InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ For Richer or Poorer ❯ Protection ( Chapter 13 )

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(A/N: -peeks out timidly- Um, I'm not dead…so please don't kill me now! Without me, you wouldn't get chapter twelve! -stops in shock- HAH! Got you there!)

 

 

 

Chapter Twelve

Protection

 

 

 

Kagome walked the halls of the station in search of Kaede. Knowing the old captain, she would be in her office, getting ready to go home for the night. She knocked on the office door, but received no answer.

 

“Kaede?” she asked softly, opening the door. The office was dark and empty. Maybe she went to the locker room to get her things, she thought, and began to walk to the women's locker room.

 

Kagome hated the locker rooms at night. For one thing, they were vast and structured completely out of concrete, so everything echoed. It was eerie to be in there alone at night, and Kagome just wanted to get out of there. “Kaede?” she called, her voice bouncing back at her in the silence. Since she received no answer, she decided it was time to get back to Inuyasha and Sesshoumaru. She could talk to Kaede later.

 

However, before she could turn around, she heard a faint moan coming from the back of the room. Her heart pounding, she raced to where the noise came from, and gasped as she saw Kaede lying on the floor, blood smearing across her face from a wound to the head.

 

“Kaede,” she said, rushing to the fallen woman. Kaede moaned again, barely conscious. “I'm going to go get help. Try not to move!”

 

She quickly made sure Kaede would stay still, although it would be hard to move with that wound regardless. She stood up and began sprinting to the door, only to have the room plunged in darkness a second later.

 

She was left completely in the dark, only hearing her panting breath in the echoing room. She heard a footstep a ways ahead of her, and she whirled towards the sound, adrenaline racing through her blood. She strained her ears, hoping to catch another sound, but when it appeared again, it was too her left. She could feel a faint demonic presence, but they were good at hiding their youki from her, knowing that it would make it harder for her to sense whoever it was. She had no weapons on her, save her miko powers, and she would have to be smart enough to stay alive until someone came looking for her. Her thoughts immediately flashed to Sesshoumaru, but she shook her head, focusing on the dilemma at hand.

 

She centered her power within herself and made a sphere of purifying power in her hand, making the air around her glow a soft pink. She took a deep breath and tried to focus on the faint youki emitting off of her enemy. Quickly, she made her best guess and launched the wave of power at it. She stood in silence once more, breathing heavily.

 

Suddenly, a low laugh came from behind her, and she whirled to face it, only to feel cold steel sliding through her arm. She involuntarily cried out at the harsh stinging and felt blood running down to her wrist. The cut wasn't long, but it was deep. She heard another footstep ahead of her, and held in a whimper. She was trapped in the darkness while the bastard was playing with her.

 

Okay, Kagome, calm down. Just focus…he can't hurt you if you learn how to sense his movements. You don't need your weapons to kick his ass…

 

She made an effort to calm her breathing and make use of her other senses. She closed her eyes, knowing it was fruitless to try and focus with them anyway, and expanded her power. She could feel the pause of the demon in the room, as if he sensed the rise in her abilities, and she let out a mental smirk. She could do this…

 

He was circling her, she could feel it. She turned her face to where she thought he was and quickly let out another sphere of power aimed at him. This time, she thought she heard a little hiss. Ha, I nicked the asshole, she thought triumphantly. But she was distracted for a split second, and that allowed her enemy to get close to her again, this time with the intent to kill. She jumped back right as he made a slash to her throat. She felt mild burning this time, and touched her hand to her neck. She didn't need light to know that red stained her hand from the shallow cut that was on the right side under her jaw line. Way too close to the jugular for comfort. Pay attention, Kagome!

 

“What a surprise,” a low voice echoed through the room, making it indistinguishable. “Naraku thought that you were just Sesshoumaru's whore, not a cop. He just thought that Sesshoumaru was against him and that you would come to the station with him when Naraku was arrested. But for you to actually work here? It's certainly an interesting piece of information. I wonder how he'll react when he finds out…”

 

She could feel him moving close to her again, and braced herself. She was unprepared for the bum rush he gave her that sent them both reeling to the floor. She quickly brought her knee up to a very vital point on his body, and heard him give a grunt of pain. He retaliated by placing his hands on her throat and proceeding to do his damnedest to strangle her. She winced as the cut on her neck cried out at the attention, but determinedly placed her hands over his and let her power flow. He reared back as her purification burned the top layer of flesh off of his hands and she shoved him off of her, following with a right hook to his jaw.

 

They were both up again in a flash and at each other. Since they were still plunged in darkness, Kagome was at a distinct disadvantage with her human sight, but she still managed to hold her own. He tried to grab her in a choke hold from behind, but she hooked her leg around his and fell back, making him use his own body's momentum to fall. She tried to scramble to the direction she thought the door was in, but he had grabbed her ankle and she fell on her stomach, having the breath knocked out of her.

 

Suddenly, she heard a scraping against the concrete floor, and she paled, knowing that he had somehow picked up his weapon again. Of all the places on the floor he had to fall, he landed right by his knife. Just my luck!

 

She was starting to feel slightly woozy from the loss of blood from her gushing arm, and it took a lot of strength to stand up again. Before she could form another coherent thought, a steely forearm hit the front of her throat, pushing her back into the lockers with a whoosh escaping her. She felt the kiss of the knife at the opposite side of her neck, and winced as the point pushed uncomfortably into her skin. She was going to die…

 

 

 

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“What the fuck is going on?” Inuyasha demanded as both demons ran into the hallway amidst the curious stares of the other officers.

 

“I thought you would have figured it out by now, little brother,” Sesshoumaru practically snarled. “You picked up a fucking copy of Naraku, and now Kagome is wandering around god knows where by herself.”

 

Inuyasha was taken aback. Shit, he thought. “We have to find her!”

 

“You think?” Sesshoumaru asked sarcastically, already frantically sniffing the air for Kagome's scent. The inu brothers followed it to Kaede's office, finding it abandoned.

 

“It continues this way,” Sesshoumaru pointed down the hall and Inuyasha said, “That way is the women's locker room. She might have gone to look for Kaede in there.”

 

Sesshoumaru suddenly froze, and Inuyasha whirled back, about to yell at him, but he snapped his mouth closed. Sesshoumaru's eyes were flashing red and gold along with his heartbeat, and the look on his face was one Inuyasha hadn't seen in centuries. Sesshoumaru looked ready to kill…or transform…or both, which meant that the shit was about to hit the fan, in Inuyasha's opinion. He cursed being just a hanyou and not being able to detect what was making Sesshoumaru act so odd. “What the hell?” he yelled.

 

“Blood,” Sesshoumaru growled. “Three different scents. One is old…your chief. The other I can't make out…but the last one…”

 

“Kagome,” Inuyasha breathed, and Sesshoumaru was off faster than he could blink towards the scent. Inuyasha tried to keep up with him and arrived just as Sesshoumaru broke down the door. Both of their eyes adjusted to the dark quickly and took in the situation.

 

Inuyasha spotted Kagome being held at knifepoint by none other than Hakudoushi and quickly drew his gun. “Stop!” he yelled. “Drop your weapon or I'll-”

 

Before he could even finish his threat, Sesshoumaru disappeared and reappeared right next to Hakudoushi, looking like a vengeful god. Lifting one hand, he pushed him, sending him flying into the lockers, knocking a row of them down. Before Hakudoushi knew what was happening, Sesshoumaru had him in a death grip at the throat with his fangs bared, and his other hand was beginning to glow green with his infamous poison. Sesshoumaru smelled the scent of fear seeping from the other demon, and with his eyes flashing red once more, he let a dark grin spread across his face.

 

He lifted his claws to strike, but before he could make the killing blow, Inuyasha yelled at him. “Don't kill him, Sesshoumaru! We're going to need him to find out where Naraku is.”

 

Sesshoumaru took a deep, calming breath, trying to control his youki to keep from slaying the idiot before him. He chanced a glance over at Kagome, who was slumped on the floor, and saw all the wounds adorning her. He let out a low growl and whipped his hot gaze back to Hakudoushi, who seemed to shrink under the wrath of the TaiYoukai. However, if they were going to catch Naraku…he settled on taking two fingers and flicking the other demon's forehead, causing it to crash into the metal behind him, effectively knocking him out. He watched emotionlessly as he slid to the floor and looked away in disgust. “Get him out of here before I kill him,” he told Inuyasha, and Inuyasha, for once, listened to him.

 

Sesshoumaru knelt by the form of Kagome and brushed the hair out of her face. She opened her tired eyes and smiled weakly at him. “I knew someone would come…but for a second there, I was having second thoughts,” she said, trying to give humor to the situation. He wasn't laughing. He tore a strip from his coat to tie tightly around the cut on her arm to stop the bleeding, trying to ignore the way she winced. She tried to squirm away from him then, but he firmly grabbed her cheek and gazed at the slash on her neck. He could feel his demon rage at that, and had to take a calming breath, instead focusing on her scent under all the blood, letting it sooth him.

 

“Kaede…” she began, but he shook his head as Inuyasha bustled behind him. “Inuyasha will take care of her,” was all he said, and she nodded.

 

“Damn, Kagome, you sure got him all you could, huh?” Inuyasha asked, inspecting the burns on Hakudoushi after he made sure that men were coming to take care of Kaede.

 

“Told you before,” Kagome said woozily, the loss of blood hitting her hard and the adrenaline leaving her system. “I can kick anyone's ass, even if I don't have a weapon…” she trailed off, letting her head rest on Sesshoumaru's shoulder, and he realized she passed out. He gently gathered her up and lifted her in his arms.

 

Inuyasha started walking towards them. “We should probably get her to a hospital,” he said, reaching out a hand to really make sure she was okay, but froze when a growl filled the air. Sesshoumaru held her possessively to her and said lowly, “No hospitals.”

 

Inuyasha retracted his hand slowly. Now that the fuss was over, he couldn't help but be slightly exasperated at the blatant claim Sesshoumaru was putting on Kagome. “Do you want her to get an infection? She needs medical treatment.”

 

Sesshoumaru began walking to the door, carrying his precious bundle. “Send a medic to the house then. She is not leaving my sight. Not with Naraku out there, waiting to get her.”

 

Inuyasha sighed as the older demon left, clearing the crowd gathering with one lethal look. Kagome had no clue what she was gaining when Sesshoumaru decided to protect her. No clue at all…

 

 

 

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Okay, that actually seems like a good place to end this one. I didn't actually mean to update this fic tonight. (sheepish laugh) I was going to update “Speechless” but my stupid computer decided to eat half of the chapter I had written without saving it, and I had more ideas for this chapter anyway. I'm sorry again that it's so short, but battle scenes always drain me. I suck at them, so I wanted this one to be good. Did I succeed? Oh, and thank you so much to those who were concerned about my personal problems. I'm doing better now, and will try and get back into the swing of things. Anyway, to the best part, the reviewer responses!!!

 

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Okay, whew, that does take a while. Anyway, thanks so much for sticking with me, you guys. You all rock! Oh, and I just wanted to let you all know that I will try to get next chapter out sooner. It's just that midterms just finished and…yeah. Oh, and one more thing…IF ANYONE HERE IS ON MYSPACE, LOOK ME UP!!! I MADE A GROUP CALLED “INUYASHA FANFICTION” AND I AM THE MODERATOR, SO PLEASE JOIN!!!!! Until next time.

 

Ja ne,

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