Ch. 8
Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha or its characters.
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A/n: To those of you who have been waiting, I'm really sorry for not updating sooner, this chapter has actually been finished for a while. Life just happened to get in the way. Also, I only have word pad right now, so I'm terribly sorry for any spelling/grammar mistakes I miss.
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A bright white light shot out from the mirror with a power that sent Miru to the ground. He held it as steady as he possibly could as the force grew. The white light seemed to take the of a rope as it wrapped itself around Rin. Everywhere it touched created a burning sensation causing her to cry out.
Immediately Sesshoumaru threw Kagura at a nearby tree, flying towards Rin and Miru. Choked sobs escaped his lovers lips causing rage to fill him. Doing the first thing that came to his frantic mind, he grabbed the glowing cord connecting Rin to the mirror. The scream that escaped her at that moment sent shivers down the spine of the great taiyoukai. He immediately let got. A vicious laughter echoed from the mirror.
At the sound of Rin's howl of pain Miru instantly regretted the actions he had taken. Sure, he was angry at her for the previous events of the week, hell, he had even desperately wanted revenge against the so-called "Great Lord Sesshoumaru" for the incident which left him temporarily defeated. Miru wanted a lot of things, but none of which included the girl before him falling to her knees in sheer agony; he dropped the mirror.
The light that had wrapped around Rin tightened, pushing the air from her lungs with yet another heart wrenching cry as the tiny piece of enchanted glass clattered against the ground. Within seconds she was being dragged towards the mirror.
Another bout of laughter escaped the reflective glass. "You think just by letting go of my mirror I'll let go of this spirit… You've awakened me, silly brat. I will feed this day!"
"There's nothing you can do dear, dear Sesshoumaru," Kagura's laughter was quite bitter. "She'll be sucked into the looking glass and you'll have lost her forever, again."
Sesshoumaru's normally expressionless eyes filled with fear and horror, the sound of Rin's sobs echoing through his head, at the words of the Wind Witch. The emotions seen within those orbs only caused her laughter to come out stronger.
"Such a pitty that one as strong as you could be scared by such a minor occurrence."
His growl was fierce as he swung his claws at the mirror. The cries of his beloved were tearing him to pieces from the inside out.
"Tsk, tsk, I wouldn't do that... she'll die instantly and lose her soul." Kagura's smirk was wide.
Normally stoic and calm, Sesshoumaru was slowly losing to the fear and ache infiltrating his very being. He couldn't just stand by and watch his only love suffer while he was completely defenseless.
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Miru, as guilty as he'd ever been, continued to watch in horror at what he had just started. How could he have followed this ridiculous plan; how could he ever do such terrible things to such a nice girl. He had never been the one to be evil out of spite. He had never been the one to go out of his way to hurt a pretty girl because she turned him away. Why then, had he listened to his uncle and agreed to use this method of senseless revenge? Why indeed...
He needed to remedy this situation and fast. There was no way that he was going to destroy Rin just to get back at Sesshoumaru for something so unimportant. Yes, unimportant. After thinking about it for some time he came to that conclusion. 'Sesshoumaru was simply defending what was his. She is his honor; his mate. I had been the offender.' he rationalized. 'Youkai law clearly states that he had every right to kick my hide around for attempting to claim his mate.'
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Kagura had noticed the conflicting looks reflected in her son's eyes, "You will finish what you started boy, or I will finish it and you." She practically roared.
Miru paled slightly as his mother's true motives began to reveal themselves. "Mo-other?" he stuttered as he pushed the questioning word off his lips.
Her glare increased ten-fold, "Do you really believe that you mean much to me, boy? I will be rid of this nuisance and you shortly, then my Sesshoumaru will mate me and I will rule this land. I will have everything I deserve!" the shock was clear upon Miru's face. All of his words had escaped him.
'Everything you deserve indeed,' Miru tackled Kagura.
In an attempt to throw the wind hanyou off of her Kagura spun around succeeding only in rolling closer to the crying girl kneeling on the ground in pain. Unfortunately for Kagura, that was exactly where Miru wanted to be. In one swift movement he had them both standing again, Kagura's arms firmly held against her back. "I would give you the opportunity for redemption if I thought you would actually use it properly," Miru whispered into her ear as he pushed her towards the brightly glowing wire that had Rin about 4 feet from the mirror at this point. He had known all along that his mother was deceitful, but it wasn't until she openly expressed the lack of his worth to her that he knew it was either him or her. He preferred to stick around for just a bit longer.
"No! You have no idea what you're doing, you will rule by my side!" she pleaded for him to release her as she struggled with all her might. It was no use, Miru shoved her down onto the cord as close to the mirror as possible and held her there.
"Bwahahahaa… A sacrifice just the same. To think you would give me my own sister. How… endearing." The laughing continued.
Within seconds Rin collapsed as the tentacle like rope crackled and released her, whipping around so quick that when Miru finally released Kagura she had no time to react. Sesshoumaru was there to catch Rin's falling form just as the beam of white light constricted around the closer target, restraining and pulling her into the glass that lie on the ground. Her screams were cut off as soon as they head begun, her body was sucked into the mirror, gone. Sesshoumaru ground his heel into the face of the looking glass, smashing it into tiny shards.
Kagura was gone for good.
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