Venom

Inuyasha

The sound of clanging metal met in my ears painfully. 'She's really trying to kill me' I thought nervously.

She kept disappearing and reappearing in all of my blind spots and got me once through my shoulder. Blood seeped through my clothes and onto the ground beneath my feet.

Her too blue eyes distorted and changed red slowly. Fear struck throughout my body as I stood in the same spot for longer than I should have. The next thing I knew, my movements were stopped and I was frozen in place. She smirked and her canines gleamed in the sunlight, her double-headed halberd dripping with my blood, and her piercing laugh savagely coursed through the air.

A hand was put on my shoulder and I turned around, seeing it was Miroku. "Don't fall for her spell" he looked deeply into my eyes. "Do this for Himeko"

I was pulled out of my trance and struck up Kagome's torso just as she tried to appeared in front of me.

"Gahh!" She yelped.

Her steps faltered and I took this chance to attack. Leaving Tetsuiga planted in the ground, I quickly ran towards her.

"Iron reaver soul stealer!"

Dark almost black blood splattered on my face and I grimaced in disgust. Kagome fell to her hands and knees, blood pouring from her body profusely and the double edged halberd clanging into a stone boulder. I almost sighed in relief, that thing was making this battle a bit one-sided.

Kagome's dark raven hair fell all around her and her decorated hakuma was now torn in more than one place now.

"Self-righteous mutt" she muttered.

Her blood red eyes showed the deepest depths of her pain to me ,but only for a split second. Cursing to herself, she stumbled and stood up, her tails whipping back and forth in anger.

"You don't have to do this..." I found my self saying to her.

She leered at me and hissed. "Are you an IDIOT?!" she laughed to herself almost sounding like Naraku. "every part of my being has to do this, I already killed Kikyo what makes you think I wouldn't kill you too?"

I snarled. "Don't speak about her like that!"

She smirked and held out her hand, her halberd returning to her from the stone. "If you still have the energy to talk about her with such intensity, then you still have the strength to fight me"

Miroku's eyes burned with fire. "Kill her Inuyasha, you must!" he glanced at Koga for a bit. "I can't protect him for long!"

I nodded and grabbed Tetsuiga. "Come, Kagome"

Naraku

My eyes snapped open from my slumber. I laid half naked in my chambers and feeling around, I knew Kagome wasn't there. She should've been back by now, or maybe she was just dragging her hunting time out.

I inhaled and exhaled, so Inuyasha was here along with his ningen monk. Power came in waves towards the caves and I could feel the walls of the whole place about to give out. Sighing frustratedly, I calmly put on my yukata and vanished out of the caves just as soon as it crumbled on itself.

My eyes narrowed in anger. Kagome would hear about this later. In the meantime, I will assist her in killing the mutt.

Kagome

I chuckled to myself. Naraku was right when it came to this halberd and how to use it, because of the longness of it Inuyasha couldn't compensate for the length his Tetsuiga didn't have. I had the upper hand, therefor, Inuyasha was continuously getting shoved back.

Noticing an opening, I took it viciously and striked him diagonally across his chest. He cried out as a lick of miasma was released from my halberd and caressed the wound. The poisonous acid had already entered his blood stream and his body was trying to fight it off, in the mean time, it showed up on his face (it looked as if black cracks was threatening to shatter his face altogether).

He couldn't fight any longer. Tetsuiga was shoved into the ground, and he used it to support himself from falling over. Now was my chance to completely incapacitate him. Sweet victory.

I took this moment to look at all my wounds. The most servere one I had was the stab wound going into my stomach. Tetsuiga had a massive blade so the wound itself went vertically down the whole length of my stomach. I should be dead with this type of wound, and the only reason I wasn't was because of the mixed youkai blood residing within my body..knowing this angered me beyond belief.

The stupid half breed mutt! Just how much more powerful can he get huh?! Why does it seem like no one can beat him?! But that's not what I see now, this shell of a half breed is just as broken on the inside as he is on the outside. As a matter of fact, I could still see the lingering hurt in his eyes. I did at least accomplish something, and that was break his spirit. I killed his past lover, and I destroyed the present one he thought he knew and seeing his face now that we are battling to the death was another victory in itself. After this battle, whoever comes out alive, he will never be the same again.

The torn flesh that was my torso began to mend itself slowly. The process was painful ,but there was nothing I could do about it, so I just let it happen. I watched Inuyasha cautiously and saw no movement, he was unconious.

All of a sudden, a burst of wind blowed me around abit so I put my halberd into the ground to stop myself from moving. I looked up and glared at the monk that dared to interrupt me. Did he want me to send him to hell along with his daughter?! I snarled, flimsy ningen, I'll teach him a lesson he'll never forget.

I pulled Higanbana out of the ground and let the wind from the wind tunnel pull me closer to Miroku. I smirked and got Higanbana ready. Just as I was about to be pulled into Miroku's hand, I curved Higanbana's blade around the upper half of his arm and pulled slightly.

If it was a full blooded youkai I was fighting, at best I would've dislocated that person's arm and shoulder. In Miroku's case, I just tore the whole thing off. Blood splattered in my face and alittle got in my mouth. Miroku cried out loudly in pain and more blood came out of his mouth, he fell on the ground and clutched the stump where his arm use to be.

I placed Higanbana across my back and peered down at Miroku, who fearfully stared back at me.

"Why are you looking at me like that? I helped you didn't I? The wind tunnel is gone from your body, but oh wait- it doesn't work that way does it? Naraku-sama happened to tell me what happens if someone with a wind tunnel tries to cut off their arm to rid themselves of the curse. Two things. One, the even bigger hole you have there where your arm use to be...is your new and improved wind tunnel. Two, your greatest fear, which is getting sucked into your own wind tunnel...has sped up to three years from now"

His face was priceless and I've never laughed so hard in my life.

Sesshomaru

I can smell her. That damned wench of Inuyasha's and she wasn't far from my location. That stupid hanyou's scent was diminishing by the second as well, I couldn't care less if he died. Now that Rin and Joken are no more, there's no use for Inuyasha. If anything, he'll be out of the way when I take that woman's and Naraku's head.

This can also give me time to see if Tensaiga will be able to bring back Rin and Jocken, even though I've brought both them back from the dead already. If the situation escalates, I may have to travel to the underworld. Hopefully, it doesn't lead to that. Maybe I could use that wench's newfound power to my benefit and force her to bring them back, it may just work.

She wasn't far now. Her power and the very scent of it was making my skin crawl, something unheard of. Gritting my teeth, I went into speeds unfathomable by any other youkai towards the once ningen woman.

Naraku

I appeared behind Kagome and gently grabbed her waist. She hissed and almost turned around and swiped me across the face. Before her claws had a chance to scrap my face, I grabbed it and twisted. She yelped and finally realized it was me, her guard instantly dropped and she fell into my embrace.

"Why are you here, Naraku-sama?" she said looking up at me.

Words I never thought I'd say came out of my mouth before I could think properly.

"Your lateness back towards the hideout was worrying me, an uncalled for nuisance could've gotten to you" I muttered.

She didn't respond to that, but her tails swishing back and forth erratically told me everything I needed to know. What I said made her think I really care about her, which I don't. Do I?

I shrugged her out of my embrace and she sniffed the air in caution.

"What is it?"

Her fur bristled and she growled deeply. "Sesshomaru...he's coming"

My eyes narrowed. Kagome was in no way prepared to face Sesshomaru, if anything he'll just kill her by outsmarting her. She lacked the battle experience and her moves in combat were sloppy and wide, Sesshomaru is quick and his moves are powerful.

I glanced at Kagome and her body was shaking, was she scared of him? She giggled and when I saw her face, I knew she was far from scared. Her grin was wide and her eyes were even more crimson than I've ever seen them. I may be underestimating her.

Inuyasha was almost in pieces off to the side and the ningen monk was missing an arm, the same arm that occupied his wind tunnel. I wasn't surprised that Kagome would eventually beat Inuyasha in battle, actually I was expecting it. My predictions were right mainly because Inuyasha is an idiot, even sweeter that he had an emotional attachment to her.

But Sesshomaru was different. He had no attachment to Kagome in any way and she's made a personal enemy out of him by killing that little girl that tagged along with him (fuck the little imp thing, everytime I cross fields I spot Sesshomaru hitting the little thing to death). Unlike Kagome though, he lacked the youkai blood she has which increases her strength with every kill she commits.

Besides, I'm here with her. If anything goes wrong where she may be killed, I could take her back to the hideout before something that servere happens. I don't condone double teaming an enemy and I strongly go against it, but if the need arises I'll do what I have to do.

Kagome whipped out the halberd I made for her, which still dripped with fresh blood , and faced the direction Sesshomaru was coming from. He came faster than I thought and rammed right into Kagome and brushed past me. A loud boom sounded off their contact with the ground and Sesshomaru was on top of her with his Tensaiga pressed to her throat. Higanbana was stuck in the ground next to her, but there was no way she could reach to get it with Sesshomaru straddling her.

He pressed Tensaiga deeper into her throat and eventually pierced it all the way through to the other side. She choked up blood and struggled underneath him, alarm bells rung off in my head and I found myself rushing towards Sesshomaru. I knocked him off and he grunted and leapt near a tree a couple of yards away.

I glanced down at Kagome and saw that Sesshomaru's Tensaiga was still lodged in Kagome's throat. She yelped constantly and cried out in pain when she tried to take it our herself.

"Your making it worse than it is, I'll take it out later. Just don't move" I told her.

She looked up at me with tears at the corner of her eyes and nodded. I sighed, that was gonna take awhile for her body to heal if she doesn't get it out soon. Turning to Sesshomaru, he came at me with a snap of his poisonous whip. Part of it slashed straight down my chest and the poison immediately dissipated in my body and blood leaked down my chest.

"Because you did something as pathetic as to protect that wench over there, you foolishly got injured" taunted Sesshomaru.

I narrowed my eyes at him, he was annoying as his brother..well almost dead brother.

"Your actually dumb enough to think I'm injured from a scratch? I thought you were the smarter brother of the two of you" I said gesturing to his brother on the ground.

He didn't even glance in the hanyou's direction. "I don't condone that failure over there as my brother and you will not disrespect my father by calling that his son. For he is neither. For right now, I will have my way with that wench over there. If you continue to get in my way then I will personally slay you"

I growled at him. He didn't really have a personal conflict with me so he's not really an enemy of mine. I could have my way with these lands and he wouldn't raise a hand against me, just as long as I don't try to conquer his western lands. He also doesn't feel the need to conquer any other lands either. Gritting my teeth, I knew I had to make a decision, and it had to be a 'smart' one.

I looked back at Kagome who still struggled under Sesshomaru's Tensaiga and turned back to Sesshomaru. He waited patiently ,but the eagerness to have his way with her showed clearly in his red tinged eyes. Sighing, I walked over to Kagome and grabbed Tensaiga by its hilt. My hand instantly began to incinerate against it ,but I was able to pull it out and throw it towards Sesshomaru's feet.

He picked it up and sheathed it while continuing to wait. I helped Kagome up by pulling on her hand gently and she thanked me with gentle crimson eyes. Her throat was in a worse condition than I thought. The Tensaiga had corroded the skin around the actual incision where the blade pierced her with poisonous fumes it was probably hard for her to breathe right now let alone talk.

I put my hand over her throat gently and she winced. After I took my hand back her wound was mending the large tear in her throat. Blood dripped out of her mouth and she whined pitifully. Her crimson eyes burned towards Sesshomaru and he only narrowed his eyes at her. I have to play my own situation smart.

I left Kagome's side and passed by Sesshomaru. "Do what you want with her"

He left Tensaiga sheathed and his green whip sprung around his feet, and crackled near Kagome's face and she back flipped away.

"Don't struggle against me wench" he glowered at her. "Your death will be prolonged throughout the remainder of your years"

I could feel her eyes staring at my retreating back, I couldn't turn around to see her face. I had to look after myself, needing to keep reminding myself that Kagome was just like the rest, just as disposable. Then why did I feel like I was making a mistake? A miscalculation?

With every step I took away from her, my hope of her winning against Sesshomaru diminished completely until there was no hope of her winning. My chest felt heavy and a slight burning sensation settled within me, I just basically left her to die by the hands of Sesshomaru.

Onigumo's disapproving grunts and tsks sounded off in my mind. 'Your letting someone else break your most treasured and favorite toy? Now if that was Kikyo what would you have-

"I would've killed her myself then Onigumo. Do not think that Kagome is the same as your wretched Kikyo...they are far different" I muttered.

A/N: Dun dun DUUUNNNN! Betrayal! come on guys, you all knew this would happen at some point. Naraku is evil! He never truly cares about anybody. Yes, he has a soft spot for Kagome but that doesn't mean he'll sacrifice anything for her. But he's soon gonna regret that. I didn't kill off Inuyasha like I thought I would mainly because he's an important piece to the storyline and I sort of need him. I might just kill off Miroku though, I just don't see any purpose to his life soooo maybe he'll die in the next chapter. Remember to review guys ^^