Chapter 23: To the rescue!
Sesshomaru, Inuyasha and Sango where running to the south the next day when the demon lord felt he was able. Kagome, Miroku, Jaken and the children stayed at the village because Kagome was to heavy to tired to get up while Miroku and Jaken watched over the kids.
Sango was riding Kilala as they flew over the trees as they headed south. Sesshomaru was flying on his cloud while Inuyasha just ran below them, tracking Takashi's scent. It was still pretty strong since the day before.
Sesshomaru couldn't stop thinking about Kira and if she was okay. And now that they were finally going to attack the castle, he wondered if his mother was still there too.
Kira. Mother. Please be okay. He thought as he saw the scared land they had found two months ago in the distance. He still had his mother's golden earring hidden in a pocket of his armor.
They stopped at the base of a mountain near night fall. Inuyasha said he could smell the demon's scent going up the mountain. Sesshomaru couldn't see anything but a lake between to mountains. It has to be an illusion barrier Naraku set up. To fool those who come near it.
Inuyasha came back with some fish for them to eat so they could keep up their strength. Sesshomaru barely ate anything, he was too nervous about his mate and mother.
"So how are we going to do this?" Sango asked as she fed the last fish to the now tiny Kilala.
"Kira mentioned that i told Inuyasha to enter from the back of the castle. Probably for a surprise attack or to find my mother and Kira and get them out safely." Sesshomaru said as he poked the fire.
"That does sound like a good plan." Inuyasha said as he stared at the fire. "You distract Naraku while i get the women out." He then groaned and started rubbing his right now. "Great. It's acting up again."
"You're eye bothering you again?" Sango asked as she looked at him.
"Yeah. The closer we get to Inukimi, the more it hurts." He said as he tried to blink the pain away.
Sesshomaru stayed silent as he watched his brother. He was still wondering when the time would be for him to remove the black pearl. Probably sometime after we rescue mother. He will have to be in close range for father to react and revive himself. He thought to himself.
"I'll go with Sesshomaru to aid in the distraction." Sango said as she looked at the demon lord. "Kilala can go with you Inuyasha so that Inukimi and Kira can escape on her."
"I suppose you want me to carry you?" Sesshomaru asked as he looked at the slayer.
"I can ran pretty fast." She said as she scratched behind Kilala's ears.
Sesshomaru nodded, remembering that she can sometimes keep up with Inuyasha.
"But i'll be flying on Kilala up the mountian. Once we are close enough, Kilala will go after Inuyasha while i ran on foot." The slayer continued as she looked at the cat demon, noticing that she was now finished with the fish.
Both demons nodded, agreeing with the plan.
"Alright. Let's get some sleep. We're going to need it in the morning." Inuyasha said as he stood and jumped into a nearby tree.
Kilala transformed into her larger self so Sango could sleep on her.
Sesshomaru sat against a different tree and looked up at the starry sky. Mother. Kira. If you can hear me now. I'm going to see you soon. I will save you.
Kira and Inukimi were sitting in the safety of Kira's barrier. Inukimi was lending her energy to strength the barrier so that Kira wouldn't be effected by the jewel as much. Now that the collar was off, she was back to her full strength and power. As since she wasn't chained to the wall anymore, she had an arm around her daughter-in-law in a protective manner.
Takashi was in front of them, growling at the barrier. He had been ordered by Naraku to watch over them and it was driving him insane.
"Kira. When did you see Sesshomaru coming to save us?" Inukimi whispered low enough so that Takashi wouldn't hear her.
"I think....he came....late....in the....morning." She said as she panted softly. The jewel was taking more out of her then she thought. That and today was one of those days when her energy was down.
"I hope he comes soon." The demoness said as she glared at Takashi.
And then they heard a loud noise coming from out front.
"What was that?" Inukimi asked out loud as she looked at the doors.
Kira gasped as she sniffed the air. She smiled as she recognized the scents. "Sesshomaru. And Sango. Their here."
"My son? He's here?" the demoness smiled greatly as she sniffed the air. "Which one is him?"
"The cinnamon one." She said as she smiled softly.
"Your mutt has no chance of saving you." Takashi said as he smirked at them.
"WANNA BET?!" A Wind Scar tore through the main room, causing Takashi to scream and backed away.
"What was that?!" Inukimi started at the attack that was still swirling around in the room. "Is that....the Wind Scar?"
"Inuyasha!" Kira yelled as she soon smelled the half demons' scent.
Once the attack cleared, the women looked up at the large hole in the roof and Kira saw Inuyasha on Kilala.
Inuyasha jumped off the cat demon and landed on the roof. "Kilala! Go and get them out of here!"
Kilala roared back and flew down into the room.
Kira dropped the barrier as the cat demon got close enough to lick the side of her face. "Kilala! I missed you so much."
"Kilala?" Inukimi looked at the cat with curiousity.
"Come on." Kira braced herself against the wall as she slowly stood up. "Inuyasha sent her here to help us get out of here. We better do that now while Sesshomaru and Sango distract Naraku. I can sense that he's out there." She said as she climbed onto Kilala's back.
Inukimi nodded and got on behind Kira.
"Lets go Kilala!" Kira said as she held onto the cat.
Kilala roared and flew off into the air. Inukimi held on tightly to Kira, not sure of what to do.
They were soon over the courtyard and could see the battle. Kira smiled seeing that Sesshomaru was winning. She then noticed a few people were missing. "I wonder were Kagome and Miroku are?"
"Who?" Inukimi asked as she looked at her son. She couldn't beleive how handsome he had grown.
"The priestess and the perverted monk i told you about last night."
"Oh."
Kira looked around and saw Inuyasha was still on the roof. When he saw they were out of the room, he signaled his half brother.
Sesshomaru nodded and released another Dragon Strike on Naraku. Inuyasha jumped and release his Adamant Barrage, sending shards of adamant down on the demon. Sango tossed her boomerang.
All three attacks hit Naraku at the same time. Kilala took off quickly into the air and away from the battle.
"Where is this demon taking us?" Inukimi asked when she could no long see her son.
"Probably somewhere safe where the others can find us once they are done with Naraku." Kira said as she layed down on Kilala's head.
"Are you okay Kira?" Inukimi noticed how weak she looked.
"Yeah. I'm okay. I'm just really tired keeping that barrier up."
Inukimi nodded. "Rest then. You look like you need it."
Kira nodded and soon passed out.
Inukimi smiled. Smart and strong willed. My son choose wisely indeed. She then looked to where Kilala was taking them.
The cat demon took them to a cave at the base of the mountain. She flew inside and landed softly on the ground. Inukimi got off and carefully took Kira off Kilala's back. She layed the expecting mother on the ground, using her boa as a pillow for the girl to sleep on.
She smiled seeing the girl sleep and looked down at her stomach. She gasped softly seeing that Kira was a full two months pregnant and starting to show. "My god. My grandchildren are growing so fast." She said as she placed her hand softly on Kira's stomach. "Hi there babies. It's okay now. Your mother is going to be okay." She said as she spoke to the twins.
She soon looked up at Kilala. "Thank you for saving us."
Kilala nodded and went over to lay next to Kira to keep her warm.
"Watch over her okay?" She said as she stood up.
Kilala nodded and stayed where she was as she watched Inukimi go to the mouth on the cave.
The demoness stayed within the shadows of the cave as she looked up into the sky. She sighed and hoped that her son was okay.
It wasn't until an hour later when Inukimi heard something outside. She slowly stood from Kira's side and slowly went to the mouth of the cave. She was silent as she looked around for movement.
She then jumped as Inuyasha landed in front of the cave, Sango on his back.
"We did it!" Sango quickly got of the half demon and walked into the cave, dropping her weapon and sat on the ground.
Kilala, in her small form, mewed and went over to her master.
InuKimi was staring at her son-in-law. "You must be Inuyasha."
"Yeah." He said as he looked at him.
"You....You look just like Inutaisho." She smiled softly as she looked at him.
"Whatever." He said as he walked past her into the cave. When she wasn't looking, her started rubbing his right eye again. It's hurting more then ever now that I'm so close to Inukimi.
"Where's Sesshomaru?" Inukimi asked as she watched the half demon.
"I'm right here." In a gust of wind, the demon lord landed outside the cave. "Hello....mother."
Inukimi was in shock at first, but soon tears came to her eyes as she went over to her son, wraping her arms around him. "Sesshomaru. You've grown so much. I'm so sorry that i wasn't there to watch you grow."
"Mother." Sesshomaru gently pleased an arm around his mother. "It's alright. Myoga told us everything. I understand now why you had to leave."
"Myoga found you? That's good." Inukimi said as she dryed her tears.
"Mother? Where's Kira?" Sesshomaru asked as he looked around for her.
"Oh! She's fell asleep. She's in the cave right now." Inukimi said as she looked into the cave. "The Jewel of Elune was feeding off her energy, she passed out once we got here."
Sesshomaru nodded and went into the cave. He smiled seeing his mate was alright. He went over to her and sat down next to her, stroking her soft hair. Kira. I'm so glad you are safe.
Kira groaned as she turned onto her side. Sesshomaru chuckled softly as she mumbled in her sleep.
Inukimi soon came over and smiled at her son. "You have chosen a wonderful mate my son." She said as she smiled at him.
He nodded. "Thank you....mother."
"As soon as Kira is able, we'll head back to the village." Sango said as she got up and went over to the demons.
Inuyasha, who was leaning against the cave wall, nodded. He was trying to ignore the pain that the pearl was giving his eye.