InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ The Snow Angel ❯ The Slice ( Chapter 75 )

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Chapter 75 - The Slice *Tears of the Blade* (Stella's Soundtrack Challenge)

Sango turned frightened eyes on her friend while continuing to hold pressure on Miroku's wound. What was going to happen now? The miko had been captured in the past, yes, but this dragon seemed almost joyous to have caught her. The look in his eyes spoke of pure evil, and the slayer feared that this time would not end like all the others. She had to reason with the kitsune to stay with her, because the last thing Kagome would want was for Shippo to be injured. The brothers would handle it, she promised him.

Inuyasha and Sesshoumaru stood side by side, staring down the fool who dared lay his hands on Kagome. The hanyou was panting, rage obvious on his face, but that wasn't what troubled the dragon. Sesshoumaru's eyes were slowly bleeding red, evidence that the taiyoukai was losing control, and that was something that had never happened before. This woman clearly meant more to him than just the destruction of a barrier.

Ryokusai laughed. "Was she there? To witness my father's death?" he asked darkly. "Because it is only fitting that she knows why she has to die here today."

Kagome's eyes flitted from one brother to the other and back as she fought down the panic rising up inside her. Sesshoumaru and Inuyasha would find a way to save her. She trusted them with her life, and they would never, ever let her die. She tried to communicate that trust, that confidence to them,  and though she tried to fight it, she was unable to stop the single tear that slid from her eye.

Ryokusai smirked at his opponents before turning his head and licking the tear from her cheek with his sharp tongue, slicing her perfect skin. Kagome whimpered in pain and revulsion, and started to struggle as the dragon began dragging her further away. She knew the second they had crossed over the barrier by the way Sesshoumaru's eyes changed. The anger was still there, but there was sadness as well when he realized he could no longer get to her.

Sesshoumaru had never felt so useless, weak and impotent as he did at that moment. Ryokusai had dragged Kagome into the West, and he couldn't follow. He couldn't rescue the woman he loved, and in that instant, he was certain he knew what heartbreak felt like. Still, Inuyasha could continue, and he had to believe the hanyou would protect her.

"Save her and slaughter that fool," he said to his younger brother.