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Chapter Eleven: Breaking Up?

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Goshinki's mad eyes gleamed out of Helen's. Sesshoumaru scolwed. How could he get rid of Goshinki without harming the girl? A priest or priestess would perhaps be able to get rid of Goshinki since he was only a spirit now. He could ask Kagome to help him, but he didn't. He hated asking for help-especially from a human-and he doubted that Kagome knew enough about her powers to remove a spirit from a possessed body.

"When I am through with you, lord Sesshoumaru, I will go after your brother next!" Helen said, smirking. She pointed Tokijin at him. "This sword will be your end!"

A jet of blue light issued from the sword tip and the daiyoukai jumped into the air to avoid the deadly blast. He scowled as he looked beneath him. The heat from the attack had caused the sand to turn to glass.

Helen laughed again. "Step aside, Sesshoumaru, and let me finish off your brother!"

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"Where are they?" Worry laced Kagome's voice as the miko continued to stare out the window. The rain had grown even stronger and the wind made a deafening sound as it howled mournfully through the city.

"They're somewhere out there," Inuyasha said in reply to Kagome's question.

Kagome scowled at him. "I know that…but this rain…I'm sure Sesshoumaru won't get sick…but Helen's still human!"

Inuyasha turned his attention from the television to Kagome. "Sheesh…Why worry? They're fine…Although I bet they're bickering right now…"

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Sesshoumaru's whip of light whizzed through the air as it aimed for the sword in Helen's hand. The young woman jumped back and the whip missed.

"Sesshoumaru-sama, I have been playing games with you," Helen said, a wicked smirk forming on her lips. "This little girl…her power is untouched…"

"You cannot use her demonic powers," Sesshoumaru said quietly. "Lady Shinsuke's seal can only be broken if that onna accepts me as her mate."

To his surprise-although it didn't show on his face-Helen laughed. "A seal? Sesshoumaru-sama…I can break the seal!"

Sesshoumaru glared at Helen. How could Goshinki break that powerful a seal? His blood suddenly froze. Goshinki was right. The girl's powers were untouched and a demon's powers stored up meant big trouble. If the seal had been broken, Lady Shinsuke had planned to 'siphon' the girl's stored up powers so they wouldn't spin out of control, but since Lady Shinsuke was wasn't here…

Helen laughed as a blinding flash of light illuminated from her head. Sesshoumaru shielded his face with the sleeve of his haori. He had to find a way to stop Goshinki from completely breaking the seal. But how could he get Goshinki out of the girl's body?

Then the answer came to him…

Tenseiga.

The sword maybe incapable of killing humans, but it could kill evil spirits…

Exactly what Goshinki was now.

He quickly removed Tenseiga from its sheath and jumped towards the young woman, bringing the sword down on her. As he did so, amidst the brilliant light, he glimpsed her eyes…

They were a pure, shimmering silver color.

He brought the sword down on her. It cut neatly through her, but did not harm her. Instead a loud, deep shriek issued from the girl's mouth. There was a pulse of energy as the light that surrounded her vanished and the girl collapsed on the sandy ground.

Sesshoumaru placed Tenseiga back within its sheath and stared at the girl's limp form before him. The rain, which was still pouring hard, had soaked her through and her dark curls were plastered to her face. The sound of sirens sounded nearby and, sighing, he lifted the girl into his arms and flew off.

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Kagome paced back and forth in front of the sliding door. Where are they? She thought. The door suddenly slid open and there on the threshold stood Sesshoumaru with Helen in his arms.

"What happened!?" Kagome quickly asked. Inuyasha suddenly stormed into the room, looking murderous.

"What did you do to her you bastard!?" the hanyou snarled, hand reaching for the hilt of Tessaiga.

Sesshoumaru raised an eyebrow at them both. "I am taking her to Lady Shinuske…There are matters surrounding this girl that have nothing to do with you."

"But she's soaked through!" Kagome protested. "You just can't-"

Before she could even finish her sentence, however, Sesshoumaru had left.

Kagome growled. "He is such a-"

"Baka?" Inuyasha finished for her.

Kagome narrowed her eyes at the dark night sky. The rain was still falling hard. Sighing, she turned to Inuyasha.

"The only thing I'm worried about is the fact that Helen doesn't want to go back to the Sengoku Jidai…I hope she doesn't do anything foolish."

Inuyasha grinned. "You mean like trying to kill Sesshoumaru? If that's the case, then I hope she does try something foolish."

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There was no rain in the Sengoku Jidai as Sesshoumaru flew towards Lady Shinsuke's palace. It would surprise the Eastern Lady to find her daughter in the condition in which Sesshoumaru now held her. As he continued his flight, a familiar scent reached his nose. Kagura.

The wind witch was flying towards him on her feather. As soon as she saw who was in his arms, her eyes widened.

"Sesshoumaru," she said through gritted teeth.

If he could have, Sesshoumaru would have groaned. He hated it when she got all jealous and in his opinion, Kagura seemed more jealous than ever before. And that was really getting on his nerves.

"What is she-!?" the wind witch jabbed her fan in Helen's direction. Sesshoumaru raised an eyebrow at her. "I am taking her back to Lady Shinsuke," he said calmly, fully aware that his love was building up steam.

"Why?" Kagura snarled.

"I have a few questions regarding her…"

"Are you merely saying that you wish to spend more time with this girl than with me!?" Kagura sounded outraged.

"That is not what I-"

"If you like that girl so much, then why didn't you tell me!?" With that, the wind witch flew off, seething.

Sesshoumaru watched her go then glared at the young woman in his arms.

This onna is causing me too much trouble, he thought.

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"You mean that Goshinki nearly broke her seal?" Lady Shinsuke asked. They were inside the palace and Helen was lying down on the bed, deathly tired and exhausted.

Sesshoumaru frowned. "Goshinki was able to tamper with it."

"What did you see?" Lady Shinsuke suddenly asked her eyes narrowed.

Sesshoumaru looked at the Eastern Lady. "Her eyes, they were silver."

Shinsuke stared at her sleeping daughter, a small smile creeping slowly on her lips. "She has her father's eyes."

Sesshoumaru would have rolled his eyes but wisely declined from doing so.

There was a soft knock on the door and one of the servants entered. "Lady, there is a problem with one of the borders…"

Shinsuke stared at the servant and sighed. "What now?"

"South is claiming that three of the villages along the border are theirs."

Shisuke sighed. "If Lord Ragetsu had brains, he might have lost them…Very well, very well, I will sort him out. Sesshoumaru-"

Could you watch over the poor girl for me? Sesshoumaru thought.

"Could you watch over my daughter for me?"

Sesshoumaru didn't have to time to refuse since Shinsuke had already left. He sighed and turned his attention to the unconscious young woman. He had the sneaking suspicion that his mother and Lady Shinsuke were indeed forcing the girl on him and he knew why.

Helen suddenly groaned as if in pain. Sesshoumaru sighed and approached her, placing a hand on her forehead. She had a fever. Of course, any human who had been standing out in the rain for a long period of time would eventually get sick.

He left the room to look for a physician only to learn that all of them had left the castle to treat several epidemic struck human villages. It still amazed him that, like his father, Lady Shinsuke cared about humans.

Growling in frustration he asked if one of the servants, who cowered at the sight of him, if she could care for the girl. The servant hesitantly declined saying that Lady Shinsuke had given her an errand to perform.

In the end, the youkai lord returned to the girl's side. He found a piece of cloth in the room and soaked it with water from a jug and he gently placed it on her forehead. Sighing, he sat down and closed his eyes.

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Helen slowly opened her eyes and became aware of something wet on her forehead. Opening her eyes fully, she became aware that she was lying on a bed. She sat up and a cloth fell from her forehead. She picked it up; it was the source of the wetness on her forehead. She looked around the room and she immediately saw Sesshoumaru sitting against the wall, his eyes were closed and had the sneaking suspicion that he was asleep.

At the sight of him, however, she felt her blood boil. She remembered what he and Kagura had done to her at the welcoming of his cousin and if, it was possible, she might have strangled him right there and now.

His eyes suddenly opened and snapped to hers. "So you're awake," he said in a tone that implied that he preferred her asleep.

"Why am I here?" she asked glaring at him.

"You do not remember anything, do you?" he asked. Helen shook her head and as much as she hated to ask him she said, "Why? What happened?"

"Do you remember the battle at Naraku's castle? You picked up my sword, despite the fact that Kagome told you not to, you were possessed by the sword's entity, Goshinki."

She stared at him. "That was ages ago, why possess me now?"

"He could not possess at you first, so he weakened you by-"

"Giving me nightmares," Helen said. So that was why she started dreaming nightmares since the battle at Naraku's castle.

"I see," she said softly.

Sesshoumaru looked at her for a moment. "Do you wish to return to your own time?"

She looked at him. "My own time…?"-She gave him a small sad smile-"I do not know where I belong anymore."

Sesshoumaru stood up and walked towards the door. "Well, Helen, you will just have to cope with not knowing where you belong."

He turned to her, she was smiling.

"What?" he asked, irked by that smile.

"You used my name…for the first time!" she said. He narrowed his eyes at her. So he had used her name, so what? Humans were fickle, he decided.

Without looking at her once, he left the room.

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Sesshoumaru was flying again. He was trying to find Kagura since he knew that the wind witch was upset with him and within his mind, he was getting fed up of her fussing and bursts of jealousy.

He found her leaning against a tree near a river. He landed in front of her and she narrowed her ruby red eyes at him. "What do you want?" she snapped.

"Your forgiveness, despite the fact that I did nothing wrong," Sesshoumaru said simply.

"Did nothing wrong?" Kagura sounded disbelieving. "I found her in your arms! Do you think that that's nothing wrong?"

He glared at her.

"You are just like your father," Kagura said venomously. "He his first love was a demoness, his true love was a human."

Sesshoumaru raised an eyebrow at her. Helen wasn't his true love, nor would she ever be just that.

"You do not understand do you?" he asked. "There is nothing-"

"Oh keep quiet," she said. "You know what?"-she took out her feather-"I-"

"I am through with you," Sesshoumaru said coldly. Kagura blinked her hand which held her feather was still hovering beside her.

"What?" the wind witch asked. She didn't want to end their relationship, she was only threatening him, to see whether or not he would stop her, but here he was, letting her go.

"You heard me," Sesshoumaru said coldly.

"Sesshoumaru! No! I didn't mean-!"

"You never trusted me, Kagura, I could feel the jealousy in your aura even though there was nothing to be jealous about."

Sesshoumaru turned his back on her left her in a stunned silence.

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