Sesshomaru's Heart
Attar snarled and charged Sesshomaru who dodged out of the way and slashed at him with his claws. Attar squealed and slid away, shaking and growling furiously. Sesshomaru looked from him, to Saeka lying on the ground a few yards away. The sight of her reinstated the anger he'd felt at her death and as Attar came at him again, he cracked the light whip at the snout of the hound. Attar tried to bite the whip, but ended up singeing his tongue and letting go not even a second after taking hold. Sesshomaru pulled it back, and then lashed it out again, snapping off Attar's body, slicing away bits of skin and fur. Attar roared again, opened his mouth and shot what appeared to be toxic sludge at Sesshomaru who barely managed to jump out of the way. The spot where he had been standing was now on fire. He landed nearby and Attar fired the same attack, missing once more. Three times, this was repeated and all three times, Attar missed. But from across the courtyard in the barrier, Kagome could see that his aim was rapidly improving. Sesshomaru pulled the light whip back into his hand and dashed forward. He leapt up into the air and came back down, bringing a wave of poisonous gasses upon Attar. The hound sputtered and choked and hurried to get away from them. Sesshomaru ran toward him again when his defense was down and opened his hand, covering Attar with the poison he'd used on Kagome back at the tomb. Attar seemed to be backing down, when suddenly he leapt up and came down at Sesshomaru, sinking his teeth into his arm. Sesshomaru yelled in anger and flung the hound off of his arm and about ten feet away.
Meanwhile, Kagome had cocked an arrow and was aiming at Attar. Sango and Miroku noticed. " No, Kagome. He wants to do this alone. He wants to avenge Saeka!" Miroku said.
" I know, but that hound is exactly like its name. It's from hell; it's already dead! Attar must have been more human than demon and died at a later age! No matter what Sesshomaru does, he won't die! I have to shoot him! I'll explain to Sesshomaru later!"
" You actually think he'll listen?" InuYasha snapped. But he was too late. Kagome had already fired the arrow.
Attar had been getting ready to fire another mouthful of toxic sludge at Sesshomaru, when the arrow struck. Attar's eyes opened wide and he stood shaking hard for a moment, before slowly falling to the ground from the pierced heart. Sesshomaru watched this and when Attar was completely dead he turned and faced the others. They all flinched, expecting the light whip to come snapping toward them, killing them all. But when Sesshomaru simply looked away and returned to where Saeka lay, they were all left confused.
Sesshomaru stared down at Saeka's body. He wanted so badly to use the Tenseiga, but he knew it was useless. Tenseiga only worked once on someone.
" Saeka." He murmured. " I'm sorry. I never meant for this to happen to you. I love you." He said. He was horrified to realize that there were tears in his eyes. " No!" he muttered fiercely. " No."
A/N: Very, very short chapter, yes. But a necessary one. I'm sorry I kill Saeka, but it was for the best. However, the story doesn't end here. Keep reading the next chapters to find out what happens!