Inuyasha©Rumiko Takahashi
Scientific Method
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Kagome gasped when Sesshomaru was slammed to the floor and she quickly ran towards the pair. The demon that had attacked the powerless daiyoukai was dark skinned but not in a normal fashion. It was as if his skin was burning from the inside out and patches of charred skin were clearly visible.
It made vile rise in Kagome's stomach.
Behind Kagome the young, pretty hanyou wailed and she too ran towards the pair. The hanyou made a try for possibly the male that was her mate but the demon was wild with the adrenaline from battle and with long talons slashed at his mate sending a splash of blood to Kagome's face. The miko cried out and began to clean off the blood in her eyes.
Sesshomaru cried out when long talons dug on his chest once and then again and again, but after a reckless twist he finally managed to free himself from his attacker. With his elbow he hit the attacker straight in the face and pushed him away. The bird-something demon cried out and rolled away from the Taiyoukai but recovered at an amazing speed. Not a second later he was on his feet but this time his focus had changed. Instead of the Taiyoukai he was staring straight at the miko, red eyes trembling with exertion and the strength he was using to keep from jumping the younger woman.
"The-e shards," he said slowly, but the sound of his voice was dry and raspy.
A few meters back the hanyou cried and sat, her arms over the bleeding wound on her chest, "Please…give him the shard," the female pleaded with tears trailing down her eyes, "He wasn't like this… he's dying!"
Kagome's own eyes stung when the emotional wave from the hanyou hit her. She could very well be that hanyou sometime soon…when Sesshomaru's time came. She was doing everything in her power to save her mate; she wasn't asking for much really…she was being nice enough too. She had yet to kill her or threatened to kill her family or something of the sort… but to give the shards away? It was impossible!
The shards were only a temporary solution and if she did give it to him, then she would have to give a shard to every single other demon she encountered. She didn't have as many… and then again a war like the one that happened in the Feudal Era would ensue. Demon would be out to get the shards either from her or other demons… the world would be in chaos.
Kagome gave a step back, all the while shaking her head softly, with wide brown eyes staring at the something-bird demon in front of her, "I… I can't….It won't work!"
The demon's once handsome face twisted in a hateful grimace and he made to go for her, but he never reached her. Sesshomaru intercepted the demon mid-way and clawed his right arm through the demon's stomach as much as he once did Inuyasha while trying to retrieve Tetsusaiga. The bird demon looked down at Sesshomaru as if frozen on time; his eyes locked on the Taiyoukai's. The bird didn't even flinch when Sesshomaru retracted his arm and the mortal wound began to bleed non-stop. He did however, chuckle. "You have killed me," the demon said, more clearly now. His hand came to the wound but there was no stopping the blood. "My own wounds on you are as bad, and they are poisoned," he commented when he saw Sesshomaru hold on tight to the wound on his chest as well. "Perhaps…it is true ex-Western Lord. Our time as a race has come to an end… this will now be the time of the humans…" and then he turned to his frozen, crying mate, "and hanyou."
To be continued…
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