I Do Not Own Inuyasha

Chapter 42

He shoved his way into the tunnel and his eyes narrowed as his lips curled back into a snarl as he gnashed his jaws and then lunged for the crouched figure who screamed in pain. He scented Rin as clearly as if he were looking right at her and her fear was something almost tangible to him as he released a low growl.

Rin scrambled out of the way, Magatsuhi was gasping when he looked at him and the lights in the tunnel flickered to life then. He saw Kohaku holding a gun directly at him but it would make no difference for when he attacked. Shots rang out but he didn't care as he leapt past Kohaku for Magatsuhi who was chasing after a now visible Rin, Rin grabbed a bit of rebar and swung with her full strength, he was pleased his mate caught Magatsuhi upside the head just as his jaws slashed down up on the stumbling yōkai.

Shaking his head he ripped Magatsuhi's body to shreds before turning he venomous gaze upon Kohaku and all of his hackles were up. The cop was reloading his pistol, Sesshomaru felt the blood seeping from the holes of the earlier shots fired but they did not matter as he lunged for Kohaku shrinking down into his humanoid form. Snarling still he released his wrist as light slipped from his claws to slash through the human, the boy screamed and Sesshomaru lips curved into a sadistic smile as the light severed the boy's arm. The young man stumbled then, his gun clattering onto the dusty ground.

Chest heaving Sesshomaru smiled slightly at the stumbling form of the young man who dared to stumble too near the tracks.

"Why, Rin? Why? Who would you leave the Onigumos?" Kohaku said through clenched teeth. Sesshomaru didn't care for that question as he lifted his claws, cracking them then he lunged for Kohaku as the poison dripped from his claws burning holes into the floor of the station. Snarling Sesshomaru felt his claws slide through the skin, muscles, organs, and bones of Kohaku's chest as easily as a knife slid through butter. Kohaku sputtered blood and Sesshomaru growled as he yanked his arm out of the young man's dead body letting Kohaku tumble onto the tracks.

Turning back he looked to Rin who was being helped up by Kagome and Inuyasha, she was covered in Magatsuhi's blood, and Magatsuhi's body laid strewn about in flaps of skin, organs, bones, tissues, and a lot of blood. But it didn't matter as he stared into those dark eyes praying she wouldn't cast him aside because he had revealed his true nature for killing to her. He wouldn't blame her though if she ran for the hills; this side of him was something he had kept carefully concealed from Rin at all costs before now. This side of him, the monster he truly was, the creature who killed and did not care about the consequences.

She smiled slightly as she pulled away from Kagome and Inuyasha to him.

Before he knew it she was hugging him and crying, his arm slid around her and he just held her to him as he stood there trembling slightly at near loss of her in his life.

"Rin," his voice echoed through her with delight as she sobbed in relief that he was alright. She didn't care about everything she had just seen, she had seen worse when she had lived with the Onigumos. But she had never been so scared as she had in the moments when he attacked Magatsuhi and Kohaku. She gasped and pulled away from him when she felt some warm liquid slipping over her fingers. Looking at her fingers she found herself staring at his dark blood and she frantically shoved her away around him to examine his wounds.

"I'm fine Rin," Sesshomaru assured her as she watched his body reject the bullets, they fell to the dusty ground and his body's wound disappeared as he healed. She felt relief swamp her as she rested her brow against his back and released the shaky breath she had been holding. None of what had happened had scared her, but she had never felt so terrified in her life for Sesshomaru as she leaned against him trying to slow her heart and calm her being.

"That was amazing Sesshomaru, you didn't even need help," Inuyasha pointed out. Her mate said nothing but Rin smiled, Sesshomaru had always been this way, aloof. He didn't care about the fights, he didn't care about the pain, he didn't care about the after praise; he only cared about his pack and she had a feeling losing Koga and Shishinki had done much damage to him.

"Let's be off, Rin," he grabbed her hand and she nodded as she walked with him. Her fingers entwined themselves with his as they walked. Through the labyrinth of tunnels to find their escape.

"We'll return home, there is no more reason to fear the Onigumos," Inuyasha decided and Sesshomaru didn't counter the claim. Rin just leaned on her mate as she prayed for her sanity to return to her again because she couldn't take much more worry from her mate. Leave it to Sesshomaru to scare her into an early grave.

"I heard someone this way," Rin stiffened as she looked over her shoulder down the dark tunnel recognizing the voice. Sesshomaru stiffened as he too heard the voice and then she was shoved into Inuyasha's arms.

"Take Kagome and Rin, and Rin; go to father's, do not stop for any reason Inuyasha," Sesshomaru ordered. Rin tried to reach over to her mate but she wasn't able to grab him as Inuyasha did what he was ordered to do and grabbed her along with Kagome to run through the tunnels. Rin struggled in vain again Inuyasha's grasp but she could escape it as she was again plunged into the darkness of the tunnels.

Sesshomaru!Her mind screamed.

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