I don't want this anymore. I don't- Sesshmaru laughed mischievously. "I'll try my best" Lord Ikkoku grinned. "Very well then, Lord Sesshomaru. Kagome-" Please, don't say it... "Kill him!"
Kagome unstrapped her katana from her back and spun it around. Sesshomaru unsheathed his sword and readied himself. "Kagome-chan-" she shook her head slowly, cutting him off. I don't want to hear what he has to say. I want to get this over with...I'll make it quick. She charged at him swiftly, their blades coming together with a loud clang. "Kill him!" Ikkoku giggled. Kagome jumped and landed behind Sesshomaru, preparing to stab him through the heart. "Do not turn your back on your opponent, Lord Sesshomaru!" he laughed maniacally again. After what seemed like hours of fighting, but had to only have been minutes, Kagome had knocked Sesshomaru's sword away and he lay on the ground covered in cuts. Kagome huffed as she stood about 20 feet away, studying him. "You're taking too long. Finish him!" She would not be happy if she knew I had sacrificed another life for hers. Who am I to weigh the life of one person to anothers? "To hell with it, I'll do it!" Ikkoku shouted. Everything seemed to slow down as Sesshomaru started changing into his demon form and as Ikkoku grabbed a sword. He's not changing fast enough, he'll be killed- Ikkoku threw the sword at a vulnerable Sesshomaru. Sesshomaru's eyes widened as the blade approached him, and he knew he could not deflect it in his in-between state. He slowly closed is eyes, awaiting the sharp pain. But it never came. Everything was silent, except for a constant dripping noise. Sesshomaru's eyes flew open. He gasped. "Ka..gome.." he whispered, shocked.
She looked over her shoulder and smiled, the large sword protruding from her back and her crimson blood staining the floor and the cloak she was wearing. "I'm sorry." she whispered, blood trickling from her mouth. "I...I didn't want to hurt you." Sesshomaru caught her as she collapsed. Slowly he pushed her hood back, revealing a long scar running from above her right eye to the bottom of her left cheek. "I...just wanted to..to see you smile-" she choked on blood. "Shhh Kagome-chan, save your breath. I'll get you help-" "No time...Sesshomaru. I was hap..py when you found me that day..." Kagome took a shaky breath. "Not because I-I wanted to..kill you. But because I-I didn't feel..so alone." He smiled. "I was happy too. I had finally found someone who understood me." he admitted, brushing her long hair away from her face. "I like it...when you smile like that. Hey...don't waste..the cherries." she smiled one last time, reaching a shaky hand up. Sesshomaru glanced at her hand, and in it was a black rose. "I've had this for...awhile now. Never dies..You know..the Lost Lady wasn't lost at all...just lonely." she choked once more, as her blood ran slower and slower.
"Kagome you have to hold on. I don't care where you go, or where you have been, as long as you come back!" Sesshomaru gently laid her down and turned towards Ikkoku. "You dared lay a finger on her? Why? And why would she do all of this?" he demanded angrily. Ikkoku looked on, bemused. He began picking at his fingers, unfazed by the woman dying in his palace. "Well, I had to take something pretty valuable for her to agree to kill you. And when she had lost her resolve momentarily, I taught her lesson." "What did you take?" "Did you know," Ikkoku leaned forward, as if wanting to share a joke between old friends. "That Kagome has a twin?"