Inuyasha regashi

Itaru and the Abducted Meimei

Hahaha! Two chapters back to back! Making up for the time I wasted doing nothing.

"Meimei! Meimei! Where are you? I thought you said you were going to go pee! " Itaru called. Ahead of him, he saw a serpentine creature floating throught the air with an orb of light. 'a demon! I have to find Meimei before she gets into trouble!' "Meimei! Where are you! Meimei!"

"what is your name, little girl?" The priestess said. Meimei could not find the words to speak, she shook in fear of the woman standing in front of her.

"have no fear child, I will not harm you. Just tell me your name and where you come from and I will let you go." The priestess assured.

"why do you want to know my name?" Meimei asked. The priestess stared at her, expecting an answer.

"my name is Meimei, and that's all im going to tell you!" Meimei said stubbornly. The priestess giggled. "you're just like him, in every way."

"just like who?" she shouted, getting annoyed, despite her fear."you'd better let me go! Or you'll be sorry! Ill tell Inuyasha to beat you up!" Meimei threatened.

"I doubt it little one. Inuyasha and I are old acquaintances." The priestess said. suddenly they heard footsteps coming in their direction. "Meimei!" Itaru broke through the bushes and before the priestess and Meimei. "Itaru! You came!"

"I thought you said you were going to go pee, not get yourself in trouble!" Itaru scolded.

"shut up! Oh! You got tetsusaiga!" Meimei said.

"yeah I did, and now we can go home!"

"what business have you with tetsusaiga?" the priestess said.

"who the hell are you! And what—wait a minute…" Itaru took a closer look at the priestess and suddenly realized who she was. "are…are you miss Kikyo?"

"yes. My name is Kikyo. Your father told you about me, did he?" she walked closer to Itaru, her soul collectors dragging Meimei "hey! Put me down!"

"no, actually, our mother told us about you…" Itaru said. Kikyo stood in front of him and gave him a kiss on the cheek. "your mother, eh? That makes you practically mine."

Itaru blushed furiously at the brazen gesture and Meimei gagged in disgust. Itaru brushed her hands away from him, "Back off! What my father did with you has nothing to do with us, so leave us alone!"

"I came to ask you, what business have you here in this dimension? And why do you have the tetsusaiga?" Kikyo asked.

"why do you want to know?"

"answer my question."

"its none of your business!"

"did you come through the well, too?"

Itaru froze. There was no way that Kikyo was going to let him off easy. "so what if we did?"

"does Inuyasha know who you are?"

"so what if he doesn't?"

"im going to ask you one more time, why are you here in this dimension? You do not belong here, just as your mother doesn't." Kikyo said.

"who asked you for your opinion?" Itaru spat.

Suddenly, a great wind blew over them, sending them to their knees. Above them appeared a man on a paper origami crane.

"Byakuya of the illusion!"

….

Inuyasha woke up to a sound in the forest and looked around to see Meimei and Itaru gone. 'Meimei and Itaru are gone. Where could they be?' he reached for his tetsusaiga, only to grasp air. 'my tetsusaiga! Where is it?' "Itaru? Meimei? Hey where are you?" he roused the rest of the group, who croaked and groaned with fatigue. "what is it Inuyasha? Is something wrong?"

"Meimei and Itaru are gone, and so is the tetsusaiga!"

The group stood alert and fully awake. "the tetsusaiga? Do you think that they are in any danger?" sango asked.

"I don't know, but I need to get my tetsusaiga back!" Inuyasha said, running into the forest.

"Inuyasha! Wait for us! Kagome called.

"if they took the tetsusaiga because theyre in danger, we cant wait Kagome!"

"he is right. Inuyasha and I will go ahead." Miroku said.

The two ran into the forest and disappeared.

"I don't think that's what happened Kagome…" Shippo moaned.

"what do you mean, Shippo?" Kagome said.

"maybe I was dreaming, but I saw Itaru reaching for tetsusaiga all secret-like. If he were in any danger, he could of just asked us for help." Shippo said groggily.

"hmmm you're right Shippo. We'd better join the guys and see what is really going on." Sango said.

….

"oh hello there Kikyo. I didn't expect to see you here." Byakuya greeted.

"what are you doing here, Byakuya?" Kikyo said, drawing her bow and arrow.

"I didn't come here to fight you, Kikyo. I came for the girl." Byakuya said pointing to Meimei.

"for the girl? What business does Naraku have with her?" Kikyo asked.

"both of those children hold the powers of both a strong demon and an equally strong priestess. When those powers combine, they create an amazing force that is to be reckoned with. Im sure you are aware of this."

"so Naraku wants to use Meimei and her brother and absorb their powers?" Kikyo said

"yup. And guess who he sent to fetch her?" Byakuya said. suddenly, large vines erupted from the ground, capturing Meimei, Kikyo and Itaru.

"grrrr let us go you bastard!" Itaru shouted.

"nah ah ah. No struggling, or the little girl gets choked." Byakuya threatened. To back up his threat, a vine closed around her neck causing Meimei to gasp.

"Meimei!"

"see? I told you. Now if you don't mind, I'll be off. " Byakuya said.

"Byakuya would have gotten away, but a chain scythe flew through the air and sliced open the vines, releasing the captured victims.

"lady Kikyo! Im sorry I was late!" kohaku said.

"Byakuya, is it? you messed with the wrong kid, today! Prepare to have your ass handed to you!" Itaru threatened. He drew Sutasaiga and the cracks in the blade grew white and swirled with purified spiritual energy. 'I cant let anything happen to Meimei now. We are so close to saving mother and father!'

'his sword is activating, even though he is human right now…'

"have my ass handed to me? please, the only thing that will be handed to me is that girl!" Byakuya said.

Byakuya summoned a giant blue ogre from the ground. Its eyes glowed a fierce red and bared its yellow fangs. It towered above the tall pine trees with its sharp, menacing horns while Byakuya stood beside it on his giant paper crane.

"This is great! I get to have some midnight exercise!" Itaru said.

"Me too!" Meimei echoed.

"Meimei! Run and hide, its you hes after!" Itaru warned.

"No way! Why do you get to have all the fun around here! Its not fair!" Meimei complained.

"Meimei! This isn't a game! Get away!' Itaru shouted

"No I won't!"

"While you two are bickering, this demon could be slain by now." Kikyo said cooly. 'just like your parents.'

Kikyo drew her arrow and shot right at the demon's head. The arrow pierced through byakuya's barrier, but was also absorbed.

'Damn him! He is putting up the same barrier that Naraku puts up! My sacred arrows are just getting absorbed!'

"Hahaha! Lady Kikyo, after all this time, did you really think that Naraku would leave him and me vulnerable to your sacred arrows?" byakuya said. the arrow reappeared in the barrier, the point pointing in her direction. The arrow was launched and was headed straight for Kikyo. "lady Kikyo!" Kohaku tackled her to get her out of harm's way.

"now is my chance! Adamant barrage!" Itaru cried. The metal of Itaru's sword broke into many diamond-like pieces and shot towards Byakuya's barrier. It went through the barrier and cut off his right arm.

"Damn you! How did you break through?" Byakuya hissed.

"Beats me, but with knowing that I can pierce through your barrier, you're done!" Itaru closed his eyes and lifted his fists in the air and gathered them to him in a pose.

"EXPLODIIIIIINNNNGGGGGGGG…ADAMANT BARRAGE!."

Byakuya felt the diamond blades inside the barrier gather demonic energy from him and the ogre "w-w-what's happening here?"

"IJIRI YA HAKAIIIIIIIIII*!" Itaru shouted.

The diamond projectiles inside of byakuya's barrier exploded and destroyed the ogre, but badly injuring Byakuya. "alright….i did it….!" panted, collapsing to the ground.

'Heh…sutasaiga saps too much of my energy when I'm human…'

'He collapsed. Perhaps the sword is too powerful for him to handle…

"YAAAY ITARU!" Meimei cheered. Unbeknownst to her, a large vine was headed her way. Kikyo sensed this, and turned to see just that. "MEIMEI! WATCH OUT!" but it was too late. The vine grabbed a hold of her, lifting her in the air screaming.

"ITARU HELP ME!"

"MEIMEI!"

Kohaku threw his scythe at the vine, but only to be deflected by another one. The vine dropped Meimei into the barrier and onto the paper crane.

"I can't….move!" Meimei grunted.

"Meimei! Hold on I'm coming!"

Kikyo just stared at the two. She heard voices in the forest, 'Inuyasha and his companions are coming this way…'

"Come Kohaku, Inuyasha approaches…"

"But lady Kikyo, are we just going to leave those two?" Kohaku protested.

"They are none of my concern." Kikyo said cooly.

"Oh…okay then."

Byakuya sped away on paper crane towards a rocky cliff.

"BYAKUYA!"

"See ya kid! Nice knowing you!" Byakuya said, his body in tatters.

"ITARUUU!" Meimei screeched.

"MEIMEI!" Itaru yelled. He ran as fast as his human legs could carry him. 'DAMMIT! Sunrise is still an hour away!if I were in my demon form, this would be a snap!'

Itaru watched as the edge of the cliff quickly approached, 'I have to catch them before Byakuya gets away!'

Inuyasha, Miroku, Sango, Shippo and Kagome had almost caught up with Itaru and Meimei.

"There they are! And Byakuya is there too!" Inuyasha said.

"Meimei!" they heard Itaru yell in the distance.

"Hey Inuyasha! I think that they are in trouble!" Sango said.

"Let's go then!"

Itaru gave his last ounce of strength to sprint after Meimei and her captor. "Meimei hold on I've got ya!" Itaru launched himself from the edge of the cliff towards them reaching his hand out.

"MEIMEI!"

"ITARUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!" Byakuya ripped away at the last second, widening the gap between brother and sister.

"NO ITARUUUUUUUU NOOOOOOOOOOO!"

Itaru felt as gravity pulled him down like a lead weight. He looked down to the lethal drop below and felt tears come to his eyes. 'no…this can't be the end of me…father…mother…Meimei…my family and friends…I'm going to perish here…I couldn't save you all…I'm so sorry…"

Time seemed to slow down as he fell from the sky into the rocky canyon below.

'Goodbye everyone…' he watched mournfully as his sister disappeared;

"OH NO! ITARU!" Kagome shouted, pointing at Itaru's falling body.

"Go Kilala!" Sango commanded. The little cat demon transformed and leapt into the air. Kilala caught Itaru by the sleeve and tossed him onto her back.

Kilala landed in front of the group and set him down. "Itaru! Itaru! Are you okay?" Kagome shouted.

"He's unconscious. Probably out of fear." Miroku said

"What was Byakuya doing here?" Inuyasha wondered.

"And where is Meimei?" Kagome asked frantically.

"We'd better find her soon, I have a feeling that Naraku is behind this…"

Inuyasha got up and walked towards where tetsusaiga had been dropped. 'what did Itaru want with my sword…?'Inuyasha thought. 'it doesn't make any sense. He has his own sword that is just as good, as much as I'd hate to admit it.' suddenly, he felt tetsusaiga pulsate; then, Inuyasha saw a blue light in the shape of a sword heading straight for him. It landed in front of Inuyasha and stuck itself into the ground. 'Itaru's sutasaiga…how did it get here?' then he felt the tetsusaiga shake violently, as did the sutasaiga. 'They're reacting to each other…what is going on here…?'

"It looks as if tetsusaiga called sutasaiga. Why do you think that is, Inuyasha?" Kagome said to him.

"How should I know? It just pulsated and then bam here it is!"

"That's quite perplexing. Tetsusaiga is like no other sword of its kind, having a will of its own and being able to protect its master. But it also is connected with its sister sword, tenseiga. When either one of them is near, they react to its presence. That is only because they were forged from the same fang: your father's fang…" Miroku explained.

"Which means…that if sutasaiga and tetsusaiga are reacting to each other, that must mean…" Sango began.

"There was another sword my old man left made from his fang?" Inuyasha said. an expression of shock crossed Inuyasha's face. 'this doesn't make sense…neither Myoga, Totosai or that bastard Sesshomaru mentioned sutasaiga's name…but yet this kid has it…' Inuyasha looked at the unconscious boy, 'who is he…?

~*0*~

"Lady Kazuka! We are going in absolute circles! Are ye sure we are going the right way?" a small form said, perched on the shoulder of a young girl.

"Ryoga, what did I say about questioning me?" the little girl said coldly. "well ye did, but it is your father that put me in charge of thee while you are on this journey-

"My father isn't here, now is he?" the girl named Kazuka said curtly.

"….do ye wish for me to answer that….?" Said the one named Ryoga.

The girl Kazuka snatched the little person and squeezed her in between her fingers. "Now you listen here, you little tick youkai: my father is not here. The one doesn't know that he is, does not even know of our existence. So if you wish to live, you will do as I command."

"Yes miss! Anything ye say, m'lady! It is just that I am concerned for ye safety, especially now on your vulnerable night! If the great one finds out that anything happened to ye, my head will be sent flying!"

"This Kazuka does not need your worthless concern." Kazuka said flicking Ryoga away.

"Aye, m'lady…" 'sigh…she is her daddy's little girl…but even if she is the princess of the western lands, that does not give her the right to treat me, her faithful handmaid, ryoga the tick, like an insect!' ryoga thought, staring at the little girl. The little girl was about seven years old, but had the wisdom of an adult. Her hair, at the moment, was jet black and styled in a delicately organized braid design that was reserved for princesses such as herself. Her triangular ears were black as well and adorned with little earrings. She wore a white mokomoko (*or the scientific term: fluffy) around her neck. Despite being a girl, she wore red and black armor and one shoulder pad. She wore a black and red kimono,tied with a striped obi belt that reached the bottom of her feet that were shod with little booties made with the finest silk. Last but not least, at her side was a delicately ornamented rapier* in a black sheath.

"m'lady, are ye anxious to see ye father at all?" Ryoga said, reclaiming her place on her shoulder.

"I did not come here for that, Ryoga. Remember our mission: to watch over my dear cousins to make sure they are alright and that they do not do anything stupid.

Now that was a good chapter! Yay! Speaking of chapters, im going to reload the chapter where they were in the weasel demon's inn. If you have noticed, where Shippo is on his caffeine high, there are just exclamation points, but he is saying something. So im going to try and remedy that. Until next time, that's all folks!

Ijiri ya hakai: crush and destroy

Rapier: a slender, sharply pointed sword, ideally used for thrusting attacks,