InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Primal Scream: The Series ❯ 59 ( Chapter 59 )

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Chapter Sixteen

Naraku sat down his small cup of coffee on the low table before him, then turned his eyes to the foreplace that graced the North wall of his mansion. beside him, Inutashio's third born flesh and blood followed his gaze. The last few moments had provided him with some interesting facts, the information he had been looking for the whole time he had beeen in Japan.

Over the mantle of the crackling fire, in a custom glass display case, half the Shikon Jewel sparkled beautifully. Naraku explained that he had half and that Orichimaru posessed the other half, for when the two were brought back together, the wish that had thrown them into this time warp would be undone. Sephiroth grinned, he had his own plans, and the spider hanyou would help rather he liked it or not.

"I will depart for America first thing in the morning." Sephiroth confirmed. He stood and moved towards the mantle to grasp the jewel.

"You will remember our deal, right?" Naraku asked with a wicked grin.

Sephiroth nodded, "Yes, master Naraku. I will return the stones half as soon as I have conquered my family."

"Your old man isn't going to be a pushover." Naraku stated the fact calmly.

"I could care less, with this I will be unstoppable." He pocketed the case in his coat pocket and turned for the door.

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Naruto looked up at Tsunade sadly, "Why can't you just tell him it was me uusing my sexy jutsu?"

"Inutashio is not a mn who will easily buy any story that far fetched. Your just a kid, he'd hate me for letting you do that." She wiped away a tear and looked back out the plane window. "I am proud that you and Sasuke passed the exams, you'll make fine ninjas."

"Why don't you let us help you?" Sasuke asked, leaning forward in his seat a bit.

"This is not a job for you boys." She assured. "Naraku has Sephiroth pumped full of that Materia crap-- he's obsessed with world domination if Myoga was right. What's worse is that he's renounced his whole family for this gang and he may even turn on me. In either case, I must stop him at all costs."

'At all cost' to Sasuke and naruto meant that she was considering that she may have to take the life of her own son. They could not imagine what she was going through, but they loved her as a mother and wished to help her. But her words were true, she was right, Sephiroth could easily take them all out without a blink, he was no longer his mothers 'little boy'. They would be returned to their village when they got home, and Tsunade would go on to Tokyo to stop Sephiroth...
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Kouga slammed his fist into the plaster wall, leaving a hole marring the white paint. "God damn it! Why didn't anyone tell me!"

Gypsy rubbed her forehead in exasperation, "I have no idea why you didn't already know! I still don't know why me and Inutashio were't affected!"

"It was because I was holding onto Inuyasha." He grumbled. "Everyone touching Inuyasha when he made the damned wish was affected. Fuck! It's all been a lie!"

"No, Kouga. No, it wasn't. You and Inuyasha were having an affair long before this. I often thought he would leave me for you. He wouldn't of course because of Shiori but--"

Kouga closed his eyes, all the memories were coming back to him now in a rush much like a tidal wave. That night he found Inuyasha on the beach drunk out of his mind, the first time they made love-- and even further back he could recall the night Inuyasha and he had carried a wriggling, giggling, Gypsy who was wearing only Inuyasha's shirt out of that bar on the strip. They'd had a threesome that night that left Gypsy pregnant with his child. A son named Jace, who Naraku had killed. His face paled, "Naraku killed my son, didn't he?"

Gypsy sadly nodded, looking away to hide the sudden on rush of tears. This wasn't how things were supposed to be at all, it wasn't supposed to have been Kouga who walked into the tattoo parlor that she owned and managed and see Shiori. He wasn't supposed to smell the essence of Inuyasha on her either, but even if he hadn't, the hair and the facial features would have given it away. Shiori was Inuyasha's now three-year old daughter.

"I'm sorry." She offered. "I-- I spoke to Inutashio.."

"He knows?!" Kouga's eyes flashed again. "How damn long has he known about this?"

"From the start but understand, we couldn't tell you. It would have cause a catastrophic outcome if you had been told. It's kinda like sleep-walking. The person has to wake themselves up, sometimes." Gypsy explained. "We agreed not to ever tell you. Just let you find out on your own."

Kouga's mouth opened and shut, he was in disbelief that Gypsy of all people even knew the word 'catastrophic', and even more so that she understood a plan as complex as this! He found his voice hiding somewhere deep in his chest and it came out as a growl, "How do I fix this?"

"Naraku and Orichimaru have the jewel. It's been split in half. Because the wish made everyone go backwards, the jewel was reborn and cracked again. Once it's made whole the wish will be reversed. Naraku knows that and so does Orichimaru. They have recruited Sephiroth to help and according to Myoga, he plans to take over the Inu-clan for his own. Kouga, he want's to kill your father and if he does, then when the wish is reversed-- Myoga doesn't think it will bring him back." Gypsy explained, handing Shiori a cookie from the counter before her so she'd go away.

"That explains what Tsunade was up to.." Kouga was glad now that he hadn't told Inutashio about seeeing her sleep with Orichimaru on the desk in his new office. He turned on the balls of his feet, "I gotta find Inuyasha."
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Sesshomaru was wide eyed, anger coursing through him. He turned to his little brother and spoke with a voice that would have made his father back up. "What the hell did you think you were doing?"

"I'm sorry Sesshomaru! Seriously! I didn't know you parked out there!" Inuyasha nodded to what was left of Sesshomaru's brand new Lexus SUV. "It was an accident."

"You wind scarred my brand new truck and I haven't even made the first payment yet!" Sesshomaru shouted at the top of his lung, completely out of character.

"I was practising on the garden gnomes. I didn't know you were hiding it behind the bushes." Inuyasha pouted.

"I didn't want Kagura to see it yet! It was a surprise!" He dialed his insurance comapny from his phone.

"Hello, Acme insurance?" Came a squeaky voice from the other side of the receiver.

"This is Sesshomaru Amiko, I believe I have had an accident and I need to know if I'm covered." He spoke calmly now, though his eyes were seething, and set right on Inuyasha in a withering glare.

"Sure thing, what happened?" She asked politely.

"My brother windscarred my new Lexus with his demon sword." Sesshomaru replied, his lips curling in a snarl.

"I see, that's horrible. Now is your brother a human or a demon?" The lady asked, Sesshomaru heard keys clicking in the background as she took his information.

"He's hanyou." The tall youkai couldn't stop the growl in his throat. Inuyasha wondered what the hell that had to do with anything.

"Ooooo, I'm so sorry." The insurance lady said with a hiss. "The policy you chose covers damages from humans and demons but not from hanyou's."

"What the-- are you jerking me lady?" Sesshomaru's face heated up brightly.

"No, sir." She assured him. "You opted out of the thirty-dollar charge for hanyou coverage."

"But I didn't think he'd ever learn the windscar!!" Sesshomaru protested.

"Sorry." The woman's politness seemed to mock him.

"Grrr!" Sesshomaru hung up with a snarl. "I can't believe I don't have hanyou coverage!!!"

"Son, I told you to get Geico." Inutashio admonished as he joined the party out on the deck, where he'd come out to read the newspaper. "Inuyasha, good job!"

"Don't reward him!" Sesshomaru yelled, "He destroyed my car."

Inutashio frowned and bopped his eldest over the head with the rolled up newspaper. "Don't take that tone with me!"

Inuyasha crossed his arms and glared smugly at his aniki, "Ha!"

Inutashio rounded on his youngest, "And you! No windscarring that close to the house, I've told you time and time again! That thing could richochet!"

"Ow!" Inuyasha jumped in alarm at the sting of the newspaper across his rear. "Hey! What'd ya do that for?"

"That's what happens to puppies who don't listen. Sesshomaru, don't look so sour--" Inutashio was interrupted by Kouga, who cleared the bannister and almost landed on the patio dining set.

Inuyasha raised an eyebrow but didn't get to speak, Kouga began talking so fast it was all he could do to understand him. He finally waved him silent, "Say that again, and this time breath."

Kouga decided not to blurt out everything he knew, but he did need to tell them about Sephiroth. "Sephiroth has half the Shikon jewel, and he's coming to kill Inu-papa."

Inutashio's face clouded. "Wher'd you hear this?"

"Myoga told Gypsy. She told me." He replied, watching the edler tai youkai's color drain even more. "She told me everything."

"Damn it, that bitch talks too much!" Inutashio turned to storm inside. "Kouga! I wish to discuss this in my study, now."

Kouga took a moment to compose himself, he was still panting a bit, his heart racing. His blue eyes met Inuyasha's, "No matter what happens, I will protect you. I love you." He kissed the hanyou's cheek and followed after Inutashio.

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Inutashio's office was painted with deep rich colors that made the room feel instantly warm and welcoming as soon as one entered it. Kouga took a seat in fromnt of the big desk and watched Inutashio's unreadable face. There was no telling what the elder demon was thinking.

"So- what did Gypsy tell you?" Inutashio finally spoke after what seemed like forever.

"That Sephiroth has half the jewel, he's coming here to kill you. If the two halves go back together then the wish is broken and we'll all go back as we were." Kouga turned his attention to a pen on the desk, picking it up to twiddle between his fingers.

"She's right." Inutashio nodded. "I had thought you'd find out about the wish sooner. But all that is over now, what do we do?"

"We fucking fight!" Kouga yelped, "There's no fucking way we're gonna just let him take over is there?"

"You realize we're talking about my son.." Inutashio was cut off by a slight flutter from a pile of papers that Myoga had just hopped up on.

"Master Sephiroth is near, My Lord." He flailed around wildly. "We must make ready or he will annihilate us!"

"Whyn has he done this!?" The inu-demon surged to his feet, searching the flea and ookami for answers that they did not have to give him. This wasn't how he had planned his future, for sure. gathering his composure quickly he looked at Kouga and spoke urgently, "Get inuyasha and Sesshomaru-- the swords are in my room over the mantle-- hurry."

With those words stil hanging in the air behind him, Inutashio hurried from the office and off to find Jaken. Kouga wasted no time finding Inuyasha, and explaining the situation to him. Sesshomaru's brown knitted together, he had never trusted his third brother-- now he knew why.

"I must get Kagura and the boy to safty.." He replied, gripping the handle of his sword.

"No time, your father is doing that--" Kouga was cut short by a loud explosion that sounded like a train ramming it's way into the house. "What the hell?"

In a shower of glass and cloud of dust, Sephiroth burst through the patio door. He landed with enough force to make the house shake, less than four feet from his father. Rising to his full height, he turned his glowing green eyes to meet the warm golden ones who were the sole reason for his existence. His hatred bubbled, but he wasn't sure why; the blood rushed to his head, brining a wicked smile to his face-- soon he would rule all this. It was his birthright, after all.

Inutashio didn't take a step back or forward, he simply stared at his flesh and blood. "You have come to kill me?"

"Yes, father I have. Then I will take over this empire and take your place as leader of the inu-youkai." Sephiroth proclaimed as he drew a sword from it's sheath.

"You'll have to get through me frst!" Inuyasha bounded past his father, avoiding Kouga's wild grab for his arm and drew tetsaiga, which transformed instantly in his hands to a sword that made even Sephiroth ponder the wisdom of attacking it.

But since it was just a young, inexperienced pup wildly swinging the weapon, he didn't need to worry. The two weapons met with a long clang, sparks flew-- but Inuyasha slid across the foyer and into the opposite wall cracking the plaster. Kouga snarled, stepping up as if to challenge the other demon. Sesshomaru's pride would not allow his own half brother to be killed by an ookami. If sephiroth was to die it was at his hand. Inutashio had went to Inuyasha's side, worried that the blow had killed him.

Materia was all new to Sesshomaru, but he had researched it a bit and knew this is where Sephiroth gained his stregnth. The two silver haired youkai stared each other down, molten gold glaring at glowing green. Sesshomaru's face was hidden behind a mask of ice, his voice was flat. "This is about honor."

Even with Sephiroth's materia high going strong, Sesshomaru and he were an even match. Assuring himself of this, Inutashio took up his weapon and moved outside to face an even bigger danger that was approaching. Jyaki hoverd over the house so thickly they blocked out the sun, spinning like a tornado. Naraku scent was heavy in the air, along with that of Orichimaru.

Inuyasha and Kouga also scented the two youkai and jyaki, and headed out the back door. Kouga saw Orichimaru then. He was rising from the ground with an ugly smirk from a white cloud. This was the one who had tried to have Inuyasha killed and for that he would die. The ookami snarled, Kouga didn't even try and stop his transformation this time. As he shook in rage, inuyasha got to witness for the first time his lovers true nature. Orichimaru gaped at the two story tall wolf demon before him. There was no way he could hope to take him in this form. His tentacles shot forth, also releasing his demonic form.

The jyaki youkai descended then upon the house. Inuyasha bounded to the roof to battle them off. Below him, Inuyasha could hear Sesshomaru and Sephiroth. had he been able to see the battle he would have been treated to quite a sight. Sephiroth was Sesshomaru's equal in almost every way. They were both so consumed in battle that the raging battles outside meant nothing to them-- not even the fact that it was raining jyaki parts could tear them from this battle to the death. Sesshomaru smirked cruelly and pulled his sword along the blade of Sephiroth's, he was close enough to engage his poison claws.

Sephiroth as not quite fast enough to avoid them, the searing hot pain of poison seeping through and eating away the skin of his upper arm was enough to make him break away from his older brother. He seethed in anger, his face contorting a bit with it. Sesshomaru remained stoic, which completely took Sephiroth off his gaurd. He'd not expected that, he had though that Sesshomaru would have shown some sort of aggression by now.

With an angry charge, Sephiroth raced at his opponent, Sesshomaru only sidestepped him, his sword slicing through the small pouch at his waist that contained the jewel half that naraku had given him. Sesshomaru picked it up, dangling it from his finger like some sort of bait.

"How clumsy of you, Sephiroth." He held the jewel in his palm now, his eyes instantly going ruby red. "So this is why everyone wants this damned thing..."

Sephiroth froze... Sesshomaru was turning into his natural form, and Sephiroth had no idea what to do next..

The front lawn, once so well manicured and trimmed, was now gashed open to reveal the blood red dirt beneath the grass. Inutashio smirked as Naraku fell once more, "Where's the other half of the jewel, you bastard?"
"I'll never tell you!" He panted, hating to admit that without the whole jewel he was pretty well helpless. All he could do now was pray that Inuyasha and Kouga could take out Oricimaru and Sesshomaru could handle Sephiroth somehow.

"That's because you don't have it, do you?" Inutashio smiled a little. "You're nothing without that damned jewel backing you up are you?"

Naraku grimaced, taking slight step up, still not sure it was a wise move. But as if by saving grace falling from the sky, Orichimaru hit the ground between them. He was ripped apart by Kouga's fangs, bloodied and limp. Inutashio knew he was dead by his scent. Beside the dead body was a small burgundy bag.. the jewel glittered in the sunshine. Naraku dove for it at the same time Inutashio did.. but the inu-youkai was faster. Holding the jewel with a victorious smile, he turned to face Naraku.

"It ends here." Inutashio snarled.

Sephiroth and Sesshomaru created a new exit through the giant picture window in front of the house, swords locked together in deep battle. Sesshomaru saw his father with the jewel right away and pushed Sephiroth from him. In the split second it took him to recover and charge again, Sesshomaru tossed the small pink jewel half at Inutashio.

"Attack him!" Naraku shouted at the still swarming cloud of jyaki that Inuyasha was fighting. The horde of demons swarmed again into a tornado like cloud that shot down to earth straight at Inutashio.

Inuyasha abandoned his post on the roof and dove intot he jyaki. it never crossed his mind that his father, at ten times his power, would be able to handle a few lowly demons. Inutashio drew Sounga and tossed the jewel halves to Inuyasha.

"Inuyasha! Put them together!" he instructed, slashing through the mindless youkai that attacked him.

Kouga, who was back in his humanoid form, felt his eyes widened, this was all happening so fast. He wan't sure he even wanted the jewel together again. This could be the end of everything. All his fears were shoved aside when the flood of mulitcolored jyaki turned on Inuyasha, Naraku was coming towads him as well. He threw his body in front of Inuyasha's with a mighty growl, as a flash of pink and red over took the entire landscape....

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Inuyasha sat up with a start. His naked torso was sheened in sweat, his hair tousled, breath coming hard. He was in his bed, the moonlight streaming across his bare chest and across the golden skin of his bed partners. Kouga shifted his weight slightly and sat up.

"You okay?" Kouga asked, stroking Inuyasha's hair.

"Yeah, I guess." Inuyasha replied, smileing slightly. "I had the most fucked up dream."

"Really? Tell me about it?" The ookami gently whispered into a triangular ear.

"I dreamed you and I were like fifteen or something. And like I left Gypsy for you and the jewel was split in half.. it was fucking weird. And you took on the mob and took it over, and you had a fast car!" He looked to his right were Gypsy snoozed like a log, she never woke up for anything. It had only been two weeks ago she had agreed that she'd share Inuyasha with kouga, and yet it felt like a life time.

Kouga shook his head and laid down, "No more vodka for you before bed, pup. You can't handle your liquor."

Inuyasha lay down again, resting his head against Kouga's shoulder with a pout. "Don't call me pup!"