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Chapter 46

Kohaku took his weapon and slashed the tentacle that wrapped around his older sister. The monster screeched. Taka flipped and grabbed the shard, bounding away. The monster snarled. Kohaku threw the weapon again and slashed the tentacle from Miroku too.

"Aneue!" Kohaku kneeled beside Sango.

"You little twerp," Kumiko growled, "my beast... kill the little one."

The monster roared and it's tentacles flew at Kohaku. They wrapped around the boy and lifted him to the air. He cried out when they tightened and the beast seemed to smirk.

"Kohaku!" Sango cried weakly.

Taka growled. She ran at Kagome's bindings. She stabbed her claws into the chains. The barrier shocked her but she kept her hand stabbed into them. She growled in pain. The barrier around the chains shattered and Kagome got loose. Taka held her now injured hand. Her eyes flickered and she snarled.

"Taka don't!" Kagome pleaded knowing Taka was going to her youkai form.

She had figured out that when Taka touched the shards and they got tainted she would loose complete control. Kagome was afraid her friend would become heartless as Inuyasha when he was in his youkai form and kill while enjoying it. Taka dropped the shard. Kagome picked it up, it purified. Taka took a breathe and bounded off again. Kagome grabbed her bow and an arrow. She aimed at Kumiko. There was a shimmer in her hand. It wasn't a shard... it was some sort of spell. She aimed for that. She released the string. Kumiko looked just in time to see the arrow pierce her hand, shattering the spell.

"Wench!" Kumiko shrieked.

Kuragari gasped as the spell broke. Kirara stood with a growl and looked up at Kohaku. She snarled and flew Kohaku's bindings. She slashed through them. Kohaku cried out and almost fell into the water before Kirara caught him.

"Iron Reaver!" Inuyasha roared as he slashed at the monster.

It roared and one of it's arms slashed quickly at Inuyasha.

"Inuyasha! Osuwari!" Kagome cried.

The prayer beads dragged Inuyasha right into the water. He came out and squirted water out of his mouth. He shot Kagome an icy glare. Sesshomaru stood with a growl. His eyes turned red and the strips on his cheeks turned jagged. He turned into his dog form and snarled viscously at Kumiko's beast. He bounded at it. It roared and they both went underwater.

"Sesshomaru-sama!" cried Rin.

His head burst from the water. His paw flailed. The beast was underwater. It's tentacles had a vice grip on his dog leg. He kicked. No luck. Kuragari stood and drew his sword. He dove into the water. A black aura surrounded the sword and the water became all black. Sesshomaru disappeared underwater.

"Kuragari-kun?" whispered Kagome.

Sesshomaru snarled underwater and bit into the monster's throat when he caught sight of it in the black water. Kuragari slashed it's body. It roared and tried to continue fighting. Sesshomaru mixed some of his poisonous saliva into the wound. It moved slower and slower until it stopped. It began to sink. It still had death grip on Sesshomaru and he got dragged deeper along with it. Kuragari burst to the surface.

"Kuragari!" Kagome said happily.

Kuragari coughed.

"Sesshomaru-sama?" Rin looked at the still black water.

Sesshomaru's sight was getting darker... darker then the water. His eyes began to close as he released the last of his air.

"Kuso!" Inuyasha growled as he dove straight into the water.

He barely spotted Sesshomaru. But when he did he tore through the long arm of the beast. Sesshomaru balled up and shot to the surface. Inuyasha swam after him. Sesshomaru landed on the shore, now in his usual form, soaking wet and unconscious. Rin squealed.

"Sesshomaru-sama!" she gasped running towards the unconscious lord.

She shook him slightly. He coughed and opened his eyes. Inuyasha surfaced. Kumiko laughed.

"I was hoping you were both dead," she smirked.

"Urasai!" Inuyasha snarled.

"I'll kill you all... myself," Kumiko raised a hand and a staff appeared.

She pointed it at the group and chanted a few words. It glowed and a blast of it shot at them. Inuyasha jumped from the water drawing the Tetsusaiga.

"Backlash Wave!" he bellowed.

The attack flew back at Kumiko. She stared in horror.

"Iie," she whispered before it hit her.

She screamed and when the dust cleared away only her clothes were in her place. Kohaku hugged Sango. Sango smiled.

"What people will go through to get this," Kagome whispered, "this little piece of a jewel."

Kuragari nodded sadly, his wet hair dripping on Kagome. She laughed and moved it. Kuragari grinned and kissed Kagome. Sesshomaru stood.

"Ugh," he grumbled, "covered in slime."

Inuyasha laughed. Sesshomaru narrowed his eyes and hit his brother in the back of the head so he fell back into the water. Taka fell to the ground laughing. Inuyasha surfaced and growled.

"Let's go," Sesshomaru said emotionlessly.

He got back onto A-un and Rin hopped happily on with him, not sitting on him because he was soaking wet. Kirara and Kohaku helped Sango and Miroku on Kirara. Taka and Inuyasha got onto Isamu again. Kuragari picked up Kagome and the group left the land of the late Kumiko.

xXx awhile later xXx

Sango and Miroku lay resting in Keade's hut. Kohaku sat beside his sister. Keade and Taka were walking about Kikyo and Sesshomaru sat outside in a tree, leaving Rin with Shippo to play. Inuyasha yawned and lay one the hard floor and stared at the ceiling.

"Inuyasha," Keade said, "why don't ye make yourself useful and put the little ones to sleep?"

"Nani!" Inuyasha growled.

"Yeah Inuyasha," Shippo smirked, "put us to bed."

"That's easy," Inuyasha whacked Shippo over the head.

He fell to the ground unconscious. Inuyasha smirked.

"Inuyasha," Kagome sighed with a sweat drop.

xXx Later on while everyone's asleep xXx

Toshi walked through Inuyasha's Forest as Sesshomaru.

"They're here," Toshi thought, "perfect."

He (A/N since Toshi's Sesshomaru meaning she's like an it or something lol) walked into the village and stepped silently towards Keade's hut. He pushed the mat. Rin slept on the mat nearest of the door. Toshi noticed none of the youkai were in this hut.

'Must be in another hut,' he thought.

He shook Rin slightly.

"Mmm? Sesshomaru-sama?" she mumbled.

"Hai, Rin," he replied, "come with me."

"What about Jaken?"

"He can stay... we'll be back soon," Toshi assured.

Rin stood and rubbed her eyes before following the fake lord out of the hut. They walked for awhile until Toshi turned abruptly and grabbed Rin violently. She screamed.

"Sesshomaru-sama!" she whimpered.

"Heh... I am not the lord you think of little one," Toshi smirked.

Rin gasped and screamed again.

A little ways away Sesshomaru looked where he heard Rin's scream.

"Rin," he whispered before bounding off in that direction.