InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Fallen Part Two: For Whom the Bell Tolls ❯ Time Machine ( Chapter 7 )

Chapter 7: Time Machine

A goofy smile had momentarily crossed Sesshoumaru's face after she left, before he quickly quashed it along with the warm fuzzies that seemed to invade his brain. Angrily, he growled to himself before he stalked off after her. He desperately needed to get that insufferable wench away from him before he did something he would later regret.

As he entered camp, he froze. The sight that greeted him made his blood boil and freeze at the same time as the last traces of warmth left his eyes to be quickly replaced with a look of cold hard hatred. A feral growl escaped his throat and he had to contain himself from launching at the bitch that dared touch his child. It would do the child no good, for the woman held the child in a dangerous position. The woman, whom Sesshoumaru had never gotten her name, stood, holding his precious Rin, with her black talons at her throat.

//Oh what are you gonna do
When there's a part of you
That needs to run with the wind//

Directly before him stood Kagome, anger and hatred radiating from her aura as well as concern for her little sister. Her wings, released from their confines, twitching rapidly in time with her anger. Ruby colored flames dances about her person and shone in her eyes, though Sesshoumaru couldn't see it form his vantage point at that moment. She was a magnificent sight, crouched low to the ground, her wings spread wide as she clutched her left side. Blood trickled through her fingers at a steady rate and fell to the ground where it immediately burst into flames and disappeared in a puff of smoke just as quickly.

Wordlessly, Sesshoumaru stepped around her crouched form to stand protectively before her. He did not know why he took such action and it was something that would greatly baffle his mind later on. All he knew at that moment was a desperate need to protect her, but that he quickly and simply wrote off as the fact that she was Rin's sister. Rin would be upset if her sister died.

//And the fire of burning yesterdays
Can only light the way
To lead you from
The garden of the dark
Stay out of shadows//

"Satyr," Kagome hissed from behind Sesshoumaru as she stiffly rose to her feet, "let her go. Your fight is with me."

"Really? If that's the case, then tell your little guard dog to back off," she laughed.

Slowly, Kagome released the pressure on her wound, looking down at it momentarily, before her blazing gaze rose to meet Satyr's once more. With measured steps, Kagome moved to stand beside the living statue. "What you fail to realize," she began, "is that by holding Rin captive, you make it his fight, as well. He does not enter this for my sake. Release the child and he will have no reason to interfere."

//Now look like the change is on
Tomorrow's never gone
Today just never comes//

"That's where you're wrong, child. I've seen into his mind. He would protect you if only for the sake of our sweet Rin," she said moving her hand to gently caress Rin's cheek. Sesshoumaru growled low in his throat at the action and Kagome hissed in kind.

"Obligation or no, he will not interfere," she growled out, the red bleeding from her eyes to be replaced with a white so pure, heaven itself would be shamed by its purity. Lightening sparked in her eyes, and a pale pink ball formed in her right hand.

//Go on and jump,yeah
Into the hurricane
You will forger the pain

It's only there
To exorcise your mind//

The opposing phoenix acted in kind. Her eyes flared greed, but nothing else seemed to happen. Then the ground began to tremble and crack. The trees began to writhe and groan. Claw like branches reached out for Kagome and Sesshoumaru causing them both to dodge, as they attacked one after another.

The white in Kagome's eyes was quickly being taken over by the deepest of blacks as she simultaneously blasted the trees around her with miasma, melting them, and counteracting Satyr's power. The trees then paused for a moment, as if uncertain, before they began to turn on each other. Satyr screamed, dropping Rin to clutch her head between her hands. Rin quickly picked herself up off the turbulent ground and ran to safety, hiding behind Sesshoumaru, who stood on the sidelines like a rock, completely unmoving. Satyr's eyes turned purple as she desperately tried to shove Kagome out of her mind. Eventually, she prevailed, forcing Kagome out. Both women stood weakly glaring at each other as the ground continued to tremble with the after effects of two forces of such awesome and raw power clashing.

//Oh what are you gonna do
When every part of you
Just needs to catch the wind//

"You're good for one who is untrained. Too bad that was only a fraction of my power," she grinned as she said this. "I hope you're better prepared next time," she purred as her form burst into flames and dissipated.

Kagome stood rooted to the spot for several moments staring blankly off into empty space. She stared as if transfixed to a point in space that was invisible to both Rin and Sesshoumaru. Then without warning, her eyes rolled back into her head and she dropped like a stone.

//And the fire of burning yesterdays
Can only light the way
To lead you from
The garden of the dark//

~X~

Several minutes had passed as both watched Kagome, completely shocked, before both moved. Rin rushed to her side and sat there for several moments before Sesshoumaru decided it would be a good idea to move. Several moments after that, Kagome's unfocused eyes fluttered open to see a face hovering mere inches above her own. As her vision cleared, the first thing she was able to distinguish was a rather large pair of wide brown eyes.

"Rin," Kagome groaned as she slowly sat up, a hand holding her head while the other held her up. "Are you ok?"

The child nodded vigorously, bouncing around on her feet. "Yep, yep, Rin's ok!" was all that could be made out before the child began to rant. Occasional words could be made out in the midst of the jumbled mass of unintelligible chatter and nothing more. Eventually the child calmed enough to sit still and later go back to sleep nestled against Kagome's uninjured side.

Kagome pensively looked up at the sky leaning against a tree in their new camp. "When did we move?" Kagome somewhat stupidly muttered to herself.

"We moved while you were out," the white figure simply answered.

"No duh," she muttered. Sesshoumaru merely raised an eyebrow, but chose not to reply.

Her gaze fell upon the moon and she sighed softly. She unconsciously brought the tips of her clawed fingers to her lips and sighed once more. She could still feel his lips upon hers, a mere phantom of her memory. Sighing once more, she lowered her hand and then her gaze to her left side. Gently she pulled the bloody fabric away from her side to see that the wound was completely healed. Rin stirred beside her and she turned her attention to the child, gently running her fingers through her hair.

Through it all, Sesshoumaru looked on entranced by the moon-bathed angel. He looked on, almost mesmerized. The creature before him was beautiful and deadly, fierce and compassionate, intelligent yet naieve. She was pure. She was everything he could ever want in a woman. She held a fiery spirit that yielded to no one and an iron will that could very well rival his own. She could very well be a suitable… Angrily he began to mercilessly quash the damnable little voice that continued to fill his head with such thoughts.

Kagome was startled form her reverie by Sesshoumaru's abrupt departure. "Wonder what got his panties in a bunch," she muttered to herself before she once again turned back to inspecting the heavenly bodies. She saw a brief flash of light from the corner of her eye and sighed. Though he was not directly in her presence, Kagome fell asleep that night, feeling safe in the fact that he was nearby.

~X~

ok, I'm a day late with the next chapter that I promised my Single Spark people, but here it is, so read, enjoy, and review if you feel the need.