InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Predestination ❯ Predestination 22 ( Chapter 22 )

Only the soft sound of footfalls could be heard as they entered the castle, still not a word has been spoken between the two since the battle. He followed her as she put the sleeping children in their room and tucked them both into the soft sheets. Quietly she followed him back to their room, her fear was even greater than before do to his overwhelming silence towards her. Upon entering the room she silently stood in the middle, with her head bowed while she twisted and pulled her fingers nervously. Looking up to see what he was doing her breath caught when she caught his angered piercing glare.

"Seshhou…" his snarl warned her it would be best not to continue.

"It would be best if you slept in your room tonight." The tone he used was curt and final, she could see his fist clenching and unclenching as she looked at everything but his face. Her heart felt a major stab at his words, all she wanted to do was run away from it, she didn't want to feel this pain any more. Quickly, she rushed into her room and closed the door.

He watched the tears well up in her eyes as she stood their, his heart sunk when he watched a single tear slip down her face as she ran to her room. But he had to send her away he couldn't control his anger, he felt lied to and betrayed because of her actions and he didn't take well to those two emotions. Growling in frustration he sat on his bed, he knew he shouldn't feel this way, but he did. This was the exact reason why he was mostly emotionless, never letting others seep into his heart because of emotions like these. He wanted to make her stop crying but she had to realize she could not and will not toy with the few emotions he so graciously let her hold onto.

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Putting a scent-masking spell on the room, she jumped gracefully down into the gardens. Jumping to the second level of the mountain, she spotted a bench overlooking the lands perfectly. Although the scene did little to lift her spirits, she inwardly yelled at herself for being so stupid. But she knew he would never allow what she had done and it had to be done no matter what.

"But was it worth this?" she cried putting her head into her hands she let out all her tears.

"That is what I ask myself." Shocked she looked up to face a still angry Eichiro, wiping her tears away as if to hide them she looked up at him.

"Are you here to scold me as well?" she sniffled.

"No, but I must say what you did was beyond foolish." Crossing his arms, he leaned against a nearby tree. His heart regretted the choice of words instantly as she started to silently cry some more. Walking over to her, he sat down; hesitantly he patted her on the back.

"I wish Sesshoumaru would at least let me tell him and show him how sorry I am, but he won't have anything to do with me. I know he hates me even more now, before I was just some burden that dropped into his perfect life and screwed everything up, now I am even worse than that, I cause him nothing but hate and resentment. I am starting to think I would make him happier if I just leave and go back to my old life." He watched as she said this, staring towards the direction of Inuyasha's forest. He knew she was thinking of going back to Inuyasha's group back to hunting the shards of the Shikon. If Sesshoumaru heard this, he probably would lose his mind with anger. Grabbing her chin, he turned her so he could look directly at her.

"No that would only anger him more, Sesshoumaru would never want to lose his mate for any reason. He is just protecting you from his anger, you know what he can do when he is angry, no?" she nodded her head "I think he is angry because he feels that you might have deceived him and played with his emotions intentionally." He continued, even though she tried to speak. "I understand your reason, sort of, and I am sure he kind of does to. But Kagome you always can't have everything you want the way you want it, this time you were out of line." He said firmly but sadly. "You are both new to this and are going to make so many mistakes, but you cannot leave, you have to stay and work it out."

The one reaction he didn't expect was to be wrapped into her arms, with her crying into his chest. Hesitantly he wrapped his arms around her tiny frame, his chest swelled with fire as she confided her feelings into him.

"Eichiro, I wish I could talk to Sesshoumaru this way. You always know exactly what to say to make me feel better." He could feel his eyes bleed red slightly as she idly toyed with his hair.

Control was getting harder and harder to maintain as she continued to use his chest as a pillow, but he kept himself in check for the fear of being suffocated by her marked scent and waking her irate mate. In minutes, which felt like decades for him, he heard her breathing steady. Scooping her up he jumped to her room and laid her down, `what he wouldn't give to take her out of her clothes`, shaking his head of his hentai thoughts he left her room.

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Sesshoumaru stared at himself in the mirror a little longer than usual this morning. Even though he received no rest the night before, due to Kagome's crying that kept him on edge the entire night, his face didn't show it, his hair was sleek and white as usual, his face was stoic as usual, but his eyes were a different story. They held every single emotion he was feeling from rage to disappointment, completely negating his years of hard work to keep himself void of such nuisances. Tying his hair into a low ponytail he donned some blue and gray hakamas and gray haori, grabbing his swords he tied them to his waist with a silk gray sash, not even bothering to put on his armor, he left.

Brushing past the toad knocking him on his head he headed straight out to the training grounds.

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After washing and dressing in some black miko pants and a white shirt, Kagome headed cautiously towards the dining room. She already knew he wasn't in his room, but she was a little shocked not to find him at the table. Looking around she spotted the toad youkai brushing his self off.

"Asa Jaken, have you seen Lord Sesshoumaru yet." Taking a bite of her fruit that sat at her spot, usually Sesshoumaru would eat something while she ate her morning fruit, but it seemed he still wanted nothing to do with her.

"Yes he has headed towards the training grounds today." Jaken replied as he walked away.

Popping the last bit of food in her mouth she headed down to the training grounds, since the children were in the last hour of their lessons.

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Walking past the fighting circles she was barely noticed, sighing in relief she was thankful that she didn't draw so much attention to herself as usual. Sweeping her eyes over the vast training grounds holding thousands upon thousands of soldiers currently grouped and fighting she spotted the tall taiyoukai in blue in gray walking calmly from group to group. Figuring he did not want to be interrupted she walked over to the tree line and sat against a tree quietly and watched the training. She knew he knew she was out here and was pretty positive he would not want to be bothered instantly by her trying to apologize, the best route would be for him to calm down and come to her so that she may apologize.

He could smell her sweet scent instantly as she stepped out onto the training grounds. He was grateful when he watched her sit down, choosing not to interfere with him. However, as he walked the fighting groups his mind wandered. Did she think he would come and apologize to her, further allowing her to toy with his emotions with her foolish acts? He was Sesshoumaru ruler of the western lands; he would not apologize for her actions. Why should he apologize for anything in this relationship? They had an understanding. Apology was of the many signs of love, and he Sesshoumaru-sama did not feel love. He has already gone heedlessly far by having a sort of friendship and untitled cares for this girl. But love is one emotion he cannot allow her to dredge up from his calloused soul, he simply will not let her. The problem was he cared too much that is why he let his anger get the best of him. Something he could not allow again.

For hours, Eichiro watched the mistress sit quietly at the base of a large tree while lord Sesshoumaru merely inspected the training and placements. He understood what she was doing so he continued to watch her and the taiyoukai covertly.

Soon the sun started to change positions telling her she had but a couple of hours before nightfall. Obviously she was getting no where sitting at the training grounds, getting up and dusting off she decided it would be best to just avoid him entirely until he gives her permission to speak to him. Even though her rambunctious spirit made her want to go right up to him and tell him exactly how she felt, she figured it would only make things worse. She needed to try and conform a little to his ways as he does to hers, she has been entirely to selfish. With her mind made up she sat off to do something constructive with her time.

His amber eyes did not miss the miko walking off into the woods, briefly, he wondered where she was going but he reminded himself of his vow earlier.

It was late when he entered the castle; it was about the time where everyone prepared for sleep. As he walked by the stairs towards his study, he could sense Kagome's presence in her room. Untying his swords and laying them carefully on the desk, he sat gracefully in his chair, with a slight growl he called for his retainer. In seconds the green toad entered and stood to his left.

"Tell me of Lady Kagome's events." His voice held no clue to what the taiyoukai was feeling.

Swallowing the lump in his throat the toad proceeded, "After she left this morning, she returned an hour before nightfall and had dinner with the children, told them very strange stories to make them sleep, and went to her room adjoining yours. She asked not to be disturbed unless it pertained the children."

Waving his hand, he dismissed the toad, grabbing his weapons he made his way up to his room. After preparing for bed, he laid in bed staring at the adjoining door, his mind spinning with questions. `Only pertaining the children?` Did she stop caring for his feelings? Did she forget the incident that happened only a day ago? His anger was rising because of all the unanswered questions. Calming himself, he willed his body to sleep, but his mind still stared at the door.

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Three days has passed since the fight with Naraku and Sesshoumaru-sama has yet to let the mistress apologize to him. So, Keito watched as the mistress spent half of her day with the children privately and the other half off in the lands. She was hurt that the lady avoided her contact as well, she told her each morning that she would watch the children solely that day. Then she would bring them back for their afternoon lessons at the same time each day and turn right back around towards the outdoors. Arshes even told her that Kagome refused her company as well, telling her she wanted to be alone.

Worry could not help but instill itself in her heart, Kagome was just so expressionless, no emotions were shown as she passed through the castle and the village. Although worry was not the only emotion that played in her heart, as she quietly observed the mistress sink into the tree line each day, while a certain gold and blue haired inu bounded silently after her. Jealousy, fear, and anger gripped her heart when she realized Eichiro followed her each day. She wanted to know what was happening! Kagome could not have possibly have taken Eichiro to her bed, Sesshoumaru-sama would instantly know, and she was positive Kagome did not look at the soldier in such a way. What was happening? Why was this happening now? Sighing she continued to stare off into the forest to where they disappeared to today. And she thought the soldier was coming to her rescue, it seems she was wrong yet again.

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His nerves were getting worse as the days passed barley seeing his own mate was taking its toll on him. He was told by the servants that she never talked to them anymore, that she desired no ones company but the children. Each morning he left for the training grounds and returned at nightfall only to be informed that Kagome was asleep. The daily pattern was beginning to make him irate with everyone he encountered; he actually had to will himself to forget about her just so he could function. However, it nearly impossible when his heart was feeling incredibly heavy due to her intense emotions and the burning of his scar telling him to make amends with her. It was becoming increasingly hard to tell himself that he did not need her, the truth was plain and simple and extremely unnerving; he could not simply function without her. Realizing this fact would not make him overlook her foolish actions though, no, it was her turn to apologize and she would have to come to him.

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"Now concentrate on your energy, soul, and surroundings because these are the main three things that you will need to worry about in battle. Please tell me why Rai." Kagome was sitting in front of the semi circle of mikos, training them on the basics. Since Sesshoumaru has yet to grant her permission to apologize, she decided to make use of her time by setting to work on her mikos. Kagome did not fail to notice that Eichiro followed her everyday; even though she excluded herself from everyone, she was still happy that he did seek her company. Suppressing a smile, she remembered when he scared her in the woods the first time.

~*~ Flashback (echo)~*~

The day started the same for her as usual, she woke up in her own room and ate breakfast alone, and she played with the children until their lessons and then ventured out alone. This time she remembered to snatch up some scrolls for the girls in the village. With ease she bounded down the mountain towards the village, as usual she took the southeast path to the village instead of the normal straight shot one. She learned that the other was slightly more scenic than the other and a lot longer, something to kill her abundant time. When she was in Sesshoumaru's good graces it seemed her days passed a lot more swiftly but now it was like it took forever just for nightfall to come.

Standing at her favorite waterfall, she watched as the water sprites danced on the surface of the crystal blue water. Each time their dainty feet touched the surface of the water they created a color that danced along the water surface, making their dance hypnotically breathtaking.

"The Western Lands happen to be the only region out of all five regions that have water sprites at all times of the year." A deep gentle voice sent a shockwave through her body. Turning she was greeted by the blue and gold haired soldier.

With her hand at her heart, which happened to be beating so fast she was pretty sure it would just crumble out of her chest, she glowered at the soldier. "Eichiro let me tell you something, it is highly rude to just pop up behind somebody when you know they had no idea that you were there. Next time do try not to give me a heart attack." She could see the confusion in his eyes at the term heart attack, but she wasn't in the mood to try and explain. "What are you doing here?"

Walking over towards her he gazed at the sprites dance. " I came to watch over you Kagome." He said nonchalantly as he stared at the scene before them.

"I don't need to be watched." He could here the frustration and tiredness in her voice, causing him to wonder when this feud would end. He wanted to see them back to normal again, no matter how much he wanted her for himself.

"Well I am here to do that nonetheless so you might as well get comfortable with me." Smirking at her long sigh of defeat.

"Very well, make yourself useful and keep me company, with me not back in the shadows."

~*~Flashback begone (echo)~*~

The soldier was conversing with Kanaye over weapons while she studied with her group of mikos.

Her thoughts were interrupted by the shy girls reply, "Because one must concentrate on themselves, their energy's levels, and the target."

"Good Rai, now I want you to each concentrate on your koro and release only a sample of your inner powers. Remember not to harm only to demonstrate." She leaned back and watched as they concentrated, she was aware that it was highly unlikely for them to do so on command like this since they were so young and untrained.

Stealthy footfalls reached her ears as she observed the girls; inhaling slightly she deciphered the approaching scent quickly.

"Arigatou Eichiro, I was wanting tea and you seemed to have read my mind." Her voice held a slight trace of a laugh in it, as he sat down next to her handing her the tea.

"Hold still for a moment." She gave him a stern look, as she waved a hand over him.

"Doshite…? …. Ohhhhh I see." He just now realized what the young ningens were actually doing; he nodded a thank you towards her. He could not imagine the pain if one of the girls were to accidentally hit him without the protection shield over him. "So how do think they will turn out?" sipping his tea he leaned against the overgrown tree stump that was directly behind them.

Taking note of his comfortable position, she scooted back towards him sitting to his left. Pulling her knees up to her chest, she laid her head down on her knees, observing the girls concentration while looking at the soldier periodically. "I think they will be a wonderful asset to the ningen village and army, as long as they train each day."

"Hai." They sat in silence, he knew what was wrong but he had no power to put a stop to it, time and circumstance would be their only saving factor in this situation.

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"It sure is pretty out today isn't Kagome?" Shippo exclaimed excitedly as he ran around her legs with Rin in pursuit.

It was pretty out, she thought, but the atmosphere did little to heal her heart. Being in a fight with Sesshoumaru was one of the worst feelings she has ever felt. She didn't want to be out of his good graces, she wanted to be able to walk out here in the beautiful bright sunlight and cool breeze with him, not avoiding him all day for the fear to make him angry with her. Glancing towards the children, she saw that they were staring at her with worry and expectant eyes. `Enough I can't let my bad mood crush their day, that just would not be fair to them. Besides it wasn't their fault I am in trouble.`

Pushing the negative thoughts out of the way, she smiled brightly at them. "Your right Shippo it is a beautiful day, and that means we shall explore a little more. Lets go see the northern regions of the western lands, Eichiro told me there is a ocean of multicolored flowers over there." Accepting the squeal of delight from Rin and the jumping up and down from Shippo as agreement she summoned her miko-youkai sphere.

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Sesshoumaru was in the dojo when Eichiro walked boldly up to him. He could tell by the soldier's entire demeanor that he had something to say. From the way, he held his jaw, the swing of his arms, the stiffness in his back, and the gleam in his narrowed eyes. However, the most important factor had to be his scent that seemed to be hotter than usual and the slight pulses of his aura, telling the taiyoukai he was nervous and angry. Turning towards him smoothly, he addressed him with the raise of his brow.

"Sesshoumaru-sama," this had the taiyoukai's full attention, Eichiro never said his name properly unless it was extremely important, but his bored expression never wavered. "May I have permission to speak freely, and when I mean freely I mean I want to be assured I do not get killed."

Sesshoumaru always prided himself in patience, calm, and sensibility but the mood he was in as of late were making those three qualities dwindle to nothing. So giving them to the soldier would be extremely difficult. "Only because I consider you an otouto, you may speak." Walking towards the dojo windows, he gazed over his lands while preparing his nerves, which he sensed he would need for Eichiro's speech.

"Sesshoumaru this fight with Kagome cannot last much longer, her spirit his dwindling away." This caused the stoic lord to face him, but he did not pause, "I know you await her apology but she is waiting for you to allow her to give it. I know why you are angry, hell I was angry, but you should know Kagome by now to know that she cannot last long like this. It is smothering her energetic spirit!" Nervousness did not quite sum up what he was feeling, as Sesshoumaru walked calmly back to him and stopped mere inches in his face.

"How pray tell to you know all this and I Sesshoumaru do not? I have not seen her in three days." His voice was as cool as the breeze outside and his face was his usual bored look, but Eichiro's trained eyes took note of the slight twitch of his tail and the flick of red deep within his amber eyes. Backing down, however was not an option looking at him straight into his eyes he replied.

"I have been with her each day as she walks the western lands and trains her mikos." Now the taiyoukai's face did change, it grew quite taut instead of smooth as silk.

"I do hope your reason for following her is quite good." Sesshoumaru could smell Eichiro's fear but he could also smell no lies, which meant he had nothing to hide.

"Kagome refuses to take anyone along with her through the lands, even though it is quite safe out there I did not take any chances and I followed because I consider her my friend my lord."

`Did he get the most difficult mate in the entire universe, because he was starting to think he did.`

"Why does she wait for my approval?" he hated asking questions, he always made it so that he knew everything he ever needed to know. But Kagome made that impossible she always sparked questions making his naturally curious nature take effect.

"I am pretty sure she thinks you're still too angry to look at her."

Kuso!!! That woman had to be the single worst and best decision he has ever made in his entire life. `But would I make the decision again to take her as my mate if given the chance?` the answer to that question was all too obvious, hell would have to start healing the blind for him to give her up.

"It seems Eichiro I have to go let my wife apologize to me."

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"Ooooohhhh look at all the pretty flowers okaasan, I have never seen so many." Rin was so happy she was literally bouncing from flower to flower. "I am going to pick very pretty ones for all of us and put them in my vase." Kagome smiled at her happy determination as she looked real hard for unique flowers. Her eyes followed the little girl closely as she darted from flower to flower, for some reason her mind thought of the incident on the mountain's edge making her heart skip a beat.

"Shippo stay close to Rin, and make sure you are very close to me, and when I say close I mean sixteen steps at the very most."

"Hai, I won't let anything happen to her." his cute little voice was full of pride and fortitude towards his new imouto. His cute ponytail and lighter matching tail bounced adorably as he skipped over to the girl who had an armful of flowers to sort through already.

Sitting indian style, facing the freckled children, she inhaled deeply the afternoon breeze. It still had slight traces of the morning's cool crispness, something she rather enjoyed especially with her heightened senses. Dwelling on the negative was going to get her nowhere; she had to start counting her positives. At least she wasn't pining after Inuyasha anymore, that was just a hopeless battle having to fight for his affections compared to his first love, which she happened to be the reincarnation of, no that was a lose-lose situation to begin with. Having to take exams were out of the question now, hell school in general was out of the question now that she was married in another lifetime. But she did plan on going to the bookstore when she got back and buying lots of books so she can still be caught up on the then and there, so to speak. Wondering who was ever going to marry her was solved, the problem with separating from her friends was solved as well, and the dream to have a real life romantic adventure in her life was fixed. Now all she had to do was figure out how to make this marriage thing work. Letting out a defeated exasperated sigh she let her head fall into her hands dramatically.

Shippo stole glances of Kagome as he played with Rin, over the past few days he was beginning to notice, that Sesshoumaru did not talk to Kagome anymore or vice versa. It was easy to tell something was seriously wrong with the two. Kagome wanted to be alone all the time, kind of like the times when she fought with Inuyasha, but this time she seemed sad instead of angry, and Sesshoumaru was quieter than usual spending most of his day outside with his army and checking on them at night right before they went to bed. Even though she was a lot more cheerful today, he wanted to do something to cheer her up.

"Hey Rin, we should try to cheer up Kagome!" her brown eyes lit up at the idea.

"You are right Shippo, Kagome has been sad lately. What should we do to cheer her up?" picking Kagome extra flowers just wasn't enough they needed to do something extra special.

"I don't really know what we could do." They could ask Sesshoumaru, and Eichiro hasn't been able to cheer her up, that left Arshes and Keito. "We should ask Keito to take us to see Arshes and have them both help us."

"Yeah they would know what to do!" pausing and looking around, she nodded to herself and turned back to Shippo. "I think I found enough flowers Shippo." He agreed as he saw that her arms were full of colorful flowers.

"Yeah I think you had enough flower picking!" he laughed at her for missing his sarcasm.

As they were walking back the wind started to pick up, making it difficult to walk it was if the wind was sucking them backwards. It was getting stronger by the second making Rin's flowers begin to blow out of her arms.

"My flowers!!" Rin's squeal made him hold on tighter to her arm, he was starting to have a bad feeling about this. Squinting against the harsh winds he looked ahead and spotted Kagome looking around as if trying to look for the source of the wind. Looking closely, he could tell she was fighting off the strong wind as well, but she was being blown backwards as well. The realization sunk in quickly, the wind was trying to split them apart and their was only one demon he knew of that controlled the wind.

"Kagura" he whispered to himself.

"Your right kitsune!" looking up from his mother he saw the wind witch of Naraku floating on her gigantic feather above them.

"Rin, Shippo!" Kagome's scared and fierce cry pierced all their ears.

Kagura turned towards the miko, what she saw made her insides burn in cold fury. `The miko has been mated and transformed into an extremely rare and powerful youkai. So what the dead miko said was true!` For months she watched Naraku stare into Kanna's mirror lusting after the young miko, but this was the first time she actually saw her. Kagura couldn't stand listening anymore, she had to come see for herself if what they said was true. Now looking at the bitch she couldn't believe it, this slip of a girl was mated to the cold hearted Sesshoumaru and now was even more powerful than before. She didn't care what naraku said, she was going to kill this bitch and bring back the jewel shards and end this seemingly endless game.

"So I see you have changed miko, however it will do you no good against me. I will see you dead today!" turning towards the children she smiled cruelly. "Say good bye to your mother!" with the flick of her wrist, her fan spread to release her winds. "Fuujin no Mai! (Dance of the Wind Blades)" Kagura watched as the miko summoned countless purifying balls of energy while she fought to remain standing against her winds. The purifying balls stopped most of her blades but not all of them.

Kagome watched in horror as each child was struck down, the arm full of flowers swirled madly in the wind as they fell to the ground. Everything started to slow down she could here her heartbeat beat ever so slowly as she let out a feral roar. She ignored the feeling of the mark on her shoulder pulsate, telling her Sesshoumaru heard and was almost there she could even feel over half of the army respond to her call, but she didn't care. Everything was starting to slowdown; she could basically see the witch's wind patterns. She could feel herself starting to change but she didn't focus on that, all she cared about was killing the witch above her, she didn't even notice that her eyes were fully indigo, nor did she notice the cracking and readjusting of her bones. However she did notice the smell of fear from the witch, `good` she laughed darkly in her mind `I want you to feel everything my children felt.`

"Kagura you will regret this in hell!" she roared, she could feel Sesshoumaru and the army's presence behind her. "Get my children!" she yelled at no one in particular, while she stared into the wide red eyes of the witch. Out of the corner of her eye, she saw a familiar female inu scoop up the hurt children and running back behind her. Looking at their bleeding bodies was all she needed to see, whatever control she did have was lost in the wind. Ripping off her sword she threw it behind her. "Interfere and you will regret it, if not die." she snarled.

Kagura tried to swallow her fear back as she watched Kagome's face and body start to change. All she wanted to do was fly away as she watched the girls bones crack and reform, making her mouth turn into a vicious snout with elongated fangs, with jagged purple stripes and bright indigo eyes, and claws that were five times in length and in sharpness. She was a monster, the total opposite of the sweet girl that followed the hanyou around, what has she done! The seething army behind her and the raging taiyoukai did not help either. But she would not back down, she would not show her fear. She could beat her she was far more powerful and experienced, `Yes she would end this girl's life easily.

"I see your ready to play let's see if you can dance. Ryuuja no Mai! (Dance of the Dragon)" she yelled flipping her fan toward the transformed inu.

"Slash of the Sacred!" Kagome countered with her vicious claws, destroying the wind tunnel before it truly began. But she didn't wait for the witch to attack again, leaping in the air she moved like lightening towards her opponent. Slashing her across the midsection with her right claw and landing a fierce blow to her temple with her left fist, knocking her off the feather to the ground. The witch flipped unsteadily as she landed putting room between her and herself, but Kagome could smell her fear and she knew her next move.

"Why you bitch! Die! Fuujin no Mai!! (Dance of the Wind Blades)" she sent another attack directly for her.

Kagome stood there watching the glowing blades ride on the wind towards her, but they weren't as fast anymore, she could see them a lot more clearly now. Gracefully and quickly, she sidestepped each one and was in front of the witch in seconds. Spinning on her heel, she arched her claws and sent the witch various slices.

Sesshoumaru watched in raw anger as she spun with an almighty speed with her claws extended slicing the wind witch to pieces, while her hair spun like a black storm around her. The witch was hardly fast enough to stop all the blocks resulting in various deep gashes all over her upper torso, with the flick of her fan the witch sent a gush of wind towards Kagome giving herself ample space in between them.

Kagura couldn't believe this, she was losing badly, her body was riddled with gashes from Kagome's purified claws, which was acting like poison for her body. Her blood was on fire, but if she could buy just one second of time she could kill the bitch with one final move she just knew it.

The wind witch's dark laugh filled the air as she stood their holding the deep wound at her waist and her fan that was covered in her own blood in the other. "Sesshoumaru I see you have fallen in your father's footsteps how lowly of you. You could have had so much better with me of course." Her voice was still silkily smooth as usual, full of ice and lies.

"Kagura you should be rejoicing my mate is the one killing you, I would never give you such a luxury." His voice sent chills down her spine, enraging her further that the miko stole what she wanted so desperately to have.

"DIE ALL OF YOU DIE!!!!!!! WINDS OF HELL!!!" She sent her last spell at the inu demoness knowing that she would be sure to die.

Kagome couldn't believe what she was hearing from the witch. Kagura was lusting after her mate before her eyes. Looking up she saw millions of bright red wind blades heading straight for her, but her mind would not let her get over the fact that Kagura was trying to take what belonged solely to her, she was facing someone who was trying to betray the mark of the mates. Everything just went blank.

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