InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Sunset Love ❯ Love's Light ( Chapter 32 )
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By: l3lackroze 
Kagome is changing and what is this about the Master being her grandfather???
Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Drama / Adventure / Romance | Type: Other | Uploaded On: 03.11.2009 | Pages: 3 | Words: 6.1K | Visits: 599 | Status: Completed
Kagome is changing and what is this about the Master being her grandfather???
Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Drama / Adventure / Romance | Type: Other | Uploaded On: 03.11.2009 | Pages: 3 | Words: 6.1K | Visits: 599 | Status: Completed
AN- Just to let you all know, the reason I haven’t updated in a long while is due to the fact not long after posting my lost chapter my comp decided to explode on me and I had to wait till income tax time to get another one...Hopefully this one will last more then a year.
Disclaimer- Nope, nope, nope... Still don’t own em.
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Chapter 32 - Love’s Light
In the front, Lady Kana fought desperately against Maraboshi, but he was proving to still be far stronger then she was. Around them raged the battle, the western army tiring under the continuous onslaught. Even Sesshomaru was feeling the bite of over exerted muscles and countless wounds. There seemed to be no end of enemy soldiers eager to take the place of a fallen companion.
Since the Master had stepped onto the battlefield it seemed that the tide had turned in his favor, the western troops becoming disheartened in the face of countless enemies. Many of them were injured, yet they continued to fight to the last breath.
Tanaka, glad to finally join the battle, was busily gorging herself on her latest kill. A small boar demon who just happened to be trying to sneak away at the time. She hadn’t even taken the time to notice whose colors he was wearing when she struck. If anyone attempted to attack her while she fed she swiftly dealt with the intruder before returning to hear feast. If this one didn’t satisfy her hunger then she had plenty of other corpses to dine on afterward. As always, the master had kept his word to her and provided her with the promised prey.
Those left inside the castle were either huddled down in groups, fearful for the lives or were scurrying around in an attempt to fortify the castle further against any sort of invasion that might break through the outer defenses. A small group of the castle guards stood outside protectively outside the study that housed the lord’s daughter and his brother’s children. Their orders were clear, protect the ones inside no matter what. The tension in the air was great as they listened to the raging battle outside and many of them nervously shifted from foot to foot. Some of them wished that they were outside, fighting along side their friends but others just wished that they were not there at all. Duty and the loyalty they held for their lord were the only things keeping them in place.
With the bulk of the Western army occupied by the frontal attack, only Kikyo and Inuyasha were present when a small battalion of soldiers attacked from the rear. The sight of the large, glowing orb of swirling power had caused the enemy to hesitate, giving Inuyasha the chance to take out several of the demons who swarmed over the wall. Arrows, saturated with the demon miko’s powers streaked through the air each striking true but the swarm of demons were far more then just the two of them could handle.
“We can’t hold them back much longer,” Kikyo shouted above the noise. She worried that they would not be able to keep the persistent demons from attacking Kagome while she was trapped within the orb.
“Keh!” was all she heard out of her mate as he brandished the Tetsusaiga. The power of the Wind Scar sent several of the demons to their deaths but others surged forward to fill the gaps.
The soldiers goal was clear, taking the castle from the rear would mean that they could drive out those within the castle, effectively trapping the army between the split forces. The castle would fall and all who were within it would perish or be tormented by the Master’s men. It was something that Inuyasha could not allow, even if he had to give his life to make certain it did not happen.
Behind them, the orb continued to grow with the intensity of Kagome’s trapped power, seemingly oblivious to what was happening. The tempest of powers raged inside the protective barrier sparked and sputtered, the pink lightening streaking through the swirling purple of combined energy.
Suddenly, several of the enemy soldiers let out a war cry that echoed across the meadow enclosure and charged toward the orb. Inuyasha was trapped in the rush of several others and he knew he would not be able to make it in time. Kikyo, likewise was trapped by the swell of troops flowing over the back wall. The enemy was pressing them back, away from the barrier that protected their friend and they watched in helpless horror as the small group surged forward, weapons at the ready to take down whatever lay inside.
As the first demon to reach the orb brought his sword down on it in a crashing blow, a demonic growl rumbled across the meadow. The lower level demons within the attacking force became nervous, looking around for what made the sound. Their growing fear, becoming evident in the way they gripped their weapons.
Kikyo and Inuyasha, leery of the sound, redoubled their efforts to get to their trapped friend but as the efforts of the growl wore off, the enemy once again surged forward. Those nearest the orb, gathered their courage and struck it again. Again the inhuman growl rumbled out but it did not fade like it had the first time. With each hit of weapon or claw the growl became stronger, more angry sounding. A few of the demons that heard it turned tail and fled back over the wall but the others remained, still fearful of the master’s wrath should they leave their assigned task.
A second noise joined the growling, at first no one could hear it but those with exceptional hearing but it grew in intensity until everyone discern it from the growl. To many it sounded as if ice were cracking and breaking after a long cold winter but to others it was the sound of glass breaking. The fight abruptly ceased, all eyes turning toward the towering orb suspended just inches from the ground.
The streaks of pink lightning had gained in intensity and as Kikyo watched she knew as she watched it that her and Inuyasha had to move. Quickly, she launched herself away from the orb, shouting for her mate in the process.
Inuyasha, caught on the other side of the meadow, just barely heard his mate’s yell but when he saw her alight on the wall, he followed after her.
“Down, take cover behind the wall,” she screamed at him and dropped down behind it. Not a second after Inuyasha’s feet touched the ground the sound of multiple screams echoed through the air. Bright streaks of pink lightning flickered over the wall incinerating the demons it touched. Inuyasha pressed Kikyo against the wall, shielding his mate with his own body.
A surge of power hit the wall, exploding it outward around them, strangely leaving the part they were leaning against intact.
Carefully, peering around it, Inuyasha’s mouth fell open in astonishment. Not one of the enemy were left anywhere in the meadow but what had caught his attention the most was what appeared to be a large mound of black fur in the exact spot the orb had been.
“Kagome!” he yelled leaping across the meadow until he stood directly in front of the pile of fur. “Kagome! Answer me damn it!” The mound was well over twelve feet in height and he was just about to dive in to look for her when the pile of fur moved.
“Inuyasha, wait,” Kikyo’s hand came down heavily on his shoulder, stalling him. “Give her a moment to orient herself.”
The furry mound took a second shuddering breath then slowly began to move. Slowly, almost painfully, it uncurled drawing back the long curtain of hair that Inuyasha had mistaken to be fur. Grabbing Kikyo around the waist, Inuyasha leapt back giving his friend room to move but he could not seem to tear his eyes away from what he was seeing.
Kagome lay curled in a tight fetal position, her eyes tightly closed. She had know what was happening because when the orb had surrounded her, they had visited her. They had been spirits of the past, though she had only seen them once before she would have known them anywhere. Midoriko she had recognized from the stone statue within the Miko’s cave beside Sango’s old village and the second she had seen only once when Inuyasha and Sesshomaru had combined forces to defeat Sounga, he had appeared briefly then to speak to his sons when the sword was destroyed. The great dog general, Inu no Tashio, had looked exactly as he had done that day so many years ago.
Both had comforted her within the grip of her raging powers and instructed her in the way of both youkai and miko. They had told her she was the first and only of her kind but through her there would be others, others who would protect the lands that she loved so much. They answered her question of what she was, being neither demon nor human, but a combination of both that made her a hanyou unlike any other. She would live the long life of a demon, hold the powers of both, and still retain her humanity. The one difference was the fact that she would have full control over both sides of her power, unlike many hanyou who, like Inuyasha had once had, could not control their demon sides.
She had know the second the approaching force had swarmed the meadow, knew how her friends had fought to keep the enemy from her and how the battle fared in the front. With that they were gone, leaving her to handle the situation. This was the training the trial of the Shikon had given her, the reason she had trained so hard for so many years, and her friends needed her now like they had not needed her back then. Many things would hang in the balance of her actions this day.
Slowly uncurling her legs, Kagome pushed herself to her hands and knees staring down in amusement at the deadly tipped claws that had once been her fingers.
Speechlessly, Inuyasha watched as his best friend rolled to her knees. The changes that had taken place in her was something he had never thought to see from his friend. Not even when he learned that she was a hanyou. Neither he nor Kikyo had gained a true form from the changing but his best friend seemingly had but it was a combination of beast and human that was both startling and breathtaking.
Short, midnight fur covered every inch of her skin except of a patch of silvery fur that formed the symbol of sunset on her forehead. On either side of her head were drooped, silky black ears that blended well with the midnight colored hair that flowed down her back. Her face was slightly more round, tapering down into a delicate snout. Sharp canines protruded slightly from between her lips on either side of her mouth.
Her upper body was clearly human, fur covered arms leading down to deadly clawed fingertips but from the waist down she was all dog. The crooked curve of her legs, gave her a slightly unnatural look as she rose to her feet, a long silky black tail swayed behind her. Standing well over twenty feet tall, Kagome was truly a sight to behold.
When she looked down at her friends, they noticed that her eyes had changed from the stormy blue to an ice pink, ghostly to look at. Her head was just several inches below the castle roof, which protected her change from the enemies on the other side, giving her the advantage of surprise.
“You two go ahead and keep watch back here,” her voice though soft still rumbled slightly and they could tell she at first was having trouble forming words with her new muzzle. “I’ll go back to help the others.”
It was no use, before either of them could argue in anyway, Kagome leapt over the castle roof.
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Sesshomaru felt the sudden change in the atmosphere, a quick glance around telling him that he wasn’t the only one. It was almost as if someone had flipped a switch as soldiers once demoralized by the sheer number of the enemy renewed their efforts some even doubling them. Even he felt refreshed, almost as if they had hardly been fighting for their lives at all. Whatever it was that had given them all the extra strength, he was grateful for it.
Beside him, Kisho stood panting. Though not as large in full form as Sesshomaru was, the Taiyoukai continued to fight valiantly against all comers. He had developed a severe limp, his left foreleg badly injured when a combined effort of a panther demon and several lower level youkai had swarmed over him. It would have been a lot worse if Kuro hadn’t of rallied his men to help cut through them. Luckily the lion general got to his friend and lord before they had been able to gnaw the leg off.
Around their feet, Western Soldiers gathered to combat any lower youkai that slipped by their lords massive jaws. It was a group effort that brought down many of the enemy troops.
Sesshomaru’s head jerked up when a great explosion sounded from the back of the castle, anger coursing through his veins like lightning. His mate was somewhere in that castle and she would be in grave danger if the enemy gained access to it.
Almost as one, Sesshomaru and Kisho turned toward the castle in hopes of reaching the other side in time only to find their way blocked by several of the mountainous Oni blocking their way. Racing forward, determination setting grim in their eyes, both giant dogs leapt at the Oni in a desperate attempt to gain the other side.
Teeth and claws flashed, ripping through the dead, blacked skin of the monstrous creatures who countered their attacks quickly. One Oni managed to wrap it’s massive arms around Kisho’s neck and began squeezing. Sesshomaru, catching sight of what was happening to his friend, twisted away from the reaching grasp of three others and leapt at the one entrapping the Northern Lord. His teeth sank deep into the Oni’s neck and with a quick jerk of his head, he snapped the creature’s neck allowing Kisho to slip free.
Seeing that Sesshomaru was momentarily distracted, the three Oni took the advantage and plied on top of the massive dog using their combined body weight to tackle him to the ground. Kisho, weakened from his injured leg managed to leap atop the creatures, clawing and biting at their backs but his efforts were cut short when a fourth Oni swung an uprooted tree at him. The hit struck him in the side, sending Kisho flying across the battlefield.
Hurt badly, Kisho struggled to get back to his feet but before he could, another swarm of youkai swept over him like a tidal wave.
The sight that met Kagome, plunged her heart straight into fear and her nerve endings tingling with the fiery anger that washed over her. Half way across the battlefield Sesshomaru lay trapped under a the bodies of several bloodthirsty Oni who were tearing at him. A short distance away, what appeared to be a thousand smaller youkai had swarmed over her struggling father. Ozeki and Tatsu were doing everything they could to reach the two lords but the continuous flow of enemies blocked their path. Kuro was also desperately trying to fight his way toward the lords.
In another part of the battlefield, Hayashi and Iyashii where struggling to keep the invading forces at bay. Both looked to be tiring and several of the Eastern soldiers who had not retreated into the castle were already down. Not too far from them, she could just make out the immense barrier that her son and the Kitsune twins had erected was continually growing as Western troops drove their enemies back into it.
Closer to the walls, Sango, Shuri and a group of combined demons and humans were doing their best to protect their injured companions. Miroku, lay unmoving behind a living wall as his love brandished her bone boomerang in order to protect him.
And dead center of the fight her grandmother was going one on one against the one person that Kagome knew was responsible for the whole affair. Lady Kana had said she would not join in the battle unless he appeared for the grudge between them was as old as time. That was how anyone would know that the Master was on the field.
Tears filled Kagome’s eyes as struggled to not allow the pain get to her. There was no time to sink to the ground and cry out her fears, now was the time to make the Master pay for everything that he had done to her friends. But first things first...
Kagome rushed forward, her claws charged with her miko abilities as she ruthlessly tore through any of the enemy demons that dared approach her. She ripped into the demons holding her mate down, till nothing but their ashes floated on the evening breeze. Once he was free, gently she nuzzled against his neck, her tongue flashing out to just barely lick the tip of his nose.
Recognition set in the moment Sesshomaru witnessed the first of the Oni fall to the miko charged claws. His mate had changed, grown larger yet more powerful in whatever it was that had happened to her. Her canine appearance with human body features only made her all the more beautiful to him. To think that once again she had come to his rescue when he needed it the most only amused him and he nuzzled her back. Her small lick sent a wave of power rushing through him, her power seeking out whatever injuries he had sustained, washing them away as though they had never been.
Then she was gone just as quickly as she had appeared. Off to set her father free from the swarm of demons that held him pinned. These too quickly evaporated under her powers and she healed Kisho in the same manner as she had Sesshomaru.
Around them the western soldiers took heart from the new arrival and as the enemy fell to her powers they cheered. As the roar went up from the Western Soldiers, the members of the usurper’s armies fled from the devastating power of a demon miko.
Over half of the Master’s army were imported demons, paid mercenaries who held no true allegiance with anyone, deserted him. Those that he did control, fought on believing it better to die in battle then be branded a traitor should the master somehow manage to win the war. A few of them, those whose families were not at stake, surrendered. The fight had left many of them and those that stood with the West were only too happy to accept.
Those left fighting, were made short work of as the forces of the West regrouped to press their advantage.
Among it all, Kagome fought her way to where her grandmother, Lady Kana, struggled against the Master, poisonous acid dripping from her open jaws. Those that the acid hit, screamed as the greenish-pink liquid ate away at their flesh.
“Ahh, I see our granddaughter has come to join our battle,” Maraboshi laughed as he caught sight of the towering Kagome heading toward them. “She shall make a wonderful addition to my little army.”
“You’ll never have her,” Lady Kana hissed angrily, her sword slicing through the air where his head had just been.
“Oh but I will,” He laughed again, leaping back. The second his feet touched the ground, he gave another mighty leap that carried him high into the air. Lady Kana leapt after him, but she was knocked back by a blast of black power from his upraised hand.
She landed with enough force to form a small crater. Around her soldiers rushed to check on the Lady but an invisible barrier destroyed anyone who touched it.
Kagome raged at what she saw happen to her grandmother, rushing toward the barrier with every intent of trying to break through it, but a streak of silver knocked her back just as her clawed hand was reaching out to touch it. Snarling, she turned to find out who had dared stop her when she stopped cold. Sesshomaru stood there, snarling down at her in warning, blocking the way to where her grandmother lay captive.
He knew what she was going to try to do, but for her own protection he had to stop her. He did not know if even her power was strong enough to break through and did not want to take the chance on losing her if it wasn’t. He growled again and cast a glance up to where the master seemed to hover in the air, indicating that to defeat the master would be to set her grandmother free.
Kagome understood and tilted her head upward to glare angrily at the demon responsible for everything that had happened in the past few years. He had been the one that had imprisoned her son and best friend, subjecting them to numerous forms of torture, he had been the one responsible for usurping both the Eastern and Northern Lands, the one who had threatened her daughter’s life, and also the one responsible for the spell that Sesshomaru had been forced to endure.
Kisho, Tatsu, and Ozeki came to stand beside them, Lord Kisho shrinking down to his human appearance. Sesshomaru followed suit and waited expectantly looking up at Kagome. When she didn’t immediately begin to shift he jumped up on her shoulder.
High overhead, Maraboshi floated his long black hair whipping about him in the flow of his power. His armor was battered, dented and torn, from his fight with Lady Kana but otherwise he looked as confident as he had when he stepped onto the field. A smug expression crossed his face and one hand waved outward in a gesture that indicated he was patiently waiting for Kagome to take her rightful form.
Kagome snarled, the corners of her lips pulling back to reveal the sharp canines that grazed her delicate muzzle. She didn’t like being directed by the Master’s whim but when he pointed to where her grandmother lay trapped in his barrier, she knew that he left her with little choice.
Since it was the first time that Kagome had ever transformed into anything, she wasn’t exactly certain that she knew how to revert back or even if there was a back to revert to. A soft whimper escaped her as she tried to force her body back to it’s original form but her powers seemed to refuse her.
“Relax, concentrate on what you looked like before the change and allow the power to flow through you,” Sesshsomaru’s voice came from below her right ear. Nodding she closed her eyes, forcing herself to take a deep breath and relax. From somewhere deep inside her, Kagome felt her power well up and flow outward, surrounding her in their pink embrace.
Sesshomaru leapt down, waiting for her powers flowed around her in a bright pink light. When they faded away, Kagome sat on the ground angrily glaring up at the master. Like Sesshomaru, her powers had incorporated her clothing in her change so that when she was once more human, her clothing was fully intact. A small thing, but one that she was immensely grateful for. It wouldn’t have been right to face the master in her birthday suit after all.
“Well, well, well. Looks like the family is all here now,” Maraboshi snorted. “To think that my own son would spawn such a powerful miko demon was quite a shock. A pleasant one to be certain. Together we can rule all of Japan, maybe even the entire world.”
Both Kagome and Kisho was stunned by the news.
“It is not true,” Kisho finally managed to find his tongue. “My father was a great demon who died long before the Shikon was born of Midoriko.”
“Yes, I suppose that in a way I did die before that damnable babble was crafted, my body absorbed into the mass of demons that went into creating the Great Youkai Lord’s body. But those of use who proved the strongest were reborn through him. His spawn, his power, and his determined will were our own. If it hadn’t been for that accursed Miko, then we would have ruled all of the world. It would have been reborn in His image, just as we were reborn in his.”
“Then you are not my father, my father would have never allowed himself to fall to such evilness.” Kisho growled. “Now you shall pay for all your transgression.”
Kisho leapt after the Master, ready to battle to the death. His sword flashed in the pale light of the rising moon as he swiped at where Maraboshi floated high over head. The swing was easily blocked by the Master. His maniacal laughter ringing through the sky as he parried or blocked each of Kisho’s attacks as easily as if he were sparring with a beginner.
“K...Kagome,” a whispered plea rose from the hole where the Lady Kana was trapped.
“Grandmother?” Kagome carefully crawled as close to the barrier as she dared, Sesshomaru standing protectively beside her.
“There is no time, my child,” Lady Kana’s voice weakly drifted through the barrier. “My son cannot defeat him alone. You must use your powers to stop Maraboshi, or none of us will ever be safe.”
“I...I understand.” Kagome really didn’t want to be the cause of her own grandfather’s death but if that was what was to happen then so be it. She could not risk the lives of the ones she loved for a stranger who claimed blood ties. One that wouldn’t think twice about wiping out everyone he was related to. She had to force herself to be that cold-blooded in order to do what needed to be done.
Looking up at Sesshomaru with tears in her eyes, Kagome knew what she had to do.
Almost as if he understood what was going through her mind, Sesshomaru nodded and launched himself in the air to help distract Maraboshi. Kisho welcomed the added sword and together they repeatedly attacked the Master.
Kagome, tearing her eyes away from the deadly combatants overhead, forced her eyes closed and took up a seated position on the ground. Around her the others gathered in a protective circle, keeping their eyes open for any enemy that attempted to attack her while she was distracted.
“Ozeki. Tatsu. I need you all to lend me your powers,” Kagome said softly as she felt their individual auras.
Indicating that the others should still remain watching, the dragon warlord and the bear general dropped to their knees beside the petite woman, their large hands coming to rest on her shoulders. Once she believed they were ready, Kagome did something she had only done once before. She merged the power of the others into her own, channeling them through her own body.
As she did so, memories of doing much the same with Kuro and his son came rushing back and she remembered the cub’s smiling face as he walked slowly along beside her on their return trip. Other faces swam into her line of though.
Inuyasha holding Kikyo as their son skipped around them, Iyashii and Hayashi as they smiled down at her whenever she defeated one of their soldiers in training, Rin and Shippo playing together first as children then walking with her when they were older. She saw Sango and Miroku, happily together as their children laughed and teased each other. Remembered the way the Kitsune twins, laughed and joked with her, and how Ozeki had barreled through the forest in search of Tatsu when she had been injured by the snake attack and they way they argued good-naturedly whenever they trained together.
So many faces, so many good memories created not just in the years before when she traipsed about the countryside looking for jewel shards, but ones that were created this time around. New friends combined with old and she loved them all.
But above all the memories that slide easily through her mind, the one that held the longest and warmed her far above all others was the memory of Sesshomaru. The way he had held her so gently the morning she had willingly allowed him to make love to her. There had been the light of love in those warm golden eyes, eyes that she had seen through her dreams for the past few years.
“The sun sets even as the crescent moon rises to greet his eternal love.”
Her mother’s words drifted in her thoughts, they had been the very words that had started her upon the path that led to both pain and love. The path that had led her to her eternal love. Sesshomaru.
With each memory came a swell of power but as she centered on Sesshomaru, that power welled up like an overflowing dam ready to burst from the strain.
To anyone who watched that day, they saw a great light grow from the heart of the miko, spreading until it encompassed the two youkai who touched her. As the light grew, the three of them rose from the ground until they hovered at least ten feet in the air before the two youkai broke away. The miko continued to rise, the light around her becoming as bright as the sunlight, bathing the land in it’s warmth.
Anyone the light touch felt as though they had been touched by the light of love, their injuries healing and their bodies refreshed. Even Tanaka, the master’s favored pet, felt an unknown emotion swell inside of her as tears fell unrestrained from her eyes. She had never felt anything like it before and centuries later she would recall that day with fond remembrance and a longing to feel it once again.
Kisho and Sesshomaru, bathed in the light felt their powers double and knew the strength of the love that Kagome held for them.
Maraboshi screamed out in rage and pain as the light connected with his skin, his evil powers weakening. Streaking away from Kisho and Sesshomaru he targeted Kagome in a desperate attempted to knock her from the sky.
Gathering all his power, he loosed a black beam of pure evil at the hovering miko from his hands. The black light engulfed her, seemingly swallowing the purity of her light. It swirled around her, but it was unable to snuff out the strength of her love.
Then she was streaking toward him, the powerful light becoming a large arrow of pure sunlight that rode along the Master’s evil power. A direct aim for the twisted heart that dared to harm the ones she loved.
When the arrow struck the Master, a great explosion rocked the land far below, streaks of black power raced across the sky chased by pink lightening. Ashes drifted slowly to the earth, swirling in the breezy currents of the wind. These were the remains of the Master and all his evil plans to conquer and enslave the world.
“Kagome!” Sesshomaru whispered under his breath as he desperately searched the sky for any sign of his love. When he found her, his eyes minutely widened.
She was falling, the light around her fading into the colors of sunset as her over used power fled.
Without thinking, Sesshomaru charged toward her, the silvery orb of light forming around him in his desperation to reach her. Than he had her, wrapped securely in his embrace, cradling her to his chest as if she were the most precious thing on earth. And to him she was, she was his everything and he did not know how he would continue on without her.
“Kagome, please talk to me, yell at me, anything, just open your eyes,” Sesshomaru plead, not realizing just how much he sounded like his half brother in that moment. He didn’t care if the world saw his moment of weakness, knew just how much he loved this woman. Anyone that dared to claim him weak later on would pay dearly for it, but he would gladly let them live if only she would open her eyes.
“Hmm, just a few more minutes, Momma,” Kagome murmured, yawning sleepily as she snuggling closer to Sesshomaru.
At first her words startled Sesshomaru and he narrowed his eyes at her calling him Momma, him her mate. How dare she! But before he realized it he was laughing, relief flooding through ever fiber of his being. She would definitely live and from the sounds of it she was going to continue to keep him on his toes.
Far below them, the others watched as Sesshomaru’s silver orb engulfed the sunset light of Kagome’s powers. They all felt the relief that their favorite miko was going to be alright, but more then a few of them cringed in fear as Sesshomaru’s laughter rang out. Some of them even wondered who was going to die that day.
Luckily for Jaken, he was holed away with the others inside the castle, completely unaware that his lord was laughing or he would have probably been convinced his life was about to come to a painful end.
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AN- Well there ya have it, now only the epilogue is left to write. If I was unable to convey the idea of just what Kagome looked like when she transformed than I my only two suggestions would be to look up a picture of a Furry... I think that’s what their called, or maybe anthro something or another. A little while back I just happened to see a picture of a female dog furry and she was just gorgeous.. Can’t remember who had drawn it but it was exactly what I’d envisioned Kagome as being since she’s a hanyou. I’d also like to thank everyone that took the time to read and reread this story. And for all the reviews and encouragement you guys gave me. If it wasn’t for you all I would never have had the courage to push through all these stupid difficulties in my life to finish the story. I love all of you!!!!
>Giant hugs<
DJ a.k.a. Aurora Nyte/l3lackroze.
Disclaimer- Nope, nope, nope... Still don’t own em.
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Chapter 32 - Love’s Light
In the front, Lady Kana fought desperately against Maraboshi, but he was proving to still be far stronger then she was. Around them raged the battle, the western army tiring under the continuous onslaught. Even Sesshomaru was feeling the bite of over exerted muscles and countless wounds. There seemed to be no end of enemy soldiers eager to take the place of a fallen companion.
Since the Master had stepped onto the battlefield it seemed that the tide had turned in his favor, the western troops becoming disheartened in the face of countless enemies. Many of them were injured, yet they continued to fight to the last breath.
Tanaka, glad to finally join the battle, was busily gorging herself on her latest kill. A small boar demon who just happened to be trying to sneak away at the time. She hadn’t even taken the time to notice whose colors he was wearing when she struck. If anyone attempted to attack her while she fed she swiftly dealt with the intruder before returning to hear feast. If this one didn’t satisfy her hunger then she had plenty of other corpses to dine on afterward. As always, the master had kept his word to her and provided her with the promised prey.
Those left inside the castle were either huddled down in groups, fearful for the lives or were scurrying around in an attempt to fortify the castle further against any sort of invasion that might break through the outer defenses. A small group of the castle guards stood outside protectively outside the study that housed the lord’s daughter and his brother’s children. Their orders were clear, protect the ones inside no matter what. The tension in the air was great as they listened to the raging battle outside and many of them nervously shifted from foot to foot. Some of them wished that they were outside, fighting along side their friends but others just wished that they were not there at all. Duty and the loyalty they held for their lord were the only things keeping them in place.
With the bulk of the Western army occupied by the frontal attack, only Kikyo and Inuyasha were present when a small battalion of soldiers attacked from the rear. The sight of the large, glowing orb of swirling power had caused the enemy to hesitate, giving Inuyasha the chance to take out several of the demons who swarmed over the wall. Arrows, saturated with the demon miko’s powers streaked through the air each striking true but the swarm of demons were far more then just the two of them could handle.
“We can’t hold them back much longer,” Kikyo shouted above the noise. She worried that they would not be able to keep the persistent demons from attacking Kagome while she was trapped within the orb.
“Keh!” was all she heard out of her mate as he brandished the Tetsusaiga. The power of the Wind Scar sent several of the demons to their deaths but others surged forward to fill the gaps.
The soldiers goal was clear, taking the castle from the rear would mean that they could drive out those within the castle, effectively trapping the army between the split forces. The castle would fall and all who were within it would perish or be tormented by the Master’s men. It was something that Inuyasha could not allow, even if he had to give his life to make certain it did not happen.
Behind them, the orb continued to grow with the intensity of Kagome’s trapped power, seemingly oblivious to what was happening. The tempest of powers raged inside the protective barrier sparked and sputtered, the pink lightening streaking through the swirling purple of combined energy.
Suddenly, several of the enemy soldiers let out a war cry that echoed across the meadow enclosure and charged toward the orb. Inuyasha was trapped in the rush of several others and he knew he would not be able to make it in time. Kikyo, likewise was trapped by the swell of troops flowing over the back wall. The enemy was pressing them back, away from the barrier that protected their friend and they watched in helpless horror as the small group surged forward, weapons at the ready to take down whatever lay inside.
As the first demon to reach the orb brought his sword down on it in a crashing blow, a demonic growl rumbled across the meadow. The lower level demons within the attacking force became nervous, looking around for what made the sound. Their growing fear, becoming evident in the way they gripped their weapons.
Kikyo and Inuyasha, leery of the sound, redoubled their efforts to get to their trapped friend but as the efforts of the growl wore off, the enemy once again surged forward. Those nearest the orb, gathered their courage and struck it again. Again the inhuman growl rumbled out but it did not fade like it had the first time. With each hit of weapon or claw the growl became stronger, more angry sounding. A few of the demons that heard it turned tail and fled back over the wall but the others remained, still fearful of the master’s wrath should they leave their assigned task.
A second noise joined the growling, at first no one could hear it but those with exceptional hearing but it grew in intensity until everyone discern it from the growl. To many it sounded as if ice were cracking and breaking after a long cold winter but to others it was the sound of glass breaking. The fight abruptly ceased, all eyes turning toward the towering orb suspended just inches from the ground.
The streaks of pink lightning had gained in intensity and as Kikyo watched she knew as she watched it that her and Inuyasha had to move. Quickly, she launched herself away from the orb, shouting for her mate in the process.
Inuyasha, caught on the other side of the meadow, just barely heard his mate’s yell but when he saw her alight on the wall, he followed after her.
“Down, take cover behind the wall,” she screamed at him and dropped down behind it. Not a second after Inuyasha’s feet touched the ground the sound of multiple screams echoed through the air. Bright streaks of pink lightning flickered over the wall incinerating the demons it touched. Inuyasha pressed Kikyo against the wall, shielding his mate with his own body.
A surge of power hit the wall, exploding it outward around them, strangely leaving the part they were leaning against intact.
Carefully, peering around it, Inuyasha’s mouth fell open in astonishment. Not one of the enemy were left anywhere in the meadow but what had caught his attention the most was what appeared to be a large mound of black fur in the exact spot the orb had been.
“Kagome!” he yelled leaping across the meadow until he stood directly in front of the pile of fur. “Kagome! Answer me damn it!” The mound was well over twelve feet in height and he was just about to dive in to look for her when the pile of fur moved.
“Inuyasha, wait,” Kikyo’s hand came down heavily on his shoulder, stalling him. “Give her a moment to orient herself.”
The furry mound took a second shuddering breath then slowly began to move. Slowly, almost painfully, it uncurled drawing back the long curtain of hair that Inuyasha had mistaken to be fur. Grabbing Kikyo around the waist, Inuyasha leapt back giving his friend room to move but he could not seem to tear his eyes away from what he was seeing.
Kagome lay curled in a tight fetal position, her eyes tightly closed. She had know what was happening because when the orb had surrounded her, they had visited her. They had been spirits of the past, though she had only seen them once before she would have known them anywhere. Midoriko she had recognized from the stone statue within the Miko’s cave beside Sango’s old village and the second she had seen only once when Inuyasha and Sesshomaru had combined forces to defeat Sounga, he had appeared briefly then to speak to his sons when the sword was destroyed. The great dog general, Inu no Tashio, had looked exactly as he had done that day so many years ago.
Both had comforted her within the grip of her raging powers and instructed her in the way of both youkai and miko. They had told her she was the first and only of her kind but through her there would be others, others who would protect the lands that she loved so much. They answered her question of what she was, being neither demon nor human, but a combination of both that made her a hanyou unlike any other. She would live the long life of a demon, hold the powers of both, and still retain her humanity. The one difference was the fact that she would have full control over both sides of her power, unlike many hanyou who, like Inuyasha had once had, could not control their demon sides.
She had know the second the approaching force had swarmed the meadow, knew how her friends had fought to keep the enemy from her and how the battle fared in the front. With that they were gone, leaving her to handle the situation. This was the training the trial of the Shikon had given her, the reason she had trained so hard for so many years, and her friends needed her now like they had not needed her back then. Many things would hang in the balance of her actions this day.
Slowly uncurling her legs, Kagome pushed herself to her hands and knees staring down in amusement at the deadly tipped claws that had once been her fingers.
Speechlessly, Inuyasha watched as his best friend rolled to her knees. The changes that had taken place in her was something he had never thought to see from his friend. Not even when he learned that she was a hanyou. Neither he nor Kikyo had gained a true form from the changing but his best friend seemingly had but it was a combination of beast and human that was both startling and breathtaking.
Short, midnight fur covered every inch of her skin except of a patch of silvery fur that formed the symbol of sunset on her forehead. On either side of her head were drooped, silky black ears that blended well with the midnight colored hair that flowed down her back. Her face was slightly more round, tapering down into a delicate snout. Sharp canines protruded slightly from between her lips on either side of her mouth.
Her upper body was clearly human, fur covered arms leading down to deadly clawed fingertips but from the waist down she was all dog. The crooked curve of her legs, gave her a slightly unnatural look as she rose to her feet, a long silky black tail swayed behind her. Standing well over twenty feet tall, Kagome was truly a sight to behold.
When she looked down at her friends, they noticed that her eyes had changed from the stormy blue to an ice pink, ghostly to look at. Her head was just several inches below the castle roof, which protected her change from the enemies on the other side, giving her the advantage of surprise.
“You two go ahead and keep watch back here,” her voice though soft still rumbled slightly and they could tell she at first was having trouble forming words with her new muzzle. “I’ll go back to help the others.”
It was no use, before either of them could argue in anyway, Kagome leapt over the castle roof.
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Sesshomaru felt the sudden change in the atmosphere, a quick glance around telling him that he wasn’t the only one. It was almost as if someone had flipped a switch as soldiers once demoralized by the sheer number of the enemy renewed their efforts some even doubling them. Even he felt refreshed, almost as if they had hardly been fighting for their lives at all. Whatever it was that had given them all the extra strength, he was grateful for it.
Beside him, Kisho stood panting. Though not as large in full form as Sesshomaru was, the Taiyoukai continued to fight valiantly against all comers. He had developed a severe limp, his left foreleg badly injured when a combined effort of a panther demon and several lower level youkai had swarmed over him. It would have been a lot worse if Kuro hadn’t of rallied his men to help cut through them. Luckily the lion general got to his friend and lord before they had been able to gnaw the leg off.
Around their feet, Western Soldiers gathered to combat any lower youkai that slipped by their lords massive jaws. It was a group effort that brought down many of the enemy troops.
Sesshomaru’s head jerked up when a great explosion sounded from the back of the castle, anger coursing through his veins like lightning. His mate was somewhere in that castle and she would be in grave danger if the enemy gained access to it.
Almost as one, Sesshomaru and Kisho turned toward the castle in hopes of reaching the other side in time only to find their way blocked by several of the mountainous Oni blocking their way. Racing forward, determination setting grim in their eyes, both giant dogs leapt at the Oni in a desperate attempt to gain the other side.
Teeth and claws flashed, ripping through the dead, blacked skin of the monstrous creatures who countered their attacks quickly. One Oni managed to wrap it’s massive arms around Kisho’s neck and began squeezing. Sesshomaru, catching sight of what was happening to his friend, twisted away from the reaching grasp of three others and leapt at the one entrapping the Northern Lord. His teeth sank deep into the Oni’s neck and with a quick jerk of his head, he snapped the creature’s neck allowing Kisho to slip free.
Seeing that Sesshomaru was momentarily distracted, the three Oni took the advantage and plied on top of the massive dog using their combined body weight to tackle him to the ground. Kisho, weakened from his injured leg managed to leap atop the creatures, clawing and biting at their backs but his efforts were cut short when a fourth Oni swung an uprooted tree at him. The hit struck him in the side, sending Kisho flying across the battlefield.
Hurt badly, Kisho struggled to get back to his feet but before he could, another swarm of youkai swept over him like a tidal wave.
The sight that met Kagome, plunged her heart straight into fear and her nerve endings tingling with the fiery anger that washed over her. Half way across the battlefield Sesshomaru lay trapped under a the bodies of several bloodthirsty Oni who were tearing at him. A short distance away, what appeared to be a thousand smaller youkai had swarmed over her struggling father. Ozeki and Tatsu were doing everything they could to reach the two lords but the continuous flow of enemies blocked their path. Kuro was also desperately trying to fight his way toward the lords.
In another part of the battlefield, Hayashi and Iyashii where struggling to keep the invading forces at bay. Both looked to be tiring and several of the Eastern soldiers who had not retreated into the castle were already down. Not too far from them, she could just make out the immense barrier that her son and the Kitsune twins had erected was continually growing as Western troops drove their enemies back into it.
Closer to the walls, Sango, Shuri and a group of combined demons and humans were doing their best to protect their injured companions. Miroku, lay unmoving behind a living wall as his love brandished her bone boomerang in order to protect him.
And dead center of the fight her grandmother was going one on one against the one person that Kagome knew was responsible for the whole affair. Lady Kana had said she would not join in the battle unless he appeared for the grudge between them was as old as time. That was how anyone would know that the Master was on the field.
Tears filled Kagome’s eyes as struggled to not allow the pain get to her. There was no time to sink to the ground and cry out her fears, now was the time to make the Master pay for everything that he had done to her friends. But first things first...
Kagome rushed forward, her claws charged with her miko abilities as she ruthlessly tore through any of the enemy demons that dared approach her. She ripped into the demons holding her mate down, till nothing but their ashes floated on the evening breeze. Once he was free, gently she nuzzled against his neck, her tongue flashing out to just barely lick the tip of his nose.
Recognition set in the moment Sesshomaru witnessed the first of the Oni fall to the miko charged claws. His mate had changed, grown larger yet more powerful in whatever it was that had happened to her. Her canine appearance with human body features only made her all the more beautiful to him. To think that once again she had come to his rescue when he needed it the most only amused him and he nuzzled her back. Her small lick sent a wave of power rushing through him, her power seeking out whatever injuries he had sustained, washing them away as though they had never been.
Then she was gone just as quickly as she had appeared. Off to set her father free from the swarm of demons that held him pinned. These too quickly evaporated under her powers and she healed Kisho in the same manner as she had Sesshomaru.
Around them the western soldiers took heart from the new arrival and as the enemy fell to her powers they cheered. As the roar went up from the Western Soldiers, the members of the usurper’s armies fled from the devastating power of a demon miko.
Over half of the Master’s army were imported demons, paid mercenaries who held no true allegiance with anyone, deserted him. Those that he did control, fought on believing it better to die in battle then be branded a traitor should the master somehow manage to win the war. A few of them, those whose families were not at stake, surrendered. The fight had left many of them and those that stood with the West were only too happy to accept.
Those left fighting, were made short work of as the forces of the West regrouped to press their advantage.
Among it all, Kagome fought her way to where her grandmother, Lady Kana, struggled against the Master, poisonous acid dripping from her open jaws. Those that the acid hit, screamed as the greenish-pink liquid ate away at their flesh.
“Ahh, I see our granddaughter has come to join our battle,” Maraboshi laughed as he caught sight of the towering Kagome heading toward them. “She shall make a wonderful addition to my little army.”
“You’ll never have her,” Lady Kana hissed angrily, her sword slicing through the air where his head had just been.
“Oh but I will,” He laughed again, leaping back. The second his feet touched the ground, he gave another mighty leap that carried him high into the air. Lady Kana leapt after him, but she was knocked back by a blast of black power from his upraised hand.
She landed with enough force to form a small crater. Around her soldiers rushed to check on the Lady but an invisible barrier destroyed anyone who touched it.
Kagome raged at what she saw happen to her grandmother, rushing toward the barrier with every intent of trying to break through it, but a streak of silver knocked her back just as her clawed hand was reaching out to touch it. Snarling, she turned to find out who had dared stop her when she stopped cold. Sesshomaru stood there, snarling down at her in warning, blocking the way to where her grandmother lay captive.
He knew what she was going to try to do, but for her own protection he had to stop her. He did not know if even her power was strong enough to break through and did not want to take the chance on losing her if it wasn’t. He growled again and cast a glance up to where the master seemed to hover in the air, indicating that to defeat the master would be to set her grandmother free.
Kagome understood and tilted her head upward to glare angrily at the demon responsible for everything that had happened in the past few years. He had been the one that had imprisoned her son and best friend, subjecting them to numerous forms of torture, he had been the one responsible for usurping both the Eastern and Northern Lands, the one who had threatened her daughter’s life, and also the one responsible for the spell that Sesshomaru had been forced to endure.
Kisho, Tatsu, and Ozeki came to stand beside them, Lord Kisho shrinking down to his human appearance. Sesshomaru followed suit and waited expectantly looking up at Kagome. When she didn’t immediately begin to shift he jumped up on her shoulder.
High overhead, Maraboshi floated his long black hair whipping about him in the flow of his power. His armor was battered, dented and torn, from his fight with Lady Kana but otherwise he looked as confident as he had when he stepped onto the field. A smug expression crossed his face and one hand waved outward in a gesture that indicated he was patiently waiting for Kagome to take her rightful form.
Kagome snarled, the corners of her lips pulling back to reveal the sharp canines that grazed her delicate muzzle. She didn’t like being directed by the Master’s whim but when he pointed to where her grandmother lay trapped in his barrier, she knew that he left her with little choice.
Since it was the first time that Kagome had ever transformed into anything, she wasn’t exactly certain that she knew how to revert back or even if there was a back to revert to. A soft whimper escaped her as she tried to force her body back to it’s original form but her powers seemed to refuse her.
“Relax, concentrate on what you looked like before the change and allow the power to flow through you,” Sesshsomaru’s voice came from below her right ear. Nodding she closed her eyes, forcing herself to take a deep breath and relax. From somewhere deep inside her, Kagome felt her power well up and flow outward, surrounding her in their pink embrace.
Sesshomaru leapt down, waiting for her powers flowed around her in a bright pink light. When they faded away, Kagome sat on the ground angrily glaring up at the master. Like Sesshomaru, her powers had incorporated her clothing in her change so that when she was once more human, her clothing was fully intact. A small thing, but one that she was immensely grateful for. It wouldn’t have been right to face the master in her birthday suit after all.
“Well, well, well. Looks like the family is all here now,” Maraboshi snorted. “To think that my own son would spawn such a powerful miko demon was quite a shock. A pleasant one to be certain. Together we can rule all of Japan, maybe even the entire world.”
Both Kagome and Kisho was stunned by the news.
“It is not true,” Kisho finally managed to find his tongue. “My father was a great demon who died long before the Shikon was born of Midoriko.”
“Yes, I suppose that in a way I did die before that damnable babble was crafted, my body absorbed into the mass of demons that went into creating the Great Youkai Lord’s body. But those of use who proved the strongest were reborn through him. His spawn, his power, and his determined will were our own. If it hadn’t been for that accursed Miko, then we would have ruled all of the world. It would have been reborn in His image, just as we were reborn in his.”
“Then you are not my father, my father would have never allowed himself to fall to such evilness.” Kisho growled. “Now you shall pay for all your transgression.”
Kisho leapt after the Master, ready to battle to the death. His sword flashed in the pale light of the rising moon as he swiped at where Maraboshi floated high over head. The swing was easily blocked by the Master. His maniacal laughter ringing through the sky as he parried or blocked each of Kisho’s attacks as easily as if he were sparring with a beginner.
“K...Kagome,” a whispered plea rose from the hole where the Lady Kana was trapped.
“Grandmother?” Kagome carefully crawled as close to the barrier as she dared, Sesshomaru standing protectively beside her.
“There is no time, my child,” Lady Kana’s voice weakly drifted through the barrier. “My son cannot defeat him alone. You must use your powers to stop Maraboshi, or none of us will ever be safe.”
“I...I understand.” Kagome really didn’t want to be the cause of her own grandfather’s death but if that was what was to happen then so be it. She could not risk the lives of the ones she loved for a stranger who claimed blood ties. One that wouldn’t think twice about wiping out everyone he was related to. She had to force herself to be that cold-blooded in order to do what needed to be done.
Looking up at Sesshomaru with tears in her eyes, Kagome knew what she had to do.
Almost as if he understood what was going through her mind, Sesshomaru nodded and launched himself in the air to help distract Maraboshi. Kisho welcomed the added sword and together they repeatedly attacked the Master.
Kagome, tearing her eyes away from the deadly combatants overhead, forced her eyes closed and took up a seated position on the ground. Around her the others gathered in a protective circle, keeping their eyes open for any enemy that attempted to attack her while she was distracted.
“Ozeki. Tatsu. I need you all to lend me your powers,” Kagome said softly as she felt their individual auras.
Indicating that the others should still remain watching, the dragon warlord and the bear general dropped to their knees beside the petite woman, their large hands coming to rest on her shoulders. Once she believed they were ready, Kagome did something she had only done once before. She merged the power of the others into her own, channeling them through her own body.
As she did so, memories of doing much the same with Kuro and his son came rushing back and she remembered the cub’s smiling face as he walked slowly along beside her on their return trip. Other faces swam into her line of though.
Inuyasha holding Kikyo as their son skipped around them, Iyashii and Hayashi as they smiled down at her whenever she defeated one of their soldiers in training, Rin and Shippo playing together first as children then walking with her when they were older. She saw Sango and Miroku, happily together as their children laughed and teased each other. Remembered the way the Kitsune twins, laughed and joked with her, and how Ozeki had barreled through the forest in search of Tatsu when she had been injured by the snake attack and they way they argued good-naturedly whenever they trained together.
So many faces, so many good memories created not just in the years before when she traipsed about the countryside looking for jewel shards, but ones that were created this time around. New friends combined with old and she loved them all.
But above all the memories that slide easily through her mind, the one that held the longest and warmed her far above all others was the memory of Sesshomaru. The way he had held her so gently the morning she had willingly allowed him to make love to her. There had been the light of love in those warm golden eyes, eyes that she had seen through her dreams for the past few years.
“The sun sets even as the crescent moon rises to greet his eternal love.”
Her mother’s words drifted in her thoughts, they had been the very words that had started her upon the path that led to both pain and love. The path that had led her to her eternal love. Sesshomaru.
With each memory came a swell of power but as she centered on Sesshomaru, that power welled up like an overflowing dam ready to burst from the strain.
To anyone who watched that day, they saw a great light grow from the heart of the miko, spreading until it encompassed the two youkai who touched her. As the light grew, the three of them rose from the ground until they hovered at least ten feet in the air before the two youkai broke away. The miko continued to rise, the light around her becoming as bright as the sunlight, bathing the land in it’s warmth.
Anyone the light touch felt as though they had been touched by the light of love, their injuries healing and their bodies refreshed. Even Tanaka, the master’s favored pet, felt an unknown emotion swell inside of her as tears fell unrestrained from her eyes. She had never felt anything like it before and centuries later she would recall that day with fond remembrance and a longing to feel it once again.
Kisho and Sesshomaru, bathed in the light felt their powers double and knew the strength of the love that Kagome held for them.
Maraboshi screamed out in rage and pain as the light connected with his skin, his evil powers weakening. Streaking away from Kisho and Sesshomaru he targeted Kagome in a desperate attempted to knock her from the sky.
Gathering all his power, he loosed a black beam of pure evil at the hovering miko from his hands. The black light engulfed her, seemingly swallowing the purity of her light. It swirled around her, but it was unable to snuff out the strength of her love.
Then she was streaking toward him, the powerful light becoming a large arrow of pure sunlight that rode along the Master’s evil power. A direct aim for the twisted heart that dared to harm the ones she loved.
When the arrow struck the Master, a great explosion rocked the land far below, streaks of black power raced across the sky chased by pink lightening. Ashes drifted slowly to the earth, swirling in the breezy currents of the wind. These were the remains of the Master and all his evil plans to conquer and enslave the world.
“Kagome!” Sesshomaru whispered under his breath as he desperately searched the sky for any sign of his love. When he found her, his eyes minutely widened.
She was falling, the light around her fading into the colors of sunset as her over used power fled.
Without thinking, Sesshomaru charged toward her, the silvery orb of light forming around him in his desperation to reach her. Than he had her, wrapped securely in his embrace, cradling her to his chest as if she were the most precious thing on earth. And to him she was, she was his everything and he did not know how he would continue on without her.
“Kagome, please talk to me, yell at me, anything, just open your eyes,” Sesshomaru plead, not realizing just how much he sounded like his half brother in that moment. He didn’t care if the world saw his moment of weakness, knew just how much he loved this woman. Anyone that dared to claim him weak later on would pay dearly for it, but he would gladly let them live if only she would open her eyes.
“Hmm, just a few more minutes, Momma,” Kagome murmured, yawning sleepily as she snuggling closer to Sesshomaru.
At first her words startled Sesshomaru and he narrowed his eyes at her calling him Momma, him her mate. How dare she! But before he realized it he was laughing, relief flooding through ever fiber of his being. She would definitely live and from the sounds of it she was going to continue to keep him on his toes.
Far below them, the others watched as Sesshomaru’s silver orb engulfed the sunset light of Kagome’s powers. They all felt the relief that their favorite miko was going to be alright, but more then a few of them cringed in fear as Sesshomaru’s laughter rang out. Some of them even wondered who was going to die that day.
Luckily for Jaken, he was holed away with the others inside the castle, completely unaware that his lord was laughing or he would have probably been convinced his life was about to come to a painful end.
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AN- Well there ya have it, now only the epilogue is left to write. If I was unable to convey the idea of just what Kagome looked like when she transformed than I my only two suggestions would be to look up a picture of a Furry... I think that’s what their called, or maybe anthro something or another. A little while back I just happened to see a picture of a female dog furry and she was just gorgeous.. Can’t remember who had drawn it but it was exactly what I’d envisioned Kagome as being since she’s a hanyou. I’d also like to thank everyone that took the time to read and reread this story. And for all the reviews and encouragement you guys gave me. If it wasn’t for you all I would never have had the courage to push through all these stupid difficulties in my life to finish the story. I love all of you!!!!
>Giant hugs<
DJ a.k.a. Aurora Nyte/l3lackroze.