a/n: So I finally got back to the computer and wrote chappie 5. I have yet to do my homework but I'm gonna get to that as soon as I get done here. ;( I got a good number of reviews for chappies 1-4 and I'm loving all of them. I did get a few comments on how Sesshy seems to be out of character in the story so I'm gonna warn you now; he will be OC for probably the whole story. I'm trying to make him as true to the anime as I can but he's mated to Sango in my story what can you expect?!?! Newayz, just thought I'd clear that up. I appreciate all the reviews. Thanks guys! Now, on to the story!
"Speach"
'Thoughts'
Disclaimer: Don't own INU!!! ;( TEAR!!!
Chapter 5- The Blazing Fire
Sango felt as if her entire body was on fire; her organs were burning from the inside out. Her body wroth on the floor violently, resembling wild animals scratching and clawing trying to escape the confines of the skin.
So engrossed was she in the all encompassing fire, that she was unaware of Kagome working above her fervently attempting to find out what the cause of Sango's screams. She wanted so badly to scream for someone to put the fire out but her vocal chords felt like a smoldering heap of burning ash.
Her heart was the epicenter of the flame. Each flame burst forth from the center of her chest and licked away at the tissues and organs of her body until it reached the edges of her body. She wasn't sure anymore if she was screaming or not but she began to doubt that anything existed beside the fire.
She tried to remember what she was doing before the fire had started to distract herself from the pain but all she could recall was little Kohaku's body and how cool he felt in her arms. All other memories seemed to be burning, going up in flames within her own mind.
She grappled fruitlessly to hold onto her memories as they replayed themselves before her eyes before bursting into flames.
'NO!' she cried as she lost more and more of her childhood memories.
No sooner had they become ash than she had forgotten them and her worry was focused on the next images appearing before her eyes. Soon the fire had eaten away all of her childhood memories and moved onto her newer memories; experiences with Inuyasha and the group, the hunt for Naraku, and quickly they approached her life with Sesshomaru.
'Please!' she pleaded with the fire, 'My love, my baby. LEAVE THEM ALONE!'
Her cries went unheeded as the flames drew closer and closer to her memories of her mate and child. Tears began to flow, the only sign that the flames had not consumed the entirety of her body.
"NOOOOOOO!!!"
The instant Sesshomaru laid Sango's trembling body on the floor of Kaede's hut Kagome started trying to identify what was happening. She instructed Sesshomaru to take Kohaku from Sango's arms and as soon as he did what little hold Sango had on her body visibly snapped. Trembling instantly became thrashing and Sesshomaru had to hand Kohaku over to Kaede so that he and Inuyasha could brace Sango's arms and legs while Kagome examined her.
Kagome, now a quite skilled priestess after her extensive training with Kaede, checked over the surface of Sango's skin before ruling out an exterior source and moving on to more extensive testing. Carefully she mixed a number of roots and powders in a small cup before cutting a thin line along Sango's palm with a small knife. Sesshomaru growled slightly but did nothing knowing that it had to be done.
"I'm going to mix this powder with some of her blood to see if she has some kind of demonic poison in her blood stream. If that's not it then I'll try something else, but we're running out of options for what is causing this," Kagome said while allowing some of Sango's blood to drop into the cup containing the herbal mixture.
They watched as the bloody mixture turned a sickly green. Kagome was the only one that knew exactly what the color meant but Sesshomaru was fairly sure it wasn't a good sign.
"Sango's blood tested positive for demonic poison," Kagome stated worriedly "I need a different kind of poison to inject into her system to counteract it or she's going to die.
Sesshomaru immediately thrust his hand towards her and allowed his own vicious green poison to form in his hand.
"What do you want me to do?"
His voice was gruff and forceful. Used to his straightforwardness she simply ran to her big yellow backpack and drew forth a medical syringe that she'd brought from her time in case of emergency. Quickly she drew some of Sesshomaru's demonic poison into the syringe and injected it into one of the veins in Sango's arm. The syringe didn't last long and she barely had enough time to finish the injection before the demonic acid ate away the needle. Discarding the syringe she sat back onto her heels.
"We have to wait a minute before we can see if it worked or not."
Sesshomaru didn't like this. If it was some kind of demonic poison then he should have been able to smell it. He was sure his sense of smell was still working; he could smell his own poison making its way through her system. Why then. Why hadn't he smelled anything in Sango's body before the injection? Currently he could smell his own poison decreasing and knew that it was canceling out the foreign poison.
Sango's screams began to cease and the writhing turned into trembling and then nothing. Her body was completely still except for the slightly unsteady rise and fall of her chest. He and Inuyasha released their holds on her body and he winced at finding large bruises where his hands had been.
"I think she's going to be ok now," Kagome said with a relieved sigh. "I'll take another blood test later on to be sure."
Kagome and Inuyasha stood and left Sesshomaru alone with Sango. He'd nearly lost her twice in a matter of two days; he defiantly deserved some alone time even if she was unconscious.
He held one of her small hands in his own large, clawed one. To think that these now fragile, pale hands had once wielded a huge boomerang against any demon that dared get in their way. Tenderly, he brought her hand to his mouth and gently kissed her fingers. What he wouldn't give for them to return his tender caress.
His mate's condition led his thoughts back to what had caused her current illness. It suddenly occurred to him just whose demonic poison had been in her system.
'TAKUSI! That bastard!' he swore, "I'll rip his eyes from his sockets with MY poison claws for this! He will see what true demonic poison feels like!'
His anger was beginning to manifest and caused him to tighten his grip on his mate's hand ever so slightly, eliciting a groan from Sango. His eyes immediately flew to her face as she began to regain consciousness.
Groaning and mumbling, Sango slowly opened her eyes to see a silver haired figure above her.
"Sesshomaru? What's going on? Where's the baby?" she asked as she fully awoke.
Relief washed over him and he leaned forward and wrapped Sango securely in his arms.
"I thought I'd lost you again," he whispered.
Sango started to cry at her mate's sweet words. It was rare that he acted this romantic and she was moved by his actions. He truly had been worried.
"You could never loose me," she replied in an equally tender voice.
They stayed in each other's embrace for a few moments. Both fully content to stay that way for eternity. However, all good things must come to an end, and it wasn't long before Inuyasha and Kagome walked into the room to find Sango awake.
"Thank god you're awake Sango!" Kagome yelled excitedly. She was incredibly proud that her counteraction idea had worked flawlessly.
Inuyasha replied in his usual fashion with both arms folded in his fire rat robe and crossed across his chest; "Feh. I knew she'd be fine the whole time. Wasn't worried for a second."
Sango stared at the couple blankly for a few moments before turning back to Sesshomaru with a confused expression. Her gaze shifted between the two people standing before her and the man whose arms she currently resided in.
Her brow furrowed and she looked intently focused before asking, "Sesshomaru, who are those people?"
a/n: HEHE! Yall probly hate me for always ending in cliffies but I don't believe in ending in a boring ending. It just feels retarded to me for my writing. I have nothing against writers that do, that's just me. Well, yall can probly expect an update sometime tomrrow evening. :D
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