InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Power ❯ Double Tragedy ( Chapter 7 )

Chapter 7: Double Tragedy

"Sesshoumaru, where are we going?" He had closed off to her again and the emotion he had let her see was just a whispered memory to her. He was hiding himself and she hated it.

"That Wolf-youkai has shards of the Shikon No Tama. You wish to complete it, do you not?" He gave her a piercing look and she scowled at him.

"Yes, of course I do." Her facial expression changed slowly as she gathered the courage to be rejected.

"Sesshoumaru, why won't you let me see you?" She asked.

"I stand before you for you to see." He replied evasively.

"That's not what I meant and you know it. Why won't you let me see what you're thinking, what you're feeling?" He scowled and was about to answer but she cut him off. "Please, Sesshoumaru? I want to know all of you. I want to see what you see, feel what you feel. I want to know that I own your heart. I love you." There were tears forming in her eyes.

Damn, he hated it when she cried. It made him feel a guilt he had never known before. But he wasn't going to give her what she so desperately wanted so easily. He did have his pride, after all.

"Why don't you try a little harder?" he grabbed her wrist and squeezed. He sounded angry. Kagome had never really feared him, but for some reason, this moment she did.

The squeeze on her wrist wasn't enough to do any damage but it was still enough to hurt. And to make her angry. If she was going to see all of him she was going to have to break the barrier herself. If she wasn't strong enough to break through to him she would never be strong enough to handle what he saw and felt.

Anger erupted through her, taking over her fear. So he wanted her to do it herself, huh? Well he would see. Without even thinking she wrenched her hand from his grasp and grabbed both of his shoulders. Just as the last time she used her power, Kagome's eyes slowly shone purple. Her power slowly increased, yet she held his shoulders gently, letting him know without words she could never harm him.

Despite the control of her touch Sesshoumaru felt a tingle of fear race through him. He had never feared anything in his life and the fact that this human put fear in him made him angry.

Her hair was billowing around her and sometimes whipped his face. He felt a slight squeeze on his shoulders and was surprised to realize she was there.

And as suddenly as it happened, she let go of him. He put his fingers to his temples and rubbed, concentrating, but for nothing. She had permanently broken his walls and she mad it impossible to rebuild them. Her eyes gradually turned back to their blue-gray color and she smiled.

"Satisfied?" She asked. He was astonished she had accomplished it with such ease. He couldn't believe how easily she had gotten into his mind, he hadn't even noticed until she was there. He held much more respect for her powers now. He wanted to train her and make her as powerful as possible. And he loved her. As she saw all this and more her smile brightened to the point of dazzling. And that just what it did. Still, when she looked into his face there was a stolidness that was hard to replace.

He had looked forward to the moment she realized just how much he loved her. It felt as if his chest would burst.

"Yes, are you?" he knew she was but he wanted to hear it anyway. But he didn't get to. Instead her eyes brightened even more and she wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed him. He liked that even better.

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"There it is." Kagome pointed to the waterfall. "The Kehai of a Shikon shard is coming from the Wolf-demon den." She remembered this place well; she had stayed here for a day when Kouga kidnapped her.

Sesshoumaru could smell the stench of wolf everywhere and wrinkled his nose. Other wolf demons spied them and started shouting and yelling, in case they needed to protect the cave.

"It's alright! It's me!" Kagome yelled. The wolf-demons immediately stopped the ruckus and instead stared at the Lord who was with her.

"Where is Kouga?" She asked the demon with the spiked, white hair.

"He is in the cave, Sister." He answered. Sesshou growled at the reference to being a relation to Kagome and she put a calming hand on his arm.

"It's okay, I'll explain later." She walked to the waterfall and explained how to get in. He held her against him and went through fast, managing to not get them wet.

"I thought I smelled dog." Kouga's voice carried from the back of the cave where he sat.

"We are here for the Shikon shards." Sesshou informed him.

"Forget it. I'm not giving them up." He looked disgustedly at the both of them.

"Kouga, please…" Kagome said.

"No. Now get out." He looked away from Kagome and she took a confident step closer.

"I can't do that, Kouga. Yours are the only ones left. They will eventually turn evil and you will to if they are not purified. The jewel has to be completed before I can…" She never finished it. She was going to say, "…before I can go home." But realized she didn't want to go home, not to stay at least. She wanted to stay with Sesshou-chan. She took a deep breath. "Please don't make me take them." Sesshou stretched his claws and got ready but Kagome told him that she would do it herself. He relaxed his stance and asked how. She just smiled a little but didn't answer verbally or telepathically. She very apparently wanted it to be surprise, so he left it at that.

"How do you think you could take them?" Kouga got up now and stared at her angrily. Kagome decided there were no other options where someone wouldn't get hurt.

"Like this." She said and closed her eyes. She put her hand over the Jewel, almost complete, and concentrated. When she opened her eyes they were purple again.

`Her power is getting easier for her to use,' Sesshoumaru thought.

"What are you going to do, kill me?" Kouga asked, smiling slightly.

"Of course not. I could never kill you Kouga." Her voice had an eerie echo, a detached quality to it. "I think of you as a friend. You have helped Inuyasha and I more times then I can count. But I need the Shikon No Tama to be completed." The distant quality in her voice sent shivers down Kouga's back. He was about to reply when he felt something in his legs. There was a slight pain and then the jewel shards were zooming towards Kagome. She caught them easily and they glowed pure before she put them in a bottle for safekeeping. Kouga looked down at his legs and saw there was no mark where there should have been ripped flesh. He looked up to see tears in Kagome's now blue-gray eyes. He stiffened and was ready to forgive her. She couldn't help the way she felt.

"Kouga, I'm so sorry." She said in a whisper. Only his demon senses allowed him to hear it. Sesshou wrapped his arm around her petite waist and went quickly through the waterfall so they stayed dry.

"Ane-ue?" One of the wolf demons regarded her curiously. She smilingly shook her head while Sesshou let a growl rumble in his chest.

"I am going to mate Sesshou-chan so you have to stop calling me that. Okay?" She looked into his shocked face and saw him nod. "Spread the word." He nodded once again and she sighed. `Lets go home,' She thought. Sesshou agreed and they were within moments floating on a cloud high in the air, to the place they both considered home.

. . . . . . .

Kouga traveled quickly toward the smell. It was really bothering him. He could still smell Dog-turd in the place he had last seen him, where Naraku had been killed. He didn't know what was bothering him, except that undead miko was there too. He couldn't travel as fast as he used to but he could still get there quickly.

When he arrived he stopped short, too stunned to move. What he saw was, for him, totally unexpected. Inuyasha was being held by the miko in a hole in the earth that was glowing red. Inuyasha was unconscious as he slowly descended into the crimson glowing grave. The only place that glowed like that was hell, but why were they descending to hell? From here, it looked as though the beautiful dead woman was dragging the hanyou down. He had to find out was happening. He rushed closer.

"What the hell are you doing Miko?" He said loudly. Kikyou shot him a dark look.

"I am taking my… lover here to hell with me, Wolf-boy. Why do you interfere? She looked like she wanted to make him disappear.

Kouga didn't know why he cared if the hanyou went to his early grave or not. When no answer was forthcoming, Kikyou laughed.

"You don't even know why you are here." Her look darkened. "Leave us, Wolf." She commanded and shot a jet of energy from her finger at him. It stung and rendered him paralyzed for a moment. He was angered that this woman dared to do something to him. He lifted his head and sniffed, smelling people coming, fast. Sango with Shippou aboard Kirara entered the clearing to freeze the same way Kouga had. Inuyasha and Kikyou were just a few feet from being swallowed up by the ground when Miroku arrived on the contraption Kagome rode. He stopped and gasped aloud. Kouga's paralysis was wearing off and now he could speak.

"The Miko bitch is trying to drag Inuyasha to hell!" Comprehension dawned on the demon exterminator's and the houshi's faces and they raced forward to the edge of the pit. Sango threw Haraikotsu and it landed on the opposite side of the pit. Her intention of waking Inuyasha failed but it did get Kikyou's attention.

"Inuyasha, wake up!" Sango yelled.

"Come on Inuyasha!" Miroku added his voice to try and wake the unconscious half-demon.

"You fools! It's useless. He will not wake before he has already been swallowed up in hell!" Kikyou smiled triumphantly. Shippou rushed forward.

"NO! Inuyasha, please wake up! Please, for Kagome!" Shippou wailed. There were tears in the little Kitsune's eyes. They widened happily when he saw Inuyasha slowly awaken. Things cleared as the fog slowly dissipated off his brain. He looked up to see Sango, Miroku, Shippou and Kouga all looking worriedly into the pit.

"Wha… what the hell?" He looked angrily up at them.

Inuyasha, get out of there. Kikyou is trying to take you to hell!" Miroku warned him. His warning was returned by an angry look.

"Don't you think I know that? Now get out of here, all of you. This is MY choice!" They all pulled back, hurt and stunned. The same question clouded most of their minds. Why was Inuyasha going with Kikyou when they still had to find Kagome?

"You're giving up on life just because of Kagome? You are pathetic, Dog-turd. Don't you see how much you will hurt her by doing this?" Kouga stared angrily down at Inuyasha. The rest wondered what was going on. So he had found Kagome? Was she all right? Kouga turned to explain. "Kagome came here with Sesshoumaru and managed to kill Naraku." He paused to gauge their surprised reactions before continuing. "She is in love with Sesshoumaru and he with her. They plan to mate and have all the jewel shards. I think Kagome plans to fuse them together." He had a distant, hurt look in his eyes and Inuyasha's face was full of fresh pain. The three just learning this were awash with surprise. Kagome and Sesshoumaru, the cold-blooded killer who hated all humans?

"Come to hell with me, Inuyasha!" Kikyou once again rendered Inuyasha unconscious. His friends and Kouga watched as a moment later the earth swallowed the two. The stood frozen for moments on end after the fissure closed. Kouga's voice finally roused them.

"We should tell Kagome." He said. The rest agreed and they headed out. Sango suddenly froze and they gave her a questionable look she didn't see. Miroku and Kouga followed her gaze to see a prone figure lying on the ground. The outfit and armor he wore identified the still body. It was Kohaku, Sango's little brother. Kouga unobtrusively left to inform Kagome of Inuyasha's departure from this world. Miroku and Shippou watched as Sango, shaking, went over to her dead sibling.

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Kagome held the different sized jewel shards in her hand. She was afraid, but she swallowed the lump in her throat and concentrated. Slowly the jewel shard merged with the largest one. When it was complete she breathed easy again. She had been so afraid it would send her home. She smiled up at Sesshou and felt his relief that nothing had happened. He showed her just how much when he took her in his arms and kissed her passionately. She melted into it.

Kagome pulled away suddenly and he felt a tremor go through her. She stepped back and the Shikon No Tama pulled out of her grasp to float in the air. Her eyes widened in realization and she saw Kouga appear out of the corner of her eye.

"NO!" She screamed as the jewel flew towards her heart. It didn't collide but melted into her flesh. Her eyes brightened lavender, then she disappeared. Sesshou fell to his knees, letting a howl of loss erupt from his throat.

"KAGOME!" He screamed to the heavens, the last time he would speak the name for almost five hundred years. Kouga watched Kagome disappear and the Great Demon-lord's grief. He suddenly knew that whatever he had felt for Kagome, it was nothing compared to what the demon-lord felt. Kouga hung his head in his own grief. Kagome was gone and it was his fault. If only he had gotten there a moment sooner…

But he was too late.