Chapter Thirty-Two: Promised

A/N: Edited on 9/7/15

Sango awoke in the monk's arms. At first she felt like she was going to slap him until he released her when yesterdays events came rushing back to her in waves. They had kissed, not once, but twice. Sango felt her face go hot. Why had she kissed him? She looked at Miroku's sleeping figure. He breathed in and out slowly, and Sango felt his embrace felt more comforting then perverted.

No, Sango thought, he had kissed her. Sango looked at his wind tunnel hand and the horrible truth came back to her. Miroku's promise, to suck Inuhidoi in if InuYasha broke. Sango pulled herself slowly out of Miroku's arms, careful not to wake him. She grabbed her newly repaired boomerang and knelt down by Kirara.

"Kirara."

The demon cat mewed and woke up. She purred and rubbed against Sango's legs. "Kirara, I need you to do me a favor." Sango whispered. Kirara cocked her head to the side, understanding. Sango whispered her order and Kirara transformed.

"Shh, Kirara. We must not wake the others."

Sango hoped onto Kirara's back and the demon cat rose in the air with silent grace. She flew in the sky looking for any sign of the missing Demon Lord. Sango had felt an evil demonic aura spread through the land. It had to have been Inuhidoi's. But his aura was not alone; Sesshomaru's aura had so much power behind it that together their auras seemed almost equal. Sango had a bad feeling the two had transformed into two massive beasts. A Dog Demon and a God Dragon.

"Kirara…"

Sango held her boomerang over her shoulder, ready to throw it. She had made a decision she would not hesitate to throw it at Inuhidoi. Maybe, Sango thought, it was because what he had done to Kagome. Kagome had doing nothing to deserve that. Inuhidoi had done it to humiliate her, and Sango thought, and probabley to push InuYasha even further down.

Sango knew InuYasha and Kagome had deep feelings for each other, but they were not ready for that step in their relationship. Even Miroku and her relationship wasn't completely that deep yet. Though, Sango thought, we just had our first kiss yesterday.

Kirara pumped her flight faster then ever. Even in her transformed state her purring seemed to ease Sango's unnerving feelings.

"Ugh." Sango put her hand over her injured arm. It hadn't broken, but it had been pulled in a awkward direction. The arms muscles had turned into a giant bruise, but Sango was just glad it wasn't her throwing arm.

Suddenly the entire earth seemed to tremble and Kirara stopped in mid-flight, afraid. Sango gripped her boomerang tightly; she knew she was going into a battle with two very powerful demons . She was human, and she was running towards a dog demon and a half-God to help. Sango never considered herself weak, but she knew that Sesshomaru would consider her a weak. He considered InuYasha weak, so Sango knew her wits were no match for even InuYasha. She saw huge figures up ahead then they suddenly disappeared. She had just missed them in their true forms.

"Kirara, stop." Sango commanded. "Dive down and we shall stay hidden in the trees." Kirara did as was told and went down towards the ground. Sango jumped off her feline's back, and put her poison mask on her face.

Sango removed the scent beads she used on demon's that had sensitive noses, and InuYasha was one of them. Inuhidoi, being a half-God and half dog demon, Sango figured it would have an affect on him. She would have to warn Sesshomaru, since these would put him a lot of misery as well.

"Let's go Kirara, we…"

A roar interrupted her speech. Sango looked up to see a enormous silver dog flying through the sky, back towards their camp.

"Sesshomaru!" Sango jumped back onto Kirara's back and flew after the Demon Lord. She looked behind her to see if Inuhidoi had been following him. No one was there.

It took Kirara a few more paces to catch up with the enormous dog, but Sango could see why. Sesshomaru had been weakened greatly. Jaken clung to his neck fur, and the toad demon was clutching something.

Sango saw Miroku get up with Kouga and Kagome.

"Sango!" Miroku yelled.

"Monk! It's Sesshomaru!" Sango landed and ran toward the fallen Demon Lord. Sango saw the dog suddenly shrink and Sesshomaru took his more human form.

"Lord Sesshomaru!" Myoga yelled.

Rin awoke and screamed. "Lord Sesshomaru! Lord Sesshomaru!" The little girl ran and fell on her Lord, in a fit of tears. Sango could see what had caused his injures, he had been poisoned just like she had.

"Sango…"

"Monk…?"

"He's coming." Miroku looked into the sky. Sango felt her fear take her again. Miroku clenched his wind tunnel hand.

"Monk, you promised not to…" Sango started.

"Sango…" Miroku looked at her in the eyes.

"Myoga, how much more can you take?" Kagome's voice interrupted their worries.

"Oh, I have never tasted Lord Sesshomaru's blood before." Sango could see Myoga had grown large once more.

"Man, you are really useful flea." Kouga snapped. "Shit mutt's, I mean InuYasha, is here."

"No," Kagome said coldly. "Inuhidoi is here."

Something in Kagome's voice made them all back away from the priestess. Sesshomaru growled, his eyes still red as he panted for breath. He gripped his neck and sank his own claws into his skin. His own poison wouldn't hurt him so Sango understood what the Demon Lord was doing. With his own poison, he would heal faster against the stronger poison that had entered his body. Along with a little bit of Myoga's help.

"Lord Sesshomaru?" Rin asked. "Here is your sword." She held out Tensegia. Sesshomaru gladly took it, and Jaken fell off and dropped something else behind him. Sango gasped, the Demon Lord had found Tessaiga.

"Tessaiga!" Myoga explained.

"Mutt's sword? I mean InuYasha!" Kouga said.

"InuYasha…" Kagome whimpered. Kagome went over and took the fang from the ground and held it close to her. A small tear fell down her face.

"Lord Sesshomaru?" Miroku asked.

"What…monk?"

"You found Tessaiga, can you still not wield it?" Miroku asked.

"This Sesshomaru can not."

Sango felt her body flinch. "Then who can wield the 'Dog Demon Soul'?" Sango asked worriedly.

"Lady Sango, it is up to Lord InuYasha now." Myoga sputtered.

"But wasn't mutt-InuYasha denied too?!" Kouga shouted.

"Master Myoga, there must be another way." Miroku said.

"Monk don't even think of it." Sango snapped towards him.

"Is there a way to remove Inuhidoi's soul? Then I can suck him up into my wind tunnel." Miroku asked.

"You're talking about removing a half-God's soul from a body that he has laid dormant in for over two-hundred years." Myoga said.

"What!?" Kagome screamed. "He's been in InuYasha his whole life!?"

"Yes I have priestess."

Sango spun around, to see InuYasha. He stood there almost nine feet tall, his wings spread out fifty feet from tip to tip, and his body, covered in magnificent black dragon-scaled armor. For once, Sango was terrified of every aspect of him.

"InuYasha!" Kagome cried.

"Inuhidoi, you're mine." Sesshomaru hissed. With that the Dog Demon Lord charged his Tensegia in hand and swung. Inuhidoi moved in a blink of an eye, avoiding the healing sword. He flew in the air and circled back around charging at Sesshomaru with an extreme amount of speed.

"SIT BOY!"

The command was echoed around them, and the beads that lay around InuYasha's neck shot a pink glow, and Inuhidoi slammed into the ground. Right at Sesshomaru's feet.

Sango stopped, the beads of subjugation had worked. Sesshomaru didn't hesitate, he swung Tensegia aiming for Inuhidoi's open back. To the Demon Lord's surprise the fang bounced off the armor and jutted him backwards.

"You bitch."

InuYasha got up, his wings snapped back up. Kagome froze, her face painted with fear. Kouga stepped in front of her.

"You want Kagome you piece of shit, you got to go through me!" The wolf demon hissed.

"Inuhidoi, move and your fate is your own." Sango froze, Miroku only said that if he intended to…

"Monk no!" Sango cried. Miroku stood with his hand around the scared beads that sealed his wind tunnel. Inuhidoi actually did stop; he turned to Miroku and glared at him.

"Do you expect me to lose to a half-demon's curse, monk?"

"Monk, you promised only if InuYasha lost! He's still there!" Sango grabbed his arm and pushed him away. "You promised!"

"Sango!" Suddenly Miroku wrapped his arms around her and pulled her towards the ground, just in time to avoid the poisonous blades. Sango took the scent beads from her armor. She had to warn Kouga and Sesshomaru first.

"Sesshomaru, Kouga! Hold you nose!" Sango put her hand over her mask to keep it pressed down and threw the scent beads towards Inuhidoi.

"What do you think…" Inuhidoi did look like he didn't like it, but he didn't faint from the scent. He just backed away. That's all Sango needed.

"HIRAIKOTSU!" Sango threw the bone at one of Inuhidoi's wings, it hit its mark. She heard the sickening snap of bones being broken as her boomerang flew back into her hands. Inuhidoi growled in anger. Miroku jumped up and hoped onto Kirara's back to avoid the blades once more.

"Hey asshole! Your opponent is me!" Kouga ran up slamming his foot into the injured wing. It did move slightly and pushed the surprised wolf demon backwards. "Damn it! He just doesn't go down!" Kouga hissed.

"SI-" Kagome's command was cut short, with Kouga's body sideswiping hers. "Kouga!" Kagome screamed.

"Bitch, you could only subdue InuYasha with these. This will not subdue me any longer." Inuhidoi wrapped his hand around the beads of subjugation and ripped them from his neck. The necklace fell to the ground, torn in half. Miroku took a step back, Kagome gasped, and Shippo yelped.

"Damn you…" Sango hissed.

"Inuhidoi, die!" Sesshomaru came rushing back, swinging Tensegia. Inuhidoi avoided the sword once more and landed right next to Rin. The girl screamed and ran, but Inuhidoi's hand moved faster grabbing a fistful of her hair.

"Rin!" Sesshomaru hissed. He charged giving no mercy whether or not InuYasha was there. With one swing of his arm he threw Tensegia and unleashed his poison whip, slicing into InuYasha's face.

Sango ran up, her boomerang aimed for Inuhidoi's other wing. Inuhidoi let go of Rin and swung his poison at Sesshomaru. Sesshomaru moved just in time just as he grabbed Rin away and jumped out of harms way.

"Sango!" Miroku's voice hit her ears.

Sango turned to see Inuhidoi's poison coming towards her. She raised her boomerang to block it when she felt something move pass her at a great speed. The glow was pink and just as she felt the poison began to sink into the boomerang; the pink light hit its target. The arrow of a priestess, the arrow from Kagome had hit Inuhidoi in the right wing.