SailorStar9: Chapter 11 goes up and only one review? Come on guys, you people were the ones who wanted me to continue this fic.
Disclaimers: I own not both animes and the pairing.
Chapter 12: Sesshomaru and the Abducted Rin
"Rin." Sesshomaru voiced, his ears picking up the child's rumbling stomach. "When you're hungry, you must find your own food."
"All right." Rin beamed. "I'm off!"
"A red moon…" Chie mused outloud after Jaken led Rin off. "A bad omen. Now that I think of it," she turned to the stoic dog demon beside her. "If Jaken's as useless as you say he is, then why bother keeping him around?"
"He has other uses." Sesshomaru smirked.
"Why doesn't that assure me any?" Chie sighed.
The smell of the wind has changed. Sesshomaru mused.
"Sesshomaru-sama!" Jaken hurried back. "Rin has been abducted. One of Naraku's incarnations named Kagura, appeared. And out of the blue…"
"Let me reassure you, Sesshomaru-sama." Naraku appeared in his baboon guise. "If you heed my request, I shall return Rin in good health."
"Naraku, huh?" Sesshomaru noted. "What are you up to now?"
"It's nothing special." Naraku replied. "Just kill Inuyasha, that is all."
"All this trouble, just for that?" Sesshomaru snorted and took off the head with his claw.
"What is this?" Jaken gaped when the body turned into a pile of stones.
"A demon puppet." Chie spotted the wooden figurine.
"Did he think that I, Sesshomaru, could be manipulated by a mere mortal girl?" Sesshomaru inquired.
"Then, Sesshomaru-sama, will you forsake Rin?" Jaken asked. "Sesshomaru-sama, where are you going?" he blinked when the dog demon turned to leave. "Are you, perhaps?"
"Sesshomaru-sama, what are your plans?" Jaken wondered. "What's the matter?" he asked, the Daiyokai stopping in his tracks.
"It's Naraku's castle." Sesshomaru replied.
"I don't see a castle." Jaken noted. "EH?" he exclaimed, stunned when Chie invoked Genbu's power to diffuse the barrier. "The barrier opened up. Sesshomaru-sama!" he hurried after his master.
"So, you purposely leaked your scent and revealed your location, inviting me into this castle." Sesshomaru remarked.
"Would you have come otherwise?" Naraku scoffed. "Although, the child you seek is not here. Inside this miasma, she would not be able to breathe at all. That child is under my protection outside the castle walls. You may rest assured for now."
"Naraku," Sesshomaru stated. "You should know that I am not here to save Rin."
"Indeed." Naraku admitted. "You do not seem to appreciate being told what to do. You did not come to kill Inuyasha as ordered nor did you come to look for the girl. You've come to kill me. I know that."
"You talk as if you think you've lured me into a trap." Sesshomaru snorted. "I'll ask you why later. If you remain alive."
Sesshomaru, Naraku smirked. Even if you refuse, you shall give me your power. "Sesshomaru-sama, you did me the honour of coming here. I will gladly take you on."
"What is this?" Jaken exclaimed, hiding behind Sesshomaru as Naraku revealed his monster form of patched up demons.
"A collection of rejected demons." Sesshomaru noted. "Naraku, is this your true form?"
"True form?" Naraku echoed. "No, this is only the beginning."
"So, you want my life?" Sesshomaru snorted, dodging the pincer after Chie and Jaken retreated back. Drawing Tokijin, he sliced off the roots Naraku sent at him. "Naraku, such a lowly demon. The likes of you will never lay a hand on me."
One of the cut off pieces then reformed itself into a claw and attached onto Sesshomaru's ankle, Naraku taking the slight distraction to attack once more.
Sesshomaru merely cut off the attacking vines and took to the air, taking out the waves of attacking roots with his sword. "How long do you intend to keep up this farce?"
The more you hack away, the more you will be surrounded yourself by parts of my body. Naraku smirked. Then… who is it? His eyes widened. Someone is breaking through my barrier. "Kagura, go." He ordered.
"An unexpected guest, Naraku?" Sesshomaru guessed. "Too bad for him, coming to visit you, only to see you dead." With a single slash of his sword, he took out the lower half of Naraku's body.
Just a little more… Naraku grinned. Soon, you will be absorbed and become one with my flesh.
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