Chapter 5 – Not welcome
She sat up and felt her neck. Her fingers came away bloody. She looked up to find Sesshoumaru back in his post beside Rin. His youki swirling anew around him. She noticed that his youki seemed to be cutting Rin's body in its intensity. If she didn't get the Taiyoukai to calm down, Rin's body would be brutalized and it might just break the proud youkai.
The Youkai was impressed and confused by the miko. He did not smell or feel any fear coming from her. Even after clawing at her throat and throwing her away, she still looked at him eye-to-eye.
He snarled at her. The miko was getting up to her feet but she was obviously shaken. He knew that his youki was hurting her so he blasted it towards her. He was pleased to see her flinch and blood seep out of her wounds.
"Miko, you are not welcome here," the Youkai growled.
Kagome slowly stood up, deliberately showing her palms up. She hoped that this would show the Youkai that she meant no harm. "Sesshouma-"
Before she could even finish, he was on her. The young Taiyoukai has been taken over by his instincts. All the Youkai knew was that there was a Miko which meant a threat. He needed to eliminate the threat to his pup.
The Youkai snarled at the miko's throat. His claws digging into her soft arms. He could feel her flesh giving way and her blood trickling over his arms. He licked at the wounds on her neck, relishing the soft sizzle of her Miko blood on his tongue. To the bewilderment of the Youkai, the miko did not fight. Instead she continued to create shushing, soothing noises in her throat.
"Sesshoumaru-sama, come back please. There is no time for this."
The Youkai snarled louder and bit into her shoulder, confused and frustrated that he was not getting the reaction he wanted from the human. He felt her flinch but other than that, she was still talking to him. He bit down harder, shook her and flung her away with enough force to break bones.
"Indeed filthy human, there is no time for this," his Youkai voice guttural with rage. "Leave."
Now, Kagome was not the most graceful girl. She has a habit of falling down for no apparent reason save for her moving legs when walking. But her travels with Inuyasha taught her how to fall down with the least damage to her and she applied it now.
As Sesshoumaru flung her away, Kagome kept her head up, folded in her limbs and rolled with the fall. She still felt the pain bloom somewhere around her back but at least she didn't have any broke bones. If she didn't break her fall, she might have had a broken leg by now or an arm.
"Who would've known that there is such an art to falling?" Kagome said to herself as she slowly unfolded her legs and arms around her. "Sesshoumaru-sama, please don't do this. I am not leaving."
She was painfully trying to regain her footing. Her bleeding wounds were now clumped over by dirt. She was throbbing everywhere but she paid it no mind though her bitten shoulder was stinging mightily. There were more important things on hand that her insignificant aches.
"I mean no harm to your pup," she said in a low voice as she started approaching the wild-eyed Taiyoukai. "I am a Miko as you can smell. I am here to assist you."
He knew that she was no threat and at the back of his mind, he knew that she was an important miko whom he should not harm. But he felt the overwhelming need to wash his claws with blood, her blood. The blood of one who had the power to protect his pup in time of her need but failed to do so.
The Youkai shook his head and growled to himself. He knew he was making excuses to himself and it disgusted him. He was the one who failed his pup. Gold was coming back to his eyes as the Taiyoukai struggled to regain control.
Kagome could feel the Youkai's turmoil as the youki lashed around her. It was painful to her but she did not dare raise her Miko to protect herself. It would anger the Youkai. She tried to once again approach him.
The Youkai was so confused – he wanted to rip and kill the miko but he knew that he shouldn't. He wanted to go to his pup but dare not because he failed her.
His pup was forever gone.
No more annoying singing.
No more annoying skipping.
No more annoying laughter.
No more annoying giggling.
No more precious, annoying Rin to protect.
No more Rin.
No more Rin.
Suddenly, the Youkai let loose a long mournful howl. He gave in to his grief.
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