InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Sesshoumaru's Secret Life ❯ Sesshoumaru VS Naraku ( Chapter 25 )

Chapter 25: Sesshoumaru VS Naraku

 

Kohaku ran as if his life depended on it, and it did. The dog demon that had been possessed by Naraku was hot on his tail and he was far from happy.

 

Naraku wished that he had his former body back. It would be so much easier if he had tentacles to reach out and grab the boy. He was fast in this demon body but the young slayer had trained hard and knew his former master's moves so was able to, so far, stay out of his clutches.

 

Kohaku stopped suddenly and twisted back the way he came, ducking under the long claws that swept towards him before spinning and throwing out his sickle. He gained no satisfaction in hearing the yelp of pain from the grey haired demon as his weapon connected with Anoki's forearm, drawing blood. He took advantage of his temporary advantage and ran again, pulling his sickle in as he went. He quickly pulled out his katana, skidding to a halt as he blocked the yellow whip as it flashed out towards him.

 

Naraku became angrier and more frustrated as the young boy managed to keep just out of his grasp and he was growling loudly as he kept missing with his claws. He did manage to snag the boys shoulder and thought he had him until the shoulder guard let go from his slayers uniform. “Stay still you damn monkey,” Naraku/Anoki hollered, his anger getting the better of him as the boy again managed to dodge his attack and flip back out of his reach.

 

Kohaku had no intention of staying still and continued to duck and weave, blocking claws, sword and whip using all his training and concentration. He realized, as he took stock of the demon fighting him, that Naraku was not in as much control as he imagined. The true owner of that body was in there as well and it was affecting the former spider hanyou in the way he moved and reacted. The angry outburst of a few moments ago was a good example. Naraku would never have wasted his breath in such a way so it had to be Anoki's frustration that was showing though. Kohaku tried to think of a way to use this information to his advantage as he just barely missed getting grabbed.

 

The young slayer twisted and threw out his sickle again. This time Naraku grabbed the chain and pulled hard, yanking the boy off his feet towards the waiting claws of the inu. Suddenly there was a blur of white and Naraku was knocked to the ground with a very angry Sesshoumaru bringing out her whip. Kohaku was up in an instant reeling in his weapon as his sister jumped off Kirara to land beside him.

 

“Kohaku, are you alright,” the female slayer asked.

 

Kohaku was breathing hard at the exertion of trying to keep out of the clutches of the possessed dog demon. “Yes,” he panted, opening his hand and showing her the jewel that had been stolen from Kagome. “I got it, I couldn't let him keep it,” he wheezed. Sango hugged her brother and pulled him away from the two fighting demons. Both had their whips out and were trying to slice into the other.

 

Inuyasha stood back with the Tetsusaiga drawn watching as his sister and cousin engaged each other. He was unable to strike out with the wind scar because he would have hit Sesshoumaru as well. Miroku tried to come to his wife's aid but she growled out at him.

 

“Stay out of it, this is my fight.”

 

The two demons again let their whips fly out only to have them both entangled with each other. Naraku tried to pull on the one he had but Sesshoumaru was expecting something like that. She allowed her whip to come off her fingers and quickly drew Toukijin as her adversary stumbled back, off balance.

 

Naraku had barely enough time to put the sword he carried up in front of him to block her attack. “I wasn't wrong when I said you looked like a girl,” he scoffed at her as their blades slid against each other.

 

Sesshoumaru pushed him away from her and ran in for another attack. “Looks like we both have secrets, Anoki. Or should I call you Naraku.”

 

The teal eyed demon laughed. “We are both here, if you kill me, you'll kill your cousin as well.” Naraku said as he sliced into Sesshoumaru's shoulder with his blade.

 

The demoness jumped back, showing no pain as the blood dripped down her shoulder to coat her white haori. She stood glaring at her cousin. “So be it,” she replied.

 

“The Western Lands should be mine by rights, Sesshoumaru.” This time it was Anoki that came to the fore and was speaking. “Your father was a cheat and a liar to dress up his daughter as a male. If he had been honourable he would have married you off to me. I should be lord.”

 

“Hey,” Inuyasha exclaimed from the sidelines. “I'm the son of Inu no Tashio, if anything the lands would have came to me.”

 

Sesshoumaru gave her brother a sharp look while Anoki just laughed. “A hanyou? To run the Western Lands? There is no way the demons of the territory would have stood for it. Even you knew that or you wouldn't have disguised yourself when your slut of a sister was with her human, whelping out her own accursed mutts. You, my cousin, should have been drowned at birth.”

 

Inuyasha growled low in his chest. It always came back to that. He would never have any worth in the eyes of demons because of his mixed heritage and now his little nephews and niece would have to face the same prejudice he had always lived with. Before he could charge his cousin, Sesshoumaru moved faster than even the eye could see and slapped her cousin hard across the face. The blow had been so forceful that he fell back onto the ground staring into the cold eyes of the demoness in utter disbelief.

 

“I will tear your tongue from your insolent mouth,” she threatened as she reached down and grabbed her offensive cousin by his neck and lifted him bodily from the ground. “You will not disrespect my family in such a way. My father never knew I was not male. This was my mother's doing,” she snarled out as she squeezed harder, cutting off any breath the inu demon could take.

 

The others looked at Sesshoumaru in shock, she had never told anyone this and all had assumed that her father must have known and maybe even been a part of the deception. Even Miroku, who the demoness had confided in more than anyone else, had not known. How hard must it have been to keep such a secret from your own father, Miroku thought. No wonder there was bad blood between them.

 

Naraku pushed Anoki out of the controlling position of the body they shared and called upon the shards, gaining their strength as he grabbed Sesshoumaru's hand and physically pulled it away. He smirked in satisfaction at the surprised look that crossed her face.

 

“The shards are in his neck,” Kagome called out. She stood with her bow pulled back, an arrow aimed right at the inu demon as he held Sesshoumaru by her wrist. Naraku squeezed hard and grinned evilly as the small bones crunched and cracked under the pressure. Kagome could sense the aura of the shards changing, becoming blacker and more evil. “That's not Anoki anymore, Naraku is in control now,” she warned the others. She continued to hold her arrow trained on to the demon but was afraid to let it fly in case she hit Sesshoumaru by mistake.

 

“I may not have my own demon body but this one is certainly strong enough to defeat you, Sesshoumaru,” Naraku sneered as he snapped the bones in the demoness' wrist. The female inu didn't even flinch. “Impressive,” the evil spirit that was inside her cousin stated, “But then you always were the stoic one, weren't you? I can't wait to bring you to your knees,” he leered, letting his eyes roam over her lewdly.

 

Miroku had had enough. He charged between the two, hurling out sutras and lashing out with his staff at the demon that held his wife. Anoki/Naraku yowled out in pain as the sutra's found their mark, burning his skin and making him release Sesshoumaru. He leapt back out of the way of the sharp edge of Miroku's staff only to have to twist sideways as a glowing arrow came right at him. It missed but he had felt the breeze it left in its wake as it passed by him.

 

Inuyasha took the opportunity to let loose his wind scar now that Naraku had moved away from his sister who was still not responding outwardly to the pain in her wrist, although she was holding her arm close to her body.

 

Naraku held up his sword in front of himself and as the wind scar hit, the blade absorbed the energy of Inuyasha's attack. The force of the blast still managed to push the evil demon back quite a few feet.

 

Inuyasha growled in frustration and surprise. That blast should have taken out that guy, he thought.

 

Naraku was scrambling trying not to show the fear that was growing within the body he was inhabiting. His host was urging him to make a hasty retreat and when Naraku went to make like he was going to attack, Anoki pushed the spirit down and turned and ran. He listened in his mind at the outraged howl of anger as he took to the air in a ball of light, very similar to Sesshoumaru's.

 

“We'll be fighting another day, cousins,” he called down. “Don't think this is over with. I will gain vengeance on you for the wrongs you have committed.” He was soon out of range of all their attacks and finally the ball disappeared.

 

Kagome ran to Sesshoumaru and was trying to get the infuriated demoness to allow her to bandage her wrist.

 

“It will heal on its own. I do not require your aid,” she fumed. She really wasn't angry with Kagome but having Naraku back and in control of her cousin's body was more than frustrating for her. That and the fact that he had gotten away with Kouga's two shards and had broken her wrist so she was unable to fight him at the moment was causing her to be in a very foul mood.

 

Miroku came and sat by his wife, gently cajoling her into allowing Kagome to perform her first aid and settling his mate's nerves. “We should get back to the castle,” he said to Sesshoumaru. “I think we all need a rest and a chance to figure things out.”

 

Sesshoumaru nodded and then began to walk off after Kagome had finished. She was worried for her pups and Rin and wanted to get back as quickly as possible. With Naraku in control of her cousin, she was uncertain as to what he would do now that he had been so corrupted.

 

“Why didn't the wind scar work?” Sango asked as they continued past the battle field by Anoki's castle. Sesshoumaru's men had just finished securing the area and bowed respectfully as their group passed.

 

“It seemed like it just sucked up the wind scar,” Kagome interjected.

 

“Yes, Anoki's weapon, although it does not have a special attack, can absorb the demonic power from other blades. In effect cancelling out his opponents attack,” Sesshoumaru replied. She remembered Anoki telling her that when they had been but children. His father had given him that sword and he had been quite proud of it.

 

“That will make it difficult for Inuyasha to use the Tetsusaiga against him,” Miroku stated.

 

“And he still has my two shards,” Kouga said dejectedly as he rode on the back of Kirara. His legs had still been causing him pain and all the other activities from Naraku had made his body tired. Inuyasha and Miroku had not told him about his pack, deciding to wait until they got back to the castle and he could see the only other survivor of the massacre at his caves.

 

The group soon fell into silence as they all pondered how they were going to defeat Naraku…again.