To Drink with a Taiyoukai
Story: Naraku is defeated and a celebration is held. Who will Kagome fall for to make her wish she'd never taken that first drink? Sess/Kag
Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha etc
Chapter 1 - The Jewel
"Kagome! What are you doing! Get your head in the battle!" Inuyasha yelled as he swiped his Tessaiga at another group of youkai attempting to get close to the Miko. "I can't keep leaping in here to protect you when Naraku is standing right there behind all of these youkai, just laughing at us! What is going on in that stupid head of yours?!"
Kagome huffed. She shook herself from her thoughts and stood, avoiding eye contact with the half demon and resisting the urge to 'sit' him for calling her stupid. He was right, though. She didn't know what had come over her, but she suddenly had an incredible fear that this battle would mark the end of something important to her. She had fallen to the ground in a panic, but now she shook those thoughts away and pulled out an arrow. She summoned some of her miko ability and shot the arrow directly past Inuyasha's face, taking out a couple of his flowing white hairs in the process.
"Hey, wench, watch where you're shooting!" he hollared.
"Well, maybe if you were paying a little more attention and took a little less of your efforts trying to find ways to insult me, you would have realized there was a very large and now very purified bear youkai slamming his fist directly towards you," the raven haired girl snickered. Inuyasha's jaw dropped a little as he turned around and saw a large bear claw erupt into flames along with the owner. He gulped and turned back to the battle. Kagome turned her back to face him and began taking out the youkai who were coming up to the sides and behind them.
Sango was off to the side with her Hiraikotsu, taking out many demons with each shot. Miroku stood beside her, doing his best to take out the approaching youkai with his wind tunnel, but to no avail as his hand glowed purple with the poison of Naraku's insects. His eyes began to blur and he stumbled into Sango, much to her surprise not groping her but grabbing onto her calf as he fell to the ground. "Kagome! Miroku is down!"
Kagome nodded and ran over to help the monk. She looked around as she ran past the battlefield and saw their other allies in battle. Across the battlefield, wind was being blown up as a handsome wolf ran across the field, slashing any demons that dare come close to him. Near him was Shippou, using what little magic he had to assist the wolf in battle. He mostly sent little sparks into the eyes of the demons that got close and waited for Kouga to come and destroy them. Kirara was doing her best to protect a little girl in a yellow kimono on the side of the battlefield who had stumbled upon the scene against orders, looking for her Lord.
As Kagome's eyes wandered some more, she glanced over said Lord. 'Our most unlikely ally,' she thought. The taiyoukai sliced through three youkai in a flick of his wrist with his poison claws. Each nearly melted upon impact. The cold face of the demon lord had not faltered its mask since he had joined them in their journey only days before, nor was it changing now. Hell, he hadn't even broke a sweat.
Sesshomaru felt two small eyes upon him across the field and glanced over at the Miko, who quickly moved her gaze onto the injured monk. He could sense from here her distress and wondered why she had been giving him any thought of mind. He sighed as he could smell the monk's soul begin to decay and fought the urge to roll his eyes. It had been the Miko's one request when he had agreed to their alliance. Keh, like he needed to fulfill any request made by a human. It had struck him off guard, however, that instead of pleading that he not murder them or steal his half brother's sword, she had simply asked if he would revive any of her friends who fell during the battle. She could only do so much to save them, she had told him. He thought it odd that she never even suggested for him to revive her if needed, just the lives of her pitiful group. He held some respect of this request and now he had groaned inwardly as he made his way towards the monk's withering body to fulfill it. He could see the taijiya's eyes already full of tears. 'Love. Such a human emotion," his inner being thought.
Kagome's eyes pleaded up at the demon lord as he flared his aura, easily killing any of the low-level demons in his path. He approached the dying monk and removed Tenseiga, passing it over Miroku's body and ridding it of the soul stealers. Without a word he turned back and resumed fighting the youkai.
Sango sighed with relief as her Miroku came back to her and hugged him tight until she felt a hand grope her backside. This time, she didn't yell, only whispered, "Hentai..." He smiled up at her and rose, ready to rejoin the fight.
Much to Miroku's surprise, the battle was nearing a low. Many of the demons in Naraku's army had been slaughtered, much to his relief as he didn't want to have a second near death experience. He stood on the side lines as Inuyasha, Kouga, and Sesshomaru easily took out the remaining stragglers and made their way toward Naraku, who no longer laughed victoriously.
Inuyasha growled at the two demons beside him to back off. He wanted to do this alone. Sesshomaru smirked and moved a few feet to the side, wishing to enjoy a nice show. Kouga did the same, but instead used his quick speed to get behind Kagome and wrap his arm around her waist. Inuyasha barked in annoyance as he heard Kouga whisper, "Hey baby, how'd you like the way I was fighting out there?" to Kagome. The half demon then turned his attention back to Naraku. He jewel glowed inside of the octopus-spiderlike body. He could see it sparkle right in the middle.
"Kagome. You know where to aim. On my mark. Ready... set... NOW." As Inuyasha screamed now, Kagome quickly fired an arrow into the spot just below the jewel, where Naraku's heart would be. The beast moaned in pain and Inuyasha struck it with the Wind Scar and it began to evaporate. Kagome fired three more arrows into the grotesque demon and he began to purify and the jewel fell from his head. Inuyasha lept to catch it, but stopped when he realized it had already been saved from hitting the ground, by none other than his brother. Inuyasha growled.
Sesshomaru glanced at him and then moved towards the Miko who was running closer to him. She stopped a few feet away and held her hand out. "Sesshomaru-sama, give it to me, or you're black heart will absorb it!" she spat, unafraid of him.
Sesshomaru tsk'd. "As if a trinket would have any power over this Sesshomaru. I care not for marbles, wench." He dropped the nearly completed Shikon No Tama into Kagome's outreached hand and turned towards the battle scene where Naraku had just perished before their very eyes. The jewel instantly glowed a bright pink and purified in Kagome's hand. Kouga's leg was now bleeding as he approached her and dropped two more jewels into the girl's hands, instantly purifying them and morphing them into the jewel.
"Just one more," she whispered. She removed a small vial from her neck that held the last remaining Shikon shard. Her way home. She gulped and knew that she was one step closer to her destiny, whatever that may be. She closed her hand and the jewel finished combining and glowed an amazing pink, surrounding the entire group in a bright light. Kagome rubbed her eyes with one hand and untied the vial from the string, replacing it with the now whole Sacred Jewel. What they had been working for the past four years, she now held in a string on her hand. She tied it around her neck and smiled before the world grew black around her.
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Author Note:
Hey guys
This is my second Sess/Kag fanfic... The first one is still a work in progress, as is this one. I'm still coming up with ideas for each and the first one will be back on track soon, for any of you who have read it and are wondering why I haven't updated in a while. I'm still trying to come up with a good plot for it.
For this fic, I have a much better idea of where I'm going to have the plot go. Hope you all enjoy it
