Roar of the Dragon: Okay, the big battle is over and Lina just fell out of the sky into Sesshomaru's arms. Will Lina recover and hook up with Sesshy? Read to find out! Also, check out Crazyhanyoued's story Sailor Ganymede.
Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha or Oh My Goddess. The only characters I own are Kimiko, Flamie, Kudora, Hiyruu, and Lina.
I apologize in advance for any mistakes I make regarding Japanese customs or language usage.
Review Responses: Wow, you people really like this story don't you?
Dumber then a Moogle ass: Kiss of life? Eh, sounds a little weird. But Lina isn't dead yet! I'm glad you liked the battle, I actually toned down the Balor from the D&D manual so he would be more realistic. The D&D version is really really powerful and would probably be able to beat all the adults at once. A D&D Balor is given a challenge raiting of 18, the same raiting as a Mature adult Gold dragon, which is the strongest of the dragon breeds.
crazyhanyoued: Cowboy Bebop is an awesome movie! Unfortuneatly, I hate Sailor Moon with a passion and I am sorry but I won't be reading your story, but I'll recomend it to my other readers. No offense meant to you, but I just can't stand Sailor Moon.
Dragon and Sword Master: I was hoping most people would be okay with the stoping point and not try to lynch me!
moonlight-knight04: Thanks for the compliment.
Akihanah: Oh no! You saw through my clever plot device! Good job!
FieryDemonFox: This chapter has some more humor, plus some more Jaken bashing. Hope you enjoy it!
rurouni miss: I've already got Sesshy's future family planned out, I just need to make the two love birds realize they love eachother. However, this might take a few chapters, possibly taking this story to 29 or 30 chapters total depending on what I put it.
MyWay: Yeah, I figured that cows since cows aren't that common in Japan today, they probably didn't have many in the feudal era. The only cow I've really seen in the whole Inuyasha series is Toto-sai's three eyed ox. I decided that deer was the next closest thing to cow
jim hawking jr: Thanks, hopefully the next one will be as good
inuchick06: the sequel should be out by mid August, depending on when College starts for me, since that might slow down my writing.
inufreak831: I'm trying to find the Oriental Adventures D&D book, hopefully it will have more on Japanese style monsters or youkai I can use in the feudal era. I'll try to fix the format, but you might try making the text bigger by clicking on the 'make text bigger' link in the upper right corner of the page. Maybe that will help.
Dark Inu Fan: Remember, Lina got herself and the Balor up pretty high, above cloud level, to make sure the explosion didn't reach her friends. Then she called on wind spirits to get her higher. I've heard sonic booms, they're not to bad if you're far from the place they occur. Lina's condition is the immediate topic of conversation in this chapter.
InuLvr4eva: I was afraid of that, that's why I didn't show Sesshy fighting those two demons he killed.
Guardian of the Hell Gate: Glad you liked the fight scene, I put a lot of effort into it.
She-Devil18: yes, I am a sneaky little dragon who likes to put in an occasional cliffy to highten my reader's suspense.
whitetiger-isabella: I'd say most definitley, as this chapter will show!
chrisy12: Yes, Lina is pretty powerful, but even she has to push herself to beat a Balor in a one on one fight. Now a full goddess could beat the Balor easily.
WolfKeeper989: Glad you liked it, I had to do lots of research for the demons and the attack names.
Story Weaver1: What kind of goddess would Lina be if she let Jaken go splat? Besides, she needed to find out more about the situation from him.
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"Sesshomaru-outo-sama! How is Lina?" yelled Rin as Sesshomaru landed Aun-Uh in the castle courtyard. Inuyasha and Kagome ran through the gates as Rin leaped down into the courtyard to hear Sesshomaru's awnser. The Taiyoukai turned to look at them, revealing Lina held tight in his arms. Kagome gasped and screeched to a halt, her hands grabbing her face in horror at the sight of her longtime friend's burned, bruised, and battered body. Inuyasha swallowed and said, "I can still hear a heart beat. Kagome, you stay here and help Sesshomaru care for Lina. I'll go get Kaede and the others and if I have to, I'll get Lina's parents here to help!" before running off so fast he was just a red and silver blur. Sesshomaru turned towards the medical wing of the castle, used from when Inuyasha or his mother had been ill or injured, and Rin ran ahead to open the doors. As Sesshomaru laid Lina on a clean bed, Kagome stepped foreward and started rolling up the sleeves of her miko robes. "Rin, I need you to go get the large first aid kit I left here on my last visit. It should have everything I need to treat the immediate injuries," said Kagome as she carefully began examining Lina for broken bones. Rin nodded and ran out the door as Sesshomaru sank into a chair and watched Lina carefully, his hand on Tensaiga's hilt. "Lady Kagome, I see no sign of the messengers from beyond," said Sesshomaru after a minute. Kagome smiled and gave a sigh of relief. "That's good to know, at least she isn't starting to die just yet. If they do appear, tell me so I have enough time to get back so you can swing Tensaiga!" said Kagome before she resumed her examination.
Rin ran back into the room with the first aid kit followed by Padme. "Thank you Rin. Now go wait in the main hall and tell Inuyasha where we are when he brings Kaede and the others here," said Kagome. "Hai Kagome Obasan!" said Rin before running out. Kagome opened the first aid kit and turned to Padme as she said, "I don't know what I'll need for sure, but start some water boiling now to save time. Also, bring me freshly washed cloths that I can use for bandages if my supply runs out." The panda youkai bowed and left to do as Kagome said. Kagome placed a thermometer in Lina's mouth and waited while it took her temperature. After a few seconds, the device beeped and Kagome read the display. "Well, she doesn't have a fever now, that's a good sign. Now I just have to worry about internal bleeding," said Kagome with a sigh. Sesshomaru leaned foreward and sniffed Lina carefully. "I don't smell any excess blood, she seems stable." Kagome was looking through the first aid kit and pulled out several gel pads. "That's good to know. Now I can't remove Lina's clothing because of her burns. Some of them are definitley thrid degree, which means her clothing will stick to her skin. These gel pads are the only thing I can put on her exposed burns. I don't have much experience with burns, so we'll have to wrap the bed sheet around Lina until kaede gets here." Kagome carefully placed the gel pads on the more serious burns, one of which was on Lina's right fist and was definitley a third degree burn since Kagome could see the skin was chared. Sesshomaru then assisted Kagome in wrapping Lina in the bed sheet. A few minutes later, Inuyasha ran inside carrying Kaede on his back. The old miko managed to move to Lina's side with a speed that belied her old age. Carefully removing the sheet from Lina, Kaede had Kagome bring her a mortar and pestle to mix several herbs the aged miko brought with her. "These herbs when seeped in water form a potion to strengthen a miko's spiritual energy. Kiyko taught me this potion so in case she was gravely injured or poisoned I could make and give her the potion and help her to recover. It should help Lina's powers increase to the point where she starts healing on her own," said Kaede. Kagome nodded as she ground the herbs together into a fine powder and mixed them with warm water. The resulting concoction smelled very sweet and Kagome could feel her energy level increase after a few seconds. Inuyasha was also sniffing deeply and Kagome giggled as his ears twitched slightly towards Rin, who had peeked in the door to check on Lina. Kagome carefully opened Lina's mouth and poored some of the potion into Lina's mouth after pinching her nose closed. Lina reflexivley swallowed and Kagome was amazed to see Lina's face go from pale to a more healthy color.
Just then, Mirouku, Sango, Kimiko, Shippo, Jaken, and the pets ran into the room. "What happened out there? where did all those creatures come from?" asked Sango, her hands holding Hiraikotsu ready to throw the giant boomerang at any foe that presented itself. "Lina seemed to recognize what the monsters were," said Kagome as Kimiko and Shippo ran up to hug her legs and confirm that neither her or Inuyasha had been injured. "I assume they were some kind of demons since my arrows turned them to ashes," she continued. Rin spoke up next and said, "None of them smelled like youkai to me, but that giant spider thing Lina-sama saved me from was more like one of Naraku's puppets than a living creature." Sesshomaru glanced up from a scroll he had retrieved from his library and said, "I believe they were from a different dimension, Lina-sama mentioned something about returning to the Abyss when she fought with a large flaming monster. You can see the hole it made when she kicked him into the ground." Mirouku paled as he considered the size of the humanoid crater he had seen outside to Lina's size. "She kicked that thing into the ground hard enough to make that hole?" he exclaimed. Kagome nodded, distracted as she heard Lina's heart beat speed up a little. ::Hmm, maybe this will work:: Kagome said to herself before she removed the necklace holding the Shikon Jewel from around her neck and placed the jewel above Lina's heart. The jewel started pulsing in synch with Lina's heart beat and Kagome watched as the cuts and scrapes on Lina's body that she could see started to heal rapidly. "Looks like I was right. After a year in my possesion and being purified, the jewel is strengthening Lina's goddess blood since I got rid of the evil inside it!" said Kagome with a smile. Kaede smiled at her student and nodded, while Inuyasha rubbed his mate's ears and caused Kagome to purr as she leaned into his caresses. "Sesshomaru, is my old room still the way I left it?" asked Inuyasha. Sesshomaru clearly had to think about this for a minute before he said, "I think so. I'm pretty sure I was to disgusted by your scent in the past to even enter that room. I'd forgotten about it in fact." Inuyasha swept Kagome up bridal style and carried her out the door to his old room, despite her complaints and demands to be let down. A few minutes later, Sesshomaru blushed as his ears told him Inuyasha was passionatley rewarding Kagome for helping Lina. Kaede glanced at the Taiyoukai and chuckled before saying, "Ah, to be young and carefree again. Kimiko, Shippo, go play with Rin. Sango and Mirouku, got rest, yee pushed yourselves to the limit helping me with that barrier before rushing out here. Sesshomaru and I will watch over Lina-sama and call thee if we need thee." Sesshomaru turned to Jaken and said, "Jaken, keep an eye on the children and pets. If any of them get hurt, I will punish you." "Yes Lord Sesshomaru. Right away sir!" squawked Jaken before running off after the kids and tripping over Flamie's tail as he exited the room. Sesshomaru sighed as Mirouku and Sango followed the pets out. ::I wonder if I should dismiss Jaken from my service. No, Rin would never forgive me and I would lose my main form of entertainment at home:: Sesshomaru said to himself.
::Why do I always get stuck babysitting these brats?:: Jaken asked himself. The little toad sat in the shade of a tree as he watched Shippo, Rin, and Kimiko play hide and track with the pets. "Seven... eight... nine... ten! Ready or not, here I come!" said Shippo as he opened his eyes and scanned the courtyard they were playing in with all his senses. A small waterfall fell into a pond with a stream running out of it and under a small wooden bridge before passing through the wall and into the baths. Several small groups of trees covered the yard with shade and provided likeley hiding spots for Flamie, who couldn't climb very well and would ofter hide out of sight of the others. On the edge of the courtyard, many large rocks were piled forming an intricate series of small valleys and mountains. Shippo's ears cuaght the sound of disturbed stones falling and he was over by the rocks in an instant. Shippo's nose told him Flamie was nearby, but he couldn't see the little dragon anywhere. Then the soft rustle of fabric in one of the caves reached his ears. Shippo darted into the cave and found Kimiko frozen in fear of a large poisonous spider. Shippo's new dagger was in his hands quicker than Kimiko could see and then he had sliced the spider in two. Shippo then scooped up Kimiko in his arms and carried her over to where Jaken was. "Jaken, there was a poisonous spider on one of the caves. It was pretty big, so you might want to check around the others to make sure there isn't a colony of them," said Shippo. Jaken grudgingly nodded but didn't move to do anything as Shippo set Kimiko down and ruffled her hair before resuming his hunt for Rin, Flamie, and Kudora. Smelling a faint trace of Flamie near one of the clearings, Shippo darted into the circle of trees only to find no one there. ::Strange, Flamie isn't usually this good.:: Shippo thought. Walking over the bridge, Shippo suddenly swung himself underneath the wooden bridge to tag Rin. The girl had been gripping the bottom of the bridge so that he wouldn't see her, but had forgotten her claws might have pierced the top of the bridge. Shippo had felt Rin's claws and knew where she was instantly. "Nice try Rin, but you'll have to do better!" said Shippo with a grin. Rin scowled and pushed Shippo into the stream before swinging herself back up onto the bridge and joining Kimiko. Shippo slimbed out of the stream and shook himself dry before checking for any sign of Kudora. The fire cat's scent led him to the water fall, and Shippo found Kudora curled up in a small hole behind the falling water. "Good hiding place Kudora, you're the only one who could fit in there!" he said with a grin as she jumped to his shoulder. Shippo searched the rest of the courtyard for Flamie, but failed to find the dragon. Finally returning to the rocks, Shippo looked around again but still didn't see the little dragon. "Where is he?" asked Shippo as he sat down on a warm rock to think. Shippo suddenly found himself flipped into the air and then pounced on by Flamie. The little dragon started licking Shippo without mercy until Shippo exclaimed, "All right, all right, You win!" inbetween fits of laughter. Flamie stopped his tickle attack and sat up, grinning a dragon grin that would have an enemy wetting their pants if it was directed at them. "So how come I didn't see you?" asked Shippo. Flamie lay down and closed his eyes, then seemed to harden into rock and assume the coloration of the rocks around him. "Now that is cool!" said Shippo as he realized he had sat on Flamie's head without knowing it.
Sick room
Sesshomaru sighed as he watched Lina's steady breathing cause her chest to rise and fall regularly. The Taiyoukai couldn't explain why he felt the need to stay by the demi-goddess's side through her recovery. ::Maybe it is because she is in a sense Rin's mother. She did turn Rin into my daughter, so my instincts are making me protect her:: Sesshomaru continued his internal debate, unaware that two pairs of eyes were watching him from the doorway. Sango and Kagome slipped away and after getting out of Sesshomaru's hearing range the two women grinned at each other. "I know that look in his eyes, it is the same one Inuyasha has when he looks at me and thinks I'm asleep!" said Kagome with a grin. Sango nodded. "Mirouku has the same look most of the time he sees me, at least when he isn't thinking hentai thoughts," she said. "So what do we do? Slip a love potion into their drinks after Lina recovers?" asked Kagome. "I have a better idea, but we'll need Mirouku to help and we'll have to wait till Lina is awake," said Sango with a grin. Inside, Sesshomaru continued his internal debate, even his superior hearing unable to hear the plotting of two women that would result in his life being turned upside down.
Outside
"Little brats, give that back!" yelled Jaken as he chased after Kimiko. The hanyou girl giggled as she easily kept out of Jaken's reach, the Staff of Heads held tight in her grasp. "Rin, catch!" yelled Kimiko before throwing the staff to her cousin. Rin caught the staff and immediatley sprang to the top of the tree Jaken had been sitting under. Rin grinned as Jaken awkwardly started climbing up the tree after her. Lying down on the branch she was on, Rin almost looked like she was sleeping if it weren't for the grin on her face and the twinkle in her eyes visible to the others. After a few minutes, Jaken had almost reached Rin. Just before his hand could close on the staff, Rin's tail grabbed it and dropped it into Shippo's waiting hands. Rin then grabbed Jaken and dropped to the ground, since she didn't want him breaking a leg trying to get down the tree. Shippo ran off and Jaken ran after him. Shippo suddenly used his kitsune magic to make a bunch of duplicates of himself and the staff. "Okay Jaken, guess which one is real and you get the staff," said all the Shippos in sync. Jaken looked at all the Shippo's carefully before suddenly closing his eyes in conectration. Shippo let out a yelp of surprise as the Staff of Heads tried to blast him with fire. Jaken lunged foreward and grabbed the flaming staff as the illusion Shippos faded from sight. Shippo regained his senses as Jaken aimed the staff at him and flames flew out of the old man's head at Shippo. "kasei doragon kokyuu!" yelled Shippo as he raised one hand to his mouth and blew into the foxfire held in the hand. A giant flame blast shot from Shippo's hand and overwhelmed Jaken's attack, frying the toad youkai. Jaken fell over on his face as his body registered extreme pain everywhere. Seeing as Jaken's clothes were starting to burn, Rin tossed him into the pond to put him out. Jaken floated on the surface of the pond, not reacting when Kimiko started poking him with a stick. Kudora waded into the pool and pawed at Jaken. Getting no response, she pushed him under the ice cold water fall. That woke Jaken up and he scrambled out of the pool and ran into the castle.
Sick room
Lina groaned, becoming aware of a bright pink light shining in her eyes. "What the heck happened to me?" she moaned. Lina felt a cup being pressed to her lips and carefully swallowed the contents, the ice cold water immediatley easing her sore throat. At the same time, the pink light dimmed and disappeared. Glancing around, Lina saw she was in Sesshomaru's castle in a bed surrounded by the adults. Kagome smiled and said, "Good, you're awake. You've been asleep for three solid days!" Lina wondered what she had done to make her body rest that long. Then the memories of the battle caught up to her and she sat up. "What about the demons? Did I get rid of the Balor? Was anyone hurt?" Everyone sweat dropped at Lina's sudden demanding tone and Inuyasha said, "If by demons you mean those things that were attacking the castle, Sesshomaru, Kagome, and I took care of most of them." Kagome placed her hand on Lina's forehead and said, "You beat that big flaming demon, then you grabbed it and flew up into the air with it. We lost sight of you and then there was this big explosion. Sesshomaru caught you as you fell from the sky. You were burned pretty badly and your armor was gone." Lina sighed in relief. "Okay let me explain a few things. Those creatures were a race of demons called Tanar'ri. They live in a diferent plane than us called the Abyss. The giant one I fought was a Balor, the most powerful of the Tanar'ri. When a Balor dies, it's body explodes as a last attack against it's foes. That was the explosion you saw. It took all my remaining power to shield my self since I was at the center of the explosion. I sruvived, but the huge drain on my strength caused me to faint. I'm guessing you guys nursed me back to health?" Kaede and Kagome nodded, but before anyone could say anything, the doors to the room burst open to reveal the children. Rin immediatley ran up and carefully climbed on top of Lina, murmuring "Lina-sama!" as she nuzzled the demigoddes and purred, her tail wagging rapidly. Kimiko was doing much the same thing with Lina's free arm, while Shippo bounced up and down with happiness to see Lina well again. All the adults smiled at the children's antics and gently told them Lina needed to eat before she could play with them. Padme brought in a tray with some chicken dumpling soup and Rin embarassed Lina by insisting on feeding her. Rin perched on Lina's bed side and spooned each bite of soop into Lina's mouth. When the soup was done, Lina said, "I think I need a little more rest, I'll see you all tomorrow." before she snuggled up under the covers and fell asleep. Everyone tiptoed out of the room, careful not to disturb her. Sesshomaru was the last to leave and he looked back over his shoulder at the sleeping woman. "Arigato for saving Rin's life Lina-chan," he said softly before closing the door.
Okay, now that Lina's okay, I'll start hooking her up with Sesshy. You've allready seen he cares about her more than normal, but he'll need a little help from the others to realize what that means.
Attacks used this chapter
Shippo: kasei doragon kokyuu(Force of flames dragon breath)