[Imaginary Folklore]
She didn't warn her before she had ran off when catching his scent, and as much as she didn't want to admit, maybe their father had been the wisest man they had ever known.
Or maybe because she knew that moronic mutt-face would throw himself into danger yet again!
"I will kill you and take your jewel shards now!" The pale behemoth declared as his limbs ensnared the wolf demon and coiled around him like a snake.
Her arrow streaked through the air to sharply rip the arm off, therein setting free the wolf demon who scrambled away to straighten alertly. "You're gonna have to go through me before that ever happens, monster." She stated with another arrow at the ready, blue eyes like daggers as she fixated on the tall demon she'd struck.
"Kori-chan!" The two lesser wolves said in chorus at her surprise arrival.
The beast bristled as his arm grew back, glaring at her. "Another wolf… You should have aimed higher!" He sent his regenerated arm sailing for the she-wolf.
"You should learn your place…" She let the ice-encased arrow fly to freeze the oncoming limb upon collision, her eyes tightening when he ripped it off at the elbow to regrow it, and she growled, "Now I see. You're Naraku's latest spawn, especially with that horrible stink you carry."
"You're rather astute for a wolf demon. I am Moryomaru, and if I'm not mistaken, you must be the princess of the western wolf clan… But you're just the runt of the litter. Naraku mentioned how powerful you and your sister were. I don't see why he worried!" The christened Moryomaru declared before he flew at her.
Koga clenched his teeth as he watched her stand there prepared to take the brunt of the attack, "Kori, move!" He snapped.
Come on, just a bit closer… Korihime bristled as her yoki flared around her and she flashed her teeth, concentration fleeing from her grasp when a sacred arrow streaked through the air just as the beast got closer and hit him in the middle, ripping him in half. "That arrow…!" She murmured in surprise, scowling when he flew off into the sky.
Moryomaru scoffed as he rose higher into the air, "This is far from over, wretched mongrels!"
"Who fired that sacred arrow?" Hakkaku asked at large.
Ginta chimed, "It wasn't Kagome's was it?"
"No, its power was stronger than hers…" Korihime shook her head before being pulled by her scruff into a tight embrace that made her squeak in surprise.
"You moron, ya could've been killed just standing there!" Koga growled out as he held fast to her, slightly perking up when she calmed in his arms and reciprocated the gesture, drawing back only to wince when she whacked the back of his head with her hand. "Ow… What's that for!"
Korihime couldn't help but laugh, "At least I didn't almost lose my shards! I'm surprised you're still alive with all the trouble you go looking for." She said as she stepped away from him and smirked.
Rubbing his head gingerly, Koga looked away with a sniff, "Like you're one to talk... Oi, get off my woman!" He barked when both Ginta and Hakkaku threw themselves at the she-wolf and hugged her while thanking her profusely for saving his neck.
"Ya should know not to call me that at this point, dumbass…" Korihime grumbled as she conked him with her bow after shimmying out of the brothers' hold.
Since when was she any man's property anyway?
"Kori-chan, don't ya have to get back to your pack?" Ginta asked as his alpha rubbed the noticeable bump on his head.
Korihime nodded, "I don't gotta worry though, Getsu knows I came to see you lot. She trusts Koga to not let me get hurt." She said with a cheery smile.
"Funny how she doesn't worry for my sake when you get catty…" Koga huffed. "I thought you had that kid to worry about, though."
"That's why I just came to visit, genius." Korihime rolled her eyes and added as she turned to leave, "Just call when you want me to save your ass again." She smiled at him before jogging away.
Koga made a face before returning, "Well don't get yourself killed before I see you again, wolf girl!" He earned an aimless wave from the she-wolf who continued to put distance between them, and he smirked in spite of his annoyance with her. "Alright boys, let's go!" He then took off in a different direction and let the brothers run at his heels.
"Hey Koga, so does this mean you like Kori-chan more than Kagome?" Hakkaku wondered aloud.
"There's nothin' wrong with liking two women at the same time!" Koga huffed at his question.
Although truth be told, he did think of Korihime more often than he should.
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"You have it bad."
"Tch, why would I? He still sniffs after Kagome when he gets the chance, he's such a jerk…"
Getsu caught the reddened hue in her sister's pale face and smiled serenely, "Correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm pretty sure I used to say that about Sesshomaru."
"Yeah well what's your point...?" Korihime began to snap before it dawned on her, and her cheeks colored again as she sharply looked forward with a scoff. "Don't act so smug!"
"I personally think it's adorable, my dear baby sister falling in love for her knight in shining armor…" Getsu sighed airily before she caught the glow from the Fuyoheki shards dim in her palm, and she looked down to see they had lost their shine. "Sesshomaru!" She said alertly.
"I already caught his scent." Sesshomaru replied as he stopped them shy of crossing by a cave higher up on the rocky incline nearby, glancing back at his female counterpart who quickly stowed the shards back into her collar as their stares met.
Rin pointed out from astride Ah-Un, "Look, there's a cave up there!"
Korihime wrinkled her nose and gripped the reins for the dragon, "Rin, stay with Ah-Un." She perked up slightly when the dog demon sent a blast from Tokijin at the incline.
Dust plumed and filled the air around them before a tall figure came into view on the other side of the cloud. "You are InuYasha's older brother, are you not?" The demon wondered.
"I've never considered that lowly hanyou to be my brother, but as you know this you're Naraku's heart." Sesshomaru bristled as he brandished the Tokijin.
That's Moryomaru… Getsu realized as they looked on the pale demon who had seemed to give himself a suit of armor since her sister had seen him, and she drew her Mangetsuga. He's the one who swallowed up that Goryomaru ascetic… Naraku sure knows how to pick them.
"Sesshomaru, you will regret not introducing yourself before drawing your sword." Moryomaru drawled before blocking the downward strike said dog demon used on him.
"I can assure you that you'll regret mentioning that half-breed's name in my presence!" Sesshomaru snapped even as his blade barely left a scratch on the lesser demon's protected arm.
"Tokijin isn't even leaving a dent!" Korihime declared with concern as she and Getsu watched. "He must have absorbed another demon's armor to protect the infant…" She added grimly.
Moryomaru chuckled as he absorbed another attack from the sword, "Keep swinging that sword of yours, I'll consume all of your demonic energy that way!" He absorbed another one before adding as he readied a trio of red-lined orbs, "I can't let you have all the fun, can I?" He sent the trio pelting for the dog demon who hopped out of the way. He let another volley fly for his opponent before a wide arc of purple screamed to block the attack and made an explosion rattle the dry battlefield.
"Considering you're new, your attacks are impressive." Getsu drawled as she rested her sword on her shoulder, scowling at the armored demon. "Though ya can't expect me to just stand by and let Sesshomaru have all the fun." If we rip him to shreds, then we can crush Naraku once and for all, she thought.
"So you're her, then… the over-confident wench Naraku told me so much about, Getsuei of the western wolf clan. Your protecting of this mongrel leaves little room to doubt your feelings!" Moryomaru sent a volley sailing at her.
"Getsu!" Korihime exclaimed from her place with Rin and Jaken, perking up when she felt her sister's aura suddenly spike.
Having cast a flaming shield to destroy the volley when they hit, Getsu gripped the sword's hilt and huffed, "I didn't know he was so intimidated by a she-wolf!" She grunted as she stabbed Mangetsuga's blade into the earth and watched teal and green sparks ripple down the blade before a large blast of green and teal erupted from beneath their enemy's footing and send him flying into the air. "Sesshomaru, go for it!" She exclaimed as dust flew from the explosion.
"As if I needed a cue…" Sesshomaru smirked at her before leaping into the air to ram Tokijin's blade into the beast's hide, perking his ears when said foe's yoki sharply spiked.
"Damn it…!" Korihime hissed when the dust cleared to show Sesshomaru ensnared in the pale limbs of Moryomaru's outstretched right arm and Tokijin stuck good in his armor. "The blade's starting to crack!" This was not good in the slightest…
Getsu growled, "Sesshomaru…!" Her ears twitched as she caught whiff of blood and looked away from the battle in the direction the scent came from. "Kagura… Naraku got to her first." Her hands formed into fists and slightly shook.
"So that useless woman died, then? Good riddance… She betrayed Naraku and then betrayed me, all for her freedom. And what does she do when she gets it? She dies in vain of that!" Moryomaru scoffed in disgust.
Korihime perked up and looked to her sister before her significant other when their yoki sharply flared at the same time.
"Silence!" Sesshomaru growled out, slicing his way out of the beast's hold and leaving him shocked as he dropped back for a second, before he rammed Tokijin's blade into his armored shoulder as the energy he'd absorbed came flooding back into his sword. "The demonic energy you absorbed couldn't possibly be taken by a demon as pathetic as you…"
"Sesshomaru, move!" Korihime cried as the ball of blue fire that was her sister barreled right for the armored vassal, watching him leap out of the way just as Getsu slammed her right foot down on Moryomaru. "You did it!"
Getsu flipped in the air and landed expertly just as Moryomaru reeled away while coated in flames before becoming encased in a miasma funnel and escaping them. She panted slightly as she watched him flee, huffing. "Damned coward…" Feeling as if a large weight dropped onto her back, she grunted as she caught herself from hitting the ground face-first by her left leg she kneeled on, feeling her body softly quiver as she looked down at the dry ground. What was that just now…?
"Stay with Korihime." Sesshomaru's smooth voice held concern as she was yanked from her thoughts, and he started to leave her to be tended to by her sister.
"Wait." Getsu snapped, watching him turn to her as Korihime halted in running to her side, and she steadily got to her feet. "I'm coming with you." She said as her back straightened under his stare.
Korihime scowled at her, "You can barely move, Getsu…"
"Korihime!" Getsu bit out sharply, missing the flinch at being silenced in that tone, and she looked at her sister, "There's no time to waste so don't worry about me. I can still run." She stated, turning away to start running in the direction of the sorceress' scent and not looking back when her sister called her name. It's my fault, I should've made her stay with us since we saw her last… Kagura, don't die yet! Her vision started to blur with frustrated tears, before she yelped when a hand suddenly lifted her off the ground by the scruff.
Sesshomaru groaned audibly as he hooked his arm around her waist, "Why are you so bull-headed?" He wondered at large.
Getsu scowled slightly at him even as she was grateful he had picked her up, "Sesshomaru, I…"
"I know you regret not saving her. You're more than what you inherited so I know you feel sorry for her… You seem to forget that we've known each other for centuries." Sesshomaru interrupted patiently, looking at her when catching whiff of salty tears, and he frowned.
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A breeze gently played with her hair as the scent of blood and flowers filled her nose.
Getsu looked up at the clear sky, glancing down at her hands as they opened palm-up, frowning slightly. Papa, I can't help but wonder if you experienced this too… did you? She wondered.
"Are you leaving?" His voice drew her from her thoughts again and she looked at the two.
She had a sad smile on her lips, "Yes, I've had enough." Now that she had seen him one last time…
He watched her fall back as the rest of the miasma that had come from her wound lifted into the air with a lone feather amongst the fumes, letting the breeze tug at his hair, before he looked at his significant other who had come forward to watch the wind demon disappear. "Don't blame yourself for this." He said quietly.
"I don't, but I can't help but wonder if maybe we could've been friends after all." She replied in the same tone, looking away and wincing when her left leg seemed to protest against having her weight on it, stooping to rub her calf when her head spun and she plonked down on the grass. "That fight must've taken a toll on my demonic energy…" She grumbled.
Damn, I'm supposed to be the head of my clan, and I can't even handle a burst of energy without my knees buckling! What's wrong with me…? Her ears perked when he extended his hand to her, and she looked up at him with some surprise. "Sesshomaru…"
"Come on." He knew she should've stayed with her sister… He took her hand in his and helped her up, hearing her slight yelp when she caught herself from crashing into his chest by grabbing onto his shoulder guard, and he looked on her with further concern, "You're incredibly stubborn you know." He mused as she righted herself.
She huffed quietly and held onto his arm, "Don't make that face." She chided, letting him lead her away to then return to their companions.
"It's difficult when my fiancé behaves so recklessly…" Sesshomaru lamented as she clung to his sleeve, seeing a wry smile form on her lips.
"Sesshomaru, wait!" The odd couple paused at both smelling and then glancing back to see the half-breed and his pack that had come too late. Said hanyou added rather hesitantly, "Did Kagura… did she suffer?"
Sesshomaru turned his gaze away and replied, "She was smiling."
Getsu glanced back at where said wind demon had died before she closed her eyes and exhaled softly.
so with the start of the Final Act we say farewell to Kagura. tbh i'm still not okay.. elsewise hope you guys liked this one.