To say that Sesshoumaru was pissed would be a serious understatement. In his present state of unsuppressed fury, nothing out of hell would have dared to cross him.
He didn't know how, but there were clearly two Weis; both of whom were not human and one them was carrying HIS Kagome away. The other was facing him with a sword drawn and was obviously preparing to throw down with Sesshoumaru.
I don't have time for this...
Not even bothering to slow himself, Sesshoumaru let loose with the Toukijin on the Wei in front of him. Thundering streams of energy ripped through the air and tore screeching chunks of grey concrete out of where Wei-
-had been. In the space of an eye blink Wei, had jumped to meet Sesshoumaru mid-air with an overhead blow from his own sword that would have split Sesshoumaru in two had it landed. Although surprised, Seshoumarus brought Wei's attack to a screaming halt on the Toukijin's edge. The strength behind Wei's blow, however, was enough to cause them both to hurtle earthward like a meteorite.
Plummeting through the sky, Sesshoumaru twisted and slipped out of Wei's range of attack and brought himself to a graceful stop in the middle of a crosswalk just as Wei slammed through the roof of a blue Mazda Miata and set off the car's alarm, causing a piercing wail to split the air.
Although he was more than aware of the whispering and baffled stares he was getting from those around him, Sesshoumaru couldn't be bothered to pay attention to them right now as something occurred to him about Wei. He can't fly-
Whomever the Mazda belonged to would have to find another means of transportation because in the instant before Sesshoumaru could finish his thought the car bulged outward and was then swallowed up by a deafening explosion that sprayed flaming bits of wreckage everywhere and shattered windowpanes all around.
As if that explosion were a signal to all the bystanders, sudden chaos erupted as they all realized their own mortality and their wish to preserve it for a while longer. Going in any direction that seemed to offer safety, they stampeded wildly to put distance between themselves and the conflict.
All of that took place in only the space of a second, all of it ignored by Wei as he surged forward out of the flames and to the attack. This time though, Sesshoumaru allowed Wei to commit himself irrevocably to the attack before answering it. When he did, Sesshoumaru raised the Toukijin and lanced out with torrents of blue-green bolts that hit Wei full on and ripped away at him and the ground he was over like a hurricane of blades.
The fierce waves of energy hammered Wei back and shredded his clothes, but to Sesshoumaru's acute dismay and astonishment, did little damage to Wei himself. His bronze skin remained whole and not even a scratch showed. Even his spiked black hair was unaffected.
Apparently energy attacks would not work on him.
Perhaps brutal trauma with the swords edge...
A knowing and superior smile twisted Wei's lips upward. "So that is the Toukijin is it? You won't be able to hurt me with it; just as it was born from hatred and rage so was I. Let me introduce you to my sword," Wei raised it and for the first time Sesshoumaru was able to get a good look at it. Just like the Toukijin, it was a doubled edged blade, but unlike the Toukjin, its hilt was in the shape of an emerald dragon from whose open mouth the actual blade emerged like a gleaming spire. As Sesshoumaru took in the details of the sword, he began to realize that heat waves were radiating from the blade and distorting perception around it. "This is the 'Yao Yan Zhi Chou' or 'Shining Hate' in your language. With it, I will wipe Japan from the pages of history. You will never be able raise your hands against us; the Japanese won't even exist."
Sesshoumaru locked gazes with Wei. "You're totally insane. You do know that right?"
The condescending smile left Wei's face. "I would be more concerned with my own well being if I were you."
Wei suddenly slashed the Shining Hate through the air and an orange crescent of flame as wide as the street materialized and roared toward Sesshoumaru who seemed to disappear behind its burning embrace.
A confused expression appeared on Wei's face as he surveyed the empty street once the flames had extinguished themselves.
Couldn't have been that easy...
His confusion only deepened when he became aware of a large hole in the concrete whose edges seemed to be sizzling with some green substance. Is that-
Realization dawned on Wei an instant too late, as the concrete beneath his own feet suddenly started bubbling and a smell like burning ozone filled the air. Gravity did the rest as the ground around him collapsed and dropped Wei to the subway tunnel underneath, as his enemy's corrosive poison ate away at his support.
Wei maintained enough presence of mind to bring up his guard and block just as Sesshoumaru appeared and drove in with the Toukijin swinging in with a slashing attack, angled low and to the right. Wei refused it with his own blade though and anticipated the reversal in stance that allowed Sesshoumaru to slice his blade back across where Wei had been. Springing up, Wei moved to seize the initiative and put his opponent on the defense. Sesshoumaru ducked underneath Wei's return strike and aimed a slashing cut at Wei's legs, who succeeded in jump-evading the attack, but not the follow up that Sesshoumaru pulled as he stepped in to hook his right leg behind where Wei's left would be. As Wei landed, Sesshoumaru pulled his leg back upsetting Wei's balance and sending him down.
The Toukijin stabbed downwards to where Sesshoumaru expected to find Wei's heart but his blade only bit into bare concrete as Wei twisted with unexpected grace and turned his fall into an almost lazy one-handed back flip that brought him up in a defensive position.
"Nice try," Wei commented dryly.
In the distance, Sesshoumaru was able to make out a rumbling sound speeding towards them both. Unease writhed through Sesshoumaru's stomach, as he once again looked at his opponent. I was moving faster than most youkai and he kept up with me easily...
Further contemplation was cut short as Wei came at Sesshoumaru again his eyes cold and merciless. The Shining Hate whistled through the air as Wei tried to open the reincarnate's stomach but failed to make contact as Sesshoumaru shifted backwards, but not fast enough to avoid a spinning secondary slash that drew of line of red across Sesshoumaru's torso. The blade sliced through the outer layer of skin on Sesshoumaru's upper chest but did no serious damage.
You're good Wei, but I am no novice.
In the fraction of a second that Wei was open for a counter attack, Sesshoumaru shifted his weight to the balls of his right foot and arced around his left foot in a roundhouse kick that slammed into Wei's ribs with a crunching sound and succeeded in sending him flying across the room to crash into a cement pillar.
Before Wei could recover, Sesshoumaru unfurled his energy whip. Its green glowing length wrapped around Wei and pinned his arms to his sides. Too fast to see, Sesshoumaru shifted his weight and swung Wei around with bone crushing force into the surrounding blue tiled pillars; shattering them like cheap glass and then crashing Wei into the surrounding walls and vending machines, leaving man sized indentions in them and sending a rainbow of food stuffs arcing through the air.
The subway platform echoed with the deep sounds of impact as Sesshoumaru bashed Wei with all his force into whatever he could. The rumbling in the distance had come much closer and lights began to shine in the tunnel.
Perfect, Sesshoumaru thought.
Sesshoumaru made one last spin and then released Wei(who had lost his grip on the Shining Hate by this time) into the path of the tracks.
Right as the 11 A.M. subway train pulled in.
If Wei screamed, Sesshoumaru didn't hear it over the screeching of the train's brakes as Wei was hit by the full force of the metro train, spraying a fine red mist that coated the tunnel walls and carried the superhuman psychopath away.
Before people could pile out of the doors, Sesshoumaru changed into a blue glowing ball of light that zipped out of the hole on the street level and up into the sky.
