InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Quarter-Demon ❯ Triple Vision ( Chapter 12 )

Quarter-Demon

Chapter Twelve: Triple Vision

By Kurohi Tatsaki

"speaking" ~~~~~~POV switch ***Passing of Time {sounds} [thinking] ******dreams end/begin /things in speech in quotations/

Disclaimer: No matter what, I don't own Inu-Yasha. The only ones that I DO own are the sons and daughter of Inu-Yasha IN THIS FIC! E-mail/review if you want to use them, and I'll let you if you give me credit for the character(s)!

Pictures of Demon Kurohi, Nekome, & Kasei available for viewing. Just tell me in a review! Seishin drawn once. She looks a LOT like Inu-Yasha.

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"KAZE NO HI!!"

A burning tornado tore a line between the youkai and the miko. The youkai halted his attack, as it felt slight confusion. It leapt back on all fours to better view the circumstances, its head lashing right and left to take the sights into some strange instinct-account. Where had the target gone? It could only smell the heat and smoke from the fires. "Who DARES?!!" it demanded, turning to see the new attacker.

It had flaming red hair and astonished - yet determined - silver eyes. The flames from its own attack were reflected upon the eyes. "I dare," it said sternly, fangs flashing. "Fight me."

The youkai laughed darkly. "Ha ha ha ha... With pleasuuuuuurrrrre!" It drew its claws and struck downward.

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I see him lunge and I not only feel my stomach drop, but at his wounds, my loins perk up and my face flushes with arousal at the blood coating his body. I want him right now, but since he isn't himself...

No, I cannot have him.

Not like this.

I don't want to see him like this. It tears at both my heart and mind to see such a sight - that uncontrolled beauty that was MEANT to be controlled. Especially since it seems his mind is no longer present. He seems like a near-perfect killing machine. One meant for destruction, and only that.

And like this one, everything else in this world has a flaw.

I wonder what that flaw is...

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The tainted youkai's claws came into contact with an arm. The striped arm was grabbed and he was thrown into a tree. The youkai yelled in shock before mindlessly dashing forward again. He had completely succumbed to the demon within him, and the hanyou felt another stab of pain to his heart at this misery.

"TSUME NO HI!" Kasei drew his claws, cast them into flames, and slashed at the boy. The youkai blocked the blow with his bare arms - though was rewarded with a dark burn, but was silent at the pain - and skillfully use one shoe-covered foot to kick the other male in the face. As the force sent the hanyou up in the air, Kurohi sent a follow-up round-house kick, sending the redhead into another tree several yards away.

The youkai smiled evilly, cocking his head to one side. His ears twitched and his blood-red tail lashed to and fro. "What are you, a mere half-breed, thinking about challenging ME?!!!" His red eyes were wide with bloodlust.

Kasei shook the dizziness out of his mind and glared. "I'd ask the same of you, MUTT-HEAD!! Rrrrrrgh!" He freed himself from the tree's body by punching a section of it aside and stepped forward, glaring. "You're only a weak QUARTER-MUTT!"

The youkai blinked once, the expression an almost-human side. He laughed darkly and said enigmatically, "...Such pain! Tearing you from the inside out, trying to become free! It doesn't stop, does it?! There is nothing you can do, is there?!! Such helplessness is so... delightful!! Wa ha ha ha ha ha!"

The hanyou arched an eyebrow. "Wha...?" He narrowed his eyes as he seemed to see a double vision of the youkai... no, make that triple vision. He furiously rubbed at his eyes for a moment, but no, the blurring continued as the youkai talked.

The images mirrored the youkai. The youkai grit his teeth. "It aims to kill! It aims to kill!! Furious minds! All separate! All one! All talking!! All talking at once!!! All want something! All want..." He gripped his head as if in pain. "RRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!"

The split, unalike images became solid and were expelled from the demon and sent several feet apart. The figures were the same being... only... different. One of them had dark black hair that ended at his shoulders, and the other looked just as he normally did, black ears and all. A feminine laugh was heard from above.

As Kasei's eyes were focused on those split images, he sort of listened to his surroundings. All that mattered was one thing: Was he all right?

What, EXACTLY, was Kurohi to him?

And what the fuck happened to him?!!

"KAGURA! What have you done to him?!!" demanded the silver-haired hanyou. He unsheathed his Tetsusaiga, wielded the huge fang with two clawed hands and held back a growl.

The woman, standing upon her white feather, laughed softly. She fluttered down, kimono ruffling in her descent. As she touched down, the feather shrunk, and she put it back in her hair with the other feather. Only a few demons accompanied her, snarling and growling, as they hovered behind her like spirits. "The task was simple. Kurohi-dear saw my sea of blood. He has jewel shards now... Kurohi!"

Demon Kurohi's ears twitched. He heard the witch with his own ears. What did *she* want? Couldn't it wait? He had to finish up something else first. He didn't know what that WAS, but he knew he had to do SOMETHING.

...but what?

...what?

"KILL THEM!"

[I'll do whatever the FUCK I feel like it, bitch!] Kurohi blindly lunged at Kasei again, as if he was the only target available.

...No. It can be debated that he carried SOME control over himself... no matter HOW detached it was.

Kurohi's mind lived... somehow, someway.

Kagura growled as the hanyou parried a blow. "Not HIM! ALL of them! Kill them ALL!"

"Yamero, Kagura!" uttered two other Kurohis. Kasei's earlier observation was proven true. One had pure black hair and big brown eyes and the other was the quarter-demon we all know (and probably have come to like).

The human Kurohi braced his body and raised his fists into a fighting stance, gritting his teeth as he slowly broke out into a sweat.

Part-demon Kurohi smirked at his weaker half and put his slightly-clawed hand on his "twin's" shoulder. "Stay with Mother so you don't die. I'll fight this bitch."

"D-demo!!" [This is too weird... but my head feels so light... it's spinning...] "Let me fight, too! We have, the same, ENEMY!"

Mid-Kurohi shook his head. "No way. If one of us goes, we all go... I think," he uttered, raising an eyebrow, lowering the other, and looking very confused. After a moment, the look was replaced with that of determination. He knew his human side was much too weak to hold its own in a fight with the incarnation of Naraku... no matter WHAT gender. "So, stay with Mom and rest so you don't die from the poison. Now... saru!"

Human Kurohi simply turned and fled at the command. Now that he thought about it, he ***really*** didn't wanna die, and the lightheadedness wasn't helping.

He was scared...

Demi-human Kurohi growled at Kagura before lunging at the Naraku incarnate. "Claws of Steel!" He swung with force, but the blow was blocked by a tornado of wind. He was pushed back and his exposed chest was lacerated by the cyclones. With a pained cry, he skidded across the ground and dug his feet into the ground to a halt. Baring his fangs, he lunged again, drawing Ryu-Ken from the scabbard at his hip. The sword bent at odd angles as it blurred as it was drawn, and he saw the winds collide violently before his eyes. "Eat THIS! KAZE NO KIZO!!" He swung his sword, letting the energy free as it tore through the point where the winds meshed.

Kagura smirked and turned around, red eyes alight with delight.

A blue-haired girl was behind her! She had a small mirror...

The Wind Scar was sucked up, and then thrown back at him!

Brilliant blue eyes reflected the waves of energy, widening at the last second. [Oh, SHIT!! How in the hells could I have forgotten about THAT?!! Kan'na...!] The youki currents raced across his skin, cutting him deeply, and he screamed. The fall seemed to last forever until Kurohi-quarter-demon felt his back collide with the soft ground. His vision went black.

Human Kurohi screamed and clutched himself in pain - as he felt his partial-demon side's pain - falling face-first to the dirt. His mother was at his side in an instant.

Demon Kurohi stilled his fight and turned his head to the source of... well, whatever it was. His body throbbed, but that's all he felt. He had never felt such strange feelings, making him look at the incarnation with alarm as the throbbing increased in strength, becoming dull pain. "Kaaaguraaaa! Donata?!! WHAT HAPPENED?!! WHAT HAP-" A blow to his head knocked out the demon side. He fell to the ground with a loose thud.

The hi-hanyou looked down at his deed, used fist still clenched. Knowing a demon, unconsciousness wouldn't last long at all, for youkai have a quick recovery time. [At least he's calm, for now.] He lifted his head and growled at the wind sorceress. "How DARE you do that to Kurohi!! Only he and *I* were meant to fight each other, and only **I** can kill him! You have pushed me TOO far! *You're* gonna die!"

She laughed. [This demon's power is strengthening with every second. I cannot stall much longer.] "Doumo dame darou..."

"Like HELL /it probably won't happen/!! Sh'ne!" he ordered, - dying to kill her - sending torrent after torrent of flames at the sisters. Some of the flames were scooped up at the mirror and thrown back at him, but all the fires did was burn his clothing and not harm his skin or hair. As he neared her, he scooped up the part-demon side, threw him over his shoulder, - careful about the wounds - and backed off so he could set the quarter-demon down on safe ground. Blood dripped down, coating his haori, and soaking deep enough that he could feel the warmth from the life fluid, and he carefully set the part-demon down on the soft soil.

"Ka..." someone whispered hoarsely.

The hanyou stiffened and bent down closer. He blinked slowly as Kurohi's deep blue eyes fluttered halfway open. They set on the hanyou, making his demonic heart jump up his throat.

"Ka...sei... gomen... Boku wa... kougeki kara... youkai... wo teishi de... ki na...... katta..." They closed again, and he fell into slumber. Perhaps - or perhaps not - he would wake sooner or later.

"Iya! Kurohi! Kurohi! Mezamete! Mezamete, baka na koinu!!" He slapped the mutt's face at least five to seven times, but didn't receive a response. He was beginning to worry. What if he never woke up?!?!

With grit fangs and growling, he slowly stood. He glared at Kagura. "Return him to NORMAL!!" [RIGHT NOW, YOU BITCH!!! THIS IS MY LOVE LIFE YOU'RE F*CKING UP WITH YOU NO-GOOD BASTARD!!]

Kagura smiled. "Iie." [I'd better hurry. I have been warned about the threats this hanyou as well as the mutts pose.]

"Nani?!!" he demanded. He dashed forward, but the wind sorceress waved her fan, sending him flying back to his origin point. He growled and sprinted ahead once more, but was again thwarted by that god-forsaken FAN!

Kagome cradled the human side of Kurohi's head into her lap and gently petted his hair. The boy moaned and opened his eyes. His hand reached out to the hanyou. "Kasei-chan..."

The redhead's head turned and saw him through the corner of one almond-shaped eye. The moonlight made it glitter with the stars as if it were one.

"...Ai shiteru..."

Kasei nodded - "Boku mo." - and smiled. "Tell me again later when you're in one piece, ne?"

Human Kurohi nodded and let himself rest in the care of his mother. He closed his eyes and slept peacefully... somehow.

Kagome drew her bow and pulled back the bowstring with a {kreee...}.

"Kagura!" she yelled. "Return my son to normal or meet the arrow!"

The incarnation blinked. [Her SON?!! How can that be...? We last fought no more than twenty nights ago! It takes MUCH longer to bear a child!]

A slight shuffle to Kagome's right signaled that the demon form had quickly woken up.

The youkai blinked as he felt something strange within himself and he clutched his injured chest. Slowly, he approached his human side and stared at it dumbly, the fight strangely gone from the fiery depths.

Kagome's eyes shot a warning look to the youkai, but he didn't notice - he was far too fascinated with his other self. He reached down and touched the human's face, noting how soft it was... It was very warm, almost feverish. He vaguely realized how frightful that was, but wild demons like himself don't usually feel fear.

The youkai frowned. "Smells like me. Feels like me. How is he me?" His eyebrows knit together.

The miko stared at him sadly for a second. "He just is..."

The demon turned his burning eyes to the girl. "HOW?!!" --

--In the distance, the silver-haired hanyou swung his sword at the female demon. She blocked with a hoard of winds and let a greenish-colored tornado slash at the gold-eyed half demon. He yelped but held his ground. Again, he attacked with his sword.--

--"Kurohi..." she started firmly.

All three of the Kurohis flinched at the girl's firm tone. Their faces contorted into mild pain due to her reprimanding.

The demon blinked. "Sou ka. Ningen, mezameru. Ima." He tapped the human's dark head.

One brown eye peeked open in reply. "N..nani?" he asked softly.

"Baka. Okiru," he ordered curtly. He lightly kicked the other in the side.

"Dou shite?" asked the human with a blink and a slight giggle. The "playful" blow hadn't hurt him at all.

"Choudo sore wo shi!"

The ningen stood up with great effort and blearily stared the other in the eye. His body sagged against his other self's...

...and disappeared.

The youkai blinked and looked at his hands. He felt mild pain in his body and recognized it as to the blow from the Wind Scar even though he hadn't actually been hit by it... [That doesn't make sense...]

He then stepped up to the part-demon and nudged his shoulder with his foot until he woke. The quarter-demon side uttered a soft moan of pain. He didn't understand how to deal with the pain. It felt all he could do was lay down and see if he recovered at some point... maybe. Either that, or die...

Kagura swiftly sent another wave their way, and twice as quickly, the youkai scooped his remaining self up and let it disappear within himself. He leapt to a treetop, and laughed. He felt pain and knew how to hold it down. He felt it and he didn't care about it right now.

"Bwa ha ha ha haaaaaa! Die time, Kaguraaa! Mwa ha ha ha haaa!" He lunged downward, crying, "The demon is in the house! Run! Run away if you don't wanna die! I'll kill you if you don't! HAA!!" He swung his right fist at the woman, sending her flying backward and into the hard dirt. She slowly got up but gasped softly as the youkai picked her up by the collar of her smeared kimono.

He whispered to her, "Be glad I can control my demon self. Otherwise, you'd be dead just now. One chance remains in your position. I'll let you run if you don't try any funny shit. Ri-kai-shi?" he asked slowly. Like a dead weight, he tossed her aside. He looked toward Kasei and uttered, "I wish to become quarter-demon."

The youkai's body rippled, becoming smaller by the second. He felt a searing pain inside him and narrowed his eyes. He gripped his chest. "Feels like a ton of bricks collided into me..." His hand came away covered in blood. He cursed softly. "Donata...?" he asked.

Inu-Yasha sheathed his sword and shoved his hands into the opposing sleeves of his red jacket. "You got hit by your Wind Scar."

"Really...? That's all...?" he murmured airily. He blinked and his vision blurred. Blinking again, it cleared up somewhat. The quarter-demon sat down on the ground and stared off into space.

Something seemed to strike him after a moment and he called, with an angry expression on his face, "Ce~lia!"

The woman stood by Koga and Kurohi beckoned her to him with a finger, saying, "Let me steal your **girlfriend** for a moment, okay Koga?" he taunted.

Celia stormed up. "I am NOT his GIRLFRIEND!"

"You know it's YOUR fault I nearly killed everyone, ne?" he asked with mild malice, changing the subject.

"Ara?" she asked. What, did she forget all ready??

"You *stepped* on my TAIL on **PURPOSE**!! ***THAT'S*** what!"

"Nan da? Celia, kono hontou wa aru ka? You hurt Mutt-face's TAIL??!" incredulously asked the wolf-demon, hands on his hips.

"It's not MY fault he's a weakling!" she defended.

Kurohi shakily stood up, stifling a cry of pain at his movements. He bit his lip and started to limp away. [One foot in front of the other... one foot in front of the other... one foot...]

A redheaded hanyou watched as the mutt slowly walked across the land, long tail dragging against the ground behind him. His eyes slithered up the other's form and lingered on the streaks of blood and the arrows sticking out of his flesh. "Kurohi! Chotto matte yo!" he called, dashing up.

The mutt's movements slowed to a halt and he turned his head. "Nan da?" he wearily asked, blinking his eyes slowly.

The hanyou stopped to Kurohi's left, and, baring fangs - and was that sympathy in his eyes? - Kasei firmly grasped the mutt's left shoulder in one hand. He gripped the arrow in his right, and pulled it out. His ears twitched at the soft sound of pain from the mutt and his expression grew fiercer. He then held the other boy's body against his own and removed the arrow in his back. He then held the other being slightly tighter against his body.

"Good thing they didn't get you any more times, mutt-head," he said softly and rather affectionately, unconsciously nuzzling his nose into the other's spiky, blood-matted hair. His silver eyes slid shut. [Mine.]

"Don't call me /mutt-head/, knot-head." Kurohi smiled.

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sh'ne (spelt: shine) = die

Kasei, gomen. Boku wa kougeki ka ra youkai wo teishi de ki na katta. (the "o"s in "youkai" and "kougeki" are long, thus indicated by the "u") = I'm sorry, Kasei. I couldn't stop the demon from attacking.

mezamete = wake up

Baka na koinu! = You stupid puppy!

ai shiteru (Or "ai shiteiru", I suppose. I've seen it written both ways) = (You figure it out! It's easy to tell what he said! Hahaha!)

boku mo = me too

Sou ka. Ningen, mezameru. Ima. = I see. Human, you wake. Right now.

Choudo sore wo shi! = Just do it!

Ri-kai-shi? = Un-der-stand?

Celia, is this true? = Celia, kono hontou wa aru ka?

Chotto matte yo! = Hold on a minute!

Finished: 11/5/03 Revised: 7/27/04