InuYasha Fan Fiction / Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction ❯ Chaos ❯ Kagehime ( Chapter 5 )

Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha, YuYu Hakusho (As much as I'd love to) or any of the anime/manga characters.

Warnings: Violence, Extreme Gore, Strong Language

Kagehime

 

Kagome POV

I quickly pulled back, not letting her finish her fatal strike.

“Oh! You seem to move better than when you were in the dungeon.”

She suddenly vanished and I found the sword at my throat again.

“Not quite 100% yet, though, huh?”

A massive burst of wind shot outward from my body, knocking the sword away and letting me spin around.

“I'm fast enough!”

A leg swung out and she quickly flipped over it, raking a long, slender, blade-like glove over her right hand down my arm. Blood slowly trickled to the ground as she landed, smirking.

“Really? Care to try again?”

“Hey, Kurama, where is everyone?” I asked suddenly.

“You were having that chat for a while. Yusuke and Keiko went out on a date. Kuwabara left to do homework for his college. Lady Genkai and Yukina went out to get supplies for the temple, and Hiei took off. I stayed because Youko said he felt that something interesting would happen if I did.”

“Damn fox,” I sighed.

Kagehime was taking in our conversation with amusement, and I used my distraction. Without warning, I swung my claw forward. It almost sliced her throat before she caught my wrist and, with a spin to add momentum, threw me so I hit right into Kurama.

As I shakily stood up, I looked down to find Kurama glaring at her.

“You okay?” I asked as I gave him a hand up.

“Nothing a little time won't heal,” he sighed, dusting himself off. “Rose Whip!”

A rose suddenly appeared in his hand and, as soon as his youki hit it, it turned into a long, spiked whip.

“Ooh! The fox has a pretty flower!” Kagehime mocked.

Without another word, Kurama attacked with an incredible speed. The time that we'd fought, he'd obviously been holding back. Quickly, he lashed his whip dozens of times so fast and in such a quick succession that I couldn't completely follow them. The incarnation backed up quickly, dodging each strike with apparent ease, and blocking the ones she couldn't with her sword.

I watched as a long, slender crease formed in Kagehime's forehead, and it slowly cracked open to reveal a dark, slanted red eye. Power flowed from it and Kurama's onslaught suddenly froze mid-motion.

“Bad fox,” she sighed. And then, the eye pulsated with power and Kurama was thrown back. Hard.

He hit the ground with a loud crack and I could tell immediately that he was unconscious.

“Honestly,” she huffed. “So rude. Now then, where were we?”

I swung my arm and my claws launched through the air, apparently surprising her enough to hit her.

“Ouch,” she growled, holding her bleeding shoulder. “Does that mean you're at the top of your game?”

“No, but I'm good enough!”

My claw lashed out, aiming for her throat. As it got within a few inches, a massive flare of power flowed out of her and my arm froze.

“What!?”

An evil smirk formed on Kagehime's face as she reached toward my throat. I couldn't hide my surprise when she gently stroked my cheek, my reaction making her smirk widen.

“Oh, I don't think I can give you to master just yet. You look entirely too tasty to not have a sample.”

I glared at her as her hand slowly began to move down my cheek, followed by my neck, until it rested just over my breast. Her dark, slanted red eyes were shining with amusement at my angry reaction, though the amusement didn't meet her frown.

“Tell me, is Kagura alive, or was coming in here after her a waste? Answer honestly.”

“Bite me,” I growled, making her smirk vanish.

Another flare of power engulfed her before hitting my throat like a punch.

Quickly, my air supply shut off and I found that I couldn't move as my vision grayed.

She slowly began to move her hand back up to my face before grabbing my chin, forcing me to look eye-to-eye with her.

The choking sensation vanished and after several body-shaking coughs, I gasped in all the air I could take.

“Now then, is Kagura alive? Tell me and I'll release your body somewhat. Don't and I'll take away your air again.”

“Don't make me laugh! The second you let me free, I'd tear your throat out, and you know it.”

Her smirk reappeared at that.

“Let's test that theory. In three seconds, your air supply will be cut off. If you hit me before then, it won't be.”

My muscles suddenly became flexible again, and without a second's hesitation,
I continued my claw's arc toward her jugular. And I hit it. Or at least, I should have. Instead, mere centimeters from the vulnerable flesh, my hand hit a solid wall of youki coating her, keeping her from my reach.

And then, searing pain hit me again and I fell to the ground, clutching my throat as my oxygen left me again.

With a sadistic laugh, she reached down and petted my head as I tried to breathe, though I failed.

“Something wrong?”

Slowly, my body started to relax, and I realized the truth of the situation; I was dying. Just before I let myself go, the choking sensation completely vanished and my vision slowly cleared.

“Ah, now that's interesting.”

I looked up to find Kagura standing at the temple doors, panting, with her fans open and in front of her.

“Dance of the Dragon.”

With a swipe of her fan, several long, spinning tornadoes shot through the air toward Kagehime.

Just before they hit, the incarnation lifted her arm. And the tornadoes vanished.

“Oh, please! You're not the only one that can control wind, sister,” she said, smirking. “You should know that attacking without gauging me is a deadly mistake.”

And then, a massive twister began to spin around her arm, making a massive wind that whipped the ground around her.

“Kazekiba.”

The wind spun into a long, blade-like edge around her hand, and I jumped up.

“Not likely,” I said before swinging my own hand. It hit the wall of wind around her and the wind dispersed, causing her to snarl.

“What the hell!?”

“I can control wind, too,” I said before swinging my leg upward. As it hit her head, she was launched backward through the air before smacking face-first into the ground.

As she tried to get back up, I ran over to Kagura, who was panting for all she was worth.

“Kagura, you need to rest. Your energy levels aren't high enough yet.”

“I'll be fine,” she bit out, though the effort to say it obviously hurt.

A massive, fast-moving spike of youki suddenly appeared at my side and I quickly knocked it away, though it still dug deep into my arm as it passed.

“Damnit!”

Youki began to wrap around my extended pointer finger and I spun to face Kagehime, who was smirking.

“Dance of the Dragon!”

More tornadoes launched at Kagehime, who jumped away to avoid them as her wounds started to heal. Unfortunately for her, that put her right in my path.

The youki released and a massive, star-shaped mass of energy blasted forward. It smashed into her side and she flew through the air, a massive spray of blood coming from where her right half had been.

“Kagura, you really need to get back inside. I didn't save you so you can kill yourself with overexertion,” I said, watching her agonized breathing with a tinge of guilt.

“I'm… fine,” she panted out as her legs started to shake.

“Kagura, can you seriously just-”

“Kazekiba!”

Another massive wave of air launched at me, and this time, I was too distracted to stop it. It smashed into my side and I felt my flesh where it hit being torn apart.

I crumpled to the ground, agony washing through my entire being.

“Next one won't miss,” Kagehime's voice bit out.

“Dance of Blades!”

Massive sickles of youki launched through the air at the barely-standing Kagehime, who had to put a lot of effort into breaking the attacks down.

Slowly, her body began to reform as I'd seen Naraku's countless times. Despite my pain, I knew letting her heal would be very bad given our current injuries.

“Spirit Gun!”

The blast tore free from my extended finger and I was suddenly very glad Yusuke had taught me how to use it. It hit the regenerating tissue and the wound on her body got bigger.

“That's irritating,” she growled as her flesh began to repair itself again, faster this time.

I shot another wave at her only to watch it disintegrate. And that's when I realized how much blood I'd been losing.

“Shit…”

My knees gave out and I watched in horror as Kagehime completed healing.

“That hurt, you little bitch,” she growled, her eyes bleeding red. The eye on her forehead widened and pure terror gripped my throat, making it hard to breathe again.

She slowly walked across the grounds, wind whipping everything in her path away. Finally, she reached me and I found myself being lifted by my throat from the ground.

“I don't like pain when it's me that's feeling it,” Kagehime growled out. “Beg for forgiveness, you bitch.”

The pain was quickly making the darkness in my vision fade, and I glared at her.

“I wouldn't beg you for anything, you bitch,” I bit out, making her snarl.

“Wrong answer!”

Her empty fist shot out and I couldn't hold in the scream of pain that came as it smashed into my wound, bringing a new wave of pain and blood to my senses.

“Want to change your mind?”

“Fuck off,” I gasped before her claw around my throat tightened, knocking away my air supply again.

“Wrong again. I wonder if you'll keep up the defiance for much longer? If I get much more pissed off, I'll take you to my father instead of playing with you first.”

She relaxed her grip and I gasped for air.

Youki began to fill the area and out of the corner of my eye I saw Kagura building an attack of wind.

“Oh, my sister doesn't seem to like me torturing you… Curious, isn't it? Now I'll ask you one more time,” she said, pressing into my throat to emphasize my point. “Beg for my forgiveness.”

I glared at her, staying silent to keep her distracted. Saliva began to build in my mouth, and without hesitation, I spit. Just as it met the edge of my lips, youki filled the spit and then, it hit her face. With a scream, Kagehime jumped back as the acid burned her skin away.

“Thank your dad for that,” I said before smashing her stomach with my knee. I then jumped back and Kagura's attack launched, tearing Kagehime apart, save for her head.

“You fucking bitch!” Kagehime roared. In horror, I watched as a massive tower of youki sprang around her head. The sky above began to glow red and with a growing sense of terror, I watched as her body was rebuilt almost instantaneously.

“You'll pay for that, sister,” she growled as the wind around her picked up to a houl and the entire surrounding area took on a red tinge. “Kazekiba!”

A massive, twisting, spiked vortex of red-tinged, youki-infused air ripped through the air, heading straight for Kagura, who was panting and seemingly incapable of moving out of its path.

Seeing the attack head toward her, I made a choice then and there, which greatly affected my future.

Despite the searing, white-hot agony that jolted through my body the second I even started to move, and got increasingly worse as I continued moving, I didn't stop after my decision had been made.

Before I knew it, I was pushing every bit of my available energy, both youki and miko, into my legs. I reached Kagura a second before the attack and an agony so pure that I was fairly certain I'd instantly died racked my body as blood exploded around me. I smashed into the ground and, with a pitiful whimper, felt strips of skin falling from me as I rolled.

“What!? She saved you!? Father clearly hasn't told me everything, since her previous wounds shouldn't have let her even move. And she's still alive!” she barked, apparently seeing my chest rise and fall, though my breathing was labored and, I was nearly positive, quite useless.

I felt her youki approaching, and Kagura's moving to intercept her.

“No more interruptions, you bitch!”

Another explosion went off and Kagura's youki flew through the air before a loud, painful thud sounded near me.

Kagehime finally reached me, letting her slow, deliberate steps terrify me and shorten my life. I could barely make her kneeling form out through the agony-caused white haze that was my vision.

“Not that I expect you to be able to answer, but I'm curious. Before I kill you, I really want to know. Why'd you save her though you obviously knew that you would be more than likely to die because of it?”

The question brought a small smile to my face, though the strain on my muscles made me gasp in pain. I experimentally opened my mouth, intending to answer the question so I could at least die pissing my enemy off.

“She saved my life, and I owed her… And, for some reason, I just couldn't let her die… Tell that bastard that I died along with the jewel, and that he will never win.”

A small smile formed on my face at her snarl and then, she brought her foot into my bleeding and very heavily injured side, where I'd received the biggest concentration of the attack.

The pain sent a new wave of clarity through me as I screamed, and I could see her standing above me, her three blood-red eyes glaring down at me. As she pulled her foot back, I found it covered in blood.

“Then your death was truly in vain. Kagura is alive enough to be tortured for a good, long time by father, thanks to you. And with my Jagan eye, I can easily pull the jewel's location from that pretty little head of yours,” she said before a cruel smile appeared on her lips.

The truth to her words brought a realization to my mind. By all logic, the attack that had hit me should have ended my life. But it hadn't. And the only way something so full of youki could have failed in killing me, as wounded as I'd already been, was if some kami saw it fit for me to live at that moment. That thought, whether a delusional idea brought about by blood-loss and massive trauma or an epiphany brought about my will to attack again.

“I'm going to kill you,” I bit out, glaring up at her.

“Oh? And how's that?”

Another swift kick to my side brought another scream, and I began my attack, feeling reiki engulfing my entire being.

“Spi…”

My vision was getting darker by the second, and I knew on an instinctive level that if I didn't finish the attack, I was going to be giving Kagura back to the torture my original failure had brought about in the first place.

“What's that?” she mocked, seeing me struggle for the air I could swallow down.

“Spi… rit… Ref…”

“Huh?” she asked, kicking my side. My vision went completely black for a split second, and my panic started to rise. The blood-loss was starting to jumble my thoughts, and that was bad.

“Spi… rit… Ref… lect… ion…”

“Sounding kinda' weak there, bitch!” she said while laughing maniacally.

Luckily, anger is a good motivator. Despite the pain it caused me to move, I grabbed her ankle. Without caring, I let the `leash' on my power go. And the release of my power shook the ground around us. In her shock, she didn't think to knock my hand away, and I smirked, albeit bitterly.

“Spirit Reflection Blast!”

The energy in her body was ripped free and pulled into my body before returning as a massive attack. She was flung clear of the temple grounds as, with a pained gasp, the world around me turned black, the last thing I felt several strong auras coming toward us fast…

 

A/N:

There's chapter 5! I LOVED writing this fight scene. And putting the entire thing in Kagome's POV gave me the ability to truly describe it. Sorry for those writers who don't like 1st person, but I wanted to tell this scene in a more personal way to bring about the emotions of the fight.

Kazekiba- wind fang

Kagehime- Shadow Princess