I'm seriously considering doing a fanfiction of Inu no Taisho, Izayoi and Sesshomaru. I promise to make it EPIC if I do! But I have to finish the one I have started. And at the rate I'm going, I just might finish it. I plan on writing and updating at least once a day if not twice. I am on a serious roll here!
Inuyasha Regashi chapter 5: Fatal Comedy
Itaru stared down the weasel demon wielding his sword. Itaru's sword looked cracked in places—so cracked it looked as if it would shatter in one passing blow. There were white beads around the red hilt of the sword and also a cross shaped mark in the middle of the blade.
"HAHAHAA! What in the world are you going to do with that garbage, boy?" said the old weasel.
"Isn't it obvious? I'm gonna kick your ass!" Itaru declared.
"Oh you will need more than a half-broken sword to defeat us!" Riiko mocked
"Oh this half broken sword is enough to tan your hide!"
With that said Itaru's sword glowed red with little bits of light swirling around it.
"What is that thing?!" Inuyasha said "the demonic energy swirling around his sword is almost like that of the tetsusaiga!" Itaru charged at the weasel demons. He slashed to the right; a blow in which the demons dodged. He attacked again with the same outcome.
"You are too slow, boy!" niiko taunted.
'Ugh! They're too fast! I guess I'm going to have to take a more indirect approach!'
Then, Itaru held the sword up to the sun. the blade was swirling with energy. He slashed the air which released a golden crescent of light. The crescent of light hit one of the demons on the abdomen. The demon screeched in pain.
"Yeah! That's the way! Give 'em another one!" Shippo cheered.
Itaru did just that. This time, it took out one of the demon's legs.
"graaaah! You little maggot! I'll get you for that!"
"Not if you can catch me first!"
Itaru ran out of the room, trying to lead the demons away from the rest of the group "YOU GUYS! GET OU TOF HERE! ILL LEAD THEM AWAY!"
"OH NO YOU'RE NOT! YOU'RE NOT GONNA STEAL MY SPOTLIGHT!" Inuyasha said as he ran after them.
"Wow, Inuyasha sure does recover quick." Shippo said.
Itaru led the demons to the other side of the house.
"TAKE THIS! STEEL CLEAVER, SPIRIT SEALER!"
He clawed the face of the demon right behind him. "MY FACE! MY BEAUTIFUL FACE! YOU LITTLE BASTARD! YOU WILL PAY!"
The demon tackled Itaru and pinned him to the floor. The demon bared her fangs at him and prepared to bite off his head.
"HEY KID, WATCH OUT! WIND SCAR!" Inuyasha cried as he lifted his tetsusaiga in the air. He brought down the tremendous blade with a blinding wave of light. The wave tore through the weasel demon as she screeched in agony.
"SISTER MIKO!" The other demonesses cried. "YOU MAGGOT! PREPARE TO DIE!" The elder demoness threatened.
'Now is my chance! I haven't practiced in a while, but I think I can pull it off!' Itaru thought "OKAY HERE I GO! GET READY, YOU FILTHY WEASELS!"
Itaru raised his sword and cut the air in a star formation. Where he had cut the air, a red, five-point star appeared. "TAKE THIS! CRIMSON STAR!"He hit the star and sent it flying. The red star tore through the air while growing in size. The red star engulfed the weasel demons. It nearly missed Inuyasha by a hair.
"I GOT 'EM!"
"H-H-HEY KID! WATCH WHERE YOU'RE AIMING THAT THING!" Inuyasha yelled.
"Sorry!" Itaru apologized.
Miroku, Sango, Shippo, Meimei and Kagome came running down the hallway to see what had happened.
"Inuyasha! Itaru! Are you guys alright?" Miroku asked.
"Yeah, we're fine!" Itaru said.
"We just saw a gigantic red star go the other way, what in the world was that?" Sango asked.
"Oh yeah, that was me!" Itaru said scratching his head bashfully.
"What amazing strength! That was almost as powerful as the tetsusaiga!" Miroku said
"Feh! Not even close!"Inuyasha retorted.
"Really? You really think so?!" Itaru said.
"Neh! Neh neh neh neh neh nehnehneh!" (Yeah! You were really great Itaru!) Kagome said.
"Hey wait a minute! We aren't back to normal!" Inuyasha said. "Damn! I thought killing them would break the spell!"
"There must be some sort of antidote somewhere around here!" Miroku exclaimed.
"Alright then! Let's split up! Kagome and I will search the north and west wings; Miroku and Sango, you go to the east wing, and Itaru, Shippo and Meimei, you guys go to the south wing. If any of you guys find anything, whistle."
When everyone understood their orders, they split up and looked for an antidote to the demon weasel's magic sake. Kagome and Inuyasha looked in the kitchen but only found barrels of sake.
"Wow, so they make these things by the barrel full, huh?" Inuyasha said.
They continued to look around in the kitchen for any sort of clues, looking under bowls and in cupboards.
"Any sign of anything, Kagome?" Inuyasha asked.
"Neh neh." (Not here) Kagome answered. But then she looked inside a crack in the wall.
"Hmm. I wonder what this is." Kagome thought.
She reached inside of the crack to retrieve a piece of paper.
"Hmmm. It looks like a recipe. Okay, 37.85 liters of rice extract soaked in toad's blood, one fawn tail, three eyes of newt, and 20 human elbows?!"
"Neh nehnehneh! Neh neh nehneh!" (Hey Inuyasha! I found something!) Kagome said.
"Huh? Kagome, did you find something?"
Kagome held up the piece of paper to Inuyasha. "Hmm this must be their brew recipe. Well if there's a recipe, there has got to be a solution to counteract it. Let's keep looking."
Meanwhile, Itaru, Shippo and Meimei found a storehouse filled with barrels with strange characters.
"Hey, what are these? And what do they say?" Shippo asked.
"I don't recognize the characters. Do you think they came from the Continent?" Itaru wondered.
"Hmmm, it looks like tea, but it smells strong…" Meimei said. She reached a finger into the barrel and took a taste of the strange liquid.
"Hey Meimei! Be careful! It might be more of that magic sake!" Itaru warned.
"Don't worry, it's not. Ugh! It tastes putrid! It's so bitter!" Meimei said.
Shippo and Itaru stuck their fingers in the bitter liquid. They both stuck out their tongues in disgust. "Well, that was an enjoyable experience." Itaru said cynically. " I guess there is nothing useful in here." Itaru and Meimei turned to leave, leaving Shippo behind. 'For some strange reason, I want to drink more….' Shippo cupped his hands and drew out a handful of the bitter liquid. 'Hmmm, I guess if you get used to it, its not so bad. Actually, I'm starting to like it!' he drew out another handful and another and another.
On the east wing of the inn, Miroku and Sango searched through a hallway. "So far, nothing. I really hope we can find an antidote. I really don't want to be stuck sounding like this." Sango sighed. "It is quite alright, Sango; If we are meant to stay this way forever, I will surely accept you the way you are. Though I would have to ask you to refrain from speech for the rest of your life." Miroku said. Sango whacked Miroku over the head with her Hiraikotsu again. She hit him so hard that he fell backwards into the wall; only it wasn't a wall. Miroku fell down a chute with a thud. "Oh my goodness, Miroku! I didn't mean to hit that hard!" Sango apologized. "HEY SANGO! I FOUND SOMETHING!" Miroku yelled. Sango slid down the shoot with a whoosh and landed smartly on her bottom. It was dim, but there was a light in the corner. They were not alone. There were five women there with them. "Who are you and how did you guys get down here?" Sango asked. They could only hear muffled noises. "Oh, they have been gagged." Miroku said removing the strip of cloth from the oldest woman's mouth. "Oh thank heavens you found us! I didn't know how long we would be stuck here!" the old woman said. "Hey, wait, It's the innkeeper and her daughters!" Sango said. They removed the gags from the other four girls mouths. "Oh thank you ever so much! We thought that we would surely die here!" one of the girls said. "You are quite welcome, my good lady. Perhaps you could repay me by bearing my children?" Miroku said, holding the girl's hand. "You are only a child yourself…" the girl retorted. "Not exactly," Sango said. "We drank magic sake made by the weasel demons. It changed both of us and our friends."
"In that case, all of you must escape immediately!" one of the daughters said. "They will Kill you with your laughter and cut off your elbows!"
"You don't have to be afraid any longer. We have exterminated the demons and all is well. All that we are looking for is a way to turn ourselves back to normal. Do you know how we can reverse the spell?"
"No, I am sorry. Ever since those terrible demons came, we have been stuck here. Listening to the roaring laughter of the lodgers and then ultimately, their screams."
"Well have no fear. The demons are gone and you are now free." Miroku said.
Sango and Miroku helped the inn keepers out of their prison and out into the open. "Oh fresh air!" one of the daughters said. The women showered the two with gratitude when Inuyasha and Kagome came up. "Hey, are those the real inn keepers?" Inuyasha said. "Yes we are, miss. The weasel demons took over our beloved inn left by my husband and turned it into a factory of death! My daughters and I are forever in your debt!" the old woman said. "Don't mention it." Inuyasha said. We just need to find a way to get back to normal. "As I have told your companions, we do not know how to counteract the magic sake that you all consumed."
"FUCK! Don't tell me I have to be a woman for the rest of my life!?" Inuyasha said.
"NEEEHHHH! NE NEH NEH NEH NEH!" (Nooo! I can't stay like this!)
"Hey you guys." Itaru greeted.
"Itaru, did you find anything?" Sango asked.
"No, not really. All we found was a storage room full of this really weird, bitter liquid that looked like dirty tea."
"Sigh. I guess we will never get back to normal." Miroku said defeatedly.
"No! Don't say that! Where there's a will there's a way, right?!" Meimei said determedly.
"Yeah but…" Sango began.
All of a sudden, they heard a funny noise coming from down the hallway. It was Shippo transformed and rolling through the hall.
"Shippo?! What are you doing?!" Inuyasha said.
Shippo stopped right in front of them and reverted to his original form.
"HEYGUYSWHATSUPIHOPEYOUFONDSO METHINGTOTURNYOUGUYSBACKWHOA RETHESEPEOPLEARETHEYTHEINNKE EPERSTHATSOOOOOOCOOL!"
"Uh…Shippo? Are you okay?" Itaru asked.
"WHATAREYOUTALKINABOUTINEVERF ELTBETTERIFOUNDTHISSTUFFINAS TORAGEROOMDOWNTHEHALLWAYANDI TTASTESAAAAAMAAAAAAAAAAAAAZZ ZZZZIIIIIIINGGGGGGG!YOUGUYSSHOULDREALLYREALLYREA LLYTRYIT!"
Before they knew it, Shippo was bouncing off of the walls. "AHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAHAH!HAHAHAHAAHAHAAA!"
"Neh nehneh! Neh neh neh neh neh neh neh neh neh?" (wait Shippo? What did you find in that storage room?)
"Shippo! What the hell is the matter with you!?" Inuyasha shouted.
"IFOUNDTHISSTUFFINTHESTORAGER OOM!ILLSHOWYOUWHEREITISCOMESEECO MESEECOMESEE!"
Shippo was still bouncing like a ball as he led the group to the storage room where he found the bitter drink.
"THISISWHEREIFOUNDIT!ITSCOOLHHUHUHUH!?:"
"We found this stuff earlier. It smells terribly strong and it tastes terrible too!" Itaru explained.
"hmmmm. It says…. Kah-feh?" Miroku analyzed.
"Neh-neh? N'ohhhhh nehneh!" (Kah-feh? Ohhhh coffee!)
"Kah-feh? What the heck is that?" Inuyasha grunted.
"I believe I have heard about this coffee. It is said that it came from the continent and that it can give a man tremendous strength and that one cup can enable a man to work in a field for ten hours and not get tired! But it is also said that only the very rich can afford it."
"Then what is it doing here?" Sango asked.
"My deceased husband's brother is a lord and he had no use for it. So he gave it to us as a gift of comfort after his death. But we had no use for it, the lodgers never liked it. I suppose it is an acquired taste that is reserved for the wealthy." The old woman said.
'Wait a minute, that's right! My uncle, whenever he drank too much, he drank a cup of coffee to counteract the depressant qualities in the alcohol! And he was always fine the next day! Maybe, just maybe, this can work too!' Kagome thought. Kagome took a step forward towards the barrel of coffee and took a handful of the coffee.
"Kagome! Be careful! We don't know what's in there!" Inuyasha said. But Kagome ignored his warning and gulped down the coffee. Immediately, her tongue felt tingly and she felt the swelling going down. Soon enough, her tongue was back to normal.
"It worked! It really worked!" Kagome cheered.
"Amazing! The coffee reversed the spell on Kagome's tongue!" Sango exclaimed.
"ME NEXT!" Inuyasha said, shoving the others out of the way. He dunked his whole head in the coffee barrel and drank deep. The weight on his chest started to become lighter. When Inuyasha pulled his head out, he was completely recovered. "Wow! That's a weight off of my chest for sure!" Inuyasha said hitting his flat chest. "and my voice is back to normal too! Now just one more thing…" Inuyasha looked into his pants and cheered "YES! HAHA! IM ALL MAN ONCE AGAIN!"
"Alright! I guess it's time for me!" Miroku scooped up handfuls of the coffee. And before their very eyes, Miroku started to grow. When he was done he had reverted to a man.
"Ahhh it feels so very good to be a man again."
"Alright, here I go!" Sango declared. Sango drank the coffee and felt a scratchy feeling in her throat. "Ahh! My voice!"
"Hooray! Everyone is normal again!" Meimei cheered.
"Thank goodness! Would you all like to stay for the night as a thanks from us?" the old inn keeper said.
The group looked at each other with questioning eyes. "Ummm no thanks. I think we should be on our way..!" Kagome said.
"Oh what a pity then!"
When Inuyasha and the gang packed up their belongings, they bid the innkeeper and her four daughters goodbye. They rejoice over the day's victory and anticipate the next just over the horizon.
But meanwhile, they are not aware that they are being watched.
"Who are those children, Kagura?" said a deep and raspy voice.
"How should I know? They appeared out of nowhere and they said that they would vow to avenge their parent's death. Is there another inu-hanyou that you just so happened to have killed?"
"Do you think I take a steady tally of who many people I slay?" The voice said, with a hint of annoyance.
"Could have fooled me. I thought you just killed people sometimes for kicks, Naraku."
"Find out who they are. Bring them to me if you have to. They look quite familiar and I want to know if I am right.