Summary: We're in big trouble, we're fighting Sounga and Takemaru but Sesshoumaru and Inuyasha will not work together to defeat them, and what makes it worse is that Rin and I have been captured and are staring at our enemies right now, what will happen? Who will save us? Who will live?
Swords of an Honourable Ruler
Chapter 1 – Takemaru and Sounga
The giant troll youkai made its way to Rin as she retrieved her lord's sword, she saw it and screamed in fear, she felt death and I'm sure she did not want to feel it again. I acted quickly and shot it away, I ran to the infant's side and was about to take her into my arms when the same troll youkai lifted Rin, me and Sounga's sheath Saya who was currently strapped to my back and made its way back to its master "What is this thing?" I shouted
"You there Rin it's the Tensaiga the demon is after" Saya stated
"No this belongs to Prince Sesshoumaru" Rin cried. The troll then jumped and ran back to its destination
"Inuyasha" I shouted
"Prince Sesshoumaru help me" Rin cried but it would seem that they couldn't hear us or were too busy. The troll brought us to a red room and threw us down on the floor where opposite sat Takemaru holding Sounga
"This is very strange" Saya said "Sounga has possessed Takemaru"
"Takemaru" Sounga began "These young girls are exactly like Izayoi, the woman you killed" I turned to Saya and whispered
"Whose Izayoi"
"Inuyasha's mother" Takemaru stood and neared us
"Stay away from us" I shouted but gasped when I felt his cold blade poke at my neck
"Women who share affinity for youkai are all Izayoi in my eyes" He shouted as he looked directly into my eyes 'This guy's nuts' I thought to myself, he removed his sword slightly and Rin and I began to run around the room and away from him. He swung his sword at me as I ducked, I quickly dived to the side of him and put Saya's sheath up in front of me
"Hey come and get me"
"What are you going to do with that thing?" Saya asked as if I was stupid
"It can put up a barrier right?"
"Hmm" Takemaru smirked "A rusty old sheath won't do any good to you"
"Kagome look out" Rin shouted as Takemaru blasted me back into the wall, I fell on my face and winced in pain "How dare you?" Rin snapped as she stood in front of me holding Sesshoumaru's sword up "A real man would never hit a girl like that"
"Go on Rin run for it" I winced as I sat up, she turned to look at me and smiled
"Don't worry Kagome Prince Sesshoumaru will come and save us I'm positive" She turned back to find Takemaru towering over her, she gasped and began to shake
"Reside yourself to death and join the netherworld, time to die" Rin closed her eyes 'Prince Sesshoumaru' Just as the sword was about to hit her Sesshoumaru blocked the attack and knocked Takemaru back
"Prince Sesshoumaru" Rin cheered
"Leave you will only be in my way here" He ordered
"He's right Rin go" I whispered
"But Kagome aren't you coming with me?" She began to fill up
"I'm sorry Rin but I can't stand and I'd only slow you down, now go"
"But..."
"Rin leave now" Sesshoumaru said more firmer. Rin passed Tensaiga to me and ran off, I knew why she gave it to me as it would be a barrier if anything attacked me
"Can you really fight young Prince?" Takemaru asked with a grin "That human girl may get injured
"She already is" Sesshoumaru stated as he lifted his Tokijen
"You fight just like your father" Sounga remarked "And his fighting was what ended his miserable life"
"You will not end my life" Sesshoumaru spoke with no emotion "I have no distractions like Izayoi"
"So that human girl means nothing to you?" Takemaru asked amused
"No" I listened to the conversation and bowed my head 'Oh great I'm dead'
"Then you won't mind if I kill her" Takemaru then lifted his sword and sent a blast my way
"AH" I screamed. I felt Tensaiga's barrier faulting "OH NO" Suddenly I felt two strong arms lift me away from the blast, I slowly opened my eyes and found myself in Sesshoumaru's arms "Huh?"
"I never said you could kill her" Sesshoumaru smirked "She is apart of a very important mission of mine"
"And what is that?"
"None of your business" He then moved his hand to Tensaiga "Come" The sword flew into his free hand (Yes two arms) and he handed it to me "Channel your miko powers into it and you should be safe" He then set me down against the wall and attacked Takemaru and Sounga. As I watched them fight I began to wonder where the hell was Inuyasha, had he been stuck down? Was he held prisoner somewhere? Was he grieving over a lost companion? Or was he just dawdling? I then saw Sesshoumaru give Takemaru the final blow, I would have been overjoyed if the place hadn't started to collapse
"Ah" I screamed "Sesshoumaru" He quickly sheathed Tokijen and kneeled beside me "What are we going to do all the exits are sealed off?" His arm that could usually attack with 'poison claw' was injured so he couldn't make an exit
"We'll just have to stay down"
"But the ruins will fall on us"
"You mean they will fall on me" Before I could say anything he pulled me down flat onto the floor and lay over me, he covered my body completely as I watched in horror as wood, iron and slate hit him. Blood was going everywhere and I could tell he was trying his best not to show any pain
"Sesshoumaru we need to get away from here, you're terribly injured" Suddenly everything went silent and we were stuck under the rubble "This all seems too heavy to budge"
"Stay down until I tell you to move" I then saw him put all his weight on his hands as he pushed up and made a clearing in the rubble "Wrap your arms around me" I did as he said and he wrapped his arms around my waist as he kneeled up, he looked around us and saw no one "It is strange that Sounga isn't awaiting us"
"Perhaps he's waiting for us to come out and then he will attack when we're not expecting it"
"He's not Naraku" He then lifted me bridal style and stood "I am surprised that Inuyasha and your friends have not come looking for you"
"So am I" I whispered he began to walk through the rubble with me in his arms "Why don't you fly?"
"My power's drained and..." He fell to his knees but kept me in his lap
"You've lost too much blood Sesshoumaru" I put my hands on his wounds and tried to heal them "It's no good I used all my strength on Tensaiga earlier, hey will the sword heal your wounds?" I asked as I looked at the sword currently strapped to my back with Saya's
"No" His breathing was heavy. Suddenly I heard footsteps I looked up praying for Inuyasha only to find Sounga with his own body "Get away Kagome" Sesshoumaru ordered
"If you remember I can't walk either" Sounga neared us and smirked
"Feh how weak, you're just like your father. You will die all because of a human girl" Sounga then raised his sword "Both of you can die together" I gasped and latched onto Sesshoumaru "DIE" As he brought the sword down I closed my eyes
"Get away from my son" There was a cry, light and then nothing. I opened my eyes to find a youkai in armour and white standing where Sounga was last
"Father?" Sesshoumaru looked up at the youkai in shock
"B-but your father's dead" I shivered "Are we dead?"
"No miko Kagome you are very much alive" The youkai in white smiled "My name is Inutaisho"
"It's an honour" I bowed my head as he kneeled down in front of me, I then realised I still had my arms around Sesshoumaru and released him with a blush
"Takemaru gave you quite a beating" Inutaisho stated as he looked at the bruises and cuts on my body "And you don't look too clever either" He said as he looked at Sesshoumaru "I didn't know Takemaru and Sounga could injure you so"
"A building did collapse on me as well father" Sesshoumaru snorted
"Can you walk Sesshoumaru?" His father asked concerned
"Most probably"
"Then how did you end up on the floor?"
"My legs just gave way for that split second" Inutaisho did not look convinced as he pulled me into his lap and examined his son
"You've lost a lot of blood, I'm rather surprised you haven't collapsed yet" He then turned to me "Kagome if I heal your legs you should be able to walk, may I?"
"Of course" I smiled. His hands then went over my legs and glowed blue, when he removed them my legs did not have a mark on them
"Try and stand" I did so and found I could walk
"Oh my god I'm walking" I cheered "Thank you so much your highness"
"No problem" He smiled. He then turned to Sesshoumaru "Let me carry you"
"No" Was his blunt answer
"You will either get on my back willingly or I will throw you over my shoulder" Inutaisho warned
"Do not order me around" Sesshoumaru growled "You may be my father but you left me for a human woman so in my mind I don't see any reason in obeying you"
"Well at least Izayoi would listen"
"Of course she did she was your bitch" I've never seen this side to Sesshoumaru before it was weird
"My bitch?" Inutaisho for some reason smirked at that "Call her what you want but you're still going to have to put up with her" Sesshoumaru raised an eyebrow at this "Well she was revived too and now she is awaiting us back at my palace
"I think I'm going to stay with mother for a while then"
"You're such a spoilt brat" Inutaisho said as he dragged Sesshoumaru to his feet who yelped in pain "Now get on my back, if you're worried someone will see you don't. Nobody but us is here" He then sheathed Sounga and turned back to his son "Well if you won't do that you're going over my shoulder" He was about to do so when Sesshoumaru went back down onto his knees "Awe for god's sakes Sesshoumaru I want to get back home, stop being a big pup and let me carry you. Forget about your pride for 5 minutes"
"Why don't you just support me as we walk?"
"Fine but it will be more painful for you" He then outstretched his hand to Sesshoumaru who took it and gently pulled him to his feet, he then slipped his arm under Sesshoumaru's shoulder and turned to me "Shall we go then Kagome?"
"Yeah sure" I nodded and followed behind "Umm your highness where is Inuyasha and my friends?"
"Resting back at the palace, all of their strength has been drained so I had AhUn, Momo Totosai's cow and the neko youkai fly them all back to the palace"
"Oh I see" Finally we made it out of the rubble and were on flat land so it was possible to fly, I saw Inutaisho's youkai cloud appear under his feet and spread out. He turned to me and smiled
"Get on Kagome and we will go back to the palace" He set Sesshoumaru to sit on the cloud as he took my hand "You might want to hold on since you're not used to this" I kept firm grip of his hand and we made our way to the Palace of the Western Lands...
Well there's Chapter 1 for you, what do you think? I've had trouble trying to think of a new story lately but since Movie 3 is my favourite I thought I'd do another fic for it
Hope you enjoyed it
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