InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Fateful Night ❯ Storm of Time ( Chapter 2 )

Disclaimer: I have bought Inuyasha…..box sets 1-8. Heee heee heee almost had you fooled huh. Looks at all the glaring faces and runs away.

A/N Humm well considering I'm posting this the same night and I don't have any reviews yet to be happy or sad about….hum well. Hi? Are you enjoying Fateful Night? I hope so. Oh and I do apologize for my spelling I can't spell never could and probably never will be able to. My beta bless here heart is still only human and it would take a deity to keep up with my mistakes. Please be gentle when you talk about spelling ok it's a sore spot and I did warn you. Just read around the word it should be close enough for you to figure out what I meant. Sorry again.

Chapter 2

Storm of Time

Inuyasha watched from his perch fifteen feet above ground as the houshi was rendered unconscious by a large bone boomerang swung by a harassed looking woman who had been attempting to light the evening's camp fire.

`Baka Miroku' he thought `I'm surprised he doesn't have brain damage by now. Although that could account for the continued groping of the groups expert demon huntress, Inuyasha reasoned as he looked at his friend twitching on the ground.

Sniffing the pine scented air Inuyasha grunted when he caught a hint of wolf approaching.

"Feh, that wimpy wolf, better have caught something decent this time" he mumbled as a whirlwind spun into camp, causing Sango's hard won fire to swirl into the darkening sky.

Skidding to a dusty halt Kouga dropped the carcass of a small deer beside the prone form of Miroku.

Turning slightly he teased, "Did he try to help you `light your fire' again Sango?"

Laughing Kouga turned and peered through the branches of the ancient pine standing at the edge of camp.
"Yo, Dog-face! Have you so little honor that you couldn't rouse you're laze ass from out that tree of yours to help so fair a lady?"

Landing silently in front of Kouga he heatedly retorted,
"Sango ain't the one in need of help, you wimpy wolf."

Stalking past the wolf youkai Inuyasha caught the elbow of a claw fisted, eye twitching Sango. Pulling her over to the fire pit Inuyasha knelt down and started feeding dried pine needles to the remaining flames. As Sango slowly regained her composure she took over the twice-interrupted task.

Turning away from the huntress Inuyasha walked over and toed the deer Kouga had brought for their meal.
"Was this runt the only thing you were capable of catching `wolf'?"

"Actually considering your `almighty' brother has decided not to grace us with his presence this evening I decided not to burden the animals of this beautiful forest by selecting an animal we would be able to fully utilize…Dog-Breath." Kouga shot back, turning, arms crossed, to glare at Inuyasha.

Quickly stepping forward Inuyasha reached for Tetsusaiga lips pulling back as he growled at the wolf prince standing cockily in front of him. `I'll wipe that grin off his face' he thought darkly.

The sound of a throat clearing drew the attention of the two glaring youkai as the lump be' crowned houshi gingerly sat up and leaned against a nearby tree.

"Can you two control you hormone driven posturing for even one night?"

At this announcement, both canine youkai face'falted to the ground dumbfounded.
`Of all people!' they thought in unison as a quick glance showed the pair, a twitching Sango pointedly ignoring the males behind her.

With the situation defused, Kouga began quartering the small deer while Miroku padded demurely over to the fire to help, a still wary Sango with a spit.

Watching for a moment longer Inuyasha glanced up at the full moon noticing dark clouds creeping across the shining orb.

With a deep frown he leapt back into the tree and settled again in the crook of branches from which, he had decided to keep watch, for the night.

Again studying the sky a chill slid down his back flattening his ears to his skull.

Wispy dark clouds scuttled across the havens covering the once bright moon and obscuring the stars.

Lightning crackled through the stingy clouds its jagged length illuminating the sky. Peals of thunder deafened Inuyasha as a splintered claw of light destroyed a tree 400 hundred yards from camp.

Eyes wide Inuyasha watched glued to his branch as huge thunderheads rolled across the forest devouring the small racing clouds.

Below him his friends' voices jumbled together as they gaped at the huge storm as it lit up from with in.
Pink and blue flashes lightened the night as lightning writhed through the massive cloud.

Jumping down as another forest giant was consumed in a blinding flash, Inuyasha started grabbing gear as he ordered Kouga to douse the fire.

"We need to get under shelter NOW!" he barked (no pun intended).
Searching his mind quickly Inuyasha gabbed Sango's shoulder and pushed her out of camp and into the forest to the left trusting Miroku and Kouga to follow close behind him.

Inuyasha stumbled slightly as Sango pulled herself out of his grasp and turned back to camp.
"Kirara!" the woman yelled as she dashed back toward camp, worry furrowing her brow. Ignoring Inuyasha's insult of `Baka' Sango continued to search for her friend. A cry of relief escaped her as the small two-tailed cat transformed into a huge youkai in a fiery flash.

Grabbing a hold of the fire-cat's ruff as she passed, Sango vaulted onto her companion's back.
Loping forward Kirara gained ground nearing the running forms ahead of her. As they passed the robed monk her mistress leaned forward and caught the man around the waist and deposited him on the cat's back behind her.

Grinning down on the huntress Miroku slid his chiming staff across in front of her and scooting close to Sango he beamed, "My hero."

"One inch closer hentai houshi and I'll leave you to be cooked by the lightning." Sango growled, and with a dejected sigh the monk slide back `fractionally'.

The small group dashed through the flickering forest dodging trees as they bucked against the furious wind. A brilliant flash of lightning illuminated the night as the storm raged around them throwing a hulking cliff into shadowy relief a hundred yards before them.
Inuyasha turned off to the right and sprinted straight at the face of the rising crag.

Following the curve of the cliff the friends staggered, as a waterfall of rain bombarded them. With one final leap over a hummock of earth Inuyasha spotted his goal and raced into the sheltering blindness of a cave.

As the dripping group slid to a halt within the cavern they turned to gape at the raging maelstrom that howled in front of the cave.

Gales of wind whipped the towering forest giants into submission as thy bowed before its furious force. The groaning trunk's of the ancient trees was a eerie fore note to the rumbling timbre of continuous thunder shuddering the very ground as endless spears of jagged light tore themselves from the boiling clouds that swelled in the sky.

Creeping closer to the edge of the caverns mouth the group watched silently as the sky ripped itself apart above them.
Debris from shattered trees became deadly projectiles in the howling wind, as torrents of rain shrouded the world in a watery blur.

"That cloud is radiating massive amounts of energy." Miroku announced.

The other three glanced quickly at the houshi who was soberly staring up at the flickering boil of thunderheads.

Another scream of thunder deafened them as a blinding bolt of lightning tore apart a tree 15 feet in front of the cave.
Jagged splinters of wood flew in all directions sending deadly projectiles into the cavern.

Kouga grabbed Sango as Inuyasha tackled Miroku to the dusty floor deflecting the wooden daggers from their more fragile human friends.

Three small pieces of wood dug into Kouga's back before Kirara leapt in front of the group in a flashing ball of fire incinerating any reaming missiles.

Helping Sango up, Kouga checked to see how Inuyasha and Miroku had faired. The Inu-hanyou was pulling a large sliver of wood out of the back of his thigh while Miroku began ripping a band of cloth from the bottom of his robes to bind the bleeding wound.

As Sango regained her feet she saw Kouga winced and reach for his back.
With a confused glance, Sango walked around the wolf prince and hissed in sympathy.

Two small pieces of wood protruded from Kouga's left shoulder while a third could barely be seen just above his hip.

"Hold on Kouga." Sango warned as she griped the first of the two pieces of wood in his shoulder as a bolt of lightning illuminated the cave.

Waiting for a second flash of light Sango yanked quickly and extracted the bloody sliver from Kouga's back.

Tossing it aside she took hold of the second projectile and yanked again. When she tossed this to the ground Kouga let out the deep breath he hadn't realized he'd been holding.

Patting her youkai friend on his uninjured shoulder Sango murmured,
"This next one is going to be harder."

Looking around the tall wolf she spotted Miroku knotting the bandage he had just finished wrapping around Inuyasha's thigh.

"Miroku-sama could you gather up any wood you can find around the cave and light a fire. I'm going to need more than lightning flashes to get the sliver buried in Kouga's hip."

Seeing the houshi nod his agreement she helped Kouga hobble over towards the back of the cave where Kirara had been dragging their remaining supplies.

Flipping open her bedroll Sango eased Kouga down to the ground and helped him prop himself belly down on one of their packs.

Limping slightly Inuyasha helped Miroku gather wood from around the cave.

`At least this cave seems to have plenty of dry drift wood in it.' He thought dropping his load to the ground, hoping that didn't mean it was prone to flooding.

Easing himself into a sitting position Inuyasha allowed Miroku to finish building the fire Sango had requested.

While the orange flames began to casts shadows around them Inuyasha looked over at the reclining wolf.

"Feh, at least I only got hit by one piece, you wimpy wolf." Inuyasha sneered, in an attempt to draw Kouga attention away from his back.

"Anything to have the attentions of this fair lady, dog-breath." Kouga laughed, immediately groaning in pain as he jolted the wood digging into his back.

"One more word out of either of you and I'll let you dig it out Inuyasha." Sango threatened as she returned from her pack with a pair of slender chopsticks (A/N: I didn't think they would have forceps back then), a small knife and an envelope made of leather from her medical supplies.

Sango waited while Miroku fed the fire until it blazed warmly in the damp cave. Blocking out the tyrannical storm still gaining furry outside as best she could, Sango knelt beside Kouga and examined the wound.

"Kouga this is going to hurt but you need to stay as still as possible. OK?" she warned.

At his quick nod she bent down and using the small knife cut a small incision across the top of the wound. Kouga's muscles tightened as her blade sliced through his skin but otherwise he remained still.

Laying her knife down on the leather, she retrieved the slender chopsticks and gently spread the incision open with one hand, so she could grip the end of the wood lodged in Kouga's back.

With a hiss Kouga gripped the pack he was leaning on, puncturing the canvas with his claws as he struggled not to move. Moving quickly Sango held the wound open and griping the sliver of wood tightly, pulled.

"Got it she announced as she dropped the offensive thing onto the leather envelope and reached for a skin of water nearby.
Pouring it into Kouga's wound she watched as it began to bleed slightly.

With a nod of approval, she put the skin down and unfolded the top flap of the envelope retrieving a tiny hooked needle already treaded with treated silk.

Pushing the needle though the skin on each side of the incision she gently tugged the two edges together, tying a small knot in the silk string as she did. In less than a minute Sango had the entire wound stitched up and was wrapping a clean bandage around Kouga's waist.

Tying the last knot in the bandage Sango looked up in confusion as her view was cast into shadow.

Quickly turning she took a quick breath, ready to scold Miroku for blocking her light. `If he's here just to grope me I swear I'll throw him up the tallest tree, and I'll laugh when…'
her thoughts faltered when she saw both Miroku (who was no where near her `behind') and Inuyasha staring gape mouthed at the entrance of the cave.

"What in the name of the Kami?" Kouga swore as he too turned to the craggy front of their shelter. The entire opening of the cave was filled with light.

The group watched pink light swirl with almost living motion down from the roiling clouds above. Small fingerlike tendrils of glowing wind reached towards the earth ripping up soil wherever they touched the ground.

Two of the tendrils crashed into one another in a blinding torrent of crackling blue lightning, giving birth to a larger twister of illuminated wind.

"What's happening?" Sango yelled looking to the males.

Inuyasha's sensitive ears were flattened to his skull in an attempt to block out the horrendous sound of clashing electricity and exploding trees.

Staff in hand, Miroku was shading his eyes while peering up towards the mass of thunderheads that continued to build as they grew ever brighter.

As Kouga reached the group, the last of the tendrils collided with its larger cousins forming two mammoth tornados of lightning and wind.

As the pair of heaving swirling light and sound danced around one another Miroku cried out in shock and turned to his friends.

"Something is coming! Get Back!" grabbing Sango by the waist the monk dove for the rear of the cave, the two youkai following close behind as the massive twin tornados collided.

The impact threw the four companions to the ground as the earth around them bucked from the violent force.

Tortured wind, howled in anguish as the spinning mass sucked in the surrounding air like a hungry beast. Dust rained down on the group huddled together hands clamped to their ringing ears.

Inuyasha glanced up at the roof of the cave as they were pelted by small stones shook lose by the tremor hoping nothing larger would fall.

Suddenly all sound was gone as the night lit up like noon. Shocked the four turned back to the entrance.

The writhing spinning tornado had stopped. It loomed framed in the entrance of the cave suspended like a painting.

Tiny rainbow hued bolts of electricity dancing across its surface were the only moving things the group could see.
Even the splintered and broken remains of trees hung motionless in the air.

Just as Inuyasha stood and took a step towards the front of the cave, the funnel of frozen wind and light exploded outward.

The shockwave flattened the trees around the funnel in seconds, sending Inuyasha flying back to collide with the rear wall of the cave. Bouncing off the ragged stone he slammed hard into the floor.

Kouga watched amazed that every bone in his body wasn't broken, as the hanyou pushed himself off the ground.

Standing Inuyasha bolted out of the cave convincing, Kouga that Inuyasha had hit his head harder than he first thought.

In confusion the group staggered to their feet and tried to follow their friend wondering why he had dashed off.

All three clamored on Kirara's back. A quick apology to the cat-youkai from the still injured Kouga, and they sprung into the air, searching for their friend. Spotting a red blur in front of them Kirara headed after the leaping hanyou.

Flying over the destruction, Sango noticed fleeing animals treading their way around the flattened trees.

"All the animals are alive." she voiced to her companions as Kirara swerved out of the path of a flock of birds.

"Very, odd." Miroku mussed.

"No youkai did this." Kouga stated frowning "If it had been, nothing would be moving at this moment."

Inuyasha raced onward ignoring the pain that lanced through his leg with every bounding leap he made.

Something was calling him.

Not understanding what it was that pulled him out of the cave Inuyasha growled in anger. `What the hell am I doing?' he demanded mentally `the center of an explosion that nearly flattened me along with half my forest is the last place I need to running off to.'

Slowing he came to the edge of a still smoking crater. Inuyasha peered through the haze, and noticed a glowing barrier of pink light floating a foot off the ground, in the center of the depression.

Blue electricity crawled across the surface of the faintly glowing orb, obscuring its contents from Inuyasha.

Leaping from the edge of the crater he landed halfway down its steep side, sliding the rest of the way to the level bottom.

Walking slowly towards the barrier Inuyasha didn't notice the other youkai until he saw him lash out at it. Blue electricity arched across its surface as the youkai battered at its sides.

Slowing Inuyasha tried to figure out why the bull youkai was trying to destroy the barrier, `And where the hell did, he, come from' he thought.

"Come out here you BITCH! How dare, you kill the boss!" the youkai ranted as cracks formed along the surface of the pink orb.

Peering into the orb as he advanced, Inuyasha was finally able to make out the form of a woman curled around the prone body of a man lying in her lap.

Frowning, his attention was drawn back to the youkai as a final crushing blow shattered the barrier surrounding the couple dropping them to the ground at the bull's feet.

With a bellowed in triumph the youkai grabbed the woman by the neck.

The bull lifted her off the ground, causing the man she had been clinging to, to slide boneless to the earth.

As the woman's scream rang in Inuyasha's ears his eyes bled crimson. A deep growl ripped from his throat as he cracked his knuckles causing his claws to lengthen.

Hearing the growl behind him, the youkai spun to face Inuyasha.

The woman in his hand clung to the bull's arm trying to keep from choking as the movement dug the youkai's nails into her neck.

Seeing the blood run down the woman's nearly bare back Inuyasha growled louder and warned,

"Put her down, Bastard!" Anger tinged Inuyasha's world red as the bull-youkai laughed.

"This is none of your business hanyou." Kenai sneered at the runt inu who had yelled at him.

Looking back at the Miko in his grasp he shook her tightening his hold around her neck until she began battering at his hands.

"As for you, bitch I'm going to kill you and send you to hell to join your lover." Kenai laughed as the woman, eyes wide in terror began to turn blue around the lips.

The youkai's laugh cut short as Inuyasha's claws ripped through his stomach.

Gapping down at his intestines as they slid into the dirt in front of him, Kenai looked back at the hanyou as his vision faded only to see the blood red eyes of an enraged youkai staring at him, the unconscious Miko held in his arms.

A/N well well? Jumps up and down clapping. Runs over and kneels in corner hands clasped together prying for good reviews. Falls over when her feet fall asleep. "Please review" a pained voice pleads