Prologue
How'd it come to this?
Rin, Sesshomaru's ward, curled herself in Kagome's lap. Her blood caked hands smeared her tears acrossed her face while Kagome rubbed her back. Kagome had ran with Rin to get away, and they currently sat under a tree in unfamiliar woods. She had lost her bow in the fight, the only weapon she possessed now was one arrow.
Kagome remembered some time ago when Inuyasha was first falling into his inner youkai blood. Back then, she had been able to stop him, his sword was also supposed to keep his demonic side at bay.
Now her wounds really started to burn. The claw marks on her arms slowly oozed. Along her side, the deep claw lacerations were still dripping fresh; the oxygen had yet to cauterize it. She just wanted to close her eyes for a bit and take a nap. But she couldn't. Not when someone else was in her care.
Slowly, she had begun to lose her feeling in her feet and hands. Her breathing, labored and shallow.
She had to stay alive; she had made a promise. It was only Rin and herself left. Kagome had to take care of her.
Somewhere admits her pain, she heard the bushes move to her right.
It took all her effort just to tell Rin to run towards the West. At least if she could hold him off a little longer she could possibly give the poor girl a chance to live. Thankfully the girl understood her urgency and took off without much of a fight.
Kagome used the last of her will to stand up, braced by the tree. Her last remaining arrow held shakily in her numb grip.
In the receding light, all Kagome had seen were two beating red eyes.
And then it went black.