Remember Me

/Sesshomaru thought/


Chapter 25


"There's no choice," said Inutaisho stepping forward. "I shall stop him."

"No, father," said Sesshomaru stepping in front of his father. "You are not up to fighting him."

The elder dog demon scowled in anger at Sesshoamru. "Are you saying I am weak!" He demanded of his son.

Sesshoamru turned away from the angry glare in his father's single golden eye. How could he possibly tell his father that yes he is indeed weak. Although the elder dog demon has been able to put on a brave face, Sesshomaru could see the fear and terror in his eye whenever anyone comes near him. Even after he returned home, whenever Izoyai took him in her arms. Sesshomaru could smell the fear radiating from his father. He could see the terror in the depths of that golden eye. He doesn’t let anyone touch him. Even if he did, he would quickly end the embrace and step away as though nothing had happened. Even now, he can smell the fear roll off his father in waves. The smell of his fear is so thick and suffocating. It's like drowning in honey. What Ryuukotsusei did to his once strong father is unforgivable.

"Answer me boy," snapped Inutaisho clenching his fists so tight he was trembling with an unknown emotion after the young demon had fell silent. "Do you think I am weak?"

Although to anyone who could not smell it, his father's trembling could be written off as anger at his son for defying him. But Sesshomaru knew better. He has walked the halls many nights to find his father huddled in a corner sobbing. Or in the private bathes scrubbing his skin as though he was trying to scrub away dirt that was only in his battered mind. Inutaisho, the great dog lord of the west would never be the same again. And it's all the fault of that filthy, maggot infested dragon. /You are going to pay dearly for what you have put my father through, Ryuukotsusei./

Before Sesshoamru could reply, Zaine spoke up. "I'm sure that is not what your son meant," said Zaine coming to stand beside the two demons. "But it's time for the younger generation to step up and prove themselves. We can't always rely on our elders to protect us. We must learn to protect ourselves."

"Kumo will win,” said Ashanta standing beside her brother. "Next to our father and that idiot over there . . ." She pointed to her elder brother. "Kumo is the strongest and fiercest warrior in the Pride. You should believe in him. He is, after all, your son."

Inutaisho turned his gaze back to his youngest son and smiled. The boy was definitely strong and quite fierce. Inuyasha had yet to draw his sword, but he was still inflicting wounds to the dragon with his claws. The cats were right. He must believe in his children. The future of Japan is in their hands now.


Ryuukotsusei sneered at the hanyou once he was completely healed. "You think you, a filthy half breed, can stop me. I am the one who defeated the great dog lord of the west and turned him into a common demon's whore."

"Shut the fuck up!" Inuyasha growled as he clutched the hilt of tetsusaiga tighter. His crimson eyes flashed in a murderous rage.

"What's the matter mutt?" Ryuukotsusei smirked. "Don't like hearing the truth. You should make peace with finding out that your father has been broken. It shall be the last bit of truth you will hear."

Suddenly a dark green demonic aura surrounded the dragon. His body began to stretch bursting out of his clothes. His body became long and sinuous. His claws grew out from his fingers. His mouth stretched outward from his face, and his skin became scaly. In a bright flash, Ryuukotsusei was in his true form. He towered above the forest shrieking ferociously.

Inuyasha snarled drawing his sword from its sheath. Instantly the ancient blade transformed into a gleaming fang pulsing with power. "Don't think your insolence shall go unpunished," said Inuyasha in that deep gravelly voice that sent shivers up everyone's spines. "No one who has insulted my father has live to gloat about it." The winds from the four corners came together to dance along the blade of tetsusaiga. "Wind Scar!" Swinging the blade down cracking the earth beneath it, the attack ripped through the ground with a terrifying force. Jagged white claws of power erupted from the sword scorching everything in its path to consume the enormous form of the dragon.

Once the dust and debris settled, everyone gasped in shock as Ryuukotsusei stood before them unfazed by the attack. "Impudent half breed, did you really think you had the power to defeat me," he said with a sneer in his voice. "You are nothing but a worthless half breed. You don't have the skills, strength, the know how, or the balls it would take to defeat me." He raised his huge head high. "Now, die the life of a worthless, useless hanyou." He opened his mouth and a huge ball of fire streaked towards Inuyasha.

In the background, he could hear his father, his mate and all his friends yelling to him to move. Raising the sword above his head, he smirked. "I do not fear you, dragon, but you should fear me." This was exactly what he wanted the dragon to do. "You are the one who shall die Ryuukotsusei. Burn and fry in the bowls of hell. Backlash Wave!" Swinging the sword down, a blast of power streaked from the blade to tear a hole through the dragon's fire and turn the attack against him. The force of the attack were like tornadoes as they began to tear Ryuukotsusei to pieces. The dragon howled in rage. Once the scream of pain ended, Inuyasha stood on the battlefield as it rained bits and pieces of the evil dragon once the attack subsided.

But before the dust could settle, Kagura's voice could be heard. "Dance of Blades!" The sound of her blades cutting into flesh echoed across the field.

Suddenly a deafly calm settled over the battlefield as everyone waited with bated breath to see what happened. When the dust settled what remained of Ryuukotsusei littered the ground. What drew everyone's attention was the lion demon, Ngbaka, was standing in front of Inuyasha protecting him from the attack of the wind witch.

"Ngbaka!" Inuyasha said startled as his eyes changed back to their normal gold color.

Ngbaka stood before the startled hanyou with both arms crossed in front of him raised up to protect his face. "Are you all right, Kumo?" He lowered his arms a little to glare at Kagura.

Kagura was sitting on her feather watching all that was transpiring. Sweat trickled down her face as she saw the look of rage burning in the feline's large, dark eyes.

"Yes, but your arm," said Inuyasha. Blood poured from the slashes along his arm.

"Hmph, you know it will take more than this pathetic witch to stop me," he smirked never letting his gaze stray from the frighten demoness. The smirk turned into a predatory smile as he smelt the fear rolling off her in waves. "Now puppy, I want you to watch, because I am only going to show you this once." Cupping his hand under his bleeding arm, he caught a handful of the crimson liquid in his hand. "Bloody Scythe!" Flinging the blood at Kagura, it turned into a single, long red blade. Kagura could only watch in horror as her end neared. The blade severed the wind witch torso in half. Blood gushed from her mouth as the top half of her body fell to the ground followed shortly by the resting of her.

"That was something new," said Inuyasha smirking at the lion.

"That was my special attack. It took me a while to perfect it, but I think it works pretty good, don't you." He smiled at Inuyasha.


"I always knew Kagura would be useful for something." They heard Naraku chuckling sinisterly. They turned to see the spider demon standing on the battlefield. "She made a good distraction."


"What do you mean . . .distraction?" said Sango glaring at the dark hair demon.

At that moment they noticed Naraku's tentacles had the remains of Ryuukotsusei and was absorbing them into his own body. "Naraku, you bastard! " shriek the head of the dragon in rage before it was absorbed into the spider's body. Naraku laughed manically as his body expanded bursting free of his human form and his clothes.

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Once Naraku's transformation was completed. Everyone was shocked to see Ryuukotsusei towering over them once again, but their was one difference in the dragon's appearance. In the center of its forehead was the face of Naraku.

"What in the seven hells happened to him?" asked Yoko shocked.

"He has absorbed the strength and power of Ryuukotsusei," said the Dragon Father.

"You can understand us," said Miroku staring up in shock at the black dragon, "and speak our language."

Zaine snorted. "Of course they can. Dragons are the only creatures that has been all around the world. They can speak every language there is."

"That's right," said Naraku. "And now I have the power of fire at my command." He turned his icy glare at the hanyou and the lion demon. Seeing the dragon preparing to attack, Ngbaka scooped Inuyasha up into his arms and leaped out of the way just as the dragon sent a fireball at them. Naraku turned to the gawking dragons and panther demons. "Follow me and you shall be rewarded for your allegiance. Ryuukotsusei is gone, but I am still here. We can still rule all of Japan." So, the dragons and panther demons continued to follow Naraku.

Ngbaka landed beside his younger sister and brother and set Inuyasha on his feet.

"Damn you Naraku," growled Inuyasha.

"Did you think I would run and hide when you defeated Ryuukotsusei," said Naraku. His laughter echoed over the battlefield. "I don't think you realize with whom you are dealing with. Now that I have his power, I shall take that of the great dog lord Inutaisho. Once I have his strength, I shall become invincible. There will be no one in the world that will be able to stop me."

"You certainly talk a lot," said Ngbaka smirking at the dragon. "You are nothing but a leech living off the power and strength of a demon that was so much stronger than you. Even with the strength of the dragon, you will still die."

"Filthy cat, you are nothing but a bothersome fly I shall swat away."

The lion demon snarled in rage. "You should learn your place weakling. Zaine. Ashanta. Come, let us show this vile wretch why the lions are king of the beasts." His sister and brother stood at his side ejecting their claws. The rest of the lion warriors stood behind their leader growling in outrage at the obvious disrespect from the vile spider demon, or dragon demon as he is now. "Let's go." They launched themselves at the writhing dragon dodging the fireballs and the tentacles that shot from its body.

"You're not going to stop us," said Zaine. Swiping his claws at a tentacles chopping it off.

"Iron Reaver Soul Stealer!" shouted Ashanta cutting off several tentacles.

"Bloody Scythe!" Ngbaka's attack cut away several more tentacles. It seems that no matter how many times they cut away at the tentacles. They would grow back.

"Son of a bitch!" Ashanta and her brothers dodged some tentacles coming towards them. "What is this abomination. I've never known a dragon or a spider to have tentacles."

"Maybe he absorbed a creature with tentacles like he did with the dragon," said Zaine dodging one tentacle and then slicing off another.

"It doesn't matter," said Ngbaka slicing off two tentacles. "No one insults our Pride and gets away with it. This abomination dies." He sent another Bloody Scythe attack at the dragon, but Naraku dodged the attack. It hit the gate destroying half of it.

"Hmph, it seems that stupid cat will need our help," smirked Sesshoamru. He was enjoying watching the lion fail to destroy Naraku.

"You know what Sess. You and Ngbaka are so much alike," Inuyasha turned to face his brother wearing an annoyed expression. "You're both jerks." Drawing tetsusiaga he leaped into the mist of battle.

Sesshoamru watched his brother and growled in irritation. "Let's go," he said to the others and they immediately joined in the battle. "Stay here father." He yelled back to the elderly dog demon.

Inutaisho clutched his hands into fists at his sides. He felt his heart thump against his chest as he stared up at the dragon. Beads of sweat trickled down his face as he swallowed a dry lump in his throat. His entire form began to shake in . . .fear. Yes, it was fear he was feeling. No matter how much he tries to hide or deny it. The fact remainds that he is truly afraid of the dragon. He is afraid that they could loose this battle, and he will end up back in the hands of Ryuukotsusei. Although this was not the same Ryuukotsusei who had him imprisoned. His shattered, frightened mind does not know this. He tried to move, but when the dragon turned those dark eyes upon him. He could not look away. He was like a rabbit caught in the hypnotic gaze of a snake. He watched everything move in slow motion as a tentacle came directly towards him. His goldened eye widened in horror. Just before the tentacle could touch him Zaine and Ashanta had severed the limb.

"Don't just stand their run away and hide," yelled Zaine as he went back to fighting.

He closed his eyes tightly and thought about what the young demon had told him. Run away and hide like he was some frightened little pup. No, he would not run away and hide. He would stand and fight alongside his children. Rage began to build up inside of him as his eyes snapped opened. "I will do no such thing," said Inutaisho growling. His claws became long as his eyes became red. He launched himself into the mist of battle slicing away at the tentacles that came near him. Unknown to him, some of Naraku's tentacles slipped up behind him and wrapped him tightly in its grip.

Inutaisho howled in fury as the tentacles drew him towards the dragon. Naraku laughed manically as he dragged the struggling dog demon into his body.

"FATHER!" yelled Inuyasha as he saw his father be literally swallowed by the mass of flesh Naraku turned into in order to absorb the dog demon. "Noooo!"

"Inuyasha! Kumo!" said Sesshoamru and Ngbaka as they landed beside the distraught young demon. "What's wrong?"

Inuyasha turned to the two elder demons with tears falling from his eyes. "It's father. Naraku . . . absorbed him."

Sesshoamru stared in horror at his weeping brother and then turned to snarl in rage at the creature that stood before them. It was still in the form of Ryuukotsusei, but it had white fur all over its body.

"Naraku, you bastard!" yelled Sesshoamru enraged. "I’ll kill you." He launched himself at the laughing dragon.

"Fools!" Naraku continued to laugh. "I am invincible. Your pathetic attacks are nothing to me. I possess the powers of the two greatest demons in all Japan!"

"I'll fuckin tear you to shreds and piss on your grave." Sesshomaru's eyes bled red as he let loose control of his demon and transformed into a large white dog. His claws slashed opened the demon. Instead of blood a black purple miasma oozed from the wound.

"Alright monks, it's time for you to do your thing," said Shirow. "You have to purify that miasma."

"Right," said Miroku. "Let's go!" The monks and priestess gathered around the vile demon chanting their spell to purify the miasma. As it dissipated, the others began to attack the demon.

During the course of the battle, Ryuukotsusei's dragons found themselves to be overwhelmed by the Earth dragons and quickly retreated back to their own land. The panther demons retreated as well since Ngbaka had killed their lord. The lion demons were just too powerful and vicious for them to even hope to defeat. So, that left only Naraku and his army. Which weren't much to defeat. All his demons were slain within the hour. That left only him, Kageroumaru and Kanna. Since the white hair silent child was never meant to fight, and Kageroumaru had vanished during the battle. No one has seen him since. Naraku was all that was left. It didn’t matter to him though. He didn’t need the help of those weak, inferior demons under his command. He would destroy these little pests on his own.

Naraku laughed as he sent tentacle after tentacle at his enemies. No matter how many they cut off more would either replace those that was cut off, or they would grow right back. This was truly one for the history books. It would be a battle the Earth itself would remember in the centuries to come even if everyone else forgot. The deep gouges and scars across the surface of the ground would disappear in time, but they would never be forgotten.