Chapter 14

A/N: Hey everyone! waves I think pretty much this be the last chapter. Snuck up on ya didn't it?

Japanese: Taiyoukai: I think it means demon lord or high demon. – Haori: a short silk jacket.

Thanks everyone for your reviews! I'm glad you enjoyed it so much. Ja Ne!

Everyone stepped back as Juuroumaru and Sesshoumaru lunged towards each other, giving the two youkai plenty of room to do battle. Juuroumaru passed by Fluffy's left side and tore the sleeves of his haori. Sesshoumaru growled and spun around but J-maru dodged his attack.

'Wow, Juuroumaru is just as fast as Sesshoumaru!' Kagome exclaimed watching Fluffy and J-maru slash and dodged.

Sesshoumaru pushed his speed faster and came crashing down to where Juuroumaru had just landed, J-maru moved and a second later a slashed and fallen tree lay where he had once stood.

'Who do you think will win?' Sango asked.

Kagome shrugged. 'It's hard to tell there pretty much on the same level as one another.'

Sesshoumaru growled in frustration once again as Juuroumaru dodged his attack, straightening, Sesshoumaru unraveled his long white tail and again lunged towards J-maru who again dodged. But this time Sesshoumau's tail swept out and wrapped itself around the lavender haired youkai. Sesshoumaru swept him up and sent him crashing against a large tree, Juuroumaru barely had enough time to jump away before the white Inu youkai was upon him. Sesshoumaru smirked as his claws tasted blood for the first time.

Rin sighed. "I hope Lord Sesshoumaru comes back soon." She thought sitting on the ground idly playing with a small blue flower. Jaken had resumed sleeping and Ah-Un had joined in. Rin glanced back up the stream from whence they had come and wondered again what her lord was up to. Was he fighting again? Rin sighed once more and flopped backwards onto the soft grass, arms thrown to the side and stared up at the soft blue sky waiting for Lord Sesshoumaru to return.

Juuroumaru was currently dodging Sesshoumaru's poison whip, his long white fluffy tail, and Sessy's deadly claws. They both had scratch marks from each others claws. Inuyasha and the others were sitting on the ground a few feet away watching with great inertest, both youkai were fairly equally matched. (Now if only they had some popcorn. Hehe..)

High above in the sky Kagura sat on a white feather watching the two male youkai go at it. It was quite a fight to be sure and Kagura would have loved have stayed and watched it's out come but she had a little girl to find. Two little girls to be exact. Even though Kanna was the older of the two Kagura had always thought of herself as Kanna's big sister. Somebody had to save them from Naraku and Kanna didn't seem to have the will, so Kagura took matters into her own hands. Her heart was safely tucked away in a dark red velvet bag inside her Kimono. Flying off Kagura surveyed the surrounding area looking for the little girl that had recently started traveling with the Taiyoukai. A mile or so down steam Kagura found them, the two headed ryuu youkai, the little toad youkai and the ningen girl. Kagura eyed the scene a few minutes before deciding that it was safe to approach. Kagura quickly and silently flew down next to the girl, the two headed ryuu lifted it's head over towards Kagura and the little girl who was resting peacefully. Ah-Un growled at the intruder and rose quickly to it's feet.

'Ah, ah ahhh!' Kagura said shaking a finger at the beast, unfurling her fan she held it up and brought it down quickly sending a bout of wind blades towards the beast. She then bent down and scooped Rin up. Rin's eyes shoot open and she let out a loud shriek.

'Quiet!' Kagura snapped jumping onto her feather and taking off upward into the sky.

'LORD SESSHOUMARU!!!'

Said demon's head snapped up when he heard Rin's scream. The others looked up as well to see Kagura's faint form disappearing across the sky. Sesshoumaru growled and lunched himself up into the sky after the wind demoness.

Sango jumped up from her seat on the ground. 'But….'

'Relax.' Tenshi said the Tensaiga resting in her lap. 'He'll be back for this.'

Kagura glanced behind her and sure enough saw the white Inu Taiyoukai following her. Unfurling her fan she sent in abundance everything that her powers of the wind controlled. Wind Blades, Dance of the Dragon…. And she kept on sending them until she was sure that the Inu Taiyoukai could not see her anymore, she even changed the winds direction so that he could not follow her scent.

Sesshoumaru landed on the top branch of a tall tree scanning the skies. The wind witch was gone and with Rin. To what purpose did she want with the little girl. Sesshoumaru growled. There was going to be hell to pay once he found that witch.

Sesshoumaru landed lightly on a tree branch above where the others were awaiting his return. Ah-Un had been deeply cut by the wind witch's blades and Jaken had been deeply wounded by a tree in which Sesshoumaru had thrown him into.

Leaping to the ground Sesshoumaru walked over to Tenshi who still held his Tensaiga. He extended his right hand. 'My sword.'

'Are you going to going to heal Kohaku?' Tenshi asked the demon lord.

'That is what was agreed upon was it not?'

'Hai.' Tenshi said handing the sword back to it's rightful owner.

'Remove the jewel from the boy.' Sesshoumaru said turning towards Kohaku.

Kagome bent down and carefully extracted the Shikon shard from the boy. Kohaku shuddered and moaned as the jewel was removed from his body. Raising Tensaiga, Sesshoumaru looked at the sword to see if any demon were attacted to the boy's soul. He found none. Slicing through the air above the boy's body proved useless.

Sesshoumaru sheathed his sword and turned to the young Taijiya who was watching worriedly.

'The boy is dead.' Sesshoumaru told her. 'He was never alive.'

'But….' Sango started.

'But nothing. The boy died along time ago. Naraku merely used Kagura's trick for the dead to move him around. Naraku controlled him at all times.'

Sango fell to the ground beside her dead brother crying.

'I suggest you bury the boy and move on.' Sesshoumaru said before turning away.

He left shortly after with Ah-Un and Jaken in his search for Rin.

Up high in the sky Kagura sat on her feather, beside her Rin was asleep. Kagura having given her a sleep potion.

Driftting on the wind, Kagura set off to look for a place to hold up.

[Taijiya Village]

Sango and the other were gather around Kohaku's grave. Miroku saying a prayer for the boy. Kohaku's chain and sickle were laid across his grave as were fresh flowers.

'What are you two going to do now?' Kagome asked Tenshi later that evening.

'I don't know.' Tenshi replied. " I guess go back to Yama's village.'

'What about Naraku?' Kagome asked.

'I don't know.' Tenshi said.

[End]

To be continued in INUYASHA & the Ryuuookami.