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Last Time:
"Hai," answered Sesshomaru, his eyes hard and distant. "Its time for us all to retire; we have much to think on." The inu lord's eyes turned to rest on Sachi, as his voice droned on in its silky low rumble.
Sachi noticed his gaze; felt it on her back, but ignored it the bet she could. The unblessed miko could only ask herself one question that caused the great Sesshomaru-sama to stare at her so sternly. Was if he did understand Kikyou's wordless message? The Takani daughter could only hope in vain that he in fact didn't.
This Time:
Chapter 38- Of the Lost, Damned and Unblessed
After everyone had retired, Sachi moved her few things she had, to Inuyasha's room. She found the door; slide it open to find Inuyasha himself leaning against the far wall. Tetsusaiga resting against his shoulder, with a single candle at his feet. He had removed his golden swirled red haori and hakama to once more adorn his plain fire-rat garb.
At her entrance, his silver head shot up and out of his daze, while amber eyes smoldered at the sight of the modern girl. Inuyasha stared at the young woman-child for a time before a full fledged smile spread across his face.
"Let me guess…Sesshomaru kicked you out and now you need a place to sleep."
Sachi gave an embarrassed grin and blushed. "Something like that," she murmured. "I should have knocked, gomen, but can I come in?"
Inuyasha huffed in slight humor. "You can sleep here; it's no problem. I'm not going to complain; I don't even use the futon, so you might as well."
"Arigotou, Inu-kun," she chirped and strode into the room closing the door behind her. Even when they had announced their love for each other, Sachi still felt awkward in a man's room…alone. Setting her stuff down, the miko softly sighed looking about the simple but well furnished room.
"You're beautiful in that kimono; kimonos more like."
Her emerald eyes shot open to stare at the hanyou, whose eyes traveled over her form, hidden beneath the many layers of fine youkai silk. Heat warmed the modern shrine maiden's cheeks as she watched Inuyasha entranced staring.
"Again…arigotou, Inuyasha, you looked very handsome this evening yourself."
He huffed arrogantly, eyes falling to the oiled floor. "Maybe…but I don't think anyone was staring at me quiet as much as they were staring at you." The inu-hanyou raised his molten spheres again to the onna standing politely before him. "Not many onna can pull off the shades of twilight."
She softly chuckled. "I don't think many men can pull off a complete bright red haori and hakama either."
Inuyasha snorted. "Why are you still in that get-up anyway? Its pasted midnight already, and you should be undressed and in bed by now."
The young woman scowled. "Sesshomaru wanted to talk to me about something. I've been with him since the end of the meeting, so I haven't had a chance to get…a…undressed," she finished meekly as she dodged the ever piercing orbs of her beloved hanyou.
"What did he talk to you about?" he asked dodging the awkward moment.
"He thinks I'm going to do something rash and get injured; something about jeopardizing the mission objective or something. He can't keep me from doing anything, he's not my lord."
"Are you going to do something rash?" the silver haired hanyou asked deeply concerned by his half-brother's involvement with Sachi's actions; it wasn't good when he was.
Sachi left her face become cold and expressionless, eyes glaring into the floor panels. "It's not rash, its payback."
"So who you gonna get even with…other then Kyousou, which is obvious."
Sachi was hesitant as she eyes the nonchalant hanyou from the corner of her eye; he wouldn't be for long. Heaving a sigh to calm her raging and frayed nerves, the miko spoke the one name that would explain everything down to the t.
"Kikyou..."
Inuyasha instantly started, but shock soon gave way to ire. "No way in Hell," he stated flatly, his seriousness evident in his stern voice. "Kikyou's mine."
The modern miko scowled, emerald eyes smoldering in fury. "She's as much my business as she is yours Inuyasha. She wanted a duel, she'll get one!"
"Duel?" That single word made him extremely anxious. "Since when did Kikyou demand a duel with you?"
"Before she left."
Inuyasha raised a brow in question. "I didn't hear anything."
Sachi smiled softly. "You didn't; it was a silent declaration. We both didn't want anyone want to know; I don't even know when it is, but it'll happen soon."
Inuyasha smelled nothing that hinted that Sachi was lying. Still the hanyou had a bad feeling about this; something wasn't right. Why would Kikyou challenge Sachi now, when she could have done it before any time she wanted? Plus, Sachi was stronger now; Kikyou would have less of a chance winning now…unless…she was stronger herself!
"You're not going."
The fiery teen stared wide eyed at the deadly seriousness that the second son of Inu no Taishio spoke with. "Nani?" she asked half infuriated by the order as well as surprised by Inuyasha's lack of understanding. "Other then the fact that she's your old lover long dead, why do you care?"
Fearsome golden eyes pierced Sachi to the core as shook her deeply at she stared unwantingly back. "Kikyou is dead, no w a dark miko and under that monster's rule. WE don't know what to expect from her. Sesshomaru's right; you shouldn't be so rash."
"Ugh," growled Sachi surging to her feet. "You're one to talk about being rash; hypocrite!" She spun and headed to the dressing screen soon to vanish behind it as she continued to speak. "Males are completely unreasonable! I'm getting undressed and going to bed!"
"Males are not unreasonable," mumbled the hanyou pouting.
"Iie, just overprotective, which makes them unreasonable…it's annoying," commented back Sachi from behind the screen
Inuyasha grumbled, but soon fell silent. He let the sound of silk sliding over silk fill his ears. He had always loved the sound; brought back memories of his okaa-san when she walked around the mansion when he was just a child. She would float through her glorious rose garden like an angel.
Like a ripple thrown in a motionless pond, the happy memory became a distorted nightmare before the unblessed hanyou's mind's eyes. The once spacious and glorious rose gardens his mother was so proud of were up in flames. The smoldering scent branded into his memory as he ran about the extensive mansion's grounds calling his okaa-san. All he received was a blood curtailing scream forming his name.
"Inuyasha…?"
The inu-hanyou's eyes snapped open as his breath came in quick gasps. That ever present scent of smoldering roses burning the inu-hanyou's sensitive nose. Steadily growing stronger so the potency of it causing him to relive that night.
"Inuyasha!!?" interrupted Sachi again.
Shaking his head, Inuyasha cleared it of his not very pleasant thoughts. "…a…yea?" he called, hiding the shakiness of his voice the best he could.
Sachi looked sheepishly around the screen. The smile on her face was one of guilty embarrassment. Inuyasha instantly knew what had gone wrong in her process of undressing; every onna did it some time in their life, leaving their mates to get them out of it of course.
"You knotted your obi, so now you can't get out of your clothes…am I right?"
"Tee hee," nervously chuckled the reincarnation of Midoriko. "That obvious, ha."
"Very," Inuyasha muttered as he stood, leaving Tetsusaiga where it lay on the floor.
Coming around the screen where Sachi stood, the hanyou motioned for her to spin around. Once done, Inuyasha saw just how catastrophic the knot was. He gapped at the wade of colored silk completely mortified.
"How the hell did you do this!? This looks like one of Kagome's puzzle cube things with all those colors on them!!"
"Does not," protested the miko as she scowled over her shoulder.
"Does too!! This thing is a mess, how'd you do it?!"
The miko stuttered for an answered, but soon with the answer not forthcoming fell silent with a sigh. Looking back over her shoulder with a pouting look, she simply said. "Are you gonna help or not Inuyasha?"
He rolled his eyes; trying not to look like he was melting underneath the pouty look he was being given. The fact was, he was melting and mentally grumbling, reached for the knotted obi. Inuyasha tugged a little and it didn't budge, tugging harder in a different place, the piece of silk gave way. So the young man slowly corrected Sachi's rather very badly done untying job. In a matter of a minute, Inuyasha had it unknotted, sliding the obi away. The layers of kimono sliding partially down the pale slim shoulders of his koishii.
Those pale, slim shoulders reflected the light of the candle that sat on the stand giving Sachi light. She seemed to glow to the hanyou's eyes as she stood there, stationary as stone. Inuyasha couldn't help but stare at her, and the image she created; like an embodiment of twilight. Inuyasha found Sachi breath taking. Taking a step closer he didn't know he took, he ran the smooth back of his nail down his koi's neck.
Feeling her shiver beneath his gentle strokes, the inu-hanyou continued down her neck to the junction where neck met shoulder. Continuing further, he slid his clawed finger down to where the scars from the bullets shined. Inuyasha understood the pain Sachi had undergone when she had been shot. She had suffered a life full of death and killing, with blood as a constant companion; Inuyasha wished no more pain upon Sachi. She deserved a happy life many times over.
With his claw running over the star shaped scars, Inuyasha laid a kiss upon them both
"Inu…yasha?" whispered a surprised Sachi as she looked at him from the corner of her eye. "What you -"
"I won't let you be in pain anymore Sachi," he vowed as he kisses of feather like softness continued up her shoulder to her neck. "I'll bare it for you…I promise…"
A soft, yet sad smile spread across the miko's rosy lips, the pleasurable caresses on her sensitive neck rendering her silent. But soon Sachi was biting down on said lips to keep her moans at bay. Inuyasha's kisses laid across her neck making her become putty in his hands.
"Inu…yasha," she gasped out as said hanyou bit lightly down on her ear lob.
They were however, interrupted by several shy knocks on his bedroom door.
"Damn it," Inuyasha cured under his breath, that breath caressing Sachi's flushed cheek. "Who would be coming to my door? At this time of night!? If it's Miroku, I'm going to kick his holy houshi ass back to the temple he came from!"
She giggled as she gradually regained her composure. "Its most likely Hotaru-chan, I asked her to bring some tea. Could you get it since I'm not in the attire to accept visitors?"
Groaning, and mumbling about something involving bad timing, the hanyou left. Once gone, the modern day young onna sighed. If Hotaru hadn't come, things would have heated up to the point of no return and her plans for the eventful night out the window. Course either way it would have been an eventful night, though Sachi prefer the one more intimate one.
Sighing again, Sachi removed her layers of silk and hung them on the T-bar next to Inuyasha's beautiful cloths. Then pulling on an ankle length yutaka, she pulled over it a blood red robe with ebony tiger clawing at her back. Once in more appropriate attire, she poked her around the screen to find Inuyasha carrying a tray of pot and tea cups to his previous spot.
"Hotaru leave already?"
Inuyasha nodded. "She looked tired, so I told her to get some rest."
Sachi sat her self before her koishii with a smile as she reached for the tea pot. "Hai, chasing after Rin can certainly be tiring." She handed Inuyasha his cup with the grace and elegance of a geisha. "But enjoyable, Rin's such a charming child."
He only huffed taking the tea and sipping it. "She's as annoying as Shippo; how that asshole can stand her I'll never know."
Sipping her own tea, Sachi smiled. "Same way you stand Shippo; you love him or at least care for him like a pestering little brother. You've protected him enough to prove that much."
Helena you came to me/ When seemingly life had begun
He gave his signature "Feh," before taking another swallow. Yet after several more sips, Inuyasha began to feel funny. His body felt heavy; as if he was being held down in deep water, while the room slowly swirled around him. Then hanyou felt dizzy and disorientated; his cup leaving his hand to crash to the floor in porcelain shards. Gripping his head as it throbbed in time with the darkness now at the corners of his vision.
"S…aa…chi…" he croaked. "I…feel funny…something…in tea…" he managed to gradually get out, the dizziness increasing as he looked up at the frowning miko before him. "Saa…chi…?"
Little did I know then/ Where this would go/ When this begun
The crimson haired woman-child looked solemnly at the disorientated Inuyasha. "Gomen…but I can't have you stopping me Inuyasha. I slipped a powdered herb in your tea that induces unconsciousness. You'll fall asleep shortly and wake up in an hour or so; no harm done."
"Why…" he whispered as he felt his body growing steadily heavier followed by his lids.
Sachi frowned hurtfully as she watched her koishii fight the drug unsuccessfully. "Because…I had to…goodnight Inuyasha…sweet dreams..."
His world went black.
Once I was free to fly
Only her sigh broke the motionless air, soon followed by Sachi's rising form. Taking up the futon's blanket, she placed it over Inuyasha's immobile form as she placed a fleeting kiss upon his brow. "Forgive me," she whispered before pulling out her carved flute to morph if into a bow; there was no time to change attire.
With her bow over her shoulder, she gave one last fleeting glance at the unconscious inu-hanyou. A single tear made itself know as it flowed from the corner of her emerald-indigo eye.
"Gomen nasai," she whispered before waling out of the open door to the bamboo forest beyond.
With graceful and sure strides, Sachi vanished into the sea of green stakes, and falling leaves; a ghostly voices buzzing warnings in her ear like an annoying fly.
I never promised anything/ This may well be goodbye
;__;
It wasn't long before Sachi felt the pulse of dark miko power. It was thick like molasses, and left a crawling feeling across her skin. It was just like his aura, but only way less severe. There was no doubt in Sachi's mind, this was Kikyou; she was waiting for her. Course with Kagome's voice constantly warning her and chastising her in her ear about Kikyou only confirmed it.
Don't ask why/ Don't be sad/ Sometimes we all must alter paths we planned
Ignoring the spirit miko, Sachi walked forward. Through the bamboo stocks and constant falling leaves did she appear; a sinister sneer upon her once beautiful face. The modern day miko stopped ten feet from her, her own face distorted by the narrowed eyes, but otherwise straight face. Kagome's fleeting voice falling silent in Sachi's ear for fear of being heard.
"Good, you came. I was hoping you wouldn't loose your nerve; now here you are dressed like you just finished with a tumble with my lover; our roles should really be switched, Unblessed Child."
Only try – understand/ I want to save you/From the lost and damned
Sachi glowered, eyes becoming a deep purple in her ire. "What ifs and perhapses mean nothing to me Kikyou, I suggest you concentrate on the present. I'm here to battle, not ensue in pointless brattle with an undead whore."
Although you hold me close/ I feel retention arise
The dark miko glared daggers, but it had no affect on Sachi, who had spent enough time as the target for some of Sesshomaru's deadly glares. "Very well then; let's get this over with!" And Kikyou charged; her dark clothing flapping.
Sachi narrowed her eyes. Was Kikyou now capable of hand to hand combat? The modern shrine maiden doubted it, but there was the slim chance. With Kyousou being the man that ruled and wielded Sou'nga things were not how they appeared. So not wanting to risk it, Sachi dodged and struck with youkai quickness. Kikyou never stood a chance.
With a cry of pain, the undead onna was flung into a near bamboo stock. Falling to the leaf littered ground, Kikyou rose shakily to her feet.
"Bitch," she breathed. "You used your youkai power! Are you too weak without it!? Pathetic, you can't do anything without the strength of a youkai!!"
The taunt went on, unaffecting Sachi's calm and composed manner. "When in battle one uses all available assets they possess; it gives them the advantage in battle. It's strategy Kikyou, not weakness or cowardice."
The raven haired miko sneered; it was obvious that Sachi's cool demeanor was angering the undead onna. Sachi need only keep her composure and let Kikyou make the first mistake. And it appeared that the once Shikon miko was oblivious to this fact as she charged again a dagger now in her pale hand. With quick stabs and slashes at Sachi, Kikyou fought on. Sachi however, kept her head clear, not letting her composure slip, always dodging with great accuracy and landing strikes in the right places.
The dark miko quickly became angrier as the battle continued on. With a snarl on her ghostly beautiful face, she faked to the left and brought up an unexpected knee to Sachi's stomach.
"Gagh," gasped out Sachi as she leapt back holding her stomach in pain; Kikyou had surprising strength. "Sneaky wench…"
Just as a hint of fear
Kikyou grinned sinisterly in victory. "Strategy…my dear Unblessed Child."
Sachi snarled, brows furrowing at the title. "And here I thought this would be easy, you being so weak and all. Guess you Master upped your powers; how generous of him."
"That Monster is not my Master!" she seethed. "He said he would help me get Inuyasha away from you. He's trained me; helped me advance my powers to their full potential. This strength and power is my own, little girl…and its time I USED THEM!!" And she leapt at Sachi, fists flailing and further proving the fact that she could fight hand to hand.
With a face of indifference, the crimson haired young woman blocked the attacks. However, behind Sachi's calm façade, was her worry. If her enemy had taught Kikyou, and had given her power she thought was her own, he may have given her means to her demise. This duel could very well turn out just as bad as the Taishio brothers and said.
"This ends now Kikyou!!"
Now, Sachi was fighting full out.
With swiftness of that of a youkai, the modern maiden relentlessly pounded on the dark miko with a whirlwind of combos. Kikyou was wide eyed by the sudden change in Sachi, but remained focused. As Sachi pounded on her, Kikyou was able to block the majority of the attacks. However, every once in a while, a fist, knee or foot would mysteriously appear and strike the walking clay pot. And it was a strong kick from Sachi that sent Kikyou flying back; to tumble across the leaf covered ground.
"You must stop this Sachi!! This doesn't feel right,"spoke Kagome in Sachi's ear, but was ignored by the target of her worry.
The emerald eyed teen stood at the ready, eyes stern and focused on only Kikyou. And she was shakily making it to all fours. Covered in dirt, and dripping with sweat and some blood, the dark undead miko looked awful. Her breath came in labored heaves, movements sluggish in exhaustion.
"Devil's spawn," she seethed through gasps for air. "YOU'LL DIE HERE!!!"
Like subtle clouds/ In summer skies
And with a powerful pull, Kikyou unearthed a thin deep brown rope that had been beneath the leaves and dirt. Instantaneously with the pull of the thin rope, four other ropes appeared speeding toward Sachi.
Recognizing it as a trap, Sachi leapt back high into the bamboo stock to land on one that had fallen onto another during the brawl. In an explosion of leaves and earth, a net came up from where the redhead had just been standing; it was a heavy net, on that would have given her trouble had she been caught.
'A trap!?' snarled Sachi to herself enraged. 'Kikyou wasn't trying to kill me! She was trying to capture me!!'
"I was trying to tell you that something wasn't right…and it's still not right!"
With quick eyes Sachi went over the landscape below her in a search of the vanished dark miko; she was nowhere to be found. Kikyou had vanished without an even a trace of her dark aura, which was not right in the least. It appeared that because she didn't catch the unblessed girl that she retreated.
"Coward," hissed Sachi under her breath.
A rustle of leaves came from behind her, and Sachi spun on her branch to face it. There was nothing there though, nothing could be seen in the silver light of the moon; no sound heard but the leaves.
Once in the moonlight/ I can't explain
"SACHI BEHIND YOU!!!"
Sachi instantly spun and before she knew what happened she was forced back from an unknown source. In shocked, the emerald eyes teen was unable to change her landing, so Sachi hit the ground…hard. A cry of pain ripped through her throat, to ripple through the bamboo forest. She curled in on herself in pain, holding her side. Sachi found her side was warm and slick with blood from the arrow and its shaft perturbing from left side. However, the unblessed miko could already feel the arrow's dark properties flowing through her blood stream.
Sachi snarled and growled low in her throat from pain as well as rage, as the cursed Kikyou came from the shadows. "You're the Devil's spawn Kikyou…not me…"
And I don't know/ Somehow we may reunite
The dark miko came to a stop a foot from Sachi, her sandaled feet filling her vision. "Believe what you wish, little girl, but you'll die soon enough anyway. The poison on that arrow does two things; it rouses the inner beast till no restraints are left." Sachi's eyes widened from shock at her Kikyou's words. "And the second is as the youkai within awakens, the poison slowly kills the body, racking it with pain. It's a slow and agonizing death that you can't stop; you're ruthless youkai spirit will soon be known, and then you will die."
Sachi glared dagger and fire up at her. "Bitch…"
Kikyou grinned evilly. "Kyousou-sama has the antidote, but by the time you meet up with him the poison would have spread too far to be corrected. Poor thing; to watch the world and the people you love die by your hand as you die slowly along with them must truly be a nightmarish death. Don't worry about Inuyasha; I'll take good care of him."
Don't ask why/ Don't be sad/ Sometimes we all must alter paths we planned/ Don't forget
"Kikyou…" trailed Sachi as she slowly made it to her knees. Sachi glared up at the dark onna as Kikyou stepped back in slight surprise at her determination. "You won't have Inuyasha…not…IF I CAN HELP IT!!!"
With more speed then thought possible in her condition, Sachi snatched up her bow, and drew back the string. In a matter of a second, Sachi had drawn, aimed and fire; she just hoped her aim was true. Blue light flared to life as the arrow flew and embedded itself in Kikyou's chest, forcing her back and into a bamboo trunk.
What we had
"…h-how…" wheezed out Kikyou as her blood flowed from her mouth as her hands held the shaft perturbing from her heart.
Sachi gave a grin full of pain. "Sayonara…Kikyou…enjoy your eternity in Hell." With that said the dark miko's last bit of unlife left in her went and her body cracked and was reduced to clay shards and bone. The souls once housed in the clay body released and flew off to who knew where.
Just like that, the undead miko was finally gone; permanently dead.
But let me save you from the lost and damned
Sachi let a small smile of triumph spread across her face before her lids fell as pain overwhelmed her body. She fell and landed on her right side on the soft unearthed ground. Sachi never heard the voice calling out her name in desperation.
"SAAAACHIIII!!!!"
Love means nothing to me/ If there is a higher place to be
;__;
Someone was calling his name. It was distant, and echoic, but it was there none the less. And the voice was very familiar; Inuyasha knew that much, but he still could not place it. Who was it?
"Inuyasha!! Inuyasha!!! INUYASHA!!!!" screamed a young woman's voice in the hanyou's dark slumber. "Wake up! Sachi needs you!! SHE'S DI-"
Helena don't you cry
The pleasant voice was cut off by the thunderous crack of a shoji door being flung open. Inuyasha barely acknowledged it before he was being forced to the ground as an icy voice rang through the air.
"Wake up half-breed!! Where is she!?"
The inu-hanyou ground from both slumber and being forced so roughly to the ground. "…Sesshomaru..? What the hell are you doing in here?" slurred out Inuyasha as he stared up at his enraged elder half-brother.
The Ice Prince of the West glared daggers. "Do not play coy with me Inuyasha, I know that the onna came here an hour or so ago once forcing this Sesshomaru into unconsciousness in much of the same manner as she did yourself. So tell me where the miko is Inuyasha; do not try my patience."
Finally able to think clearly, Inuyasha remembered what happened before falling asleep; his amber eyes grew wide in shock. "Sachi!!" he snarled out irate. "She put something in my tea to knock me out so she could go fight Kikyou!!"
Believe me, I do this for you/ Heed my decision now
Sesshomaru growled deep in his chest, to stare out the open door. "This Sesshomaru told her it was too reckless."
Inuyasha grumbled as he made it to his feet. "We have to find her! We don't know what Kikyou is capable of now; Sachi could be in trouble!"
"That's what I've been trying to tell you!" snapped a female's voice, and materializing out of nowhere was Kagome; hands on her hips like always did when furious.
Sesshomaru looked slightly shocked at the dead girl's sudden appearance, while Inuyasha just looked merely surprised.
"Kagome…what's going on? What do you know?" Inuyasha rambled off concern in his honey eyes.
The spirit miko's face feel. "Sachi fought Kikyou, but she's wounded; she needs both of your help! She's dying!!"
I will be gone tomorrow noon/ My tale has just begun
Inuyasha felt his heart twist in a sharp pain of agony, and lifted a hand to his heart. He fisted his clawed hand, clutching the fire-rate haori. He wouldn't let another woman he loved die. Not when he could stop it!
Nothing can take my faith away/ In my quest for the sun
"Where is she?" he growled out; eyes determined.
Kagome stared uneasily but answered. "She's in the bamboo forest; run at full speed straight into it and you're sure to find her. I'll be there waiting for you," she said as she began to fade.
Yet before she could fully fade away, Inuyasha was nothing but a streak of red and silver flying through the forest. Sesshomaru as well was propelling himself through the green blur of the forest. At the speed they were going, the half-siblings came to a half in a small cleared section of the foliage in no time. What they found was a horror to both men.
Sachi lay crumbled on the ground in the middle of the space. Kagome's spirit kneeling next to her, frightful worry written clearly across her face. Not far from them, at the base of a bamboo tree was a pile of tattered clothes and what looked like a pile of clay shards and bones. Above the pile, embedded in a bamboo tree was a sacred arrow.
Don't ask why
Inuyasha knew exactly what it meant. "Kikyou…" he mouthed mournfully, but he felt no actual sorrow; he had none left for the treacherous wench. He only felt sorry of the fate she had been succumbed to.
Don't be sad
"Inuyasha!" cried Kagome, bring the hanyou back from his muses. "Sachi needs you!!"
With near running steps Inuyasha was by the miko's side, soon to be followed by Sesshomaru. He took the unblessed modern girl in his arms and noticed the arrow embedded in her side; he ignored it for now. "Sachi," he called and received only a moan. "Come one Sachi; wake up!"
The flutter of dark lashed notified them all of Sachi's wakefulness, but the lids themselves barely rose. "Inu…yasha? That…you?"
"Yea," he breathed carefully pushing back disruptive crimson tresses from her brow. "It's me."
"Who else is here," she asked to twinge in pain. "I can't see very well…"
Inuyasha grew worried at that as he soothed his koi by continuing to stroke her fiery mane. "Sesshomaru and Kagome are here too. Can you tell us what happened?"
Sometimes we all must alter paths we planned
"The miko does not have to," interrupted the Western youkai lord. "The undead miko had planned to poison our only means of absolute victory, and she did so, did she not onna?"
Sachi grimaced when she tried to smile. "Maybe…"
The icy daiyoukai glared. "Lying is useless onna; the poison is thick in the air, but its properties are unknown to this Sesshomaru."
Kagome glared up at the lord. "Can't this wait!? We need to get the arrow out!!"
Sesshomaru glared down at the spirit miko. He would have threatened the woman-child with her life, but being dead left him unable to do so.
"Sesshomaru, Kagome's right. If the poison is already in her blood stream it doesn't mater if the arrow is in or out, and Sachi can't go around with an arrow sticking out of her side!"
"What kind of poison is its onna," demanded Sesshomaru to the half-conscious teen.
Sachi opened her mouth to speak, but Kagome silenced her with a hand on her brow. "Kikyou used a poison that gradually causes a youkai's beast to awaken. No mater how hard one tires to keep their humanoid form, their seals will break. Not only that, but as the seals break, the body begins to die as well. If Sachi can't keep control till the end of the battle…you're all going to die."
"Damn it," Inuyasha cursed under his breath. "We both told you not to go Sachi! This was exactly what we expected to happen!"
Only try/ Understand/ I want to save you from the lost and damned
The modern girl smiled painstakingly. "Gomen, but it had to be done…" And it did, Sachi wouldn't let any of them be cursed. She remembered how Kagome nearly died after the episode with Tsubaki.
Kagome looked between the three agitatedly. "Can someone remove the arrow please!? She can't heal otherwise!!"
Both inu brothers looked at the spirit miko, but soon looked back at each other to the heavily breathing young woman. Sesshomaru narrowed his diamond hard eyes as he kneeled closer, bracing a hand on Sachi's abdomen, the other curled itself around the wooden shaft. Inuyasha in turn took hold of Sachi's wrists in an iron grip while holding her down at the same time.
"Cover her mouth Inuyasha; we don't need to go deaf from her screaming," ordered the lord, and Inuyasha did so without complaint.
The miko whimpered behind the clawed hand. Sachi struggled to speak; her voice was muffled, nothing but incoherent murmurs.
Sesshomaru glared frigidly at the girl; her whimpering and muffled words continuing and grow louder. "Close your mouth onna, or may bit your tongue."
Sachi's panic stricken jeweled eyes went wide just as Sesshomaru gave one quick yank.
Even through Sachi's covered mouth, Inuyasha and Sesshomaru sensitive hearing still found the sound painful. She struggled to move a she arched her back still in pain, but with Sesshomaru pressing her down and Inuyasha restraining her, Sachi didn't get far. After a few minutes of struggle, the redhead soon settled down to whimpers of pain and silent tears as she heaved for needed breath.
Don't ask why
Kagome settled down as Sachi did. "Keep her as calm as possible and inactive. If the wound reopens and festers the poison will only spread faster; luckily the toxin is slow moving. Given enough time, and the less activity, Sachi maybe just have enough time to kill Kyousou. I can't do anything else I'm afraid," she said sorrowfully. "I must go now."
"Wait Kagome," exclaimed Inuyasha as she began to fade. The miko looked questionably at the hanyou. "Don't go," he murmured looking away only to find his gaze on an in pain Sachi. "I…I-"
"Don't say it," interrupted Kagome, her face stern but sad. "Save it for the living Inuyasha; like I told you before." Then she was gone.
Inuyasha was left with a mouth open, and eyes open wide in hurt. He hugged Sachi closer, and soon looked down at her, finding both her and Kagome staring back at him. He had wanted to say he didn't love her any longer, but hat would have been a very cruel lie. He still loved his ebony haired modern miko, but loved his fiery unblessed miko as well. He was in the same situation as he was with the now deceased Kikyou. Why was it so damn difficult for him to change so he didn't loose Sachi as he had done Kagome!? He had moved on, he kept repeating to himself, but find himself still staring back longingly.
Don't be sad
A chill hand caressing his cheek shook Inuyasha from his reprieve. He sprang open his eyes he didn't know he closed. What he found was Sachi smiling, up at him in a slightly pained way. It was agonizing just to watch.
"…Sachi…"
She smiled further. "Smile…" she whispered, eyes sparkling. "I want to see you happy Inuyasha…"
Sometimes we all must alter paths we planned
Her words were so innocent as she said them, but Inuyasha could help but notice that they meant more underneath the words. "Arigotou," he whispered forcing a half-hearted smile. "But you need to rest koishii, so sleep and we'll have that would healed in no time." Then the silver haired hanyou took Sachi in his arms bridle style.
Leave me behind
"You are lucky miko," stated Sesshomaru as he fell into step with his younger half brother. "That arrow barley missed a vital organ; if it had you'd be dead."
Sachi just gave an "hm" sound not caring since she was tired and curled warmly in her koi's arms.
Inuyasha noticed and smiled down at the shrine maiden from the future as she slipped into slumber. That smile however, fell as a new thought arose to the forefront of the hanyou's mind like a moth to the flame. It wasn't a pleasant thought either, it made him shiver as he turned to Sesshomaru for his opinion on the matter.
Don't look back
"Who's gonna tell Genken?! He's gonna be as furious as Hellhound!!"
Cause deep within you know I'm lost and damned
A/N: here we are…another chapter done and ready for u readers. I very much appreciate the reviews I've been getting for this story, but more the merrier! And to those that added this story to their favorites, reviews would be nice from you too. I'm always willing to listen to anything anyone says, whether flame or not; though preferably no flame, does anyone really like flame. Hope u enjoyed this chapter and everything should be picking up by now, so yippy right? The final battle is coming!!
p.s: the song in this chapter is Lost and Damned by Kamelot…awesome band!
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