Naraku had come back for Sango, just as Sheumaru and Sango predicted.
Sheumaru's ears twitched as she heard a body hopping from branch to branch. Instantly her hand reached for her sword, she looked up at InuYasha, he was in the same position. He nodded at her, then to the door.
Together they left the hut, leaving their sleeping friends behind. Naraku was there, practically on the front porch.
"You've got some nerve, Onigumo." Growled Sheumaru.
"I see Sango doesn't care as much as I thought she did about her brother." Naraku ignored her, looking down at InuYasha's belt.
"You're wrong, she does, she just knows that thing you control isn't her brother anymore." InuYasha unsheathed Tetsusiga, it transformed into its grand self.
"I think it's best if you just stand still." Sheumaru smirked, unsheathing her sword. Unlike Tetsusiga, Tensing, her sword, was not as grand, more slim and easier to wield when moving quickly.
"I think I'll wait till your friends awake, you'll need all the help you can get." Naraku said coldly.
"You!" She yelled, running at him, he dodged, she slashed at his ape coat and he dodged again.
With a yell InuYasha had joined the fray, nicking Naraku's arm.
"It seems you made me bleed." Naraku acknowledged calmly.
"I'll do a lot worse too." Growled InuYasha. Tetsusiga swung at Naraku from the side and he jumped, avoiding it.
Sheumaru had joined in again, jumping off the edge of Tetsusiga she made a move to clip Naraku before they landed on the ground again.
She got him at his mask, what it revealed, was a handsome face with dark long hair.
"Your face.." Sheumaru whispered, landing lightly on the grass again.
"Were you expecting the burned and scarred face of Onigumo?" Naraku chuckled.
"Kind of.. yes." She snarled, "Because then I would have even more reason to kill you!"
"Sheumaru get behind me!" InuYasha suddenly yelled.
But she didn't have enough time, she hadn't heard it over her own blood pumping ears. Naraku had taken this moment to take her sword and shatter it, with seemingly little to no effort at all. She stood frozen.
In that moment, there was a bright light and Sheumaru suddenly knew why InuYasha had yelled for her to get out of the way. It had finally registered, he had used the Wind Scar.
Sheumaru felt her shoulder, pulling away her hand she saw it coated in red, fresh, blood.
"I'll see you later. Maybe not you, you'll die within hours. There is an upside though, you'll see your mother again very soon." Naraku smirked, chuckling evilly.
Sheumaru fell to the ground, feeling the life leave her body, feeling the fight leave with it. She would see her mother again, she'd be happy.
Kagome screamed somewhere far away, muffled voices were saying her name over and over again. She would leave them and that was okay, she would see father again, and mother. They would greet her with open arms. InuYasha would be fine without her for a couple more years, he'd lasted this long.
Father wouldn't be happy you failed! A dark and low voice suddenly shouted at her from inside her head.
Get up! You're not ready to die! This is your chance, hurry! Your mother's killer is getting away! It snarled at her, menacing.
She felt the sudden surge to fight, to live. Sheumaru wasn't done yet and there was no one who was going to end her life before she was ready.
"Sheumaru.. your face." InuYasha said, her eyes opened at his voice.
Her vision was red around the edges, perhaps she had died crying. She growled at him and moved to get up. It turns out Naraku had stayed to watch the show, and he wasn't looking very cocky.
"Your scent.. your blood has changed.." he remarked.
"Onigumo.." She snarled, "you think shattering my sword and me taking the Wind Scar at full force would kill me?
He had moved further away, she noticed her brother move closer to Kagome and the others.
"I have yet to experience something.. I can't wait to test it on you."
Sheumaru placed her claws deep within the wound on her shoulder, when she pulled away with her claws soaked in blood they bust a flame.
"Try my Dance of Flame!" She let the blood and fire flick off her claws, the half-moon crests of her attack headed toward Naraku.
His ape outfit burned away as he couldn't get away fast enough.
As he turned to run away, a spider shaped burn was visible on his back.
"You coward get back here!" She ran towards him, intending to catch him. To murder him.
"Sheumaru!" InuYasha seemed to have found his voice as he shouted her name.
Sheumaru froze, she turned, facing him she licked her lips, "you made him get away.. I must kill you!" She snarled, but there was a glint in her eye, she looked toward her shattered sword.
There was a pause as her innards fought against each other.
"She's fighting the demon blood in her system!" Myoga's voice called through the quiet.
Naraku was long gone by now.
"Look at her eyes! They're changing!" Kagome's voice reached her ears.
It was true, the red haze around the edges of her vision was gone.
"Must.. get to sword... Can't kill InuYasha..." She muttered, dragging her feet to the sword. Her clawed hand reached out, her feet nearly walking backwards in protest.
"I won't kill my brother over you not being pleased!" She snarled at herself.
Sheumaru felt her hand clasp against Tensing's hilt, there was just enough sword connected to it that her demon was swayed and she fell to the ground in a heap.
"Sheumaru!" InuYasha yelled again rushing to her side.
She was breathing heavily, there was no way she was going to win.
"Myoga.." she strained, the flea was on InuYasha's shoulder.
"Yes Sheumaru?" He asked, fearful at how weak her voice sounded.
"You must get Totosai, he.. needs to fix Tensing.." she coughed and blood spat out her mouth.
"We can worry about that later." Sango said, reaching her side.
"No-we can't, your safety is at stake if the sword isn't fixed.. my soul will be devoured if I change anymore." She was getting weaker, she could feel it. It was the same feeling when she first got struck by the Wind Scar.
"Move out of my way," Kagome said hurriedly, carrying a box in her hands. She sat beside Sango.
"Sheumaru.." Shippo said next to her.
"Shippo, I'm fine I promise." She said but grimiced, feeling a stab of pain.
"You boys better turn away while I dress her wounds." Kagome said, looking at InuYasha and Miroku.
Sheumaru half expected Miroku to joke or to peek as Kagome slid off most of the top of her kimono, but this was a serious time after all.
"Sango, feed her this. It helps with the pain." Kagome muttered, giving Sango one of her drinks she brought from her world and some pills, Sango nodded.
Sango placed Sheumaru's head in her lap and moved to give her the drink and pill, Sheumaru obliged. Near her shoulder and stomach, she felt Kagome's hands and the bandages.
"This is all well and good but I can't be moved..." Sheumaru muttered, seeming to be the only one to voice the problem. She grimiced again.
"I'll carry you. It wouldn't be my first time carrying an injured person." InuYasha said, his back still facing her.
"Myoga.. is he still here?" She asked, "you can turn around now." She added.
"He left as soon as you said so.. figures.. he must think we're in danger." InuYasha turned around to face her again.
"We are." Sheumaru said,grimacing.
"How so?" Miroku asked.
"I've told you, with Tensing broken I will likely transform into my full demon self again.. each time I do a piece of my soul is lost. Next time I will likely not remember any of your voices. Naraku knows this I'm sure of it. And he will use it against me." She tried to sit up but her arms shivered and gave out beneath her. Her head fell in the grass again.
InuYasha bent down and picked her up, putting her gently on his back, "we can talk about this tomorrow. You need rest."He said quietly.
Sheumaru fell asleep before they even reached the hut. She knew InuYasha wasn't going to sleep tonight.
A: Here you go, a way longer chapter than the others, anyway, I know this goes a little against cannon considering InuYasha hasn't met Totosai and has used the Wind Scar but hey that's why it's a fic.
As always, please leave reviews I'd love to hear what you think! Bye bye now!