"Father." Sesshomaru said in shock. The great demon Lord nodded and signaled for him to follow. His figure became a single glowing orb that began to move away. Sesshomaru followed. He followed his fathers spirit until he came to a small clearing. The only thing that could be heard was the sound of the waterfall present. Sesshomaru's father disappeared. He looked around.
"Father, why did you bring me here?" Sesshomaru thought. A slight breeze blew through the clearing carrying a familiar scent. Sesshomaru's heart skipped a beat. It was Sephira's scent! Sesshomaru searched around the clearing and found that there was a tunnel behind the waterfall. Once he was at the entrance, the scent was much more clear. Yes, it was Sephira, Sesshomaru was sure of it! But wait, another scent. The scent of another demon. Sesshomaru drew out his Tokijin then ran down the dark tunnel. The farther he went, the stronger both scents became. He began to see a light emerging from the dark tunnel. Sesshomaru slowed to a walk and entered the lighted room. Horror and rage struck him when hesaw what was inside. At the end of a walkway a dragon demon sat holding Sephira down between one of its razor sharp claws. It's claws were already dug deep within Sephira's back. She was laying in a pool of her own blood. At the sight of Sesshomaru, it let out a loud roar.
"Let her go!" Sesshomaru yelled and charged toward the dragon ready to strike.
"Stay where you are, or she dies." The dragon hissed. He dug his claws further into Sephira's flesh causing her to cry out in pain. She still hadn't realized that Sesshomaru was there. Hearing her cries enraged Sesshomaru even further, he stopped anyway not wanting the dragon to cause her anymore pain. The dragon laughed at Sesshomaru.
"For over 100 years I've enjoyed having this woman in my claws. No matter how much I put her through, she never died." The dragon lifted Sephira's limp body up and tightened his grip on her again, and again she cried out. Sesshomaru's eyes went red once more. The dragon smiled.
"So, you want to battle for her life. Fine then." He said. Suddenly the dragon took off in flight and broke through the wall of the cave. Sesshomaru followed close behind. Once in the clearing, the dragon dropped Sephira in the grass and faced Sesshomaru. Sesshomaru became his true form and barked fiercelyat the dragon. The dragon lunged at Sesshomaru and tried to bite at his neck. Sesshomaru dodged the attack and sunk his teeth into the dragons back. The dragon roared in pain and tried to get out of Sesshomaru's grip. It whipped it's tail around and struck Sesshomaru on the face. A small gash formed just under his eye. This made Sesshomaru loosen his grip a little and the dragon was able to break free. It lunged at Sesshomaru once again and bit down into his shoulder. Sesshomaru growled angrily and swat his massive paw at the dragons face. The impact was so powerful that the dragon lost his grip completely and fell to the ground with a loud crash. Sesshomaru saw his chance. With bone crushing force, he bit down into the dragons scally neck and snapped it. The dragon choked on its own blood for a few agonizing moments then slipped to its death. Relieved, Sesshomaru turned back to his human form. He was glad that he came out of that battle with only a small laceration under his eye and a wounded shoulder. Then, he remembered.
He whipped himself around and ran to Sephira. There was practically nothing left of her clothing. The dragons claws had ruined them. Sesshomaru bent down and gently lifted Sephira into his lap. He held her close to him. His mokomoko (tail) wrapped around her for warmth. Her body was ice cold, but thankfully she still had a heartbeat, barely. Sesshomaru did his best to cover the wounds on her back from the dragons claws. She was losing a lot of blood, and from the looks of it, it wasn't the first time that the dragon had caused her that much pain and suffering. Sesshomaru was horrified to see that Sephira was in such bad shape. She was skin and bones, the dragon had starved her. Sesshomaru finally spoke.
"Sephira, please, wake up." He said softly. He ran his hand over her cheek to get some kind of reaction from her. Sephira's dark blue eyes slowly began to open. Sesshomaru's eyes widened.
"S-Sesshomaru?"