Inuyasha © Rumiko Takahashi
A/N: Here comes Sesshomaru in all his gorgeous glory! XD
Warning(s): Character death, guilt, OOCness
Pairing(s): Kagome and Sesshomaru
7. Heaven
His eyes flickered as Kagome clutched at his hakama leg, tears were pouring down her cheeks as she stuttered and begged and pleaded at him.
Desperate and angry, she held onto Sesshomaru's leg, she couldn't think straight; Kagome ignored the precautions her friends threw at her as she continued bawling all over him like a child with a scraped knee. Why was she so emotionally hurt? Was she truly attached to a being she was supposed to hate?
"...Miko, this Sesshomaru knows not of what you require of him." Stopping tugging, her head lifted up and haunted blue eyes met his icy gaze. Tears were still piling down her cheeks in buckets, but they were silent now.
"...Shippo, please, you have to save him! You have to return him to me!" Lifting his own head, his gaze flickered across the scarred battlefield. Shredded demon corpses lay, blood seeping into the soil. "Please. You have to. I beg of you. I'll do anything." Her voice quivered and shook; her soul spoke to him then, in its desperation, it cried out for him. Begging, grieving and asking.
Sesshomaru stepped back from her and she stood on shaky legs, "this Sess-I will attempt at saving the Kitsune, but I make no promises." He wasn't sure how this would turn out - he couldn't feel Tenseiga rattling at his side like he usually did; if it didn't work, what would happen?
Elegantly, he crossed the destroyed battlefield and stood above the dead, bleeding body of the Kitsune and the depressed monk. Said monk moved to the side as Sesshomaru instantly drew Tenseiga. Frowning internally, he realised that he couldn't see the imps of death, just the body of a Kit.
Something inside him begged the sword to be able to save the Kit.
It didn't respond, but he wielded the sword anyway; slashing diagonally across the tiny body, he stared intently. Watched, and watched; nothing.
So, he tried again.
Nothing.
Why am I trying a third time even though I know the results are going to be the same?
And again.
"Miko, it didn't work." With fluidity, he turned to face the Miko on her knees, broken eyes gazing at him through her bangs.
Kagome shifted then, once again, pulling herself up, "how can you call yourself powerful when you can't even save one child with your sword? How can you call your father victorious when he couldn't make a sword that works?" Within seconds, he had her throat in his claws and a deep, threatening growl rumbled from his chest.
"Ningen, remember your place. I am the most powerful youkai alive, but even I or my father do not have the power of the Kami. Do not criticise until you are perfect, you pathetic creature."
Inuyasha finally plucked up the courage to interfere, striding straight up to his best friend and his bastard of a half-brother. "Sesshomaru, release her." He knew she was grieving; he knew what that felt like, especially when it came to loving the person who was dead. But, what Kagome was doing was suicidal!
"If I had the power, I would've helped, saved my father from going to his own death. You sent him to his grave because you were too prideful to actually help him." Sesshomaru's claws tightened to a dangerous hold and his sharp talons pricked holes in her neck; small dribbles of blood running down her pale skin.
"Kagome! Stop it!" Snarling reached his ears and his eyes widened as he took in Sesshomaru's crimson eyes and bared fangs.
"Wench, if you value your life, I would stop this course of words."
"No wonder you are so cold and," she coughed as his hold began cutting off her oxygen intake, "you are so ashamed of your father, so ashamed of killing him." That was the last straw; his talons sunk deep into her neck, instantly hitting her main artery.
I AM NOT TO BLAME FOR MY FATHER'S DEATH! He was proud of his level of control, but that topic was taboo to speak of, it was the corridor straight to his heart and his darkness; his weakness.
Quickly coming back to his senses, he looked down into Kagome's dying eyes and what he found was… ethereal. A beaming smile and happy eyes looked up at him. "Thank you, Sesshomaru." Taken aback, he dropped her, and Inuyasha sprinted towards her, catching her and sinking to the ground with her in his eyes. His eyes were watery as he held her, his rage was overpowered by the sudden realisation that Kagome was also dying. Instinct made him press his hand to the wounds on her neck, trying to staunch the blood flow.
It had been deliberate.
...the Miko, no, Kagome had baited me, and I had fallen right into her hands.
"No, NO! Kagome, don't you dare leave me! You'll get through this, Shippo will always be with us, in here," he tapped her heart lightly with his claw, afraid he'd break her even more, terrified that he'd send her to her death quicker.
"I am…selfish. Inu...yasha, I… Shippo's the only one who… truly, understood me. I don't deserve your forgiveness, but please, never be alone again."
"Why are you leaving me then? You're only sending me to the fate you want me to avoid."
"I'm not the centre of your universe, you wanted to die when Kikyo did, didn't you? ...Shippo's my centre.
"Also, Sess-ho...maru," said daiyoukai whirled to her side, glaring down at her crippled and shattered form. His heart was heavy, which was unusual. Now she had found the way into his heart, she couldn't get out of it…
How did this escalate so quickly?
"Miko."
"I'm sorry. You and your… fat-her. You're powe-rf-ul." Gurgles of blood suddenly choked her, hiccuping and gargling, she lolled her head to the side, hitting Inuyasha's chest and choking. Then, in the next second, the inhalation and exhalation of her chest stopped and her eyes rolled.
Tenseiga rattled at his side and his breath froze; Inuyasha looked up at him then, "What are you waiting for? Save her! Save at least one life!"
"Did she not want to die, Inuyasha?"
"Kagome wasn't thinking straight! Save her, NOW!"
I want to save her, not just with Tenseiga, but I want to save her from herself and help her to recover. Yes.
With an arcing slash of Tenseiga, Kagome's eyes opened and she took a deep breath; the wounds on her neck now gone, mere shiny scars as a permanent reminder. Sesshomaru knelt down next to the drowsy Miko, dried tears staining her cheeks. "I will always save you, Kagome, even from yourself."
I know there's a lot of OOCness for Kagome here and it was deliberate. I think her and Shippo genuinely clicked in the anime, as a mother-son but also brother-sister relationship. And I decided for Shippo to die because it's always Kagome dying when it involved Sesshomaru and Tenseiga, despite there being Kagome's little death at the end. And this kinda switched between serious and not serious...
Anyway, please review and tell me how I ruined Kagome in this chapter! (Seriously, I wanted to the cliched Kagome/Sesshomaru and Tenseiga thing after I finished writing it.)
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