Hello everyone! I know that my last chapter has left everyone in suspense about what's gunna happen next. So, I thought that I'd be nice and update on the story. I'm not sure on whether I should end this story soon or wait a few more chapters. I'm not sure on whether I should or not and need help deciding because then if I don't finish it in like the next two chapters I'll have to plan on what should happen. : ( : ( I don't really want to end it but I will have to come to that point eventually. Cries Oh well, I guess that's life. Well, enjoy this chapter! And, I must thank all reviewers from every chapter for reviewing my story throughout the whole thing. You honestly do inspire me to keep on writing… Maybe it's because of people threatening to kill me but I'm not so sure! Lol! Just kidding. Again I say please enjoy!
Saved by a Lover
Naraku grinned with pure evil amusement as Sesshoumaru pulled Tokijin sideways and sliced through his side.
"You cannot kill me so easily lord Sesshoumaru!" he laughed.
"I think it's time that you tasted my poison claws!"
Green fog came from Sesshoumaru's claws and melted away the other side of Naraku's stomach. 'That won't do anything! Naraku can reform his body.' I thought holding Rain to me protectively. Kagura and Sheira went around the two on separate sides, running towards me. I quickly got to my feet and held tightly to Rain's hand. I ran out of the way of Kagura's attack. Sheira tried to grab me but I ran away from her.
"Tsuto," Sesshoumaru whispered, going after Kagura.
She turned at the last second only to see him coming at her. He had shoved his claw into her stomach and brought her to her knees in pain. Sesshoumaru then went after Sheira who was away from me and back at Naraku's reforming body.
"You wench!" a growl came from the forest.
'Inuyasha?' I wondered looking around. Sesshoumaru looked in the trees behind Naraku.
"Wind Scar!"
A yellow light came towards the two of them. The attack hit both Naraku and Sheira, killing her. She lay on the ground motionless with blood coming from all over. A light surrounded her as her flesh disappeared and she turned to bones. A gust of wind turned the bones to dust and only the blood remained. 'Was she even really a person? Was she only Naraku's puppet for revenge, or did she have a life before this?' I wondered as I covered Rain's eyes, not wanting her to see someone die.
"Stay out of this Inuyasha! You have no place here!" Sesshoumaru growled.
The silver haired hanyou emerged from the trees with his transformed sword over his shoulder.
"Damn, I only got one of them!"
Once again Naraku's body reformed itself, with that smug smirk on his face.
"So, now even Inuyasha joins us. How interesting," he said, looking at him.
Rain looked at me curiously.
"Who is that Tsuto? He looks pretty cool!" she asked after seeing his cute little dog ears.
"Shut up Naraku! You bastard, I'll kill you if it's the last thing I do!" Inuyasha growled, pointing the sword at him.
"Tetsusaiga may be strong Inuyasha, but you will never be able to defeat Naraku with it!" Kagura said with a faltering voice.
Sesshoumaru didn't seem to think that. He knew what the Tetsusaiga was capable of and was hoping a long time ago that he could have been able to use it to defeat Naraku.
"I'll show you what the Tetsusaiga can do!" Inuyasha growled before placing two hands on the weapon.
Again Naraku smirked, finding it amusing that Inuyasha would challenge him with just his sword. 'If Inuyasha and Sesshoumaru work together, then maybe they could kill Naraku. But since they hate each other so much I don't think that it's gunna happen too soon.' I thought, letting go of Rain.
"Rain, I want you to run! Run that way and don't stop, alright? If you keep going straight you should be able to see Rin and Jaken there. Ask Rin to take you back to the village and I'm sure that she will!" I said with tears forming in my eyes.
"But Tsuto, I don't want to leave you again!" she replied afraid.
"I'll be alright Rain! Don't worry about me and run! Mother is probably bawling her eyes out because we're both gone from her!" I said, giving Rain one last final hug.
Rain nodded her head when I let go of her and ran towards Jaken and Rin.
With Kagura in pain on the ground Naraku would have to fight Sesshoumaru and Inuyasha without any help.
"Killing both of you now would rid me of trouble from gathering the rest of the jewel shards," Naraku laughed.
"Prepare to die Naraku!" Inuyasha growled, summoning the wind scar once again.
Sesshoumaru ran at Naraku before Inuyasha could do anything and again stabbed to Tokijin into Naraku's stomach, only this time he let go and the strength of the sword sent blue electricity throughout Naraku's body.
"What is this?" Naraku growled hatefully.
"It's the power of your own flesh working against you!" Sesshoumaru growled, punching him in the face.
The wind scar formed and was blasted at both Sesshoumaru and Naraku. My heart pounded as I watched it head straight for Sesshoumaru. 'Sesshoumaru please get out of the way! You have to!' I shouted in my mind, not wanting anything to happen to him. Right before the yellow light hit the two of them Sesshoumaru quickly grabbed the Tokijin and jumped out of the way.
"Why can't you just stay in there and get hit?" Inuyasha shouted at Sesshoumaru for dodging.
Sesshoumaru grunted and looked at him with cold heartless eyes.
"You lack what it takes to defeat him and me! What makes you think that a half breed like you can kill me?" he growled at his brother.
Inuyasha's golden amber eyes looked away from Sesshoumaru when he heard the words half breed. Remembering all the pain those words had caused him in his lifetime.
Inuyasha growled to himself.
"Shut up! I'm just as strong as you and you know it!"
Kagura stumbled to her feet while holding her stomach in pain. Blood covered her clothing and her arm. It was spilled all over the ground in large splatters and some of it was on Sesshoumaru's hoari. She slowly walked into the forest and disappeared into darkness. Naraku was too occupied to notice.
"Ridiculous!" Sesshoumaru said, turning away from his brother.
"I will kill you both while you bicker!" Naraku laughed with what sounded a lot like amusement.
'Is Naraku enjoying this? Enjoying the fact that two brothers are fighting against him and each other?' I wondered with hatred burning in my heart. I wanted to get in there and give Naraku hell for treating me like he had, but I knew I couldn't. Even if I could Sesshoumaru wouldn't let me get pass him unless it was to see Naraku's dead body. I wanted to be unnoticed by all three of them, wanted to be able to be left alone for at least once in my life. 'It wouldn't matter if I tried to run away from here. Naraku would hunt me down like he always had. Sesshoumaru would also give chase if I chose to run. I don't know what Inuyasha would do but I'm pretty sure that he would stay and fight against Naraku if Sesshoumaru left from battle.' Sesshoumaru ran at Naraku and Inuyasha jumped into the air with Tetsusaiga above his head, ready to come down upon Naraku.
"Move you're in the way!" Inuyasha growled.
Naraku's body changed into a great bunch of horrid tentacles and parts of other demons. 'Oh, that's disgusting! Are those parts of other demons or am I just imagining it?' I thought while staring with mostly disgust on my face. Inuyasha brought his sword down and cut off one of the moving demon parts. It fell to the ground and continued to move.
Sesshoumaru swung Tokijin even though Inuyasha was practically in front of him. A blue static came from it and cut through the sick flesh.
"You're attempts are in vane! My body will only reform itself and soon, you both will become one with me. I will enjoy having your demonic power Sesshoumaru. It will prove most useful to me, in more ways than one!" Naraku laughed.
I backed myself against a tree, trying to stay as far away from Naraku as I could. 'That bastard! That sick twisted bastard! He knows about what Sesshoumaru had done to me last night and plans to regain his own of me.' These thoughts scared me. All doubts started to come to mind as I stood with my back to the trunk and watched the fight between the three demons. 'If Sesshoumaru were to die, then there would be no one to protect me from him anymore. Naraku would reclaim my body and mate with me for hours on end. He would never stop until I gave birth to his child.' I thought horrified as I saw Sesshoumaru get stabbed in the side by one of the red spiky legs attached to Naraku's body. Sesshoumaru brushed it off for the moment and used his sword to sever the leg from Naraku.
"I said keep your disgusting body off of me!" he growled, stabbing his sword into the ground and grabbing hold of the slightly moving leg.
With a firm grip he pulled it out and threw it upon the ground. It was near me, so I kicked it back at Naraku and it hit him in the head. He merely looked at me with what looked like desire in his blood red eyes.
"I see you are still violent Tsuto. Good, it's more of a pleasure when you try to fight against me!"
"You should pay attention!" Inuyasha growled, summoning the wind scar once again.
The yellow blast flew straight at Naraku and through most of the demon parts that covered his body. A few moments passed and then a purple cloud started to fill the area.
"Taste my miasma!" Naraku shouted cloaked by a cloud of dust that was now turning purple.
The poison started to surround the entire area. I covered my nose with the sleeve of my shirt to try to not breathe it in. Sesshoumaru looked back at me for a second to see if I was alright. Seeing that I was still standing, he grabbed Tokijin once again and swung it as hard as he could. The sword had stricken nothing.
"I guess it's time for the Back Lash Wave!" Inuyasha growled as he swung the sword and a twister appeared, sucking up all the miasma and adding to the attack's power.
Again Sesshoumaru was forced to dodge Inuyasha's attack as it headed straight for Naraku.
"No!" Naraku cried as the winding blow had hit him.
Bits and pieces of Naraku's flesh fell to the ground from the power of the attack. 'It can't be over! There's no way that Naraku could die so easily. Even with Inuyasha's strength, he wouldn't be able to destroy a regenerative body alone!' I thought, looking around suspiciously. Sesshoumaru was looking around as well. He knew just as well as I did that this fight wasn't over. If there were pieces left, a body could always be formed.
"Ha, serves him right," Inuyasha laughed proudly.
"This fight isn't over," Sesshoumaru said in a calm voice.
"What are you talking about? I'm the one who killed him!" Inuyasha cried with pride still in his voice along with some anger.
'Inuyasha is too proud to admit that Sesshoumaru is right. When will he learn that Naraku can't be defeated without the help of another?' I wondered, shaking my head disappointed.
There was a sound through the trees and it sent a chill down my spine. 'This feeling, it's like when I used to try and run away from Naraku. Like he's watching me from not too far away and knows what I'm about to do!' I thought, feeling a presence coming closer and closer to me.
"What the hell! I thought that he was dead!" Inuyasha said, getting the Tetsusaiga ready for battle again.
Sesshoumaru and Inuyasha were back to back, ready for anything to happen. Naraku had the upper hand. The forest was now his playground and we couldn't tell which way he was going to come from. 'He's only taking his time with this. If Naraku is injured then he would want to have the easiest way to take me back and get away without a real conflict. He's just plotting against the three of us while in safe hiding!' I thought, hitting my back against the tree again. Everything fell silent for a few moments and four tan coloured things came from the trees. They were heading straight for me and it took a while for it to hit me that they were coming in my direction. 'Damn it! How stupid can I be? I didn't even realize that they were right there!' I was too scared to move. My legs wouldn't work for me because my mind was in such a panic that everything was lost. I closed my eyes and looked away from them. 'I guess this is it. I won't be able to stay with Sesshoumaru anymore. I'll be used like I was before only it would be almost every day now, because of what I did. Naraku will do anything to claim me again and he doesn't care what he has to do or how long he has to do it! I'll be forced to love him back. I'll be forced to go through everything again for the rest of my life!' Those thoughts were the only things that were going through my mind. I knew that there was nothing I could do to stop what was about to happen.
Sesshoumaru ran at me and blocked me from Naraku. Two of the four things sliced through the top of his shoulders and another sliced through his right side. The fourth went deep into his back and then pulled out again only to disappear into the forest. There was a small light in the trees and it slowly vanished in the opposite direction to us.
"Damn it, he got away again!" Inuyasha shouted angered for letting it happen again.
I opened my eyes and slowly looked at Sesshoumaru. He was just standing there, staring at me with an emotionless face, waiting for Inuyasha to leave. 'Sesshoumaru protected me from Naraku. He saved me from his desire to use me in anyway possible.' I wanted to wrap my arms around him as tight as I could but held back the need as I saw Inuyasha still standing where he was.
"Go back to your so called friends Inuyasha! You are not needed here!" Sesshoumaru said with a cold voice.
"Whatever. I'd rather not stand around here with you anyway!" he said, taking a glance at me.
My eyes still showed fear in them and it took a few minutes for Inuyasha to decide on whether he should leave or not. He didn't want anything to happen to me after all the things that already had. There was no way for him to be sure that Sesshoumaru wasn't doing the same thing to me as Naraku. Sesshoumaru started to grow impatient with his younger brother and looked back at Inuyasha. He saw that Inuyasha was staring at me.
"Tsuto, tell him that you're fine and don't need his help!" Sesshoumaru said, looking back at me.
I froze for a second, not really sure on what to say.
"I'm fine Inuyasha, honest," I said with a small smile.
My words took time to settle in. Inuyasha grunted at my reply and sheathed his sword before walking away. When Sesshoumaru was sure that Inuyasha was gone he nearly collapsed to the ground. He placed his hand onto the tree and dug his claws into the bark to hold him self up. 'What's wrong with him? I thought that wounds like these wouldn't hurt a demon like him.'
"Sesshoumaru. Are you alright?" I asked him worried.
He winced slightly and his knees pretty much gave out. I quickly grabbed his arm and tried my best to gently place him on the ground.
"I'm sorry! I didn't mean to cause so much trouble! None of this would've happened if I wasn't around you!" I said, wrapping my arms around him.
I felt his claw go against my back and pulled me closer to him.
"Don't say such nonsense Tsuto. I did it to protect you! I love you remember? I would've done anything to keep you from danger," he said in a low voice.
"Yeah but it's still my fault!" I whispered, feeling nothing but guilt well up inside of me.
'I love Sesshoumaru for all that he's done for me, but what do I have to give to him in return? The only thing that he seems to get is my body and someone to protect.' I thought as I could feel the blood from Sesshoumaru's wound against my arm as it soaked into my shirt. His embrace on me loosened and mine loosened as well. Sesshoumaru got to his feet and walked over to the trunk of a tree. Sitting down he rested his back against it and started thinking.
"Come here Tsuto!" he said a little demanding.
I got to my feet and went over to him. He got me to sit at his side. When I was sitting down he wrapped his arm around me again and pulled me against him.
Naraku had fled back to the castle where only Kanna and Kohaku were waiting for his return. His body was destroyed once again but only this time, by the power of Tetsusaiga.
"Damn those wretched fools! How dare they interfere with my plans to take Tsuto back. Lord Sesshoumaru will pay dearly for taking her away both physically and mentally. She belongs to me and no one else should be able to have her. Especially not that wretched dog!" he shouted pissed off that he had lost.
Kanna followed his half of a body to his chamber and showed him what she saw in her mirror. It was Kagura walking through the forest, wounded and still bleeding.
"That wench! I'll have to form my new body before I can decide to go after her, but in the mean time… Kohaku, find Kagura and make sure that she makes it back to the castle alive!" he said to the boy.
Kohaku may have been at a distance away from him, but he had heard every command that Naraku had spoken. He made sure that he had his weapon and set out to find the wounded wandering Kagura who wasn't sure on where to go.
"I will get Tsuto back and when I do, the first thing I'll do is reclaim her as my own. When my new body gets completed, I'll be stronger than I was before and able to love her longer and more often than I used to be able to!" Naraku laughed to himself at his evil plan.
A few hours had passed and Sesshoumaru had fallen asleep from either blood loss or from exhaustion. I was still against him, not daring to move incase he would become angry with me. 'Poor Sesshoumaru. He was already tired from last night when he woke up this morning and now this has to happen. I can't imagine what it would be like to be that tired! It must be hard for him. Sesshoumaru's pride is unending and that would make it even more difficult to not just fall asleep. If he was to do that in the presence of Inuyasha or even Rin would hurt his pride!' I thought as I could hear his heart beat steadily pounding in his chest. It was a unique rhythm. It never seemed to pick up speed or even change pace. I closed my eyes to his warmth and decided to try and fall asleep myself. Not too long after I had closed my eyes, Sesshoumaru's arm had pulled me a little closer to him. This roused my suspicions and I opened my eyes to see if he was awake. Sesshoumaru's golden eyes were staring down on me with some care to them. 'Why is he staring at me like that? What did I do this time for him to look so kind?' I asked myself while lifting my head slightly to get a better view of his face.
"Did you get any rest?" Sesshoumaru asked me a little concerned.
"Not really but I'm alright. What about you? You were still tired from last night," I asked him curiously.
Sesshoumaru's eyes had changed from caring to wanting. I didn't realize the change even though I continued to look up at him with my violet eyes staring into them. His hold on my back changed and he turned towards me more. 'What is he doing? Why is Sesshoumaru turning towards me like he is?' I asked myself while I felt him pulling me towards him slightly.
Sesshoumaru moved his hand up a little to the back of my neck and held it passionately, as if it could be broken by the slightest thing. He then moved in the rest of the way to my face. He pressed his lips to mine and I accepted it as soon as he had touched me. I felt his tongue make its way into my mouth and I didn't try to stop him. It connected with mine and the kiss continued for what seemed like forever. Sesshoumaru's fangs would run against my tongue when it was in his mouth which made me feel welcome. As long as they were there everything would be alright. 'What is Sesshoumaru trying to do? Why is he kissing me like he is for no reason?' I wondered as Sesshoumaru started to move lower. He had sucked on the edge of my bottom lip for only a second before moving to my chin and slowly making his way to my neck. The feeling that his soft lips gave me when they touched my flesh was amazing. Sesshoumaru found a place at the middle of my neck where he seemed to not move from. He spent several minutes gently kissing and tugging slightly on the flesh. 'I love this feeling that he gives me! It's so relaxing that it takes all my cares away and the only thing that matters is him!' I thought as Sesshoumaru decided to again move lower. When he reached my collar bone he couldn't get any lower than the edge of my shirt. After a few more minutes Sesshoumaru pulled away from me and released my neck from his hold.
"Thank you for doing what you did Sesshoumaru. I don't know where I would be without you," I said thankful towards him for saving me from Naraku,
"Don't worry about thanking me Tsuto. You can do that later when nightfall decides to come. No one's around. Rin and Jaken would have taken your sister back to your old village and I'm sure that Naraku is busy rebuilding his new body," he whispered into my ear with more desire in his voice than I had ever heard.
No matter how much I didn't want to admit it, but Sesshoumaru was right. No one was around except for some animals that might pass by. 'No! It's not right to do it now! It shouldn't be right to want it after all this time. Why does he want to mate with me again when he's still tired from yesterday?' I asked myself, trying to convince myself to say no. It was true that my body had wanted it and still wants it. My body always had wanted a way to enjoy the feeling of a man loving me but I didn't want to have to want it. I was too young to do such things but still it had happened.
"What if Inuyasha comes back? Won't that be kind of awkward for him to see you loving me like you do?" I asked him, trying to get out of the situation.
Sesshoumaru's golden eyes looked into my eyes desirably.
"You know you want it Tsuto. I can give it to you. I can make love to you for as long as you wish, until you say no!"
'He's wounded and still he wants to love me. Sesshoumaru did save me from Naraku and I guess this could be my way to repay him.' I thought remembering the feeling of how good I had felt when our bodies had become one. "You know you want it Tsuto." Sesshoumaru's voice said again in my mind. 'Damn it. It doesn't matter how hard I try to resist, it only seems to get harder every second that passes!'
"Well Tsuto, do you want me to love you tonight or not?" he whispered again.
I was about to shake my head no but then it was like my mind wasn't working anymore and my body took control. Slowly I nodded my head and my heart pounded as I did so. 'What the hell did I just do? I agreed to him didn't I? Why can't I ever do the right thing?' I thought as I felt like I had gone as low as I could go to ever wanting to be loved.
"Don't worry Tsuto. You won't regret that answer. I'll love you for as long as I can," Sesshoumaru whispered before pressing his lips to mine once again.
He pulled away again and had a small smile on his face.
End of Chapter 8
Hehehe. : ) : ) I apologize to all lemon haters, therefore I apologize to myself, but I'm not sure on whether I should have one more lemon in the next chapter. But that will be entirely up to you when you submit your reviews. : ) : ) Right now I don't really care on which one you pick because it's 2:21 a.m. in the morning and I'm really, really, REALLY tired since I only got like not even six hours of sleep. : ) : ) I got a new game and was playing that instead of studying for one of my tests, which wasn't really smart 'cause I'm pretty sure that I failed. I think I did good on the test before that though, so go me, well kind of... : ) : ) Okay, I should really go to bed 'cause my mom wants to take me out for lunch tomorrow and that's at like 11:30 and I might want to be up by then! Lol. : ) : ) So, please R&R and be patient for the next chapter because I need feedback on whether or not it should be a lemon!