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Inuyasha Regashi chapter 30
"Suikotsu! it's you!" Jaken said, whipping out his staff of two heads.
"I KNEW IT! I KNEW IT ALL ALONG! HE WAS SETTING A TRAP!" Shippo shouted jumping up and down.
"Now now, no need to get huffy. im just trying to do my job..." Suikotsu said huskily.
'Grrr...So he was luring us into a trap was he? Well I'm not that stupid, i learned my lesson once already!" Meimei then bit down as hard as she could on his hand.
"GAAAH! Goddamn you, you little wretched bitch!" Suikotsu hissed.
"did you think i would let you take me so easily!? i may be a kid, but im no punk, you hear?!" Meimei said, drawing her chakrams. "You guys! Take this!' Meimei said throwing the kori no ishi to Shippo and Jaken. "go on ahead without me, you two! i can take this guy!' Meimei said.
"Meimei! This guy is dangerous! he takes pleasure in murdering children!" Shippo warned.
"It's alright! I'm not some ordinary kid, i got this!" Meimei reassured, winking.
"Oh...alright..." Shippo murmured. Jaken was already out the door burning the corpses that surrounded the house.
"WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?! YOU HEARD HER, LETS GET OUT OF HERE!" Jaken shouted.
They ran away from the house, burning bodies along the way.
"You should have listened to your friends. I don't go easy on children. As a matter of fact, i find them the easiest to kill. They can only cry and whine for their mommies. And you will be doing the same in just a few moments!" Suikotsu threatened.
"I don't care what you like to do, I'm going to get rid of you; because i have someone to save!" Meimei cried, charging at him.
The two parried and attacked each other again and again. they were pretty evenly matched.
"Well well, this is the longest fight I've had with a child. the last one only lasted a minute and a half."
"Well, what did you expect? Like I said, I'm not some ordinary kid: I'm a quarter demon; and running in my veins is the blood of the most powerful demon that ever lived!" Meimei said.
"Demon or not, your blood will be on my hands, and i will relish every single second!" Suikotsu said menacingly.
"well come and get me!' Meimei shouted. he charged at her with lightning speed. She back flipped out of the way and dodged his attack. He swiped to the left and right, Meimei dodging them both. The next one she did not see coming and three large gashes were made in her left arm. She cried out in pain and jumped away.
"You talk big, but can you actually fight me? You haven't laid one finger on me!" Suikotsu said mockingly. Meimei stood still to readjust her strategy; but she looked at Suikotsu carefully and noticed that he was trembling a lot. Especially the hand that hand injured her: it was shaking quite violently.
' I understand now...that doctor...he wasn't pretending at all, that really was him! he is still trapped in there! He doesn't really want to hurt anyone...'
"What's the matter? Are you scared? Come over here and let me put you out of your misery!" Suikotsu beckoned.
"You're miserable too, aren't you Isha-sama?" Meimei said tenderly.
"What? What are you talking about?! im having a great time!" Suikotsu spat.
"isha-sama, that's not really you is it? you are a kind person. You don't want to harm anyone..." Meimei continued.
"Grrr! Shut that trap of yours! That doctor is weak! He can't hear you!" Suikotsu yelled. his body began to tremble even more.
'What? Why is my body trembling like this!? And my hand, it's shaking uncontrollably!'
"Isha-sama, you can win! You can fight this monster! find the strength within yourself and you can beat him!" Meimei urged.
"GRRRRR SHUT UUUUPPP!" Suikotsu hollered, charging with more ferocity than before.
"Isha-sama!" Meimei shouted. Suikotsu grabbed a choke hold on her throat and lifted her up in the air.
"Isha-sama...fights him..." Meimei urged.
"I thought I told you already...that useless doctor is dead; to me and everyone else. it's just me, Suikotsu of the band of seven!"
"You're wrong!" Meimei struggled to get free from his grasp, trying to even scratch his hands.
"ISHA-SAMA!" Meimei screamed.
Then, Suikotsu started shaking violently and dropped her to the ground. He clutched his head and moaned loudly.
"….kill...me...!" he groaned.
"isha-sama..."
"Please...I am sorry...I am not strong enough to subdue him... if i was, i would not have hurt you or anyone else! Please! There is no hope for me!"
"but you told me yourself moments ago that you believed if any are still breathing, there is still hope! Those were your very words, isha-sama!" Meimei pleaded.
"I'm sorry, child...but those words are no good for me. the only way to get rid of this monster is to get rid of me completely! now hurry!" said the doctor.
Meimei stared at him, afraid to hurt the doctor.
"DO IT!" he shouted.
Meimei closed her eyes tight and raised her chakram. But when she raised them, she felt a pure white light coming from her weapons.
'What is this pure white light? is it telling me to purify his soul so that he can find peace?' reassured of her resolve, she brought down the chakram on his head while shouting, "SUIKOTSU! FIND PEACE!" she cut him in half, but one side was black and covered in blood while the other was white, pure and clean. The dark side began to burn with a loud, agonizing cry. The pure side disappeared in a burst of glittering light. in that moment, he whispered. "thank you...I can now repent and find peace in the afterlife. Take care..."
Meimei watched as the light floated to the sky and sighed. "You take care as well, Suikotsu..."
~*0*~
*Shippo ran up by himself up the silver stairs in the dark void. He panted heavily as he had been running nonstop for the past ten minutes. He was determined to find Inuyasha and put a stop to the sacrifice that was about to take place.
'It looks like I'll be the one to save Inuyasha. I sure hope I'm not too late though!" Shippo thought to himself. Up ahead he saw a wooden door with the emblem of a dragon on the front.
"Finally!" he huffed. He opened the door without hesitation and walked into an ordinary empty room.
"What is this, it looks like an ordinary room to me? Have I made it to the top?" he walked around and searched for anything that would lead him to Ryukoushi and Inuyasha. He looked ahead and there at the end of the room was the statue of a large Buddha with many torches around it. There was a bald man sitting in front of the Buddha in prayer.
'That looks like Renkotsu...'
"So you have come...I'm surprised it's you I must battle..." Renkotsu said.
"Oh I hope your surprise is pleasant, because i plan to send you away with good tidings!" *Shippo threatened
"Is that so? Well, you can try: but rest assured, I don't plan to go easy on you. i still remember when you were a little whiny kid!" Renkotsu taunted.
"Well, let me assure you that I'm not a whiny little kid anymore! I am a full-fledged demon and i am more powerful than ever before!" *Shippo said.
"Well, actions speak louder than words. As for my, my actions SCREAM!" Renkotsu chugged a mouthful of lighter fluid and spewed a torrent of flames at his opponent.
"So it's a fire fight you want? Great! I can practice my fox fire!" he shouted as he whipped his scythe and released streams of blue fire. the two streams of fire collided and created an explosion, sending sparks onto the dry wooden floor.
'Oh no, that's not good; if I'm not careful, we could set this whole room on fire...and then what?'
"Heh, alright. So we are equally matched?" Renkotsu said.
"It appears that way!" Shippo said affirmatively
"But you know only one of us can come out of this alive!" he said.
"Yeah I'm aware of that. so who is it going to be?" *Shippo asked coyly.
"Don't play dumb with me, kid! You know who it's going to be!" Renkotsu spat fire at him and it looked as if it engulfed him.
"Heh, like I said..." Renkotsu smirked. However, the fire dispersed in a gust of wind, revealing Shippo in the vortex.
"Nice trick, but no good for me!" *Shippo said.
"Grrrr... fine then! no more childish games! im gonna burn you to ashes!" Renkotsu threatened.
"Finally!" *Shippo replied.
They charged at each other, Renkotsu then at the last second, threw his fire wire over *Shippo. The wire tightened and dug into *Shippo's skin.
"Now how do you like that, kid?" Renkotsu asked.
Shippo grunted at the heat of the fire that burned his skin. he tried to pull away from the wires, but they only tightened. 'This isn't good at all' *Shippo thought to himself. Suddenly, *Shippo saw a black and green streak that passed both of them without a glance. 'Is that who I think it is?' *Shippo thought incredulously. Renkotsu saw it too and slightly let down his guard. 'Now there's my chance!' *Shippo grabbed hold of Renkotsu's fire wires and pulled him down. "grrr, "damn you!" Renkotsu hissed. 'This guy isn't the little fox kid anymore; he's actually got some skill! Looks like I may have to pull out the big guns, so I can end this quickly.' Renkotsu charged at *Shippo with more fervor than before. He took out a spiked ball and chain from behind him and swung it around.
"You sure have a lot of gadgets up your sleeve! What's next?" *Shippo commended.
"A good warrior and mercenary is always prepared for anything!" Renkotsu said. He threw the spiked ball at *Shippo, and *Shippo easily dodged it. However, *Shippo stepped on a piece of metal, sending an explosion that he barely escaped.
'Whoa! Where did that come from?' *Shippo thought.
"How do you like my latest invention, huh? I call them land mines!" Renkotsu boasted.
'What was that?' Shippo said
"Be careful where you step, kid. This place is loaded with those explosives! One wrong move and you're done!" Renkotsu said chuckling.
'Well I'll be damned! This may be more challenging than I thought!'
~*0*~
"Well, it looks like our fine guests won't get a chance to join our ceremony. What a pity." Ryukoushi chuckled.
"It seems so; it is nearly one hour until sundown. by the time they get here, it will be much too late." Naraku agreed.
"I can feel the excitement running through me right now, I cannot contain myself! Can you feel it, Naraku?!" Ryukoushi asked.
"Oh I can feel it. Like I might jump out of my own skin..." Naraku said sinisterly.
"Finally, the dragon clan can reclaim its power! all will kneel before me!and as soon as i get of these unsurpers, I can begin a new dragon demon clan! ahahahaha!" Ryukoushi laughed maniacally.
'Go ahead and relish in your glory now, Ryukoushi; for it is I that everyone will be kneeling to- including you.'
…...
Kagome and Inuyasha continued to run at the bottom of Ryukoushi's castle inside of the dark cave. Kagome held the silver arrow in her hand and thought, 'we have to hurry! If we don't, we might not get there in time to stop Naraku from killing Ryukoushi!'
"Dammit! How deep is this cave anyways!? It feels like we're going nowhere!" Inuyasha spat.
"Just keep going! we'll get somewhere!" Kagome urged.
Then, the cave came to an end before them.
"SEE!? I KNEW THIS PLACE WOULD TAKE US NOWHERE!" Inuyasha complained.
"Hold on, Inuyasha! Don't be so quick to jump to conclusions! maybe there is a secret door somewhere!" Kagome said. she felt along the wall of the cave to see if there was a hidden door somewhere.
"No good..." Kagome sighed.
"UGGGHH! IM SICK OF THIS!" Inuyasha yelled, punching the wall in front of him. A red glowing circle appeared around his fist and it webbed an intricate design in the walls.
"What is this?" Kagome said.
with a strong rumble, the wall that Inuyasha punched sank into the ground. They watched as the mighty rock disappeared to reveal a glowing silver stairwell.
"Well I'll be!" Inuyasha exclaimed.
"See? A little persistence goes a long way!" Kagome said.
"Well a little violence goes farther!" Inuyasha said proudly.
Kagome sweatdropped.
"Let's go, Kagome!" Inuyasha commanded.
Kagome climbed on his back again and they ran up the silver stairwell.
They ran for a good while in the deep darkness.
'How long is this stairwell? We can't waste any more time! itaru is up there with Naraku and Ryukoushi and Naraku is planning to kill Ryukoushi! i have to keep running!" Inuyasha thought to himself. He picked up his pace and ran faster. Soon, they came to a red door with a dragon medallion in the middle.
"Alright, it looks like we're here now." Inuyasha panted.
"Be careful when opening this door, Inuyasha. we dont know what traps may be set." Kagome cautioned.
"I know, I know!" Inuyasha said annoyed.
Inuyasha carefully pushed open the door and it opened to reveal a bright light. revealed to them was a great hall with a throne at the end.
"Is this the place?" Kagome asked.
"I don't know...but it looks like it..." Inuyasha said. 'i dont know about this place, it seems too easy to get to!' Inuyasha thought to himself.
At the end of the great hall, there on the throne was a young boy sitting lazily with a halberd across his shoulder. The boy was none other than Bankotsu of the band of seven.
"Well it's about time you two showed up! i was sent here especially to fight you guys." said Bankotsu.
"Oh really, I feel soo special!" Inuyasha said, letting Kagome down from his back and unsheathing the tetsusaiga.
"You should. Considering the fact that i am told to defeat you and bring you back alive, and deliver you to the one who hired me; it's not my style but I can deal with it."
"Haha! We'll see about that! have a taste of my WIND SCAR!" Inuyasha shouted.
Inuyasha released a wind scar and it collided with the throne where Bankotsu sat. However, Bankotsu jumped out of the way just in time.
"You don't have the shikon jewel shards anymore, so defeating you will be a piece of cake!" Inuyasha boasted.
"Don't be too sure about that, Inuyasha! I've been training nonstop these past few days; and not only that, I've been given a new weapon made by Ryukoushi himself!" Bankotsu warned.
"well stop bragging about it and fight then !" Inuyasha said.
Bankotsu charged at Inuyasha, swinging his halberd left and right. Inuyasha dodged them easily and gave a slash of his own. Bankotsu narrowly dodged it. he backflipped out of the way and guarded himself.
"Hah, so much for your new weapon! You can't even touch me!" Inuyasha boasted.
Bankotsu hung his head and sighed.
"You know what Inuyasha? You're right. This is disgraceful. How did I honestly think to defeat you with this thing and without the help of the shikon shards? you know what? it's not even worth it. Why don't you go ahead and kill me with your wind scar? If you do that, you can be on your way..." Bankotsu said.
'No no no...This is waaay too easy...Bankotsu has something up his sleeve. there is something up with that weapon of his, I just know it! i just hope Inuyasha can sense it too...' Kagome thought.
"HAH! Who do you honestly think you're kidding?! do you really think im that dumb, putting on an act like that?! You don't give up so easily, that's just not your style now is it?" Inuyasha spat.
"You don't understand...after i dispatch you to Ryukoushi, he will kill me and the rest of my fellow band members. he only plans to use us like Naraku did. Dying by your hand, Inuyasha, would grant me some degree of honor..." Bankotsu said regretfully.
'Is that really true? Bankotsu is begging to die by Inuyasha's hand so that he doesn't have to die by Ryukoushi?'
"Hmph! Quit with the acting! Stand up like a man and fight! I'm not going to let you get off so easily!" Inuyasha shouted.
Bankotsu then dropped to his knees, his halberd in front of him.
"Please, Inuyasha-sama! I beg of you! Rid me of this short, phony existence! You are the only one that can!"
Inuyasha stared at him for a moment, deeply contemplating whether or not to really kill him.
'Is this guy really serious? But what can I do? If I kill him now, I can get to the top of the castle quicker! I guess I have no choice, do I?' Inuyasha thought to himself.
"Alright, Bankotsu...if you insist!" Inuyasha raised his tetsusaiga and released a wind scar.
the wind scar surged towards Bankotsu who was still kneeling. the wind scar seemed to have made contact.
"Did I get him?" Inuyasha exclaimed. then they heard a chuckle.
"Wow, Inuyasha! You held out longer then I first anticipated! I didn't know I would have to get on my knees to make you cooperate!" Bankotsu said, standing up; his halberd glowing with a red light.
"You are going to pay for that, though...because I kneel to no one!" Bankotsu said, bringing down his halberd and releasing a wind scar of his own.
"WHAT?!" Inuyasha gasped as he jumped out of the way.
'I knew he was fooling us! His halberd absorbed his wind scar some how!' Kagome thought.
…...
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