Chapter 3: Try What You Will, I Won't Tell.
The demon charged at Rin but Raj attacked him. The giant wolf tried to smash Raj, who barely dodged. Everyone tried to harm the demon but their attacks weren't even scratching him. Growling Raj attacked him again only this time was thrown into a tree.
He willed his eyes to remain open, and willed his body to move. Neither would listen to him and as the demon approached closer and closer. Giving all the strength he had left he grabbed his sword and hit the wolf square in the eyes.
The wolf howled in pain and everyone stared as blood fell on the ground and the wolf grabbed Raj around the middle with his sharp teeth and squeezed.
"Aaaaaaaaaah." Raj screamed out in pain then felt his eyes close.
Raj's body fell limp in the wolf's mouth, Sesshomaru and Kagome felt the anger and sadness building up in them for some odd reason. Sesshomaru threw attack after attack at the wolf but it didn't leave a mark.
The wolf turned red eyes to them. "You fools. I'm only after the pup, why do you interfere?" The wolf threw the pup aways and charged after Sesshomaru only to howl in pain again.
Hearing a grunt everyone stared at Raj. "Leave them alone. I'm the one you really want!" With that he fired the arrow in the bow in his hand.
Growling the wolf attacked him and got him to cry out in pain, only this time the wolf ran off. Kagome fell to her knees and sobbed, Sesshomaru looked at her and felt tears spring to his eyes as well.
He growled off at where the demon had run off to, and placed his sword back in it's sheath. The group went searching for the wolf, but both his scent and Raj's scent's were gone and so Sesshomaru didn't bother to search for it. He sat down next to Kagome and glanced at her.
"This Sesshomaru is sorry." Sesshomaru told Kagome putting a arm around her shoulder. "This Sesshomaru was there, and yet… This Sesshomaru couldn't save him."
"You did everything you could." Kagome replied crying in her hands.
"My little miko. This Sesshomaru was there. It shouldn't have happened." Sesshomaru pulled Kagome into a hug. "When we find him. He won't be hurt again. This Sesshomaru promises you."
Kagome turned and sobbed on his chest. She had just been thinking she needed a hug, and Sesshomaru had given it to her. She had just now noticed hugging him to her, he wasn't pushing her away, but leaning into the hug.
He was also very muscular and his chest felt like a warm, soft rock. Kagome felt her tears drying in his strong embrace. He had said a few words, but those few words had made her feel better and safe.
As the group came back stating they could find no scent, Kagome and Sesshomaru stood and started walking off, holding hands. Inuyasha growled but said nothing he was to busy thinking about why there were no scents.
Meanwhile with the demon and Raj.
"Apologize to Kouga for attacking him for no reason and you are free to go." The large wolf demon glared at Raj. "Like you would apologize to Sesshomaru."
"Ivlet. You are starting to get on my nerves. I told you already. I will not apologize from something he had coming." Raj looked up at Ivlet. His mouth had blood running down it, and his arms and legs were tied tightly to the chair.
Ivlet growled at him. "I won't hesitate to torture you."
"Go ahead." Raj's eyes narrowed. "I can take anything you dish out."
"Can you?" He laughed evilly. "Very well. Take him to the sharp camber."
"Sir." A black snake demon grabbed the chair he was tied to and pulled him away.
Raj just sat in the room and was cut over and over with thousands of sharp swords. After an hour the snake demon asked him if he would talk. When he said nothing they continued to cut him.
When the snake demon hissed and left to tell his master how stubborn the demon was Raj opened one eye then closed it canceled out all the noises in the room.
"Sesshomaru…"
Sesshomaru stopped someone was talking to him in his head. It sounded like Raj. He searched for him around the area, but found nothing.
"Sesshomaru you there?"
"Yeah. Raj? Is that you?"
"Yeah it's me. It's one of my powers. I can talk via thoughts."
"You sound weak. You ok?"
"I'll live. Tell me where are you?"
"South of where you were taken."
"Go the opposite direction. He took me north. Look for a rock that looks like a giant bear head."
"You saw the rock near the place he took you?"
"I'm very observant. Turn right when you get to the bear rock. Be prepared to fight though. From what I saw there's a good twenty guards posted in every direction of the cave. I'm towards the back. As you enter take a sharp left, a short ways later you shall find a sign that's a bloody handprint. Turn RIGHT there. I'm in a small room with the sounds of lots of stones. You can't miss it. Oh! Got to go someone's entering the room. Plus I don't have the energy to talk anymore."
Sesshomaru led the group in the direction that Raj had told him and found the Bear head rock. Sesshomaru told the group to get ready for a fight and charged into the cave. A snake demon left towards a giant room.
"Sir! We've been found out!" The snake demon reported.
"What?! Which of you fools told them where I was?" Ivlet growled at the snake.
"No one sir."
"Someone must have! Other wise they wouldn't be… The kid."
Sesshomaru and the group made slow progress though the cave and following Sesshomaru's lead he led them to a room, where they heard stones banging against stones. When Sesshomaru entered the room however he was almost overcome by the smell of blood.
Looking in the dark room after his eyes adjusted, he saw Raj in the middle of thousands of sharp swords that were cutting him ruthlessly. Sesshomaru turned off the contraption and ran over to Raj.
"Raj." Sesshomaru stared as the boy opened his eyes just a enough to see him, then smiled weakly.
"You… found…" Raj fell into Sesshomaru's arms.
