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Immortal Blood

Chapter 8: Sango returns and the training of the fang begins.

Hiei stared at the demonic lord as he walked towards him, growling could be heard from him as he got closer. Kurama went to grab Kagome's sword which was still in the ground next to his foot, but when he was only inches from its handle, a barrier arose and burnt his hand. "Oww..." he complained as he withdrew and rubbed his wounded hand. "A barrier? But why?" he asked himself and looked over at Hiei who held Kagome's limp body. Sesshomaru eyed over Hiei and took Kagome from him, cradling her in his arms.

"This Sesshomaru wants to know who all of you are" he asked, his voice monotone and demanding and immediate answer. Yusuke laughed at the expression on Hiei's and Kurama's face, apparently they knew this man. Sesshomaru growled and appeared in front of Yusuke swiftly, causing the laughing teen to fall onto his ass with a light 'thump'. This is when Kuwabara would have chimed in with laughter, but he felt the immense power radiating from this man and decided to stay alive.

Kurama bowed and introduced everyone. "I am Kurama, that is Hiei, Yusuke, and the tall one over there is Kuwabara" he spoke, pointing to everyone and they nodded except Hiei who bowed lightly. Sesshomaru looked at them and nodded slightly. "How do all of you know my Immouto?" he asked numbly, getting a mix of expressions from the group of boys. "Immouto?" asked Yusuke looking towards Sesshomaru as did Kuwabara, Hiei, and Kurama. "Yes, Kagome is my Immouto" he replied, looking down at the girl in his arms, caressing her face with his clawed thumb. "I see...is Kagome a demon as you are m'lord?" asked Kurama, Kuwabara and Yusuke looking clueless as to why their friend addressed this demon as 'm'lord'.

"Kagome? A demon? No. Not that I know of. But she is stronger than most demons. Now, how do all of you know her?" he asked in a less aggressive tone. "M'lord, we don't really know her, we only met her a few hours ago. She was fighting a demon we were sent to kill with another girl, Sango...Sango! Where did she go?" answered Kurama, also wondering where the other slayer had gone. "I would have thought Sango would have been back by now...since we found Kagome...where do you think she could have gone?" asked Yusuke.

"Im not sure Yusuke, but something doesnt feel right..." responded Kurama. "Yeah...something is definitely off..." spoke up Kuwabara. This is when Kagome stirred, she began to open her eyes and was welcomed back by looking into golden orbs. 'Inu...yasha?' she thought momentarily, a looked of shock coming to her face but leaving just as soon as she realized it was Sesshomaru who held her. "Sessho!" she squealed and wrapped her arms around his neck. Hiei was the first to notice the miko's movements and stared at her, surprised that Sesshomaru, the emotionless, cold demon lord showed love towards her. He nuzzled his immouto and let a small smile grace his lips, for her and her alone.

"Hm?" Kagome spoke, looking around at the 4 boys as Sesshomaru let her down. "Hey guys...what's up?" she asked rubbing the back of her head nervously. Kurama simply smiled, Yusuke and Kuwabara were laughing at the clueless tone she had, and Hiei "hn'ed" and crossed his arms, looking away. Kagome looked around, her royal blue eyes laying on Hiei and staying there for a few moments until Kurama snapped her out of he trance. "Huh? Did you say something fox?" Kagome asked, The 4 boys gaping at her. "What! What did I say?" she asked, waving her hands in front of her chest nervously, Sesshomaru calming her down a bit as he wrapped his arms around her waist. "You called me fox..." Kurama spoke up, still staring at her as were his companions.

"Ohh...yeah...well...you're a kitsune, so whats wrong with calling you fox?" she asked, raising her eyebrow at him, his mouth hanging open. Kagome walked over to Kurama and placed her hand on his jaw and closed his mouth. "You'll catch flies if you keep your mouth open like that" she smiled and walked past him to retrieve her sword, the sound of Yusuke's and Kuwabara's laughter could be heard. She reached out and picked up her sword, doing a fancy twirling thing before sheithing it. When she turned to go back to the others, she noticed that Hiei was staring curiously at her. Kagome tilted her head and walked back, walking closer to Hiei than she needed to be.

"What?" she asked, tilting her head again and only received an indifferent look from Hiei. "Hn, onna, what is with your sword? The ruby on its handle, it was glowing when you were fighting with that demon. It statred when you had begun to loose concentration." he spoke, his voice sending shivers through Kagome who was entranced by his deep ruby eyes. "Hm? Oh...yeah. My sword does that when im in danger. It calls out to Sesshomaru, after all it is made of his fang." she answered, Hiei and Kurama arching their eyebrows out of sudden interest.

"Your sword is made from his fang?" asked Kurama, walking over to her and standing next to Hiei. "Yes, I used one of my fangs to make her that sword. That ruby glows and relays a message to me when my immouto is in danger." Sesshomaru announced. "KITTY!" Kuwabara squealed as Kirara flew into the clearing and landed, walking a few steps and growled weakly before collapsing to the ground with a 'thud'. They were both thrashed, Kirara had a huge gash across her chest and several on her back. Her creamy white fur was covered in blood, hers and Sango's. Sango fell to the ground next to Kirara, she sported a deep gash on her abdomin and it was bleeding profusely. She also had cuts on her arms and her upper thighs.

"Oh god! Sango!" Kagome screamed and ran over to them, dropping to the ground and pulling Sango up, resting her head on her lap. "What happened to you?" she whispered, not getting a response and figured that she passed out from blood loss. Kurama, Yusuke, Kuwabara, Hiei, and Sesshomaru all jogged over to her. Kurama kneeled beside Kagome and reached out to touch Sango's hand, letting his rest atop hers as Kagome moved and kneeled beside Sango, holding her hands above her sisters body. Her hands were engulfed in a light pink glow as she healed Sango, then Kirara. Both of them moved slightly, and then sat up. "Damn, they were pretty thrashed" spoke up Yusuke, watching in awe as Kagome healed them.

Kirara mewed and in a burst of flames, returned to her tiny form and crawled into Sango's lap as she sat up, only to be enveloped in a hug by Kagome. "What happened!" shrieked Kagome, pulling back from her sister, but not before noticing Kurama's hand holding Sango's. She smiled slyly and looked at Kurama, mischief evident in her eyes. The fox picked up on this and blushed lightly, withdrawing his hand and sticking it into his pocket. "Yes Sango, what happened to you and Kirara?" asked Sesshomaru, looking at them. "Sango rubbed her shoulder which apparently was sore and pet Kirara. "Im not sure really, all I saw was a blur of white and red then darkness came..." she described what happened and stood up, stretching and looking at her sister whose eyes flashed for a moment, which Hiei also noticed. "I see, umm...sorry to leave like this but me and Sango need to get home...uhh...see ya around guys" Kagome announced their leave and stood up and began to walk but since she was thinking about something, she accidently bumped into Hiei. As soon as her body touched his, her breath caught and she looked up at Hiei (and yea, in this fic Hiei is a bit taller than Kagome, but not by much.) Who was looking down at her. "Uhh...I umm...sorry Hiei" choked out Kagome and jogged past him, Sango standing and following after her. "Bye guys!" she yelled as she caught up with Kagome. Sesshomaru looked at the boys and nodded, also following after the girls.

Hiei had noticed Kagomes reaction when she touched him, and he smirked at it. Kurama stood and caught the look on his friends face. "What was up with them leaving all of a sudden like that?" asked Kuwabara, Yusuke shrugged and sighed. "Come on guys, lets get going. Its getting dark and we should rest up. Lets crash at my place" he said, tucking his hands into his pockets and begining to walk to his house with Kuwabara beside him. "Come on Kurama, Hiei. Lets go!" yelled Yusuke who was at the edge of the small forest. Kurama looked at im an nudged Hiei as they both followed Yusuke to his house.

Kagome had been unusually quite on the walk back to her house. She opened the gate to the shrine and jogged up the stairs and walked to the house, stopping at the door. "Hey Sessho? You wanna stay here tonight?" asked Kagome quietly. "I suposse, plus I need to start training you." Sesshomaru replied as Sango walked into the house and Shippo darted out and jumped into Kagome's arms. "Okasaan!" he smiled and nuzzled against Kagome who smiled down at him and then looked at Sesshomaru. "Training?" she asked. "Yes, you need to be trained on how to use that sword, it has power you wouldn't imagine. We will start training at dawn." he announced, kissing Kagome on the cheek and walking into the house, leaving a sighing Kagome. "Oh great, more training. Oh well..." she gave in, walking into her house and changing, then helping her mother cook dinner.

After dinner Kagome, Sango and Sesshomaru all took a bathe, of course not at the same time. (You pervs! ) "This is where your gonna stay Sessho." she showed him to his room and went to her own where Sango was laying on her bed. "Why did you wanna leave so suddenly Kags? And you were awfully quiet on the way home...whats up?" Sango asked as Kagome flopped onto her own bed sighing. "Well...when you said all that you saw was a white and red blur...I thought..."she paused, looking towards her sister. "You thought it was Inuyasha?" Sango finished her sentence and Kagome nodded. "But thats not possible Kags. You sealed the well he cant get through." reassured Sango.

"I know he cant get through the well, but...what if he survived just like Sessho did? He wouldn't need to come through the well...and if...if Kikyo helped him collect the jewl shards...he may have made a wish to be a full demon. And if he did that then he probley m-mated...that damned dead clay pot!" she cried as Sango enveloped her in a hug. "Shhh Kag's, its ok...its gonna be ok...shhhh..." she soothed, calming Kagome down.

Kagome sniffed and wiped her eyes, laying down and pulling up the covers. "Your probley right Sango...lets get some sleep..." she offered, turning onto her side, a few more tears sliding down her face. "Night Kagome."spoke Sango. "Night Sango" replied Kagome, hiding her saddened state and trying to sleep.

With Yusuke and the others -

Hiei sat out in the tree by Yusuke's house. He couldnt stop thinking about the girl, Kagome. 'Whats going on with me? Why do I feel this way about her? Baka onna making me feel things towards her...but she is so beautiful...wait, where did that come from!' he thought to himself. This went on for a few hours before Hiei drifted to sleep. Kurama was walking back to his room from the bathroom and he smiled as he slipped into his bed, Sango on his mind as he drifted to sleep.

Day Break-

Sesshomaru walked into Kagome's room and kneeled beside his bed and nudged her, attempting to wake her. "Kagome, wake up. Time to train." Sesshomaru spoke, shaking her now. "Kagome!" she rolled over and looked at him sleepily. "Awww...do we have to?" she whined, Sesshomaru pulling her out of the bed. "Fine, out. Ill get dressed and meet you outside in 15 minutes." Kagome ordered, ushering him out of the room and walking over to her closet, pulling our a dark blue tank top which when worn, would reveal her toned and slightly tanned abdomen. She then walked to her dresser and pulled out a pair of baggy black cargo pants.

Kagome went into the bathroom and tied her hair up into a ponytail and then got dressed. She put on her shoes and grabbed her sword, walking downstairs. "Ok Sessho. Lets begin training." she spoke and followed Sesshomaru outside.

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