Before I start; I'm sorry because I'm sure that my fight scenes will suck! Coz I'm really no good in fight scenes. So if I offended anyone with the fight scenes (which sucks) I'm so sorry! Peace out!
Chapter 35: The Reason for Sesshoumaru
Kikyou looked back as Naraku, Kagura, the girl named Kanna, Sango's brother, Kohaku and she walked out of the confines of the castle. Naraku walked calmly in his baboon pelt while Kagura looked around for any signs of enemies. Kanna kept her emotionless inhuman eyes on Kikyou who walked alongside Naraku. Kohaku was trailing behind.
The moment they get to the great North Clearing, they would be able to set off the plan. She could only pray that that they would prevail in this one chance to finally banish Naraku from the lands.
The sun was still rising from its peaceful slumber and the trees were gloomy, as if knowing what was soon to occur. If she was still human, she would have felt a churning in her stomach, made of anxiety and anticipation. But she wasn't alive…she was just an empty vase.
"Where to, Kikyou?" Naraku demanded coolly, giving a snide smirk under his pelt. Kikyou lifted her arm and pointed to the direction of the dark forest where many youkais and monsters lived; all of them dangerous. "Through there." Kikyou sounded none-the-less lifeless. Naraku grabbed Kikyou's arm roughly and dragged her on.
-Sesshy's pov-
I walked silently along, creeping under large leaves and such. Inu-yasha, Miroku and Kouga crept behind me, looking around warily. I frowned, thinking back on what the decision was.
-Flashback-
"You have to go with Inu-yasha, the monk and Kouga to the North castle so that the youkai servants of Naraku will think you are me." Sesshoumaru said. "And because of my reputation, it will shoot fear through them, making the fight go easier. I trust that you can fight off and kill anyone who dares threaten you, after all, you ARE my reincarnation." He added arrogantly.
"Reincarnation or not, I can still defend myself." I retorted with my chin held high with pride.
"Yes, I believe so." Sesshoumaru said, looking serious again.
"Naraku will surely leave his palace guarded with many youkais when he goes to collect the Shikon no Tama shards. Kikyou will lead Naraku away to the North Clearing where the taijiya, Shippou, Kagome and I will be to fight him."
"Wait- why is Kagome going with you?! She should go with me instead." Kouga said from his seat near Inu-yasha. "I should be there in the clearing! Kikyou might need me!" Inu-yasha said, his eyes glazed a bit.
"I wish to be with Sango-sama. I wish to keep her protected, Sesshoumaru-sama." Miroku said calmly, his arms folded in front of him.
"No." I said, interrupting everyone's stupid and selfish whining. Everyone looked at me then and I continued, "Inu-yasha and Kouga are coming with me because two humans cannot handle the many youkais of the castle alone! We need two youkais on our side as well or we will loose and they will have a chance to come to the aid of Naraku, therefore resulting in the death of many people…including our loved ones."
This seemed to silence them. "Kagome must go with Sesshoumaru because she's the one who's supposed to chant the spell." I finished.
"You cannot be with Sango because if you use your hand around Naraku, the bees will poison you, monk." Sesshoumaru said, looking at the monk as if saying 'Are you really that daft?'
I looked down, thinking of what should be done and how it will be done. And I was trying to identify the feeling in my stomach at the thought of Kagome.
"Don't worry…" I heard Sesshoumaru say. I looked up at him and saw something in his eyes I've never seen in anyone else but Kagome: understanding. "This Sesshoumaru will protect her with my life." He finished.
I chuckled bitterly at that and said, "And This Sesshoumaru will take your word for it."
"Shippou…" Miroku said, turning to the ball of fur beside him. Shippou looked up at him with serious eyes, taking him aback. He took all of us aback with his serious eyes. It wasn't normal to see Shippou so…serious…so…afraid.
Miroku gave a reassuring smile, acknowledging that he was still a kid. "You'll be fighting side by side with Kagome-sama. We'll trust you with the duty of protecting her, alright?" Shippou gave a weak smile and nodded.
"Sesshoumaru-sama?" We all turned to see Rin at the entrance of the dark hut. She looked a bit frightened and Sesshoumaru faced her with his arms wide open. Rin ran to him and buried her head in his chest where she felt the steady pulse of his heart.
Sesshoumaru wrapped his arms around the little girl and lovingly stroked her hair. "Rin, I'll leave you with Jaken and Ah-Un while I'm gone. Behave while I'm away, alrigh—" before he could finish, Rin had started sobbing and crying loudly.
Everyone's eyebrows furrowed, Rin was crying now because she feared he would die…It just might come true…
Sesshoumaru looked around at all of us, sitting in a small circle around a table. "No matter what happens…we will do our best to protect the ones we love." It was a contract everyone silently signed with the nods of their heads. It was their bind to each other.
After everyone had gone, and I was exiting the hut, I found Kagome there, waiting for me. We stared at each other for a while until she broke down and ran into my arms, tears running down her face.
"I'm so scared, Sessh-kun!" she declared through sobs. I stroked her hair soothingly, holding her close for it may be the last time. "I just- I… I can't stand the -hic- the thought of you dying. I can't bear the thought and I-"
"Shhh…" I calmed her, feeling a flutter in my heart. I pulled back slightly and brought her chin up so that she would look me straight in the eyes. Her cheeks were red; her sapphire blue eyes had a tear rolling down both of them and her mouth slightly agape.
I felt like kissing her…so I did…
On the forehead… (HFaith: Hahaha! You tot! You tot!)
-End Flahsback-
This is it! We can see the castle clearly and the many youkais guarding it; ugly creatures with spears and spiked clubs in hand…at least those who Had hands…
I looked to Kouga, Inuyasha and Miroku. They nodded at me with determined looks in their eyes. I nodded back and stood up, straightening my figure. I unsheathed my sword and walked out of the shadows. Instantly, two ugly youkais who looked like tall gremlins ran in front of me with their spiked clubs ready.
"Who goes ther-" the one with green scaly skin stopped dead in his tracks at the sigh of me. "S-S-S-S-Sesshoumaru of the Western Lands!!!" he screamed, completely frightened by me. The other one with blue shiny lizard skin quivered but held his ground.
"W-W-W-We cannot let you pass! T-t-t-his is the p-p-prope-ert-t-t-ty of N-N-N-Naraku-s-s-s-sama…" they both said in chorus, holding their clubs up as if they were swords.
"Then you will both perish." I declared icily and swiftly cut one's head off. The other with green skin screamed, his eyes bulging at the sight of his decapitated companion. He threw his club away and started running, screaming all the way to the insides of the castle, "THE GREAT LORD SESSHOUMARU HAS COME TO KILL US ALL!!!"
I smirked, 'what a reputation you have Sesshoumaru', I thought as my companions came out of their hiding place. "Should we wait for them or let it come to them instead?" Miroku asked cheerily, clearly happy about their first impression.
Inu-yasha smirked and looked at my own. We nodded to each other in understanding and he unsheathed his sword, it enlarged and he put it casually on his shoulder. "Oh, yeah, we're going!" he declared.
Kouga smirked devilishly and unsheathed his two daggers, getting his fast feet ready. "Yeah! Let's go!" and with that, we bolted to the castle, slashing anyone who stood in our way.
-Sessho's pov-
We saw Naraku and his group come into the Great North Clearing. It was called so because it was here when humans once fought against the Youkais. Of course, the youkais won, but since they gave a good fight, the great Youkai lords let the humans live; those that lived that is.
Kikyou trailed beside him, being dragged roughly by her arm. I was glad that Inu-yasha wasn't here right now. He would surely let his rage control him and would blow their cover. He looked behind him; Kagome held Shippou in her arms comfortingly as the kit looked like a young child forced and ready to go to battle. Sango looked ready to kill until she laid her eyes upon her brother. Tears brimmed in her eyes and she covered her quivering chin with her hand. She looked away.
"Are you scared, taijiya?" I asked, knowing that Kagome wanted to ask the same thing. Sango shook her head no and took a calming breathe. "Miroku had prayed for me last night. And thinking back on it, he's such a corrupted monk." She laughed lightly as she shook her head. "Instead of praying to Buddha, he prayed to Kami. Can you believe him?" she said to Kagome with glossy eyes. "And he calls himself a monk."
"Well, who do You believe in, Sango?" Kagome asked quietly.
"My religion is to Kami. So I guess he prayed to Kami…for me?" there was realization in her eyes and a tear rolled down her cheek. She turned to me then, her eyes wide and her lower lip quivering. "I'm Terrified, Sesshoumaru…"
Kagome took her hand in hers and looked her sternly in the eyes. "As am I, Sango-chan…But we have to fight. If we don't we'll always live in fear. We'll always be terrified! We finish this now for the future..." This seemed to have made the taijiya even more determined to win, for it clearly shone in her eyes.
"Hm?" We heard. We turned to Naraku's group and found him looking back to the direction of his castle.
"What is it, Naraku?" Kagura asked with concerned eyes. Kanna looked disturbed as well.
"Someone is in my castle." He hissed angrily. He started to walk back when suddenly; his shoulder was pinned to the tree by an arrow. He turned and found Kagome, arms still folded from when she fired the arrow. Kikyou's eyes glimmered with hope as her breathe caught in her throat at the sight of Kagome.
"You!" Kagura said, angrily as she lunged forward. But she hit a tree instead when a large boomerang hit her stomach in mid-air. Sango emerged from the shadows and looked fierce, holding her large boomerang in her hands.
At that time, Naraku had broken the arrow and taken back his arm. He smirked to the two women and said, "Where is your hanyou, little miko?" as Kohaku readied himself to fight in front of Naraku as defense.
Kohaku shot his weapon towards Kagome but was intercepted by a blue fire that made it burn and fly out of range. Shippou emerged from the left, opposite of where Sango came from and stood beside Kagome, ready to fight. "You won't be hurting Kagome-chan while I'm around!" he declared proudly.
Kohaku took back his weapon as Kagura steadied herself to defend Naraku, Kikyou stood to the side, being unnoticed while Kanna walked calmly yet dangerously to the front with her mirror in hand.
Kagome readied another arrow and said confidently, "He's not here right now…but we have someone else with us." And I emerged from behind them, sword sheathed and death promised in my eyes.
I could see it, the fear in their eyes at the sight of me. Naraku did his best to hide it, but it wasn't good enough. He knew that I could see it and he was angered because of it. He growled and clenched his teeth angrily and commanded, "ELIMINATE THEM!!!"
At his command, Kagura, Kohaku and Kanna attacked. Kagura went for me, her clawed fingers ready to shred. I dogged easily and slashed at her. I made a rather large vertical cut on her right arm. She looked at it, seeing the blood ooze. She blushed angrily and glared at me then attacked with rage.
-Kag's pov-
I looked back as Sesshoumaru fought with Kagura and Sango fought Kohaku, there wasn't any sadness in her eyes; only fierceness and determination to win. I looked forward to my target and fired, the arrow rushed to hit Kanna's mirror. I intended to break it, but the arrow was sucked in the mirror and propelled back at me!
I 'eep'ed and evaded just in time before it would hit me in between my eyes. Kanna took a step forward and I took another arrow to shoot. Just then, Naraku let out his tentacles and it raised him from the ground; making him bigger and more intimidating. He had an evil smirk on his face, sure that we wouldn't win.
But we'll win! We have to! We just have to win!
I let the arrow fly towards Naraku but it was intercepted and destroyed by…AN ARROW?! I turned swiftly to Kikyou and found that she had fired it. My eyes widened, what was she doing?! She then turned to me and aimed her arrow.
Oh Kami! She's betraying us!!! She let the arrow fly and I evaded by rolling to the side. "Kikyou, what are you doing?!" I shouted. Kikyou didn't answer and kept shooting at me.
I evaded barely until one pinned my sleeve to the tree. Oh, no! Kikyou fired at me and I closed my eyes anticipating the pain. But I heard something burning and opened my eyes to see…
"Shippou!" Shippou bounded in front of me in defense and glared at Kikyou angrily. "Don't worry, Kagome-chan! I've got your back!" Shippou declared. I pulled the arrow to release myself and readied another arrow. "Thanks, Shippou chan!" I said, not taking my eyes from Kikyou. I steadied myself and fired.
-Sessho's pov-
I slashed away Kagura's wind and lunged at her. She gasped, eyes wide, and then slashed at me with her fan, jumping away and making space between us. I evaded her move but not quickly enough, I got a thin cut on my cheek and blood started dripping down my face.
"So, you're mortal after all!" Kagura said haughtily. I touched the bleeding cut and looked at the blood on my hand. She's starting to annoy me. I lunged forward, this time appearing behind her and slashing at her back.
She screamed in pain as blood splashed out of her back. She fell to the ground and so did her fan. She turned sharply to me with a menacing glare, "You B-----d!" I smirked triumphantly to taunt her, "Yes, it seems to me YOU are mortal as well."
"Get ready, Kohaku!" the taijiya declared as she threw her boomerang to her brain-washed brother. Kohaku evaded with astounding agility to the side and threw his own weapon towards her. The boomerang returned to Sango just in time for her to use it as a shield from Kohaku's weapon. She lunged forward and hit her brother hard in the gut with her knee.
Kohaku's breathe flew out of him and he faltered, stepping back and clutching his stomach. He glared at her and held his weapon in his hand, slashing at her. Sango shielded with her boomerang but stepped back with every hit.
Kohaku gave one hard slash and got to slash at Sango's leg. Sango fell to the ground with an, "Argh!" and looked to the Boomerang that fell not too far from her. She reached for it, but Kohaku stepped on it. She looked up at him and found no emotion in his eyes; I could clearly see the sinking feeling deep inside her.
He readied to bring down one final blow and her eyes widened in fear. "SANGO!!!" Kagome's voice could be heard and Sango rolled away before the deadly metal could decapitate her. Strands of her hair, though, weren't as lucky as she as they flew when Kohaku cut them.
Sango got to her feet but limped slightly, taking out a dagger from behind her. "I won't loose to you, Kohaku!" she declared. "I won't loose my brother to a monster!" and she readied herself as Kohaku lunged forward.
-Sesshy's pov-
"KAZE NO KIZU!!!" Inu-yasha shouted as he slashed towards the hoards of youkais. They came from every side and filled the whole hall. Kouga zipped through all of them with a wide grin on his face; the ones he passed were either slashed to death or missing a limb or two.
Miroku used his hand to suck all the smaller and more insignificant youkais while Inu-yasha and I were killing the bigger, more dangerous one. And presently, we were fighting this large Cyclops with 6 arms and green skin. He can summon lightning and it has a large pail in one hand.
Inu-yasha used the winds to cut off the hand with the pail. The monster screamed in agony. It summoned lightning and as soon as he finished his chants, lightning shot down from clouds above, through the broken roof and onto the ground; missing me as I jumped back.
I stopped when my back hit something that felt alive. I looked behind me and found Kouga, grinning up at me. We were surrounded by a group of ugly youkais and we stood in defense, back to back. "You seem happy to be here, Kouga." I said to him casually yet still keeping my emotionless tone. I said it that way so that the opponents would be annoyed that I would not acknowledge the danger they represent: therefore triggering their irritation and irrationality.
"Heh! Even if I can't get my hands on that baboon Naraku, I can pay him back a thousand folds by killing HIS youkais, see if HE likes it!" Kouga said, watching the angry faces of the youkais with an excited grin.
"I see." Then we charged forward, slashing all that we can and all that fought us. They screamed and groaned as we slashed each one of them into half. Because of my height, I slashed my enemies longitudinally while Kouga, because of his speed, slashed his enemies in a cross-sectional manner.
"Hey, Sesshoumaru's reincarnation!" Kouga called as he slashed another one down. I slashed one down before turning to him. He looked back at me and grinned, "Whoever lives through this will have Kagome."
I frowned at that. "She is not an object. I don't agree to that." I declared, slashing another that dared to slash behind me and disturb our conversation. Kouga hit one on the nose with his fist and kicked back another one that charged at him.
"I didn't request it." He finally said, looking at me straight in the eyes, man to man.
"And what if both of us live through this?" I asked.
He grinned and extended his arm quickly, his fist hitting the youkai he punched earlier on the nose…again. "Then the competition continues."
My frown deepened. "Sesshoumaru!!!" Inu-yasha called suddenly and –in an instant- he had lunged at me just in time before the lightning hit me.
"Damn it! Get your act together, Sesshoumaru! You could have been electrocuted!" Inu-yasha said, charging back to the now three armed monster. I stood up, he's right. But why did he save me? He hates me…Could it be because he doesn't want Kagome to cry? Or maybe it's because he- I inwardly laughed at the thought even before I thought of it.
To think that Inu-yasha actually loves me like a brother makes me laugh! No way! It was impossible…But still…
The large youkai was presently waving his arms up and down in a desperate attempt to protect itself. The parts of the roof that were still in tact and the whole building were crumbling after getting hit by the giant's arms.
And, in a lucky swing, it managed to hit Inu-yasha into a wall. Inu-yasha groaned as blood trickled from his mouth. I don't know what it was, but somehow, I felt enraged. No one hits my brother like tha— My Brother?
"WELL, WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU WAITING FOR?! KILL IT!!!" Inu-yasha called as it turned from me and to his battered body. Right!
"Kouga! Give me a lift!" I called. Kouga came up to me with hands in position. I stepped on his hands and put my hand on his shoulder for balance. I nodded to him as a signal and in a second, I was hurtling towards the back of the monster's head. Before I would land, I embedded my blade into the youkai's skull, rendering it immobile.
Its beady pupil rolled behind his head and he fell forward, missing Inu-yasha by an inch. I looked down at Inu-yasha, feeling proud and triumphant to have killed a giant that he couldn't. Inu-yasha scowled and crossed his arms in front of him. "Keh! I could've done that." He said, his ears flattening on the top of his head.
I couldn't help but give a chuckle. I held out my hand and he accepted sulkily. He grinned at me as I pulled him onto his feet.
"It's funny though…" He said. I raised a brow in question. "You're supposed to be my older brother…but I'm a hell of a lot older than you!" he grinned triumphantly.
I laughed, he was totally and utterly…correct! I ruffled his hair and he growled, "Hey!"
"Come one, little brother." He seemed to blush when I said that. "We have a certain lady to come home to." He knew that I was indicating Kagome. And yes, I am expecting to see her. I'm no longer afraid of dying.
As long as I think of Kagome, I won't be afraid anymore. It's always been like that. She…comforts me.
"Hey, monk!" Kouga called Miroku who was busy sucking his enemies into his hand. Kouga jumped down on the ones that tried to hit him from behind. Miroku turned to see him there, standing on his enemies. Kouga grinned arrogantly and said, "Need a hand?"
Inu-yasha and I made our way through the many youkais to them. "Is he always like that?" I asked to Inu-yasha who was busy slashing merrily away. He shrugged and said, "'s far 's I can remember!"
-Sessho's pov-
"What's the matter, wind witch? Is this all you've got?" I said to Kagura who was desperately slashing at me with her fans. She screamed as she lunged forward. I was ready for her, but then a rather large tentacle hit her, making her back make contact with the ground and rendering her unconscious. I looked to the owner of the wild lashing tentacle.
It was Naraku who lashed around as he tried to hit both Shippou and Kagome. He grinded his teeth angrily and said, "ENOUGH! Kanna!"
Kanna nodded and walked calmly before Kagome and Shippou! She's going to take Kagome's and Shippou's souls! I made to run towards them and finally kill the soul child but something else happened.
Kohaku had thrown his weapon towards Sango, but she jumped out of the way. The weapon hit Kanna's mirror and broke it into many, many shattered pieces. Naraku turned angrily to Kohaku and sent a tentacle to hit the boy. But Sango stepped in the way and used her boomerang to shield both of them.
"WENCH!" He screamed as his tentacle became sharp-tipped and rushed towards her to pierce! The taijiya dogged most of them, having Kohaku being carried in one arm while the boomerang served as a shield in the other. She ran to evade the offending spiked tentacles.
"Sango!" Kagome called out nervously.
"Sango-chan!" Shippou did the same.
The taijiya was showing resilient strength and agility, I'll give her that. A woman as strong as her does not deserve to die just yet. I stepped in front of them in defense and cut off the tentacle that dared to attack.
"What's this?" Naraku started in his taunting tone. "The Great Lord Sesshoumaru of the Western Lands would protect a pitiful little insect like her? And here I thought better of you!" I saw the twitching of his smirk and just knew how terrified he truly was. He must be wondering right now why his troops hadn't come yet.
I can only smirk as I knew that Sesshoumaru was already murdering them all along with Kouga, the monk and Inu-yasha. I have full faith that my reincarnation will live up to my name. He has the blood of a King and so have I.
"Afraid, Naraku?" I mocked. "And here I thought better of you!" His smirk vanished and was replaced by a deep frown. He lunged forward and I charged at him as well. "DAMN YOU TO HELL, SESSHOUMARU!!!" He screamed as we clashed into battle.
-Kag's pov-
I watched with frightened eyes as Sesshoumaru and Naraku clashed! The battle was so swift that I could barely make out what they were doing. But Sesshoumaru's hair and sword reflected the sun and blinded me. It was then that I noticed—what happened to Kikyou?!
I looked around frantically but couldn't find her. "What's wrong Kagome-chan?" Shippou asked with worry. But I didn't answer; I was too busy, looking for…
"Kagome." I turned swiftly to find Kikyou behind the bushes. I stood in defense position and looked warily at her. "Stand back, Kagome-chan! I'll protect you!" Shippou declared as he jumped in front of Kagome. "No, no, no, no…I'm not going to kill you." she said soothingly.
"Yeah, but you were earlier! What makes this time special?" I said warily, angry that she would betray us like that.
"I had to pretend like I'm on his side." She reasoned.
"I don't believe you!" I declared.
"Believe me or not, what matters now is what's happening!" she said impatiently and pointed towards the battle. "Look, it may seem like Sesshoumaru's winning, but he's not. The tentacles are growing! Now if you look at it this way, it's a bad thing to have those tentacles. But if you look at it in another way, you'll find that those tentacles of his may serve us some good."
My eyebrows furrowed, not understanding her. "What are you talking about?" I asked.
"The spell, the one you plan on putting on him? It'll only work if you have physical contact with him. Now what you need to do is to get as close to him as possible without getting hurt. Are you up for it?"
I thought hard on what she just told me. I'm still not sure I should trust her.
"I will serve as distraction while you come near him, alright?"
Just then, Naraku's tentacle hit Sesshoumaru and he zipped through three trees before hitting one that didn't break and sliding down to its roots. I gasped in horror!
Both Sesshoumaru and Naraku were now down to their pants; their torsos full of wounds.
"Do it, now!" I heard her say. She ran out of the bushes and fired an arrow at Naraku's tentacle; the one he was just about to stab Sesshoumaru with. Naraku turned to her and his eyes turned red. "KIKYOU!!!"
"Go!" she said to me. I ran as fast as I could out of Naraku's sight. Naraku was advancing towards Kikyou who ran into the forest while letting purifying arrows fly towards him. One hit him at the shoulder and his skin sizzled at the pain. He grunted angrily and advanced faster. "You traitorous, stupid b---h!"
"Kagome, where are you going?!" Sango called, putting her unconscious brother down onto the roots of a tree. Somewhere between Sango's evading of Naraku's tentacles, Kohaku had lost consciousness.
"I need to get near Naraku!" I declared, running forward, evading his tentacles the best I could without touching him.
-Sesshy's pov-
We ran into the Great Clearing and found Naraku chasing someone and Kagome running towards him. "What does she think she's doing?!" Kouga asked Sango who looked terrified out of her wits. "She's going closer to that monster!"
"Where's Sesshoumaru!" I demanded, looking around. She pointed to the far corner where Sesshoumaru was trying to get up despite the pain he was clearly experiencing and the wounds he was carrying.
"Sango-sama, are you alright?" Miroku asked worriedly, kneeling down at her and putting a hand on her shoulder. Sango looked at her brother and then to him, "I-I'm fine."
"It's Kikyou! That b-----d's going after Kikyou!" Inu-yasha declared, about to lunge forward. Miroku stopped him by the shoulder then and said with a determined look, "Kikyou is doing her best distracting Naraku right now! So we must do our best to help Kagome-sama get closer safely so that everything will be over at last!"
Suddenly, we heard Naraku's sadistic laugh and found him holding Kikyou in the air by the hair. She didn't look pained at all; instead she still had an arrow aimed at his face. Inu-yasha's eyes were wide with fear and anger, "Kikyou!" He called.
Naraku's attention turned to them and looked surprised at the sight of me. He turned to Sesshoumaru who was still down and then back at me. "Two Sesshoumarus?" he turned to us, his tentacles hitting Kagome who tried so hard to avoid them.
Oh no! Naraku felt her there and turned to her with a triumphant smile. "And what were you trying to do, Little Miko? Hurt me?!" he jerked his head back as he laughed and then pulled Kikyou by the hair to look him in the face, slapping away the bow and arrow in her grasp.
"Your reincarnation is a stupid little b---h, isn't she Kikyou?" he threw her towards Kagome. "You were stupid too, to have betrayed me!"
"Kikyou!" Kagome and Inu-yasha both shouted as Kikyou fell onto the ground from so high up. In a single moment, she shattered; her clay body being broken into little pieces.
Tears brimmed in Inu-yasha's eyes as he saw Kikyou's body break at Kagome's feet. "KIKYOU!!!" He screamed angrily, the forest echoed his pain.
I understood at some point: he loved the woman, and had visions of their life together whenever he sleeps at night and dreams of her; and seeing her clay body break and shatter right in front of him along with his dreams of them being together made him devastated.
Naraku grinned widely as Kikyou's spirit flew back into Kagome and he turned to her, "Now it's you're turn, little miko!" I could see the terror in Kagome's eyes and I did nothing but obey my instincts.
His tentacles formed a sharp tip and readied themselves to pierce through her.
"KAGOME, RUN!!!" I found myself screaming at her. She ran as quick as her feet could take her but it wasn't quick enough! Before the tentacle had hit her, Kouga had already taken the blow for her. The sharp tip hit his shoulder and blood dripped from Kouga's shoulder and lips.
"Kouga-kun!"
"Run!" he said weakly, holding onto the tentacle in his shoulder. Kagome nodded and ran reluctantly. "Run…" he whispered weakly to her retreating form.
"You won't get away from me, little miko!" Naraku taunted as another spiked tentacle charged towards her. This time, it was Inu-yasha who slashed the tentacle before it hit her. Inu-yasha looked fierce and glared menacingly at Naraku. "I'll make you pay for what you did to Kikyou!" the tentacle tried to hit him again, disarming him of his sword. But Inu-yasha held it in his hands above his head; his strength amazing everyone.
"Run, you stupid wench!" he roared at her. "B-But, Inu-yasha, I can't-" "RUN!!!" and she ran.
"Not so fast!" another tentacle was heading her way. But before it could hit Kagome Miroku had already opened his hand and the hole in his hand started to suck the tentacle. "Kagome-sama, Go! We will take care of this!" he grunted.
"Foolish monk!" Naraku said, now agitated. He released his bees and they entered his hand, making a crack on the whole. Miroku grunted in pain and fell to one knee. "Miroku!"
"Please, go, Kagome-sama!" he looked at her reassuringly and smiled through the pain, "We will protect you…"
Tears brimmed in her eyes as she hesitantly ran. Finding no one else to save her this time, I came to her rescue. I blocked the tentacle with my sword. The force was great and I was pushed back even though my feet were dug into the ground.
"No, Sessh-kun!" Kagome said, turning back to me. I slashed the tentacle into half but it regenerated. "Kagome, go!" "No!" I could see from the corner of my eyes that she was trying her best to be strong but tears brimmed in her eyes. I slashed it again as it attacked me. "Go!" why does she have to be so stubborn?
"No, I won't let you do this!" she declared as the tentacle regenerated. It tried to attack her but I was quick enough to slash it. "Damn it, Kagome! Run!" I pushed her to run. I don't know why I did it; anger, desperation…fear? It was the first time I had ever been so panicked…so afraid…I slashed at it again but still she wouldn't move.
I looked at her then to tell her to run or else but my anger turned to fear when I saw a large tentacle coming at her from behind. It was too fast for me to slash away and it was too close to warn her. But it doesn't hurt to try.
"KAGOME!" she turned behind her and her eyes widened. Suddenly, someone intercepted it. My eyes widened, everyone's eyes widened, and my throat went dry.
-Sessho's pov-
A tear rolled down her beautiful pale horror-stuck face as only one name escaped her mouth as a weak whisper. "Sesshoumaru…"
I grunted in pain as I felt the tentacle wriggle in my stomach. I looked down upon it; it went through my stomach and pained me immensely. But what mattered most was that she was safe. I held onto the tentacle to keep it where it was and looked up at her.
She had fallen to her knees, horrified. Her lower lip quivered as tears streamed freely from her eyes. "Kagome…"
"No!" she shook her head defiantly, refusing to look up at me. "I won't run anymore! I don't want to run!"
"Kagome, this is your chance! Hold onto me and chant the purification spell!" I grunted, ignoring the blood that spilled forth from my mouth onto the ground. Her eyes widened ever more and she yelled, "No! If I do that, all of you will get purified! All of you will die!!!"
"It's a price to pay—" I grunted as the tentacle wriggled again in my stomach.
"Let go of me, Sesshoumaru!!!" Naraku demanded. He brought his hands up to make a bee with a rather large stinger stab me from behind. "Nooooo!!!" Shippou jumped up to cover Naraku's eyes, making him yell and curse and struggle to get him off of him.
"Shippou!" Kagome called, wanting to take the kit from Naraku and into her arms. I smiled weakly at her through all the pain and the blood that covered my one eye. "Sesshoumaru—please don't make me do this…" she begged.
"It's a price to pay for the future." I finished.
"Kagome…" I put a hand to cup her face; she leaned in to my comfort, her eyes closed with her brows furrowed. She sobbed and started chanting the spell.
"Anr rcn qhydzdfjrdkg vn tkgn…" were the last words. And slowly, blue light emitted from my body. It emitted from Kouga, Inu-yasha, Shippou…and Naraku. Naraku howled in pain as the light felt like flames burning inside of him; it felt like that with all of us.
Kagome opened her eyes to reveal two teary orbs and she shook her head, "Please don't…" but it was too late. It had already been done. They were being purified and soon we'll all turn into nothing but dust. I used the back of my hand to caress her flawless cheek as a tear rolled down them.
Inu-yasha called to my reincarnation and Sesshoumaru turned to him. "Tell Kagome…" he blushed a bit at this. "Tell her we love her since she won't be able to hear us right now… And that I'm sorry…for leaving her…" I think he meant about choosing Kikyou over Kagome by 'leaving her' but whatever he meant, my reincarnation didn't know of it.
"Oi, Sesshoumaru's reincarnation!" Kouga called with a weak yet arrogant grin on his face. "You won. Take care of my woman."
"Kagome-chan…" Shippou called weakly, Naraku was already vanishing. "I'm glad I chose you instead of reigning over the Eastern Lands. I'm happy I met you." and the kit closed his eyes, accepting his death and turning into dust blown by the wind.
"Shippou…" Kagome called. She turned to Kouga and Inu-yasha who were already turning into dust. "Inu-yasha…Kouga-kun…" she turned to me then, her eyes pleading and helpless.
"Sesshoumaru…" I leaned closer to her, wanting so much to feel her lips on mine just before I die. But then I looked at my reincarnation and found him staring at us with unreadable eyes. No…not now… I pulled back and gave her my serene smile, noting how she still blushed at the sight of it. "In another life Kagome…" I whispered to her as I started to vanish into dust.
"No, Sesshoumaru! No! No! No! No!" was all I heard before I felt my spirit fly away.
-Sesshy's pov-
I watched as my incarnation's dust flew with the wind. It was over. The connection youkai was taking its toll. The youkai lords of every land were dying. And their subjects were dying along with them. Kagura, Kanna, Inu-yasha, Kouga, Naraku, Shippou and Sesshoumaru… it was all over.
Meanwhile…
"Jaken-sama?" Rin looked at her retainer who suddenly held her close to him as if it was the last time. Tears brimmed in her eyes as he pulled back and looked at his innocent ward. She became afraid now, why was Jaken being so sad all of a sudden?
"Rin, Sesshoumaru-sama loves you very much." He whispered as his feet started turning into dust. Rin's eyes widened in horror and she looked up at him with teary eyes. "Jaken-sama, what is happening to Jaken-sama?!"
Ah-Un howled as he started turning into dust as well. "Ah-Un!" Rin said. "Rin." Jaken said, claiming Rin's attention once again. Kirara who was with them howled as well as she started turning into dust.
"I love you too." And he turned into dust and flew away. Rin's eyebrows furrowed in confusion as tears brimmed in her eyes. She didn't understand! She couldn't understand! Why was everybody suddenly vanishing?! Why were they leaving her?! Did she do something bad?
"Jaken-sama? Jaken-sama! Jaken-sama! Rin won't be bad anymore, Rin promises! Come back Jaken-sama! Don't leave Rin!" why they suddenly vanished, she didn't know. All she knew was that everyone she loved suddenly…vanished…
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