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Caged
Chapter Twenty
What Was Once Found, Was Now Lost Again
It felt like I was just ran over by a stampede of demons. Pulling myself up I could hear my own raspy breaths. My hands spanned the length of my throat, and I could feel bruises. "Stupid Sesshomaru always pickin' on the little guy," I mumbled as I looked around.
Pink power emitted around me, and I froze. The power was raw, and angry. Worse was it was miko energy. What could have made this happen? I looked down to see Kagome laying on the ground her eyes screwed shut as her breaths were even. It couldn't have been it?
"Kagome," I whispered nudging her arm. She gasped in pain turning away from me. That's when I noticed something wet against my feet. It was blood, Kagomes blood. She was injured. I grabbed her arm turning her onto her back to see the hole in her stomach. Oh Kami, that must have hurt.
"She was protecting me, and got hurt. Just like before,"I whispered as I knelt down, and scooped her up in my arms. She seemed so light. Yet, every time I moved she would squeak in pain. Laying her back down I looked around. Damn it if I would have paid more attention to Kaede's lectures then I would know what to do.
Pacing around my mother I smacked myself repeatedly over my head. Trying to knock the image or name of the plant from the deepest parts of my brain. "What was it, what herb, what was it?"
I looked around desperate to find something, anything. Giving Kagome one last look I speed away into the forest deciding to bring all the herbs I could find, and then pick which one would be best.
Now if only I remembered what the difference from a herb, and a flower was. They both could be colorful, so anything without pedals had to be it!
An armful of what I hoped was herbs later, I turned back towards the direction of mother. My feet scurried against the ground as I stumbled forward. Disposing of the herbs, I knelt down next to her picking up herb after herb sniffing them carefully, and throwing out what was not helpful. However, finally a scent I remember came into my senses. Picking up a rather ugly greenery, I crushed it within my palm. Another step I had to remember to do was to make it into some kind of edible past.
How...how...water? No to far away. What else had water...mud...bloody mud. Looking down underneath her I grimaced. Was I that desperate? Looking down towards Kagome as she tried to grasp her breaths to fulfil her lungs I nodded. Yes, yes I was. Grabbing a handful of the mud I began to mush in the plant. She would hate me when she woke up, but at least she would be alive.
Bringing the concoction upon her lips I gently pried open her mouth careful of her fangs as I let the stuff slide down into her mouth. I leaned back as she coughed her eyes squeezed shut. However it was going down. Leaning back onto my elbows I sighed. Why had he done this?
Why had the mighty lord of the western lands attacked such a village, and kidnaped him of all people? Just what was he planning to do?
Why couldn't Sesshomaru be like all the other demons that state their plans of action before knocking him out? Then at least he would have a guideline in which to guide his thoughts.
My thoughts were shattered as his scent came towards the clearing again...he was coming back! Running in front of my mother I snarled out watching the demon lord as he entered the clearing. His entire front of his clothes covered in dirt, and soot. A few burns shown upon his body as he leaned upon a tree.
"Is the wench alive?" he questioned curiously. How dare he! How dare he call his mother that after what he had just done. Racing forward I slashed at him with my own claws, but he had dodged me easily, and was standing beside the form of my mother.
I tried to run back to help her, but that was when I saw his sword unsheathed. I screamed out her name as he brought it down upon her. A gasped left her lips her eyes open wide before she fell back into the soil her head rolling to the side limply. Bringing his sword back into the sheath he began to walk away.
"You horrible beast," I cried out as I ran forward with tears within my eyes. My claws slashed at him again, but only received air. I turned around just in time to see his foot whip around his form slamming into my chest as I crashed into the mud.
"Learn respect boy," Sesshomaru snarled at me before turning upon his heels, and walking away.
I crawled towards her body cradling her head within my arms as I sobbed. How...how could he do something so evil? What had my mother ever done to him. The mud mixed within my tears as they fell against her cheek.
My mother was gone again...
((Oh yes also since this is first person, your gonna know what they know, and think so if they are confused, then most likely you will be too! Unless you are smarter then my characters, which there is a great possibility of that. Anyway...left ya on a cliffy becuase I am extremly tired, and have been working on my story project for a few hours. I will type faster. Also my next chapter I guarantee will be longer its just because like I said before. I am tired. So well anyway....hope you like the first chapter since...who knows how long. Well till next chapter!))
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