Inuyasha Regashi
Dear fanfictioneers (or fanfictioners or whatever…):
I apologize for the terribly long wait for this chapter. I regret to inform you that my faithful friend, strawberry shortcake (my pink netbook) had to be taken to the ICU (aka computer discount) because of a damaged hard drive, and possibly some sort of virus. I was unable to access my files for the longest time and it wasn't until yesterday that I was able to take my files off of the old damaged hard drive and put it on my flash. But I am here now, at the library typing this story for you ( see how devoted I am?) my little friend will be out soon as soon as my mother gets her check and we can get her out with a new internal hard drive and a new windows 7. Thankyou all for your patience with me. I still intend to finish it before summer is over, which means that I have less than 10 days left.
Thanks.
3 GoDdEsS oF tHe AbYsS
LEGENDS PT. 2
Inuyasha, Itaru and Miroku set out for their next mission before the sun rose. It took them nearly two and a half days to get to their destination. Finding the town was quite difficult, for it was located deep in the mountains. It was quite cold and windy in the tall peaks; the group had not expected to travel in such demanding weather. For Inuyasha and Itaru, it was nothing that they could not handle. Miroku on the other hand, found it difficult to face the biting wind.
"here Miroku, take this." Inuyasha said giving his fire-rat robe to his friend.
"Inuyasha…what about you?" Miroku said, chattering.
"honestly, Miroku? After all that we have been through, you still think that im susceptible to things such as the cold?" Inuyasha scoffed.
"well, you are half human. Don't forget that." Miroku muttered.
"keh!" Inuyasha spat.
"hey pa, to be completely fair, though, I feel a little chilly too…" Itaru said shivering as well.
"YOU GUYS!
When they finally reached the town, it seemed like every other ordinary town. People running here and there, going about their errands like normal.
"well, it looks like a pretty normal town to me." Itaru said.
"don't be fooled, son. There could be a demon roaming around anywhere. You just have to keep your eyes open." Inuyasha said.
Miroku stopped to ask an old peasant who passed next to them. "excuse me, good sir. Could you tell us where the great house of this town is located?"
"why do ye wish to know where it is? There are demons haunting that house! My advice is to stay away from that place!" said the old man.
"do not worry. We are the demon exterminators that the master of the great house requested." Miroku said.
"oh! So you are the demon slayers! We have heard many rumors about there being a band of superb demon exterminators called the Musashi slayers; would you happen to them?"
"well we are only two out of the four. But I am sure that we will be sufficient enough to slay this demon." Miroku said.
"good, good, good! I will gladly show you the way!" said the old man.
The old man led the three to the other side of town, when they reached it, it was empty and quiet.
"hmmm…I suppose the townspeople heard of the demon haunting the palace and thought it would be best to move away as far as possible." Miroku hypothesized.
"yes, this is true. I once lived next to the palace, making my living as a potter. But soon, strange things started to happen. Sometimes, I would wake up and see that all my pottery would be broken, and sometimes the fire in my kiln would flare up wildly. Once, I was badly burned, so my son convinced me to come and live with him and his family. Since then, more and more people have moved away from the palace." Explained the old man.
The three walked on in meditative silence until they stopped a few yards away from the walled palace.
"this is as far as I can safely take you. None go near the great house in fear that the demon will latch onto one of us. good luck to you!" said the old man.
The group stopped and observed the palace for a moment. it seemed like any other palace: high, stone walls, and what seemed to be a spacious front yard. But the gate was wide open and it was eerily quiet inside.
"well, nothing looks out of the ordinary, other than the gate being open." Itaru said.
"its quiet. Too quiet…" Inuyasha said.
Suddenly, a lout shriek pierced the deep silence. The three ran into the palace and saw a woman standing over a broken vase.
"oh, that was it?" Itaru whined.
"oh nooo! This vase was worth a fortune! The master will surely be wroth!" moaned the woman. She looked up to see the three standing there. "what art thou doing here, strangers? Do ye not know of the demon haunting this palace?!" said the woman.
"yes, we have. As a matter of fact, we are the demon exterminators that the master of this house called upon." Miroku explained.
"oh! So you are the famous Musashi demon exterminators! We have been yearning for your arrival! But i thought that there were four…?" said the woman.
"we are only two out of the four. And this is my friend's son." Miroku said.
"oh!"
"before we do anything, tell us when this all started." Inuyasha said.
"well, this all started a few weeks ago, when my lord went to travel to see his relatives in the west. Upon his return, he was in a hurry to get back to the palace, so he took a short cut through a battlefield…"
"a battlefield?" Inuyasha muttered.
"after he returned, strange things began to happen. The servants became possessed and tried to attack my lord. My only guess is that the spirit or demon haunting this place is after the Glasses of time…"
"the glasses of time? What are those?" Itaru asked.
"I am under oath not to tell you. You see, the lord of this house was charged to keeping the glasses of time. Here in the mountains, it is protected from malicious souls that would want to use them for evil." Explained the woman.
"well, what are we waiting for? Lets go slay that demon!" Itaru said.
"lead us to your master." Miroku said.
The woman ushered them inside, where it was empty and quiet.
"this is so strange, where did everyone go?" Itaru asked.
"the majority of the servants here tried to escape the palace, but when they passed the walls, they all died." Said the woman.
"really? Just by stepping outside of the palace walls?" said Miroku.
"aye." replied the woman.
"and yet you didn't?" Inuyasha said.
"oh me? I have served the master since he was a babe in arms, I would not leave him." Said the woman.
"hmmmm…." Inuyasha muttered.
The woman led them to a great hall, with lamps at either side. At the end of the hall, was a door that was plastered with sutras.
"the master told us that it was perhaps the best if he were sealed inside of the shrine where the Glasses of Time were protected. No one has entered since." Said the woman.
The woman went up to the door and rapped three times.
"who goes there?!" commanded a voice from the inside.
"it is I, master. The demon slayers have arrived." Replied the woman.
"bid them entrance!" said the lord.
"first, I must remove these sutras." Miroku said. He began peeling the sutras off of the door. When he was finished, they entered the room where the master sat in the middle of two giant hour glasses. One was white, with vines and flowers winding itselves around it. the opposite one on the left, was black wrapped in thorns. In both of them, red liquid dripped slowly to the bottom.
"hey, pa…is that blood?" Itaru asked nervously.
"it looks like it." Miroku said.
"I am the lord of this house and the keeper of these ancient relics, the Glasses of Time." Said the lord. The lord looked to the servant woman and the woman turned to close the door. When she looked away, she grinned maliciously.
"what are these Glasses of Time, and what do they do?" Miroku asked.
"The Glasses of Time are ancient relics created by the gods to keep record of the souls that have passed on. The glass on the right keeps record of the good souls that enter heaven and the glass on the left keeps a record of the evil souls. My family has the responsibility of protecting them. For if they are disturbed, chaos will follow." The lord explained.
"please tell us, when did you notice a demon or spirit was haunting your house?" Miroku asked.
"when I returned from a journey to the west visiting my relatives. I wanted to return here as soon as possible. So I thought it would be quicker to go through the Valley of Rain…"
"Valley of Rain?" Inuyasha muttered.
"aye. but when we got there, it turned out to be a demon's battlefield. I was not afraid, so I urged my men to go forward. But I suppose that a vengeful spirit followed us home." Said the lord.
"well, in that case, I suppose we will have to stay here and wait for the demon to reveal itself." Miroku said.
"aye. Sara, please prepare a meal for our guests." Said the master.
The woman did not respond.
"Sara?"
The woman started to chuckle and a demonic aura leaked from her.
"heh, I guess we don't have to stay for too long!" Inuyasha said.
"heheheh, you fell right into my trap, Inuyasha. Now I will finally have my revenge!" said the woman. A pair of black wings ripped from out of the woman's back. The woman was enveloped in a red light and reappeared as a tall demon, with black spiky hair and horns protruding out of his head. His skin was a pale green that matched his scaly armor.
"Inuyasha… I intend on fulfilling my mission. My soul will not rest until you and your brother are dead." Said the demon.
" Ryukoshi! I thought that you would be happy to see your father again—in hell!" Inuyasha spat, drawing the tetsusaiga
"Ryukoshi? Who is that?" Itaru asked.
"Ryukoshi is the one who sought to wage war on Sesshomaru and his territory. From what Inuyasha tells me, he is the son of Ryukotsusei: the one your grandfather sealed away, and your father killed 200 years afterwards."
"yes. I am the son of the great Ryukotsusei, the ruler of the northern lands. He was worshipped by many, feared by all. My father and yours were allies at one time. My father offered yours an opportunity to expand his territory if he would just kill all of the humans in japan. But your father was a sentimental old fool! He refused to kill the humans because he consorted with a human whore. Oh, was that your mother?" Ryukoshi said. Inuyasha only gave a growl as a reply.
"my apologies. But its no wonder that your clan is dying. It may not seem like it, but your brother is struggling. What is a ruler without his subjects? he is having such a hard time ruling his land, that he had to ask you, a worthless, weak hanyou to help him!" Ryukoshi said.
"well that's funny, considering I killed you and your 'almighty' father. I guess you're the weak one!" Inuyasha shouted charging at him. He dodged his attack and landed not far from the glasses of time.
"Itaru! Protect the lord and the Glasses of Time!" Inuyasha commanded.
"got it!" Itaru said, drawing his sword but nearly dropping it.
Ryukoshi cut of a tuft of his hair and formed it into a naginata. He swung the weapon and released little orbs of energy that exploded. Itaru dodged the energy orbs, but stumbled and fell on his rear.
'I guess he isn't as nimble as his father…that may be a problem…' miroku thought.
Inuyasha and Ryukoushi clashed and were deadlocked.
"why can't you accept defeat? I thought you dragons were supposed to be wise and all that!" inuyasha sneered.
"listen to you, a little man that is half my age trying to teach me a lesson! It was enough that your worthless son of a bitch father had the audacity to put down the one who put him where he was; but then, having his half breed son take his place and kill my father—IT IS INEXCUSABLE!"
Ryukoushi broke through inuyasha's defenses and pushed him back. Itaru charged at ryukoushi and swung wildly at the demon. Ryukoushi dodged his attacks easily and then backhanded the boy. He was knocked back through the wall.
"itaru! Stay back! He's too powerful!" inuyasha shouted.
Miroku stood by protecting the lord mentally cursing himself. 'I guess that losing my wind tunnel wasn't so bad. If I still had it, that demon would be gone by now…' miroku said, looking down at his hand. 'I suppose im going to have to use the powers I already have!'
Miroku whipped out a bunch of sutras and threw them at Ryukoushi. They circled around him and paralyzed him. Ryukoushi's eyes glowed red and his fangs grew.
"itaru, you wanted practice, now is your chance! Use your crimson star and kill him!" inuyasha shouted.
"b-b-but I don't know if it will form right!" itaru said.
"just do it!" inuyasha commanded.
"alright!" itaru said. He concentrated the flow of demonic energy into his sword until the cracks in the sutasaiga glowed red. He cut the air in a star formation, forming red beams in front of him. He whipped the sword around the image and cried "CRIMSON STAR!" the star tore through the air and grew in size. But Ryukoushi was beginning to break through the barrier. When he did, the sutras burned and a wave of demonic energy and dispersed the crimson star.
"what?!"
"damn! He broke through at the last second!" inuyasha cursed.
"you think that your little runt son can destroy me?! Don't get so cocky!" Ryukoushi charged at itaru at a blinding speed. He grabbed the boy by the neck and choked him hard, digging his razor sharp claws into his neck. Blood began to leak out of his neck and onto Ryukoushi's hand as Itaru let out a choked gasp.
"how fitting, I can mingle your blood with my sake and eat your father's heart for dinner! Inuyasha, are you prepared to watch your son die before you?!" Ryukoushi threatened.
"LET GO OF MY SON!" inuyasha commanded. He slashed at Ryukoushi , but dodged him. Itaru's eyes closed and felt his body become cold and limp.
"heheh, it looks like his grandfather will be seeing him sooner than his son will! What a charming family reunion that will be!" suddenly, Ryukoushi felt a grip on his arm. it was itaru, emitting strong doses of spiritual energy. The place where Itaru's skin and Ryukoushi's made contact, caused Ryukoushi's skin to erode. Then a blast of energy exploded between the two, knocking them in opposite directions. Ryukoushi into the wall and itaru into the black glass of time. The glass of time tipped and began to topple over.
"NO! YOU MUSTN'T LET THE GLASSES OF TIME FALL! GREAT CALAMITY WILL BEFALL US!" said the lord.
Inuyasha rushed over to the glass and caught it just in time. some of the liquid from the bottom leaked into the top, but otherwise it was safe.
"inuyasha! Itaru!" miroku cried.
"well, it looks like we'll have to take this outside; its getting a little crowded in here, don't you think, Ryukoushi?" inuyasha suggested.
"I've done what I needed to do here,so im afraid that I should postpone our little rendezvous. My sincerest apologies, but rest assured, inuyasha: your head will be a trophy for the hall of my ancestors!" Ryukoushi said.
"Don't tell me you're running away!?" inuyasha said, running after the demon. Unfortunately, he disintegrated before his eyes and vanished.
"damn that overgrown, yellow bellied lizard!" inuyasha spat.
"itaru! Are you alright?" miroku said, crouching over itaru, who began to regain consciousness.
"what happened? Did we beat Ryukoushi?" itaru asked.
"no, he got away." Miroku said.
"ughhh…uncle wont be happy when he hears about this…" itaru moaned.
"thank you so much, my good sirs! I had no idea that the demon had inhabited the body of my dear nursemaid! Now I can finally live in peace, for a time at least." Said the lord.
"sir, you said that great calamity would follow if the Glasses of time were disrupted. Do you remember what actually would happen should this occur?" miroku asked.
"unfortunately, I do not know. My nursemaid was the only remaining one who knew what would happen if the Glasses of time were disrupted. Now that she is no more, and all of the other servants are dead, there is no one who knows. She was going to tell me what would happen when I arrived home, but when that demon haunted the palace, I suppose she simply forgot about it…" said the lord.
"hmmm…" miroku mused.
Later that evening, the three men were sent on their way with a cart full of goods, which were to be split in half between the two men. Inuyasha thought that it would be necessary to see sesshomaru and tell him that their rival Ryukoushi was not dead. When they reached the castle, the guards allowed him entrance.
"who goes there?! You had better know that the lord does not see anyone without invitation—" came a familiarly nasally voice. Jaken hopped from the shoji onto the front porch."oh inuyasha, its just you. What do you want!?" squawked jaken.
"shut up, toad! Im just here to talk to my brother, that's all!" inuyasha spat.
"well, you're too late! Lord Sesshomaru is not here! Now leave!" jaken commanded.
"Grrr…why you…" inuyasha growled.
"little demon, be kind to our visitors." Said a voice from inside. A tall slender figure appeared behind the little demon and revealed Sesshomaru's mother.
"lady mother!" jaken exclaimed.
"Tomono." Inuyasha muttered.
"what have you come here for?" said Tomono.
"I just came here to give Sesshomaru some bad news, that's all." Inuyasha said.
"and that would be?" tomono said.
"its Ryukoushi…he's come back from the dead: with a vengeance. I should have known that a overgrown lizard like him wouldn't go down easily…"
"you should know well that any full blooded demon of any caliber wont go down without a fight, inuyasha. But then again, you're just a half demon, I shouldn't be surprised." Said Tomono.
"so where is sesshomaru?" inuyasha asked.
"my son and his mate are away to survey the lands, they should be back in two days. But in any case, I will send word to him as soon as possible of Ryukoushi's reappearance." Tomono informed.
"thanks. That's all I wanted." Inuyasha said. The group turned to leave.
"so that is uncle's mother? She is the most beautiful woman I've ever seen!" itaru said.
"I agree. She is quite stunning. But im sure that her looks are not the only things that are good; I sensed an intense amount of demonic energy from her. She is sesshomaru's mother alright…" miroku concurred.
"yeah, I guess. Lets go home you guys…" inuyasha said.
When they finally got home, it was dawn the next day. Their families greeted them with open arms and all was well once more. The village was quiet and peaceful, miroku and kagome made their rounds, taking care of the elderly and the sick, sango and her children worked on their chores; inuyasha and itaru helped out around the village as well, doing odd jobs and helping the farmers with their crops. Meimei played with the other children in the meadow. Three days passed since miroku, inuyasha and itaru went to exorcise the mansion in the south, but they kept guard staying aware that one of their enemies were roaming about.
….
It was late at night, inuyasha and the family were just finishing supper. Kagome cleared away the dishes and put them in a wooden bucket filled with water.
"papa, can you tell us how you and mama met again?" meimei asked.
"meimei! He tells that story all the time! Pa! tell us the story of how you got the tetsusaiga!" itaru said.
"no! tell my story first!" meimei insisted.
"no, mine!" itaru argued.
"im not telling any stories tonight, its time for you both to go to bed!" inuyasha said.
"awww!" meimei whined.
"but why me, pa? im fifteen! I don't need to go to bed so early!" itaru insisted.
"nope, both of you in bed now. Im not going to say it again." Inuyasha commanded.
"okay…" they both moaned.
The two obeyed and went to sleep.
Only inuyasha and kagome were left in the room, the fire in the fire pit flickering. Inuyasha sat in silence with his eyes closed as kagome cleaned up the dishes.
"kagome, tell me something…" inuyasha began.
"yes?" kagome said
"do you miss being home?" inuyasha asked.
"what are you talking about? I am home!" kagome said.
"you know what I mean! Do you miss being in your era? If you could have done things differently, would you?" inuyasha said.
Kagome thought for a minute and sighed. "inuyasha, why are you asking me this? I give you the same answer every time." Kagome said.
"well would you or not!?" inuyasha insisted.
"Inuyasha!"
There was a moment's silence between them.
"inuyasha, why would I ever want to go back to the way things were? I have too much here to be thankful for. I have more friends than I could ever ask for, two beautiful children and the greatest husband ever. After living with you guys for a while, I couldn't go back to my time!"
"but don't you miss it there? It has so much to offer, you can cook food in an instant, you have water running out of pipes, and you have these magical boxes that have people inside of them! I know I would miss it." Inuyasha said.
"I do miss it, but that's to be expected; I was born and raised there. Of course I miss the conveniences of modernity, like doing the dishes for example…" kagome explained.
"but you know something else? If I were stuck back in my time, I would miss you so much more; that already happened. The three years, I couldn't get you off of my mind. Its funny, because sometimes I would look out my window, and pray that you would be there staring at me with those big eyes of yours. Everyone back home was so petty and shallow. None of them really had anything worthwhile to say. so I guess what im trying to say is, if I could have it any other way, inuyasha, I wouldn't. because you're the best thing that has ever happened to me." Kagome said.
Inuyasha stared down at the floor at kagome's explanation. After being married 18 years to his beloved wife, he still felt insecure. That she would leave him and their children because she missed her home too much. But that was not so. Every time he asked her, she gave him the same firm answer. He resolved in his mind, that he would keep it that way. Making sure that she was happy there with him, protecting her, providing for her and doing everything he could to be a good father. Kagome scooted over to her husband and hugged him from behind.
"our wedding vows…'til death do us part, I meant it. Someone is going to have to kill me if we are going to be separated." Kagome whispered.
"hah. Then they'll have to do that over my dead body too!" inuyasha said.
Inuyasha stood up, offering his hand to help her too. They went to bed, passionately kissing the night away.
Far in the distance, a familiarly playful chuckle rang like a tingling bell.
"its been a long time since we were here, eh friend?"
"yessssss I miss my old hunting grounds…" came a hiss.
"it seems that little girl and our little dog friend are married. And what more? They have children! Oh how lovely! I will surely have fun taking their lovely little heads!" said the first voice.
"now now ladies, we have to be patient. The master told us that he wanted to take the final blow." said a third voice.
"oh alright…but he doesn't mind if I just take inuyasha's hair, does he?" said the first voice.
" if you do, don't you dare damage those adorable little dog ears of his! Those are all mine!" said another voice.
"is everyone in position?" said the third voice.
"yes." Said the fourth voice.
"excellent. Now yura and mistress centipede, do your worst!" said the third voice.
"yes lady Urasue…" said Yura and Mistress Centipede.
"oh I cant wait to see the look on inuyasha's face when he sees us!" said the fourth voice. The person in which the voice belonged to stepped into the moonlight and revealed jakotsu of the band of seven, grinning a devious smile.
…
Down at the home village, miroku, sango and their family were sleeping soundly. A person ran down the middle of the street towards their house. There were three raps at the door, waking miroku and sango.
"who is it?" miroku moaned.
"it is I, kira! My father is being attacked by a demon! Please come and help!" miroku and sango sprang into action and dressed. Ami and Yui stirred to see their parents hastily dressing.
"Ami and Yui, stay here and look after things. We will be back." Sango said hurriedly grabbing her hiraikotsu.
They ran outside after the girl leading them out of the village. Soon enough, they were far away from the village and still no sign of the demon.
"Kira, where is he?" sango said.
No answer came from the young woman.
"kira?" sango called.
Suddenly, her body collapsed and split open.
"Kira!" miroku cried.
"hold on a second miroku," sango said. She walked over to the disintegrated body.
"Wait…I don't understand…weren't kira and her father supposed to return yesterday?" sango said.
"yes…but what are they doing out here?" miroku said.
"then that must mean that they were killed on the way, and kira's body was used as a puppet!"
"oh my, you are indeed smart!" said a voice.
Mistress centipede emerged from the forest with Urasue on her back.
"who are you?!" miroku demanded.
"I am Urasue, and this is my dear friend Mistress Centipede." Said Urasue.
"How do you do?" hissed Mistress Centipede.
"Urasue… isn't that the woman that inuyasha said revived Kikyo?!" Sango said.
"the very one! Oh you are smart! Unfortunately, I have to put you all to rest now. Too bad your intelligence was wasted on you filthy humans!" Urasue said.
"what do you want?! Why have you come back from the land of the dead?!" miroku shouted.
"oh no reason. We were just told to kill you and the village." Said Urasue.
"the village…OH NO! MIROKU!" Sango shouted.
"DAMN! It was a trap!" miroku spat.
"we were also told to entertain you as you watched your precious village burn!" said Urasue; behind her, was a vast army of clay warriors.
"damn! What are we going to do?!" Sango said.
"there is no point in trying to escape! You are completely surrounded!"
"DAMN IT ALL! I WISH I STILL HAD MY WIND TUNNEL!" miroku cursed.
"don't worry, inuyasha will come!" sango said.
Back in inuyasha's home, inuyasha and kagome were sleeping together. Inuyasha's ears pricked up and sniffed the air. It sniffed again and he jerked up, completely awake. Kagome, feeling the sudden movement, woke up and saw her husband running out of their room, half naked. She slowly got up and was almost to the door when she heard inuyasha's voice.
"KAGOME!" inuyasha bellowed. He ran back into their house and grabbed his clothing and the tetsusaiga.
"inuyasha! Whats going on?!" kagome asked.
"THE VILLAGE! GET DRESSED AND LETS GO!" inuyasha commanded.
Kagome redressed and grabbed her bows and arrows. Itaru and Meimei, hearing the commotion groggily peered out of the shoji, meimei clutching to her older brother's kimono.
"whats going on out here?" itaru groaned.
"itaru and meimei! Get dressed and come on! The village is on fire!" inuyasha commanded.
"WHAH?!" itaru shrieked.
When the family was all prepared, they raced outside. They looked to the village and saw it in an inferno, smoke billowing from the tops of the houses. They raced down to the village.
In the village, on top of a burning house, stood Renkotsu of the band of seven. He chuckled to himself, watching the sea of flames and the villagers wildly running in fear.
"nice job, Renkotsu! Inuyasha will sure smell that and come running!" Jakotsu said.
"even if I die once more, I will be satisfied in knowing that I helped bring inuyasha to his knees." Renkotsu said.
"what do you mean if you die once more?! You don't honestly think that inuyasha will kill you?!" Jakotsu said.
"Jakotsu, we don't have the help of the shikon jewel anymore, remember? That means that our powers are what they were before we were killed the first time."
"well that sucks." Jakotsu said.
"we were told to set the village afire and retreat. That's it." Renkotsu said.
"That is so unfair! I wanted to see inuyasha again!" Jakotsu complained.
"well, you will see him again if we just follow orders! So shut up and wait!" Renkotsu snapped.
"screw orders! I want to see him now!" Jakotsu said jumping off of the building.
"ugh…cant you control yourself until the end? You aren't the only one who wants a piece of him!" Renkotsu grumbled.
Inuyasha and the family arrived to see everyone in the village running for their lives out of the village.
"Rikichi! What happened here?! Inuyasha asked.
"Demons! They're burning up the whole town!" said the middle aged man.
"who is burning up the town?!" inuyasha demanded.
"a firebreathing man and a feminine looking fellow wielding a snake-like weapon!" he said.
"a firebreathing man…a feminine looking guy with a serpentine weapon?" kagome thought out loud.
"he could only mean two people…damn! I thought I would never see their disgusting faces again!" inuyasha spat.
"itaru and meimei, help everyone to safety!" kagome said.
"okay!" meimei said.
"im coming with you!" itaru said.
"no itaru! Its too dangerous!" inuyasha said.
"well, well, well. Its been soooo long inuyasha." Said a voice behind him.
"I had a feeling it was you, Jakotsu!" inuyasha spat.
"I missed you sooo much inuyasha! When I came alive again, I couldn't contain myself!" jakotsu said. He looked over to the children and squealed.
"oooooooooooh! You made more!? Oh this is a treat! They look just like you, inuyasha! I want the older one!"
"you wont touch a hair on their heads!" kagome said.
"oh you again. Inuyasha! I cant believe you actually like this little bug! You were supposed to be my toy!" Jakotsu said.
"ive had enough! What is it with you people and not staying dead!" inuyasha said, whipping out tetsusaiga and unleashing a wind scar.
"yaaay! A fight!" jakotsu cheered.
"itaru and meimei! Do what we told you!" kagome commanded.
"ugh! Okay!" itaru said.
Kagome saw Ami, Yui and Hiro escaping from the village without their parents.
"Ami! Yui! Hiro! Where are your parents?!" kagome called.
"they went out of the village to slay a demon! They told us they would be back!" Ami said.
"oh no! this was all a trap! You three get away from this village as far as possible!" kagome commanded.
"okay!" they said.
Jakotsu and inuyasha were battling in the middle of the burning village, where the huts were collapsing around them.
"inuyasha, I did miss you in the underworld. My soul moaned to have you…now I shall not waste my second chance!" jakotsu said whipping his sword.
"damn you! Tell me! Who revived you?! Was it Naraku again?!" inuyasha demanded.
"oh Naraku? He was revived like the rest of us! I sure didn't know you had so many people who wanted your head on a silver platter, inuyasha!"
"what do you mean the rest of us?! You mean, there are more?!" inuyasha asked.
"that's right! And im sure that we will all have our fill of fun! Now dance!" Jakotsu commanded whipping out his sword.
"grrr! Damn you jakotsu!" inuyasha roared lifting his sword to unleash another wind scar.
"nah ah ah…one more step and your pretty little wife will be decapitated!" said a light playful voice.
"wait, I know that voice…!" inuyasha mumbled. He turned around to see kagome trapped, arms spread out and grimacing.
"hehe. Hello again, inuyasha. I missed you and your luxurious hair! And I will have it." Yura said landing on a strand of hair.
"Yura of the hair?! That cant be!" inuyasha said.
"inuyasha!" kagome moaned, blood trickling from her neck from an invisible thread.
"ugh! Damn it all!" inuyasha cursed.
"so whats it gonna be? Kill me and kill the girl too, or come with us quietly?" Jakotsu suggested.
"now way in hell! And who exactly are you bringing me to?" inuyasha demanded.
"you will see if you come with us! Now what will it be, hm?" Yura said.
"inuyasha, forget about me! Just do it!" kagome choked.
"no, kagome! Im not leaving you!" inuyasha said. "damn! What am I going to do?! I cant attack Jakotsu, or Yura, her threads of hair will slit her throat before I can get close!"
"make your choice, inuyasha!" jakotsu said.
"you bastard!" inuyasha seethed.
Suddenly, a great wind swept over them, a giant leaf appearing with it.
"FOX INFERNO!"
Shippo landed in the middle of the battlefield with a long scythe. The strands of hair burned and broke, releasing kagome from her captor. Kagome fell to the ground, grasping her neck.
"shippo! Its you!" kagome gasped.
"yeah! I saw the village on fire from my den and I came running! I knew a fire this, you guys would need my help!" shippo explained.
"well better late than never!" inuyasha sneered.
"wait a minute? Are you that little kitsune fox from before? You are so adorable now!" Jakotsu squealed.
"shut your face! I wasn't interested then, im not interested now!" shippo shouted.
"oh yes! I do agree! You are quite the attractive one! And your hair is a very luxurious color! As red as the sunset! Ill add it to my collection!" Yura said.
"not a chance!" shippo shouted, charging at Yura.
"inuyasha! You take care of Jakotsu! Ill take care of this woman!" Shippo said.
"don't need to tell me twice!" inuyasha shouted, charging at jakotsu.
"now this is what im talking about! Come on!" Jakotsu said.
The four battled as kagome tried to get an aim at yura or Jakotsu. 'if they would stand still for a minute, I could at least kill one of them!' kagome thought.
Itaru and Meimei were running in the forest, seeing that the rest of the villagers made it out alright. They were helping an elderly couple, carrying them on their backs.
"bless you children! You didn't need to help us elderly folk!" said the old woman.
"its no matter! We need to make sure you are out of the way!" Itaru said.
"but big brother, where will they go?" meimei asked.
"they'll take shelter in the mountains, they will be safe for a while—"
When itaru looked up, he saw more villagers running in the opposite direction, panic written on their faces.
"whats going on now?!" itaru said.
"a demon! A metal demon! Run for your lives!" said one man.
"a metal demon?!" itaru and meimei thought aloud. "here! Take them!" said itaru, handing the two elderly people to another villager running in the opposite direction.
Suddenly they heard a rumbling and what sounded like chains clanking together. From the forest emerged a gigantic machine-like creature. Standing on it, was renkotsu.
"who are you!?" itaru demanded, drawing his sword.
"heh, does it matter? If you don't get out of our way, our names wont be much use will it?" Renkotsu said.
"ghesh!" said Ginkotsu, the metal demon.
"heh, if you can touch us!" meimei shouted. She threw her chakrams at Ginkotsu. Ginkotsu launched metal disks out from his shoulders as well.
"heh! So you can do that trick too? That's cool! I can practice using my chakrams with you!"
"ghesh! Don't be fooled little girl, unlike your so called weapons, I can slice you up piece by piece!" ginkotsu sneered.
"so, you are his son? What a pleasant treat this is! Ill kill you and watch your father die as well!" Renkotsu threatened.
"you smell like oil and smoke; are you the one that burned the village?!" itaru accused.
"why yes I am! I had fun watching those flames lap up those puny little huts and watching the people running out of them like little ants!" Renkotsu confessed chuckling.
"you evil son of a…I'll kill you!" itaru shouted.
Meimei was still battling ginkotsu, jumping on his metal disks and on top of him. Renkotsu noticed the little girl and jumped back.
"you little brat!" Renkotsu shouted. 'damn! She's fast!'
"why did you burn our village you big fat meanie?!" Meimei shouted.
"heh, we were just following orders! It wasn't our idea! Though, we did like the idea of helping to kill your father!" Renkotsu said.
"Ghesh!" Ginkotsu confirmed.
"wait, father?!" itaru said.
"yes, he will be to his knees very soon." Renkotsu said.
"what relation do you have with our father, huh?" meimei demanded.
"oh relation? Well, me and my friend here had the pleasure of fighting him a long time ago. We nearly killed your mother and your friends doing it!" Renkotsu said.
"no way!" meimei gasped.
"Ghesh! it was quite interesting, watching your father to keep all three of his only friends alive." Ginkotsu said.
"ugh! Well, we'll make sure that it doesn't happen again! Prepare to meet your maker!" itaru said, whipping out the Sutasaiga. It swirled with demonic and spiritual energy and its cracks glowed red.
'hmmm..that sword. It swirls with demonic and spiritual energy…this kid…' Renkotsu thought. 'I guess we are going to have to end this quickly. But not without parting gifts…'
"Ginkotsu! Perhaps we should move out!" Renkotsu suggested.
"ghesh?" Ginkotsu said.
"cowards!" meimei shouted.
"well, its been real nice, meeting our old enemy's brats. But if we are lucky, we will meet again!" Renkotsu said."oh, but we have a gift for your father! Ginkotsu?"
"ghe-he-he-heshhh!" ginkotsu positioned a cannon towards the sky.
"what the heck is he doing?!" itaru said.
"INUYASHAAAA! THIS IS FOR YOU!" Renkotsu shouted.
A loud explosion followed as a large ball was shot into the air. It tore through the air.
"what is that?!" Itaru asked.
"its just a little present for inuyasha. I promise he will get a big bang out of it! Hahahahaahaaa!" Renkotsu laughed maniacally.
"oh no! papa!" meimei shouted.
"come on, meimei!" itaru commanded. They both followed the giant ball, running as fast as they could.
Shippo stood over Yura's dead body and chuckled to himself. "heh, she wasn't even worth it."
"Shippo! Make sure Itaru and meimei are alright!" kagome said.
"alright!" shippo said, starting towards the forest. But he was stopped by the sound of a sharp whistling sound. He looked up in the air and saw a large sphere flying in the air.
"whats that...? wait a minute!" shippo remembered eighteen years ago, a similar looking sphere flying through the air when inuyasha was trying to get kagome, sango and miroku to safety.
"OH NO! INUYASHA! WATCH OUT!" Shippo yelled.
Jakotsu looked up to see the same thing headed straight for them.
"oh shit! Damn it, Ginkotsu! You could wait until I got out of here!" Jakotsu spat. "sorry, inuyasha! Jakotsu turned on his heels and sprinted away.
"come back here, you disgusting bastard!" inuyasha spat.
The sphere landed in front of inuyasha with a loud thud.
"what the hell is that?!" inuyasha said.
"kagome saw the sphere and knew immediately what it was.
"inuyasha! Watch out!" kagome said.
"hmmm…it didn't explode…maybe it's a dud!" inuyasha said about to kick it.
"INUYASHA! NOOOOOO!" Kagome screamed.
"WHAT?!" Inuyasha shouted.
"IT'S A TIME BOMB! GET AWAY FROM THAT THING! IT'LL EXPLODE ANY SECOND!" kagome warned.
"whats a bomb?!" inuyasha asked.
"its like an incendiary! Get away from it inuyasha!" kagome warned again.
"inuyasha just stared at the thing, and heard a small ticking sound from inside of it.
"INUYASHA!"
Inuyasha started to back away from it, and toward kagome.
"okay, lets get out of here…" inuyasha said.
Then, the ticking stopped, followed by a tremendous explosion. Inuyasha pushed kagome to the ground and protected her with his body. Shippo was blown away by the force of the blow. itaru and meimei were near the edge of the village and were blown away as well. Itaru held meimei screaming as they flew through the air. They landed with a thud on the ground back in the forest. Shippo landed next to them.
"uncle shippo!" meimei said.
"you guys! We need to get out of here, now!" shippo said, getting up and grabbing them both by the arms.
"what about Pa and Mama?!" itaru asked.
"don't worry about them! Lets get out of here!" shippo reiterated.
But as soon as they got up to leave, they heard the screeches and shrieks of demons.
"damn! The explosion must have disturbed the demons!" shippo cursed.
Far away from the village, miroku and sango were still battling Urasue's clay warriors.
"how many more are there?!" sango said.
"there seems to be no end to them!" Miroku said.
"hehehe, there are many more than you can possibly handle; how long did you think you two would last?" said Urasue.
Suddenly they heard a loud explosion coming from the village. The two looked toward it and saw a great pillar of smoke coming from it.
"OH NO!" miroku gasped.
"AMI! YUI! HIRO!" Sango screamed.
"hehe, looks like our good friend did a good job!" Urasue said.
"what about inuyasha and kagome?!" sango said
"you can forget about them. Theyre good as dead now, or close to it!" Urasue said.
"no! that cant be!" miroku said in disbelief.
Smoke filled the air as the raging fire consumed the village. The three were running through the forest being chased by the demons. When they arrived at the clearing, they stood in front of the well.
" Go on! you don't have much time!" said Shippo.
"NO! IM NOT LEAVING MY FATHER ALONE!" Shouted Itaru.
"LOOK KID, DO YOU WANT TO DIE? IF YOU AND YOUR LITTLE SISTER DIE, ALL THAT YOUR FATHER IS FIGHTING FOR WILL BE FOR NOTHING!" the fox demon said.
"Mama! I want my Mama!" Meimei cried.
"KID, IM NOT GOING TO ARGUE WITH YOU!" Shippo commanded
"BULLSHIT!" Itaru said.
The demons were rushing out of the forest swimming through the air, their mouths dripping with poisonous saliva anticipating their next kill.
Then, out of desperation, Shippo turned to Itaru and Meimei, "GET OUTTA HERE!" He yelled as he kicked both of them down the well.
The children both yelled as they fell down the well, engulfed in a sea of light. The last thing that they heard was a gut wrenching scream.
FINALLY GODDAMMIT!
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