Chapter 8: The Lord Of The Western Lands Vs The Salamander pt 1
Early in the afternoon, Kagura fluttered her eyes open and noticed she was next to a nearby river bank. "Where am i?" She thought in curiosity. She looked around and saw eight year old Rin, sitting on the two headed Dragon Youkai Ah-Un. "Oh good, you're finally awake!" Rin exclaimed happily. Kagura winced in pain as she slowly sat up. "W-What happened?" She asked slightly stammering. "You were unconscious and injured in the meadow, so Lord Sesshomaru took you here until you recovered." Rin explained.
Flash back…
"Lord Sesshomaru, where are we going?" Rin asked curiously, but Sesshomaru stayed silent. "Rin! Must you be impatient as always-GAH!" Before Jaken could finish, he accidentally bumped into Sesshomaru and noticed he stopped in his tracks. "M'Lord, why have you stopped-AAAAAHHHHH!" Jaken exclaimed as he saw that the grass of the meadow was severely scorched, burned, singed, and had a small, but deep crater in the ground.
"W-W-WHAT HAPPENED HERE?!" Jaken stammered, they walked further into the meadow and stopped to see an unconscious, severely burned, badly bruised and battered Kagura lying on the ground. "KAGURA!" Jaken and Rin exclaimed with wide eyes, while Sesshomaru remained emotionless. Jaken ran up to her and analyzed her body. "M-monster…" Kagura mumbled while unconscious. "Huh, what's she going on about, who's the monster?" Jaken thought in confusion.
"Lord Sesshomaru, was this Inuyasha's doing?" Jaken questioned. "No, Inuyasha isn't responsible." Sesshomaru answered stoically.
"Huh? So if Inuyasha's not responsible then who was?" Jaken questioned confused. "It was a new comer." Sesshomaru trails off. "And I can tell by the scent that he utilizes fire."
"Lord Sesshomaru, what should we do with Kagura?" Rin asked, they heard he once again heard Kagura mumble the word "Monster." "Leave her be." Sesshomaru replied while walking away. "But Lord Sesshomaru, we can't just leave her out here. We need to help her." She said with a pleading look. Sesshomaru lightly sighed and said. "Very well then, carry her to the river bank until she fully recovers." He told them. "Jaken, come with me."
"Yes m'lord!" Jaken replied as he followed Sesshomaru to their next destination.
Flash back end…
"I see…" Kagura replied while remembering her last battle with Natsu Dragneel and how he utterly defeated her. "Sesshomaru may be powerful, but he should be wary of Natsu Dragneel, his power shows no bounds." She thought. Meanwhile…Inuyasha and the group were sitting in the middle of a grassy field under a large tree eating the food Kagome made them, while Natsu and Happy went off to train. "I don't see why we need to take a break, we need to keep searching for naraku along with the jewel shards!" Inuyasha mumbled with his mouth full rice balls. "Come on Inuyasha, they're not strong like us so they to rest to keep going." Shippo pointed out. "What the hell do you mean "Not strong like us?" and besides, natsu's human and he left to train or somethin'." Inuyasha points out. "Not to mention he kicked your butt." Shippo mumbled, making inuyasha form a tick mark on his head, and puts shippo in a noogie. "WHAT WAS THAT RUNT?!" Inuyasha roared. "Inuyasha! Sit!" Kagome shouts. WHAM!
"I don't know why natsu left to train, he shouldn't push himself." She mumbled with slight concern on her face. "Quit your worryin' Kagome! Dragon boy can take care of himself." Inuyasha said. "I know but…" Before She could finish, she felt a hand on her left shoulder. "Don't worry Kagome, I'm sure Natsu has a legitimate reason for it." Sango reassured with a smile. Kagome smiled back and said. "I guess you're right." She replied with a chuckle. Inuyasha sniffs the air, stands up, walks from under the tree and unsheathes the tetssaiga. "Everyone, stay back, he's coming." Inuyasha warned gruffly. "Inuyasha's right, I sense a demonic aura." Kagome warned as well, then two figures appeared in front of them, and those two were jaken and…"SESSHOMARU!" They shouted in unison, while Sesshomaru stayed silent for a brief moment.
"Did not expect you to be here, little brother." Sesshomaru said coolly. Inuyasha just growls in response. "What are you doing here Sesshomaru?!" He snarled. But Sesshomaru stayed silent and answered that by unsheathing the sword called Tokijin. "Keh, if it's a fight you want, you got one!" Inuyasha shouted, and with a battle cry, he dashes towards Sesshomaru, raising his tessaiga to strike him. However, Sesshomaru didn't move an inch and raised his sword, slashing the air creating blue energy waves heading towards inuyasha. They then hit Inuyasha, causing him to scream in pain. "INUYASHA!" The others screamed in agony.
"Get e'm Lord Sesshomaru! Behead that worthless half breed!" Jaken rooted. Despite the damage from the attack, Inuyasha managed to get back up and charged at Sesshomaru again. He kept swinging his tessaiga at him, but he kept blocking all of them with ease. Sesshomaru then drove his knee into Inuyasha's gut, sending him flying and skidding back into the ground. Inuyasha then got back up, slightly grimacing in pain. "Hmph, you should learn your place half breed and stay down." Sesshomaru scoffed, Inuyasha snarled in response. "EAT THIS SESSHOMARU! WIND SCAAAARRRRR!" He bellowed, slamming the tessaiga to the ground, making a powerful, golden energy blast emerge from the sword, heading straight towards Sesshomaru. But he just stood there, not moving a single muscle. He raised his sword and blue energy swirled around it.
"DRAGON STRIKE!" He shouts as he slashed the air creating a blue, powerful energy blast in the shape of a dragon. It swallowed the wind scar and headed straight towards Inuyasha, but then a figure appeared out of nowhere and moved him out of the way. When the smoke from the blast cleared up, the figure turned out to be…"NATSU!" The others, except Inuyasha shouted in relief.
"Yo dog breath, this bastard givin' ya a hard time." Natsu asked with a teasing smirk, making Inuyasha form a tick mark on his head. "Shut it pinky, I had it under control!" Inuyasha barked. "Ya sure? Cause it didn't look that way to me." Happy pointed out with a mischievous grin. "SHUT UP YOU DAMN FURBALL!" Inuyasha roared. "Who are you?! And who asked you to interfere?!" Jaken demanded.
"What's it to you toad?" Natsu replied with a deadpan. "Why you- "Jaken, stay back." Sesshomaru demanded. "Y-yes m'lord" Jaken replied as he did what he was told. "NATSU! BE CAREFUL THAT GUY IS INUYASHA'S OLDER BROTHER SESSHOMARU!" Kagome warned, Natsu and Happy turned to her with wide eyes. "Whoa! Inuyasha had a brother?" Happy asked shocked, Kagome replies with a nod. "Yes! And he's way stronger than inuyasha! He's not a half demon like him, he's a full fledged demon!" Kagome explains, Natsu and Happy then turn back to Sesshomaru.
"So, you the flea bags' big brother?" Natsu asked, Sesshomaru's brows slightly narrow. "I do not consider that lowly half demon my brother." Sesshomaru replied coldly, Natsu stared at him in shock. "How the hell could you say your own flesh and blood is trash?!" Natsu demanded with anger. "This has nothing to do with you hum-AAAHHHH!" Jaken exclaimed while he received a dark glare from Natsu, making him shut up, he then turns his attention to Sesshomaru. "Did you at least think of him as your brother?" Natsu asked with a growl. "This don't concern, now move so I can finish off Inuyasha." Sesshomaru demanded. He then notices the temperature steadily rising, and saw smoke coming off of Natsu's body, he then let out a roar of anger, making everyone cover their ears and red, clad orange flames erupted from his body, he then turned and glared at Sesshomaru. "This heat, it's no ordinary fire." Sesshomaru thought.
"HELL NO! IF YOU WANT HIM, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO GO THROUGH ME!" Natsu roared. With a battle cry, he dashed at Sesshomaru with all his fury. "NATSU NO!" The others shout in agony, except for happy. Natsu cocks his fist back and ignites it in flames. "FIRE DRAGON'S IRON FIST!" Natsu bellowed, as he threw a blazing punch, aiming for sesshomaru's head. But he blocked it with tokijin, creating a barrier protecting him from the punch. "What the hell?!" Natsu thought in shock. "HAHAHA! Silly mortal, you have no chance against Lord Sesshomaru!" Jaken mocked haughtily while jumping up and down. But he then noticed a stream of fire oming from Natsu's elbow. "What is this?" Jaken thought puzzled. "FIRE DRAGON'S FLAME ELBOW!" He shouts, breaking through the barrier and throwing a skull shattering right hook to Sesshomaru's temple, sending him skidding back. And knoking his sword out along the process. "H-How can that be?! Tokijins barrier can eradicate anything in its path!" Jaken stammered in shock. Sesshomaru managed to quickly recover and flew straight into the air. "Hmm…no one's managed to strike me before." He thought, he then pulls out his poison whip and starts lashing it out at Natsu, who kept dodging it with ease. He then does a somersault and engulfs his right foot in flames.
"FIRE DRAGON'S CLAW!" Natsu howls, throwing an axe kick aiming for sesshomaru's head, but managed to block it by raising his right forearm. It then became a slug fest as they were constantly throwing punches and kicks at each other while blocking them, the others watched in awe tough they can barely see what's going on. "What the hell's goin' on up there?!" Inuyasha asked in slight shock. "I don't know, but it looks like Natsu's hanging in there." Sango replied with a smile. "YEAH! GO NATSU!" Happy and Shippo rooted, while Kagome stared with concern. "Natsu…" She thought anxiously. They continue the assault and Natsu throws a left hook to Sesshomaru's jaw, he then throws a right hook to Natsu's temple. Natsu then recovers and throws a roundhouse kick to his ribcage, and Sesshomaru counters with a knee strike to Natsu's chin, and Natsu throws a headbutt to Sesshomaru's nose, and he counters with an uppercut to his jaw and an axe kick to his face, Knocking him down. "NATSU!" Kagome shouts in worry. Natsu quickly recovers and wipes the blood from his bottom lip, Sesshomaru gently lands on the ground and picks up his sword. "He's far more skilled than Inuyasha in hand to hand combat, and displays more raw power." He thought.
"So, we're done warmin' up?" Natsu asks earning a nod from Sesshomaru. "Good, cause I'm all fired up!" Natsu shouts with a wild grin while slamming his fist into his palm, the others, except happy stared at them in shock. "D-Did he just say w-warming up?" Shippo stammered. "Uh huh, Natsu was just holding back." Happy replied. "I thought those two were goin' at it already!" Inuyasha exclaimed. The two stood there, giving each other hard stares, until Sesshomaru broke the silence. "You managed to strike me, but I can assure you, it won't happen again." He said coolly.
"I've lost track of how many people told me that." Natsu replies with a bored facial expression. "To bad they ended up getting their asses kicked." He finished with a feral grin, Sesshomaru slightly narrows his eyebrows in response. "Don't get to cocky human! Lord Sesshomaru will surely defeat-
"Jaken, I said stay back." He demanded with a slightly firmer tone. "O-Of course Lord Sesshomaru." Jaken replies with a stutter as he did as he was told. Natsu then charges at Sesshomaru with a battle cry and ugnites both of his fists in flames and lunges at Sesshomaru, intending to strike him. He then raises his sword and slashes the air, creating blue energy waves hurtling towards Natsu. They managed to hit him, but Natsu easily fought it of by throwing a right hook to the sword and a spinning hook kick to Sesshomaru's head, but he duck and side stepped. "Hmm…he managed to fight it off." He thught, then cut marks appeared on Natsu's arms, chest and his clothes slightly tatter. "NATSU!" The others shout In worry, but despite the damage, Natsu just shook off the pain like it was nothing and charged at sesshomaru again. But he raised his sword and shoots green energy spheres, moving at high speed, but Natsu managed to dodge them, he then cocks his arm back, puts his hand in a claw like fashion, and engulfs it in fire.
"FIRE DRAGON'S CRUSHING FANG!" He bellows, swiping his hand aiming for sesshomaru's face, but he side stepped and flew into the air. Natsu then jumps up high in the air with streams of fire blasting form his feet, and lights his arms on fire while spinning them in a circular wing like motion. "FIRE DRAGON'S WING ATTACK! He shouts, snapping his arms forward like whips slamming Sesshomaru to the ground. "LORD SESSHOMARU!" Jaken screams in agony. Natsu then ignites his hands in blades, puts them together and raises them above his head. "TIME TO END THIS! FIRE DRAGON'S BRILLIANT FLAME!" He roars, throwing a massive fire ball at Sesshomaru, causing a massive explosion. But he blocked it with his sword, creating a barrier protecting him from the attack. Once the fire cleared up, Natsu suddenly appeared and does a front flip while lighting his foot on fire.
"FIRE DRAGON'S CLAW!" He shouts, throwing an axe kick at Sesshomaru's head, who managed to dodge and his kick leaves a small crater in the ground. "That was close, I was too cocky, time to take the offensive." He thought tactfully. Natsu then turns to Sesshomaru, rears his head back and puffs up his cheeks.
"FIRE DRAGON'S…ROOOOOAAAAARRRRRR!" He roars, blasting and enormous, continuous stream of fire heading towards Sesshomaru. He then raises his sword and blue energy swirled around it.
"Let's finish this, DRAGON STRIKE!" He shouts, as e powerful energy blast in the shape of a dragon emerged from the sword.
"NATSU! WATCH OUT!" Sango warned. Both of the attacks clashed, waiting for one of them to be overpowered. But both of them dispatched, showing they're both equally in power, the others stared in shock. "What the hell, dragon boy's attack is as strong as Sesshomaru's." Inuyasha said shocked. "I'll say Inuyasha." Miroku replied calmly. Sesshomaru places his sword back in his Sheathe and stares at Natsu. "His attack is equal to mine, this boy's no ordinary human." He thought analyzing.
"I'll admit, you are far more skilled and powerful than my half brother." Sesshomaru Noted. "You're not so bad yourself mutt, but now I've seen all of your little quirks." Natsu replies with a wild grin. 'What does he mean by that happy?" Sango questioned puzzled. "Natsu means he knows everything that guy's gonna throw at him." Happy answered. "I see…" Sango inquired.
"I know the timing of your attacks, the way you stand when you defend, even the rhythm of your breathing." Natsu explained. "What are you going on about human?!" Jaken demanded.
"I know everything he's gonna throw at me." He finished with a feral grin, showing off his fangs. "So he's been analyzing my moves this whole time…this leaves me no choice. Sesshomaru thought in slight anger. Then an enormous, magenta colored aura appeared around him, his sclera went red, and his iris's turn blue, and the markings on his cheeks are more jagged and his fangs lengthen and become sharper.
"Oh no..Sesshomaru's tru self!" Kagome thought in worry. Natsu, however, was unfazed by it. "HAHAHA! Foolish human, this's Lord Sesshomaru's true power! And there is no ther power that can surpass it! He used it to kill great and powerful demons!" Jake mocked, Sesshomaru went forward and threw a punch at Natsu, who easily blocked it with his fore arm.
"Is that so? Then I should use the same kind of power." Natsu said as orange flames erupted from his body. "THAT I USED TO FIGHT FOR MY FRIENDS YOU'VE PICKED ON!"
"Natsu…" Kagome thought in awe. Natsu then throws a right hook to Sesshomaru's jaw, sending him skidding back. The others, except happy, stared at him in shock. "How is he doing this, he's overpowering Sesshomaru?" Miroku asked in shock. "Aye that's Natsu for ya!" Happy replied. Sesshomaru managed to recover and stared at Natsu with slight anger written on his face. "LET'S END THIS!" Natsu shouted, and with that, they charged at each other.
To be continued… I HOPE YOU GUYS ENJOYED IT! DON'T FORGET REVIEW TO SEE WHAT YOU THINK OF IT!