A/n: Well, here's the second chapter. Hope you enjoy!
Chapter 2
The terrible visions ran through Kalana's mind. The pain was absolutely unbearable. She couldn't believe that one person could cause all this pain and suffering, all this heartache. This is unbelievable… Kalana looked up into Sesshoumaru's eyes. He was so worried… She tried to smile for him, but it didn't work. She couldn't. She was in too much pain. Everyone else was worried, too, and showed it, even Inuyasha. They were all looking at her concerned
The awful visions of the things this person had done ran through her head. "Someone's coming," she said, struggling up the strength to speak. Everyone asked who it was, but she wasn't quite sure yet. It was so hard to make sense of these visions. Then finally, she made sense of the visions, and knew exactly who was coming… "It's Naraku." She said weakly.
Everyone (except Sesshoumaru) was shocked. This was clearly a surprise for them. Sesshoumaru just seemed mad.
"Kagome, get back." Inuyasha ordered. She nodded in understanding, and then said, "I'll stay with Kalana and make sure she stays safe."
Sesshoumaru's eyes lifted off Kalana as his eyes met with Kagome's. Kagome felt shivers run down her spine as Sesshoumaru stared into her eyes. How could anyone stand to have him stare at them like this? She thought. If he doesn't look away soon, I'm going to have to. I can't stand it! Sesshoumaru nodded at her, and waited for her to take Kalana from him. Kagome kneeled down, and put her hands under Kalana's head. She felt very uncomfortable being this close to Sesshoumaru. Sesshoumaru slipped his hands out from under Kalana's head, feeling reluctant to leave her here, especially with a human girl, but knew he had to face Naraku.
Just then Naraku came into the clearing. "Long time, no see, eh, Sesshoumaru."
Sesshoumaru just glared coolly at him. "What do you want this time, Naraku?" He asked with no emotion.
Naraku smirked. "The same thing that I wanted last night we met…" He left the sentence hanging in the balance.
Sesshoumaru's eyes simply narrowed. "You cannot possibly hope to defeat I, Sesshoumaru."
Naraku's smirk widened, and he thought, I beg to differ, Sesshoumaru. You will not be able to be that arrogant when you're inside me… "Last time, Inuyasha came along and stopped me, but this time, he won't be able to stop me, and save you from the fate that I have in the store for you…" He laughed a little, and Sesshoumaru kept glaring.
In the meantime, Kalana gasped in pain. "Inuyasha…" He turned to her. "He's going to try and absorb him…" Everyone (except Naraku and Sesshoumaru who were "talking" at the moment,) turned to her in surprise. "Inuyasha, please, go and fight with him. I know you hate him, but even Sesshoumaru can't defeat Naraku alone, no one can…" Inuyasha didn't seem interested… "Please… for me…" She closed her eyes in pain. "I couldn't bear to lose him…"
Inuyasha looked at her in shock at her words and so did everyone else. It was certainly a surprise. Inuyasha looked from the pain-stricken Kalana to Naraku who was busy "talking" with Sesshoumaru… He was going to regret this… Well, even if Sesshoumaru is here, Naraku's still here, and I also have something to settle with him… "Alright, Kalana, but I'm doing it for you, and because I have my own score to settle with him…"
Kalana gave him a relieved smile as Inuyasha drew Tetsusaiga and walked over to Naraku and Sesshoumaru.
"Hey, Naraku, Sesshoumaru's not the only one that you have to deal with." He said, trying not to reveal part of the reason why he was butting into Sesshoumaru and his fight.
Naraku smirked at him. "Inuyasha, my fight right now is not with you, but I'd more than glad to fight you later once I'm through with Sesshoumaru." That earned a tougher glare from Sesshoumaru and a glare and a growl from Inuyasha.
"I can't let you do that, Naraku." Inuyasha said.
Naraku gave Inuyasha a devilish smile. "Have you come here to defend your older brother?"
Both Inuyasha and Sesshoumaru gave Naraku angry, each laced with their own trace of anger or emotion. Inuyasha yelled, "Shut up, Naraku! I would never do that!"
Sesshoumaru looked like wanted to kill Naraku, which he probably did.
Just then, Miroku stepped up near Inuyasha. "Naraku, you will also have me to deal with."
"Oh, yes, the monk…" Naraku said chuckling evilly. "But without your most powerful weapon, how can you possible hope to fight?"
Miroku looked past Naraku to see some of Naraku's poisonous insects hovering mere feet away. He gasped, took a deep breath, and focused his attention back on Naraku who was wearing an evil smirk on his face at Miroku's emotions.
Sango then joined them, stepping up behind Miroku. "You will also have me to deal with."
"Ah, yes, the demon slayer, trying to avenge her fellow villagers…" Naraku smirked yet again. "Actually, this might prove most enjoyable, and I still might get what I want."
Inuyasha looked at Miroku and Sango in shock. "What are you two doing here?"
They both just looked at each other and then at Inuyasha, not willing to look back at Shippou, Kagome, and Kalana, and let Naraku know that they were there.
Inuyasha just stared at them, and nodded, knowing why. They were going to help him fight with Sesshoumaru, because of Kalana.
With that, the fight ensued. They managed to keep Naraku at bay, and Inuyasha, Sango, and Miroku managed to not let Naraku get too much of an advantage over Sesshoumaru (not that Sesshoumaru would listen to a word that they tired to tell him). Eventually, Naraku backed down, as usual, promising to get Sesshoumaru once he didn't have his brother and his friend's to protect him.
Sesshoumaru tried hard to keep his anger at bay with those comments, but he had other things to worry about.
Kalana had watched the fight, still in terrible pain. Eventually, not being able to handle in any longer, even though she didn't want to worry Sesshoumaru, and she knew he would be worried, she slipped out of consciousness.
At the victory, Inuyasha smirked arrogantly, and looked over at Miroku and Sango, who looked relieved. They all turned their heads to see Sesshoumaru turning and going immediately to relieve Kagome of Kalana. He walked over to her and stood looking down at Kagome and the now unconscious Kalana… Kagome looked up at him, worry in her eyes. "I promise, I didn't do anything. She just lost consciousness honestly."
Sesshoumaru's stern expression when he first seen Kalana unconscious now softened, and he got down on his knees and took Kalana from Kagome, and Kagome, without being told, got up, and walked over to Inuyasha and the others. Saying it under his breath, they could have sworn Sesshoumaru had muttered, "I love you," to Kalana, which surprised them all. They looked at each other in shock.
"Wow," Miroku said thoughtfully, "he really does love her…"
"Yes, it seems so," agreed Sango.
"I never thought Sesshoumaru was capable of love." Inuyasha said. "I mean, with his black heart…"
"Well, obviously, he doesn't have that black of a heart or he wouldn't be in love with Kalana, and she wouldn't be in love with him." Kagome said.
"Whatever," Inuyasha said, looking away.
Kagome just ignored him, and looked towards him. Although it wasn't all that obvious outwardly, it was very obvious that Sesshoumaru was extremely worried about Kalana. The cold-hearted Sesshoumaru, who supposedly hated anyone who was not as high standing as himself (which was just about everybody), and especially hated humans and half-demons, was in love with a half-demon. Of course, he hadn't known that she was a half-demon at the time, but one would have normally expected him to discard her upon finding, but he didn't… he couldn't help it… Kagome sighed… Maybe he wasn't as bad as she thought.
"Let's get some rest." Miroku said. "This is sure to be an eventually next couple of days…"
"Right," said Sango. "Goodnight, everyone."
They said their goodnights, and the laid down, making sure to stay on the opposite side from Sesshoumaru. Inuyasha made a fire and separated the two groups by putting it in the middle.
Inuyasha spent the longest time staring at Sesshoumaru, who was now holding Kalana's head in his lap, and leaning over her. He thought to himself, before he drifted off into a half-sleep, How can Sesshoumaru possibly be in love with anyone, let alone a half demon?
A/n: Well, I hope you enjoyed the chapter. I promise that I'll get more into Sesshoumaru/Kalana in the next chapter. I had to focus on a couple other things first. I'll starting focusing more on them in the next chapter, but the Yasha gang will be prevalent throughout this entire story. I hope you enjoyed this chapter! R/R!