly for the destruction to clear so he could clearly see the foe he had been preparing his entire life to defeat. Once the rubble cleared in the spot where the great Mt. Hatake once stood there now stood a giant black dog with glowing red eyes mangy wild fur his teeth bared as he growled at his new opponent for interfering with his current battle. " who dares approach me." the demon growled in anger staring down the small dog lord.
( hes already been battling.) Inu no Taisho observed the two large fresh gashes on the demon " I Inu no Taisho am here to kill you once and for all demon so my sons will not be burdened with such a monstrosity as yourself." Inu no Taisho declared pointing his sword at the demon.
" HAHAHA, I've heard this speech to many times." the demon chuckled. But stopped to ready himself for battle when the impatient dog lord lunged at him. Only to be thrown away by the swing of a large paw. Jeff struggled to stand but regained himself just in time to watch the younger version of his father attempt to harm the great beast only to be thrown away. He waited to see what his father would do next. Inu no Taisho landed on his feet after the attack and stared the demon down for a second. He then drew a second sword that quickly transformed into a large white fang. Jeff recognized this blade as Tetsusaiga the sword his father had used in the battle against him. Inu no Taisho jumped into the air and with a cross swing of both of his swords released a deadly combination attack first the dragon twister was sent barreling toward the great demon then the wind scar followed pushing the dragon twister and increasing the destructive force. This attack was clearly meant to bring a quick end to this battle. Jeff watched as the demon again opened his mouth releasing another barrage of red energy that threw the attack now even more powerful back at Inu no Taisho. Upon seeing this he turned his attention to his father expecting him to avoid this deadly combination. But instead Inu no Taisho calmly stood his ground sheathed Sounga and gripped Tetsusaiga tightly with both hands bracing himself for the attack. Jeff realized what he was attempting to do and as quickly as he could dashed to attempt to save him. But it was to late before Jeff was able to reach his father the attack had gotten close enough and with all of his power and force Inu no Taisho swung his sword.
" BACK LASH WAVE!" he screamed as the swirling energy fought to push back the overwhelming amount of power it had collided with. Jeff watched stunned as his father attempted to push back the attack suddenly the great demon opened his mouth wider and pushed even more energy into the blast causing it to completely overwhelm the backlash wave and giving Inu no Taisho no time to escape, the attack appeared to hit him directly as screams echoed threw the air. Once the debris cleared and his opponent was no where to be seen the demon looked around where his mountain had once stood where the groves of destruction now left barren lands all around.
" so now where is my other challenger I know your still around here some where I can feel you." the demon mocked as he scanned the battle field for Jeff. Jeff laid his unconscious and beaten father down in the dirt along with the young girl he had also seen seconds before the blast would have engulfed her.
" stay here and take care of him please until I return." Jeff said before turning his back to the girl. His body exposed and beaten had begun to heal so rapidly she could see the flesh rebuilding on his body. Ancient black markings slowly crept all along his body until he was covered in strange tattoos. His body grew tougher and leaner his eyes glowed bright red as he allowed his energy to pour out engulfing him in waves of red and black.
" I will I promise and thank you for saving me..." the young girl whispered just before he jumped full speed into the air leaving a small creator behind. Jeff left his sword sheathed as he lunged at the demon and relentlessly attempted to assault him clawing and biting at him like a dog. Both continued this for some time whipping around moving at unimaginable speeds attempting to assault each other like the primitive animals they were. Jeff finally was able to land a blow clawing down the demons shoulder ripping open the wound he had left earlier with his blade but just before he attempted to kick off the demon and retreat to come back for a second attack he looked to see the demon closing his large fangs down upon Jeff's left arm. Jeff quickly pulled his arm out but wasn't fast enough. The demon screamed in pain as the flesh was torn from his arm exposing the bone in his hand and forearm. He quickly landed on the ground exhausted and bleeding uncontrollably.
" fuck it wont be long now." Jeff growled to himself. He looked up at the grinning demon as he licked the bits of Jeff's flesh off of his teeth. Jeff finally drew his sword he gripped it tightly with his one remaining good hand and lunged at the demon again releasing a relentless barrage of energy attacks from his sword.
Inu no Taisho awoke feeling dizzy he winced as he tried to move. " don't move your severely hurt." a girls voice told him sternly. He looked up to see a young girl staring down at him with bright blue eyes medium length blonde hair and bright white skin.
" who are you and what are you doing here." he demanded.
" my names Saki and that other guy told me to stay here and make sure your ok." she replied pointing towards Jeff who was still battling the demon. Inu no Taisho watched as the other man fought his battle.
"I'm fine you may leave." Inu no Taisho told the human as he stood up and began stretching to ready himself to rejoin the battle.
" but the other guy said to.." Saki began.
" do as you please but I assure you it is in your best interest to leave and get as far away from this place as possible." Inu no Taisho warned before drawing his two swords and charging into battle. " this is my fight!" he screamed as he launched his own barrage of attacks at the demon.
" you how are you still alive!" the demon growled in anger as Inu no Taisho's first attack collided with his side. The demon then turned and whacked him away with his tail turning his attention back to Jeff for a second. " you saved his pathetic life didn't you, foolish demon even together you stand no chance." he chuckled. Before opening his mouth and launching an enormous energy beam at Jeff who swung his sword also releasing a beam of energy to counter it. When suddenly the giant demon leaped into the air barley avoiding Inu no Taisho's dragon twister that then collided with the energy beams Jeff was attempting to push back. But the second the dragon twister hit it became to much and overwhelmed him throwing him back in an explosion that would surly destroy him.
The demon landed back on his feet now facing Inu no Taisho. " one down and one weakling to go." he growled. Again Inu no Taisho began assaulting him with an endless barrage of attacks he could see the demon slowly weakening but could feel his own power dwindling at twice the rate. It wasn't until then that he had realized he stood no chance of beating this monster. While the blaze between the two demons continued Saki had found her way over to where Jeff's body laid propped against the only tree left standing for miles. She approached him to see if he was ok but stopped when she noticed something strange. There was a gaping hole in the boys stomach and the tree had begun to root itself throughout his body. She watched as the small roots quickly moved and planted them selves under his skin. His hair slowly fading from black to bright blue. She slowly approached him.
"demon are you ok?" she asked loudly but got no reply. She walked closer to him and leaned over him to listen to see if he was breathing. He wasn't he was dead. But just as she began to stand his head jerked back and his arm reached out and grabbed her pulling her to the ground so he was looking up directly at her. She stared deeply into his eyes unable to break his gaze she stared at the orange eyes with the three swirling tear drops where his pupils belonged. His hair was now completely blue a bright electric blue like nothing she had seen but she was to focused on his eyes she was unable to look away no matter how much she wanted to she was trapped he had already let her go but she was unable to move an inch. He slowly stood breaking the roots off inside him, his body instantly healing leaving only large dark scars all along his body. He continued to stare at her as she stood completely still lost in his gaze.
" stay here girl, put your hand on the tree and do not move no matter what." Jeff spoke in a calm tone. She did as she was told. He walked over to wear his sword lay on the ground and picked it up inspecting every inch of it as if it was some how different then before. Blue static began pulsating around his body and sword bolts of lightning flashing across his eyes as they also began in the sky. He slowly walked toward the battle before instantly in a flash was gone and before anyone had regained sight of him the great beast that Inu no Taisho had been battling for his life was flung into the side of a hill from a swift kick Jeff threw Inu no Taisho saw his opportunity for a quick rest and landed on the ground staring at the new fighter who had appeared seconds before that was now floating above like some sort of angel as lightning flashed periodically across the sky behind him. Then in a flash the fighter was gone. Inu no Taisho searched franticly for where he had disappeared to scanning the area thoroughly.
"Inu no Taisho." Jeff spoke calmly. As he took a step toward his father from behind.
" you.. your those eyes." Inu no Taisho stumbled back. " that movement those eyes!" he raised his voice in a panic. " your master Hatake!" he screamed at the man standing before him as he looked the man up and down in awe.
" pull your self together Inu no Taisho it does not matter who I am this battle is important and we must win." Jeff urged as he motioned toward the demon who was beginning to stand again. " that attack you did before.. the one when you first arrived."
" what about it?" Inu no Taisho questioned breathing heavily from his exhaustion.
" can you do it again?" Jeff asked.
" I can try but what good will that do it didn't work the first time!" Inu no Taisho replied frustrated.
" hes worn out now, and with my help it will work this time." Jeff assured him. Inu no Taisho nodded in agreement.
" WHERE ARE YOU!" the demon growled as he searched for the demon who had taken him by surprise.
" just wait here and wait for the right moment to strike." Jeff said as he disappeared in a flash and reappeared standing on the snout of the great demon. " i'm right here." Jeff spoke with amusement as he saw the fear and amazement in the dogs eyes.
" IT CANT BE YOU DONT EXIST OUTSIDE OF ME!" the demon shouted in frustration. As he stared into the swirling eyes.
" lets finish this monster, once and for all I will kill you now." Jeff said coldly ignoring the demons remark. Then a thick blue flash of lightning struck the very spot where he stood causing the great demon temporary blindness. While Jeff had disappeared a few hundred feet in front of him he had drawn his sword and lunged for the demons throat the thin blade glowing a bright blue surrounded with lightning. Even in his blindness he was able to sense the attack coming and attempted to avoid it but wasn't fast enough Jeff had missed his throat and sliced his left ear clean off. The demon howled in pain as his eye sight returned and he faced Jeff staring down at the demon that just assaulted him.( come on Inu no Taisho now is your chance his back is to you strike!) Jeff thought franticly waiting for his father to attack. And as though just in time the dragon twister appeared being pushed by the wind scar
" not this again." the demon laughed. He quickly turned around and released a large amount of energy again form his mouth to push it back.
" BACK LASH WAVE!" Inu no Taisho screamed putting every ounce of energy he had left into the final attack. The demon sneered and pushed all of his remaining power at Inu no Taisho in an attempt to finish him off. A large bolt of lightning struck where Jeff had been standing and in what seemed as the same instant the same happened on the side of Inu no Taisho who struggled to hold the demons power back. Jeff appeared in a flash sword at the ready running full speed into the backlash wave dragging the tip of his sword across the ground sending renegade lightning in every direction.
" WHAT ARE YOU DOING HATAKE!" Inu no Taisho screamed as he still struggled. But it was to late Jeff had jumped into the swirl of energy his blade vibrating and glowing bright blue. Everything had fallen silent the sound of destruction from the raging energy battle had seemed to disappear. The only sound that could be heard was as though a thousand birds chirped in union.
"LIGHTNING BLADE!" Jeff screamed as he raised his weapon off of the ground instantly slicing threw the attacks of both the demon and Inu no Taisho adding a swirling blue energy to the mix as he sliced up and toward the demon who pushed everything he had left into the attack in hopes of destroying the both of them. He failed Jeff had sliced threw with ease until he was inches from the great dog demon he closed his orange swirling eyes as he cut the demons mouth open and continued down the length of the demons body hes electric blue sword extending as the demon was cut in half. Once the demons body crumbled thousands of souls fled into the air in all directions. Jeff quickly sheathed his sword and drew a circle of blue energy in front of him. He held out his hand as his five finger tips glowed with five ancient symbols he pushed his hand into the circle causing it to shrink down to the size of his palm and in that instant a flash of blue light came across the battle field and disappeared as quickly as it came while Jeff stood holding the seal in his hand that now contained the all the corrupted souls that the demon controlled. With another great crack of lightning Jeff appeared directly in front of Inu no Taisho and slammed the seal onto his heart burning it into him. Causing him to scream in pain before he fell unconscious.
Please review i'm trying to bring the story back and finish it and again id love to hear some constructive criticism and your thought this chapter took a long time and a lot of thinking to figure out how I wanted it to go so let me know what you think thank you.- Anonymous.