"Sesshomaru, I've got you now! If you don't leave Inuyasha alone than I'll shoot your left arm off. I swear", Kagome yelled down at the dog demon. "I can see that there's a jewel shard in you arm, so you can't fool me. I know that arm isn't yours. You used it to take the Tetsaiga from Inuyasha didn't you?"
"For a human girl, you can be very perceptive,'' he replied. He seemed startled by her realization of his plan. There was no fear in the way the way he answered her. More like genuine surprise.
"Say goodbye to your shard,'' she exclaimed, sending an arrow in his direction.
Her aim was spot on but he was too fast for it to hit him. He appeared angry that Kagome was interfering with his plan. I could see the murderous look in his eyes and I knew he was going to kill her for interjecting.
Sesshomaru lunged at her with his hand fired up and ready to strike her down. Inuyasha screamed after his brother, commanding for him to leave Kagome alone. The elder of the two only ignored him and set his sights on her jugular. The young girl was frozen in fear. Her bow still rested in the same locked position that it was in when she shot her arrow. Her legs were shaking as she watched him plunge down towards her with his sharp claws pointed in her direction.
I ran up to her as fast as I could and stepped in front with my hands spread out wide. I wasn't going to watch him kill her. This whole mess wasn't her fault and if anyone was going to die today, there was no reason for it to be her. Sesshomaru looked at me with wide eyes in shock. My sudden movement had distracted him long enough for Inuyasha to come up from behind attack him. Inuyahsa he sliced into his face. It wasn't deep but blood began to fall from it. Being the demon that he was, such an attack probably didn't hurt him at all. It was the fact that his younger brother had gotten a hit on him that pissed him off.
"You'll pay for that, Sesshomaru", Inuyasha said standing in front of us to block our view. "Kagome has nothing to do with this. So, leave her out of it! This is between you and me."
"You seem very fond of that girl. I think maybe more than you do this sword. Let's make a deal. If you give me the Tetsaiga, in return, I will not kill the human girl", the demon chuckled.
"Not a chance. I'm leaving here with both and there's nothing you can do about it. The Tetsaiga belongs to me", Inuyasha exclaimed.
"Such a shame. You could have kept one, but you selfishing choose both. Now, you will leave with nothing", the elder brother scolded.
He raised the Tetsaiga and it pulsed erratically. It was transforming back into the full blade before our eyes. He looked over to me and blankly said, "Move out of the way, Kimmy."
"Look who's protecting humans now", Inuyasha mocked. "You talk about me for hanging around with them and you have one for yourself. That means if I'm pathetic, then so are you."
"Our motives are different, Little Brother. The girl holds the Black Shikon Jewel. It harbors a spell on it that will not allow me to obtain it or I would have discarded her long ago. Unlike you, I do not care for such weak creatures. She is merely surviving as a means to an end."
Kagome looked at me with worried eyes. "I can't believe that jerk would say that about her! Are you alright?"
I was not alright at all. My whole body was shaking with fury. The suspicions I had always worried about were right all along. He was only keeping me around for the jewel after all. Everything he'd said to me back at the village was a lie. He never had any real feelings for me. I had been falling for this monster and idiotically believed every word that came out of his mouth. I had never felt more like a fool in my life. Enraged tears stung my eyes. My knuckles were white from clenching them so hard. The memory of him kissing me and stroking my hair while I was hurt flashed in my mind and the sweet feelings I had in that instance was now ruined. The priestess had warned me and I didn't listen. I had a power that he couldn't obtain and he kept me around so he could suck me dry of it when he found out how. Well if he wanted my power than he could have it. I rose to my feet, still trembling uncontrollably. Inuyasha turned his head to see me pushing past him.
"Where the hell are you going? You're gonna go back to that asshole? Didn't you just hear what he said", he asked me as I was walking in front of him.
I stopped for a moment where I stood. Salty tears were streaming down my face and into my mouth as I responded back to him saying,"Yes. I heard him loud and clear."
My feet were moving on their own now. Every action I took from this point on was fueled by my raging emotions. The thump in my chest was so painful I wanted to pass out. It felt like my heart was being ripped from me with every movement closer to him. His face was blank, that blank stare that I loathed from day one. He was trying to be coy and collected after dropping a bombshell on me in front of everyone. They all looked at me with pity in their expressions because this was my fault. I knew better than to fall in love with a demon.
I felt my chest heavy and I let out a sob. Wiping my eyes with my sleeve, I closed the distance between myself and the dog demon. His yellow eyes were changing as I bore my gaze into him. They looked for a moment like there was fear behind them, but I was so angry that I didn't care.
"Kimmy", Kagome yelled to me from a distance. "He's dangerous! You can't fight him on your own!"
"Don't be an idiot and come back!", Inuyasha called to me.
Sesshomaru was only steps away from me. He hadn't raised the sword to attack me. Just stood in the same spot staring at me like a pitiful girl. He probably did take me as a threat, but he didn't know that when I'm angry that I'm just as much demon as he was.
The black jewel around my neck glowed as I raised my hand into the air. The bright magenta hue had cast itself all over my body. Before it would only be concentrated around the jewel itself, but it now created a layer of purple color over me from head to toe. A tear fell from my face and landed on the necklace. The contact created a blinding light, making the dog demon wince in surprise. I screamed out in rage as I slammed my open palm in to his hard face. My burning skin made contact with his cheek with extreme force, more than I thought I contained within myself. He stumbled backwards a little. Though my slap was strong, it wasn't strong enough to really injure him.
On the side of his face a large red hand mark from where my hand had made contact. He looked at me with a pained expression glazing his eyes. The sweet puppy eyes wouldn't work on me anymore. In that moment, I hated him with every bone in my body. Lifting my hand into the air again I prepared my muscles for another hit. Inches from his face I felt fingers tightly holding onto my wrist. He had caught me in mid air before I could slap him again.
"How could you", I sobbed up to him, trying to pull my wrist from his grip.
"You told me that you cared about me and took care of me when I was hurt! You carried me in your arms and begged me not to leave your side! You kissed me", I choked out. "I stayed by your side this whole time because I cared about you. And like an idiot, I got my feelings hurt when you admitted to never actually feeling the same way. The only thing you wanted was the jewel the whole time. Your a pompous, sadistic, manipulative, conniving and evil monster that I'm ashamed to ever be able to say that wanted to be with! Now, let me go!"
My sobs were growing more and more intense. The pain of his rejection was gut wrenching. Suddenly my legs went limp as he hung me by my wrist in the air. I had just slapped him in the face and embarrassed him in front of his mortal enemy. It was inevitable that he would kill me for what I'd done to him. His yellow eyes met mine as I looked up at him. I could barely see his face from the pool of sadness glossing over my vision. He lifted me high in the air and positioned my face right in front of his. I prepared for him to plunge the Tetsaiga into my stomach and end it all. My heart was so broken that I would have welcomed the attack because it would give me another sensation greater than the pain that I was currently feeling. I don't think anything could beat this feeling, though.
"Look at me,'' he whispered. I reluctantly lifted my head to meet his large worried eyes. He opened his mouth to say something else but closed it back. He was lost for words for the first time. He had nothing smart or patronizing to say, but I could see him wracking his brain for anything to comeback at me with. "I had to do it, Kimmy. I'm sorry."
Suddenly he threw me to the side and into a patch of grass. Inuyasha was above him in the air, lunging at him for a sneak attack. Sesshomaru avoided him in time, but ended up dropping the sword in surprise. Inuyasha ran to and scooped it into his hand.
"Looks like I have the Tetsaiga now, Sesshomaru. Look who's leaving empty handed", the half demon snorted. Kagome and Miroku ran to me and kneeled down at each side.
"Are you hurt? I have some medicine in my backpack if you need it", she asked me. I didn't have the energy to respond. Her effort to make sure that I wasn't hurt was kind, but my pain wasn't anything she could heal with modern medicine.
"We should get her out of here", the monk stated. "She's done enough here. It's better to have her not see him any longer."
"Kagome take her and Miroku and get out of here. I'll meet back up with you when I'm finished dealing with this asshole ", Inuyasha said with his sword pointed to his brother.
"We've gotta get out of here before it gets ugly. There's a room nearby that we can stay until it's over. Alright?", Kagome said.
I nodded and we all stood up to run from the battle ground. I looked back at Sesshomaru one last time and was surprised to see him looking back at me. We locked eyes for a split second, but the way his expression cried out for me made me rethink how I was feeling. He looked remorseful, until his brother swung at him with the Tetsaiga and he snapped back out of it to fight. Even after he crushed my spirit I still wanted to stay with him, but my rational brain wouldn't allow me too. I snagged one more quick glance as I assumed that it would be my last.