Childhood Remix

Disclaimer: This is an "Inuyasha" fanfiction. I have not stolen the idea and I have not taken claim to the show. It has not now nor has it ever been mine. Enjoy! 

Chapter 8: The true beast and new friends…

"Hello little brother," the man said as he stood up straight.

"Sesshomaru," Inuyasha greeted with disgust.

"Foolish of you would allow such a weak demon to overpower you. Then again, what could a half-breed like you do?"

Inuyasha growled at the insinuation. "What is that supposed to mean!?"

Sesshomaru just chuckled darkly. "Isn't it obvious? You are a worthless hanyou, and you could succumb to nothing. Look at yourself, living in a human village. It is weakening you more than you can afford," Sesshomaru finished as he looked around. His eyes landed on Kagome and narrowed. He could smell his kid-brother's scent all over her, and that made him growl quietly. "Are you with that human child over there?" Sesshomaru asked his brother.

"Yeah, what of it?" Inuyasha growled.

The older youkai scoffed. "I refuse to let you taint the blood-line further. You would've done better to stay away from such vermin,"

"Vermin!?" Kagome shouted in anger.

"Yes," Sesshomaru replied so simply in such a cold voice she immediately back away. "I'll get rid of you before can hurt the already damaged blood that runs through you. And this will be the perfect time to test out my new sword," he replied as he pulled out a sword with a blue and white handle. "Tensaiga, from father's fang,"

"Father?" Inuyasha muttered in confusion.

"Yes, he entrusted the mighty sword to me, jealous?"

Inuyasha thought about it for a moment. "Not in the least," he said finally. Why would I be jealous, I never even knew him, Inuyasha thought as he stared at his brother's sword. What did he mean by "fang"? I mean, how can you get a sword out of a measly old fang?

Sesshomaru raised it above his head and was about to bring it down until Kagome jumped in front of him. Stopping for a mere second before throwing his poison claws toward her, she screamed and she went flying back as Inuyasha's eyes widened. There was an anger going through him that he didn't quite understand. He'd been angry before, but this was different, like his demon-blood was coursing faster. "Stay out of this woman," Sesshomaru said lowly.

"Why don't you leave her out of this!?" Inuyasha snapped out in his rage.

"You dare to talk to me such?" Sesshomaru asked simply. "Foolish half-breed!" The youkai slashed his claws down faster than Inuyasha could see, and before he knew it, Sesshomaru flung him backwards, his blood mixing in with that of the slaughtered demon. He was breathing hard as he tried to stop the flooding blood coming out of his chest. The claws of his brother had come awfully close to his heart, but the hanyou refused to give up. He stood up shakily, but his brother had knocked him aside with his nails once more. Sesshomaru had cut deeper into the already open wound causing Inuyasha's heart to beat a little softer.

I'm not going to last much longer like this, Inuyasha thought softly as he could feel his blood become thicker, and the scent of blood coming from Kagome was just making it flow faster. He looked over at her, saw the unconscious beauty, and started to see red.

Sesshomaru lifted his sword once again as he charged towards his brother. Stopping short, Sesshomaru took a deep whiff of the air. His scent, why has his scent changed? It smells like mine or our father's… He thought before bringing the Tensaiga down hard, splitting Inuyasha right in half and sending him tumbling over a ledge. He landed outside a cave entrance as red turned to black and he was out cold.

Back on top the cliff, Sesshomaru smiled a small but wicked smile as he sheathed his new sword. He was puzzled at the change in his brother, but he wouldn't worry about it now that Inuyasha was dead.

***

"A boy? What happened to the poor lad I wonder. He has the ears of a beast, but he is still hurt, maybe I should bring him inside," a boy that looked around the same age as Inuyasha said as he lifted the hanyou and brought him into the cave for the night.

***

Blinking away the bleariness, Inuyasha struggled to sit up, but to no avail. He felt a sting in his chest, and he had a major headache. "Ugh, what happened to me?" he asked himself quietly. That's weird; I thought Sesshomaru killed me…

"Good, you're awake,"

"WHO'S THERE!?" Inuyasha screamed in terror as he jolted to his feet. Ignoring the pain, the hanyou tried to see through the darkness. Seeing nothing, he listened intently instead. Breathing… that was about all could hear.

"You're not going to hurt me, are you?" he heard a boy's voice sound and faced the direction it came from.

"Who are you!?"

"I'm the one that saved you," the boy said simply.

"If you saved me…" Inuyasha seemed to think for a moment. "…I won't harm you,"

"Great, what's your name?"

"Inuyasha, yours?"

"I'm-" he started, but a loud sound that came from outside cut off the boy before he could finish.

"What was that?" they both wondered at the time before the other boy went bolting out of the cave. Inuyasha would've followed, but he couldn't exactly move right then, so he just stayed put. It wasn't until he could sense a demon that he pushed past the pain and headed outside. In front of him was a snarling bat, humanoid demon. "What's going on out here?"

"You and your human buddy here are in my cave," the demon growled.

"Sorry, we'll just leave the-" Inuyasha started.

"No, we were here first," the young human boy said with a mischievous smirk.

Inuyasha turned to the man with wide eyes. What the hell is that human doing!? This is a youkai for god's sake! Inuyasha thought as he got a good look at the boy. He had black, curly hair and grey eyes, a handsome face, and was pretty tall. Nonetheless, whoever he was, he was suicidal.

"Well then, I'll just have to take it from you," the demon smirked as well.

"It wasn't me, Inuyasha over there said that he would gladly take anyone on for it," the human said as Inuyasha's mouth dropped.

The boy watched as malice tainted the demon's eyes. Beautiful, he thought.

"Then I will fight you for it," said the demon as he turned towards Inuyasha.

Inuyasha growled under his breath in frustration at the boy. How dare he? Inuyasha thought as he tried to get in a fighting position. He winced and stood back up straight. I'm too weak, how will I ever get through this battle with my life? He thought still as the demon prepared for the first move.

It came charging at the hanyou who jumped out of the way just in time. Whirling around, Inuyasha clenched his claws, ready to take on the demon no matter how much it hurt.

***

"Inuyasha!?" Kagome called as she looked around the village. She had bandages on her and she was limping, but she wasn't about to leave him out here all alone. Since she wasn't conscious for most of the battle, Kagome wasn't sure where to find him, but she had to keep looking.

"You're never going to find him," Kikyou said as she followed slowly behind her younger sister.

"Well maybe I would if someone would help me!" Kagome snapped back in anger and frustration.

"Hey, don't look at me; I don't want to find the half-breed anyway,"

"Stop being so mean!"

"What? He's probably dead anyway," Kikyou muttered as Kagome stopped short.

"..No, he…he can't be. I mean, he wouldn't be. Who was that man anyway?"

"I don't know, but he looked a lot like him. Do you think they were related?"

"No, why would they try to hurt each other if they were related?"

"I don't know, grudge?"

"No grudge can be that strong,"

"I say we just go home, if he really wants to come back, he will,"

"But he could die!" Kagome argued.

"If he's so weak that one night will kill him, there's no saving him anyway,"

"Hey, did I ever tell you that you are amazing at pep talks?"

"I'm just trying to make sure you know the cold-hard truth and don't get too excited,"

"Yeah well, I don't think I need your help in that department. Now then, if you don't mind, I'm going to keep looking, and if you're not going to help, then I'd appreciate it if you would leave,"

"Fine, stay out here in the humid night, see if I care," Kikyou replied before walking away.

Oh Inuyasha, where could you have gotten to? Kagome asked herself in worry.

***

Inuyasha grunted as he hit the ground. Again. Nothing he did was working, he was just too weak. He was losing way too much blood with the demon throwing him to the ground so many times, and his vision was starting to become blurry.

"Is that all you've got pest?" the demon taunted as it got ready once more.

"Not even close," Inuyasha replied back as he tried to clear his head of thoughts of running away. You're not a coward! He rubbed his eyes to get rid of the blurriness and ran straight toward the demon. "Iron R-!" before Inuyasha could even get out the attack, the demon had punched his claws straight through Inuyasha's gut. He stagger-breathed for a moment before the bat demon took his hand back and jumped away just in time to see Inuyasha fall to the ground.

A river of blood flooded out of him and soaked the grass to a damp mush. His eyes had gone blank, and he was trying to fight the darkness that was pulling him in.

It was odd. It was the same feeling he had when he was fighting his brother, he felt angry, and he could feel his blood thickening. He could feel what little flesh he had left to cover his bones start to pulsate as the pain started to recede. Eyes glowing red and bruise-like marks staining his face, Inuyasha sprung forward into action.

The bat demon barely had time to react as he felt the energy from the hanyou return. He tried to dodge out of the way, but soon Inuyasha had chopped into small pieces causing blood and bits of bone to scatter everywhere.

The boy watched from the shadows as the red from Inuyasha's kimono mixed with the red of the blood of the demon. Not sure how to respond, but excited by the strength this Inuyasha was showing, the boy stepped forward with a tree branch in hand. He snuck up behind Inuyasha and smacked the branch down hard causing the blood from his head to gush out of the wound. It looked like there had been a massacre, and there was hardly any peach color left to Inuyasha, just crimson.

Inuyasha slammed into the dirt in front of him. He was knocked out, and the other boy took that opportunity to take him back into the cave. Setting the hanyou down gently, the boy was surprised to see him already starting to come to. "Ugh, what…happened to me?" he croaked.

"You had some sort of transformation while fighting out there. It must feel amazing to have all that power at your fingertips, to be able to invoke fear into people, and watch the malice cover their loved ones' eyes. It must always be a beautiful sight," the boy said with a distant look.

"No, I hate it, and where do you get off telling that demon that I would fight him anyway!?" Inuyasha's voice cracked under the strain of his raised voice.

"I just wanted to see the pure anger that would have come out of it. It was gorgeous,"

This guy's nuts! Inuyasha thought as he stared at the man in front of him. "But you almost had me killed! Just who do you think you are!?"

"Onigumo," the man answered simply.

**Okay, there's that chapter. Sorry it took so long to get out there, I had major writer's block for the fight scenes, but I hope it's up to the status quo. Before you all say, "He never met Onigumo!" I know, but he met Kagome when he was younger, meaning he stayed at Kikyou's village earlier, and Onigumo stayed near Kikyou's village in that cave, so this was when he first found it in my story. Alright, tell me what you think so far, and I'll try to update sooner next time. TTFN!**