Chapter 15
Breakdown
Kagome could feel the flames on her back as they grew. She slowly stood up and took a step away from the blaze, towards Sessho-Maru.
"Why do you do this, girl?" Sessho-Maru was quickly growing tired of playing with this girl hanyou. Kagome's mouth twitched and one side of it curled upward into a grin. A laugh escaped her.
"You are more fun to play with than any half-breed." Sessho-Maru blinked once in surprise. "Play with?" Kagome flexed her claws. "That's right dog boy, you are nothing more than a toy." Sessho-Maru frowned. He also flexed his claws, the poisonous glow returning to them.
"Then let us play." Kagome grinned wider.
"Yes, lets." Kagome let Sessho-Maru make the first move; it was her turn to be on defense. Kagome made and X with her arms to protect her face from Sessho-Maru's strike. She winced as the poison stung her wrists.
"Scared for your life, girl?" Sessho-Maru's mouth changed, his smile becoming deadly as he began to push against her only defense.
"No." Kagome wouldn't let the youki see her pain or fear. He did hold her life in his hands, but that didn't mean she had lost. Kagome's mind raced as she thought of what she could do.
"Die half-breed." Sessho-Maru pulled his arm back slightly to strike Kagome. The hanyou saw her chance to drop to the ground and took it. She rolled away from Sessho-Maru until she was a safe enough distance away to get to her feet. Kagome had had enough of fighting with Sessho-Maru. She grinned at him to hide her growing fear.
"You're strong, dog boy." Kagome stepped back, the wall of fire again at her back. "Maybe too strong." Kagome muttered under her breath. She crouched down, prepared to jump backwards over the flames.
"What, now, tired of playing?" The fire blazed up even higher behind Kagome. She glanced over her shoulder. 'I don't know if I can make that...'
"No Inu-Yasha!" Toto-Sai sat on his ox, trying to keep Inu-Yasha on this side of the blaze. The Inu-hanyou went to jump over the roaring fire. Toto-Sai dropped his hammer onto Inu-Yasha's head. "Stay, Inu-Yasha." Inu-Yasha staggered to one knee. "Toto-Sai!" He yelled as he jumped back to his feet.
"Inu-Yasha!" The hanyou turned to look at Sango. She pointed to the sky. Both Toto-Sai and Inu-Yasha followed her hand. Kagome floated over the flames and down to the ground. She stumbled over her own feet and fell into Inu-Yasha's arms, who had rushed to her side. Sango ran over to the two. "Kagome-chan! Are you alright?"
"Yeah." Kagome pushed out of Inu-Yasha's arms and stood on her own two feet. She tried to smile through her pale face, her blood still slowly running down it the only real color.
"What happened?" Kagome slowly turned to Inu-Yasha's now hard face. "Where's Sessho-Maru?"
"You blockhead!" Toto-Sai dropped his hammer on Inu-Yasha's head again. "You're so thick even my hammer can't get through!" Inu-Yasha stood as a large welt grew on his head.
"Old man..." Inu-Yasha clenched his fist as his eye twitched.
"What'd I do?! Hey!" Sango and Kagome shook their heads as Inu-Yasha beat on Toto-Sai.
"Men." Sango turned around and walked back toward Kirara, Shippo, and Miroku. Kagome turned to look at Inu-Yasha now sitting on Toto-Sai's ox with his arms crossed and eyes closed. Toto-Sai lay on the ground, eyes swirling, with a number of welts on his head. Kagome smiled as much as she could with how tired she was as she walked over to Inu-Yasha.
"Hum?" Inu-Yasha opened his eyes as Kagome stopped next to him.
"You're so mean." Kagome muttered with her head lowered. Inu-Yasha blinked before jumping off of Toto-Sai's ox.
"Kagome?" He lowered his head so his was even with Kagome's. She tried to hide a sob.
"Inu-Yasha!" Kagome threw her arms around Inu-Yasha's stomach and buried her face into his chest. Inu-Yasha stood shocked.
"What are you crying for?" He hated it when she cried. The girl hanyou's ears twitched and she quieted her sobs; turning her face so her cheek rested on Inu-Yasha's chest.
"I wanted to kill him." Kagome whispered. Inu-Yasha didn't know what to say to comfort her. He had seen the pleasure on her face as she had fought and injured his brother. He wrapped his arms around Kagome and laid his chin softly on the top of her head. "I wanted to kill him..." Kagome closed her eyes and brought her arms back around to Inu-Yasha's chest, so she was holding the front of Inu-Yasha's white shirt.
"Um, excuse me." Inu-Yasha and Kagome jumped and pulled away from each other. Toto-Sai stood up and sat himself back on his ox's back.
"What are you doing here?!" Inu-Yasha kicked the sword smith off of his ox again.
"Inu-Yasha!" Kagome whined.
"What?!" Inu-Yasha was back to his rude self. Kagome didn't mind. She almost liked him better that way.
"Nothing." Kagome knew as she walked away, that her tone would pull his chain.
"What do you mean nothing?! Kagome!" Kagome stopped at Kirara's side, Shippo quickly jumping into her arms. Sango and Miroku looked at her, stopping their conversation with Myoga.
"What?" Kagome looked at their silent faces. Even Shippo was looking at her funny.
"Lady Kagome," Myoga started.
"What is it, pest?" Inu-Yasha stopped at Kagome's side, his arms crossed inside his sleeves and his face hard.
"I was referring to Lady Kagome."
"I'm listening." Kagome elbowed Inu-Yasha in the ribs. "Shut-Up." She muttered only loud enough for his dog-ears to hear.
"How did this happen?" The flea jumped onto Kagome's nose.
"Hu?" Kagome looked down at Myoga on her nose.
"How long have you been like this?" Kagome blinked at the question.
"How long...?" Kagome thought back. Had it only been two days ago when she had been home? "About two days. Why do you ask, Myoga?" She looked back down at the flea on her nose.
"Hum..." Myoga didn't answer. He jumped back onto Toto-Sai's ox and then to the ground. "I shall return!" Myoga ran off into the distance. The group left behind blinked.
"What was that?" Inu-Yasha shook his head in reply to Kagome's question. Sango stepped to the other side of Kagome.
"Why don't you let me tend to your wounds?" Kagome turned to look at her friend.
"No thank you. I'm fine." Kagome turned to the sky and sniffed the air lightly. Something was coming.
What could be coming? Find out in the next chapter! And people, keep reviewing, it tore me apart to update this chapter. ANYTHING would be great! Just tell me how much it sucks if that's what u think! Jus let me know that you are reading it! Thanx!
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Kagome could feel the flames on her back as they grew. She slowly stood up and took a step away from the blaze, towards Sessho-Maru.
"Why do you do this, girl?" Sessho-Maru was quickly growing tired of playing with this girl hanyou. Kagome's mouth twitched and one side of it curled upward into a grin. A laugh escaped her.
"You are more fun to play with than any half-breed." Sessho-Maru blinked once in surprise. "Play with?" Kagome flexed her claws. "That's right dog boy, you are nothing more than a toy." Sessho-Maru frowned. He also flexed his claws, the poisonous glow returning to them.
"Then let us play." Kagome grinned wider.
"Yes, lets." Kagome let Sessho-Maru make the first move; it was her turn to be on defense. Kagome made and X with her arms to protect her face from Sessho-Maru's strike. She winced as the poison stung her wrists.
"Scared for your life, girl?" Sessho-Maru's mouth changed, his smile becoming deadly as he began to push against her only defense.
"No." Kagome wouldn't let the youki see her pain or fear. He did hold her life in his hands, but that didn't mean she had lost. Kagome's mind raced as she thought of what she could do.
"Die half-breed." Sessho-Maru pulled his arm back slightly to strike Kagome. The hanyou saw her chance to drop to the ground and took it. She rolled away from Sessho-Maru until she was a safe enough distance away to get to her feet. Kagome had had enough of fighting with Sessho-Maru. She grinned at him to hide her growing fear.
"You're strong, dog boy." Kagome stepped back, the wall of fire again at her back. "Maybe too strong." Kagome muttered under her breath. She crouched down, prepared to jump backwards over the flames.
"What, now, tired of playing?" The fire blazed up even higher behind Kagome. She glanced over her shoulder. 'I don't know if I can make that...'
"No Inu-Yasha!" Toto-Sai sat on his ox, trying to keep Inu-Yasha on this side of the blaze. The Inu-hanyou went to jump over the roaring fire. Toto-Sai dropped his hammer onto Inu-Yasha's head. "Stay, Inu-Yasha." Inu-Yasha staggered to one knee. "Toto-Sai!" He yelled as he jumped back to his feet.
"Inu-Yasha!" The hanyou turned to look at Sango. She pointed to the sky. Both Toto-Sai and Inu-Yasha followed her hand. Kagome floated over the flames and down to the ground. She stumbled over her own feet and fell into Inu-Yasha's arms, who had rushed to her side. Sango ran over to the two. "Kagome-chan! Are you alright?"
"Yeah." Kagome pushed out of Inu-Yasha's arms and stood on her own two feet. She tried to smile through her pale face, her blood still slowly running down it the only real color.
"What happened?" Kagome slowly turned to Inu-Yasha's now hard face. "Where's Sessho-Maru?"
"You blockhead!" Toto-Sai dropped his hammer on Inu-Yasha's head again. "You're so thick even my hammer can't get through!" Inu-Yasha stood as a large welt grew on his head.
"Old man..." Inu-Yasha clenched his fist as his eye twitched.
"What'd I do?! Hey!" Sango and Kagome shook their heads as Inu-Yasha beat on Toto-Sai.
"Men." Sango turned around and walked back toward Kirara, Shippo, and Miroku. Kagome turned to look at Inu-Yasha now sitting on Toto-Sai's ox with his arms crossed and eyes closed. Toto-Sai lay on the ground, eyes swirling, with a number of welts on his head. Kagome smiled as much as she could with how tired she was as she walked over to Inu-Yasha.
"Hum?" Inu-Yasha opened his eyes as Kagome stopped next to him.
"You're so mean." Kagome muttered with her head lowered. Inu-Yasha blinked before jumping off of Toto-Sai's ox.
"Kagome?" He lowered his head so his was even with Kagome's. She tried to hide a sob.
"Inu-Yasha!" Kagome threw her arms around Inu-Yasha's stomach and buried her face into his chest. Inu-Yasha stood shocked.
"What are you crying for?" He hated it when she cried. The girl hanyou's ears twitched and she quieted her sobs; turning her face so her cheek rested on Inu-Yasha's chest.
"I wanted to kill him." Kagome whispered. Inu-Yasha didn't know what to say to comfort her. He had seen the pleasure on her face as she had fought and injured his brother. He wrapped his arms around Kagome and laid his chin softly on the top of her head. "I wanted to kill him..." Kagome closed her eyes and brought her arms back around to Inu-Yasha's chest, so she was holding the front of Inu-Yasha's white shirt.
"Um, excuse me." Inu-Yasha and Kagome jumped and pulled away from each other. Toto-Sai stood up and sat himself back on his ox's back.
"What are you doing here?!" Inu-Yasha kicked the sword smith off of his ox again.
"Inu-Yasha!" Kagome whined.
"What?!" Inu-Yasha was back to his rude self. Kagome didn't mind. She almost liked him better that way.
"Nothing." Kagome knew as she walked away, that her tone would pull his chain.
"What do you mean nothing?! Kagome!" Kagome stopped at Kirara's side, Shippo quickly jumping into her arms. Sango and Miroku looked at her, stopping their conversation with Myoga.
"What?" Kagome looked at their silent faces. Even Shippo was looking at her funny.
"Lady Kagome," Myoga started.
"What is it, pest?" Inu-Yasha stopped at Kagome's side, his arms crossed inside his sleeves and his face hard.
"I was referring to Lady Kagome."
"I'm listening." Kagome elbowed Inu-Yasha in the ribs. "Shut-Up." She muttered only loud enough for his dog-ears to hear.
"How did this happen?" The flea jumped onto Kagome's nose.
"Hu?" Kagome looked down at Myoga on her nose.
"How long have you been like this?" Kagome blinked at the question.
"How long...?" Kagome thought back. Had it only been two days ago when she had been home? "About two days. Why do you ask, Myoga?" She looked back down at the flea on her nose.
"Hum..." Myoga didn't answer. He jumped back onto Toto-Sai's ox and then to the ground. "I shall return!" Myoga ran off into the distance. The group left behind blinked.
"What was that?" Inu-Yasha shook his head in reply to Kagome's question. Sango stepped to the other side of Kagome.
"Why don't you let me tend to your wounds?" Kagome turned to look at her friend.
"No thank you. I'm fine." Kagome turned to the sky and sniffed the air lightly. Something was coming.
What could be coming? Find out in the next chapter! And people, keep reviewing, it tore me apart to update this chapter. ANYTHING would be great! Just tell me how much it sucks if that's what u think! Jus let me know that you are reading it! Thanx!
mystwriter