~Twists of Love
Author: Sam Kline, aka Thesamislame
Editor: Angelica Andres, aka luckylyra827
Copyright for editing: © January 2010


All that could be heard was Rin crying for her lord. Everyone else was still in shock on what had just happened. But it was InuYasha who was shocked the most. Never in his wildest dreams, would he even think that Sesshoumaru would do what he had just done. None of us, for that matter.

We were all crammed into Totousai's cavern, waiting, thinking on what we should do now. If we don't do something soon, he will die. Rather it be from his massive wound, or a demon taking revenge when he can't protect himself.

"He could stay here, but I won't be able to protect him from everything. Demons all around can smell his blood and know he is weakened." Totousai explained.

I did not like the thought that was going through my head at this moment. And I KNEW InuYasha would definitely not like my idea. What else am I supposed to do though? We owe him so much now, it's the right thing to do.

"He could.. I could watch over him in my time. He will be safe there." I spoke up finally, after fighting this over in my head for multiple minutes. Longer than I should have.

"Absolutely not Kagome!" InuYasha yelled from outside of the cave.

"He saved your life, InuYasha! The least we could do is help him." I yelled back.

"That's a death wish! A demon in your world?! You know what he would do? It's idiotic! And I will not allow that to ever happen!"

"I still don't like this idea, Kagome." InuYasha said once we got to the Bone Eater's Well.

"I know, InuYasha. I'm nervous about it, too. But he saved you from Naraku. Maybe he does have a kind heart.. Somewhere in that frozen chest of his."

Sesshoumaru hung over InuYasha's right shoulder, and if he knew InuYasha wasn't handling his body carefully while he's unconscious, he would easily have him killed. Hell, if he knew InuYasha even touched him. He might have saved InuYasha from Naraku, while InuYasha was saving me, but I believe he still has that cold, ice lord attitude he always has.

"We don't even know if the Bone Eater's Well will even let Sesshoumaru pass by."

I looked up at InuYasha. He had a point. Only InuYasha and I can pass through the Bone Eater's Well. I guess all we can do is try. "Have to try, InuYasha."

"Will Sesshoumaru be okay?" I heard a worried Rin from behind.

I turned around to see tears still in her eyes. "I'll come back every day and tell you how he's doing, how does that sound, Rin?"

"Thanks, Kagome!" Rin smiled.

The familiar blue light surrounded the three of us, guiding us to the other side, to my side. The blue light faded and Sesshoumaru still hung over InuYasha's shoulder like a rag doll.

"KAGOME!!" I heard Souta yell once I opened the front door.

"Who's that, dear?" My mother asked, referring to the unconscious demon Lord over InuYasha's shoulder, bleeding all over the floor. He was losing too much blood, even for a demon.

"There's no time, mother. He needs to be treated soon. He's losing too much blood." InuYasha, not ever so carefully I might add, laid him down on my bed.

"InuYasha…" He looked over at me and shrugged.

His unconscious face reminded me of a young child's. He might be the 'Ice' Lord everyone cowered when they see him, but he seemed more at peace than I've ever seen him. Of course, whenever we did see each other, he would try to kill InuYasha and take his sword. He even tried killing me a few times.

His blood was already seeping through my blankets and dripping onto my floor.

"Kagome, take off his clothes. I'll get the first-aid."

First-aid kit? Like that would work. We'll need a whole hospital here.

"Wait.. Take off his clothes? Mot- She already left.." I did not want to be caught taking off his clothes. I looked over to InuYasha and smiled as sweetly as I could.

"Ooooohh no, Kagome. It was your idea to bring him here. Not mine. So he is your responsibility now." InuYasha said closing in on my bedroom door, ready to dart out before I said a certain word that would engrave him on my bedroom floor. "Plus, I reek of my brother. I have to go bathe myself." Before I could say another word, or any certain words, he flew down the hall and into my bathroom where he would casually bathe himself. And this time, I knew he wasn't going to come back anytime soon to help me.

"Great… Sesshoumaru, if you can hear me. Please, please, please, do not wake up while I undress you." I took in a deep breath and got to work. I took off his, what thought was his tail, first. It was also dripping in blood when I threw it into the hamper behind me. Then his armor. It was harder to take off than the fluff. The spiked armor around his left shoulder wouldn't come off. I thought about breaking it with a hammer or something, but that would only cause death towards my part.

"I can do this." I told myself, half believing it. I stepped on my bed, one foot on each side of Sesshoumaru, and pulled with all my might to pull off his armor.

Huh. Maybe if I just left it over his head instead of trying to rip it off of him…

As I tried so, it came off. I had to lift him personally to take it off, causing his blood to splatter onto my new clothes. Oh well, I thought. Grandfather gave me these clothes. They're a bit too old fashioned for me, anyway.

I laid him back down and took off his kimono and then his second layer of clothing. His wound was deep, it was hard to tell where the wound started and ended. His whole torso was drenched in his own blood. His blood was almost black, I'm guessing it's from the miasma from Naraku.

Even InuYasha has never lost this much blood. His chest was going at a steady pace, expanding up, then down. It didn't even seem like he was in shock. But a wound like this would have to take time to heal, even for a demon Lord.

My mother then came in with the biggest First-aid kit I've ever seen. It was bigger than most ridiculously big suitcase's rich people always took to a weekend vacation with them.

"Move aside hunny, let me take it from here." I scooted over and let my mother work her magic. It was hardly bearable to watch. But all the while, his chest never increased or decreased.

It was quite for a while before my mother broke the silence. "So, who is he?"

"Um. That's Sesshoumaru. InuYasha's older half-brother."

"Oh, brother? I never heard Inuyasha speak about him before."

"Yeah, well. They don't really get along much. Whenever they see each other, they usually end up in a fight over InuYasha's sword."

"Did InuYasha do this to him?" My mother asked in shock.

"No mother. Sesshoumaru actually saved InuYasha. If he didn't get in front of InuYasha in time, InuYasha would be in this state now. And I would probably be dead also. So really, he saved both InuYasha and myself." Now that I think about it. He didn't only save his brother's life, but mine also. A human's life.

"I must thank him then, once he wakes up."

My mother worked on Sesshoumaru for the rest of the night. She offered her bed to me for the night since mine had a dying Sesshoumaru in it. I took the couch instead. I knew once she was done with him, she would like her own bed to sleep in.