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And yes, the fight is over quickly.
Because really, did you except a fight between Sesshoumaru and a demon to last long?
They had been flying for a whole five minutes when Sesshoumaru opened his mouth to say something. "Why is your hair not tied?" He had his eyes narrowed at the black locks that were trying to whip him in the face. He had leaned back, out of the range of the hair. But he should not have to be leaning back on his own dragon.
Kagome looked over her shoulder with a 'what' face before realizing what he was even talking about. "Oh!" She took the white ribbon from her neck and held it tightly so it wouldn't fly off. She gave him her best sheepish smile. "I couldn't get it up. I don't really put my hair up, so I'm not used to tying it..."
She had trailed off when Sesshoumaru reached around her to grab the ribbon out of her hands. What was he going to do? Throw it overboard? Choke her with it, perhaps? She was still leaning on Jaken's head, so he could easily wrap it around her neck and pop her head off. She swallowed and her free hand went to her throat.
But Sesshoumaru just snorted. "Humans," he muttered, gathering all of Kagome's hair in one hand. It proved to be a bit difficult, considering it was still whipping around. He used his other hand to put the ribbon around the hair and then tied it near the back of her neck, making a low ponytail. How could a human girl not even know how to put her hair up? Oblivious to the look the miko was now giving him, he stuck his hands in his sleeves and looked off to the side of Ah-un.
Kagome was in shock. She hadn't expected Sesshoumaru to actually put her hair up. Chop it all off, maybe. Push her off the dragon, possible. But tie her hair? It seemed very... human of him. Or maybe he had done the same before for Rin? Although she had never seen the girl with her hair in a ponytail, it was possible. After a whole minute of just looking at the demon in awe, she shook her head and kept her eyes in front of her.
About an hour later, Kagome all but jumped up to stand on Ah-un. "I can sense the shard!" She narrowed her eyes off in the direction of it, as if she could see that far. After some quick calculating, she nodded and pointed. "It's probably like, a couple of miles away." Jaken nodded and pulled slightly on the dragon's reigns, turning him in the direction of the shard. But he glanced back at the girl as if he didn't believe her. Which, he probably didn't. And how could she blame him? She wouldn't believe it if it were someone else, either.
Apparently not wanting to ride on the dragon anymore, Sesshoumaru grabbed Kagome around the waist. "H-Hey! What are you doing!" She yelped and squirmed awkwardly between him and her backpack. It really wasn't very comfortable, since she had her quiver on one side of her, as well. And she couldn't exactly lean forward and away from him, since Jaken was in front of her.
He just tightened his grip in response and glanced over her to the green imp, who was trying to calm Ah-un down. It seemed to be too much movement for the dragon's liking. "Land and wait." Sesshoumaru jumped off Ah-un's back, and he began to glow. A moment later, they were zooming through the air, Kagome trying to grab whatever she could to hang on.
Finally, she settled for wrapping her arms around the one around her waist. She glared back at Sesshoumaru, wishing she didn't have to hold on to him for dear life. "You couldn't wait half an hour? Really?" She scowled at him. Really, you'd think she'd be nicer to the person that held her life in his hands. Literally. But nope, not her. Call it stubbornness or stupidity, but whatever it was called, she wouldn't be in this position if she could help it.
When Sesshoumaru didn't respond, Kagome just pursed her lips at him. "Fine then!" She turned her head back around and kept her hold around his arm. She was not going to fall, not if she could do anything about it. A couple of minutes later, and Kagome piped up, "The demon is just in front of us!"
The youkai nodded sharply and they began floating down to the ground. Amazingly, they didn't hit any branches on the trees, and made it to the earth safely. Kagome let out a deep breath and squirmed, stumbling away a couple of feet when Sesshoumaru let go of her. She turned around to say something, but was interrupted by him walking past her. Right. Complaining later, rescuing Rin first.
They walked through the trees together to a small hut. She wondered to herself why they couldn't see it from above, but when she looked up, she noticed that the trees seemed to arch over the building, keeping it hidden from aerial view. Sesshoumaru looked back at her questioningly, and she nodded, confirming that the demon -or, at least, the shard- was in the building. She stopped behind him when he pulled out Bakusaiga from his sash.
Sesshoumaru shot forward and ripped the door off it's hinges, barely taking the time to throw it aside, and was inside of the hut the next second. Kagome hurried forward after him, making sure to stay behind the youkai. Better him to get cut into pieces than her.
A very odd looking demon stood in front of them. It appeared to be male, with green scaly skin and horns coming from it's head. With the spikes she could see on it's back, it reminded her of a dinosaur. It stood at about six feet or so, and was attempting to loom over Sesshoumaru. "Get out or you will become my dinner!" Really, demons need a new scary line, because this one was used way too often.
"Lord Sesshoumaru!" Rin cried, pressed up against the corner of the hut on the other side of the room. She sniffled and stood, running over to them.
"Wait, Rin!" Kagome tried to warn her, but the demon had already swung his arm, hitting the girl and making her fly back to crash into the wall. Sesshoumaru made a terrifying growling sound deep within his throat, and cut the demon in half. Kagome winched but ran around the remains and gathered the unconscious girl in her arms. "Rin?"
"Ahahahahaha! Did you think it would be that easy!" The demon's two halves pulled back together in a sickening fashion, and he lunged towards Sesshoumaru, fist pulled back. Kagome had completely forgotten about the Jewel Shard -she was too worried about Rin.
With the demon between Sesshoumaru and Kagome, the girl couldn't see the demon lord. "Umm... there! In his neck!" The next moment, a hand ripped through the dinosaur-demon's throat coming out through the other side. Kagome bent over Rin, blood splatter sprinkling over her. When she glanced back up, Sesshoumaru had pulled his hand back out, his hand closed over the Jewel Shard. The demon crumpled onto the ground.
He cut his eyes over to her. "The demon will not come back." He glanced down at the shard in his hand, as if he couldn't believe that this little piece of jewel could make a demon come back to life after it's been killed.
Kagome shook her head and let out a shaky breath. "No, it won't." She stood, a little surprised that Sesshoumaru had so easily killed a demon with a shard. In battles with shard-holding demons, Inuyasha usually got badly injured. She supposed it just goes to show how much stronger the demon-lord was. She glanced down at Rin, who was still in her arms. "She's still breathing -I think she just got knocked out." She stood with a little bit of difficulty -her backpack weighed as much as the girl, and with the two of them, it felt like she was carrying a couple hundred pounds.
Sesshoumaru stepped forward and put one arm under Rin, taking her from Kagome's arms. He reached out and put the shard in one of her hands. "I have no need for this." The miko looked down at the shard with confusion, but opened the tiny bottle around her neck and stuck it in after the shard was purified. She didn't know what she had expected Sesshoumaru to do with the shard, but giving it to her wasn't at the top of the list.
As they walked out of the hut, Kagome knew that Sesshoumaru would take her back to Inuyasha and the rest of the gang, now that she no longer had a purpose to be with him. But she wondered, would he come to ask her for help again?