Monster Rancher Fan Fiction ❯ Demon Rancher ❯ Chapter 8 ( Chapter 8 )

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

By: Mitka13

Demon Rancher chapter 8

Battle Time

Sesshomaru is now one year and six months old. Vickie is now eleven and she has a problem. Her demon is not only taller than her, but he looks like a sixteen year old teenager! Sessho's looks can be described like this: he is around five feet tall, has long silvery white hair that goes a little bit past his waist, and finally has more of his demon markings. He has his blue crescent moon mark on his forehead, and his previously pink stripe demon marking on his cheeks has doubled and turned to a deep magenta color. His tail is now so long that Vickie can be wrapped up in it while it's over his shoulder and around his waist! (Vickie is scared to measure how long it is…) And there are now faint bruise-like lines showing on his wrists.

“Are you ready for your Official Rank match?” Vickie asks her grown up looking dog demon. “I don't think he is!” a gruff voice answers her from behind. Sesshomaru was not the only one who had grown! Inuyasha is now 4'7” and looks to be fifteen. His voice had changed from a whine to a growly bark. His hair had grown down to his waist and his necklace doesn't look too big on him now. Vickie rolls her eyes at his comment. Inuyasha was ready for his first Official, but his wasn't scheduled until next month, so he was bitter. “Of course I'm ready.” Sesshomaru's cool as a spring breeze voice answers them both. Sessho comes out from the side of the barn, patting his long fluffy tail and regarding Inuyasha with an icy stare. Vickie watches the electricity between the two and walks up to Sesshomaru.

“Your cuirass is tied too tight!” Vickie scolds him while readjusting the ties on his armor. Sesshomaru sighs and looks to the sky. “Couldn't have picked a more perfect day…” he says mostly to himself. Vickie looks up at the sky and sees a bird fly across the clouds, “Yep, it's a perfect day…to win!” Sesshomaru grins and pats her on the head the same way that she used to in order to keep his spirits up before a fight. “You know I'm going to win. You raised me, there's no other option for them but to lose.” Vickie grins and glances at Inuyasha, “What are you standing there for? Let's get going!”

At the Arena in Toggle…

“Hey! Tell your dog to sit down!” a man in the second row complains to Vickie. Inuyasha is jumping up and down in the front row, the one closest to the Arena, shouting at a boar demon. “Wait till I get in there next month! You'll wish you were roasted!” Vickie glares at Inuyasha as the boar grunts at Inu. “Inuyasha…” Inuyasha ignores the warning in her voice and continues to taunt the pig. “This little pig should have stayed at home!” he says while leaning over on the bar. “Sit boy!” FLASH! CRACK! “DAMNIT!” Inuyasha face faulted into the bar he was leaning on, and winds up getting a cut on his forehead. The boar snorts in laughter and then it is his turn to fight a blue gargoyle mix demon.

“And now to introduce the semi-finalists! Juggernaut,” the boar puffs out his chest and gives a loud squeal. “And…Princey!” the blue wingless gargoyle lets out a roar that could equal a dragon's. A bell rings and the fight begins. The pig, Juggernaut, rushes at Princey with his two large tusks thrust out, ready to pierce the gargoyle's skin.

Princey gets on all fours and waits for the attack to come to him, then, at the last minute, he leaps into the air and summersaults over the pig. Princey turns and backhands Juggernaut from behind, sending the boar flying and blood everywhere. Juggernaut slowly gets up and turns to face the gargoyle.

That was something he should not have done.

Princey's red eyes flash and he leaps in the air once again, this time landing on the boar, one clawed hand on each of his shoulders. The claws dig in deep so that no matter how hard the pig struggled, he couldn't free himself. By the time he realized this, Princey had already sunk his teeth into Juggernaut's furry neck. An alarm rings as Princey ruthlessly shakes his head, trying his hardest to get to the pig's jugular and his lifeblood. Inuyasha watches in amazement as the guards come in and give him a taste of their taser.

Twenty thousand volts shock the beast back to his senses and he drops the pig with a growl. Paramedics rush in along with both demons' owners. A man with a black beard is crying over his injured demon and a teenaged girl with brown and blond hair leads Princey back to the stands by the hand. Sesshomaru walks over to Vickie, seemingly from out of nowhere and places his clawed hand on Vickie's shoulder. “Did you see that?” Vickie whispers, knowing both of her dogs could hear her. “That thing almost killed him…” Sesshomaru nods, “And that is my opponent?” he asks.

Vickie looks over at the judges table; they are just declaring Princey to move on to the finals. She shakes her head, “I don't think I should let you fight this one…” she says while getting up, intending to go to the judges table and let them know. Sesshomaru clamps his hand on her shoulder and pushes her back into her seat. “They calmed him down Vickie, I know I can handle this.” Vickie looks up at Sessho, tears in her eyes, “I don't want you ending up like that pig!” Sesshomaru smiles down at Vickie, “Don't worry, I have a few tricks up my sleeve.” He says then hops over the railing as the announcer calls his name. “Besides, I won't let him get that close to me.”

“And now, the moment you've all been waiting for, the Official Grade E Finals! Who will be the winner? The ferocious Princey, or the calm Sesshomaru? Only one way to find out!” the announcer, Dutt, says to the crowd, then faces the challengers, Sesshomaru on his left, and Princey on his right and says “Begin the final round!” Princey jumps into the air as soon as Dutt says `begin'. Sesshomaru watches as Princey gets closer to him, claws poised to strike. When Princey gets three feet from Sessho's head, he jumps back and hits Princey's foot with his long tail, making him land on his face.

Vickie grins as she sees Princey take some damage. It wasn't a lot, but it was a start. As Princey shoves himself off the ground, Sesshomaru's right hand glows green. He backhands the air and green blades hit Princey in the face. Princey howls as his right eye begins to burn. “What kind of attack was that?” Vickie mumbles to herself. Inuyasha sniffs the air, “Smells like poison.” “So that was his Poison Blades attack?” she asks him. Inu shrugs “How should I know?”

By now Princey has gotten used to being blind in one eye and is running at Sesshomaru on all fours. Sessho grins and crouches down low, he himself almost being on all fours. When Princey gets two feet away, Sesshomaru leaps into the air and twists around, his right hand glowing yellow green and a light of the same color forms. He flicks his wrist as he turns and the light turns into an energy whip that cuts deeply into Princey's back. Princey stands up with a howl in pain as Sesshomaru lands behind him. By now, the timer is almost up, it reads about five seconds left. Princey staggers and turns to face Sesshomaru. Sessho looks back at him with cold indifference and jumps back to the farthest edge of the arena. Princey follows him slowly, but by the time he gets one foot away, the timer runs out. And a loud buzz stops the match.

“Since Sesshomaru has the most life points left, the judges have declared him the winner!” Dutt announces to Vickie and the crowd. Vickie leaps up and, with Inuyasha's help, jumps over the rail to her champion dog demon. “You won! YOU WON!!” she screams while jumping up and down.

Sesshomaru looks down at his little Mistress and smiles a little. He was happy to make her proud.