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Because...certain skills
Sesshomaru really had to wonder what the hell Kaname's sister was thinking, because she obviously wasn't since the girl decided to put herself between two demons fighting.
"STOP THIS!"
Did she really think he would if she shouted that?
"Wha-?! Kagome!" Inuyasha asked in surprise.
Sesshomaru stared at the girl, apparently she did think he would stop since she was still standing there with her arms thrown out. …. Kaname, your sister is irrational. He thought, because honestly! What did she think throwing her arms out would do? Did she not just see him kill hundreds of demons with one swipe of the sword?
"You're that girl from last time." he stated, looking from his brother to her a few times before something clicked, making really wonder about this girls mental state. "You want to die together? Isn't that lovely?" he mocked, to which Kagome jerked at.
"EH." she squeaked just as Inuyasha stood back up and pushed her behind himself.
"Get back Kagome, Sesshomaru wouldn't hesitate before killing a girl." Inuyasha stated, making Sesshomaru's eyebrow twitch. Did his brother not see how he paused when it came to Kagome? He was a demon of morals, even if Kagome wasn't Kaname's beloved little sister, then he would still give thought about killing a female. It was then that the monk stepped in front of the two.
"I cannot keep silent any longer."
Hn? That houshi... he thought as the small hive in his pocket came to mind. He watched disinterested as Inuyasha had a small spat with the monk. He wondered what Kaname was doing back at the campsite.
"ACHOO!"
"GYYYAAAAAAAAAAAGH!"
Kaname groaned, the sneezed had made her miss her target. She had found a weird looking moth demon, along with some other demons, and had it pinned to the ground back at the campsite. She frowned, looking down at the exposed bone she was carving into. Tch'ing when she saw the mistake she made in one of the characters she was writing when she sneezed. "Oh dear, it looks like I will have to start over on the other arm." she sighed, making the demon squirm. She raised a brow down at it, "These sticks have my power in them, so I don;t understand why you keep struggling." she huffed out while scooting over to the demons other arm. She took out a knife from her satchel and started to slowly peels the skin off, ignoring the bloodcurdling screams from the demon.
She had wanted to test out a thought that had made her curious as she was looking for a demon to work on. She wondered what would happen to a demon if she carved one a prayer into their bones and then armed said prayer.
Will they disintegrate? Explode? Maybe they'll be in agony as their purified! She thought excitedly at the possibility's. "Maybe I can even make these prayers into a type of collars to control them? Or make them obey?" she said with a grin. The unlucky demons cowered, regretting ever going after the human female.
Kaname was having such fun, that she didn't seem to notice a pair of red watching her work just outside of her barrier. The demons was in wonder at this strange miko, he had sensed the jewel shards she had possessed, and they weren't tainted, which just fascinated him even more. The woman had and clear still is seemingly dark herself. She had obviously tortured someone before, going by how at ease she was at the moment, and how she seemed to have had practice in drowning out screams. He was very surprised when he first saw her, he wasn't a fool, he could feel the power in her, and he knew she would use it without hesitation on him if he did something wrong.
She was...Odd. He knew of a few monks and priestess's who were dark, who had immense power themselves, but he could practically taste their tainted souls. Yet she barely had anything dark coming off of her. Don't get him wrong, he could still feel her taint...but...her's was more malicious and possessive then the others?
He didn't know how to describe her taint, all he knew that it reeked of danger, and that if you had gotten her ire, then she would destroy her target no matter the cost.
So, naturally the demon decided to be wary around the priestess, at least until he had more jewel shards. Once he had a stronger body, then he would confront her for her jewel's, and maybe even try and get her as one of his allies.
"Oh, I wonder what would happen if I put a different prayer on you?" her voice brought him out of his musings, watching as she tapped her chin in thought as she started down at a snake demon. His eye's flickered to the demon from earlier and observed how it screamed, smoke was coming out of it's now mangled arm, and there were blisters and puss already coming out of the torn out muscle. When he looked back at the woman, he studied how her face was fascinated by what she was seeing, a small sadistic smile pulling at her lips, as she lifted a finger and started jam it into the wound. "Interesting, very interesting."
The other demons were starting to grow frantic in their escape.
She sighed as she lifted her hand back up, staring at the blood that stained her hand, before releasing the small demon. "you wont survive another one of my experiments. And I don't need a dead demon who can't let me see what happens to them as their alive." she said, deciding to ignore the demon in favor of a fresher one. The demon took no time in hesitating, it bolted away from her towards the edge of the campsite. "after all, I did promise A-Un he could eat all of you when I was finished," she called out as the two headed dragon lunged at the small demon.
It shrieked in terror, knowing it couldn't fight off the healthy dragon in the state it was in.
Kaname gave no glance towards the sounds of ripping flesh and the crunch of bones, she focused on her next volunteer. "now then, I wonder if placing a sutra on your heart will do anything, maybe I can keep it beating and see how much torture you can take without it?"
Yes, the demon would wait until it had more jewel shards.
At least I know she is not stupid enough to get into trouble. Sesshomaru thought.
"This Jaken will deal with the rest!" Jaken called out from his position on the ogre. Sesshomaru looked up towards him, showing he was listening. "Sesshomaru-sama shouldn't have to trouble himself."
"...Perhaps so." Sesshomaru sighed, might as well see what was so dangerous about this houshi. "Let's see what happens."
Next thing Sesshomaru knew, the monk had thrust out his hand and a giant wind was trying to suck him inside. He stabbed the Tetsusaiga into the ground to stop himself from being pulled into the vortex. He specifically remember Kaname explaining what a black hole was to him before when it came up in one of their talks, and he did not appreciate this monk trying to crush him with gravity. He then dug into his pocket and pulled out the small round nest, Hmp...this was all planned so meticulously. He thought before throwing the hive at the houshi. He watched as giant demonic bee's appeared from the small nest, then started to swarm into the monks hand.
He could tell this the monk didn't know why the insect were flying towards him, this must be the first time he's encountered them then. He thought.
"S-Somehow it seems those insect...they aren't being sucked in, but are flying in on their own!?" Kagome pointed out, seeming to trying to figure out why they were doing this. It wasn't until the monk pulled back with sweat dripping from his forehead that Sesshomaru knew what was going on.
"...That was quite an interesting show." Sesshomaru commented after watching Kaname's sister leave to get some of the futuristic medicine. He wondered briefly if Kagome could make her own remedy's like Kaname could, and if the practice ran in the family. He decided to dismiss the though, lifting up the Tetsusaiga to attack. A smirk crossed his face, "Enough of this, die."
Inuyasha scowled towards him, gripping his bleeding arm before quickly throwing said blood at his brother. "Blades of blood!" this caused Sesshomaru to be distracted for a moment, letting Inuyasha lift the monk. "Miroku, you bastard, how long are you gonna sit there shaking in fear?!" he yelled out.
Sesshomaru huffed in annoyance, avoiding the blood- as he did not want any of it on his clothing- before watching his brother scurry off with the monk named Miroku, and the small fox child, behind the dead ogre. "It's useless, even if you hide." Sesshomaru yelled out, swinging the Tetsusaiga, unleashing it's power. As the light disappeared, he observed where his brother and his annoying companion's had been. "Hmp..." he hummed, seeing nothing of his brother, "Blown away huh?"
Only to be proven wrong when said brother jumped out of the remaining carcass of the ogre.
"I WON'T DIE THAT EASILY!" he yelled.
Sesshomaru's eyebrow twitched, "You fool! Especially to jump out like that!" he yelled in annoyance at his brothers logic. Swinging the sword down, but was surprised to be stopped Tetsusaiga's sheath. He stopped Tetsusaiga by using it's scabbard. He thought, mildly impressed, "...So you really think a scabbard can be a match for a sword, Inuyasha?" he drawled.
"Heh, this isn't just any old scabbard!" Inuyasha taunted, then pushed Sesshomaru back, "It's more than capable of smashing your head into pieces!"
A scoff. "Interesting, let's see you try it!" the elder retorted, flinging Inuyasha away from his person. He lifted the sword once more, seeing as Inuyasha didn't have any protection this time, "Of course, you'll have disappeared before you can."
"INUYASHA!"
Sesshomaru's eye's quickly flickered towards Kagome, only to go back to the sword in his hand when Kagome released an arrow towards him. A purifying arrow at that. It his Tetsusaiga, and made the transformation undone. He stared at the Tetsusaiga, analyzing on how some spiritual power was still lingering on it. It's pathetic compared to her sister's. Was his first thought, she's becoming a nuisance. He concluded, his sharp eye's going towards the teen who was knocking another arrow.
"SESSHOMARU! NEXT TIME, IT'LL BE YOUR BODY!" she yelled out, aiming it at him. "INUYASHA! GET OUT OF THERE!" when no one moved, she seemed to get frustrated. Her eyes went to the elder brother, when said demon turned his body towards her. "Sesshomaru! This time, I'll pierce your left arm!"
That got the lord attention. "What?" he said dangerously, can she see the shards? He wondered, did Kaname's sister have the ability to see them as well? He heard her mutter on how she could see the shikon fragment, causing him to scowl at her. He dodged the arrow directed towards him with a measly step. She was making it very hard on his oath to not kill her.
Seeing as she missed, she loaded another arrow. "T-This time...!" she said nervously.
...Is horrible aim a trait in her family? Sesshomaru wondered as Inuyasha told her to stop.
"NO! There's a shikon fragment in his left arm! And six more around his neck!" she declared, making Inuyasha blink up at her before swirling around to stare at Sesshomaru. Said demon decided that knocking her out with a few bruises was not a contradiction of killing the girl. "I know I can get them!"
"You are making it fairly difficult to not kill you, girl." Sesshomaru informed Kagome, a scowl in place, as she seemed bewildered that he wasn't actively not trying to kill her. "Inuyasha, make her stop. This is a fight between demons, even if you are a hanyou, a mortal has no place in interfering." he warned his little brother, who was glancing between Sesshomaru and Kagome.
"Kagome! DROP THE BOW AND GET OUT OF HERE!" Inuyasha yelled up at her. He was wondering why Sesshomaru was giving him this chance, and why the demon wasn't trying to kill her like he did with most humans that annoyed him. When Kagome shook her head, Inuyasha felt frustrated at her stubbornness. This girl! He thought, peeking at how his brother was starting to gather poison around his fingers, glaring at Kagome.
"NO!" she yelled, "He even said he wasn't going to kill me!"
Sesshomaru felt the urge to rub his forehead, "That is not what I said." at her frown and accusing look, he decided to explain. "I never said that I would not kill you, I haven't so far because of an oath I had made with someone." he clarified.
"Eh?" only to stumble back when Sesshomaru appeared right in front of her, and before she could do much, Sesshomaru had grabbed her bow and used his acidic poison to melt the thing. Rendering it useless, and Kagome defenseless. She stared up at him, the fear plain for anyone to see, but her fist's clenched. "W-Who doesn't want me t-to d-d-die?"
Hn, he had to give her points for standing her ground. After a few moment's of debating in his head, Sesshomaru decided to mess with her a bit, maybe if he told her about Kaname, then surely the girl would stop interfering with his plans, in favor of wanting to live to find her sister. Not that I'll let have the chance to take away whats mine. He thought. "A woman that shares the same blood as you," he saw her furrow her brows. "How sad, you seemed to have forgotten her, and yet she hasn't seemed to have forgotten you..." he leaned in, his nose scrunching up at her scent. It wasn't as appealing as Kaname's, "poor Kaname, her little sister all but forgot about her."
He would be lying if he said he didn't enjoy watching the absolute shock Kagome's face morphed into.
"H...How do...y-you know m-my Onee-sama...?" she stuttered out in a whisper.
"YOUR OPPONENT IS ME, YOU BASTARD!"
Sesshomaru had to dodge the claws of Inuyasha, his face being nicked and starting to bleed a bit.
"Shit, he fucking avoided it, huh." Inuyasha grumbled as Sesshomaru landed a bit away.
"...N-Nee-san..." Kagome muttered, her eye's zeroed in on Sesshomaru's face. How does he know her sister's name? How? They were hundred's of years in the past! He couldn't possibly know about her sister, not unless she-
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Not unless she was sent back into the past like me! Kagome thought in realization, ignoring the conversation that was going on around her. And if she is here...and he knows her name.. she thought slowly, piecing things together. T-Then he knows where she is! Alarmed by this, she shot up on her feet and stared determinedly down at the youkai.
"Wha-? Kagome?" Inuyasha inquired, surprised by the look in her eye's as she stared down his brother.
"M-My sister," she started, her hands clenching at her side, as he gazed back up at her disinterested. "Is my Onee-sama...Really here?!"
"huh?" Inuyasha said, his eye's widening in shock. This was the first time he's ever heard about Kagome having an older sister. "Your sister?!"
Sesshomaru's only answer was a hum in confirmation. Causing the hanyou to whirl his head towards his brother. Why the hell did Sesshomaru know the location of a human? Of Kagome's apparent elder sister at that?! He saw Kagome's hands tighten even further, to the point where her knuckles were white and her nails were drawing blood.
"Where is she?!"
Sesshomaru smirked at her, making her realize he won't tell her anything.
"Thats enough, Kagome!" Inuyasha said, startling the girl, "Just get out of here!"
"B-But he know's-" she started to protest, because her sister was alive! She want's to see her! But Inuyasha didn't budge, using Miroku to guilt her into leaving the two brother's alone. "...F-Fine..." she muttered, turning around and starting to head towards her friend.
Sesshomaru looked pleased that she was leaving, "Hn. Good." he said, adjusting his grip on the Tetsusaiga.
Inuyasha- after making sure that Kagome actually left- turned back towards the elder demon. "A youkai like you shouldn't be able to hold the Tetsusaiga. But, you're holding it now..." he said, glancing down at said arm as Sesshomaru waited to see what his brother was saying. "That left arm, it's a human arm, isn't it!? That arm is bonded with a shikon fragment." he concluded.
Sesshomaru deadpaned him. He was slightly wondering how Inuyasha didn't notice before that it wasn't his arm. It had the scent of a human on it, and it was a different skin tone then his. Father, I do not see how your blood run's through his veins. He thought as Inuyasha continued to talk about ripping off the arm. He didn't really care for the arm, he could always get another human arm, and use one of Kaname's own shikon fragments to attach it.
But when he heard Inuyasha saying that he was going to take the fragment's around his neck, then Sesshomaru got irritated. He would not let Inuyasha touch Kaname's shikon fragment's that she intrusted to him. "That's only if you can touch my left arm." Sesshomaru retorted as Inuyasha rushed him. He dodged his brothers attack, and retaliated by punching him across the face, sending him to the ground. He made sure to push a little poison into that punch, if he had to deal with Kaname's staring at his now wounded face, then Inuyasha will have to put up with Kagome's. "Hmp. That is your punishment for wounding my face."
Was it a little petty that Sesshomaru did that? Yes, yes it was.
But, he had told Kaname that no one- besides his father- had ever wounded his face before, be it training or a real fight to the death. Not that Kaname would say anything about it, but he hated appearing weak in front of the mortal woman.
That would now happen because of Inuyasha being able to scratch his face.
Kaname sighed, she had experimented on all the demons she had caught, and wasn't able to convince A-Un to let her get more. Currently she was laying against said dragon, bored out of her mind with nothing to do.
"...Hm..." she hummed out, starring up at the night sky. It was then that her stomach growled, making her blink and A-Un to look at her. "Ah...I haven't eaten today, have I?" she questioned herself. Kaname then dug into her bag for something to eat, all she had was some bread and spices, making her frown since she wanted some meat. "...A-Un?"
The dragon opened it's eyes, lifting their head to look at her.
She smiled, "Those measly demons weren't enough to fill you, right?" she questioned, taking his silence as a 'yes'. "Then what do you say we hunt some boar? I saw some a while back when we were picking out demons. And I am sure Sesshomaru would appreciate having something to eat as well, I don't think I saw him eat anything to day." she suggested.
A-Un stared at her for a good while. Debating on letting Kaname out of the safe zone his master had deemed for them, he knew he really shouldn't let her wander out of the barrier so much without Sesshomaru being here, but his stomach grumbled at the prospect of eating boar. So, the dragon agreed, letting Kaname climb onto his back, before flying out of the barrier to get some boar.
"I wonder what Sesshomaru is doing at the moment." Kaname mused, resting her head against A-Un's neck, "Is he torturing his brother? Oh, if only I could have gone with him, I would love to see how long a hanyou could last." she muttered, before her senses picked up a few boar. "Oh! There! Down there A-Un, there are a couple of boars sleeping." she leaned over, "They look plump as well."
Sesshomaru was bored with dodging Inuyasha's pathetic excuse for attacks.
"You won't get away, bastard!"
Really, because he hadn't been able to touch him as of yet. Does he know no other word's besides 'Bastard'? He thought as he scoffed, holding up his clawed hand. "Right, I'm getting tired of toying with you." he concentrated his poison, then thrust his hand forward, nicking Inuyasha's cheek. His smirk was wiped away when, out of no where, a holy arrow was shot at him and shattered his armor.
"AMAZING KAGOME!" the fox child yelled out, making both brother's look towards where the girl was. Sesshomaru was annoyed that, apparently, Kagome had another bow with her all this time. "You broke his armor!"
Kagome knocked another arrow, aiming it at him, "I was going for his left arm though!"
….Kaname, your sister is annoying. Was all Sesshomaru thought as he seriously though about killing the girl. He was distracted enough that Inuyasha took this opportunity to pierce him with his claws. "What a pain." he muttered in agitation, his hand shot forward and gripped Inuyasha by the throat, hearing the sizzling of flesh. "Together with that girl..." he snarled. Sesshomaru then threw the hanyou towards Kagome. He was satisfied that it knocked her down, and even more so when it was apparent that she was knocked unconscious by that. He felt a pulse, Sesshomaru looked down and was happy to see that the Tetsusaiga was back to normal. "This, is as far as you go. Hurry and go to hell." Hopefully away from the girl's body. He added as he glanced down at Kagome's unconscious form.
"Sesshomaru you bastard, how dare you do this to Kagome!" Inuyasha snarled, making Sesshomaru sigh. After all, the girl wasn't dead or anything. Both brothers then moved their eyes to the monk that decided to drag himself in between them, which was unwise since he was obviously still weak. "Miroku..."
"...The houshi..." Sesshomaru muttered, looking him over. "So, you didn't die from the insects' poison, huh." That was fairly impressive. Or would have been if he had overcome the poison himself, the scent of Kagome's remedy is all over him. He thought as the houshi started to undo his beads.
"I have just enough power remaining to suck you up with my wind tunnel." Miroku threatened.
Sesshomaru deadpaned him, "Try it and see." he said dryly, he could hear the demonic insects still buzzing around. He was proven right when Inuyasha threw a rock at the ogre carcass, causing the insects to buzz and reveal themselves. He waited for them to finish talking on what to do, watching Inuyasha command them to run with Kaname's sister. But, then again she will awaken and try and find Kaname. He thought, remembering that defiant gleam in the girls eye's as she demanded the whereabouts of her sister.
….Maybe he shouldn't have told her that her sister was still alive.
Hn, I must rectify this. He decided, lifting the Tetsusaiga and swinging the blade. Only to remember a moment later that Kagome was in the line of fire. And before he could stop his swing. As the stream f power reached the three, Sesshomaru saw something interesting happen.
He saw Kaname erecting a barrier around the three. But, it was weird, because she seemed to be transparent. Kaname's black eyes met his own amber ones, she seemed to have glared at him, but it wasn't hate. No, it was more over...disappointment?
What is this? He thought, starring at the being that looked exactly like Kaname. And when he blinked, she was gone and Inuyasha had grabbed onto his arm, stopping the motion.
"WHA-WHAT ARE YOU DOING?! RUN!" Inuyasha yelled. He didn't seem to notice that Sesshomaru was even trying to fight him at the moment.
Inuyasha may have helped Sesshomaru stop the swing, but that didn't mean he appreciated the hanyou's closeness to him, nor the foolish thing he had just did. So, with a stretched of his right hand, "Fool..." Sesshomaru plunged it through Inuyasha's middle. "Exposing your back to an enemy!"
"INUYASHA!"
Sesshomaru looked up at the voice, frustrated that Kagome had already woken up and was trying to make her way over to the two. Luckily the monk stopped her.
"...It brings tears to the eye-" Because Sesshomaru realized that both he and Kaname had sibling's that have no common sense when it came to dangerous situations. "you intended to buy some time to rescue your companions." And possibly got himself killed because of that.
How disappointing.
"What's this Sesshomaru, you haven't...N-Noticed, have you?" Inuyasha stated, an arrogant tone coming from him. Making Sesshomaru narrow his eyes at him, wondering what the hell he was talking about. Before realization dawned on him, making him glare down at the hanyou.
"You bastard!" Sesshomaru snarled, just as Inuyasha ripped off his arm before Sesshomaru could do anything. But it wasn't the arm he was angry about, it was a borrowed arm after all so who cared? No, what he was angry about was that Inuyasha tried to also take the bag of jewel shards Kaname had entrusted him with. He crushed Inuyasha's wrist, making the hanyou let go, and promply kicked him away. How dare he! He thought as Inuyasha skid to a stop.
"Tch! Damn, I was so close." Inuyasha huffed, before grabbing at the severed arm that was still gripping the Tetsusaiga, and flinging it off. "Oh well, I'll just get it off of your corpse, because the Tetsusaiga is mine again!" he roared.
Sesshomaru was about to go over and kill Inuyasha for daring to try and take Kaname's shards, but then the hanyou fell to his knees, digging the tip of the Tetsusaiga into the floor to keep him up. Nh? Sesshomaru thought as he noticed something.
"Sesshomaru-sama, that damn Inuyasha is losing consciousness..." Jaken informed as he walked over to his lord, then started to head close to the weakened demon.
"Don't come any closer." Sesshomaru warned, stopping the imp from getting killed. Inuyasha had sent out a small portion of power, enough to kill,
"H-How? He d-didn't even s-swing his sword!"
Sesshomaru, observed his brother, concluding that if he got any closer, the Inuyasha would cut him down. Seeing as he didn't want to let him get any more point's on hurting him, Sesshomaru decided enough was enough. Besides, he thought while looking towards the sky. It is almost morning, I can't leave my pack alone fr too long. He concluded.
"We're leaving, Jaken." he said, turning around and walking away. "As I can't touch the Tetsusaiga any longer, it's pointless to stay. And who knows if Kaname is doing something foolish." he concluded, gathering up his youkai to take off. Jaken quickly ran over and latched onto his mokomoko.
He was still pondering on how Kaname was there, and hoe he seemed to be the only one to see her. It was then that he noticed that the insects were still following him, he looked down at the now useless arm. "...They are waiting for the shikon fragment, fused in this arm, to be thrown away." So, with that, he slipped off the sleeves of his kimono, and scowled at what was happening. "Hmp. I'll be devoured by the arm at this rate." he huffed, before ripping the rest off and casting it aside. Following the insect who caught it so he could teach that baboon a lesson.
It seems Kaname was right to be wary of the baboon and arm.
Said girl's sister was freaking out. She was just shoved down the well by Inuyasha, after the ass had taken her jewel shards! And now she couldn't go back!
….I'm going to murder him when I get back! She promised, channeling her inner Kaname. But, before that, she had to go and tell her family that Kaname was still alive. So, quickly she climbed out of the well, and ran towards the house. "MAMA! MAMA!" she yelled out, slamming the front door open.
"Kagome?" her mother called out in alarm, she walked out into the hallway in concern. Only to have to take a few steps back from Kagome hugging her. She blinked in surprise, hearing the door open again and looking up to see her father-in-law.
"Hm? Kagome? What are you doing back so early?" he questioned before looking at Emiko. "Emiko, my dear, what's happening?"
"I-I don't know, grandpa." she answered bewildered. "Kagome?"
"IT'S KANAME!" Kagome shouted, startling the two. "K-KANAME-NEECHAN IS STILL ALIVE!"
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"Oh, Kagome..." Emiko sighed, petting her daughters hair. "I know you miss your sister, we all do, but I thought we finally got past this stage-"
Kagome frown, interrupting her mother since she just believed that Kagome was sad that her sister was dead. "No! Mama, you don't understand! Kaname-nee is still alive! She's on the other side of the well!"
"E-EH?!" both Emiko and her grandfather said in union.