Kagome watched the furious brothers circle each other with teeth bared and
claws ready. Inuyasha charged toward Sesshoumaru, But Sesshoumaru turned
and caught him in the back with a poison claw.
"Inuyasha!" Kagome yelled, and began to run toward him.
"No Kagome!" He yelled back. Kagome stopped and stepped back. 'Why doesn't he want help? I could heal him. . .' Kagome thought.
"I will do this, on my own." Inuyasha stated, amazingly calm. When Inuyasha dodged another blow on the ground and stood up, he looked different. Kagome took a moment, but then found it. His cheeks had purple streaks on them. Kagome cringed as his eyes became darker, and his claws extended. Kagome had witnessed this only a few times before. Inuyasha was transforming into a full youkai. Sesshoumaru gave out a dog like growl and charged again. But Inuyasha had already changed, and he jumped right over Sesshoumaru's sword. And this time, he had spotted Kagome. She knew for a fact that When Inuyasha was a full youkai, he had only a lust for killing, and nothing more. He charged.
Kagome created a shield which he bounced off of just in time, with red sparks emitting from the glass like surface. Inuyasha instead turned away, and looked back to Sesshoumaru. Kagome sighed with relief. But Sesshoumaru was coming for him again, sword ready to plunge through his chest. Inuyasha ducked and knocked him off balance, slicing his foot. He screamed out in pain as he landed and found long cuts out the other side of his foot. Blood was splattered everywhere.
Sesshoumaru tripped and fell to the ground, and rolled over only to miss another swing of the Tetsusaiga. But he tried to stand and only succeeded in kneeling. Inuyasha swiped again, and created a deep gash across his chest. Sesshoumaru cried out in a half gag, half scream. It terrified Kagome. The look of blood lust in his eyes was intense, and yet passionate. Kagome reminisced.
*~*~*Flash Back~*~*~*
Kagome sat in silence in the forest beneath blackening sky. It was getting cold; but Kagome didn't want to leave the peace just yet. She jerked her head to the right as her keen miko senses picked up the energy of a youkai. 'Crap, crap, crap.' She thought, looking back to the distant image of the castle. She couldn't run back. And she was still unsure of her fighting skills. She had been so foolish to leave her new arrows back at the castle. Now she would have to face the youkai. It was upon her.
The giant horse demon raged and reared back in a fiery roar. Kagome winced as she created a barrier around herself. The horse breathed a blue flame from deep in his throat and huffed it toward Kagome. A growling was heard before Sesshoumaru appeared in a simple garb, claws barred and anger showing on his face. He charged the demon, and his gaze transformed. Be was no longer an angry youkai about to defend his territory. He was a murderous monster, the blood lust taking him over. He ripped though flesh and drank the blood, all to Kagome's horror. Then he turned to her with the blackest liquid she had ever seen, dripping down his lips.
He ran to her and walked right through the barrier, fangs bared. But Kagome held still. Wanting to trust, if not totally believing she could. He roughly pulled her to him and kissed her. Kagome almost backed away from the fresh blood taste of his mouth. But he began down her neck, fiercely kissing her skin. It was more like trying to devour her, but with out using his teeth. Kagome was terrified at his strange state. She found him comparable to a vampire.
For a moment, just a moment, he reminded her of Inuyasha. She still felt badly about telling him that she was leaving. But she had this with Sesshoumaru now. This was so much better, right?
~*~*~*End Flash Back~*~*~
Kagome recalled how she refused him that night when he wanted to have her. Kagome understood Sango's phrase, 'sex drive of a youkai', when referring to Miroku. She returned to concentrating on the battle, watching Inuyasha intently.
Inuyasha began to howl to an unseen moon. The very sound sent shivers down her back. It might have been some primeval instinct, but Kagome wanted to howl too. And in a way, she wanted to cry for Sesshoumaru. Her past love for him still lingered. It was just that recently, she hadn't had the time to bury it. The taste of his lips still lingered against hers. She could practically feel them, their cool yet intense hunger. The way her lips felt swollen after the hours of passionately kissing under the moon. She felt like she had lived a life time with Sesshoumaru, yet it had only been a few weeks. She almost ran to him, but she looked back at Inuyasha, and though his eyes were void of his love, she knew it existed. It was time to move on. She would choose Inuyasha.
"I chose Inuyasha." She whispered to the voids. "I chose him." Another weight lifted from her chest, as she had been denying it before. But she had loved Inuyasha from the time when they first hugged. Even when in love with Sesshoumaru, her love for Inuyasha had not waned. Only faded. But there was no time to think about love, the battle was drawing to a close.
Sesshoumaru lay on the ground only half conscious. The blood loss would leave him greatly wounded, if not fatally. He would not stand. Inuyasha pulled back his sword, preparing to drive it into the very life of Sesshoumaru. Kagome loved Inuyasha, but she couldn't let him do it. She ran up to the transformed youkai, and stopped short of touching his back.
"Oswari!" She shouted. Though it echoed around the room, nothing happed. She repeated the word, watching Inuyasha's tensed muscles as he savored the moment before Sesshoumaru's death. 'Why isn't working, oh, why?' She thought. Kagome only reacted to and urge; an impulse. It was the only think she could think of.
She kissed him. She ran in front of his raised sword and planted her lips against his. For a moment, Inuyasha held still. But slowly, he lowered his hands and placed one with the Tetsusaiga on her back, and one on her cheek. And he returned the kiss. Kagome felt his tongue and his sharp, blood tainted teeth. It felt like no magic she had ever experienced. It was love.
Kagome had been silently forming the cloud beneath them the whole time, and she took the opportunity to lift off and out of the trap door, leaving Sesshoumaru nothing more than injured below them. When they exited out the front doors and into the sunlight, Inuyasha pulled his lips away. The purple streaks had faded, and Inuyasha was a hanyou again.
"Kagome, I. . . I. . ." Inuyasha began, a deep crimson across his face.
"I love you too Inuyasha." Kagome replied. Inuyasha nodded and smiled. Though Inuyasha was happy sometimes, he rarely smiled. But the smile meant more than any words ever could have to Kagome. Inuyasha finally looked up and around at the setting. They were floating over the front stairs.
"Wha- What happened?" He said, looking around with a startled expression. Kagome giggled.
"You transformed. You won the battle. It's over." She said.
"I- I killed Sesshoumaru?" He asked.
"Well. . ." Kagome began.
"Kagome, Inuyasha, c'mon! We've got to get out of here, youkai are swarming the perimeters of the gardens!" Miroku yelled. Kagome nodded and pulled Inuyasha along, thankful for the interruption. When they pulled themselves up on Kirara, she took off in a blast of fire. Sango told Kirara to go as fast as she could. Kirara mewed in response. Kagome held on to her fur tightly, watching the ground beneath them fly past. Though it was fast, Kagome knew it would not be fast enough.
"Kirara, hurry and land down in that meadow!" Kagome yelled. Kirara slowed down without hesitating. Inuyasha pulled on her sleeve as they landed.
"What are we doing!?" He yelled. Kagome jumped off and hit the ground.
"Every one, hold my hands!" She yelled. A confused Sango, Miroku, Shippo and Inuyasha hook her hands and wrists. Kirara and Myouga sat against her feet.
"Kagome, what are we doing!?" Inuyasha repeated. Kagome rolled her eyes at him, sensing many youkai coming up through the forest. If the youkai reached them, they were done for. Inuyasha was about to pass out, and the rest were more tiered than they knew. Even Kagome was beginning to grow faint. And with Sesshoumaru not mortally wounded, it would only take him a moment to realize they were gone, and he could teleport to them. It might take him time to track her, with their scents and energy still masked, but he would catch them if they didn't leave this era.
"We're teleporting!" She yelled back at him. Inuyasha opened his mouth to protest.
"Can you do that!? With all of us?" He asked in a jumble. Kagome shrugged and replied,
"I don't know." But before Shippo could argue, Kagome had begun to work the magic. In a flash of light, they stood no longer in a field of flowers, but surrounding an old well.
"Sango and Kirara, hold on to me, Inuyasha hold onto Miroku, Shippo and Myouga. Every one goes down the well. They'll be here any moment." Kagome said in a rush, pulling Sango and Kirara to the edge with her.
Kagome gave one lingering glance to the bleeding hanyou, and jumped down the well. In a spiral of blue and black, they disappeared.
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"Inuyasha!" Kagome yelled, and began to run toward him.
"No Kagome!" He yelled back. Kagome stopped and stepped back. 'Why doesn't he want help? I could heal him. . .' Kagome thought.
"I will do this, on my own." Inuyasha stated, amazingly calm. When Inuyasha dodged another blow on the ground and stood up, he looked different. Kagome took a moment, but then found it. His cheeks had purple streaks on them. Kagome cringed as his eyes became darker, and his claws extended. Kagome had witnessed this only a few times before. Inuyasha was transforming into a full youkai. Sesshoumaru gave out a dog like growl and charged again. But Inuyasha had already changed, and he jumped right over Sesshoumaru's sword. And this time, he had spotted Kagome. She knew for a fact that When Inuyasha was a full youkai, he had only a lust for killing, and nothing more. He charged.
Kagome created a shield which he bounced off of just in time, with red sparks emitting from the glass like surface. Inuyasha instead turned away, and looked back to Sesshoumaru. Kagome sighed with relief. But Sesshoumaru was coming for him again, sword ready to plunge through his chest. Inuyasha ducked and knocked him off balance, slicing his foot. He screamed out in pain as he landed and found long cuts out the other side of his foot. Blood was splattered everywhere.
Sesshoumaru tripped and fell to the ground, and rolled over only to miss another swing of the Tetsusaiga. But he tried to stand and only succeeded in kneeling. Inuyasha swiped again, and created a deep gash across his chest. Sesshoumaru cried out in a half gag, half scream. It terrified Kagome. The look of blood lust in his eyes was intense, and yet passionate. Kagome reminisced.
*~*~*Flash Back~*~*~*
Kagome sat in silence in the forest beneath blackening sky. It was getting cold; but Kagome didn't want to leave the peace just yet. She jerked her head to the right as her keen miko senses picked up the energy of a youkai. 'Crap, crap, crap.' She thought, looking back to the distant image of the castle. She couldn't run back. And she was still unsure of her fighting skills. She had been so foolish to leave her new arrows back at the castle. Now she would have to face the youkai. It was upon her.
The giant horse demon raged and reared back in a fiery roar. Kagome winced as she created a barrier around herself. The horse breathed a blue flame from deep in his throat and huffed it toward Kagome. A growling was heard before Sesshoumaru appeared in a simple garb, claws barred and anger showing on his face. He charged the demon, and his gaze transformed. Be was no longer an angry youkai about to defend his territory. He was a murderous monster, the blood lust taking him over. He ripped though flesh and drank the blood, all to Kagome's horror. Then he turned to her with the blackest liquid she had ever seen, dripping down his lips.
He ran to her and walked right through the barrier, fangs bared. But Kagome held still. Wanting to trust, if not totally believing she could. He roughly pulled her to him and kissed her. Kagome almost backed away from the fresh blood taste of his mouth. But he began down her neck, fiercely kissing her skin. It was more like trying to devour her, but with out using his teeth. Kagome was terrified at his strange state. She found him comparable to a vampire.
For a moment, just a moment, he reminded her of Inuyasha. She still felt badly about telling him that she was leaving. But she had this with Sesshoumaru now. This was so much better, right?
~*~*~*End Flash Back~*~*~
Kagome recalled how she refused him that night when he wanted to have her. Kagome understood Sango's phrase, 'sex drive of a youkai', when referring to Miroku. She returned to concentrating on the battle, watching Inuyasha intently.
Inuyasha began to howl to an unseen moon. The very sound sent shivers down her back. It might have been some primeval instinct, but Kagome wanted to howl too. And in a way, she wanted to cry for Sesshoumaru. Her past love for him still lingered. It was just that recently, she hadn't had the time to bury it. The taste of his lips still lingered against hers. She could practically feel them, their cool yet intense hunger. The way her lips felt swollen after the hours of passionately kissing under the moon. She felt like she had lived a life time with Sesshoumaru, yet it had only been a few weeks. She almost ran to him, but she looked back at Inuyasha, and though his eyes were void of his love, she knew it existed. It was time to move on. She would choose Inuyasha.
"I chose Inuyasha." She whispered to the voids. "I chose him." Another weight lifted from her chest, as she had been denying it before. But she had loved Inuyasha from the time when they first hugged. Even when in love with Sesshoumaru, her love for Inuyasha had not waned. Only faded. But there was no time to think about love, the battle was drawing to a close.
Sesshoumaru lay on the ground only half conscious. The blood loss would leave him greatly wounded, if not fatally. He would not stand. Inuyasha pulled back his sword, preparing to drive it into the very life of Sesshoumaru. Kagome loved Inuyasha, but she couldn't let him do it. She ran up to the transformed youkai, and stopped short of touching his back.
"Oswari!" She shouted. Though it echoed around the room, nothing happed. She repeated the word, watching Inuyasha's tensed muscles as he savored the moment before Sesshoumaru's death. 'Why isn't working, oh, why?' She thought. Kagome only reacted to and urge; an impulse. It was the only think she could think of.
She kissed him. She ran in front of his raised sword and planted her lips against his. For a moment, Inuyasha held still. But slowly, he lowered his hands and placed one with the Tetsusaiga on her back, and one on her cheek. And he returned the kiss. Kagome felt his tongue and his sharp, blood tainted teeth. It felt like no magic she had ever experienced. It was love.
Kagome had been silently forming the cloud beneath them the whole time, and she took the opportunity to lift off and out of the trap door, leaving Sesshoumaru nothing more than injured below them. When they exited out the front doors and into the sunlight, Inuyasha pulled his lips away. The purple streaks had faded, and Inuyasha was a hanyou again.
"Kagome, I. . . I. . ." Inuyasha began, a deep crimson across his face.
"I love you too Inuyasha." Kagome replied. Inuyasha nodded and smiled. Though Inuyasha was happy sometimes, he rarely smiled. But the smile meant more than any words ever could have to Kagome. Inuyasha finally looked up and around at the setting. They were floating over the front stairs.
"Wha- What happened?" He said, looking around with a startled expression. Kagome giggled.
"You transformed. You won the battle. It's over." She said.
"I- I killed Sesshoumaru?" He asked.
"Well. . ." Kagome began.
"Kagome, Inuyasha, c'mon! We've got to get out of here, youkai are swarming the perimeters of the gardens!" Miroku yelled. Kagome nodded and pulled Inuyasha along, thankful for the interruption. When they pulled themselves up on Kirara, she took off in a blast of fire. Sango told Kirara to go as fast as she could. Kirara mewed in response. Kagome held on to her fur tightly, watching the ground beneath them fly past. Though it was fast, Kagome knew it would not be fast enough.
"Kirara, hurry and land down in that meadow!" Kagome yelled. Kirara slowed down without hesitating. Inuyasha pulled on her sleeve as they landed.
"What are we doing!?" He yelled. Kagome jumped off and hit the ground.
"Every one, hold my hands!" She yelled. A confused Sango, Miroku, Shippo and Inuyasha hook her hands and wrists. Kirara and Myouga sat against her feet.
"Kagome, what are we doing!?" Inuyasha repeated. Kagome rolled her eyes at him, sensing many youkai coming up through the forest. If the youkai reached them, they were done for. Inuyasha was about to pass out, and the rest were more tiered than they knew. Even Kagome was beginning to grow faint. And with Sesshoumaru not mortally wounded, it would only take him a moment to realize they were gone, and he could teleport to them. It might take him time to track her, with their scents and energy still masked, but he would catch them if they didn't leave this era.
"We're teleporting!" She yelled back at him. Inuyasha opened his mouth to protest.
"Can you do that!? With all of us?" He asked in a jumble. Kagome shrugged and replied,
"I don't know." But before Shippo could argue, Kagome had begun to work the magic. In a flash of light, they stood no longer in a field of flowers, but surrounding an old well.
"Sango and Kirara, hold on to me, Inuyasha hold onto Miroku, Shippo and Myouga. Every one goes down the well. They'll be here any moment." Kagome said in a rush, pulling Sango and Kirara to the edge with her.
Kagome gave one lingering glance to the bleeding hanyou, and jumped down the well. In a spiral of blue and black, they disappeared.
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