InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Love, Interrupted ❯ Chapter 28 ( Chapter 28 )

[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]

Inuyasha walked out to the shrine steps. He decided that he had better hunt for food for Kagome and quickly headed down the shrine steps and into the forest. He headed into the forest.
Ryouya was sitting on a tree limb, overlooking the temple. Seeing his prey walking out of the temple walls, he sat up straighter,
"Whoa ... oh ... Inuyasha ... you make it so easy for me sometimes!!!" he cackled, as he took a leap from the tree.
Inuyasha wasn't really paying strict attention to his surroundings and jumped back when Ryouya landed deftly in front if him. Inuyasha's hand went straight for Tessaiga's hilt,
"Ryouya, you bastard." he spat.
"HAHAHAHAHA. Inuyasha. You don't even pay attention, you foolish wretch. You didn't even pick up on my scent! You're pitiful, half-breed!" Ryouya retorted.
"How'd you like to taste my Tessaiga, you bastard?" Inuyasha yelled, as he unsheathed his sword and sliced through the air.
Ryouya laughed, "Missed me." he taunted.
"Huh?" said a shocked Inuyasha, 'How did he escape from the Tessaiga?' he thought.
Inuyasha lifted his sword, angrily, "WIND SCAR!" he screamed out his battle cry, as he released Tessaiga's wrath.
Again, Ryouya nimbly dodged the attack, "Mighty powerful sword! I was smart to take it away from you while you were in my hut, half-breed!"
Inuyasha just stared, 'How is he so fast?' he wondered.
Ryouya cackled again, "My turn." he said simply, as he released a powerful tornado of fire at Inuyasha,
"HA! Thanks for the target." Inuyasha snickered, "BACKLASH WAVE!" he screamed out, as the powerful sword sent the fire swirling back at Ryouya, who again dodged the attack.
"DAMMIT!" cursed Inuyasha, "What the fuck is happening? Why can't I hit him?"
"Having a problem, Inuyasha?" taunted his opponent, who lazed on his back in mid-air, his arms behind his head, "Can't you hit me with your little sword?"
"You bastard! I'll kill you!"
"Go for it, Inuyasha. I'm waiting ..." Ryouya taunted again.
Tessaiga's blade turned to diamond sheen, "ADAMANT BARRAGGGGGEEE!" Inuyasha cried out, as spears of adamant flew through the air.
Somehow, Ryouya dodged the spears, as Inuyasha just stared at his opponent, shock covering his face.
"What's the matter, Inuyasha?" Ryouya started to say, then dodged quickly again, as a bright shot of light came flying in at him.
"WHAT?" Inuyasha said, as he looked for the source of the light.
Out of the woods walked Sesshoumaru, stoically, with a woman behind him.
"Arrrrghhh ... dammit, Sesshoumaru." Ryouya growled.
"We meet again, Ryouya." said Sesshoumaru.
Ryouya taunted his new opponent, "Coming to protect your widdle baby brudder? My, my, Sesshoumaru, I didn't know you cared so much for a half-breed."
"You have no place here, Ryouya. Return home or I will be forced to destroy you. This is your final chance." demanded Sesshoumaru.
"HMPH! You are hardly in a position to be making demands, cousin. You should be the one fleeing and saving those wretched fools who follow you! I am far more powerful than you are!!! HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!"
"If you have to brag about it ...." started Sesshoumaru.
"Then you don't have power." finished Inuyasha.
"DRAGON STRIKE!"
"ADAMANT BARRAGGGGEEE!!!"
The two swords' power raced towards the enemy .... and vanished.
"What the ..." Inuyasha started.
"He vanished." said Sesshoumaru.
Inuyasha began to step back, "Wha ... what is that I'm feeling?"
Birds began to flee from trees and forest animals began to race from their surroundings. Sesshoumaru stared at the temple, then raced up the steps, followed by Anzu and Inuyasha,
The refugees in the temple had begun to gather in the center,
"Inuyasha!" screamed Kagome, "What's happening? I feel something ominous ... and the babies are really fussy."
"RIN, JAKEN, KOHAKU, ANZU ... quickly, onto Ah-Un." commanded Sesshoumaru.
The four piled on the dragon and Sesshoumaru urged the dragon to fly away, followed behind by his master.
"Hachi, Kirara ... transform ... quickly!" ordered Inuyasha, "I don't know what I'm feeling, but I don't like it. Let's get outta here. NOW!"
Mushin, Kaede, and Shippou got on Hachi, as Sango and Miroku hopped on Kirara. Kagome bundled up the babies and got on Inuyasha's back. The group sped away from the temple. As they flew away, the ground began to tremble violently. Sango looked back,
"The volcanos are erupting, Miroku. All of them. All at once." she said, fearfully.
"What?" commented Miroku, in shock.
As the surrounding volcanos began erupting, the earth shook violently and suddenly, the earth inside the temple exploded, sending debris everywhere and scattering the refugees. Hachi, Kaede and Mushin ended up in one direction, Miroku, Sango and Kirara in another and Inuyasha in yet another. As the refugees landed in relative safety, they looked back at what they had just escaped from,
"WHAT THE HELL?" cried Inuyasha.
Towering over the landscape where the temple had once been, stood a huge, eight-headed dragon, spouting fire, acid and poison from his heads. Volcanos erupted, spewing lava everywhere, destroying the landscape. Worse than anything, rising above the multi-headed beast, was everyone's nightmare,
"SO'UNGA!" Sesshoumaru muttered to himself.
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Ryouya sat back and laughed as the calamity exploded around him,
"Die, you fools. I have opened the gates of hell and you will deal with the devil himself. And I will rule the Western Lands!!!"
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Inuyasha sped around and rounded up his friends, knowing they had to stick together. And he knew just where to go to get some answers. The group followed Inuyasha straight to Sesshoumaru,
"Sesshoumaru ... what the hell is going on?" Inuyasha demanded as they landed.
"Nothing that concerns you, little brother."
"He tried to kill me and my friends ... so it does concern me. I heard him call you cousin ... is he related to us?"
"Not to you. To me. He is my mother's nephew."
Anzu got down off of Ah-Un, "Who is this, Lord Sesshoumaru? Did you call him, little brother?"
Sesshoumaru did not respond.
"So, it is true. The great dog general did dally and produce a half-breed. Why have you not killed him, my lord? He does not deserve to be alive. He should have been killed at birth."
Kagome gasped at this comment and held her babies closer. He gasp caught Anzu's attention. Smelling the pups, she said disgustedly,
"More half-breed mongrels. Ugh! Why are they not dead? They are a disgrace!" she announced.
Inuyasha growled at this. He was used to hearing himself called names, but he was not about to allow some strange bitch to attack his pups,
"YOU BITCH!" he growled.
"SILENCE!" commanded Sesshoumaru, "Anzu, Inuyasha and the pups are none of your concern. Leave them be."
"What? How can you say that?" Anzu continued on, "Half-breeds weaken our race ... where is your pride as a demon!"
At this, Anzu found her neck in Sesshoumaru's grasp and felt herself being raised off the ground,
"Wh ... wh ...what are you doing, my lord? I am only trying to protect our race." she gasped.
"I will deal with Inuyasha, eventually. As far as the pups are concerned, they are none of your concern. Do I make myself clear, wench?"
Anzu struggled to free herself in vain. Finally, she stopped struggling and obeyed, "Yes, my lord."
Sesshoumaru released her and walked away into the woods. The group settled in to the area and made camp. After Sesshoumaru disappeared, Inuyasha followed into the woods,
"Sesshoumaru, wait." he called out. Sesshoumaru stopped and turned to face his brother,
"So'unga has returned along with that creature. What do we do?"
"I will destroy So'unga and that creature."
"PFFFT. Yea right, if you remember, the last time it took the combined efforts of both the Tenseiga and the Tessaiga to destroy it. We'll have to do it again."
"I do not need your help."
"Sure. Ok ... go ahead and get yourself killed. See if I care." Inuyasha said, as he folded his arms akimbo, then he looked back at his brother, "Oh, and thank you for saving Kagome and the pups. I owe you for that. Why did you do it? From what I understand, my pups threaten your very position as father's heir."
"It was Tenseiga's will, that is all. The priestess is no longer mortal ... apparantly, she has something to complete here."
Inuyasha looked at Sesshoumaru surprised, "What? What do you mean she's no longer mortal?"
"Open your eyes, little brother, or should I say, your nose. When you mated with the priestess, your auras mixed. Did you not sense a bluish haze surrounding you and the priestess when you mated? That was your auras mixing ... and turning the priestess immortal."
"Our auras mixing? What does that mean?" Inuyasha commented quietly.
"It means that father approved of your union ... and made you his heir."
In the distance, the mighty roars of eight-dragon heads filled the sky with their anger and need for blood.