Chapter 8

Just as the group rose, Sayuri was serving "her" group breakfast. After being beaten for not serving Kikyo first and then for being too slow about it, Sayuri had begun to start with the dead one. She hated this because of what she knew the female to be; of what Kikyo had done and because it was harder to keep her disguise up around the dead one. She had a hard time because Kyuubi kept complaining about how bad the female smelled.

As the Western group started for the huts, something happened that caused Sayuri to throw caution to the wind. Kikyo brought Shippo to stand before Sayuri. Kneeling, she stripped the kit. Lifting the kit, she led the group in touching Shippo. That did it. An explosion happened and where Kagome had knelt, there now stood a very pissed off Sayuri. She drew on her youkai and jerked Shippo to her side. Stepping forward, she said, "That's sinking low even for you, Kikyo. "
Inuyasha stepped to his mate's side and asked, "What are you doing here, demon? Where is that thing?"
"That "thing" has a name. 'Tis fitting you cannae say Kagome's name, you traitor," snarled Sayuri. She did the signs for Kage bunshin no jutsu. Ten clones appeared. She assigned one to guard Shippo. She then stepped forward to meet Inuyasha who drew his still untransformed Tessaiga. He lashed at her only to be pushed back.
Sayuri was doing well even as her clones battled Miroku and Sango until Kikyo grabbed her hair, pulling it hard enough her neck was almost snapped. Then she was beaten down.
Inuyasha kicked her as Miroku beat her with his staff. Sango broke her legs and Kikyo backhanded her. She still fought her hardest. Inuyasha forced her to her knees and then raped her. She still fought. It went on for an hour. She was barely conscious when Kikyo again asked where the thing was. She told her she would never betray Kagome. Kikyo told her not to say that name.
Finding the strength, Sayuri repeated, "Kagome. Kagome. Kagome. Kagome. Kagome." Kikyo snarled and taking her bow, rained blows until Sayuri was out cold. She then turned on Inuyasha, Miroku and Sango for ever letting that thing get away.
The instant Sayuri was unconscious, she saw Inuyaru. She ran to him for comfort. She knew she needed to be strong but right then she did not want to. Inuyaru hugged her. He knew she was going through a whole lot and that she was in deep need of comfort. He held her, he knew not how long. He felt it when her strength returned.
Sayuri came to and drawing on her powerful reiki, she purified Kikyo's clay body. The single soul that she had stolen from Kagome was split in two. The black part dragged into the earth and the other part floated to Sayuri's shoulder. She smiled and caressed it.

Then she faced a now totally demonic Inuyasha. That was the hardest fight of all, but finally she knocked him out. Weary, she released a column of youkai. Then she fainted and Inuyaru erected a barrier around her

The group paused as they saw the column. The three inus felt their noses tingle. They knew this female was extremely powerful by this. They were surprised when Kagome said, "That is Sayuri. " Inumaru felt pride in the knowledge that his female was strong.
They continued on. Coming to the huts, they found them destroyed. They found a ring of youkai around a surprising barrier.
Inumaru started in, but Inutaisho released his youkai and the others fled.
Inuyaru saw his barrier hold until her soul twin touched it. Then it went down and he was glad he did not have a real body.
Kagome gasped in horror as she saw Sayuri. She saw her bones were broken. She saw her thighs covered in blood. She raised her eyes to Sesshomaru's face.
Sesshomaru saw the anguish in her face. Looking at his brother, he saw a shell shocked Inu male.
Inumaru felt as if his heart was being ripped out and torn in two. He finally saw his mate for the first time and she was hurt. . in a way he could not heal alone. He sank to his knees only to recoil as the stench of another male filled his nostrils. He jumped up.
Inutaisho lifted Sayuri out of the blood and toward the Western lands. He refused to think about what had happened. He could not or his strength would be lost.
Kagome then saw Shippo and going to her knees, she held her arms out to him. He shook his head. Turning, he ran from her. She was hurt by this, but Sesshomaru reminded her that her soul twin needed her.