Inuyasha sighed as the smell of fresh blood filled his nose.
'Shit…' he thought to himself. She better not have been innocent…He turned around when he heard footsteps and saw Sesshoumaru come out of the forest, holding a blood covered sword in one hand. Inuyasha recognized it as Maika's sword and wondered why Sesshoumaru had used hers.
"Now that Maika is dead I see no point in staying with you." Sesshoumaru told him. He turned around to head back, his silver hair swaying in the breeze.
"Don't expect any changes between us." He told Inuyasha before walking off. Inuyasha shuddered and turned back to Kagome and the rest.
"So…is Maika dead?" Shippo asked. Inuyasha nodded and then walked ahead.
"Better head for a village. I can tell this rain isn't going to go away for a while." He told them. Kagome looked at Sesshoumaru's disappearing figure and sighed.
'I knew he was cold…but to kill Maika?' she thought. Choonala appeared, sniffing Kagome's ankles. Sango scooped him up. "Well now that Maika's gone someone should take care of him." She said, handing him to Miroku. Miroku sweat dropped.
"What? You want me to take care of him?" Sango nodded and Choonala jumped in his arms. Meanwhile Sesshoumaru sat, leaning against a tree with Rin by his side.
"Lord Sesshoumaru did you really kill Maika?" she asked him.
He stood up and was soon nearly knocked down by someone that jumped down from a tree and clutched him tightly. Sesshoumaru smirked and slowly wrapped his arms around the young woman that he had nearly killed. He rested his chin on her head and closed his eyes, remembering what had just happened.
Just as he swung the sword down he took a quick turn and cut her shoulder. She gave a loud cry of pain and he caught her before she fell, pulling it out quickly. She gave a wince but knew why he had done that. If Inuyasha smelt the blood, and maybe even saw it, he'd surely believe his brother that he had killed her.
Maika ran a hand through Sesshoumaru's long silver hair and sighed a little. Damn that had been too close for comfort. Her shoulder was bloody but fine. She looked up at him.
"Does he think I'm dead?" she asked him. Sesshoumaru nodded and was soon planted face first in the ground from Maika's sit.
"God next time warn me when you're going to do that!" she muttered. Sesshoumaru got up and dusted himself off before throwing a glare in her direction.
Maika gave out a shudder from the rain and Sesshoumaru rushed quickly to shield her and he grabbed Rin so he could shield them both and they hurried to the direction of an abandoned hut.
Yeah its short but when I realized my mistake -see chapter ten- of forgetting to post it up in so long I decided to add this one. Don't worry I'm working on chapter twelve!