InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ New Dawn ❯ Crystal Clear Defeat ( Prologue )

Disclaimer: I do not own Sesshomaru or anyone from the hit anime and manga series "Inuyasha". Rumiko Takahashi does. I do own all Original Characters, though.

Prologue: Crystal Clear Defeat

Sesshomaru was thrown backwards as Tokijin flew from his hand. His armor shattered under the blow and his head swam. He landed on his back; he tried to get up to face his opponent but his movements were agonizingly slow.

The demon dog had only just managed to sit up before a heartless knee slammed into his face. He was knocked backwards a few more feet. Sesshomaru lay there trying to find his wits when a bare foot drove its heel into his diaphragm. The air rushed out of his lungs.

"Lord Sesshomaru!" cried a woman from nearby.

'Rin,' he thought, 'stay where you are.' With a surge of energy he threw off the offending foot and staggered to his feet.

"Still have some fight left in you after all, Lord Sesshomaru," sneered the attacking demon. The demon looked human but stank of demonic powers. Unfortunately, Sesshomaru had no idea what kind of demon he was and, thus, kept getting surprised by him.

Breathing heavily, the dog demon looked his opponent over. The demon stood there, arrogance reeking from every fiber of his being. The demon was standing almost casual and Sesshomaru could see that his guard was relaxed.

'Why?' he wondered. 'Is he really so foolish or is this a trap?' His experience with the hanyou, Naraku, had taught him not all signs of weakness were weaknesses. Naraku had once allowed Sesshomaru to seriously injure him in order to absorb the dog demon into his body. Sesshomaru had barely escaped that trap. Was this another one?

"It's over Lord Sesshomaru," said the demon. "Why don't you make things easier and die like a good little dog?" Sesshomaru growled in his throat but didn't charge, he wasn't reckless like his half-brother, Inuyasha.

"If you want to do it the hard way, Lord Sesshomaru, that's fine," said the demon as an evil smile split his face. He charged forward and slashed at the dog demon. Sesshomaru barely dodged in time.

"You certainly are a glutton for punishment, Lord Sesshomaru," laughed the demon. Sesshomaru said nothing as he swung his right hand around calling up his energy whip. The whip wrapped around the blade and he yanked it from his opponent's hand. The demon's free hand raked its claws across Sesshomaru's face.

"Lord Sesshomaru!" screamed Rin.

"Maybe I'll have her after I've killed you," the demon snickered. Sesshomaru snarled and drove his left hand into the demon's chest. It was like stabbing mud.

"What?" gasped the dog demon as he tried to pull his hand free. The demon laughed. 'It is a trap!' thought Sesshomaru. Fear began to claw its way into his heart.

"I have you now and you shall never escape!" cried the demon triumphantly. A clear fluid like substance shot from the wound and began to engulf him. It flowed down and around his body. Sesshomaru struggled to escape, but the demon held him fast. When the fluid touched the ground it hardened. As the fluid flowed over the hardened parts it too solidified. He was slowly being encased in clear crystal. The dog demon twisted about in a desperate attempt to break free, but his feet were now frozen inside the crystal.

"Release Lord Sesshomaru at once!" yelled Rin. Both turned to see the young woman had picked up the demon's sword and was charging him.

"Rin, no!" shouted Sesshomaru as the demon casually raised his hand. His nails shot out and impaled the young woman stopping her in her tracks.

"She actually thought she could hit me?" said the demon. His extended nails shrank back to their normal size. "Humans are such foolish creatures."

"Rin," gasped Sesshomaru in disbelief.

"Lord Sesshomaru," whispered Rin as she toppled forward. She was dead before she hit the ground.

"You bastard!" he shouted at his enemy and slashed with his claws at the demon's face. The demon shrieked in pain for the first time since the battle started. He held a hand to his wounded face and glared with his remaining eye at Sesshomaru.

'His head is his weakness?' wondered Sesshomaru. He prepared to strike again, but his arm suddenly wouldn't move. He looked down and saw the elbow was caught in the crystal that had grown beyond his waist. It was growing much faster now.

He looked at his enemy that was now smiling again his expression triumphant.

"One day I'll get out of this and then your head will be mine!" swore Sesshomaru; the crystal now up to his shoulders.

"The crystal is unbreakable; you're never getting out," assured the demon.

As the crystal climbed to his face he let out a howl of rage and anguish and then the crystal swallowed him. The demon backed up freeing Sesshomaru's left hand from his chest. The fluid continued to flow over the crystal until his hand was also swallowed.

The demon sneered at the crystallized Sesshomaru and said to him, "Enjoy your time in Limbo, Sesshomaru, for you'll be spending the rest of eternity there." He laughed as he punched the ground causing a massive tremor. The Earth split open and the crystal fell into the chasm. He struck the side of the chasm and it caved in burying Sesshomaru. The demon walked away laughing.

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This is for my cousin who wanted me to write a Sesshomaru fanfic. It took some time before I came up with this and it is an idea that is still developing.

It will have nothing to do with my other fanfics so don't compare.

And yes, Sesshy has his left arm back; after all it has been years since the quest for the shards ended. Implied by the full grown Rin.

Constructive criticism is welcomed and encouraged.