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Chapter 3...
Sesshoumaru sped past Inuyasha and Kagome his eye's darting between Yukiko and the path. He was full of emotions as he rushed to the hut, Inuyasha followed quickly behind him not sure what Kagome could do for the woman they all thought was dying. Kagome was glad when they finished their run back to the hut, she could tell Inuyasha wanted to follow after Naraku but the look she gave him let him know this was more important because who ever this female was she was important to Sesshoumaru.
Sesshoumaru looked down at Yukiko as Kagome led him into the hut setting down his mate softly trying not to rattle her anymore then needed. He frowned and set his hand to her cheek stroking it softly as Kagome tried not to stare.
"Fix her" Sesshoumaru said as Kagome checked over the womans pulse and frowned.
"I'll do what I can, her breathing is even and her heart beat is strong." Kagome said finishing her check on the Inu's pulse. Sesshoumaru growled when Kagome ran her hand up towards the scar covered shoulder his mark once sat on.
"It looks like she was attacked a while back the wounds are healed but I don't know what's wrong with her veins there swollen and purple. I've never seen anything like this before." She said trying not to anger Sesshoumaru hearing his growls grow louder, Inuyasha walked into the hut and frowned watching his brother. He had no clue what was happening but he could feel his half brothers anger rise more and more with each passing second. He didn't want Sesshoumaru to harm Kagome all because of his mistakes.
Yukiko coughed roughly and wheezed as her breathing tried to even out again, Kagome felt helpless because this female was an enigma. She wasn't sure if she was dying or not and she was afraid to tell Sesshoumaru that. She looked to the floor where she set the large gem down.
"This gem she had on her...I don't think it was keeping her alive." Kagome said finally taking a serious look at the necklace, her eyes went wide as she seperated the jewel from the gem curiously.
"What is that?"Inuyasha asked as he and Sesshoumaru both looked her at the two stones in her hands.
"I think this one was to hide her appearance while the other was to boost her strength." Kagome said putting the pieces together proudly, she set the bright purple gem on the womans chest. To Inuyasha and herself as soon as the gem rested on her chest she became an undamaged woman laying before them asleep but to Sesshoumaru she looked exactly the same, damaged and broken before him. He growled and looked at the shocked faces in front of him.
"I see no changes!" He growled trying to keep his emotions in check.
"Sesshoumaru-Sama is their anyone you'd know who could tell you what this gem is?" She asked as Inuyasha rolled his eyes at her formality, Sesshoumaru frowned as he stared at the woman he'd love broken before him.
"Don't bother talking to him right now if he doesn't believe us then that's him let's go tell the others what happened." Inuyasha said taking Kagomes hand as Sesshoumaru sat there ignoring the two of them. Kagome felt badly for him but figured Inuyasha was right they needed to tell the others what happened and atleast give the Inu some space.
Sesshoumaru was happy when they left, he needed a moment to think and figure out what to do. He reached his hand down to the gem that sat lightly on her chest, he frowned feeling a soft power surge from it. He had no clue what it was but he knew it gave some kind of power. Yukiko shifted in her passed out state and Sesshoumaru perked up watching her carefully. He wasn't sure what he was going to do but all he knew was that his mate hadn't died but where had she been?
He frowned looking at her tattered clothing annoyed with how much of her scarred and damaged skin was showing to the world, he slid off one of his outer robes and set it over top of her gently. Yukiko lay slowly waking up her body felt heavy and on edge as she felt his pressence closer to her then she wanted. She slowly tried to calm herself but she knew he would be able to tell when she was awake. Sesshoumaru raised an eyebrow at her annoyed by the fact she was trying to foul him like she was a child.
"Are you done now?" He asked watching her flinch, she knew he would kill her so why was he waiting?
"Just kill me already." Yukiko said sitting up slowly her hands wrapping around the gem she wanted to keep. Sesshoumaru moved closer to her wanting to make sure she was real. She flinched away snarling at him angerly.
"Don't try to touch me don't ever touch me again!" She snarled her hand protectively over her stomach her mind going to flashbacks from the past. Sesshoumaru looked at her and his words caught in his throat as he watched her get as small as she could to be away from him. His inner beast growled at him in anger not liking the response they were getting from their mate.
"Yukiko.." He growled out lowly as he watched her look for an escape.
"Don't drag it out just kill me. Your mate failed the first time so just finish it so I can be at peace!" She yelled alerting the others outside to something going on.
Inuyasha frowned as he overheard the arguement between his brother and the female they found, Kagome looked to him nervously and he set his hand gently on her shoulder.
"Let them battle it out we don't need to be in that shit, this is his own mess." He said looking at his woman calmly. Kagome begrudgedly sighed and looked at Inuyasha sadly, she had no clue what was happening between the female and Sesshoumaru but she was upset for the woman. She could tell their was something going on between the two and she felt for the woman. Sesshoumaru didn't seem easy to get along with and she wanted to help the misguided woman.
"I don't think we should leave them alone she's terrified of him." Kagome said softly looking to the group who tried to act like everything was ok. Inuyasha nodded his head and sighed wanting to tell her just to drop it but knew she wouldn't.
"I don't think he's going to kill her the bastard cares to much, you can see it in his eyes" He said making Kagome sigh.
Sesshoumaru looked at his mate and frowned, he could feel her fear and it unrattled him completely. He didn't know how he should respond to her without freaking her out further.
"Calm down Yukiko." He said trying to remain calm himself." I'm not going to harm you trust me." He finished looking at her softly, she looked at him shocked. How could she trust him after all he'd done to her, she knew it had to be a trap, that moment she'd have to be stupid to fall in line like a loyal bitch and fall at his feet.
"You didn't protect us the last time you tricked me into caring and then killed us! I was trapped in a limbo because you were sleeping with some female that wasn't I...you had her kill me! KILL US!" She said grasping her stomach sadly making him wince in heartache. He was surprised to hear she had been in limbo thankful she hadn't passed but it still destroyed his heart to see her broken and scarred like this.
Then there was the matter of their pup, long gone were the days of them laying about speaking of hopes and dreams. He had betrayed her trust and violently ripped her to shreds over a misunderstanding that ended in the death of their pup by his own hand.
"This Sesshoumaru was ignorant and blinded by misplaced rage...Yukiko I will never forgive myself for what I've do..."He said not being able to finish his sentence because Yukiko made a run towards the door. She didn't care about his apology truth or not she was going to leave and escape him forever. If she couldn't kill him she was going to run from him the best she could.
Inuyasha stood still as he watched the woman rush from the hut like it was the end of her life. Kagome blinked and looked at him just as curiously, he could tell he was going to hear about it because he told her they'd be fine. He heard Kagome yell for him to chase after her but he stopped short watching as Sesshoumaru rushed after the female.
Yukiko snarled and ran as fast as her weakened legs could take her, she gasped for air as she was suddenly grabbed and pulled into someone roughly. Sesshoumaru growled as he held Yukiko to him, he refused to let her go no matter what. Yukiko howled loudly as she fought to get away clawing and scratching at him the best she could. Her mind was racing and she started to panic further. Sesshoumaru snarled at her dominatly making her freeze.
"Let me go..."She whimpered out lowly her head down falling back weakly since she wasted all her energy on trying to out run him. He rumbled low in his chest as he pulled her closer turning her to face him.
"I'm not going to hurt you." He growled out lowly making her flinch and begin to whimper louder, she just wanted him to end her and let her go to the after life with their pup...her pup.
"Lies...your a liar just kill me." She looked up at him her eye's rimmed red from the amount of pain she was in. Sesshoumaru felt a lump in his throat trying to figure out what to say to her, she was broken down and clearly nothing he did would help her. He growled and leaned down nuzzling his nose against her cheek trying to bring pack values back to them. She flinched away wincing in pain at the large scar on her shoulder, he frowned looking at the large tender scar on her shoulder were his mark once sat.
"I'm so sorry..."He mumbled holding her closer to him, she lifted her arms trying to push him away.
"I don't care...let me go Sesshoumaru."She cried out her eye's filling with tears. "You killed us and nothing you say or do will make me forgive you." She finished looking towards the wood's were she saw Inuyasha and Kagome standing in hiding not sure what to do.
Sesshoumaru snarled and nipped at her ear gently tugging trying to gain back her attention. Yukiko pushed away ducking her head away from him growling. She wanted to be free of his grasp and the woman in the bushes looked like she wanted to help her.
Kagome stood with Inuyasha confused about what was going on between the two. Inuyasha had told her to just stand back and not get into all of this considering they were already knee deep in this terrible situation. She stepped closer making eye contact with the woman when suddenly she decided to act. She could tell the woman wanted away from Sesshoumaru and he wasn't going to let her go by her mean's.
"Inuyasha I know this maybe stupid but I can't let her stay there with him like this...I'm going to help her but you need to distract him." Kagome said making Inuyasha look at her as if she lost her mind.
"No Kagome trust me this is not something we should step into. That female is his mate if we disrupt him and try to help her escape he could destroy the whole villiage in his rage. I won't let you or the villiage go threw that suffering because of his own mistakes." He said grabbing Kagome quickly by the shoulder and running away.
Yukiko watched the familiar scented male take the woman and run despite her yell's to put her down. She knew in this moment she was trapped and needed to figure out a way to get out of his hold. Sesshoumaru had pulled her tighter into his hold growling lowly as his beast came threw painting his eye's red. She looked at him and frowned wanting the agony to be done with. She knew that she was traped in his hold when his beast gained full control.
"Let me go..."She groaned out tiredly. Sesshoumaru's beast snarled and rubbed his face against her cheek rumbling from his chest.
"calm yourself female... I won't hurt you like the other has just listen." He grumbled out lowly trying to keep his sentences clear. Yukiko's mind continued to race as she tried to play calm, she wanted this whole thing to end but like Sesshoumaru always did he had to drag thing's out until he was ready to strike.
"How am I supposed to calm down when I've been threw years of struggle." She bit back trying to move herself from his lap. He had managed to get her fully sat in his lap her back to his chest.
"This one know's this but were trying to fix it now. The other caused all this strife by entertaining the snakes thoughts this one knew better and tried to stop the other but he refused to listen." His beast said slowly letting his hand rest on her stomach remorsefully. Yukiko flinched and gripped his hand trying to pry it away from her snarling.
"You don't get to touch us.. Neither of you do. Not after what you've done Sesshoumaru." Yukiko said ripping his hand from her managing to loosen his grip on her. Sesshoumaru's beast frowned and fully let her go watching as the tattered remains of her old robes tore even more. Yukiko snarled as she made her way weakly to her feet and stepped back. Sesshoumaru followed her step's getting up quickly his beast knew she was to weak to run again and he didn't want her to leave his side but he knew he wasn't going to be as stubborn as his other dominate side and let his pride get in his way. His beast had missed her more then anything and he wanted her to know that even he disagreed with the actions made against her that day.
"Mate this one want's you to know we've missed you but we know your not ready to accept and forgive the other so run...go to the half breed I shall hold off the other long enough for them to help you." His beast said causing Yukiko to step back slowly not sure how long it would take for her to get away from him. Sesshoumaru's beast flashed out of sight heading far from the area to buy her time.
Kagome sat quietly staring at the fire, she felt guilty leaving that woman behind but she knew Inuyasha was right. Sesshoumaru was to strong for them to take on angered like that. He was a great ally but she knew it would damage them up to much to get on equal ground between both parties. She looked to Shippou and put on a smile, he kept giving her the concerned look and she knew she couldn't let him in on all that was filling her head. She pulled him onto her lap and nuzzled the top of his head and smiled.
"I'm ok Shippou-kun don't worry." She said holding him closer she felt him nod and cuddle into her happily. She wanted to make sure that her adopted son was able to live in peace and not constantly travel and train to the point of exhaustion. Her thought's shift to Inuyasha as he sat up from his branch frowning as his ears twitched listening to something in the distance. Kagome sat up quickly looking between him and the direction his gaze was looking towards. Suddenly Shippou hopped from her lap growling towards the brush, Inuyasha hopped down and grabbed for his sword holding it still as suddenly the female that was with Sesshoumaru fell from the bushes.
Kagome hopped up and ran over as Sango and Miroku tried to figure out which lead to follow. Inuyasha snarled and looked around causing them to wonder whether they needed to prepare for a fight or not. Kagome dropped to her knee's next to the female who was now completely passed out in front of them.
"Inuyasha we have to help her." Kagome said going to lift her by her shoulders but stopping as Inuyasha moved closer.
"I don't sense the bastard but I don't want him to come back and attack us over her. You can't just rush over and help everyone wench." Inuyasha said growing fustrated by the fact this woman was back causing them troubles again. Kagome looked and him and frowned a serious look following causing Inuyasha's ears to press closely to his head.
"She need's help and if he come's back we'll handle it then but she's so cold and I don't care..Now if you want to be sat all the way to the earth's core I would say help me." She said making him roll his eye's but walk over.
Kagome sighed out of breath as she worked rolling out a mat for the woman they brought back to Kaede's hut. The elderly woman looked confused again but shrugged and offered to help. Kagome watched Inuyasha gently set the woman down and walk out rolling his eye's.
"That's all the help I'm giving." He said giving her an attitude.
"Thank you Inuyasha even if you did complain the whole time." She said crossing her arm's as Kaede sat on the ground next to Yukiko. Kaede looked at the young female Inu Youkai then glanced to Kagome unsure how to handle such a powerful female.
"Kagome I'm unsure of how we are to help her. I know of herb's and thing's that help some youkai but not for well this." She said pointing to the large poison tainted vains covering the woman. Kagome sighed and nodded her head.
"I know but I thought maybe some rest might help her for now while we figure something out. The poor woman has been threw so much I couldn't let her stay out in the forest. I mean how different can we really be yeah youkai have super powerful abilities but so can human's." Kagome said trying to remain hopeful, Kaede just nodded still unsure of her plan.
"Before any of that we should atleast get her something new to wear. Over there in my chest can you grab one of the yukata's out." Kaede said as Kagome pulled out a plain navy colored Yukata. They then started to remove the last tattered bit's of her old robe's. Kagome tried her best not to be bothered by the sight of her but what really caught her off guard was the slight rounded swell to her stomach. Kaede gave her the same confused look as they slowly dressed her.
"Kagome-san who is this female if I may ask." She said wanting to know why a pregnant Inu Youkai was in her living hut. Kagome gave her a soft smile and sighed.
"I honestly don't know Kaede..." She said trailing off.