InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ For One Reason or Another ❯ False Alarms ( Chapter 16 )

Chapter Sixteen: False Alarms

“Shippo run and hide!” Kagome yelled as the Ox demon charged Koga. Koga quickly feinted to the left and punched the beast in the side. The demon shook its great horns and bellowed a challenging cry. It turned on the wolf demon again and charged. Seeing the shard in its right shoulder Kagome ran to where her bow lay and picked it up. Taking careful aim she purified the arrow that with a sharp zing flew straight and true into the beasts shoulder and straight through to the other side, fully embedding up to the feathered shaft. The ox’s beady eyes focused on the young inu hanyou. Sango seeing the ox’s refocus took Hiraikotsu from its resting place and swung it at the bellowing demon. Suddenly the great beast turned with speed and threw Koga with its horns into the surrounding forest. The giant boomerang flew uselessly into a tree.

“Mizu-Kiritsukeru-Hoshi!” Mizu shouted as she waved her sword in an elaborate design. The smooth flowing slowed as the sword was enveloped in a soft blue glow. Mizu pulled the sword and drew a blue glowing five-point star in mid air. The star hovered for a second and flew into the charging ox demon. Shippo ran, dodging the thundering hooves in his haste to get to Yasha whom the beast had clipped with one of its dinner plate hooves. Kagome shrieked as one of the large hooves came down on Shippo’s fragile body, a purple blur suddenly rolled under the beast hooves and pulled the kit safely to the side. Her shriek became a bloodcurdling scream as the ox began pulsing with a blue light. It turned its sharp horns towards the sobbing girl and charged.

“Chirabaraseru.” Mizu said as she brought the dark blue sword to her face, blade facing the charging ox. As the demon was about to spear the sobbing hanyou, the ox shuddered and suddenly a bright flash of blue light momentarily blinded the group. As the light died down the ox demon was nowhere to be seen, only a pink shard was lying at the base of Kagome’s feet. Miroku stood holding the shaking kit and walked over to Kagome.

“Kagome?” he asked cautiously. She refused to look up at the monk.

“He’s gone I couldn’t protect him. Shippo’s dead because I hesitated.” Kagome sobbed. Shippo jumped from the monk’s arms and scrambled into Kagome’s lap. “You’re alive!” she shouted as she hugged him close.

“Shippo! Are you okay?” Sango asked as she slid to a stop next to Kagome.

“Yes. But what about Yasha?” Shippo asked pointing to a small white mound towards the middle of the clearing. He looked at Sango and Miroku then hid his small face into Kagome’s bosom.

“He will be okay, he’s just knocked out Shippo.” Sango said reaching to pat the kit on his head. Kagome growled and Sango gasped as she withdrew her hand.

“I’m sorry Sango I didn’t mean to growl. Mizu what did you do?” Kagome asked looking up with a tear-streaked face. Shippo huddled against Kagome clutching the fabric of her shirt. Kagome stroked his head slowly and purred.

“It’s called Water Slashing Star. It enters the very core of an enemy and flows throughout the entire body, entering each of the vital organs. Then uttering the release spell causes me or any other demon to lose their demonic power for a day. I uttered the release spell causing the ox to disperse and fade like it was never on this plane. The shard fell and hit the ground. My sword,” she lifted the blue blade up, “is made of the elemental magic of water. My brother is of earth.” she put the sword in its sheath.

“Hmm elemental magic?” Miroku said as he leaned on his staff. “Rare stuff. Amazing that a tiger Yokai knows of it. Why did this ox charge us?”

“Because it sensed my presence. I killed it’s young for food.” Koga said entering the clearing holding his side, which bled heavily. “I landed on a broken tree,” he said before he fell to his knees in pain.

***InuYasha***

Sesshomaru ran through the castle followed closely by InuYasha. “This is strange I only smell one cat.”

“What do you mean one cat?” InuYasha asked as they skidded around a corner and running into the little girl Rin. The regal Sesshomaru fell on his face to prevent running the little girl over and InuYasha flew over her head and crashed into Jaken.

“Look Sesshy.” Rin said holding a black koneko out to him. The kitten was clearly of the same species as Kirara but younger. Sesshomaru stood slowly and his eyes narrowed as he looked at the kitten. “Can I keep her? And he was being meanie again.” Rin pouted.

InuYasha held back a snicker as Sesshomaru clearly was annoyed at finding Rin only screamed from fear of Jaken chasing her. Jaken mumbled something from beneath InuYasha. “What toad you got something to say?” he pulled the toad out from beneath him and held him at arms length as if he was holding something repulsive. (I would be holding the slimy little toad like that.)

“She wanted to keep it and I told her to put the filthy thing down. She didn’t listen so I chased her to get the cat.” Jaken said cowering under the cool glare of Sesshomaru. A red mark across the lord’s face was fading as he spoke.

“Rin you may keep the kitten and Jaken you have displeased me. InuYasha come.” Sesshomaru turned leaving a sputtering toad and an infuriated hanyou.

“I ain’t your dog!” InuYasha yelled at the retreating back of Sesshomaru.

“Clearly your name states this is so.” he replied without turning his back.

“Now you see hear you baka I am not a dog!” InuYasha yelled shaking his sword at him. “At least I didn’t fall flat on my face!”

“This Sesshomaru cares nothing for your insignificant growls, pup.” Sesshomaru said as he turned the corner.

“I am not a pup!” InuYasha yelled at his brother.

“Are too, you nasty hanyou.” Jaken said, dusting himself off.

“Bad Jaken!” Rin exclaimed as she hit him on the head. “You not nasty, you have cute puppy ears.”

“I am not a puppy!” InuYasha huffed as he hit the toad on his head.

“InuYasha I suggest you get over here now before I show you how to a pup treats his elders.” Sesshomaru’s cool voice said drifting around the corner.

“Keh!” InuYasha said folding his arms across his chest and walking around the corner.