InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ The Curse: One of Life and One of Death ❯ Chapter 18

[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]

Onigumo's words not only seemed to strike a nerve with Sesshoumaru but with Kagome as well; for the minute he said those words her aura flared more powerfully than before. Kagome had just left the memory in Onigumo's mind only to find that she had apparently been fighting with him the entire time. 'Now Master knows why we despise this spider so, now we are finally full of hate for the Spider; we can kill it and then the others to please our Mate.' 'Yes Angel we will kill Onigumo for what he has done to Mother, my Mate's family, and to us as well.' "United finally we will kill you for your transgressions!" Kagome roared as her beast's aura was once again placed back within her body. 'How can it be? Her demonic aura has left my body and has entered back into her body. Only I can do that...unless the spell has been removed...' he looked to Sesshoumaru with that thought.

"I see you look confused Onigumo. What's the matter, forgot you pissed off so many people? They have turned away from you only to help my Mate and me destroy you. Once I remove this damn barrier I will kill you if my Mate hasn't by then." Sesshoumaru's beast roared. Onigumo looked from Kagome to Sesshoumaru, 'Two very powerful beings all around me, I wonder if I am to fall on this day by one of these two?' He didn't have long to ponder that thought as Kagome pounced on him with unrelenting attacks. Sesshoumaru tried with all his might to remove the barrier, which surrounded Kagome and Onigumo, with no luck. He looked up just in time to see Onigumo throw a projectile at Kagome, which she did not try to avoid. When the object punctured her right shoulder, Onigumo smirked until he realized that she neither fell nor did she scream in pain. All she did was remove the object with a twisted smirk planted on her face.

Kagura for the most part had managed to destroy the cyborg, Ginkotsu. He was nothing more than a head and torso when Tsubaki assisted her with an incantation to completely destroy the cyborg once and for all. Kagura mused as he blew up, thinking of it as some sort of self destructing type of incantation that Tsubaki had place on it. Meanwhile Bankotsu was throwing his sword, Banryu, around in the air shouting different attack after attack, when Renkotsu blind sided him with a little explosion. Bankotsu was turned around at that point and yelled, "Heat Blast!" The attack caused flaming ball-like flashes to appear. With each blast that Renkotsu did not fall, the more anger Bankotsu seemed to absorb until he just couldn't hold it in anymore. As Renkotsu blew some more flames towards him, Bankotsu yelled, "Hatred Ball!" his most powerful attack ever.

Renkotsu's eyes grew into tiny slits as he watched a huge and powerful ball full of anger and laced with fire came spiraling towards him. He knew then why the young man was their leader, 'With an attack like that no one, not even Lord Sesshoumaru, stands a chance.' Bankotsu stood there huffing and puffing, trying to regain his breath while he watched Renkotsu dissolve into nothing. 'This shall be my final battle, that last attack took too much out of me. I wonder which demoness will kill me?' he mused. He turned slowly to face Kanna and Kagura, when he saw Jakotsu's body still lying there at Kanna's feet. "Jak, my love, wait for me. I am coming, please wait for me!" he said as he felt Kagura stand behind him and in one swift motion she brought down her fan and decapitated him.

The two demonesses, Tsubaki, and Moryomaru all turned to the east as they watched the full moon begin to rise over the horizon. "Now with the fullness of the moon the Lord shall rise again and stake his claim on his Mate, and with her help they shall avenge all transgressions bestowed unto their families." Everyone turned to look at Kanna as she finished speaking. "Do you think we should go in and help them?" "No Moryomaru if we enter that house now the Angel and her Lord will surely kill each and every one of us." Tsubaki stated. "We should all just wait out here that way we will be safe. I will be right back." Kagura said as she leaped onto her feather and flew over the house, a wall collapsed soon afterwards, it allowed the full moon to illuminate everything within the room. Soon after the loud commotion of the wall falling Kagura returned to where everyone else was standing.

Tsubaki and Moryomaru looked a little confused as to why Kagura had done what she did. "Kagura why did you just knock down that one wall?" Tsubaki asked as her curiosity got the better of her. "Its simple, I was helping my Lord to realize that the moon is full and is rising." As Kagura finished her statement they all heard a loud beastly roar from within the remaining walls of the house. The roar was soon followed by the roof caving in somewhere and a female shouting, "Sesshoumaru!" They all just stood there as they felt the demonic auras dance around them in a fierce battle of wits and strength. "Is there nothing that we can do to help them? Must we wait here not knowing?" Moryomaru asked. Kanna suddenly pulled out her mirror and said, "We can do nothing but wait and watch." Her mirror began to show the battle from within the house.

Towering above a some what weakened Kagome stood a giant silver haired dog demon with a crescent moon on its brow; her Lord, Sesshoumaru, had finally broken the barrier and now stood to protect her. She remembered her dream and realized that this is what it was warning her about all along. She knew this was all destiny and that it was meant to happen. "What will be, will be I suppose." she stated not so much to anyone in particular but to herself. Sesshoumaru looked over his shoulder and growled out of confusion to her statement. She smiled and pat his leg to confirm that she was okay and that she was happy he was there protecting her. He then turned his attention back to Onigumo, who at the time was chanting an incantation to capture both Kagome and Sesshoumaru within a barrier so he could weaken them. "Onigumo your pathetic attempts will not work on us, we are far stronger together than you could ever imagine, especially with Sesshoumaru here by our side." she said with a smirked.

Onigumo was taken back by that comment, 'To think she alone is more powerful then me is ridiculous. If only I could figure out how I could weaken them...there has to be a way to do that.' He knew once he saw her twisted smirk form and she had pulled out the projectile, not but fifteen minutes prior to this, that he was in for the fight of his life. He had watched as she pulled it out of her right shoulder and slowly passed it by her face just under her nose; she sniffed the blood and even went so far as to lick a little of her own blood off. But what had actually frightened him the most, to allow the barrier to weaken, was when the over whelming smell of death hit him; it wasn't coming from her but rather him. It was also at that time when Kagura had demolished the eastern wall, which was soon followed by Sesshoumaru transforming and finally breaking through the weaken barrier.

When Sesshoumaru snarled, Onigumo was brought back to his present predicament. 'Well my energy has been depleted too much so I can not change into my spider form and my toxic blood won't do anything to Lord Sesshoumaru, for he is immune to all poisons. Though if I am to die this day, I will not go alone. My Pet should be pretty tired and she is not immune to toxins! I think I shall go have a little fun with my Pet!' Giving up on his incantation he tried to maneuver around Sesshoumaru to get to Kagome, but with each move Sesshoumaru moved to counter him. "You will not get near Mate, we will kill you first." Kagome felt an overwhelming sense of love and devotion flood her senses when she heard Sesshoumaru's beast growl out. 'And here I thought he would only be able to bark in that form!' she snickered.

Kagome knew that she would have to be the one to finish off Onigumo, after all it was written in her destiny. "Love, though I appreciate your eagerness to protect me and kill our enemy; it is my destiny to end his miserable life. I know that you want nothing more than to avenge your father's and Izayoi's death, but it was written for me to become the Angel of Death by bringing it to the one that has deserved it more so than most." "What do you mean, who told you about Izayoi? You mean to tell us that this Spider killed not only our Father but the woman we view as our Mother as well?" Sesshoumaru roared as his eyes glowed a more violent red color. "Calm yourself Love, you have to allow me to fulfill my destiny, the Angel of Death must become fully awake." Kagome stated as she got to her feet trying to calm her mate.

"You mean to tell me that neither you nor your father knew it was me that killed Izayoi?" Onigumo asked while laughing. "And they say dog demons have the best sense of smell ever! To think I just thought it was behind the fact that I never personally met you or Lord Maliki, as to why I have been allowed to live these past twelve years. It never crossed my mind that my concealment spell worked so well. I do wonder now though, how were you able to follow me here today? I know my scent was covered with the same concealment spell, so how could you have followed me this time; and don't tell me it was because you are stronger now. You will only succeed in making me laugh my head off!" Onigumo said as he questioned Sesshoumaru.

"We may not know why our Father was unable to track your pathetic excuse of a scent but as for us, we have been following you since you left the other house. You were in such a hurry to get back here to our Mate that your dumbass didn't even realize that you were being followed. It would be wise on your behalf not to underestimate us and the power within us that we have yet to unleash. And as for your head coming off from laughing, feel free to laugh and we will gladly take it off for you." he growled while still standing protectively over Kagome. He took notice as her aura began to flare letting all know that she was preparing to do battle. He adverted most of his attention to his mate at this time, 'It won't do to have our Mate mad at us before we are even mated.' Sesshoumaru started to whimper when Kagome rushed pass him to advance on Onigumo.

'Love, we know you don't want us to go into battle but this is our destiny. You must let us do this; you can enter at anytime if you sense we are in need of assistance or if we ask for your help.' Kagome thought mentally, hoping he would hear. "As you wish my Lady, but we will not hesitate to protect you whether you have asked for it or not. We can not and will not loose you again.' As she was preparing to strike she felt a sword's blade breeze narrowly by her face, just as Sesshoumaru transformed back into his humanoid appearance. She couldn't help but to get caught up in his new appearance, 'He looks even sexier with all of those markings and he is so powerful. Oh God we wish we could just take him right here and now.' Sesshoumaru smirked as she sighed, little did she know that he had heard every thought.

Confusion was on everyone's face though when the sword came flying through the air. Onigumo didn't know what was happening much less why Sesshoumaru had transformed back into his humanoid form. 'Does he honestly think that he can defeat me in that form? That sword reeks of life, only a sword of death can harm me. He has bot to be kidding if he plans to do any damage.' Sesshoumaru, however sensing Onigumo's train of thoughts, wondered why his sword came to him when he did not summon it. 'What is the meaning of this; I know I should be in this form just for the fact that it is more flexible and maneuverable, but I could have transformed back without the help of Tenseiga, couldn't I have?' He sheathed his sword at his side and focused on his Mate, who was preparing for her battle with Onigumo.

She was probably the only one that knew why the sword had come to it's Master. 'So we see our Mate has a sword that controls his darker side. Does he know how close he was to going out of control? Though we do wonder how the sword was summoned, since we can tell he didn't call for it by judging the look of confusion in his eyes.' the Angel thought when she suddenly heard a slight whisper on the breeze. 'This sword and it's Master will be your protector Angel, for our life's mission, goal, and destiny is to keep you safe and prevent you from doing unjust harm to those who don't deserve it.' She got angry at the thought that no one had enough faith in her to be able to control her own powers and forms, 'Master we should channel this anger into battle with this Spider then we can deal with the lack of faith.' the Angel fumed.

Sesshoumaru backed away more as he felt her anger level rise more and more with each passing minute. 'To think my Mate has such raw powers, as this, is unbelievable. It will be wise to train her quickly so I will not have to worry about being in her wrath's path!' he mused. He watched as she released attack after attack on Onigumo. He paid close attention to certain aspects of her fighting technique, so that he would know what areas he needed to pay more attention too and which he didn't. Not realizing what he was doing, he grabbed the hilt of Tenseiga every time his beast started growling; trying to free itself to help his mate. 'Both of my Masters must remain calm for this is a battle that only their Angel can win.' Tenseiga sang as it pulsed once again.

Though no one realized the extent of the Angel's power, Sesshoumaru was slowly starting to realize it. He noticed Kagome take a sideways glance at him and smirked, it was at that time that he realized he was holding Tenseiga's hilt. 'When did I start holding on to Tenseiga?' Looking confused, he let go of the sword and heard his inner beast growl and try to release itself. Then the beast quickly quieted again, he looked down only to find his hand once again on Tenseiga's hilt. 'So it was my power, itself, that summoned Tenseiga to me, it seems that I am not quite able to handle my new powers just yet. Could Gome really be sensing my beast's torment and Tenseiga relieving the tension within the beast?' 'No Love, it was merely Tenseiga, itself, which spoke to me of its dilemma with your beast.' the Angel said to him mentally as she proceeded to fight Onigumo.

She couldn't help the smile that formed on her face when she saw the shock look on Sesshoumaru's face when she told him of Tenseiga speaking to her, much less the fact that she was in his head without him allowing it. She quickly shook her head of all thoughts but those of the battle that she was fighting and winning. Just then Onigumo saw an opening and took it. She was blindsided by his attack and found herself flying across the room and colliding with the wall. Sesshoumaru found he could not move fast enough to catch her before she collided with the wall.Suddenly a loud roar was emitted and all eyes turned to the rubble that was caused by her collision. When the debris finally settled, from her explosive power, the first thing Sesshoumaru noticed was her eyes were completely silver, void of all life and it chilled him to the core of his being.

Onigumo couldn't believe that she recovered so quickly from a direct blow to her head. 'How can this be? It appears all I managed to do is fully awaken her Angel...those eyes are completely void of all life. She is finally ready to fight with her full power and ability.' It was when he heard her snicker that he finally realized that this battle was over before it even started, he finally knew that this was a power that was never meant to be awaken. "So are you finally ready to fight me Pet? I tire of you ignoring me as if I am nothing but some trash you forgot to throw out." "Oh we are so terribly sorry Onigumo, do you not like to be treated as what you are? You forget that we know what you have done and what you really are!" she said with a twisted smirk.

She crouched really low to the floor and started to whisper an incantation. Sesshoumaru's eyes opened wide when he realized that she was casting a spell which would allow the spirits of the dead, souls who died wrongfully and have unfinished business, to come back and take revenge on the one that did them wrong and finish their business so they could finally rest in peace. However he noticed that she was only focusing on four particular beings. He didn't know exactly what she was up to, he knew that she didn't finish the incantation; all the spirits would be able to do it just voice their problems and hope for justice. One look at Onigumo told him that Onigumo had no clue as to what was going on either. 'I can only hope that my Lady knows what she is doing. This incantation can go very badly, Onigumo could absorb the souls and use their power as an attack against her. I must be prepared to protect her if need be.'