All the while Kagura was putting her recent experiences into words Sesshoumaru had been silent. When the wind user demanded an explanation as to why he had wanted to know this, he found himself unwilling to answer. Though, this angered the wench she didn't show it as her expression went from confused to irritated.

"Oi, it seems that the fight has to go on," she said standing up on her feather and readying her fan. Sesshoumaru didn't bother replying, if it is a challenge, he would head into it without question. Deciding that he should get straight down to business, he unsheathed Toukijin.

It was an in-the-air battle as both youkais hovered over a blue lake with hills on both sides, The early morning scene would have been very beautiful and romantic if not for the two fighting youkais and their jhaki.

As wind blades came at him from front and back, Sesshoumaru jumped bringing his sword down in an arc, sending back a blue wave of power. The wind user moved to the left and shouted "Ryuu ja no mai". As the twisters neared Sesshoumaru, he sliced them into nothingness earning an annoyed "Damn" from his opponent.

"With your attacks you can't even scratch this Sesshoumaru," sheathing his sword and moving at incredible speed he appeared beside the youkai and lifted her off her feather by the neck, just when he was about to add poison to it...

"Yeah… but with MY defense you can't scratch me either", came Kagura's voice from somewhere it wasn't supposed to be. Sesshoumaru cracked his knuckles in a spidery movement of fingers, which were irritated at the absence of the neck. Turning and shooting the sorceress a glare, he swung toukijin again sending a faster more powerful wave at her. Ducking she smirked, and clapped her hands together as if starting to pray, knowing something was coming Sesshoumaru turned his sword horizontal to fend off any sort of blow, but strangely nothing came. Thinking this as a failed attempt, Sesshoumaru in turn sent two consecutive blasts from his sword. Kagura dodged again but Sesshoumaru's breath caught as he realized what the sorceress had done, he quickly moved to another position, but it was still there. Or more like, it wasn't there; there was no air, none whatsoever, and the airless void seemed to even follow him around.

"That's for trying to choke me," Kagura said with a smirk.

Using all his speed Sesshoumaru brought out his poison whip sending it at Kagura. As it wrapped around her he swiftly tugged, and as Kagura was being dragged towards him, he dissolved the whip, unsheathed his sword and stabbed Kagura through the chest.

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Kagura was too slow to react as the whip brought her to him; to the sword that Sesshoumaru now brought out to finish her there and then. As cold steel went through her, she bit back a scream at the sharp pain that shot through her body, she watched entranced as blood splattered and rolled down the sword that had just impaled her. It took her a moment to realize it was her own blood and that she might be dying. She lifted her gaze to the inu-youkai now staring back at her. Now looking into his eyes now, she saw a thousand emotions, if only she could read them all... "... With.... y..you?" she asked but she heard no answer as her world went black and her body plunged deep into the element. The element she had absolutely no control over.


I'm really sorry for the tiny length of this chapter and the cliffhanger...but I am feeling really sleepy now and I can't think of anything else right bout now.......SLeeep sleeep sleeep. Schools starting tomorrow donno if i'll update as fast as I usually do.