InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ She ❯ Chapter 12

(A.N. Thanks for all the great reviews, people who actually write reviews. It's almost over, but don't worry, I don't think the end will disappoint, at least I hope not. Anyway here's the next chapter. I don't own Inuyasha.)

She

Sesshomaru raced through the forest with Shippo and Rin on his back. He knew Kagome could take care of herself, but he wasn't certain what the vice-principal was capable of. He didn't notice as Inuyasha's body began to dissolve in the clearing behind him.

Kagome dug through a pile of dead flesh. Kikyo was getting closer. Snake-like demons started to stream from her body. Kagome's fingers gripped something hard under a pile of arms. She pulled it out. Just what she needed a bow and arrows! She stood and notched three arrows. They sliced through the air and pinned three snakes to the pit wall. The snakes writhed in pain and then disappeared. Kikyo turned to look at the spot, surprise etched into her face. Her soul catchers were supposed to be invisible to humans. She turned back to where Kagome stood. She'd pinned the last two soul catchers together.

"Kikyo! Why are you helping Naraku? Don't you realize that it's his fault Inuyasha turned away from you?" Kikyo stopped her approach. "What?" she said, her voice confused. "Naraku has a bad habit of talking to himself. He thought I was still unconscious when he spoke of what he'd done to Inuyasha. A long time ago, he was in love with your mother, but she shunned him and married your father. Naraku has been trying to destroy your family ever since then. He turned Inuyasha into one of his mindless puppets just to hurt you!"

Kikyo covered her face with her hands "So Inuyasha … Does love me?" Kagome nodded "But he's trapped. We have to free him and kill Naraku!" "You'll still help me, even tough I might kill you at any time?" Kagome nodded "Yes. Now is there a way out of here?" Kikyo summoned her more of her soul catchers. She motioned to them and they wrapped around both her and Kagome and lifted them from the pit.

"So you've decided to betray me? I will destroy you both then!" Naraku hissed. Kagome fired an arrow and Kikyo sent her soul catchers at Naraku. He sliced through the soul catchers and caught the arrow, but dropped it immediately when it burned his hand. More soul catchers wrapped around him and began draining him of all the souls he'd absorbed. He turned and began to run, tearing at them. Another arrow caught him in the back, but he continued running. Then he was gone.

Kagome heard a noise behind her and turned. "Well I suppose I was right, you didn't need me to rescue you after all" Kagome shouldered the bow and arrows and threw herself into his arms "Sesshomaru!" She pulled away "Inuyasha…" He shook his head, "No, I didn't harm him, at least not much" "No, I mean we have to save him. Naraku has him and others. We have to find them!" Sesshomaru only nodded "You will have to explain another time" He turned to the two children he'd brought with him. "Do you know where Naraku is headed?" they nodded "He is going to my father's house, I can show you a short cut" Sesshomaru nodded and then looked at Kagome "All of you will have to ride on my back"

She gave him a confused look all of them would not fit on his back. Then it hit her. He was going to transform! She smiled "That a great idea! We need to move as fast as we can, and the five of us on foot will be too slow" He blinked. Five? Then he noticed Kikyo. Kagome would definitely have to explain that, sooner rather than later. His eyes began to glow red, then he changed. He knelt down and the others climbed on. "Go just past the temple at the edge of Orchid Park" Shippo said in his ear. Sesshomaru looked around and then began to run towards the tunnel they had entered through.

Naraku fell to his knees; Kikyo's soul catchers had stolen a great deal of his strength. The purifying arrow in his back wasn't helping either. But he knew of a certain half demon whose soul would replenish the strength he'd lost. He got up and staggered as fast as he could towards the principal's home.