Reunited Love
Chapter 7: Fight for Life

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"This is as far as you go." Sesshomaru stood in Luna's way.

Luna growled. Sesshomaru was getting on her nerves, so she attacked him, claw bared and eager to fight her way to freedom.

Sesshomaru easily dodged the attack and harshly grabbed Luna's wrist. "Go back to the castle and we'll say your poor attempt at an escape never happened." He tightened his grip on Luna's wrist.

Luna winced. "And if I refuse?"

Sesshomaru dug his talons into Luna's wrist, injecting a bit of poison into her system. "You die."

Luna bit her lower lip, the poison was already taking affect and it was starting to numb her whole arm. She swung her other arm at Sesshomaru, hoping to get a hit, but he easily caught the attack and injected poison into that arm as well. And with both of Luna's arms disabled, he removed his poison talons from her flesh and struck her with Tokijin.

'No wonder so many demons fear him.' Luna thought. 'He's so harsh! And powerful!' She slowly got to her feet as the water suddenly became rainy. Despite getting weaker from the poison, Luna still wouldn't give up and she once again attacked Sesshomaru.

"Persistent fool." Sesshomaru unleashed a spray of poison from his hand, his poison fueled by the now down pouring rain.

Luna let out a pain-filled scream as the powered up poison burned her skin, and a dangerous portion entered the wound on her stomach. She struggled to stay standing, but the poison's effects and the pain were overwhelming. She collapsed as her vision became blurry.

'This is it...I...I'm gonna die..."

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"Ok, we're finally here. Now where is my sister?!" *Whack*

Jaken groaned. All through the trip, he'd been put through worse torture then Sesshomaru had ever inflicted on him. His head was so full of bumps, you couldn't even see his face. After checking with a few guards and servants, Jaken told Inu-Yasha and co. that Sesshomaru and Luna were no where to be found, hoping that the news would make his tormentors leave him alone. And they did, but not until Sakeri and Neko-Yasha gave Jaken one last blow to the head.

"I hope sis is alright..." Sakeri said to herself as she looked up at the rain filled sky, her worry increasing.

Inu-Yasha pulled Sakeri into a gentle embrace. "Don't worry, I'm sure she's fine." He got a faint scent of diluted poison and blood. "I think I found them...or at least Sesshomaru."

Everyone turned their attention to Inu-Yasha as he ran towards the source of the scent. They quickly followed.

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"I don't see anyone." Kagome said as she looked around.

"Over here!" It's blood!" Shippo called out.

"Not just blood." Inu-Yasha said as he examined the area. "It's poison too. Sesshomaru's poison."

Sakeri's worry was now pure fright.

Neko-Yasha put a hand on her childhood friend's shoulder. "Don't worry Sakeri. Luna's too stubborn to lose a fight with a dog."

"And Sesshomaru is going to pay!" Inu-Yasha said as he clenched his fists.

They attempted to pick up a trail of some sort. Footprints, scent, even a blood trail. But the down pour had washed it all away, leaving them with no clues on Sesshomaru and Luna's whereabouts.

End of chapter 7