InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Demon's Diary ❯ Naraku's Secret Weapon ( Chapter 17 )

Chapter 17: Naraku's Secret Weapon

 

“Sesshoumaru-sama!” cried Rin as both her and Chame latched onto Sesshoumaru's legs. He looked down at them and Miroku saw his countenance soften just for an instant before he again put his mask back in place.

 

“Take them out of here,” he commanded as he gently pushed them towards Sango and started striding towards the stairs.

 

Sango wanted to stay and help in the upcoming battle but Miroku nodded to her and she gathered the two children to her and followed Sesshoumaru up the steps, Miroku and Shippo taking the rear. The reached the top and were greeted with the sight of Kanna lying very still on the floor. Sesshoumaru recognized the wounds at her throat immediately and sniffed the air to find the direction the others had gone. Satisfied he knew where he was going he headed towards the hallway. He stopped when he heard Sango say, “We can't get out, the door is stuck.”

 

“This is Naraku's doing, he isn't going to let us get away that easily,” Miroku intoned.

 

“Come then.” Sesshoumaru was not in the mood to try and smash through the door which was probably being held in place with some kind of spell. He wanted to find Naraku and exact revenge. It worried him that he would have to take the smaller children with him but he knew they would be safer with everyone together than to separate them. He was not going to let them out of his sight as long as they were in the castle with Naraku.

 

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“Inuyasha,” Naraku smirked. “So glad you could make it, and look, you brought me a gift,” he mocked as he looked at the two children with the hanyou.

 

“You won't touch them you bastard, Wind Scar!” Inuyasha yelled as he threw the power of his sword at the spider hanyou.

 

Naraku sidestepped easily out of harms reach as the wall behind him exploded. Inuyasha tried a few more times to hit the spider hanyou using the sharp edge of the sword and his claws to swipe and strike out without success.

 

“You should know by now that I'm too powerful for you, half-breed. And I have a secret weapon,” he chortled, again sidestepping one of Inuyasha's attacks and sending out his tentacles to keep the other three away.

 

“And what would that be?” Inuyasha asked sarcastically holding the Tetsusaiga out before him getting ready to attack again. He was getting frustrated at how much time it was taking to fight this demon. Where the hell are Miroku and Sango? He questioned as he blocked a barrage of tentacles that had been aimed at Kagome and the others.

 

“He's approaching right behind you.”

 

Inuyasha turned to see his brother enter followed by the rest of his group. Sesshoumaru looked angrier than the hanyou had ever seen him before; there was death in his eyes as he looked at Naraku. What the fuck is Naraku talking about, secret weapon?

 

“Ahh, Sesshoumaru, my pet,” the endearment gained him one of Sesshoumaru's most deadly stares. This only made the spider laugh but his face soon turned serious. “Come here,” he commanded the demon lord and with undisguised shock on his face, Sesshoumaru complied, coming to stand next to his hated enemy. The dog lord attempted to lift his poison claws to attack the smirking face beside him but was stopped. “Drop your hand,” ordered Naraku, grinning evilly as Sesshoumaru's hand moved back to his side.

 

Inuyasha could see his sibling shaking in frustration and fury but he could also see that Sesshoumaru seemed unable to stop himself from obeying the commands given to him. “What are you doing to him, Naraku?” he asked, holding the Tetsusaiga towards the evil being.

 

“My miasma will not poison him,” he replied, snaking his hand out and caressing Sesshoumaru's cheek. “But I find it can make others bend to my will.”

 

Sesshoumaru growled low in his throat and his jaws snapped shut on empty air as Naraku managed to remove his hand just in time from having it bitten off.

 

“Still not completely tamed, but you soon will be, my pet,” Naraku hissed out. “Stand still, Sesshoumaru,” he said as he backhanded the lord hard across the face eliciting gasps from the rest of the group that was watching.

 

Sesshoumaru made no sound as his head snapped to the left from the blow. He brought his eyes back to Naraku; they only showed cold hatred and intense anger.

 

“Good, let your anger come forward. Why don't you bring your demon out to play?” he asked coyly. Immediately Sesshoumaru's eyes began to turn red and his claws and teeth lengthened. He tried to fight against transforming and was only stopped by Naraku's order to do so. “That's enough,” the spider intoned. “Now, attack my enemies!” he yelled pointing at the stunned group before him.

 

In his half transformed state, with Naraku's orders ringing in his ears, Sesshoumaru lost what little control he had been able to maintain and leapt into the air, his deadly gaze levelled at his brother. He drew his fist back and Inuyasha was just able to block the blow that was aimed at him. The force of the attack knocked Inuyasha off balance and he fell onto his back with his brother on top of him.

 

The rest of the group woke up from their shocked stillness and mobilized into action, beginning to attack the spider demon and Kagura who was by his side. Naraku began shooting out tentacle after tentacle to block and grab at them, laughing as he kept watch on his pet's progress in eliminating the dog hanyou.

 

So this was his plan all along, to get us trapped in here and use Sesshoumaru against us. Miroku had to admit he felt fear at the thought of having to fight two very strong demons. He knew using his wind tunnel would have to be a last resort as the bees were all over the place in here.

 

Sesshoumaru snarled and his teeth clicked shut inches from the hanyou's face. The maddened demon lord gripped his younger brother's throat. His talons began to glow green as he squeezed and Inuyasha closed his eyes tightly trying to block out the pain.

 

“Sesshoumaru, stop, fight him. I know you don't want to hurt us,” Inuyasha cried out. “Please, don't let him control you, niisan.” Inuyasha felt a hesitation, a slight loosening of the breath taking grip on his throat. He opened his eyes and saw his brother's face devoid of the mask he always wore. Emotions were flitting across his visage unchecked as his older brother shook his head back and forth trying to clear the fog Naraku had infected him with, whining very slightly. Inuyasha saw surprise and determination and perhaps something soft when his brother finally focused his eyes on him and they slowly turned to gold.

 

“What did you call me?” Sesshoumaru questioned softly, he still had his hand loosely on his younger sibling's neck but the green glow was gone.

 

“Niisan,” Inuyasha returned just as softly.

 

“Sesshoumaru,” called out Naraku who had not missed this exchange and a slight jolt of fear went though him at the demon lord's ability to break free of his control. His fear was soon replaced with smug satisfaction as he beheld the look Sesshoumaru gave him when he showed him what he had in one of his tentacles. Koneko was struggling hard to break free. Bougumaru was using his katana to try and slice through the tentacle with little effect as Naraku kept trying to grab him with another mass of flesh, causing the boy and the others to jump back to get out of the way of the writhing tentacles that seemed to come out of him to no end.

 

“Do as your master commands, like the dog you are. Kill him and I may let her live,” he cajoled. “Or perhaps if you will not obey, she will.” Naraku snickered at the look of terror that flitted quickly over the demon lord's face before he was able to gain control over his features as Naraku brought one of his tentacles towards the girl's mouth. He began to let his miasma ooze out keeping his eyes locked onto Sesshoumaru's.

 

Sesshoumaru looked down at his younger brother and Inuyasha's breath hitched in fear thinking that his brother was going to do as Naraku commanded. Instead, Sesshoumaru quickly leapt off of him and grabbed Toukijin, which had been lying on a table in the room and he threw it at Naraku, impaling him where his heart should have been.

 

Naraku grimaced in pain but did not release his grip on the wildly thrashing cat hanyou. She could no longer control her demon side as Sesshoumaru had taught her and she snarled and ripped at the appendage that had her trapped. If she got loose she would sink her claws into anybody that was handy, she was beyond recognizing anyone now.

 

The two brothers attacked together, the elder using his poisonous claws to rip away any part of Naraku he could lay his hand on while the younger used Tetsusaiga to hack and slash his way closer to the evil hanyou.

 

Naraku's grin began to fade, the two dog demons working together was having an effect as they continued to tear him apart. He pulled the Toukijin from his chest, throwing it to the ground as he tried one last time to control the elder demon. “Sesshoumaru, I order you to stop now!” he yelled.

 

“That will not work any longer,” barked out Sesshoumaru, grabbing the tentacle that had Koneko and slicing it off the body of his enemy. He quickly grabbed the now enraged cat demon before she could attack the others and held her tight as she bit and clawed him. He leapt back to give his brother room to use the Tetsusaiga's power.

 

Inuyasha wasted no time and called up the Kongousouha to pierce the spider demon's body cutting most of it apart. Kagome and Sango followed with attacks of their own, the slayer throwing out her hiraikotsu, the miko shooting her purifying arrow. Naraku was hit by the boomerang as he moved out of the way of the arrow. Fear and pain showed plainly on his face. When he saw the monk taking off his gauntlet he surrounded himself in his dark cloud of miasma, shielding himself from view. He ordered his Saimyoushou towards the monk and quickly left; Kagura right behind him on her feather.

 

“Damn it! He's got more lives than a cat,” Inuyasha cried out in frustration. He turned around and saw his brother surrounded by the four kids he had taken in. Koneko was sobbing in Sesshoumaru's arm, the demon she had become gone; her eyes back to their golden color. The other three were trying to comfort her and wipe the blood off his brother, which Inuyasha now noticed, was a lot. He also saw for the first time that Sesshoumaru was wearing Miroku's robe and not his own.

 

Sesshoumaru himself was rocking the child, his eyes large and unfocused. His body was trembling slightly all over and a light sheen of sweat began to stand out on his brow. His color was paler than normal.

 

“He's going into shock,” stated Kagome to Inuyasha as she went over to the demon lord while he wrapped the Toukijin in his fire rat coat. She no more than reached his side than he collapsed into unconsciousness causing the children to cry out. Miroku, Sango and Shippo took the four members of his group and escorted them away as Kagome helped to put the dead weight of Sesshoumaru onto Inuyasha's back. Together they all left the castle and headed to a more secure place.