InuYasha Fan Fiction / Bleach Fan Fiction ❯ Dragon Sword of the Four Souls ❯ Chapter 5

A/N I am so sorry for taking so long with this in updating, it was a horrible beast to do, I stopped and started this chapter numerous of times, deleted it a few as well, I just couldn’t get it right, for some reason I had difficulty writing Inuyasha and Ichigo interaction, their both volatile and temperamental with a similar attitude that I thought it would be easy, it wasn’t though. Arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh is how I felt from beginning to end.

Chapter 4

The tension was indeed high between the three individuals as the two stood of against the other one.

Ichigo’s body was still ready and tense even though because of Ishida’s words, sure the guy might not be able to see him but he had felt his touch. If anything all of the past battles he had had made him never let his guard down against an enemy or opponent.

The way this man stood, body obviously alert and ready also couldn’t help but remind the young shinigami of his battles against certain other individuals from Soul Society when rescuing Rukia, in particular when he had fought against members of the 11th Squad, the volatile Ikkaku for one and of course who couldn’t forget the blood lust hungry Captain Zaraki.

Some how to Ichigo there was a remarkable similarity from this man in front of him to the 11th squad. Maybe it was something in the eyes, a lust for a fight and the strength in his body which flowed from him to Ichigo’s senses. They were made almost from the same mould. Hell he knew for certain if Zaraki was here, he’d be in his element and wanting to fight against this guy.

And that was one reason why he would not let his guard down and underestimate him.

Ishida was tense as he tried to understand and figure out what this creature was, the aura he had was alien to him but for some reason he felt as if he was forgetting something. Something his grandfather had taught him.

The darkness was deeper than a hollow and there wasn’t that taint of death in it either. No you could practically taste the strong life force in his aura.

As for Inuyasha at that moment as he stared at the young man before him for once he did not jump in to attack, well Inuyasha was feeling rather annoyed.

Actually he was fucking ticked off, that was the expression that came to his mind. A feeling he usually got around Shippo, the little runt was a master of getting on his nerves. Some days he swore that the mischievous kitsune just did it out of a perverse and sadistic pleasure and also a need of practising his skills and repertoire of ‘101 ways to piss off Inuyasha.’.

Inuyasha had only been minutes ago staring one last time at the sleeping Kagome when he decided it was time to head back off to the shrine and through the well.

Miroku had wanted to speak to him these last few days about some information he had picked up and Inuyasha had been putting it off for now.

He could imagine the expressions on Miroku, Sango, and Kaede even along with Shippo if they knew that.

He was putting off information about Naraku and shards of the Shikon to stay by Kagome’s side, their jaws would be on the ground with shock.

No matter that wasn’t important at the moment, there were other things which took priority in his mind.

Just as he stood up and perched on the windowsill to jump off to the outside, very suddenly her comforting aura totally disappeared and receded back into her body until it seemed that she was normal human girl with no miko abilities at all. That made his eyes narrow in surprise along with his body unconsciously stiffens up almost as if danger was near.

It was realistic assumption as because of Kagome’s blanketing aura leaving the room. Inuyasha became aware of other things, things that it seemed had been hidden by her spiritual powers. ‘Fuck’ thought Inuyasha how in hell did he miss that.

First was the smell that hit his nose almost making his eyes water from the acidity of it. He also became aware of the strange vibration in the air, it was as if he was being pushed downwards to ground from the pressure of it.

His ears twitched furiously back and forth, if Miroku had been there he probably would of remarked with a smirk that now Inuyasha was showing bat like qualities instead of his usual canine ones.

It didn’t take long for Inuyasha to pinpoint the direction of the smell and that weird pulse that for some reason seemed familiar to him. The source was also close enough by making up Inuyasha’s mind for him firmly, no way was he leaving before checking it out.

Sliding the window closed behind him he crouched very low before he pushed off into the air with one powerful leap.

And that was how Inuyasha came so suddenly before the two surprised teenagers.

Miroku and the others would be surprised to see Inuyasha act so out of character as he stood facing a boy (Ishida) so calmly instead of his usual brash self as he took in the surroundings. The boy in front of him had a strange scent to Inuyasha’s nose, similar to Miroku’s own but definitely different as it wasn’t holy for sure.

That wasn’t the only thing he noticed, the pulse was not coming from the boy but for some reason behind himself. He had already seen as he had come down from his jump that this boy was alone. But still something tugged at the back of his memories making him not relax.

What was it about that vibration that was so familiar. Not only that the scent of death lingered in the air, he almost had missed it because of the acidity of a smell which was hitting the back of his throat now, it was obviously coming from the small holes which looked burned into nearby on the ground.

As Inuyasha stared once more at the youth in front of him, he felt that weird vibration in the air getting closer to him, the hair stood up on the back of his neck which was tight with wariness. Suddenly that pressure increased on his right shoulder, it was as if something had just gripped it.

“What the !!!” , came from his mouth and without hesitation he jumped away twisting his body in air to land in a position so he that he had the youth and whatever else was there in his sight. To his shock nothing was there as he stood in a waiting stance, just the boy who hadn’t moved. The mixed scent of nervous and strangely annoyance came to Inuyasha from the man.

Inuyasha narrowed his sight onto his face and noticed how the boy’s eyes moved from a certain point to himself, almost as if he was following something. Because of this expression from the human’s face Inuyasha might not off have caught it if he hadn’t focused just then.

It was barely there fortunately for Inuyasha his eyesight was good enough to catch it. The air rippled as if the sun was blazing down with a powerful heat, if the fact that it was night time, Inuyasha would have shrugged it off as that.

It stopped it front of the human though, it was barely legible to his eyes but it was there, something about the familiarity of that pulse made Inuyasha think before attacking the human for answers.

Then he heard and notices the human talking to that ripple in front of him, even though he whispered.

“I don’t think he can see you Kurosaki.”

“I don’t who or what the fuck you are talking to but its going to meet my claws in a second if it doesn’t show it self to me NOW!!!” burst from Inuyasha all patience gone now.

“Unfortunately I’m afraid that won’t happen, only those with certain abilities will be able to see Ichigo at the moment.”, the youth was rather calm as he answered Inuyasha.

“Hey what are you talking about!” Inuyasha was wondering if the puny human boy had insulted him, his patience finally running out as he decided without hesitation to attack, he may not see it properly but maybe he could hit whatever was there.

With a clenched fist, Inuyasha pounced forward to attack with a blow, though for some reason he decided to hold back his strength for now.

Ishida watched as the man moved forward fast unexpectedly towards him and Ichigo.

Ichigo though wasn’t going to stand idly by to be attacked, whether he can be seen or not only idiots would stand still. Grabbing hold off Ishida by the scruff of his collar he quickly jumped away using shunpo (flash step).

To Ichigo’s surprise though he hadn’t reacted as nearly as fast enough as he thought, as dog-boy, a nick name he had just come up with well what else could he call him especially with those unique ears, well dog-boy had indeed managed to strike a small blow to his left shoulder

“What the …!”

Even Ishida was shocked.

“Kurosaki are you okay?” was all he managed to get out before they where attacked again.

“Yeah the bastard was lucky he just grazed me though.” Ichigo said as he moved quickly through the air.

Inuyasha found himself relying more on his ears than ever before as he followed the strange vibrations. The pressure of it was like a humming noise to his ears which he could rely on to pick up and use to pin point where the invisible target was.

“Hai I got it once and I’ll get whatever the fuck is hiding from me again, being invisible won’t help you now.”

It was fortunate that it was a very dark and late night and car park nearly deserted as for any passers-by would have come across a strange sight of two men jumping around large spaces as one chased the other. The one being chased though would also look even stranger to ones eyes as it seemed almost as if he was being carried on some ones shoulder gliding in mid air it seemed.

Which Ishida was as Ichigo had indeed thrown him over his left shoulder even though it was hurt he preferred to have the uninjured right arm of his body to hold his Zangetsu.

“Shit I can’t keep this up, it’s pointless.” Ichigo muttered to Ishida whose face had gone slightly green, not because of the speed more because of the bouncing motion as Ichigo jumped around.

“I…really must … agree Kurosaki for … once with you…!” Ishida’s face then went pale as Ichigo threw him high to make him land stomach down hanging over on a large branch in a rather dense tree.

Ishida mumbled in between deep breathes as the dizziness started to leave.

“Wait Kurosaki, you can’t just leave me here! What if he …?”

He was going to say what if the man had been chasing him and using him as the way to find Ichigo. But he stopped when he came to the realisation as the dog eared man flew past him and was still chasing Ichigo.

‘Mmm he must have figured a way out to find where Ichigo is. Well anyways while I’m out of the way, I’ll concentrate on his aura, I must figure out what he is. This seems like opportune moment to do so what with Ichigo keeping him busy.’

Ichigo was quickly reaching that same state Inuyasha had already reached minutes ago, annoyance practically blazing from him as he decided to change his tactics, also with Ishida in safer place he could finally go on the offensive back.

This time when jumping in the air in a move which echoed Inuyasha from earlier, Ichigo twisted his body and landed facing the approaching Inuyasha.

Inuyasha instincts suddenly shouted at him and he unsheathed his Tessaiga once more as he abruptly stopped in front of the fluctuating air.

What would have happened next was obvious to both of young challengers waiting there and Ishida would of almost bet on the certainty of the outcome that is if he where a betting man. At last however, an outside interference soon put a stop to all actions and brought the waiting fight to standstill.

“BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!”, then bright sparks as a large shell suddenly came down just in between the Inuyasha and Ichigo.

As it exploded on impact, a large white miasma came out obliterating everyone’s sight but that wasn’t all though it didn’t have subsequent consequences for Ichigo it did for Inuyasha as the subtle smell which his canine nose picked up on straight away went straight to his head and without further ado, he covered his nose the with the wide sleeve of his jacket and jumped into the air to escape the smell before it knocked him out.

Though his eyesight was dizzy and certainly couldn’t see through the white fog that covered the land beneath him as he soared through into the clear air, his hearing had not been affected as these words reached him.

“Sorry Kurosaki-san but this is for your own safety.”, an older male voice to Inuyasha’s ears.

“What the …OUCH!”, then a loud thud, followed by several footsteps.

“You didn’t have to hit him that hard Rukia-san.”, the older man’s voice this time.

“Ahh but Urahara-san you know how dense Ichigo’s head is.”, this was obviously a females voice, young and for some reason extremely perky, it kind of reminded Inuyasha of Kagome when he first met her.

“I most agree with Kuchiki-san, Ichigo’s head is very dense indeed.”, Inuyasha recognised this voice as the calm young man from earlier.

After that several footsteps and then totally silence as who ever had been there was gone.

Inuyasha found when his vision cleared more and the fog had finally dissipated, from his position on a tree that the area in front of him was empty and when he tried to investigate and pick up a scent.

Well he became even more confused and pissed off as the fog had cleaned all scents totally away as if no-one had even been there, even his own had gone.

The only clue he had left was the small burnt holes in the ground which were pretty useless to him, to whom he glared at and then with one last “Feh!”, the hanyou quickly left the area and decided to go and see Miroku, maybe the monk could help him somehow. Though some part of him did not want to leave Kagome especially with what had just happened, Inuyasha needed answers quickly.

Inuyasha did not know however as he sped away towards the Higurashi Shrine that the choice he had just made was the wrong one for as he sped away from the scene, the machines beside Kagome’s bed which until now had been steadily bleeping suddenly went frantic for a few moments, not only that unusual sparks suddenly started coming from Kagome’s body flying around the room with hissing and pop sounds.

The unusual occurrence did not last long as it died down quick along with the beeping machines pulse once more resuming a steady beat. The nurse in a nearby station who had been alerted to the room was unaware of anything that had occurred as she opened the door to see the now quiet room and Kagome still in her deep sleep.

When the nurse finally left in puzzlement as soon as the door closed behind her, Kagome’s body started to glow once more and not only that if Inuyasha had been there he would have been felt and heard that slight vibration in the air surrounding the young girl’s body, a pulse which he now was very familiar with.

It wouldn’t have been the only thing he would of heard either, as a soft voice whispered out in the room, a name was said, a name which would bring a sense of relief and happiness to a lonely and guilty hanyou.

“Inu….Inuyashaaa….”

TBCR 30;

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