Disclaimer:I do not own Inuyasha
A/N: So here is the second chapter, it is kind of dark so I'm warning now that there is some blood and gore towards the end. I hope you enjoy I orginally wrote this for the prompt Makeshift.
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The Feudal era…
Kagome ran through the woods, trying to dodge the rocks and roots sticking out of the ground. She kept repeating the day's events in her mind wondering where it had all gone wrong.
It had been like any other normal day in the village since she had returned for good. She woke up with Kaede and did daily chores, then went around visiting the villagers, helping and praying for those in need. Then she had been preparing lunch for the group when a messenger from a neighboring village had come looking for them. He had been hysteric, it had taken everything to calm him down and find out what was wrong.
As soon as he could speak he told the group his village was in need of them, a demon was destroying the huts, killing the men, and stealing the women. As was their job, they prepared to depart from their village and go help those in need. Kagome had prepared herself to go but as she was grabbing her bow and quiver, Inuyasha had stopped her.
His hand was placed on one of her shoulders and Kagome looked into his eyes questioningly, "You need to stay here, Kagome, it's safer."
He made her feel like a child, like she wasn't strong enough to protect her own life. Kagome tried to protest but in that irritating but sweet way of his she knew he was only trying to protect her. Ever since Kikyou's death and Kagome's return, Inuyasha had gone out of his way to keep her out of any type of danger; she knew it was because he didn't want to lose her like he lost Kikyou. She had hardly left the village in months because of this and if she did, it was always with Inuyasha.
Not that she was really complaining but it would be nice to go and help fight with the group. She almost got her wish because as soon as the group had left, the man in her hut had started to act really weird. He was saying things that didn't make sense to her and as she turned her back to get him something to drink, he had attacked her. She had escaped but barely and as she exited the hut the roof exploded reigning down debris. The man had turned into a nasty black spider, with red eyes and dripping fangs.
It had all been a lie, had her friends walked into a trap, would they survive?
The Giant spider crawled from the hut and started after her. Why was he after her? She had done the only thing she could think of at the time, she had run. She had run not only to save her self but the other villagers as well. The thing was clearly after her and the farther she got away, the safer the village would be.
She didn't know where she was or how far she had run but the thing was still behind her, she could hear it as it crashed through trees and every now and then she heard a horrible screeching sound, as if the thing were screaming out of frustration.
Something thick and sticky wrapped around her ankle and she fell forward as her body was pulled backward. She tried digging her fingers into the ground but wasn't strong enough and only came back with clumps of dirt. She screamed and it seemed to be smothered by the trees around her. When she came to a stop the Spider was looming over her. It started to lift her and she could feel something wrapping around her.
The sticky substance started to travel up her body, she struggled against it but it only made it worse. The spider flipped her body every so often, wrapping her in a cocoon of webbing. She couldn't believe she didn't know the man was a demon; he had looked so human, she hadn't even felt a demonic aura from him.
All that she had been through, her fate seemed to be eaten by an oversized spider. I really hate spiders. She should have been thinking of a way to get free but the only thing she could think of was Inuyasha and her friends and all the things she would miss.
Before the webbing covered her eyes she thought she saw a flash of silver hair out of the corner of her eye. Inuyasha, you came for me, she thought as everything went black.
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As an Inu Daiyoukai Sesshoumaru was very territorial, so much so that he felt when anyone passed into his lands, the same feeling he was having now. Lifting his nose to scent the air he gave a deep throated growl, who dare trespass? From the youki's aura and scent it was a lesser demon, one obviously not smart enough to stay away. He looked to his ward who seemed content picking flowers.
"Jaken, stay with Rin," Sesshoumaru commanded and he walked away, following the scent of the youki.
The youki seemed to be right on the edges of his land's perimeter, it probably didn't even realize what offense it had committed but it didn't matter, Sesshoumaru would teach it a lesson. He walked down wind, masking his own youki aura so the demon would not detect him as he came upon it.
As he got closer the stench of the demon permeated the air so much that he almost didn't catch the underlying scent, it was a familiar one.
What was his bastard brother's human doing in his territory? If she was there, then he wasn't far behind. This made him growl deeper, he would not permit that hanyou on his lands.
He watched closely to see what the lesser demon was doing, waiting for the sight of the half-breed and his human but all he saw was the human. The lowly demon was dragging her back towards it, he watched as she struggled before giving up. Like most humans she was showing her weakness, why wasn't she fighting back and how could the half-breed be so careless as to let her be on her own?
He thought of his ward, she had grown close to this human and the miko's death would hurt her. He couldn't let that happen so beyond his better judgment he jumped forward claws extended and slashed the head from the youki with ease. Landing easily on his feet he walked back to where the cocooned miko lay and with one claw tipped finger, sliced cleanly down the web.
The human female sucked in air and started coughing; he would wait while she recovered before demanding answers. Her eyes widened when they fell on who had freed her.
"You saved me," she said, relief and disappointment flooded his senses. So she had thought it was her half-breed that had saved her.
She tried rising to her feet but stumbled and fell, she would be in no shape to make her way back to her village; he would have to take her. Striding forward he scooped her up in his arms like he would a child and took off in the direction of her home.
"Thank you," she replied quietly, head resting on his shoulder.
"Hnn, do not confuse my actions," Sesshoumaru stated coldly, "I did it for Rin."
"Oh…well thank you anyway," she said lapsing back into silence.
It was true, he really didn't care for the human's life, it was not his responsibility but it was the half-breeds. The irresponsibility of Inuyasha proved his weakness and enforced that the half-breed was not worthy to share his blood or carry father's sword.
It didn't take him long to cross the distance to her village; his eyes took in the ruined hut as he passed it. So the Miko had run to save the village it showed both her courage and stupidity. The older Miko approached him warily looking down upon the miko in his arms.
The girl raised her head and Sesshoumaru placed her on her feet, the older miko wrapped her arms around the girl, "Come child, I'll tend to ye wounds."
Sesshoumaru turned and walked away but something in his gut told him it would be the last time he saw the girl, the irritating hanyou was no where in sight and that didn't bode well.
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Kagome watched as Kaede ripped pieces of cloth to wrap one around her cut ankle making a makeshift bandage.
She had been so sure that Inuaysha had been her savior but it had been his brother Sesshoumaru. For a moment she had thought he might have cared but he had only saved her life because of Rin, whom she had become very close to. Where was Inuyasha?
"There child, it should heal with in a couple days," Kaede stood and moved away, putting the bowl of dirty water on the table. She turned and studied Kagome.
"Kaede, I fear for my friends," Kagome said letting the tears fall from her eyes.
"As do I child, something doesn't feel quite right," Kaede said.
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Sesshoumaru caught the coppery smell of blood before he even saw the source, bodies lay everywhere reeking of death and decay. Bodies that resembled the same youki he had killed in the woods were covered in claw marks and sword slashes. He recognized the half-breeds markings; it would explain why the human was by herself.
The wind whipped his hair around his face, bringing with it the smell of the half-breed. He followed it and stooped down before the body that contained no life.
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A/N: I know you probably hate me right now, I hate myself, but understand that this had to happen. Please read and review if you can, I always appreciate feedback.