Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha, but this chapter's full of blood; Rivals and rivals, love to love, this is the crapest disclaimer I've ever thought of!
Me: Hey readers! I absolutely love this chapter! This is probably my pride and joy of all the chapter's I've ever written!
Sabbi: Yeah, she was so inspired, listening to Evanecsence music ...thus, this chapter's somewhat morbid.
Corey: She dedicated a whole three days to write this chappy-tour!
Me: Yup, and It's about six pages long...and it looks like three! GRR!!!
Sabbi: Well, we hope you enjoy it as much as she did writing it!
-This chapter is dedicated to my friend Maggie, or any girl out there whose had guy troubles this week, or whose torn between a right and wrong choice-
Love should never be taken lightly. The formations of love, the confession of love, even the making of love. It brings out the best and the worst in a person. But for bitter rivals, it brings forth pain, bloodshed and tears. All for the one person you love; all for the one person you want to spend the rest of your life with. But when there are two people who want the same warm touch, the same company, the same love of a person, a fight is all but unnatural. But who will win the outcome? Only the ones whose love is strongest will prevail.
"Inuyasha!" cried Kagome entering the field. Tears flowed down her face in an effortless waterfall. Shippo strayed behind trying to avoid eye contact of the two youkais.
Kouga and Inuyasha turned to the sound of her voice. Inuyasha's snowy white mane now dripped with blood. The horrible red liquid dripped from his overgrown bared fangs, and his eyes swirled with rage. But the hanyou didn't seem to notice as he started growling and snarling to Kouga.
Kouga in turn, growled back. Kouga himself wasn't in full condition. Blood dripped from his claws, forehead, and left arm. His sharp fangs were also bared at his opponent as they continued to growl at each other.
"Kouga-kun, Inuyasha," Kagome pleaded, "Please, please just stop this! I'm not something you two should fight over! I don't want either of you to die! Please!"
Inuyasha spit blood from his mouth, his gaze, a mixture of his calm honey eyes and the crimson red and blue of his demonic form, eyed Kagome wearily.
"Kagome..." He sighed, "This is the only way. It can't be any other and you know it."
Kagome sobbed as she turned to Kouga.
"Kouga-kun, please," her eyes pleaded with his, "Please just stop this useless bickering!"
"Useless?" he demanded, and Kagome made a sharp intake of breath. He never acted so rough with her before. His tone was that of someone determined and angry, "This fight is to decide whom you belong to. With Naraku evil as ever, and you of age, there must be a male in your life; such is the law of our kind. Inu-koro has had enough time with you, and I'm tired of awaiting your return to my den. So either you decide, or we do."
Kagome shook her head, her hands balled into fists, "This is so stupid! I don't want to decide! I shouldn't have to! Stop this right now!"
Shippo stood hidden behind a tree. An intruder on a tragic love brawl. He watched as Inuyasha and Kouga continued to snarl and bark at each other. To Kagome their canine bickering might be incomprehensible, but to him, he could understand every word.
"Do you see what you made her do baka o-kami! She's crying because of you!" snarled Inuyasha.
"She'll have to get use to crying after I slaughter your canine ass!"
"Not if I carnage your body first!"
Kagome fell to her knees, defeated. It was useless as Shippo said. They were ignoring her...was there no way to stop this?
"Am I interrupting something?" asked a cold voice. His voice seemed to put a calm to the two rivals. In all of their fighting, they failed to notice another presence...
Sesshomaru.
The demon lord scanned the situation. His brother seemed to finally want to mate the miko, which meant his rival had to go. But this fight would have to be paused, he needed her.
"Brother, I wish for the miko to help assist Rin. It seems a certain complication has occurred, and I am in need of her assistance."
"Sesshomaru, your timing sucks!" snarled Inuyasha, "I'm in the middle of something, and I can't have you taking her away!"
"Listen little brother," Sesshomaru lowered his voice to a murderous tone, "You can pause this fight for an hour or two. It is extremely imperative that she come with me to see Rin."
"Who the hell are you to tell me what to do?"
"Well, its clear the miko doesn't want to see you fight anyway," he motioned to the girl who was drying her eyes with the back of her hand, "Why not spare your mate the misery of watching your deaths, when you can let her decide?"
Kagome looked desperately from Inuyasha to Kouga. Decide? It was no decision. But how can she say it now when she hasn't been able to say it for 5 years? But it was either she stop the fight, or they do; and the latter sure wasn't looking very promising.
Kagome looked down at the ground as she mumbled her decision.
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Sango looked up at the beautiful afternoon sky. Her hair danced with the gentle breeze, making it shimmer in the sparkling sunlight as she lay on the cool grass beneath her. She gently put a hand to her abdomen. Her stomach was settling again, and she was enjoying the perks of seclusion.
Or, she thought she was.
A gentle caressing brought her out of her dream-like state as her hand instinctively collided with a face. She turned towards the culprit, who was rubbing his hand along his face now, instead of her bottom. He sat down next to her.
"How'd you know it was me?" he asked, humor dancing in his eyes.
She looked at him playfully annoyed, "Who else would have the nerve to try to make a move on me?"
"I see." said Miroku sliding himself closer to the demon slayer, "Not to mention, who has the audacity to seduce a beautiful woman such as yourself?" He wrapped his arm around her waist, pulling her closer. He leaned over and kissed her lower neck as she whispered in his ear.
"What if Kagome and Inuyasha come back?"
"They won't for a while," he whispered back as he eased her back onto the ground, "They have matters to attend to."
"Oh." was her only response as he kissed her on the lips.
'Well,' thought Sango as she started undoing the monk's robe, 'If I'm not pregnant now, I'm sure going to be after this.'
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"Inuyasha..." she murmured, "I...choose....Inuyasha."
Her voice had been low, but their youkai ear's caught her sentence.
Kouga's face fell as he whipped the blood out of his eyes, "What?" he asked disbelievingly.
Kagome lift her tear-stained eyes, "I love Inuyasha, I'm sorry Kouga-kun!"
The corner of Kouga's mouth twitched, his voice so sad, "Are you sure Kagome, that's what you want?"
She gave a silent nod. Inuyasha stood frozen as he hid his eyes behind his white bangs.
Kouga turned to leave; his tail sagged behind him as he slowly made his way out of the clearing. But as the wind turned so did he as he looked Kagome in the eye. His blue eyes showed his hurt, his feeling of betrayal. And when he spoke, he spoke with a promise.
"I am not one to give up so easily." His eyes narrowed, "I will not give up, not until my body lay dead on the ground. I'll leave you to him my Kagome, until I am ready to make a final battle. If the bastard does anything, and I mean anything Kagome, that causes you suffering or tears, come to me. I will always love you."
The wolf prince left with a deadly silence ringing about the clearing. Kagome's crying occasionally ripped through the quiet, but it was Sesshomaru who put a halt to the soundlessness.
"With that settled," he said couching down next to Kagome. He lowered his voice to a whisper, "Kagome, would you be willing to help Rin in her time of need, even with the current circumstances?"
Kagome looked up at the demon lord, her tears subsiding. His years with Rin had defiantly brought him out-of-character, but she was beginning to like this new side of Sesshomaru as he helped her up and asked her to follow him.
"Umm...Inuyasha?" She called back to the hanyou, who hadn't moved, "I'm going to help out Rin, I'll be back soon, okay?"
The white haired demon simply nodded his head.
'What's wrong with him?' thought Kagome as she saddled herself onto Ah and Un, 'He's being so quiet...and I just admitted I loved him too...'
But it was too late for her to notice. With her already heading towards Sesshomaru's castle, and Sango and Miroku off in a world of their own, it was too late for anyone to stop him.
Shippo came out of the clearing, concerned of his friend's predicament.
"Inuyasha...?" he cautioned as he stepped closer to the hanyou. The boy looked under the white bangs that hid the golden orbs of his eyes, and immediately jumped back.
They were no longer golden. They were red and blue. Inuyasha's head suddenly looked up in the direction of Kouga's cave. A murderous laugh could be heard creeping through his clenched fangs.
"Won't give up until he's laid dead on the ground?" seethed the enraged demon, "Well, I can help him with that. Maybe if he asks nicely I won't tear him limb by limb."
"Inuyasha, w-what are you talking about?"
Inuyasha smelt the air and turned towards the kitsune.
"Why Shippo," he mocked, "What thinks I'm going to do anything?"
Shippo ran.
"The moonlight will be dipped in blood tonight." howled the demonic Inuyasha into the night air, "And Kagome will be mine!"
Me: Okay, to explain a few things, the whole "Inuyasha can't talk when he's a demon" thing will be explain next chapter, and I know Sesshomaru was a tiny bit OOC, but imagine living with Rin for 2 years...how can you not have some sort of kindness? And I know I kinda portrayed Kagome to be somewhat of a woos, but I seriously don't think any girl can handle a situation like that without some sort of tears.
Sabbi:...and it was short...
Me: and it was short...hey! That's not fair -- I really did work harder...but be proud of me, this is the longest chapter I've EVER written! Around 1600 words....
Corey: la la la...
Me: oh, and I'm not posting again 'til I get 'bout 20 reviews, sorry folks, but in my opinion a good fanfic is about 10 reviews a chapter, and anything beyond that is an extremely good fic. So not posting 'til 20 reviews.
Sabbi: And she's also sorry that there was no 'real' dedication to Rin and Sesshomaru, but we warned you about that in the first chapter. She just needed to get this chapter out, and then she'll head back to Rin and Sesshy.
Corey: FUDGE MONKEYS!