Irony of Fate

Chapter Eleven

Blood Bath

………….Last time……………….

Sesshomaru got into a fighting stance with his sword raised to eye level. "Naraku", he spat out the name like it was a dark venom. "You will die."

………..This time………………….

"Ku ku ku", Naraku chanted. "Such courage for one so small." His ruby eyes were full with malice as he directed a sinister grin toward Sesshomaru in miko form.

Sword still raised and ready for battle, Sesshomaru chanced a glance at the other occupants of the room.

A battered Inuyasha swung tetsusaiga furiously. The dark forms had surrounded the hanyou. A little ways off the monk and taijiya were in the same predicament. It looked hopeless. Kagome was no where to be seen, obscured from his vision by the many shadowed creatures that swarmed the cave like a plague.

"Come on little miko, the game has just started!" Naraku cackled manically as he unleashed his miasma tentacles.

Sesshomaru let out the closest thing to a growl as he swung Kagome's sword in front of him, effectively blocking all of Naraku's attacks.

The cave was unfortunately dark and his human senses; dull. Otherwise he would have seen it coming. He would have been able to block the double attack.

Sesshomaru turned around a few seconds too slow as a sickle-like blade came rearing down toward his chest. Kohaku stood from the other end of the kusarigama.

Blood spattered across his robes as long strands of silvery hair hit against his face. Sesshomaru's eyes widened as he watched his bloodied body crumble before him. Kagome had taken the hit.

A tingling sensation shot through out his body as he watched in horror as Kagome slowly started turning back into her miko form. Without his youkai blood it was unlikely that she would survive such a blow.

Now back in his youkai form, Sesshomaru's eyes begin to bleed red at the irises. Instead of Kagome's sword burning his clawed hand like before, it began to pulse.

Gripping the sword tightly, he turned tainted red eyes toward Naraku.

The evil hanyou actually held a look of poorly concealed shock. The switch of bodies had been quite unexpected. His eyes then lit up with a twisted glee. It would seem that it was to his advantage. With the miko out of the picture his plans would work.

The taijiya and monk were already wearing down. They'd be an easy defeat. Then he'd absorb both Inuyasha and Sesshomaru. It'd make him even more powerful and the shikon-no-tama would be his.

----W/ the Inu Gang----

Blood trickled down from Inuyasha's mouth as he continued to fight on. There were so many. It seemed every time he slashed one down, three more would evolve in it's place.

From above on Kiara, Sango dove down, grabbing a hold of Inuyasha's clawed hand as she pulled him up onto the neko youkai's back. "It's no use…only light kills them and we seem to be short on that."

Inuyasha grunted in displeasure as he glared down at the shadowed creatures below. "Where's the monk?"

Sango took on a look of worry as she scanned the dark cave. "I don't know…do you think he's alright."

"Feh, I'm sure he's fine." Inuyasha scanned around for him also, secretly worried as well for his companion. "He's fine…." Inuyasha said again, more so to reassure himself than Sango.

The hanyou twitched an ear toward the taijiya as she let out a gasp. Before he could stop her, Sango had jumped down from Kiara, Hiraikutso swinging down upon the massive creatures below.

In the middle of all of them had been an unconscious Miroku. Cursing under his breath, Inuyasha readied tetsusaiga. This wasn't looking good at all.

----Back W/ Sesshomaru----

The silver haired taiyoukai lunged forward as he cut through Naraku's miasma tentacles. He'd jump back every so often, slashing away any shadow creature that dared to venture near the wounded miko. Every time he got close enough to Naraku for a clear shot, he'd find himself having to back track in order to keep the bleeding girl from further harm. So far he was losing this battle.

Naraku let out another evil cackle from the corner of the cave. "Give up you filthy weaklings, except your pitiful death."

Sesshomaru let out a frustrated growl. He was not a weakling! A soft moan brought his attention back to the raven haired girl. The beating of her heart grew ever faint upon his ears. The life from within her was going fast.

It happened again. The sword he held pulsed with energy. Sesshomaru gritted his teeth as he finally unleashed it's powers. A bright blinding light shined fourth, filling the whole cave with it's glow.

When it faded, the shadows creatures were gone and Naraku had disappeared. Breathing heavily, Sesshomaru kneeled down before the miko. Her heart no longer beat. The taiyoukai ran a clawed hand along her cold creamy skin. She had jumped in front of him to save him…

His sword, Tensaiga started to pulse from within it's sheath. As he reached for the healing sword, a sharp pain shot through his back. Turning his head slightly he looked up to see the undead priestess; Inuyasha's former lover. Her eyes were a ruby red now though and a bloodied dagger was wrapped in her dead cold fingers.

"KIKYOU! NO!" Inuyasha screamed from the other side of the cave.

…………to be continued…………

A/N- winces Don't kill me for the cliff hanger! If I get enough good reviews I'll update as soon as I can!