InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Pride (In the Name of Love) ❯ Chapter 70

Pride (In the Name of Love) 70 / ??
Written by Jezz-Ra
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A/N - A delightful, unexpected twist? Oh yes. Lets.
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"I think that's a great idea. If you can pry him away from the old man long enough..." Inuyasha grinned slightly."Vell, I tink he vill allow it if he tinks ve might actually be able to zave his life."

"I can't stick around with you guys when we get there though. You know what's all going on here. So I'll drop you off and pick you up tomorrow morning?"

Miroku smiled. "That would be wonderful. Might we bring some gold with us to pay for what we will need?"Inuyasha nodded and fished around in his haori before tossing a small sack of coins to Miroku. "Kagome will know what to do with it and turn it into their future money stuff."

Miroku smiled. He was looking forward to visiting Kagome almost as much as he was looking forward to finally seeing the land from which all the wonderful things she always brought came from. He and Sairex had come up with the idea of going to Kagome's time to do a little research and bring back medical supplies to try and keep Sesshoumaru alive long enough for his body to recover.

Inuyasha glanced at Sairex. "You...MIGHT want to consider hiding the wings...there aren't a bunch of obvious youkai running around in her time and humans don't fly."

Miroku rubbed his thigh ruefully. "They do if you throw them hard enough..."

Inuyasha couldn't help a snicker. Sairex, meanwhile, was apparently thinking. After a moment he murmured softly. His wings wavered and then vanished.

"I didn't know you could just...wave them away like that..."

Sairex grinned. "I can't. It's just an illusion, dey are ztill dere."

"Well, lets go. I need to get back as soon as possible so I can go over defenses and shit with Kouga. I wasn't planning on being in charge again like this." Very soon, Miroku, Sairex, and Inuyasha were on their way.

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Kagome blinked sleepily as she stumbled towards her door at the insistent knocking. It was still very early and she hadn't planned on waking up for several hours yet. With a yawn she opened the door, surprised to see a familiar hanyou waiting on the other side. "Inuyasha? What are you doing here?" She yawned again, then gave him a sleepy hug in greeting.

"Heh, I wish it was just a social visit. I can't stay...was just dropping somethin' off for you."

"What's that?"

Kagome let out a little squeal of delight when Miroku's head popped around the corner, the monk grinning widely. She launched herself at him and gave him a tight hug, which he was more than happy to return. "Miroku! Oh, its so good to see you, it's been years!"

"It's good to see you as well, Kagome. I wish our visit was on lighter terms."

Kagome looked about ready to respond when she stopped dead, unlatching herself from Miroku and peering past him. Sairex was leaning casually on the wall, watching the proceedings silently. Kagome stared at him, her eyes widening slowly. "Wh..."

Sairex slid away from the wall and bowed formally. "It is a pleasure and an honor to meet you, Lady Priestess. I have heard quite a bit about you."

Kagome blinked as she attempted to place the strange accent coloring his words. "You're a demon," she stated flatly. Sairex's eyebrows arched and he smiled.

Inuyasha felt the need to interject. "Kagome, this is Sairex...he's our chief advisor and Miroku's mate."

Kagome's jaw dropped and she stared wide-eyed at Sairex, then at Miroku. Miroku blinked and rubbed the back of his neck with a slight grin.

"What?"

"It...its good to meet you, Sairex..." she finally managed, offering him a faint smile. "Will you all come in?"

"Can't, gotta get home...they'll fill you in. I'll be back in the morning." Inuyasha gave her a quick hug. "Sorry to run, but I have to."

"Okay...I understand. Well, I don't, but I'm sure I will."

Inuyasha grinned and was gone.

Once they were safely ensconced in Kagome's apartment, Sairex flexed his wings, the illusion vanishing. His eyes were darting around the room, drinking in the sight of all the unfamiliar objects strewn about.

"So...not that I'm not thrilled to see you and I fully intend to sit you down for a long chat, what's the bigger reason you're here?" Kagome finally asked Miroku. Her eyes never left Sairex.

Miroku paused in his examination of a clock and sighed, setting his staff down and then sitting on the couch and gesturing for her to do the same. "We...and by we I mean all of us living at the Western castle...have been the victims of several attacks of late. You were informed what happened to Sesshoumaru..."

Kagome nodded. "Yeah...poor guy, I felt bad for him."

The monk nodded. "Well, plenty of other things have happened...but right now, we're again here because of Sesshoumaru. We aren't fully sure on how it happened, whether or not it was influenced by outside sources or not, but Sesshoumaru took the full force of a direct hit from the Wind Scar."

Kagome gasped in shock. "But...but why did Inuyasha-"

"He says he didn't. Sesshoumaru grabbed his sword, ignored the burn, threw a Wind Scar and then teleported himself into the line of fire."

The girl's eyes were wide. "Oh...oh no..."

Miroku sighed heavily. "The Inu no Taisho is terribly upset to the point of being incapacitated, so Inuyasha is running things for a bit. Sesshoumaru....was torn apart. I do not know what keeps him alive, but he is not waking up. If he doesn't wake, his body will wither and die. We can't make him eat or drink like this."

"He's comatose...?"

Miroku blinked. "Er..."

Kagome nodded. "Right. I know what we'll need, for starters anyway. IV fluids, feeding supplements...I know he doesn't eat our 'human food' but we have to get some nutrition in him...bandages, antibiotics..." The more Kagome added to the list, the blanker Miroku's expression got until she finally stopped and gave him a slightly sheepish grin. "I'll take care of it. Maybe...I'll even come back with you to make sure some of this stuff is done right. I don't know a whole lot of medical crap but I'm sure I can find some books. Anything is better than just leaving him there to live or die according to fate."

Miroku nodded. "Oh, indeed. Thank you. I knew coming here was a good idea."

Kagome's eyes again slid over to Sairex. The raven was flipping through an atlas, looking terribly intrigued. "Inuyasha wasn't serious, was he?""About?"

"Him being your...your mate?"

"Of course he was."

Kagome stared at Sairex for a long moment before grinning at Miroku. "Here. Come with me. I'm going to give you some information to look through, and then I want to have a private chat with him.""Ah. Of course...." Miroku smiled and allowed her to escort him to the room she had set up as an office. She set Miroku up on her computer and pulled up a medical website. After showing the monk how to move about the page - he found it extraordinarily fascinating - she headed back out towards the living room, pausing only for a quick stop to her bedroom first. She rummaged around in her closet until she found what she was looking for.

Sairex turned slowly as she approached him. He had felt a blaze of spiritual energy and wasn't overly surprised to find himself staring at an arrow that burned with light. Kagome had it nocked and drawn, aimed right for him. Her voice was soft and threatening.

"Just what the hell do you think you're doing?""Vell...I VAS looking at dese maps. I zuppose I zhould be asking you vhat YOU are doing, however..." Sairex narrowed his eyes slightly.

"How DARE you?"Sairex arched an eyebrow. "Really need a bit more dan dat...I'm ztill a little lost..."

"I don't know what you did to seduce poor Miroku and lure him in..."

Sairex snorted. "Me? Zeduce HIM? More like I failed to resist 'im.""Miroku is the biggest womanizer I've ever met. I've never seen him so much as blink twice in the direction of another male."

"People change." Sairex's voice dropped a notch, his gaze hardening. "Lower your bow, Priestess. I do not take vell to threats, nor do I warrant dis zort of treatment."

"You might have somehow fooled Miroku, but you aren't fooling me. I can feel your soul, your aura...you're quite possibly the most wicked creature I've ever faced. I don't know what you're plotting, but I won't let you hurt Miroku."

Sairex eyed her silently for a long moment. "Hm. You really are quite perceptive, aren't you..."

"I'm fairly good at what I do. I don't know what you're planning, but I feel its malevolence."

Sairex eyed the blazing arrow for a moment before shutting his eyes and smirking a bit. "Vell, I give you credit. Few zee past my barriers. And credit, too, for getting da monk avay zo I couldn't use him against you. Protecting him. Commendable."

"Will you leave peacefully?"

"No, I'm afraid I cannot do dat." Sairex sighed and stretched before flexing his talons and then cracking his fingerbones, giving Kagome a wicked smile. "It is a zhame, really, I vas ztarting to enjoy my new life...and now you've ruined everyting. Here I vas, being all happy. I'm afraid you vill have to die."

Kagome gasped as Sairex dove for her, releasing her arrow with a silent prayer that her aim was true. She didn't think she would get a second shot.