Unknown Feelings
A/N: Sorry I didn't update earlier, school (ugh) but here's an extra long chapter for you guys! ^-^ Feel free to leave a review!
Chapter 4
Kagome's eyes continued to observe as the great demon lord gracefully cut the air with his sword, the leftover blood from the tainted demon being flicked off the beautiful sword. Kagome helped Inuyasha to lean against a nearby tree that was still standing. "Are you okay, you took quite a hit," Kagome said worriedly to Inuyasha as he slid down the trunk of the tree to sit on the ground. "Feh, I'm fine, just pissed that Sesshomaru showed me up," Inuyasha said grouchily as Kagome squatted down to look him in the eyes. "I'll be right back, I should probably get what we came here for," Kagome stated as she stood and moved towards the decapitated head of the beast.
She reached down and removed the tiny shard from the demon's forehead, instantly purifying the shard. Kagome took the chunk of the jewel that their group had collected, she easily combined the shard with the rest of the jewel before walking towards Inuyasha, the rest of the group joining them. Sesshomaru turned away and started to make his way back to his palace, as he turned away, Kagome's face flashed in his mind. His chest instantly started to ache for some reason when he thought of leaving her but he pushed the emotions aside and continued walking away. Sesshomaru had already started to take his leave and as Kagome watched his beautiful silver hair behind him, she felt sad for some reason, watching him walking away. "Wait," Kagome whispered as she still looked at Sesshomaru's back, her faint call was heard by the half demon near her. Inuyasha looked up at Kagome and followed her gaze towards Sesshomaru, he looked between the two, confused.
"S-Sesshomaru," Kagome called out to the Demon Lord of the West. Sesshomaru stopped instantly, confused at why she stopped him but weirdly enough, his stone cold heart felt happy that she stopped him. He continued to keep his cold aura and unsympathetic face as he simply turned his head to the side, acknowledging her but unable to fully turn towards her, unsure what she was going to do that would make his cold heart react. Kagome was surprised that Sesshomaru actually stopped when she called out to him, since she wasn't expecting him to stop, she wasn't sure what to say to the regal cold-hearted demon. After standing there for a while longer, Sesshomaru turned his head forward again before beginning to walk away again.
Just like before, something in both of them felt hurt as one walked away from the other. Before Sesshomaru could completely disappear beyond the village's entrance gate, a thick miasma quickly rolled into the village. Kagome looked at some of the gardens and fields as the miasma flowed over them, watching as the plants and herbs that were flourishing now withered and died when in the path of the miasma. Everyone instantly felt the dark presence of the evil half demon before they saw him.
Sesshomaru promptly stopped walking when he sensed the minor presence of the murk as it got thicker, knowing that a challenging battle was about to happen. When he thought of being able to participate in a difficult battle he couldn't help but smirk. The thought of actually having to try in a battle was a feeling that he was deprived of for so long because of how powerful he was and that many others couldn't match his level of power.
Not long after, the dark half demon stepped out of miasma that followed him everywhere. His midnight black hair brought out his piercing blood red eyes as they settled upon the group. He eyed the group of travelers that had caused him difficulties before in the past. Inuyasha clenched his jaw as his eyes landed on the dark haired man. He clenched his jaw and balled his fists up at the thought of the person that had caused him and his friends so many problems, he mumbled, "Keh, Naraku."
Inuyasha stumbled to his feet, he leaned on Tetsusaiga unsteadily. A determined look crossed his face as he looked upon Naraku. Inuyasha stood upright while yanking Tetsusaiga out of the ground as a wide grin crossed his face. Kagome took her bow that was slung around her shoulder and gripped it tightly in her left hand as her right hand was ready to draw an arrow. Sesshomaru watched quietly, he felt the half demons glaring at each other, challenging one another. He knew that with the condition that Inuyasha was in, he would be easily crushed by the other half demon that possessed a large portion of the Shikon no Tama.
Sesshomaru almost cracked a smile when he thought of seeing his aggravating half-brother being beaten so easily again, but he quickly caught himself and suppressed the emotion. Sesshomaru diverted his eyes to the young miko that traveled with his half-brother when he noticed movement from her. He watched as she armed herself with her bow, ready to attack the defiled half demon. "Humph, Inuyasha, how far have you fallen that the woman you travel with has to protect herself and fight in the battle," Sesshomaru thought as he continued to question his brother's morals and strength.
The great demon lord sighed slightly before drawing his sword in a bored manner. Sesshomaru slowly started to approach the group again with murderous intent clearly seen in his golden eyes. Naraku turned towards the greater threat when he finally noticed the powerful aura radiating off of the Lord of the West. A little smirk crossed the twisted half demon's face when he looked upon the great demon Lord of the West, as though he came there for some other reason but he was pleasantly surprised to find another thing there that he wanted as well.
Naraku turned to face Sesshomaru, effortlessly, he sent multiple tentacles towards the demon Lord but Sesshomaru, in turn, cut them down in one slash of Bakusaiga and they fell to the ground, uselessly. Sesshomaru continued to approach Naraku calmly as though he wasn't a threat, this angered the usually nonchalant half demon. Naraku caused his tentacles that had earlier tried to take on the demon Lord to regenerate, the tips of the tentacles that Sesshomaru and sliced earlier started to move. The tops of the tentacles sharped to a dangerous point, Naraku commanded the tentacles to attack Sesshomaru yet again. Sesshomaru quickly sheathed Bakusaiga as the claws on his index finger and middle finger started to glow. His poison whip, that glowed a sickly green, arose from the two claws, and with a flick of his wrist, the tentacles laid on the ground in little bits of dust. The slight breeze picked up the particles of the tentacles and blew them away, as if they weren't just used as weapons.
Naraku's face twisted into one of annoyance and rage, he glared at the demon Lord of the West with pure hatred in his blood red eyes. Sesshomaru couldn't help smirking when he saw the enmity in his opponents' eyes, he enjoyed seeing their hate for him in their eyes. Watching them try to escape the inevitable of dying by his hand was one of the things that he enjoyed about being in battle. Naraku called upon all of his tentacles to attack the demon lord, thinking he would be unable to block all of the projectiles at once.
Kagome watched the amazing battle that was unfolding in front of her, "Is it wrong to think that the battle is beautiful," Kagome thought to herself. The beautiful and swift movements of Sesshomaru's sword, the gracefulness of his body and sword in battle, the way he effortlessly defeated the attacks that Naraku kept sending his way. Kagome suddenly realized that all of her thoughts were on Sesshomaru, maybe it wasn't the battle she admired maybe it was Sesshomaru. The thought ran through her mind, all of the battles she had witnessed that Sesshomaru had participated in, she had always admired his movements and his power.
As this thought dawned on the young miko, her face started to flush slightly. Kagome shook her head to try and focus on the task at hand, she tried to figure out how she could help in the battle. She began to focus on the battle again when she saw Naraku prepare all of his tentacles to attack Sesshomaru. She had a strange urge to protect Sesshomaru, without thinking, Kagome took an arrow from her quiver and knocked it on her bow. Kagome let the arrow fly and a purifying power wrapped around the arrow, the arrow easily cut through all of the tentacles before they could come in contact with Sesshomaru or Bakusaiga. Sesshomaru was surprised for a few seconds before regaining his composure, he looked at the young miko that fired the arrow, knowing that she was the only one capable of firing a purified arrow.
Naraku watched in anger as a purifying arrow cut through all of his tentacles, he looked at the person who had fired the arrow and saw that it originated from Kagome. His eyes of hate now turned towards her and the rest of her group noticed this as well and they all tensed up. Sesshomaru noticed this as well and he was infuriated at the thought that Naraku would try to attack her, Sesshomaru didn't question why he thought that way, he didn't have the time to do so.
Before the demon Lord could do anything, Naraku commanded the dark miasma all around the village to form around Kagome. The group watched in horror as their friend was swallowed by the miasma, Inuyasha looked on with shock in his eyes. He watched as Kagome disappeared in front of his eyes and he was unable to protect her, once again. Inuyasha looked upon the half demon with uncontrollable hate in his eyes but was unable to attack as the pain from the wound inflicted earlier by the bear deaon started to get to him. Inuyasha was wondering why one attack was having such an effect on him. Inuyasha looked down at his abdomen and saw there was a large wound where the demons' claw hand cut him. He looked at the wound and saw it turning a purplish color and Inuyasha realized that the bear's claws were poisoned.
Inuyasha cursed himself for being unable to save Kagome. The miasma around Kagome became thicker and swirled around her, faster and faster. The miasma started circling her at fast speeds and started to create a vacuum, the air was being sucked out of the small area she as now enclosed in. Kagome finally realized the purpose of the attack, to slowly kill his opponent so Naraku could watch as they suffer. Kagome's hair was fly upwards towards the only escape of the vortex as the lack of air started to affect her. She crumpled to her knees, still clutching her bow in her left hand, she reached for an arrow as she continued struggling to breathe. She grasped an arrow and knocked it, she quickly released it, hoping it would hit its mark. The arrow purified the miasma and continued towards Naraku. Everyone was stunned to see Kagome's purifying arrow emerge from the miasma vacuum.
Everyone was shocked by what had happened to Kagome as they watched her be enveloped by the dark miasma, Sesshomaru gripped Bakusaiga tightly in rage. He was unable to explain why he felt so strongly of the miko being taken from him, "Wait, taken from me," Sesshomaru questioned himself and his use of words but decided that he would look into it after he avenged her. Before he was able to attack, Kagome's arrow hit Naraku in the middle of his chest, everyone was taken aback by seeing her arrow. "That means she must still be alive," Sesshomaru thought to himself and his cold heart was warmed again.
Naraku realized what happened and looked at the arrow in his chest, he could feel it purifying him from the inside out and he was repulsed. He quickly left and immediately after he did so, his miasma vacuum disappear instantly and Kagome was revealed as she dropped to the ground. Sango, Miroku, and Shippo rushed to her side and Inuyasha crumpled to his knees as he looked at Kagome, thankful that she was safe, while Sesshomaru slowly approached the group even though his demon wanted to rush to her side, "I will question my 'feelings' later," Sesshomaru decided.