It had been a week sense Sesshoumaru had visited Kagome and the group. To
tell the truth, Kouga was right. It did rest him up a great deal, knowing
that the ones he loved where in safety. (Also threatening Akira on Rin's
behalf,)
"We just got dispatches. Tomorrow is war," Kouga said walking into the tent. Sesshoumaru nodded his hand on his sword hilt.
"Sakura, I figure?" Kouga nodded.
"Do you have something in mind Sesshoumaru?"
"Yes. In fact I do. I need you to get me barrels of oil,"
"Oil?" Kouga asked as if he heard wrong.
"Yes. Oil that can burn with the slightest spark of fire. Tons of it,"
"Why oil, Sesshoumaru?"
"We'll burn those bastards. Also, I need a troop that is willing to and form alliances with Sakura,"
"Now you must tell me what is going on in your head," Kouga said truly confused.
"The troop will be foot soldiers . . ." Sesshoumaru continued to tell Kouga of his plan that he knew would work for sure.
~~
It was dark, as Sesshoumaru and Kouga worked side by side by even the lowest of soldiers. They took barrels upon barrels of burning lamp oil and poured it into the ground, letting the earth drink it. They had a monk loyal to them put countless spells on it so enemies couldn't possibly smell the sent of the oil.
"That's the rest of the oil dumped," Kouga whispered to Sesshoumaru, and he helped Sesshoumaru poor a large mettle pot of oil to ground.
"Yes," Sesshoumaru whispered back. "Let's get out of here, before any one sees," Kouga, Sesshoumaru, and their men, silently crept back to their campsite.
~~
Sesshoumaru, Kouga stood side by side, a few feet in front of their own troops, that where still left at the camp site, as others where posted else where. Sakura stood a few feet before her own shaggy troops, her self dressed in fancy well to-do clothing, while her men looked half starved and in rags.
"They are in perfect position," Kouga whispered. "The oil is right before them. If we charge first, they will wait, but go a few feet to where the oil is, and we'll burn them,"
"No," Sesshoumaru said. "Just wait for it," Kouga nodded and shrugged.
"It didn't think you would show up," Sakura called out to them, as a foot soldier brought her a horse. She climbed out smoothly.
"Why wouldn't we?" Kouga called out to her. "We are not cowards!"
"So you say! But you are all words and no balls!" Sakura yelled out to them. Kouga smirked.
"Such language for a little kitty like you," Sakura bristled at his words.
"You'll regret saying that! You don't even realize that even one of your own troops has left you, and joined with me and my men!" Sakura laughed. Sesshoumaru, Kouga, and the rest pretended to have no clue on what she was talking about.
"You lie!" Kouga yelled out to her. Sakura only smirked, shouting out a few commands, sure enough the 'un-loyal' men marched forward, with their weapons drawn.
"Now is time for war," Sesshoumaru said. Kouga nodded. Both men yelled in war cries, and lunched forward, their foot soldiers following bravely behind them, as ordered the night before.
The 'un-loyal' troops also ran forward yelling in battle cries, looking like they where getting ready to fight, running past the oil grounds that they knew where there.
When they where a few feet away, they stopped running, stared at each other with foolish grins on their faces. "Welcome back," Kouga and Sesshoumaru said smirking at them. The two groups blended together, much to Sakura's rage, as she stared at them, her claws flexing and cracking. Some of the soldiers slapped the backs of their fellow comrades, facing Sakura with smirking faces.
"You where saying, Sakura?" Sesshoumaru called out. Sakura stifled her rage. She rose her hand, pointing to the horsemen and what was left of the foot soldiers. They started riding out, going at a easy trot, so the foot man could keep up.
With the help of fellow soldiers, Sesshoumaru was lifted up, and handed a flag, waving it madly in the air. About twenty archers came out of hiding around the war field, flames coming from their arrows, and more the half of the archers on Sakura's side also lit their arrows as they ran behind them.
Sakura watched in half anger, half horror, as the fire arrows where shot, all missing the moving army, hitting the ground, shooting up in raging fires right where they soldiers that where loyal to her where standing.
They screamed in pain, as they tried rolling on the ground . . . Any thing to stop the fires that where burning at their flesh. Many cries of 'help' came from the burning men, but Sakura did nothing. Simply watched as about half of her army that she brought in, for the battle where dying, and hadn't even faced battle yet.
Sesshoumaru watched her face carefully. "She doesn't even care!" Kouga gasped in shock.
"She does seem to care how many die. She still thinks that she can win,"
"How the hell does she figure that?"
"It's only her loss," Sesshoumaru said grinning evilly, as he drew his sword, as Sakura sent more. This time they met them, in a vicious clash, and youkai to youkai clawed, scratched, and swung their swords at each other. Some still screaming in pain as fire still ate at their skin hungrily, and some fresh ones joined their screamed, as they where pushed into the raging flames.
"Have our archers fire upon them," Sakura said to one of her guards.
"But we will be shooting on our own men too!" the guard said. Sakura shrugged.
"So?" she asked him, staring him right in the face. She rolled her eyes at his horror filled face. "Send me the results of this battle," Sakura said, turning her horse to face the woods, that led to her own camp. "This is starting to boar me," with that she cantered off, trying to cover her coughing. {Great,} she thought. {Now I'm getting a cold! Oh, well. No matter,} the guard only shook his head, as he nodded at archers. They loaded their arrows and fired upon their enemy, and their own men.
"Is she trying to get her own men killed?!" Kouga yelled over the battle cries, as he kicked a youkai in the stomach, sending him flying in the flames still roaring. The youkai screamed, tossing and turning, looking like a bee that had been just squashed yet still hung onto life, disparately.
"Sakura will do anything to get what she wants!" Sesshoumaru cried out to him. "DAMN IT!" he yelled as he saw Sakura running away on her horse. "SHE'S RUNNING AWAY!"
"You there!" Kouga yelled at one of his horsemen. "Give Sesshoumaru your horse!" Sesshoumaru grabbed the demon horse, and rushed after Sakura.
~~
It was no effort catching up on her, rushing threw the woods. "Do you plan on following me to the camp?" Sakura yelled at him.
"If I have too, then I will!"
"Don't worry, I'll take care of that!" Sakura jumped off her horse, as did Sesshoumaru. They ran together, their swords drawn, meeting in the middle.
Sesshoumaru easily cracked Sakura's sword in half, as the shatters fell to the ground. Sakura's eyes widened, as she watched them fall. But she replaced her shocked fearful face with one of a smirk.
"You know, it's just to bad that I can't hang around any more. But I've got places to see, and people to . . . kill," she smirked reaching in the pouch hanging from her obi, sending into the air, she disappeared with a bang, and shower of many colored sparks.
"Damn it!" he cursed under his breathe. The horse trotted up to him, holding his powerful gaze. The other horse from Sakura also trotted up to him. Climbing up on his own horse, he noticed how skinny the other horse was. {That can't be healthy,} Closing his eyes, he sighed.
"Come on," Sesshoumaru said, to the other horse, letting it canter after him as he ran back to the battle.
~~
When Sesshoumaru got back, Kouga was waiting patiently for him. "Sesshoumaru! Do you?" he asked. "Did you get her?" Sesshoumaru looked at him.
"Damn wench did a disappearing act . . . literally," Kouga clucked his tongue.
"Damn. Oh well. We'll get her!" Sesshoumaru nodded, as Sakura's horse trotted up to Kouga. "Hello there!" he said, petting it's neck softly. "Where did this beauty come from?" Kouga asked about the snow-white demon horse that had golden eyes, which seemed to have fire behind them.
"She followed me here. I believe she doesn't wish to go back,"
"Well, I have no complaints. She looks powerful. She would make a wonderful gift to Lady Kagome her self. Would you mind?" Kouga asked. Sesshoumaru shrugged.
"Do what you want with it. Just make sure it's a tame one. I will not have my mate running about on a dangerous horse. It can buck her off, when she's by her self in the woods, and Kami knows what would happen to her then," Kouga nodded.
"Will do," Kouga said, climbing on the horse himself, cantering back to the camp, along side with Sesshoumaru.
~~
"Mother?" Rin asked quietly, as Kagome stopped retching up last night's meal in the morning, before breakfast. Kagome leaned back on her knee's, whipping away the horrible fluids on the sleeve of her miko clothing. "Are you sick?" Kagome shook her head.
"No, Rin, I'm not sick,"
"They you're going to have another baby?" Rin whispered. "So soon?" Kagome winced as the horrible feeling cramped in her stomach, falling back to her knees and hands, retching up little to nothing. When she finished.
"It would seem so Rin," Kagome said smiling softly, placing a hand on her stomach.
"Should I go tell Akira and send a letter to Father?" Kagome stood up, brushing off her pants.
"No," Kagome said turning to face her. "We don't need to worry them. Come. Kanzaburo is crying, and later I need help collecting herbs. I'm sure you and Akira wouldn't mind some privet time?" Rin blushed heavily, placing a hand on her neck where Akira's mark was. Kagome had caught them several times kissing in dark corners. Thank god the only time Sesshoumaru had all most caught them, Kagome steered him, whispering something in his ear, before both of them disappeared into the home that they lived in now.
~~
Ack! REALLY short chapter! But I'm REALLY sorry! I'm in a big rush right now! (Not to mention MAJOR writers block!!!)
IMPORTANT!! PLEASE READ!!! I'm going through MAJOR writers block, so any idea's on how to continue this story, will be greatly loved and thanked!! PLEASE!
Also!
Most of the ideas of the battle scene came from Brave Heart, the movie. I sourly lack in the action department, and I was watching that, and it gave me a few idea's hear and there!
READ AND REVIEW!!!
"We just got dispatches. Tomorrow is war," Kouga said walking into the tent. Sesshoumaru nodded his hand on his sword hilt.
"Sakura, I figure?" Kouga nodded.
"Do you have something in mind Sesshoumaru?"
"Yes. In fact I do. I need you to get me barrels of oil,"
"Oil?" Kouga asked as if he heard wrong.
"Yes. Oil that can burn with the slightest spark of fire. Tons of it,"
"Why oil, Sesshoumaru?"
"We'll burn those bastards. Also, I need a troop that is willing to and form alliances with Sakura,"
"Now you must tell me what is going on in your head," Kouga said truly confused.
"The troop will be foot soldiers . . ." Sesshoumaru continued to tell Kouga of his plan that he knew would work for sure.
~~
It was dark, as Sesshoumaru and Kouga worked side by side by even the lowest of soldiers. They took barrels upon barrels of burning lamp oil and poured it into the ground, letting the earth drink it. They had a monk loyal to them put countless spells on it so enemies couldn't possibly smell the sent of the oil.
"That's the rest of the oil dumped," Kouga whispered to Sesshoumaru, and he helped Sesshoumaru poor a large mettle pot of oil to ground.
"Yes," Sesshoumaru whispered back. "Let's get out of here, before any one sees," Kouga, Sesshoumaru, and their men, silently crept back to their campsite.
~~
Sesshoumaru, Kouga stood side by side, a few feet in front of their own troops, that where still left at the camp site, as others where posted else where. Sakura stood a few feet before her own shaggy troops, her self dressed in fancy well to-do clothing, while her men looked half starved and in rags.
"They are in perfect position," Kouga whispered. "The oil is right before them. If we charge first, they will wait, but go a few feet to where the oil is, and we'll burn them,"
"No," Sesshoumaru said. "Just wait for it," Kouga nodded and shrugged.
"It didn't think you would show up," Sakura called out to them, as a foot soldier brought her a horse. She climbed out smoothly.
"Why wouldn't we?" Kouga called out to her. "We are not cowards!"
"So you say! But you are all words and no balls!" Sakura yelled out to them. Kouga smirked.
"Such language for a little kitty like you," Sakura bristled at his words.
"You'll regret saying that! You don't even realize that even one of your own troops has left you, and joined with me and my men!" Sakura laughed. Sesshoumaru, Kouga, and the rest pretended to have no clue on what she was talking about.
"You lie!" Kouga yelled out to her. Sakura only smirked, shouting out a few commands, sure enough the 'un-loyal' men marched forward, with their weapons drawn.
"Now is time for war," Sesshoumaru said. Kouga nodded. Both men yelled in war cries, and lunched forward, their foot soldiers following bravely behind them, as ordered the night before.
The 'un-loyal' troops also ran forward yelling in battle cries, looking like they where getting ready to fight, running past the oil grounds that they knew where there.
When they where a few feet away, they stopped running, stared at each other with foolish grins on their faces. "Welcome back," Kouga and Sesshoumaru said smirking at them. The two groups blended together, much to Sakura's rage, as she stared at them, her claws flexing and cracking. Some of the soldiers slapped the backs of their fellow comrades, facing Sakura with smirking faces.
"You where saying, Sakura?" Sesshoumaru called out. Sakura stifled her rage. She rose her hand, pointing to the horsemen and what was left of the foot soldiers. They started riding out, going at a easy trot, so the foot man could keep up.
With the help of fellow soldiers, Sesshoumaru was lifted up, and handed a flag, waving it madly in the air. About twenty archers came out of hiding around the war field, flames coming from their arrows, and more the half of the archers on Sakura's side also lit their arrows as they ran behind them.
Sakura watched in half anger, half horror, as the fire arrows where shot, all missing the moving army, hitting the ground, shooting up in raging fires right where they soldiers that where loyal to her where standing.
They screamed in pain, as they tried rolling on the ground . . . Any thing to stop the fires that where burning at their flesh. Many cries of 'help' came from the burning men, but Sakura did nothing. Simply watched as about half of her army that she brought in, for the battle where dying, and hadn't even faced battle yet.
Sesshoumaru watched her face carefully. "She doesn't even care!" Kouga gasped in shock.
"She does seem to care how many die. She still thinks that she can win,"
"How the hell does she figure that?"
"It's only her loss," Sesshoumaru said grinning evilly, as he drew his sword, as Sakura sent more. This time they met them, in a vicious clash, and youkai to youkai clawed, scratched, and swung their swords at each other. Some still screaming in pain as fire still ate at their skin hungrily, and some fresh ones joined their screamed, as they where pushed into the raging flames.
"Have our archers fire upon them," Sakura said to one of her guards.
"But we will be shooting on our own men too!" the guard said. Sakura shrugged.
"So?" she asked him, staring him right in the face. She rolled her eyes at his horror filled face. "Send me the results of this battle," Sakura said, turning her horse to face the woods, that led to her own camp. "This is starting to boar me," with that she cantered off, trying to cover her coughing. {Great,} she thought. {Now I'm getting a cold! Oh, well. No matter,} the guard only shook his head, as he nodded at archers. They loaded their arrows and fired upon their enemy, and their own men.
"Is she trying to get her own men killed?!" Kouga yelled over the battle cries, as he kicked a youkai in the stomach, sending him flying in the flames still roaring. The youkai screamed, tossing and turning, looking like a bee that had been just squashed yet still hung onto life, disparately.
"Sakura will do anything to get what she wants!" Sesshoumaru cried out to him. "DAMN IT!" he yelled as he saw Sakura running away on her horse. "SHE'S RUNNING AWAY!"
"You there!" Kouga yelled at one of his horsemen. "Give Sesshoumaru your horse!" Sesshoumaru grabbed the demon horse, and rushed after Sakura.
~~
It was no effort catching up on her, rushing threw the woods. "Do you plan on following me to the camp?" Sakura yelled at him.
"If I have too, then I will!"
"Don't worry, I'll take care of that!" Sakura jumped off her horse, as did Sesshoumaru. They ran together, their swords drawn, meeting in the middle.
Sesshoumaru easily cracked Sakura's sword in half, as the shatters fell to the ground. Sakura's eyes widened, as she watched them fall. But she replaced her shocked fearful face with one of a smirk.
"You know, it's just to bad that I can't hang around any more. But I've got places to see, and people to . . . kill," she smirked reaching in the pouch hanging from her obi, sending into the air, she disappeared with a bang, and shower of many colored sparks.
"Damn it!" he cursed under his breathe. The horse trotted up to him, holding his powerful gaze. The other horse from Sakura also trotted up to him. Climbing up on his own horse, he noticed how skinny the other horse was. {That can't be healthy,} Closing his eyes, he sighed.
"Come on," Sesshoumaru said, to the other horse, letting it canter after him as he ran back to the battle.
~~
When Sesshoumaru got back, Kouga was waiting patiently for him. "Sesshoumaru! Do you?" he asked. "Did you get her?" Sesshoumaru looked at him.
"Damn wench did a disappearing act . . . literally," Kouga clucked his tongue.
"Damn. Oh well. We'll get her!" Sesshoumaru nodded, as Sakura's horse trotted up to Kouga. "Hello there!" he said, petting it's neck softly. "Where did this beauty come from?" Kouga asked about the snow-white demon horse that had golden eyes, which seemed to have fire behind them.
"She followed me here. I believe she doesn't wish to go back,"
"Well, I have no complaints. She looks powerful. She would make a wonderful gift to Lady Kagome her self. Would you mind?" Kouga asked. Sesshoumaru shrugged.
"Do what you want with it. Just make sure it's a tame one. I will not have my mate running about on a dangerous horse. It can buck her off, when she's by her self in the woods, and Kami knows what would happen to her then," Kouga nodded.
"Will do," Kouga said, climbing on the horse himself, cantering back to the camp, along side with Sesshoumaru.
~~
"Mother?" Rin asked quietly, as Kagome stopped retching up last night's meal in the morning, before breakfast. Kagome leaned back on her knee's, whipping away the horrible fluids on the sleeve of her miko clothing. "Are you sick?" Kagome shook her head.
"No, Rin, I'm not sick,"
"They you're going to have another baby?" Rin whispered. "So soon?" Kagome winced as the horrible feeling cramped in her stomach, falling back to her knees and hands, retching up little to nothing. When she finished.
"It would seem so Rin," Kagome said smiling softly, placing a hand on her stomach.
"Should I go tell Akira and send a letter to Father?" Kagome stood up, brushing off her pants.
"No," Kagome said turning to face her. "We don't need to worry them. Come. Kanzaburo is crying, and later I need help collecting herbs. I'm sure you and Akira wouldn't mind some privet time?" Rin blushed heavily, placing a hand on her neck where Akira's mark was. Kagome had caught them several times kissing in dark corners. Thank god the only time Sesshoumaru had all most caught them, Kagome steered him, whispering something in his ear, before both of them disappeared into the home that they lived in now.
~~
Ack! REALLY short chapter! But I'm REALLY sorry! I'm in a big rush right now! (Not to mention MAJOR writers block!!!)
IMPORTANT!! PLEASE READ!!! I'm going through MAJOR writers block, so any idea's on how to continue this story, will be greatly loved and thanked!! PLEASE!
Also!
Most of the ideas of the battle scene came from Brave Heart, the movie. I sourly lack in the action department, and I was watching that, and it gave me a few idea's hear and there!
READ AND REVIEW!!!