Chapter 3: Hanyou vs Salamander part 2

"Inuyasha…" Kagome said with grief in her voice as she saw inuyasha bruised, battered, severely burned lying on the ground unconscious and twitching.

"This new incarnation is more powerful than we expected, he's beaten inuyasha easily…" Miroku deadpanned

"Miroku, use your wind tunnel to take care of the fire demon." Sango suggested.

"Miroku…please go help him, and try not to suck inuyasha in." Kagome pleaded with tears forming in her eyes. Miroku nodded in response and walked over to the pink haired boy.

"So you're gonna be my new opponent huh?" Natsu asked with mockery in his voice. "You don't look so tough."

"Don't get too cocky fire demon!" Miroku replied as he removed the beads from his hand. "WIND TUNNEL!" Then a powerful black hole appeared on his hand, sucking everything in sight, except for inuyasha. "Damn it! He's trying to suck me in!" Natsu thought, he then was sucked in the whole, and miroku closed the wind tunnel up and smirked victoriously.

"You did it miroku!" Both Kagome and Sango cheered in unison.

"Any time ladies, anytime." Miroku replied, they then notice happy giggling with his paws over his mouth. "What's so funny cat?" Sango asked harshly.

"You'll see." Happy responded. They turned around to notice that miroku's right arm was shaking. "Miroku, what's wrong?" Sango asked in concern.

"H-He's trying to get out!" Miroku stuttered in panic, then a large stream of flames bursts from his wind tunnel, making him cringe in pain. Then the pink haired boy came out and in a blink of an eye, he slammed his left fist onto his ribcage and threw a right hook to his jaw, sending him flying and knocking him unconscious. "THAT AIN'T GONNA WORK!" Natsu roared in annoyance.

"Miroku!" Sango was now angrier than ever. "Wait her Kagome, he's mine! Let's go Kilala!" Kilala then transformed into her demon form, and Sango charged at natsu with all her fury. "HOW DARE YOU DO THAT TO MY FRIENDS?!"

"Gimme all ya got lady!" Natsu taunted with a wild grin, sango then started swinging her hirakostu at nastu repeatedly, which he kept dodging them with ease. He then ducked and threw an uppercut at the bottom of her jaw, sending her airborne and skidding back. She managed to land on her feet, and before she could take a step forward, she was interrupted by a fist to her gut, along with a head butt to her nose, causing it to bleed, a roundhouse kick to her ribcage, and a right hook to her temple, sending her skidding back. Her bloodlust then takes over and starts charging and swinging her hirakotsu again, almost like she's possed, while natsu kept dodging them with ease. And every attack she threw kept making natsu counter with a variety combo of punches, kicks, and head butts. "YEAH! SHOW HER WHO'S BOSS NATSU!" Happy cheered. Sango was fed up with her useless offense and started to take it to the extreme. THIS'LL FINISH YOU OFF! HIRAKOSTU!" Sango cried as she threw it at natsu, attempting to destroy him. To her surprise, he easily caught it with one hand, and a large stream of fire blasts from his hand, burning her hirakotsu and it got sango's right arm, making her cringe in pain. H-his flames…they're far more hotter than any ordinary flames. Sango thought with a mixture of awe and fear as she notice his eyes were glowing in a bright, red orange color, before natsu could take a step forward, a giant, flying cat with fangs had swiped him across his chest with its razor sharp claws, making him reel back in pain. "NATSU!" Happy shouted in worry, the large feline then came on top of natsu, trying to overpower him with its strength, but instead was being overwhelmed by natsu, who was able to push it off and got back on his feet. "ALL RIGHT KITTY CAT! YOU ASKED FOR IT!" Natsu shouted in anger, he then charged at the giant feline, cocked his fist back, and engulfed it in flames. "FIRE DRAGON'S IRON FIST!" Natsu roared as he threw a blazing punch at the cat, sending it flying and knocking it out cold and it shrinking back to its original size. "KILALA!" Sango screamed in horror. "Why you…" Before she could finish, she was interrupted by a kick to the jaw, sending her flying and knocking her unconscious. "SANGOOO!" Both Kagome and Shippo screamed, in which they were mow trembling in fear of the pinkette's immense power. "AYE! YOU DID IT AGAIN NATSU!" Happy chirped cheerfully.

"YEAH! THAT'LL TEACH HER TO MESS WITH ME!" Natsu replied with a grin. "Y-you b-bastard." Natsu and happy heard a struggling voice and turned around to see a bruised, battered, and severely burned inuyasha who was struggling to get back on his feet, despite his injuries. "YOU'RE GONNA PAW FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE!" Inuyasha shouted in anger.

"Geez, you don't know when to give up do ya?" Natsu asked irritably. "And what did I do to piss you off so much?"

"Yeah! What has natsu ever done to you?!" Happy interjected

"You're naraku's incarnation! A FIRE DEMON!" Inuyasha assumed while natsu and happy blinked in confusion.

"Huh? What the hell are you talking about, I'm not a fire demon, I'm a…" Natsu couldn't finish his sentence

"SAVE IT!" Inuyasha cuts him off, and charges at him while baring his claws. Natsu then engulfed his left fist in flames and says.

"FINE! IF YOU WANT ANOTHER ROUND OF ASS KICKIN' YOU'VE GOT ONE!" Natsu then charges at inuyasha, before he could attack, inuyasha reared his hand back and yells.

"IRON REAVER SOUL STEALER!" Inuyasha then swipes his claws at natsu, who ducks to evade the attack. Inuyaha turns around to get a flaming left uppercut to the chin, and a right hook to the jaw, making him fall back. Natsu then places his right foot on inuyasha's chest with lots of force, breaking his ribs along the process.

"Now to finish you off!" Natsu shouted, before he could do anything, he heard a noise coming straight towards him, turns and catches an arrow with his hand and burns it into ashes. "Oi…the hell was that suppose to do?" Natsu asked with a bored facial expression, while seeing the girl trembling in fear.

"I-I don't know but…I won't let you hurt my friends fire demon." Kagome shouted with much determination in her voice as she could.

"I told you guys! I'm not a fire demon!" Nastu said with annoyance. Kagome then puts her bow and arrows down.

"You're not?' Kagome asks curiously

"So if you're not a fire demon then what's with all the fire attacks?!" Inuyasha spat.

"That was my dragon slayer magic." Natsu replies with a toothy grin.

"Dragon slayer?" Both Kagome, Inuyasha, and Shippo asked with puzzeled tones.

"Aye, it's a form of lost magic that's rarely used anymore." Happy trails off. "It give the user all qualities of a dragon, making them immune to their own respective element. It was originally meant to kill dragons, and natsu's own is fire dragon slayer magic."

"I see…" Kagome trails off. "So if it wasn't you who attacked the village then who was it?"

"Ay, I think I can answer that my child." A voice said, they turn around to see an elderly woman, who looked to be in her 60s, with long gray hair, tied in a low pony tail. And she wore an eyepatch over her left eye, a white kimono, red baggy pants, and brown sandals.

"Kaede!" Both Inuyasha, Shippo, and Kagome shouted in unison.

"Ay, you see, there were two dragon youkai who attacked the village, and this boy fought the two with such ferocity and courage. He saved many innocent lives." Kaede explained. "But the boy over did it…" Kaede finished with a sigh.

"Aye, Natsu has a habit of going overboard with the fire." Happy sighed.

"Sorry about that." Natsu apologized with a sheepish grin.

"Well now that's settled, we're really sorry about attacking you in the first place." Kagome apologized meekly with a bow.

"It's cool, sorry about wailing out on your pals like that, I get a little carried away sometimes." Natsu replied while scratching at the back of his head." Are they gonna be okay?" Natsu asked, Kagome giggled in response.

"Don't worry, they've been through worse than this." Kagome replied. "So you're name's natsu right?"

"Yup, that's me! And this is my partner happy." Natsu greeted while pointing his thumb at the blue feline

"Aye! Nice to meet ya!" Happy chirped, he then got a little closer to Kagome's face and says. "Wow, unlike Lucy, you're beautiful!" Happy said in awe, Kagome then blushed and giggled at his comment. "Why thank you cutie." Kagome replied while hugging happy and gently patting his head. "OI!" They then turn to see a very angry inuyasha who just got back up.

"YA DAMN CAT! YOU GOT A LOT OF NERVE FLIRTIN' WITH KAGOME LIKE THAT!" Inuyasha barked, he then turns his attention towards natsu. "AND YOU! YA THINK I'M JUST GONNA FORGIVE YOU?!"

"Whatever dog breath, you're just pissed cause you got your ass kicked." Natsu replied nonchalantly.

"YEAH YA DUMB DOG!" Happy chanted, inuyasha just growls in response. "Come on inuyasha, let it go, and besides, he's not our enemy." Kagome suggests, inuyasha just snorts in response.

"That's the most you're gonna get out of him." Said Shippo.

"Don't worry about it." Natsu replies with a grin, he then turns his attention to Kagome. "So do ya need help carrying your friends?" Natsu asks, Kagome smiles warmly at him and says

"Sure, I could use the help." Kagome replies, Natsu then walks up to Miroku, Sango, and Kilala and carries them on his back.

"Alright, where to?" Natsu asks.

"Follow me child." Kaede replies, they then start walking the pathway through the village that led to Lady Kaede's hut, so she could heal the others that were beaten badly.

To be continued…