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The Concealed Form of the Inu Daiyoukai	By : Pumpkinpi Category: InuYasha > General Views: 9017 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Chapter List
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Chapter 20: Invasion of the Fortress of the Clouds: Part II
A/N: Here’s part II of the latest installment. I actually updated twice in one month, Yay! Anyway here’s a Christmas present!!!
Inuyasha started to charge toward the Ryuu that had the gall to stalk Sesshoumaru as if she was wounded quarry when a hand shot out and grabbed his upper left bicep in a firm grip to stop him in his tracks and get his attention.
Inuyasha snarled looking at the offensive hand. Then his dirty look lifted to the face of the owner of said hand and yelled:
“What the hell do you think you are doing?!” Inuyasha was contemplating biting the paw off on general principle.
“Let her alone Mutt so she can work.” Kouga said with a look of seriousness.
Inuyasha brows creased more as he said:
“You dumbass, if you think I’m just supposed to sit idly by and let that that daiyoukai, with a wicked scythe pounce on her, then Sesshoumaru must have gave you a harder knock to the head than I first thought!” Inuyasha was referring to a while back when Sesshoumaru attacked Kouga outside of a cave in the forest on a stormy night.
Kouga shot back:
“I know what he is dammit and that’s exactly my point! Sesshoumaru strong, smart and an experience warrior. I heard about how she faced off with you and gave you a hell of a time even when you had Tessaiga and she had nothing but her claws. She beat the shit out of you. Hell, she didn’t even hesitate to take you on after he dealt her some series damage on more than one occasion. Besides you said it yourself, she managed to kick my ass and I ain’t no push over.
Normally, Inuyasha would have teased him about getting his ass kicked by a girl but now was not the time. Plus, Sesshoumaru wasn’t your average female and probably could beat his ass if they got into another “altercation” A.K.A an epic battle. He had to admit, even though he won many of their confrontations, Sesshoumaru caused him some serious damage and when his sibling had a chance to finish him off, ‘he’ didn’t do so. This, Inuyasha didn’t understand, especially since the Sesshoumaru he knew, hated his guts and finished most of his prey off quickly. The thoughts about Sesshoumaru not killing him when he had the chance crossed Inuyasha’s mind more than once. He still hasn’t figure out why though.
Yet despite his thoughts he begin to protest again when Kouga cut him off:
“You’ve seen Sesshoumaru in action and you know what damage she can do.”
“Dammit she’s…” Kouga cut him off again as if he knew what he was going to say.
….And just because she’s changed back to her true form as a female doesn’t make her any less of a warrior!
Inuyasha thought about it. His overprotective instincts take over whenever he sees someone in his pack or anyone who can’t protect themselves in danger. Sesshoumaru definitely could protect herself. And though he hated to admit it, he saw Sesshoumaru as a member of his pack. Hence, he dared to acknowledge the fact that he felt it, concern for Sesshoumaru’s welfare because he sees her as a pack member.
Then he pondered:
‘But now that I think about it, Sango is a slayer that can kick some major ass with that heavy boomerang of hers, Kikyou was a powerful miko that could shoot a fly off a fence a mile away and once Kagome was freed from Magatsuhi seal, she became a force to be reckoned with. In fact, Sesshoumaru and I may have destroyed Naraku’s body, but Kagome dealt him the final blow. Besides, those three scare me more than any male, human or youkai…’
If Kagome, Sango and Kikyou, who are human women could take on Naraku when he had the whole jewel of four souls, than he should have enough faith in Sesshoumaru abilities to hold her own against the Ryuu.
Inuyasha conceded with Kouga argument with brief and sad fleeting thoughts of Kikyou and worry for Kagome and his pack in Inuyasha’s forest and grumbled:
“Fine we will stay out of it for now.”
“Don’t worry Mutt. If she gets to the point where she can’t handle him, which I doubt, then I’ll know before she gets in any real trouble and we will jump in”
“How the hell would you know if she’s in “real trouble”!?”
“My keen wolf instincts of course!” Kouga boasted referring to his uncanny ability to detect danger and to know the power level of others. Which is how he knew to retreat when he and Inuyasha fought for the first time and he sensed the power of Tessaiga.
“You better be right about this.” Inuyasha stated snatching his arm from Kouga and still feeling on edge.
He never use to worry about Sesshoumaru in a fight, except when his sibling fought Magatsuhi for the first time. Mainly because when he and the gang arrived on the scene, Sesshoumaru was getting at the time “his” ass handed to him on a silver platter by the evil tentacle wielding spirit. Any other time he felt bad for his sibling opponent. Hell, he almost felt bad for Magatsuhi when his stubborn sibling strong will, pride and possible protective instincts unleased a power he never seen before, restoring the arm lost in a battle to him over Tessaiga and creating the elegant looking yet deadly Bakusaiga, and tore into the evil spirit and his knock off of a body like wet paper. Emphasis on “Almost”.
Now he was overly worried! Was it because he found out that Sesshoumaru was truly a female?
“That’s dumb for me to think she can’t hold her own because she’s a girl. Hell I sense more power from her now than I ever have. Still why do I have this uneasy feeling in my gut? Maybe because I really do see her as a pack member now, or is it something else…’
Inuyasha thought as he watched his sister do what she does best kick ass and take lives.
“She wasn’t given the name “killing perfection” “killing blade” or “destruction of the circle of life” for nothing.”
But, as he thought about his previous pondering, he found it ironic that someone with the name Sesshoumaru who lived up to it so well, also had the ability to wield a blade that restored life and purified spirits. From what Rin and Kohaku told him, Sesshoumaru used Tensaiga more than once. His sibling saved Rin spirit from a trip to the underworld when they first met. Sesshoumaru also purified the spirits of humans that were trapped in hell when the daiyoukai went to retrieve Kohaku and Rin from the abyss, and when Kagura was dying, Inuyasha could have sworn that he saw Sesshoumaru eying Tensaiga and got a vibe of sadness from his sibling. At that time, his sibling exhibiting any other emotions besides indifference, fury and sadistic pleasure was difficult to accept to say the least. However, he believed that Sesshoumaru may have tried to save the wind sorceress with the blade but, for some reason it did not work. He guessed their father thought that there was something more to Sesshoumaru than a killing blade, there was the blade of life. Bakusaiga and Tensaiga was the physical representations of the balance that Sesshoumaru had achieved with the help of her father tests, a devoted and loving Rin, a free spirited and determined ally with confidence in the daiyoukai, the wind sorceress, battles with Inuyasha and all her other experiences. The blades are a demonstration of what a daiyoukai is, one who kills to protect the lives of the innocent and the weak, one who has compassion for others, understands the feeling of sorrow, and one who knows when to show mercy even to an enemy. It’s what gave their incredible amount of power purpose, reason, and meaning. He wondered if his sibling defined a daiyoukai in the same way. If so, would she ever admit such things about herself to herself, or anyone else for that matter?
Inuyasha knew this much, the Ryuu hadn’t learned what a true daiyoukai is and has a lot of gall to call Sesshoumaru the “imposture” when he himself was the fake.
Meanwhile…
Sesshoumaru appeared in the room right after the ogre had been slain. She stood nonchalantly with a face of indifference as she saw the carnage around her and observed that Kouga and Inuyasha had only a few scrapes, cuts and bruises but nothing serious.
“Hmm not bad.” She inwardly smirked, praising their ability to work together and defeat their enemies despite their differences.
She was not at all the least bit worried about the damaged bathing chamber. Her mother would probably have another fake melodramatic moment when she saw the destruction. Her mother performances may be annoying, but that’s how she is, always one vining for attention.
However, the complement she gave the wolf and the Inu for kicking ass and taking names did not reach their ears.
Sesshoumaru arrived alone, managing to convince the Queen to take Rin to safety. The Queen, not liking the idea of running from the scum that invaded her home one bit started to protest the matter, but then she remembered how much her pup cared for the human pup. Figuring the child would be used as a pawn if captured, she sheathed her twin sais and complied, taking the child towards to one of the hidden tunnels in the castle but not before telling Sesshoumaru to “clean up the mess” before she vanished with Rin in tow.
However, the only “mess” Sesshoumaru intended on cleaning up was the filth that invaded the castle. Speaking of filth, the biggest pile of garbage out of all the heaps of trash decided to leap from the ceiling to the floor and proceed to stalk her as she was some helpless injury pup that made for easy prey.
‘Tch. He is sadly mistaken…’ Sesshoumaru thought with her poker face still in place. She knew he was there the whole time and waited on him to make his move. She also had an idea of who the invaders were, the followers of the elders who would rather see her dead then for her to rule the West.
“Nothing but mindless insects scurrying at the feet of their elder masters…” She thought with loathing. The followers were willing to obey any of the ancient laws of the elders merely because it was their will! What fools indeed!
The Ryuu and the Inu daiyoukai stayed silent as he circled around Sesshoumaru slowly. Her senses remained on high alert and even if he tried to jump her from behind she would sense the oncoming attack.
When Sesshoumaru was a male he was considered a beauty beyond compare. However, as a female, the Ryuu could not help but admire her nearly naked body. She still maintained her silky long silver blue streaked hair, statuesque height and lean muscular body that she had in her male form. She even had a small Adam’s apple that was slightly pronounced. Hence, her deep voice. Yet she now had curvaceous hips, a firm yet shapely feminine ass, round supple full breast with erect nipples from the combination of dampness of her recent bath and the cool air in the room and long luscious legs with noticeable strong calves. Those exotic stripes that he could see and the way her thin damp robe hugged her body was enough to drive men and youkai mad with want. He planned on dispatching her soon enough, but would have loved the idea of having his way with the new, no, real body of the “imposture” before sending her to the afterlife. With all the variety of scents in the room, it was difficult for Inuyasha and Kouga to smell said desire on him.
However, Sesshoumaru being so close to him smelled it as clear as day. Her eyes narrowed in disgust.
As the two daiyoukai had their standoff, both of them heard the exchange between Kouga and Inuyasha concerning whether or not they should jump into the fight.
The Ryuu ignored them, seeing them as insignificant. He was not at all impressed with how they took out his troops. He was simply too arrogant to see them as a serious problem and decided that he would deal with them after he finished Sesshoumaru off.
Sesshoumaru on the other hand was listening to every word:
‘They are concern for my safety, how sweet…’ She thought sarcastically, resisting the urge to roll her eyes.
Please, as if she couldn’t end this dragon existence on her own! At least the wolf had faith in her abilities. Although she didn’t want him to start praising her like that Baka Jakan. He was way over the top with his admirations. That’s just irritating. Inuyasha on the other hand…well, she might consider giving him a beat down later for even thinking she couldn’t handle herself. However, a part of her in the back of her mind wasn’t entirely offended by Inuyasha concern, nor was she completely annoyed by the wolf bragging about her skills. A small spark was touched by Inuyasha worry and Kouga confidence. She refused to tell them that however. She figured that small spark must be another effect of her transformation back to her female form. Besides, as far as she was concerned, it was none of their business how she felt.
After coming full circle and facing Sesshoumaru again he said in a reproachful tone:
“Tsk, tsk, tsk. All this time posing as a Lord and daiyoukai, yet you were nothing but a weak princess in a man’s body.
Then with a smirk he said:
“…and now your weakness has been bared to the world for all to see”.
“…” Sesshoumaru eyes narrowed.
She had a short temper like her brother. However, Inuyasha’s temper was a burning hot wild fury that caused his fist, claws and sword to swing and his mouth to spew some biting insults, growls and shouts. Sesshoumaru anger was cold and unrelenting like artic winds in a blizzard that would make hell freeze over. Pushed too far, the daiyoukai frost would explode causing untold damage in its wake and iciness all around. Calling her a “weak princess” begin the process of turning the cool daiyoukai into a glacier.
The Ryuu continued to speak:
“But I don’t completely blame you. After all, was it not your parents who came up with that farce of a body?”
“…” Sesshoumaru continued to stare at him with a frost bite of a glare.
With the question being a rhetorical one, Sesshoumaru didn’t bother to dignify it with a response. At that point and time she didn’t even care how he knew, figuring that the elders that he works for must have informed him. She only acknowledge him with the cold gold of her eyes.
The Ryuu continued:
“They were too cowardly obey the laws of youkai and kill the first born females until they produced a male heir. Instead your father sealed Ryuukossei a powerful daiyoukai to a mountain and imprisoned the elders, hiding from his responsibilities. The only thing your father managed to do was to produce you, hid your true identity and create a filthy hanyou bastard. Even his affinity for humans has passed on to you like a plague. Protecting a human whelp that is meant to be food and game for the hunt. The same way your father protected that human whore.
“…” Her eyes narrowed farther, giving him a glare of death.
Calling her, no their father a coward and bringing up that wretch Ryuukossei as if he was a daiyoukai worthy of life and reverence, was enough to make the blood in her veins turn into ice water.
Oh how she yearned for the chance to revive Ryuukossei, wield the Tessaiga just one more time and kill the ancient Ryuukossei with her father’s own fang. That way she and her father would get revenge for his betrayal of her father’s trust and his violation of her body. However, there was no point and dwelling over it now. Ryuukossei is long dead thanks to Inuyasha. She found it difficult to accept that it was her brother and not she who destroyed the dragon. However, it was done and over with. She no longer felt resentment towards Inuyasha because of that, the pup didn’t know the whole story and Sesshoumaru didn’t bother to tell him anything until recently.
She idly wondered if this creature before her was related to Ryuukossei and desired to seek revenge for the death of his kin. His scent was not exactly the same and he did not look like the monster, so it was unlikely. However, if he was related to Ryuukossei, his kin was about to lose another member of their pack…
He scoffed, smirked and said:
“Seeing you two mistakes your father made, proves that he wasn’t so great after all… But, to give him some credit, he did managed to create quite a beautiful princess… It’s a waste but, I will have to kill you. My masters demand it.”
Inuyasha was fighting with every ounce of will power not to pounce on the prick himself. Talking ill about his dead mother, calling his father a coward and throwing that bastard Ryuukossei in Sesshoumaru face was like their enemy signing a suicide note. Kouga looked at him, put his hand on his shoulder and shook his head making him remember his promise to stay out of it for now.
Inuyasha growled shrugged the hand off and managed to rein in enough of his anger to stay put.
Kouga figured from what he was hearing that the Ryuu was one of the elder’s lackeys. For a daiyoukai to be another being minion shows just how powerful the elders are. He just hope that his comrades would last long enough for him to rescue them…
The bastard dared to insult Her pack, Her Rin, Her dead father! He was certainly signing a death warrant.
The whites of Sesshoumaru eyes had developed a barely noticeable red tint to them. She growled and stated in a low voice laced with venom:
“You’re nothing but a loathsome servant of those long forgotten elders…afraid for your miserable life.”
“Watch your tongue you blasphemous wench.” He said with scorn, the smug smirk leaving his face. He dared this female, this Inu to talk to him in such a matter. Worst of all, she spoke of the powerful elders as if they were unimportant!
She ignored him and continue to speak in a low deadly tone.
“Your prattle is only a futile attempt to delay the inevitable…it’s a blatant display of your fear of death.” Either she was going to kill him for threatening her pack or if he failed his mission and escape, the elders would finish him off.
“I dare you to open your mouth and speak such lies. I fear nothing!” He hissed with his ire getting the best of him. His hands tighten around the staff portion of his scythe until his knuckles turned a pale white.
Sesshoumaru didn’t say much, but sure had a knack for pushing her enemies’ buttons with the few words she did say. She got that from her “dear” mother as well. Pushing people buttons that is.
His claws elongated and his scales on his neck changed into a darker purple. A physical display of his anger.
Sesshoumaru continued with a barely noticeable smirk on her face. A smile that never reached her narrowed slightly red tinted eyes, giving her gorgeous countenance a sinister look.
“Tch, that’s laughable. You brought an army of weak youkai that were easily dispatch to protect your scaly hide. You’re too much of a coward to face your adversary on your own and you follow the elders like a lost hatchling. Yet you possess such unearned arrogance. Ridiculous.”
As far as she was concerned, she had the right to at least some arrogance, he on the other hand, was too much of a cream puff to challenge her on his own and was too stupid to think for himself. Hence, he had no right to be an egotistical bastard.
Angered at the nerve of this woman who spoke to him in such a matter, he hissed in a low ominous voice:
“Enough, you smug little bitch. I have all the power I need to dispose of you myself. Those lesser youkai mean nothing. They were merely a diversion to keep those two pest out of my hair.”
Inuyasha and Kouga growled at being called pest. This guy was making it more difficult by the minute to not tear him a new one themselves. But they managed to stay their hands and watch for any indication of trouble.
Without missing a beat and liking the idea of getting under his skin or rather in his case, scales, she responded with a smirk:
“Prove it. Just try to kill me without the aid of your followers. We will see who is a Lord and who the “weak princess”.
She didn’t even refer to herself in the first person. She was tired of talking and ready for blood shed…
Sesshoumaru Bakusaiga was out of her obi and in her right hand in the blink of an eye. She like Inuyasha held back her more devastating attacks to ensure that none of the pack got caught in the cross fire. She thought it best to dismember the Ryuu the old fashion way.
With that in mind she took her battle stance, spreading her legs far apart enough to give her balance, placing her left foot behind and sliding it outward to the left, her right foot in the front and holding her sword out in front of her, diagonally with the point of the blade pointed to the upper left. Her left had stayed at her side with her fingers flexed. This was the stance she developed when she lost her left arm to compensate for the missing appendage in battle. Although she knew other stances with a blade, this one she preferred.
The Ryuu hissed in anger again and took a stance of his own. His right hand was closer to the scythe blade that pointed outward away from his body while his left hand was position about two feet under his right hand. He spread his legs apart, bending his knees slightly readying himself for attack. They both stood about ten feet away from each other.
Sesshoumaru waited a moment and when the Ryuu did not charged her she said:
“Hesitate to come at me are you. Fine, than I shall come for you…”
The Ryuu nodded his head towards his direction with a look of anger on his face as if telling her to “bring it”.
‘Please as if I need any commands…” she inwardly smirked
Then with incredible speed and power Sesshoumaru charged him and swung her Bakusaiga horizontally at his neck.
With a hiss the Ryuu barely managed to avoid losing his head buy ducking and rolling to the right.
Moving quickly to his feet he stood up and eyed the poised exquisiteness with silver and blue streaked hair plastered to her face and shoulders, running a trail down her back, her long damp tail wrapped around her right shoulder, protruding from a hole in the back of her robe, her golden and purple obi holding the Tensaiga and the two scarabs that held both of the daiyoukai blades.
She cracked the knuckles in her left hand to crack causing the toxic flower claw poison to leak from her talons like venom would emerge from a cobra fangs. Having nothing on but her outer robe on her damp body, making her new curves easy to see was an alluring sight to two of the males in the room to say the least.
“Beautiful indeed…” The Ryuu hissed as he prepared for another attack.
Sesshoumaru eyes narrowed to slits. The last thing she wanted was to have this bastard continuously make comments on her looks.
In her view looks didn’t matter in a fight. What mattered was determination, skill, power, intelligence and motivation. However, if Sesshoumaru was more feminine, she would be able to see that sometimes a woman looks can be the wild card she needs to win a fight. Whether it’s physical or verbal. Looks can serve as a wonderful distraction if used to a woman advantage. However, she felt that using her looks to wind a fight was unnecessary.
Than the Ryuu decide to taunt by saying:
“Although, I must say, now you look more like a promising sex slave than a warrior. All you have to do now is wear a kimono, make up tie your obi in the front to give males easier access... Perhaps I will keep you alive for a while for my…carnal entertainment…
Before he could finish his mockery Sesshoumaru came at him like lighting, jumping up in the air and coming down on the Ryuu in an attempt to split him in half vertically. She could end this much quickly if she was able to channel her power into her sword and send a large dose of her toxic flower claw in the form of green lighting towards her opponent. However, the destructive power of the attack would destroy her pack as well as her enemies.
When Sesshoumaru tried to split the Ryuu like a ripe watermelon, he blocked the attack with his scythe by holding the weapon above his head horizontally. She landed on her feet in front of him, applying more pressure to her blade using both hands in an effort to drive him back and perhaps take advantage of an opening and close in for the kill.
As they struggled for dominance, Sesshoumaru looked out of the corner of her eye for a split second to see if the Wolf and Inuyasha were staying out of the way and to ensure no other youkai were trying to sneak them from behind. She thought she caught the slight scent of another Inu youkai but did not see him among the carnage. Although it was difficult to tell with the bodies utterly destroyed and all of the different smells permeating the room. She couldn’t be sure if the Inu youkai was dead and cut up with the other youkai body parts and bloody pulps in the room or not but instinct told her to look after their safety.
Her split second distraction allowed the Ryuu enough time to pivot his body to the right removing himself from the stalemate they were locked in. He swung at her face with the scythe blade from her left side and she blocked it by holding her blade vertically in front of her face with one hand. She then took a horizontal slash at his stomach with her claws and he managed jump to his left and back away from the talons unscathed.
Landing on his feet he charged Sesshoumaru and took a horizontal swipe at her head towards the left, Sesshoumaru ducked, a backhanded swipe at her stomach towards the right, she swung her blade downward and parry the attack before he could take a complete swing. The parry knocked him back a step. Then the Ryuu quickly twirled the scythe in his hands like a windmill, had the blade pointed downward and towards Sesshoumaru and took a diagonally swipe up, towards his left and Sesshoumaru right, trying to catch her under the chin with the blade. She leaned her head back and to her left to avoid the blow.
She jumped back to plan her next tactical attack.
“So ready to give up and submit to your end witch.” The dragon laughed thinking that he had her outmatch.
But he had to admit she did possess a large amount of power and skill with her sword. Although her stance and habit of holding the blade in one hand was a bit unorthodox. Her speed was…unbelievable. With him being larger than her, it made it more of a challenge to keep up with her movements. However, he was pretty damn speedy himself.
“Tch. Submit? I haven’t even warmed up yet.” She said with a smirk.
She wondered why he didn’t use any of his more powerful attacks with his weapon. Was he so arrogant that he felt it would be a wasted effort to display such power? Or was he so untrained that he did not know how to use his weapon as a conduit to release his power? Either way, at least Rin and her Mother was safe from becoming a causalities for now.
Brushing the thoughts aside and preparing herself in case he did decide to use a more devastating attack, she charged straight at him again leaving after images of herself from the sheer speed she used.
He swung his scythe at her neck as she closed in, she ducked darted past him to his left and swung her blade horizontally, cutting through the side of his armor. He was able to move to the side just enough to avoid his skin being cut by the deadly fang. However his armor was damaged. Recovering his footing, he turned quickly to face his enemy and attacked.
She spun around and pivot her body to the left to avoid the downward stroke of the scythe. His scythe became embedded in the marble floor for a split second. Sesshoumaru took advantage. She reached out with her free left hand and grabbed his right wrist puncturing through the protective wrist guard and right into his flesh with her poison claws. She applied pressure to keep his hand and his weapon down, making the scythe useless to him. He grunted in pain and anger as she moved her right hand from the hilt up the blade in one fluid motion to make it possible to stab him in the heart at their close proximity with such a long sword. His tail grabbed her wrist before she could complete the stabbing motion. She didn’t flinch, only narrowed her eyes at the pain. Her poison affected him but was slower acting since he was a powerful daiyoukai. The long claws of his free hand went for her neck like a knife. He intended to punch right through her neck, grab her cervical spine and rip it to shreds. She moved her head and neck to the side. She bent her head downward and bit his hand, digging in her long canine teeth as it went past her throat. As he yelled out in pain and anger she was able to move her right hand just enough to toss her blade up into the air. It spun around in a circular motion coming back down towards the tail that had a vice like grip on her wrist. She pulled forward hard, putting his tail in the path of the spinning blade. This caused him to losing his grip on her sword hand to avoid having his tail looped off.
Sesshoumaru still had his right hand in a strong grip and poison slowly leaking into his veins. His left hand was still caught between her teeth and her tail became entangled in his own when he tried to wrap it around her neck. Her sword came back down into her right hand. The Ryuu pulled his hand in her jaws free just as she caught the blade, the cuts healing almost instantly and delivered a powerful forward thrust kick that held a purple glow to his foot to her midsection. With no armor she took the full blow of the attack and released his hand and tail. She flew backwards 8 feet, did a back flip and landed in a crouch. Her agility surprised the Ryuu and he couldn’t help but wonder if she was a neko instead of an Inu.
She growled in anger and pain. The bruises on her wrist from his tail healed quickly but she took a nice shot to the ribs. Bruising and even possibly cracking the one of them.
‘That must have been one of his more powerful attacks, He uses his body as a conduit instead of his weapon, interesting…’
She thought as she remained in a crouch with her head titled downward. Her damp hair covered her like a waterfall of silver and blue. He must be getting pretty desperate if he has started using more devastating attacks. She needed to try to end this quickly before he decided to turn his attention on her pack in an effort to get her to cooperate. In other words, use her pack as bargaining chips and make her let him finish her off without any more resistance.
The Ryuu wounds from the poison claw attack didn’t heal up like his left hand did from the bite. They ached greatly but he, like Sesshoumaru had a high tolerance level for pain.
The Ryuu hissed as he used his left hand to pull his scythe from the marble floor. His right hand was still affected by the poison flower claw causing him to switch tactics.
Then he pounced. Sesshoumaru was still crouched on the floor.
“Time to say goodbye to your false existence, you disobedient Inu trash!” The Ryuu shouted as he jumped in the air bringing the scythe down hard.
Inuyasha was itching to get in on the action. Sesshoumaru looked hurt and it looked like she was about to be killed. He pulled his sword out ready to charge in but something stooped him in his tracks. It wasn’t Kouga who yelled at him to wait, it was Sesshoumaru.
Just as the scythe was about to meet the top of Sesshoumaru head, she held the Bakusaiga over her head horizontally blocking the blow. She managed to hold on to her blade and slide it behind her when she landed in a crouch.
Using the strength her body despite the pain in her ribs, she pushed up to a standing position, still holding her blade in her right hand she stepped to the left, slid her blade to the left over and on top of his weapon and forced his scythe downward towards the ground.

Stepping on the staff tip with her right foot with the scythe blade facing downward, keep him from raising the weapon completely off of the ground, The Ryuu took his right and reached for Tensaiga. It may not cut but he can use it to block attacks until he could regain the use of his own weapon. Seeing this Sesshoumaru reacted quickly, she took a swipe with her left hand at his hand reaching towards her father fang. He snatched his hand back to avoid the deadly claws. As he did so, she took another horizontal swipe at his head and he barely ducked in time, losing some of his hair in the process. He had no choice but to leap back abandon his weapon for the time being.
‘How could she have enough power to force my weapon down towards the ground without me being able to parry her weapon? How did she take my power infused kick to the midsection like that and have enough strength to fight me off!’ He thought with anger.
He was also beginning to think that Sesshoumaru may have had more power than he thought. Even if she is truly a female.
To cover is retreat he shot projectiles from his fingertips, black poisonous claws. Sesshoumaru ducked turning to the right and left, ducked and leaped into the air to avoid the ones that approached her feet. As she was in mid air preparing to descend upon the Ryuu out of the corner of her golden orbs to the right of her she sees the not so dead Inu Youkai attempt to attack Inuyasha from above as they watched the battle. As she was in the air she flipped and caught one of the Ryuu deadly claws between her left index and middle figure and casually hurled it towards the Inu Youkai neck, piercing it and killing it instantly. It happened so fast that by the time Kouga sensed danger and was ready to make his move, the Inu Youkai was already dead and he was tackling Inuyasha out of the way so the dead Inu wouldn’t land on him.
Inuyasha started to shout more cusses at Kouga not knowing why he tackled him again, than he looked over and saw the dead Inu and said:
“What the fuck! Was that you that killed him?”
“Nope, that was your sis. I sensed him coming, but by the time I got ready to react, he was already dead.” He said proudly. Boy his woman was something else.
Seeing her in battle had Kouga in awe and hot and bothered at the same time. He’s growing more and more infatuated with her by the second. His instincts were keen yet she reacted before he did, while districted by the fight no less. She must have been looking out for them more than she let on…
“Ah such concern for your pack…how touching”. He said in a snide tone.
She landed in front of him and thrust her sword forward towards his gut. He dodged the thrust by pivoting to the right. He swung his blade at her chest, she ducked and did a 360 spin in order to use her sword to sweep him off his feet. He jumped, landed swung at her diagonally to the right and then to the left. She blocked both blows with her sword by holding her blade up right and left diagonally respectively.
He swung his the scythe towards her he was wielding with his left hand. Hooking the scythe blade up under her own and swinging upward, her sword went flying and embedded into the wall to the right of them. Sesshoumaru growled. Now both of them lost their main weapons.
Whipping his tail out at Sesshoumaru, he swung it, at Sesshoumaru feet, attempting to smash her legs with the spikes. She jumped up did a tucked flip forward and landed with both hands on his shoulders grabbing hold of the spikes. Despite her lean frame she was heavier than she looked due to her muscular body.
The force of the air tackle knocked the large Ryuu daiyoukai on his back. Sitting on top of him she clamped both of her knees and powerful thighs around his waist, wrapped her long legs up under his appendages from his thick muscular thighs to the midpoint of his calves squeezing them together and wrapped her tail around his to keep it at bay. Her hands went towards his throat and heart ready to rip them out, but his quick reflects allowed him to catch her wrist. They struggled for a while. His right arm was weaker than the left because of the poison but he managed to catch her left hand using his sheer will. The Ryuu tried to buck her off as her knees squeezed his sides harder. So much so that his armor began to crack. She hated to admit it but she had a difficult time holding the big Ryuu down even though in his position it was difficult for him to gain leverage. Her ribs still ached but she refused to let him up.
Her practically, naked body sitting the Ryuu and the Inu was pressed intimately close with his armor body. This made Kouga jealous and this time Inuyasha had to hold him back to keep him from charging in.
She, even in their struggle for life and death, could smell his arousal clearly due to their close proximity. He wanted to have his way with her and kill her, but not necessarily in that order. She inwardly grimaced with disgust and anger. Her hands inched closer to him especially her left hand since his right hand holding hers at bay was weaken by her earlier attack. Her left hand sprayed a green mist smelling of sweet flowers in his eyes effectively blinding him.
He yelled out in surprise and fury. He knew her venom leaked into his veins when she stabbed his wrist with her claws, but he did not know that she could form it into a misty green clouded projectile!
Bending her fingers of her left hand down towards his wrist and extending her claws she pierced his scaly skin with her talons pumping more of the deadly poison into his wrist. This cause the appendage to go completely numb, no longer able to handle the abuse of the toxic flower claw. She forced his arm down farther. The Ryuu who was livid with anger at being bested by a woman hissed in a low tone.
“You’ll pay for this you miserable wench. You’ll lose everything. Your lands, your pack, your power and your poor excuse of a life! The elders shall see to that.”
He refused to beg. One he was too proud to do so and two he didn’t believe it would do any good even if he did. He glared at her with hatred yet the bulge in his pants said that the loathing wasn’t of her body, it was over her personality. She was more masculine, completely confident, strong, proud and dominant. She behaved like a male. Not feminine, humble, weak and subservient as he believed all women she be. This he believed was a ‘side effect’ of her living as a male for so long. He was the personification of a stereotyping male chauvinistic Ryuu.
She smirked. Finding it amusing that he had to be at death’s door before admitting she was powerful.
‘Bet this Baka doesn’t realize that he admitted he was wrong.’
As for the threat of the elders’ wrath, she looked forward to finding out what they were really capable of. Some would see this as fearless others as insanity to march into battle with the all-powerful elders. Even her “great and terrible” father only managed to seal them away. However, she didn’t care which it was, neither would surprise her. Nevertheless, she did not like the idea of her pack getting caught in the crossfire.
‘That will not happen, none of my pack will be killed, not while under my watch.’ She thought with determination and the stubbornness, the Inu siblings were known for. She didn’t even bother to disregard the protective instincts that swelled within. Despite the fact that she didn’t particularly care for them. Indeed Inuyasha, Rin, their father, Kagura and to some extent her mother have been influential parts in her life, for her to even have such thoughts and…emotions.
Feeling the his member stand at attention and still smelling the musk of his arousal she leaned close to his pointed ear, but out of the reach of his fangs and whispered.
“You want me dead yet you want my body as well.” It was a statement not a question.
She squeezed harder on his ribs, they started to creak under the pressure. He let out a hiss of pain…or pleasure, it was hard to tell which. He could feel the heat between them despite his clothing and armor and see the water fall of silver and blue cover his face and hers. He even smelled her sweet scent of flowers he could not name mixed with the oils of her bath and a hint of cinnamon through his fork like tongue as he gasped for air. He observed that her robe had loosen some revealing more of her smooth pale skin, purple strips strong shoulders and ample cleavage. She shifted a bit causing her hips to move upwards and her hidden treasure to brush against him. He felt like he was going to die from the closeness of their bodies alone.
Then she whispered tauntingly:
“You should be obliged. I’m giving you a glimpse of what you will never have… and a chance to see your killer up close before you perish.” Her cold blooded words sent a shiver of want and fear up his spine.
He figured that if he was going to die by a hated enemy, this was the way to go. The only things missing was his hands all over her naked body and his manhood being squeezed by her core instead of only her legs squeezing his sides.
Then she shot more poison into him causing him to grunt in pain as he said mocking lust filled voice.
“Whether you kill me or not, you and your pack will never be safe. The elders will see you dead. You and the wolf prince will join me in the nether world, your precious human pup will be sent to hell and your bastard brother…well, he’ll be stuck in limbo for eternity...”
His arm went completely limp unable to hold her off any longer.
He took pleasure in the thought of her losing everything and that loathsome hanyou with the chi of a human and the youki of a youkai will be the same in death as he is in life. Stuck between both worlds, not belonging to either.
The thought put a definite smirk on his face.

‘Arrogant to the end.’ She thought.
He actually put up a decent fight and had plenty of power that much she had admitted to herself. But he still had no right to such arrogance since he was a mindless follower of the elders who cruel practices were no longer used instead of a true daiyoukai, able to stand on his own two feet. She should know, that was a lesson she learned the hard way not to long ago when she regained her arm and Bakusaiga…
With the coldness of a glacier and the golden orbs to match, she looked at him right in the eyes she said:
“Die” and plunged her hand into his chest, ripped out his heart and crushed it to dust in her hands. The Ryuu only let out a silent scream and died as soon as his heart was pulverized.
Inuyasha shuddered as he remained that look. That was the same look of hatred and loathing she gave him when she coveted Tessaiga, blaming him for their fathers’ death. He was glad that although they disliked each other, that pure hatred was no longer directed at him and he no longer hated her. Also, her words that reached his sensitive ears even though she whispered and actions reminded him of how much of a hold Ryuukossei actions still had on his sibling. He despised him for it. A tiny part of him wondering if moving on with…and he gagged a little at the thought of it…Kouga would help her break Ryuukossei hold over her. She couldn’t seek revenge because he killed the ancient Ryuu which made him feel guilty. But maybe, she could find some sort of way to let the ancient Ryuu memories die along with his body. Besides, the Baka wolf made it obvious even to him that he was attracted to her to say the least. He just hoped he didn’t end up dead in his endeavor to win Sesshoumaru affections. Sesshoumaru and affections…wow it’s still hard for him to process those words in the same sentence when they indicate she had the ability to have affection.
Then his thoughts wondered to the last words of the Ryuu that Sesshoumaru has just killed.
Inuyasha had to wonder what the hell the bastard meant when he said that his soul would be stuck in limbo. Deep down he had an idea though, it was because of his human and youkai heritage. He shuddered again at the thought of being stuck in limbo, never finding peace when it was his time to take his last breath. Which he decided would not be any time soon.
‘Besides it best to worry about us surviving this fucked up situation than to worry about dying…’ He thought deciding to put the thoughts of the afterlife in the back of his mind for now.
Kouga trembled as well because he saw so much fury inside the daiyoukai and heard her words. It confirmed what she said to him earlier in the cave. He knew that every bastard that was stupid enough to even think about forcing themselves on her or any other Baka she caught in the act of doing so to another would pay with their life. Although he knew she hated anyone pitying her, he couldn’t help it. He had to wonder what happen to her to make her this way. But, he would not let that fact about her scare him off. He would never do that to her or any other woman. He just has to convince her of that. That would take a lot of work, but he had no problem with the challenge.
However, he decided to act as if he had not witness what occurred by teasing Inuyasha to relieve some of the tension that filled the room:
He punched Inuyasha in the arm to wake him up and said:
“See! What did I tell ya she did just fine Mutt?!”
Inuyasha frowned and said with a snarl:
“The last thing I want to hear is “I told you so” from you dumbass!”
Then he winced waiting for another object to be thrown at his head by Sesshoumaru for his foul language but nothing came. He guessed it was because the human pup was not present.
Then he turned to Sesshoumaru with an embarrassed look on his face and said:
“This is hard as hell for me to say but…I’m…I’m sorry I doubted you. I know you can handle yourself, but everything is so different now….”
“…” She got up off the corpse and nodded, indicating for him to continue.
He scratched the back of his right ear with his hand, showing how uncomfortable he was and said.
“… and thanks for…the your help with ugly over there.” He was referring to the Inu Youkai that tried to sneak him earlier.
“Your gratitude is not needed. However, I told you long ago to watch your back. You know better.” She said in a tone that sounded like an angry mother reprimanding a pup. If he was watching his own back instead of worrying about her safety then he could have easily taken out that Inu youkai with Tessaiga. Not to mention the wolf could have been killed as well because they were too busy gawking at her battle. At least Kouga instincts was sharp enough to sense danger before the Inu Youkai was completely upon them.
Wait is that concern for both their wellbeing and another complement towards the wolf?
‘No. merely and observation of their stupidity and the wolf senses.’ She told herself.
““Oi I don’t need the third degree ya know.” Inuyasha said with an indignant tone.
Then he continued:
“And rather you need it or not, you have my appreciation, so deal with it.”
“…” Sesshoumaru merely gave him a bored look.
Then Kouga chimed in:
“For once I agree with the Mutt. You deserve both of our appreciation.” He said it with sincerity that made Sesshoumaru roll her eyes on the sly.
She wiped the blood off her hands on one of the discarded towels. Pulled her blade out of the wall and placing it in her scarab, she head out of the room. She was going to retrieve Rin.
With her back to them as she walked with long strides she said:
“As you please.” In other words she was saying “whatever” to the sentimental drivel that came from their mouths. That type of talk made her uncomfortable at the moment so she decided to brush it off.
Inuyasha frowned and defensively, sheathed his sword folded and stomped out of the room after her without saying another word. She always did that shit. Acting like she didn’t care.
‘She such a poser…’ He thought to himself.
Kouga on the other hand let it roll of his shoulders. He knows that’s just part of her personality. She wasn’t really into the mushy stuff. He followed after the siblings and said:
“Well we can’t leave Rin here now, that much is obvious so what’s are next move?”
Kouga asked not knowing what else to do with the kid.
“We have no other alternative. The fortress is no longer safe. We will take her with us.” She answered simply. Leaving her anyplace else was not an option. It pissed her off to no end knowing that Rin would be out in the open and vulnerable, but that was the only way she could increase her chances of safety.
Then Kouga asked:
“What about your mom? Will she be alright on her own. And how did those bastards get in here? I thought this was an impenetrable castle.”
Then it hit her and she started moving faster.
“The Meido Stone.” She whispered. If they got in that way more of them could come. And surely her mother went to retrieve the stone after they split up.
All three of them broke into a dead run following Sesshoumaru.
‘Rin’ was all she could think when she realized somehow those elder bastards had tapped into the Meido Stone and used it as a gateway to send their minions into the castle.
She had r to reach both Rin and the Queen and she had to reach them now…
A/N: Whew! I haven’t wrote a lengthy chapter like this in a long time. That’s it for this installment. Happy Holidays!!! Reviews are adored and appreciated!!!
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The Concealed Form of the Inu Daiyoukai