CHILD OF EVIL

Chapter 8

A SECOND REVIVAL

"INU-YASHA!" Kikyo shouted.

Miroku's door opened and the Halfling peered out followed by the exterminator, the kistune and the monk. Kikyo was standing out in he yard breathing heavily from running so far so fast, her face was scratched from where the branches had whipped her, she was also holding her stomach.

"What is it Lady Kikyo?" Miroku asked.

"Have you seen my reincarnation today?' Kikyo asked firmly.

The group glanced at each other and their faces paled slightly before turning questioning eyes to the undead priestess.

"Well... have you?' Kikyo demanded.

"No! We thought she went home..." Shippo announced from Sango's lap.

"No. She went to Naraku." Kikyo replied hesitantly.

"HUH? What are you talking about?" Sango exclaimed.

"Well actually it seems she went with Inu-Yasha's Niisan..." Kikyo informed, disregarding that Sango was even there.

Inu-Yasha jumped up and reached for Tetsusaiga, and before Miroku could stop him he was at Kikyo's side.

"Take me to her." Inu-Yasha ordered.

"Fine." Kikyo agreed, "But you wont like what you'll see."

"I don't give a rats ass... now take me to her!"

Miroku rose and joined him; Sango reached for her Hirairkostu and ran outside as well. Shippo dashed out and leaped up onto Miroku's shoulder, Kirara followed suit so that now both Miroku's shoulders were full.

Their party decided, Kikyo led them off in the direction of Naraku's castle.

Naraku opened his door after he watched the blood child dissolve directly into blood, staining it as she went. Slowly Naraku lifted Kagome's lifeless and limp body into his arms and drew Tenseiga from the demon lord's belt.

"Live son of Inutaisho!" Naraku hissed as he slew the otherworldly messengers.

Why Naraku could control the life-giving blade was beyond him and what spurred this sudden change in his attitude was even more unbeknownst, SesshoMaru rose as quickly as he had fallen. Naraku glared and tossed the life fang to its owner before turning away with the reincarnation.

"She lives." SesshoMaru demanded.

"As you wish." Naraku replied as he turned back.

With a swish, down came Tenseiga giving life to the miko, slowly she opened her eyes and looked into Naraku' face, wondering why he was holding her.

"She's gone." Naraku said to the girl.

"Good now put me down" Kagome replied.

SesshoMaru bent down and picked up his bloody sword, he shook it once spraying Naraku and Kagome, and then he sheathed it.

"GROSS!" Kagome exclaimed as she attempted to wipe the blood off, only causing it to smear.

This scene brought allowed a smile to break SesshoMaru's usually icy air, she glared at him and wiped the blood off of her face with her shirt. Inu-Yasha came through the trees and froze, Kikyo was right; Kagome stood between his brother and Naraku.

"Kagome!" Inu-Yasha shouted.

Kagome looked over to where the voice was coming from; it was Inu-Yasha with Miroku, Sango, Shippo, Kirara and Kikyo.

"Guys... what are you doing here... with her?" Kagome exclaimed.

"I am asking the questions here, what do you think you're doing with them?" Inu-Yasha snapped.

"Doing what was right, killing UrukaMaru." Kagome replied with a glare.

"And you couldn't do that with us?" Miroku asked.

"NO I COULDN'T! Because SesshoMaru was the other half of the puzzle." Kagome answered.

"What do you mean?" Sango demanded.

"To kill the girl we had to kill ourselves, no... we had to kill each other." Kagome said with a sigh, "We had to both die so that she would die."

"So why are you alive?" Kikyo said with a smirk.

Kagome shook her head; it was impossible to try and explain it to them without them hating her forever, which was what was likely to happen.

"Because the death was completed and therefore it was useless for them to remain dead." Naraku answered for her.

"Doumo Arigatou Naraku-sama" Kagome whispered.

Although it was a whispered comment it wasn't quiet enough that Inu-Yasha didn't pick it up, he looked furious then.

"What do you mean "Thank you Lord Naraku"?" Inu-Yasha demanded.

"Forget it." Kagome growled.

"Are you saying you'd rather stay with them?" Inu-Yasha shrieked.

"AS A MATTER OF FACT I AM!" Kagome shouted.

That said Kagome turned her back on the hanyou and hugged herself; SesshoMaru and Naraku looked at each other and thought, "What have I gotten myself into?"

"Now may I take this event to challenge my brother?" SesshoMaru asked, though he hardly needed to.

"I'll cover you." Naraku replied.

SesshoMaru nodded and pushed off the ground, cloaked instantly in vapors.

"Die little brother!" SesshoMaru hissed as he came out behind him.

"HIRAIKOTSU!" Sango cried as she threw the boomerang to block the demon lord.

It only succeeded in breaking, as SesshoMaru was more forceful than the weapon could take, and the blade stopped mere centimeters before Inu-Yasha's forehead.

"Why is it that no matter how close you get to the miko you always hurt the poor girl?" SesshoMaru asked.

"HOW IS IT THAT NO MATTER HOW CLOSE I GET YOU ALWAYS SCREW IT UP SOMEHOW!" Inu-Yasha roared.

"Maybe her death is more of a gift than your attention hmm?" SesshoMaru growled.

"AND WHY WOULD YOU GIVE A HUMAN ANY SORT OF GIFT?" Inu-Yasha shouted.

Kagome turned to face the silence Inu-Yasha had caused, she knew that SesshoMaru had some explaining to do, no one spoke and no one moved. Tears glistened in her eyes, what could Inu-Yasha have meant by that, what sort of gift? Was her death really a gift?

"Why do you fight Inu-Yasha?" Kagome choked out, "Why do you fight SesshoMaru? WHY CANT YOU BOTH BE HAPPY WITH WHAT YOU HAVE?"

SesshoMaru and Inu-Yasha looked at her tear-streaked face, she had her arms wrapped around herself and was on her knees before them.

"Kagome..." Inu-Yasha said as he attempted to draw closer.

SesshoMaru blocked him and turned his head to watch the human girl, a thought struck him, was their sibling rivalry really that much of a toll on her? He made a very unlikely face of concern before going to her side himself, at Inu-Yasha's displeasure.

"Human..." SesshoMaru started.

"Why can't you two stop fighting?" Kagome exclaimed.

"Listen to me!" SesshoMaru ordered.

The demon lord brought her close to him and tilted her face up so that she was able to face him and look him straight in the eyes. Kagome looked angry, a soft look came to his eyes, which seemed to slow her bubbling fury; she was then calm and quiet.

"You don't understand my reasons, but listen as I try to tell you." SesshoMaru whispered to her.

Kagome nodded in agreement and remained as silent as she could while her thoughts raced, what he was telling her was a lie. She knew that he hated Inu-Yasha because he had the sword of destruction, his fathers name and what more, the love of his father.

"You lie to me." Kagome accused softly, "You hate him because of your father."

On instinct SesshoMaru slapped her, his anger flared, it was the way she said "your father" that drove him to hit her. The girl looked up at him with tears wetting her eyes and her cheeks, she knew perfectly well she had pissed him off, and it scared her to know how far he might go.

"Don't you ever speak of my father that way." SesshoMaru snarled.

"Well it's true, it's because of his name and his sword, all gifts bestowed not on you. I know you think that you deserve your fathers power, his sword, even his name." Kagome shot at him.

"Your words are as your aim, always true." SesshoMaru said with a downcast face.

"No, what is true is that you can't accept that your father knew you could never handle such a burden as power." Kagome laughed, "But because of that you have learned to control that power and you hate your father for wanting you to be lower than a hanyou."

SesshoMaru turned his head away, she was telling the truth and it hurt to hear it from a human, it had to be said was all that mattered.

"But for that Lord SesshoMaru I will always love you." Kagome whispered to him, "Because you have the sword of life, because you don't have the name of the InuTaisho, because you will never know the pain of his power and his defeat."

SesshoMaru turned back to her, he did not quite understand the meaning of her words, and he saw the smile on her face and longed to ask what she meant. But more confused of all was Inu-Yasha, what had she meant by his defeat? He wondered silently as Miroku and Sango looked each other in the eye wondering the same.

"The power of life is much more than the power of destruction. If you can give life than that power is more precious than that of taking it away." Kagome continued.

'"Meaning?" SesshoMaru voiced his confusion.

"Love lies in life and pain, sorrow, agony only lies in death." Kagome whispered as she drew nearer to the demon.

"I am beginning to understand this..." SesshoMaru replied.

"I love you because you can give life to those who have none, I love you because you are not your father and I loved you enough to use the Shikon on your arm." Kagome said with a smile, "To put it simply, I love you SesshoMaru."

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