A/N: where we last left off, Sesshomaru, Getsu and Korihime had gone to take an abducted Rin back from the confines of Naraku's castle. but why has Naraku abducted the girl: what is he planning..? enjoy the chap!
(ALSO! i keep forgetting to do this: "baka-inu" - lit. stupid dog / "baka-inu-hanyou" - stupid half-demon dog)
disclaimer: i don't own InuYasha; my OCs belong to me.
Chapter 24: Diamonds - Fading (pt.02)
"You purposely leaked your scent so that we would follow you here to your castle." He noted, his tone almost sounding as if he had thought their enemy's tactic was impressive… for a hanyou.
Spouts of blue fire ignited in the two torches standing next to the high porch of the main building, burning brightly against the foggy backdrop of the castle's closed-in courtyard.
"Would you have come otherwise?" The perpetrator for their latest pursuit drawled casually from the darker recesses of the main building before their quartet, appearing from out of the darkness sitting before them on the porch in his favored pelt. "I regret to inform you that the mortal girl you seek is not here in my castle; the miasma alone would kill her. The girl is under my protection outside the castle's walls; I assure you that she's not hurt… for now, that is."
He seemed amused by the last four words as if they were a private joke.
Both sisters stiffened slightly as they instantly noticed that this was no mere demon puppet: this was the real Naraku, in the flesh… and right infront of them.
Of course it would be completely stupid to try and kill him now, the older of the two siblings mused grimly as her inner beast growled at the thought, her face turning blank to effortlessly hide any emotion that vile shithead would catch on to in a heartbeat. Knowing Naraku, being the conniving and twisted bastard that he is, he has a contingency plan. If one of us slays his body, he'll just regenerate by consuming another yokai or work through one of his incarnations like Kagura, she thought.
"Naraku, do me the honor of recognizing that I am not here simply to save Rin." Sesshomaru drawled stiffly, briefly earning a look from the youngest of their trio before her face blanked quickly and she stared ahead as if slipping into thought.
His female counterpart inwardly snorted; of course you're not, and I'm part lizard, she thought, refraining from smirking at his outright bluff and keeping her face a blank slate.
"Of course: you of all people despise taking orders from others. You would not kill InuYasha when told to do so, neither did you come to look for the girl; I realize that you are here to kill me… All three of you." He kept the drawl in his voice, making the youngest of the trio of yokai's skin crawl as she bristled silently.
Her fingers ached to rip his face off with her now-sharp claws but she instead rested the fingers of her right hand on the silver hilt of her heirloom Mangetsuga.
Even though she was expecting her sister to fire a retort as she would've done given the situation, she in fact remained stoic, almost mirroring their 'pack leader', save a few differences.
Said silver-haired daiyokai smirked in derision coated with a dangerous tinge that made his mate valiantly fight to keep from letting her blank-faced façade drop. "You sound as if you've led us into a trap." He cracked his knuckles as his sister-in-law wordlessly placed an arrow in the string of her long bow, the bow kept at her side as she refrained from lifting it to aim at the vile hanyou. "Perhaps I should have you explain it later… if you survive the night, that is." His tone was downright dangerous, making a shiver roll down the ebony-haired daiyokai's spine as he could almost hear her beast hum pleasedly with his rising irritation towards the man they had been pursuing for over two hundred years.
Naraku chuckled blackly, seeming to smirk beneath the blue baboon skull that concealed his face. "Lord Sesshomaru, I'm honored by your visit; as to you two orphaned princesses, I am especially honored to see you both here and still in one piece. Your vengeance against my slaughtering of your pathetic clan of dogs must be killing your sanity… But I digress. Though in return, I will gladly and whole-heartedly accept your challenge…!"
He seemed to groan the last sentence, loud creaking sounding from where he sat as long and assorted variations of demon limbs stretched out from beneath his shelter of the pelt, ripping it apart effortlessly as he towered over the trio of yokai in his pale human skin with long brown hair and malicious red eyes that sneered down at his "guests".
"Fuck." Both sisters grumbled in chorus.
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He almost wanted to snort in disgust at the sight. "A collection of rejected demons." He –being the master of keeping a straight and emotionless face—stared up at the towering hanyou with a blank stare and bored-looking gold eyes. "Is this your true form Naraku?" He wondered in an almost-amused tone.
He sneered, "'true form'? No… my body is far from being complete." One long brown insect leg arched and struck out at the ground beneath the quartet's feet.
The trio of yokai dodged the clumsy swipe easily, whereas the imp squawked in fear and scurried out of the crossfire to a safe hiding place.
"So you'll destroy us simply for not doing as you wished?" He drawled snidely, easily sensing his mate and her sister's auras pulse slowly as they stood at his back.
The youngest of the trio's ears twitched and she stole a look over her shoulder to see the red gaze of Kagura; she bristled and flashed a fang, being nudged sharply by her sister that she looked at sharply. "Onee-chan," she murmured.
She shook her head slightly, a silver eye meeting her confused blue stare as she wordlessly conveyed the message.
'She's not our priority'.
He drew the Tokijin, severing two sets of three limbs that sailed at him.
She glared at Naraku as the arrow became consumed in a pink glow before she fired, the arrow piercing through four limbs that were raised to block her oncoming projectile; it ripped into the right shoulder of the hanyou, almost making him grimace from the intensity of the arrow's glow.
A wide torrent of blue wolf fire screamed at him when he briefly turned his eyes away from the trio, incinerating the trio of limbs that charged at the oncoming beam of fire, before three more limbs shaped like dragon's limbs flew at the insolent female daiyokai.
They split up as her sister and mate flew to the side; she drew her katana and swung out sharply at the limbs, green energy shaped in a wide arc destroying them on contact.
Five varied limbs came at her, slightly surprising her, before she swiftly flicked her wrist and sent a spout of blue fire at the oncoming limbs, leaping back to land nimbly on one foot as her mate sidled up to her side out of defense, Tokijin bared.
"Naraku, you're a pathetic demon: you'll never have the power or resources to ever harm me." Sesshomaru growled.
Naraku chortled softly as one of the limbs the Inu-Daiyokai had cut off earlier twitched as it reformed itself and then latched onto his left calf.
Getsu perked up slightly before she glared up at the hanyou, bristling. Now what's he planning? She wondered.
Several gangly blue limbs sailed at the couple; he shoved her out of the way, making her yelp slightly, before he sliced at the limbs with Tokijin.
More limbs like the first gangly blue ones sailed at him as he leaped into the air.
"Nagareboshi-kaen Taiho!" A wide barrage of blue fire dispelled the limbs effortlessly, slightly surprising her mate; smoke rose up from her palms in thin wisps as she panted softly, flicking her wrists to be rid of the smoke.
'My wolf fire has two stages: 'Nagareboshi-kaen', which allows me to send out a wide beam or flamethrower of blue flames; and then 'Nagareboshi-kaen Taiho', which is an evolved form of the first stage, acting as a wide and powerful wall of blue fire. The difference between the two stages is that the second one chips away at my demonic power at least twice as much as the first stage would if I used it consistently.'
She'd smiled cheekily, her silver eyes sheepish.
'My father was the only remaining member of his clan to use the wolf fire he passed down to me; it skips a generation so it was a miracle I was the one to inherit it instead of my sister, considering I'm the firstborn. But his grandfather was the first okami-yokai to use it, and it was said that he once destroyed a small forest with just an ounce of his anger and wolf fire alone!'
A sliver of sorrow mixed with wistfulness had flickered in her pretty face before it faded quickly when she'd looked up at his gold eyes to see if he had soaked in enough of the information she had given regarding her inherited powers.
Naraku's cackle stirred him from reminiscing as he stole a look at his mate to see she still stood tall, gripping the hilt of her katana now in both hands. "So it appears you have gotten stronger as well, Princess Getsuei… Of course the fact that you are of the last Okami-Daiyokai of the West qualifies you to inherit your pathetic mongrel of a father's powers… The powers I should have consumed long ago!" Five limbs shaped like green dragon's tails sailed at her.
A wave of ice screamed at the limbs, freezing them on sight and surprising the hanyou.
"If you keep insulting my father's name it won't be my sister who will rip you apart, half-breed." Korihime snarled frostily, landing nimbly next to her sister with another arrow poised and at the ready to fire, her blue eyes dangerous.
Getsu nodded to her, perking up as another three large limbs sailed at the sisters.
"Dragon Strike!" A torrent of blue energy destroyed the limbs instantly, keeping them at bay from the two females of his pack… his family.
"Sesshomaru," his sister-in-law began quietly in slight relief, watching a scrap of the limbs drop onto his shoulder from the blow, looking mushy and deformed.
"Just how long do you intend to keep up this ludicrous farce?" Sesshomaru wondered coldly.
Is he doing what I think he's trying to do? His mate wondered in slowly-rising horror before the horror was mixed with anger. This is what he was trying to do since day one! She thought.
That bastard…!
A look of fear crossed his face, his red eyes widening alertly; of course this didn't bypass the trio of yokai.
"Kagura, after him." He commanded as the wind yokai spirited away.
Getsu looked at her sister. "Kori, follow her." She urged quietly.
Korihime nodded, sparing the vile hanyou a dirty look, before she disappeared from sight.
"An unexpected guest, Naraku?" Sesshomaru drawled, sounding taunting. "How very unfortunate for you; I would imagine his journey here would end in vain… By the time he arrives, you'll be dead!" He swung Tokijin, sending the same blue blast of the Dragon Strike at the hanyou, destroying the various limbs surrounding him.
She shot a look at the various scattered scraps of limbs around their feet, her ears twitching as she saw some of them twitching and trying to reform back into what they once were before being cut down. Is this all he has for an offense?
She mentally scolded herself for thinking such a stupid thing.
Of course not; knowing him, there's something else up his sleeve… That's just how Naraku works, she thought grimly, growling under her breath.
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"Black Frost!" A wide barrage of dark colored ice shards screamed at the wind demon, sending her leaping back and out of the way of the surprise attack.
The hanyou blinked in surprise before he caught sight of the cobalt-haired female as she walked stiff-leggedly to his side. "Korihime!"
She smiled at him, huffing and turning her gaze to the surprised female demon, the humming of the hornets behind her starting to get on her nerves. "You can thank me later. So Kagura, why the hesitation? Naraku told you to get rid of the "disturbance" didn't he? Or are you as weak as I believed you to be?" She drawled, cracking her knuckles and bristling slightly.
The Wind Sorceress scoffed. "Piss off, brat. This isn't a fight you should stick your nose in!" She flicked her wrist, sending a wide barrage of wind-blades at the two; both of them dodged it quickly, landing lithely a few feet away.
"Who the hell are you to bark orders at me?" A wide barrage of ice screamed at her, throwing her footing off as she dodged the attack; a clawed hand gripped her throat as she was knocked down, red eyes wide as she looked at the dangerous blue orbs of the wolf princess.
"You're just the pathetic incarnation of that shitbag you swear loyalty to... Or don't swear loyalty to." She saw her red eyes sharpen at this deduction; she huffed, slightly lessening the grip she held. "Regardless, if you hurt my pack in my presence, I'll gladly kill you. Got it?" She growled, digging her claws into the sides of her windpipe.
She propelled a foot into the younger she-wolf's gut, sending her flying back as she hopped to her feet, fan drawn and open. "What the hell gives you the fucking right to know shit about my life?" She spat as the wind danced around her, her opponent straightening with help from the hanyou at her side.
"I don't know much about the whole vassal and master business, given that I'm the runt of the litter, but I do know oppression when I see it." Korihime replied stonily, her own aura flowing around her and looking like pink frost, as she cracked her knuckles.
Kagura's lip curled before her ears perked as she looked back to see an oncoming horde of lesser demons charging forward to the scene. Good, they can take care of these two, she thought, pulling a feather from her hair and leaping into the air as the horde dropped down. "This isn't over, wolf brat; not by a long shot." She hollered before fleeing into the darkness.
InuYasha huffed as his female comrade drew two arrows from her quiver and aimed at the oncoming demons. "This should be easy; Wind Scar!" a wave of yellow demonic energy screamed at the first round from the red Tetsusaiga, before a second round sailed at them.
"If they weren't so annoying, I'd agree!" Korihime fired, igniting the second round in the pale pink light and destroying them instantly, setting another arrow in her bow and firing again.
"Hey, wouldn't your sister be pissed off that you're out here fighting Naraku on your own?" He asked as they charged forward, destroying as many demons as possible that stood in their way.
She huffed and beat down one of the demons with her bow, severing the head of another with her claws. "If she weren't doing the same thing in his castle, then yeah."
His gold eyes sharpened and he looked at her. "Why is she… is Sesshomaru with her?" He asked alertly, sending another blast of the Wind Scar at the demons.
"Yeah, they're both in there; Getsu sent me out here after Kagura when Naraku sensed you breaking through his barrier. Imagine my surprise to see you out here," she explained, ripping through the throat of another demon before ducking as he destroyed more demons at her left side.
"What'd Naraku do now, insult Sesshomaru's hair care products?" InuYasha snorted.
Korihime laughed, firing another arrow at the oncoming wave and destroying them instantly. "Not even. He abducted one of ours so we came to rescue them. Your brother of course came because he wanted to kill Naraku."
He cocked a brow in confusion. "Hang on, I thought it was just you two and him and Jaken… Don't tell me there's another demon with you guys." He asked.
She shrugged. "No, they're not a demon." She hesitated before sighing and looking him in the eye. "If you tell a soul about what I'm about to tell you, I'll freeze your idiot ass for a month." He bristled at the threat but nodded nonetheless; she exhaled. "It's a little girl named Rin. I've been babysitting her when Getsu and Sesshomaru leave, so she's the reason I'm out here, other than my sister that is. That's why you didn't see me that day Sesshomaru picked up his Tokijin. Does that make sense?" She explained patiently, feeling sort of relieved that she had gotten that off her chest.
His dog ears perked. "So you guys have been travelling with a human girl? Sesshomaru hates humans, he said so himself!" He barked.
"Keep your voice down, baka-inu." She whacked the back of his head sharply, ignoring the growled curse and death glare he sent at her. "I know he does, or he did, but Rin is our pack now and that's why he's here to kill Naraku. Don't blab to anyone, especially your pack, and I won't tell Sesshomaru about your "issue". Deal?" She declared, glaring at his gold eyes and holding his indignant stare.
InuYasha huffed and looked away at last, reluctantly backing down. "Deal. That reminds me, about that night you saw… well, what you saw, I forgot to congratulate you on kicking Koga's ass." He saw her blink in surprise before she looked at him slowly. "Never thought I'd be sayin' that to a girl, especially a pedigree wolf princess, but I'm glad you stood up to that arrogant jackass, Kori."
He smirked slightly, the simple slight smirk making his usual gruffness and ruthless demeanor fade to remind her that he was just one century younger than her.
Korihime blushed and coughed, looking away humbly. "It wasn't much. I mean, Koga is just like any man…" He growled and his ears flicked in annoyance, making her laugh quietly. "Except certain baka-inu-hanyou, that is." She lifted her gaze and smiled teasingly.
He snorted and jabbed his elbow into her ribs. "Shut up, I'm not the one rushin' in to fight a bitch like Kagura." He growled.
She giggled and smirked again, pulling playfully on one of his white ears. "Of course you're not, baka-inu, of course." She sighed.
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"NO!" She sprinted at the hanyou angrily, her aura flaring with her murderous intent.
He slightly turned his head to glare at her over his shoulder, gold eyes piercing. "Stay back, Getsu!" He snarled, seeing surprise and horror make her face pale.
She skidded to a halt, eyes wide. "Sesshomaru!" She began, her voice risen an octave in surmounting panic.
"Do as I say and stay away. Now, Getsuei." He thundered, seeing her flinch at his tone and usage of her full name: he didn't want her to have her powers taken by Naraku, and he would be damned if that happened when he could just as easily prevent such a thing from happening.
She gritted her teeth and nodded curtly, leaping back and watching with growing anger at both herself and Naraku as the large green limbs coiled around him like a snake, slowly consuming him until the limbs had formed into a tower of mushy green glob that acted as a shell around the daiyokai in their clutches.
Naraku cackled, directing her attention to him. "So the mighty Princess Getsuei can feel fear after all! Though it's a shame that you will soon be alone, just as you were intended to be that night I slayed your clan. Don't be sad, my beautiful princess: you can join your precious mate in the afterlife!" He sent a rain of various limbs at the she-wolf.
A wall of blue fire curved like a wave as it destroyed the limbs and kept them from getting at her, surprising him.
"You may have stolen my clan and my home from me two hundred years ago, tried to kill the man I love, but the last thing you're ever going to get is my power that I'm going to destroy you with, Naraku." A wide torrent of blue fire screamed at him, destroying the oncoming limbs, as she sprinted at him, drawing her katana.
His lip curled in a snarl as he chuckled blackly. "So you choose to die a warrior's death after all: very befitting the title of an unfit Okami-Daiyokai!" A wall of varied limbs sailed at her.
"WOLF'S CRESCENT!" She roared, swinging the blade sharply and sending a large arc of blue-green energy screaming at the limbs, destroying them instantly; she leaped atop the exploding limbs to get higher into the air, concentrating her demonic power into the soles of her feet so she rose high overhead, hovering several feet above the hanyou.
"Sesshomaru, I know you can hear me. I love you, you arrogant baka-inu. Don't forget that!" She cracked her knuckles and glowered at Naraku's red eyes. "You've fucked with the wrong clan." She flicked her wrist and swung her claws out at him, sending a beam of blue fire at his face.
A spindly brown insect leg sailed at her out of the corner of her eye, ripping into her left side and sending her flying down.
"HOWLING BLIZZARD!" A feral snarl sounded before a wide wave of ice froze the hanyou on sight, freezing the cocoon that encased her mate.
A soft grunt sounded before a pair of arms caught her from making a direct hit with the ground; she looked up at her savior to meet a pair of big gold eyes framed by locks of wild silver hair. "InuYasha?" She breathed in surprise.
He huffed and gently set her down, catching whiff of her blood. "Been a while. Your side," he began when he saw the stained green fabric of her obi.
Getsu shook her head, meeting his gold stare and smiling tiredly. "It's just a scratch, I'll be fine. Thank you for saving me," she replied.
InuYasha smirked wryly and nodded. "Don't mention it. I gotta admit that was pretty reckless, chargin' like that at a disgusting piece of ratshit like Naraku." He replied, keeping the smirk.
She snorted and slugged his shoulder affectionately. "Piss off, baka-inu."
"So a little paper-cut obviously doesn't do much to the almighty daiyokai." Her sister mused as she trotted forward, her bow slung over her shoulder casually and slight scratches on her face.
"Kori-chan," she glanced at the frozen form of Naraku and smirked widely, clapping a hand on her shoulder. "Of course not." She chuckled.
The sound of breaking glass rang out as the cocoon encasing Sesshomaru broke from the coldness of the ice encasing it, and the once-captured daiyokai stood there with Tokijin acting as a barrier.
"Sesshomaru!" InuYasha and Korihime barked in surprise.
"Sesshomaru!" Getsu beamed in relief.
He looked at the frozen dirt courtyard and then at the trio, huffing. "I had a feeling that was your demonic energy I was sensing, Korihime." He mused, accepting the embrace from his mate and holding onto her waist before both of their younger siblings moved forward to group with him.
She shrugged innocently. "You're welcome."
The hanyou looked at the frozen form of Naraku and huffed, leaning Tetsusaiga against his shoulder casually. "So what do we do with him? One blast alone will kill him, but at the same time it seems too easy to do." He wondered.
"Dunno, but we'd better act fast before…"
The ice was starting to break.
Both sisters sighed. "That happens." They finished in chorus as the ice shattered completely.
Naraku cackled as he grinned malevolently at the quartet. "I must admit that was a brilliant thought, Korihime, freezing me like that… all for your precious brother-in-law to escape my clutches." He drawled.
Korihime growled and cracked her knuckles. "It's a damn shame the ice didn't freeze your running mouth." She grumbled.
Sesshomaru nodded to his mate, "stay at my back." He instructed.
Getsu nodded, "right."
"Both of you move it, I'm the one taking him down!" InuYasha declared, scowling at his brother.
He snorted, "No, Naraku belongs to me."
Both females deadpanned. Good grief, this is worse than with the panther tribe, the older of the two sisters mused with a sweatdrop.
"I'll destroy all four of you while you two bicker!" Naraku laughed as he stretched higher into the air, sending at least a dozen of his limbs at the quartet.
"Shit." Both younger siblings grumbled as they leaped out of the way.
"Kori, stay close to InuYasha!" Getsu barked, her aura flaring wildly as she dropped down onto the ground left leg first, making large fissures spring up and send torrents of blue fire at the limbs, destroying them on contact.
"You got it!" Korihime nodded, her body twisting as she extended both arms palm out at the limbs and froze the ones sailing at her, using her long bow and slamming it down onto the frozen limbs, shattering them.
"Wind Scar!" InuYasha slammed the fang down on the ground, sending a torrent of yellow demonic energy screaming at the vile half-breed, destroying the limbs on the right of him.
"Getsu, now!" Sesshomaru barked as he lifted Tokijin, seeing her aura turn lilac as she raised Mangetsuga.
"DRAGON STRIKE!"
"DYING WOLF'S BLOOD!"
A combined wave of cool blue and bright green energy screamed at the hanyou, surprising him as his face blanched in horror.
What was left of his body shot out wisps of purple miasma and he disappeared in a thick cloud of the poisonous gas until it formed into a twister and rose high into the air, his hornets swirling around the twister. "Lord Sesshomaru, Princesses of the West, I shall withdraw for now." Naraku drawled with a cackle.
His aura flared red as he bristled angrily. "Fool, how dare you try to escape my grasp!?" He snarled, his teeth sharpened as his eyes shifted to the same shade of red.
"Sesshomaru, don't!" His sister-in-law barked as his mate grabbed onto his left sleeve and held onto it.
"Sesshomaru." She spoke his name sharply, patiently, seeming to breach past the angered wall that had risen inside him.
His red eyes sharpened at hearing her voice, before he slowly calmed down, the bristle rolling down his spine as his fangs lessened to return to his normal sharp teeth; he looked down at the one grabbing his sleeve, meeting her calmed silver orbs that held worry for his sanity's sake.
"Rather than transforming and hunting me down, shouldn't you instead be worrying about the safety of that mortal girl?" Naraku drawled. "Your human companion Rin is with the boy named Kohaku; InuYasha, even you should realize the implications." His voice faded along with the twister, the hornets flying away into the darkness.
"Onee-chan," the younger female began quietly as she sheathed her katana.
Getsu nodded to her. "Go on ahead and find her; the scent of human shouldn't be hard to trace." She ordered.
Korihime nodded back, looking at InuYasha. "Come on, you're coming too; your pack is probably there for all we know." She declared, dragging him off by the wrist.
"Sesshomaru," she looked at him again as he returned Tokijin to his side, lifting a hand to touch his cheek. "Are you alright?" She asked quietly.
He held her hand to his cheek, looking at the blood stain on her left side. "Your wound," he began, seeing her shake her head.
"It's just a scratch. I'm fine now." She looked sad for a moment before she smiled slightly. "C'mon, let's go get her." She declared.
He nodded, holding onto her waist and rising up into the air.
"Rin!" A sharp kick to the head sent the boy sprawling back, the chain from the sickle flying from the girl's ankles.
She scooped the girl up in her arms, relieved to see that she was still breathing; she smiled, lifting a hand to brush locks of brown hair from her face. "Thank God." She muttered her ears twitching as the boy stood; she bristled as she realized that he was under some sort of spell.
This must be the boy Naraku mentioned, she thought, perking up as he gripped the sickle in hand and turned to her; she bared her teeth and growled, holding the girl closer.
The boy stiffened and looked over his shoulder at the Inu-Daiyokai standing behind him, the chain clinking as he turned to face him.
"Sesshomaru," she began quietly.
He sort of smirked at the miniscule threat the boy posed. "Oh, so you turn your blade against me?" He wondered coldly.
"Kohaku!"
The hanyou's fist crashed into his jaw, sending the boy flying again. "What the hell do you think you're doing you fool!?" He barked.
Both Kagome and Korihime moved to Getsu's side, anxious to check on the girl in her arms.
"She's all right, just knocked out." Getsu assured them quietly, looking from one female to the other and nodding.
"Y'hear that? She's gonna be alright, so just let the boy go." InuYasha declared, scowling at his brother.
Sesshomaru spared his mate a look before he returned the scowl. "Don't try to interfere, InuYasha; it's obviously apparent that this boy wants to die by my hand." He returned.
Kohaku lunged, swinging the sickle at him; InuYasha deflected it with his Tetsusaiga before Sesshomaru stole past him and lifted the boy up by the throat, glaring at his emotionless brown eyes.
"Sesshomaru, put him down!" Korihime barked.
"Put the boy down." InuYasha growled as he brandished Tetsusaiga.
There's no fear in his eyes, nor is there physical pain; I can't stand the look in his eyes. Sesshomaru thought as he glared at the boy a moment longer before dropping him.
Both sisters sighed in relief.
The girl roused, making the trio of females look down at her, before she opened her brown eyes and looked at the Inu-Daiyokai. "Lord Sesshomaru!" She beamed, looking up at the silver stare of the Okami-Daiyokai. "Getsu-onee! And Kori-onee too!" She chirped, looking at the scene before her and seeing Kohaku on the ground, frowning softly. "What's wrong, Kohaku?" She asked quietly.
The boy hesitated before he hopped to his feet and hurried away into the darkness of the trees nearby; the wind picked up before he was seen fleeing with Kagura atop a large feather.
"Well that doesn't surprise me," the older of the two sisters mused, letting the girl slip out of her arms.
"Sesshomaru, thank you for not killing Kohaku." The priestess declared, smiling at the older brother.
Sesshomaru huffed quietly. "That boy was willing to die by my hand, so it was easy to deduce that Naraku was behind it all." He grumbled.
InuYasha balked, "you knew that?"
"What kind of idiot do you take me for, half-breed? I didn't kill him simply because I refuse to play by Naraku's rules. Let's go." He snorted, turning his back on the hanyou and priestess and walked away into the trees.
Rin hurried after him.
Korihime sighed and smiled over at the priestess, looking at the hanyou and winking. "Later, puppy boy." She pecked his cheek before trotting after the two.
Getsu rolled her eyes and chuckled at the blushing and disgruntled half-breed, nodding. "See you two later!" She declared with a casual wave as she followed her mate's trail, folding her arms behind her head.
A/N: long chap again. ahah i told you there would be fight scenes and weren't there? xD
anywho, not much else to put except that the next chap might be a filler, not sure yet. until then, see ya!