InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Prologue - A Test of Memory (The Coming of Rinkatsu) ❯ Anubis: Guardian of Necropolis ( Chapter 39 )

Rinkatsu fell to his knees... the power of Kikyo's wish had left him. He was weak... he was no longer the feared man he was seconds ago.

"Rinkatsu, burn in hell." Inuyasha was ready to strike him down with Tetsusaiga, when suddenly the ground shook. There was a very eerie feeling in the air. Rinkatsu noticed it as well.

"Wha...no! Please no!" Rinkatsu fell to the ground and was acting as though he was begging to someone. "Please! No!"

The red sky and snow storm clouds had cleared away, giving way to the original night sky... but it appeared a new type of storm was coming in above them. It was a thunder storm.

Lightning began ravishing everywhere around the castle. Someone was angry. Suddenly, a what looked like a portal appeared in the ground behind Rinkatsu.

"Help me Inuyasha! Forgive me!" Rinkatsu pleaded. Inuyasha kicked him in the face and back closer to the portal.

Up from the portal arose a figure... a creature... something unexplainable...

"You have betrayed the ways of the Natak-su-Ata... you have abused your powers for far too long... for this, you must pay!" called out the figure. It looked human, but the torso, arms and head of the creature were reminiscent of a dog or a jackal. It carried with him a scythe.

"Forgive me, mighty Anubis! I was misguided! Confused!" Rinkatsu pleaded. But, without even listening to Rinkatsu's pleads, the creature called Anubis struck him with his scythe and he fell back into the portal. He then glanced at Inuyasha.

"I understand you are one of his victims..." he said. Inuyasha was silent. "My name is Anubis, guardian of Necropolis. I've been trying to ascertain him for quite some time, but not until now, through your help, did I capture him and deliver him to his rightful home. What is your name so I can remember you?"

"My name... my name is Inuyasha," replied Inuyasha.

"Inuyasha... very well, I shall give you your life back. The one you called Rinkatsu shall never haunt this land again."

Anubis spun his scythe in a strange fashion, as if performing a spell. He stuck it into the ground and Rinkatsu's evil was gone. Japan and the rest of the world was rid of him forever.