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"But..."

Kagome looked around.

"What's wrong Kagome?"

Miroku asked.

"None of them... Have shards in them! I can't see or sense anything!"

"What! How can that be?"

Inuyasha asked, growling as he raised the tetsusaiga.

Chapter 17 Sesshoumaru

"Damn it, you sure that you can't sense any shards?"

Inuyasha asked, blocking a blow from the right, and jumping back.

"Well..."

Kagome said, looking around.

"Well!"

Inuyasha asked impatiently.

"I do sense shards, but I just don't know exactly where they are... I can't see much in this cloud either..."

She answered.

"Oh, well that's just great! We still can't risk seriously hurting any of them..."

Inuyasha snarled over-sarcastically.

"Grr, this is starting to get on my nerves! Why'd you have to pick such a strong woman to be your damn mate mutt face! You never make anything easy, do you?"

Koga yelled, nailing one in the stomach.

"Shut the hell up! This isn't the time to be talking about shit like that!"

Inuyasha yelled, losing his patience completely as he punched one in the face.

"And if you have such a big problem helping me get her back, then get out of here, wolf-brain!"

"Heh, no chance! Not after I've gotten so close to that bastard Naraku!"

He replied, smirking.

"Then shut up before I kick your ass!"

Inuyasha shouted, and fell to one knee because of fatigue as Miroku and Kirara covered him. The smirk disappeared from Koga's face, and was replaced with an angry expression.

"Hey, you're in absolutely no position to threaten me! You should be thankful that I'm doing you a favour and not killing every single one of them!"

He said, nodding in the direction of all the Sangos.

"Grr... Keh!"

Inuyasha growled, and snorted, looking in a different direction, as he re-joined the battle.

"Ouch!"

Hakkaku yelled, falling backwards with a large gash on his upper torso.

"You okay?"

Ginta asked, helping him back up.

"I think so... Man, they're tough!"

He yelled, starting to fight again. The rest of the group weren't looking very well either; Koga had some large scratches on his limbs, and a small scratch on his left cheek. Miroku didn't say anything during the fight so he didn't waste his breath. He had his share of wounds, and the back of his left hand was split open, almost to the bone.

'Damn it, I don't think I can keep this up!'

He thought, looking around. The Sangos had them completely surrounded now, closing in around them.

"Shit... This isn't good..."

Koga growled, brushing away the blood dripping from his cheek.

"I-I'm sorry I'm not much help... But I just can't... Uhhh..."

Kagome fell coughing, but Miroku caught her from falling onto the ground in time. She seemed flushed, and coughed, saying,

"I... Can't breathe..."

"Kagome, just hang on!"

Miroku said, ripping a piece of his robe, and pressing it over Kagome's mouth and nose.

"Damn it, we're trapped here!"

Koga said in disgust, looking around.

"Kagome won't last long like this... And there's no way out unless we can survive until morning and mutt face here can cut open the barrier!"

"I-I'm alright..."

Kagome quickly said, getting back up, holding the piece of cloth Miroku gave her.

'Damn it! This was a losing battle to start with... Why had Sango have to be captured now of all times! If I could use the tetsusaiga's power, I might have been able to blow away this mist long enough for Kagome to see the shards...'

Inuyasha thought, spitting out blood to the side.

"Damn, we have to try and make it to Naraku, maybe we can force him to reveal which Sango is the real one."

Miroku said, applying pressure to his cut up hand.

"Well, I don't see any better idea..."

Ginta said, looking over at Inuyasha.

"What do you think?"

"Grr... Fine then let's"

Inuyasha was cut off by the sound of a sword stroke, a cry of pain, and then a body falling to the ground. He looked over to where the sound came from, and his eyes widened, seeing Sango on the ground, dead. There was a person behind, with a sword that wasn't even stained with the blood of the victim it had killed. Sesshoumaru. In an instant, the others charged at Sesshoumaru, and attacked him. Effortlessly, he swung the Tokijin, the demonic power within emitting a blue light, and wiping the whole lot of them out.

"Shit!"

Koga yelled, growling. The group was shocked by Sesshoumaru's sudden appearance, and watched in horror as all the Sangos fell to the ground, dead.

"NOO!"

Inuyasha cried, tears forming in his eyes. He raised the tetsusaiga, and forgetting about the many injuries and wounds he had, ran at his half brother, fully intent on killing him.

"What have you done you bastard!"

Miroku cried, preparing to open the wind tunnel.

"...Foolish halfbreed..."

Sesshoumaru muttered, effortlessly stopping Inuyasha with a quick jab of the tokijin. Inuyasha screamed out in pain, clutching the new wound as the blade was torn from his chest.

"Wind tunnel!"

Miroku yelled, uncovering the black hole in his cursed hand, attempting to suck Sesshoumaru in. It failed, however, for Sesshoumaru's quick reflexes had let him land behind Miroku, dealing a blow to his back. Kagome used much of the little strength she had left, aiming an arrow at Sesshoumaru, Koga ready to pounce. Sesshoumaru walked past them, his back to the whole group.

"...Why do you all waste your time like this? I for one have come for Naraku's death, and even in numbers, you haven't even been able to touch him."

"Y-you bastard! You killed Sango!"

Inuyasha yelled, ready to run at Sesshoumaru one more time.

"Did I? Look again."

Sesshoumaru said, still not looking back. The group was bewildered, and all looked around. In place of the corpses in the image of Sango, they all started to move, and gather together, and all changed the way looked, into ugly, smelly parts of demons.

"Ugh... They're all fakes!"

Koga asked, disgusted.

"How did you..."

"...That is not important. You throw away your life Inuyasha, coming here on the new moon? You've asked for death."

"Keh! Well nice to know that you care you son of a bitch!"

Inuyasha spat.

"You may call me anything you like, however it does not change the fact that you will die."

"Whatever. Why the hell have you come?"

"I come here merely to witness Naraku's death..."

Sesshoumaru responded, starting to walk towards the castle.

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