DISCLAIMER: I don't own Inuyasha or the book called 'Hasse Simonsdochter' written by Thea Beckman, nor do I own the characters of these two stories!! But I do own the idea of mixing these two ingredients into a new story.
Italic: thoughts
-- --: locations
"...": spoken words
~*~*~*~*~: time gap
*...* : noises
-by Kittymui-
Sacrifices
Previously:
"I...I failed...b-but you haven't won yet..." Naraku grinned as more
blood streamed out of his mouth and wound. "...my men...will finish...it...for
me...I...I'll see...you...both...in...h-hell..."
With that, he collapsed to the floor and died.
~*~*~*~*~
"S-Sesshoumaru..."
Sesshoumaru snapped out of his thoughts and turned to look at Kagome.
"A-are...we going to...die?" she asked monotonously as she lowered her hand from the wound other chest.
Sesshoumaru widened his eyes. He didn't notice it before but her blood was everywhere on her clothes and on the stone floor.
He immediately dropped his sword to the floor and caught her before she completely lost her balance. "No! We are not going to die!! I will not let you or Yuri die!!" he growled.
"S-Sesshoumaru-sama...Kagome...sama..." a weak voice suddenly called
their names.
Sesshoumaru quickly turned to where the voice came from and realized it as Kouga who spoke. He knelt down together with Kagome in front of Kouga.
"I...I'm really happy...to have fought be your side...I really...am..." he said with a hoarse voice as he handed Yuri over to Kagome. "...b-but I don't think...I can be of any help anymore...please forgive...me..."
Tears welled up in Kagome's eyes as she took Yuri into her arms. "D-don't say that...you're going to be okay...right Sesshoumaru?" she said as she shifted her gaze to Sesshoumaru.
"You have done well...Kouga," Sesshoumaru said. "do not worry...I will protect her."
Kagome widened her eyes and shifted her gaze back to Kouga again, only to receive a small nod and a weak smile coming from him.
Kouga slowly laid his head back on the stone floor and closed his eyes as he exhaled his last breath.
"No...no...." Kagome sobbed as she buried her head in his mate's chest.
Sesshoumaru responded by holding her closer to him, but before he could say anything to comfort her, a loud voice from outside the castle had already spoken first.
"Sesshoumaru!! I know you're in there!! Surrender yourself or we will blow
your castle to smithereens!!!"
Sesshoumaru growled and looked down at Kagome. "Stay here." he said as he released her from his embrace.
Kagome quickly clasped his haori. "NO!! I'll go with you!!" she pleaded weakly.
"Kagome...you__"
"Don't...argue with me...Sesshoumaru..." she cut him off as she held her daughter close to her.
Sesshoumaru sighed and carefully pulled her up to her feet as he straightened himself up. With his arms on her waist to support her, he slowly walked over to the broken wall.
They both widened their eyes when they saw the swarm of soldiers that had gathered not far away from the castle walls.
Oh my God... Kagome thought.
Sesshoumaru narrowed his eyes. Renkotsu...Kyoukotsu...what is taking them so long?? he pondered worriedly.
His thoughts were cut off when a male's voice spoke again. "Finally decided to show yourself huh?"
When they looked down, they realized it was an officer who spoke. He had short brown curly hair and was dressed in a dark blue formal suit with golden buttons. A long black cape was attached to both his shoulders. He was sitting on a horse that stood in front of the whole army of soldiers.
"You've escaped death once, but now you will have to face the fact that
your life will end right here." the officer continued.
[AN: It's the same officer that planned the trap at the Valkyrie stronghold
and killed every single youkai except for Sesshoumaru and his group.]
"What do you want?" Sesshoumaru growled.
"Nothing special." the officer smirked. "I just wanted to give you a small present."
With that, he snapped his fingers and shortly after that a shorter officer
dressed in a dark green suit appeared, with several soldiers behind him. They
carried two corpses and threw them next to each other on the grass next to the
horse.
The shorter officer sent the soldiers away and positioned himself next to the
horse.
Kagome gasped while Sesshoumaru averted his gaze as they both realized the identities
of the two dead bodies that the soldiers threw on the grass.
Kagome buried her face in Sesshoumaru's haori. "This can't be happening...it's
too cruel..." she sobbed in his chest.
Sesshoumaru tightened his grip on her waist. Even Renkotsu and Kyoukotsu... he thought as he shifted his gaze from his companions to the officer. He was looking at him with a grin on his face.
What do I do now...what should I do...?
Without saying anything else, Sesshoumaru gently lifted Kagome up in his arms (bridal style) and turned to walk into the room.
"S-Sesshoumaru...what are you doing?" Kagome asked with wide teary eyes.
Without answering her question, he carefully laid her on their bed, which was only partly damaged by the impact.
"Sesshoumaru, talk to me! Why...what are you__" Before she could finish her question, Sesshoumaru suddenly caught her lips with his.
Although it was a kiss more passionate than ever, Kagome couldn't help but notice a lot of pain and sadness in it.
Tears streamed down her cheeks uncontrollably as she felt the warmth of his lips fade away. "No..." was the only word she managed to whisper as she slowly opened her eyes to look at him again.
He averted his gaze and straightened himself up to walk away from the bed.
"Sesshoumaru!! You...you're..." she panted as she tried to get up, only to fall back onto the pillows again.
It's not use...I...I don't have the strength...to push myself up anymore... she thought to herself. My wound will open again if I move too much...but...
"Sesshoumaru...stop..." she whispered with a trembling voice.
Kagome felt slightly relieved when he finally stopped walking away. But something inside her told her that she wouldn't be able to change his mind as he didn't turn to look at her.
"L...look at me...please..." she pleaded with tears streaming down her cheeks.
There was a small hope growing inside her heart when she saw him turn around but all of it vanished as he stopped halfway and refused to look at her out of the corner of his eye.
"Aishiteru...Kagome..." were his only words before he turned his back to her and started to walk away again.
"No!! Sesshoumaru!!! I beg you!! Please come back!!" Kagome cried with the last bit of her strength.
Sesshoumaru closed his eyes and jumped out of the bedroom.
~*~
He landed gracefully in front of the bodies of Kyoukotsu and Renkotsu and knelt down.
The officer on the horse suddenly chuckled. "I hope you like the...presents.
You cannot imagine how tough it was to capture them. They were truly stubborn...stubborn
and foolish to choose death over submission," he laughed, "but I was
in a good mood so I just granted their wish, isn't that nice of me? Hahahaha!"
Sesshoumaru's ears twitched at hearing this. Without second thought, he summoned his deadly whip and swung it at the officer without standing up.
*SLASH*
And the officer was slashed cleanly in two (together with the horse) in a split
second before they could even make a slight sound.
It took the shorter officer and the rest of the army several seconds before they realized that their captain had been killed.
"He killed the officer!! Kill him!!!" the shorter officer shouted angrily as he aimed his gun at Sesshoumaru.
The rest followed the officer's example and pointed their weapons at the inuyoukai.
Sesshoumaru withdrew his whip and stood up without taking his gaze off of his dead companions.
Renkotsu...Kyoukotsu, you both can rest in peace now...I have killed the bastard. But please forgive me for what I am going to do now...I wish it could be resolved in another way but I have no other choice. he apologized to them in his mind as he turned to the shorter officer who was still pointing his gun at him. If I have to sacrifice myself to save my most beloved...then so be it... he thought determined.
"Either you listen to me or I will make sure you all won't be able to see
the light of another day before I have entered my grave." he growled seriously.
The shorter officer and the soldiers thought for a moment before they finally lowered their weapons to the floor.
"Talk." said the officer.
"I am sure you all would get a big reward for bringing my corpse back to your king, or at least, that is what I presume what Naraku had promised you," he began. "but now that he is dead, I doubt that you will ever be able to lay a finger on that reward__"
"We are going for the fame that would be given to us when we show your corpse to the whole kingdom! What would money do us any good anyway if we're just measly subordinates!?" a soldier from the crowd cut him off.
Sesshoumaru turned to the one who dared to interrupt him and gave him the glare of death. I knew it would be something like that... he thought disturbed. I guess that leaves me no other choice...
"Unfortunately, I, Sesshoumaru will not be killed that easily. I am afraid that more than three-quarter of this army would already have lost their heads before they have taken away the last breath of life from this body of mine." he smirked as he looked at the whole army in front of him.
"That is why I want to make a deal with you humans." he added.
"I am willing to let you take my corpse back to your kingdom if and ONLY IF you vow NOT to pursue the ones related to me any further."
~*~
Kagome widened her eyes at hearing this. Sesshoumaru!! You...you can't do
this to me!!! her mind screamed but before she could open her mouth and
scream, unconsciousness already took over her whole body.
Little Yuri, who Kagome had been holding in her arms until now, slowly slipped
out of her warm embrace and landed softly on her stomach onto the bed. She slowly
crawled back to her mother and started to sob as tears crossed the thin dark
marks on her little pink cheeks.
~*~
"Is that a deal?" Sesshoumaru asked, as he ignored the suffocating scent of his mate and daughter's tears.
The short officer stepped forward. "Deal." he spoke with a clear voice. "Then I will take the honor to send you the first bullet."
With that said, he took several steps backwards and aimed his gun at the inuyoukai's heart. The whole army behind him also took several steps backwards to give him the space.
Suddenly a grin appeared on the officer's face. "Don't worry about your wife...I will take GOOD care of her after I killed you!!" he shouted with a smirk as he pulled the trigger.
*POW*
Sesshoumaru widened his eyes and growled as he looked at the approaching bullet. Chikusho!! I will not be able to dodge this!! he concluded fearfully and cursed himself mentally for trusting humans.
Then suddenly a huge blade flew downwards from the sky and hit the earth right before Sesshoumaru.
*WHHAAAMMM*
Followed by a sharp sounds of some iron drilling into another piece of iron.
*SSHHHRRREEEEEKKKK*
Sesshoumaru blinked several times at the blade in front of him that shielded
him from the deadly bullet. "T-this is___"
Before he could finish his sentence, a familiar voice called his name from above.
"SESSHOUMARU!!!"
When he looked up at the sky, he realized it was Inuyasha.
Inuyasha landed softly on the grass next to his brother. "Are you okay?" he asked with a pant.
Sesshoumaru nodded. "How...how did you___"
"Long story...but it seems that we don't have the time for explanations right now." he concluded as he scanned the environment.
He widened his eyes when he saw the damaged castle and the two corpses on the floor. "What the...!!!" he gasped and turned to Sesshoumaru. "Where's Kouga and Kagome?!"
Sesshoumaru averted his gaze. "Kouga died protecting Kagome and Kagome...she...." he explained hesitatingly.
Inuyasha frowned. "And what the hell do you think you were doing?!" he growled.
"I had no other choice, it was the only way to save them...so I had to try..." his brother confessed.
"Enough of this crap!!" the officer cried angrily. "We won't
let you escape from here!! Don't forget our group of cannons that is surrounding
this place!!!"
Inuyasha turned to him and smirked. "Well you can forget about that trump
card of yours...because they've already been wiped out by my friends!"
"Why you!!!" the officer scowled as he fired his gun at the hanyou.
*POW*
Inuyasha quickly grabbed his blade and his brother by his upper arm and jumped
into the air towards the damaged castle.
Inuyasha's eyes widened of shock when he saw how badly damaged the bedroom was and when he saw the bodies of Kouga and Naraku. He was even more shocked to see the unconscious Kagome and the crying Yuri by her side on the partly damaged bed.
Sesshoumaru was shocked as well to see the pale face of Kagome.
"Kagome!!" they both cried worriedly as they ran towards the bed.
Inuyasha frowned as he sheathed his Tetsusaiga. It really hurt him to see her
like this. But what pained him even more was the sad expression that could be
seen on Kagome's face.
When he shifted his gaze to his brother, he saw the pained expression on his face too.
"Sesshoumaru...take Kagome and get away from here." he suddenly spoke after a moment of silence.
Sesshoumaru quickly turned to Inuyasha with wide eyes.
"There's no time to hesitate, aniki!!" Inuyasha added seriously.
Sesshoumaru growled. "What do you take me for?! There is not way I am going to escape and let you fight alone!! I would never forgive myself____
"Would you be able to forgive yourself if Kagome DIES!?!! Or for letting
Yuri grow up without her father and mother?!!!" Inuyasha cut him off angrily.
"She would never forgive you if you died and survived with Yuri!!!"
A pained expression appeared on Sesshoumaru's face again as he realized how true it was what Inuyasha said.
Inuyasha crossed his arms. "Keh! I'm not alone! I still have Hiten and Bankotsu remember??" he spat. "Now go!! Take Kagome and get away from here while I hold them back!!!"
Sesshoumaru thought silently for a moment before he lowered himself and carefully gathered Yuri and Kagome in his arms.
After he straightened himself up he turned to Inuyasha again, only to receive a determined nod.
"I'll catch up with you guys after I made sure they won't form a threat to us anymore." Inuyasha decided.
Sesshoumaru nodded. "Take care, Inuyasha."
"Protect Kagome and Yuri...don't ever leave them alone again." Inuyasha spoke.
"I will protect her with my life, I promise." Sesshoumaru replied. "We will wait for you in a safe place."
"Good...now go!!" Inuyasha ordered.
Without second thought, Sesshoumaru ran out of the bedroom to the other side
of the castle with Kagome in his arms. He jumped out of one of the windows and
dashed into the opposite direction of the army into the forest.
~*~
Inuyasha closed his eyes and sighed as Sesshoumaru and Kagome's scent slowly started to fade.
*drip...drip...*
He slowly opened his eyes and looked at the floor, only to see a small drops
of blood near his feet. He slowly un-crossed his arms and lowered one of them
to his side while the other was still covering his waist.
Chikusho... he cursed inwardly as he looked at his blood-stained claw
on his waist.
He moved his free hand to the hilt of his Tetsusaiga and revealed a huge transformed blade as he unsheathed it. There's no way I'm going to lose to some human army... he growled inwardly as his grip on the hilt of his blade tightened.
Inuyasha slowly made his way to the broken wall and looked outside at the swarm of army that was trying to break the castle wall.
He slowly uncovered his wound and raised his Tetsusaiga with two claws on the hilt.
"THIS IS AS FAR YOU WILL GET!!! THERE'S NO WAY I'M GONNA LET YOU BASTARDS
LAY ONE FINGER ON KAGOME OR SESSHOUMARU!!!!!!" he exclaimed with a loud
growl as he jumped into the air with his blade raised above his head.
"KAZE NO KIZU!!!!" Inuyasha's cry echoed through the forest.
Vocabulary:
Tetsusaiga: a blade made of the fang of Inuyasha's father. It belongs
to Inuyasha.
chikusho: damn it
aishiteru: I love you
inuyoukai: dogdemon
hanyou: halfdemon
aniki: older brother
Posted: 18 December 2003
Last Edited: 12 February 2004 (re-edited because of tag problems)
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