InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Finding My Heart ❯ When War Brings Love ( Chapter 14 )

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Chapter 14- When War Brings Love

 

Kagome opened her eyes. “Buyo!” She said happily, looking down to find Buyo safely in her arms.

 

Sesshoumaru smiled inwardly, glad that the cat made it through the well for Kagome. “Let's get back to the palace. Rin is probably driving Jaken up the wall by now.” Sesshoumaru said, taking hold of Kagome to get out of the well.

 

“You're right, we should get back to her soon. It's a good thing that Buyo is a lazy cat, most cats wouldn't like to be held for this long.” Kagome said, cuddling her cat lovingly.

 

`I've never seen a woman love or cuddle a cat so much.' The youkai thought. He put an arm around the happy priestess and took off into the sky. The cat gave a yowl at the sudden jolt and looked down at the ground with a slightly terrified look in his eyes.

 

`I hope we don't run into InuYasha again. I don't want to see what might happen if they meet again.' Kagome thought. She hoped that he was alright and that his wound was healed. Surprisingly, seeing Kikyou with InuYasha didn't bother her. She thought that it might've, but it didn't. She figured that part of it was because Sesshoumaru was with her and because she had truly gotten over InuYasha. She was just glad that Sesshoumaru hadn't killed him.

 

After a few hours of flying, Buyo began to get really heavy in Kagome's arms and she hoped that they would be getting to the palace soon.

 

Sesshoumaru noticed Kagome's excessive fidgeting and moving, and knew she was getting restless and that Buyo was most likely getting heavy. “Would you like to walk?” He asked, thinking she might like a break from flying, and he could carry Buyo for her.

 

“No, I'm fine, I'd rather get there faster than walk.” Kagome said, once again trying to reposition herself.

 

Sesshoumaru nodded, glad that she would rather get there sooner, because he'd rather too.

 

“This might be comfortable.” Kagome said to herself, moving around in his hold until his hand was on her back and her front was facing up towards the sky. She placed Buyo on her stomach and let her arms fall spread out. Anyone below would've thought the youkai was carrying a dead woman. She went limp in his hold, letting all her muscles relax.

 

Sesshoumaru looked down at her; a little surprised to see how she had herself. Her chest was protruding out towards him and she was letting her head hang back. He had to force himself to look away or else she'd catch him staring at her chest.

 

“Buyo that hurts!” She said, lifting her head up to look at the cat. His eyes were so wide they were almost bulging out of their sockets, and he had his claws holding on to her shirt and skin for dear life. “This is so relaxing.” She said, letting her head fall back again. She enjoyed the feel of the wind flowing through her hair, and put up with Buyo's claws just to continue feeling the tranquil breeze.

 

“There it is.” Sesshoumaru said.

 

Kagome grabbed Buyo and turned back around, excited to know that they were almost there. She wanted to see Rin and make sure Jaken looked after her alright. “Hey, Sesshoumaru, what's with that smoke coming from the village?” Kagome asked, pointing to where a thick cloud of black smoke was rising.

 

“Hm? Oh they are going to pay for this!” Sesshoumaru yelled as he suddenly flew twice as fast as he had been.

 

“What? Pay for what?” Kagome asked, getting the feeling that this wasn't good.

 

“It's an attack of the Raiders.” He replied.

 

“The Raiders?” She never heard of the Raiders before.

 

“I should have known. This happened at the exact same time before. It's just been so long that I didn't remember about it.” Sesshoumaru said, getting ready to land in front of his palace.

 

“It happened before? What happened last time?” Kagome asked. She was getting really worried that something might've happened to Rin.

 

“Last time I was here when they came to attack my palace and the village. I got rid of them all.” He replied, landing gracefully.

 

“Oh no.” Kagome said, scared for dear life that Rin might be hurt somewhere. The gate to the palace was hanging one hinge, and parts of the gate were black where you could tell the Raiders tried to burn in down. The middle of the gate had a huge hole where they had obviously busted through with something a good size. Splinters of wood were scattered all around the entrance.

 

“Rin! Jaken!” Sesshoumaru hollered. He climbed through the jagged hole and looked all around. Rin and Jaken were no where to be seen and neither were a lot of his belongings. The place looked torn to shreds, even some of the curtains were torn. “Rin!” He tried again.

 

Kagome climbed through the hole and gasped at the destruction she saw. Almost everything was ruined and in a big mess. “Sesshoumaru, what do Raiders do?” Kagome asked, hoping it wasn't something like kidnapping.

 

“They mostly come to steal things. But, if they have to, they will kill if anyone tries to get in their way.” Sesshoumaru said. He ran up the stairs to check the bedrooms.

 

Kagome looked all around; hoping that Rin was okay. She couldn't believe this. They left the palace for one day and all this happened. `This is terrible. It's all my fault, I shouldn't have asked Sesshoumaru to leave his palace.' She thought, feeling bad. Buyo still hung in her arms, not making a sound.

 

“They're not up here.” Sesshoumaru said as he ran back down the stairs. “I don't think they are in the palace. Their scent is still here, but it isn't that strong.” He said, stopping in front of Kagome.

 

“Well then where could they be?” Kagome panicked. “We have to find them!” She said, turning to climb back out of the palace.

 

“Don't worry, we'll find them.” Sesshoumaru tried to reassure her. He climbed out after her and quickly started at a fast run with Kagome held in one arm. He headed towards the village, where the black smoke was still rising. As he got closer he could see youkai and humans running around like they were lost. The smell of fire, and burning wood was strong.

 

“Heeeelp!” A woman's voice screamed from a small hut.

 

Sesshoumaru set Kagome down right outside the hut, “stay right here, and don't move.” He told her and then ran into the hut. Fire blazed to his right, making him take a step back for a moment to look at his surroundings. Over in the farthest corner of the hut, where no fire had reached yet, stood a tall man in black ragged clothing.

 

“Shut up and just give me your clothes woman!” The man shouted with a raspy voice.

 

“Please, don't hurt me.” The woman sobbed.

 

Sesshoumaru could smell her tears. Pulling out Tetsusaiga; he quickly killed the man's threat and the woman stopped sobbing.

 

“L-Lord Sesshoumaru...thank you! Thank you!” The woman said, looking at Sesshoumaru like he was a god that can from heaven.

 

“Where are the rest of them?” He asked her.

 

“I think I saw them run over to the youkai's land.” She replied, pointing to where Sesshoumaru's friend, Ryouichi resided.

 

“Dammit!” He said angrily. “If I were you, I'd put that fire out.” He advised and walked out what use to be a doorway. Kagome still stood waiting for him, with Buyo in her arms and she looked frightened, yet angry. “Let's go, the Raiders are over there.” Sesshoumaru said, grabbing Kagome and running over to where the larger houses were built and mostly youkai lived.

 

Kagome didn't have time to say any word, she just went along with him (not that she had a choice). She just hoped that they would find some sign of Rin or Jaken soon. She had never felt so worried for a child before.

 

As they drew closer, Sesshoumaru could hear a very familiar scream and ran towards it.

 

“Sesshoumaru, please help us!”

 

“That's Rin!” Kagome said, hearing the scream once they were closer.

 

Sesshoumaru ran right into the house that Rin's scream was coming from, which just happened to be Ryouichi's house. The door had already been knocked down and the place in a little bit of mess. No one could be seen on the first floor, but the voices were easily heard from upstairs. Sesshoumaru set Kagome down and bent down to her eye level. “I want you to grab Rin as soon as you are able too. When you get her...run for it.” He told her seriously.

 

Kagome nodded her head and followed behind the youkai as he walked up the stairs.

 

Sesshoumaru got to the top and could see a light coming from a room to his right. Quietly he looked in and saw a bunch of men gathered, one holding a torch, and the others standing beside who seemed to be the leader. Between two men he got a glimpse of Rin and Jaken sitting in a corner, and Ryouichi standing in front of them. Rin hid her face in Jaken's cloths, and Jaken sat shaking with sweat running down his green skin.

 

“What is it?” Kagome whispered from behind Sesshoumaru. All she could see was the light coming from the room; Sesshoumaru's big, tall body blocked the rest.

 

“Why do you just keep standing there, no one is coming to save you!” The leader yelled and grabbed the torch from the man behind him. He held the torch in front of him almost menacingly. “If you do not move, I will have to take this little girl.” The leader said, pushing the wounded youkai aside and holding the torch close to Rin's face.

 

“Ahh!” Rin screamed and hid her face again when she saw the man's big, dirty face in front of her.

 

“Kagome grab them as soon as you can.” Sesshoumaru said again and entered the room. Without a word he started killing them with his poison claws and his acid whip, giving Kagome the chance to run for Rin.

 

Kagome ran past Sesshoumaru and picked up Rin. The little girl clung to her for dear life and had looked at her with big eyes as if Kagome had been her miracle.

 

“Wait, what about me!?” Jaken hollered.

 

“Jaken, follow close behind me!” Kagome hollered over the loud crashing and thrashing noise that Sesshoumaru was creating. She held both Buyo and Rin tight against her sides and ran back out the door and down the staircase. Jaken followed behind the entire way and stopped with Kagome once they were safely away from the room.

 

Sesshoumaru finished off the last man without a sweat and turned around to look at Ryouichi. “Are you alright?”

 

“I'll be fine.” The inu-youkai said as he lifted himself off the floor. He had a bruise on his forehead and a few burn marks on his arms. “They're only scratches, they'll heal quick.”

 

“Thank you.” Sesshoumaru said out of appreciation.

 

“Huh?” The man wasn't sure what he was thanking him for, but was thinking of how glad he was that Sesshoumaru had come. He was a pretty powerful demon himself, but compared to Sesshoumaru, he had only a human's strength. Not only did the Raiders catch him by surprise, but also their numbers were more than he could handle himself.

 

“Thank you, for keeping Rin and Jaken safe.” Sesshoumaru explained.

 

“Oh, no problem. I should be thanking you. If you hadn't have come, I don't think the little ones or me would have made it. Besides, it's my duty to make sure the Lord himself and his companions are safe.” The man said, in his usual strangely cheerful way. “I was just minding my own business in my home when the little one and Jaken came banging on my door screaming. I let them in and they told me that you were gone, and there were big men chasing them.”

 

“I wonder why they were after Rin and Jaken?” Sesshoumaru asked himself more than Ryouichi.

 

Ryouichi ignored the question and continued his story. “As soon as I looked out my window and seen who was coming, I told them to go upstairs and hide. I tried holding them off for as long as I could, but there were too many of them and they started burning me with torches. I managed to run up to the room and for a while I tried my best not to let them get by me. We're just lucky that you came when you did.”

 

Sesshoumaru didn't say anything in reply to everything Ryouichi explained, he was more interested in why the Raiders were after Rin and Jaken. Usually the Raiders don't run after people unless they have something of value. “I think the village and everyone else is safe now.” He said, looking out the nearest window. Everything seemed to be quieted down and there wasn't any black smoke rising anymore.

 

“Once again thank you Lord Sesshoumaru.” Ryouichi said, bowing.

 

Sesshoumaru nodded and then turned around to go downstairs. Standing by the door he found Kagome holding Buyo and Rin, and Jaken by her side. Rin was still hanging on to Kagome, just looking around in astonishment.

 

“Let's go back home.” Sesshoumaru said and put an arm around Kagome's shoulders as they walked out the doorway.

 

“Thank Kami you're okay.” Kagome said, searching his eyes for what emotion he might be feeling.

 

“I'm always okay.” Sesshoumaru said. He moved his gaze from some of the large houses, which had been raided as well, to the village up ahead. The village seemed to be in the worst condition. The Raiders had set fires to some houses and small huts, and almost every place's door had been broken down.

 

“It's awful.” Kagome said, tears coming to her eyes as she looked at what the Raiders had done.

 

“It's another sign that the war is coming.” Sesshoumaru said very seriously.

 

“What do you mean? So the Raiders attack was a small sign that the big war is coming?” Kagome said, trying to understand.

 

“Yes, all these little things add up to the big one. If you didn't notice, the Raiders were all human.” Sesshoumaru explained.

 

“That's terrible. We have to soon start thinking about this war that is to come. We have to start planning something.” Kagome said, determined to do something about this war.

 

“Like what?” Sesshoumaru asked in a way as to say `there is no way to stop this war.'

 

“Why did you say it like that?” Kagome asked, stopping in her tracks and staring up at Sesshoumaru.

 

Sesshoumaru didn't reply. He just looked back at her with eyes of sorrow. He didn't want the war to come, and if it did, he didn't want to lose Rin, or Kagome. `This girl has hope and determination, but could that stop the war; the war that will end almost all demon life?'

 

“Sesshoumaru answer me. Do you think that all we can do is wait for it and do nothing! Think of the lives that will be killed.” Kagome said sadly. She couldn't believe this! Sesshoumaru had been through this war once, and now he was standing here saying that there is nothing anyone could do to stop it.

 

Sesshoumaru didn't know what to say. He didn't think there was anything he could say to make her feel better. He just watched her sad tearful eyes.

 

Kagome set Rin down and looked up at Sesshoumaru in sadness and anger. “Your heartless.” She said and turned back around at a run towards the palace.

 

Sesshoumaru watched her run. What she had just said, really hurt. Maybe she was just saying it out of anger and mixed emotions, but it really hurt. He wasn't heartless; he just couldn't see how they could ever stop this war. Sesshoumaru picked up Rin, who had been silent the entire time, and continued to walk towards the palace. Kagome would be there, and hopefully he could make up with her and talk to her.

 

They arrived back at the palace and Sesshoumaru carefully helped Rin get through the hole in the gate so she wouldn't cut herself. Sesshoumaru climbed through and noticed that Kagome was no where to be seen, but his sharp ears could hear her sobbing from upstairs. “Rin, I want you to go upstairs to your room.” Sesshoumaru told her and then walked up towards Kagome's room

 

Jaken just took off to his own room.

 

“Kagome.” Sesshoumaru said as he opened the door. He found her crying on the large bed. She had already gotten into her nightgown. He walked in and sat down on the end of the bed.

 

Kagome gave no answer.

 

“Kagome, talk to me.” Sesshoumaru's voice came more demanding this time. If she didn't talk to him soon, he was going to end up angry.

 

Hearing Sesshoumaru's voice, she knew it was best to talk to him, and she didn't want to keep a gap between them. “What do you want?” She asked, lifting her head up slightly from the pillows.

 

“I want you to stop crying and tell me why you said that back there.” Sesshoumaru said, looking down at her.

 

“I just...I couldn't' believe that you could just stand there pretty much telling me, that there is no way to stop this war. It's like you don't care that it is coming, and that even Rin and possibly me could get killed.” Kagome said. She wiped the tears from her eyes and sat up, still not facing Sesshoumaru.

 

Sesshoumaru noticed that under her arm and face had been Buyo. Some fur on Buyo's head was wet from where her tears dropped. “You're wrong. I do care that this war is coming, and I do care that you and Rin could get killed. I care with my life. I just have a hard time seeing how we could stop something so big.” Sesshoumaru said, searching for eye contact.

 

Kagome turned around to look at him. She had never heard him talk so sincerely before, much less, so willingly. He was usually the type that you had to pry the words out of. “Sesshoumaru, I'm sorry for what I said. You aren't heartless, actually you're the very opposite. But I must tell you, that as long as I am living in this world, I am going to do all I can to stop the war from coming.” Kagome said, a determined, yet stubborn look in her eyes.

 

“Kagome how do you pl—

 

“It's not impossible. I know we could do it.” Kagome interrupted.

 

“How do you think we can stop the biggest war to ever happen in the world?” Sesshoumaru asked.

 

“I'm not sure yet, but I believe I can do it. I think we would have to get many, many demons, humans, and priestesses together to help stop it.” Kagome said with enthusiasm. She was going to do everything she could to stop this war.

 

“Sounds like a plan, but it would take a lot of time and travel to do this, not to mention that it might not stop the war anyway.” Sesshoumaru said.

 

“I know, but I've got to try. I've got to try for all the kind-hearted demons in this world. For you, for Rin, for Shippou, Sango, Miroku, for Jaken, and even for Kikyou and InuYasha.” Kagome said, looking deep into Sesshoumaru's eyes.

 

`Wow, she is the most selfless person I've ever met. Even towards the people who have only caused her pain, she shows kindness to.' He thought and moved up the bed with Kagome. “Alright, I will help you in any way that I can, seeing as you're so determined that no one could stop you. Of course, I could stop you if I wanted to.” He said with a small smirk on his face as he put a hand around her neck to bring her closer.

 

“Hey!” Kagome smiled and willingly moved into his kiss.

 

Their kisses, soft yet intense went on for a minute. They were both lying on their sides; Sesshoumaru holding himself up by his arm so he over-towered her.

 

“You couldn't...stop...me.” Kagome said, smiling in between kisses.

 

Hearing that almost made Sesshoumaru feel obliged to show her that he could stop her. Moving his hand from her neck to her shoulder, he quickly pushed her down and then put his hand on the other shoulder and climbed on top of her. “See, I could stop you if I wanted to.” He said smirking.

 

Kagome tried to move under his hold, but his arms kept her shoulders pinned to the bed. She couldn't even budge.

 

Sesshoumaru smirked again when he could feel her muscles tensing as she tried to get free, but he was way too strong. Bending down towards her neck he whispered, “You know you want this.”

 

Kagome shivered at the warm breath that ran down her neck. The same feelings she had experienced last time were quickly coming back. She closed her eyes as his warm lips met her skin and slowly kissed their way down to her chest.

 

While kissing, he brought his hands up and moved the straps of her nightgown down her arms and was pleased when she helped finish the job by bringing her arms up and out of them.

 

Kagome thrived for more at every teasing kiss he laid, and felt an even stronger desire when his warm hand slid up and down her thigh.

 

Moving up to her neck again, he nipped at it gently. “Tonight, I will make you mine...koishii.” He whispered.

 

Kagome had never thought the day would come, when she felt such love and passion with someone. In her past she had wished it would be InuYasha, but now she would never want anyone else but Sesshoumaru.

 

Sesshoumaru removed her undergarments and Kagome removed his clothes. For the first time in their life, they both felt as one. Their movement, their breathing, and their bodies were one, in a deep love that would last forever. The proof of their love for each other echoed sounds of ecstasy throughout the night.

 

AN: Whoo, that was a long one...*wipes forehead*...lol Hope you guys liked it! the Hope you had a great New Years!