InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ The Foreign Exchange Student ❯ realizing the truth ( Chapter 14 )

[ X - Adult: No readers under 18. Contains Graphic Adult Themes/Extreme violence. ]

Hello everyone!! Welcome back!! I am now on summer break and should have more time to write this story. I have no clue how much longer it will be exactly but I hope to have it done by the time I go back to school. Well enjoy!
 
Disclaimer: I own Ashley and the Jake form of… well you will know soon who. Ha ha ha ha ha!!
 
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The foreign exchange student
Ch. 14 realizing the truth
 
Everyone woke up the next day to a bright sunrise and an empty stomach. Koga and Inuyasha both went to find food while Ashley used her trusty want to light a fire. When Koga and Inuyasha came back everyone sat around the fire and got ready to eat.
 
Ashley sat down and Koga instantly was sitting next to her, she just smiled at him and ate her food. The others noticed this but did not want to ask about it. Clearly there was something between Ashley and Koga that they did not want to know about. When the food was all done they packed up and started on their way. “Ashley where is freedom?” Shippo asked and Ashley stopped and looked around.
 
“Um… he is probably just out hunting,” Ashley said and she whistled. A few seconds later Freedom flew into the clearing near them and went over to Ashley. “See he was just hunting, he wont go to far away I know he won't.” Shippo smiled and jumped onto Freedom's back, he just loved to ride on freedom.
 
The group walked, Inuyasha in the front with Kagome. Ashley and Koga were next with Shippo on freedom and Sango and Miroku last with Kilala on Sango's shoulder. They walked for some time before Inuyasha stopped and sniffed the air.
 
“Kagome get back. I am going to take care of him myself this time,” Inuyasha said suddenly. Only when Kagome asked what the hell he was talking about did he answer, “Sesshomaru is coming closer.” Kagome understood and turned around to fine a place of safety, she grabbed Ashley on the way and told her to hide with her. There was a large boulder not to far away that Ashley and Kagome went behind, Kagome was not going to take any chances with it this time, the last time Inuyasha and Sesshomaru fought things flew and Kagome did not want to be in the way again. Koga went to stand not to far behind Inuyasha, just in case he needed some backup. Sango and Miroku stood in front of the boulder, ready to fight if they were needed. Freedom stood next to the boulder and watched the scene unfold before him.
 
Sesshomaru walked calmly into the clearing and instantly brought the Tokijin and went after Inuyasha. Inuyasha held up the Tetsusaiga and was bracing himself for the blow. Before he knew it he was hit with something more powerful then he would have even imagined. Somehow the Tokijin got even stronger then the last time they fought.
 
The two brothers were caught-up in such a fierce fight that neither was paying attention to what was happening. Jaken flew up to the battlefield with Ah and Un and a sleeping Rin behind him. Rin woke up with the commotion and yelled for Sesshomaru to stop fighting but he ignored her. The brothers continued fighting while Rin ran around to the other side of the clearing and went over to Sango and Miroku crying, “You have to stop them! Please don't let him hurt Sesshomaru-Sama!” Sango nodded and tried to think about how to stop them. She didn't necessarily want Sesshomaru to live, but she didn't want to kill him in front of the little girl. Rin moved away and went bore to the side of the boulder, across from where Freedom was standing.
 
Ashley was able to see the little girl and saw that she was scared but Ashley didn't know what to do. A second later she could cense something bad coming and jumped up to see what was going on. The guy named Sesshomaru looked oddly familiar to her but she didn't need to think about it, there was a big beam of a bright green energy coming straight toward them. Ashley quickly yelled for the others to get out of the way and she dove to the side, guarding Rin with her body. Trees were up-rooted, stones flew, the boulder exploded with the force of the beam, sticks were flying all over the place and they all braced themselves, trying not to get tossed into the air.
 
Kagome was clutching onto Freedom and Sango and Miroku were holding each other and were behind a giant tree to shield selves from the blow, but Ashley was in the center of it, trying to keep everything from hitting Rin. Before she had the time to utter a curse to stop the winds she was lifted from the ground and hurled through the air. She saw that they were heading straight for a large tree so she tried her best to turn her body so that she would not smash the girl against it. She was able to angle herself just right to take the blow for the girl but not leave her out to the open where she could get hurt. Ashley hit the tree then the ground and was knocked out.
 
She was on the ground for a minute with the girl trying her best to wake her up before she was able to open her eyes. She could feel something on her cheek and went to wipe it away, only to pullback in pan. Somehow she had gotten a big gash across her cheek, and it was bleeding heavily. As the fighting went on Ashley tried to find her want and saw that she had dropped it when she was flung into the air. She looked over at the fight and saw that Inuyasha was facing and had gotten the other man to turn his back to the rest of them, both were pretty bloody themselves.
 
Desperately Ashley searched for her wand, her head was pounding and she couldn't walk to see where it was but she could feel that it was still close. She looked at the others to see if they were all right. The wind had died and Kagome was sitting next to Freedom holding a very scared Shippo close. Freedom had one wing at an odd angle and was crying in his own way but seemed ok. Sango and Miroku were both getting up from their position near the tree but they seemed fine, other then a few small cuts and bruises. Koga had jumped in to help Inuyasha even though there were many protests for it.
 
Kagome looked up and saw that Ashley's want was on the ground near her. Instantly she panicked and started looking for her friend. She spotted her near a tree a few yard away with Rin sitting next to her. Ashley had a bad gash across her cheek and was bleeding, and Kagome could tell that there was some other damage done to Ashley. Judging by the look on her face Ashley was close to passing out from something. Within a second Kagome was up and running toward Ashley with the wand in her hand. When she got closer she noticed something very bad, there was a good-sized stick going right through Ashley's leg which Ashley had not even noticed because she was so numb with the pain.
 
“Ashley come on you have to heal yourself, you do know a spell for that don't you?” Kagome said to her while thrusting the wand into the other girl's hand. Ashley nodded dumbly and took the wand. She was in so much pain she could hardly stay awake enough to think of the spell. After wracking her brain for a minute she was able to mutter a healing spell that got the wound on her leg to heal, pushing the stick out as it did so. She passed out again, however, before she was able to heal the gash across her cheek. Rin saw what was still going on and ran out into the battlefield.
 
The fighting stopped almost instantly when Rin ran into the middle of it. Koga noticed the little girl from somewhere before but he didn't know where, Inuyasha knew he would get hell from Kagome if he hurt an innocent human, and Sesshomaru wanted nothing more then to PROTECT his daughter-like companion, so he stopped as well.
 
Rin was trying to talk while she was crying and a few words were able to be made out from what she was saying. “Ashley…. Hurt… please…saved… don't!” Inuyasha and Koga both turned to see that Ashley was un-conscious and covered in her own blood, which was still seeping from a wound on her cheek. Koga was at her side instantly and tried to get her to wake up so that she could heal the wound, he was not about to let her die, not like this, not without being able to truly show her how much he loved her.
 
Sesshomaru's attention was brought back to Rin when he felt her cling to his leg. She was still crying hard but he knew what she was saying now. “ Ashley is hurt because she saved me! Please don't fight any more!” Rin said between sobs. Sesshomaru looked shocked why had that girl saved his Rin? How could he have been so into his fight that he did not notice Rin was in danger? Slowly he lowered his sword and looked at Inuyasha with a look that no one knows exactly what it would be. Was it grief, hatred, pain? Inuyasha could not tell… but he could tell that the fighting was over between them… forever.
 
Both of them looked over to where the rest of the people had gathered to try and wake Ashley before she bled to death. Her eyes were open slightly now and she had her wand in her hand again. A flash of light later the gash was gone from her face, although there was a small scar left in its place. Inuyasha and Sesshomaru both walked closer to the others to see what was going on. Rin let go of Sesshomaru's leg and ran over to where Ashley was being held in Koga's strong arms. “Thank you for saving Rin,” Rin said softly as she gave Ashley a hug.
 
“It was no problem little one, it really was no problem,” Ashley responded before looking up too finally have her chance to see who that other man reminded her of. Her eyes went wide and her jaw dropped. He looked JUST like him… could this be why she wasn't supposed to say anything? Her head was still pounding, she fought to stay sonscious long enough to say something but the only word she was able to say before passion out again was “…Jake?”
 
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OK I am all finished with that chapter, I hope you like it!! Did you get the end of it? Jake is Sesshomaru and Sesshomaru is Jake. How many of you saw that coming? HA I bet none of you did… well maybe a couple figured it out before but o well. PLEASE REVIEW!!