Musume no Shorai – Chapter 13

"Run!" Kagome ordered, shooting more arrows at Tsubaki's advancing snake. The five younger human's ran, the snake slithering after them.

Irritated with Kagome's rain of arrow's, the snake whipped it's tail, knocking Kagome's feet out from under her.

"Inuyasha, the children!" Kagome yelled desperately, realizing she was out of arrow's to shoot.

"I've got my hand's full Kagome!" Inuyasha barked, his Tetsusaiga de-transforming with another one of Kikyo's arrows. Kagome looked to where the children were running, the snake closing in, they weren't going to make it.

Natsuko looked down at the crying Kohaku in her arms, the snake was after her, not them.

"Rin." Natsuko said breathlessly. "Take Kohaku, and run!"

"But what about you?" Rin asked, taking Kohaku into her arms.

"This thing's after me so just get my brothers to safety!" Natsuko yelled back to them, running to the right, away from the others.

"Natsuko!" Sachi yelled after Natsuko. The snake fallowed Natsuko, gaining on her.

Rin, thought for a moment, then handed Kohaku to Sachi.

"Hold him." Rin told Sachi. Rin quickly started running after Natsuko and the snake, pulling out her sword.

Natsuko didn't look back, she couldn't or the snake would get her.

"Back off fork tongue!" Rin swung her sword at the snake, cutting it off from its chase.

"Rin!" Natsuko said stopping and turning to her.

"Stay behind me." Rin hissed, glaring at the snake, which hissed and bared its fangs at them. The snake coiled, ready to strike.

Rin lifted her huge sword, using the blade to stop the snake from attacking them. The snake bit down hard on the blade, trying to snap it in two. Rin held onto her sword, trying to keep the snake at bay.

Unable to break the sword, the snake shook its head, sending the sword flying, landing with its blade in the ground. Both girls's screamed when the snake's attention turned back to them, they were finished, only a miracle could save them.

At that instant, the snake withered in pain, as it was sliced several times, falling to the ground in pieces.

"Lord Sesshomaru!" Rin said happily, surprised as Sesshomaru landed gracefully in front of them. Sesshomaru ignored her, turning his attention back to the snake as it reformed.

With one swift motion of his hand, Sesshomaru severed the head from the re-forming body. Then, Tsubaki's snake turned to dust.

"What have you done?" Tsubaki's screamed in terror, her precious snake was gone, scattered in the wind as dust. Kikyo also turned her attention soon to the scene at Tsubaki's cry, then back to where Sesshomaru and Kagura had been fighting.

"Kagura!" Kikyo yelled, running over to her, where she lied unconscious on the ground. Tsubaki and Chiruu looked over, both becoming very nervous at how hopeless the situation looked.

Chiruu, in order to separate Tsubaki and Sesshomaru, swung his sword, breaking the ground between them.

"Tsubaki, get back here!" Chiruu barked.

"But, my snake-" Tsubaki began to protest.

"Now Tsubaki!" Kikyo yelled, anger all over her face. Reluctantly, Tsubaki nodded and returned to where Chiruu, Kikyo, and the unconscious Kagura were.

Kikyo readied another arrow, she would not loose without taking one of them down.

"Die!" Kikyo yelled, not caring where or whom her arrow went to, as she released it.

"Kagome!" screamed Inuyasha, as he watched helplessly as the arrow impaled Kagome in the chest.

"Mom!" Sachi screamed tear's falling from her eyes, as she ran to her mother who had fallen to the ground. "Mom, wake up, please!"

"Sachi..." Kagome reached up to touch her daughter's face, but before she could, went limp.

"Mom!" Sachi sobbed, hugging her mother tightly.

"Let's go." Kikyo turned, picking up Kagura, and summoning her soul collector's, lifting off the ground. Tsubaki watched for a moment at the shocked faces around her, then smirked.

"She got what she deserved." Tsubaki stated, the insect's lifting Chiruu and herself off of the ground.

"Mom..." Sachi whispered softly, still clinging to her mother's motionless body.

"Sachi." Inuyasha said in a soothing voice, trying to get her to release her hold on Kagome.

"She- she'll be alright, right?" Sachi chocked out the question, after standing up.

"Yeah." Shippo assured her. "She's just passed out from the pain."

Sachi sobbed a little, shaking her head.

"It's all my fault." Sachi hid her face in her hands. "If I hadn't asked her to come back, she wouldn't be hurt."

"Don't say that Sachi." Miroku said, limping over with the help of his wife and daughter. "It's you two coming back that saved us."

Sachi whipped some of the tears from her face; she was acting like a baby. Inuyasha looked at her, concerned.

"You're not hurt, are you Sachi?" Inuyasha asked, tilting his head.

"Yeah." Sachi nodded, forcing a smile. "I'm fine."

Inuyasha smiled at her.

"Alright." He said, picking up Kagome gently, as to not touch the arrow still in her chest. "Let's go take care of you're mom."

Sachi giggled, smiling again.

"Hm..." Rin looked around curiously, seeming confused.

"What is it Rin?" Minaru asked, looking up at the much taller woman.

"I wonder where Lord Jaken is," Rin confessed to the small boy. "it's not like him to just disappear like that."

The sudden sounds of a groan from a near-by bush made the group look over at it. Rin parted the bush, and blinked down at what lay underneath.

"Lord Jaken.." Rin suppressed her giggles. "What... happened...?"

The toad demon glared up at the human, rubbing the bump on his head.

"In the- ouch, commotion of finding the wench, I hit and knocked out." Jaken glared at Rin, who had burst out laughing, not able to contain her snickers and giggle's anymore.

End Chapter 13

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Eevee-(twitch) Anyway, thanks to my mom for proof reading this for me, even though she did change quite a bit. Oh well, I hope ya'll like (grins)

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Peggi - Naraku, as much as I hate to agree with him, has a point, you leave us at cliffhanger's a lot. Yesh, intense, my mom didn't get it (evil laugh) Yayness, and I shall, cause you can't die on me!

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