InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ To Our Trials We Add Another ❯ The Fight ( Chapter 2 )

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“I sense jewel shards, and they're coming closer!” she whispered urgently, looking out into the trees.

 

 

“How many shards are there Kagome?” Inuyasha questioned as he pulled out and transformed Tessaiga while Sango hefted Hiraikotsu and Miroku held his staff across his body.

 

“I can sense at least three, maybe even four.” Kagome said as she notched an arrow. “Shippo go hide someplace quickly!” she commanded. Shippo only nodded as he turned and bounded for a hollowed out tree trunk.

 

The group stood there for what felt like an eternity waiting for the shards to show up.

 

“They're close now; we should see the demon in a few seconds.”

 

“I don't smell any demons damn it! Not that it means much apparently” Inuyasha grumbled the last part as he hefted the great fang, ready to strike.

 

The distinct sound of a snapping twig caused everyone freeze, poised to attack. Only….nothing came. The tension in the air was palatable; muscles were getting strained staying in attack stance for such an extended period time. Everyone was at a loss; they knew something was out there, but what was it and why had it not attacked? Inuyasha was about to yell for the coward to come out when he suddenly realized he was having difficulty smelling Kagome's scent. Turning his head quickly he looked over to make sure she was still there. She game him a quizzical look when she noticed his head snap around.

 

“What's wrong Inuyasha?” Kagome asked quietly.

 

“I dunno, it's like you're sent is farther away then you are….”

 

“What are you talking abou…..Inuyasha! The shards are gone!”

 

“What the hell do you mean `gone' how can they just be `gone'?” Inuyasha said angrily.

 

Miroku lowered his staff and looked around saying, “I don't sense anything at all….not even your aura Inuyasha.”

 

“That's because you are a perverted monk now shut it!” he replied.

 

am so mis…ARRRG!” Miroku stopped mid sentence as he jumped, too slowly, out of the path of a thrown dagger. Favoring his wounded right shoulder, he raised his staff up once again.

 

As the group turned to look at Miroku the air itself seemed to crackle. A loud bang threw Inuyasha into a tree and Kagome onto her back. Sango started to rush over to Kagome but she stilled when she saw a lone figure walk out into the clearing behind them. Inuyasha jumped up growling at the new arrival as his friends filled the clearing defensively.

 

“Just who the hell are you?” Inuyasha grated out between growls, standing between the new threat and Kagome.

 

He desperately sought an answer to his question. Though he didn't show it, Inuyasha had no idea what to make of the figure in front of him. He stood perhaps six feet tall, strongly build with broad shoulders. He looked to be around seventeen, possibly eighteen years old. He wore what looked like Slayer armor only it was cut in half. Instead of the usual one piece it was cut in two, a formfitting top and bottom with a vest secured by leather. Taking in this new person's appearance, he lingered on the new foe's silver hair, `Not silver' he thought, `Its almost pure white!' Inuyasha eyes then traveled to his weapon. He heard a gasp from Sango and Kagome at near the same time, obviously they saw it too.

 

The white haired boy sported a massive halberd. Bankotsu's Banryu momentarily flashed in Inuyasha's mind though the only similarity was the size. This halberd's blade was skinner than Banryu but much longer, it almost looked like a gigantic sword. The handle and hilt had gold inscriptions and designs on it, and the handle even housed a sizable crystal that he couldn't identify. Opposite the blade end there were two blades that were connected to resemble a crescent moon. `Keh' he thought, `Frilly handle and a big rock, big deal' he snorted.

 

“Who are you damn it, don't make me shove Tessaiga up you ass!” the hanyou growled.

 

As he taunted the man, the figure locked eyes with him. A pair of golden eyes met an unreadable pair of red. `Son of a bitch, is he a demon or a human?'

 

“I ain't going to ask you again” Inuyasha stated, hefting Tessaiga more menacingly.

 

The figure, again, just stared at him, his eyes cold and unrelenting.

 

Kagome decided to try a different route. “Do you know what happened to a small cat with two tails?” She asked. Sensing she was not going to get a reply she tried yet another approach.

 

“Can you tell us your name?” She asked hesitantly.

 

At her question, the figure's gaze moved from Inuyasha and onto Kagome. After hearing a quite `Eep' issue from her mouth as the red eyes locked onto hers, Inuyasha stood in front of Kagome, blocking the view of the increasingly annoying newcomer.

 

“Don't look at her like that you jackass!” he yelled followed by a challenging growl.

 

No one was more surprised than Inuyasha when the figure growled what was clearly an acceptance to the challenge and charged.

 

Inuyasha brought his sword down in time to block the lightning swift slash with a loud metallic crash. Twisting to the side he blocked the next deadly blow, smashing weapons together with great force. Growling at his opponent, Inuyasha was close enough to detect the distinct smell of human on the attacker. Twisting his weapon free, he dodged a quick upper slash before jumping several feet away from the other combatant.

 

“What the hell! Don't make me kill you, you weak……human?” Inuyasha yelled only to realize that the man was running at Kagome! Nearly seeing red in anger, he rushed to head him off. Kagome reacted quicker than her hanyou friend and had already brought her bow up, releasing her arrow while yelling “Hit the mark!” Smiling as she watched the arrow fly true, she waited for the figure to be incapacitated. Her moth fell agape, however, as the rushing man, in one deft movement, batted the arrow aside with his halberd, not even losing a step.

 

Nearly on top of her, the figure raised his weapon in preparation of cutting Kagome down. Seeing her impending doom, Kagome screamed in fear as she turned to run, barley registering Sango's bellow of”Hiraikotsu!” Flinging the giant boomerang over Kagome's head, Sango tried to end the fight as quickly as she could. Assuming Sango's aim was true. Kagome tried to turn around to see the Hiraikotsu hit the attacker. In her haste she stumbled over an upturned root and fell. Meanwhile, the attacker turned out to be much quicker than Sango thought as he paused, angled his halberd slightly, and sliced her Hiraikotsu neatly in half. Turning back to Kagome, he made his way toward her, raising his weapon to strike once again. Cowering back in fear, Kagome could only stare as the figure and his large weapon loomed over her. Seconds before he struck, Inuyasha managed to get close enough to attack the foe. Swinging his blade with as much strength as he could, the weapon arched through the air at the attacker head. A hair's length before the attack decapitated him, the white haired boy managed to bring his weapon down and block Inuyasha's attack. The loud metallic clang that resulted could be heard for miles. Pushing with all his strength, Inuyasha managed to force the fighter back a few feet.

 

“You stay the hell away from her!” he bellowed before looking over his shoulder.

 

“Sango!” he yelled again, “Get Kagome out of the way!” he ordered before swinging to block another blow. As the fighters exchanged ear shattering attack, Sango ran over to Kagome and pulled the shell shocked teen behind a tree. Inuyasha gave one more massive swing before he jumped back far enough to unleash his wind scar. Calling on the power of the sword, Inuyasha could feel the swirling energy wrapping itself around the blade.

 

“It's OVER! WIND SCAR!” Inuyasha yelled as loud as he could, sweeping his sword in a downward arch releasing the energy to create the wind scar. There was a great flash of yellow as the lines of demonic energy raced to and enveloped the unknown person right as he began to charge again. Not waiting to see the resulting victory, Inuyasha raised his sword to his shoulder with a smirk while exclaiming, “See? Nothing but a pathetic UMMMPPPF”

 

Kagome screamed as she saw the reason Inuyasha was cut off mid sentence. The halberd had cut through the wind scar and buried itself into Inuyasha's chest. As the glow of the wind scar faded it was easy to see the white haired man holding the rest of the halberd. Kagome, tears ready to flow, started to run towards the fight. She stopped short as the man refocused his gaze onto her. Without breaking eye contact with her, he placed his foot on Inuyasha's chest and pushed him off the end of his blade. With a sickening slurp and thud, Inuyasha hit the ground with a moan. The man then started towards Kagome, Inuyasha's blood still dripping from the blade. Staring on in terror, Kagome couldn't seem to summon up the strength or courage to move. Luckily, the man was stopped by a bloody hand grabbing his ankle. Kagome watched in horror as the man looked down at the offending hand before kicking Inuyasha in the face, forcing him to release his grip. Once Inuyasha was unconscious, the man continued his advance towards her.

 

Shippo watched the battle unfold from his hiding spot in the bushes. `I've got to do something!' he thought. Finding a courage he didn't know he had, he began running towards his fallen comrade. Just as the evil man closed the distance to Kagome, Miroku threw his staff towards the back of the advancing enemy's head. Second before impact, the man turned with inhuman speed and deflected the staff, momentarily losing his fixation on Kagome. With the seemingly unbeatable foe's attention on Miroku, Shippo took the opportunity to launch a series of Foxfire blasts at their newest adversary, forcing him to turn, yet again, and face the new threat. Sango, having run from behind the strange man, grabbed Kagome and roughly dragged her as far away from their enemy as she could.

 

 

Shippo's diversion couldn't have gone better Congratulating himself silently; the foxfire had barely dissipated when the man had seemingly materialized right in front of Shippo. His position changed so fast Shippo didn't think he even saw him move. He looked up and saw the rising blade of the halberd, obviously preparing for the attack.

 

“Shippo!” Kagome and Sango yelled in unison. Unsure what they could do in time to save the child.

 

Just as the great weapon began its decent and all seemed lost a deafening roar was heard through the trees.

 

“Kirara!” Sango yelled, spotting the two tail quickly.

 

The fire cat looked awful, there were cuts running along most of her body. Her fur was matted with dry and fresh blood. That mattered little as she decended from the sky, aiming for the man who was about to kill Shippo. Once again with the enemy distracted, Shippo had enough time to get out of dodge. Kirara attacked the man over and over again, forcing him to defend himself and eventually drive Kirara back. Landing next to Sango, the two tailed cat tensed and jumped back into the air for another attack.

 

“Kirara we need to get Inuyasha out of here!” Kagome half yelled half cried, pointing towards Inuyasha's still form. The man advanced on Kirara, attacking with several quick swings. Due to Kagome's declaration, the fire cat danced away from the enemy and landed next to Inuyasha. Shooting a suppressive arrow at the man, the group mounted Kirara faster than they ever mounted before, laying the unconscious hanyou on Kirara's back before mounting themselves.

 

“Miroku jump on!” Shippo yelled as he transformed into a hawk. Miroku managed to clamber on to the Fox Hawk, wincing openly when he had to use his hurt shoulder.

 

 

Kirara then took flight, barley dodging yet another strike. Holding onto Inuyasha, Kagome saw the bright white light form at the tip of the enemy's halberd. In the blink of an eye, the light shot forth and lanced through the air right at them. As wounded and overloaded as Kirara was, she didn't miss the impending doom of the unnatural white light. Banking deftly one last time, the beam missed. Now that they were out of range, Kirara turned and headed back to Kaede's village.

On her back, Kagome pleaded desperately with the wounded hanyou.

“Hang on Inuyasha! Just please hang on!”