Chapter 8

A/N: Hello there everyone I am IMMENSELY happy that people still are interested in this love y'all! I just have to say that my others fix will be on hiatus till further notice because I focusing all my energy into this story! All right well LET THE GAMES BEGIN! * Muhahahaha*...I enjoy violence more than I should...

Disclaimer: I-DO-NOT-OWN-INUYASHA! I HAVE NEVER SAId THAT I DID AND WILL NEVER SAY SO! SO GET OFF MY BACK!

The group of humans and youkai approached a large forbidding castle surrounded by a dark mist. A youkai with long silver hair stood at the fore front of the group sword drawn, looking intensely at the castle as if he could see the object of his desires through the thick walls.

At the same time, there was a hanyou who looked achingly similar to the demon on the ground but oh so different. He stood looking down on the ground of invaders with a look of blood lust and slight madness. He looked at the leader of the group and the leader looked straight back at him with a look of controlled fury.

Then both whispered simultaneously looking at each other in pure, unadulterated hate.
"Let us end this...For... Kagome."

And the silver haired youkai on the ground attacked.

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"Kagome-chan! Kagome-chan! You have to wake up!" Rin was standing over the older girl shaking her gently. She looked around the room nervously as the entire castle,it seemed, shook with tremors.

Kagome merely turned over in her sleep and muttered something that sounded like "Inuyasha shut up.". She continued to sleep but sat up ram rod straight when an explosion sounded from somewhere.

"It sounds like World War 3 is going on! The first world war hasn't even happened yet! What the heck?!" Kagome yelled as she got to her knees and looked around the room then looked at the small girl who had fallen when Kagome had suddenly burst into motion.

"Oh Rin you alright?" Kagome said helping the girl up. "You have any idea whats going on?"

"Lord Sesshomaru has come! It has to be him!" The girl said ignoring the first question entirely.

'Or some other youkai that wants to kidnap me...Maybe Kouga?Seems that's all that happens nowadays.' Kagome thought ruefully.

"Maybe, Rin. Maybe." Kagome said to the girl though not wanting to dash or raise the girls hope unnecessarily.

"I know it,Kagome-chan! He's here for us!"the girl whispered with a determined look in her eyes.

Kagome simply nodded, shocked by the girls conviction. They were silent a minute and the only listening to the explosion and shrieks, as what Kagome hoped, were the death cries of enemy youkai, not her friends.

Suddenly Rin sat up just as suddenly as Kagome had only a few minutes ago. Kagome looked at the bouncing girl a question on her lips but never got to ask the question as Rin began to scream.

"Rin... Whatever you are doing...please stop.."Kagome said trying to calm the girl as she plugged up her ears. Explosions and death screams heard in the distance were one thing but, having another screaming voice right next to her was just too much.

"KAGOME-CHAN! I'M TRYING TO HELP LORD SESSHOMARU FIND US BY SCREAMING!HE KNOWS MY VOICE SO HE WILL FIND US FASTER!" Rin hollered at her then continued to shriek. Kagome simply stared at her for a minute before reaching out and covering the girls mouth with her hand.

"Please stop." Kagome said using her other hand to rub her temple.

"Bu Kuhgumi-" Rin started, her voice muffled by Kagome's hand. Kagome quickly put her other hand on the girls mouth.

"I have a better way to help...Lord Sesshomaru find us." Kagome said pausing for a moment before she said his name still not sure it was him.

Rin nodded energetically and when Kagome removed her hands she smiled but didn't start shrieking again. Kagome nodded back and moved slightly away and crossed her legs and put her hands together in the tiger position, eyes closed.

'Here's hoping this works! I don't think I can take Rin screaming again.' Kagome thought as she concentrated on releasing the power that had laid dormant in her soul.

'Sesshomaru if that is you... Please hurry.' was the last thing she thought before she felt an intense pain that felt like it was constricting her soul. Kagome's eyes flew open and she gasped at the sudden pain. She could feel herself loosing consciousness but just before that happened she forced a strong shot of miko energy out of her soul. With that she fainted.

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Sesshomaru quickly beheaded the youkai in front of him, slicing through the layers of skin,muscle, and bone as easily as butter with his acid whip. He sensed to more rushing him from behind and let his poison spray out from his palm disintegrating the youkai immediately.

'This taking too long!' Sesshomaru thought impatiently. He and his group had broken through the outer wall of the fortress easily but once they had ventured into the courtyard they had been swamped with lesser demons. He thrust his clawed hand through the chest of some dumb youkai as his eyes darted around checking on his subordinates. Matsura was fighting close to the monk and the demon slayer who were back to back. The kitsune was ridding on top of the pyro neko throwing fox fire occasionally as the much bigger youkai was impaling the demons with her teeth.

Matsura was in a half transformed state with his hands motives into talons as he ripped through the ranks splattering blood everywhere. He was a fierce warrior, showing no mercy or remorse as he took down enemy after enemy. Sesshomaru felt a twinge of respect but ignored it and looked at the two humans who fought in sync. The monk threw sutras that brought down youkai in torrents of holy flame. Anyone's that got too close he would strike down with his staff. He couldn't use the wind tunnel as it had not reappeared since Naraku "died". (A/N: I didn't want to deal with that angst so kill me!)

The demon slayer guarding his back, fought with her katana as her Hirakotsu flew through the air cutting down all in it's way.

All in all, they were quite strong together.

'Strong enough so that I can search for my miko and Rin.' Sesshomaru thought as he jumped on the head of a demon snapping it's neck and gaining enough momentum to be above the battle and try to sense the human women in the castle. He spread out his youki to cover the castle and looked for something-anything to pinpoint their location. He felt it almost immediately after he started. There was a burst of pure energy that was strong but abrupt in the western side of the castle.

"There you are, koi." Sesshomaru said to himself smiling. With one last look at the battle raging one below he took off towards where he felt the energy.

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"Kagome-chan! Are you ok?! Now is not the time to be sleeping!" Rin was shaking Kagome again trying to rouse her.

She had been watching the miko meditate when the strange black kimono had begun to pulse and glow slightly. The older girl had fallen soon after but she had glowed pink for a few seconds before she had gone to her current state on the floor, a unmovable bundle of limbs on the floor.

"KA-GO-ME!" Rin leaned over to yell in her ear but still nothing happened. She began to panic.
She hit the other girls cheeks lightly, pinched her on the shoulder, and shook her roughly. Still nothing. About to start to cry she put her head on the girls chest. She found a steady heartbeat and breathed a sigh of relief aloud.

She was about to move away when the door to their room exploded open. Rin cried out in shock and moved to shield the unconscious girl.

"YOU STUPID BITCH!" It was Inuyasha standing there but Naraku's voice that rang out.

"YOU TRIED TO ESCAPE! I SHOULD KILL YOUR LITTLE BRAT HERE!" Naraku walked across the room and towered above the girls on the floor. He glared for a minute then seemed to relax. It was spoiled though when a vicious grin cut across his face. He unsheathed his sword (A/N: Not Tetsusaiga, obviously) and leveled it at Rin rapidly rising and falling chest.

"You what," he said softly, still grinning. "I think I will." with that he drew his arm back and quickly stabbed forward. The sword plunged down and met it's mark...Kagome's side. Kagome cried out in pain as the sword slashed across her ribcage, opening a deep gash. Kagome moaned in pain as her hand flew to her side and pressed down on the wound trying to staunch the blood.

"Stupid girl!" Naraku yelled. Just as sword had been about to impale Rin, Kagome had quickly rolled pushing the girl to safety and letting the floor, and herself, take the blow.

Naraku made to attack Rin again but a splitting pain in his head caused him to drop the sword and clutch his head. Inuyasha had awoken at the sight of Kagome's blood. He was fighting to get control with such fury that a couple of times he had dominate the body for a few moments. Naraku, though, was much stronger and ultimately won in the end but his power was depleted. Just then the wall exploded inwards. And there stood Sesshomaru. The Taiyoukai seemed to scent the air and his eyes flitted quickly to Kagome on the floor, bleeding. At the sight, his beast raged and Sesshomaru allowed it. His eyes bled red and his youki began to swirl around him.

"Naraku!" his voice was little more then a growl as he looked at the hanyou standing there.

Naraku seemed to assess the situation then growled angrily.

"This isn't over! I will have Kagome!" he said as his miasma began to swirl about Inuyasha's body. " I WILL RETURN FOR HER!" was the last thing he said as he disappeared.

Sesshomaru roared and punched the wall in frustration. In crumbled under the assault. His attention was drawn away from anger as he heard Rin crying Kagome's name.
The red faded from his eyes as he pratically flew over to Kagome's side.

The girl was breathing heavily her hands stained with her own blood. She looked up at Sesshomaru and seeing only his silver hair she said," Looks like my knight finally appeared..." then she fainted for the second time that day. Only this time into strong arms.

End note: BUM BUM...BUUUUUM! heh-heh! So Sesshys got Kags back...sort of... Sorry for the wait again! This does take time! I even rushed because I'm going on Vacation so I won't be able to post! Sorry! I hope you liked it! REVIEW! FAVORITE! FOLLOW! And be lovely people!
Adios amigos!

Bye bye
-Animeismyforte

Ps If you don't know what tiger position I'm referring to with Kagome go on Naruto base and look it up.