InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Eternal Night ❯ Attempted Rescue ( Chapter 4 )

The girl shot another arrow, missing Akara by a hair. Akara concentrated on the beads becoming a whip and, upon her mental command, lashed out at the girl, entangling around and constricting around her whole body.

 

“It would look as though you aren't the skilled archer you once thought you were.” Akara sneered, tightening the whip around the girl's body.

 

“I-Inu...Inuyasha…” she gasped, it becoming harder and harder for her to breath.

 

“Inuyasha? The half-breed? Ha! If you think a mere half-demon can defeat me, you are sadly mistaken.” Akara gloated, still constricting the girl's breathing.

 

“INUYASHA!!!!!” she cried, the voice echoing through the wood.

 

“IRON REAVER SOUL STEALER!!”

 

In a blurred instant, her whip's grasp on the girl was broken. The half-demon called Inuyasha stood before her, in front of the girl's fallen body.

 

“Who are you? What do you want with her?” he shouted, his fangs and sword bared. Akara smiled wickedly.

 

“Oh, Inuyasha has it really been so long as that you've forgotten who I am?” she asked, teasingly. Inuyasha growled, trying to remember.

 

That scent…It's Naraku's scent but I don't sense a demonic aura from her. I do sense a jewel shard though and it's tainted. He thought, glancing down at the girl's body.

 

“Who are you?” Inuyasha growled, gripping his sword.

 

Akara smiled sadly and dangerously. “Tell me, Inuyasha, do you remember twelve years ago?” she asked, quietly.

 

Inuyasha's ears twitched slightly.

 

“Twelve years ago, you slaughtered my entire family and left me in the ruins. I've waited patiently and I've quietly planned to avenge my fallen family. Now, you must die, HALF-DEMON!!” she cried, her limp beads forming a violet sword as she charged toward the half-demon.

 

Inuyasha held his sword firmly. “WIND SCAR!!!!!” he called as he slammed his sword against the earth and it splitting upon contact from the heavy sword. Akara dodged the attack and was about to plant her sword into his shoulder, when an arrow lodged itself in her back, only inches from her spine. She staggered, the pain from the arrow unbearable.

 

Akara staggered and fell forward, her `attacker' finally becoming visible to Inuyasha.

 

“Kikyou?” Inuyasha whispered, gazing at the dead priestess.

 

“Inuyasha,” she said, her soft voice reaching the half-demon's ears, making him shudder slightly.

 

“There is a shard in her neck. You must remove it at once. It is poisoning her mind and aura. Killing her slowly.” Kikyou said, turning her back to him and disappearing before he could say anything to her.

 

Akara had not been killed, rather she had been stunned and subdued. An unsuspecting Inuyasha walked closer to where Kikyou had stood, still feeling her presence. After standing there for a few minutes, the girl in the strange clothing began to rouse and sat up.

 

“Inuyasha…” she mumbled, looking at the half-demon's back.

 

“Kagome! Are you okay?” he asked, rushing over to the girl.

 

Just as she was about to respond, Akara rose to her feet and planted her sword in his back, bringing him to his knees, gasping from the sudden shock.

 

Akara looked down at him. “Pitiful half-demon. That is exactly where you belong, bowing down to your superiors.” She said, a nasty smile on her face.

 

“I ain't bowing down to no one! Especially not some weak human who thinks she's all-powerful just `cause she's got a jewel shard in her neck. Speaking of which, hand it over!” he demanded, blood dripping from the chest wound.

 

“You're in no position to be commanding me to do anything, Inuyasha. As we speak, there is a special poison circulating in your bloodstream. And the madder you get, the faster it spreads. So, do take care of that temper. It just might kill you.” She smirked, walking deeper into the wood.

 

Inuyasha's frustrated and aggravated cries could be heard throughout the wood.