InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Afraid to Love ❯ Kanna ( Chapter 20 )

Inuyasha is the property of Rumiko Takahashi.

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20: Kanna

"I'm going to miss you so much." Kagome groaned, throwing her arms around Sango. The exterminator patted her comfortingly on the back. "It's okay. I'm sure I'll see you again soon. Lord Sesshomaru let you come back this time, so he'll most likely let you come back the next." Kagome smiled and pulled away from the embrace. "I-I guess..." Sesshomaru cleared his throat and allowed Kagome to climb aboard with Rin and Jaken.

The flight was much easier this time since she wasn't shocked about riding Ah and Un. They flew for about fifteen minutes when a piercing scream came from Rin. "Stop! I want to go pick those flowers!" Sesshomaru shook his head. "I cannot allow you to. I sense something strange surrounding the field." "Please?" Rin begged, her eyes watering. Sesshomaru sighed and flew downwards to land in the field while Ah and Un followed.

Kagome looked around uncomfortably. Something was indeed wrong with this place. It seemed…too beautiful to be real. Every wildflower, every blade of grass, even every grain of dirt looked perfect. The entire field looked ethereal. Yes, it seemed too perfect. Not even an ant crawled on the ground.

Sesshomaru still couldn't shake the uneasy feeling from the pit of his stomach. Something or someone was trying to dull his senses with a wave of pungent scents. Who was this? Rin was happily picking flowers and Jaken had taken no notice of the scent. Why was he the only one to sense this, other than Kagome who was now keeping an extremely close watch on Rin.

He couldn't sense a demonic aura, or even a human one, but the signs of magic were everywhere. "You…" an eerie voice whispered. Sesshomaru whirled around to see a girl holding a round mirror and in the mirror was his own reflection. Within seconds, his soul was ripped from his body and sucked into the mirror.

A demon with long silver hair and golden eyes crept up behind Kagome with the grace of a deer. With a flick of his wrist, she lay on the ground unconscious, five slashes from her right shoulder to her left hip, barely having the chance to scream. Ah and Un looked at each other confusedly. The miko servant was kind, so why did their master hurt her? Not caring whether he was their master or not, they ran to the miko servant's body and struggled to position her on their backs before taking off to the castle.

Jaken nearly dropped the Staff of Heads. His master… Did he… Sesshomaru grabbed Rin by the throat and threw her fifty yards before she crashed into a tree. Her spine made a sickening crack as she died on impact at the hands of her Sesshomaru-sama. The screams that came from her while she was thrown faded away. "L-Lord S-Sesshomaru! Wh-What did you do that for?" Jaken stuttered, afraid to be punished for his words, but afraid at his lord's previous actions.

"Well done." Naraku sneered from his hideout. "Kanna, you are to fetch the body of the little girl and bring it to me. Then, release Sesshomaru's soul." Kanna, who was still in the fields, obliged but asked in her emotionless voice "Why not keep Sesshomaru's soul and take the imp's as well?" "Sesshomaru shall learn from Jaken what he has done." Inside, Kanna frowned. Emotionless as she was made to be, she still hated Naraku for his ways of torturing others. If she didn't obey him, though, her heart would be crushed.

Sesshomaru looked down at the cowering Jaken wondering what he was doing. He backed away from the imp. The scent of Kagome's blood hit his sensitive nose, mostly coming from his claws. Fearful of the worst, he asked "Where are Kagome and Rin?" In all of his years as Sesshomaru's servant, Jaken had never seen his lord like this. "Lord Sesshomaru, you just slashed the miko on the back. Ah and Un, I assume, rushed her to the castle when you weren't looking. You threw Rin to the east."

Although he searched, he could find no sign of deceit in Jaken's tone or aura. `I…I hurt her again.' raced through his mind as he flew to the east where Rin's scent grew stronger since she had been there last. He stopped right before a tree that was similar to the Goshinboku, a Tree of Ages. Rin's scent did not end here, but here was the scent of death…Rin's death. His ward that he had grown accustomed to as his own daughter…was dead.

Why didn't he remember any of this? Why? Where was Rin's body? Where was Kagome? He looked down at his claws that were covered with the scent of blood. If only he could rip them off and never see them again. Then, the scent would no longer torment him. Rin's body couldn't have been eaten by demons, for no demon scents could be traced here. Where was all of this leading to?

He ran back to Jaken in the field…but apparently the spell had been erased. Instead of a field of flowers, all that he saw was a field of destruction. Everywhere, there were skeletons of humans and demons alike. `Could one of these be Rin?' he thought. Still, none of them had Rin's scent. Grabbing the frightened Jaken by the collar, he flew at breakneck speed to his castle. Rin was gone. Hopefully, Kagome was still alive.

Sachimaru shook his head sadly while he bandaged the wound of the unconscious Kagome. Sesshomaru's scent was all over the wounds. His reincarnation…had done this. `Why?' he thought `He didn't seem as if he would do this again. This whole thing might just be hopeless. Even if he didn't mean to hurt her, which I doubt, I fear that she would be scared of him.' He brushed a lock of hair out of Kagome's face before he stood to leave. "Such a brave young woman having to suffer all of this because of what I could not do. I'm sorry."

Each minute seemed like hours to Sesshomaru before he got to the castle. He burst through the doors and ran with breakneck speed to the guestroom where Kagome was. He saw her lying unconscious on the bed, her bandages soaked with blood from the wounds that held his scent. For the first time since his mother died, his golden eyes glistened with tears. "Rin…Kagome…I'm sorry." he whispered.

Kagome opened her eyes to see Sesshomaru in the doorway. "P-Please leave me alone." she begged, trembling with fear.

Sorry about the death, you all, but don't worry! It will be a happy ending!!!!! Yay!!! What is Naraku planning? Will Kagome fear Sesshomaru forever? What has happened to Rin!

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