I'm sorry i haven't posted in the last couple of days. I've been at an anime convention for the last 48 hours. My feet are killing me! That what i get for wearing GOGO boots to cosplay as Haruko Hurahara from FLCL/Fooly Cooly. But the good side is that i had a lot of people take my picture and i even got some hugs. Made me very happy.

Anyway. Here is the chapter you've all been waiting for!

Chapter 25: The Night of the Blood Moon.

"What happened? How did he manage to do this?" Inuyasha was stunned that his brother would actually do something like this.

"I...i don't know. I was just sitting there, watch Kira suffer in pain. And then he walked in." Sango said as she, Rin and Jaken were now out of the rumble.

"Lord Sesshomaru seemed different. His hair was flowing wildly about him. And his eyes were glowing red too." Rin said as she pointed at her eyes with one hand while holding up a fist full of hair in the other, showing how Sesshomaru had looked to her.

"He then just walked over to Kira and picked her up." Jaken was looking down at the ground in shock.

"But the really creepy thing was that he didn't answer us. He just looked over at us coldly and then jumped through the roof." Rin was shivering as she rememeber how he looked at her. "I've never seen him look so coldly at me before. It was very scary."

"The shockwave from his jump made the hut fall down on us." Sango said as she looked up at the moon. Her eyes then widen at the site of it.

Kagome and Inuyasha also looked at the moon and gasped. The edge of it was just barely starting to turn red.

Sesshomaru was trembling with fear. He couldn't believe what he had just done. Let alone how he was able to get past the barrier that protected the village. Kira was twitching it his arms, making him hold onto her tightly.

Don't worry Sesshomaru. I'll take good care of her. She should be fun to play with. And look, the blood moon is just starting to appear.

NO! Stop! Don't hurt Kira! Sesshomaru was fighting for control. He knew he had to mark Kira soon before it was too late. But with the way things were going...

That's when he remembered what Ishiyama told him. Focus on Kira's scent.

Sesshomaru took in a deep breath and soon found Kira's scent, taking in the scent deeply into his nose.

If anyone was near him, the would have seen the blue slits in his red eyes fade to gold and his flowing hair relaxing.

What the? WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING?! His inner demon was furious that Sesshomaru had managed to regain control.

The demon lord smirked as he now ran to the forest. I'm saving my mate. He said as he felt his inner demon being locked away in the deeper reaches of his mind.

He dodged all the soul collector's as he ran into the forest. He was going to mark Kira by the Scared God Tree.

He soon arrived at the tree and noticed Kira's scent was getting weaker. His eyes grew wide with fear as he looked at her. "Kira?"

Kira groaned as she slowly opened her eyes. "Sess...sho...ma...ru?"

"Kira please. Don't die." He said as he sat her down at the base of the tree. He then looked up at the moon and saw that it was just starting to turn red on on side.

"But...i'm...I'm so...tired." She said as she panted heavily in his arms.

"Kira please. Stay awake. You need to stay awake." He said as he was starting to panic. "Kira please. I need to ask you something."

Kira was gasping for breath and she started to fall backwards. She didn't have much longer.

Sesshomaru pulled her back up right and shook her to wake her up. "Kira plesae. Stay awake for me for just a few more minutes." He then had to use his energy whip to defend her from the soul collectors trying to get at Kira's soul. "Please Kira i need to ask you something importent!"

Kira was crying, she was in terrible pain and getting weaker by the second. "What...What is it?"

"Do you love me?" He said as he used his whip the slay two flying serpents at once.

"Y...yes. I...l...love...you...Sess..." She then fell against him as she started to cough up blood.

"Then do you...do you trust me?" Sesshomaru was struggling to keep control of his body, fight off the soul collectors, and ask what he need to ask from Kira. Never in all his life had he felt this nervous about anything.

"Yes." Tears were streaming down her face as she laid against him.

As soon as he killed off three more soul collectors, he lefted her up and stared at her right in the eyes. "Kira. Will you be my mate?"

Kira looked at him as best as she could. Her vision was starting to fade, she couldn't make out his face clearly. Her body was getting colder by the second and not just from the winter air. Her head then rolled back as she started crying more, her tears running down her cheeks.

He summoned his energy whip again as more soul collectors were creeping into the clearing. "KIRA!"

"Yes i do! I do Sesshomaru!" She cryed out as the pain in her body intenceified as the moon became more red.

That was all he needed to hear. He kissed her lovingly and passionately on the lips as he pulled down her haorie to expose the left side of her collarbone, tears running down his face. He then kissed her from her lips down her neck and kissed her sweetly on the collarbone where he was going to mark her. He made his energy whip fly through the air one last time to kill off any remaining soul collectors and then bit down on Kira's flesh.

Kira screamed loudly into the night, not only from the pain her body was in but from Sesshomaru biting down on her with his fangs. Her arms went limp to her side as he held onto her tightly.

One hour. I need to keep biting her for one hour. He thought as he pulled out the digital read-out watch he had secretly taken from Kagome's bag when she was sleeping. He had asked Kira how it worked and how to read it. After staring at it for a couple seconds, he knew he had to stop biting her at midnight, when the lunar eclipse would end.

He then looked through Kira's hair and saw Kikyo's pets starting to close in.

Oh shit. He thought as he stared into the eyes. He wanted to defend himself and Kira but he didn't want to harm her.

Just then a pink glowing arrow came flying into the clearing. "Get away from my best friend!"

Kagome?! He wanted to see where she was but couldn't move without hurting Kira.

"Sesshomaru. You focus on Kira. We'll protect her for you." Came Miroku's voicefrom behind the demon lord.

Everyone's here. I can smell them all. He thought as he saw the Staff of Two Heads wobbled in front of him, where five soul collectors were staring at him. All five were burned to a crisp from the flames that came out of Jaken's staff. Now I can focus on Kira.

He blocked out the other's scents and focused on Kira's. He took out the watch and saw he had only fifty minutes left. Just a little longer Kira. Hold on for just a little longer.

Everyone fought hard to protect Kira while Sesshomaru bit her. Inuyasha was only using his claws to slash the serpents to shreds. Kagome sent arrows to vaporize them. Sango just used her katana while Miroku used his staff. Rin was just being cute and throwing rocks at the soul collectors. It didn't make them disappear but it did make them fly somewhere else.

Shippo was holding Kira's hand, his tiny paws on her wrist. He was keeping track of Kira's heart rate for Sesshomaru.

Sesshomaru had to drink the blood that was flowing from her wound. He could feel Kira trembling in his arms as he held onto her. He then noticed the she had got limp in his arms. Oh no. Kira! You need to hold on. Just hold on please. He said as he took out the watch and saw that there was only 45 minutes left.

"Sesshomaru her pulse is getting slower." Shippo said as he looked up at the demon lord.

Kira. He bit down harder on her collarbone, making his fangs go deeper into her skin. He heard he scream loudly in his ear and knew she was still alive.

"Sess...Sessho...maru...I...I..." Kira was mumbling as she slipped in and out of consciousness. "I...I ...lo...love...you."

"Just hold on Kira." Shippo said as he looked up at the moon. It was already two thirds red into the luner eclipse. "It should be over soon."

But within 15 minutes, things started to change drastically.

The moment the moon was completely red, Sesshomaru felt an all mighty lurch in his stomach. The sensation then traveled south and made him graon in pain. His need to mate was becoming very strong.

He squirmed as he held Kira close to him, consentrating very hard on Kira's scent to keep him stable. He could already feel his inner demon wanting to break free an control him again but he couldn't let that happen. Not...Not long now...

Kira was still crying as the pain in her body got worse. "Sess...Sesshomaru...I...I can't...Hold on...much longer." She mumbled as her eyes started to glaze over.

Kira no! You've got to hold on! It won't be long now. Just please don't die! He bit down hard on her again as he close his eyes. He had noticed that everytime he strengthen his bit on her, she seemed to regain consciousness.

"Kira please. Just a little longer." Kagome said as she went over to the two demons by the tree.

Kira's vision was completely blurred by now but she could make out the familiar school uniform that Kagome would always wear. "Ka...Kags?'

Sesshomaru breathed heavily as he handed Kagome the watch so she could keep track of the time. Kagome nodded, understanding what he was asking her and took the watch. She checked the time and smiled. "Just hold on for 30 more minutes Kira."

"Lord Sesshomaru you can do it! The blood moon is almost over!" Rin cheered for her lord hearing that the lunar eclipse was almost over. She then turned around and threw another rock at a soul collector, hitting it right between the eyes.

"Kagome! You could help you know!" Inuyasha yelled as he killed more of the flying serpents. He actually seemed to be acting normal, the lunar eclipse wasn't effecting him at all.

"How can i when i'm out of arrows!" She said as she yelled back at him. "And beside i'm helping Sesshomaru right now. I think he wants me to let him know when to stop biting her when the lunar eclipse ends."

"Feh Whatever. And Sesshomaru, your plan better be working!" the hanyou said as he went back to killing more soul collectors.

Sesshomaru growling menacningly at his brother but kept his hold on Kira. The blood oozing from her wound was slowing down finally. He was trying his hardest to resist his urges to mate with her since her scent was starting to drive him nuts.

Kira could almost feel his warm breath coming out his nose and down her back. But other then that all she could feel was pain. She felt like time had frozen for her and feeling like her life was hanging by a thread that was holding on very strongly. She couldn't move her cold body at all and just hung there by Sesshomaru fangs.

Sesshomaru soon started rubbing her back to let her know she was still alive. He could tell from the way she twitched when he first moved his hand. She was still alive but barely hanging on.

Kagome soon looked up and smiled. She could see the moon was just started to turn white. "You're almost there Sesshomaru! Just about 25 minutes longer."

He grunted in response. He was gaining more will power to ignore his desires to mate with Kira since everyone was there around him. He planned to mate with her later when he took he back to his castle but for now he just wanted her to live.

Kira groaned as she started to get dizzy and light headed. She was also getting tired. "So...sleepy."

Sesshomaru groaned sharply to get Kagome's attention.

"What's it Sesshomaru?" She then noticed her friend's eyes were staring to close. "Kira no! You've got to stay awake for just a little longer."

Kira just groaned again as moved her head to look up at the moon. "But i'm so tired." She mumbled as she stared up at the red moon. "Please just let me sleep."

"No please Kira. Don't go to sleep. Not yet." Shippo said as he jumped up onto Sesshomaru's shoulder.

Kira just moaned as she stayed in Sesshomaru's arms and fangs. She was still staring up at the moon. I can't stay awake any longer. I'm so tired.

Kira no! Please don't fall asleep! Came a familiar voice in her head.

Who's there? Please just let me sleep.

It's me Sesshomaru. Please don't fall asleep.

Sesshomaru? How can i hear you in my head?

It's the mark i'm placing on you. It gives us a mental link to speak to each other.

Oh. She was then silent for a moment as she started to close her eyes.

Kira no! Don't fall asleep!

I'm so tired Sesshomaru. I can't stay awake. And with that she finally closed her eyes.

KIRA!!

HAHAHAHAHA! FOOLED YOU! Cliffies rock!

Sess: -says nothing but stares at the pillow of him that she got at the convention-

Me: What is it Sesshomaru?

Sess: I'm staring at myself...on a pillow.

All: -laughs-

Sess:-glares at Inuyasha and flips pillow over to show that his brother is on it too-

Inu:-also glares at pillow- WHO THE HELL TOOK A PICTURE OF ME WITH TETSUSAIGA?!

All: -Just laughs more-

Me: Anyway. Please read and review.

Inu: And someone tell me who the hell took this damn picture of me!!

Me: -whispers- ignore him.