Inuyasha Regashi
Sorry people, classes are starting to get intense. It's a reading recess right now and it's the only time I'll have for a while to write this.
I'll do the best I can ^_^
Divide and conquer
Itaru wearily opened his eyes in the middle of a dark and humid room. He sniffed the air and nearly gagged. 'what the hell is that odor!? It smells like blood and rotting corpses!' he thought. He opened his eyes a little more and looked around him to see scattered bodies laying around him.
'am…am I in hell?' itaru thought as he remembered how he tried to protect his weakened father.
'FATHER! INUYASHA!" itaru gasped at the realization that his fathers were still in danger. He tried to rip away from what was holding him back, but was unsuccessful. He looked back to see what it was that was restraining him. He was captured in metal chains by hand and foot. He tried to tug from them more, but they did not budge.
"damn it all! Why are these chains so tough!?" itaru said.
"oh, so you're awake, are you?" said a familiarly sinister voice.
Itaru shot a look at the crouching figure in the corner across from him.
"YOU! NARAKU!" itaru hissed as he tried even more to rip away from the chains.
"heheh, there is no in trying to rip away from those chains. They are made from dragon's bones. They are harder than rock." Naraku said.
"grrrr…what are you plotting to do to me, you devil!?" itaru snapped.
"oh we plan to do nothing to you. As a matter of fact, as soon as your father, or should I say, Inuyasha gets here, we will set you free."
"what do you want with my father? Why are you in leagues with Ryukoushi!? What has my father ever done to you!?" itaru shouted.
" oh, your father and I are old rivals. It's a long story and I don't think that I should bore you with my sad stories. " naraku said coyly.
He turned to leave when mukotsu of the band of seven came in with an urn.
"ah mukostu. You have arrived. Do me a favor and put this boy back to sleep." Naraku said as he left the room..
"of course, naraku-sama." Said mukostu.
"and what do you plan to do to me, frog face!?" itaru said.
"grrr…curse you, you insolent little brat! Now be a good boy and go back to sleep!" he said, opening the urn to release a cloud of purple mist. Itaru coughed and choked for a few seconds until his eyes became droopy and tired.
"hmph! Call me frog face, will he!? That shut him up!" mukostu said.
"mukotsu! Are you here?" said a voice.
"yes, brother! Are they here yet?" mukotsu asked.
"they will be here soon. Once the boss gives the word, we will attack without mercy." Said the voice. Stepping into to the room and into the light appeared Bankotsu, the leader of the band of seven.
"brother, I have a concern…" mukostu began.
"what is it, mukotsu?" bankotsu asked.
"not that it will be a problem or anything, but according to naraku and ryukoushi, their numbers have doubled. Don't you think that could pose as a problem, brother?" mukotsu said.
"not at all. We were a match for them before, weren't we?" bankotsu said calmly, sitting down by a table where there was a jug of sake.
"yes sir, but we had possession of the shikon shards then; without them, we are but ordinary men!" mukostu said.
Bankotsu slammed his fist on the table, causing the old man to jump.
"you're wrong. We are not merely ordinary men. No, we are the band of seven! Generals and kings trembled at the mention of our name! where our feet stepped, men would fall to their faces and beg for their lives as if we were gods! So what if we don't have the help of those filthy shikon shards!? We have done so much without them already! Never refer to yourself, or the band of seven as 'ordinary men'. We are much more than that, mukotsu! Much more!" Bankotsu shouted.
"y-y-yesss brother! You are right, of course! How could I forget our escapades of our first lives?! Ahh, those were the days…we killed many men and demons in then…" mukotsu said nostalgically.
"that's better." Bankotsu said.
"I have another question, brother. One that I hope will not anger you like it did the first: can we trust this Ryukoushi? He is a demon, after all…" mukotsu said.
" I don't know what that demon has up his sleeve, but if I can manage to watch Inuyasha meet his death, then I will accommodate…" bankotsu said.
"but, don't you think that this is like what naraku did to us? What happens when we are done? Will he kill us like naraku did?" mukotsu asked.
"I wont give him the chance. Once Inuyasha is dead for good, we'll blow this joint. I wont put you all in danger like I allowed naraku to the last time…" bankotsu said.
"and what about him? Are we just going to let that devil live?" mukotsu said.
"and that will be our next objective. After Inuyasha is dead, naraku will most likely flee as well to cause more chaos. When that happens, we will hunt him down and send him to the next life on a carriage!" bankotsu said with determination.
"that's a splendid idea brother! Lets drink to that!" mukotsu said, raising his cup.
Bankotsu poured sake into his cup and mukotsu's. they raised their cups toward each other and said "to the miserable death of Inuyasha, and the annihilation of naraku!" they drank with a big gulp and released 'ahhh's of satisfaction.
~*0*~
The sun was beginning to fall to the horizon as Inuyasha, Kagome, miroku, sango, kazuka and her grandmother searched for Ryukoushi's castle.
'its getting late, I hope we will make it in time!' Inuyasha said.
'I hope itaru is all right…'Kagome thought.
"I don't mean to sound negative, but we are going into this battle without any knowledge of who this ryukoushi is or how he works. The only information we have to go on is what itaru has told us!" miroku shouted down to Inuyasha.
"well it wont be the first time that's happened!" sango said to her companion.
"yes, but Inuyasha's life was not at stake. If we are too late, it will be nearly impossible for us to revive him." Miroku said.
"why do you guys keep harping on that?!" Inuyasha snapped.
"what are you so mad about?" Kagome asked.
"im not mad!" Inuyasha snapped again.
"you obviously are…" Kagome said. 'is it because he is afraid that we wont make it in time? Or that he doesn't like the idea of being dead?' Kagome thought.
"we are approaching the northen mountains right now! This is where the dragon demon clan's lair is!" kazuka shouted to them.
"well, that's a relief…but im sure that it is well…" miroku began before he noticed something in the forest riding with them.
"sango, do you see that? There is something there!" miroku said.
Sango looked to where miroku was pointing and saw a silhouette of them in riding in the forest.
"oh miroku! Its just our shadow! Stop being paranoid!" sango said.
Miroku lifted his arm, and the 'shadow' lifted it as well. He lowered his arm, the 'shadow' did the same. Miroku reached to squeeze sango's but and the shadow imitated. Sango slapped him angrily, but the 'shadow' of sango only giggled.
"dear, now is not the time! We can do that later!" said the shadow.
"that's no shadow!" miroku said.
The shadow came closer and closer to them until they were face to face with their futuristic counterparts. They stared at each other for a moment in an awkward silence until miroku said, "this is getting more and more awkward by the moment…"
"what? How is this possible!? Who are you!?"*miroku said, pointing his staff at his counterpart.
"whoa whoa whoa! Calm down! We are the past versions of you two! There is no need for alarm!" said miroku said.
"who are you working for? Ryukoushi! Reveal your true faces at once!" *sango said.
"whats all this commotion about?!" Inuyasha shouted over his shoulder. He saw the two sangos, mirokus and kilalas.
"hmmm so you aren't dead!" Inuyasha shouted.
"Inuyasha! " *sango and *miroku shouted.
"Kagome, why are you in your old clothes? I thought you burned them when you came back here for good!" *sango said.
"we are you guys from the past, we were brought here by Itaru and Meimei! They came back in time to find help for you guys!" Kagome said.
"really?" *sango said.
"that's what we were trying to tell you…" miroku said.
"if that's true, where is the present Inuyasha and Kagome?" *miroku asked.
"Kagome is in hiding; we told her to stay behind and out of danger. Inuyasha however…" miroku said.
"HES DEAD!" Jaken shouted to them, laughing hysterically.
"SHUDDUP TOAD!" Inuyasha shouted back.
"WHAT?!" *they both said.
"that cant be!" *miroku said in disbelief.
"its true…Inuyasha was killed by a bomb planted by ginkotsu when you were fighting …or so we heard." Kagome said.
"DAMN THAT BASTARD!" *miroku cursed.
"so you all are going to the northern mountains as well?" *sango said.
"is that where the dragon demon clan's hideout is?" Inuyasha asked.
"yes. Kohaku said that the dragon demons reside in the northern mountains and are protected by a barrier. So its good that you are here, Inuyasha. You can break it down with the red tetsusaiga!" *sango said.
"that will be no problem." Inuyasha smirked.
"when we get there, it will be very very hot and humid, so kohaku gave us this," *sango said, revealing the little blue orb from her pocket.
"the kori no ishi!" sango exclaimed.
"yes, deep in the mountains of the dragon demon clan's lair, there is a counterpart stone called the kaji no ishi. That is what keeps the climate in the mountains so hot, even at high altitudes. The heat gives the dragons their power. If we replace the kaji no ishi with the kori no ishi, we can make the climate inside of the barrier cold and cut their power in half!" sango said.
"that sounds like a great idea!" miroku said.
"yes, if that happens, we will have a chance to defeat ryukoushi and get Inuyasha and itaru back." Sango said.
"what do you mean itaru?" *miroku said.
"did something happen to him?!" his wife said.
"itaru was kidnapped by naraku a little while ago. Hes giving us an invitation to come after him." Inuyasha said.
"naraku is alive?!" *sango gasped.
"heh, I had a feeling that was the case…" *miroku said, looking down at his hand, it was not big enough to do any sort of damage, but his wind tunnel had reappeared and was growing.
"miroku!? Why didn't you tell me!?" *sango said, tears brimming her eyes.
"I did not want to alarm you, dear. And besides,we will defeat that villain and all will be well again." *Miroku said calmly.
"miroku…I thought…I thought you could trust me with everything…that's what I thought when we were married…" *sango sniffed.
"please don't cry dear. We will win, and when that happens, we can go back to our lives. We cant give more power to that monster than we already have. We cant let him see us falter, even for a moment." *Miroku said.
"alright miroku…" *sango complied.
Sango watched them with sympathetic eyes. 'so that's us in the future…'
"we're heeeerreeee!" jaken announced from the sky. They approached a very tall and ominous mountain where a deep haze circled the peak. Above it, there was something floating above it.
"that must be ryukoushi's castle!" Inuyasha said.
"we better hurry and get up there! The afternoon is growing old…" miroku said.
"hold on a minute, kohaku said that there was a barrier around the mountain to keep out intruders. He said that it could perhaps be brought down by a sacred arrow or with Inuyasha's red tetsusaiga." Said *sango.
"alright then, lets try that." Kagome said drawing an arrow from her quiver. She drew the arrow taut to the bow and focused the energy to the tip of it. When she gathered enough energy into the arrow, she released it in a burst of sparkling energy. The arrow did meet a little resistance, but then was sucked in to the barrier.
"it was drawn into the barrier!" Kagome said.
"well I guess there is no strong barrier! Lets go!" Inuyasha said.
With that, they charged into the barrier and was drawn into the hazy mist. When they got past it, the mountain was clear.
'this is too strange…we were drawn into the barrier rather than repelled…what does ryukoushi have up his sleeve?" *miroku thought. Going forward , the miroku, sango and kilala pairs and kazuka' s grandmother floated up the mountainside while Inuyasha scaled the cliffs with leaps and bounds.
"this would be so much easier if I could fly…" Inuyasha grumbled.
"its okay, Inuyasha. You're keeping up just fine! We'll be there in no time." Kagome assured.
"you're just saying that. You're not the one who has to do the jumping!" Inuyasha said.
"aww don't look at it that way! You're such a downer!" Kagome said.
"im just telling it like it is!" Inuyasha snapped.
Kagome let out an exasperated sigh and decided to leave it alone. When they reached the top of the mountain, Inuyasha stood on a long, thin rock formation while the others floated in the air. All was quiet except the sound of howling wind. Suddenly, they heard a loud explosion and a flash of something round and black.
"WATCH OUT!" miroku shouted.
~*0*~
"Well well well, looks like they have arrived." Said ryukoushi.
"yes, they got here fairly quickly…" naraku echoed.
"oh and what is this? The lady mother?" ryukoushi said with a hint of playfulness.
"Sesshomaru's mother? Ooooh what a lovely turn of events! I wonder where the son is right now?" naraku said.
"no doubt trying to get his weak little concubine out of the country. He will no doubt get here shortly.
"so what shall we do with our guests then, lord ryukoushi?"
"lets give them some fireworks…everyone loves fireworks…" ryukoshi grinned.
"did you hear that, bankotsu? Fireworks for our friends." Naraku said.
"yeah I heard. Fireworks comin right up." Bankotsu said.
Down on the balcony where ginkotsu and suikotsu stood, he loaded a lead ball into the barrel of ginkotsu's cannon.
"its about time this party got started. Finally, I can get some blood on my hands again!" suikotsu said with a grunt while loading yet another cannon ball.
"ghesh!" said ginkotsu. "just as long as I don't blow them up first!"
"leave a little for me too, ginkotsu!" jakotus cried. "I want to watch Inuyasha bleed. I want him to beg for mercy."
"you will get your chance. Just wait for a little while." Suikotsu said.
"alright then. Ill be waiting then. And remember! Don't blow them all up!" reminded jakotsu.
"we'll try…" said suikotsu. Ginkotsu aimed his cannons at Inuyasha and the others.
"ready…"
"ghesh…"
"aiiimmmmm…."
*clink*
"FIIRE!" suikotsu shouted.
~*0*~
The ones that were floating were able to dodge the cannon fire coming from the castle. Inuyasha and Kagome crouched down to avoid impact. Another cannon was shot and another explosion followed.
"damn! We're out armed! How are we going to get close if they keep throwing explosives at us!" Inuyasha complained.
"leave that to us!" came a voice from behind.
They turned to see the shippos and meimei and an army of dragon demons behind them.
"whats all this?" Kagome asked.
"Kagome!" shippo and meimei cried.
"and where exactly where you three?!" Inuyasha snapped.
"oh shut it already. You should be thanking us. We brought help." *shippo said.
"help? But these are dragon demons! Aren't they on ryukoushi's side?" Kagome asked.
"wrong. Theyre not on ryukoushi's side. They've been planning an uprising when he went to war with you and Sesshomaru. But when you killed him, well lets just say, they owe you a debt of gratitude." *shippo explained.
"oh…" Kagome said. She looked over all of the dragon demons behind him and smiled.
"Inuyasha, you don't know it, but you are going to free a whole race of people from tyranny."
Another explosion erupted not too far from them and snapped them back to the moment at hand.
"so you say those dragons can take care of this?" Inuyasha said.
"im sure. Leave everything to us." *shippo said.
"s-s-speak for yourself! I don't want to be blown into smithereens! Im going with Inuyasha and Kagome!" shippo stuttered.
"oh suck it up! I cant wait to get on the action!" meimei said.
"lets go then! Ryuhana! Give the signal!" shippo shouted.
"right!" said the dragon demoness. "NOW EVERYONE! FIRE AT WILL!"
The dragon demons in their true forms released large balls of energy from their mouths while their comrades in the humanoid form fired from their hands. The bombs of energy blasted into the castle and sustained moderate damage.
"they have reinforcements!" suikotsu hissed.
"and so do we. Look!" said jakotsu. Flying from behind the castle walls were dragon demon guards armed with spears and swords. A war cry echoed throughout the canyons of the mountain.
"things just got more interesting." Said naraku. "a rebellion led by your worst enemy."
Ryukoushi growled. "heh, what are you trying to pull, you little mongrel? Trying to take me on like your father did mine? Well, I wont be the fool to let that happen! Bankotsu?" ryukoushi called.
"yes sir." Bankotsu affirmed.
"seclude Inuyasha from the others. I have a plan for him…using his own son…" ryukoushi said looking at the boy and grinning.
"aye aye captain." Bankotsu said saluting him.
On the battlefield, Inuyasha , Kagome and their friends were caught between rapid fire.
"what should we do?" sango shouted.
"lets try to get close to the castle undetected!" *miroku said.
"that's not going to be easy! How are we supposed to—" suddenly, Inuyasha heard a deafening explosion followed by the feeling of the ground beneath him crumbling.
"OH NO! INUYASHA, KAGOME!" the sango and miroku duos shouted.
The two fell into the deep craig at the foot of the mountain, screaming the whole way.
Hahaha….okay….trying to figure stuff out right now…
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