InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Eyes to Life ❯ Scroll Eleven ( Chapter 12 )
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By: InuYashaReader 
Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Action / Hentai / Angst | Type: Divergence | Uploaded On: 05.23.2012 | Pages: 6 | Words: 4.5K | Visits: 221 | Status: Work In Progress
Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Action / Hentai / Angst | Type: Divergence | Uploaded On: 05.23.2012 | Pages: 6 | Words: 4.5K | Visits: 221 | Status: Work In Progress
Scroll Eleven:
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"Shit!" InuYasha felt the four deep wounds sting every part of his back. The pain was still increasingly intense; InuYasha shook his head and watched Kagome disappear into the woods. The youkai's shadow didn't follow her, it stayed, meaning it wasn't after her, it was after him.
"Lucky shot bastard!" InuYasha hissed. Grabbing Tessaiga's hilt he ripped out the fang and leveled it in front of him. "You won't get another!"
The youkai gave no verbal response, the enormous shadow leaked back into the trees. Cursing InuYasha jumped up on a large branch and slammed Tessaiga at just where the youkai had been standing.
"Fight me you coward!" InuYasha roared.
"Youkai, your persistence irritates this."
InuYasha flattened his ears. He finally had a good hearing at what he was faced with now.
"Come out asshole!" InuYasha growled, "You've been following me and my pack for quite some time now, what the hell do you want?!"
The youkai still gave no response, InuYasha let out a warning growl. "I'll kill you!"
InuYasha threw Tessaiga over his shoulder and jumped with the unnatural speed he had now possessed and swung with all his strength. The youkai stood there and at the last second moved.
"Shit he's fast." InuYasha growled to himself. InuYasha jerked around to see the youkai on the other side of the clearing.
"Waste the time youkai, they will soon be this."
"What the fuck are you talking about?!" InuYasha growled.
The youkai was huge, even in the shadows; InuYasha knew he was facing a strong youkai. The smell, it was coming from this guy. InuYasha squinted his nose, damn it’s powerful, he thought
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"Fine, die without an explanation!" InuYasha hissed. "Kaze no Kizu!" Slamming the fang down, the yellow energy shot towards his foe.
The youkai's red eyes finally opened, and InuYasha felt his whole body turn to ice. He felt Tessaiga shake, but it wasn't the fang that was shaking, it was hands.
"Fear." InuYasha cursed. "Damn it, I hate youkai like you!"
InuYasha looked up and gaped. The Kaze no Kizu was…gone. The marks in the earth stopped about a few feet from where the youkai was standing, almost like he had a…
"Hiding behind a fuyouheki are you?" InuYasha sneered. The youkai's two red eyes blinked, but gave no answer. "Grrrr…you're really starting to piss me off!"
InuYasha tightened his grip on Tessaiga's hilt, and charged, slamming the fang down as fast and hard as he could. But the youkai was still faster and was already on the other side of the clearing just when Tessaiga hit the ground. InuYasha hissed.
"Fuck you! What the hell do you want!" InuYasha yelled. Still no response. "You're not with Naraku are you!"
"A living creature this presumes?"
"What the fuck are babbling about!" InuYasha hissed. This youkai made no sense when he talked. It almost sounded like Sesshomaru, yet, even more insulting when he talked. "Living creature, what the hell do you mean by that?!"
InuYasha stared at his opponent, first thing was, the night was obscuring any facial detail, the only thing that InuYasha saw were his red eyes, and that was already sending shivers up and down InuYasha's arms. The next fact, this youkai was huge. He was definitely twice InuYasha's size, even though he had grown himself. InuYasha had seen something move on both of his sides when he dodged Tessaiga's blows, they were wings. InuYasha bit his lip; whatever he was dealing with was not some low life youkai.
InuYasha felt a sudden dizziness come over his head, and felt his knees desperately trying to give way. Damn, InuYasha thought, I didn't even think about that injury he sliced into my back. InuYasha's nose took a sniff, and he realized the dizziness wasn't because of the pain, that could be ignored, but poison. A lot stronger than any poison that had ever entered his body; which include Sesshomaru's.
"Damn you, how dare you sneak up my mate and me!" InuYasha hissed. "You got some blind intention for doing that!"
"Youkai, life that is yours is no importance to this."
"Shut the fancy talk asshole!" InuYasha felt his eyes blink and heat up. "I've gotten stronger and you're going to be the first victim my youkai body is going to take!" InuYasha swung Tessaiga over his shoulder, and felt the unnatural speed take is legs, and swung for the red eyes.
The youkai moved, but not away, he moved forward, and InuYasha saw five glowing red claws.
"Shit!" InuYasha pulled Tessaiga in front of them and felt the five claws rake at the fang, sending the momentum to his weakened legs, forcing him to the ground.
InuYasha flipped over and jumped high into a nearby tree, swinging Tessaiga around as he did so. He narrowed his eyes and gripped Tessaiga's hilt so hard, he thought his hand would surly start to bleed.
"Damn." InuYasha growled. InuYasha thought of taking the opportunity to run realizing his instincts were telling him to go to his friends, more than one against this youkai would probably be easier for him.
No, InuYasha thought bitterly, I don't need them hurt or worse killed against this asshole.
"Hiding is not an option."
"I'm not, fool!" InuYasha hissed. Gripping Tessaiga tightly he narrowed his eyes to the youkai's youki and felt the fang in his hand start to thump. "You sure are powerful; I wonder what will happen when your own youkai kicks your ass!"
InuYasha jumped from the tree, trying to keep his strength to immune the poison that he could see spreading through his body fast. The veins in his body look liked red snakes that were slithering up and down his arms and leaking towards the center of his chest. This is bad, InuYasha thought, if it gets any closer, it's going to get into my heart.
InuYasha jerked around and narrowed the thumping fang and smirked, showing no sign that the poison was weakening him. "Die asshole, BAKURYUUHA!"
The Backlash Wave shot out and the wind sent his silver hair flying in every direction, the tornado of Tessaiga's youkai slammed with the more powerful youki that was standing in front of him. InuYasha felt the wind take him literally off his feet, and threw him back.
InuYasha recovered his footing and grabbed the grass, feeling the youki slam into one another, what the hell? InuYasha looked at his Backlash Wave in horror; this youkai was absorbing his Backlash Wave!
"What the fuck!" InuYasha shouted. The Backlash Wave was supposed to absorb the youki and send it back towards the enemy, not the other way around! InuYasha covered his head as his Bakuryuuha diminished before his eyes, leaving nothing more then a steady wind in the large clearing.
InuYasha stood up weakly, the poison was getting to him fast; his knees were beginning to shake uncontrollably. InuYasha growled angrily, the anger began to burn through the core of his head. Who the fuck is this youkai?
Biting his lip, InuYasha rose steadily to his feet, and narrowed his eyes toward the youkai. He hadn't moved from the spot where he stood. The two red eyes stared at him, a cold yet menacing reflection glaring at him.
"What do you want!" InuYasha hissed. InuYasha looked at Tessaiga; he still had one trick left.
"This wants something that does not belong to you, youkai."
"Hue?" InuYasha blinked something that didn't belong to him? "And what the fuck is that you asshole!"
The youkai didn't respond. I'm getting nothing from this guy! InuYasha thought. "That's it!"
InuYasha charged, feeling the last bit of strength that still was leaking through his muscles due to the extreme strength of the poison. "I'll send you straight to Hell!"
InuYasha swore he heard a blow of air, like the youkai actually was annoyed or amused. "What the fuck is so funny, hue?!" InuYasha surged and slammed the fang with the full force he had in him. The youkai didn't move, his hand shot out, catching the fang in one quick motion.
"What!" InuYasha yelped. The hand began to tilt, bending the Tessaiga's steel with it. "Shit!" InuYasha jerked the fang away before the youkai could successfully break it.
InuYasha backed away, and held Tessaiga in front of him. He heard his breathing come out in wheezes, and sounded like a dying animal that desperately needed water.
"Dying this sees."
"Not…yet I'm not." InuYasha growled. Panting, InuYasha blinked and jumped back, starting to retreat towards the woods. InuYasha never backed down from a fight, it just wasn't his nature, he had just become a youkai and he was already having his own ass kicked. InuYasha hissed at himself for being completely caught off guard, knowing mating Kagome in an open area was somewhat stupid.
InuYasha felt his legs becoming numb and his sight becoming extremely fuzzy. Is this end of me? InuYasha thought to himself.
"Asshole…one thing about me…I'm too stubborn to die." InuYasha spat. "KONGOUSOUHA!"
InuYasha slammed the fang down, letting the adamant pieces fly at his opponent, before his legs gave away, and his head became so fuzzy around him. InuYasha planted his flat palm in the ground and took deep breathes, feeling the searing pain shot through his entire body. He dreaded to look.
InuYasha slowly looked up to see three of the spears had successfully hit the youkai; he could hear some type of crackling. Did I kill him? InuYasha thought weakly.
The youkai looked a slight bit stunned, but with his hand he slowly pulled all three pieces out of his body, not even flinching to show he was even in pain. InuYasha looked at the youkai; his body had healed before he could have blinked. Oh Kami, InuYasha thought, he's coming toward me, and I can't do anything!
"INUYASHA!" InuYasha cringed as someone said his name. He nearly fell over when he felt two slim arms wrap around him and the soft feeling of fur hit his chin. "Oh InuYasha, I got the others as fast as I could!"
InuYasha smelled the tears from his mate as she wept on his shoulder.
"Kagome…get out of here…it’s not safe."
"InuYasha, what's going on?" Sango's voice hit his ears. Miroku came up and knelt down and grasped InuYasha's shoulder.
"Otouto, what happened?" InuYasha never felt more revealed to hear his onii's voice.
"Sesshomaru…behind you." InuYasha mumbled. Sesshomaru turned around, his eyes scanned the clearing, he sniffed the air, coming up empty handed.
"Otouto, where is the attacker?"
"Behind you!" InuYasha spat, what was he blind?
"InuYasha there's nothing here but us." Sango said. "Kagome you better get dressed, houshi can't stop staring at you."
"Now, now my dear Sango…" Miroku started.
"Save it!" Sango snapped. "Where's your clothes Kagome?"
"Over there, I'll get it. Start bandaging InuYasha's wounds."
"Kagome what the fuck?!" InuYasha's eyes went wide as she headed right for the youkai. InuYasha felt all pain and all sense slip from his mind and jumped and dove for his mate snatching her from the ground and rolling away. He barred his fangs at the youkai, the poison long forgotten; he felt the heavy armor attached to the fur Kagome was wearing heave slightly on his leg.
"InuYasha…I'm just getting my clothes." Kagome pouted. "You’re injured, you shouldn't be jumping around."
InuYasha felt like he lost all sense, getting her clothes? That lay right behind the youkai? InuYasha hissed and stood up.
"Bastard, I'm going to kill you!" He placed Kagome on the ground and jumped up at the youkai, swinging his claws to behead him. The youkai moved and jumped back, saying nothing and barley making any movement in the grass were he had once stood. "Get back here!"
"Otouto, what are you doing?" Sesshomaru gave him a puzzled look.
"What am I doing! What am I doing!" InuYasha yelled. "I need your help killing this youkai!"
"Uhhh…what youkai InuYasha?" Miroku shot an eyebrow up.
"InuYasha is still having illusion problems." Shippo mumbled.
InuYasha stopped and stared at them and then turned back to the youkai, the red eyes stared at him and him only. InuYasha blinked, he still stood there, how could this guy be an illusion? Shit, he nearly snapped my Tessaiga in half! InuYasha thought bitterly.
"I…" InuYasha suddenly felt the pain shot back up his arms and legs, and they crippled from underneath him and collapsed into the grass.
"InuYasha!" He felt the small hands of his mate on his face as she rubbed his forehead. InuYasha felt the sleeve of her unusual clothes, meaning she had somehow gotten dress between all the confusion.
"Kagome…why don't you see him?" InuYasha gasped.
"Shhh…let me get these injuries all patched up." Kagome said. She grabbed the white box and rummaged through the supplies. She pulled out a bottle and shook and tore open the cap. She took a bottle of water out of her yellow pack and put two red and white tablets in his large hand. "Take these; it will hopefully stop the spread of the poison."
"Kagome the poison has spread to every inch of his body." Sango said. She knelt down in front of him and moved a hand on his forehead. "He's really burning up."
"InuYasha can you tell us who did this?" Miroku asked.
"HE'S RIGHT THERE YOU BLIND IDIOTS!" InuYasha shot his hand up and jabbed with all the strength left at where the youkai stood, he had slowly been approaching. InuYasha sat up and hissed. He felt his hair all stand up on in and reached for Tessaiga. It wasn't there, he must have dropped it.
Sesshomaru turned his head, his hand settled ion the hilt of Tokijin, but he made no movement towards the youkai, only looking back at him. "Otouto, there is nothing there, the poison must be obstructing your vision."
"HE'S RIGHT…"
"InuYasha stop yelling!" Kagome snapped. "Your injured you need to lie down and let me look at your injuries!"
"Not when I'm in a middle of a fight you’re not!" InuYasha roared, for some reason he felt some of his strength come back, and jumped to his feet, racing for Tessaiga that lay a few feet away. Swirling around he leveled the fang in front of him, his eyes felt warm, probably making them very red in anger.
"Otouto, why are you barring your fangs at this Sesshomaru?" Sesshomaru asked coldly. "Do you wish to end your miserable life now?"
"WHAT FUCK SESSHOMARU?!" InuYasha roared. "ARE YOU THAT PATHETIC?!"
"Your insults mean nothing to this Sesshomaru."
"I'm not attacking you jackass!" InuYasha hissed. "I'm attacking that thing behind you!"
"There is nothing behind this Sesshomaru."
"YES THERE IS!"
"Osuwari!" InuYasha felt his face plant deep into the ground. He felt his limbs slightly go numb and he suddenly felt extremely dizzy.
"Kagome, that's only going to make it worse!" Sango gasped.
"He needs to rest!" Kagome protested, "He's using up too much energy with all that yelling."
"I agree." Miroku sighed. "But what on a Kami's life is InuYasha keep saying there is a youkai present here?"
InuYasha felt dizzy, all his sense had become numb, he tightened his grip and surged all the energy that was still avoiding the poison and jumped up. Flying out of the crater he made, he flipped in the air, his eyes caught the large youkai's form and slammed Tessaiga as hard, as fast as he could.
This time the youkai didn't move in time, the Tessaiga's caught the youkai's head on the side, sending some gold liquid squirting into InuYasha's face. Never had he felt such a horrible sensation in his life. He screamed.
"InuYasha!" Kagome screamed. InuYasha grabbed his face and felt Tessaiga slip from his grasp and slammed both of his palms on his face to make the pain go away. He rolled a few feet away, his legs kicking into thin air and screaming like a women that had been cursed.
"What the hell happened?!" Sango asked.
"InuYasha!" Kagome grabbed him, but his thrashing didn't stop, she felt him get more violent as she touched him. "Please let me see, what on earth did you do?"
"Did he attack something?" Shippo gulped. He clung onto Miroku's shoulder for dear life.
InuYasha stopped screaming and felt the pain leak all over his face, it was a burning like none other. He didn't move his hands afraid of what would happen.
"Please InuYasha let me see your face." Kagome whispered.
"He's going to…" InuYasha couldn't see the youkai, but he sure smelled him, the youkai's scent was actually decreasing, he wasn't leaving was he?
"InuYasha-sama…?" Rin asked.
"Keep her back." Sesshomaru's firm voice stood out. Sango nodded and took Rin's small hand and lead her back to Ah-Un and Jaken.
"What on earth is that hanyou—filthy youkai up to now?" Jaken snorted. Sango looked at Jaken in surprise, he usually didn't change sayings that quickly.
"Apparently InuYasha and Kagome were attacked, and InuYasha had to battle a youkai. We got here to late, the youkai left." Sango mumbled. It was peculiar; wouldn't the youkai leave some king of youki behind?
"InuYasha please!" Kagome begged her mate. His hands refused to budge, the remained cupping his face. She could hear the irregular breathing as the poison seemed to take a worse effect on his poor body. Kagome felt numbness come over her when she realized she still held the medicine that she was trying to give him.
"Sesshomaru please help me." Sesshomaru gave her a cold stare. "I need these to go down his throat."
"This Sesshomaru is not interested if the hanyou…youkai dies." The Youkai Lord mumbled. InuYasha heard his onii say that, and a low growl came up his throat.
"Then I hope the youkai that you can't see takes your fucking head!" InuYasha spat, but by speaking the pain in his face shot all over him again and he cried out again in pain.
"Kagome…he's covering his eyes, that's not a good sign." Miroku said. "You have to move his hands."
"I can't they're not moving, InuYasha I don't care if you're a youkai that heals faster I have to see your wounds!" Kagome snapped. She grabbed both of his wrists and tugged, sending more pain shooting through his body.
"Stop!" He cried. The poison was becoming less of a problem, and he didn't know why. He felt one of his legs kick out in protest.
"What is that stuff?" Sango asked. "It's all over his face."
"It burns damn it!" InuYasha cursed.
"I know, move your hands, so we can cover the burn InuYasha…please." His mate begged in the most innocent voice he had ever heard her speak.
"Kagome…why is the pain going away?" InuYasha felt Kagome stiffen.
"Kami, the poison it looks like it's decreasing." InuYasha heard Sango gasp.
"Almost like his body became immune." Miroku mumbled. InuYasha felt dizzy, but had the strength to sit up, his hands seemed glued to his face, his world was still black.
"InuYasha…you mustn't move much." Kagome pleaded. "I need you to rest."
InuYasha took a deep breathe and nodded weakly, why did he feel like his face was melting? InuYasha moved one of his hands, sending pain shooting through his skull. InuYasha gritted his teeth and cursed. His hands weren't there by his will, they were stuck.
"FUCK!"
"InuYasha, what's the matter?" Kagome cried.
"My hands…they're stuck!"
"Stuck…?" InuYasha heard Miroku drag on. "Don't tell me…"
InuYasha managed to get to his feet without the use of his hands and moved away from the others, his foot almost caught something, but he wasn't sure what it was. Knowing he was turned away from all of them, he took a deep breath and pulled his hands with all his strength.
The noise he heard was just as sickening as what he felt. He felt his face tear with his palm, feeling part of his skin tear from his cheeks and nose. InuYasha couldn't help but let out a small whimper, but he felt his eye lids open, at least he was smart enough to close his eyes. But his eyelids stung too, they had lost a good chunk of skin.
"Ugh…" InuYasha say his hands, covered in his own blood, a gold liquid that was quickly dissolving the skin on his hands now, and flaps of skin that had just been ripped from his face.
"InuYasha…"
"Don't look at me." InuYasha turned his face away. Kagome had been walking up behind him. "You won't like what you see."
"Otouto do you fell that pain?" Sesshomaru glared.
"No…the pain…all of it is gone." InuYasha looked at his onii. Sesshomaru actually darted his eyes for a second, even his onii seemed a bit appalled by his appearance.
"Fix it otouto."
"Question: How?"
"You're a youkai." Sesshomaru narrowed his eyes. "Figure it out for yourself."
"Oh fuck off!" InuYasha swirled around giving his onii a glare, feeling a flap of skin slap him nearly in the eye. InuYasha froze. Miroku, Sango, Shippo, and Kagome stared at him, Kagome dropped the towel she had been holding and her mouth fell open a little. Tears poured out of her eyes as InuYasha saw her knees began to shake.
"InuYasha I…" Kagome couldn't finish. InuYasha quickly turned away, his ears laid flat on his head.
"I saw part of his…skull." InuYasha heard Sango quiver. InuYasha shuddered, for some reason the pain with this injury weren't connecting, there was no pain, it had all gone with the poison, all that was left was the open wounds and the dissolved skin on the palm of his hands. InuYasha sniffed, his blood reeked over anything else, even the youkai he had been fighting was faint. He had definitely left; there was no visual sight of him.
InuYasha growled and felt his youki intensify, the skin on his face began to feel like it was moving. InuYasha opened his eyes seeing his hands fully healed, still covered in his blood. InuYasha put his hand on his face, feeling the smooth skin that lay on top of his cheek. InuYasha sighed and turned around, "I guess being a youkai isn't always a bad thing."
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"Shit!" InuYasha felt the four deep wounds sting every part of his back. The pain was still increasingly intense; InuYasha shook his head and watched Kagome disappear into the woods. The youkai's shadow didn't follow her, it stayed, meaning it wasn't after her, it was after him.
"Lucky shot bastard!" InuYasha hissed. Grabbing Tessaiga's hilt he ripped out the fang and leveled it in front of him. "You won't get another!"
The youkai gave no verbal response, the enormous shadow leaked back into the trees. Cursing InuYasha jumped up on a large branch and slammed Tessaiga at just where the youkai had been standing.
"Fight me you coward!" InuYasha roared.
"Youkai, your persistence irritates this."
InuYasha flattened his ears. He finally had a good hearing at what he was faced with now.
"Come out asshole!" InuYasha growled, "You've been following me and my pack for quite some time now, what the hell do you want?!"
The youkai still gave no response, InuYasha let out a warning growl. "I'll kill you!"
InuYasha threw Tessaiga over his shoulder and jumped with the unnatural speed he had now possessed and swung with all his strength. The youkai stood there and at the last second moved.
"Shit he's fast." InuYasha growled to himself. InuYasha jerked around to see the youkai on the other side of the clearing.
"Waste the time youkai, they will soon be this."
"What the fuck are you talking about?!" InuYasha growled.
The youkai was huge, even in the shadows; InuYasha knew he was facing a strong youkai. The smell, it was coming from this guy. InuYasha squinted his nose, damn it’s powerful, he thought
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"Fine, die without an explanation!" InuYasha hissed. "Kaze no Kizu!" Slamming the fang down, the yellow energy shot towards his foe.
The youkai's red eyes finally opened, and InuYasha felt his whole body turn to ice. He felt Tessaiga shake, but it wasn't the fang that was shaking, it was hands.
"Fear." InuYasha cursed. "Damn it, I hate youkai like you!"
InuYasha looked up and gaped. The Kaze no Kizu was…gone. The marks in the earth stopped about a few feet from where the youkai was standing, almost like he had a…
"Hiding behind a fuyouheki are you?" InuYasha sneered. The youkai's two red eyes blinked, but gave no answer. "Grrrr…you're really starting to piss me off!"
InuYasha tightened his grip on Tessaiga's hilt, and charged, slamming the fang down as fast and hard as he could. But the youkai was still faster and was already on the other side of the clearing just when Tessaiga hit the ground. InuYasha hissed.
"Fuck you! What the hell do you want!" InuYasha yelled. Still no response. "You're not with Naraku are you!"
"A living creature this presumes?"
"What the fuck are babbling about!" InuYasha hissed. This youkai made no sense when he talked. It almost sounded like Sesshomaru, yet, even more insulting when he talked. "Living creature, what the hell do you mean by that?!"
InuYasha stared at his opponent, first thing was, the night was obscuring any facial detail, the only thing that InuYasha saw were his red eyes, and that was already sending shivers up and down InuYasha's arms. The next fact, this youkai was huge. He was definitely twice InuYasha's size, even though he had grown himself. InuYasha had seen something move on both of his sides when he dodged Tessaiga's blows, they were wings. InuYasha bit his lip; whatever he was dealing with was not some low life youkai.
InuYasha felt a sudden dizziness come over his head, and felt his knees desperately trying to give way. Damn, InuYasha thought, I didn't even think about that injury he sliced into my back. InuYasha's nose took a sniff, and he realized the dizziness wasn't because of the pain, that could be ignored, but poison. A lot stronger than any poison that had ever entered his body; which include Sesshomaru's.
"Damn you, how dare you sneak up my mate and me!" InuYasha hissed. "You got some blind intention for doing that!"
"Youkai, life that is yours is no importance to this."
"Shut the fancy talk asshole!" InuYasha felt his eyes blink and heat up. "I've gotten stronger and you're going to be the first victim my youkai body is going to take!" InuYasha swung Tessaiga over his shoulder, and felt the unnatural speed take is legs, and swung for the red eyes.
The youkai moved, but not away, he moved forward, and InuYasha saw five glowing red claws.
"Shit!" InuYasha pulled Tessaiga in front of them and felt the five claws rake at the fang, sending the momentum to his weakened legs, forcing him to the ground.
InuYasha flipped over and jumped high into a nearby tree, swinging Tessaiga around as he did so. He narrowed his eyes and gripped Tessaiga's hilt so hard, he thought his hand would surly start to bleed.
"Damn." InuYasha growled. InuYasha thought of taking the opportunity to run realizing his instincts were telling him to go to his friends, more than one against this youkai would probably be easier for him.
No, InuYasha thought bitterly, I don't need them hurt or worse killed against this asshole.
"Hiding is not an option."
"I'm not, fool!" InuYasha hissed. Gripping Tessaiga tightly he narrowed his eyes to the youkai's youki and felt the fang in his hand start to thump. "You sure are powerful; I wonder what will happen when your own youkai kicks your ass!"
InuYasha jumped from the tree, trying to keep his strength to immune the poison that he could see spreading through his body fast. The veins in his body look liked red snakes that were slithering up and down his arms and leaking towards the center of his chest. This is bad, InuYasha thought, if it gets any closer, it's going to get into my heart.
InuYasha jerked around and narrowed the thumping fang and smirked, showing no sign that the poison was weakening him. "Die asshole, BAKURYUUHA!"
The Backlash Wave shot out and the wind sent his silver hair flying in every direction, the tornado of Tessaiga's youkai slammed with the more powerful youki that was standing in front of him. InuYasha felt the wind take him literally off his feet, and threw him back.
InuYasha recovered his footing and grabbed the grass, feeling the youki slam into one another, what the hell? InuYasha looked at his Backlash Wave in horror; this youkai was absorbing his Backlash Wave!
"What the fuck!" InuYasha shouted. The Backlash Wave was supposed to absorb the youki and send it back towards the enemy, not the other way around! InuYasha covered his head as his Bakuryuuha diminished before his eyes, leaving nothing more then a steady wind in the large clearing.
InuYasha stood up weakly, the poison was getting to him fast; his knees were beginning to shake uncontrollably. InuYasha growled angrily, the anger began to burn through the core of his head. Who the fuck is this youkai?
Biting his lip, InuYasha rose steadily to his feet, and narrowed his eyes toward the youkai. He hadn't moved from the spot where he stood. The two red eyes stared at him, a cold yet menacing reflection glaring at him.
"What do you want!" InuYasha hissed. InuYasha looked at Tessaiga; he still had one trick left.
"This wants something that does not belong to you, youkai."
"Hue?" InuYasha blinked something that didn't belong to him? "And what the fuck is that you asshole!"
The youkai didn't respond. I'm getting nothing from this guy! InuYasha thought. "That's it!"
InuYasha charged, feeling the last bit of strength that still was leaking through his muscles due to the extreme strength of the poison. "I'll send you straight to Hell!"
InuYasha swore he heard a blow of air, like the youkai actually was annoyed or amused. "What the fuck is so funny, hue?!" InuYasha surged and slammed the fang with the full force he had in him. The youkai didn't move, his hand shot out, catching the fang in one quick motion.
"What!" InuYasha yelped. The hand began to tilt, bending the Tessaiga's steel with it. "Shit!" InuYasha jerked the fang away before the youkai could successfully break it.
InuYasha backed away, and held Tessaiga in front of him. He heard his breathing come out in wheezes, and sounded like a dying animal that desperately needed water.
"Dying this sees."
"Not…yet I'm not." InuYasha growled. Panting, InuYasha blinked and jumped back, starting to retreat towards the woods. InuYasha never backed down from a fight, it just wasn't his nature, he had just become a youkai and he was already having his own ass kicked. InuYasha hissed at himself for being completely caught off guard, knowing mating Kagome in an open area was somewhat stupid.
InuYasha felt his legs becoming numb and his sight becoming extremely fuzzy. Is this end of me? InuYasha thought to himself.
"Asshole…one thing about me…I'm too stubborn to die." InuYasha spat. "KONGOUSOUHA!"
InuYasha slammed the fang down, letting the adamant pieces fly at his opponent, before his legs gave away, and his head became so fuzzy around him. InuYasha planted his flat palm in the ground and took deep breathes, feeling the searing pain shot through his entire body. He dreaded to look.
InuYasha slowly looked up to see three of the spears had successfully hit the youkai; he could hear some type of crackling. Did I kill him? InuYasha thought weakly.
The youkai looked a slight bit stunned, but with his hand he slowly pulled all three pieces out of his body, not even flinching to show he was even in pain. InuYasha looked at the youkai; his body had healed before he could have blinked. Oh Kami, InuYasha thought, he's coming toward me, and I can't do anything!
"INUYASHA!" InuYasha cringed as someone said his name. He nearly fell over when he felt two slim arms wrap around him and the soft feeling of fur hit his chin. "Oh InuYasha, I got the others as fast as I could!"
InuYasha smelled the tears from his mate as she wept on his shoulder.
"Kagome…get out of here…it’s not safe."
"InuYasha, what's going on?" Sango's voice hit his ears. Miroku came up and knelt down and grasped InuYasha's shoulder.
"Otouto, what happened?" InuYasha never felt more revealed to hear his onii's voice.
"Sesshomaru…behind you." InuYasha mumbled. Sesshomaru turned around, his eyes scanned the clearing, he sniffed the air, coming up empty handed.
"Otouto, where is the attacker?"
"Behind you!" InuYasha spat, what was he blind?
"InuYasha there's nothing here but us." Sango said. "Kagome you better get dressed, houshi can't stop staring at you."
"Now, now my dear Sango…" Miroku started.
"Save it!" Sango snapped. "Where's your clothes Kagome?"
"Over there, I'll get it. Start bandaging InuYasha's wounds."
"Kagome what the fuck?!" InuYasha's eyes went wide as she headed right for the youkai. InuYasha felt all pain and all sense slip from his mind and jumped and dove for his mate snatching her from the ground and rolling away. He barred his fangs at the youkai, the poison long forgotten; he felt the heavy armor attached to the fur Kagome was wearing heave slightly on his leg.
"InuYasha…I'm just getting my clothes." Kagome pouted. "You’re injured, you shouldn't be jumping around."
InuYasha felt like he lost all sense, getting her clothes? That lay right behind the youkai? InuYasha hissed and stood up.
"Bastard, I'm going to kill you!" He placed Kagome on the ground and jumped up at the youkai, swinging his claws to behead him. The youkai moved and jumped back, saying nothing and barley making any movement in the grass were he had once stood. "Get back here!"
"Otouto, what are you doing?" Sesshomaru gave him a puzzled look.
"What am I doing! What am I doing!" InuYasha yelled. "I need your help killing this youkai!"
"Uhhh…what youkai InuYasha?" Miroku shot an eyebrow up.
"InuYasha is still having illusion problems." Shippo mumbled.
InuYasha stopped and stared at them and then turned back to the youkai, the red eyes stared at him and him only. InuYasha blinked, he still stood there, how could this guy be an illusion? Shit, he nearly snapped my Tessaiga in half! InuYasha thought bitterly.
"I…" InuYasha suddenly felt the pain shot back up his arms and legs, and they crippled from underneath him and collapsed into the grass.
"InuYasha!" He felt the small hands of his mate on his face as she rubbed his forehead. InuYasha felt the sleeve of her unusual clothes, meaning she had somehow gotten dress between all the confusion.
"Kagome…why don't you see him?" InuYasha gasped.
"Shhh…let me get these injuries all patched up." Kagome said. She grabbed the white box and rummaged through the supplies. She pulled out a bottle and shook and tore open the cap. She took a bottle of water out of her yellow pack and put two red and white tablets in his large hand. "Take these; it will hopefully stop the spread of the poison."
"Kagome the poison has spread to every inch of his body." Sango said. She knelt down in front of him and moved a hand on his forehead. "He's really burning up."
"InuYasha can you tell us who did this?" Miroku asked.
"HE'S RIGHT THERE YOU BLIND IDIOTS!" InuYasha shot his hand up and jabbed with all the strength left at where the youkai stood, he had slowly been approaching. InuYasha sat up and hissed. He felt his hair all stand up on in and reached for Tessaiga. It wasn't there, he must have dropped it.
Sesshomaru turned his head, his hand settled ion the hilt of Tokijin, but he made no movement towards the youkai, only looking back at him. "Otouto, there is nothing there, the poison must be obstructing your vision."
"HE'S RIGHT…"
"InuYasha stop yelling!" Kagome snapped. "Your injured you need to lie down and let me look at your injuries!"
"Not when I'm in a middle of a fight you’re not!" InuYasha roared, for some reason he felt some of his strength come back, and jumped to his feet, racing for Tessaiga that lay a few feet away. Swirling around he leveled the fang in front of him, his eyes felt warm, probably making them very red in anger.
"Otouto, why are you barring your fangs at this Sesshomaru?" Sesshomaru asked coldly. "Do you wish to end your miserable life now?"
"WHAT FUCK SESSHOMARU?!" InuYasha roared. "ARE YOU THAT PATHETIC?!"
"Your insults mean nothing to this Sesshomaru."
"I'm not attacking you jackass!" InuYasha hissed. "I'm attacking that thing behind you!"
"There is nothing behind this Sesshomaru."
"YES THERE IS!"
"Osuwari!" InuYasha felt his face plant deep into the ground. He felt his limbs slightly go numb and he suddenly felt extremely dizzy.
"Kagome, that's only going to make it worse!" Sango gasped.
"He needs to rest!" Kagome protested, "He's using up too much energy with all that yelling."
"I agree." Miroku sighed. "But what on a Kami's life is InuYasha keep saying there is a youkai present here?"
InuYasha felt dizzy, all his sense had become numb, he tightened his grip and surged all the energy that was still avoiding the poison and jumped up. Flying out of the crater he made, he flipped in the air, his eyes caught the large youkai's form and slammed Tessaiga as hard, as fast as he could.
This time the youkai didn't move in time, the Tessaiga's caught the youkai's head on the side, sending some gold liquid squirting into InuYasha's face. Never had he felt such a horrible sensation in his life. He screamed.
"InuYasha!" Kagome screamed. InuYasha grabbed his face and felt Tessaiga slip from his grasp and slammed both of his palms on his face to make the pain go away. He rolled a few feet away, his legs kicking into thin air and screaming like a women that had been cursed.
"What the hell happened?!" Sango asked.
"InuYasha!" Kagome grabbed him, but his thrashing didn't stop, she felt him get more violent as she touched him. "Please let me see, what on earth did you do?"
"Did he attack something?" Shippo gulped. He clung onto Miroku's shoulder for dear life.
InuYasha stopped screaming and felt the pain leak all over his face, it was a burning like none other. He didn't move his hands afraid of what would happen.
"Please InuYasha let me see your face." Kagome whispered.
"He's going to…" InuYasha couldn't see the youkai, but he sure smelled him, the youkai's scent was actually decreasing, he wasn't leaving was he?
"InuYasha-sama…?" Rin asked.
"Keep her back." Sesshomaru's firm voice stood out. Sango nodded and took Rin's small hand and lead her back to Ah-Un and Jaken.
"What on earth is that hanyou—filthy youkai up to now?" Jaken snorted. Sango looked at Jaken in surprise, he usually didn't change sayings that quickly.
"Apparently InuYasha and Kagome were attacked, and InuYasha had to battle a youkai. We got here to late, the youkai left." Sango mumbled. It was peculiar; wouldn't the youkai leave some king of youki behind?
"InuYasha please!" Kagome begged her mate. His hands refused to budge, the remained cupping his face. She could hear the irregular breathing as the poison seemed to take a worse effect on his poor body. Kagome felt numbness come over her when she realized she still held the medicine that she was trying to give him.
"Sesshomaru please help me." Sesshomaru gave her a cold stare. "I need these to go down his throat."
"This Sesshomaru is not interested if the hanyou…youkai dies." The Youkai Lord mumbled. InuYasha heard his onii say that, and a low growl came up his throat.
"Then I hope the youkai that you can't see takes your fucking head!" InuYasha spat, but by speaking the pain in his face shot all over him again and he cried out again in pain.
"Kagome…he's covering his eyes, that's not a good sign." Miroku said. "You have to move his hands."
"I can't they're not moving, InuYasha I don't care if you're a youkai that heals faster I have to see your wounds!" Kagome snapped. She grabbed both of his wrists and tugged, sending more pain shooting through his body.
"Stop!" He cried. The poison was becoming less of a problem, and he didn't know why. He felt one of his legs kick out in protest.
"What is that stuff?" Sango asked. "It's all over his face."
"It burns damn it!" InuYasha cursed.
"I know, move your hands, so we can cover the burn InuYasha…please." His mate begged in the most innocent voice he had ever heard her speak.
"Kagome…why is the pain going away?" InuYasha felt Kagome stiffen.
"Kami, the poison it looks like it's decreasing." InuYasha heard Sango gasp.
"Almost like his body became immune." Miroku mumbled. InuYasha felt dizzy, but had the strength to sit up, his hands seemed glued to his face, his world was still black.
"InuYasha…you mustn't move much." Kagome pleaded. "I need you to rest."
InuYasha took a deep breathe and nodded weakly, why did he feel like his face was melting? InuYasha moved one of his hands, sending pain shooting through his skull. InuYasha gritted his teeth and cursed. His hands weren't there by his will, they were stuck.
"FUCK!"
"InuYasha, what's the matter?" Kagome cried.
"My hands…they're stuck!"
"Stuck…?" InuYasha heard Miroku drag on. "Don't tell me…"
InuYasha managed to get to his feet without the use of his hands and moved away from the others, his foot almost caught something, but he wasn't sure what it was. Knowing he was turned away from all of them, he took a deep breath and pulled his hands with all his strength.
The noise he heard was just as sickening as what he felt. He felt his face tear with his palm, feeling part of his skin tear from his cheeks and nose. InuYasha couldn't help but let out a small whimper, but he felt his eye lids open, at least he was smart enough to close his eyes. But his eyelids stung too, they had lost a good chunk of skin.
"Ugh…" InuYasha say his hands, covered in his own blood, a gold liquid that was quickly dissolving the skin on his hands now, and flaps of skin that had just been ripped from his face.
"InuYasha…"
"Don't look at me." InuYasha turned his face away. Kagome had been walking up behind him. "You won't like what you see."
"Otouto do you fell that pain?" Sesshomaru glared.
"No…the pain…all of it is gone." InuYasha looked at his onii. Sesshomaru actually darted his eyes for a second, even his onii seemed a bit appalled by his appearance.
"Fix it otouto."
"Question: How?"
"You're a youkai." Sesshomaru narrowed his eyes. "Figure it out for yourself."
"Oh fuck off!" InuYasha swirled around giving his onii a glare, feeling a flap of skin slap him nearly in the eye. InuYasha froze. Miroku, Sango, Shippo, and Kagome stared at him, Kagome dropped the towel she had been holding and her mouth fell open a little. Tears poured out of her eyes as InuYasha saw her knees began to shake.
"InuYasha I…" Kagome couldn't finish. InuYasha quickly turned away, his ears laid flat on his head.
"I saw part of his…skull." InuYasha heard Sango quiver. InuYasha shuddered, for some reason the pain with this injury weren't connecting, there was no pain, it had all gone with the poison, all that was left was the open wounds and the dissolved skin on the palm of his hands. InuYasha sniffed, his blood reeked over anything else, even the youkai he had been fighting was faint. He had definitely left; there was no visual sight of him.
InuYasha growled and felt his youki intensify, the skin on his face began to feel like it was moving. InuYasha opened his eyes seeing his hands fully healed, still covered in his blood. InuYasha put his hand on his face, feeling the smooth skin that lay on top of his cheek. InuYasha sighed and turned around, "I guess being a youkai isn't always a bad thing."