I'm back from the dead, guys!! XD!!smiles Gomen for the wait, but school ish over!! dances around NOW here is the long awaited chapter!! ENJOY!
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The sky was dark, the air ominous and malevolent as Sesshoumaru came in sight of it. He wrinkled his nose as a cold growl erupted from his throat. His eyes flicked red for a moment as he stopped in midair. He looked over it, his eyes alert for any movement, his nose tuned into each and every scent. The amber orbs darted around until he finally saw what he wanted to see, and had thought he never would.
"Rin..." He said softly and started to descend.
"Good..." Naraku said softly from inside the castle and smiled cruelly. "Yes, Sesshoumaru-sama...Cast all of your caution into the air....You have to save the niggen's life...Just as you had to save Kagura's..." He started to cackle softly. "You are turning sentimental, Sesshoumaru...Your heart is beginning to soften...You are beginning to develop human feelings...And that...will be your downfall..."
Cackling again softly, he disappeared into a cloud of Miasma.
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Kagura saw him. She could see Sesshoumaru. Completely healed by now, she could have screamed with joy. And horror. She opened her mouth to shout at him, to warn him, to say anything that would make him stop. But when she opened her mouth, nothing came out but a barely audible squeak as the pressure in her chest became so great she couldn't breathe. She gasped and tried to breathe as the pressure increased, making her seem to suffocate.
She started to see stars and become dizzy as she slumped onto her feather as it stayed in midair. "No..." She thought, wanting to sob. "....NO!!!!"
"Please...Sesshou...maru...Don't...go...trap...Please...Don't...die..." Was all she could say before the cruel darkness overtook her once again.
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Sesshoumaru landed softly and silently, looking around, until his eyes focused on the small form curled into a ball, her back to him. He almost sighed with relief but stayed silent. He started to slowly walk toward her, resisting the urge to run. He may have been happy but felt he had to keep an air of dignity around him.
"Rin?"
Rin cowered in a dark corner of the castle, tears streaming down her fearful face. Kanna was sitting in the doorway, staring blankly into her mirror. She was supposed to keep Rin inside until Naraku's plan was put into action and the trap was successful. Rin stared at her, sobbing softly.
"Please...What's going to happen to Sesshoumaru-sama?" Rin asked quietly, staring at her. She looked Rin's age but looked.....so blank and distant. Like she had no soul. And it scared Rin.
Kanna looked at her with emotionless eyes. "Naraku-sama...is going to take...His soul..." She answered in her toneless voice. Rin gasped.
"Nani?! Naze?!" She demanded to know, standing up. Her fear was shadowed by her love and concern for the Taiyoukai.
"Because...Naraku wishes....to absorb his body...into his own...and it would be simpler...to absorb....a body...that does not.....resist...." Kanna told her, her mirror glowing softly. Rin gulped back more tears and slumped back onto the floor. She rubbed her tears away viciously. She was angry, scared, and felt more helpless than she ever had. She looked around at the small prison cell—to her it seemed that way--- and saw a small jewel glowing crimson in the dimly lit room.
"..What are those?" She asked, trying not to let the cold silence get to her.
Kanna stared at her. "...That is...Kagura's heart...." The demon whispered, and Rin's eyes grew wide. She started to say something but never got a chance to as Kanna silently disappeared, leaving the young girl alone in the dark.
Sesshoumaru walked slightly faster, feeling suddenly nervous. Something about this just didn't feel right to him. He couldn't tell what. Instinct told him to stay away, something wasn't right, something just didn't click. But another part of him told him he was paranoid and just was happy. But all he knew was that he could see Rin. She wasn't dead.
"Rin?" He said again, more insistently. His pace increased again, as he was suddenly, and surprisingly, scared. The form started to come out from the ball, slowly. Sesshoumaru stopped for a moment and continued walking at a controlled pace. "Rin?..Are you...alright?"
(( Otwitches for those of you who didn't read carefully, I feel as if I have to out this....THAT RIN SESS-SAMA IS GOING TOWARD IS NOT THE REAL ONE!!explodes))
'Rin' sat up, rubbing her eyes. "Sesshou...maru-sama?" She said, looking at him. He almost sighed with relief again, but resisted.
"Rin...Are you alright?" He asked again, picking up the pace again. 'Rin' nodded and blinked when he stooped down beside her. "Are you sure? Naraku didn't hurt you at all?"
She shook her head, and Sesshoumaru hugged her. "Good..." He muttered, mostly to himself. His heart was starting to slow down, having been pounding in his chest, much to his dismay. Relief washed over him.
"....Sesshoumaru-sama?"
"..Nani?"
"...Gomen..."
Sesshoumaru blinked and looked down at her. "..What are you to be sorry for?" He asked, standing up with her in his arms.
"...For...this..." She said, and her eyes started glowing red. Sesshoumaru gasped, suddenly understanding, and pulled back. The imposter's arms turned into roots and shot through his shoulder. He roared in fury and pain and swiped at it, his claws a deadly green. More roots appeared as the fake Rin turned into a Naraku Puppet. They wrapped around his only armed and his legs, slamming him into the ground. He roared more and tried to fight back, but he knew it was in vain. His handicap was his weakness. That, and his feelings for Rin, and now Kagura.
Cold laughter reached his ears as the real Naraku stepped out from the castle. He smirked down-or rather up at the demon lord, for the roots had wrapped around his body and was holding him up in midair. "How does it feel, Sesshoumaru-sama?" He asked, his eyes glinting. "How does it feel to be totally helpless? To have the knowledge that you failed? That you couldn't even save the life of a young maiden, or even...the life of a demoness who came from my body...?"
Sesshoumaru snarled, his fangs bared and reaching over his lips. He rarely lost control of a situation. But he was getting more and more furious and bloodthirsty by the second. He wanted to rip his claws into the hanyou, knowing he would enjoy every second of it. "Damn you..." He growled, his eyes flashing red. "What is your plan, Naraku!? Attempting to absorb me again?! Isn't that getting old, and cliché?!"
Naraku chuckled, walking up to him. "Maybe it is. Maybe it isn't. That's up to you. Maybe we could make a deal? Hm? That life of that girl you so lovingly protect....in exchange for that mass of used demon parts...? Which is more important to you..?"
Sesshoumaru snarled more menacingly, straining against the roots, furious at him for referring to Kagura as that. "What's the matter, Naraku?" He taunted. "Do you have so much human in you, that you would be cowardice enough to trap me like this? Are you not demon enough to face me?"
Naraku kept smirking and looked over his shoulder as Kanna appeared. "You believe that I am not demon enough to face you?" He asked, staring at the furious Taiyoukai. He raised his hand and started to back off, the puppet and roots suddenly disappearing. Sesshoumaru blinked and landed on the ground on his knees, growling softly.
"..You just made...the WORST mistake...of your pathetic existence..." He growled, pulling out the Tokijin. Naraku only smiled.
"Oh? I have? Do you think that sword of yours can really help you? You can't have them both," He sneered, chuckling. "I can kill them both, if that'll make you feel any better. But, let us face the facts...You have YET to kill me. No matter how hard you try. I am still here. And alive. I'm immortal. Kagura, on the other hand...." He smirked again. "All I have to do is crush that little heart stone...and she is dead, reduced to the scraps of flesh she once was. And there is nothing you can do about it....."
"Shinkan!!!!" He roared, clenching his fist, energy pulsing out of the Tokijin. He stood up; the talon marks on his face becoming more jagged. "I'll deliver you to Hell!"
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Finally, the darkness Kagura saw and felt started to disappear. Her vision started to clear up, and she could breathe again. The horrible pressure in her chest was gone, though her head pounded. She sat up, amazed that she was still on her feather. She was panting slightly as she looked around. And paled.
From the sky, she could see Sesshoumaru, holding the Tokijin, looking furious from even where she was. She could sense the hatred and rage in the wind swirling around him. She could also see Naraku. But what she could, and what Sesshoumaru probably ignored, was that Kanna was behind Naraku. She took in a sharp breath. "No..." She whispered.
"NO.....SESSHOUMARU!!" She shouted and started flying toward him. "NO! PLEASE! DON'T DO IT!"
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Sesshoumaru heard Kagura's voice, and though it gave him some reassurance, the pain and fear of what might have happened to Rin was too raw and powerful. He felt trapped. And at the present time, he was so angry, nothing seemed to matter but killing Naraku. He raised the Tokijin, eyes red. "IT'S OVER, NARAKU!!" He shouted and slashed, raw and malevolent energy shooting towards him.
The moment Sesshoumaru slashed, Kanna appeared in front of Naraku, her mirror glowing. Kagura saw it, and realized she would be too late.
The energy hit the mirror and bounced back, triple in size. Sesshoumaru's eyes grew wide as it hit him, and he screamed with pain.
The last thing he saw before overcoming to the dark red and black void was Kagura, screaming out his name.
-Smiles- I hoped everyone liked it. AND NOW HERE IS THE REAL REASON YA'LL READ MAH FICS!! PARAODIES!! X3ß------OO Relic's new face
---oO FO' Shinizzle?!---
Kagome:-walks out- .. I think I did a BAD thing, Mr. director...
D: -was drooling over pics of cheza-o-o-puts them away-...OO Whyyyyyy?!
Kagome: OO I was showing Sesshoumaru my Eminem CD's....and I think he went overboard...
Director: OO HOW?!
Sess:-walks in wearing clothes like eminem- WASUP DOGS?! O-O
Director: OO-passes out-
Sess: X3 AND NOW FOR A SONG!! I'M NOT SORRY NARAKU! I ALWAYS MEANT TO HURT YOU! MY GOAL IN LIFE WAS TO MAKE YOU CRY! AND TONIGHT I'M GONNA PUT YOU IN THE CLOSET!!
All: OO-slowly back away-
------Cars are NOT cool----
Kagura:-sitting on her feather, going around in circles- O-O
Director: OO kagura, have you seen Sesshoumaru?
Kagura: OO nope
Director: Have you seen my new Toyota?
Kagura...uh....NO
Director: Missing Sesshoumaru New missing Car=..?! HEY!!-gets run over-
Sess: MUHAHAHAHAAH!!!!!!-is driving the car insanely with sake in the back- PH333R ME!! X3!!!!-proceeds to run over everything in sight-
Director: OO-starts to laugh then curls up in a feeble position and cries-
----I WAS LONELY!!----
Sess: I gots to go and take care of some business. I'll be back soon Kagura.
Kagura: -sitting on a rock in a forest- ok
Sess:..OO you gonna be ok?
Kagura:-nodnod-
Sess: Ok then-leaves-
------3 hours later-----
sess:-staring at the forest OO
forest:-is now nothing but a hole-
Sess:-stares at Kagura-
Kagura: .. I GOT LONELY!
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---runs around HOPE YA LIKE IT! R&R!---(( BTW if this seems a little whacky, BLAME FF.NET'S NEW LITTLE EPAIR SYSTEM. IT MESSES UP ALL I HAD))