AN: Can someone please tell me what's up with the new surge of Kik/Sess fics. I'm sorry but I just don't understand and usually I'm all for alternate pairings, but this one just seems wrong. Anyways hope I didn't keep you waiting too long for this chapter I made it really long just in case and no cliffhanger, yay!

CH: 9 Rescue Me

Sesshoumaru and Inu Yasha got to the warehouse where Naraku was supposedly holding Kagome. "Are you sure this is the place?" Inu Yasha said.

"When was the last time you saw body guards in front of a warehouse? What the hell do you think they're protecting?" Sesshoumaru said and got out of the car.

"All right then." Inu Yasha said and was about to run to the front when Sesshoumaru grabbed the sleeve of his shirt pulling him back.

"What do you think you're doing?"

"What does it look like?! I'm going to go knock out those guards." Inu Yasha replied like it was the most obvious thing in the world.

"First off, they're armed and you're going to waltz up there out numbered and with your gun still holstered. Second, I will not let you go off without thinking and risk Kagome's life." Sesshoumaru said with a deadly serious tone that made even Inu Yasha nervous.

"Fine, then what do you suggest?"

Sesshoumaru walked off with out answering his question. Inu Yasha sighed and followed. Sesshoumaru pulled out a gun from his side holster and put a silencer on. Inu Yasha took the cue to follow suit.

One of the guards saw a bit of movement out of the corner of his eye and went over to investigate. He rounded the corner of the warehouse and was knocked out cold by Sesshoumaru. Inu Yasha grabbed the guy's gun and tossed him in a nearby dumpster. Inu Yasha was about to round the corner but Sesshoumaru held his arm up telling Inu Yasha to wait. Sure enough a few minutes later the other guard got curious.

This one was a bit smarter though and pulled out his gun and rounded the corner. Sesshoumaru tried to hit him like the last, but this one didn't go down as well. Instead this one dodged at the last second and turned with his gun up. Inu Yasha hit the guy's arm and knocked the gun from his hands, but not before a shot went off. Though the bullet didn't hit anything the noise would most certainly alert someone inside. Sesshoumaru knock out the guard and then sent a glare at Inu Yasha.

"What? It's not like it was my fault." Inu Yasha said as he dragged the second guard to the dumpster while Sesshoumaru picked up the guard's gun from the ground.

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"What was that noise?" Naraku asked as he heard the shot outside. It was slightly muffled because of the insulation the warehouse had, but he definitely knew he heard something. "Kagura go check it out." Naraku demanded.

Kagura gave a small nod and walked outside using the back door. 'Stupid Naraku. I don't like being a part of this. If only he didn't have Kanna.' Kagura walked along the side of the building and saw a guy with long silver hair tossing someone in the dumpster. She recognized the person being tossed in as being one of their guards. She pulled her gun from her holster and approached slowly. 'If I kill them then I'm stuck with Naraku, but if I help them and they fail I'm dead.'

Kagura saw the guy and another taller and with longer silver hair turn to go to the front door. She quickly ran behind the one closest to her and put an arm around his neck practically choking him and her gun was pressed to his back. Inu Yasha began to struggle. "Do you want to die?" Kagura said pressing her gun further into his back.

Sesshoumaru heard Inu Yasha's struggles and turned with his gun raised. "Let him go."

"You would risk shooting your brother." Kagura said obviously assuming they were the Taisho brothers.

"Perhaps. We're not very close." Sesshoumaru responded still keeping his gun raised.

"Look I don't want to hurt you guys."

"Yeah well you have a funny way of showing that." Inu Yasha said.

"Hiten and Manten are guarding the front entrance inside. You walk in that way and your dead."

"Why are you telling us this?" Sesshoumaru said warily.

"Because I want Naraku dead. He has my older sister and I want him to pay."

"Why should we help you?"

Kagura decided she needed to show a little faith and let Inu Yasha go and holstered her gun. "Now you can either shoot me or you can follow me to the side entrance." She turned around and walked back the way she had come. Inu Yasha looked at Sesshoumaru and he nodded. The brothers followed Kagura to the side door.

She opened it slowly to check if anyone was nearby. Seeing no one around at the moment she ushered Sesshoumaru and Inu Yasha in. They went and hid behind a bunch of boxes on the side when they all heard someone approaching.

"Was there anyone out there?" Hiten's voice was heard and Sesshoumaru had to suppress just standing and shooting the traitor.

"Those idiots out there were shooting at birds." Kagura said feigning an annoyed tone. Hiten just nodded and walked back to the front door to stand with Manten.

Kagura went back to where Sesshoumaru and Inu Yasha were. "Here's the deal, I want you guys to rescue my sister, she's being held here also. In return I'll help you get the Higurashi girl.

"Tell me where she is and Inu Yasha will go with you to find your sister." Sesshoumaru stated. He hated making deals, but the girl seemed to be helpful so far. He was being wary though, it could always be a trap.

Inu Yasha looked at his brother like he was crazy. "Why do I have to go with her? You go with her and I'll get Kagome."

"Inu Yasha don't argue." Inu Yasha just groaned in response.

"She's in the back room over there." Kagura pointed. "I'd watch out if I were you. Naraku is probably there with his wench, Kikyou."

"What?!" Inu Yasha said and then was hit by Sesshoumaru for being so loud. 'So she was just playing with me again. That bitch.'

Sesshoumaru went off in the direction Kagura had pointed out and left a seething Inu Yasha to follow Kagura in a different direction. "Naraku's been holding my older sister captive, so I would do his dirty work." Kagura said as she went down the hall. She stopped at a corner and quickly glanced to see who was there. There were five people fully armed standing in front of the door.

Inu Yasha saw this as well. "Just great. How are we supposed to get in?" It would be almost impossible to get into the room without being unseen. "Wait does the room have a window?"

"Yes but it's way to high to reach."

"No it isn't." Inu Yasha said. "Come on we gotta go back outside." They left the same way they had come. Neither had heard any gun shots and wondered how Sesshoumaru was doing. If he failed Inu Yasha would lose a brother and some one he hoped would at least accept him as a friend and Kagura would most likely loose her life.

They ran outside just in time to see Sango, Miroku, and Kouga drive up. "What is that jerk doing here?" Inu Yasha said referring to Kouga.

"He's here to help." Sango defended Kouga.

"Whatever. Kouga you come with me so I can keep an eye on you. Sango, Sesshoumaru's already inside, but the place is crawling with guards. Miroku watch Kagura." Inu Yasha commanded taking control and actually making sense for once.

"No way. I'm going with you to help Kanna." Kagura said.

"You'll only get in the way. Stay here. I doubt you want Naraku to find out you were helping us." At that Kagura shut her mouth and went over to the person she assumed was Miroku.

"Come on." Inu Yasha said to Kouga and the two ran to the other side where a high window was. It seemed almost a story up and there wasn't much in the way of getting up there.

"So how are we supposed to get up there?" Kouga said only seeing some steel beams and boxes around.

"Just follow my lead." Inu Yasha began to gather some boxes and used the steel beams as supports. "Getting in is the easy part. Getting down once we get through the window is the hard part."

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Sango went in the door Inu Yasha and Kagura had come out from. She had her gun drawn and was on edge ready to shoot at a moments notice. 'Just be alright Kagome. I don't want to lose my best friend.' She thought as she went towards the back the opposite way Sesshoumaru had gone in.

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"Who's Kanna?" Miroku asked. He opened the door to the car so that Kagura could sit in the back seat.

"She's my sister. Naraku has been holding her captive so that I would do his dirty work."

"I thought that you were related to Naraku."

"We are cousins, but that doesn't mean I have to like him or agree with what he does." Kagura said in an annoyed tone.

"I suppose so. I don't know what a beautiful woman like you would be doing with Naraku if you weren't forced." Miroku said taking her hand in his.

Kagura was actually flustered. She had been ridiculed her entire life. Never had anyone said she was beautiful before. Miroku was only encouraged by the light blush he saw on her cheeks. "Don't worry I'm sure your sister will be fine. May I ask you a question?" Kagura gave a small nod still not used to the positive attention. "Will you bear my child?" One of his hands held hers while the other strayed to her behind.

"What?!" Kagura pulled her hand away from him and slapped him.

"Well, worth it." Miroku said as he rubbed the red handprint on his cheek.

"Just when I thought you were a nice guy." Kagura mumbled.

"I get it. You want romance and dating. I can do that. What do you say after everyone is saved we go out to dinner together?" Miroku said with some hope in his voice. He couldn't have any of the maids in the house and Sango was with Kouga, so he figured maybe Kagura would accept him.

Kagura thought about it for a moment. "I will if you keep your hands to yourself."

"A hard price to pay, but I'm sure it's worth it." Miroku said and continued to console the girl by saying everything would be fine.

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Sesshoumaru hid behind boxes as he walked around the warehouse. He saw Hiten and Manten standing by the door talking. He was very tempted to shoot the two, but that might bring unwanted attention and he couldn't risk Naraku knowing he was there. Kagome's life may risk on it.

He made his way over to the room that Kagome was in and found it oddly unguarded. This made him very wary. He opened the door slowly and was greeted with a slightly dim room. He noticed a figure tied down to a bed. 'Kagome!'

"If that's you Naraku, I swear when I get free I'm gonna rip your head off and punt it across a football field." Sesshoumaru smirked.

"It's nice to see you too."

"Sesshoumaru?" Kagome turned to see Sesshoumaru walking over to her. "Oh, thank God."

Sesshoumaru noticed the scratches on her cheek and traced them lightly with his fingertips. Kagome noticed concern in his eyes. "Does it really look that bad?"

"No, but it'll probably scar." He said and began to untie her.

"Great. Remind me to return the favor to Kikyou." Kagome said and rubbed her wrists once they were free. "Thanks. I must look like hell." Sesshoumaru smirked and brushed a few of her raven locks out of her face.

"You look perfect." He said and leaned in giving her a light kiss.

"Well isn't this sweet." They both turned to see Naraku in the doorway his gun pointed straight at the two of them. "I must agree with you Sesshoumaru her mouth is sweet, but her teeth are far too sharp for my liking."

"You bastard."

"I don't think you're in a good position to say such things." Naraku said seeming amused. "Come on get up. Drop the gun and get out here." Sesshoumaru tossed his gun to the side and helped Kagome up and they both walked out the door with Naraku following. If he were alone, Sesshoumaru would have attempted to disarm Naraku while walking pass him, but now he feared Kagome getting shot by the gun accidentally going off.

They were made to walk into the middle of the front area. Hiten and Manten saw them and came over. "Hey it looks like our luck is looking up now." Hiten said with a smile.

Sango heard a lot of commotion coming from a different direction and turned around since she hadn't been finding anything. She came across the scene of Naraku holding a gun on Sesshoumaru and Kagome with two other guys standing around.

She saw someone else approach and recognized Kikyou. 'Why that bitch. I knew she was no good.' Sango snuck closer. 'I can probably take out two before they do anything, but then that leaves two more. I would love to kill Naraku and Kikyou though.' Sango crouched behind some boxes nearby. 'I need to make sure Kagome and Sesshoumaru get out of the way.'

"So what to do?" Naraku said and looked thoughtful. "What do you think we should do love?" He asked Kikyou.

"I want her dead." Kikyou stated a look of pure hatred directed at Kagome. Sesshoumaru took a slight step in front of Kagome in response to Kikyou's words.

"My, my how valiant Sesshoumaru. I never thought you the type to risk your life for any woman. I wonder what you would do if we were to kill her right in front of you." Sesshoumaru said nothing to Naraku's threat, but if looks could kill Naraku would have been in the seventh level of hell at the moment. "Or perhaps I should give her to Hiten and Manten. I'm sure they could come up with someway to use her." Naraku continued suggestively loving the look of pure hatred he was getting from Sesshoumaru and knowing that he was powerless to do anything.

Sango was seething and ready to shoot. Sango took off one of her earrings and tossed it over by where Kagome was standing. Kagome felt something small hit her in the shin. She looked down and saw a little sapphire earring. 'That looks like Sango's.' Kagome inconspicuously looked pass Naraku and the others and saw a small movement behind some boxes. 'So she's over there and waiting for a chance to do something. If we move, Naraku might shoot, but I know Sango doesn't want to shoot and risk hitting us. Damn.' Kagome knew she had to think of something. She wasn't going to let Sesshoumaru get hurt.

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"Okay so we made it up to the window, now what. I doubt we're just going to jump down."

"Afraid you'll break something?" Inu Yasha teased as he opened the window and set one leg inside. He moved through and noticed a very long drop down. 'Just great.' He also noticed a girl in the corner of the room. "Hey, hey you."

Kanna looked up and saw someone with long silver hair trying to get into the window. "Who are you?" The girl said in a soft tone.

"Are you Kanna?" The girl nodded. "I'm Inu Yasha, we said we would help your sister get you out."

"How are you going to get down?" Kouga asked, but Inu Yasha ignored him.

"Hey, I doubt you can think of a way to help us up can you?" Inu Yasha asked Kanna. She nodded and grabbed a ladder that was in the corner and it up to the window. Inu Yasha climbed down. "Wait, if there was a ladder why didn't you use it to escape?"

"Because I don't know if there's something on the other side for me after I get to the window and if I disappear something might happen to Kagura."

"Yeah, well we have Kagura so you don't have to worry." Inu Yasha noticed that Kanna seemed fatigued already just from moving the ladder. "Are you okay?"

"Naraku hasn't been feeding me a lot and I don't get out much." That explained her weak and pale figure.

"Well come on." Inu Yasha said and crouched down. "Get on my back, I'll carry you." He explained when she gave him a strange look. She did what he asked and Inu Yasha climbed back up the ladder.

They got back to the car and Kagura ran to her older sister. "Now we're finally free." Kanna nodded and gave a small smile. The first smile in a long time.

"Where are the others?" Inu Yasha asked.

"They haven't come back yet." Miroku said.

"That's not good. I'm going in." Inu Yasha said and went to the door.

"I'm going too." Kouga said and began to follow Inu Yasha.

"No way. Look it's hard enough to sneak around, but with your loud mouth it'll be damn near impossible." Inu Yasha said and went to the side door without a second glance back.

"Is he always that brash?" Kanna asked watching the retreating form of Inu Yasha.

"Yep, what can I say? Inu Yasha is a real rush in hero." Miroku said.

"He'll get himself killed." Kanna stated in a calm and collected tone, but for some reason even though she had been around death all her life, she did not want her rescuer to be killed. 'I hope he makes it.'

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Sango had almost had it already. Naraku kept going on about things he could do to them only making Sesshoumaru more pissed and Kagome, though she didn't show it, more frightened. She was ready to just yell duck and hope that Kagome and Sesshoumaru ducked in time. She sensed something behind her and turned about to shoot, but noticed Inu Yasha. "What are you doing here?" She whispered.

"I came to help. I doubt you're a quick enough shot to take them all out."

"Okay. Kagome knows I'm over here. I can give her a signal and she can pull Sesshoumaru out of the way. Then we both shoot, aim for Naraku, he's the only one with a gun out at the moment." Sango explained. Inu Yasha nodded in agreement.

Kagome had been keeping an eye on where Sango was without anyone else noticing. She saw a small wave to the side and saw Sango stick up three fingers. 'Three...two...one!' Out of no where Kagome grabbed Sesshoumaru sleeve and dived to the ground. At the same time Sango and Inu Yasha stood guns fully drawn and fired.

A bullet hit Naraku in the shoulder. Three went into Manten and he fell to the ground unmoving. Hiten had ducked when he heard the shots and because Manten was at his side taking most of the hits he only had one graze his leg. Kikyou was shot in the shoulder and the back of her leg.

Inu Yasha and Sango were about to run out of bullets and stopped firing. The people supposedly still guarding Kanna heard the shots but stayed put having little loyalty to Naraku if something happened and if they went there and nothing was wrong they would be punished for leaving their post. Kagome looked around and tried to get up, but Sesshoumaru was on top of her. He got up and offered her his hand. "You okay?" She just nodded.

Hiten crawled to his brother and felt his pulse, but there was none. "You bastards!" He pulled out his gun and fired at Sango and Inu Yasha. They both dove to the ground. Sango got a light graze on her arm. Sesshoumaru ran and tackled Hiten. He slammed his hand on the ground and the gun fell. A punch square in the jaw and Hiten was down.

Naraku was waiting for the right moment when they would let their guard down. Kikyou on the other hand pulled herself to her feet and was bleeding and furious. She lunged at Kagome and knocked her to the ground. "You stupid bitch! You ruined everything!" Kikyou tried to choke her and Kagome's hand instinctively went at grip at Kikyou's wrists. She kneed Kikyou in the stomach and knocked her off. Kagome, usually very hard to piss off was now incredibly furious, and she punched Kikyou as hard as possible. Kagome staggered to her feet as Kikyou tried to pull herself up.

Kikyou pulled herself up and her hands went to the gun that was holstered in the back of her skirt. She pointed it straight at Kagome and was about to fire. "Noo!" A shot rang out...

(I could end it there, but that would be far too evil ^_^)

Kikyou dropped her gun, her hands going to the wound in her lower stomach. She looked up and saw Inu Yasha with his gun raised straight at her. "Inu Yasha...?" She staggered back a bit, a thin line of crimson ran down the side of her mouth. She collapsed to the ground without further warning and made no further movements.

Sesshoumaru got off the ground and moved over to Kagome. Sango and Inu Yasha ran over to her too. Naraku smirked and gripped his gun. He quickly stood and everyone turned to him. He fired a shot at Kagome and turned to run. Everything seemed so slow to Kagome, the shot being fired the bullet coming straight at her, and pain she felt in her side as it hit. She heard everyone's screams, but only in the back of her mind. The last thing she saw before the darkness consumed her was Sesshoumaru face looking more emotional then she had ever seen it before.

Naraku ran as fast as he could while ignoring the pain in his shoulder. He ran out the door only to be welcomed by a shot straight to the chest. Kouga lowered the just fired weapon. "Stay by the car my ass."

Sesshoumaru came out carrying an unconscious and bloody Kagome. He ran to his car without even a glance at Kouga or anyone else. He laid Kagome in the back seat got in and took off without saying a word to anyone.

"What happened?" Kouga asked when everyone else had run out as well.

"Naraku shot Kagome." Sango said. "I'm guessing Sesshoumaru is taking her to the hospital."

"We should follow." Inu Yasha said and they all headed for the car. "This is going to be a tight squeeze." He said as he noticed there were six people and only Miroku's four seater.

"I have a car." Kagura said and everyone split apart to follow Sesshoumaru. Miroku picked his car phone and dialed a number he knew by heart already. "Yeah, we're going to need a cleanup crew..." He proceeded to give the details and address.

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Sesshoumaru stood outside the window of the operating room. Every time one of the nurses came to ask him to have a seat in the waiting room he sent them a glare that made them suddenly remember something else they had to do and leave as quick as possible. 'Come on Kagome. You have to pull through.' He thought as he watched the doctors working and heard the beeping of the many machines in the room. His hand went to his pocket and he pulled out the small blue velvet box and opened. He looked down at the ring that had cost him an entire year's salary, and that was a lot, but he knew she was worth it and it was perfect for her. 'I promise I'll never call you a mafia daughter again and I'll let you put those stupid flowers in my hair if you just pull through this.'

(Should I end it there? *rabid fan girls throw things at Shichan* Okay, I guess that's a no.)

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A white blinding light hit her eyes making her wince. She felt a dull pain in her side and groaned when she tried to move. She was in a white room and looked around slowly. 'A hospital?' She again tried to get up, but winced in pain and lay back down.

"You would think that after the first try you would get the message." She heard a voice and turned to see Inu Yasha looking back at her. She gave a small smile which he returned.

"Where's everyone else?"

"Well if you were able to sit up, you would see Sesshoumaru passed out in a chair leaning on the foot of your bed. He's been here since he brought you in."

"How long was that?"

"Three days."

"He's been here three days."

"Yep, Sango, Miroku, and I come by once in a while to make sure he eats something since he refuses to leave." Inu Yasha walked over to Sesshoumaru's side. "He really is a stubborn bastard." That got a light laugh from Kagome. "Should I wake him?"

"Naw, let him sleep. He probably needs it. So what else has happened?"

"Well, Sango's been brought into the group by your father because of her valiant work, so sorry, but you've lost your servant. She's been hanging with Kouga a lot. He was the one who shot Naraku. Kagura and Kanna are okay and under the Taisho family's care."

"Who's Kanna?" Kagome asked remembering Kagura from her capture at the mall.

"Kanna is Kagura's older sister. She seems alright, really quiet though. She must have been majorly traumatized. She was being held by Naraku and that was why Kagura was doing his dirty work." Kagome nodded. "Well, I guess I'll leave you to take care of him." Inu Yasha said and went to the door.

"Inu Yasha?"

"Yeah?"

"Thanks. I know shooting her must have hurt, but thanks."

"Yeah well, I'm pretty sure Sesshoumaru would've shot me if I hadn't acted." He said with a small smile and left the room.

Kagome sat up, ignoring the pain in her side. She slid to the edge of the bed to see Sesshoumaru's sleeping form half lying on her bed. She brushed a few silver strands out of his face and smiled. He looked so peaceful. She then noticed his hand clutching a small box. She pulled it out of his grasp and opened the small velvet box. She gasped at the ring in the case. It was the biggest diamond she had ever seen. "Oh...Sesshoumaru." She leaned forward not caring of the pain and laid a warm kiss on his cheek.

Sesshoumaru awoke feeling a soft warmth on his cheek. He slowly opened his eyes realizing he had fallen asleep. He sat up and saw Kagome looking back at him. He then saw the open case in her hand. "I was hoping to ask you properly at dinner three nights ago." Kagome gave a small smile and tears started to form in her eyes.

Sesshoumaru pulled the box from her hand and took out the ring. "Will you marry me Kagome?" Kagome's breath caught in her throat and all she could do was nod as tears began to run down her cheeks. Sesshoumaru moved to sit next to her on the bed placed the ring onto her finger. "Don't cry. Tears don't suit you." He brushed the tears from her cheeks and kissed each eyelid before moving his lips down to her mouth. He pulled her closer being wary of her wound, but still tightly as if he was afraid she would disappear from his grasp. He had been afraid that he had lost her earlier and he wasn't about to let her go.

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Okay next chapter will be the epilogue and will contain the lemon, but only at MM.org which stands for mediaminer.org. It'll have a lot of fluff also. Hope you all enjoyed. It's so sad, two of my stories are coming to an end and now I need to think of new plots. Well please review and give me ideas for new stories if you can.

Alternate scene for Tamababymiko-chan 'cause she's such a cool reviewer:

Naraku ran as fast as he could while ignoring the pain in his shoulder. He ran out the door only to be welcomed by a shot straight to the chest. Everyone waiting at the car by the side door ran to the front. There they saw a couple of other cars and some people standing around and one girl in particular near the front door lowering her gun. Naraku lay at her feet.

Sesshoumaru came running out with Kagome in his arms and without even paying attention to anyone and went to his car. Sango and Inu Yasha came out behind him and noticed the dead form of Naraku on the ground. "What happened?" the girl asked.

"Better yet who are you?" Sango asked.

"Taisho sent us to do a little backup if we were needed. Looks like we were." She said nudging the bloody form of Naraku with her foot.

"Hey, Tamababy, I didn't know you'd be here." Miroku said and put a hand on her shoulder. "Looks like you still haven't lost your touch." His hand slid down and almost reached her butt, but Miroku was thrown to the ground instead.

"That's Tamababymiko-chan to you, pervert." She said and walked back to the other cars to give people some orders about what was to be done.

(Okay hope your happy you got to kill Naraku ^_^)

Review responses:

Reviewer: the Kouga/Sango pairing was a request, I usually do write Sango/Miroku pairings but I thought I'd give this a try

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Nightkid: please don't cry, look he rescued her and everything is okay

Silverstone: really I didn't know that was so popular a scene. Weird.

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~*Shichan