= Sesshoumaru thinking

* Sesshoumaru's beast talking

- Kagome thinking

+ Inuyash thinking

the actual lemon will be written from normal view if there is one, and there will aslo be talking in here too. also I will be killing Inuyasha and Kikyo such bad people.

Chapter 4

Someone to protect

= Is this what it feels like to protect, to have someone in my life to share my welth. I know I needed an hiar. But I was willing to mate for that reason not for love. Now that Kagome came into my life every thing seems different more better.

- Is it love that I fell coming from him or some thing else entirly, I know we are to be mated but is it for lve on his part? I would not know he never says anything about it, he always looks so cold not one emotion on his face. But his eyes I can see into his eyes what is he tring to tell me.

+ This is not good, I know he is in love with her, but she is mine. And I know that bastard done something to my Kikyo. But what, why, and how do I stop it? Maybe I will go to Kikyo and help her kill Kagome thar way she can have her soul back.

* Half-beed need to look else weare, he lingers to long on our mate.

= I know my beast wants to take the half-breed out of the picutre, but I can not let him. Kagome said she will take care of him but how. What is he doing now... how dare he bring that dead miko here what is he thinking.

- What is Inuyasha doing why is he bringing Kikyo here to our camp.

" Inuyash why did you bring Kikyo to the camp? " Songo my sister that I never had had asked the qeustion in my mind.

" Feh, she going to help us defeat Naraku, and no one can change my mind got that."

- I have never heard Inuyasha speak to any one like that before, only when he is around Kikyo I think he is being controled by her but I will not do anything if he is, I justy might have to kill him.

## Three months later ##

=* We can not stand her sent how is the half-beed holding on to that corpes next to him. We can see into his eyes he is being controled by her is she a witch now? What are they doing now...they are going to our mate they are going to kill her. We need to protect our mate.

" Half-beed, dead-miko do not advace further then you are now." Sesshoumaru said In the beastly voice.

" Feh, stay out of this you bastard it is between Kagome, and Kikyo." Me first he mentaly added.

He drew tetsusaiga and stood ready. Kagome drew her sword and walked towards Inuyasha and stopped a short distance away. "You do realize there will be no going easy."

"What do you want me to say? Do you want me to plead for you to go easy? After what you did to me. After I pleaded for you to stop. Here is my answer. If you have to do things such as what you did to me and this to feel remotely anything like a BIG man and not a little boy then just do it instead of taking your time explaining." With that said Inuyasha came at Kagome.

"Clever very clever. Sesshoumaru taught you I think." He came at her again and she blocked his sword. When she brought her sword to strike him he moved to strike her with his claws. She managed to knock Inuyasha to the ground. Cautiously, she walked towards Inuyasha with her sword drawn. As she advanced upon the hanyou she screamed out in pain as a arrow struck her. "Stay out of this Kikyou! I will take care of my half brother's whore."As he was speaking Kikyou strung another arrow when a white blur was seen; then a scream was heard and the next second the body of Kikyou was on the ground, little balls of light were rising into the sky. "You BASTARD! Kagome, you will be the one who pays."

They watched as Inuyasha had gotten some really good hits on Kagome. Those watching saw Inuyasha trying to back her against a tree but she was able to knock him back enough to move. She looked to see which way would be best to move. Seeing the best way to go would be to go right, she faced her body and attention to the left. When he went left she bolted right and away from him.

She swung her sword striking him a few times, and in return getting wounded herself. He was able to knock her to the ground, knocking the wind out of her. He walked over to her with tetsusaiga in hand.

" Kagome! " Sango yelled out and began to move.

" Stay where you are Sango." Inuyash hissed.

=* How dare he strike our mate we will kill him now.

" That means you to yah bastard, let's see how well you have trained you whore."

Kagome was getting to her knees as he approached her. "Now comes your end and the jewel shards will go to me and not remain in the hands of a worthless whore your sel...f..." Then the sound of a 'thud' hitting the ground. She just knelt there. Those who watched the battle saw tetsusaiga hit the ground and Inuyasha going to his knees as Kagome's sword went into his heart.

" Kagome! " Sango, Miroku, and Shippo yelled out to her, and starded to run to her.

" She's not.. is she? " Sango said with a sob.

" No she's alive, but bleeding heavy from her wounds." Sesshoumaru walked over, picked up Kagome and carried her back to the village. Shippou and the others watched as the western lord left.

"What about her sword?" Miroku asked.

"We bring it back with us." Shippou pulled the sword from the body of Inuyasha.

"What about his sword?" Sango asked.

"I'll carry it back to the hut as well." Shippou knelt down and picked up tetsusaiga. The others stayed behind and took care of the body of Inuyasha.

"Tis sad to hear the outcome of the fight for both Kagome and the western lord. After young Kagome and the hanyou traveling together for many years to have it come to this." As Kaede finished in walked Sesshoumaru carrying Kagome. "Place Kagome over here lord Sesshoumaru. Miroku could you fetch some water?"

"Is Kagome going to be fine lady Kaede?" Rin asked as she walked over. Miroku returned with the water.

"Lord Sesshoumaru would ye and the monk step outside while I clean Kagome and check the extent of her wounds?" The two left and Kaede started on Kagome.

"How is Kagome?" Sango walked up to the two.

"Kaede is checking and cleaning her up right now."

"Sesshoumaru, here is Kagome's sword as well as the tetsusaiga. We did not know if we should of buried tetsusaiga with Inuyasha's body or bring it to you." Shippou held it out to Sesshoumaru. Sesshoumaru reached out his hand to the sword then stopped because he was hesitant to take ahold of the sword but then took ahold of it drawing it from the sheath without being shocked. "Tetsusaiga is finally yours after so long." Shippou watched as Sesshoumaru slid tetsusaiga back into it's sheath.

"So it is fox." Sesshoumaru slid the sheathed tetsusaiga between his sash and outfit on the other hip then took Kagome's sheathed sword and slid in between his armor on his back and his back, like he seen his father once done with his sword when he was younger. Kaede moved the mat covering the entrance.

"Come in, I have finished with checking and cleaning Kagome."

"How is she Kaede?"

"The wounds on Kagome were bad, but not in ways to threaten her life. There is one caused by an arrow that will take a long time to heal. It is the shock of what she had to do that she is the way she is." Kaede stood up and went to gather stuff to make the evening meal. Sango got up and started helping Kaede.

After every one ate it was total silence in the air every one was think on what happened to Inuyasha they were friends for a long time. night has come and every one has settled down for a nights rest. All but one.

=* Now the half-beed and that miko will not harm what is mine. All is left is that other half-breed to take care of and the we can have our mate. We can no wait until the matting cerimony (sp?)...ah to feel our mates body againts ours as one the bond will grow. But for now we will protect what is ours.

## Two months after Inyuasha death ##

= I need my mate it was a long battle for the shards, but we won oh how I protected my mate and pup. It was a sight to see my mate standing there protecting rin then her power...oh what power my mate has, our pups are going to be strong.

- I can not beleave it.... it is over finaly. I have the Shikon No Tama in my hands, what am i going to do with it. I remember how he protected me after I ran for Rin. Then my power comes from my anger...

## Flash back to the battle ##

It was finally over. The fight to get the Shikon No Tama back from Naraku had been won. It had been a hard battle and one that they almost lost. Naraku had made the mistake of going after Rin, the human child that traveled with Sesshoumaru.

Kagome, seeing that Naraku was about to kill the little girl, got in the way as her bow glowed brightly with power in her hand. She had stopped his attack as she protected Rin from getting hurt. She ran to get Rin out of harms way she turned her attention to the evil hanyou, who has been a thorn in her side since she came to this era.

Seeing the attack coming she stood there with Rin be hind her ready to take the inpact, she closed her eye and mentaly screamed 'Sessahoumaru'. He must have heard her be case the next thing she knows it that there was no inpact of Naraku attack and air bruching agains her face. Kagome opened her eyes. and saw Sesshoumaru, gitting her and Rin out of the way of the attact.

" Thank you koi."

" You are welcome love, now lets take care of this beast."

" Yes, lets."

Her anger was peaked, as she bought forth, from deep within her body, the power, which laid dormant for such a long time. She had no idea how she did it but at that point in time she didn't care.

Kagome grabbed hold of a tentacle that was coming her way and held it in her hands, she channeled her powers through her hands, as she started to purify the evil that was in front of her. She never let go of him as wave after wave of her purifying magic pulsed through her hands and into Naraku's body.

Naraku gave a cry of anguish as he tried to get free from the miko's grip. He was calling upon the dark power of the jewel to help him in his fight. But he never noticed that Kagome's power was slowly purifying the jewel that he so coveted.

Slowly the black jewel started to regain its purity and when it was finally cleansed of the evil that was inside it, the jewel burned the evil that was holding it.

Kagome let go long enough to catch the jewel as it flew into her hand. With the jewel now pure, Naraku was powerless to defend himself. Her friends attacked without mercy as waves of winds scars, Hirakotsu, and the monk's wind tunnel, swept through the area.

- Sesshoumaru had been there for the final assault on Naraku, I was glad that he was here with me, as his dragon strike ripped through the area slowly taking apart the evil hanyou.

Kagome finally stood on her feet as she regained some of her strength and notched an arrow. She breathed in deeply and held her breath, waiting for her shot. When it came she yelled, "MOVE!" All those that were fighting Naraku moved out of the way as Kagome's arrow flew through the air. It hit Naraku in the chest as he cried out in agony. Within moments Naraku was no more as all that was left of him was a pile of dust on the ground.

- I stood there panting hard as I looked for my friends. All had survived the encounter with just miner cuts and bruises. And Miroku's wind tunel is finaly gone from his hand, I bet he is happy again to propose to Sango.

## End of flash back ##

= She is so powerful,and beautyful my mate-to-be. Soon I can show her how much she comes to me to me and my beast.

* Mate now, half-beed gone need mate now.

= Soon my beast, soon we will have her in body, mind, and soul. She will be ours to share, to love, and most of all to protect.

* Yes.