KAGURA'S HUNT

By: me

rated: M

Don't own characters, just plot

" Who said she didn't have a mark on her already? "

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" What are you talking about?! " The Jaguar and Kagura shouted/asked out to the dog demon, who was staring at the Jaguar demon with his blood reds and his teeth showing.

" Why don't you use your nose, Cat. " Sesshomaru told the demon in front of him, as he stood closer to Kagura.

The Jaguar, whose name is Derical, did as Sesshomaru had told him, he inhaled the air around them and at first all Derical could smell were the flowers and the dog demon in front of him, then he realized that was all he could smell, he went forward and came up beside Kagura, who never flinched as he came closer to her face.

" What do you think your doing! Get away from me! " Kagura shouted out as she turned and slashed the demon across his face with her fan.

Derical moved back as he saw her fan come at him, but he wasn't fast like his late brother, and got slashed in the face.

" I see that brother had made a grave mistake in challenging a female that was already taken by another. " Derical said as he wiped his face and moved away from Kagura and back to his original spot.

" You made a fine choice dog, the snake demon that she had killed today was sent here to kill her, but I guess the snake was too weak. But She and you are the reasons my brother is dead and I think I'll take her life repayment. " Derical said as he readied his body in attack mode.

" And I think you should back down, while you still can. " Sesshomaru said as he too got ready for the attack.

' What is up with these guys and fighting each other? ' Kagura thought to herself as she saw the two demons prepare to fight.

" And I think you don't know who your dealing with Dog. " Derical said as he charged forward and attacked Sesshomaru head on.

' Neither do you cat. ' Sesshomaru and Kagura thought at the same time.

Sesshomaru waited at the last second and moved away, putting an arm around Kagura and moved back 20 ft. away from Derical and placed Kagura behind him.

" Stay with me this time Kagura. " Sesshomaru said to her gently as he pushed her closer to his back.

" Why don't you use the Toukijin? " Kagura asked as she watched Derical from behind Sesshomaru as best as she could.

" Because then it would not be a fair fight. " Sesshomaru replied as he saw where Derical had gone.

" Fair? Since when do you fight fair? " Kagura asked with her attitude voice and a smirk on her face.

" Indeed. " He answered back as he put his hand on his sword.

While they stood there waiting to see where Derical would come from, Kagura felt his presence behind her and turned around, pressing her back to Sesshomaru's, opened her fan again and shouted,

" Dance of Blades! "

Her wind blades came at Derical, who was surprised by the attack, and struck him in the chest and gut, wounding him, but not very badly, but enough to slow him down.

Derical stumbled back from his injury and force of the wind blades, " You bitch! I'll get you for that! " He shouted he ran back at the couple, with his claws out.

He was coming at them faster then what Kagura had expected and didn't have time to use her fan and stood there and watched as Derical came closer to her, but just as he was about to strike, Sesshomaru put his arm around Kagura again and moved them outta the way.

But he wasn't fast enough and Kagura got nicked in the arm by Derical's claws, which hurt like hell, but Kagura didn't cry out, she was more stronger than that,of course the move was so fast and quick, Sesshomaru didn't notice and thought that he had gotten them both out of harms way.

" I think it's time to end this. Don't you Kagura? " Sesshomaru asked his intended-mate.

Kagura gave him her famous smirk and nodded, " I couldn't agree more, darling. " She said teasingly to him.

Sesshomaru looked at her for a moment and was about to turn around when Kagura shouted, " Watch out! "

When Sesshomaru turned his to see what it was, Derical was right in front of him and this time it was Sesshomaru that didn't have the time to move and got hit across the chest, but he didn't back down from the blow, he instead shot his hand out, with his claws laced with poison and wrapped around Derical's throat.

Sesshomaru then lifted him up off the ground, his eyes glowing bright red as he stared up at the Jaguar, " You should have backed down cat. " And with that, he broke his neck with a quick turn of his wrist and let go and turned to Kagura as the cat's body fell to the ground, dead.

" Are you alright? " He asked her as he looked into her red eyes, but became worried when he saw tinge of fear in those red eyes.

" What's the matter? " he asked again.

" Your eyes, their still red. " She answered him as she came a little closer to her love.

" Probably my demon side still angry at the Jaguar. " He said as he continued to look at his wind witch.

" That's another thing. What is with you fighting them demons over me of all people and then just now with ' mark ' thing!? Mind explaining Mr. know-it-all? " Kagura asked in a frustrated voice.

Sesshomaru looked taking aback for he had thought she had known what he and the Jaguar were talking about. Apparently not if she was asking these questions.

" Well, the reason me and Vertigurl was fighting was because he attacked you and insulted me by saying you were going to be his when you were with me. " Sesshomaru started out.

" Don't give me that! I want the real reason you two fought over me. " Kagura countered back.

Sesshomaru was at a stand still, he didn't really want to say what the reason what he fought Vertigurl, besides the fact that he was defending her honor and didn't want that Jaguar to have her because she was his not the Cat's.

" Alright. The reason I fought him was because I was defending your honor as an unmated female. And that I didn't want him to get you. " ' There I admitted it to her. That wasn't so hard. ' Sesshomaru answered/thought.

' I can't believe it, he was defending me! Does this mean he loves me as well? ' Kagura thought as she heard the answer.

" Now the marking thing, what about it? I do know that there's biting involved, so what did that Jaguar mean? " Kagura asked again.

" Well first the biting mark your talking about, happens when two demons are mating. The mark me and the Jaguar were talking about was scent marking, that's why he came over to you to smell you, but all he could smell was..." Sesshomaru didn't finish.

" All he smell was... What exactly? " Kagura asked again.

" All that he could smell was my scent on you. " Sesshomaru finally answered, looking away.

" Why is that? " Kagura asked.

" Because I had my aura spike and reach out to you and wrap around you when he got too close. " He answered her as he looked back at her, his eyes still red.

" I see. Did my scent get on you? " Kagura asked her last question.

" Yes. When you were pushed up against me. " He answered.

" Well if I remember correctly, somebody had used their arm to have me pushed up against you. " Kagura said in a teasing voice as she poked him in the shoulder.

" Well if I remember correctly, somebody had a another demon trying to kill her. " Sesshomaru said in the same voice as he stared at her and noticed that some of her long black hair had fallen out of her pony tail and had come across her face.

He was about to reach up and push it away from her face, when he noticed the smell of her blood, he looked to her right arm and noticed that her arm was bleeding and that caused his face to form a muzzle and his demon teeth started to show, this sight scared Kagura, because this time, she was closer up to his face.

But even though she was frighten by her love's transforming face, she stepped closer and put her hand to his muzzled face and rubbed her thumb across the, surprisingly, soft fur that had appeared on his face and neck and on his collar bone, that was showing since he wasn't wearing his armor.

She noticed that her soft caress was starting to calm his beast and he slowly came back to normal as she continued to stroke his face, she noticed that his red eyes had turned to normal as well.

" Are you alright now? " She asked him softly as she started up into his golden eyes, as he started at her and put his hand on her face and rubbed his thumb across her face the same way she was doing to him.

" Yes. I apologize for frightening you. " Sesshomaru said softly.

" I wasn't scared. " She replied to him.

" I smelled your fear. " He said again.

" I was only frightened for a moment, I didn't know you would do that. " She said back.

" I still frightened you. But I could make it up to you by cleaning your wound. If you'll let me. "

Kagura stopped rubbing his face and thought for a moment, then " Alright. If it'll make you happy. "

Sesshomaru also stopped rubbing her face and looked into her eyes one more time befor bringing his arm back to his side and felt rather disappointed as she did the same.

" Follow me. " He said as he started towards the castle, Kagura following, niether noticing or sensing the two figures in the shadows.

" So what do you think Grandma? They a perfect match or what? " the smaller of the two asked.

" Yes young one I believe they do. And if things go more smoothly tonight, I just might more grandchildren running around here and you will have siblings to play with. " the taller one answered as they watched Kagura and Sesshomaru go into the castle.

" Come Rin. I believe we've been here quite awhile and you need rest if you and that young gentleman plan on playing tomarrow. " the taller one said again.

" Yes grandma. " Rin answered her demon grandmother as they too went inside the castle and to their rooms.

here's ch. 12 hope you all like it!

And as always, thank you Crimsondawn365, Yazoo IS Superior, Saphira404, Pineapple55, and Kaze Tsukai No Kagura and any others for your reviews last chapter :)