InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ The Ninja ❯ Rescue ( Chapter 3 )

Please see chapter 1 for ratings and disclaimer.

 

CHAPTER 3: Rescue

 

Sesshoumaru was a half day away from where he left Jaken and Rin and he was looking forward to seeing his little girl. She had grown on him over time with her ready smile and childlike enthusiasm. Outwardly, he very rarely let any emotions show, but inwardly, Sesshoumaru was a veritable pot of boiling emotions, one of them being love for this little human girl. Who would have thought, a human child, of my own Sesshoumaru mused.

 

That's when he heard it.

 

It started out as a low buzzing and increased in decibels until it was a loud, roaring hum. Turning to face the sound what he saw momentarily daunted even him. Bearing down on him was an angry mass of swarming insects; Naraku's Saimyoushou. As the swarm grew rapidly larger Sesshoumaru began to run towards a well known lake in an effort to evade the insects and keep them away from his Rin.

 

He leaped from tree to tree, hitting the ground and running almost faster than the eye could see but then he felt a sting, then another. Sesshoumaru began to slow down, he felt weird - weak and slightly dizzy. He tried to shake off the feeling as he ran but it would not be ignored. More stung him and he started to stumble. Stopping he drew Toukijin and began to use its power to disintegrate the bugs. The sword felt heavy in his hands causing his movements to become wobbly and erratic, the hum of the wasps distracting him. He was having trouble concentrating and still the stings came.

 

Naraku's puppet was waiting, holding the chains its master had given it. Naraku himself, still safe in his castle behind the barrier was able to see all through the eyes of his puppet. I can't believe he still fights. Naraku was pleased that Sesshoumaru was giving him a good show. All the better and sweeter it will be when he wakes to find himself in my clutches. I'd hate for him to be no fun for me. Naraku's chuckles would have raised the hair on the back of the devil himself.

 

Sesshoumaru fell to his knees, his perceptions starting to fog. He couldn't understand what was happening to him. Now, thought Naraku, I have you.

 

Just as Naraku's puppet stepped forward out of the shadows and commanded the wasps back, there was a blur of black. The figure leapt onto Sesshoumaru holding a katana protectively in front of him. Naraku's eyes widened with surprise, “What's this?” he screeched. “Get her!” he yelled to his Saimyoushou, but before they could attack, both Sesshoumaru and the black clad girl were gone.

 

Naraku was in a murderous rage. Naraku's puppet searched the area frantically but could find no trace of his master's new toy or the thief who had stolen it. He was so preoccupied he did not see a red clad hanyou appear holding a very large sword. “Wind Scar!” yelled Inuyasha, splitting the puppet into a thousand pieces. Without their master to guide them the wasps retreated.

 

“What was that about?” questioned Miroku.

 

“Damn”, grumbled Inuyasha, “Just another puppet.” Picking up the wooden doll and crushing it in his claws Inuyasha sniffed and with surprise said, “Sesshoumaru was here? I can smell him… and another scent. I can't quite place it, but it's familiar.”

 

“Where is he now, Inuyasha?” asked Kagome looking around nervously.

 

Inuyasha sniffed the ground, going in one direction then another. “I don't know… his scent… he travelled from the West to here and then it just stops. It doesn't go anywhere else.”

 

“Well, he's not here now”, said Sango putting her boomerang on her back. “Let's head back to Kaede's.”

 

“Perhaps he flew off on that dragon beast that travels with him”, stated Miroku.

 

“Perhaps”, mumbled Inuyasha, still trying to figure out where his brother went and why he was here in the first place.

 

No one noticed the binding chains lying in the grass where they had fallen.