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The Art of Breaking

Chapter 2: Confused

Sesshomaru looked into the half-demon's eyes, but then quickly looked away; he could not stand Naraku.

"Sesshomaru, I have a job for you," Naraku said, barely above a whisper, not even audible to human ears, only to demon ears like Sesshomaru's.

Sesshomaru quickly moved his hand over and grasped the hilt of his sword. He should have known Naraku only came here for him to do something for him. He was merely a puppet in Naraku's complicated and controlling world.

"What do you want Naraku?" he asked as he felt anger fill his voice, he could not even stand the thought of ever really helping Naraku with anything.

"I saw you with the dead priestess, Kikyo, you must kill her," Naraku replied in a stern voice, as his eyes swirled with emotion. Ever since Kikyo had fallen in love with that worthless mutt, Naraku could not stand to even look at her. He loathed that worthless excuse for a demon, InuYasha.

Sesshomaru felt confusion and anger rumble his mind. He didn't remember Naraku being anywhere around, if he was, Sesshomaru should have sensed it.

That son of a bitch, how did he spy on me without me knowing? He thought as his eyes showed the irritation that was boiling within him.

"Why do you want her dead, what has she ever done to you?" he asked, wanting to know the reason why he should kill her. It seemed he wasn't the only one that wanted her dead; she must have done something for Naraku to want her dead. The question that plagued Sesshomaru's mind was could he really kill her? Could he really kill someone that he felt was so pitiful that he even felt sorry for her? He knew she would suffer more if she continued to live and let her agony and sorrow eat her alive, instead of killing her quick and easy, ending everything for her.

"I can not stand her to still be in love with that worthless excuse for a demon, InuYasha, the only person she should ever love is me," Naraku replied as irritation crept into his voice. He didn't like to be questioned, and if Sesshomaru kept it up, he would be sure to kill him.

"And what makes you think I am going to kill her? Are you not strong enough to do it on your own?" Sesshomaru asked, challenging Naraku. Sesshomaru knew, in his conscious, that he could never bring himself to kill her. For some odd reason, there was something about her, something that made him unable to ever cause her harm.

Naraku stood there with a look of disbelief on his face; he could not believe one of his puppets had betrayed him. He had never realized that maybe Sesshomaru would stand up to him.

Naraku felt a smirk run across his face as a mischievous thought filled his cruel mind. "Well, if you won't do it, I will just have to show you my power by making this beautiful young woman fuse with my body," he replied as he yanked Rin up by the arm from her hiding place. Sesshomaru should have known that Naraku would be able to sense her and use her as his weakness.

Rin! How could he!! I am gonna kill that bastard. He thought as he gripped the hilt of his tokijin, getting ready to pull it out any second.

"Lord Sesshomaru, HELP ME!" He heard Rin's piercing voice scream as it rang through his ears. Naraku had grabbed a hold of her by the throat, and was getting ready to fuse her to him.

"Don't scream, or I will make your death come sooner than you expected," Naraku said harshly, as gripped her throat tighter and slapped her across the face.

That was the last straw for Sesshomaru's patience, he quickly pulled out his tokijin and charged at Naraku, but before he reached Naraku he stopped and skidded to a halt on the ground as he saw Naraku's miasma enter the air and surround Rin.

"Lord Sesshomaru…… help…..me…..." she whispered between ragged breaths as she passed out in Naraku's grip.

"You will pay," Sesshomaru said as he readied himself to charge Naraku once again.

He quickly drew back his tokijin and charged. Naraku smirked and dropped Rin to the ground, "I was hoping you would do this, you were my main target," Naraku said as he threw one of his distorted parts of his body at Sesshomaru.

Sesshomaru easily dodged the distorted, unnatural body piece, and sliced at it, cutting if off of Naraku's disturbing body.

"You worthless mutt, no more playing, you will die a slow and painful death, then your companions will die after you," Naraku replied as he lunged his whole body in Sesshomaru's direction.

"That's what you think," Sesshomaru replied as he charged Naraku once again.

Yes, my plan is working. Naraku thought as he shot bit's and pieces of his demon part of his body at Sesshomaru. He knew Sesshomaru would not be able to take that many pieces of his distorted body out at once.

"What the.." Sesshomaru said, stopping abruptly in the middle of his sentence as he saw a ton of Naraku's body being flung out towards him. He quickly changed his target and started to slash and tare all the pieces of the body he could, but it didn't seem to be working. Suddenly, he felt Naraku wrap the distorted pieces around him, and hold him securely within the mound of Naraku's distorted demon body parts.

"Now, you are mine," Naraku said as he tightened his grip around Sesshomaru, making him gasp for breath.

"You…will…not…kill..me.." Sesshomaru replied between ragged breaths.

"Oh, you think so?" Naraku replied in a snicker as he released the strongest amount of miasma he could.

Sesshomaru looked over to Rin as she laid life less on the ground, already the miasma was taking affect and making his vision blurry.

"I..swear," he replied not even able to finish his sentence. For some reason Naraku's miasma was making him very sleepy, he had never felt this way from any poison. Naraku must have picked up some more jewel shards.

Sesshomaru could feel his eyelids get heavier and heavier by the minute.

I'm sorry, Rin, I could not save you, please forgive me. Sesshomaru thought as he looked over suddenly and saw a ray of pink light coming his way. His vision was still to blurry to see who it was, but he had a feeling he knew.

"Kikyo," He whispered before letting blackness take over.

(Kagome's POV)

"I have to go find InuYasha," Kagome thought she looked around the campsite, frantically straining her eyes to see any sign of InuYasha.

He better not be with Kikyo. She is dead, he is living. All she wants him for is to drag him to hell with her. I love him soooo much, but I could never compete with her. She is so beautiful. All I am to InuYasha is "shard detector" or "wench". He would never love me. Kagome thought as she felt her thoughts wonder and sadden her. What if he was with Kikyo, would she forgive him this time?

She quickly looked over at Shippo, "Ahh..Shippo, have you seen InuYasha?" she asked trying to hide the concern that was trying to take over her voice.

"Is it time to go already?" he asked looking up into her eyes.

"Yeah, we need to get ready to go," she replied, hoping he would hurry up and tell her where he was, she had a feeling she knew what was going on, and she wanted to get down to the bottom of it as soon as possible.

"Well, he went into the forest, he said he needed to hunt," Shippo said with a smile, he knew why InuYasha had gone to the forest, he could smell Kikyo, but he didn't want Kagome to know and be hurt.

"Okay….uh thanks Shippo, I'll go and get him," she replied awkwardly as she ran away from the campsite and into the luscious forest.

She knew something was wrong. InuYasha rarely hunted, especially since she had just packed a ton of ramen and other munchies in her pack. She quickly looked above the treetops and saw something that made her heart skip a beat, soul collectors.

She ran up behind a tree not to far from the clearing she saw InuYasha and Kikyo at. She held back the tears that threatened to fall from her eyes, she knew he would smell them if she was not careful.

"I love you InuYasha," she heard Kikyo say in a caring tone, different from her usual monotone voice.

"I love you too, Kikyo. I don't know why you would ever think I loved that damn bitch, Kagome. She's just a shard detector. I really don't even need her anymore since I have you," she heard InuYasha say with a smirk on his face as he pulled Kikyo into a tight embrace.

She felt a terrible pain echo through her chest to the rest of her body. She loved InuYasha with all her heart, but yet he still loved Kikyo.

How could he love her! She's dead! She is a walking clay pot, and how could he say those things about me? Kagome thought as she let her tears flow freely, there was no way she could keep them in now, her heart had been shattered from InuYasha's soul shattering words.

She quickly struggled to pull herself back together, she was furious and hurt all at once. She had decided it was time to confront him.

"Sit boy! Sit! Sit! Sit! Sit! SIT BOY!" She yelled in both anger and betrayal. She had not meant to say that, but she could not make the words she had meant to say form in her mouth. She was to pissed.

She watched as InuYasha left Kikyo's welcoming arms and his face smashed into the ground over and over again, leaving a big indention in the once even dirt.

"InuYasha! Are you okay?" Kikyo asked worryingly.

"Yes, it's these damn enchanted beads," Kagome heard InuYasha reply as he tried his hardest to yank them off. She knew it was no use, only her or Kikyo could take them off.

"Here let me get those for you," Kikyo replied as she removed the beads with no problem.

Kagome felt her heart skip a beat once again as Kikyo removed the beads with ease. She knew Kikyo could do it, but she never really thought she would. She knew all hell would break loose if the beads were removed from his neck.

"Why don't you just kill her?" she heard Kikyo say as a grin formed on her face, almost as though she would enjoy the thought of Kagome being torn to shreds.

"Good idea my love, I don't need her or love her anymore," Kagome heard InuYasha reply harshly as grin formed on his face, she was sure he would enjoy the chase.

Oh No! He's gonna kill me! Kagome thought as she turned around and started to run back to the campsite. She ran for her life, not caring what lacerations formed on her skin, only caring about staying alive and keeping her body from being shredded into a million little pieces. She could hear InuYasha tearing and ripping through the forest with ease. He would be caught up to her with in a few seconds.

"Please InuYasha, I'm sorry! I love you with all my heart!" She said, hoping he would understand. She wanted him to know how she felt, whether it saved her or not.

"I will give you no mercy. I love Kikyo, and I have no need for you wench. I will not let you get between me and Kikyo!" She heard him reply as he crept closer only mere inches apart.

Goodbye everyone.. Kagome thought as more tears streamed down her face, she knew this was the end for her.

"NOOOOOO!" She screamed as he yelled iron reaver soul stealer. She felt a sharp pain pierce through her back. "How could you InuYasha?" She asked as she landed with a thud on the hard ground.

Cliff hanger! Sorry, but more people will want to read the next chapter. I made this one a lot longer to make up for the short chapter before. I need lots of reviews!