(Inuyashu and co does not belong to me, I just like to write about them. This is mainly a Sesshoumaru/Kagome fic, C & C welcome. In this chapter..well you'll see! Oh and R for language and violence.)
Kanashimi no Hate ni - End To Sorrow - Five
Shiraku Versus Kagome!
"Sesshoumaru-sama, where are we going?" Jaken asked as he looked at the intensity of his master's face. He had not seen it look this way since they had went to look for his half-brother hanyou and his companions.
"You question me too often, Jaken." Sesshoumaru said flatly.
This meant, "Ask me again and I will beat you to a bloody pulp, Jaken' , so Jaken did not dare question him any further. At least he left Rin behind which meant that there would probably be some blood letting. Jaken grinned with anticipation. Blood letting of humans and other lesser youkai was good for his lord Sesshoumaru-sama - and for him too.! Jaken's fingers gripped his staff of heads tightly. Ah, already he could smell the stench of blood and death. Normally when humans were involved, Jaken, like his master, disliked their scent heartily. But blood - that was another matter entirely. Ah, he would spill blood this night!
The Shikon shard in Jaken's voluminous pocket seem to match the quick pulse of the youkai's heart. It responded to his evil intentions like a moth to a flame, but of course he did not notice it, so intent on the smell of blood and fire ahead.
There! Yes, there was that village there - just to the edge of Sesshoumaru-sama's domain. Why his lord let those humans stay there was yet another mystery. Jaken's eyes lit with glee. A youkai was causing the damage! No wonder his lord wanted to see to this matter! The fool was too close for comfort! Well, no matter, Sesshoumaru-sama would take care of this upstart, and he, Jaken would take care of the remaining humans.
Sesshoumaru's keen senses of course smelled the blood and the fire and the human stench of fear, but he also smelled something familar. It was an odd smell - the smell of a hanyou.
The smell of his brother mixed with something else. Whoever had that smell held the Tetsusaiga and he, Sesshoumaru would wrest it away.
~So brother, have you returned to blight this world with your presence?~ Sesshoumaru thought as they approached the village from the air.
His eyes widened as he saw just who held the Tetsusaiga as they faced off with the demon below.
The defiant stance. No, it was definitely not his hanyou brother!
It was a girl - no a woman...
Sesshoumaru went in for a closer look..
*****
"Hanyou bitch!" Shiraku lumberred after her, anger and lust in his eyes. The woman was a nice combination. All the fire and strength of a youkai, the pureness of a miko, and the softness of a human female. The Shikon shard had increased his strength and size but he would still be able to mate with this wench, just as he had the others. The other women however had been just playthings for his appetites. They had not lasted long at all. But this one - this one was strong, he felt it. And the Shikon shard she carried with her was an added bonus indeed. No, he wouldn't kill her, but he would make her bow to him!
Shiraku glowered at the screaming running villagers and grinned as he came after them. He caught one screaming child in his fingers and brought the wailing one up to his face.
"No! My granddaughter! Take me instead monster!" An old man ran out to where Shiraku stood with the little child.
Shiraku snorted and opened his mouth. He dangled the screaming child over the gaping maw.
"NO!" Kagome felt the heat race though her veins again - it was anger and fear and everything mixed inbetween. She had never felt this way before, but the anger seemed to consume her and all she cared about was bringing this monster down. She ran and it seemed as if she was able to leap - just like Inuyasha was able to. Up, up, she went her eyes focused on the tiny shard that glittered in Shiraku's cheek.
"Kiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!!!!!!" Kagome shrieked as she brought the Tetsusaiga downward, raking the hanyou's cheek.
"Aiiiiieeeeeee!!" The little girl screamed as fell from Shiraku's grasp and Kagome was nearly slapped away by Shiraku's hand as he bellowed in realization.
******
Sesshoumaru said nothing as he watched the woman weild the Tetsusaiga as if she owned it. Well she would not own if for long. As the woman attacked the hanyou, he saw an opportunity at hand. The hanyou woman was defending these humans, was she?
Jaken was down below near the edges of the village, watching the humans flee and watching the hanyou woman fight the hanyou. Odd, the hanyou looked somewhat familar to him. But then Jaken's eyes were focused on his master as he swooped into the fray. Just what was he doing?
"Awk..he caught that human girl!" Jaken exclaimed aloud. That's all he needed - another Rin! Then he saw something fall from the huge hanyou that took his interest.
~A shard!~ Jaken's eyes lit up. Something in him told him to take the shard before anyone could notice.It fell to earth, landing near the rice fields that the humans cultivated. Jaken smiled thinly. Why have one when two would do?
*****
Kagome, in her sprawled position, saw Shiraku start to shrink in size. Grimacing, she stood up and faced the youki.
However, Shiraku was not finished yet. He focused his eyes on Kagome. "You took my Shikon shard, miko bitch!"
"You're not much - without it are you?" Kagome was panting a little.
Shiraku smiled. "You tire easily, miko. Could it be that you cannot handle the dog demon's sword?"
"I can handle anything!" Kagome's eyes flashed.
"Then handle THIS!!" Shiraku took a deep breath and a ball of flame came shooting out straight towards Kagome. She held Tetsusaiga up and it protected her from the flames. The trees and huts around her, however, did not fare so well. All around Kagome, a fire raged.
"It protects you.." Shiraku grimaced. "Then I suppose I shall have to take matters into my own hands!"
With a quickening speed, he was on top of Kagome, his hands around her neck. Kagome was on the ground, gasping for breath for his grip was strong - too strong. His face was very close to her own, and Kagome grimaced at the stink of his breath. Was it her or did it just seem stronger? Her hand flailed, trying to handle the Tetsusaiga without dropping it, but at this angle it was almost impossible.
~I don't want to die!~ Kagome thought in a panic.
"How does this feel miko?" Shiraku grinned. "A pity. You and I could have been very good for a time.."
"I - doubt - that - you ugly TOAD!" Kagome's arm shot up and her strength seemed to return ten fold as she somehow swung the Tetsusaiga up and into Shiraku's back. The demon screamed as the blade cut deeply into his back and his hands tightened around Kagome's neck.
"I - won't - DIE!" Kagome snarled as she pressed Tetsusaiga with all the strength of her arm.
Sesshoumarus watched impassively, ignoring the frightened mews of the little girl in his arms. Interesting. Interesting indeed. This hanyou exercised excellent control and yet was able to deal out punishment quite well. His eyes flickered with unaccustomed interest at the sight.
Shiraku's eyes bulged as he locked his gaze on Kagome's face. "You - " He started to say and then a gurgle came from his throat. The demon suddenly slumped and Kagome felt the blade of the Tetsusaiga against her stomach where she had cut through the demon's back.
She had cleaved him in two!! Kagome's eyes were wide with the realization of it as she pried her hands off her neck. Wriggling out from under him, she heard the 'slup' sound the two divided parts of his body now made. Wrinkling her nose in disgust at the blood, she looked down at herself. She was filthy with dirt and blood, not to mention that she was practically naked from the waist up.
"Gah! My shirt! I'm practically showing my - " She blushed furiously as she used one hand to hold the ends of her opened shirt together and one to pick up the Testusaiga. Kagome suddenly felt a tiredness as the Tetsusaiga turned back to normal. It was over - or at least she thought it was.
"Wench!" A voice from above her said.
Kagome looked up and saw -
"Sesshoumaru!" She gasped.
Kanashimi no Hate ni - End To Sorrow - Five
Shiraku Versus Kagome!
"Sesshoumaru-sama, where are we going?" Jaken asked as he looked at the intensity of his master's face. He had not seen it look this way since they had went to look for his half-brother hanyou and his companions.
"You question me too often, Jaken." Sesshoumaru said flatly.
This meant, "Ask me again and I will beat you to a bloody pulp, Jaken' , so Jaken did not dare question him any further. At least he left Rin behind which meant that there would probably be some blood letting. Jaken grinned with anticipation. Blood letting of humans and other lesser youkai was good for his lord Sesshoumaru-sama - and for him too.! Jaken's fingers gripped his staff of heads tightly. Ah, already he could smell the stench of blood and death. Normally when humans were involved, Jaken, like his master, disliked their scent heartily. But blood - that was another matter entirely. Ah, he would spill blood this night!
The Shikon shard in Jaken's voluminous pocket seem to match the quick pulse of the youkai's heart. It responded to his evil intentions like a moth to a flame, but of course he did not notice it, so intent on the smell of blood and fire ahead.
There! Yes, there was that village there - just to the edge of Sesshoumaru-sama's domain. Why his lord let those humans stay there was yet another mystery. Jaken's eyes lit with glee. A youkai was causing the damage! No wonder his lord wanted to see to this matter! The fool was too close for comfort! Well, no matter, Sesshoumaru-sama would take care of this upstart, and he, Jaken would take care of the remaining humans.
Sesshoumaru's keen senses of course smelled the blood and the fire and the human stench of fear, but he also smelled something familar. It was an odd smell - the smell of a hanyou.
The smell of his brother mixed with something else. Whoever had that smell held the Tetsusaiga and he, Sesshoumaru would wrest it away.
~So brother, have you returned to blight this world with your presence?~ Sesshoumaru thought as they approached the village from the air.
His eyes widened as he saw just who held the Tetsusaiga as they faced off with the demon below.
The defiant stance. No, it was definitely not his hanyou brother!
It was a girl - no a woman...
Sesshoumaru went in for a closer look..
*****
"Hanyou bitch!" Shiraku lumberred after her, anger and lust in his eyes. The woman was a nice combination. All the fire and strength of a youkai, the pureness of a miko, and the softness of a human female. The Shikon shard had increased his strength and size but he would still be able to mate with this wench, just as he had the others. The other women however had been just playthings for his appetites. They had not lasted long at all. But this one - this one was strong, he felt it. And the Shikon shard she carried with her was an added bonus indeed. No, he wouldn't kill her, but he would make her bow to him!
Shiraku glowered at the screaming running villagers and grinned as he came after them. He caught one screaming child in his fingers and brought the wailing one up to his face.
"No! My granddaughter! Take me instead monster!" An old man ran out to where Shiraku stood with the little child.
Shiraku snorted and opened his mouth. He dangled the screaming child over the gaping maw.
"NO!" Kagome felt the heat race though her veins again - it was anger and fear and everything mixed inbetween. She had never felt this way before, but the anger seemed to consume her and all she cared about was bringing this monster down. She ran and it seemed as if she was able to leap - just like Inuyasha was able to. Up, up, she went her eyes focused on the tiny shard that glittered in Shiraku's cheek.
"Kiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!!!!!!" Kagome shrieked as she brought the Tetsusaiga downward, raking the hanyou's cheek.
"Aiiiiieeeeeee!!" The little girl screamed as fell from Shiraku's grasp and Kagome was nearly slapped away by Shiraku's hand as he bellowed in realization.
******
Sesshoumaru said nothing as he watched the woman weild the Tetsusaiga as if she owned it. Well she would not own if for long. As the woman attacked the hanyou, he saw an opportunity at hand. The hanyou woman was defending these humans, was she?
Jaken was down below near the edges of the village, watching the humans flee and watching the hanyou woman fight the hanyou. Odd, the hanyou looked somewhat familar to him. But then Jaken's eyes were focused on his master as he swooped into the fray. Just what was he doing?
"Awk..he caught that human girl!" Jaken exclaimed aloud. That's all he needed - another Rin! Then he saw something fall from the huge hanyou that took his interest.
~A shard!~ Jaken's eyes lit up. Something in him told him to take the shard before anyone could notice.It fell to earth, landing near the rice fields that the humans cultivated. Jaken smiled thinly. Why have one when two would do?
*****
Kagome, in her sprawled position, saw Shiraku start to shrink in size. Grimacing, she stood up and faced the youki.
However, Shiraku was not finished yet. He focused his eyes on Kagome. "You took my Shikon shard, miko bitch!"
"You're not much - without it are you?" Kagome was panting a little.
Shiraku smiled. "You tire easily, miko. Could it be that you cannot handle the dog demon's sword?"
"I can handle anything!" Kagome's eyes flashed.
"Then handle THIS!!" Shiraku took a deep breath and a ball of flame came shooting out straight towards Kagome. She held Tetsusaiga up and it protected her from the flames. The trees and huts around her, however, did not fare so well. All around Kagome, a fire raged.
"It protects you.." Shiraku grimaced. "Then I suppose I shall have to take matters into my own hands!"
With a quickening speed, he was on top of Kagome, his hands around her neck. Kagome was on the ground, gasping for breath for his grip was strong - too strong. His face was very close to her own, and Kagome grimaced at the stink of his breath. Was it her or did it just seem stronger? Her hand flailed, trying to handle the Tetsusaiga without dropping it, but at this angle it was almost impossible.
~I don't want to die!~ Kagome thought in a panic.
"How does this feel miko?" Shiraku grinned. "A pity. You and I could have been very good for a time.."
"I - doubt - that - you ugly TOAD!" Kagome's arm shot up and her strength seemed to return ten fold as she somehow swung the Tetsusaiga up and into Shiraku's back. The demon screamed as the blade cut deeply into his back and his hands tightened around Kagome's neck.
"I - won't - DIE!" Kagome snarled as she pressed Tetsusaiga with all the strength of her arm.
Sesshoumarus watched impassively, ignoring the frightened mews of the little girl in his arms. Interesting. Interesting indeed. This hanyou exercised excellent control and yet was able to deal out punishment quite well. His eyes flickered with unaccustomed interest at the sight.
Shiraku's eyes bulged as he locked his gaze on Kagome's face. "You - " He started to say and then a gurgle came from his throat. The demon suddenly slumped and Kagome felt the blade of the Tetsusaiga against her stomach where she had cut through the demon's back.
She had cleaved him in two!! Kagome's eyes were wide with the realization of it as she pried her hands off her neck. Wriggling out from under him, she heard the 'slup' sound the two divided parts of his body now made. Wrinkling her nose in disgust at the blood, she looked down at herself. She was filthy with dirt and blood, not to mention that she was practically naked from the waist up.
"Gah! My shirt! I'm practically showing my - " She blushed furiously as she used one hand to hold the ends of her opened shirt together and one to pick up the Testusaiga. Kagome suddenly felt a tiredness as the Tetsusaiga turned back to normal. It was over - or at least she thought it was.
"Wench!" A voice from above her said.
Kagome looked up and saw -
"Sesshoumaru!" She gasped.
