Laying Amongst the Dead

Disclaimer: I don not own InuYasha.

Chapter Twenty-One

I tripped over a root that was sticking out of the ground and fell to the ground. I sobbed and got to my hands and knees. I wiped blood off of my palm onto my shirt and looked around. I cursed under my breath for the blurriness of my eyes. I couldn't see a thing.

"Damn you, InuYasha," I sobbed as I got to my feet in a painful movement.

My legs hurt from running and my lungs burned from the lack of air and for sobbing the whole time I ran. If anyone wanted to find me all they had to do was follow my tears. They could probably smell them from a mile away.

I wonder why InuYasha never chased after me? Is it true? Does he love Kikyo more then me? Is what he told me a lie? Why is Kikyo back anyway? I thought she was dead.

I wiped the back of my hand across my eyes and finally was able to see. I frowned up at Sesshomaru's castle. I sighed and knew that I had nowhere else to go for the time being. I started walking towards the castle with a heart that felt so fragile that I thought that it would fall out any moment.

"You! You're the one that Death wants!" someone snarled from my left.

I looked over and gasped as a huge demon lunged at me. I screamed and quickly stepped out of the way. I sighed, but sucked my breath back in when the demon whirled around and lunged at me again. I hit his head and jumped to the other side of him.

He howled and spun towards me. I swallowed hard and noticed that there was pure rage in his eyes. I felt my body shake as he walked towards me with his shoulders squared and his arms out stretched.

"You die now," he growled and ran at full speed towards me.

I braced myself and jumped at the precise moment and kicked him as hard as I could directly between his eyes. He cried out in pain and fell face first into the ground. I landed a foot behind him and twirled around, expecting him to attack me again.

He got to his hands and knees shakily, then slowly got to his feet. He turned with a challenge in his dark red eyes. I tilted my head a bit to the side and wondered what he had up his sleeve.

"Let's make a deal. If you beat me, I wouldn't kill the darling little girl I found near the gates. If you lose, I kill you. Deal?" he asked and stuck his hand out to me.

"The girl goes free either way or no deal," I said flatly and grimly. I knew that the little he was talking of was Rin.

"Deal," he said and smiled.

I stepped forward and shook his hand, hard. He let go and flexed his hand. I turned and smiled to myself. I had hurt him by a mere hand shake. I was starting to like this hanyou thing.

Kill her and get it done quickly. Death doesn't like to wait. Plus I like seeing woman scream and plead for their lives right before they die. A strange voice erupted through my mind.

"Gross! You get off by hearing woman scream? And I thought Naraku was bad? Well, Naraku is bad. What am I saying?" I blathered to myself.

"What? I didn't saying anything about how I got off! Stop being weird and fight me!" the demon demanded.

I looked into the demons eyed and knew that he wasn't a demon, but merely a boy in a costume. I laughed and felt happy tears rush to my eyes. Death was sending a human boy of fifteen to fight a hanyou girl.

"What the hell are you laughing at ?" the boy asked in a frustrated tone.

"Does Death always send a boy to do his dirty work?" I asked as I made myself stop laughing and look at the boy.

I tried to hid my smile as the demon/boy's mouth fell open. It didn't work. I ended up bursting out laughing again, making him turn from a pink color to a deep scarlet color.

"I'm not a boy! I'm an adult!" he shouted in fury.

I stopped laughing at him and stared at him. "You're an adult? Then what am I? A monkey's uncle? I know exactly hoe old you are. You told me by the sparkle in your eye when you look at me," I said truthfully.

"I'M NOT A BOY!" he yelled and took a step towards me.

"What happened between you and Death that caused you to do his dirty work? Did you give him something that changed you like I did?" I asked in a low and hurt voice.

The boy's expression changed. "What do you mean it changed you?" he asked and looked me up and down, "did he turn you uglier?" he asked with a frown on his face.

"No!" I said hotly, "why? Am I ugly?" I asked curiously.

He shook his head violently. "No! You're hot! I'm really starting to wonder why Death wants you to die so desperately. I would sell my soul to him, if I hadn't already, for you. Why did you change? And how exactly?" he asked and reached up touched his cheek. I watched in astonishment as the demon costume faded away and left an attractive boy my age.

"I changed because the person I loved died," I stated flatly.

"Yeah. That's what happened to me. My girlfriend died and I wanted to get her back, so I sold my soul to Death. In the end, she ended up hurting me and leaving me for some hanyou named InuYasha. She was in hell too with me for a while until Death gave her a job to do. She's also after you," the boy said coldly. I could tell he didn't care for the person anymore.

"Was this person called Kikyo by any chance?" I asked with hate flaring in my heart.

The boy's expression darkened suddenly. "The whore left me for that mangy mutt! She was supposed to stay with me for all eternity! She lied when she said that she loved me! I was just free sex to her!" the boy yelled, changing from the innocent boy to an actual demon looking human.

He was breathing out red stream and his eyes turned from a blue to a dark violet. I stepped back as he gave off the wave that he was a time bomb fixing to go off any moment.

"I turned into a hanyou because of that mangy mutt," I whispered softly.

He suddenly deflated and retuned to the innocent boy. "What? You're an hanyou because of him? Why? Were you human before?" he asked, stepping forward and taking my hands in his.

"As I said, he died…because of me and I-I couldn't afford to lose him. He meant everything to me," I said as calmly as I could. I could feel my tears starting to build back up.

"What do you mean by 'meant'?" the boy asked, not missing a thing.

"After I was turned into a hanyou, he sort of went nuts. He turned into a full demon just before and he didn't get used to it yet. So he told me that I was stupid for doing such a thing and practically told me that I should have left him dead. I even told him why I saved him. I told him that I loved him and he didn't even seem to hear me," I said, taking deep shallow breaths. I fell hot tears swell up in my eyes.

I heard a twig snap and I whirled around to find Sesshomaru staring at me like I was a god given gift from heaven. I sobbed and ran to him. He may have been the one to kill me, but he was the only one I trusted at the moment.

"Sesshomaru," I sobbed and let the tears emit down my cheeks and onto his armor.

I felt the wind twirl and I knew that the boy had left. I felt Sesshomaru suddenly press me against him. I looked up at him and saw that he was sniffing the air wildly. Something was wrong.

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Well, I'm not real happy with the way this chapter turned out. I might change it. I'm not sure. Well, please help me out and tell me if you like and think it should stay or if I should type up another one. It'll help a great deal. Thanks for all the reviews. I hope to see more. Love ya. Pop sickles to all. lol.