InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Ushiro Kugishime ❯ Demon circles ( Chapter 5 )
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By: JackoVance 
It's time for Sessoumaru to enter the stage.
Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Romance / Action | Type: Alternate Universe | Uploaded On: 12.05.2004 | Pages: 2 | Words: 2.2K | Visits: 391 | Status: Work In Progress
It's time for Sessoumaru to enter the stage.
Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Romance / Action | Type: Alternate Universe | Uploaded On: 12.05.2004 | Pages: 2 | Words: 2.2K | Visits: 391 | Status: Work In Progress
A/N: I have nothing to say. I just hope you enjoy the following chapter.
Demon circles (Chapter 5)
Sesshoumaru snorted angrily. There was nothing in the world he despised more than
cowardly demons that would rather run than fight. He didn't know how many miles he had been chasing after this thief now. While he was flying through the air he thought about a suitable way to kill that scum that was stupid enough to steal his Tenseiga. A fast and painless death would be generous and that was something Sesshoumaru was not known for.
Then he noticed a scent other than that of the thief. Another demon was coming close, very fast. But Sesshoumaru decided that he first wanted to catch the robber and deal with the other demon later.
With one elegant leap he was in front of the thief, forcing him to stop. He eyed his opponent expressionlessly and noticed that 'him' was the wrong word. It was a woman. Long white-violet hair framed her slender face. Big dark blue eyes countered his gaze bravely. A black tight fitting suit with dark violet symbols outlined her slim figure. An extremely thin cloak billowed behind her. On her left side hung a long lash and she already had her hand on it. But when she saw Sesshoumaru's contemptuous grin she took her hand away and crossed her arms in front of her chest. On her face was now a small smile too.
"It seems the rumors about your speed are true, Sesshoumaru." The expression on Sesshoumaru's face didn't change. She was trying to be brave, but he could smell her fear and also could see it in her eyes. Her pupils were so big that her irises were hardly visible. But she produced a little admiration in him, because she tried to be brave and had not surrendered like all the other unfortunate enemies who had to fight against him.
"Tell me, before I punish you, why did you try to steal my sword?" Sesshoumaru demanded.
The demoness looked defiant. "I just want that the great Tenseiga gets the place it deserves. In the hands of a demon who knows what to do with it and uses it for good things."
"And you think you are this demon? How boastful!" With the last word he stormed towards his opponent. He raised his right arm and it darted forward but hit nothing. Surprised, Sesshoumaru stopped and looked around. "What the...?"
"You tell me I'm boastful? This description fits you more then me. Did you honestly think that you could beat me so easily?" The voice came from the trees above him but he couldn't find her.
"I thought you were brave. What a disappointment." He kept an eye on his surroundings. She was fast, he had to admit that. It was rare to find enemies as fast as he. But speed alone couldn't save her life.
Sesshoumaru could see a shadow coming toward him and jumped aside. When he looked at the place where he stood just seconds before, he saw a hole in the ground but the demoness was already gone again.
"You made a mistake by underestimating me, Sesshoumaru, and be sure that it was your last."
Sesshoumaru stayed calm. It seemed that this fight could be interesting. Maybe he had to fight with all his power.
"Tell me, why did you flee if you are that strong?"
"Do you want to talk or do you want to fight?" she nearly screamed the last word.
This time Sesshoumaru saw her attack earlier and had enough time to avoid it, and saw in which tree she tried to hide afterwards. So he split the tree in two with his poison claws.
After the tree fell down he saw the thief kneeling beside it. She rose and looked at Sesshoumaru challengingly.
"You really are a strong opponent. Never before has someone avoided my attacks."
Sesshoumaru was about to reply when someone came through the bushes. Sesshoumaru and the demoness both turned towards the newcomer, nearly forgetting their fight for a moment.
In front of them stood a demon similar to a devil. Long horns came out of his head and he had a tail. The whole creature was black from head to toe even his teeth and tongue seemed black when he spoke to them. "So you are the famous Youkai with Tokijin, the sword that is already a legend. And finally I found it. Give it to me. Tokijin should be mine and make me more powerful."
"But how do you know that you can control it? Maybe it will control you."
"I will find it out when the time is ready but first I think I have to kill you."
Sesshoumaru shook his head. Who does the demon think he is? Did he think he could kill the great Sesshoumaru? He would show him his error.
Both stormed toward each other; shortly before they would have clashed, Sesshoumaru jumped up and thrust his hand into the guts of the devil-like demon. With a groan the demon fell and lay on the ground lifeless.
Sesshoumaru made contact with the earth again. "Pathetic!"
He shook his hand to get rid of the blood and his interest traveled back to the demoness.
"You have seen what I did with him? I hope you observed it well because it will be your fate too."
"That I doubt seriously." was her simple reply.
Sesshoumaru just wanted to start a new attack against his female enemy when he heard a sound coming from the devil-demon. He looked back to him and saw him standing up and regarding the hole in his chest.
"That was not very nice of you. It seems I underestimated your strength," said the demon, who should have been dead. It surprised both Sesshoumaru and the youkai woman a few meters away from him, but Sesshoumaru at least could hide it behind his expressionless mask.
"I think you are the stupidest creature I have ever seen. You just had to lie still until I was finished with her and you would have survived, but now...!"
After he spoke these words he took a step toward the demon, but stopped when he noticed that the demon was no longer looking at him but at the demoness. And in the face of the devil was now a smirk.
"I will weaken you before I take the sword. Remember me and my words, the words of Daburuakumas."
Sesshoumaru stormed toward Daburuakumas when his arm was jerked back suddenly. He looked at his wrist but couldn't see the reason for this. Then he turned to the demoness who had let out a quiet cry and was now holding her wrist, and once again he couldn't see the reason for this. She seemed as puzzled as he was.
The devil-demon was laughing. "What have you done?" demanded Sesshoumaru.
"I chained you and the female together with a magic chain. Your auras stream in opposite directions, and now because you have to stay together for a while your power will flow away as time goes by. Then you will be too weak to stop me when I get Tokijin from you," explained the demon.
"Well, I wanted to kill her no matter what. Then her power whirl will expire and your chain is useless." These words didn't seem to disturb the devil-youkai. He just smirked and disappeared between the trees.
The lingering Tai-Youkai pulled the chain once more and felt the resistance immediately. He estimated the length of it between him and the demoness. Probably 20 steps. Well, he would end this right here, right now. His knuckles cracked warning when he raised his arm for an attack. The female demon saw this and made herself ready for his strike.
Sesshoumaru stormed towards her and even as she twisted to avoid it his claws scratched her upper arm. Although it was just a light hit she was bleeding. The skin which was visible under her torn outfit was crimson and on her black sleeve was a wet spot.
Satisfied with his work, Sesshoumaru prepared to attack her again but the realisation of a warm liquid flowing down his own arm stopped him. Confused, he lowered his gaze and realised that his sleeve was tainted with blood. He sniffed and recognized it was his blood. He ripped away his sleeve and saw that he was injured, and that his wound looked identical like that one on the demoness. How was this possible? She didn't touched him during his attack. It had to be a trick.
Sesshoumaru growled silently. His enemy looked at him and Sesshoumaru was puzzled. It seemed she also didn't feel the pain of her wound. He saw her hand on her hip taking her whip.
"Listen to me, Sesshoumaru. I have no time for your games. I didn't want to kill you but now I have no choice." With her words she made herself ready to continue the battle.
Sesshoumaru too took up his weapon, Tokijin.
"You didn't want to kill me? Do you jest? Who do you think you are? Nobody can kill this Sesshoumaru!"
"I'm Inashi, lady of all neko youkai. Now give me Tenseiga."
"Alright, but you have to get Tenseiga by yourself if you can pass by Tokijin."
Inashi ran towards him. Sesshoumaru stayed calm at first but then he pointed Tokijin in her direction. The powerful sword began to pulsate and lightning shot towards his opponent. It hit the arm of the neko demon and she couldn't hold her whip any longer. An intense pain shot through her body and with a loud cry she fell on her knees. She had underestimated Tokijin, and now she must pay for it with her life. Her body still cramping from the pain she lowered her head and waited for the final deadly strike. Nothing happened. Carefully she lifted her head and saw that the inu youkai was still on the same position but holding his arm.
Sesshoumaru looked down on his arm. The moment the power of Tokijin hit the demoness his arm had begun to hurt badly. Why did Tokijin hurt him too?
^_^
Kagome woke up because of the yelling in front of the cave. She stretched herself and got up slowly. All the thoughts about InuYasha and Kouga had made her sleepy. She hoped Kouga was back and had jewel shards with him. Then she could go home. She came out off the cave and saw the whole pack standing around one place screaming at each other.
"Go get the curative herbs."
"He will bleed to death. Look at him, everything's red."
"Why did he stay?"
"Chief, Chief! Can you hear me? Say something!"
A bad foreboding was in Kagome's head while she walked over to the place in trance. One of the wolves saw her and shouted, "Boss, Kouga is hurt. Help him. Fast. He will die otherwise!"
As if by magic, the wolves parted before her and Kagome could see Kouga lying on a crude stretcher. His arms, his legs, his whole body was covered in blood. She took a step towards him but she had to stop when she saw his injury. A horrible wound was on his chest, from his right shoulder to his left kidney. With every breath he took, blood streamed out of his body. She searched for his eyes and was relieved when she saw that he was just unconscious but alive. Then she pulled herself forward. Every second counted.
"I need fresh water, heat it on the fire. Go get some herbs and bandages. Hurry!" Kagome screamed at the pack members.
Bandages, herbs, water - they brought her everything she needed as fast as they could. Everyone wanted to help Kouga. Soon after, Kouga was lying on the big fur in the cave. His breathing was shallow and hardly discernible but it was there. He hadn't regained consciousness; Kagome was happy about that as Kouga wouldn't feel the pain right now.
She sat beside him and stared at his face intently, not looking at anything else.
"Boss! Visitor!" The harsh voice from the cave entrance made her look up. She jumped up smiling.
"Shippo! Sango!"
Demon circles (Chapter 5)
Sesshoumaru snorted angrily. There was nothing in the world he despised more than
cowardly demons that would rather run than fight. He didn't know how many miles he had been chasing after this thief now. While he was flying through the air he thought about a suitable way to kill that scum that was stupid enough to steal his Tenseiga. A fast and painless death would be generous and that was something Sesshoumaru was not known for.
Then he noticed a scent other than that of the thief. Another demon was coming close, very fast. But Sesshoumaru decided that he first wanted to catch the robber and deal with the other demon later.
With one elegant leap he was in front of the thief, forcing him to stop. He eyed his opponent expressionlessly and noticed that 'him' was the wrong word. It was a woman. Long white-violet hair framed her slender face. Big dark blue eyes countered his gaze bravely. A black tight fitting suit with dark violet symbols outlined her slim figure. An extremely thin cloak billowed behind her. On her left side hung a long lash and she already had her hand on it. But when she saw Sesshoumaru's contemptuous grin she took her hand away and crossed her arms in front of her chest. On her face was now a small smile too.
"It seems the rumors about your speed are true, Sesshoumaru." The expression on Sesshoumaru's face didn't change. She was trying to be brave, but he could smell her fear and also could see it in her eyes. Her pupils were so big that her irises were hardly visible. But she produced a little admiration in him, because she tried to be brave and had not surrendered like all the other unfortunate enemies who had to fight against him.
"Tell me, before I punish you, why did you try to steal my sword?" Sesshoumaru demanded.
The demoness looked defiant. "I just want that the great Tenseiga gets the place it deserves. In the hands of a demon who knows what to do with it and uses it for good things."
"And you think you are this demon? How boastful!" With the last word he stormed towards his opponent. He raised his right arm and it darted forward but hit nothing. Surprised, Sesshoumaru stopped and looked around. "What the...?"
"You tell me I'm boastful? This description fits you more then me. Did you honestly think that you could beat me so easily?" The voice came from the trees above him but he couldn't find her.
"I thought you were brave. What a disappointment." He kept an eye on his surroundings. She was fast, he had to admit that. It was rare to find enemies as fast as he. But speed alone couldn't save her life.
Sesshoumaru could see a shadow coming toward him and jumped aside. When he looked at the place where he stood just seconds before, he saw a hole in the ground but the demoness was already gone again.
"You made a mistake by underestimating me, Sesshoumaru, and be sure that it was your last."
Sesshoumaru stayed calm. It seemed that this fight could be interesting. Maybe he had to fight with all his power.
"Tell me, why did you flee if you are that strong?"
"Do you want to talk or do you want to fight?" she nearly screamed the last word.
This time Sesshoumaru saw her attack earlier and had enough time to avoid it, and saw in which tree she tried to hide afterwards. So he split the tree in two with his poison claws.
After the tree fell down he saw the thief kneeling beside it. She rose and looked at Sesshoumaru challengingly.
"You really are a strong opponent. Never before has someone avoided my attacks."
Sesshoumaru was about to reply when someone came through the bushes. Sesshoumaru and the demoness both turned towards the newcomer, nearly forgetting their fight for a moment.
In front of them stood a demon similar to a devil. Long horns came out of his head and he had a tail. The whole creature was black from head to toe even his teeth and tongue seemed black when he spoke to them. "So you are the famous Youkai with Tokijin, the sword that is already a legend. And finally I found it. Give it to me. Tokijin should be mine and make me more powerful."
"But how do you know that you can control it? Maybe it will control you."
"I will find it out when the time is ready but first I think I have to kill you."
Sesshoumaru shook his head. Who does the demon think he is? Did he think he could kill the great Sesshoumaru? He would show him his error.
Both stormed toward each other; shortly before they would have clashed, Sesshoumaru jumped up and thrust his hand into the guts of the devil-like demon. With a groan the demon fell and lay on the ground lifeless.
Sesshoumaru made contact with the earth again. "Pathetic!"
He shook his hand to get rid of the blood and his interest traveled back to the demoness.
"You have seen what I did with him? I hope you observed it well because it will be your fate too."
"That I doubt seriously." was her simple reply.
Sesshoumaru just wanted to start a new attack against his female enemy when he heard a sound coming from the devil-demon. He looked back to him and saw him standing up and regarding the hole in his chest.
"That was not very nice of you. It seems I underestimated your strength," said the demon, who should have been dead. It surprised both Sesshoumaru and the youkai woman a few meters away from him, but Sesshoumaru at least could hide it behind his expressionless mask.
"I think you are the stupidest creature I have ever seen. You just had to lie still until I was finished with her and you would have survived, but now...!"
After he spoke these words he took a step toward the demon, but stopped when he noticed that the demon was no longer looking at him but at the demoness. And in the face of the devil was now a smirk.
"I will weaken you before I take the sword. Remember me and my words, the words of Daburuakumas."
Sesshoumaru stormed toward Daburuakumas when his arm was jerked back suddenly. He looked at his wrist but couldn't see the reason for this. Then he turned to the demoness who had let out a quiet cry and was now holding her wrist, and once again he couldn't see the reason for this. She seemed as puzzled as he was.
The devil-demon was laughing. "What have you done?" demanded Sesshoumaru.
"I chained you and the female together with a magic chain. Your auras stream in opposite directions, and now because you have to stay together for a while your power will flow away as time goes by. Then you will be too weak to stop me when I get Tokijin from you," explained the demon.
"Well, I wanted to kill her no matter what. Then her power whirl will expire and your chain is useless." These words didn't seem to disturb the devil-youkai. He just smirked and disappeared between the trees.
The lingering Tai-Youkai pulled the chain once more and felt the resistance immediately. He estimated the length of it between him and the demoness. Probably 20 steps. Well, he would end this right here, right now. His knuckles cracked warning when he raised his arm for an attack. The female demon saw this and made herself ready for his strike.
Sesshoumaru stormed towards her and even as she twisted to avoid it his claws scratched her upper arm. Although it was just a light hit she was bleeding. The skin which was visible under her torn outfit was crimson and on her black sleeve was a wet spot.
Satisfied with his work, Sesshoumaru prepared to attack her again but the realisation of a warm liquid flowing down his own arm stopped him. Confused, he lowered his gaze and realised that his sleeve was tainted with blood. He sniffed and recognized it was his blood. He ripped away his sleeve and saw that he was injured, and that his wound looked identical like that one on the demoness. How was this possible? She didn't touched him during his attack. It had to be a trick.
Sesshoumaru growled silently. His enemy looked at him and Sesshoumaru was puzzled. It seemed she also didn't feel the pain of her wound. He saw her hand on her hip taking her whip.
"Listen to me, Sesshoumaru. I have no time for your games. I didn't want to kill you but now I have no choice." With her words she made herself ready to continue the battle.
Sesshoumaru too took up his weapon, Tokijin.
"You didn't want to kill me? Do you jest? Who do you think you are? Nobody can kill this Sesshoumaru!"
"I'm Inashi, lady of all neko youkai. Now give me Tenseiga."
"Alright, but you have to get Tenseiga by yourself if you can pass by Tokijin."
Inashi ran towards him. Sesshoumaru stayed calm at first but then he pointed Tokijin in her direction. The powerful sword began to pulsate and lightning shot towards his opponent. It hit the arm of the neko demon and she couldn't hold her whip any longer. An intense pain shot through her body and with a loud cry she fell on her knees. She had underestimated Tokijin, and now she must pay for it with her life. Her body still cramping from the pain she lowered her head and waited for the final deadly strike. Nothing happened. Carefully she lifted her head and saw that the inu youkai was still on the same position but holding his arm.
Sesshoumaru looked down on his arm. The moment the power of Tokijin hit the demoness his arm had begun to hurt badly. Why did Tokijin hurt him too?
^_^
Kagome woke up because of the yelling in front of the cave. She stretched herself and got up slowly. All the thoughts about InuYasha and Kouga had made her sleepy. She hoped Kouga was back and had jewel shards with him. Then she could go home. She came out off the cave and saw the whole pack standing around one place screaming at each other.
"Go get the curative herbs."
"He will bleed to death. Look at him, everything's red."
"Why did he stay?"
"Chief, Chief! Can you hear me? Say something!"
A bad foreboding was in Kagome's head while she walked over to the place in trance. One of the wolves saw her and shouted, "Boss, Kouga is hurt. Help him. Fast. He will die otherwise!"
As if by magic, the wolves parted before her and Kagome could see Kouga lying on a crude stretcher. His arms, his legs, his whole body was covered in blood. She took a step towards him but she had to stop when she saw his injury. A horrible wound was on his chest, from his right shoulder to his left kidney. With every breath he took, blood streamed out of his body. She searched for his eyes and was relieved when she saw that he was just unconscious but alive. Then she pulled herself forward. Every second counted.
"I need fresh water, heat it on the fire. Go get some herbs and bandages. Hurry!" Kagome screamed at the pack members.
Bandages, herbs, water - they brought her everything she needed as fast as they could. Everyone wanted to help Kouga. Soon after, Kouga was lying on the big fur in the cave. His breathing was shallow and hardly discernible but it was there. He hadn't regained consciousness; Kagome was happy about that as Kouga wouldn't feel the pain right now.
She sat beside him and stared at his face intently, not looking at anything else.
"Boss! Visitor!" The harsh voice from the cave entrance made her look up. She jumped up smiling.
"Shippo! Sango!"