InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ The Fire Bearer ❯ Chapter 10

[ T - Teen: Not suitable for readers under 13 ]

There, standing in front of her in all his glory and stature, was Sesshoumaru...

Kagome jumped to her feet and faced him, her head spinning for half a second before returning to normal. "What do you want?" she asked him as she looked over him. He looked just like he always had, with the same emotionless face, same white and red outfit, same armor and same puffy tail slung over his shoulder. At his hip were both his swords, Tetsaiga and Tokijin, one for killing and one for life.

He simply stood there, looking her over as well. He remembered her vaguely from the brief encounters they had had over the years, but she was different now. Her hair longer, her eye color different, and she no longer wore that wretched green and white outfit he hated so much. "You are InuYasha's new wench, are you not?"

Her eyes widened for a moment before squinting as she glared at him. "I am not his wench!" she yelled at him. "And you have no right of calling me such!"

He smirked lightly as he looked at her. "I believe I have the right to call you anything I wish... Fire Bearer," he added as he looked at her, her aura explaining who she was to him in graphic detail.

She snarled lightly as her hands clenched at her sides, her eyes starting to dance a bit. "My name is Kagome," she told him, still not used to the fact of being simply 'Fire Bearer'. "You will not refer to me as anything BUT, Kagome," she said firmly.

He smirked a bit bigger. "Again, I believe I have the right to calling you anything I wish," he said. "Now, how about killing that fire in your eyes," he said and drew his Tokijin.

Kagome smiled and fire formed on her hands as she looked at him. "Or perhaps I can wipe that smirk from your face," she said as her muscles tensed and she moved one foot forward towards him.

Without saying a word he started the battle, moving gracefully and slashing at her, but she blocked it and threw fire in his direction, singing a bit of his hair. He growled at this, pausing for a moment before moving in again for another attack. "FIRE STRIKE!" she yelled and fire shot out of her hand, much like a more powerful version of Shippo's fox fire and kept attacking with her hands and feet, her hands still glowing with fire as she punched at him, but he blocked the most of her attacks and but her on her shoulder lightly.

She looked down at the cut and frowned, nodding her head lightly. "Not bad," she said and looked up at him. "But how bout this... FIRE TORNADO!" she cried out and thrust her arms out, making a T as the sky went dark as fire started to form on the ground, raising into the sky and spinning around in counter clockwise directions all around them, her hair flying up and turning orange like it had before, looking like fire dancing on her head.

"Lord Sesshomaru!" came a female voice and Kagome looked down to find a girl of about 16 standing amidst the fire, screaming as the moving fire tornados came closer to her.

Sesshomaru's eyes widened as he saw the girl, neither having noticed her come onto the battle field. "RIN!" he screamed, his face covered in fear as he ran to her, as fast as he can, jumping straight through a small pillar of fire, not caring of the burns he received on his face and hair as he covered her, wrapping his arms tightly around her and pulling her to his chest to keep her safe from the fire as he roared in pain, being attacked again and
again.

Kagome's eyes widened lightly and slowly, the fire stopped and she descended to the ground. "Lord Sesshomaru!" Rin cried as she looked up at him. "Are you alright Lord Sesshomaru?"

She obviously couldn’t see the back of his clothing, his armor and clothing shredded and destroyed. His skin was red and bleeding, burned severely all over as he grunted lightly, unwrapping his arms from her. "Get away Rin," he told her firmly.

"But-"

"NOW!" he bellowed, cutting her off. Her eyes widened at his tone and she nodded her head dumb founded as she turned and ran from the field. He waited a moment before turning back to Kagome, murder in eyes as he looked at her furiously, breathing hard through his nose, his eyes bleeding red. "You will die for that," he said. "Prepare to-"

"You love her, don’t you?" Kagome asked bluntly as she stayed her ground and the red disappeared from his eyes as the question surprised him.

His expression snapped from surprised back to furious. "I would never love a human."

"Then you’re one hell of a hypocrite."

He snarled at her and drew his sword again, coming at her full force and slashing down, but she simply side stepped him. "Stay still wench."

"Is that why your always like this?" she asked, blocking each one of his blows. "Your always so uptight, never showing emotion, are... are you afraid to?"

"THIS SESSHOMARU IS AFRAID OF NOTHING!" He bellowed out again, his chest rumbling as he growled, his eyes glowing red again as he continued to attack her, using his other hand to swing his poison whips at her.

She simply continued to dodge his attacks, at times throwing a spark of flame at a whip that got to close. "Yes you are!" she retorted. "Your afraid that if you show emotion for her then people will know... YOUR AFRAID SHE'LL GET HURT!" she screamed out at him as she stopped moving and reached forward as he came at her, not expecting her to stop, he practically ran into her but she grabbed onto both of his hands, looking up at him, his face not far from her own. "You love her." she told him firmly, not giving him room to argue with her.

He looked at her surprised by her actions before growling again and trying to pull away, but her strength kept him there and he didn’t understand how she could hold him. "Let me go wench," he told her, still snarling as he tried to free his hands from her grip.

"No," she started firmly. "you need to get over yourself Sesshomaru." she informed him.
"One of these days you will have to show emotion, one day you will have to love, and one day... you will have to let her know."

He continued to fight for a moment before slowly starting down and looking down at her, his face back to emotionless, but a flicker in his eyes. He slowly looked over her, his lips thin and then out to the woods in the direction Rin had run. "I’m afraid iv underestimated you... Kagome," he said her name slowly, as though testing it to make sure it wasn’t poisonous.

She smiled at him and let her hands loosen on his, but not taking them away. "I'm glad you feel that way," she said. "'Cause you see, I'm not stupid, and neither are you, Sesshomaru. You should have known all of this for a long time now." He looked down at her quietly, not saying anything and she sighed. "You really don’t like saying much do you?" she asked and the most she got was a small eyebrow raise. She sighed again and shook her head as she took her hands from his, and after a moment he sheathed his sword.

He looked her over again and his brow furrowed together lightly. "Why do you not have the smell of my half brother on you?"

Her eyes widened lightly at the question, a bit confused. "I.. uh... wh-what do you mean?" she stumbled out.

He smirked lightly and shook his head as he turned to leave, grunting lightly from the pain that shot through his back as he remembered the burning on his back, his rage no longer hiding the pain from his mind. Kagome gasped lightly and rushed forward. "Shit... you need help," she said, looking over the wound.

He snorted lightly and stood straight again. "No I don’t," he told her stubbornly and started walking again, but his walk was off.

She growled lightly and stepped in front of him. "Stop being so stubborn and let me help!" she insisted.

He glared up at her. "Why should I?" he asked. "None of this makes us friends."

She sighed lightly. "I KNOW that," she said. "But that doesn’t mean we cant be allies, right?" she asked him, looking at him expectantly. He opened his mouth for half a second before closing it, not sure what to say. She smiled at his reaction and continued. "Look, were going to fight Naraku soon," she informed him. "And I think we're going to need more help, so maybe you could be on our team?" she asked him.

He looked down at her for a moment before up at the sky, seeing the first bits of grey tinting over the mountains. "I will fight against Naraku, but I will not be a part of your... 'team'," he said, using her word. "Where have you made camp?"

She smiled lightly and told him that it was in Keada's village, not too far from here and he nodded setting off. "Oh, wait!" she said as she saw the burns on his back again. "You're going to let me fix you up, right?"

He paused, turning his head lightly to see her from the corner of his eye. "We'll see," was all he said before walking off into the woods for his own camp.

Kagome sighed as she looked around, nothing but the sounds of the first waking birds making their small noises. Standing there made her realize just how exhausted she was from the whole night and she yawned lightly. She slowly turned and started back towards the village sluggishly. She wanted to think about tonight, especially what the spirits of the Fire Bearers past had told her. But she figured she could just do it tomorrow, she should have the time...