Sorry for the late update. Thanks for the amazing reviews. Here is next this chapter it will start out with what really happened in future with Masami. So it's a flashback in the future in a normal view.
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Chapter Thirty Four
~The Future Normal View Flashback~
At the Western Castle
Sesshomaru walked in his room that he shared with Rin and found her standing outside in the balcony. She was staring up at the sky deeply in thought.
He walked over to her and wrapped his arms around her. She jumped a little and turned around "Sesshomaru?"
"You shouldn't be out here especially when you're pregnant," he told her.
Rin sighed "I know, but I need somewhere to think".
"You miss Masami, don't you?" he asked.
Rin nodded "I'm worried about her, something is not right here".
Sesshomaru pulled her into his embrace "Don't worry Rin, Masami will be fine with Viper by herself," he assured her.
Rin looked up at him and smiled "I guess you're right," she says.
"I'm always right," he replied with a smirked and then leaned down and kissed her passionately on the lips.
Suddenly a soldier came bursting in and Rin and Sesshomaru jumped apart. The soldier was bowing his head down so he didn't notices the glared that Sesshomaru was giving him.
"What is it?"
"My Lord, a bunch of demons are heading this way," the soldier informed.
"Which direction the demons are coming from?" Sesshomaru asked.
"They're coming from the East not far from her," the soldier replied.
Rin eyes widen and grabs Sesshomaru's arm "That's where Viper and Masami is," she told him.
He placed his hand over hers and squeezed it.
"Assemble the soldiers, we're gong," he commanded.
Soldier nodded "Yes sir!" he replied.
Sesshomaru turned and looked at Rin "Stay here," he insisted.
Rin nodded "Be careful," she replied.
Sesshomaru walked away leaving Rin behind. She placed a hand over her stomach.
Outside the Castle
Sesshomaru came out and saw Inuyasha standing there waiting for him.
"Hn," he walked up to Inuyasha
"Thought you might need help," Inuyasha replied with a smirked.
"Let's go!" was Sesshomaru's respond before he turned and walked away with Inuyasha following behind him.
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"Huh?" Inuyasha smelled blood and immediately recognized it "Sesshomaru, Masami is in trouble!" he shouted.
"I smell her blood and Viper is nowhere near her," Sesshomaru replied.
"It's not only that, I sensed a demon near where Masami was," Inuyasha replied.
Hastily Sesshomaru and Inuyasha ran faster than before with the soldier right behind them.
They arrived at the empty hut and saw a dark purple aura coming out from it. The soldier quickly fought off the demons as Inuyasha and Sesshomaru rushed inside.
Inside Sesshomaru and Inuyasha came to face with a demon, holding Masami in his arms with it tentacles sticking out of Masami's stomach. Masami's face was pale and she was hanging limply
"Bastard!" Inuyasha yanked his sword, Tessaiga out "Let's her go!"
"As you wish," the demon smirked and tossed Masami's body at Sesshomaru and Inuyasha who catch her. Sesshomaru yanked out his Baksaiga tried to attack the demon but it dodged it and strike Sesshomaru's arm. Then the demon lunged at Inuyasha attacked him in the chest, but Inuyasha managed to block and only had a minor injury. Sesshomaru blasted beam of energy from his Baksaiga at the demon. It made the demon fled away.
Inuyasha was holding Masami in his arms "Sesshomaru, use your Tenseiga to saved her".
Sesshomaru placed Baksaiga back in its sheath and then pulled Tenseiga out "Put her down on the ground," he ordered.
Inuyasha nodded and placed Masami gently on the ground. Then he moved away as Sesshomaru pointed his Tenseiga at Masami. He waited for the souls of the dead, but it didn't come. He placed Tenseiga back on his waist belt next to Baksaiga and then walked out of the hut with Inuyasha running after him.
"What!" Inuyasha shouted "But you have to!"
"There no souls of the dead to cut with Tenseiga," Sesshomaru simply replied.
Inuyasha blinks his eyes "That's why you couldn't save her".
Back inside hut, a shadow was standing over Masami's body watch Inuyasha and Sesshomaru leaving. It slowly stepped out from the shadow revealing it face to be Sesshomaru with a grin of his face. His hands were covering in Masami's blood.
"Fools, you walked right into my trap," he stares at his hand "I got what I need it".
In the palm of his hand was piece of Sesshomaru's hair and Inuyasha's hair. Then he waited until Viper arrived. He smirks when he saw Viper's expression assuming that he was Sesshomaru because he was able shape shift himself to be like Sesshomaru and have Sesshomaru's scent. After that he disappeared before Viper got a chance to attack.
~End of the Future Normal View Flashback~
Back to the Present
Saige, Kohaku, Kagome, and Ella were halfway near the castle when suddenly a shadow zoom passed them really fast
Saige notices it and stop walking. Her hand immediately went on the handle of her sword.
"Saige?" Kagome looked at her "What is it?"
"He knows we are here," she saying with her back still facing Kagome, Kohaku, and Ella.
Kohaku grabs his chain sickles weapon as Kagome reaches for her arrows behind her back. Kiyomi was hiding behind Kagome trembling.
Ella was reaching for her sword from behind her when a bunch of demons appears, surrounding them and was closing in on them. They were glaring their fangs at them.
"Hn," Saige raises her right arm up and a thin, whip-like strand of yellow-green energy generates from her finger tips.
Hastily, the demons lunge at them, trying to devour them,
Kohaku swings his chain sickles at two demons slicing their head off as Kagome shots her arrows at some of them while Kiyomi was clinging on her leg.
An energy beam was emitting out from Ella's sword as she swings at the demons, blasting them into pieces.
The demons were chasing after Kohaku who fight them off using his sword and then he flings his chain sickles at them.
Saige swiftly move her arm around slashing the demons as they charges at her. Sensing the demons was trying to attack her from behind; she swings her poison back toward the demons from behind, slicing them into pieces.
More demons appear and lunge rapidly at them. One of the demons swings his claws at Saige who dodges; receive a minor scratch on her wrist. She thrusts out a hand; palm aimed directly at the demon that attacked her and releases a huge amount of poison.
"Look like Cobramaru doesn't want us to reach to the castle," Ella said as she swings her sword, chopping one demon head off.
Kohaku looked at Saige "Me and Ella can handle these demons from here!"
"Let's go!" Saige took off with Kagome following behind, holding Kiyomi's hand.
Kohaku rushes over to Ella who back was facing him. He walked backward and stops when his back was touching Ella's back.
Ella looked back at him "I got an idea, think you're up for it".
Kohaku nods.
"Give your chain sickle".
He gave the chain sickle to Ella who took it and mutters something. Then a pink light emitted from her hand went into the chain sickles.
"Here," she gave the chain sickle back to Kohaku then she aims her sword at the demons "Ready?"
"Let's do this!" Kohaku tosses his chain sickles at the same time Ella swings her sword, blasting an energy beam at the demons, obliterate them.
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Sesshomaru and Inuyasha have made to the Castle and went in unnoticed from the back.
Once inside, Inuyasha and Sesshomaru starting to looked around.
"Rin has to be here somewhere," Inuyasha sniffs the air for Rin's scent.
"This way," Sesshomaru took off with Inuyasha following behind. He immediately picked up Rin scent when they got inside and knew where she was.
"This is way too easy," Inuyasha has a feeling that something not right "Why would this place be empty with guards or anyone guarding this place?" he wondered "Unless... this is a trap".
Before Inuyasha could inform Sesshomaru that this was trap, Sesshomaru went into a room
"Dammit!" he curses and follows Sesshomaru when a bright light blinded him "What's going on!"
The bright light fade away and he and Sesshomaru appear in a maze that's huge and have many paths to go.
They looked around to find a way out
"This is crazy!" Inuyasha yanks out his Tessaiga "I'm creating a shortcut to get us out here," he said, getting ready to use Wind Scar.
"I wouldn't use Tessaiga if I were you"
Inuyasha looked at Sesshomaru in puzzlement.
A thin, whip-like strand of yellow-green energy appears from Sesshomaru's finger tip. He swings the thin, whip-like strand of yellow green energy at the maze's wall and a barrier become visible.
"A barrier," Inuyasha said in shock. He didn't know that the maze have a barrier. If Sesshomaru haven't stopped, he would have destroyed both of them with Tessaiga. That's what Cobramaru would want.
The maze's barrier deflects Sesshomaru's poison whip back at Sesshomaru who reacts, withdrawing his poison whip.
"A barrier, ha I can break it with my Tessaiga," Inuyasha said, attempting to use Tessaiga again "Unless this is something else about this barrier that I need to know"
"Hn," Sesshomaru turned and walked away.
"Hey!" Inuyasha shouted "At least answer the damn question before leaving!" He placed the Tessaiga back in it sheath and follow Sesshomaru.
"This was indeed Cobramaru's trap. If Inuyasha have broken that barrier, then it would end up trapping me and Inuyasha here and drain our energy. This was what Saige was talking about," Sesshomaru thought.
~Sesshomaru's Flashback~
Earlier before he left with Inuyasha to the castle, he had a conversation with Saige
Saige had her back turn to Sesshomaru "Before you go to the castle with Inuyasha, there is something you need to know first," She turned and looked at him "Cobramaru will be setting a trap waiting for you and Inuyasha to walk in on it".
"Do you where the trap is?" Sesshomaru asked.
Saige nodded "When you reach there, use this to break the barrier," She gave him her sword.
Sesshomaru took it and looked at it. Then he looked at her.
"It was forged from your fang and mine combined together. It can easy shattered Cobramaru's barrier and protect you," she explained to him.
Sesshomaru pulled out his sword, Baksaiga and gave it to her. She surprisingly looked at him "It'll protect you," he simply replied.
She took it and held in her hands, staring at it. Then she turned and walked away with Sesshomaru watching her.
"Saige"
She stopped walking and turned around to look at him.
"Tell me one thing, did you had a great life or a bad one"
Saige looked away "You were a great father," she replied before she walked away.
~ End of Sesshomaru's Flashback~
Sesshomaru pulled out the sword that Saige gave him and turned to look at Inuyasha. As if Inuyasha can read what Sesshomaru's mind, he yanks out his Tessaiga. Hastily, Sesshomaru and Inuyasha swings at the maze's wall at the same time shattering the barrier and whole maze.
"There a way out!" Inuyasha placed his Tessaiga back into sheath and went ahead of Sesshomaru.
They made out of the maze and stumble into a long hallway that never ends "Hn, another trap".
"It seems like Cobramaru doesn't want to give up," Inuyasha smirks "I can pick up Rin's scent close by".
Sesshomaru and Inuyasha went in the opposite direction away from the long hallway that never ends. They arrive at a door of a cell and Inuyasha smashes it open with his Tessaiga. Sesshomaru went in first and saw Rin sitting a corner all chain up. He uses his claws and breaks the chain off of her.
"Rin," he touches her and she looked up at him frighten.
"Lord Sesshomaru?" she weakly said.
Inuyasha went over to Sesshomaru "Are you sure that's really Rin and not a fake one?"
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Kagome, Kiyomi, and Saige have arrived at the Castle and found Cobramaru waiting for them.
"Did you come here to trade Kiyomi for Rin?" he smirked.
"Hn," Saige placed her hand on Baksaiga "Actually I can here to slice your head off myself".
"I see," Cobramaru smiles "I guess I'm going to have to take Kiyomi by force then".
Kagome held Kiyomi behind her back "I don't think so".
"So, you are trying to protect her, but for how long," he snaps his fingers and bunch of demons appears "You see my solider demons haven't eat yet so I might as well let them feast to their desire".
Saige pulled out Baksaiga while Kagome grabs her arrow from her back.
"Saige, do you actually think that I don't know that your father and Inuyasha are in my castle right now?"
Saige glares at him
"You see, they already walked right into my trap just as I plan. Viper has done what I told him to do. Now it's time for me to sit and enjoy the show" He snaps his fingers again and the solder demons attack Saige and Kagome who defend themselves.
One of the soldier demons bit Saige's wrist and end up getting slash by the chain sickle.
"Didn't your mother teach you manner!" Kohaku shouted.
Saige held her wrist and stare at it "Oh no!" she muttered "the bracelet is gone!"
She remembers that it must have fallen off when she was fighting the soldier demons earlier before she reached the castle.
Suddenly a tentacle appears and tries to attack her, but she dodges and slashes with her claws. Then she lunges at Cobramaru draw out Baksaiga.
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Sesshomaru helps Rin up on her feet "Let's go!" They ran out the cell room and ran into trouble
"Not these guys again!" Inuyasha exclaimed, glaring at the solider demons. He pulled out his Tessaiga and slashes at the solider demons. Sesshomaru wrapped one of his arms around Rin while he uses his poison whip with other arm, swinging violently at the solider demons.
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Cobramaru dodges out of the way as Saige swings Baksaiga toward his head. He counterattacks with a fist in Saige's face causing her tumble backward. Immediately she was back on her feet and attack Cobramaru with her poison whip, whacking in the face with it.
Ella suddenly senses something was not right. She turned and looked at Cobramaru and Saige.
"Wait, something is not right about Cobramaru," She saw him smirking and immediately knew what was wrong "Oh no! That's not Cobramaru. He's fake!"
She hastily rushes over trying to reach Saige who about to attack Cobramaru with Baksaiga again.
"That's it, Saige deliver you attack at me!" Cobramaru thought.
Saige swings down at Cobramaru with Baksaiga.
"Saige!" Ella screamed. Saige turned and saw Ella appears right next to her pushing her out of the way as Cobramaru evaporate in a black aura and a tentacle impale her hard through the front of her stomach and out from the back.
"Ella!" Kohaku, Saige, and Kagome shouted in shock.
Blood was coming out from her stomach and mouth. She was gasping for breath.
Kohaku angry leaps toward Ella, swinging his chain sickle, cutting the tentacles. Ella was release and fall fast toward the ground.
"Ella!" He caught her in his arm and looked at her "Hang on, don't die, I can save you!"
Ella was breathing heavily and was in pain.
"Kohaku! Watch out!" Kagome shouted. Kohaku looked up and saw a solider demon closing on him and Ella.
"Wind Scar!" Inuyasha yelled, swinging his Tessaiga at the solider demon that was trying to attack Kohaku.
A tentacle appears again and grabs Kiyomi away from Kagome.
"Kiyomi!" Kagome yelled.
"What a shame that you lost Saige; you will never defeat me! No matter what you do, I'm always one step ahead of you!" Cobramaru's voice echoes with amusement.
Suddenly the castle vanishes in front of them.
"Dammit, he got a way again!" Inuyasha cursed.
Saige went over to Kohaku who was holding Ella in his arm. Ella looked at Saige "Sorry, I couldn't stay and fight with you and defeat Cobramaru," she weakly said.
"Don't say that," Saige replied.
Sesshomaru went over next to Saige. Kohaku looked at Sesshomaru "Please save her," he pleaded.
Saige looked way as Sesshomaru placed his hand on Tenseiga. He was intending to use it.
"Don't," he heard Ella said "You can't saved me, Tenseiga won't work on me"
"What!" Kohaku's eyes widen "No, it should work on you! Just let Lord Sesshomaru tried".
Ella shook her head with a small smile "its ok, I'm already dead remember. I can rest in peace now. I'm no longer under Cobramaru's control".
Tears were starting to form in Kagome and Kohaku's eyes.
"Please don't cry, Kohaku," she touches his face.
"But you can go! Not yet! You promise you would tell what the future look like," he cried.
Ella gave a small smile and then touches Kohaku's forehead with her hands. Images of the future appear in his mind.
~Images of the future~
1st Image: Kohaku saved Ella from a demon
2nd Image: Ella saved Kohaku from poison by giving him the antidote. She used her mouth to transfer the antidote into his mouth.
3rd Image: Saige, Ella, and Kohaku trained together
4th Image: Kohaku and Ella splashed water at each other.
5th Image: Kohaku and Ella were fighting demons together.
6th Image: Kohaku and Ella ride on Kirara during the sunset with a smile on their faces.
7th Image: Kohaku gave flowers to Ella
8th Image: Kohaku and Ella sitting together staring at the stars and moon in the sky.
~End of the Images of the Future~
Ella removes her hand from Kohaku's forehead. She closes her eyes and her hand fell to her side.
Inuyasha hugs Kagome as she cried. Kohaku held Ella's lifeless body and cried.
Sesshomaru placed his hand on Saige who sadly looked away "I promise Ella, I will defeat Cobramaru. Your death is not in vain," she tightens her fists.
Energy of light emerges out from Ella's body and went into Saige's body. Then Ella's body vanishes in dust and disappears away. Kohaku got up and stares at the sky "I will avenge your death and make Cobramaru pay!"
TBC: Whew that was a long chapter. So tell me what you think? It's sad that Ella died.
Q: Do you think that Viper made Rin sallow the black pearl?
Q: Any guess on the person who disguises himself to be Sesshomaru.
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