Chapter 15

When Sesshomaru saw Rin's body falling to the ground, he was there in an instant and caught her. He kept her clutched to his side and lifted her into his arm, cradling her to his left side.

In a span of seconds, he had bakusaiga raised and aimed to cut down the center of the Igami Lord, but he moved to the side at the last millisecond causing Sesshomaru to only cut his arm off.

Inuyasha appeared and tried to pull Rin body from his side, but his grip remained firm.

"Sesshomaru give her to me, she needs medical attention now!" he said hurriedly.

Sesshomaru never took his eyes off the vermin currently clutching where his arm used to be in a useless attempt to stop the bleeding.

When Inuyasha tried to take Rin from him a second time he allowed it.

"No one touches her but you." he orders with anger.

When the Igami Lord tried to get back to his feet, Sesshomaru promptly cut off his legs.

The scream he made was that of a madman.

"What are you?!" screamed the Lord in anguish.

"He is a true Lord"

To Sesshoamru's surprise it was a blue blood who spoke up, he wore a look of pride as he proclaimed this.

"What is your name." Ordered Sesshomaru.

Even badly defeated the Igami Lord looked up at Sesshomaru with hatred, "I'm Tokin. Conqueror of worl-"

Sesshomaru dropped his black boot with precision onto his windpipe not killing him but stopping his rant. Sesshomaru needed him alive.

Sesshomaru glared down at Tokin, "Juuki. Take him to the palace, ensure he remains alive and guarded."

Juuki appeared swiftly and bend down to Tokin's cut off limbs. The wolf demon pouring scorching acid onto the bleed openings to cauterize the wounds, this caused Tokin to pass out from pain. Sesshomaru removed his foot from his throat and Juuki grabbed him roughly by his last remaining limb before dragging him off to the palace dungeon.

Once he was gone, Sesshomaru spotted Rin with Inuyasha bend by her side bandaging her wound. Inuyasha hands were stained blue with her blood.

The demon Lord teleported over to her and knelt down next to Inuyasha, starting him slightly.

Inuyasha turned to him, "She'll be alright, but it will scar pretty bad. Why does is she always getting stabbed in the stomach?"

Sesshomaru glared at him and Inuyasha held up his hands in surrender.

"You have no sense of humor." he muttered quietly.

Inuyasha rolled eyes, "Judging by her previous scars, she's survived far worse than this, but she'll need a lot of rest."

Sesshomaru reached out and lifted her easily into his arms. Sesshomaru looked around as his army was cleaning up the dead bodies of those who had fallen, the ones not coated in demon acid from his demons. The Igami bodies had already been piled up and a fire was started to burn them.

"Inuyasha, give them all order to return home." said Sesshomaru.

Inuyasha rolled his eyes at the order, "Yeah? And where are you two goin'?"

"My palace. A trial will take place in a few days, you and your group are required to attend. One of my lieutenants will give your directions." he stated.

Inuyasha blanched, "What?! I can't leave Kagom-"

Sesshomaru glared at him and said through clenched teeth, "Bring her then."

Inuyasha was shocked in to silence and Sesshomaru took leave to the castle clenching Rin tightly to his chest.

The Western palace was huge, much bigger than his mother's sky castle and Sesshomaru noted that Rin had never been here before. Sesshomaru himself had hardly been back here in over 200 years but the palace was still pristine and looked untouched by time. His many servants were responsible for its upkeep and the bearer around it made it virtually impossible to find unless you knew where to look.

Jaken was there to greet him by the long marble steps at the entrance, "My Lord!"

Sesshomaru kept walking in a fast paced as the toad struggled to keep up.

"Jaken prepare the rooms; many visitors will be arrived soon and within the next coming days."

Jaken tried to get a look at who was in his arms and reframed from commenting on it, less he got caught in his Lords wrath. It was obvious to him his Lord was in no mood to answer many questions.

"Yes Mi'Lord, how many?!" he responded.

"All of them." he said before disappearing through the many halls of the castle.

Jaken stopped and blanched at that.

"A-ALL of them?!" he stuttered out.

Jaken shook his head in disbelief and began running towards the staff room to inform the maids.