"Welcome back, Sesshoumaru!" Kouga said walking up to him. "How did Kagome like her gifts?" he asked, as they walked back to Sesshoumaru's sleeping tent.
"She loved them." Sesshoumaru said setting down his two packs. "Where is my servant Jaken?" Sesshoumaru looked around, he had expected Jaken the first one to greet him. Kouga laughed nervously, kicking upon a box, revealing a dead Jaken.
"My son finally... Umm got to him an hour ago. Gave him a heart attack." Sesshoumaru rolled his eyes, looking at the messengers from hell. Pulling out his sword of life, he slashed it across Jaken's chest. Jaken gasped for air, and sat up.
"Master Sesshoumaru?!" he gasped bouncing from the box. "You have revived me!" he bent low and kissed his shoes. Sesshoumaru kicked him in the gut, disgusted with the fact that the slimly toads lips had touched his fine polished boots.
"Shame on you Jaken. Letting a ten-year-old get you like that. I would have expected much more from you." Kouga tried to hold in his laughter when Jaken bust into tears at his master's words.
"Forgive me my Lord! Forgive this lowly servant!" he wailed.
"Shut up, Jaken." Sesshoumaru said in a deadly calm voice. "You're annoying me." Going back to the box, Jaken picked up his Staff of Heads, with as much dignity as much as possible. A faint yell sounded in the background. Steadily a ruckus started outside, the faint yell growing steadily closer, till Kouga, Jaken, and Sesshoumaru heard clear as day.
"ATTACK! THEY'RE COMING!"
Kagome walked outside, breathing in deeply. A hand resting on her belly slightly while the other held Kanzaburo, smiling slightly at the though of another child so soon. She laughed at the face her mother would make once she found out that she was the grandmother of two.
Something stirred within her. Forces and Aura's coming a deep speed. She shivered, as the auras and force's where evil, their very souls seeming black themselves. Her eyes widened. "AKIRA! INUYASHA!" she screaming running back into the house. Shippo came running.
"Their at Miroku's and Sango's with Rin! What's wrong?!" he asked, his eyes widening at her in question.
"Come on!" she grabbed Shippo's and ran madly to Miroku's and Sango's.
"AKIRA!" she screamed barging into the door, with out even knocking. The five people in the house came running. "We are under attack!" Kagome exclaimed.
"Rin!" Akira spun on his heels to her, snapping off a necklace around his neck with out anyone noticing. "Take Kanzaburo and Shippo into the woods and hide! Never mind staying in the village's boarder, just be careful. Shippo take good care of her." he said to him. Shippo nodded. Rin look at him with tears in her eyes. "Rin, be careful." he said whispered as the others had all ready ran from the house. Sure enough a distant roar came from the background. He placed his hands around her neck tying something around it, kissing her. "Go! Run!"
"But Akira!" Rin sobbed.
"RUN RIN!" Akira shouted pushing her from him, and out the door, drawing out his sword and running to catch up with the others.
"Come on Rin. He'll be fine. He's strong." Shippo tried to comfort her while trying to push her along.
"Your right." Rin whispered running, clutching Kanzaburo to her chest as they ran out the village boarders. She didn't bother to wipe away her tears.
Sesshoumaru battled along side Kouga, raising his sword, pointing to the right, he blocked a battle-ax coming down on his head. He forced it back, sending the weapon into the air, blade pointed to its master, hitting him full on chest, blood splattering as the man fell back. It was an ironic way to die, with his own blade stuck his chest, as he slowly bled to the death, long forgotten, as Sesshoumaru moved to his next victim.
Kouga, drawing his own sword, ran a half circle around his enemy, confusing him with his speed. He thrust his sword through his back. The man dying looked down, his lips snarled in a scream of pain, as he saw, the end of the blade sticking out of his chest. Instead of drawing out his sword, Kouga cut it through the arm, slicing a perfect cut, through the youkai's body, coming out under his left arm. Kouga for a second, looked over at Sesshoumaru. He was battling a youkai, but Kouga saw another one trying to attack from behind, to save his Conrad. Kouga wasn't about to let that happen.
With great speed, he ran up to the youkai, slicing the youkai's head off, sending it in the air. When it came down. Kouga, with the flat surface of his sword, hit it like a ball, shooting it out into the battle, hitting a youkai on the back, gaining it's attention. It spun around. Kouga ran after the head. The youkai's fate wasn't much better.
Reaching back to her arrows, Kagome brought an arrow to the bow, dodging an attack from a kitsune youkai. She was only half-aware, of her friends around her, battling hard, a new strength added, as their instincts fell into place for survival. Letting go of the string, lights formed around her arrow, as it pierced through ten youkai's, their very bodies disappearing, as the arrow hit a human house and stopped. The villagers where going better then Kagome and even hoped, fighting her their side. She smirked, as she readied another arrow. If only Sesshoumaru could see her now... And this was she with out any proper training.
Jaken hit the end of his staff to the ground. He let out a cry, as the youkai on his side, jumped away from their battles, confusing their enemies. The head of the old man opened, and fires shot out of his mouth, killing at least 60 youkai men at once. He turned to his right, ushered the same cry, and the same thing happened, as he killed another atleast another 60 to 70 men. Looking at his master, he smiled as he could have swore he saw a nod of approval from Sesshoumaru, his poison whip lashed out circling about his enemy, they screamed, as their fresh burned from their bones, under their own very eyes. The last thing he saw was Tokijen slicing of his head.
Akira fought close as possible to Kagome, fighting with all his strength. He watched Kagome. She was powerful, that was true. He couldn't help at wonder for a small second what she would be like if she were trained. He turned his attention back his own battle's though, and dodged when a giant boomerang, came his way, killing ten solders. Trusting his sword, that Sesshoumaru had given that weekend, he blocked an inu's sword. Kicking, surprisingly, her in the gut, sending her flying to the ground. Falling to one knee, Akira trust his sword through her gut, rising his sword up, he trust it into another attackers neck, cutting right through to the other side, before drawing it back, rising off his knee and back into battle at Kagome's side.
Sweat trickled down his cheek, as a constant worry over Rin biting at the back of his brain....
Then he realized something... Yukari was missing.
And the guards at the gate weren't touched. In fact, no one even looked at him. His eyes widened as his heart clenched.
His own sister was working against him.
It had been hours sense the battle began and finally Sesshoumaru saw his enemies starting to thin out, though he knew that they had lost their fair share as well. A man all dressed in purple walked calmly toward him. "My, Sesshoumaru. Still a fighter, I see." Sesshoumaru growled. Hirotksu stood in front of him, a hood hiding his face.
"A hood couldn't hide all the ugliness on face. Here! Let me slice it off for you!" Sesshoumaru yelled running foreword.
"Not so fast!" Hirotksu pulled a sword from out of his robes, blocking his attack. The two started to fight vigorously.
It seemed like forever the two clashed swords together, sparks flying from both of their swords. Even with his sickness, Hirotksu proved more a fighter then Sesshoumaru thought.
Hirotksu saw a golden opportunity, and charged. Holding up his hand, a purple ball of energy came from it, shooting right at Sesshoumaru. Sesshoumaru was thrown into a tent, as the tent came crashing down.... Sesshoumaru didn't get up.
Kouga saw it, his eyes widening as he rushed over.
But a woman stepped in front, making him slide to a stop. "Hello, Kouga. Miss me?" the woman smirked.
"Yukari?!"
The battle was finally over, with Kagome. Kirara came up and nuzzled her side. Suddenly a pain shot through her. Her head snapped up. "Sesshoumaru!" she gasped. "Akira! Sesshoumaru's in trouble!" Akira sheathed his sword.
"Akira, Kagome! Take Kirara! We'll take care of the wounded here!" Sango said. Kagome nodded, jumping up onto Kirara, Akira behind her, wrapping his arms around her waist, so he wouldn't fall.
They took off, Kirara flying as fast as possible.
When they finally scouted the camp, Kouga and Yukari where fighting, both with great amount of scratches and cuts. "Yukari?" Kagome gasped. "Kagome!" Akira whispered in her ear. "You go help Sesshoumaru! I'll deal with this!" Kagome nodded, jumping off Kirara, searching out the sent of her mate. Her eyes misted as she found it, running foreword, she frantically started searching through the ruined tent.
Finally she found him, propping his head up on her lap. "Sesshoumaru!" she cried, a tear falling down her cheek. "Please wake up!" she gently shook his shoulders, but his eyes remained shut. She lightly started tapping his cheek. A deep chuckle sounded before her. Kagome looked up, tears rolling down her cheeks.
"It's no use. He'll remain that way till I die. Such a waist. He could have been a great ally among my great men." Kagome growled angrily quickly forming an arrow and shooting at him. Hitting him in the chest. But in her anger, she forgot to add her miko powers, so it hardly effected the youkai lord. He laughed at her.
Kagome's rage surged, as she softly placed Sesshoumaru's head softly back on the ground. He looked so helpless lying there. Kagome hated seeing her once proud mate like that, lying on the ground like he was all ready dead. He would pay. Hirotksu would pay. She would make sure.
Standing up, she readied another arrow, this time not forgetting her miko energy. But Hirotksu moved, and it hit a tree. He ran towards her, swinging his sword madly. Kagome, using her youkai power, jumped and flipped over him, kicking him it the back, smirking when she heard and felt a crack in the spine, sending him flying to the ground.
Hirotksu painfully rolled to his back, hissing at her, trying to get up to attack. But Kagome had all ready drawn another arrow, staring down at his face; Kagome fought to not flinch at the ugly deformed face of the once handsome lord.
"You made a mistake forging war. You would never win. The sad thing is though," Kagome whispered to him, as he fought to get off the ground, but his broken spin wouldn't allow it. He started coughing madly, choking up blood. "You knew it as well. Did you find your daughter in the river yet, Lord Hirotksu?" she mocked at him. "To bad..." she whispered, when his glare darkened, and new energy went into staying alive to kill her. "This is for Sesshoumaru, Kanzaburo, my friends and family, and those you caused trouble!" Pulling back the string, she focused her miko energy to the arrow even still on the bow, letting it go, the arrow pierced his heart. He screamed, as he burst into dust. The wind picked up all most of cue, and blew the ashes of his body away.
A coughing and soft whimper sound came from the broken tent. Kagome dropped her bow and arrows and dashed to Sesshoumaru, pulling his upper body on her lap, as he started to awaken. "Kagome?" he asked weakly, looking up at her. "What are you...Where's...How?" he looked around, looking for the lord he was fighting, ready to protect his mate and unborn child, even in his weak state.
"He's gone, Sesshoumaru. He's gone now. You can come home now, and rest." Kagome smiled down at him, tears forming at eyes. Sesshoumaru stared up at her; he sat up, fighting his stubborn body that didn't want to move. Placing hand on her cheek, he kissed her softly.
Clapping and cheering broke them apart, Kagome blushed heavily, when she found her self surrounded by soldiers at the camp. Though a smile couldn't be wiped from her face. Looking back at Sesshoumaru, she blushed at his smirk again, before kissing her once more. It was soft, yet lasting. It wasn't anything deep for that would have been vulgar in front of the soldiers.
"I look foreword for that." Sesshoumaru whispered to her. "Though I doubt all I will be doing is resting." he winked at her. Kagome blushed, but smiled any way, throwing her arms around her mate, she laughed.
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